"Alrighty~!" I clap my hands with a smile on my face, catching the attention of both ladies. "Stop it, the both of ya."
I turn to Lavinia. "Lavinia, be nice." Then turn to Chisaki. "Chisaki, be adorable." She merely pouts and puffs up her cheeks at me. Which is indeed very adorable. Good girl.
"Lavinia, this is Chisaki Miazaki. Friend from school." I introduce my very sexy tall busty blonde crush to my adorable busty friend. "Chisaki, this is Lavinia Reni. A friend from work." I blink, then turn towards Lavinia with curious eyes. "Are we childhood friends?" I ask with a low hum, making the sexy blonde blink slightly, then shake her head.
An action that made something else shake… And jiggle.
"We met each other during your early teenage years, so no." She answers kindly and warmly, and I blink and hum softly.
"Damn, thought it was a lot more." I feel like I've known her and the others my whole life, but that's probably because I've enjoyed my time with them a lot, and spent nearly everyday with them back in the day.
Lavinia smiles warmly at me, then flicks her gaze towards Chisaki, then back down to me. "Does she…?" I blink at her quirked brow, then realize what she means.
"Yeah." I turn to give Chisaki a grin while she blinks in confusion. "I bodied a ghost that was bothering her for a while." Lavinia releases a very sexy giggle at that, reaching over to pat my head and ruffle my already very messy hair.
"So you do care about strangers." Lavinia hums pleasantly as she keeps patting me, and I let her just because it's been a while since I've seen her.
Totally not because her fingers moving through my messy hair feels incredibly good and relaxing.
"Mnmmmm~!" I blink and stare at Chisaki, her puffed cheeks bright red, her bright eyes all but glaring at Lavinia jealously. "Hmph!" And then she stomps her foot, turns around, and stomps away.
"Ah- Wait!" She only speed ups, leaving behind a dust trail that makes me sigh and sag my shoulder.
Lavinia hums softly, finally pulling her hand away from my hair. "Might there be something between you two?" She asks softly, and I wince slightly, gulping down my rising guild.
"Maybe." I give her a vague answer, and I don't need to look at her to know that her eyes hardened and her jaw clenched slightly.
It's what she does when she is annoyed. Be it a little or a lot.
I sigh again, then start walking, nodding to her to follow me. "Come on, let's go home. I'll cook." Her gaze instantly brightens up at that, and I can't help but smile softly as I ignore the still rising and bubbling guilt inside of me.
I fucking hate this.
"How are Tobio and the others?" Among the whole Slash Dog Team, I feel closer to Tobio, Lavinia and Suzaku, especially since I spent a good amount of time with them before meeting the rest of the team.
"Very good, though they are a bit mad that you haven't paid them a visit in a while. Me included." She gives me a vicious and adorable small pout at that, and I wince slightly while scratching my cheek. "We are on a break now, and Tobi has taken over the bar at the Grigori Headquarters while Suzu went back to her family compound to make sure they are behaving well." I hum softly at that, a small smile spreading across my face.
Suzaku wasn't originally a member of the Slash Dog Team, but I kinda dragged her into it so to have her do other stuff instead of handling and babysitting her dumb clan.
I had to… threaten her clan a bit to shut the fuck up, which ended up revealing my identity as Architect to both Lavinia and Suzaku, but I don't really mind. It's not like I really want to hide it from them, and Tobio is smart enough to make the connections and guess, same as the rest of the team.
"I'll give them a call later." I hum out. "Maybe even invite them all over for some barbecue." That makes her eyes shine even more. It's probably my fault that she is such a huge glutton that loves food now.
I glance at her, then breathe in and gently take her cold hand in mine, giving it a gentle squeeze, one she instantly returns, her face all but glowing with a brilliant smile now.
"Have you been on any dangerous missions?" I ask softly, and her eyes all but twinkle in understanding.
"Ciel, I can take care of myself." I give her a hard look that makes her wince slightly before she swiftly averts her gaze.
"Lav, I am very, very fucking overprotective." I state as a matter of fact. "Especially of those I love." Her cheeks flush brightly at that, but I don't let myself get lost in her incredible beauty. "Need I remind you about the kilometers wide and deep craters I left behind in place of Augusta and that whore of your 'Guardian'?" I didn't read the Slash Dog Team adventures in my past life, so I don't know how many changes there are between the things I know and the written thing.
All I know is that Tobio isn't monogamous here, and is in a relationship with both his childhood friend, and another member of the Slash Dog Team.
How did that happen? They just got naked and hopped him together one night.
Next morning they were together, and Tobio came back an enlightened man.
I later discovered that Azazel goaded the two girls in jumping him just for fun and to tease them. He didn't expect for them to actually go through with it though.
Lavinia had at first joined the Grigori, then the Slash Dog Team, just so to hunt down Augusta, who rumors said had attacked and nearly killed her Guardian.
It later turns out, after I was told that she was recovering from grave injuries in the Grigori Hospital, that her Guardian just didn't give a fuck about her, and revealed it during a fight against Augusta, which made Lavinia have a breakdown and nearly be killed.
Let's say I didn't take nicely to that, and I proceeded to erase the two whores out of existence that very weekend.
Lavinia didn't take nicely to it at first, hell, she was even mad for a while, which hurt a lot honestly, but Suzaku and Tobio helped me through it.
It took a couple of months for us to go back to normal, but it's clear there's still a wall between us.
I love her, and that's as clear as day. Azazel knows it, Tobio knows it, Kokabiel even, and Suzaku too. Hell, Lavinia herself knows it, mostly because I revealed it to her as an offhanded comment, and I know that she feels the same way even though she hasn't said anything.
She's just waiting for me to make a move, to ask her out or anything, and I know she's goading me to do it through offering to take baths and showers with me. Fucking Azazel and his dumb seduction ideas that actually fucking work...
But… I'm just afraid. Hell, I know I'm being an idiot. Harem, or no Harem. Ask her out, or no ask her out.
I'm a coward at heart. And among all the people that I don't wish to lose, Lavinia and Suzaku are at the highest spot.
I still remember how a chance meeting made them curious enough about me after my usual daily training with Kokabiel led them to ask Azazel.
They learned a bit about me, and about how I was just a big ball of trauma and depression, and I was simply burying it under studies and just… secluding myself to my room.
And then each time I walked out, I'd somehow run into Tobio, Lavinia and Suzaku. Or just the two ladies, or just Tobio.
They didn't take no for an answer, always kept me company, always talked to me, always even looked after me and made sure I was eating healthy and regular meals.
The nights I had nightmares I'd always woke up in Suzaku's warm embrace, or Lavinia's cool one, and those always made my day so much better. So much so that I started to crave for physical contact with them.
I'm not… fully recovered, but now I can finally smile without it being a forced fake smile. All thanks to them.
I give her hand one last squeeze as my home comes into view, and I step ahead to open the door.
I step in with Lavinia in tow, mentally reminding myself to call Chisaki as soon as I can, then blink when I step in the living room.
I grab my phone and swiftly dial a specific number. "Hello 911? There's an intruder in my house." I state flatly as I stare directly into Azazel's eyes, his grin falling into a deadpan face.
I then turn to the chuckling Kogarashi who was working in the kitchen. Guess I won't be the one cooking. "I hope he didn't bother you too much. I know how he can be." I give Kogarashi a sympathetic gaze as I say those words.
"Slander." Azazel releases an indignant snorts as he leans against the couch. "I never bother anyone." He huffs, then takes an annoyingly loud sip from the teacup in front of him.
"No shit you Fell." I drawl out lazily, making him choke on the tea as I walk around the couch and smile warmly at Murasaki, who I told Kogarashi is my 'caretaker'.
Azazel knows there's more about her, he's just more focused on the stunning beauty part. And I can't blame him. Murasaki is impossibly beautiful.
"Other than whine about not getting laid with my Master, he's been… professional." Kogarashi states with a chuckle, and this time both me and Lavinia give him a deadpan.
"Typical Azazel." I sigh with a shake of my head, ignoring the dumb pout on his face. What a horrid sight… "Right, Kogarashi, this is Lavinia Reni, close friend of mine. Lavi, this is Fuyuzora Kogarashi, master of a thousand arts." Said master chokes on air and flushes in embarrassment as Lavinia giggles pleasantly from right beside me.
She already met and knows Murasaki, and is on very good friendly terms with her. Mostly because they both enjoy reading a lot, and good tea.
"So, why are you here?" I ask Azazel with a raised curious brow while I lean back against the couch, giving Kogarashi a quick mild glare 'cause he was cooking when he is the guest.
Azazel swiftly recovers, coughs into his fist, puts on a serious expression, then leans forward and cups his hand right in front of his face.
"It has finally happened." He announces, making me blink in confusion for a few seconds.
And then the realization hits me.
"Tell me everything. Now."
"Hey! Stop talking about dirty stuff around Asia!" Issei shouts from his infirmary bed, the sweet blonde ex-nun right beside him, her hands glowing a bright soothing green that alleviated the ache from the injuries gained… by getting beaten up by the White Dragon Emperor.
That woman is so mean!
The Fallen Angels he 'scolded' merely chuckle, though the dozens of other nurses and 'patients' still glare towards them for trying to ruin Asia's perfect innocence.
"Oh it's alright! The sweet nurse dressed in white nurse robes that hug her lithe figure giggles pleasantly, her adorable smile powerful enough to blind Issei and the Dragon within him, and the rest of the whole room. "I already know all about that stuff!" Asia states with slightly flushed cheeks.
…
The temperature in the infirmary instantly drop as everyone, including Issei, and shockingly enough even the Dragon inside of him, explode with furious Killing Intent.
"What do you mean?" Everyone questions at the same time with not so friendly smiles.
Yet Asia doesn't notice anything and still smiles brightly, a stark contrast to the room full of Killing Intent. Like a small firefly floating around a completely dark room.
"I know from where babies come from!" Asia states shyly, cutely poking her fingers together as she glances around, not noticing how every Fallen Angel, and 'patient' starts grabbing their weapons or anything around them that they can use as a weapon.
"Like, I know Mister Saurus has one!" She states as she nods towards one of the veteran Fallen Angels, a tall man with an eye-patch over his right eye and a missing arm, one of her many secret bodyguards.
"Eh?" The man blinks in confusion as everyone turns to him with glowing red eyes. "But I don't have a kid?" He states, voice dripping with confusion as he tilts his head to the side.
This time it's Asia's turn to cutely blink and tilt her head to the side. "Eh? Then what's with the eye-patch?" She asks cutely, confusing the everyone in the infirmary even more. Especially those ready to commit murder. Which is pretty much everyone.
"I… got injured?" The veteran answers with a raised brow. "What does that have anything to do with that?" Asia blinks, then looks around to everyone's confused face.
And then understands.
They were playing her for a fool! Thinking she is still a kid!
"Ooh I get it!" She giggles and steps forward with a wide proud smile. "I know it's not really a story for kids, but I'm nearly sixteen now! I know where babies come from!" She grins widely and puts her small fists on her hips.
"They pop out of your eye, right?"
…
Nobody makes a sound in the whole room. It's so quiet that people can hear the heartbeat from the closest person to them.
Eyes wide, mouths gaping, brains short-circuiting.
"C-Care to elaborate?" Saurus manages to whisper those words out loud enough for Asia to hear, his remaining eye as wide as a saucer as he tries and fails to process what in the fuck is going on.
"Mister Ciel told me!" Asia huffs as she cutely stomps her foot on the ground, a little annoyed at how they were still playing her for a fool.
"One day, one of my mom's eyes fell out, and Dad gave her one of his!"
"Then, after a round of prayer to God, Mom's eye, the one that fell on the ground…" Asia grins and points her thumb at herself. "Turned into me!"
…
And thus, it was at that very moment that enlightenment dawns upon all of the Fallen Angels in the room who personally know Ciel.
He had set this a long time ago… one of his infamous and evil plans.
Because now… they were stuck with either going along with Asia's very wrong knowledge…
Or correct her.
Kokabiel, Azazel and Tobio could only suppress and choke on their laughter while punching a nearby wall into dust right outside the infirmary, eyes red and full of tears from their suppressed laughter.
It was at that moment that dozens of Fallen Angels swore vengeance on Ciel.
I elegantly sip on my tea with an enormous grin on my face as Azazel wheezes in front of me, while Lavinia is lost in a fit of cute giggles, her hand constantly slapping my shoulder to reprimand me for my evil act.
Meanwhile Kogarashi is trying to control his own laughter so to not fuck up his cooking, and Murasaki excused herself so to be elegant about it.
"All according to keikaku." I knew that using that hilarious scene from Guilty Gear as inspiration to bully Asia and the poor victims she'd end up dragging into it would end up in something hilarious.
God, I wish I was there to see it!
"The guys that fell for your prank through Asia are murderous!" Azazel cackles, but I merely shrug with a relaxed smile. I have pranks ready for that too.
"They can join my long list of people who I don't give a fuck about." I not so elegantly and flatly state with a smug grin on my face. Pranking people is just so damn fun!
"Either way, I'm glad you dropped by." I hum as I set down my tea cup. "I need your help with something." I lean back against the couch and give Azazel a serious look. "I plan on getting a bit serious now that one of my main projects has been taken care of, and thus expand my reach to cover the whole world." That gets Kogarashi's attention too, mostly because I still haven't told him about my goal, something I'll have to while we eat.
Now that my Smart Metal Spirit is born and is nearly fully stabilized, I can start going wild and create mega-structures. And a great deal more of Orbital Laser stations just to be safe.
I can expand my workshop, focus on creating more weapons, and finally go wild and create combat Droids that can give even Satan Class fuckers a beating.
And shockingly enough, I'll need more Mana Dyson Spheres to power everything, especially my soon to come Orbital Station. My future home and from where I'll launch the rockets that will bring me to the Moon and Mars, so to place portals there and start the Terraforming process.
Topopolis, Orbital Elevator, Mechanical Planets, all of these things are within my reach now thanks to the Smart Metal Spirit I created, whose Metal will only grow stronger the more it ages.
"Now that's what I love to hear." Azazel grins and leans forward. "Come on, fill me in!" I snorts at his excited expression, but I can't fault him for that. I myself am barely holding back mine.
"I'll be starting slowly, by opening a game company." He blinks at that. "Full Dive Virtual Reality to be exact. On a global scale." I grin while he gapes. "It won't take long to code and create, especially with my Balance Breaker, and I plan on using that to introduce Humanity to the Supernatural through a game."
"They will learn the basic of magic and how it works, be it Human, Fairy, Norse, or whatever."
"They will learn of the history of the Supernatural, Great War included. All of this through a very realistic game, which will have a mental impact on them by teaching the right way to use magic, and what misuse can do, while the Head Gear will make them more susceptible towards these things."
Azazel slowly leans back while cupping his chin. "They will slowly start to enjoy the life in the game more and more, and then… the game will become reality." He looks up at me with wide eyes. "They'll slowly stop using the Head Gear as the game becomes reality and the supernatural reveals itself as a whole… all under their very eyes." He leans back with a low whistle as I smirk.
I planned on asking for help from the Youkai and Yasaka, but then I recently had this idea of slowly turning a game into reality, yet make sure no one goes 'Oh but this is a game!' and risk their lives like idiots, for nothing.
When they die in the game, they'll receive a huge penalty, one I am still thinking about. I'll probably make it a perma-death type of game, where one death means the loss of everything, and each time they restart, the game will be different.
I plan on using the Head Gear to input the ideas that usage of magic for evil, slavery and other shit is bad, which will have a huge impact on them thanks to the slight magic that will affect them while they play.
Of course that doesn't mean that someone will go crazy with power and try to conquer the world or some shit. The game will be just to prepare people for the supernatural and to find the especially talented one for the main force of the Human Faction.
The Head Gear and the games inside of it will only be sold and given to Humans, and it won't have just the game I plan on using to introduce Humanity to the Supernatural, but also other things like table games of all kinds.
It'll also be like a paradise for those that can't walk, or see, or hear. Inside the Virtual Reality world they will be able to do everything they couldn't in real life.
I'll add a lot of different things inside the Head Gear, like how one can still get a full night's rest while playing inside. How they can use that time to study for school, or to spend more time with their lovers, or even meet up with them when they are continents apart.
I want to add so many functions, but at the same time I'm afraid of adding too much and taking the attention away from the main game and reason I want to sell it.
The only problem is… it's just too advanced.
This world is years behind my previous one in terms of technology. Hell, they don't even have something like a Playstation here just yet!
"Wouldn't introducing so advanced be counter-productive?" Kogarashi asks just what I was starting to realize from the kitchen, and I scrunch up my nose with a low hum.
"Yeah, maybe just starting with normal games for a few years at least." I sigh and rub the back of my neck with a frown. "I guess I'm just in a hurry." Lavinia and Azazel smile softly at me, knowing why I want to hurry up.
But it's a bad thing. I really need to just… take it slowly. Stop worrying about things I can't control, and just live my life.
But it's so fucking hard.
"Well, either way, I can't wait to see what you make." Azazel hums with a grin, and I snort softly.
I'll steal the games from my previous world and create them here. It won't be easy, but it won't be hard either. It'll just take some time, and I have a lot of time now.
Kokabiel will attack within the next two months, so I have time to go wild with my creations and open the company. It'll also allow me to give a lot of people some good paying jobs, especially since stuff doesn't seem to be doing so well these years.
"Food's ready!" Kogarashi calls, making me perk up and stand up with a smile, my hunger growing even more from the delicious scent that starts to fill the living room.
Though I stop and frown slightly when I reach the table.
"Say, did you make more?" I ask Kogarashi, who pauses after setting down the last plate and gives me a slow blink before nodding. "Could you make two more please?" That gains a confused look from him, but he does it nonetheless as I excuse myself to swiftly go and grab two more chairs to put at the table.
"Girls, you can show yourself." I call out, confusing the current three other residents in the kitchen while I take a seat beside Lavinia.
Murasaki smiles lovingly at me as Karna and Jack show themselves, with adorable little Jack already drooling at the food.
"So that's who I kept sensing…" Azazel whispers, then whistles slowly as he appreciates the stunning beauty that is Karna.
Only to gape at the sight of the skimpily dressed curvaceous loli that is Jack.
Who proceeds to hop in my lap with a big grin on her face. "Papa!" She giggles happily, and my eyebrow twitches as I feel the surging killing intent from Lavinia.
And my drink's frozen now. Great.
I give Jack a deadpan look and flick her nose, making her scrunch it up cutely. "Adult form. Now." She pouts, then blinks slowly before giving me a sultry smile.
Fuck.
Her body swiftly changes and grows, filling out her already small clothing even more as she hums softly, voice way sexier and more mature as she leans against me and stretches her long legs below the table.
And now her very soft and large ass is grinding against my crotch, nearly making me grunt and shiver.
She giggles softly at me, then blows a raspberry towards the coldly smiling Lavinia, her hand firmly clenching a knife in it. Kogarashi meanwhile is currently chocking on his drink. I feel so sorry for the guy…
"Lucky fucker." Azazel snorts out, but gives me a thumbs up nonetheless.
"Go take your seat girl." I sigh with a smile as I pat Jack's hip, and she grinds her ass on my crotch one last time before standing up and happily hopping her way to the seat next to Karna's with a large grin on her face.
"Right, boys and girl, these are Karna and Jack-" Azazel instantly chokes on the noodles he was slurping on. Serves you right bitch!
"K-Karna?!" He coughs out with wide eyes, looking at the beautiful serene woman in question. "You mean, the son of the Sun God Surya Karna?" Karna's eyebrow twitches slightly, but that's something only I notice.
She really doesn't like being reminded about her heritage for some reason.
"Yes and no. I won't elaborate." I answer with a massive shit eating grin, though I am quite surprised that Kogarashi recognizes Karna's name too.
But considering the fact that he wishes to have a normal school life, it's expected for him to take his studies very seriously.
"Then, who's she?" Azazel asks, gesturing towards Jack with his head, the now very sexy and curvaceous serial killer humming happily and kicking her legs below the table as she digs into the food in front of her.
Seeing her so happy and enjoying stuff makes me very happy too. She deserves it.
"Jack the Ripper." I answer before thanking Kogarashi for the food and taking a bite out of my noodles just as Azazel finishes chocking on his drink.
"You know what? Fuck this shit. Lemme eat this amazing food." He snorts at me before diving into the food, giving Kogarashi a big thumbs up as he does so.
"Language." Murasaki chides gently, and I smile softly at her. She's so adorable sometimes.
But now, time to eat. This damn food is amazing!
XxX
"An Evil Spirit Radar?" I blink towards Kogarashi as I lean back against the comfy chair of my workshop, something that is still leaving Kogarashi in awe.
A silver blob floated down beside me, wobbling happily and changing into the shape of a miniature dog, then a cat, then even taking Jack's form before swiftly returning to a wiggling orb.
The Smart Metal Spirit woke up sooner than I expected, and it also seemingly decided to keep the form of a silver blob instead of the form of a creature, or even humanoid one, like the majority of Spirits do.
It still has no good control over it's own power, thus why I'm having it change shapes every now and then. It's a good way to train control since it's still too young to be taught Circle.
Though with how fast the little thing is improving, I'm sure he'll be able to learn it in the next few days.
"Uh- Yeah." Kogarashi blinks, his attention being pulled away from the giant revolving Mana Dyson Sphere and the enormous cannons not far ahead of it. "Azazel said that it's hard to track them down, mostly because they are Spiritual Beings and all that." I hum and narrow my eyes at that. That's true.
I pull my legs off my workshop and lean forward slightly. "So having something that can track them down, and maybe even tell how strong they are, could be useful…" I finish his thoughts for him, receiving a nod and a smile as I rub my chin.
"I can create a prototype in just a few minutes with your help." I hum out as I lean back, eyes widening slightly as ideas filled my head. "I'll need you to fight two or three Evil Spirits with it on hand though. Drag the fight for a minute so that I can have it record their signature Spiritual Energy, see how it matches and differs from Human beings." He nods as I pull a notepad out of my inventory together with a pen and swiftly scribble down the ideas I have in mind.
"We could also share these radars with the Ninjas." I freeze as he hums that out. "More coverage all over Japan, maybe even around the world. The Fallen Angels don't specialize in that, but they do." I slowly turn to him as he rubs his chin in thought, then pauses when he notices my gaze.
"You're a fucking genius." I point out flatly before turning back to my notepad, even more ideas swirling in my head. "Spiritual Energy also recharges slowly, not even at a tenth of the speed magic does, so maybe I should work on something that can solve that problem." I hum while tapping the pan on the paper.
"My master told me that Jade, the mineral, can absorb and hold Spiritual Energy like a battery." Kogarashi pipes up again, making me perk up and look at him with wide eyes, his fingers dangling the green magatama he wears around his neck in the air. "This is the same. Though it's more potent, or so I've been told." So, many, fucking, ideas!
I shake my head so to get back on track. "First, let's get the radar working. Shiny, give me around five kilograms of metal, please." Said floating blob of metal that I dubbed Shiny proceeded to do just that, and it swiftly dropped a large cube of metal on my workshop table.
"Alright." I thank it with a pat on it's floating wiggling surface, then turn to Kogarashi. "Cover your fist with Spiritual Energy, please." I ask him as I pull out some wires and glass from my inventory.
Kogarashi smiles and does just that, a white sparkling glow covering his fist, my eyes narrowing slightly when I wince slightly, a slight headache starting to form without even the usage of my Balance Breaker. "How will this work?" He asks, pulling me out of my confused musing. So Spiritual Energy can those around even when not used in a hostile manner. That's… worrying.
"What many people don't know – mostly because they don't bother to study magic and the likes – is that all types of power have a frequency." I explain as I start to get to work on creating the radar, using Unknown Dictator to shape and model it a bit after the Dragon Balls radar.
"It's different from radio frequency, or other types of frequencies. Devil Magic has it's own frequency, so do their Clan Traits. Fallen Angel magic and Angel Magic. So on and so forth."
"So basically, all I have to do…" I point the now constructed short rod towards Kogarashi's glowing fist, it glows and pings red a few times, then pings green, making me smile. "Is to find and register the frequency Spiritual Pressure does. Many also call it 'Reverberations', which are usually seen and felt when huge and powerful spells explode. They accompany shock-waves, and leave behind faint blue particles that only those very attuned good at using Mana can see." Kogarashi whistles at that as I adjust and set the now recorded frequency on the newly constructed radar.
"Now I just need to see if it works." I hum and settle it down, then reach over to grab my bottle of water to take a sip while the radar releases a ping. I gave it a range of two kilometers, but I doubt that it'll find anyone other than Koga-
Di-Di-Di-Di-Di-Di-Ding!
I promptly spat out my water as seven fucking pings pop up on the screen.
"What." Kogarashi blinks with a deadpan on his face, and I can't fault him for that.
"Alright, if this is you…" I poke the blazing and biggest orb on the screen. "Then who the fuck are these?" I point out towards the cluster of six, huddled together. Two of which had rather massive auras too.
"Evil Spirits?" Kogarashi asks with narrowed eyes, already looking ready to go punch someone in the face. Ain't that a mood.
I open my mouth to answer, but then pause and blink. Don't tell me…
I grab my phone under his confused eyes, then open up my search bar. The internet is currently going through a boom, even though technology is very far behind what I am used to.
I'm talking the square shaped Tv's and huge as fuck computers. Something to fix at a later date.
I created something like a file-holder for the Grigori some time back, so to help them store information digitally instead of through paper – something that Azazel thanked me a lot for – and since then I've asked them to just take stock of every important building, hotel and stuff and put it down in the folder.
And as I write 'Yuragi Inn' in the search bar, I'm not even surprised when it actually pops up with a picture and description. Of course, if Chisaki and Kogarashi are here, they'd be here too.
"Is that where those pings are from?" Kogarashi asks, and I nod with a low hum.
"Yeah, I think the majority of those pings are Spiritual users that reside there." I answer with a low sigh as I scratch my chin. Now I have to account for the story of the Yuragi manga too, which I barely remember much.
"Majority of them?" Kogarashi blinks in confusion, and I bring his attention back to my phone.
Specifically to a certain part below the picture.
"A ghost called Yunohana Yuuna resides within the Inn. Benevolent. Very powerful."
"Ah." He blinks, and I scrunch up my nose at that as I go further down the page. Showing no picture of the owner, but a picture of Nakai Chitose, current caretaker of it, and a Zashiki Warashi. A bringer of luck and misfortune, huh?
A pic of the admittedly very sexy Nonko, a Yoinozaka. She's drunk even in the pic.
A picture of the cat girl that I don't remember the name of. She wasn't part of the harem, if I remember right.
"Oh, I remember seeing this girl." Kogarashi points out the picture of Sagiri Ameno, incredible beauty with a curvaceous figure. And a Kuoh Academy female uniform. "I saw her when I was walking out of the school this morning." Right, so she goes there too, and either I never noticed her because I'm too lazy and never look at anyone, or her class is away from mine. And we share no classes.
"Right, she's probably a Ninja." I hum as I point out the shuriken she is using to hold up her side ponytail in the picture.
And then I scroll down to the picture of Yuuna. And goddamn is she beautiful, especially that lively, kind and warm smile of hers.
"Yeap, not punching her." Kogarashi announces as he crosses his arms in defiance.
"What a gentlemen." I drawl out with a lazy smirk, making him flush up and pout slightly.
Unlike him, my Orbital Cannons are Rated E for Everyone.
"I'll make contact with them tomorrow, see if I can establish a sort of relationship with the Ninjas." I could sell them the Healing Pods in great quantities together with the radars, making their work so much easier, especially if I can set up a connection between them and the Grigori.
"Need me to come with you?" My One Punch Spirits friend asks, but I shake my head with a smile.
"Nah. It'll just be a quick visit." I wave his proposal off, then lean back against my chair and hum with narrowed eyes.
I need to find ways to help Kogarashi replenish his Spiritual Energy faster, as his work will need him to always be at his max.
But the problem with that is… I use a Leyline to put a bit of magic in my Mana Crystals, then the portal closes by itself as the magic is constantly enhanced and reproduced over and over, becoming self sustaining after just a few quick seconds.
As for Spiritual Energy… I have nothing that conducts and enhances it like my Mana Crystals. Jade just absorbs and stores it, not enhance it. So I'll have to either find something that does enhance it like my Mana Crystals enhance Mana… or find the source of Spiritual Energy.
And that's the big fucking question. From where the fuck does Spiritual Energy come from?
I tap my fingers and glance towards the large box holding the restrained Stray Devil I recently captured.
Spiritual Energy. Spiritual.
…
I need to find out a way to rip the Soul out of someone and keep it in place.
"Huh?" I blink as Kogarashi leans down, then leans back up with a vial in his hand. "What's this?" He asks as he looks at the blackish-red liquid swirling inside the vial.
"It's called SIVA." I hum softly, glaring lightly at the vial. "Those are self-reproducing nanotechnology." I gently take the vial out of his hand and set in on the table. "They are a failure of mine from a few years ago. Could have ended the world if I didn't swiftly take control of it and sealed them." I hum softly, flicking the highly reinforced vial slightly.
Kogarashi pales at my words, then blinks towards the floating blob beside us. "Aren't they the same as this Spirit?" He asks with a lifted brow. "A prototype?" My face falls into a sad, disgusted grimace.
"Nope. They are built differently." I poke the floating blob with a low hum. "He is attached to me, but is mostly his own being and can think for itself. And is also fully magical in nature." I turn back to the SIVA vial and flick it again. "These aren't."
I look up at Kogarashi with a small smile. "They are biological, and demonic in nature."
I can achieve wonders with these things… but they are a massive stain on my past. And on a mistake I almost committed.
"I created them years ago using technology, demonic magic, and my own flesh and blood."
"They were meant to devour me, and destroy the whole Underworld in their wake."
I shrug, rubbing my left wrist slightly, where cuts from self-arm and holes from constant blood extraction are.
"I chickened out at the last second."
XxX
"You should go to sleep." I hum as I look up at Lavinia, who releases a cute yawn, her nightgown pretty much hiding nothing to my eyes, something she is most definitely doing on purpose.
"I want to spend as much time as possible with you." She states with a beautiful smile, one that lights up the dark room we were in and makes my heart clench. "Especially since it looks like you've been avoiding me." I flinch at that, and draw my gaze away from hers even as her fingers keep playing with my messy hair, my head resting on her very comfy lap.
"Sorry." I sigh softly, but don't explain myself or my reasons. I'm such a fucking coward.
She just smiles lovingly at me, making me feel even more horrible. I just don't want to lose her. Or Suzaku. Or Chisaki. Or anyone at all.
I'm greedy, but also a coward.
I look back up at her, her bright eyes meeting mine. "You're beautiful." And I can't help but mumble that out, making her cheeks flush slightly as her smile grew just a bit.
I shake my head, then sit up and turn to her with a smile, which twitches a bit when she grabs my hand and gives it a tight squeeze.
"No, I won't sleep with you." She pouts cutely at me. "Lavi, if I sleep next to you, I won't get a wink of sleep." And I'd have the world's hardest hard-on the whole time. Her pout deepens at that, making her even more adorable.
"Lavi." Her gaze meets mine, and I smile warmly. "I love you." She gasps softly, her eyes widening a great deal… and then they start to sparkle, a massive smile spreading across her now glowing flushed face.
I lean in and warmly kiss her cheek, then hold her into a tight hug. "Just give me time, please." I squeeze her tightly, breathing in her calming and addictive scent as I do so. "I need to think. I… I just don't know what to do." She hums and squeezes me into the hug, then places a warm loving kiss on my neck as she pulls back.
"You don't have to think alone." She whispers softly, and the look in her eyes pretty much confirmed it as an invitation.
To go to bed with her, and do things I've dreamed of doing for years now.
But I don't want it to happen like this.
"I know." I smile and wink at her, then slowly slip my hand out of hers. "I'll try not to make you wait long. I promise." Her adorable pout graces her figure once more, making me want to kiss those delicious lips even more, but I hold the animalistic urge back.
"You better." She huffs and crosses her arms below her giant bust, making it bounce and ripple in the already loose and small confines of her nightgown.
I lean down and kiss her forehead, then give her the goodnight and walk out of her room, take a deep breath, then walk into mine and take a seat on the bed before taking my phone out and dialing a certain number.
She answers after two pings, and I smile softly. "How's my adorable redhead?" I ask softly, trying to hide my nervousness behind a more cheerful and warm attitude.
I wait patiently for a few seconds when she doesn't answer, making my stomach drop- "I'm sorry for leaving like that." I blink, then chuckle softly, mostly out of relief.
"Don't be. I'm…" I sigh and drag a hand over my face. "I'm the one who should be sorry." I sigh again and drop down on my bed. "I just didn't expect her to appear so suddenly, and while we were walking home together." I hum, rubbing my eyes slightly before glaring at the ceiling.
"Is she… your ex? Or something like that?" Chisaki asks, the jealousy and clear fear in her slightly shaky voice making me frown and hate myself even more. "Is there… something between you two?"
"Are you trying to make a Harem?" My eyes blow wide open at that, and I sit up abruptly. "I-I mean- I guess it's kind of normal in the supernatural world, right? Harems and that stuff… So…"
"'Saki." I cut her off after her voice cracked slightly, making me feel like shit. "I'm not playing around." I state flatly and directly. "I'm not using you, taking advantage of you, and I have absolutely no desire to do that." I pinch my leg so to keep myself from raising my voice, keeping it level and quiet, yet full of emotions.
"You have no idea how much I care about you. And how much I need you." I whisper softly, then chuckle and shake my head. "Because of my past… I hate the supernatural world as a whole. I wish I was never bought into it, but I was."
"My Guardian sends me to school so to have a semblance of a normal life, but I can't." I'm literally the smartest human on this fucking planet. I could teach the teachers at school! "I thought of it as impossible, reason on why I planned on being a loner and just minding my business. And then I ran into you. Literally." That brings a cute giggle out of her, which makes me smile warmly.
"You make my daily life so much brighter. Teasing you is my favorite hobby, can't you tell?"
"You meany!" I burst out laughing at her accusatory outburst, all the bad emotions I was feeling until now vanish into thin air, replaced with warmth and happiness.
"Still…" I smirk softly. "Seeing you all jealous made me very happy. Especially when you went from being so flirty and forward to all pouty and cute." I could feel her cheeks puffing and her whining softly against the phone, making my smile grow just a bit bigger.
"Of course I'd be jealous when a beauty approaches the guy I l-like." Heh, she's so damn adorable. "A-A-And I don't know what came over me! I s-suddenly felt very possessive a-and…" She pauses and gulps loudly, making me raise a brow.
"And?" I ask, pushing her forward, now very, very curious.
"And I just kept thinking about how much I just wanted to get back home with you and have you hold me and kiss me and touch me and-" I blink as she squeaks and slams her mouth shut, my mouth gaping open.
Okay… Wow. My adorable Chisaki has a very lewd mind.
"Well, if you want me to hold you, you just need to ask." I hum out
with a warm smile.
"And if I want a k-kiss?" She is so adorably forward… I love it.
"We gotta ask your mom for that."
"Damn straight!" Said Milf instantly bursts into Chisaki's room, making the poor girl shriek while I snort. I fucking knew it!
"Mom! Get out!"
"We actually already kissed once, by the way!" I call out with a massive shit eating grin.
"You did what?!"
"Ciel!"
"And we even held hands! How lewd!"
An exaggerated gasp comes from the other hand. "My daughter is a sexual deviant…"
"Moo~m!"
The rest of the call was spent like that, with mother and future son in law bullying the adorable and poor Chisaki until she had enough, gave me a good night, then cut the call short so to attack her cackling mother.
Needless to say that I went to sleep with a smile on my face.
…
The very Heavens were against her since birth.
Abandoned at birth by her mother, found and taken in by a charioteer's wife, and grown as their child.
When they revealed to her that she was adopted, her whole world nearly crumbled.
She wasn't good enough for her mother, who left her in a basket and let the river drag her towards the unknown. Towards death, as anything could have knocked the basket over and ended her short life right then and there.
But she didn't let that bright it down.
And thus she went to school to study martial arts under the sages, even through the constant ridicule of her low birth, and being the daughter of a mere charioteer.
Yet she remained humble, kind and warm towards everyone. She always extended a helping hand for anyone in need, and never asked for anything in return. A smile or a thanks were always more than enough.
Her beauty drew trouble of course, but it was always stuff that was easy to handle.
And then she met her closest friend in her life, Duryodhana, during archery lessons.
They became close friends nearly instantly.
He also viewed her as an equal to Arjuna, a celebrity of the school. A high born. One blessed and loved by the Heaves with everything there is to have.
A good family, riches, talent, looks. Everything.
Yet, she wanted nothing more but to be his friend and compete against him.
She loved archery, and so did Arjuna. He was incredibly skilled, and she wishes to test her own skills against him.
Yet, when the tournament started, the participants had to their lineage, so to be placed among the same 'rank'.
She and Arjuna were worlds apart in terms of lineage. It was like Heaven and Earth.
And then Duryodhana intervened, and calls her an Arajna, and anoints her as the Queen of Angas. Just like that.
Just so she could compete against Arjuna.
And in exchange, he only asks her endless friendship.
But during the ceremony, Bhima, a Pandava, insults her after seeing her father, and calls her dog-like.
She started hating the Pandavas from that point on.
Her hate for them changed her, and led her to wage wars against them, and to find her true heritage.
She was a Pandava too. She was fighting and killing her own people.
Her own brother Arjuna.
Once more, the Heavens showed that they hate her.
With a bleeding heart and eyes full of tears, she kept waging war. She kept killing. She kept fighting.
She kept slaughtering her own family. One by one. Drenching the earth with their blood.
Even though she was given the opportunity to go back, she couldn't abandon the family that grew her. Her real family. A charioteer man and his wife.
And then, once more, the Heavens show up to mess with her in the form of an old man.
It was clear that the favored one was Arjuna. That the Gods wanted him to win.
That everyone wanted to see her lose and die.
And thus one of them disguises himself as an old beggar, and asks for money right when she had nothing on her person.
So, with a warm and kind smile on her face, she ripped the gem out of her chest without hesitation, removing the proof of her immortality and status of birth without flinching, and handed the bloodied gem to the Indra disguised as a beggar.
That did impress the God, who gifted her with a powerful one use weapon, one she thought she might use to slay Arjuna.
And she thought that maybe, just maybe, the Heavens did look her way too sometimes.
But they didn't.
They forced her hand, and the weapon Indra gifted her was wasted on someone she could have slain with ease.
Her immortality, gone. Her sure kill weapon, gone.
She only had her bow and skills on her side.
But of course that didn't matter either.
Perhaps the Heavens knew that Arjuna would have lost, so they made her chariot's wheel get stuck in a ditch.
The moment it got stuck, she knew.
So she simply put her bow down, and went out of her carriage to dislodge the wheel with a smile on her face.
And never stopped smiling even as an arrow pierced through her chest and heart.
A cowardly arrow, as that was the only way her brother could have won against her.
The Heavens truly handed everything to him, and ripped everything away from her.
She truly doesn't matter.
No matter what she does, nothing goes right.
So, with her last breath, she wishes that she could be reincarnated into a good family, so that she can enjoy her life to the fullest.
It didn't happen, and for quite some time, she had to battle against others to try and obtain this wish.
Until one day she was summoned once more, and her eyes met impossibly bright blue eyes.
I wake up with a gasp, my forehead drenched with sweat and a mild headache pounding the inside of my skull, my eyes wide and unfocused for a few seconds.
That was… a dream… Karna's life…
I swallow down big gulps of air and rub my eyes, then blink when I notice the soft and warm hand resting on my naked chest.
I gulp and follow the hand to it's owner, and then gulp again when my eyes land on the breathtaking form of a naked and smiling Karna, her eyes closed and her lips parted slightly.
I couldn't help but reach over and push a strand of her long bright hair behind her ear, which makes her scrunch up her nose cutely and reach up to hold my hand.
I give her hand a slight squeeze, then glance over to check at the time. Early in the morning…
I smile down at Karna, then slip out of bed and cover her naked body with the covers before walking downstairs and working up a good breakfast for everyone.
Me and Kogarashi had a quick stare-down and rock paper scissor match to decide who was going to cook before that. I won, by cheating.
Once breakfast was done, I put some on a tray and walked back to my room, where Karna stirred awake just as I shut the door.
"Good morning." I call out softly and warmly as she blinks and looks around, then flushes in embarrassment when she notices that she was naked in my bed.
"Here." I set the tray down on her lap as she covers her chest with the covers, but I only have eyes for her perfect face. She's just that breathtaking.
"I…" She starts softly, then reaches over to take my hand and have me sit down beside her. "I saw your past." I blink, then smile softly at her.
"I'm sorry for the nightmare." I joke softly, so to light up the mood, but her smile only twitches as she leans against me and rests her head against mine, her hand squeezing mine tightly.
"You are a wonderful Human being, Master." She whispers softly, but I only chuckle and shake my head.
"I'm really not, I'm the worst there is. I only do things because I get to gain something from it." I shrug and glare down at my hand. "Hell, I was a broken monster when I was young." The SIVA… My greatest mistake, a weapon of untold horrors and powers that shouldn't exist.
Once it assimilated me, it would have been able to use my Sacred Gear. And then the Clan Traits and powers of every single Devil it devoured.
The more it ate, the more powerful it would have become.
I shake away those thoughts and simply focus on Karna's warmth, and bright her into a tight hug that surprises her greatly.
"Don't ever think that you don't matter." She freezes. "Don't ever think that you aren't important." I squeeze her tighter, uncaring that she is naked.
"I care about a lot, Karna. Like I care about Jack, Murasaki and the others." I smile and cup her cheek, giving it a gentle pinch before pulling back. "You're now part of this very weird family, one that will all but shower you with love!" I grin at her, and she blinks before giggling softly.
When she smiles, she nearly blinds me in the process.
"I… Thank you… Ciel. I've always wanted to hear those words."
XxX
"How to… handle a Harem?" Azazel asks with a raised brown, trying to suppress his amusement with all his willpower. "This about Ciel, right?" Lavinia nods, a very serious look on her face, which was kind of ruined by the dark flush on her cheeks.
Tobio and Kokabiel are going to love this.
He pushes those thoughts away and sighs softly with a fond smile. "I'll be straight with you then, Lavinia. Ciel wants a harem, a massive one." Her eyebrow twitches, and the temperature takes a sharp drop instantly. "But not out of lust, but out of love." And then it all stops, just like that.
"He wants affection. A lot of it. He is desperate for it and it's warmth." He flexes his hands and sighs. "But he loves you girls too much to be straight with his desires, so he just… dodges the issues and wallows in his own fears and guilt." And again the temperature drops. Thank Father Suzaku isn't around, else his office would be ash by now.
"Then…" Lavinia bites her lower lip worriedly. "How can I possibly help him accept this dream? I… I do want him all for myself… but I also want him to be happy." Ah, young love… Last time he experienced it, the old man booted him out of Heaven.
Twas worth it! That ass was just calling his name!
"Trust me, if you do accept his Harem and become one of his very likely many girls, he won't neglect you one bit." He points out flatly. "You seriously underestimate how much he loves you, and how much he pampers those he cares about." Hell, the guy gives the best birthday gifts ever!
He bought Tobio a whole fucking bar!
"Either way, here's my suggestion." He rests his hands on his desk and leans forward. "Find that girl, Chisaki if I remember right, and talk with her. Ciel is very attached to her, and she is the deciding factor on his Harem plan. Convince her to become part of Ciel's Harem, then hop him in bed." He really doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about, but since this shit worked with Tobio, he'll just try again!
Hopefully it doesn't bite him in the ass…
"I understand!" Lavinia stands and pumps her fists, a burning determination filling her bright eyes. "I'll help him, then we can get to work on making lots of babies!" He raises a finger, but the girl storms out of his office before he could say anything.
That guy really has all the luck…
Azazel sighs with a fond smile on his face and grabs his pen to get back to work, only to pause before it touches the paper in front of him.
His eyes slowly raise off his desk, and he gulps when he realizes that he isn't in his office anymore.
I was moved into another Dimension. He easily deduces instantly. I was moved into another Dimension without being able to resist…
Now, that's terrifying.
He looks around the grassy land he finds himself in while slowly standing up from his comfy chair, made by Ciel and capable of giving very comfy massages and warming even his drinks.
And then his eyes fall on a grassy hill, with an umbrella propped up on top of it, and a small table set below it's shade.
And sitting by the table are two people. One he is on friendly terms with, a Devil that even Ciel likes.
His eyes meet the heterochromatic eyes of Mephisto Phelese himself, who gives him an apologetic and nervous smile before flicking his gaze to the other person sitting below the shade and sipping at a cup of tea.
He walks forward with a hard but nervous gaze, and his eyes land on the other person, the one that summoned him to this other Dimension with ease.
Porcelain-like skin, so white it seemed like it was bleached. Pitch black eyes with a hint of glowing magenta and light purple, shining with power and intellect.
Her hair are long, reaching down her back, and are as white as her skin, and had a jade green butterfly hairpin in them.
Her pitch black dress hugged her curvaceous figure perfectly, and was in perfect contrast against her white as milk skin.
"Well, well, well…" He couldn't help but chuckle so to hide his nervousness and fear of the woman in front of him. "If it isn't the Dantalion Ancestor, Echidna." The woman in question smiles, and a seat for him is conjured right behind his legs. He takes it without question. "I thought you were dead. Everyone still does."
Echidna Dantalion, the Original Dantalion, someone who holds power equal if not far superior to that of the Old Satans.
She was someone even Lucifer himself was wary off. Someone who was feared for her Clan Trait, and her horrifying magical skills.
Known as the Greedy Witch by everyone, Echidna never cared about the war, only about knowledge. Knowledge of all kinds.
Yet whenever she joined a battle, mostly to test some new spells and the likes, she always bought her side to victory, and even nearly killed Uriel once. Without breaking a sweat.
When the war had ended in a draw, the Devils were looking for someone new to rise and lead them down the path the Old Satans and the deceased Lucifer had, and everyone looked towards Echidna, expecting her to take the role as ruler of Devilkind instantly.
And yet, she just suddenly disappeared one day. And her disappearance sparked the Devil War that decimated a good portion of the Devil Houses.
"Never presume someone is dead if you haven't seen the corpse." Echidna hums as she takes a sip of her tea, a wide smile on her pale face, her lips a bright red color.
"So… Are you here because you want my knowledge on Sacred Gears?" He asks nervously while throwing a glance at the equally nervous Mephisto Pheles. "Unfortunately, that knowledge isn't under sale." Like hell he was going to give away something that took him so long to discover.
"Oh no…" The Greedy Witch giggles behind her cup, the faint glow in her eyes growing stronger and stronger as a healthy flush surfaces on her cheeks. "As delicious as that knowledge sounds, I want something else…" The curvaceous woman hums as she leans forward, her large chest squishing on top of the table in front of her.
Yet Azazel can't focus on the eye-candy. All he can focus on is the growing pit of fear and anger in his belly.
"She's here for him." Mephisto Pheles states flatly, confirming Azazel's worst fears. "She's here for Architect."
A visible shudder of pleasure runs down the Greedy Witch's back, a moan slipping out of her mouth as the healthy blush on her cheeks darken.
"I've studied his creations… His breathtaking creations… For years!" The woman pants, eyes glowing with desire as she grips the table with her hands, cracking and bending it with ease.
"But his creations can no longer satisfy my Lust."
"I need to meet him, talk to him, hear his ideas and understand his brain!" Another visible shudder of pleasure goes down her spine, her eyes locking on the Devil and Fallen Angel in front of her, and they promised pain if she didn't get what she wanted.
"So… tell me who he is, and where I can find him."
(Ciel)
I scrunch up my nose, then glare at my workshop ceiling for a few seconds before shaking my head. That was weird…
I perk up when a slight ringing comes from my phone, and I turn it off and stand with a smile before walking to the portal that leads me back to the Youkai dimension, and back in my room, where the very sexy and beautiful Yasaka was already waiting for me.
"How long have you been here?" I ask with a raised brow and a smile, ignoring how her warm fluffy tails wrap around my arm once I draw close to her.
"A few minutes." She purrs out a response, her eyes closing as she takes a deep breath before licking her lips.
I simply give her a flat look, but she purrs again before bringing me down on her lap, her hands coming up to comb through my messy hair. Ladies really love my wild hair huh?
"Missed me that much?" I ask as I lean back against her very soft and comfy breasts, her tails now wrapped around my waists as she hums a gentle and low tune.
"Of course." She answers easily and directly. "I long for your presence and scent. They brighten my day." That totally didn't make my heart flutter. Dang it.
I sight softly and reach down to pet her tails. "I'll make sure to come over more often then." She purrs at that, and I can feel her happiness shine and flow through her wagging tails even as I pet them. "I do have to take responsibility after all." I sigh out. I really need to stop being so damn sexy and charming.
Yasaka makes an adorable noise at that. "Shouldn't I be the one to say that?" She mumbles aloud, bending over so to place a few slow kisses on the right side of my neck. "After all, I forced myself on you, and gave you no choice." She hums out pleasantly, her voice containing an apologetic and slightly guilty tone to it.
I simply chuckle and shake my head at that, then turn to stare at her in the eyes with a grin. "And I'm the one that nearly knocked you up for losing control." Her cheeks flush slightly at my blunt statement, but a grin soon spreads across her flushed face.
"I wouldn't mind having another baby. Or a hundred more." She purrs out, lust filling her eyes as her hands start to roam downward. "But only if they are all yours." She pants softly and leans down to capture my lips in a searing kiss, one I don't resist at all.
Her tongue slips inside my mouth a second later, and I cup her cheek and enjoy her warmth and scent as I do so.
I want her. The way she makes me feel so wanted and just… showers me with affection and wears her desires on her sleeve is just… ugh.
We were, unfortunately, interrupted by a knock on the door. "Lady Yasaka, I bought her." I blink, and we swiftly pull back from each other as the door opens, revealing a Tengu kneeling respectfully in front of the door, together with Kuroka.
I frown slightly at the sight. She's beautiful, stunning even, with her long pitch black hair, loose kimono showing her curvaceous figure and long legs, black cat ears and tails and fair skin.
But her eyes… They gave me chills, and reminded me of myself right after… that happened.
And yet, she wears a smile on her face.
"Nyaa~! The greatest feline in nya world is at your service, Lady Nyasaka!" She cheerfully speaks up, with a smile and attitude that don't reach her years.
Traumatized, coping mechanism, depression.
There's faint magic around her, a Glamour… She's probably hiding signs of self-harm. Possibly worse.
"Come in dear." Yasaka nods her head with a warm smile, and the Tengu excuses himself and shuts the doors before leaving once Kuroka steps in and kneels down, eyes curiously glancing between me and Yasaka as her nose twitches a few times.
"I apologize for calling you so suddenly dear, but… I think you will want to hear this." Kuroka perks up curiously at Yasaka's warm words, then turns to face me directly, so I cough into my fist and swiftly think about the right way to say this.
"Alright so… I have both very good, and bad news, for you. But luckily, it's nothing that I cannot fix." I start with a serious gaze, then soften it in a warm smile. "I recently met your sister-" And she's on me now. Halp.
"Where?" Kuroka asks, hands tightly grasping my shoulders, eyes glowing a brilliant gold, no small amount of killing intent pouring out of her.
Yasaka goes to move, but I give her a look and a smile to reassure her, then turn back to Kuroka and gently raise my hands to grab her wrists.
"Kuroka, I need you to listen to everything I have to say. Please." She's way more unstable than I thought. I'm sure that if I tell her that she is in Kuoh, Kuroka will definitely go and slaughter Rias and the rest before bringing Shirone away.
Her gaze hardens and burns with an intensity I've never seen before, but she pulls back nonetheless.
"As I was saying, I've met her recently. She's been reincarnated as a Devil by Rias Gremory, younger sister of the Lucifer." Kuroka hisses, the veins over her temple bulging and nearly popping from sheer fury, her tails and ears standing on end.
Even Yasaka is very furious and disgusted by this.
"Now, the great news is that she absolutely hates her 'King', but doesn't want to risk going stray and lose her sanity." I then lick my lips and look between her and Kuroka. "The bad news… I suspect that she doesn't know anything about the Nekoshou Massacre, and what happened after her arrest." I've met her at school today during lunch, and I've asked her about a few things before that dumb red bimbo tried to sit at the table with me again.
I've asked her about what she wants to do, out of curiosity, if she gets freed from Rias, and she told me that she wanted to go back to the Nekoshou race grounds, so to look for her sister.
But the Nekoshou race grounds was razed to the ground years ago, and the few surviving members all live far away from it.
It was then I had a very disgusting realizations.
They are keeping all this knowledge from her.
Yasaka looks ready to march for war, while Kuroka looks both horrified and murderous.
"Another piece of good news is that… I am working on a way to reverse Devil Reincarnation." I reveal with a bright smile, stunning both beautiful women. "I already have an idea on how it works, but… I'll need some of your blood to run tests, Kuroka." I ask her softly, not wishing to bring back any horrendous memories about those fuckers that ruined her and her sister's lives.
"Is that… truly possible?" Yasaka asks softly, hopefully, and I can see Kuroka lean forward with hope too, possibly seeing her Devil side as a stain on her.
"I'll need some time, but I can definitely do it." I nod with a smile. "I'll just need to study her blood a few times, see if there is any difference on how it works between races. Once I manage to do it, I can return back to normal, and do the same for her sister, before reuniting them." I explain easily with a grin. There's nothing impossible for me as long as I have time and materials and subjects to study.
"Ciel…" The look Yasaka gives me promises lots of riding and possibly babies… And ain't that just… terrifyingly amazing? No really, I gotta stop being so damn hot and charming!
"Can-" Kuroka starts, then stops and bites down on her lower lip, her usually blank eyes now filled with hope and fear. "Can you help me meet my sister?" She asks in a whisper, her voice breaking slightly by the end, making me hate Devils even more than before.
"I think I can come up with something." I grin at her, giving the girl a thumbs up a she breathes a happy sigh of relief, her tails starting to wag and light returning to her emotionless eyes.
"How could I ever nya~?" She asks cutely with a bright smile on her face, ears jumping up and down on her head, making me want to pet them a lot.
Wait, could I possibly-
"There is something." I start with a serious look, surprising both her and Yasaka. "It's of vital importance."
Kuroka blinks and cutely tilts her head, then nods slowly.
So I take a deep breath and give her a serious look. "Repeat after me then."
"Can you imagine and imaginary menagerie manager magining managing an imaginary menagerie?" I say all in one breath, then stare at Kuroka very intently.
Yasaka's mouth drops, and then her eyes widen and she swiftly covers her lips to suppress a rising giggle.
Kuroka blinks and tilts her head to the other side, then just shrugs and smiles, then opens her mouth and:
"Can mew imyagine an imyaginyary mewnyagerie menyager imyagining mewnyaging an imyaginyary mewnyagerie?"
I recoil back with a grunt and cover my face with my hands while Kuroka bursts in a fit of giggles, the happiness reaching her eyes while even Yasaka couldn't hold her laughter back.
"I-I need a ring!" I whisper-shout with wide frantic eyes.
"I need to marry this cat!"
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