A/N: Yo! This is the second part of the summer beach arc thingy. This is going to have a heavy emphasis on Cid's interactions with the Shades, including a lemon with one of them. Leon will get a lime this time around too. So go to QQ or AO3 if you wanna see that. Speaking of QQ, we're on page 5 now! So cool, I'm glad to have a bunch of people consistently commenting, you guys rock.

BTW I think it's pretty cool how easily you all accepted the names Hiro and Hanabi for Leon and Marie's past life. Like I guess it's just less to type rather than "Leon in his past life" but it's still cool how everyone uses the names I completely made up on the spot.

-Leon-

I take in Livia's statement with all the grace I could muster. Which is to say none. My jaw was dropped in shock and no words left me. Livia merely smiled at me as though she hadn't said anything wrong.

Luckily Cid was nearby, "20? That's going to be rough on your body, no?"

Livia shook her head, "I didn't say I was going to have all 20, Angie and the other girls can help spread the work. I do at least want to have two myself."

Before I can think about that particular statement I hear the rest of my family file out.

"Colin!" called out my father with his ever boisterous and stern voice, "You know you can't be running off like that!"

"Colin, sweetie!" called out my mother's caring but equally stern voice, "Not every ship you see is full of nice people! Please stop running off like that!"

Colin manages to free himself from Angie and Deirdre's doting long enough to call back "I'm over here! Mom, Dad, it's Leon-nii-chan!"

"What!?" called out my father.

I separate myself from Livia, knowing what will come next. I see my dad sprinting towards me at full speed. I begin running to the right and dash through the fields.

"LEON FOU BARFORT!" yelled my dad.

I smile and yell back, "IT'S RAPHA NOW!"

"YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT STOP RUNNING!"

"NO, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BEAT ME UP!"

"YOU DESERVE IT, C'MERE!"

I pass by a few of the grannies and grandpas as they plant the seeds again for the next crop in rotation.

"Morning guys!" I exclaim as I start jogging in place to talk.

"Oh, it's Leon! Back to old tricks I see. You're too big to hide in the plants with us y'know!" said one of the grannies.

"LEON, YOU BETTER NOT BE BOTHERING THE PLANTERS AGAIN!" called out my father as he approached.

"I'M JUST SAYING HI!" I say before I book it again.

-Olivia-

"Should… should we do something?" I ask hesitantly.

Cid just shrugs and walks over to the nearby woman who's watching the chaos with us.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Cid Kagenou, one of Leon's friends." Said Cid as he stuck his hand out to shake.

The woman shakes it and introduces herself, "Hello dear, it's nice to meet you. I'm Leon's mother, Luce Fou Barfort."

Oh my gosh!

I do my best to walk forward without tripping or trembling and curtsied like Angie taught me.

"H-Hello!" I manage to squeak out, "M-m-m-my name is Olivia Barfort! … I mean I would like it to be Barfort!"

Stupid, stupid, stupid Olivia!

Angie puts her hand on my shoulder before she also curtsied.

"Greetings Mrs. Barfort, I am honored to meet you. I am Angelica Rapha Redgrave, and like Olivia here I would very much like to change that to Angelica Rapha Barfort one day." Said Angie.

Mrs. Barfort blinked a bit before chuckling and pulling the both of us into a big hug, reminding me of my own mom's.

"I see my little boy has been up to a lot while he was gone." Laughed Mrs. Barfort, "You both look beautiful, and knowing him your hearts match the outside. Come now, have you met his other siblings? I'll introduce you over dinner!"

A weight that had been on me goes away as I walk next to Mrs. Barfort, "Do you need help with dinner?"

Mrs. Barfort smiles and waves her hand, "Of course not, you're a guest, please just enjoy some tea while you wait."

"I insist," I say with a smile, "There's a lot of us here, I don't want to leave it all to you."

"We also have some maids still on Leon's ship," pointed out Angie, "they could come and help serve us all if you'd like."

"Oh no, I couldn't," denied Mrs. Barfort.

"Hey," called out Cid, "not to interrupt or anything, but where'd Deirdre go?"

"The drill lady ran after big bro!" said Colin.

"Drill lady?" questioned Mrs. Barfort.

"The woman with long blonde curly hair," clarified Angie, "She… also seeks the companionship of Leon."

"Oh my!" gasped Mrs. Barfort with a hand to her mouth, "He's become rather popular, hasn't he?"

Leon, Cid, and I look at each other and laugh.

"*Giggle* You could say that Mrs. Barfort." I said.

"Well, I suppose we have a lot to talk about over dinner then." Tittered Mrs. Barfort. As we walk inside the house she looks to the stairs and cups her hands over her mouth, "Jenna! Finley! Get down here and greet our guests!"

I hear the stomping of steps coming down the stairs and see the familiar sight of Jenna. I also see a cuter and younger version of her. Come to think of it though, her resting face kind of reminds me of a cat.

Cid leans over to me and Angie and whispers, "Do you think if Jenna and Miauler have a kid they'd look like that?"

Both of us think about it for a few seconds.

"You know I can see it." Whispered back Angie.

Jenna looks over at us, "Oh, it's you guys. Where's Leon?"

"Leon's being chased by his dad outside," explained Cid.

Jenna and Finley both just roll their eyes at this, clearly having seen it happen many times before.

Eventually we get to greet everyone and prepare dinner. Mrs. Barfort seemed to like Angie and me. Nicks showed up dragging his father and Deirdre dragged in Leon, making sure to take the opportunity to grab at his pecs as she supported him from under his shoulders. Leon was too tired to notice, but I gave Deirdre a subtle thumbs up. She returned it with a stream of blood stemming from her nose.

Things were great! I got to hear all sorts of stories about how Leon was when he was a little rascal, constantly getting into troubles alongside his siblings. There were a few family portraits too, done each time the children became about 5 years old. Leon looked so cute when he was little! I could tell that he didn't want to sit still for the paintings, but Leon was able to recall all the little arguments he had with his parents and Jenna while they were trying to sit still so fondly.

We went to bed in the usual room on Partner, as Leon had to share a room with Nicks growing up, and his twin bed couldn't fit all three of us, not to mention how we didn't want to strip down in front of Nicks. Eventually the day ended, and we slept, looking forward to exploring Leon's territory the next day. We would have taken Cid with us, but it looked like the transport ship had come for him early. Which just left Angie, Leon, Deirdre and me.

-Cid-

I've come to the location enclosed to me on the invitation Beta had given me and awaiting me here is…

The blue sky and white clouds. The blue ocean (More of a lake really, considering how the ocean aspect doesn't work in floating islands) and white beaches… and an impressive resort hotel.

So it's not some elaborate mission but a vacation… Well, I guessed as much when I saw the package contained a swimsuit for me. But I never guessed they'd go so far as to build a beach resort… Quite impressive, Gamma, Mitsugoshi. Quite impressive…

Let's see. If I recall correctly, the letter said to enter the resort hotel… Guess it's that over there?

I walk towards what I can only describe as a seven-star hotel, and follow the instructions left in the letter. I enjoy the luxurious and spacious look of the place as I go through the lobby—passing by several numbers of Shadow Garden that are vaguely familiar to me—and into the elevator. From there I go to the top floor, because my shades have impeccable taste and obviously would reserve that for all of us, and marvel at the interior once again.

I begin to look for my designated room when a familiar voice calls out to me.

"We have been waiting for you… my lord."

"Those voices," I said as I recognize them immediately, "Gamma and Epsilon?"

As I get close to what I imagine is one of the VIP rooms (Gamma probably reserved the best for herself since she's the reason we can even have a hotel) I encounter my fourth and fifth shades. Although I do prefer for my friends/wives to just refer to me as Cid, since we're doing the whole mission role plaything, they're probably just playing the bit. How nice of them. I better do my best to play along for now, maybe establish a safe word for whenever the role plaything gets too far.

…Then again, I feel like considering how much they play along with my Eminence in Shadow role maybe I shouldn't worry about it and just do my best to fulfill whatever fantasies they want to do?

I put a hand to my chin and ask, "Are you two my guides?"

Epsilon nods with a satisfied smile, "Indeed, my lord! I will be looking after you!"

I look to Gamma who shakes her head sadly.

"As much as I'd like to accompany you today my lord, I still have a few things to prepare for everyone, so it will only be Epsilon with you today…" said Gamma with the saddest pout I've seen on her.

I walk up to Gamma and give her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you for all your hard work, Gamma, we all appreciate it." I state. As that had left her with a dopey smile and the inability to talk, I then shift my focus to Epsilon and ask her, "What happened to everyone else?"

Epsilon answers me a bit too happily by saying, "The others were actually supposed to join us as well, but they got called away on urgent missions…"

Ah, and these two must have been the ones to win 'Seven Shades Rock-Paper-Scissors'

I shake my head, "I see. That's too bad. I wanted to thank the others as well. Is there something I could help with?"

Epsilon begins to fret, "On no! Please don't worry yourself over something so trivial! It's mainly just that the opportunity to rescue many more members opened up with people trying to get rid of their slaves after sir Leon's shift to the crown prince."

I nod, right I guess we really did make bank off of all the kids, and Leon's pretty anti-slave given his link to Mitsugoshi who has been buying up all the female elf and therianthropes in order to give them a better place in society.

"I'll just tell them when we see them in a couple of days, but let me know if the situation requires my attention, I feel as though you all still seem to hesitate with that." I said.

Epsilon and Gamma nodded happily.

Eventually Gamma walks away, stumbling a little bit, leaving me with Epsilon.

Epsilon takes my arm and begins to walk and talk, "My mission today is to support you, my lord. I'm at your service…" Epsilon then takes a more sultry look and then presses up her 99% slime breasts and said, "even if it's unrelated to our mission!"

"Wow, you don't slack off, do you?" I said with a smile, "Eve when it comes to having fun. I'll be sure to ask you for anything."

"Yes, you can count on me." Chirped Epsilon. She then takes the sultry look again, "Well then, my lord… how about I give you a massage in your room now? You must be tired from all the walking. Allow me to take care of you…"

I may be a bit dense, but I can imagine what Epsilon was hinting at with that. Which, the nice if not flattering at the very least, but I actually was really looking forward to exploring the beach and the hotel.

"Well," I start doing my best not to hurt her feelings while keeping things in a good mood, "I'm not really tired. But I would like to set my things down and head to the beach. I'm sure I'd have a lot more fun doing the latter with you. So why don't you lead me to my room to unpack and then we'll have fun playing at the beach together?"

Epsilon beams and leads me to the room assigned to me.

"Wow." I admit as I take it all in, "this is amazing."

"Oh, I wish Gamma was here to hear that. She prepared this room exclusively for you, my lord." Said Epsilon.

I can see that. On closer inspection… not only is this room luxurious, it's luxurious in a way that's specifically tailored to my taste…! Yeah… not bad…

I begin to walk around the room and inspect some of the items left around here.

Epsilon notices me marveling at the items and cheers happily, "You have a discerning eye, my Lord. That item there cost 5 million Dia at auction."

"Five—?!" I say before I remember just how much money Mitsugoshi and the girls make off of their businesses. I clear my throat, "…I see."

Epsilon continues to point around the room, not seeing how my poor roots cause me pain with each item listed off, "Those items there were priced at 3 million, 4.5 million, and 8 million Dia from right to left. The furniture, bed, and decorations are all first-rate. Gamma went all out in preparing them."

"I-Is that so…" I say with gratitude as I live off of one health point.

In short, this is one heck of a room… My sense of money is going haywire… I think I'd feel nervous just sleeping on this bed… That said, she's got great taste! When I get the chance I'm going to ask Gamma to borrow some of this stuff so I can add it to my Eminence in Shadow collection!

"Heh… Gamma knows her stuff." I exclaim. I then look over at something that looks familiar, "Wait is that?"

I reach for a painting.

"Huh? Oh that! Delta made that. She saw some of the paintings we purchased from your room stated, 'I can paint something like this too!' and stuck it in with the collection… You really noticed it at first glance, didn't you, Cid?" said Epsilon sweetly.

I can only scratch the back of my head before placing the drawing back on the wall where it was. For what it's worth, Delta actually can draw 'modern art' pretty well. I wonder if we should have her go into the art scene if she ever needs a cover… Nah, no way.

"By the way," I said, "when did you manage to build a hotel? I didn't see any sign of it when I helped Alpha and Gamma with the ledgers and other documents."

Are they doing things without me knowing again… I've got mixed feelings about that!

"We wanted to surprise you, my lord!" cried Epsilon quickly, "We thought that it'd be nice to reward your help with a vacation during the break. Speaking of rewards, we've also prepared a welcome drink for you! Please enjoy!"

Aw… Not that'd I say that out loud. I have standards… okay maybe later.

"How thoughtful," I said while reaching for the drink, until I notice what type of drink it is, "What the…?!"

"It's a drink called 'Ramune,' developed based on your Shadow Wisdom!" said Epsilon.

It's a summer drink straight out of my first life! They've even replicated the indentations and the marble inside! The attention to detail is impressive! I take a swig, oddly excited, "…Pwaaaah! It tastes just like summer! Gamma is incredible!"

In the background I hear Epsilon grumble, "…It sounds like Gamma's receiving all the praise… Even though I'm right in front of you I'm losing to someone who's not here…"

Epsilon then takes a deep breath and cries out, "My Lord!"

I do my best to act surprised and like I totally didn't hear her mumbling to herself, "…Ahem! Y-You surprised me… Wh-What's the matter?"

"You've managed to set down your stuff, right?" asked Epsilon before gesturing to the window, "Why don't we head to the beach like you said earlier?"

I nod, "You're right. Once I unpack, I'll change and head there."

Epsilon give me a hug and a brief kiss on the cheek, "Thank you, well then… see you again later."

-P2W-

"Wow…" marveled Olivia, "Angie, your hair is so beautiful!"

Angelica chuckled softly, "I grew it out originally because of how Julius marveled at it, Leon seemed to like it like this as well. Although I figure that perhaps I could cut it shorter next time. I've heard that hair has memory after all."

"Looking to move on from the past in more ways than one, dear Angie?" asked Deirdre. "Is doing your best to continue your family line with Leon's help not enough?"

Angelica flicked some of the soap still on her in the direction of Deirdre.

"H-Hey!" spluttered Deirdre, "I just washed of all the soap!"

The trio of women find themselves within a hot spring on Leon's territory. The day Cid had left was also the day they quartet of Leon, and the three girls had left to his territory. They had begun the day by exploring the multiple farms that Luxion had cultivated with the help of several robots. However, at some point Angelica had been able to catch onto a scent of eggs, which led to Leon intruding the ladies to the wonder of the hot springs resort he had been preparing. Leon had left earlier to settle some things with Luxion, so the girls treated themselves to a bath without him…

For now.

[Mistress Olivia.]

Luxion descended from the sky.

"Luxy!" Cheered Olivia, "Is he on his way?"

[Affirmative. I have also done as you asked and made sure to tell him that You and Mistress Angelica are the only ones in the bath and awaiting him. He began sprinting here when I said as such.]

"Pardon?" said Deirdre, "You did not tell him about me?"

Olivia winked at Deirdre, "I figured I'd help you out a bit."

Deirdre looks at Olivia like she's the next coming of the Saintess… which isn't inaccurate.

Suddenly, the door to the hot spring begins to rattle.

A/N: This is the lime I mentioned earlier.

Leon having fun with Olivia, Angelica, and Deirdre, but only up to 3rd base.

A/N: Okay that's the end of the lime.

Eventually, everyone has to clean themselves after having their fun. They would have continued, but the heat from the hot springs starts to get to them, so after cleaning themselves and a quick soak they go to bed. Olivia and Angie taking one side, Olivia cuddling up to Angie while she cuddles Leon's side, and Deirdre on the other.

-Cid-

I walk to the beach, the lake may not exactly be an ocean, but it stretches far enough into the horizon that I can't see the other end, so it may as well be. I'm enjoying the scenery, as well as my new duds. One complaint I usually had about designs when it came to male swimsuits is that they never really went above swim trunks or speedos. Neither of which are particularly cool. Luckily, Gamma had the sense to equip me with something more stylish. Namely, a stylish 'Hawaiian' shirt with a white background an orange/pink flamingos and green floral design on the front, some stylish orange tinted shades with a gold frame, and a pair of green swim trunks. Good enough to match my mob persona, but different enough to stand out as Shadow. Sasuga Gamma.

Most beaches are full of people this time of year, so having such a vast area to myself is a real treat. I should give the girls something as thanks for setting up this little vacation later. I don't think I've ever really enjoyed just walking around a beach like this. In my last life, I really just visited beaches for training purposes. Running on the beach and wading through shallow seawater are great ways to strengthen the legs and lower body.

"Well then." I say to the empty area, "Let's enjoy today to the fullest."

"My lord!" cried Epsilon from behind me, "Sorry to keep you waitiiiiiiiiiiiiii-"

"Hm? What's with the weird sounds?" I asked.

Epsilon's face turned a crimson sheen matching the flower in her hair, which was now done in a side ponytail, and the swimsuit adorning her body. She was trembling with excitement and whispering to herself, "My lord… in a swimsuit! Your well-toned figure… and that visible six-pack!" Epsilon swooned and fell onto a nearby lounge chair, "It…It's all too dazzling! I wanted to mesmerize you, but I've ended up mesmerized instead…I'm so glad to be alive…"

I think about Epsilon's words for a few seconds.

…

"Wait," I grumble, "is this why you prepared my swimsuit in advance?"

I level an unimpressed look at Epsilon.

Epsilon, who is normally one of the best spies in the world, dons the worst poker face in the world. "N-N-No! Of course not! R-right Gamma?"

I look to see Gamma who totally blew off her work to come stare at me in a swimsuit.

She falls out of her hiding spot from a nearby floral arrangement, "Pgyah!" Gamma quickly collects herself and states, "Exactly! It's not like we, the Seven Shades, secretly did a little brainstorming to intentionally manifest our desires! No way at all!"

I sigh, "I really hope you girls don't act like this during missions."

In any case, I should probably change the topic before they dig themselves into a deeper hole. Besides they did do this for me, and we're going to be married, so I guess getting me an outfit they think would look good on me isn't the worst thing in the world…

Kinda embarrassing to be stared at like a piece of meet though…

…

Not!

I finely sculpted this body myself! It only makes sense for people to marvel at it when it's on display! In fact, I should show it off more!

…

One at a time though.

"Gamma," I state, "I'd like to see you in a swimsuit too, but you have work for now, don't you."

Gamma begins to pout, "I guess…"

"Don't give me that look…" I try to begin to scold her but I hold back a little, "We all have our duties. Besides this is probably the best time I'm going to get to spend with Epsilon alone for a while, I'll make sure that we can eventually have some one-on-one time later, okay?"

Gamma beamed and gave me a big hug before she sped off, leaving me alone with Epsilon.

"Um… my lord…" began Epsilon before asking, "were you looking forward to seeing me in a swimsuit…?"

I crossed my arms and looked at Epsilon with one eye, "I was looking forward to seeing everyone, obviously… but I have to say, yours fits you well. It gives you a bit of a different vibe than normal and brings out your personality."

Epsilon began to giggle, which made her slime covered body move rather interestingly. Come to think of it…

-P2W-

"Hey, have you applied sunscreen yet?" asked Cid.

Epsilon shook her head no, perhaps a bit too enthusiastically, almost making her ponytail hit Cid in the face.

"No, my lord! I mean, Cid. Please! Let's help each other, yes!?" she yelled. "Let me get you first!"

Cid merely shrugs, taking off the shirt he was given and lying down on the lounge chair Epsilon had swooned onto. Epsilon nearly suffers from a nosebleed but manages to quickly stop it by pinching at the bridge of her nose before she covers her hands in sunscreen. She makes sure to not only get His back, but his arms, legs, feet, and then even helps him do the front as well. Cid takes notice of how slowly Epsilon goes over his chest. He supposes she is at that age after all, plus they're basically dating anyway.

As Epsilon finishes with Cid's chest he gets up. "Alright, your turn Epsilon."

Epsilon nods happily and moves to take off her bikini bra to seduce Cid give him easier access to her back.

However, Cid stops her with a question she hoped to never hear.

"Shouldn't you take off your slime?" asked Cid.

Epsilon stopped in her tracks. She then very slowly faced Cid as though she were a robot that never got its joints greased.

"Wh-what did you say Cid…?" asked Epsilon in a very cautious voice.

"You know, the slime on your body? I can tell you have a fair bit covering you. I figure if I put sunscreen on you I should get your actual skin and not where the slime is. To be perfectly honest I can barely tell where some of it begins and some of it ends, but I don't think…" Cid stops.

*Sniffle*

"Epsilon…?" asked Cid.

"Y-you knew…?" whimpered Epsilon.

Cid noticed that Epsilon was upset but figured that lying wasn't the way to go and answered honestly, "…I mean… yeah…? I was the one who discovered how to transform slime in the first place so…"

This, was not the right thing to say.

"WAAAAAH!" cried Epsilon as she ran off.

Epsilon began to berate herself in her head, Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid! Of course he would've known! Of course he did! Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid!

Epsilon ran and ran, crying the entire time, no idea where she was going but knowing she couldn't stand to have Cid's gaze upon her.

Eventually after what felt like an hour later she found herself crying her eyes out near a rocky part of the beach. Hugging her knees close to her chest, the slime slowly melting off due to her inability to concentrate.

"*Hic* stupid. *Hic* so stupid *Sniff*" cried Epsilon.

"No you're not, you're one of the most brilliant people I know." Said Cid.

Epsilon jolted up in surprise.

"Cid?!" shrieked Epsilon.

Cid waved.

"How did you find me?!" asked Epsilon.

"Did you really think you could outrun me?" asked Cid, humiliating Epsilon further before he added, "Especially when you're upset like this?"

Cid takes out a box of tissues he got from a table on the beach and starts to help Epsilon clean herself up. He then throws the used tissues in the air and gets rid of them with a simple 'agi.'

Cid then sits next to the very melty Epsilon and does his best to hug whatever actual flesh pokes out. They sit in silence as Epsilon gathers her thoughts, watching the waves in the distance.

"…so…" started Epsilon.

Cid doesn't move but looks in Epsilon's direction, she can feel his gaze, and feels equal parts comforted and embarrassed.

"So, you knew the entire time?" asked Epsilon.

"Yes." Answered Cid.

"…" Epsilon remained silent.

Cid however, knew that this was probably not the time to stay silent, "…Can I ask?"

Epsilon doesn't say anything at first, making Cid want to double back for once, but speaks up, "You… you've seen the rest of the Shades. I… I've always felt like a scared little girl compared to everyone, especially when we started to grow… or when they did, I guess. I… I always felt… inadequate."

"Inadequate?" said Cid incredulously, "Epsilon, you're the best cook, the best musician, and the best at controlling magic… aside from me I suppose."

"Oh please," scoffed Epsilon, "Alpha's way better at all of that. Zeta too probably."

Cid chuckled. Then started to wheeze before falling into full blown laughter.

"Wha—Cid!? Why are you laughing?" demanded Epsilon.

"Sorry," said Cid as he wiped a few tears out of his eyes, "But for as much as you seem to compare yourself to everyone else you're pretty unobservant of them."

"Eh?" uttered a baffled Epsilon.

"Whenever Alpha touches a piano it'll start making weird sounds—like sounds that shouldn't come out of a piano, and Zeta never bothers using seasoning or any kind of prep on her food if she can help it." Said Cid.

"But," said Epsilon as she straddled Cid's waist in order to get in his face, "But that's just… just mundane stuff! What about battle! I'm nowhere near as strong as them! Even Beta and Gamma are stronger than me!"

"Gamma is only physically stronger than you, if it came down to an actual fight you'd win easily." Said Cid as he began to pat at Epsilon's head and hug her. "Besides when it comes to magic control you have Beta beat. I'll admit that everyone in Shadow Garden has their own specialties, but you know that you earned the title of Epsilon the Faithful for a reason. Stop putting yourself down, Epsilon."

Epsilon begins to tear up for other reasons than sadness.

"I won't deny you attempting to reach an ideal self, it would go against everything I stand for, but why were you so ashamed at me knowing? You girls know how much I care for you." Said Cid.

Epsilon looks away and begins to murmur something, "I… though… big…"

"What's that?" asked Cid.

"I…" started Epsilon before taking a deep breath "I THOUGHT YOU LIKED BIGGER ONES, LIKE ALL BOYS SO I WANTED TO HAVE THE BIGGEST SO YOU'D PUSH ME DOWN AND HAVE YOUR WAY WITH ME SO WE COULD START A FAMILY AND YOU SAY YOU'D LOVE ME EVERY DAY!"

…

Cid blinks a couple of times.

Then opens his mouth, "Where'd you get the idea that I liked bigger ones?"

"I mean, I caught you staring at Beta a lot when we lived in the house outside your territory." Said Epsilon.

"Oh… that." Said Cid as he began to recall doing that, "I was just curious."

"Eh?" uttered Epsilon.

"Well, she grew really quickly compared to everyone, I was curious how that worked. Honestly part of me was worried I screwed up healing her somehow and the constant growth was a sign of the possession coming back, so I looked at her whenever she had another growth spurt. I… don't really care about the size of a woman's breasts. Heck, it's kinda rude for you to automatically assume that. For all you know I'm into butts or legs." Said Cid.

Epsilon began to tear up from sadness again, "But I don't have those either!"

Cid begins to panic as he looks over Epsilon's body…

Her now naked body, since the swimsuit didn't exactly fit on her.

Cid moves in.

A/N: Cid/Epsilon (true form) Lemon. I might prefer big titties, but breasts of all size can make a man's sword rise.

Cid's perspective of applying sunscreen to Epsilon on the outside and doing other stuff on the inside.

A/N: End of Lemon

-P2W-

Eventually Cid and Epsilon head back to the hotel. Epsilon still wasn't ready to show everyone her actual body, but Cid did manage to convince her to talk to at least two of the shades. That being said, she wasn't going to do it during the vacation. So, Cid had helped her put her slime back onto her body and healed her so she wouldn't limp.

As they arrived at the area of the beach they started at, a voice calls out to them.

"Bossman! Sorry to keep you waiting!" shouted Delta.

Delta then immediately attempts to tackle Cid. Cid, for his part, doesn't put any resistance this time around, causing the two of them to go flying into the lake.

"Hey, Delta! Don't bother Cid like that!" scolded Alpha as she began to swim after them.

"*Sigh* That dumb dog." Sighed Zeta before looking around, "But still, this is a nice place."

Gamma beamed, "Of course! I put a lot of work into it after all!"

"Cid!" shouted Beta, "Wait for me! I want to show you my new swimsuit!"

Epsilon looked at Beta's… beta's as they bounced while she ran after Cid. Eta walked right up to Epsilon with a curious look on her face. Epsilon tried to back up, only to walk straight into Zeta, who began sniffing at her.

Zeta then smiled as though she just ate a canary, "Well now!"

"Please don't" whimpered Epsilon.

"Well…well…well…" said Eta.

"Ara~ maybe it was a good thing I was busy with work!" exclaimed Gamma.

Epsilon felt her sister wives close in on her, eager to hear everything about her moments alone with their shared husband.

"Bossman!" cheered Delta, breaking the crowd to Epsilon's gratitude. "I wanna play a whole bunch before we eat!" Delta then began to raise her arms and hit Cid with water. Such force would likely kill most normal humans, but Cid merely smiles as Delta chants, "Splash, splash, splash!"

Zeta shouts, "Hey, quit messing around! Dumb dog!"

Zeta despite her shouting, doesn't get any closer to the water.

Cid begins to laugh, "Ack! Now you've gone and done it!" Cid then begins to return the favor to Delta, hitting her even more strongly, "Take this! And this! And this!"

Delta shrieks happily as she begins to be swept away by her lover's playful assault, "Aaagh! Bossman, you're too strong when you mean business!"

Alpha smiles fondly at the sight as she joins the others. "Isn't it nice… playing at the beach with everyone like this. Heheh."

-P2W/Cid-

Everyone played in the water for several hours, however eventually the sun began to set.

Epsilon and Beta run off to start prepping dinner, Delta heading towards the woods to find something to hunt, and Zeta not far behind. Alpha decided to make sure that Delta and Zeta wouldn't ruin the surrounding area and followed the two.

Hm… thought Cid I guess that leaves me, Gamma, and Eta. It's not often that I find the two, especially at the same time. But I guess that works out just fine, I had some stuff I wanted to talk about with them anyway.

"Gamma, Eta." Called out Cid.

Gamma looks away from Eta who she had been trying to keep awake, causing Eta to fall straight into her cleavage.

"Ye—eek! Eta!" shrieked Gamma as she attempted to get Eta out.

"Muumuu" murmured Eta.

Cid couldn't tell what she meant because of how she was muffled, but Gamma was kind enough to include it in her next few shouts, "No! Those aren't marshmallows! Don't bite! Eta!"

Cid watches them flail a bit before helping wake up Eta by channeling some of his mana into her.

Gamma pouts and grumbles at Eta who couldn't care less.

"Ahem, Gamma, Eta. I wanted to ask you both something, it's about a possible product." Said Cid, mentally adding to himself assuming that it doesn't already exist.

Eta sits up straight her eyes sparkle, "Shadow Wisdom!?"

"Something like that." Said Cid, "Tell me, what do you two know of contraception?"

Eta and Gamma both look at each other before shaking their heads.

"Sorry Cid, I don't think I've heard anything about that before. Could you tell us what it is?" said Gamma.

Cid nods, "Okay. So basically, it's something that's used to prevent pregnancy. There's several methods to it but… what are you two doing?"

Gamma and Eta had covered their ears.

"Nope." Said Gamma.

"…I… can… wait… to learn… this time." Said Eta.

"But it's not a good idea for us to get pregnant right now," tried to explain Cid. Mainly because of how young we are. I feel like if I follow up on my promise to live to 1000 or so I should wait until I'm at least 100.

However, Gamma and Eta were having none of it, beginning to hum to block out any sound and closing their eyes so they couldn't read his lips.

Delta and the others would come back, prompting dinner to be quickly finished.

Cid would try to bring up the idea of contraceptives again, only to find 6 of his seven shades doing the same thing. The only exception was Alpha, making Cid think that she was once again the voice of reason only to find himself on the receiving end of a very rough kiss whenever he'd try to mention contraceptives.

I suppose the consequences of making someone fall in love with you during medieval times is that the idea of not having kids isn't okay for them. I know that elves and therianthropes have low birth rates when crossbreeding with humans to begin with, so I guess I don't have to worry about it too much, but still. Maybe I should try using some-

As though she could sense it, Alpha once again began to try and shove her tongue down Cid's throat.

Dinner would end and everyone would head to bed. After a round of Seven Shades Rock-Paper-Scissors, Cid would go to bed with Beta.

-P2W-

A young girl visits Cid's empty room while he is away on vacation.

*Knock* *Knock*

"Cid?" asked a certain white-haired princess.

*Creeeeaaaak*

Alexia pushes the door slightly and finds that it was unlocked.

"Poochie? Are you in here?" asked Alexia as she began to look around. However neither Cid nor his elf servant were anywhere to be found.

Alexia begins to pout and sits down on Cid's bed.

Knowing Pooch, I thought he'd just be lazing around in his room during summer vacation. I was going to invite him out, yet he's nowhere to be found. Doesn't he know how lucky he is? I even went out of my way to secretly look up the location of his dorm using my royal privileges…

Well, it's not like I'm using my powers for something bad, so it's fine!

Alexia begins to lay down on the bed and sniff the pillow.

Yeesh. What am I doing over a pervert with seven slave lovers. I bet if I looked under his bed I'd find a lot of those books from Mitsugoshi that Iris thinks I don't know about.

Alexia begins to roll around in the bed.

Why would he need those elves anyway? I'm way prettier than any of them, and I'm a princess! I have loads of money, poochie loves money!

…

Alexia begins to bite the pillow in her arms.

So, what if one of those elves made a ton of money, I bet that business will go under soon anyway! But I'm always going to be the princess! And I'm next in line too! Iris is leader of the military but I'm going to be queen!

Alexia stops in place and sighs deeply.

Why did everyone else already leave? Iris is busy with the crimson knight stuff whenever she isn't doing the foreign dignity stuff. I would've helped but she told me to hang out with my friends. Prince Leon left with his lovers, Rose went back home, Clarice went dungeon diving, and I don't talk to the boys. Poochie, don't you know you're leaving a princess waiting?

As Alexia began to sniff at the pillow again, the door to Cid's room opens once again. Alexia turns and sees a certain black haired and red eyed woman looking at her with an unimpressed expression.

Quickly getting up Alexia discards the pillow and does her best to look presentable, "T-Top of the morning to you…"

Claire crosses her arms, "Princess Alexia…? What are you doing here?"

"N-No reason in particular," said Alexia as she began to look anywhere but Claire, "A-Actually, I heard a loud noise nearby, so I just came to check."

"I see…" said Claire as she then put one hand on one of her swords and waved her hand towards the door with the other, "Well, now that you've checked, there isn't any other reason for you to be here, is there? Go on. Shoo."

Alexia flusters at Claire's blatant disrespect, not used to hearing it from anyone save Cid and perhaps her future brother-in-law. "H-Hold on. I came here because I have something to discuss with Pooch… I mean, Cid Kagenou."

"Oh…? The fact you know where Cid's room is located means you two must be pretty close." Remarked Claire.

Alexia fixes her hair and looks elsewhere once again, "W-Well, you know… due to various circumstances… But this is my first time visiting his dorm."

Clarie sighs and stops playing along, "Look, whatever. So, what are you plotting this time?"

Alexia flusters again searching for an answer, "I-I'm not here with some sort of ulterior motive. I just wanted to invite Cid to hang out. I'm pretty sure that's a normal thing for classmates to do."

Claire glares at Alexia. "…Did you come here to ask an engaged man on a date?"

"A date!?" shouted Alexia with a furious blush, "I never said that!"

Claire walks up to Alexia with her hands on her swords ready to draw them, "HMMM? That so? Seems pretty suspicious for you to come all this way to his dorm. Still gonna pretend you're not interested in Cid? HMMMM?"

"I-It's not like that… It's pretty hard finding Cid Kagenou's location sometimes, so what else am I supposed to do?!" said Alexia as she panicked.

Claire stays in Alexia face for a few more seconds before starting to laugh.

"Oh? Is my baby brother avoiding you even when he's at school? How tragic." Teased Claire.

"Wh-what!? He's avoiding you too!" Shouted an embarrassed Alexia before stopping. "Wait what did you mean 'even when he's at school'?"

Claire flips her hair, before looking back at Alexia, "Cid went to go hang out with his fiancés at a territory they were developing. I'm actually on my way there, I just wanted to make sure that he and Alice didn't forget to lock his door again. Then I found a certain spoiled princess making a mess of everything."

Alexia can't help but growl at that statement. But then she deflates.

"C…Can I come?" mumbled Alexia.

"Eh?" uttered Claire.

Alexia assumes a demurer look, poking her fingers together and looking shyly at the floor, only ever seen by Iris and Cid, "Can I come? I… I just want to hang out with my friend…"

Claire is somewhat disturbed. Having never expected Alexia to ever look like this. She initially wants to believe this to be some sort of trick, but can't bring herself to outright say no.

Claire sighs, "I can't believe I'm saying this… but say that I do bring you, you do know that Cid's going to spend most of his times with his fiancés, right?"

Alexia frowns but nods.

"*Sigh*" Claire runs her hands through her hair, "Look, I did get a plus one. But like, I kinda want to spend most of my time trying to do stuff with Leon since I haven't seen him for the past few weeks."

Alexia tilts her head, "Summer vacation didn't start until last week though?"

"He was busy preparing for the duel and started getting closer to Livia and Angie around that time too. They recently gave us other girls go ahead on being able to pursue him too, so I'm going to take full advantage of that while at the resort." Explained Claire. She then crossed her arms again and leveled a glare at Alexia, "I'll tell you what, if you're okay with hanging out with me and Cid at the same time, then I'll bring you. Because that's probably the only chance you're going to get to hang out with him, I don't think his fiancés really like you."

Alexia thinks about it for a bit before nodding and shaking Claire's hand.

-Beta-

As I lie down in bed next to him, I can't help but think about how cute Cid was today. I was so glad that he enjoyed my cooking, and it was so fun playing watermelon smash and flag capture! I even beat Delta a bunch of times, and she's usually way better at anything athletic than me! I mean, Alpha and Zeta beat everyone, but that's kind of expected honestly.

…

They could have gone a little easier though…

But! But I was the one who really won in the end! I won Seven Shade Rock Paper Scissors and got the right to sleep next to Cid tonight!

I never realized how much Cid liked cuddling, usually we'd have to ask him to praise us when we were younger. But now it's super easy to start hugging and kissing.

I can't help myself and kiss Cid a couple of more times as he sleeps.

Hihihi

I'm so giddy I can't help but whisper, "Cid~ I love you. I love, love, love, love, you~!"

I kiss him again and feel him grab me.

I can't help but squeal in surprise as he begins to run his hands through my hair and back.

Cid backs off and asks, "Can't sleep?"

I smile and shake my head, "Sorry… I'm too excited right now."

Cid smiles and gets up, "Well, l think we have a few intruders to take care of, care to join me Beta?"

I gasp, "Intruders! How dare they!"

I immediately get up and follow Cid as we dash into the night.

Normally I'd be completely outraged at the slight, but this leads beautifully into the plan I had to get closer to Cid. Enjoy the next few minutes of life you have you damn thieves!

-Leon-

[Master, as you expected The Old Hag is arriving.]

I nod at Luxion and start walking towards Arroganz.

A/N: I feel like I should clarify, the intruders aren't Claire and Alexia, lol.

Anyway, at near 10K words (if you read the nsfw version) I feel like this is a good stopping place. Next chapter will have 1 lemon for Cid, with Beta, and 1 with Leon and two girls. The rest will be some fluff between Cid and the seven shades, as I haven't given them as much screen time as Leon and his girls. After that it's back to school, which means the culture festival and… well if you read EiS you know.

Now let's answer the comments.

None from SpaceBattles this time around

From :

HalfmoonSilver80: Lmao. Yeah I didn't mean that Olivia was going to have all 20 herself. I mean, I don't think she'd mind if Leon wanted, but yeah you basically got the plan.

Guest: Thanks! Cid and Delta's relationship is one of the more fun ones to write so I'm glad to written it well. Yeah, Delta is Delta, and the seven shades are a family so they want to help each other out.

Surayo: A lot of people mentioned that, but I feel like the connections were probably pretty easy to make. Thanks for reading and commenting!

Golden Nova: You'll see Claire next chapter more, don't worry.

Haseo55: Lmao, yeah Olivia. So I did think about having the resort be a joint effort, but it didn't make sense with the current timeline. I'll probably revisit the idea for any hotspring event. It was shown this chapter but I wouldn't really call it an event this time around.

EDG1999: Yup, as far as the public (except for maybe Frampton and his crew) are concerned, Leon's the current crown prince. Angelica seemed to be okay-ish with it in canon too from what I remembered, but more of a political and pragmatic type of thing. Zola's next chapter. Thank you.

Fangs of death: Thanks! Hope to see you commenting there if you decide to read there instead.

Galeon82: Yup, Beatrix is soooo happy right now. That's a pretty cool idea, but it's kinda already there. See, being crown prince also necessitates political backing, you can't just challenge Leon or Julius without a bunch of people saying they want you as King and would support you. Otherwise, people would probably just ignore you even if you took the throne.

From AO3:

DragonBlaze10: You know it's kind of funny, this is at least the third comment I've gotten about people binging the thing. I guess it makes more sense on Ao3 since I didn't have an account for a while, but I wonder how many people just end up finding my fanfic by accident.

Shadowy Guy (Guest): I did end up looking it up, that's kind of funny about the MP (I thought it was SP) cost.

BOY4_GOW: Well I hope you like the Leon/Claire ship because there's going to be more of it next chapter.

Yeah, that's basically they dynamic I had in mind for Deirdre and Claire.

Delta's full of surprises, but I do think that animal smelling emotions is kind of true, but Delta usually goes off of the tone of voice in canon.

They started off easy this chapter, but their big plan starts next chapter.

Everyone seemed to love the Olivia line.

Deathfang1920: I mean, Olivia's a commoner, her parents might have only had her but I feel like having big families would be normal for her.

Wolfpaladin: Yeah, nothing against Hertrude, but Claire seems more fun to work with, especially since this is a crossover.

I don't plan on drowning him… more than canon did. I do think that 14 limit is a good scope for this fic at least.

From QQ:

MementoMori: Hope you got that paragraph thing sorted, I don't really have much to offer other than what I said. You know, other people said they didn't like the two protagonists idea, I don't really get it though. I've seen it tons of times, even in fanfics technically when they shift perspectives like I do.

: Thanks for reading! I'm already playing F/GO, FEH, EiS:MoG, and Genshin Impact. I don't want to add to that.

Alternativefuturefan27: Is… the comparison because he is doing a lot of impressive things and being with a lot of women? Funny video though.

Lol, his mom was more accepting in canon, his Dad constantly feels like he's going to have a heart attack with the shit Leon gets up to.

Havefeith: It's a funny sentence, it got everyone this time around, I'm pretty proud of myself for it.

Bladist: Fool, all the shades are best girl. But yeah, she doesn't understand the whole worship thing, she just think Cid is really cool and strong.

…look forward to next chapter.

I do like the idea as well, but Nu in all the material makes it pretty clear that she'd rather kill Marco than befriend him. I don't think she liked him, as far as I could tell they met when she became possessed (The anime suggests it happened in the middle of a ball/gala).

I do have a plan for the whole flute thing.

Hope you enjoyed Epsilon's date 😉

Golden Darkness: You definitely inspired me a bit. I was going to use that one girl from Hundred (Claire Harvey I think) as reference for Deirdre otherwise. That's a really cool/funny detail. I don't think it works with Mitsugoshi but it's fun to think about.

BlackTheif12: The best lies have a bit of truth. But yeah the elven ear wiggles meeting the tail wagging was adorable to me too. Come to think of it though, yeah, I wonder how many of the Shades would know her original name.

Someoneani: Yeah, that was the easiest way to begin some harmless fluff. Thanks for saying it's implemented well, I sometimes worry about being able to do that.

28th00: I don't think she'd mind, and besides I think I got great grandma's with that amount of kids, I know one had 15.

Delta's got grand ambitions for sure, and she's also the one with a clear direction on their relationship compared to everyone else.

Yeah, Cid likes Leon because of this. Claire mellowed out a little bit because of Leon being in her life… on a side note, anyone ever notice that Cid and Leon are both short-black-haired and grey-eyed men? Jk, canonically Cid's are supposed to be red, at least to Claire I think. But yeah, Claire at least knew about 'Alice' the entire time.

Alexia's part of the summer event too, which is good because I didn't want to just throw her away given how fun she is.

Otoshi17Good: She stunted her growth I thought, not halted it. But immortality is something within EiS, so who knows.

Zackman2k12: Lmao, I feel like if anything Delta's hips were in danger. Hope you liked this chapter too.