Eat, and then speak with them.

After another delicious dinner by the talented Summer--truly a skilled, busy bee to make food for everyone with only a little bit of help from others--and everybody is stuffed and content, you take a seat upon your throne overseeing the rest. They continue to sit around the tables as Yin makes rounds to clear them. She insisted, even though Summer offered to do so. Gathered at your side is your elite squad of original members, Eva, Nika, and Amara, though Snow as well, as the honorary fifth member of the party--expert ninja, master of the bow, destroyer of the Amulet of Stupendous Strength.

"Wait. Where's Tom?" you ask.

"And my girls," Dajy adds.

Just then, the doors swing open. "I... I'm here, Demon King!" Thomas looks exhausted. His bangs cling to his wet forehead, and his clothing looks torn. There's a scratch down the side of his neck, and he doesn't enter alone either. Around him are the four succubi of Dajy's harem, but they look completely fine. In fact, they walk straight past him as if nothing had happened and join back with their mistress, though not without one last smile back at him.

"Are you good?" you ask.

Tom falls to his knees, panting. "Yeah. J-Just start," he mutters. "I'm gonna lay here for awhile. I uhm... I don't know if I can move."

You just nod. "... Good for him, honestly."

You then tell the tale. Of course, the Lady of the Lake situation becomes more of a footnote to the more pressing matter, and the others don't need to know the details of that one, but the meat of the tale is the Sports Festival, and everyone is clearly curious about that.

There's a long silence followed by whispered murmuring afterwards.

"Truly fascinating," speaks Mela the ghost. "It was like a whole new body?"

"Considering him and Breiah had or have the ability to pull people from another world and augment their bodies in a way to even give them custom classes, I don't doubt they've figured out how to do things that are even more dangerous. Maybe he moved his mind to a whole new form with a whole new class, or they just augmented the one he had. Either way, he said some suspicious stuff."

"Suspicious how?" asks Cat.

"He really made it sound like that he could have been from Earth too. I'm not sure. Either that, or he's using a power somehow related to Earth. With his new body looking a little more human, it could be either way. Whatever it is he's doing, he needs to be stopped before it goes even more out of hand. We gotta be more proactive, or we might never have a peaceful world to live in."

Koblix raises his little hand.

"What's up?" you ask.

"I remember you all discussing a tunnel. Even if that tunnel is dangerous, and it ends up leading to a trap, and the guy's moved on, I think that might still be the first place to look. If we find out where exactly his cross-empire underground passage goes, we'll have to find something."

"He wouldn't have done all that work for it not to go to at least one of his bases," Rose adds.

"You're right," you say. "But there's something I want to do first. It sounds selfish, but it has to do with me. This power he **** upon me... Well, I remember way back when we first spoke with Barkis at his tower, he brought up something called Isekai Theory. If William and I were brought over, we couldn't have been the only ones. I've seen multiple manga books here already, clearly from Earth. I think it's time to talk to some people and get help by any means. We need to know what they know." As you say that, you look directly at Vivi, though say nothing about it.

She glances to the side with a clench of her teeth.

"So are we gonna visit his tower again?" Niki asks, raising her hand after the fact.

"Yes, but not first. There are two others I want to speak with, if they'll have me."

"Taiga, Yin, and Snow met one, but Tom, Eva, and Delphi met both."

Hearing his name, Tom groans face-down against the stone floor.

"That's right," you continue. "Feli and Lepo. They could sense something within me, and I want to see if they can grant any more wisdom. Then we'll speak with Barkis, or preferably, the Circle of the Unicorn as a whole. It's time to use our influence to our advantage. It might be a negative reputation to many, but if the Demon King demands to speak with the Circle, then they better listen."