It has been a few days since the date I had with Riveria and you might be wondering what happened.

Well, she got pissed and turned all red before running away. I knew I shouldn't have said those things. Anyway, bitch boss decided to drag me to the beach with the rest of the staff for a vacation. So, right now, I'm on the beach dressed in a pair of shorts with a jacket on, helping my adorable Nahida make a beautiful sand castle.

Well, it was sizing up to be a fort and it was just done in half an hour. Truly, Falnas are overpowered.

"It's the beach!" Anya, my mood kindred yelled out loud, dressed in a pair of brown kitten-themed swimsuits announced.

"Calm down, Anya," Chloe said as she followed her co-worker.

Peeking out of the section of the wall, I noticed a swimsuit-wearing Chloe drooling over some kids. Whatever, not my problem.

Nahida smiled brightly as she showed me a starfish. How cute.

Anyways, back to the sand castle.

It was shaping up to be a beautiful structure, and look! Nahida even made some flowers bloom, how precious. Oh, look! It is Syr/Freya dressed in a swimsuit effortlessly turning heads.

"Ren, look!"Nahida called out with a giant smile as she showed a shell she somehow managed to dig up.

"A seashell?" I said as I held it gently. "Do you know that you can hear the ocean if you put the hole beside your ear?"

"Really?!"

"Yes!" That's right, double-natured babes are temporary, adorable daughters are forever. I watched as she put the seashell beside her ear, her green eyes lit up while her elven ears twitched rapidly. "It's true!"

I could only chuckle and rub her head. How fucking adorable. So this is what being a proud father feels like.

"Ren, I need your help,"

"Auntie Ryuu!" Greeted Nahida as she ran past me. Sheesh, you lazy, clumsy, lacking culinary skills, elf. What do you want? Just because you managed to charm my dau- Nahida, doesn't mean it will work on me,

"What is-" Holy hell! Now I know why many people simp for her. Fuck it, Bell! You have this fucking S-tier woman here! Wait... Bell won't even be in Orario for a while...

Eh, she would probably fall for him so my chances are 0%

"Uncle Ren... why are you red?"

Was I blushing? Probably from the heat, I have been working on this sand castle for two hours already, waiting for the girls to finish.

"Must be the heat, little one," I said as I rubbed her head. "Go to Anya, Ryuu and I need to talk."

"Okay!" the little girl gave me a big smile and ran away. "Aunty Anya!"

"What is it, Ryuu? If this is about teaching you how to cook then no," Ah, she blushed. "You almost cut me in half the last time."

"Not that... can you try and calm Syr down?" Way ahead of you, I already have 10 different ways to contain Ren Cruz's SCP-001: Vanir queen.

"What did she do this time?" I should have brought some anti-headache potions.:

"She forced me into this..." The young elf said, looking down to hide her burning face.

I never did understand why she would get embarrassed. I mean, it makes her look cuter. The green swimsuit suits her well and she was toned and well-built under her maid uniform as shown by her swimsuit.

Bell, you lucky kid! Seducing a way more mature woman. Well, seduce in the future.

"It looks good on you. Just add a flower to your hair and Freya might consider you a close equal." Not a lie, Ryuu is Freya's closest friend outside of the Familia. A fact well-known by the executives and Nobu. Speaking of which.

"HA HA HA!" The far eastern young woman cackled as flames erupted behind her. "This is Nobunaga the ROCK N' ROLL!" She was happily playing the guitar I made on the balcony.

Oh, yeah. Wait... Ryuu... did I piss you off?

"Does... does it really?"

"Yes," I said. After all, lying would probably get me killed. Now, leave me be, woman! I need to finish the sandcastle before going surfing. It's probably around 9 in the morning and our group will be on the beaches near Melen for three days. I have enough time to finish fort sandtopia and shred some waves.

"Oh! Ren! Ryuu!" Shit... go away, SCP 001! Leave me in peace!

"Syr," Ryuu greeted as her face turned to normal.

"Evil woman," I greeted my boss and friend as she stopped in front of us. Hah! I am immune to your charms and feel nothing but annoyance or disgust aimed at your seduction, intentional or not. Besides, I have a better ass than you!

"Ren! Can you please buy some ingredients? We are missing some and we needed to replace it." Taking a peek over at Syr, I spotted Anya, Chloe, Nahida, and Lunoire eating some of the rations we had. Why do I feel like something will happen if I do go...

"No, I promised Nahida I would finish this sand castle." I looked at her and saw her smile turn cold and for her gaze to focus on... HOLY SHIT! Why is one of the Gullivers holding Elmo hostage?! Fuck! I don't want to go! Freya planned something! She planned something! But Elmo... Elmo is Nahida's favorite and...

I will find a way, Freya!

"... Fine... I'll go buy the stupid groceries," I said while taking off the thin jacket I removed and putting it over my tank top, covering the partially revealed tattoo on my back.

The faster I get this over with, the more I can relax. Hell, I could probably finish stuff early.

"Momma!" A flash of white with red appeared in the corner of my vision. I could feel my eyes widen as I saw him. Bell Cranel. What?! How?! "Wait up!"

Holy... this feeling. Devouring apocalypse is acting up! dangerous! Long white hair contrasted the dark dress she wore, and a pair of mismatched eyes, each one resembling silver and jade. Who is this woman?!

Unlike captain Ottar... this woman...

Our eyes met. Shit!

"Dev-" I can't talk! Shit... No... Apocalypse is keeping my mouth shut. She's that dangerous?!

"..." I could feel her eyes look at me and in my mind, I mentally prepared the teleportation round on my arcane marksman to escape. No good. She can stop me before I can do anything. She's a mage. With a short-chant... or a chantless magic...

no good.

If I fight her... I will die.

"You... you have a different noise than others. It's not as... annoying." She said before leaving.

I... I can't breathe. Damn it! This is the first... the first time I got an unknown way stronger than me mark me. I wonder... if apocalypse haven't stopped me then...

It was different for captain Ottar. While he could be angry at me, he won't kill me. But she... she would have killed me if she wanted to...

Damn it! My legs are shaking non-stop. Shit... shit... shit...

"fuck..." I fell to my knees as soon as I could no longer feel her. Shit... that was way too intense. I won't lie... she was pretty cute.