## Chapter 1449 – Cheonma Kim Katz

A solemn atmosphere descended.

“…”

What… what should I do about this silence? This was a rare and incredibly difficult problem. For Cheonma Kim Katz to face such an obstacle. If I rashly comforted Elise here… she might think even worse of it…!

Being comforted after already suffering would be like admitting the suffering was real!

“…”
“…”
“…”

The other women were the same.

They were sweating and glancing at each other. Liztina was at a loss, and Karin was muttering apologies with her head bowed!

And just then.

—Clap.

Risha clapped her hands and said,

“Ah, anyway. About the new addition today… the new, new family member. Isn’t she a new family member? Then shouldn’t we welcome her first?”

Risha, who had been assessing the situation, said something very helpful, and Liztina immediately responded.

“Y-yes! That’s right! We should welcome her!!!”

She was sweating but trying to salvage the situation somehow!

I carefully observed Elise’s condition. Her head was bowed, so her ear was slightly visible, and it twitched faintly. Did she react to the word “welcome”?

“U-um, Elise?”

Liztina, who had been hugging Elise from behind, immediately released her, went to her side, rubbed her back, and called out to her.

“…Yes.”

It was a weak reply, but.

“Elise! Anyway, Elise is our youngest from today! The youngest! Yes! She is the youngest! The youngest!”

Liztina was trying to raise the tension somehow, inducing a sense of excitement! Would this work? And the one who took the bait the fastest was Karin!

“Y-yes! The youngest! She’s the youngest! She’s our youngest from today!”
“That’s right! Since a new youngest has joined, shouldn’t we welcome her!”

Risha also joined in, trying to ease the atmosphere!

How great would it be if Hilde were here right now! Hilde could raise the atmosphere even more! The fact that Hilde wasn’t here was regrettable in many ways, but if she were actually here, that would be a fucking difficult problem, damn it!

“Yes! Exactly! Elise, I’m really sorry about earlier. I was too… rash. But it wasn’t because I had any ill feelings towards you… I was just surprised. So… will you accept my apology?”

In that atmosphere, Liztina apologized to Elise once more.

Honestly, Elise being gored earlier… was understandable since they didn’t know she was an adult, but it must have been hurtful to her. Elise looked very young for her age. Because she looked young, one might think she wasn’t an adult at first glance.

“Y-yes, yes… I’m fine. I was a little surprised, but… you didn’t need to apologize…”
“Thank you! Well then, Elise is our youngest from today!”
“…The youngest.”

Elise’s mood had improved considerably with Liztina’s repeated apologies! And she was reacting to the word “youngest”! Was it because she was being recognized as family by the women she respected? At this rate, Elise’s gloomy heart would be healed.

“Okay, Karin! Come here!”
“Ooh!”
“And everyone, come here! Kadia, Claudie, Winia, Ari, everyone! Hurry!”
“H-huh?”
“Liz Unni?”

Anyway, everyone started to surround Elise again at those words. Elise, who had slightly raised her head, was flustered, but the real fluster was about to begin.

“Quick! Quick! We have to do that now!”

The word “that” was.

A slang term for tossing someone in the air.

—Fwoosh.

The atmosphere heightened. Liztina was trying to raise the atmosphere, and everyone was clearly aware of it. Now, all that was left was tossing her in the air. In an instant, everyone grabbed Elise’s limbs and lifted her up.

“Y-yes?! W-what’s going on…! S-Saint!”
“Elise.”
“Yes!”
“Relax and accept it.”
“Yes?!”

—Whoosh!

Elise was thrown into the air.

“U-uuh!”

They were already experts in the field of tossing people in the air, unmatched by anyone. With their skillful tossing, Elise floated up several meters, fell gently, and rose again.

“Hooray for the youngest Elise! Everyone, together!”

And with Liztina’s command, a grand welcome was held.

“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”
“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”
“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”

The sight of voluptuous, tall beauties surrounding the flat-chested Elise, tossing her in the air and welcoming her, was, to put it simply, utter chaos.

“Elise! E! Li! Se! E Li Se!”
“Elise! E! Li! Se! E Li Se!”
“Elise! E! Li! Se! E Li Se!”

It was truly the reincarnation of Rizerize Elise.

“…!”

Elise suddenly became shy and just covered her face with her hands… Her face was flushed red. But she didn’t seem as gloomy as before. Rather than rashly intervening here, let’s leave it to their judgment.

“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”
“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”
“Hooray for the youngest Elise!”

And so.

—Swish.

The tossing ended.

Elise, who had landed on the ground, wasn’t in a gloomy mood like before. She was just extremely embarrassed.

“Anyway, a cute youngest has joined us!”
“Yeah. A proper youngest has finally joined us. Honestly, considering Kadia as the youngest was a bit much.”
“I agree. This Saintess also doesn’t really suit being the youngest.”
“Yeah. That kind of thing.”
“Compared to that… Elise the nun is very cute.”

And the appraisal began.

“Honestly, wasn’t Winia the most suitable for the concept of the youngest?”
“I’m second, Kadia Unni. No. And there’s Ari too?”

“Ari feels too mature.”
“She’s tall.”

“Now, now. Forget about the past. You are our family from today, so I hope you only think about that fact.”

Soon, Risha started to stroke Elise’s head with a benevolent smile. Elise hesitated for a moment, then said, very shyly.

“T-thank you… You’re… acknowledging me as the youngest.”
“Of course.”
“Of course!”

Risha and Liztina affirmed, and everyone nodded with a smile.

“But I haven’t really… proven my qualifications yet…”

Hmm?

It seemed Elise wanted to be recognized not only by me but also by the other women. As I was about to say something about that, Liztina spoke first.

“Proof of qualification? It’s okay, you don’t need that. It was none other than our husband who chose you, Elise. So, whatever the reason, you are qualified to be a member of our family.”
“That’s right. Our husband is the one who grants qualifications.”
“That’s exactly it. So don’t feel pressured.”

Elise looked up as if she was moved by the continued affirmation.

“A-ah…! I’m just happy to hear you say that! Thank you so much! I’m still lacking in many ways, but I’ll do my best in the future!”

Good! Elise’s mood seems to have lifted completely!

“Hehehe, yeah. Welcome, Elise. And long time no see?”
“Ah. Claudie-nim. It’s been a long time.”
“I thought Katz had no interest at all… but if Katz felt like making Elise his own, then Elise is a wonderful woman. So, let’s not worry too much about the commotion earlier?”
“I-I’m grateful for you saying that… And about that just now… Yes. I don’t care about it anymore.”
“That’s admirable.”

Claudie smiled and stroked Elise’s head. Starting with that, the voluptuous, tall beauties surrounded Elise and took turns stroking her head.

Her hair is going to fall out.

“Hehehe, come to think of it, you’re a very cute… child.”
“Ah, Risha saying ‘child’ applies to all of us, so don’t worry about it.”

Elise, surrounded by the voluptuous, tall beauties, was embarrassed by the head-stroking session. Anyway, things seemed to be working out somehow.

The atmosphere relaxed in that way, and the other women started asking Elise various questions.

Taking advantage of the gap, Liztina, who had slipped out slightly, came to me and complained.

“Haa… really. I couldn’t imagine she was a similar age to Winia. I thought she wasn’t an adult… Of course, it doesn’t matter if she’s an adult. She’s welcome. I was so sorry about that, I was sweating so much, ugh… I feel so bad. Even though she accepted my apology right away, I stimulated the part she’s sensitive about…”
“It’s okay. It’s enough if Elise forgave you. Just treat her well in the future.”
“I hope so…”
“No. But Unni, would I be interested in a woman who isn’t fully grown?”
“That’s true too. I should have thought of that right away…”

Liztina was feeling extremely sorry. She was suffering from a different kind of embarrassment than Elise, who had received all the attention earlier. This will all be resolved if you treat her well in the future.

“Hehehe, anyway, be careful from now on. Unni might not have realized it because she’s tall and has a great body, but Elise is a little sensitive about her… small chest.”
“Yes. I understand. Ah, and about the details.”
“Shall we make time for it later?”
“Let’s do that.”

Liztina went back to the head-stroking tour, and this time Risha came out.

“Still, I was really surprised. For you, who seems to have devoted your soul to breasts, to bring in a youngest with such a physique… I thought something was wrong.”

Honestly, Elise’s flat chest is definitely something wrong.

Perhaps she encountered a breast tax collector (similar to a tax collector concept) in her childhood and was forcibly taxed for her future of becoming busty. Damn those breast agency bastards!!! I will definitely uncover that veiled group and punish them!!!

“Honestly, I do like breasts.”
“Hehehe, is that so?”
“How else would I live?”

An undeniable fact.

“Anyway, she’s a very cute child. She seems quiet and diligent, so it seems like it would be fun to dote on her.”
“Hehehe, treat her well.”

Because she’s family.

—Clap clap!

“Okay, everyone! Elise is going to introduce herself again! Come here quickly!”

At that time, Liztina clapped her hands and drew attention. Right. They even induced Elise to introduce herself? A very positive phenomenon.

Elise’s face was still red, but she didn’t cover her face. Rather, when we all focused on her, she looked around at us, put her hands on her belly, bowed politely, and said in a polite tone.

“I was very embarrassed earlier and my face felt hot, but I’m really happy that you welcomed me so warmly. Thank you for welcoming me… u-um… yes. M-my name is Elise. I was originally a nun of the Radiant Cross Society, and I’ve been friends with Saint for quite some time… but today, like this… I’ve become Saint’s… ninth wife…”

—Clap clap clap!
—Clap clap clap!
—Clap clap clap!

Applause erupted.

“T-thank you.”

Elise bowed again.

Good.

The atmosphere is very good.

I said to Winia, who was next to me.

“Winia. Go say a word.”

Winia is the only one her age.
I thought they might become friends.
You become close when you’re the same age.

They fought together too.

“Yeah. I should. Hey, Nun… No. I’ll call you Elise now. You call me Unni too.”
“Unni… you mean?”
“Yeah. Call me Winia Unni, like this.”
“Winia Unni… Yes. Is it okay to call you that?”
“Yeah. And you can call the other Unnis Unni too. Ask me if you have any questions. And don’t feel too pressured because there are so many Unnis.”
“Yes. I understand.”

Winia smiled and spoke to Elise in a fairly friendly manner. Elise seemed quite moved by Winia’s attitude.

But Winia seems very excited, is she excited because a younger youngest has joined? Come to think of it, Winia was the youngest here.

“Anyway, let’s get along from today. Elise.”
“Y-yes… Winia Unni.”
“Kuh, kuh-heut…”

Winia really likes it.

“Hehehe, Winia. Aren’t you liking it too much?”

Elise greeted the other women again, and I said to Winia.

“Well, she’s a little younger than me, so I have to take care of her. We’re family, so I have to.”
“Ooh! As expected! It’s Winia!”

I felt very proud of that.

“Well, Winia, you’re the only one who’s the right age. Winia, tell her well.”
“I will. We’re not strangers in the first place.”

That’s true.

“Yeah… yeah. Elise is qualified. She’s qualified to be a member of our family. She was kind to Blackie in the past.”
“Well, that’s what happened in the past.”

I can’t forget the 1 silver that Elise gave me.

“Ah, and Blackie. I need to hear directly what happened… when?”
“Well, that’s something for later. I have to tell you everything.”

I looked at Elise again.

“Anyway, she’s really cute. The nun’s clothes suit her very well.”
“Hehehe, a truly youngest-like child has joined us.”
“U-uuh…”

Elise was currently receiving a lot of love from the other women. They showed their affection by stroking Elise’s head or touching her cheeks.

“Hey.”
“Hmm? Unni?”

Then Karin called me.

“Still, we should talk about it, right? We need to know everything that happened.”
“Of course.”

Elise reacted to those words.

“Talk…”

She seemed a little nervous because she had to explain what happened to her.

“S-Saint.”

Then she looked at me as if asking for help, and I couldn’t bear to see her weak-looking face. She’s sending me a rescue request now.

“Ah, I think it would be better for Elise to explain it herself. Elise. Please explain everything well later.”
“S-Saint! I can’t do it alone! Please be with me…!”
“Hehehe, Elise is shy. Anyway, our pretty girls respect Elise a lot, so hear it directly from her.”
“Ah!”

With that, the atmosphere was created for Elise to say everything alone.

“Hehehe, I’m looking forward to it. Please tell us everything about how you became a new family member.”
“T-that’s! T-that is…!”
“Don’t be nervous. Of course, we’ll all tell Elise how we… became the wives of the lovely Katz-ssi. We’ll tell you everything, but Elise has to say it first, right?”
“T-that’s right, but…”

How did you become my wife?

They were sharing all of that.

“Wait a minute. Before we talk. Elise? Have you eaten?”
“Yes? I haven’t eaten yet.”

Elise answered Karin’s question.
Come to think of it, she hasn’t eaten yet.

“Then shall we eat first?”
“First of all, how about we all take a bath together and talk? Let’s have the meal prepared while we’re bathing. It will take time to prepare a feast.”
“Ah, that’s a good idea.”

I think it’s a good idea too.

“Hehehe, then shall I take a bath with you too?”
“No. Katz, you wait first.”
“Yeah. We need to talk among ourselves first. Go away for now.”
“No! How can this be!!!!”
“Stop with the Blackie deja.”
“Then shall we go in first?”

And so, I was abandoned from the bath party…!

They left me and moved in a group. Elise was very embarrassed by the word “group bath,” but she just looked at me once and didn’t say anything.

“Hoo.”

Anyway, things were warmly and well concluded.

Elise accepted the apology, and the gloomy atmosphere from earlier was properly resolved. The self-introduction was perfect. Above all, the women acknowledged Elise as the youngest, so there will be no problems in the future.

That’s what it means to be Kim Katz’s wife.

“But.”

Lastly, there’s Hilde.

I went to the door where Hilde was waiting and opened it…

—Creak.

As soon as I opened the door, Hilde jumped out and hugged me.

“Katz-niiiiim!!!”
“Oh… yeah… Hilde…”
“Katz-nim!!! What are we going to do!!! No! Not we, what am I going to do! No! Not even that!!! If I get caught, Katz-nim will be blamed too! The atmosphere barely got better like that!!!!”

That’s true.

“That’s what I’m saying…”
“It’s not ‘That’s what I’m saying’!!! It’s doomed! It’s about to be doomed, this is!!! Please!!! Please save me, Katz-nim!!! I want to get along with Elise-nim too!!!!”

Hilde begged, crying.