Chapter 37: Frustration

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IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE:

Hey guys, Bronz here, and I will be blunt. I am pretty sure I got an infection so I spent a few days at a hospital. I am feeling rather down but I will still try to upload although I still need rest so expect the chapter release to be slightly slower for a while.

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"Takumi, take my virginity, this is urgent!" Rias said, quickly starting to undress with haste as I looked at her with blank eyes, her taking my absentminded nod as affirmation. My hormones responded before my logic.

My stunned mind was trying to catch up with the situation. A bit unfair to throw this onto me when I was deciding to sleep for the first time in the last week.

Then I realized why she was doing this as my memory caught up with me.

The Riser arc must be starting. She was trying to get rid of her virginity out of urgency.

As I snapped out of my hyperfocus I noticed that Rias was already done unclipping her bra, revealing her perfect large breasts topped with cherry red nipples, seeing my gaze she smiled.

"You like my breasts right? Don't worry, you will get to enjoy them. This may be my first time but we will make it work." Rias said as she smiled nervously as she reached for my boxers before I put a hand on her shoulder.

"Rias. Are you sure you want to do this? Because if you go any further than this I can't promise myself that I can stop." I looked deep into her eyes as she blushed but did not relent.

"Of course I am sure. I thought about many things but this is the only wa- oh, my Satan." She said as she pulled down my boxers and my 9 inches of pure draconic steel-made pole erupted from its confines, making her stunned at the sheer size as she faltered slightly, her eyes were open comically wide.

"Oh- ahem, I mean. Of course, you are well endowed. Don't worry, I will just have to insert your thing inside of me." She said as she prepared to mount me before suddenly another magic circle emerged from the floor and I felt a wave of cold pressure suddenly hit me, stunning me slightly and knocking the wind out of me while Rias sighed in disappointment and reluctance as she got off me.

The person who emerged from the magic circle was a beautiful woman with silver hair and silver eyes wearing a conservative maid outfit which failed to hide her curves who glared at me before turning to Rias.

"Grayfia." Rias curtly addressed the intruder recognition flashed through my eyes, I recognized this person.

"Doing such things with a commoner, Master and Lord Sirzechs would be crestfallen Rias." Rias winced slightly and stood tall while Grayfia draped my fucking discarded cardigan over her shoulders to cover her breasts, that's mine you know?

While I stood lying on my bed.

Just great, in my bed with an intruder blue-balling me, calling me a commoner and ignoring me in my own house.

Was I aware this would happen? Halfl.

But that did little to ease the sensation of unease in my chest. The knowledge that you are going to get robbed does not make getting robbed better. I steadied my breathing in an attempt to calm myself down.

"Grayfia, my chastity is mine. What is wrong with giving it to someone I like?" As Rias said confidently Grayfia was about to respond before I cut in.

"Last time I remember I hadn't ordered any house service. What are you doing in my house, maid?" I settled a seething glare on the aggrieving maid. Strong devil or not, this... person was the one who broke into my house and insulted me.

I was not keen on keeping formalities with such a person.

"You will have to excuse my entrance, I am Grayfia, a servant of the Gremory family, I was ordered by Lord Gremory to keep a watch on Lady Rias. I will not allow you to claim her chastity as she is already bethroed. Now please remain silent, I need to discuss this issue with Lady Rias." Grayfia settled a cool gaze on me as I felt the pressure oppress me again.

Oppress me in my home?

I could see Rias getting angry on my behalf as she was about to address Grayfia.

"No." this stopped her, making her turn to me. And as Rias glanced at me she flinched, I don't know why, I should look perfectly reasonable right now. 

"You will leave. I don't care who you are, deal with your issues somewhere else." My glare bored holes into Grayfia, if looks could kill I would have reduced her to slag by now. But Grayfia remained firm.

"My apologies, but I do not take orders from you."

*crack.*

A silent barely audible subdued crack rang out in the room before Rias grabbed Grayfia's arm and looked at her with anger.

"Grayfia! I will not allow you to talk to Takumi like that understand? Let's leave, I want to have a word with you." Rias told off Grayfia in a fiery voice as the maid relented and said something that I tuned out, I could make out Rias saying sorry to me. In the corner of my vision, I could see red flash before both disappeared.

I pulled a potion out of the Boosted Gear by temporarily manifesting it before drinking the healing potion to heal my cracked teeth.

Deep breaths.

Breathe in.

I shot one last look toward where the magic circle had vanished.

Breathe out.

This was rather... frustrating.

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~ The morning after ~

All three fallen angels paced around the house nervously while Asia tended the gardens unaware. They were desparately trying their best to avoid the basement.

A cold and dangerous air flowed from the basement. The chilly air was almost like razors against their skin the closer they got to it. And they saw the reason themselves.

While they were discussing(more like competing) between themselves about their rewards from Takumi at night they noticed him come down from his room and they all felt a shiver go down their spine when they saw him.

He looked completely normal, but was anything but, his stance looked unusually subdued and firm and his face. His smile did not reach his face, while his eyes...

His gaze made them feel like they were carcasses hung in the cold storage of a butcher shop. Even though they felt no hostility from him all they saw in his eyes was ice and desolation, like he was out of it.

So they made the smart decision to ignore him.

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~ Takumi ~

My gaze swept over my undressed body in front of the ice mirror.

There were 3 prominent scars on my body, 2 star-shaped scars on my left shoulder and right kidney where Kalawarner and Raynare's spears hit me. And a flower/ripple-like scar extending from my left hand upto my shoulder from when I exploded the explosive vial in my hand to save myself from the hydra.

I kept these scars as reminders. I could easily fix them but I didn't. They were there to remind me not to get cocky or arrogant. Or the worst of them all complacent.

You can't improve without failure, that was why I kept my failures to remind me. Those scars existed because I wasn't strong enough or because I did not pay attention. You are bound to repeat a mistake if you forget about it.

Currently, I felt... pissed? Angry? Rage?

Whatever it was I felt like I still wanted to punch her smug face in. But I stifled those emotions as I let the ice mirror break apart.

In my own home, in my bedroom, I was frozen by mere aura, suppressed like a dog being muffled by a muzzle. Attacked and disrespected in my own domain without being able to even raise my voice.

It felt rather repulsive.

I wasn't powerful enough to afford even basic courtesy apparently.

{I can understand the emotions you are feeling. Believe me, I do. But such is the law of the world, the weak suppress the strong. You may be the red dragon emperor but you are still young, faced with a devil out of your league.}

Oh, do believe me Ddraig. I know that well. Very well.

I know I could not do anything against something like that.

But that does not quell the jagged and sharp anger in my soul one bit.

You know, if I really wanted to, I could hurt them. I could find the old Satan faction, supply them with my potions and knowledge let them start another civil war and restart the great war. I would profit from the dead bodies rather well.

...That is the rage inside me talking, at least. Such nuclear scenarios help me feel less vulnerable. It allows me to feel like I have control.

As unshakable as I like to seem, I am only human after all. My rationale can get disturbed by my emotions, in the heat of the moment, emotions are the ones doing the talking rather than logic.

So, what am I going to do about this situation instead of moping exactly?

Well, I have come to a conclusion. It seems like I have been having too much leisure. Having the kiddie gloves on has left me complacent. Things were going my way so well that I forgot my place.

I am in a world full of people who want to start wars, genocides, dangers in the shadows and hundreds of people who could just teleport into my house and kill me at any time.

I have the value, but not the power to back up my value.

I am still a speck. A slightly large speck but without my Boosted Gear I am nothing.

It seems like... I really did get complacent. I lost my edge a little, lost my head in the clouds.

Let's not get caught so off guard again all right?

Walking to my chair I sat down, resting my head against my hand.

It would be a wise idea to revisit my plans.

First and foremost, improving myself. I should kick alchemy to the back burner for a bit so that I can focus on myself. I have a bunch of skills that I have neglected in my pursuit of more alchemy. Can't let myself get too focused.

Secondly, expand my homunculi army. Automation is key, there is a reason why the strongest beings still have their own factions instead of slinging it out solo. Having an army of obedient servants cannot be bad.

Third, space magic. An extremely underutilized branch that can get a lot of things done. But especially in preventing rude guests from teleporting into my house.

Now, then. Let's take a look at the skills I can evolve.

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[Skill Promotion: Reinforcement]

Skill Promotion condition: Unlock Ki

[Skill Promotion: Cooking - Novice]

Skill Promotion condition: Cook 0/3 intermediate rank meals and cook with 0/5 intermediate-ranked ingredients

[Skill Promotion: Mana Arrow]

Skill Promotion condition: Create and maintain 50 mana arrows at once. Create 1/5 variations of the mana arrow.

[Skill Promotion: Sex Path - Novice]

Skill Promotion condition: Cause 19/50 orgasms(yourself excluded).

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Well, these are not too great. The only skill I am really interested in here is reinforcement and that is not really a goal that I can achieve in a short period of time. How frustrating.

I suppose I should work on bringing my subpar skills up to par first rather than aiming for immediate gain. The foremost candidates are enchanting and seals, I can tell will work phenomenally with each other.

So, to try and forget the utter humiliation from today I put my head down and got started on working on seals with fervor. Going through all the seals I have, sorting them, analysing them, theorizing on how I can create more, taking inspiration from the books Azazel gave me and such things until it became the morning.

And as I was working on a seal that would contain mana in an object I felt 2 very immense prescences enter my house. Judging from the position they are probably in my living room.

So, I decided to do what was reasonable.

And decided to ignore them. I don't want to deal with that right now. If they wanted to meet me they should have asked first.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Also, Takumi is not a very happy camper, his natural pride combined with the influence of the Boosted Gear makes him rather annoyed when his boundaries are crossed so blatantly with complete disrespect.

Grayfia being a typical prideful devil did not help the case one bit.

This gave Takumi a waking call, making him remember the nature of this world. There are problems you can't solve by peacefully making potions in your basement after all.

I sure do wonder why those 2 are in his house. Why do you think they are? And how do you think the meeting will go down? I would love to know.

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