The next day, right after we all woke up and ate breakfast, we looked for and talked with Michael. We'd already decided on what answer I'd give him last night together with Sein, so there was no point in delaying it.
Ruki and Rumi are also watching. Somehow, it feels kind of embarrassing.
"Let me hear it, what is your answer, Yuuto?"
"I've thought it over and discussed it with everyone. Well, without getting too into it, I decided to go through with Last Judgment."
Like I said, I discussed this last night with the girls, so they already knew what I was going to say. I know they're worried, since we don't know how Last Judgement works, but I don't want to be helpless if they need me ever again. This is a chance to train with the same person who put the current Devil King where he is now.
I also took this chance to observe Ruki, Rumi and Michael. I couldn't quite read Rumi's expression, but Ruki was clearly worried. Michael closed his eyes in thought, but his expression seemed happy enough.
"Very well then, let's get to it."
Michael called Ruki over. She didn't seem too happy though.
"Hey, Yuuto-kun, it's fine if you give up, you know. Dad might not teach you anything, but we'll do our best together."
"Thanks for worrying, but I'm going to go through with this."
I've always been just a normal person before being chosen by the Arcana, so I can't imagine that'll be anything that Last Judgment will complain about. So the only things that really factor here are my past lives and destiny.
I have no way to know anything about either, but I can't imagine I was anyone too good or bad in a previous life, if I even had any. And, no matter what happens in this Devil King War, I can't imagine myself changing too much.
Of course, that's all just me. I have no way of knowing what Last Judgment will do once it looks over all that. Sein told me she thought it would be fine, but there was no way to be sure.
"… Last Judgment."
Noticing I wasn't going to change my mind, Ruki used her Characteristic Magic. The atmosphere around Ruki had changed, and her wings also showed up on her back. 6 wings, like Michael, but 3 were white and 3 were black.
When she opened her eyes, they weren't normal. They had turned completely golden, like if it was a solid block of gold rather than eyes. Her whole expression changed as well, as if she was peering deep into my soul and judging me, which might not be too wrong of a guess.
"Guh!"
Before I noticed, my arms and head were locked in place. Whatever was keeping me locked up was bright, or more like light itself. It probably looked like I was about to have my head chopped off by a guillotine.
As if to confirm that, Ruki put a sword made of light right in front of me. Does she have power over light or is that Last Judgment? Regardless, I don't like the look of this. No way I made the wrong choice.
""Yuuto!"" "Onii-chan!"
"Wait. They're just watching, they won't interfere."
I couldn't see what was going on, but I imagine Lizel-senpai and the others did something when they saw me being locked up. Ruki, or rather whoever was controlling her body, turned to look at them and maybe was going to attack them for disturbing, but Rumi stopped her.
"There won't be a next time."
It came from Ruki's mouth, but it wasn't Ruki's voice. I wonder if it's her Arcana taking over her or something. It was clearly a man's voice.
Ruki pulled my hair and made me look at her eyes. We must have stayed like that for a good second or so before she let me go.
"I don't like you, but I can't call you guilty."
That was all whoever was possessing Ruki said before undoing everything. I was freed, so does this mean I passed? I was a little burned because of the light, but otherwise I was fine.
Ruki closed her eyes and then returned to normal, even her wings disappeared. With the heavy atmosphere gone, the girls came closer to me, checking if I was fine. I reassured them I was fine.
"A,aaaa! S-sorry, Yuuto-kun, it wasn't me, I swear!"
Once Ruki came back to her senses, she immediately apologized to me. Yeah, I figured it wasn't really her, so it's fine. No grudges.
But what was that "I don't like you, but I can't call you guilty"? Did Last Judgment see something to make it say that? This isn't one of those you die a hero or become the villain things, is it?
"Since that's over, we should probably start preparing for the training."
Michael said, bringing me out of my thoughts. For a while, he asked us a number of things, like our abilities and how we'd trained so far. To get the best results, we decided to be as honest as possible with him.
So that means we told him stuff about how Healing Lovers works, how Reina is a homunculus, how Lizel-senpai doesn't have her magic circuits anymore. Just about everything, though it seems he already knew a lot as well. He didn't know about Neith though, which makes sense since it was just two days ago.
After we'd gone through everything, Michael said he'd take the rest of the day to make a plan for us to train during the time we had left in this summer break. So he told us that, if we wanted to take a look around the city, today would be our last chance.
Taking that chance, Rumi offered herself and Ruki to show us around. I might have forgotten to mention it before, but we're currently in Rome. We decided to head out after lunch.
"Everyone, get in."
Rumi would be driving us in her own car. It was a very luxurious looking car. Since Lizel-senpai would stay with Michael, being the one who made our previous training plans, the car had just enough room for all of us.
Rumi and Ruki sat on the front seats, while Miyabi, Reina and I sat on the back. As you might have guessed, I was in the middle.
As the car continued on its way, I felt something soft on my arm. Miyabi was giving me a hug.
"Really, I was really worried, Yuuto!"
"Reina was also very worried about onii-chan."
Next was Reina's turn. I guess I underestimated how worried the girls were about me. I decided to check it with Cutting Connect.
As expected, there were a bunch of lines connecting to a bunch of places, even more so if I looked at Rumi and Ruki. It really made me wonder why Lizel-senpai's were so few and concentrated on me.
Anyway, I focused on Miyabi and Reina. The thickest line connecting me to both Miyabi and Reina was love, and it didn't lose to Lizel-senpai's. But there was also worry there, probably from Last Judgment. I could simply cut the line, but I feel it's best to deal with it normally.
"I'm sorry that I worried you, but I'm fine now. See?"
"When I thought Yuuto would be killed, I wanted to go help you. But Ruki was so scary I couldn't move."
"Reina too desu."
"S-sorry for that. But it really wasn't me though!"
Even Ruki went with the flow and apologized. I hugged Miyabi and Reina back. I know it's not enough to ease their worries, but it's what I can do for now. The good thing about it is that it really shows they care about me, and I care about them.
Rumi even joked that she'd take us to a love hotel, which the girls seemed to consider, but I managed to play it off as a joke. Earlier, Rumi was really interested when I was explaining how Healing Lovers worked, and offered herself to help with that part of training.
It was a surprise even to Ruki, but it seems Rumi was Barbatos' Queen in the previous Devil King War, and she said she also had some "enjoyable times" with the Lovers of the time. In general it seems Rumi is a very experienced and open-minded person when it comes to sexual matters, unlike Michael who has a low sex drive, so she'd be in charge of the Healing Lovers while we're here.
I have to admit part of me is interested in how exactly Rumi would help us, even more so if it also involved Ruki. Michael seems like a nice guy, so I didn't want to have these kinds of thoughts, but it seems that Michael and Rumi aren't married, and he even said to make Rumi into a Card so she could take part in Healing Lovers while we were here, so I guess he gave his approval?
"We can go on foot from here, let's take our time looking around."
We arrived while I had my mind on the gutter. Rumi parked her car. I could only describe where we were as a medieval style city, with stone paving and everything. It's like the stuff I'd see on TV programs, so it must be a popular tourist place.
We kept walking around a bunch of places. We passed by the Colosseum, which Reina mistook as some stadium. There was also a part of the city that looked like buildings with modern and older style were coexisting, which was quite an interesting sight.
Reina and Miyabi tried to monopolize me as much as possible, which I have to admit was really cute. I tried to give them as much attention as I could, to help ease their worries a little more. Though Rumi was also tried to get mixed in the middle, so I was a bit troubled over what to do.
Eventually, we saw a big building that looked like a Greek temple. We were still fairly far from it, but I could see it had a big obelisk in the center.
"That's San Pietro's Cathedral, Yuuto-kun. It's like the catholic headquarters."
Ruki told me. I'm not a religious person, but I got a little curious. I mean, I learned that God was actually a thing, so I had to wonder what they thought about stuff like this.
Did they not care? Or maybe they're already dead, so it doesn't matter what they thought. Regardless, it made me think a bit. Maybe I should ask Michael some other time.
After that, we continued walking until the sky was turning red. Rumi suggested we start heading back, so we began making our way back.
By the time we arrived back at the Kouma mansion, it was already fairly dark. Thankfully, it seemed dinner was already prepared and just waiting for us. We were able to eat as soon as we came back.
After dinner was a bath. Needless to say, I didn't enter alone. Lizel-senpai, Miyabi and Reina came in with me. Rumi was also there, but she said she'd only be observing for today.
"Yuuto~"
Lizel-senpai was the first one to come to me. I didn't really get the chance to give her much attention this afternoon, so I think it's only fair I give her a little extra attention now.
While I was focusing on Lizel-senpai, Miyabi was using her breasts to wash my back. Unfortunately, I couldn't give much attention to Reina right now, but it seems Rumi is taking this chance to talk with her.
Now that I think about it, it was a little embarrassing to do this kind of thing in front of an older woman like Rumi, but I suppose we have to show her how we do Healing Lovers.
"Reina, come here."
"Yes, onii-chan desu."
After a while, I couldn't help but feel a little bad for Reina, so I figured I'd given Lizel-senpai enough attention and called her over.
Once Reina came close, I gave her a few kisses and played with her breasts and ass. Lizel-senpai and Miyabi played with my dick in the meantime.
When I got close to cumming, I told the girls. Miyabi and Lizel-senpai pressed their breasts together, as if begging for my seed. Reina jerked me off until I came on their breasts.
"Hmm…"
I heard that from Rumi. I wonder what she's thinking. She doesn't seem too impressed, but then again, this is just the preliminary round of Healing Lovers. The real thing starts in the bedroom, and for some reason I really want to make an impression on her.
After we cleaned ourselves, we moved to the bedroom. Of course, it wasn't long before we were all nude and back to doing Healing Lovers.
"Aaaann!"
"Mmm, Yuuto~!"
"Onii-channn!"
After almost 2 hours, I think it was enough for the day. I know I was dead tired and the girls were also looking drained.
That said, they were naked right in front of me, because of their rough breathing, their chests were rising and falling, catching my attention. I regret not learning healing magic, but maybe I should ask Sein now. Better late than never, as the saying goes.
"Are you done?"
"O-oh, yeah…"
I finally remembered Rumi. Almost did more than I should. I don't want her to think I'm some horny monkey, so I guess this is the end for today.
"I see. I already know a few things I'll point out, but let's leave that for tomorrow, since it's when the training actually starts."
"Okay… well, I guess it's goodnight then."
I wonder what it is that Rumi noticed. I don't think there's anything wrong with how we do Healing Lovers, but maybe she noticed something from an outside perspective.
After that, I laid down next to the girls. Rumi left the room. After she left, the girls snuggled up close to me. We kissed and touched each other a bit more, but I guess everyone was too tired to continue.
We wished each other good night and then went to sleep. So ended the last night before our last training sprout for the summer.
While Rumi was watching Yuuto's Healing Lovers, Michael was talking on the phone. The person he was talking to was none other than the current Devil King, Barbatos Gandou.
Michael had just finished explaining all of Yuuto's abilities to Barbatos, and also how he planned to train him.
{Heeh, that's interesting. I didn't know you could make Candidates into a Card. I'm excited to see how much stronger Yuuto will become once he's back.}
"I forgot to mention it before, but Rumi offered herself to take care of the Healing Lovers part of Yuuto's training. It was a big help, since it would be hard for me to do it."
{Oh… you should be careful so she doesn't go overboard with him. It won't be funny if he dies from overexerting himself from having sex with her.}
Michael has existed since before either the Devil or Human World were created. Maybe because of his basically infinite lifespan, he has a very low sex drive, making it nothing short of a miracle that Ruki was ever even conceived.
As for Rumi, she couldn't be more different. Not just Barbatos and Michael, no one can count how many men have had sexual relations with Rumi so far. Barbatos has even sent some troublesome male students her way, and they came back like obedient dogs.
"How about your end? Have you found more on Lost?"
{Unfortunately not. Hirono and his Cards are having trouble. But they're probably going to recruit help soon. Aspite seems to have figured out how Yuuto became Lovers' Candidate.}
"That's truly impressive."
Just as Michael was sharing information with Barbatos right now, Barbatos also shared information with him once he got it. Case in point, the report on Lizel Yotaka ordered from Hierophant.
{Oh, look at the time. I have a new episode to catch, so I'm ending the call. Since Yuuto found out a way to make Candidates into Cards, throw Ruki in his bed.}
"I'll let Rumi decide that, but Ruki seems interested in Yuuto, so maybe it'll happen. We'll talk later."
The call ended. Michael didn't need sleep, so he used that time to review his training plan. He also had to wonder about Last Judgement's result. It was something he'd never seen before, so it was rather curious.
As such, the night passed.
