CHAPTER 20 – In This Together
Some people have asked, 'dude, are you okay, why are you writing so much?' so here's a quick answer to all of you lovely people.
I wrote half done episodes throughout last year, after finding the guts to actually publish my first ever written story, I am going through those half done episodes and detailing them, adding dialogue and correcting spelling mistakes.
Also, I know how much the first episodes 'suck' in the sense that it is mostly monologues about what the MC will do, when I can just write them when he actually ends up doing it. Thank you for the detailed feedback both positive and negative.
I do plan on running the story once over sometime to chill out on the 1000 word essays on power-pervertness. My finals in med school are coming up though, so, that'll have to wait.
And thank you for being positive in your reviews, even in critisizm. I was anxious about what I wrote for no reason at all, you guys are awesome to me.
After we changed;
And no, I was fucking respectful, I knew that she was putting on a strong face for my sake. That's what I did as well.
We went down to the hotel's dining area to grab breakfast. Overall, it was just a quiet breakfast with some decent food.
The comfortable silence we had going was better than most talks I've had with other people.
Once breakfast was also done, we checked out from the hotel and not really wanting to waste time, I teleported us to the location my father gave me.
Tokyo, here we come.
The 'land' was actually a whole street of houses lined up. Most of the houses were already being rented according to my father.
There would be one family moving in a short time so I could also use that house later on as well, but till then I didn't want to be an inconvenience to anyone. So that brought us to the last option.
There was a single empty house that was on the bigger side. The last family that was here decided to move from it being too big and hard to clean.
It was supposed to be a wide duplex house with a roof attic, it had 10 rooms with 5 on each floor and a big kitchen/living room area close to the entrance. The rooms themselves weren't tiny either.
… Meaning that this building reminded me more of a tiny mansion now, standing with Linda and looking at it from the outside. It had a very traditional Japanese design to it, and looked a bit under cared for.
It was clearly a street that was for rich people though, since Japan usually had smaller houses, and the other houses looked immaculate.
" Other than the vines growing, I think this seems like a nice place. " I spoke.
" I agree, even with it being uninhabited for a while, it will easily be the best house I'll set foot in. As an inhabitant, not an intruder I mean. "
I snorted.
" I'll handle the outside with magic after we settle, wanna see what it looks like from the inside? "
" Yes, yes I do. "
I threw her the keys so she could do the honors. She caught them and showed a small smile to me, before inserting the key and opening the door.
The inside was definitely better than the outside with its only problem being dust that had gathered. We walked down the hallway to enter the living room area to see that the house had come ready with furniture.
I walked to the kitchen portion of the building.
" Hey, loot at that. We have gas, water and electricity already open. A nice start. "
" Are you always this optimistic about everything? Would you please complain about the dust?! "
I smirked.
" What dust? " a magic circle appeared from my hands and gusts started gathering around the room, attacking each surface and crevice, even under the furniture or behind the cupboards.
The winds, with perfect precision gathered all of the dust and spider webs, also some tiny spiders, up into a ball before throwing it out the window.
I then took out from my Storage, floor and furniture cleaning materials, sponges and mops, then controlled them with Psionics to clean the whole room very thoroughly, all the while the gorgeous silver and black haired woman stared at me in disbelief.
It hadn't even been two minutes and the living room and the kitchen was actually shining. Even the cream colored couches looked brand new now.
" You are unbelievable… "
" I will try my best. Now you sit that pretty ass down, I always carry a teapot in my storage, don't question it, so I'll be making tea once the water boils. Till then, you can rest while I go 'clean' the rest of the house. Hehehe~ "
" I shall sit this pretty ass down then, I think I can get used to having a high class nobility devil as my personal cleaner, you know? Also you are teaching me that magic. "
" Hai, hai. Also my dad should have sent a furniture catalog on here, it's probably on that stack of magazines on the coffee table. That company is owned by devils and they just teleport the furniture parts and they assemble themselves with magic.
Choose whatever you like for this room, the bedrooms and the bathrooms. Other than the master bedroom, every room can take a Full XL size bed while that one can take a King size one. Choose a little extra furniture as well, we need spare ones in case of accidents and the attic is big enough. "
I saw her sigh in exasperation. Project 'Spoil Hot Partner' was coming along nicely so I moved on to cleaning the shit out of every nook and cranny in the house.
After half an hour, the house was sparkly clean and I had used almost half of the cleaning products.
" Are you done yet? " I asked.
" Yes, I believe I have some solid ideas, though let me see the rooms first to be sure. "
We moved around the house visiting each room and she solidified her choices. The rooms each had their own small showers and toilets while there was also a bathroom on each floor. These had a pretty sizable tub and separate cleaning areas.
The master bedroom also had its own bathtub although this one could fit two or three people at the most. We would have to get some supplies for the rooms we were going to stay in, though all of that could come later.
After her choices were done, I called the company and ordered each piece of furniture and paid them by writing a check. The furniture appeared in front of the house as they used some sort of illusion magic to make it invisible to normal humans.
I threw the old furniture out and set up the new ones. It barely took another 30 minutes and we were done with setting up the house.
I let myself fall onto one of the new couches after all of that was done.
" Ahhh, comfy. "
" You are one spontaneous devil aren't you? "
" And you love me all the more for it~ "
She was still standing next to the couches inspecting the room,
Until she wasn't and was now on top of me straddling my lap, her hands were on the sides of my head, taking support from the couch. Holy shit, she kabe-don'ed me to the couch.
" You know what, I think I actually might~ "
Her eyes were glowing their dark red, with passion standing right behind them.
Nope. nope, nope, nope, nope, nopenopenopenope-
I took a deep breath in,
" Linda, you are in no condition to joke, or tease me about such a thing. "
…
I saw her mood disappear instantly from my stern voice, and also panicked afterwards.
She tried to get off of me immediately,
" I- I'm sorry, I thought- " just a smooth criminal, isn't she?
Before she could get off though, I hugged her. I hugged her tight and rubbed her back.
… This fucking woman, trying to make me feel better when she is still suffering.
After I felt her calm down, I helped her get off of me so she could sit next to me.
Seeing the guilt on her face while looking at me,
" Hey, I'm not saying I don't enjoy you being that way. I haven't fully lost my mind yet.
… Just, you don't have to force yourself right now. This whole day, you have been putting on a brave face for me, right? "
I saw her nod.
" Well, thank you for that. Seeing you in a better mood, even if I knew it was forced, made me feel better. It brought me hope that you can one day be better. We can be better. That day just isn't today yet. "
…
" You wanna know something though, Ace? I think I am genuinely feeling a bit better. And it is only because of you. "
…
A few minutes of silence was what we needed as I got up and prepared tea for the two of us. Deciding to move on from that topic,
" I will find out about the appropriate renting prices here to charge you after sometime. For now, focus on learning Japanese better and finding a source of income for yourself. "
" Thank you for offering that, I don't think I could accept any more of your generosity without melting into a puddle. "
" Don't worry about it, now what else? Oh right, some ground rules I guess. I might end up reincarnating some people and if they want to live here, I probably will accept them here, would that be a problem? Give me your honest answer. "
" It shouldn't be if they are not like, perverts or something. "
Bye-bye, my last little plans of getting Issei in my peerage. Also Saji, you are out too.
" I will enchant the rooms with security and with silencing spells anyways so noise won't be a problem and no one will sneak in and out of the rooms. I believe I might end up inviting my maid here for her to handle food and the house necessities, but that will be after… I feel more comfortable. "
She understood what I meant by that, as in she needed more time to grieve first before that. Though she seemed curious about something.
" Do you not have any peerage members? "
" I do not, no. "
" How? You are so strong and I thought devils got their pieces as children, there must have been people wanting to be a part of your team for years, right?
" Uhh, about that, do you remember how I said my time ability lets me speed up time for myself… "
I saw her blank look turn into confusion, then that confusion turned into understanding, then shock, then disbelief…
" H-how old are you, in our time? "
" Seven and a half… "
" … " She stared at me with a murderous look
" … " I stared at her with an apologetic one
" I KISSED, SLEPT NEXT TO, AND ALMOST JUMPED A SEVEN YEAR OLD? WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL ME THAT? "
… Whoops.
" Hey! I am a 17 year old alright? Just not in you people's slow ass time. "
" Tell me you have at least lived through that time and not made yourself appear older by bullshit time magic, if you are lying to me- "
" I HAVE, jeez woman… I'll show you exactly how it feels later on anyways but I guarantee you I have the life experience of a 17 year old and more.
Just that week I didn't see you, I lived through a month in a single day, so I actually haven't seen you in more than a month for my time. "
She was still sending me glares, questioning whether she should believe me or not. She sighed after a while though.
" So you were born seven years ago, and I can think of it like you lived in a dimension where time passed differently, you lived for 17 years, then came back. That's why you don't have a peerage yet, you just got the damn pieces. "
Why was there relief on her face?
" Exactly like that, finally someone other than Ajuka understands my struggles. Also it's seven and a half years, not seven. "
" I will kill you. " I coughed,
" Ahem… Anyways, with that conversation out of the way, the house rules right? I'll handle the cooking for now and gathering the supplies. I'll also create a training floor going across this whole piece of land deep underground, some other company uses magic to do that and they should be done in like a day. I will enchant the whole 'cave' with advanced protection magic so I can go all out in training. "
" Can I use that room as well? "
" Of course, it will be more of a stadium than a room like I said, and you can use anything you want. Don't have to ask me for it. "
" That will be great then, I haven't had the chance to train my fire magic much even though I showed extremely high aptitude for it. "
" YOU HAVE A HIGH TALENT IN FIRE!? " I might've yelled a bit too much there…
" Why is that so surprising, weirdo? " She gave me a deadpan stare.
" S-sorry, it's just… I have no talent for fire magic at all, kind of a sore spot…"
" Pfft- you have all of those complex magic schools and that fourth dimension breaking clan trait…
And you're telling me you can't create the simplest magic known? Honestly, kinda cute. " She started giggling
" Shut up, okay? I didn't ask to be born a devil from hell that can't use fire magic at all. Now for the last 'rule', choose a room for yourself. We can set your items there- " I saw her gain an expression full of anxiety,
" Ace, c-could I not… " She was biting her lip, questioning whether she should say it or not.
… It was so obvious what she wanted, that I didn't even want to tease her about it.
" Relax woman, I am not letting you sleep anywhere but in my arms for a while. That is one addictive 'body' pillow you have there. " Very nice Aether, make it jokey and flirty to lighten the mood.
I saw her let out a sigh of relief.
I seriously hoped for the day she wouldn't be dependent on me.
Though I knew that day wasn't anytime soon. I was barely holding her from falling over the edge, after all…
It was past afternoon at this point so we got up and chose a room that was next to mine, the master bedroom obviously, and settled in both of our belongings. I even went back to Underworld to bring my books, my guitar, and other important personal items like the drawing Seek-chan gave me…
After setting up our rooms though, she also came to my room and hung some of her clothes there as well…
Real subtle, woman, real fucking subtle…
Other minor things like the TV, the hallway rugs and the decorations for the bathrooms were also done in less than an hour when we decided to go shopping.
We needed to fill up the fridge, get some lacking personal hygiene items, some bed sheets and pillow cases and especially kitchen supplies like pots, pans, glasses, cutlery… A lot of supplies.
Once we exited the house, I summoned my baby, Hayano,
" You really weren't kidding about the Devil Cycle business, were you? "
" Yep~ Now jump on, I've been meaning to do this for years now. "
" Wait, you haven't ridden one before? "
" I have, I just haven't had a hot babe to accompany me, and that is every motor enthusiast's dream. Here, an extra helmet. " She gave me a deadpan stare.
" You know what? I'll just accept the compliment. Do we really need a helmet though? "
" It's for the aesthetic. "
" Of fucking course it is. "
After that interaction, we went shopping and bought all of the necessary items for a comfortable start to our new lives.
When we returned home, I started preparing the dinner as it was already closing in to night time. I prepared an oven baked salmon with asparagus and french onion soup.
I haven't really cooked since I got here other than my little camping outings but my experience from my past life came in clutch, and the meal was delicious.
After the meal, I magic-bulshitted my way out of washing the dishes as well, and we were now in my room getting ready for sleep.
" Linda, if it is too early for you yet, feel free to ignore my question. However I am curious, do you have any idea what you want to do from now on? " I was laying the bed sheet down while stuffing the pillows in their cases.
…
Silence.
I looked at her to see her flinch in place, with a look of uncertainty plastered on her pretty features. She was contemplating answering.
" Ace, do you remember your promise from yesterday, the five minute one? "
" Yes? "
" Then, I want that one wish fulfilled, and you said you wouldn't say no. " I nodded at her.
While I was questioning where this conversation was going,
She took in a deep breath, and her expression turned into one full of certainty;
" Reincarnate me as a devil. "
…
…
What?
…
" Linda, I told you earlier today, it is just too soon to make a big decision like- "
" I am serious, Ace. You said you would listen. " Don't look with those eyes, woman, too effective.
I sighed deeply. I already expected something insane to come out of her mouth but not to this degree.
I was more so waiting for her to ask me out or something…
" … Tell me why you want to do this and I'll think about it. "
...
" It's a lot of things. I'm not even gonna mention how much I owe you, or how much you have helped me, normally those two things would already be enough for me to consider it. "
" Yeah, I'm not making you a devil, which is a process that can not be reversed by the way, on a feeling of gratitude. "
I sat on the bed.
" You are also genuinely a good person. " I looked up at her.
" You think you know me well enough to make that claim? Bold of- "
" I know more than well enough to make that claim with certainty. I'd bet my life on it… No that's wrong, I already bet my life on it, multiple times in two weeks. What's one more bet when I've already won all the previous ones? "
I was too stunned to speak, and just kept looking at her like a rabbit that was looking at a truck's headlights.
I was also really fucking happy that she trusted me as much as I did, her.
" I don't have a purpose anymore Ace, not even sure if I ever had one to be honest. I just wanted to make sure Sieg and… and F-Freed… were taken care of. I never tried for anything, I never wished for anything, I never struggled or clawed for anything…
Then you came along. Meeting you, and seeing how much you do that for every goddamn thing was fascinating to me. Then I learned that all of that hard work was for other people, not even yourself and that was the final proof I needed.
… Saints aren't that selfless you asshole, of course I know you are a good person. "
She also sat down next to me, and brought my hand to her heart.
" You want to do right by the world, right? " I nodded at her.
" I want you to let me join that journey. I want to help… I want to help other people, not go through what me and Freed did, I want to protect people from the same fate of those kids…
… I don't want more Freeds to happen. "
Those tears falling from her face, for the first time, weren't from eyes of emptiness or coldness. They were burning brighter than I had ever seen them before.
They looked like mine.
" You feel the beat of my heart right? That is your doing.
… Your dumbass forgot to take my gun away with you, when you left me at that room, did you know that? You are the reason I didn't pull the trigger, so you listen to me right now."
My eyes widened. " Linda- "
" Shut it. I have been thinking about this since that night I, no, we buried my brother. Either I'm going to make this life of mine into something I can be proud of, with or without you, or I will give it up. I would just prefer it if it was with you. "
…
'Either I'm making this life into something worth living, or I'm taking it myself', huh?
After hearing those words from her, words that I once spoke myself, I just needed one more confirmation.
At this point we were looking straight into each other's eyes. Maybe directly at each other's souls even.
" I train harder than I live, Linda. And while I care so much about you, I will not have anyone in my team not willing to follow those footsteps. I am going to make a machine out of you, and break that machine over and over in hopes of it getting stronger. "
" That just means I am making the right decision."
" You won't ever get to leave. I won't ever trade you to other peerages. You will never be able to go back to a normal life. You will be stuck being my servant forever. I will use you to accomplish my goals, no matter how we devil's love to sugar coat the deal. "
" I hope I can be of great use to you, then. "
…
No hesitation whatsoever, huh?
This woman had already made up her mind before I visited her yesterday. No spontaneous decision could have this much conviction behind it.
I opened my Storage to take out my set.
" I will test how many pieces you would take up for my current strength then. Are you sure you want to go through with this? I can help you grow stronger as a person and as a combatant without this. I can even make my contracted magician- "
" Shut up and make me yours already, how many times are you going to make a lady repeat it? "
I ignored the very blatant hidden meaning of that sentence.
" Let's see then. One, two, three " My eyes widened at the number going up as I placed my hand on the pieces and on her heart, a technique that let you 'feel' how much a person would take.
" … six… seven… Eight. "
What the fuck? I couldn't see any Sacred Gear readings on her. I knew I wasn't weak at all, in fact I was easily stronger than the early Rias in every aspect. What was this girl?
" That's… a number alright. So, Ms. Exorcist, it appears that you have insane potential according to the EP systems calculations. You have a few options as to what you can choose as your piece. "
" You are going to let me choose!? "
" You deserve it. You can choose my mutated Pawn, my mutated Bishop, my mutated Knight, my mutated Rook or my queen… How in the hell can you absorb 8 pieces, greedy lady, that's a Longinus level power? "
" How many points are each of the mutation pieces worth? "
" Ten times their usual number. "
" That is really high… So from a numerical spawn point it would be the best for you if I chose the Pawn or the Queen, correct? "
" Do not worry about that, just choose which one would fit your style best.
Knights are fast, Bishops have higher magic, Rooks are defensive and hard hitting, Queens boost each aspect although not to the rate of the specialty pieces. Especially in your case since the other pieces are mutated, meaning they could give crazy power. Pawns allow you to take on any one of the aspects in enemy territory so it's actually the piece closest to the queen in usefulness. "
" But it has to be in enemy territory, no? That's quite conditional. "
" Ehh, it actually applies when the King 'feels' that place is enemy territory. Don't make fun of me, but I'm actually so paranoid that I believe I can be attacked everywhere and second, so it would probably work all the time… "
" Pfft- " She was trying really hard not to laugh.
" The Queen piece also comes with extra benefits and responsibilities, meaning they will be my right hand. They will take over the team when I'm not available, they will have the responsibility and the authority to give orders. In public meetings and political bullshit, they will be expected to stay right next to me. Long story short, they will have to become my very shadow. "
After my explanation was done, she started thinking about it. Her decision didn't take too long though.
" I want the Queen piece. " She knew the responsibility, she knew the burden, she knew the meaning. She chose that piece anyway.
" Very well, I told you I would not hesitate when it comes to trusting you so, you ready? "
" How are we gonna do this, some sort of chant? " She said after nodding.
" Ajuka tells everyone that's how it works but, I know he is just fucking with people because the chant is over the top. How we do it is like this- "
I took out my Queen piece and held it to her chest.
" Focus on the Piece's energy, I'll handle the rest. "
She closed her eyes, and I activated [Inquiry] seeing the numbers appear, and seeing the demonic magic from the piece slowly flowing into her.
She was letting it happen, no defenses up to defend against it, complete trust.
I made the unconnected strands of magic also connect to her being, her very soul and the piece slowly disappeared from sight.
" It is done, my Queen. "
" Then I am yours, my King. " We looked at each other and started laughing.
She hugged me right after we were done laughing.
The effects would take some time to fully activate, but I could already feel the demonic energy starting to show itself.
I hugged back.
" I know it is cheesy and corny but, I really am yours now, Ace. I know I won't regret so, please take good care of me, okay? "
" You took my Queen piece Linda, that means there is not a world in which I give you up from now on. Just as you are mine, I am yours as well, I promise to take care of you. "
She smiled at me, letting the hug go.
" Should I start calling you 'Master' now? "
Okay, that's a good one. I'll let that slide.
" Hmm, maybe you would enjoy 'my King' more. How about 'my Liege'?
" Enough of that, Linda. "
She leaned in to my ears and whispered;
" How about 'Owner'? Ohh, I've got a better idea now. I think I should call you 'Daddy- ' EEEP! "
(SMALL LEMONIC PART HERE)
I pushed her to the bed and was standing on top of her, her wrists in my hands and my knee pushing against where her legs met each other, I spoke;
" Shut your mouth, woman. " Although she was blushing now, she wouldn't give up.
" Make me shut up the- "
… I kissed her, promptly doing what she told me to do.
She didn't seem to mind though, as she melted into the kiss.
It wasn't long before the kiss turned into a make out session, and I felt our bodies pressing harder and harder into each other.
This session of ours clearly didn't want to end either, as it kept getting more and more intense each passing second.
She grabbed me by the collars of my t-shirt… and fucking ripped it in two, turning it into a open front shirt forcefully.
She was moaning into my kiss as her hands danced across my chest.
Two could play that game though, so I grabbed and squeezed her neck with one of my hands, planting the other at the neck portion of her pajamas. I dragged it down with enough force to cut the piece of cloth in two.
We stopped for a small breather. We were panting heavily, however neither of us spoke. I looked her in the eyes, looking for any ounce of doubt there…
There wasn't any.
I dove back into the kiss, using my hands to take off the destroyed piece of clothing while also ripping it apart further. I took off her pants as well.
This time, she was surprised at my aggression as a small yelp escaped her mouth. By the time my job was done with the clothing I hated so much right now, she was laying in front of me just in her underwear.
I pulled back again, to see the fruits of my labor.
Before I could dive back in again, she unhooked the bra as well, taking it off and giving me a show. Whatever self control I believed myself to have, was just a delusion it seemed, as I kneeled into her neck to make love to it.
Her moans were everything I wanted to hear right now, so I kept on going while using my hand to rub over the wet spot on her panties.
She was leaning towards my touch and my kisses, needing it and showing it very well. Her hands were on my lower half, trying to take my pants off. She was a bit too short to do that though, so in anger she casted light magic to cut it apart.
This woman just used Light very close to my crotch area, fucking insane lady.
Before I could say anything though, her whole body spasmed, signaling her reaching…
If she would cum from neck play and over the clothes rubbing, before I even came close to the gorgeous shapely boobs in front of me;
We would have so much fun with her some day…
That day wasn't today though, as I slowly got up and kissed her softly on the lips.
" That was fantastic. "
" Why are you looking at me with eyes that tell me, 'we're gonna stop now'? "
" … "
" Why? " She spat out in anger.
" You know why, Linda, not now. Not when we are… using this as an escape. "
She looked at me with betrayed eyes. Before they turned soft again and she let a sigh escape her mouth.
" Your friend here disagrees with your decision very adamantly, I'll have you know. "
Hmm?
…
HOLY SHIT SHE CUT MY UNDERWEAR TOO?
" How will it even fit? " She poked it.
I also sighed, as the situation has completely escaped my control. I got up from our position and took in my Queen's body once again.
Perfect shapely breasts that weren't too big or too small, small pink nipples, fair skin, toned body with a very slight hourglass shape and wider than what her waist should suggest hips…
It was really sad that I couldn't see her ass-
" I am going to go take a cold bath now, wanna join me? "
She wordlessly got up from her stop, not even bothering to cover herself up. She got up from the King sized bed and started walking towards the bathroom, making it a point to sway her hips side to side while walking.
When I could raise my gaze from her shapely ass, to see why she stopped, she was looking at me while giggling.
" I was wondering which 'part' you preferred, guess I have my answer. "
She started taking her wet underwear off, giving me a very slow, very sensual show. Everything was there for me to see, as I felt regret coming up for not taking it further.
I also got up and entered the bathroom after she did.
We took a shower, very adamant on taking in the sight of each other's bodies as much as possible. I thanked every god I knew of for my self control being back in the realm of living.
We soaked in the bathtub as well, as she leaned on me.
(SMALL LEMONIC PART ENDS)
" I am serious though, there is no way I'm taking that in. It's at least the size of my forearm. "
" I don't care if you don't woman, also stop talking about… this. "
…
" Why are you so hesitant to do it Ace? I get that you don't want to hurt me, and I don't mean physically, but I won't regret it I'll have you know. "
" There is a huge gap between not regretting it, and it being the best damn experience of your life. Ain't no way anything will feel similar to the latter right now, and you, you deserve the best. "
She looked back at me with the happiest eyes I've seen on her yet.
" You might be the only devil alive that can control both 'Lust' and 'Greed' to this degree. Your friend seems like he wants to kill you right now. "
" Oh believe me, it's him and I both. " She giggled softly.
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…
" Ace… We will be stronger, right? Next time things will be different… "
" We will be stronger, better… we have to be. "
She leaned back to me, as the rest of our bath was done in a comfortable silence.
" When you said you would be building a training ground soon, I didn't think it would be literally the next day soon… "
" Well, I do want to stay around these parts for now and I can't skip out on training, so better sooner than later, right? "
We woke up the next day around noon, naked in our bed, and I immediately called the construction company to start their business.
They came around in an hour to start digging the ground, however they made a fuck ton of noise while doing so.
So right now me and my Queen walked around in the Tokyo mall to get new clothes. She already had very few of those, so a whole new wardrobe was needed.
" You know, you were a lot more comfortable with skinship than I'd guess. "
" Expected me to be a prude, Mr. Devil? Well I'm sorry to say but I like my carnal desires a lot, and I know what I want. "
" Yeah, got that part when you forced me to listen to you about the whole peerage stuff. "
" It's cute that you 'got' it, now you better get used to it, mister. " The confident woman was appearing from behind the curtains little by little.
… Although she still cried herself to sleep.
I swore I'd change that.
" We got you casual outfits, lounge wear, 'date appropriate' clothing as you said, you got yourself underwear, seasonal dresses are also done… Guess we only need formal dresses now. "
" Very well, let us get some then. You said I'd need those on balls and celebrations right? "
" Correct, and celebrations are like 19 different categories so we should probably get a lot of stuff. In fact, just get one of everything and we will have tailor custom fit them later on. "
" You do know I have trouble accepting expensive gifts, right? That's the whole reason we have that agreement about rent and stuff… "
I looked at her in confusion.
" We don't have an agreement on rent though, that was for when you were just my friend. You are a part of my family now, ain't no way I'll charge you for it. "
She stopped walking for a second, giving me a look of 'you played me.'
" Yes I did, now come on. We have dresses to buy and then wards to set up. "
When we returned from our shopping date, it was the evening already.
The work was done and I now had a training room panning out across all of the houses, very deep underground.
After changing into clothes that would better help training, we went down there using the new elevator system and were met with a humongous but empty room that could take so many types of equipment.
" Holy shit, I didn't expect it to be so damn big. "
" That's what you said yesterday as well. " She gave me a jab on the ribs.
" So, what are you going to be doing, my King? "
" You can start warming up while I set up the base layer protection for now. We have to make sure not to go overboard for today as my enchantments will be a week long process. "
She nodded at me and started doing basic stretches to help her blood flow. I saw her also create a sword of flames in her hands and practicing different poses with it.
While she did that, I casted all of the most basic protection all throughout our new 'Devil Cave'. When I was done though,
" Let's see if you can manifest your demonic powers, beautiful. "
" How do we do that? "
" It should feel very similar to your Light magic. I'm guessing your 'mana' reserve as we have to call it now, is way bigger than yesterday. Just pull from the same reserve but instead try creating your devil magic with it. Here, this circle is the basic flame spell of Demonic kind. "
She took the spell, looked at it for a few seconds and replicated it in her hands. The circle was one to one so she had a good eye for magic, very nice.
When the spell casted though, a giant fireball was hurled towards the wall, hitting it, and breaking my protection already…
" I thought you said this was the basic spell? " She looked at me innocently.
" It was… I can create a lighter's worth of flame with it… "
" Umm, oops? " She didn't look so innocent anymore.
" It appears we won't be training offensive magic until I can set up each layer. Let's see you trying to use your Light magic though, see if there's an improvement there. "
" Will my Light magic even work? I thought it would completely disappear once the devil-ification kicked in. " I gave her a shocked look.
" And you decided to become a Devil thinking you would lose such amazing power? Either you are completely insane or you like me way more than I think you do-"
" Probably both, definitely the latter though. " Smooth.
" No you will not lose your Light powers, in fact they will probably be boosted now, try it out. "
She did just that, creating a blade from her hands made out of golden light. She swung it around and hit it with another sword.
" How is it? "
" It definitely feels sturdier and denser. Even the Holy qualities in it feel stronger which is really weird… "
" Linda… Does your Light have holy qualities? "
" Huh, of course, didn't I tell you that already? " I slapped my face so hard that I almost fell backwards.
" No, woman! No you didn't tell me that! My God how are you even holding that, also how am I alive considering what you did yesterday? "
" Hey! I'm a good swordsman all right? I didn't even touch you with it, only your clothes. Also I probably have Holy and Light resistance because of my blood."
" You do realize that there are like 3 Fallens in total alive that can infuse their Light with 'Holy' qualities, right? "
" Huh, didn't know that actually. "
" Fallens lose that attribute when they fall most of the time. That's why there is almost zero healers among them as that attribute is needed for healing-
…
You can fucking heal too.
Hell, you are an actual all-rounder genius, swords mastery, extreme speed, power to hold me down easily and I work out all the fucking time, Light magic, Holy magic, now Devil magic, Human magic,
Holy weapon wielding, my bet, Demonic weapon wielding, extremely high reserves, high resilience and defense… you are what I've been trying to achieve, literally breaking time to do so on the way. "
" Haha~ Glad that you reincarnated me there, my King? "
" I couldn't be more if I tried. "
She smiled at me, enjoying my compliment barrage that I kept sending her way. I wanted to test my theory though.
" Try this weapon for a run. It is the Guy of Warwick's sword, we just call it Warwick because we are lazy, a Legendary level demonic one that lets you cast demonic spells through it in a more efficient manner if you can use them in an arc. It also strengthens itself the higher reserves the holder has. Since it's a Demonic sword, it also hurts Angels and Fallens quite a bit.
I can barely use it for an hour right now and even when I hold it at first, I can feel it trying to enter my mind to make me lose control. "
She caught the weapon in question and unsheathed it. She swung it around for a while testing its capabilities. Her Light magic failed when being cast from it.
" I don't really feel any influence from it, so I'm guessing I can use it for longer periods of time. "
" ... Of course you can… You can keep it if you'd like, I'll just use it to train from time to time to strengthen my mind. " For the first time since I came here, I felt 'Envy' activate.
" I generally prefer smaller swords to dual wield with, this guy is a heavyweight champion compared to my preferred style. Though I can not deny the instant boost it gives my demonic energy and I could still cast Light from my hands in a pinch as well. Is there any way we could, I don't know, share it? "
" Hold that thought " I immediately brought out my notebook to write on it.
" Create… magic… to share… space… with… hot… Queen…
That's an amazing idea, one I am ashamed of not trying before. I'll start working on it after we train. "
" Did you really have to write 'hot' on a note for your training? " I saw her sweatdrop.
" Would you prefer it if I lied? Now, we know your magic is overall boosted and busted, you can wield holy and demonic weapons like they are toys, we can check for your speed and resilience after I finish the training room before we destroy my land. What else? "
" Well, I didn't tell you before but I do have two techniques that I don't use. " I signed her to go ahead, having my notebook ready.
" I can use a form of 'improved magic' that I haven't heard from church books. I use Fire from the human magic and Fire from my Light magic combined to create a form of 'laser' that cuts through everything I've tried it on. I can even add direct 'Light' into it as well, but at that point it drains me too much. "
" Oh, that's called layering magic, my uncle's specialty actually. Kinda like this right? " I made Wind gather around my hands and then took control of them with Psionics creating dozens of mini blades before each of them shot out in the direction I pointed at with speeds invisible to my eyes.
" He calls them 'Cheese Grater', fucking sadist, and his layering theory is what let me master it after learning it. "
" Oh yeah, why doesn't the church know about it? "
" Probably because most Angels refuse to use human magic since it was created by Merlin, copying our branch of it. And humans can't use Light magic so that goes out the window as well. Layering human magic with human magic is extremely inefficient and almost impossible to do. "
" Oh, that makes sense. For the second technique though,
… I might know a tiny bit of Necromancy. Just a little bit. " She made a cute pose, holding her thumb and index together.
" … Isn't that, like, strictly forbidden? Especially in church? "
" Yeah, so is premarital sex but I was fucking you with my eyes after our Café date, your point? "
JESUS CHRIST WOMAN. SLOW DOWN.
" I have none, please continue. "
" Good, well I can't raise zombies or something like that. I can use it to somewhat 'talk' to the dead and ask them questions. I used it to find the culprits of murders by talking to the deceased. Most dead people want their killers to be caught or killed, surprising right? The church didn't even care what I did as long as I brought back results. They didn't even question how I went about my missions most of the time. "
" Another very useful ability… Very well, I have created a training plan for the hottest Queen I know- "
A look of brief anger flashed her eyes.
" The hottest Queen alive? "
" Better, there is a step further though. "
" The hottest Queen to ever exist, your training plan will be sparring with me for speed, resilience, power and technique. We will push your body to higher levels by making you learn some martial arts and making you weight train.
For your magic, we need to find you a type of magic that drains the shit out of your reserves constantly without breaking the world around you.
I will also have you learn more about Light and Holy magic as soon as I find the appropriate books for it, and you will be learning Demonic magic up to High level. Your human magic will just hold us down at this point, since learning it gives diminishing returns and is harder than its demonic counterpart.
Healing magic is what we will go for first as that would make both of our training go up a gear since we can break ourselves further without risking permanent injury and rejuvenate ourselves faster. You said you were one of the best swordsmen from the church so, I'll have that tested later on.
We can teach you flight for aerial combat but since you use swords, footwork helps a lot more than wings. You can still be a mid range mage for a fall back option easily if you are overwhelmed though, so flight is also on the list.
Lastly though, your biggest strengths are being a 'natural' Holy and Demonic weapon wielding machine. We can abuse that so much further down the line so we will challange every fucking legendary swordsman we come across to yoink their swords and add them to your arsenal.
Any questions? "
" Can I go back to being human? " I saw her look at me in fear.
" You asked to become my Queen, right? I will make sure we are making use of, every. single. fucking. aspect. of the piece. If you don't have any last words, "
I smiled creepily at her.
" Get ready for hell, darling. "