Chapter 25: The rune of Lust

den confession but was caught in surprise when he suddenly licked her smooth and milky white neck.

"I'm sorry... Restia..."

Lucias apologized in a pained voice as he hugged her petite body in his embrace.

"..."

Restia stayed silent as she stared at him, desperately trying to control himself from his own lust.

"...confessing like that... is unfair, Lucias"

Restia whispered close to his ears as she wrapped arms around his neck.

"... I didn't want our first time to be like this but... I guess it's better if I have to wait for the others to have their share of you"

Restia whispered as Est walked closer to the two of them with a curious expression on her face while tugging his sleeves.

"Can I join?"

Est asked with anticipation, causing Lucias to wryly smile as he observed her 8 - 10 year old like body.

"Somehow... I feel like I'm going to commit a crime..."

[Loli Defender title has been activated]

[Will power has been increased by 200%]

"... Thanks for you help, Est"

"??"

-with Rias-

"Hmm..."

Rias muttered as she observed the rich vegetations around them with sharp eyes, trying to formulate a small map of the terrain inside her head.

"What should we do, Rias?"

Akeno asked while holding a majestic staff with her right hand as she walked behind her king with a calm smile on her face.

"According to Artoria-sama, our opponents are dhampirs and a human with the strength of a high-class devil... but I don't see them anywhere, so stay on your guard"

Rias commanded as she tries to search for any movements in the air or the leaves of the forest with extreme caution.

"They still haven't moved yet?"

Rias asked herself before placing her gaze at her peerage, trying to formulate a plan inside her mind.

"Since we currently have no information about our opponent... It's better if we stick together rather than moving separately since they might be skilled Assassins for all we know"

Rias said before hearing a nearby branch shook from its place causing her to immediately frown for not being able to sense their presences even when they got this close to them.

"Kiba, Koneko"

Rias called causing both of them to nod their heads as they assumed their stances, trying to detect their enemies using the skills they learned thanks to Lucias' hellish training routine.

"..."

All of them kept quite while Issei summoned his boosted gear before kissing the lucky charm on his chest, the piece of paper given to him by Sandra containing her private number.

"Please lend me your strength, Sandra-chan!"

Issei shouted before instinctively dodging an incoming attack aimed at his head by rolling on the ground.

"How fun"

The figure whispered in a high pitched voice causing Issei to hurriedly turn his head and look at his attacker. 

"A kid?"

Issei muttered in shock as he saw a single pale skinned little girl standing above a large crater with a large smile on her cute face.

"You're quite fast, Onii-san"

The little girl praised before disappearing from her spot before appearing behind Issei, performing an axe kick towards his head.

"[Lightning Barrier]!"

Akeno hurriedly casted causing a massive shield of pure lightning to engulf Issei's body blocking the little girl's attack.

"I hate mages"

The little girl pouted before performing a back flip to create some distance between her and the devils.

"I told you to not attack them recklessly"

Suddenly a small boy with short black hair and extremely pale skin like the little girl came out of the shadows, staring at her with a large frown on his face.

"But your plan is boring~"

"There is only 3 of us, we can't make any reckless sacrifice"

The boy muttered in annoyance before holding the small katana with his right hand.

"He is right, we should be careful"

A red haired little girl muttered while wearing a small elegant white armor around her body while holding a holy sword in her right hand.

"Boo~ You two are no fun"

The little girl pouted before getting up on the ground, staring at the devils in front of them with amusement written in her eyes.

"It's better if we fight them directly since we overpower most of them easily"

"Don't get too cocky, Lucias-sama personally trained all of them to become stronger so their current strength is... currently unknown since we never got to watch them train"

The red haired little girl retorted, trying to remember all 10,000 armor and weapons inside her dimensional space all given to her by Lucias and the dwarves in the past 5 years.

"So...do you think we can beat them, Erza?"

The boy asked while crossing his arms, ignoring the vigilant devils who were watching their every movements, cautiously standing front of them.

"...Naturally"