Chapter 6 – Celestial Disarray
Toshiro arrived in the kitchen, which was now being occupied by the girls resting after training.
"So, how was training, ladies?" he asked.
"Swell…" Yoshika moaned. "The usual daily grind…"
"I'm still here, Miyafuji," Mio said irritated.
"I don't care…" she moaned and spread her upper body across the table.
"How uncouth to back talk to the Major…" Perrine said.
"You really let her go, huh, Toshiro?" Mio asked. "Maybe your dear fiancé needs the feel the stick, besides being fed with carrots?"
"Oh she gets the stick every night…" Toshiro mused, causing Yoshika to shake in spasms of laughter.
"Uuuuuuuugh…" Mio moaned and massaged her forehead as if she got a headache.
Toshiro walked up to Yoshika, placed his right hand on her head and said, "Don't be like that, Yoshika. Mio is training you out of her good heart."
Yoshika raised her head, looked at Mio, and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Sakamoto."
"There you go, Miyafuji. Apology accepted." Mio nodded.
"Now, time to eat something, I'm starving…"
"Oh, I'll make…" Yoshika was interrupted with Toshiro ruffling up her hair.
"You were training, probably harder than me. I can make my own food." He winked.
"Heh, okay." Yoshika smiled.
As he was making himself a sandwich, Yoshika came into the kitchen and looked at him carefully.
"You look a bit exhausted, Toshiro. When and how were you training?"
"I was training my Celestial stuff, partially alone, partially with Livy."
"Oh, right, you have that. I bet it's not as good as you had in that war, right?"
"No, not even close… But I'm making slow progress."
"Hmmm, it's nice." She smiled. "The more powerful you are, the less I have to worry both about you and about the wellbeing of the world…"
"Well, thanks for the trust… Ah!" Toshiro almost shouted as he cut his finger with the knife.
Before Yoshika could react, she saw that black and white sparkles formed around the cut, and that after a few seconds, there was no trace of an injury.
"Well, at least I know this works…" he muttered. "But this is quite dangerous in it's own way…"
"What do you mean, Toshiro?"
"Right now, using my new powers takes a toll on me. If it activates to heal every injury, I could be in a pickle in combat."
"So if you were exhausted, and get injured, and then the healing would occur…" Yoshika pondered.
"I would get even more exhausted. I know, its sucks hard, but I guess I shouldn't go into combat alone then. Unless there is a way to turn that off…" he pondered.
"If you pull another one like in Amazonia, I'll pummel you, my love," Yoshika said with a cutesy smile.
That was creepy…
Toshiro was relaxing in the dining room, accompanied only by himself, as the rest went to take a bath.
I wonder…
With little fore notice, Livy appeared before him, sitting on a chair.
"Livy, I know I said I like you, but sheesh, have some moderation in visiting me…"
"I know, Master, and I apologize for the fact, but you shouldn't try reproducing foodstuffs right now. Proteins, vitamins, and amino acids are very complicated things, and sometimes one atomic bond can be the difference between something edible and a deadly poison."
"So that's why the redhead didn't want me to replicate the ramen…"
"Uh, no, back then she just wanted to do it herself."
"Brat… But I can replicate water, right?"
"Of course, Master. Two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, easy stuff. But for now please refrain from manipulating the state of it, or altering it into deuterium or other byproducts."
"Okay, Livy. You probably saved me from producing a slice of ham that could kill a city, heh…"
"That was actually possible…" Livy said quietly.
Toshiro gulped and said, "Crap…"
"Oh and… Master?"
"Yes?"
"You can turn off your automatic healing ability, but I would heavily advise against it."
"I see… But how do I do it anyway?"
"A simple mental switch," Livy simply smiled and disappeared, and a few minutes later, Sanya, Eila, and Heidemarie came in.
"Good morning, Toshiro," Sanya said politely.
"Good morning," Heidemarie followed.
"Mornin'…" Eila muttered as she was eying Heidemarie.
"Morning, ladies. I bet you want a late breakfast?"
"It would be nice," Sanya smiled.
"Kay then, wait a few minutes, and you'll be served."
"T-Thank you…" Heidemarie blushed.
"Eila, you'll get fat if you eat too," Toshiro smirked.
"W-What?! I'll show you whose fat!" She shook her fist, but Sanya stopped her. "Eila, calm down… I won't go anywhere, really."
"Okay…" The Suomi muttered and sat on a chair.
"Imagine if my relationship with Yoshika looked like that… Dayum…"
"Dayum indeed."
"I didn't ask you for input!"
"Then you're just talking to yourself? Consult a doctor!"
"Ugh…"
After serving the girls' food, Toshiro went for a stroll into the forest. The slowly blowing wind, the smell of the pines, and the overall serene atmosphere contributed to the fact that he simply nodded off under a tree.
"Hey, bro… Bro…" He heard Erica's voice and felt some nudging at the same time.
"Huh… What…" He muttered while opening his eyes.
He saw Erica grinning mischievously standing over him, and he asked, "Where am I?"
"You dozed off in the forest, stupid Bro. It's dinner time, so get into gear, okay?"
"Oh, okay, okay… Thanks for waking me up, Erica."
"All in a day's work," she smiled.
Ugh shit, I guess I overdid my item spawning… Ehhhh… But now I feel like reborn, so I might as well eat something too!
"There you are! I was about to form a search party!" Trude yelled as he entered the dining room.
"Trudy, chill… Erica found me, and everything's okay."
"What happened anyway?" Shirley asked. "Barkhorn here was going nuts."
"I nodded off in the forest, that's all…"
"Ha! So you're as much human as we are!" Shirley laughed.
"Sleeping in the forest is a bit romantic…" Shizuka mused. "Uh, don't get me wrong, sir!"
"And what could I get wrong?" He asked and sniffed around. "Oh, the smell is making my mouth water…"
"Toshiro's back?" Yoshika asked from the kitchen.
"Yeah!" Some of the girls shouted.
"Just in time for dinner!" she cheered. "Let's' have at it!"
Two minutes later, as Toshiro's schnitzel was only half eaten, he heard a message in his transponder. Everyone tensed up, seeing as he pressed his hand against his ear.
"Roger, understood," Toshiro said. "Believe it or not, the Neuroi are back in the same place, just without the enormous carrier-type."
"Then let's sortie," Minna stood up, but Toshiro stretched his hand out in a halt gesture.
"I wanted to try out some of my new tricks, Minna. I'll go alone."
"No way!" Yoshika shouted. "I'm going with you!"
"Hmmm…" Toshiro ruffled his eyebrows. "Okay then, let's go, this should be a sizeable battle for the two of us."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Adolfine asked.
"You remember Amazonia?" He grinned.
Adolfine's face warped into a vicious grin, and she shouted, "Go get them!"
Toshiro grabbed Yoshika's hand and quickly ran off to the hangar, with such speed that Yoshika didn't touch the ground for a second.
"Toshiro, don't get so excited!" Yoshika shouted as they were nearing the hangar.
"Oh, right…" he said and slowed down, letting Yoshika run on her own.
"Thanks…" She muttered.
Once the two ran inside, Toshiro commanded, "Get an MG42 and at least one spare belt."
"Roger that!" She responded.
He took his MG 151/20/3 and two spare drums, one with normal ammo, one with Minengeschoße. Toshiro jumped into his Striker, warming up the engine, and at the same time, Yoshika mounted hers.
"Into battle at your side once again… This brings back memories," Yoshika smiled.
"Oh it does, it does… Okay, taxi to me, so I can take your hand."
"I guess the Shinden isn't enough for your Striker, hmm?"
"As if you need to ask…" He giggled.
Yoshika grabbed his hand, and the two slowly taxied out to the runway.
"Ready, Yoshika?"
"Ready!"
Once she confirmed, Toshiro opened the throttle to one hundred percent, and lifted off at great speed while holding Yoshika.
"Woah, that's a nice bunch of enemies…" Yoshika gasped as they were approaching the designated location.
"I can see the place where you were attacked…" Toshiro said bitterly. "Twenty mediums, hundred smaller ones… You think you can handle half of each group, or should we split differently?"
"Half-half is okay, Toshiro," Yoshika smirked and readied her weapon. "Ready?"
"Let's go!" he shouted and fired a horizontal salvo at the nearest enemy group.
Yoshika detached from him, and she started firing on her own. The enemies, now fully alerted by their presence, started retaliating. Yoshika decided to dodge the incoming beams, shielding herself if she couldn't make it. Toshiro in turn pulled up his Flame of Kōjin and ignored the smaller beams, dodging only the bigger ones instead.
Yoshika plowed through her first ammo belt after defeating seven big Neuroi and twenty-five smaller ones, and as she wanted to reload, she summoned her new sword.
"Reppuzan!" she shouted fiercely and defeated the immediate threats, giving her a chance to reload.
"Nice job!" Toshiro shouted and time diluted to the nearest bigger Neuroi.
Oblivion Lost appeared in his hand, and using it as a catalyst, he shouted, "Wärmestrahl!"
The Neuroi was reduced to ashes in a split second, as well as a few smaller ones that got in the range of the attack. Toshiro quickly jumped towards the big Neuroi in his sight and split it in half with a draw Reppuzan.
"Toshiro!" Yoshika's shout was heard loud and clear across the battlefield.
He turned around and saw that Yoshika was struggling with her MG42, but she threw it away and summoned her sword just a swarm of at least two dozens of Neuroi surrounded her and prepared to fire a beam simultaneously.
"LIMBO!" Toshiro yelled and at the same time enabled his Celestial Aura.
A monochromatic wave of energy traveled in a diameter of a kilometer and froze everything around him. In this black and white world, Toshiro saw the beams stopped halfway towards Yoshika.
Shit, I panicked. I can feel the pain of this technique, not adapted to my current power level… I didn't even check if it will work, damn it! But Yoshika is more important right now!
He flew up to his fiancé, who had fear written all over her face. Once he touched her, she started moving.
"Toshiro? What's happening?" She looked around. "Wait… I think you used this technique once in the simulation, and only when you were training with Livy…"
"Wait a second, okay? You'll freeze again, but I need to recover that MG."
"Be cautious, Toshiro…"
He nodded, and dived, seeing the gun floating midair. Once he grabbed it, he pulled the charging handle hard a few times, and returned to Yoshika.
"And what?" She asked.
"A nasty jam, but it should work again," he said with heavy breath. "Come on; let's kill all these shits before I…"
Toshiro's vision suddenly blurred, but he managed to keep himself conscious, and keep up the Limbo.
"Toshiro, you're awfully pale, let's retreat!"
"No… I can't retreat, I'm the Chosen One." He smiled. "I'm dispelling this technique, and let's go, full force, no fucks given…"
The world slowly started regaining colors, and Yoshika immediately rushed into battle like a tempest. With her sword unsheathed, she only blinked between the Neuroi, cutting them in half.
"What the flying…"
"I can feel it from Kuji – Yoshika is serious."
"Because of me…"
Toshiro flared up his Celestial Aura and created five tungsten darts, just like those in APCR shells. He called up his Tekkaku Hebigan, and locked onto the cores of the bigger Neuroi. Diluting time by a hundredfold, he punched the darts with immense power. Each of the darts hit the Neuroi cores, but that wasn't the cause of the enemies demise, as the kinetic energy of the projectiles was so big that the Neuroi simply shattered upon impact.
His vision now became blurry and grayscale. Scanning himself he felt that his heartbeat slowed down considerably, as well as his respiration rate sunk. He pulled up his gun and shot one more Neuroi, and then, almost inaudibly he said, "Yo… shika…"
He woke up feeling that both of his hands were being held.
Oh shit… Where am I…?
Toshiro slowly opened his eyes, and immediately, Yoshika threw herself onto him. But instead of the expected shouting and crying, she was just there.
"You fell unconscious, Master," he heard a familiar voice.
After he looked to the right, he saw Livy sitting on a chair beside him and holding his hand.
"I feel hazy…"
"No wonder. You used your Celestial Order too much, Master…" Livy sighed.
"And you were bleeding from your ears…" Yoshika mumbled.
"I see…"
"And I mopped up the rest of the Neuroi. Are you proud, Toshiro?"
"Of course I am, Pumpkin." He smiled. "What happened after that?"
"Livy appeared and gave you a small replenishment of life force."
"It wasn't needed, but I couldn't stand you being so weak and fragile, Master," Livy explained. "But I restored your vitals to proper order."
"You both were watching over me? Jeez…" He blushed. "How did you manage to be alone?"
"Remember, I can be very persuasive," Yoshika said.
"I hope the girls won't hold it against you though?"
"I doubt it; they all know just how strong our bond is…"
"Yeah… So anyway, it seems the two of you get along nicely?"
"Of course, Master. The Mistress is also my friend, second after you. She's special to me."
"How nice…" He said softly. "Two of the most important women in my life now, working together… I'm sorry for going overboard… You shouldn't have worried because of me…"
"That's your second nature, Toshiro, I guess." Yoshika shrugged. "You get hurt so young maidens come to your aid…"
"Heh… So, how long was I out?"
"Oh, compared to your earlier blackouts, this one was very brief," Yoshika said. "It's six PM, roughly."
"Hmmm… Yeah, that was rather brief… Livy, am I in the condition to do anything?"
'Yes, Master, of course you are. More or less, you're fit for military duty." She giggled. "But please don't use your magic anymore today, either inherent or acquired."
"Yeah, okay…"
"We're getting visitors, Mistress. What do you say?"
"I think it's time you go, Livy. It was fun talking to you." Yoshika smiled. "We should hang out more."
"I'll make arrangements, Mistress." Livy bowed her head slightly. "And yet again, goodbye Master."
"Bye, Livy."
The door opened, and Minna, Mio, and Adolfine came in with sour faces.
"It's okay, you can come in," Yoshika said.
"Well, we were prepared to enter by force anyway," Adolfine said angrily. "Toshiro, you're a dunce."
"I know."
"You went just with Yoshika, and yet again, you return half dead," Minna said in the same spirit.
"I know."
"But do you know how we worried about you?" Mio asked.
"I can only guess, Mio…" He sighed. "I'm sorry, ladies. I experimented too much, instead of just whooping the Neuroi asses like nobody's business. I promise this won't happen again."
"Fat chance…" Adolfine mumbled.
"But apology accepted." Minna smiled. "All the paperwork regarding this incident is taken care of by the way."
"Ordnung muss sein… Ugh, I'm feeling hungry…"
"I can reheat dinner for you, or you can wait till supper," Yoshika proposed. "Which will it be?"
"I could eat a horse now…"
"Heehee, okay, I'm going then." She jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.
"And what are you three waiting for? Applause?" Toshiro asked.
"We should schedule something." Adolfine broke the silence.
"Give me a damn break…" He sighed. "Not today, that's for sure."
"Okay then, ladies, let's get out," Mio said and turned the other two around forcibly. "We'll talk about this later."
Nice sidestep, Mio, heh… No magic today, and I guess no workout… Hmmmmmmmmm… Food soon… Hmmmmm… Hmmmmmm… I guess I'll read something… But I feel so foul… I almost let Yoshika die…
Livy appeared suddenly, holding a bottle of 96% spirit in her hand.
"This could help, Master."
"Alcohol? I have a bad experience with drowning my troubles in booze…" He sighed.
"You have the rest of the day off anyway, have some fun in your life, Master," Livy insisted.
"Okay then, down the hatch!" He shouted, swiping the bottle from her hands and downing the content in one go. "Ugh…"
Livy looked at him with a smile and asked, "How about reciting the alphabet backwards for me, Master? But please, do take a minute."
"Okaaay…" he said and waited exactly a minute. "Uhhh… Z, Y, X, W… Wait a second… I should at least be having trouble with speaking after drinking that much!"
"You know, Master, I thought how to break this to you, but you are now immune to anything harmful to your body, at least on a mortal level…"
"Eh? You mean my power neutralizes alcohol?"
"Indeed, Master. Alcohol is now just a lump of empty calories for you."
"Shit… A shame I didn't drink while I had the occasion in the sim, at least I would have been more prepared for this news…"
"But this is good news, Master. Now you don't have to worry about ingesting something harmful."
Toshiro frowned his brows and summoned Aganaimaru, and pricked himself in the back of his left hand. After a brief sting of pain, a bunch of monochromatic sparks appeared, and there was no sign of any injury whatsoever.
"Yeah, that works too…"
"But remember what I told you about energy consumption, Master. Your healing isn't something wonderful."
"I guess neutralizing poisons and such is a negligible effort?"
"Yes, indeed," Livy smiled. "Come, Master, go and read your book."
"Okay then."
Walking down the stairway, he bumped into an angry looking Trude, but before she even peeped a syllable, he said, "Trude, the three higher ranked than you already gave me an earful. Please, don't add your three pfennigs…"
Her face changed to a cheeky smile as she asked, "And how did it feel?"
"Being on the receiving end of such a tirade sucks…" He sighed.
She suddenly embraced him and asked, "Everything okay, cousin?"
"Yeah, I'm fine I guess… Sorry if I made you worry…"
"Apology accepted." She smiled. "Where are you going now?"
"Yoshika will reheat me dinner, and after that I'll read something, eat supper, and… heh…"
"I don't want to know what's under that laugh…" she muttered. "But I approve of your itinerary."
"How's Erica?"
"Hartmann is lying in bed after she cried her eyes out." She shrugged.
"For fucks sake… Ah, I didn't ask anybody, but how did I look when Yoshika dragged me in?"
"Pale like the son of a miller, and kind of lifeless," she explained.
"I guess today is Sorry Day for me…"
"You brought it upon yourself, cousin." She smiled. "Go and eat, I'll help Yoshika with supper later."
"Wow, you're really a family person." He giggled.
Her cheeks blushed, and she started rubbing her left arm with her right hand.
"Come on, Trude, you don't have to be like that. If you change a bit, nobody will take it in a bad way," he patted her on the shoulder.
"First I have to settle my differences with Erica and Shirley, then I can start changing for the rest…"
"As you want, Trudy." He gave her a last pat and went down the stairs.
Just as he entered the dining hall, the aroma of good food being prepared made way to his nose. He sat at his usual place and waited for just a minute, when Yoshika stormed out of the kitchen with a plate full of schnitzel and mashed potatoes, accompanied by a whole pitcher of orange juice.
"Holy shit… I said I was hungry, but you sure threw me a curveball now…"
"Eat up, dearest, or you won't have strength for our… premarital activities." She giggled.
"But this would be enough for five, give me a break!"
"Trust me, you'll eat all of this." Yoshika smiled. "Just take the first bite."
"Okay then…"
Fifteen minutes later, Toshiro was looking at a clean plate, a half-empty glass of juice, and a half-gallon sized pitcher that was filled only with air.
"Well shit, you were right," Toshiro said and belched. "Whoops, sorry."
"Heehee, that only means it hit the spot." Yoshika chuckled.
"Thanks for the food for my body, and now for some mind food."
"Oh, can you pick me out a nice book? I don't know what to choose myself."
"Right-o, Yoshika," he saluted with two fingers.
He sensed that somebody is in the library, so he opened the door quietly. He saw that Heidemarie was leaning over a book, lit only by a weak reading lamp. She was so immersed, that Toshiro was literally breathing down her collar, and she was still reading.
"The Chronicles of Gallus Anonymous? Good girl. Now how to gain her attention so that I won't scare her?"
"Why don't you just pick a damn book and go your way?"
"That could work too…"
Toshiro silently crept around the shelves, and he picked out two random books. The dust gathered on them however quickly entered his nose, and before he could stop it, he sneezed like a cannon.
Heidemarie screamed in panic and hid under the desk, covering her head with her hands.
"False alarm…" Toshiro said. "It was only me."
"O-Oh… Why didn't you tell me you were here?"
"Heidi, I was literally reading your book over your shoulder, and you didn't notice me," he explained with a smile on his face. "I didn't want to bother you, since you were so immersed."
"Ah… Well, since I'm not reading now, I'll ask – are you okay?"
"Yeah, fine."
"Good." She smiled. "I'll return to my book then."
"Who procured the books here by the way?"
"All my predecessors bought books for this library, and I continued the tradition. I have to tell Adolfine to do the same. You think she will listen?"
"Tell her that I approve, and she will." He stuck his tongue out slightly. "Oh, and do read with proper lighting, that small crap will make your eyes go bad."
"I'm used to it, Toshiro. My eyes may be kind of bad, but they have very good night adaptation abilities beside my magic abilities."
"Well okay then, you're the owner of your eyes." He shrugged. "You know better."
A knock on the door interrupted his reading session, and he lazily said, "Come in…"
Erica slid her head through the door and asked, "Bro, can I come in?"
"Didn't you notice the sign on the door?"
"The one saying "To whom it may concern: I'm fine, I'm reading now, don't disturb before supper except for Yoshika"?" she asked innocently.
"Yeah, that one."
"Nope." She grinned. "Supper's ready anyway."
"Ah, then you did nothing wrong. Good girl."
"Heh… So, how did you manage to get yourself into such a state?"
"I'll tell everyone during supper, unless the info is already out in the wild."
"No, most of us don't know the details, bro," Erica said. "Come on now, let's eat!"
"Yeah, yeah…" he sighed and left his book.
Erica followed him silently by his side, and once they wound up in the dining hall, all the girls he didn't meet since dinner looked concerned at him.
"I guess it's story time?" Toshiro asked.
The girls nodded, thus Toshiro told them what happened, omitting and altering some facts.
"You took quite a risk, sir," Shizuka said after he concluded his story.
"Do you see her?" Toshiro asked. "She's lecturing me! A trainee!"
Shizuka immediately stood up from her chair, and started prostrating, but Toshiro quickly said, "I was kidding. Yes, I did take a risk. Yes, I should have made short notice of the Neuroi. I'm sorry that you have to worry about me."
"All forgiven!" Francesca cheered.
"When did you become our spokesman, huh?" Adolfine pulled her cheek playfully.
"Eheheh, Auntie wants to play with me! My turn!"
"Oh no you don't!" Adolfine quickly put her hand into Francesca's face, stopping her from her obvious intention.
"Bwah, Auntie, let me at 'em!"
Shirley grabbed the Romagnan by the collar and straightened her out in the chair. "Right now, focus on your food, Franny."
"Ah, okay…" She sulked.
After supper, Toshiro took a bath with most of the rest, during which Francesca took revenge on Adolfine in all her grabby viciousness, for which she was scolded by both her and Minna.
Then, he went to the roof for some brief solitude. A familiar feeling of two well rounded breasts ran across his back, and he asked, "You're really clingy, Livy. What will Yoshika say?"
"She would join in, Master," Livy giggled. "I have a present for you."
"Oh do you?"
Toshiro turned around, and Livy held a cassette before him.
"What's this?" Toshiro asked curiously.
"This is a starter pack for you, Master. I have decided to give you this, so you can accelerate your re-mastering of the Celestial Order. It's a collection of all the elements on Earth, some not yet discovered by man. And yes, even those radioactive ones, so please be brief with your exposure with them."
"Wow… Thank you, Livy."
"With this, you truly will have a five percent mastery," she smiled. "This will fix the discrepancy between your physical and mental mastery."
Toshiro scanned the whole box, element after element, being instructed by Livy on what he scanned.
After he finished he said, "Wow, I feel like some kind of elementalist now."
"Well, you are, Master," Livy shrugged. "Good night."
"Good night, Livy."
Toshiro was now lying in bed with Yoshika, and both were reading their books.
"Judging by the ear-ringing silence, the book fell into the "like" bin, hmm?" Toshiro asked as he started getting sleepy.
"Hmm? Did you say something?" Yoshika asked surprised.
"Exactly." He chuckled. "Come on, it's time to… sleep."
"Oh, okay, I'll just read a few more pages."
"My, my… My dear Yoshika is an avid reader now, praise the gods!"
"Well, I did inherit some of your traits, and your smarts, so I take more pleasure in reading – simple as that." She smiled wryly. "And I see that you're horny already, so whatever." She inserted a bookmark and threw the book on the nightstand.
Toshiro smiled, but he averted his gaze, and looked at the ceiling with a deep sigh.
"I could have lost you today, Yoshika… All because I wanted to show off, instead of fight earnestly…"
He felt that Yoshika interleaved her left hand fingers with his right hand fingers. The guilt weighted him down so he didn't dare to look at her, but he felt that she assumed an identical position as he did.
"You know, Toshiro… It was a frightening experience. I literally panicked back then, not knowing what to do exactly. On one hand, I was worried about the MG 42 I held, because it was a valuable piece of military equipment, and on the other hand, I didn't lose track of you. I knew that even if the sky was falling down, or the earth crust started cracking apart, you would be there for me. But that feeling almost brought me to my demise, so I want to train more earnestly, and gain more battle experience, so the next time I won't be such a burden. I want to be with you, but I want to become stronger, so I can be independent of you. I hope you understand what I'm telling you, my love?"
"I'm speechless…" Toshiro said and looked at her, seeing her smiling towards him. "You've matured greatly, Yoshika, and I'm kind of anxious because of that… But hearing your words, I know that everything will be okay. Everything must be okay! We have to win this war, Yoshika, so such a cute granddaughter like Aya can be born!"
"Indeed," Yoshika giggled. "How about we… you know… train in that matter, huh?"
"And you got hornier too," Toshiro laughed. "I loved you how you were, but this is so exciting… I feel as if our relationship is blooming anew, Yoshika."
"The blossoms of our love never withered," Yoshika whispered as she crawled onto him. "And this new body of mine, complete with the brain that moves it, is all to your disposal…"
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