Amon had arrived at the headmaster's office. In other words, his father's room in Ginsei Academy.
As always, despite being the current Devil King, Barbatos did not act the part even in the least. He was currently sleeping on his chair with some manga covering his face.
But Amon didn't need to shout or anything to wake up his father. No. Just his rage and murderous intent that was reaching a palpable degree was enough to wake up Barbatos in only a minute.
"O-oh, Amon. Don't do that, I thought Marchosias had decided to come murder me for a second."
"I might just try to take a page out of his book one of these days. Anyways, I'm here to report."
Rumor of Lizel's kidnapping had spread quickly after Yuuto left. When Amon arrived at the headmaster's room it seemed Barbatos was the only soul in the school who hadn't yet learned of what was happening.
Amon had to convince Barbatos to send him out to check things. If he was being honest, he intended to help Yuuto if it came to it, but ideally he wouldn't need to get involved.
"So? What did you learn?"
"I couldn't actually see the fight itself, Chariot's Candidate was keeping guard. Cards and even other Candidates showed up, but she didn't let anyone get too close."
Of course, Amon didn't know Neith was only doing what Yuuto had asked her to do. Even so, he had to be impressed with the strength and speed she showed.
"But there was one thing I could confirm. There was a point where I felt Yuuto's mana skyrocket for a few seconds. I asked my Arcana about it, and he said it's likely Yuuto unlocked more of Lovers' potential."
"Aah, I actually also felt Yuuto's mana from all the way over here. Actually, I'm pretty sure everyone everywhere felt it, even if they don't know what they felt."
"Did you expect something like this? Is this why you have such high faith in Yuuto despite him being human?"
"Something like that, I learned of Lovers' potential a good while after the previous Devil King War. If Yuuto continues to grow at the rate he's going, he'll be an invaluable ally by the end of this. What about Aspite? Is he dead?"
"No, but he is completely defeated. I'm not sure if he'll be back to the war."
"Can't be helped then. I also had hopes for him, but let's see if he can make a recovery."
This ended the matter of the sudden match between Lovers and World which Amon came to report. Amon was about to leave the headmaster's office when Barbatos called out to him.
"Wait, I have one more job for you."
"You-! I'm not going to keep taking care of your responsibilities!"
Amon had heard this before. Barbatos would ask for help with something, and before he noticed he'd be dumping all his work on Amon.
There had been numerous times before when Amon had refused and left Barbatos to do his own work, but it was so sloppy Amon couldn't help but take care of it himself.
In a way, it could be said Amon is the actual Devil King and Barbatos just holds the title, but that's beside the point.
"Now now, I think you'll want to take care of this one. See, there's this disaster that happened in the Devil World-"
"I'll take it. I'll be away from Ginsei Academy for a while, so try not to burn this place down while I'm outside."
The son warned the father. Normally, it would be the other way around, but for them, this was normal. Amon immediately left to go to the Devil World.
He was worried about the victims of said disaster and wanted to save as many as possible, as Amon himself had once been one. But that's not the main reason for him to go.
For Barbatos to have brought this up, then it must have to do with the being Amon hated the most. An enemy Barbatos had become aware of by the end of the previous Devil King War and had been working to defeat since then.
By the time the day ended and the next one began, Amon was already well on his way to the Devil World.
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I woke up to find a familiar scenery. My room.
Well, okay, it's not that familiar due to the recent renovations Lizel-senpai made to my home, but it's familiar enough.
I was lying down on my bed. I straightened my back to get to a sitting position, but I soon laid back down again.
The reason for that was what I saw when I sat: Lizel-senpai, Miyabi and Reina were half-naked.
They were probably changing. I'll just pretend to sleep for a few more minutes so they can finish.
"M, mm!"
Making sure to make a loud noise before I opened my eyes, I pretended to wake up. And then I saw them right in front of me.
Black, pink and white. Lizel-senpai, Miyabi and Reina were dressed as bunnygirls and were all surrounding me in bed.
"W-what?! Why is everyone…?"
"Fufufu, did you think we didn't notice Yuuto before?"
"Ehehe, we figured we'd give Yuuto a show once you woke up."
"Yuuto-san showed an amazing fight, so Yuuto-san deserves it desu."
Because they were all looking down at me from above, I could clearly see their cleavages. Well, at least in Lizel-senpai and Miyabi's case.
Should I tell Reina her chest part is too big, so she's giving me a nice view of everything? … Maybe later.
"So, Yuuto's just going to keep 'jii' glaring at Reina's breasts?"
"W-waaah! W-why didn't anyone tell Reina?!"
Busted. Reina scurried away to try and fix her outfit. I went back to my sitting position.
"How long did I sleep for?"
"A day and a half. But it's fine if Yuuto rests more before going back to your daily life."
It was a long longer than I expected. Guess the backlash from using Infinite Lovers while I wasn't ready was just that much.
"I heard from Miyabi and Reina. So you got a new Characteristic Magic, but only temporarily?"
"Yeah. The Arcana told me it's called Infinite Lovers. Apparently, I haven't fully met the conditions for unlocking it yet, so only a temporary release was possible."
"I see."
Lizel-senpai seemed to go deep in thought for a while, but she soon came back to reality.
"In any case, we should do Healing Lovers now so Yuuto can recover his mana. Miyabi, please lock the door. Reina, you already informed Yuuto's parents that he's fine?"
"Desu! Reina told them while Yuuto-san pretended to be asleep."
"Door's locked. Now we can do whatever we want with Yuuto."
If not for the sexy bunnygirl outfits, I would have thought they were about to murder me or something.
"But wait, didn't I already recover with Healing Lovers?"
"No. We let Yuuto recover naturally, that's why it took so long."
Ah, I see. But why though? Wouldn't it be smarter to do Healing Lovers as soon as possible?
"I suggested that Yuuto should no longer get any service while unconscious. It's only fair we service Yuuto, and Yuuto services us."
"Reina and senpai agreed desu. Except for emergencies, Yuuto-san will have to work for Healing Lovers now desu."
I tried thinking of the number of times the girls did Healing Lovers to me because I was unconscious. Yeah… there were a number of those.
W-well, I suppose if they insist. It's not like I enjoyed missing the action anyway, so all the better.
"Everyone, come here."
"Yuuto."
"Yuuto."
"Yuuto-san."
The girls all came to me and I embraced them. It was hard to hug so many people at once, but it felt good.
There are still 20 other Devil King Candidates I'll have to face. But I'll do my best for the sake of these girls that believe in me.
