"So do you think I need therapy too?" Elizabeth asked as they lay there on the bed. They had moved the conversation to their bedroom, mostly because it had devolved from something serious serious, to something serious silly.

That is to say, Elizabeth wanted to soften the mood because she couldn't deal with heavy stuff without doing something stupid.

"Only you can answer that question Eli," Rena answered from the side, the red haired girl was now wearing her pajamas, that is to say a loose blouse and some very short short pants. "Just like no one else but me could tell me to go to therapy."

"What about me then?" Rossie chimed from the side, resting her head on her left arm and looking at them from the other side of the bed, "Allegedly, from the three of us, I am the one who most people would say that needs therapy the most."

"If we go by what other people say about us, what will people say when they find out the amount of Sin I have stored within me then?" Elizabeth pointed out, "That isn't a good metric."

"Do you think you need therapy, Eli?" Rena asked before Elizabeth could further elaborate her argument.

That made her stop in her tracks. Did she herself think that she needed therapy?

"Probably?" Elizabeth answered, "I mean... I know that I am... not the most normal girl around, I can't be, not with the type of upbringing I had."

Really, it wasn't fair to point it out like that, Mother and Papa had did their best to raise her right, even if the best from both had mostly been making sure Elizabeth knew that some actions had consequences, and that while most of those consequences would never affect her, they would be there.

"That is not an answer, I didn't think I really needed therapy, not till I noticed how much it really strained Rossie," Rena said, sighing, "I had thought that since you could take care of it, why would I need to bother? All I needed was to be pretty, cute and be ready for whatever you wanted Eli... I just... I just needed to do what I did best."

"I mean... If you really wanted that, I would of course support your decision," Elizabeth said confused, wasn't... Wasn't that good enough?

"It isn't right, that would put all the weight of the relationship on you, that wouldn't be a healthy relationship, that would be me letting you shoulder everything and doing nothing." Rena pointed out, "If I truly loved you... I would help you shoulder the burden, I would help you and give you something back, instead of only taking."

And that was the thing wasn't it?

Elizabeth was happy with that too, because that was easier.

But... was it right? Before it seemed to be right, but Rena had just told her that she couldn't be happy like that. Not really, even if Elizabeth did all by herself to make sure she was happy. She would not be really happy... apparently.

"And you Rossie?" Elizabeth said turning to the pink-haired girl who remained at the back, their own tether still not connecting, so it was harder to gleam the emotions, some still leaked throught their shared rings, but it was more... difficult to parse them.

"Me?" Rossie asked back, "I... I am content, I will support you as best as I can, I am learning new magic and spells to do just that, I am learning more about me and channeling that into new development..."

She was?

"I have changed greatly from what you last saw, my spells are more refined and more focused in my... area of mastery." Rossie said still not saying what that was. "And also, thanks to Lily I am sure of what I needed to do to get over the last wall I had found on my development, so I am quite happy."

"But are you happy with our relationship?" Elizabeth asked, "I know... I know that we talked about marriage and whatnot, the planning is mostly done and what not, we merely need to wait for the last stages to finish and that... But will you be happy with this?"

"Of course," Rossie said nodding, "You aren't getting out of this Elizabeth Starbright. I am getting into your panties even if it's the last thing I do on this planet."

"Yes, and we will do it as equals." Rena said from the side nodding seriously, "It will not be because we fear to be discarded, but because we truly want to do it."

"Get into my pants?" Elizabeth asked mildly amused.

"Love you." Rena said blushing, "Also getting into.... your pants... Will be a nice addition."

That was also nice of them, "Well, I will enjoy it too, so it's fine." Elizabeth said shrugging, "So... What is next on the list?"

"We are getting married, we have the dresses, we are learning new ways to strengthen ourselves... The thing is what do you want to do first now." Rossie answered, "Do you want to deal with the Italians? Do you want to marry first?"

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What did Elizabeth want to do? Honestly...

"I want to marry first, but the wedding invitations have been sent, so more likely than not that will bring in some issues from them... more so if they already know who I am and who I am related to." Elizabeth said sighing, "Thinking about Echidna, chances are they probably know it..."

"So you think they may crash the wedding?" Rena asked, unlike what Elizabeth had expected, Rena didn't seem to be fuming with rage.

"That... would surely be what happens, huh?" Rossie said from the side, not angry, but amused?

Was Elizabeth missing something?

"And that wouldn't be an issue?" Elizabeth decided to ask, something was afoot. "You are both okay with that?"

"I mean... why would it be an issue?" Rena asked innocently, "If they come to the chopping block by themselves, why wouldn't we accept their wedding gifts?"

"I think the same honestly, if they dare come uninvited, to our domain. Then what happens to them is fully their own fault," Rossie said also smiling, "You could even call it... Divine Judgement."

And there was even some mischief in what Rossie was saying, as if she really looked forward to that.

"Fine... Then we will do the wedding first and deal with the Italians if they crash it..." Elizabeth sighed, she... really didn't want to deal with them during the wedding if possible, it was supposed to be an important day, surely they wouldn't right?

Right?

....

"They are so going to crash the wedding," Rena said from the side smirking.

"I can't wait for that grandma to do it, her face will be so delicious... as will her despair," Rossie giggled from the side.

*Bonk*

So Elizabeth delivered divine justice and bonked the pink-haired girl, "Weddings are supposed to be important and sacred," Really, was she the only normal one?

"We know Eli-Eli," Rossie said from the side nursing her bonked head, "But let's be honest, it wasn't going to end as a normal wedding, no matter what."

... That was fair, Elizabeth also didn't think it would end as a normal wedding, her Fate was too Strange to allow something like that to go by and not end up as a shitfest.

"Fineeeeeeee," Elizabeth relented in the end, "But we are preparing for it."

Elizabeth would not allow anything less than full preparation for it, not that there was much to worry about, security was divided among all the minions, the valkyries and whatever Jenna had cooked.

All that was left was for additional security from the multiple invitees, because those with high enough status would want to add something to the security, not that Elizabeth or anyone else needed them, they more likely than not would go around to try to glean anything about them and about the cathedral of sacred shadows.

Not that they would find anything, the cathedral was going back straight to Terra Nexus as soon as the wedding ended, and that would be that. Anything left there? Well, that was their wedding gift to Elizabeth, Rossie and Rena.

No two ways of thinking about it, Elizabeth would warn them of course, and they would ignore her, and everyone would be happy at the end of the day, well everyone but those that lost their things. Not that they would dare to complain to Elizabeth after that was done, they would be learning about how Elizabeth had dealt with the Italians by that time, and if they still dared to complain...

Well, they were either the stupidest humans on Zaanam, or the bravest. But they would not be the ones to live the longest. Not by a long shot.

Now then, "So... what do you want to do?" Elizabeth asked to both girls, neither seemed to want to answer as it was.

"I... I want to start preparing for the wedding, I have been training and going to teraphy for two months, so something to spend the time with both of you would be nice," Rena was the first to answer in the end.

"I am happy going with that too," Rossie answered, "My training doesn't require the albino girl at this stage, it's more like I need to fully realize the training and re-adjust my new spells into place."

That... Didn't sound that hard.

As for Elizabeth?

"What should I do?" Elizabeth said aloud, "I didn't really train, more like I just went to play with a gem and lost two months of my life... Or forty years if you go by biological age? Not that it reflects thanks to the Draconic Inheritance it seems."

"Wait... forty years?" Rossie said raising a hand and pointing it at Elizabeth, it wasn't that hard since the girls were in a bed, "... Well, your life essence does show to be that of a young woman... But I can't quite match the age... I would say it's closer to ours... even if somewhat younger."

"Jenna said that I lost a couple months at the minimum, it was Mira (The new Time Minion) that said I lost forty years," Elizabeth clarified, "Not that it matters, to me at worst I would just Shift away into a younger form if my body really aged that much."

Elizabeth was NOT going to end like Mother and hunting down younger girls, no matter what, her body would reflect her soul. Unlike Mother whose body didn't reflect her Soul.

Because no, Elizabeth would never believe that the youthful appearance that Mother took on was the real appearance of her Soul, no way that beautiful visage was equal to that rotten, perverted soul she carried around. No sir, no one who panted like a hog at the sight of cute girls could have a good and beautiful soul.

Elizabeth refused to believe that.

What? Rossie? That was different, Rossie was young, obviously her soul reflected her body, she wasn't at the point where her soul would change that much from her body, and Elizabeth was going to cure her, so that was a moot point too!

How was she going to cure Rossie? With love!

Also by making sure that she could not think of anyone else but Elizabeth, and maybe Rena. That way she wouldn't be a perverted lustful girl, but just a lovely girl deeply in love with her partners, in that way she wouldn't be different from a normal married young woman.

See? Everyone won in that scenario!

"So should I practice? Refine my skills? Learn new tricks?" Elizabeth asked aloud, "I don't want to be left behind."

"You are fine, Eli," Rena said, shaking her head and hugging Elizabeth from the side, "You are fine as you are, you don't need that. Unlike us, you have always been true to your goals and achievements, so you can continue being like you are."

"Rena is right, unlike us you don't need to change your paradigm of power, you will do fine no matter what." Rossie said nodding from the side, "Besides, unlike us you aren't as limited as we are, you still need to take in the last [Gem of Sin] and after that you can think about what to do then."

The last Sin Gem...

Rossie's Sin.

Lust.

Elizabeth wondered how that would end up, how much will it change her, the others hadn't changed her that much, well. Pride did affect her greatly, in some aspects, but that was her own Sin.

Speaking of sins...

Gluttony... had opened the path to power for her, giving her a way to further her power more, and giving her a way for her to process and better herself.

Wrath... had given her insight, or well, sharpened her instincts if nothing else.

Pride, was herself, her own hubris and what had ruined and put her at most risk of all the sins, the reason why she had fallen and the reason why she had suffered so much.

Envy... Envy came and she despised it, it stood for all that Elizabeth hated about.

Greed was another one that was similar to Envy, the crystallization of all that was wrong and the pitfalls in which Elizabeth could have fallen if she hadn't been careful.

Sloth... Was a thing that Elizabeth longed for the most and could never achieve, her personality was ironically, something that didn't mesh that well with what Elizabeth desired the most.

And finally, that left only Lust, the Sin that Elizabeth had left for the last and the one that she was sure was going to affect her the most, why? Because it was the one that Elizabeth looked forward the most, the one thing that would link her the most to her loved ones. It wasn't like how it was with Rena, who had been broken and reforged, no. It was the one Sin that was nurtured and prepared by her loved ones. A sin that wasn't affected by anyone else but Elizabeth.

And the one thing that she truly looked forward to realize, the moment she took in the gem of Lust would be the moment the seven series would be complete, the moment she would have done something that not even the asshole of Alexanders had managed to do.

Elizabeth would be able to stick it up to Alexanders after all this time, and that was enough to make a girl happy.

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