"Ehhhh?!?" Sakura exclaimed, almost loud enough to deafen the maids standing before her. "Wh...what the...?" Just then, making her even more astonished, she saw her father appear from behind the vase.

"Happy Birthday, Sakura-san." He called up to her. She was stunned by all of this.

"D...Dad?" She responded. "What's going on?"

"It's your birthday present." He beamed. "You are now the absolute monarch of your own country in another dimension." Remembering a few tricks from her card-catching days Sakura steadily held her hand out to him; he jumped on board and she lifted him up to her eye-level, easing communication.

"But how?" Fujitaka explained. To start with he mentioned that this was a new business service set up by...