DxD: Tutorial 07

"The day at the park?" I ask, buying time. Raynare asking me on a date is throwing me off balance. Why is she when I don't even have a Sacred Gear? Except Sona thinks I might, because not sensing any mana is weird. So maybe the Fallen reached the same conclusion? Fuck, I need more information.

"I saw how you came across that lost kitten and saved it," she explains. "I knew then that you were a kind and caring person that I wanted to get to know better."

I try not to let my panic show. The Fallen pegged me that early? I definitely didn't see her in the park that day, and I was using [Observe] on everyone.

No, there's no need to panic. I'm a higher level than Raynare is. I don't remember how she compares to the others, but I'm a Gamer, I hit far above my weight class anyways. Four Fallen Angels roughly at my level shouldn't be a threat. Their bosses maybe, but not them.

"Oh right," I respond after probably just a touch too long. "I didn't realize anyone noticed that, besides the girl I was with. I ended up adopting the cat, she's doing great."

Aika, having seen Yua the past couple times she's come over, has a small expression of recognition, like a question had just been answered for her.

"That only proves my point even further," Yuuma says. "Not only did you rescue the poor kitten, but you brought it into your home. That makes me want to date you even more." I'll give Raynare this much, she's a good actor.

I'm a little hesitant to just walk into a trap though. "Well, normally I'd love to go on a date with a pretty girl like you," I start. "But I already have a date this weekend, with the girl that was there when I found Yu-"

"Are you two going out?" Yuuma interrupts.

"Uhh. No, not technically? I mean if the date goes well then-"

She interrupts me again. "Then it's fine, isn't it? Please, just give me a chance. Just one date." She almost begs me.

It's well hidden, but I can see a bit of irritation in her eyes. She's a good actor, but not a perfect one. Denying her might not be worth it. Worst case scenario she pulls out a light spear right here and that puts Aika and Atsuko at risk. Dammit.

"I guess that's fine," I say half heartedly. "Saturday evening at the plaza? We can do dinner and a movie."

"Oh thank you Axton," she says, her face lighting up. She bows lightly again. "I'll see you this Saturday then. Don't be late!" I nod and she heads back the way she came, disappearing around the corner.

There's a moment of awkward silence between the three of us. "So that just happened I guess," I say to break the ice.

"Are you sure that's okay Axton?" Atsuko brings up. "If you're going on a date with Hanakai I don't think you should be agreeing to date another girl."

Aika rolls her eyes a little, but also looks at me questiongly. From her perspective, I just almost ruined a free date with a pretty girl, and she's wondering why.

"Well, she wasn't entirely wrong in that me and Hanakai aren't a couple yet," I say. "But more importantly, I had a feeling she wouldn't take no for an answer. Hopefully by agreeing to the date I can let her get it out of her system and then let her down easily."

Atsuko doesn't look convinced, but Aika jumps in with a well timed subject change. "But you and Hanakai, huh? You just transferred in this week and already you have a date with one of the student council members. That's pretty impressive."

I smile wryly. "We met when I found Yua, and she even gave her her name. She's pretty and nice and seemed interested in me too so I asked her on a date. If something comes of it, great. If not, oh well, I had a date with a pretty girl." I grin teasingly. "Why, are you jealous?"

Aika thinks about that. "Maybe a little bit," she says, surprising me. Atsuko also looks at Aika with an expression of surprise. I drop my mask a bit and look at her with an expression of concern. Was she actually feeling jealous since she didn't get a date? Her eyes meet mine before she shakes her head a little bit before she looks at Atsuko and then back at me. Ahh, she's just trying to rope in Atsuko. This girl never stops plotting.

"But then again," she continues. "The three of us went on a date already so it's fine."

"That wasn't a date, was it?" Atsuko protests, unsure. "I mean, it was three of us."

"You can have a date with three people," I point out. "Nothing wrong with that, so long as everyone agrees."

She frowns and turns to Aika. "Back me up Aika, you can't have a date with three people right?"

"I'm with Axton on this one actually," Aika says. "I mean, doesn't it sound nice? A hunky guy on one side, and a beautiful girl with great boobs on the other?" I notice that Atsuko is between Aika and I when she says this, and judging from the way she glances at the two of us, Atsuko notices as well.

<+6 Affection with Atsuko Hyoudou>

<[A Worthy Addition] - Increases Affection gain with dragons and draconic beings by 20%>

Even without her gear unlocked she still gives me a dragon related perk? I'll gladly take it. There are too many stupidly powerful dragons in this setting, so increasing affection with them is good.

Atsuko shakes her head. "No, what we did wasn't a date. Because if it was a date, it means we can't do it again if Axton starts dating Hanakai." Her face is furiously red and she refuses to look at either of us.

Aika pulls her in for a hug, wrapping her arms around the other girls head and pulling her into her chest. "Ooh, you're so cute Atsuko!"

Atsuko seems torn between fighting back in embarrassment and getting distracted by being shoved into Aika's cleavage. I smile as I watch their antics.

I might have a sadistic Fallen Angel after my head now, but it was worth it for moments like this.

Besides, it just means I have to kill some annoying birds. No problem at all.

-x-

When I get home I find Kyu and Yua, who had both stayed home all day, watching TV. Yua rushes me as soon as I open the door and climbs up my shoulder to lick my face. "Hi Papa! Yua missed you!"

"I missed you too Yua. In fact, you know what? Starting tomorrow, you can start coming with me to school." Is that a good idea? Probably not. Do I care? Definitely not. She'll be safe, she'll have fun, and with Raynare after me, my act as a mundane student was going to come to an end soon anyways.

"Really? Yaaaaaay!" She hops off my shoulder and starts running in circles around the room, unable to contain her excitement.

"Anything interesting happen today?" Kyu asks, not bothering to get up from where she sat watching TV.

"Well, I got a date with Momo for tomorrow night."

"Nice nice."

"Me and Aika teased Atsuko a little more and got her a little closer to joining us."

"You guys have to be close on that right?"

"Oh, and I have a date on Saturday with a sadistic Fallen Angel who almost certainly wants to kill me."

That gets her attention. "Say what?"

I shrug. "It's fine. It's the starting signal for things to start kicking off, except my very presence changed her target to me somehow."

"So it's back in the dungeon tonight then?"

"No, I'm already stronger than her," I say. "Probably her friends too. No, the plan is to work on Alchemy a bit and then when it's late I'll sneak into their base and see if I can't dig up some info. I want to know why they're targeting me and what they know about me."

"I thought this world was meant to be dangerous, but if you can already take on Fallen angels then I don't see it."

I roll my eyes. "These are the mooks, something for the protagonist to sharpen their teeth on. You don't get Fallen Angels much weaker than these guys. Compared to humans, sure, they're very much a threat, but even the young and inexperienced devils here can take them on without too much of an issue."

"Whatever. If you're not worried then I don't care." Her eyes unfocus in a way I recognize now as her looking at the system. "Ooh, that actually triggered something. Here."

--<New Quest!>--

Fatal Fallen

Objective: Survive your date with the Fallen Angel Raynare

Bonus Objective: Take care of the Fallen Angels without alerting the Devils

Secret Objective: ?

Reward: 20k XP, 1000 Hunie, 1 Gacha Token

Bonus Reward: 30k XP, 3000 Hunie, 1 Gacha Token, Dark Dagger

Secret Rewards: ?

--<>--

"Is it really a secret objective if it says there is one?" I ask her out loud.

She shrugs. "I mean, it doesn't say what it is, does it? And don't ask me what it is, because I'm not telling."

"Yeah yeah," I wave her off. She sticks her tongue out at me and goes back to watching TV. I sit down at the small coffee table in front of the TV and start pulling out ingredients and a notepad. Right now I don't want to make any potions, I just want to figure out what kinds of potions I can make with the ingredients I have and write down the recipes. Yua watches for a bit, but then curls up on my lap and falls asleep instead.

A little bit later, I get a text. I check it, and it's from Aika. I respond and before I can put my phone down she's replied again.

Aika: So what was with almost turning down the girl today?

Axton: idk, she just gave me bad vibes

Aika: And here I was thinking it was because you were thinking of Atsuko, but then you went and mentioned Hanakai.

Aika: But I get what you mean, she got kinda pushy at the end. You gonna stand her up?

Axton: Somehow I get the feeling that that'll make things worse

Aika: You're probably right. Have fun on your date with the crazy chick then!

Axton: Thanks, your support means so much

Aika: haha

Aika: Oh right, I had an idea. Send me a sexy selfie with your chest bare.

Axton: Sure, gimme a minute.

I gently pick up Yua from my lap and place her on the table. She grumbles in protest but doesn't fully wake up. I go into my bathroom and take off my shirt. I hesitate a moment before taking a picture. She specified sexy right? Fuck it, let's go all out. I strip completely, hop into the shower for a minute to get nice and wet, and hop back out. I wrap a towel low around my waist and take a selfie in the mirror. I send it to Aika before drying off and getting changed again.

Axton: How's this?

Aika: Perfect. You don't mind if I send this to some people right?

Axton: I mean, I'm assuming it's for your harem plan, so no

Axton: Actually even if it's not for that I don't actually care so go for it

Aika: Don't worry, it'll be put to good use

I shrug and go back to the living room. While I was sending texts anyways, there were some things I should take care of. First, I looked up a nice but not too fancy restaurant here in town and made a reservation for tomorrow night. Can't go too fancy. I have the money for it, but even if she is a rich girl, taking Momo to a super fancy place on our first date doesn't feel right. Just a nice place. Now, for the other thing.

"Yua, wake up," I say as I poke her. "You wanna say hi to Momo?"

"Mama?" Yua says, waking up. "Yua wants to talk to Mama!"

I guess Momo is Mama. Considering the two of us found her, that makes sense. "Here," I say, pulling up my camera. "You say something and I'll send it to her. She won't be able to understand you, but I'm sure she'll love it anyways." I hit the record button as Yua sits up and looks at the camera.

"Hi Mama!" she squeaks even as she speaks telepathically to me. "Yua misses you and wants to see you again! Papa is really great and made Yua really strong so Yua can save lost kittens like her!"

"Beautiful," I tell her. "I'll send that to her." I mean. It'll just be Yua's squeaky meows, but that's exactly what I promised her earlier. I send it off and get back to working on Alchemy recipes.

Over the next half hour I get a couple notifications telling me that Aika's plans are bearing fruit.

<+7 Affection with Atsuko Hyoudou>

<+18 Affection with Muryama and Katase>

Atsuko's increase is easy to guess. But the other two are a surprise, especially since apparently the Game doesn't separate them. Or bother giving me their full names. I don't miss the fact that 18 is a multiple of six, meaning the two are likely perverts as well. Considering the context, that's not much of a surprise, but it's welcome.

A few minutes later I get a text from a number I don't know. I open it to see a message with a picture attached.

?: i'm sorry Aika sent me the picture you accidentally sent her and she shouldn't have but i saw it so i have to keep things fair and you said they were cute so here

The attached image is obviously Atsuko, her shirt lifted to reveal her boobs and covering her face. Huh. I didn't expect this sort of thing from her yet. Though then again, she does have the exhibitionism fetish now. I send her a reply.

Axton: No worries. You didn't have to do that but I do appreciate it. I'll treasure it forever.

She doesn't reply but I get another 7 Affection for her so it's fine. I text Aika to find out what happened.

Axton: This is your doing isn't it

Aika: Hehehe. So she actually sent a topless photo?

Axton: Yeah. I mean she used her shirt to cover her face, but her boobs are clearly on display.

Axton: You didn't push her too hard on doing that I hope?

Aika: I barely had to push her at all, she practically jumped at the suggestion

Axton: That's promising.

Aika: I also talked you up to Muryama and Katase, the Kendo girls I mentioned the other day. They're definitely interested.

Axton: You're the best

Aika: ;)

We text for a bit longer but before long it's late and she's off to bed. I stay up for a few more hours, experimenting with what kinds of potions I can make now. At about two in the morning, I decide it's late enough.

I wake up Yua. "I have to go run an errand, so you stay here and be good for Kyu okay? I'll be back in the morning."

"Okay Papa," she mutters sleepily. She falls back asleep immediately. Hopefully if she wakes up before I get back she'll remember.

I equip my dungeon gear and activate [Sneak] and [Detect]. I don't bother with [Eavesdrop] for now because [Detect] has a larger range. I'll activate it when I get to where I'm going. I regenerate just enough SP per second to keep all three active, even counting the [Chameleon] upgrade to [Sneak].

I silently exit my apartment and take off across the city. It's a thrill to run over rooftops and leap from building to building, nearly completely silently. [Sneak] made even my running barely perceptible to even my ears, and [Chameleon] made me look more shadow than person.

All I know about where the Fallen are is that it's in an abandoned church. Thankfully, a quick search online shows that there's only one Christian church in Kuoh, and it's not too far away. It takes me about fifteen minutes of high speed roof hopping to get there.

I stop before approaching it too closely. The building is right on the edge of my [Detect]. I don't sense anything yet, but unless they are standing up against one particular bit of wall that makes sense. Mostly I'm trying to feel any wards or watchers. I don't know if [Detect] will pick up on wards, but it will notice people watching, and hopefully cameras or other devices. I activate [Eavesdrop], get a bit closer, and then start scouting the outside of the building with both of those skills.

I pick up nothing. No people, no traps, no detectors. So, ready for an alarm of some sort to go off, I approach the church directly and slip into the back entrance.

I feel people now, but they're all below me. I sense seven presences, and four of them feel different from the way people normally feel. They must be the four fallen angels. None of them are moving, which means...well that they're not moving. They could be asleep or on guard or just reading a book.

Of the remaining presences, only one of them is moving. The other two are stationary in the same place.

[Eavesdrop] doesn't pick up anything, likely due to too many walls, or floors considering the direction, are in between us. However, [Detect] does reveal the trap door hidden beneath the altar, with a staircase headed downwards.

Keeping my skills active, I creep downwards. Down below is a hallway that the staircase leads to the middle of. Either end of the hall turns in a right angle, both in the same direction. Lining the outside walls are doors, none of which are labeled. On the inside wall there's just a single set of double doors. There's supposed to be a ritual room down here, and my money is on that one being the room.

The four Fallen presences are all either in that room or on the other side of it. The two stationary human presences are on the left side, and the moving one is on the right. I can hear the sound of light humming with [Eavesdrop], and considering it's just the one source I hear, I'm guessing it's from the one on the right. They're moving at a relatively slow pace in my direction. Probably a patrol.

Imagine having to patrol your own secret base. It must suck to work for the Fallen Angels.

I silently make my way to the closest door and try it. It's unlocked. I slip in and look around. Or I attempt to, but it's pitch black. Thankfully, the HuniePhone has a flashlight function. Thank god for smartphones.

I turn it on, careful to keep it away from the door, and look around the room. It looks like some sort of storage room. And on one side of the room, I see a handful of guns and blade hilts.

I grab one of each. They'll be useful if I have to fight any Devils. Or vampires, I did have that Vampire Mansion dungeon to do still.

I also grab a few silver cross pendants, five small bottles of Holy water, and a spare set of Exorcist robes in case I need to disguise myself later. Also because they boost the power of Holy attacks by 25%, which is very useful.

I don't see anything else of interest in the room, and the moving presence is starting to get closer, so I turn off the flashlight and wait for them to pass.

I sit silently in pitch black for two minutes as I feel the presence slowly approach the door and walk by it without stopping. Then I wait a couple more until I feel them go around the corner. I carefully open the door, peek out, and then go to the right, the opposite direction the person went.

Judging by the distribution of presences I can feel, and the path the patrolling person is walking, I'm pretty sure the hallway is one large square with a large center room and a number of rooms on the outside walls. The guard most likely did a full loop, or will keep doing full loops.

I check the three outside doors in the hallway with the staircase. None of them are locked, and they're all more storage. One has more weapons, but the other two have more mundane things like cleaning supplies or office stuff. I'm tempted to steal more, but I hold off. I'm here for specific information, I can't waste time with petty pilfering.

I turn into the right hallway and see that it's a bit longer than the front hallway, but it does turn left. So a big rectangle instead of a square. There is no door to the center room either, just doors on the outside wall. The presence that was moving seems to have settled near the other two human presences, and I can't hear them anymore.

I check all five of the right hallways doors. The first two actually lead to the same room, and it looks like some sort of training room. It's bare except for some lockers near the doors. I don't bother checking them and instead continue onwards. The next room is just filled with shower stalls, more lockers, and a couple sinks, I skip it as well. The third room actually contains three iron barred cells. I guess in case the Fallen have to kidnap someone and hold them for a while?

By the time I get to the last door [Eavesdrop] is picking up the four Fallen. Two of them are breathing in a way that I suspect means they're sleeping, but two of them are definitely awake, judging by their heavy panting and occasional moaning. I double check and look down the hall. Four doors, and each of the presences is behind one of the doors. But two of them are definitely masturbating, separately but simultaneously. No idea which ones, though neither of them are male, so at least I don't have to hear Dohnaseek jacking it.

Ignoring the urge to peek closer, I turn to the last door on the right, and to my surprise, it's actually locked. I double check to make sure the three humans are still all together, and they are, and I pull out my lockpicking kit to start picking the lock.

It's a tough lock, tougher than any I've picked in a dungeon, and it takes me nearly eight minutes of slow and careful picking, but I get it. I tense up suddenly as I realize that it might be magically booby trapped, but no one in the building reacts, so I calm down and enter the room, shutting the door behind me. The door closing cuts my range so now I can only hear one moaning voice. I guess that means the closest door is the room of one of the horny Fallen Angels. I ignore it for now and bring up my flashlight to see that the room is an office. Bingo.

There's a desk with an older looking computer, several file cabinets, and a bookshelf filled with binders and books. [Detect] also reveals a hidden wall safe. I open that up first, spending ten minutes decoding the combination before it finally opens. Inside is a stack of cash and a manila folder. I resist the urge to immediately grab the cash. So far I've only taken things that might not get noticed, or could be assumed to be one of the people here who took. The point is for them to not know I've been here. Plus, it's honestly not that much cash, only 100k Yen. I have four times that and I barely use it.

The folder is much more interesting. I pull it out and flip it open. The first page seems to be a mission brief. According to it, the Fallen are to monitor and investigate any and all Sacred Gear owners here in Kuoh. At the bottom is Azazel's signature. The next document is similar, but it describes a mission of executing any Sacred Gear owners, this one is signed Kokabiel. The third document is also a mission briefing, but this one has a picture paperclipped to it. The girl in the picture is Asia Argento, and according to the document signed by Kokabiel, she was due to arrive in town this Tuesday. The day after a Sacred Gear Extractor would be delivered, and they were to use it on Asia to gain her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing.

Yeah no, fuck that. No matter which way things went, the Fallen were not killing Asia. I quickly flipped through the rest of the documents. They were dossiers on Rias, Sona, and their Peerages. The couple that had a Sacred Gear were noted, but all of them had "DO NOT APPROACH" stamped on them in big letters. I copied all the documents with my Ink Copy Gem and then placed it back into the safe, closing and locking it again.

Next I turn to the computer. I consider turning it on...but it looks so old I just know it will sound like a rocket if I try. Instead I turn to the file cabinets and start digging through them.

Half an hour of careful searching leads me to the info I was looking for. I find reports on me and Atsuko. Atsuko is listed as having an unclear Sacred Gear due to her low magical potential, but that the signature most closely matches Twice Critical. She's noted as being a low risk and low priority, but still someone to be targeted.

The report on me is much lighter. Nothing strange in my background check, but they almost immediately noticed I was a weird blank spot in their equipment. It seems like their records don't have anything like it, but they did indeed still assume it was a Sacred Gear, and possibly one that's been awakened. The priority for me is set to high, but my risk is only medium-low. Apparently they concluded my Sacred Gear isn't directly combat oriented, and that my lack of magical signature means I'm either ignorant to how much that actually stands out or don't have full control over my Sacred Gear.

That report calms me down. They don't know anything about me, and what little they think they know is entirely off base. Good. Between Raynare's stats and how unprepared they will be for me, I feel comfortable going along with Raynare's date and reversing her trap.

I spend another twenty minutes looking through files but the only interesting thing I find is a roster of Exorcists they have here. Apparently there are twenty of them here, but they don't live in the church due to lack of room. Their addresses are not listed though. The three here must be the night shift.

One name stands out though. Freed Sellzen. If I remember correctly, he's a real piece of work. A true murderhobo to the core, picking the side that lets him shed the most blood. Too bad his address isn't listed, or I could take care of him tonight. Oh well. I'll just have to keep an eye open for a chance.

None of the other files are interesting. Expense reports, order forms, blah blah boring stuff. I'm honestly surprised they keep records like this. The Exorcists must do it, I can't imagine any of the Fallen bothering with the paperwork like this.

I feel one of the human presences start moving again and look at the time. It's about 3:30am, and an hour since I arrived. I quickly and silently put everything back to the way it was. I shut off the light on my phone and wait in the dark for the patrolling exorcist to pass. I can't tell if it's the same person or another, I didn't keep track of which one of the three it was when they were all together in the room, and [Detect] doesn't make a distinction between them.

After they pass and go around the far corner, I silently slip out of the room, making sure the door is locked. I notice that the four Fallen are all asleep now. The one I could still hear in the office had stopped masturbating five or so minutes after I entered, and it seems like the other one had stopped too. Considering I had been in the office for nearly an hour, it would have been a surprise if either of them had still been going.

The urge to peek on them was actually extremely strong. But even with them asleep and me making no noise, I'm sure that opening the door to their room will wake them. If they were human, I might risk it, betting on them not noticing. But Fallen, even low level ones like these guys? Too risky.

I also consider exploring the left hand hallway, but honestly I don't think I'm going to find anything as useful as what I already found. That's where the three awake humans are too, so it's not worth it. I'll just call it a night and leave it at that.

Making my way out is easy, and in less than five minutes I'm back to roof hopping across Kuoh and heading back home.

-x-

"Like I said, yes you can come to school with me Yua," I tell the small kitten a few hours later. "But there are some rules first."

"Yay! Yua gets to go to the school place!" She stops running around. "Uhh. What is school anyways?"

I sigh. Right, of course. "Well, it's a place where me and a lot of people my age go to learn stuff. This usually involves sitting in a room all day while an adult teaches us."

"Can Papa nap instead?"

"No, you're not allowed to nap at all."

She thinks about that for a moment. "School sounds like punishment. Is Papa being punished for something?"

I laugh. "Sometimes it can feel like that, but it's not. But that relates to the rules. I'm going to have to sit in one of those rooms for most of the day, and kittens aren't allowed in there."

"So Yua can't go to school?"

"You can. Or at least, I say you can. And Papa's rules are the only rules you have to follow. But it would be annoying to deal with the school thinking I'm breaking their rules by bringing you, so we're going to turn it into a game."

"Game? Yua likes games! Like when Yua played with the weird bugs. Or the big bugs."

"Exactly. Except this time, you're going to play the sneaky game. I want you to explore the school without getting seen. Use the skill that I taught you as much as you can too."

"Yua will be the sneakiest kitten ever!"

"I'm 100% certain you will. Just be careful okay? There are some people there as strong or stronger than me there. So if you do get caught, don't fight them okay? None of them are mean and some of them are my friends, or I want them to be my friends."

"Yua won't get caught!" she protests indignantly. I pet her to apologize and she calms down.

"Just one last rule okay? Momo also goes to school there, but her and the people around her are all as strong as I am, or close enough. So you can't go say hi to her yet, okay?"

"Aww. Yua wants to see Mama."

"I know. Just...not today, okay? She doesn't know I'm strong or special yet, and you being so strong and awesome would give it away. I'll tell her soon, and you can say hi to her all you want then." Yua nods in a sad understanding. "Okay. In that case, we're ready to go."

I finish getting ready for school and the three of us, including Kyu, leave.

Yua sneaks nearby on the way to school, out of sight of the other students. I don't see her much, but if I concentrate, I can tell where she is through our bond, which we also talk through. I give her tips on being stealthy and what sorts of things she should look for.

"Okay Yua, this is it," I send to her once we reach the school. "When it's lunchtime I'll let you know and meet you on the roof and we can eat together. Until then, explore, be sneaky, and be safe."

"Yes Papa!" With those final words she zooms off.

"You think this is a good idea?" Kyu asks. There are people around so I can't answer verbally, so I just shrug. She probably won't get seen, and even if she does I plan on revealing myself to the devils this weekend anyways, so if they become a little suspicious of me it's not a big deal.

"I'm gonna follow her around a bit just to make sure," Kyu says in response to my lack of worry. "Plus, she's right. Sitting in classes is boring as fuck, I have no idea how you deal with it." I roll my eyes but flash her a grateful smile. She waves it off before flying in the direction Yua went.

Just one more day of school, and my date with Momo tonight, then everything changes.

Good, it's about time.

-x-

Koneko sat in the Occult Research Club room, eating an early lunch by the window. Classes today had been more boring than normal, and she was feeling hungry, so she slipped out early in order to have lunch. Neither the teacher nor the other students had paid any attention to her doing so. It was one of the benefits to being a part of Rias's Peerage, a minor mind control spell that allowed the devils attending the school to slip in and out of classes whenever it suited them. Koneko rarely spent any time in class these days.

Koneko looked out of the window into the clear blue sky, the sun nearly at its zenith. Sunlight had always made her sleepy, even before being reincarnated. The warmth of the sun was like the most comfortable blanket. Now that she was a devil, the sunlight only made her drowsier, though it was in a far less comforting manner.

She pulled her eyes away from the sky and went to take another bite of her food but froze. On the table next to her food was a small gray cat, frozen and looking at her, some of Koneko's food in their mouth in the middle of stealing it. The two spent a moment just staring at each other in surprise.

Simultaneously, they move. The cat to run, abandoning its prize, and Konkeo to capture the wannabe thief. The cat's paws slip on the glossy surface of the wooden table, slowing them down just enough for Koneko to grab them. Instantly, the kitten goes limp, not struggling. Koneko holds the cat so they're facing her, lower body dangling, and frowns. She hadn't heard nor smelt the cat approaching. She could smell them now, but the smell was fainter than it should be. Koneko narrowed her eyes.

The kitten mewed softly, and Koneko realized that they were even younger than she realized. With a sigh, the irritation at the attempted food thievery dissipated. In its place, confusion rose.

"Why are you here?" Koneko asked. The kitten's eyes glanced down at the food still sitting on the table. "That's mine, you can't have it." At her words, the kitten meowed sadly. "...fine. You can have a little bit. But no more stealing." The kitten perked up at that.

Koneko put the cat down on the table, where they sat down and patiently waited. She grabbed the bit of meat the kitten had tried to steal previously with her chopsticks and held it out for them. They gently bit the morsel of food before carefully eating it. She fed the kitten a few more pieces like this before they started purring and climbed onto Koneko's lap. Koneko pet them softly while she finished eating the rest of her food. When she was done, she picked up the kitten, brought them over to one of the couches in the club room, and curled up to take a nap in the sunlight coming in from the window.

A bit later Akeno Himejima and Rias Gremory walked into the clubroom and saw the two napping together. They shared a questioning look with each other before they shrugged. Neither knew where Koneko had found a kitten or why she was sleeping with it, but she looked comfortable and happy, so questions could wait for later.

-x-

Lunch isn't too far away, so I send a thought to Yua over our link. "Lunch will be soon. Head to the roof and I'll meet you there." I'm pretty sure students aren't allowed on the roof here, but that just means I'll have some privacy.

"Yua ate lunch already," she unexpectedly replies.

"What do you mean you already ate? You didn't go digging through trash did you?"

"No! Yua found another kitty and they're nice and shared their food with Yua."

Maybe one of the devils or staff kept a cat around too, and Yua made a friend? Or maybe it's just a stray that one of the staff feed. Either way, I'm not worried. I'm more worried about Yua accidentally killing any older cat that tried to bully her. "Okay then. Make sure to thank them for the food, and let me know if you're hungry later." She sends back an affirmative and I focus back on class just in time for the bell to ring. Since I have nothing else to do all of a sudden, I join Aika and Atsuko for lunch. So of course, conversation quickly turns lewd.

"So how many times did you spank it last night Axton?" Aika asks, a vulpine grin on her face.

I look at her in confusion, unsure of where she's going with this. Atsuko is already starting to blush, but I note that she's also trying very hard to look like she's not paying attention. "No more or less than usual," I reply vaguely, telling the truth.

"Oh really?" she says, almost sounding disappointed. "But I heard that you got some excellent new material last night. Surely you used that?"

I look at Atsuko again, and we accidentally meet eyes. She quickly looks away and back down at her food. Her blush deepens, but surprisingly she doesn't protest in any way.

I play along. "Well, I may have or may not have. And it may or may not have been very nice. In fact, it may or may not have been the best 'session' I've had in awhile. But I can't confirm one way or another."

<+7 Affection with Atsuko Hyoudou>

"I have to go to the bathroom!" Atsuko suddenly exclaims, standing up. Before either of us can respond she's out the door.

"Is she going to do what I think she is?" I ask, a bit surprised. I check her Affection, and it's at 75 now. Pretty high, higher than Aika was when she blew me.

Aika thinks over it for a moment. "Hmm. Maybe? As far as I know she's never done so before, but we've been getting her more riled up then she ever has before, so we're kinda in new territory here."

I pause. "Should one or both of us follow her?"

Aika shakes her head. "Nah, it's possible she just needed some cool air. If she's not back a bit before classes start I'll go hunt her down." She looks at me. "Did you really jack off to the picture?"

I shook my head. "Honestly, since me and you started sleeping together, I haven't felt the need. But if I wasn't having sex regularly, yeah I totally would have."

She grins. "Well, I get that I guess. How can your own hand compare to what I can offer?"

"Exactly," I agree, nodding. "Besides, at this rate, I'm not going to have to wait long for the real thing, rather than just a picture."

"True," Aika says, turning contemplative. "You're busy today and tomorrow. But if the three of us meet up on Sunday, I think we might be able to get something to happen."

"Sunday?" I think about it and realize that I honestly can't predict what my Sunday will be like. There are too many ways the Raynare thing can go. "Maybe. I might have something to do that day. I'll text you in the morning, I should know by then."

"Sure sure," she says. We keep eating lunch. About eight minutes later Atsuko walks in. If she just masturbated in the girls bathroom, I can't tell just from looking at her. Out of curiosity, I use [Lewd Scouter] on her.

<------>

Atsuko Hyoudou

Arousal: High

Perversion: High

Affection: 75

Orientation: Bisexual(closeted)

Fetishes: Boobs, Exhibitionism

<------>

She's definitely horny, whether or not she did masturbate. And I'm pretty sure her perversion was only at moderate before, but I suppose me and Aika had corrupted her a bit more. Aika grinned at her knowingly, but Atsuko pointedly didn't look at either of us, and lunch was finished without any perverted topics coming up.

The rest of classes are fairly uneventful. Ms. Nakano's affection still doesn't go up, despite me continuing to use [Erotic Pierrot] on her whenever she looks at me. I even start using it on her when it looks like she's trying not to look in my direction. Not too much, I don't want anyone else to notice. But with another class of no changes, I come to the conclusion that I'll have to step things up and approach her more directly. I'll brainstorm it with Aika later.

At the end of class, I leave the classroom with Aika and Atsuko, only to run into Kiba in the hallway.

"Hey Axton," he greets me in a friendly manner. "You have some time? The club president was wondering if she could talk to you for a bit."

I blink. Rias wants to talk to me? Is my cover blown already? "You mean the president of the Occult Research Club? Why, does she want me to join or something?"

"No, nothing like that," he says. "Or I don't think so anyways. She just likes to meet people that catch her eye."

I glance at the time. My date with Momo isn't for a couple more hours. I shrug. "So long as it doesn't take more than an hour or so, that should be fine."

He smiles. "No it shouldn't take nearly that long. Come on, I'll show you where our club room is."

I turn to the two girls. "I guess I'll catch up with you two later," I say.

"See ya later Axton," says Atsuko.

"Have fun on your date tonight!" Aika calls out. The two walk one way and Kiba indicates the other and the two of us start heading towards the club room.

"Only here for a week and you already have a date?" Kiba asks, making conversation as we walk among the students, all splitting up to either go to their own clubs or to go home. "And to think they call me the Charming Prince."

"Do they really?" I respond with a polite laugh. "I guess I can sorta see it. But yeah. We hit it off pretty well so I decided there wasn't a reason to wait."

"Well if she accepted then I can't say you made the wrong call. Who's the lucky girl?"

"Momo Hanakai, she's in the Student Council," I reply easily. His gaze sharpens at me for just a moment before he smooths his expression back out.

"Oh yeah?" he says, his voice almost but not quite nonchalant. "How'd you manage to get so close to one of the student council members? I hear they tend to keep to themselves outside of school business."

Kiba is obviously suspicious of me going on a date with one of the other reincarnated devils here, but I don't know why. Did none of them date non-devils? I doubt it as I haven't gotten any pushback from Momo or even any of the other student council members. I have no doubts Sona knew I was going on a date with one of her peerage members, and the fact that it hadn't been called off or something meant I had her tacit approval, or at least there wasn't a rule against it.

Whatever. The date is happening and whatever he's suspicious of probably won't matter after tomorrow night.

"By chance really," I answer. "The day before I started here I was exploring the town, familiarizing myself with it, and I ran into her at the park. We found an abandoned kitten there and took it to the vet together. I ended up adopting her, the kitten that is, and we kept in touch. Mostly I send her pictures of Yua, which is what she named the kitten."

"Really?" he asks in a tone of voice I can't quite identify. "You just moved here and you adopted a kitten you found in the park?"

I shrug. "Sure. My parents moved overseas, this is my first time living alone. But my apartment allows pets, and running across an abandoned kitten as cute as her seemed like a good chance to not have such an empty apartment." I shoot him a serious look. "I mean it. She's deadly cute. There's no way I could have abandoned her."

He finally seems to relax a bit and chuckles. "I'll take your word for it." We stop in front of the clubroom, which is it's own building just outside of the school. "We're here."

I look up and whistle. "This is the clubroom? Swanky."

"It used to be a dormitory, but had been abandoned for several years. The club president's family renovated it and the school allows us to use it as a club room." He opens the door and leads me into the room.

In the room is the entirety of the Gremory peerage, minus Gasper. Rias sits primly on one couch, looking up towards our entrance. Akeno is facing away, doing something at a counter. Koneko is sitting on a couch a bit removed from the center of the room, and in her lap is a very familiar gray kitten.

"Yua?" I call out before I can even process the fact that she's here and why she is. Yua's head snaps towards me and she races out of Konkeo's lap and leaps up to my shoulder.

"Hi Papa!" she meows at me and rubs her head on me affectionately. "Is school over? Yua missed you."

"I missed you too, but what are you doing here?" I ask her. I continue telepathically. "Napping in someone's lap isn't sneaking at all you know."

Yua stills, nervous. "...Yua forgot?" I sigh, and turn to the rest of the room looking on wearing bemused expressions.

"I'm sorry about her. She must have followed me from home. I hope she didn't cause any trouble."

"But Papa said Yua could come?" Yua says, confused.

"I'm lying to them," I tell her. "Like I said, kittens aren't allowed. They won't care too much, and my rules are more important, but so long as they don't think I'm blatantly breaking rules and that you're a normal kitten it's fine."

"But isn't Yua much faster than a normal kitten? Yua couldn't have jumped up this high before Papa made her stronger."

I sigh internally. "As long as I present myself like a normal person and you as a normal cat, they won't call us out on it. It's not polite to call guests liars."

"...Yua doesn't get it."

"Don't worry about it, you'll get the hang of the weirdness of social constructs soon enough. You just need more exposure to it."

"It's fine," Rias insists with a smile. "It seems Koneko enjoyed having someone to nap with. Please, sit down." She indicates the couch in front of her. I take her up on her offer and sit down, transferring Yua to my lap. As I do, I surreptitiously look around for a sign of Kyu. She said she'd keep an eye on Yua, so what happened to that? I don't see a sign of the diminutive Love Fairy though.

"I'll make sure to keep a better eye on her in the future," I say. Yua makes a small noise of protest but a scratch behind her ears has her purring in contentment moments later. I turn to Koneko. "Thank you for keeping her company, I hope she didn't bother you." Koneko shakes her head and smiles, but doesn't say anything.

<+18 Affection with Shirone Toujo>

Huh. The game uses her old name instead of the new one Rias gave her. I wonder what the implications of that are. Something for later though, right now I'll just silently thank Yua for the easy Affection with the cute cat girl.

"If you want, you can bring her here while you're at school," Rias offers. "One of us is usually in the club room, so we could keep an eye on her."

Not even going to pretend you all attend classes like you should, huh Rias? But even so, her offer surprises me. "I'll think about it." I hedge.

Akeno walks over with a tray of tea and places it on the table in front of us before pouring two cups. She places one cup in front of Rias and another in front of me. I nod my head in thanks and take a sip. My mouth is filled with the most incredible tasting tea I've ever had.

"That is an extremely good cup of tea," I say. I nod at Akeno again. "Thank you very much."

<+6 Affection with Akeno Himejima>

She smiles. "You are quite welcome. I pride myself on my tea, and reactions like yours are what makes it worth the effort."

"I certainly appreciate it," I say before I take another sip. I then turn my attention to Rias. "So, Gremory, to what do I owe honor of being called here for?"

"Oh?" Rias raises an eyebrow. "I haven't even introduced myself but apparently I don't need to?"

I think for a moment, did Kiba not say her name? No, he hadn't, only referring to her as the club president. Thankfully, I have an excuse.

"The other day my classmates described 'the two prettiest girls in the school' and insisted that I would know them when I see them. And looking at the two of you, I can now say that they were right, on both counts."

<+7 Affection with Rias Gremory>

<+6 Affection with Akeno Himejima>

The saying is true, flattery will get you everywhere. Both girls looked pleased at the compliment, though they hide it fairly well.

"Well, to formally introduce myself, I am Rias Gremory, the president of the Occult Research Club," she says with a hand on her chest. She indicates behind here, where Akeno is standing. "This is Akeno Himejima, the vice-president." She indicates the other two. "Your cat's new friend over there is Koneko Toujo, and from what I know you already know Kiba."

I nod in greeting at each one as they're introduced. "And I'm Axton Smith, but please call me Axton." I was really getting tired of saying that.

"In that case, call me Rias." The others in the room nod their head in agreement, indicating I should call them by their first names as well. "Those classmates you mentioned, that would be Hyoudou and Kiryuu, correct?"

I resist the urge to narrow my eyes at her. Are they keeping tabs on me? For what reason? No wait, they know Atsuko has a Sacred Gear, even if they don't know that it's a Longinus. Is it because I've become close to her?

"That's right," I reply neutrally. "The two of them have become good friends of mine quite quickly. They did a lot to help me feel welcome when I transferred." I take another sip of tea. "I'm surprised you know them, they said they'd never talked to either of you."

Rias looks away a little. "Well, the two of them also have a bit of a reputation," she says vaguely.

"You mean their open perversion," I say bluntly. Rias nods. I shrug. "I mean the only real difference between them and most people is that they're public about it." Also neither of them are as bad as the literal sex offenders of the canon Perverted Trio. "Honestly, it's rather refreshing."

"Oh?" Akeno speaks up. "Would you say you yourself are a pervert, and not just you, but everyone else is too?"

"Maybe not everyone, but the majority of teenagers for sure." I deliberately don't reply to her question about myself specifically, and from her expression she doesn't miss that fact. "But I feel that getting into a debate about what exactly constitutes a pervert and how many people can fit under that label isn't exactly the topic of discussion Rias had in mind when she asked me here."

"It's not like I had anything specific in mind," she says. "Kiba mentioned running into you the other day and I thought that I would like to talk to you myself."

"Really?" I ask skeptically. It's a thin excuse. "Sure, I liked talking to Kiba that one morning but I don't feel like we discussed anything of importance. I think it was mostly him telling me about this club actually."

"You're also a mysterious transfer student," says Rias. "That has a charm of it's own that drew my attention."

"Additionally," Kiba chimes in, "He has a date with Momo Hanakai this evening."

"Oh really?" Rias says with a raised eyebrow. "How does a transfer student get a date with one of the beauties of the student council so quickly?"

I don't like this grilling session, but it's too late to backout without being rude now, and I refuse to undo the work I've done on them so far just because I'm a little aggravated. "Because of Yua here actually," I say as I pet her. "We found her together and when Momo said she couldn't adopt her I decided to, so I could have a little company. And because she's so cute." Yua meows in response. "We exchanged numbers and hit it off. I don't know why everyone is so interested though."

"We're pretty close to the student council," Rias explains. "So of course we'd be interested when the new transfer student asks one out on a date."

"I suppose," I reply. "Speaking of though, if there's not anything in particular you need from me, I need to take Yua home and then start getting ready for said date."

"Of course, I didn't mean to impose on you," Rias says as I stand up. "Thank you for coming to talk to me for a bit."

"It was no problem at all," I move Yua to my shoulder and look at the others. "Thank you for the tea. I guess I'll see you guys later." They say their goodbyes and I walk out of the clubroom.

"Is Yua in trouble?" Yua asks in a timid tone.

"No," I answer her silently, in case they're still watching me. I activate [Detect], not having had it on before because there were so many students around it was hard to keep track of things. I don't sense any familiars in my range, and before long I'm far enough away I can't sense the four devils, but my range isn't that big and I have no idea what the senses of their familiars are like.

"If anyone found you, I'm glad it was Koneko," I continue. "They're a little suspicious of me now, but it's fine. My anonymity likely wasn't going to survive the weekend anyways." I shake my head. "Come on. Let's get home."

-x-

"Akeno, what does the reading say?" Rias Gremory asked her Queen after Axton had left the wards that covered the club building.

Akeno walked over to the couch where Axton had sat and reached beneath it. When she stood up again, she had a small electronic device in her hand, approximately the size of a large cell phone. She read the display. On it were five entries. Four of them had names matching the four devils still in the room and a number reading that approximated their magical power. The fifth one did not have a label, or a number next to it.

"It gives an error," Akeno answered. "Not zero, an error."

Rias nodded. That was what she expected after the conversation she just had. Devices like the one Akeno held weren't common, in fact that one might be unique. Devils didn't have a need for a device to read a person's magical power, as it was something they could sense inherently, and applying a number to it wasn't very useful. In fact, when she had asked her brother for something like that, he had had to turn to his fellow Satan, Ajuka Beelzebub, to see if he had anything. As it turns out, Beelzebub had made something like that decades ago, but it had sat ignored and gathering dust to it's relative uselessness.

But in this specific scenario, it had been very useful in determining whether or not Axton was just the least magically inclined person to ever exist, or had hidden his magic somehow. The latter had always been more likely, but either case was something they hadn't come across before, and it was better to be sure. Rias had even specifically asked if the device would display if the person had zero magic, and Ajuka had assured them it would. So an error meant it couldn't read his magic at all, not that it didn't exist.

"So he almost certainly has a Sacred Gear then," Rias mused out loud. "Koneko, did you notice anything?"

"They smell weird," the small girl replied. "No, not weird. Muted. There, but hard to notice."

"They? You mean his cat as well?" Rias asked, surprised.

Koneko nods. "Yua is weird too. Too sneaky and too fast, especially for her age. Smart too. Understands human speech."

Akeno frowns. "She felt like a normal cat to me. Sona didn't mention anything about the cat being special, did she?"

Rias shakes her head. "No, she only mentioned it to say that's how Hanakai and Axton met." Her expression turned thoughtful. "So he has some sort of Sacred Gear that hides his magic, can either teleport or store objects, and can make normal cats stronger? It seems a bit much for a single Sacred Gear."

"So either there's something we can't think of that can accomplish all of those things, or he's using other means to accomplish one or more of those," Kiba posited.

"Either way, between that and the way he responded to our questioning, he's definitely at least somewhat aware of the supernatural," Akeno says. "Whether or not he knows about devils or who the devils at the school are, I can't guess. He seemed a little suspicious, but it could have been just him being defensive." She looked at her King. "Are you thinking of recruiting him?"

Rias nodded slowly. "I think so, yes. However he does what he does, I'm sure he'll be a great addition to our family."

"Yua likes him a lot," Koneko added. Rias smiled at Koneko, understanding what that meant to her.

"If I had to guess, he would make a good Knight piece," Kiba spoke up. "He walks quietly and is well suited for sneaking, so he's probably more suited for fast movement than brute force. Although, depending on what his Sacred Gear is or his talents are, Bishop might work as well."

"We can figure that out if he agrees to join," Rias said. "I'll need to talk to Sona before we approach him, she's also interested in recruiting him. We'll have to figure something out between us. Until then, Akeno, have one of your familiars watch him, see what he does, try to learn more about him. I want to be sure of what kind of person I'm thinking of inviting to our family."

"Oh? Do you even want me to spy on his date with Hanakai-san tonight?" Akeno asked with a teasing smile.

"No, I suppose we can give her some privacy on her date," Rias replied. "We can get any important details from Sona afterwards. You can start watching him tomorrow morning."

"What about Hyoudou?" Akeno asked. "Are we still going to recruit her?"

Rias frowned. "Maybe. But she's on the backburner for now. That does make me wonder if it's a coincidence that the two of them are friends."

"It's not that unbelievable," Kiba said. "He had no influence over what class he was put into, and if you don't mind Hyoudou's nature, she's an easy person to get along with. She'd have more male friends if Kiryuu didn't scare them off. And from what I've heard, Axton's closer to Kiryuu than Hyoudou."

Rias didn't reply, and instead thought it over before she shook her head. "It doesn't matter. We'll know soon enough."

Once again, a peerage discussed a certain mysterious transfer student after meeting with him. But this time, there was no Love Fairy hiding in the room and eavesdropping.

-x-

I'm in the middle of getting dressed for my date when I see Kyu float into the room. "There you are," I call out. "I was wondering where you had wandered off to. And why you didn't tell me that Yua was napping with a group of devils."

"She was? Oh shit, my bad. I uhh. I got lost. And then distracted."

"How?" I ask. "And by what?"

"Well the how is that Yua goes really really fast and by the time I set off after her I had no idea where she went. So I went looking. Which is how I got distracted. Did you know, you're not the only one to have gotten a blowjob in that supply closet? I came across three different couples having a good time in various places and at various times. I'm pretty sure one of them was a student and a teacher."

"I suppose that's what happens when it's a hentai world," I reply. "But why didn't you just use my familiar bond to find her?"

"Because I can't, dumbass." I shoot her a questioning look, and she sighs. "Look. Your soul is attached to the Game. My soul is sorta latched onto that connection. There's a few things I can do with that. The version of the Game you're attached to is what's known as a 'dumb' one. No real intelligence behind it, it's not much more complicated than an algorithm. So Love Fairies, or people like me, sorta act as a guiding intelligence for it. We filter out the bullshit, prompt the Game to do something sometimes, and overall just makes things run better. A dumb Game with no oversight can lead to some weird fucking cases."

"So how does this mean you can't figure out Yua's location?" I interrupt before she goes down a tangent.

"Because," she snaps back. "The point is that while I have a lot of access to your soul, it's mostly in context of the Game stuff. But technically, Yua doesn't fall under that. Oh sure, the Game made her your familiar, but it did that by connecting your souls together. When you want to locate Yua, you use that connection. But the Game doesn't directly oversee that connection, it influences her through you. And I don't have enough access to piggyback on your soul to search for her, that sort of thing has to be initiated by you."

"I see," I say, dropping the matter. "Speaking of quests, I don't suppose I can get one for my date? I have one for tomorrow's date, it only seems fair."

Kyu rolls her eyes. "One of those is a lot more dangerous." She focuses on the Game stuff. "But no yeah. It's not much, but here."

--<New Quest!>--

A Night with Momo

Objective: Seduce Momo into your bed by the end of tonight

Bonus Objective: Raise Momo's Affection to 100

Reward: 1000 Hunie, 1 Gacha

Bonus Reward: 2000 Hunie, 1 Gacha, 1 Magic Sex Toy

--<>--

"Huh. Thanks, I'll take it." The gacha would be nice at least, and magic sex toy sounded potentially very fun. The objectives aren't too hard either. Momo's affection is already at 78, and getting her into bed really just needs me raising that a bit more and [Erotic Pierrot]. I finish getting ready. "Alright you two, I'm off!" I call out to Kyu and Yua. They say their goodbyes and I head towards my date.

The park isn't very far away so I arrive fairly quickly, even walking at a normal speed. She's not at the entrance of the park, though it is a few minutes before we agreed to meet, so I decide to head towards where we found Yua. Deciding it's better to be safe than sorry, and that I might as well level it while I can, I activate [Detect]. There are a few others in the park near me. It's an early Friday night evening after all, it's probably a popular meeting place or hangout. Four presences stand out though, because they don't register as human. I tense. Are the Fallen here?

I walk around the corner and see one of the non-human presences and instantly relax. It's Momo. The other three are a distance away and feel similar to her, so likely they're devils as well. I resist the urge to sigh. It looks like I'll be subject to the cliche trope of being followed by my dates friends. Oh well. I can live with a few voyeurs.

I wave and call out to Momo. She's wearing a white top over a purple sweater dress that shows a lot of cleavage and goes down to about mid thigh, where a few inches of skin peek out above her black thigh high socks. She smiles and waves back as I approach.

"You look amazing," I tell her. If I didn't know any better, I'd guess that she has a [Lewd Scouter] ability of her own because her outfit is just a checkbox of my fetishes.

"You clean up pretty nice yourself," she replies warmly. "So I'm hoping you have a plan for us?"

"Of course," I reply. "I've heard that the aquarium here is great, and I have a reservation for dinner afterwards."

"Good," she replies, satisfied. "Let's go then, shall we?"

We start walking towards the aquarium, and sure enough, the three devils follow us. They're actually fairly far back, but they remain just in range of my [Detect].

As we walk, I realize that I had yet to use [Lewd Scouter] on Momo, and I do so immediately.

<------>

Momo Hanakai

Arousal: Low

Perversion: Low

Affection: 78

Orientation: Straight

Fetishes: Vanilla, Kissing, Handholding

<------>

It's not surprising that someone with low perversion would have extremely tame 'fetishes'. Still, it fit her, and it made my job easier. In a natural motion I reach out with my hand and hold hers, intertwining my fingers with hers. And deciding to take a risk, I give her a small burst of arousal with [Erotic Pierrot]. She blushes a bit and squeezes my hand.

<+6 Affection with Momo Hanakai>

<+6 Affection with Ruruko Nimura>

<+6 Affection with Tomoe Meguri>

<+6 Affection with Kagetsu Saji>

Well that answers the questions of who are the three following us. Somehow I'm not surprised. It also doesn't slip my attention that they all gain six instead of five. Does that make them all perverts? Or are a couple of them rich girls? More importantly, it seems that none of them, Momo included, noticed me using the skill on Momo. Which is good. Them not noticing me use it on anyone else is one thing, but using it on them directly? It was a gamble but I needed to know. Her arousal is still low, but I can gradually increase that throughout the night, there's no rush.

We continue to hold hands as we arrive at the aquarium and for most of the time while we're there. We separate a few times to take pictures or when we look in the gift shop, but her hand would find its way back to mine soon enough. And everytime I did I raised her arousal just a little bit.

The aquarium is nice. A bit small, but the atmosphere is nice, and it's not too crowded. Most of the other patrons are other couples. By the time we make our way through and I buy her a key chain from the gift shop, I've gotten more affection with her and the three following us, and Momo's arousal is now at moderate.

The timing is perfect as well, as we head straight from the aquarium to the restaurant and arrive just a few minutes before our reservation. It's a fairly nice place. Not a black dress and suit sort of place, but definitely a step or two above a family restaurant.

Throughout dinner we chat about all sorts of things. About Yua, about school, about our personal lives. Making conversation is easy, even if I have to lie a lot and I'm sure she leaves a lot of devil related things out. Even knowing that, it's nice. I bump up her arousal every time we lock eyes, which starts happening more as dinner goes on. Before long, her arousal is at moderately high, and it's starting to show. There's a look in her eyes that wasn't there before, and she's shifting more then before.

After dinner we leave the restaurant and start walking hand in hand to the park. Our three spies, who were waiting for us the entire time outside, dutifully follow us. When we're at a relatively secluded spot, she stops and turns to me.

"I had a lovely time tonight Axton," she says, her eyes filled with infatuation.

"I'm glad," I reply. "I did too."

She hesitates for a moment, but then she moves closer to me, looking at me expectantly. Taking the invitation for what it was, I pull her in, lean down and kiss her.

Kissing Momo is entirely different from kissing Aika. Momo's lips are soft and uncertain, but they make up for it in enthusiasm. The kiss starts out light, but instead of petering out, it only deepens, as we both lean into it, wanting to kiss each other more. Before long our lips part and our tongues meet and we're making out.

Eventually we part, both breathing a little harder. She looks flushed, but extremely pleased.

<+6 Affection with Momo Hanakai>

<+6 Affection with Ruruko Nimura>

<+6 Affection with Tomoe Meguri>

<+6 Affection with Kagetsu Saji>

I'm glad our little voyeurs enjoyed the show as well. But more importantly, this puts Momo at 96 Affection. [Lewd Scouter] also shows her arousal at high. Yeah, I can make this work.

"You know, the night doesn't have to end just yet," I say. "My place is really close to here, you could come over, see Yua, and we could keep talking. Or do other things."

She looks a little surprised by my offer, but I can tell she wants to agree. I can practically see her weighing things in her head before she makes up her mind and smiles at me confidently, and a little seductively. "Sure. I would love to see her, and I would love to spend more quality time with you."

Walking hand in hand, we head towards my apartment. The three followers don't move to follow us at first, but they soon scramble to keep up with us.

When we arrive at my apartment Yua immediately runs up to us. "Papa! And Mama!" She scrambles up me to my shoulder before leaping for Momo, who catches her despite her surprise.

"Oh my, she's so energetic now," Momo says with a laugh. "Hi Yua, how have you been?"

"Yua missed Mama!" she meows, also sending her thoughts to me. "Papa help make Yua strong so Yua is awesome now!"

Momo holds her close to her chest. "Oh you're so cute and talkative," she coos.

I lead her further into my apartment. "Come, please. Sit down here and play with Yua, I'll make us some tea." I leave Momo in the living room and enter the kitchen, and see Kyu there.

"Things are going pretty well, huh?" Kyu says. "I've been keeping an eye on those Affection scores. How'd those other girls gain progress though?"

I roll my eyes. "Spying," I mutter, low enough that I can't be heard from the living room where Momo is. I start preparing some simple tea.

"Ah, a classic. Friends spying on their friend as she goes on a date. It seems you earned their approval at least. Did they follow you here too?"

I nod. I couldn't feel them now, the couple floors upwards I had to travel was out of range of wherever they had decided to stake out, but they followed us to here.

"Ooh, I wonder what they think about that. Their Affection hasn't gone down, but she's only been up here for a little bit."

I shrug. Whatever they think, I'll deal with. Tea prepared, I grab both cups and bring it to the living room. There I see Momo sitting at the coffee table frowning at her phone while her thumbs work away at it. Yua is curled up in her lap.

"Problem?" I ask as I come into the room.

She looks up and shakes her head, a smile instantly back on her face. "No, just my friends checking up on me."

I nod and place one of the cups I'm holding in front of her before sitting down next to her. "They sound like good friends," I say.

She sighs and leans against me. "Yeah. But it's fine. I told them they don't need to worry."

"Oh?" I ask with a teasing smile. "A boy you've only known for a week takes you to his home and you don't need to worry?"

"Nope," she asserts in a playful tone. She makes eye contact me, and the hunger that was there before is still present. "Because I want this. I want you."

I'm not one to pass an invitation so blatant, so I lean in to kiss her again. This time, in nearly no time at all my tongue is swirling around hers as we make out. I barely notice Kyu dragging Yua away to give us some privacy as our kissing gets more heated.

Momo swings her leg over me and straddles me before wrapping her arms around my neck and continuing the kiss. I place my hands on her waist and pull her in closer to me.

I feel her push herself down onto me, and one of my hands runs up her waist to start groping her boob. She gasps softly in pleasure into my mouth and she pushes herself closer to me in response. This time I feel her crotch rub into the erection making a tent in my pants.

She pulls away from the kiss, breathing heavy. I look down to see that her dress has ridden up, exposing her black lace panties obviously grinding on my bulge.

"My bedroom is right over there," I indirectly invite her, indicating the direction with my head. She takes a moment to gather herself before nodding. I'm personally fine continuing right here in the living room, but I suspect she'll be more comfortable in a more private feeling location.

I lead her by the hand to my bedroom. Once inside, she instantly starts undressing. She quickly takes off her top and her dress hits the floor right after it. I quickly follow suit, removing my shirt and pants. Her bra comes off and I don't wait for her to finish undressing before I move up to her and start kissing her again. One of my hands rubs her slit over her panties, feeling the dampness there and encouraging it.

Momo, obviously feeling bold, pulls my underwear down and gently strokes my erection with her fingertips. Not to be outdone, I slip my hand into her panties and start rubbing her directly. Her entrance is slick with arousal already, and she shudders lightly as I run my finger along it. Her hand tightens on my shaft and starts stroking it with more force.

Losing my patience, and determining she's wet enough, I guide us to the bed, where I lay her down on her back. My erection throbs at the sight of her, chest bare and heaving lightly, her face flushed with desire, her hair splayed on the bed. She smiles and raises her arms at me, inviting me in.

I quickly remove her panties, flinging them uncaringly away, and lean in to kiss her again as I line up with her entrance. When I feel lined up, I slowly push into her.

She moans loudly, her arms tightening around my neck as she tries to pull me in closer. She's so incredibly tight and warm that I'm surprised when I managed to get my full length into her. She cries out as I reach her furthest depths. Her legs wrap around my waist and her hips start moving in a hungry fashion.

My thrusts are shallow, restricted as I am by Momo's legs, but they're rapid, and I experiment with slightly different angles. I find one she responds strongly to and speed up, hitting that same angle over and over again.

She moans as I feel her cum, tightening around me even more. "Keep going," she breathes, surprising me, but I follow her instructions and don't stop thrusting into her even as she orgasms. She moans again, though I can't tell if it's another orgasm, or just a continuation of her previous one. Either way, the eroticism of it is enough for me, and my own orgasm comes like a dam breaking, releasing my seed into her.

Knowing I won't go soft, I don't stop rutting her, even as my ejaculation peters out. This time she's the one surprised, but only for a moment before an expression of ecstasy washes over her and her legs tighten even further around me.

I pull away from the kiss, now kneeling on the bed, and grab her by the waist. Using my new leverage, I thrust into her harder, hitting the same angle as before.

Her mouth no longer occupied by mine, she freely and loudly moans as I fuck her. The sight of her turns me on nearly as much as the feeling, as I watch her face light up in pleasure and her breasts bounce in time with my thrusts. I can't tell when her orgasms start and end, or if she's even stopped since the beginning.

An overwhelming urge hits me, and I speed up, feeling my second orgasm build. I thrust deeply into her one last time, causing her to call out louder and shudder harder, before pulling myself out of her and spraying my load onto her.

It's my first time cumming outside of a girl since coming to this world, and I'm surprised by the quantity and reach it has, my body seeming to use porn logic to spray strands of sticky cum to cover her crotch, stomach, and breasts.

Coming down from my orgasm, I lie down in the bed next to Momo's heaving form, where she's also recovering from her own throes of pleasure. She smiles at me.

"I love you Axton," she says.

My brain halts at those words, not expecting them, but reflexes kick in and I reply without any hesitation. "I love you too, Momo."

<+4 Affection with Momo Hanakai>

<[Bishops Blessing] - Increases effectiveness of magic by 50%>

She smiles and snuggles closer to me, and we spend some time like that, just enjoying the feeling.

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