The serpent drops Fenrir off on the beach near the others before collapsing. Fenrir, still confused after being carried by her — and it seems the others are too — gets straight to the point. "Can you heal her, Cass?" "Sure," Cassiel says, cautiously approaching the serpent. It's the first time she's been this close to a monster that size that doesn't want to kill her, and the first time she's tried healing a non-player who isn't Rock. The serpent shifts as Cassiel stands beside her, fixing Cassiel with one eye larger than Cassiel's head. Cassiel looks back at Fenrir. "She's safe," he says. "O-okay," Cassiel replies, taking a deep breath and raising her hands. Mystical, golden light flows from her palms into the serpent, which relaxes and closes her eyes at the touch. "Hey there, princess," a familiar voice calls from behind Fenrir. He turns and sees the same odd man as before — only now he's trying to flirt with Oleander. The man hops off his mount and kneels before her. "Would you like to fly with me? I could show you the world on my trusty steed," he proposes, taking Oleander's hand. Fenrir cringes, but when he watches Oleander's reaction he can see the sadistic gears turning in her head. “You’re so sweet!” Oleander says, raising his hands over his heart and speaking in an extra-feminine tone. “And you’re such a cutie, too.”

While those two flirt, Fenrir notices something else making the day even crazier: Shogun and Rock are staring at each other—really staring, and looking far too interested. Rock’s tail is wagging, and even Shogun’s feathery tail twitches.

“They grow up so fast, Onii-chan,” Saya says.

“I am not letting my dog hook up with some oversized fox,” Fenrir thinks. “She’s like a daughter to me!”

“So you’re telling me that you not only tongued your own dog, but you did that with a dog you see as a daughter?” Cassiel asks.

“I’m going to uninstall you,” Fenrir replies.

“You’d have to uninstall your brain to do that, silly Onii-chan,” Cassiel says.

Shogun walks up to Rock, rolls onto his back in front of her, and Rock closes the distance, sniffs him all over, then licks his face.

“I’ve healed her as much as I can,” Cassiel says. “Who’s that guy talking to Olly? And why do you… look so sad?” she asks, seeing Fenrir’s face.

Fenrir points sadly at Rock and Shogun, who are happily wrestling. Despite being much larger and looking more powerful, Shogun lets Rock win their little fights and is always the first to submit to her victory.

“That’s… really cute,” Cassiel says.

Fenrir grabs Cassiel’s shoulders and shakes her. “This is basically watching some random guy I don't know come up to my daughter and try to seduce her! And it's working! Rock is totally falling for him!” he explains.

“I'm tired. Stop shaking me,” Cassiel says, brushing his hands off her shoulders. “Look, they're happy. Isn't that all that matters? Don't tell me you're one of those guys who are overly protective of their kids and try to stop them from dating. That's what my parents did, and it just made me hook up with a bunch of douchebags instead of the respectable ones—those were the only people who would date me behind my parents' backs. Do you really want Rock going behind your back with animals you don't know? At least that fox isn't trying to get her high or pimp her.”

“You... had a rough time dating before, didn't you?” Fenrir asks, hearing her rant and seeing how upset she looks remembering those memories. “Our kids are allowed to date as soon as they're old enough. You're already planning on us having kids?”

“Sh-shut up, bastard. Of course I am. Don't point out the obvious.”

“All right, all right. I promise I won't be overly protective, but I'll still want to meet all of their boyfriends and girlfriends. Hey, wait—I haven't met your parents yet and have never even talked to them. Do they even know I exist?” Fenrir asks.

Cassiel looks away and tries to whistle but fails. “Cass. Are you dating me behind your parents' backs?” he asks again. Her attempt at whistling speeds up and grows louder. "You really suck at whistling," he said. Cassiel turned to face him, ready to shout, but he surprised her with a kiss. A startled moan turned into an angry shout when he pulled away. "D-don't scare me like that, you perverted, overprotective dog!" she snapped.

"Looks like you've got a troublemaker there, bro!" a stranger called from near Oleander.

Cassiel glared at the man and drew her sword. "Who are you calling trouble, asshole?"

"Whoa — you actually called someone something other than 'bastard,'" Fenrir teased.

"Th‑that's because I don't want to call him what I call you!" she stammered.

"Ooh, she's hot and cold. Never been a fan — too much drama," the other man said, prompting Cassiel to point her sword at him. "Who even are you?"

"I am this fair maiden's knight! I shall be whoever she wants me to be, and I will sweep her off her feet and show her the world!" he declared.

Cassiel glanced at Oleander. He looked like he was trying hard not to laugh as the man faced away. "You know Olly's a guy, right?" she asked.

Oleander's eyes went wide. He pouted, shook his head at Cassiel, and raised a finger to his lips, then returned to a neutral expression when the stranger turned back.