Chapter 10: The plan

[Quest completed]

[Valerie Tepes's Affection received]

[Skill: Assassination acquired]

[Job section unlocked]

[Scanning player's data]

[Available jobs found]

[Job: Wizard acquired]

Wizards are supreme magic-users, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast.

200% increase magic damage

50% increase in mana regeneration

Affinity to all elements is significantly raised.

Grants the skill: Multicast, Chant Revocation, and Parallel Thought Processing]

[Multicast (lvl maxed) - Grants the user the ability to chant multiple spells at the same time without any drawbacks]

[Chant Revocation (lvl maxed) - Grant unmatched casting speed that doesn't affect the spell's power, effectiveness, or speed]

[Parallel Thought Processing (lvl maxed) - Allows different matters to be thought about simultaneously]

[13 New members have joined the faction]

[650 Shop Points received]

[New Quest recieved]

[Quest: Overthrow or Destroy the Tepes Faction.

Reward: Flying Castle

Limit: 10 days

Failure: Becoming the no.1 enemy of the entire vampire population]

*'Took you long enough'*

Lucias thought as a familiar notification rang in his mind while entering a famous bakery together with Tobiichi and Ophis.

"Order whatever you want"

Lucias said as Ophis quickly made her way towards the counter, gazing at the various flavours of donuts and cake displayed in the counter.

"I'll take, everything"

"E-everything?"

The cashier muttered in shock while looking at the little girl in front of her, she set her sight at Tobiichi asking for her confirmation. Tobiichi who saw her look at her, avoided her gaze as she looked towards Lucias who was waiting for them at a nearby table.

Lucias who saw Tobiichi looking at him raised his thumb up indicating that it was okay for them to buy anything they wanted.

Tobiichi who saw his gesture looked towards the cashier, nodding in confirmation.

"We'll take everything"

She said causing the cashier to smile brightly as she wrapped all of the remaining products that they had before giving them all to Tobiichi who had a blank expression on her face as she stared at the 20 boxes of cakes and donuts placed on the counter.

"..."

Ophis carried all of the boxes herself as she coated her mana around the large stack to avoid making it fall while Tobiichi took out the black credit card that Lucias gave them as she handed it towards the cashier.

'A PREMIUM CARD?!"

The cashier thought in shock as she stared at the black credit card given to her by Tobiichi while her hands trembled as she held the card in her hands.

The cashier then stared at Tobiichi with shock as she tried to figure out which prominent family did this young miss came from.

"Here you go, miss"

The cashier returned the card with a polite smile on her face while slightly lowering her head in front of Tobiichi.

Tobiichi took the card back without a change in her expression as all 3 of them left the bakery. Lucias immediately placed everything in his inventory before preparing to go back to the mansion.

"I never knew you were extremely rich"

"Well, maybe I guess"

Lucias vaguely responded as he carried both of them and used blink to return to the mansion.

-At the mansion-

"We're back"

"Welcome back, Lucias"

Asia greeted him from the kitchen as he brought out all of the boxes of cakes and donuts, placing them on the table before calling everyone to come down.

"What's this thing?"

Tohka asked while pointing at the strawberry cake placed on the table.

"It's a strawberry cake, you want some?"

Lucias said as he handed a slice of strawberry cake towards Tohka who had a curious look on her face.

"I want..." (Yoshino)

"We want some too, Lucias-kun" (Yoshinon)

"Alright"

Lucias then handed a slice of chocolate cake to Yoshino who was tugging his sleeves.

"Is it ok for us to be here?" (Valerie)

"Of course, you two are part of the family now" (Asia)

"I want one too, Onii-chan!" (Flandre)

"Looks delicious" (Natsumi)

"Darling~ Please feed me~" (Miku)

"Uh..."

"Miku, bother not that gent" (Hoshimiya)

"You're no fun, Hoshimiya, I know you want him to feed you too" (Miku)

"T-that is-" (Hoshimiya)

"Okay, stop, eat by yourself Miku"

"Boo" (Miku)

"Ara ara then shall I feed you Lucias?" (Kurumi)

"Stop, I will be the one to feed him" (Tobiichi)

"Not fair! I want to feed Lucias too" (Asia)

"Me too nya!" (Kuroka)

"I want to feed him too!" (Natsumi)

"Lucias! This taste delicious!" (Tohka)

"Reply- Yuzuru don't want to" (Yuzuru)

"Just get another one, Yuzuru" (Kaguya)

"Everyone... calm... down" (Yoshino)

"Everyone is so lively today" (Nia)

"Please kill me"

(Timeskip)

"That is my spot nya!"

Kuroka shouted while pointing at Ophis who was sitting on Lucias's lap as she ate a batch of cookies made by Asia.

"This is, my spot, now"

"Kuroka just seat beside me"

Lucias helplessly sighed as he thought how noisy his life would be from now on.

"Now then since everyone is here, let's discuss about our next courses of actions for tomorrow"

Lucias said as he got serious while looking around the girls sitting on a circular sofa.

"First... Yoshino, Valerie, Flandre, Honjou and Lily will stay behind to guard the mansion"

"W-why? We also want to avenge our friends" (Valerie)

"I would let you, but now... You are far too weak, we can't afford to protect you while we're fight at the same time"

"B-but-" (Valerie)

"Sorry but I won't change my mind, you have to stay here where it's safe. Don't worry we will avenge them for you, and I assure you that I will not fail this"

"..." (Valerie)

"Just promise me that you'll stay here alright?"

"If you want I have a way to make you stronger, so after this I'll train you, don't worry about being too weak, you're still a child Valerie and have plenty of room for growth. So don't be so down, alright?"

Lucias patted her head as he tried to encourage her. Valerie who saw his concern for her felt extremely happy as she tried to get herself together, looking at him straight in the eyes.

"A-alright, I'll stay here, and... Thank you, mister for doing so much for us... I'll try my best to get stronger and repay you in the future"

"You don't have to repay me, Valerie, just like Asia had said back when we were eating cakes, you're part of our family now, and I won't stand by if something or someone hurts anyone from my family"

"F-family..."

Valerie muttered the word family repeatedly under her breath as she felt warm and happy from that word. Only Lucias has shown her this kindness, this care, her own family didn't love her for being a dhampir, her father neglected her and her mother is missing. She never felt the feeling of having a family to stay by her side so hearing them say that she was now part of their family made her heart felt an unfamiliar warmth as tears started to cloud her vision, falling down her soft cheeks.

"I-I-I-"

"Now now, just let it all out, alright?"

Asia came towards her as she embraced her in a gentle hug while caressing her as she let Valerie drench her dress with tears.

After a few more minutes of waiting for her to calm down. Valerie separated from Asia's hug while feeling embarrassed for crying in front of so many people without restrain, but none of them minded her crying as they continued to talk about their next courses of actions.

"Then how do we open the entrance of the faction? As we saw before it was heavily guarded" (Yami)

"That is where we come in, You, me, Kuroka, and Kurumi will infiltrate that place as the guards that you girls killed before. Natsumi will help us transform our appearances similar to those guards"

"Miku, you'll use your angel and join the Carmilla Faction as a support, Asia you'll be going with her"

"Hai" (Asia)

"Of course Darling~" (Miku)

"Kotori, Origami, Tohka and Mukuro will charge in after the fight breaks out to directly face the heads, but please be careful, if you can't handle it, run away immediately, alright?"

"No problem" (Kotori)

"Affirmative" (Tobiichi)

"Muku shall do her most wondrous" (Hoshimiya)

"Alright" (Tohka)

"How about us?" (Kaguya)

"Hmm... Maybe you and your sister Yuzuru can assist us from afar using your angel, try and eliminate anything or anyone that may disrupt our momentum in the fight"

Both of them nodded their heads from his suggestion.

"I have a request, Lucias"

Yami asked while looking straight in his eyes with a serious expression plastered on her face.

"I want to be the one to eliminate the one who killed the children" (Yami)

She said with resolution, showing her stubbornness to Lucias, indicating that she won't back down and will continue to convince her until he accepts it.

"Fine, just be safe and don't do anything reckless ok?"

Lucias sighed and decided to accept her request, if anything happens to her, he can just use the revival pill that was sitting on his inventory.

"Thank you, Lucias"

"... Remember be careful, alright?"

"Of course"

"The let's move on, Kurumi and I will take care of the high-class vampires of their faction, and we will eliminate anyone who will become a threat to our plan while we're in undercover"

"Honjou-san, did Queen Carmilla accept our proposal?"

"Yes, she did, I doubt that she will reject the proposal since this greatly benefits them"

"Good, then... Kurumi, can you tell them to send their soldiers 2 days from now?"

"Of course"

Kurumi smiled before disappearing in her shadows.

"Now then... Let's start the preparations tomorrow"

(Meanwhile)

Sitting at a large throne is a woman with long curly golden hair that stretches down her hips while staring at her agent with her seductive blood red eyes.

"Since Carmilla-sama has already agreed then we will inform them immediately"

Elmenhilde respectfully bowed down on her knees before preparing to leave but stopped when she heard a familiar voice of a woman echo in the darkness of the room.

"There is no need for that, Karnstein-san, our leader already knew ahead of time and sent me here to inform you about the date of the execution of the plan"

Slowly a beautiful woman with long back hair tied into a twin tail wearing a black and red gothic Lolita outfit walked out of the darkness.

"Kurumi-san"

Elmenhilde called out as she straighten her posture, feeling nervous and tense from her presence.

"No need to be so tense, Karnstein-san, we are already allies... for now"

Kurumi smiled at her which caused a sudden chill to run down Elmenhilde's spine as cold sweat flow down her pale skin.

"Then, when is Lucias-sama planning to start the war?"

"He said at the stage will be set 2 days from now, send your soldiers after those 2 days at the entrance of their faction. We open the gates ourselves for your men to enter their territory"

"Why do we need to follow his plans?" Queen Carmilla stated arrogantly while staring at Kurumi who still had a smile on her face. She will not tolerate following the orders of a human, in fact in her mind it should be him that should follow them, since in her mind they will be the leading figures of this war.

"I will appreciate it if you don't go too far with your arrogance, Carmilla-san, or else..."

Kurumi paused as a clone of hers appeared behind the queen while holding a sharp dagger that Lucias gave her on her neck as it continued the sentence of the original.

"... you'll die"

The clone said causing fear to grip Queen Carmilla's heart, as she sensed the power that a single clone of her contains, enough to kill her easily.

"K-Kurumi-sama, please forgive us for our impudence, please let Carmilla-sama go"

Elmenhilde kneeled down on the ground with her forehead touching ground, as she tried to avoid seeing the crazed smile on Kurumi's face.

"Ara Ara, since you are so sincere then I'll forgive her... for now"

Kurumi's clone disappeared and entered the shadow as Kurumi returned to her usual innocent looking smile.

"T-then we will not delay sending our men on that day K-Kurumi-sama. A-and t-thank you for helping us in dealing with the Tepes Faction"

"Ara then, make sure that you don't delay, Carmilla-san, Karnstein-san, if not..."

Kurumi paused as she let out a quite maniacal laugh before disappearing into the darkness.

"W-what kind of people did we ally ourselves with" (Carmilla)

-Back to Lucias-

"Girls... Why are you all staying in my room?"

"Ara does it bother you Lucias?" (Kurumi)

"I want to sleep with you" (Tobiichi)

"That is, my spot" (Ophis)

Ophis said before pulling Tobiichi off of Lucias as she hurriedly laid down beside him, hugging his arm tightly.

"I-I want to stay with you, Lucias-san" (Natsumi)

"Me too, Onii-chan" (Flandre)

"My, I won't miss the chance to sleep with you and a lot of beautiful girls darling~" (Miku)

"Question- you don't mind right, Lucias?" (Yuzuru)

"..."

"Why aren't you used to this nya? You already experienced sleeping with 4 girls at once nya. It doesn't hurt to add just a few more nya" (Kuroka)

"You don't mind right, Lucias-san?"

Kotori asked as tears started to build up on the edge of her eyes as she pitifully looked at Lucias.

*'What the hell is with the sudden changed in her personality?'*

Lucias wondered as she stared at the pitiful Kotori who had her long red hair down as she wore the cute pajamas that they bought while in Romania.

"...Fine, I'll just buy a bigger bed in the future"

Lucias sighed in defeat while looking at them with a victory smile on their face.

"But next time please wear a normal pajama Origami, Kuroka, Miku"

He said as she looked towards the three who wore a slightly transparent night gown that emphasized their soft milky skin.

"You don't like it~?" (Miku)

"I always wore this night gown when I'm sleeping with you nya" (Kuroka)

"I thought males like this kind of dress" (Tobiichi)

"Ahem... Please?"

"...Fine" Miku reculantly agreed while pouting.

"But I have no other pajamas other than this nya" (Kuroka)

"After we finish dealing with the Tepes Faction, we'll go and buy you new ones"

"Really!? Thank you Lucias nya!" (Kuroka)

"On one condition..." (Tobiichi)

"What is it?"

"You have to fulfill one of my request without hesitation" (Tobiichi)

"... As long as you don't go too far"

"Alright" (Tobiichi)

"I'm going to have a hard time sleeping again"

Lucias said before closing her eyes as he tried to distract himself from the soft skin pressed on him on his sides and at his front.

*'Gamer's mind please save me'*