Chapter 19
"Come on Feng Xiu! Let's go see the real sky as you wish!"
I watched Robertina take off to the sky with her new partner, ice and fire trailing behind them, after signaling the end of my extremely cliched results speech like a seasoned Shokugeki judge.
Fiore's decision to specifically create a Sacred Gear for Robertina, a modified Independent Avatar Type one that allowed the gentle Ice Phoenix within to live by the girl's side, naturally won the little competition I had started some weeks ago.
Radia's Sacred Gear powered by the self-proclaimed 'Tyrannical Lightning Dragon Emperor, Ba Long', which she had captured after sealing all of the relatively powerful dragon's senses mid-combat until he became helpless, was certainly more powerful than Fiore's when it had been given to Kurenai.
But she hadn't taken into account the user's needs and desires.
Kurenai certainly appreciated it enough and liked it, but the additional lightning power was redundant to him, given who his mother was.
Robertina had grown up as a lonely girl much like Airi had (when it came to non-familial interactions) due to their family situation, her Phenex bloodline had mutated in such a way that her regeneration was much weaker in exchange for more firepower (thanks to her father's draconic bloodline).
Fiore had learned all this from me and had ensured that her Sacred Gear resolved that deficiency while providing Robertina her much-desired companion. Having gained Feng Xiu's co-operation, who wanted to get out of the secret realm and see the 'true sky' (am I the Demiurge now?), through pure diplomatic means also helped to secure the Sacred Gear's stability instead of having the sealed being attempting to escape or just try get its possessor killed out of spite.
"Ah, it's been a while since I lost. You realized there was something more to how our creations were judged, heh, you were more perceptive than I thought. I completely misjudged your abilities and the importance of understanding others." Radia placed her hand on Fiore's shoulder and complimented her enthusiastically, the recipient of the praise appeared extremely awkward, "It seems like I have a long way to go until I understand the hearts of others. You truly are fit for the role of a leader!"
"I-I still find that hard to believe." Fiore was practically screaming 'I had no idea that we would be judged this way' in her head like Izuku did when he met Tenya again.
"And done! I just added the two new Sacred Gears to the system so that they can make use of the new evolutionary functions." Gabriel had joined in the Sacred Gear testing with the Hyoudou family to commemorate the first human-made Sacred Gears entering the system, granted, most of the parts were pre-made by yours truly, but it still counts.
"Nice! Ah, but for the sake of completeness, you can set some additional restrictions for the lightning lizard's gear and set Feng Xiu up for release upon death to abide by the contract made by clicking here."
"Oh my, I never thought about that!"
I quickly reassured Gabriel before she could get any ideas on how 'silly' she had been, which she hadn't, as tampering with the seals was generally a recipe for disaster.
"It's good that you didn't. Most beings are probably resentful after over a thousand years of being sealed." I then turned and looked at Issei Hyoudou keeping an eye out for his daughter Robertina, "Hey, father-in-law, does Ddraig want out if you kick the bucket early?"
"What do you think?! Use your head!"
As if pretending not to hear how rude he was, Gabriel followed up and repeated my question, "Mister Issei, do you think Ddraig would be happy to be free one day?"
"He sure would! Thanks, I owe you one!"
Truly, this is double-standards to the highest degree.
"Hehe, then, I would appreciate it if you could be nicer to your dear son-in-law."
"Grurk….!"
Is Gabriel's level of cunning so high that it became a passive skill and loops back round to her being oblivious of what she's capable of?
Best not to think about it.
Rather than thinking about that, I'm just going to be smug about it to my father-in-law. Hahaha! Suck it Issei! I got to know Gabriel better in a week than you ever did over the course of decades. Truly, I am the most blessed under all the Heavens…
"Lady Gabriel! Big Brother Dio!" Shin came running at us after the competition had settled, "I just wanted to thank you two before I forget again, eheh…!"
"Hm, for wha- ah, your mother?"
"Yeah, she's a lot more relaxed and happier now. Aside from my birthdays and the rare holidays, mom had always come home late at night exhausted and did nothing but sleep, at least, for the days that she does come back home. She was so busy with her work in heaven that she's almost never seen until you upgraded the system and Lady Gabriel changed everyone's work schedule! It's so nice seeing my mother more than once a day on a regular basis!"
Issei Hyoudou, what the actual fuck, your angel wife is an even bigger slave to work than you ever were!
I guess I lucked out by always catching Irina on those rare occasions when I spend time with their family.
Gabriel sighed and gave him an apologetic look, "I'm glad to hear that she's doing better. I only wished that I could have done something about it earlier."
I quickly interjected before Gabriel offers any more apologies and Shin goes 'please don't apologize' like the nice polite Japanese kid he can be, "It really couldn't be helped. Heaven was in really bad shape, the first to sixth Heaven was practically a patch job compared to the original Heaven after Trihexa's attack, so angels just had to work harder to keep everything from failing." After successfully reassuring Gabriel, I turned towards Shin, "That reminds me, I will be sending a few hundred of my clones to fix up Heaven's infrastructure, so the Heaven you'll see in the future won't be Japanese corporate hell."
"Yay! Down with the corporate slave lifestyle!"
"That's the spirit little bro! Remember Shin, aim for a proper work-life balance, don't be like your dad!"
"I heard that you little shi- uh, rascal!"
Zen came by a little later to get Shin after having gotten Alfia to agree to a little spar. Since we were in a testing/training ground Zen had figured he may as well use the time to get some training in. They probably thought that getting a hot female teacher would be better than sticking with their 'same old' uncle Yuuto Kiba.
They were quickly disabused of that notion after getting their ass brutally kicked over and over again. Asia shook her head at the sight and kept up her Sacred Gear as a continuous AOE effect because of how badly they were getting beaten up.
Gabriel departed soon after, well, not before giving me a goodbye kiss (much to Issei's sorrow and the mixed respect of the rest of his family).
After awhile, I finally managed to sneak away and rendezvous with my darling Airi.
"I missed you." It was just over a week for Airi, but I had been away for well over a year (discounting secluded training), "There were so many moments where I would turn around, wanting to say something, only to realize that you weren't there by my side. It hurts more than I thought it would."
Airi returned my passionate embrace, and said, "I would never leave you." Not unless I ditched you myself, which I did when I sought out power by the Demon King's side… "I missed you too. Everyone is still dear to me, but it doesn't feel like home anymore, it's just one long family visit. I'm Airi Dorana now and my place is by your side."
"I love you. I love you so much."
"Then show me."
We ended up catching up on lost time in her bedroom.
I had Airi lift her fucked silly face up with a small prompt, then placed my hand on her chin, and ordered her, "Stick it out."
She stuck out her tongue lewdly just like how I trained her. I placed a finger in, which she started sucking on without any prompting.
I could sense her thoughts and feelings with my divine sense, her realization of how quickly she obeyed my words and acted without even considering otherwise, of how I had already trained her body and mind to such an extent… her feelings of humiliation, happiness, resignation, and excitement only served to make my cock harder!
Alas, I had things to do, weapons to make, idiots that courted death (impulsiveness and Olympians, what an iconic duo!) that I needed to process... If I stayed any longer then Airi and I would be fucking until she breaks the devil's 'fastest impregnation since marriage' record without my fertility aids.
Retrieving my talent improving pill, I placed it unto her tongue and told her to swallow. On a normal day, she might have protested a bit about how it was too early into their marriage to break her with drugs, but she was too horny to think right now so I got my way without any hassle.
It happened instantly.
"Wh-what was that? Everything looks and feels so clear now! It's like I had been blind all my life and now I can see."
"Ahem! That's exaggerating things a little too much and insults those that are actually blind, but moving on, that's basically a permanent Talent boosting pill."
"H-huh?! Seriously?!"
"I want you by my side for all eternity, Airi. I love you with all my heart. The thought of you dying during your Cultivation because of a lack of talent or feeling left out as we progressed through more realms is unbearable to me."
It was with great reluctance that we held back from more sex, thankfully, I had a suggestion for a very special kind of 'play' with Airi, which she consented to quite readily.
"Um, Dio, is that really alright? Won't you hurt her?"
Gabriel's voice whispered through the wind as I returned to my work with Artemis by my side.
"Airi consented readily within the confines of marriage. It's no different from those battle maniacs that seek the thrill of the fight and balancing themselves along the border of life and death. Besides, she suggested most of it."
Airi POV
"I'm sorry mom."
"Don't be. *sniff* It's a little earlier than I hoped for, but all of us had experienced many changes in our lives at your age, we should have guessed at least one of our children would take after us in that way."
Airi hugged her mother Asia tightly outside her childhood bedroom where she would be staying one last night.
She was a married woman now and her true home was wherever she could be together with Dio.
Not everyone took to the truth well. Some of her younger siblings cried and begged for her to stay, but Airi was firm about truly leaving home for good.
It's not as if they would be that far apart, their homes were in the same city, after all. As usual, Airi and her father didn't see eye-to-eye in this matter, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"I'll visit at least once a week."
"Thank you, Airi-chan. Have a good night's rest, love you!"
"Love you mom!"
Airi entered the bedroom that had been stripped bare after all the packing she had slowly done (into her interspatial ring) over the past few weeks.
It was no longer her bedroom. It was just another room that belonged to her when she was younger.
After she had truly spent 'quality time' with her husband those weeks ago, the home in which she grew up in slowly stopped feeling like home, which was the proper way of things now that she was a married woman.
She stopped feeling comfortable with sleeping in her own bed, and ended up tossing and turning for well over an hour before falling asleep.
Thankfully, Dio had a very useful sleeping spell to give herself a restful sleep. Airi had used it every night since then and woke up refreshed every morning!
Aside from her sleep troubles, her discomfort with staying with her family got to the point where she even felt a bit of nausea when dealing with her father and her louder siblings.
Again, there was an internal energy technique and spell to deal with that, so it was an inconvenience at best, but a growing one.
"Just one last night to go! Yosh!" Airi hyped herself up on the idea of getting back to the married lifestyle she was used to and jumped right into bed.
Airi drew upon her energies to cast the usual magic spell and… blinked several times as she noticed the oddities on the magic circle.
Were those always there? Why didn't she notice them? What did they do? But… this was how it had always been for weeks, so it's probably just some complex theory she hadn't quite grasped from her husband's lessons yet.
The magic was activated and Airi's instincts screamed at her that something was wrong. She felt weak all of a sudden, everything was dark despite her devil physiology's natural dark-vision, her entire room's space was locked preventing her from escaping-
-Airi screamed as she was forced down onto the bed by someone with familiar hands!
She struggled with all her might to no avail and cursed furiously as per the script her assailant tore her clothes off and forced her husband's hard cock right into her pussy-
-Eh, wait? What was Dio doing here? Why did he break into her room? Why is her husband holding her down and raping her like this when she would have given him anything if he just asked?
"Look at how wet you are now Airi! That's the fastest time ever!"
Fastest… what…
He forced his fingers, the ones soaked in her own pussy juice, into her mouth and… made her remember everything.
This hadn't been the first time she had gone through this.
"Dio, you idiot, you screwed up the memory sealing spell! I was supposed to remember after I go 'aaah~ Yes! Your wife is a dirty slut! Please turn me into your personal onahole ~!' Not this early!"
"I did warn you that you would build up a resistance to it."
Airi easily undid the magical restraints built upon her own power then punched Dio until he hit the ceiling. She's glad that he's near impossible to seriously hurt, but damn it, there are times where she really wants to smack him!
Tonight was supposed to be the climax of their 'rape play'!
Airi had been so excited about the idea of tasting a bit of marital rape and the humiliation of knowing that she had been the one that wanted it in the first place, to the point where she had her own memories erased so that she could remember each and every successive loop's perverse desire for the rough and debasing treatment by her husband.
It would have been a boring routine with her husband if he wasn't an overpowered Cultivator that could read the hearts of mortals. Airi knew that her pleasure and horror of just how low she 'fell' would only increase after every nightly loop, which Dio would easily derive pleasure from, which in turn, would make Airi happy for her husband as a dutiful perverted wife should and…
Haaa... no sense in thinking about the feedback loop now that everything is ruined.
"You're pouting."
"I'm not!"
"Airi's pouting face is too cute~"
In the end, Airi just couldn't stay mad at Dio, so they settled for just some 'ordinary' sex.
Airi really needed to learn how to Dual-Cultivate properly ASAP so that she could wear Dio out as Artemis can. With her increase in 'talent' thanks to her husband's pill, weaving her energies together and comprehending things became a lot easier than before, so she should be capable of dual-cultivating properly in a month or so.
Dio sneaked out of her room by sunrise and Airi joined her family for breakfast sometime later before she would leave home.
"I, have returned, bearing gifts."
Ophis popped into the Hyoudou residence and had everyone pick a random monster egg from a large basket. Airi's parents were already crying at the inevitable pet troubles.
"Airi, Baka Red, and I got you this. Congratulations on the child."
"Um? Thanks for the weddi- wait, what?!"
Airi blinked at Ophis's words. Was she really...?
She thought back to the past few days and wanted to smack herself for not noticing the signs. She was pregnant, oh god, she was going to have Dio's child and…
"WHAT?!" "Did my ears deceive me?!" "Big sister is...!" "S-so quick…" "I'm going to be a grandmother!" "Gorou, you hear that? We're going to be great grandparents!"
Airi smiled when most of her family seemed to be happy for her. Her father looked conflicted about how he was feeling, well, that counts as progress in Airi's book, so yay?
"When… when did that punk even get you pregnant...? I was keeping watch on the house for weeks."
And now it's gone.
Damn it, she's had it with her dad's attitude!
"Don't call him a punk! And stop trying to keep him away from me? You can't keep me from my husband!"
"Your husband is still going around fucking other women behind your back like he's bored of you! How am I supposed to stand for that-"
"He's not bored of me! He's been raping me every night for the past- oh, shit, that came out wrong, wait, it was totally consensual!"
5 Minutes later
Dio had somehow punched his father's 'temporal state' back to before he transformed into a raging dragon, then picked everyone up and transported us all to the safe world where we played that VRMMORPG NewWorld Online.
"Good to know that your dad has Outrage mode as a power-up too."
Her husband was as confident as ever.
"Let's not talk about that."
Airi really wanted to seal away those memories of how she got them into this mess.
"Okay, so, can you tell me what happened all the way from the beginning?"
"It started when Ophis getting a present for me and the baby-"
"You're pregnant!? I'm going to be a father!? I'm so happy! Hey, Artemis! Alfia! Everyone! I'm going to be a father! Airi is pregnant and is going to have a baby! Haha, ahaha!"
