( Yuuki's POV )
As Karen had advised me, I talked to the girls about how I felt about them, but they had already had many talks among themselves about it, after all, the approval of my Sekirei was necessary, I was just making things official and that was the Sekirei transformation.
As always, we were using the seniority system and the first to step up to the plate was Sakura, she lives in the castle and was almost family but her presence here came as a surprise to me, no doubt this is the girls' job.
Yuuki: Sakura, you know what we're doing here, maybe you should wait until you get your memories back.
I knew Sakura was a princess with no memories and it wasn't impossible for her to already have a fiancé, us getting into a relationship could cause problems.
Sakura: ...I'm happy here, my memories won't change that, but if I'm causing problems I understand, I'm sorry for being selfish.
Yuuki: Don't think that for a second, I promised I would take care of you and I guess now that promise is going to be extended.
I decided to accept Sakura and the problems her noble identity might bring, I'll cross that bridge when we get there.
She went through the transformation process and received number 52, after her it was Koneko and Momo's turn, they received the numbers 53 and 54 respectively and for the moment they will continue to be part of Rias and Sona's peerage.
The next to go through the process were Lucoa and Shera, Lucoa already had an engagement ring from me and Shera said that she felt more at home here than in her original world, they received numbers 55 and 56.
Then came my childhood friends from my second childhood, Erica, Liliana, Claire and Hikari, we spent a lot of time together after what happened in the lands between and when it was time for the mark with a kiss everyone got nervous except for Erica.
After them came another unexpected one, the angeloid Astraea, I asked her the same question as Sakura and she responded in a carefree manner that she wanted to be closer to her master, me, she wasn't the smartest and maybe it would seem like she was being impulsive but I knew she was being serious in her own way, I accepted her confection and marked it with the number 57.
Next on the list were the maidens I met in the lands between, Melina, Lisanna, Ranni, Fia y Roderika, ellas recibieron los números, 58, 59, 60, 61, y 62.
Lisanna: This looks like a guild mark, it brings back memories.
Lisanna looked at the new mark that appeared on her arm and said something nostalgic about her original world, we were still searching for the place, but Lisanna had already assimilated to this place, she had let her hair grow and he said it was something that reminded her of her sister, that was someone I wanted to meet too.
The last to receive their numbers were the girls from the IS academy, Cecilia, Charl, Origami, Laura, Kanzashi and Tatenashi, After the events in Ayame's world, the Sarashiki sisters were very clear with their feelings and I could see that Tatenashi wasn't playing this time, so I accepted her without any problem, they were the numbers, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68.
With that ceremony over, the girls went to test out their new powers and I headed off to finish some of my pending projects but when I left the transformation chamber I met Karen again, but that was no coincidence, this time she was looking for me.
She had a strange request saying that there was still a maiden in the castle who needed my attention, she was being kind of serious so I followed her instructions and headed to the room our guests the Nordic faction were using, I heard sobbing sounds and upon entering the place I saw the Valkyrie Rosswiesse crying and clutching a large bottle of Mismede wine and my servant Cecile was attending to her.
Yuuki: What happened here?
Rossweisse: Weeh! That perverted old man! He fired me and left me here forgotten.
Yuuki: I didn't know that was a job you could be fired from.
Cecile: Master here, Lord Odin left this for you.
Cecile handed me a letter from Odin and as Rossweisse sank into her resentment I read the contents of the letter, The first part was a few pleasantries saying that he had enjoyed his stay in our kingdom, and that Rossweisse would be staying with us to help us in our mission and as a sort of temporary emissary.
I took another look at the woman who continued drinking while crying, nothing remained of the professional woman I had seen the other day, It seems that Odin had done this because he couldn't officially ally with us after all he appeared saying that this was a personal visit but it was really necessary to keep Rossweisse in the dark, at least in the letter he asked me to take good care of her.
At the end of the letter, Odin advised me to make contact with the Yokai faction in Tokyo, there weren't many more details in the letter which made me more curious about it but now I had to deal with the drunken Valkyrie.
Rossweisse: *hiccup* what am I going to do now, your majesty, aren't you in need of a bodyguard?
Yuuki: As a matter of fact I am always in need of competent fighters, the pay is very good and it comes with free accommodation.
Rossweisse: Really! Thank you so much wheeh!
The woman, Rossweisse, jumped on me, happy to have a place to stay, she hugged me tightly and stained my clothes with drunken tears, but I didn't give it much importance and I kept her company until she fainted.
Then I left the room and started planning my trip to Tokyo to pay a visit to the Yokai faction but as soon as I left the room I ran into my world-traveling ally Ranko.