Gift giving
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Yuki explained as innocently as he could pretend to be about his relationship with Mashiro and Emi, and nothing actually happened between them so it made it easier to explain everything despite how his evil neighbor tried to make it appear.
"I see… A hero from another world… I can't wait to see her" muttered Shizue with a curious look on her face which disappointed Maou since this wasn't the outcome he hoped for and Ashiya shot him a look that said 'What should we do now?'
And Maou could only shake his head and say 'We will wait for the best moment to strike, there's still a chance, Emilia isn't as reasonable as this woman'
Finding what he said to be logical, Ashiya nodded hurriedly and watched as Shizue left the room with Yuki following behind her and appeared to be using his trademark hypocrite praying in hope that Emilia would be reasonable for once in her life, although that wasn't something possible and he knew it.
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'The girls should be here' thought Yuki while staring at the moon in full display in the night sky and calmly knocked on the door before he sneakily hid behind Shizue in case a knife or a holy magic blast flew his way…
Just as he finished knocking, a voice suddenly yelled from inside the room "IT BETTER NOT BE YOU TWO LITTLE DEVILS WANTING ME TO HELP YOU ATTACK YUREI AGAIN"
Yuki's eyes narrowed slightly and he shot Maou and Ashiya that were peaking from their room's door a cold look 'It seems like that little bastard has been having it hard lately with these two little assholes plotting behind his back every day… But they appear to be quite desperate for them to actually ask for help from Emilia' he thought before he said "Emi, it's me Yuki"
"Eeeeh?" Emilia's shocked voice echoed from the room and if Yuki could see inside of it, he would have noticed Mashiro who was happily drawing a picture of him when he still appeared like a ghost suddenly drop her pencil and mutter "Yuki?"
Then, the sound of running footsteps echoed and Shizue couldn't help but shoot Yuki who was hiding behind her a weird look as the door suddenly swung open in front of them and a red-haired woman appeared in their view.
The two women had a brief moment of surprise before they glanced at each other, and in just that one instant, countless calculations flashed through their heads instinctively, especially Emilia who secretly released a sigh of relief after she compared chest sizes with Shizue and finally she met another girl who wasn't too big than her flat board…
Yuki noticed Emilia's enthusiasm dying down slightly but she still asked with a hint of shock in her voice "Is this really you Yuki? How did your appearance change this much? And where were you all this time? That bastard Yurei wouldn't tell us no matter how much we insist on it"
'It seems like it will take a while for them to get used to my new appearance, but I at least don't have to worry now about people screaming into my ear every time they see me pass by them without making a sound when I'm trying to rob them' Thought Yuki before he said with a warm smile
"Who could it be if not me? I went through many things, and it's a long story… I'm sure you are curious about Shizue as well"
'Shizue huh? These two are already on a first-name basis? We were worried about him all this time but he seems to be having a nice time' Emilia suddenly had a wide psychopathic smile on her face for an instant before she said "We missed you" and moved in to give him a hug with a similarly warm smile as she passed by Shizue, and just as she wrapped her hands around his neck, her warm smile turned extremely dark and she squeezed her hand so tightly to the point that Yuki felt like his eyes were about to pop out
'What's this crazy woman doing?' Thought Yuki as his face started to turn pale from the lack of oxygen and Maou and Ashiya couldn't help but have wide smiles on their faces and cheer her in their heads 'good Emilia, kill that bastard quickly, don't give him a chance to escape!'
However, things didn't go as they planned as Shizue watched another girl come out of the room and stare at Yuki curiously before she said with an almost expressionless look on her face if not for her flickering eyes betraying her intense feelings" Yuki, you are back"
'This must be Mashiro? It really as Yuki said, she resembles Leon a lot, but she is much cuter…' thought Shizue while Yuki heard Emilia clicking her tongue and reluctantly let go of her hold on him
'I might die if I don't deal with these girls properly' Thought Yuki while breathing the air greedily and said "Aren't you going to ask me about my new appearance?"
Hearing this, Mashiro shook her head and said "Yuki is still Yuki"
'Ughh this girl is a dangerous weapon of mass cuteness….' Thought Yuki as he felt his heart hit by a tsunami of cuteness when he heard Mashiro's reply. Although the demons and Emilia interpreted her words in a different way 'that's right Mashiro, he's as ugly as ever!' Only Mashiro could win completely opposite sides without even trying!
Meanwhile, Shizue shot Mashiro a curious look and she couldn't help but find her likable as she heard Yuki say "I brought you and Emi a gift, want to see it?"
"Um" Replied Mashiro before she held Yuki's hand and led him into the room but not before he shot Maou and Ashiya a disgusting smirk which made them realize something
"My lord, is it possible that he had gifts stored in another place? Don't tell me… Did he lure us into revealing our ugl- less beautiful sides just so that he would exempt us from getting gifts?" Asked Ashiya with his face turning pale before it turned blue at the level of scheming and acting involved in this act of immense greed and Maou couldn't help but start eating his nails nervously before he said
"No impossible, he couldn't have faked his reaction when he put his hand into his bag… It appeared truly genuine, I'm not that stupid to miss that kind of obvious truth… But he could have used it as an opportunity to mislead us further…"
Ashiya fell to his knees and said "I can't believe it, we lost so easily right after he came back… He's become a lot stronger my lord, how are we supposed to deal with him in the future"
Maou as well had a pale face as if he was facing the end of the world but he put on a courageous face and said wisely "When you can't win honorably, you win shamelessly" Then without waiting for Ashiya to respond, Maou put on the warm smile he uses when he greets customers and entered the girls' room.
There he wrapped his hands around Yuki's shoulder and observed the gifts he brought to Mashiro and Emilia, for Mashiro he brought her a very expensive hairpin he stole from one of the elves royals that had a special effect of activating a barrier around the wearer in case of danger. As for Emilia, he gave her a bracelet that had the function of altering the user's appearance so that she could keep her identity hidden if she ever uses her holy power…
Clearly, they were very thoughtful gifts and Maou easily realized this when his eyes shined slightly and he analyzed the properties of the two magic items… 'What great magic items, and they can even recharge through using the sun's energy'
Maou's eyes shined with a greedy light that didn't escape Yuki's observation as he heard him say "Waw Yuki, you really know how to take care of you neighbors, I wonder what you prepared for me and Ashiya"
And then another war of bickering with this demon lord started and Ashiya soon joined in along with Hanzo and Yurei that heard the commotion and as Shizue observed this chaotic scene filled with trickery and deception, she couldn't help but find it heartwarming as she could clearly sense how Yuki truly missed these people and they also missed him which brought a genuine smile on her face…
Eventually, Yuki ended up giving the two demons and a devil the gifts he prepared for them as well, which consisted of a bracelet for Maou that had similar functions to Emilia's and a set of kitchen utensils of the best quality made by the best dwarf craftsmen of Tempest which left Ashiya high on happiness better than receiving any magic item and he decided to prepare dinner today from them using them!
As for Hanzo, he got a raise in his weekly allowance which left him grinning from ear to ear the whole time, although he didn't notice Yuki's hidden agenda of wanting to keep him as their personal spy…
And that night ended up as a quite wholesome reunion for Yuki, although Yurei knew that a bad night awaited him once he ends up alone with Yuki…
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Meanwhile back in the Tensura world, many currents started shifting beyond what this world's destiny had originally planned.
Velgrynd recovered from Yama's attack thanks to Rudra's help and now she harbored a lot of hatred toward Tempest.
As for Yuuki, he reached unprecedented levels of strength after he absorbed all of his comrades with a new skill he created that resembled Rimuru's predator. However, for now, he was occupied with helping his friends revive before he could set his mind on properly taking revenge.
Meanwhile, Guy was still struggling to get out of the nightmare Yama put him into and he already had a whole patch of white hair on his hair that left Velzard as well as his two maids extremely worried, but he eventually opened his eyes and he seemed to have lost a lot of his playfulness and carefreeness and no one knew what these new changes are going to lead to…
Similarly in the western nations, Chaos covered the many kingdoms over the incompetence of their rulers and the situation has yet to be solved…
This was the effect one man had on a whole world, and Chloe Aubert who thought she knew the future thanks to her time-traveling skill found herself in a completely different timeline different from her expectations…