Here I am with a new translated chapter!
After being for several chapters looking for a beta reader, I think it's better to leave it like this. From what I understand, I've managed to improve a lot with the translation and maybe I'll be able to perfect it myself. I hope the errors keep getting smaller and smaller until there are none left.
Before I start with the chapter, I would like to answer a review:
Rain: Actually, in my home country that phrase can mean the same thing from both points of view, maybe one looks a little more aggressive than the other, but it doesn't reach the point of being a threat as you say haha. I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I hope this one also meets your expectations.
With nothing more to add, it's time to begin.
Enjoy!
Issei opened his eyes with difficulty, only to look from one side to the other upon discovering that he was in a completely dark place.
"Where am I?" wondered the young man, who didn't have much time to search for an answer, as hands rested on his shoulders.
Such delicate hands, that it was impossible to forget them...
Issei turned around quickly, giving an instant smile to the two women he loved most in this world.
Tiamat and Penemue hugged him, something Issei responded to instantly, as he looked at the large photo of his birthday above the heads of the Cadre and the dragoness, unable to help but widen his smile at the memory.
How had they managed to make him happy in such a short time?
It was something he was still trying to understand, but he didn't really care.
He didn't mind, as long as they were near him...
Isseise's gaze twisted to an incredulous look as the photo burst into flames and burned practically instantly. At that moment, Issei's gaze was mixed in a great deal of horror and hatred as Tiamat and Penemue transformed into Raynare, who gave him a ghastly smile, and proceeded to say:
"Would you die for me?"
Issei jolted awake as he was breathing very shakily, and a heavy sweat covered his entire face. He quickly grabbed his head, in a poor attempt to deal with what his body was feeling right now.
"Hmm..." Tiamat's voice was heard as she peeked her face out from under the sheets. "Don't leave me..." The sleeping dragoness commented as she snuggled even more into Issei with a face that appeared to be quite hurt.
Seeing this, Issei put her sleep aside for a moment, and proceeded to arrange the hair covering the dragoness' face.
"I'm not going anywhere." He whispered to her. "I'll just make breakfast. Wait for me in bed."
A small smile appeared on the dragoness's face after his words, and she said something that caught him a little off guard:
"I love you very much, Issei..."
Issei stared at her for a few seconds, until he finally smiled at her.
"Me too, Tiamat." He returned the sentiment, unable to control himself as he gave her a kiss on the cheek.
When the dragoness got like this, she was too tender to resist.
"I'll be back in a minute." Issei stated, rising from the bed and causing Tiamat to frown as she felt the usual warmth leave her.
Still, it wasn't strong enough to wake her up. Probably because of the words he had delivered to her earlier.
Issei started to walk down the stairs, only to lean against the railing and clutch his stomach tightly, because the dream he had was still tormenting him.
"Shit, here it comes again..." He thought, as his eyes started to shake and formed tears, which didn't take long to fall. "Whenever I'm with them I'm very happy, and I'm very glad to see that the cold attitude has already vanished in them, although Penemue is still so serious, but on many occasions she shows me her feelings, and her smile." Issei couldn't help but clench his stomach even tighter as the most beautiful smiles of both women flashed through his head. "Shit, their smiles... I get so happy just remembering them..." Issei gritted his teeth as the tears began to fall faster. "Still... Even so, this feeling still comes from time to time... A feeling of unbearable pain and emptiness..." He thought, leaning his forehead on the railing. "First it started with Tiamat, and now Penemue joins in too? It's like some kind of price I have to pay for being so happy. Now that the two of them make me so happy, these unpleasant feelings became twice as strong every time they appear..."
"*Again with your sorrows, mate?*" Ddraig asked with a clear worried tone, receiving a forced nod from Issei. "*This is the fault of your trauma. Your dragon emotions are quite problematic under these circumstances. "*"
"But what do the two of them have to do with Raynare?!" Issei exclaimed rather annoyed, hitting the railing hard. "Raynare was a fucking bitch, while Tiamat and Penemue are the women I hold most dear in this life!"
"*As I told you the first time, it's something you must discover on your own,*" the dragon commented earnestly. "*But, you mustn't let it get the better of you. After all, you could suffer even greater mental breakdowns in the future. It's very dangerous, as you could activate your Juggernaut Drive out of sheer desperation and rage. "*"
Issei stopped shaking, and gave a big sigh.
"You're right..." Issei raised his gaze, slapping his forehead hard against the railing, holding back his tears.
"Still, I assure you I will find the answer to what torments me."
"I'm sure it is." The dragon commented to himself, then raised his gaze. "The question is, at what point will it be? And, whether that feeling will increase even more with possible arrivals of other women he loves..." Ddraig closed his eyes quietly, crossing his arms. "But seeing his character and growing personality, I doubt he'll manage to fall in love with more than four women." A small smile appeared on the dragon's face as he opened his eyes. "Now that I remember, four women is the average number of wives a Dragon has. Perhaps, I'm just wishing there were four so he has another similar point with dragons." He concluded, then laughed at his own words.
"But what am I saying? He's a Reincarnated Demon, not a Dragon."
CHAPTER 30: NEW TEACHINGS IN THE FAMILY REALM!
Issei entered the old Academy building, to see how their President was sitting at the desk, which now, actually belonged to Azazel, due to the fact that he was the one instructing them. Putting that aside, you could see that the redhead had a face that was not at all sympathetic.
"Do you know what happened to the seals in the forbidden room?" The question quickly clarified the cause of her mood.
"In fact, that's why I asked you to come before class." Issei commented, putting his hands in his pockets and leaning against the door.
"Are you telling me it was you?" Rias frowned. "I had strictly told you that...!"
"You never told me there was a child locked in there." He interrupted her, causing Rias to grit her teeth slightly.
"Don't change the subject!" The redhead exclaimed, pounding the desk.
"No!" He confronted her instantly. "You don't change the subject! " He raised his tone of voice, clearly annoyed, causing Rias to be surprised by an attitude she had rarely, if ever, seen in Issei. "How can you keep someone locked up for years?"
"Look..." Rias gave a small sigh, calming down completely. "It's kind of hard to understand..."
"That's why I'm asking you." Issei insisted, stomping his feet impatiently.
"Your Piece is mutated, and that makes it different from us. It's dangerous." Rias explained, causing Issei to raise an eyebrow. "He didn't evolve like any Reincarnated Demon would, and we can't help him for that reason."
"Is he dangerous because he's different from us?" Issei asked, then asked another question. "What's different about him? That he's a kid who's scared to talk to his own shadow? That he's been made to believe he's dangerous to everyone? That he has a bit of a troublesome power unlike us?" Issei couldn't help but frown again. "Is that all they locked him up for? Did they even try to do anything before? Did they even try to understand him?"
"We don't understand human problems very well. That's why we're Demons." Rias explained with a frown.
Hearing the answer, Issei couldn't help but raise both eyebrows.
"And according to you, what makes us different?" He asked, causing Rias to widen her eyes.
"Damn!" The redhead thought, realizing she had spoken out of turn when she was harassed by the questions.
"That doesn't matter. Furthermore, at what point did you become a questioner?" the President asked, deflecting the topic.
Issei simply took a step forward, and looked at her seriously.
"I started asking myself questions, because answers are necessary to understand contexts." He concluded, stepping past Rias.
Apparently, the young woman had not discovered the true meaning behind his words. If she had noticed, she would have learned that she was farther away than she thought from being able to manipulate him again.
"Where are you going?" the redhead asked, curious.
"I'm going to go check on him." Was Issei's simple reply, causing Rias to frown.
"I forbid you. We'll put seals back on. He's someone very dangerous." She ordered, only to widen her eyes as Issei continued to move forward, giving her words no importance. "Issei, I am your mistress! You must abide by everything I tell you!"
"If no one's going to help him, I'll help him, Rias!" Issei shouted, causing the young woman's body to shudder at the sound of Issei not telling her President, and the shudder only increased with the sidelong glance her servant delivered.
"It's okay, I understand." Rias replied quickly. "But there's no need for you to be like this." Issei just sighed at what he heard.
"'No need'?" Issei shook his head in clear disappointment. "I shouldn't have yelled at you, I'm sorry. But, your words are too... stinging." Issei said it the best way he could think of, due to the fact that he didn't want to make Rias angry either.
As long as he left Gasper in his hands, there was no need to create a conflict between them.
Though that didn't mean he still held her on the same pedestal as always...
"I get it, you're right." Rias replied with a smile. "I'm sorry too. I guess I should have tried harder." Issei just smiled at her words, thinking that the redhead had realized her mistake.
Finally, Issei disappeared from her sight, causing Rias' smile to fade and she will take her head in annoyance.
"I almost ruined everything..." She whispered under her breath, rubbing her hair. "But what the hell happened to Hyoudou?" she bit her thumb. "Why did he change so suddenly? He used to be so much more manipulable." She thought, then became very serious. "I'd better act as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I might not make it in time due to Issei losing all his ignorance." That was what she thought, even though she couldn't even do anything about it now.
Not because she was unattractive, but because Issei already had two beautiful and wonderful women whom he loved with all his being, although he still didn't want to realize it...
An hour later...
Issei was sitting in his chair with great boredom. He only deigned to watch as all his classmates were with their parents, except him, because they were too 'busy' to attend to him. The first few times it happened at his other schools he felt great embarrassment, but currently, that embarrassment had been replaced by annoyance.
Issei couldn't wander much further in his thoughts, as he looked up with quite a bit of surprise to see Tiamat and Penemue walking in, greeting the parents and teacher. Finally, they stopped beside him, and both gave him a small smile. In Penemue's case, it was barely distinguishable.
"What are you girls doing here?" Issei asked rather intrigued. "We don't have regular classes today. You two didn't have to come." She explained, causing him to become even more confused as the two women spread their smiles a little wider.
"You see, since we're both 25, and one is living with you..." Penemue commented.
"We thought it would be a good idea to sign us up as your tutors. That way, you won't be alone." Tiamat completed the Cadre's idea.
From one second to the next, Issei's face lit up with great drama as comical tears streamed down his face.
"They're the best!" He exclaimed, hugging them both tightly.
This caused everyone to look at him uncertainly. Still, none of the three of them boasted at the looks, as they were very much in sympathy in the very affectionate embrace.
After a few minutes, the teacher and parents alighted at the front of the room, as everyone listened intently to what he was about to say.
"Before we start with the art class, we would like everyone to share their wishes once they become adults." The teacher commented, causing Issei to roll his eyes, because he was already 18, and technically, already an adult. Though he understood that the man was referring to a wish even further down the road.
"To begin with, we'll start with the ladies."
The professor was naming the girls one by one, causing Issei to start sweating more and more at the same answers:
"When I grow up, I want to marry someone handsome and tall who has a lot of money!"
Some added various university, or tertiary studies, but every conclusion was the same.
"Are all the girls in my salon so materialistic?" Issei thought aloud, making Aika hear him.
"Not all of them." The young woman commented, adjusting her glasses with a smile. "Some of them already really think about what they want the future holds for them, not dreams of princesses and all that crap." She concluded, causing Issei to nod.
Still, it was disturbing to see that so many women of his grade seemed to have little brains... In fact, he probably wouldn't have much of a brain too, if he'd never gone into the Supernatural World, so he couldn't complain either...
He also began to wonder if Penemue and Tiamat were materialistic, for some strange reason. He didn't know why that thought crossed his mind, though he quickly answered it with a negative, as the women's attitudes seemed to be the complete opposite of materialism. In fact, Penemue bathes in money, and he had never seen her buy herself things out of the ordinary, except for that maid's outfit, which she only bought for him. That last made a smile cross his face at the memory.
"Hyoudou Issei." The aforementioned woke up from his infused sleep when he heard the professor say his name. "What is your wish in the future?" the man asked, raising an eyebrow.
At that moment, he felt many gazes fall on him, mainly those of Matsuda, Motohama, Tiamat and Penemue.
A small smile appeared on Issei's face.
"Well... My first wish, is to defeat Tiamat in a match and win the bet. My second wish, is to save as many as I can, and try to rewrite the Prophecy of the Apocalypse. And, my third wish, is to succeed in triumphing in the battle against Vali by myself, without any help..." He thought, shaking his head slightly. "But, obviously, I can't say that, or I'd be taken for a madman. All I know, is that all those desires with lead to one and the same feeling..." Issei raised his gaze, and gave the professor a smile.
"My wish for the future, is to be happy."
Everyone smiled at his answer, even the professor himself nodded several times.
"Something concise, but very practical." Commented the professor. "I like it. I hope you have luck with it." He concluded, then looked at Matsuda. "How about you, Matsuda?"
After everyone expressed their wishes, the art class finally started. And again, Issei had to make a sculpture, though instead of using ice, this time it was another material.
"Think of something you like."
Issei remembered Tiamat's words, so he raised his hands on the sculpture that resembled a ball of clay at that moment. He closed his eyes deeply, and let his mind flow.
"Something I like..." He thought, frowning slightly. "I already did Tiamat, so, this time..." Issei's mind began to flood with memories next to Penemue:
Her always serious look.
Her tears.
Her beautiful smiles...
And, finally, he remembered the first time he saw her in the Cursed Forest, together with the first confrontation they had...
Her black robe that completely covered her body...
He remembered it perfectly...
Even, he had to admit that she looked quite beautiful when she made her combat stance with her katana...
Issei opened his eyes wide as many gasps came into the room. He lowered his gaze, seeing that he had made Penemue's figure in perfect detail. It looked exactly like her when they faced each other that time.
Penemue could observe the sculpture from afar, so she couldn't help but blink several times in great surprise. At that moment, Tiamat whispered something in her ear. The dragoness' words had made Penemue lower her face a little to try to cover the small blush that was drawn on her cheeks.
Surely Tiamat had told her how it was that Issei got that inspiration and talent when he was thinking about something he really liked.
"Hey Issei!" Matsuda exclaimed, pulling out a porn magazine. "Make one of these for me!" The bald man pointed to the image of a naked woman, and shortly after was hit on the head by Murayama.
Several minutes later...
"It's very pretty." Penemue commented, holding the small statuette in a very delicate way with her two hands, as if it would break with a simple blow. Although it was almost impossible to witness, she was smiling.
The three of them were behind a tree in the courtyard, a little away from the others.
"What can I say?" Issei commented, rubbing his hair with a smile. "I try to do the best I can."
"I have one too." Tiamat added, raising her hands, and causing a small magic circle to appear and drop the statuette from her.
"Do you still keep it?" Issei asked, quite surprised at the revelation.
"Of course I do!" The dragoness exclaimed with a beautiful smile, as she pressed the statuette to her chest. "It's a gift from you, after all!" She concluded, causing Issei to rub his hair again at her heartfelt words.
Some time later...
A large crowd was rushing towards the gym when a supposed 'idol' had arrived at Kuoh Academy. Issei was practically dragged along by his two best friends, although to be honest, he was mildly curious.
After learning that she was Sona's sister, by the name of Serafall, he couldn't help but be a bit impressed to see another Maou, especially that she looked so young, and moreover, have a rather boyish, yet seductive attitude, as she attracted even women with the way she was. Something a bit strange according to Issei, although he didn't care too much about it either.
After all, he was much more attuned to another image...
"How come they can like him so much?" Issei thought with a smile, as he watched outwards as Tiamat and Penemue stood under a tree, talking very excitedly about their own sculptures. "Perhaps, I should give them a gift..." He concluded, raising his smile a bit more as he saw how the two women seemed to get along very well.
After all, they were almost all the time together.
"Hey Issei!" Matsuda yelled at him. "Are you listening to me?" the aforementioned couldn't help but look at him confused.
"We were just discussing if it's a perfect cosplay." Motohama explained, adjusting his glasses. "I think it's perfect. But he says it would be perfect, only if Serafall were smaller."
"I think she's fine..." Was Issei's simple reply, causing Motohama to deliver a triumphant smile to Matsuda, who only deigned to grit his teeth in defense.
In the Family Realm...
Gasper stared at the outside of the cave in awe. It was only natural, since he had not left that room in years, and he had never visited Hell. The colors of the forest where the Familiars lived were extremely different from the forests that could be seen on earth.
The vampire turned around to watch as Issei prepared a small campfire while he pulled some juice boxes and sandwiches from his backpack. Gasper couldn't help but look at him rather curiously, as a rather sentimental look came over him.
"What's wrong?" he asked, causing Issei to look at him for a short second, then look back inside the cave.
"Did you know this place was covered in ice before?" Issei responded with another question, causing Gasper's eyes to light up. "That ice wasn't natural. It was generated by my first Mistress. Let's just say she didn't like living with others very much, and she was also quite territorial back then." He commented, then chuckled for a second as he recalled how they met. "In fact, when I came into the area because of an argument I had with Ddraig, that's when I met her, and she obviously wanted to kill me. Although, she also had her own reasons for wanting me dead... Or rather, Ddraig's death." Gasper couldn't help but sit down next to him as he listened to the story, waiting for him to tell him more, something Issei noticed. "Let's just say I was saved by a miracle. And, after that, she let me go, though after seeing her face... seeing that she was so lonely..." Issei remembered Tiamat's expressionless face on that occasion, though she could not hide the great loneliness conveyed by her beautiful light blue eyes. "So, I decided to stay a couple of days with her. Tiamat did not deny that she was very grateful at such a fact, so she decided to train me as a token of her gratitude." Issei handed a couple of sandwiches to Gasper, who began to eat them unconsciously as he continued to listen to the story. "In the end, those days turned into a long month because of a certain circumstance. She taught me how to fight, and take advantage of my opponents' flaws, as well as giving me my first orientations in the supernatural world, and telling me different lessons so that I would learn how to survive in this world." Issei squeezed the juice box, then threw it into the fire. "Even though it had been a while since my reincarnation back then, I felt that it was only in those moments that I settled into the Supernatural world, and that's what it really meant to be a part of it." Issei stood up, being quickly followed by Gasper.
"And what was that circumstance you had mentioned earlier?!" He asked, rather excited at the thought of hearing another great story.
"Well, it's another long story..." Issei commented, approaching the forest. "You see, there was a guy named Raiser..."
Issei continued to tell his story, as he wandered deeper into the site along with the half-vampire.
Several hours later...
"Does she keep coming back to that dark cave, even though she already lives with you?" Gasper asked in slight disbelief, as he went about observing all the vegetation in general. The vampire was carrying a large amount of fruit in his backpack, indicating that they had been gathering food for the night.
"I didn't understand it at first either. But, when I got back to the cave, it was like a revelation to me." Issei paused, giving him a smile that surprised Gasper. "After all, it was in that place that she abandoned her loneliness, and where she experienced her first happy moments after a long time. Luckily, I have Matsuda and Motohama, but still, going back to that place gave me a pretty big nostalgic pang, being that it's only been a few months since I was last there."
Gasper paused for a short second, then nodded with a smile.
"I think I understand!"
"I'm sure you understand." Issei replied, looking straight ahead as he heard a strange movement. "After all, you went through circumstances very similar to mine and hers."
Before Gasper could say anything else, his eyes widened as feline beasts began to approach the duo, with not at all friendly intentions. The vampire was no fool, and he could pick up on those intentions, but...
"Stay away..." He whispered under his breath. "I don't want to hurt them..."
Gasper's eyes widened as a deep crimson glow took over the atmosphere for a short second, only to see Issei take several steps forward with his Balance Breaker activated.
Issei shadowed his gaze and lowered his face, causing a rather imposing crimson aura to completely surround him.
The beasts began to recoil in fear at such a powerful presence, and quickly fled.
Seeing this, Issei undid his armor and looked at him with slight concern.
"Are you all right?" He asked her.
Gasper couldn't help but look down sadly.
"I'm sorry to be a bother..."
Hearing his words, Issei reached over and placed a hand on his shoulder, causing the vampire to raise his gaze.
"You're learning, you're no bother." He replied, causing a small smile to appear on the vampire's face. "This place is pretty hostile, so if they approach you with bad intentions, don't be afraid to give them a beating. After all, they're asking for it!" Issei exclaimed, giving a thumbs up in response.
Gasper couldn't help but lower his gaze again.
"But, I don't want to hurt..."
"No problem!" Issei interrupted him, adding a toothy grin to his raised thumb. "In that case, I'll protect you!"
Hearing those words, a big smile appeared on the vampire's face.
As they continued their passage into the forest, Issei couldn't help but pause for a short second to say a few final words to him on the subject:
"Still, there will be times when I will need you to protect me." Gasper couldn't help but widen his eyes at his words. "Not just me, I'm sure you'll find more people valuable to you who will be in danger and you'll need to protect them, or both of you have each other's backs, it depends on the situation. That's the way the world we live in is, and if you don't adapt to it, you might regret it in the future." He concluded, without even looking him in the face, then moved on.
Gasper stood pondering at his words for a few seconds, before following him again.
A few hours later, back in the cave...
The only light present was that of the campfire, as darkness had settled over the huge forest of the Familiars.
"Wow, the black-haired woman is amazing!" Gasper exclaimed, as he ate with a great gleam in his eyes.
"Her name is Penemue." Issei commented graciously, imagining how the Cadre would react if she had even heard Gasper at this moment.
The talk about his second Mistress was interrupted with a small grunt, followed by a loud lump that hit Issei's chest and knocked him to the ground. Gasper couldn't help but jump in fear, only to see that it was a small dragoness.
"Oh, it's you!" Issei exclaimed, patting the little girl's head happily. "It was already weird to me that you didn't show up all day!" Gasper only deigned to watch the interaction between the two with quite a bit of amazement. "You shouldn't be afraid of her, she's a friend." Issei commented, causing the little dragon to turn her gaze to the vampire.
She tried to approach, but Gasper took several steps back, due to her condition.
"Why are you afraid?" Issei asked, causing them both to look at him, especially Gasper. "She's not going to hurt you. Then why should you, are you afraid to do it by accident?" A small smile appeared on Issei's face as the vampire nodded. "In that case, I should have died a long time ago by now." The young man stood up and folded his arms. "They made you believe that you can't control your power, in fact, you can't, but you are the one who decides whether you should activate it or not. When you activate it, you do so simply to put a shield between you and that person, due to your distrust of that entity, and yourself." Issei gave him a big, chuckling smile.
"Don't you think it's time to change that?"
Gasper looked at him with some distrust for several seconds, then nodded.
He shut his eyes tightly as the little dragoness began sniffing at him. Finally, he snapped his eyes open thanks to the fact that the little one was insisting with her snout that he pet her head. The vampire simply raised his hand and laid it on top of the dragoness' head, so that she herself then lay down on Gasper's lap and began to sleep peacefully.
"You see." Issei commented, sitting down next to him. "It's not that bad."
Gasper simply nodded with a big smile.
At Kuoh Academy...
"I already brought him back, as promised." Issei said, as he stood leaning on the edge of the terrace of the old building, along with Rias.
"Yes, and I see things went well, as he seemed happy." Was the redhead's simple reply, as she looked up at the stars. "How much time do you think he needs?"
"If everything goes as planned, in a few weeks he can be in Kuoh." Issei replied.
"I see..." Rias lowered her gaze, looking at him for a short second. "Issei, what do you think about love?"
Issei couldn't help but look at her rather uncertainly after the topic.
"Well, that's rather sudden..." Issei rubbed his cheek, thinking carefully. "I guess... Can it be good and bad?" Rather than an answer, it was a question, making it quite clear that he had no idea about it. "I mean, I had very bad experiences, just like you. But, I think if you pick the right person, it could be something..." Issei raised his gaze, and although he didn't know why, the image of Penemue and Tiamat crossed his mind for a short second.
"Indescribable..." Was the answer, something that surprised Rias, as she noticed the depth in that word.
"I guess you're right..." Rias replied, then smiled. "What kind of woman would you like to fall in love with?"
"'What kind'?" Issei couldn't help but repeat the question, thinking carefully. "Well, personally, I don't like to think about that kind of thing at all because of what happened to me. But, I guess my thoughts are still the same as before? I think." Issei couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, as he hadn't thought about love for several months now. "I've always been very fond of women who have an excellent physique..." Although the answer was quite obvious, Issei began to doubt his own words, due to the fact that he was realizing that it had been a long time since he had felt any kind of physical attraction towards women, with the exception of occasional instances.
That didn't mean he had become less of a man, he just felt that his tastes had changed, or had they?
It was all very confusing to him, as the faces and personalities of Tiamat and Penemue was something he might consider somewhat attractive now, but the bodies of the two of them were also heart-stopping, and he was no fool to overlook that.
But, the weirdness begins when he can only think of the two of them, as if there were no other women in the world, due to the fact that the dragoness and the Cadre had no point of comparison in any of the ways he thought before.
Why were the two of them so beautiful?
Why were the two of them so perfect?
Yes, it was very strange...
"Do you find me attractive?" Rias asked, not realizing that Issei was too deep in thought to answer her truthfully.
"Yes." Was Issei's simple reply as he continued to think about Tiamat and Penemue.
"Which part?" she asked, genuinely interested in the answer.
"Physique, personality, or character?" Issei asked, squinting as a mental image of her pretty dragoness smiling popped into his mind.
"Hem... Physical?" Rias asked, genuinely amazed that Issei was being so blunt, as he didn't seem like that kind of person.
"The butt." Was the young man's immediate response, remembering Tiamat's large, smooth, delicious, and shapely ass.
Even though the dragoness had bigger and much better breasts than Rias, he still thought her ass was something frankly unmatched. Kind of like Penemue's breasts.
"The butt?" Rias couldn't help but wonder internally as she looked at herself. "I thought my breasts were much better than my ass..." She concluded, genuinely amazed at the response she received.
"Would you like to have dinner today?" Rias asked, causing Issei to finally wake up from his thoughts. "I mean, we're master and servant, and we've interacted almost nothing with each other. And, it's been several months since you've joined the nobility..."
"To me, you are my faithful comrades." Issei replied with a small smile. "Although I no longer owe you my life, nothing would have been possible without you, so we don't need to interact with each other to get along, because we already do." Issei turned back to the moon, unable to help but smile. "But, you're right. It wouldn't hurt to have dinner at my place. I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind." He concluded, causing a big smile to appear on the redhead's face.
"See you in an hour then!" She exclaimed happily, waving goodbye to Issei, who simply waved back.
"I guess I should be going too..." He said to himself, putting his hands in his pockets and leaving the terrace.
At the Hyoudou residence...
"Dad, Mom!" Issei shouted, seeing that there was no one in the house.
"Damn..." Issei thought with slight annoyance. "At least, they could let me know when they take those work trips..." He concluded, then looked towards the stairs, and sketched a small smile.
"Apparently, Tiamat is still with Penemue..." He thought aloud, unable to help but widen his smile. "It's amazing to see how both of them have become so close. Especially for them, who have always been so lonely..." He finished, then looking at the large amount of leftover material from the academy still lying on the table. "Before making dinner, maybe I should make that gift..." He thought, taking the material stored in the bag, as he grabbed his photo album and went upstairs to the room to start working.
An hour later...
"It smells really good..." Rias commented with a smile, entering the Hyoudou residence.
"Thank you." Issei thanked, leading her into the kitchen.
"Are you alone?" Rias asked, seeing that no one was there.
"My parents went on a trip, and Tiamat is still with Penemue." Issei replied, only to see Rias pause.
"That's much better for me..." She thought with a sly tone, as she handed a small glance to her bag.
"Will you tell me where the bathroom is?"
"Yes, it's this way." The young man replied, guiding her.
Issei sat down, serving the food on both plates, only to look at Rias with quite a bit of astonishment as she returned to the kitchen.
Rias was wearing a rather extravagant black garment. A fabric acting as a collar around her neck was detaching a small linear fabric that crossed over her bra, and ended up joining another equally thin fabric a little above her navel. From there, different folds were detached to expose her navel, in addition to two other bras that were in charge of holding the long transparent stockings. The dress also featured panties, which, like the bra, were linked to the dress, making it all one. Much of the fabric was quite sheer, except for key places.
"How do I look?" She asked, turning on herself, causing Issei to be able to see that another bra came out from her nape to her panties and acted like lace,
"Is that lingerie?" Issei asked, unable to help but raise an eyebrow. "Why did you bring that?"
Hearing the young man's question, Rias could feel her plan slowly breaking down.
"Well... I simply wanted to show it to you, because I thought..."
Issei waved his hand dismissively.
"It's not that bad, but it really makes me uncomfortable to see you like that." Issei found the nicest way to tell her, not to mention that she was disgusted by it.
Probably, that disgust towards women's bodies had been created when he promised himself that he would never fall into lustful desires again. Well, he thought so, since he has been seen thinking a couple of times in a not-so-holy way about Tiamat and Penemue, though the instances have been rather rare. That last only makes it funnier that someone like Rias thought she could get his attention, if even the two women he considers most beautiful haven't had much of an effect on him.
"Can you change?"
"Uh... Of course, I just wanted to show you." Rias commented with a rather nervous smile on her face, seeing that nothing had turned out the way she wanted.
"I haven't liked that kind of outfit for quite some time now. It's not something owed by you, it's something personal." Issei clarified at last, making the redhead not feel so bad. "If it's that you're looking to impress some man you like, maybe you should talk to Akeno about it, she's more clear about it." Issei deduced, due to the fact that he could not find any other explanation for Rias to show up in those outfits.
Finally, Rias changed and let out a big sigh, before throwing the lingerie into the trash can that was in the living room. Her plan had failed, but she also realized that she had gone too fast, and that she didn't know Issei's current tastes, so, it would be best to act more cautiously from now on.
They both had dinner together, in what seemed like great progress to Rías, as Issei seemed to be quite content with her presence, plus he seemed not to be bothered by her little incitements.
What Rias didn't know, was that Issei was very bad at such matters because of his trauma in the past, which made him believe that no woman could ever be interested in someone like him. Therefore, he wasn't responding to her at all. He was simply being courteous.
A few hours later...
Rias had finally left, and Issei had already finished the gifts to the two women he loved so much.
Speaking of that...
Issei looked towards the door when he heard it being opened, and quickly made his way there to see Penemue and Tiamat, who seemed to be talking very happily to each other.
"Welcome!" Issei exclaimed, with a big grin between his teeth, also giving a quick wave to Penemue, who replied with her usual low energy, though the smile on her face indicated that she was quite happy at the moment.
"How did everything turn out?" Tiamat asked, patting Issei's face with both of her hands.
"All good." Issei replied with a bit of effort due to the dragoness' hands. "You?"
Tiamat broke off, unable to help but laugh.
"I've been helping him cook a little." She commented, looking at her with a face full of grace. "You should have seen her, she almost set her whole apartment on fire!" She exclaimed, causing a huge blush of embarrassment to shoot across the Cadre's face.
"That's why I always order food..." She whispered slightly sheepishly as she averted her gaze to the side, causing them both to chuckle.
"Before you go, let me give you a gift." Issei stated, causing Penemue to look at him with great curiosity.
Issei pulled a statuette out of the bag, where she, Tiamat and he were standing.
"This is when we celebrated my birthday." He stated, seeing that the three figures were in exactly the same pose in that picture. "Since you liked the sculpture I made you so much, I thought this would be a good idea." He finished, handing it to her.
Penemue received it with both of her hands open, causing a great glow to break out in her crimson eyes when she saw that the sentiment-filled expression of the three of them was perfectly captured.
A beautiful smile covered Penemue's face as she pressed the sculpture against her breasts.
"That's very pretty. Thank you." She thanked with great sincerity, causing the young man to give her a toothy smile in response.
"I have one for you too, Tiamat." He commented, pulling the last one out of the bag and handing it over. "That way, you won't have to worry if it thaws." He concluded, watching as a gleam ran through her eyes, much like Penemue's.
"I'll really appreciate it..." The dragoness stated with a beautiful smile on her face, causing Issei to give both thumbs up in response.
The next day...
Issei opened his tired eyes, only to see a huge bulge rise up on his own hips. The sheets were pulled back, revealing the beautiful dragoness stretching her body and giving a small yawn.
"How odd that you're awake." Issei teased, remembering that Tiamat almost never usually woke up this early in the morning.
Now that he thought about it, this habit Tiamat had picked up of sleeping with him was rather pleasant. Strange to think that the need to sleep together in that cave because of the cold became such a routine thing in the future, even if there was no real need at present.
"I can't help it." The dragoness replied, fixing the hair that covered her face. "It's too comfortable and warm." It was her simple reply that made Issei shake his head, who looked amused at what he heard.
Issei tried to get up, but Tiamat stopped him with her soft hands pressing against his chest.
"I want to return the favor from yesterday." The dragoness commented, giving him a beautiful smile. "Let me make you breakfast."
Issei leaned back on the bed and smiled.
"Very well, it's all yours."
Tiamat came downstairs in full underwear, not caring about the fact of what that meant since Issei's parents were gone and all the curtains were closed.
If she missed anything about her past life, it was the fact that she could walk around naked in her human form everywhere without anyone saying anything to her. After all, that was what dragons were like.
While Tiamat waited for the water to heat up, she observed herself in the mirror in the living room, so she couldn't help but take the statuette where the three of them were together and put it in the mirror, seeing that she looked exactly the same. She stood like that for a short second, until she visualized something strange in the trash can thanks to the mirror.
"What is this?" the dragoness wondered aloud, pulling back the lingerie outfit Rias had worn the night before. "Is it some kind of underwear?" She wondered, looking at it in more detail, slightly surprised by the details of it. "Hum... I like it." She concluded with a small smile.
Issei hurried to tie his belt, unable to help but look at himself in the mirror.
"I have plenty of money to buy more clothes, but I've gotten too used to wearing the academy clothes..." Issei thought with a small drop of nervous sweat.
"Issei, did I bring you breakfast or are you coming?"
"I'll be right down!" She quickly replied, putting on her footwear at the speed of light, then descending the stairs just as quickly.
Issei couldn't help but put on a silly expression as he sniffed the sweet aroma of the food.
"I hope you like it." The dragoness declared with a big smile, placing a tray on the table.
When he saw her, Issei's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"¡¿W-W-W-WH-WHA-WHAT?!" Issei pointed at her shamelessly, causing Tiamat to look down at herself.
"Ah, this?" she wondered, pointing to the lingerie she was wearing. "It's some underwear I saw in the trash. I thought it looked cute enough to throw away." She commented with total innocence. "Although, I must say, it's pretty tight on me." She brought her hand to the top of her giant cleavage, where her breasts were threatening to explode the fabric.
Issei's eyes could only stop at that very spot, as it was so tight that the dragoness' nipples were completely molded into the cloth.
"Though I must say, it's much tighter here." She half turned around, pointing to her butt, where Issei's face turned completely red as he saw how the cloth was sagging in the middle of her buttocks almost completely. "Especially, on account of it being so thin." She concluded, pulling the thin fabric out from between her buttocks, then releasing it, and making her ass pump in an incredibly trapping and hypnotic way.
And yes, the obvious had to happen...
"WOAAAAAAAH!" Issei screamed and flew, crashing into the stairs after the massive amount of blood that came out of his nose.
"Issei!" Tiamat shouted in great concern, rushing to him.
"Are you okay?" The dragoness asked him, carrying him gently, as she let his face rest on her breasts.
She only became even more concerned when she saw that Issei's unconscious face was completely pale from excessive bloodshed.
Issei seemed to want to wake up, but only had the strength to say a couple of words, and they were as follows:
"I couldn't resist Neutron style..."
"And so, that's how the brat had a runny nose after months..." Ddraig commented to himself with much amusement.
END OF CHAPTER!
I hope you enjoyed it.
By the way, I still had a couple more things left to show, so I was only kidding when I said the chapter was over.
"Lord Odin, it's a letter from the Angels!" A beautiful, voluptuous woman with long silver hair and soft blue eyes in black and white armor burst into the room.
"The Angels?" Odin wondered, lying seated at the desk. "How strange, we haven't communicated since what happened with Trihexa..." He whispered to himself, then held out his hand. "Give me the letter, Rossweisse!"
The now recognized as Rossweisse quickly complied with his command and handed it to him.
The God read the letter, being surprised by its contents, only to sketch a smile.
"Interesting... Very interesting!" He exclaimed, banging the desk loudly, causing the Valkyrie to look at him with great confusion.
"Get ready, Rossweisse! You will accompany me to a reunion in two weeks!"