Chapter 6 - Part 1 - Dhampir's love and Grigori Shenanigans*

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward Household

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Jin Skyward's Soliloquy

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"This is the [Training Facility] that Team [DxD] can use, and these are the functions it has—"

I told them what it could do, and the ones that didn't know were shocked to say the least.

"W-wait a damn second you brat, is this how you got these guys so strong?!" asked Azazel.

"Yeah, though… this is a much more 'nerfed' version of the one I use. I just make a brand-new dimension, and we spent at least 100 years in there a few days ago. Anyway, most of the Gremory, Sitri, Bael peerages and my group can take on the majority of the threats in the multiverse."

"But—!"

"Before you ask why I didn't just make one like this for the other pantheons, I couldn't guarantee that not a single person would abuse this. Power makes people intoxicated with it, and if given to the wrong hands, it can be disastrous. I trust the leaders, but the thousands to millions of people in the realm, it's another thing," I told Azazel.

Azazel sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Fine, but you said this was a 'nerfed' version. What did you mean?"

"The maximum ratio is 10 minutes outside will pass for 100 years. In the one I make, it's 10 minutes for ANY number of years inside. Theoretically, I could take everyone there for a million years and come back out, but… who would want to? Not everyone here is a battle maniac," I explained and looked at Vali who turned his head away.

"Anyway, the [Hyperbolic Regenerative Chambers] will still do their job, because I added a small function to them when I had my Electa upgrade them," I said and grinned.

"And what would that be, all-mighty Skyward-sama?" asked Azazel in a tired tone.

"Let's call it a small [Boost], once they beat each other up to a pulp, or come close to the limits, and or completely drain themselves, they'll receive a slight boost in their overall power. In simpler terms, get close to death/ become very exhausted, get a small power boost."

In a way, it's like something like the Zenkai Boost from the Dragon Ball universe, although very nerfed. I think it would do good to power up the general soldiers of each faction and pantheon.

"This is your own Spartan training, fucking hell, Jin," said Azazel as he stepped into the [Training Facility]. So, how does it all work?" he asked again.

"It works like this—" Rias then explained how it worked, and pointed to the control panel.

"Heee? You can even control the weather in here, even the gravity, that's pretty wild... but what the hell's the 'Increased Weight' function?" He turned to look at me and asked that.

"It increases your clothes weight from 2x to 1000x. Depending on how hard you want to train, you can also add the gravity function to increase from 2x to 1000x as well," I replied.

"Ah, I see, you're trying to murder all of us," he said in a matter-of-fact kind of way. "Are you insane?!"

"Partially," I deadpanned. All he did was facepalm and looked over the control panel.

"Hey, what's… this monster function?" he pointed to another one.

"It summons monsters for you to fight. Once you kill it, just like an RPG video game, you'll absorb some of its powers and you'll grow stronger that way."

"......"

Azazel's eye twitched at hearing that. But he said nothing and just gave up before walking away mumbling to himself.

I turned to address everyone else, "If any of you want to use this now, then go ahead, but if you want to use the [Ration Function] ask someone from my group to do it, otherwise you might mess it up and end up staying in there for 10 minutes while 100 years out here will pass."

When they heard that they shivered. No one would want that to happen by accident. Therefore, they seemed to just not use it for now as they went in there and someone activated the [Monster Function].

"Those will spawn in from the weakest person's power level all the way up to the strongest… so the ones in my group—so you'll be facing monsters that have the power to wipe out universes… if you come across one, run, you'll die!" I shouted at them and then heard a scream.

It was Bikou, who was running away from a kind of large Piranha with legs and tentacles for arms. It was at least Dragon God-class, so he stood no chance. But Vali and Arthur were trying to attack it, but since it was much stronger and seemed to have powerful regeneration, they weren't doing much to it.

Boom!

"Nyahaha~ looks like you guys are weaker nya~," said Kuroka after she killed the monster with a small touki aura bullet.

"Tch, so you were getting this kind of training here, huh, Kuroka?!" snapped Bikou.

"Nyahahaha~" Kuroka just laughed at him and he tried to hit her with his Ruyi Jingu Bang, but Kuroka dodged it while still laughing at him.

The other representatives for the pantheons started to fight the monsters or each other in it. It looked like they were very eager to get stronger. I guess this was the unofficial start of the 'training' portion of Team [DxD].

It was around nine at night now, so… it should be fine, but I'll have them at least wrap up by midnight. But the official start of training is tomorrow, so…

"I will keep watch, Aaron," said a familiar voice.

My attention was drawn to it, and it turned out to be Elyscia. I thought she had…

"I thought you left earlier to go back to your spot?" I asked.

"I am the leader of the G.o.B, so it makes sense for me to be here. However, the others are more than capable of protecting the earth without me. Lianne is busy with patrolling Kuoh with the Stahlritter after all, and Scathach and Aurelia seem to be busy training them all…" she said and I turned to see both women hunting down a bunch of people.

It looked like some PTSD kicked in for Saji as he ran away while screaming his lungs out. They really did a lot to him during those 100 years… but on the other end, Sairaorg was enjoying himself as he was being beaten up. I do sometimes wonder if the guy is a masochist or something… at times, Silveteela looked like she wore the pants in the relationship between the two of them.

"Red-chan, our agreement for 'that' is going ahead, right?" a blue-haired dragon stood beside me and asked. It was Tiamat.

"Hmm? Oh, Tia, yeah it is. Leave him to me and for the future," I replied.

"Great! I'll get going then, oh and Ddraig?"

[…Y-yes?]

"I'm not done with you~" she said happily and teleported away and winked at me.

[Partner! I beg you, send me to a different universe or something!] the [Welsh Dragon] pleaded.

"No… anyway, thanks, Elyscia. I should—"

"She's waiting for you," she added and smiled.

'She?' I thought and turned around to see Valerie there gesturing for me to join her. Ah, that's what she meant. I walked over to the elevator and joined her. "Hey, what's up?" I asked as the elevator went up to the main floor.

We existed and Valerie silently grabbed my arm and pulled me upstairs. 'Oh, so she wants it tonight…?'

I didn't resist as we arrived in her room and she closed the door. She then lunged at me and kissed me while shoving her tongue into my mouth. I was a bit surprised by the aggressiveness Valerie was showing, but I kissed her back. But after a few seconds of intense kissing, we separated and she looked at me while smiling.

"Ufufu, you looked cool today and back then, Aaron~" she said and planted another kiss on me.

"Back then?" I asked a bit confused.

"When you fought that Oni person. Also, Gasper grew to be the man he is because of you and everyone's support… and today too, fufu~, that's why…" said Valerie and she started to take her top off.

She wasn't wearing a bra to my surprise, and her plump breasts jiggled slightly after she removed her top. I had seen her naked multiple times over the years, so I was already used to them, but… I didn't think she'd want to do it now.

"I'm not accepting the 'We didn't have our date yet!' excuse, Toole-kun! We are doing this tonight," she ordered and I smiled wearily at her.

"Per your command, Commander Valerie," I replied and saluted her, earning a giggle from the woman in front of me.

…

Lemon Start

…

After stripping, Valerie and I went to my bed, and she pushed me down as she straddled me. I reached up and fondled her right breast and she stifled a moan.

"As expect of the Oppai Dragon," she said with a snicker. I started to knead her breast and even pinch her nipples enticing small erotic moans from the Dhampir. However, she eventually stopped me and said, "No! Bad Aaron! I spoke a lot to the girls over the years, you know? I'm taking the lead tonight."

Valerie grabbed a hold of my member as she aligned it with her entrance. I could tell from her shaking hand that she was nervous.

"Take your time," I told her.

As she silently nodded, she carefully inserted my member into her vagina, first the tip, then she slowly settled down on it. To my surprise, I easily went all the way inside her. She probably broke her hymen during our trips to the [Pocket Dimension] to make penetration this easy.

"Aaaaah…! Your dick… is inside… of Valerie's pussy… nngh…! It went all the way in one go! Nnhk…!" she said in between breaths.

'Why… why is she saying this in third person…?' I was a bit dumbstruck at Valerie talking in third person all of a sudden. Her body then quivers after it went all the way in.

She then looked at me and said, "I came a little… hehe~" she then stuck her tongue out at me cutely. She leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I… I spied on you doing it with Ingvild. You know how close we are right…? I pleasured myself when you two did it—Ingvild even angled it so I could see her… getting facials or you cumming in her."

…What a damn pervert…! Although her admitting that made me really hard…

"Ara, ara? That made you even harder, Ufufu… aahhhnn~ …I… I dreamed of this for so long, you've kept me waiting, Toole! That's why I came after just putting it in," she admitted.

I couldn't think of anything else after that. So I just thrust up in response to what she confessed. Perhaps Valerie was a closet pervert all along?

"Hiuh… nnh?! Hiiih, hyah, aaahn?! Aaah, ah… p-please wait, Aaron… I need to… aahhnn~~! D-don't be mean…! I'm still… nnhh… fuuuaah… aaahhh…!"

"But it feels good right?" I asked. It wasn't convincing me to stop when she made that face.

"Nnnh… fuah… y-yes, it feels good… b-but… I'm still… sensitive… nnnnh…! Down… there…! Hyaaaah…!"

I continued to thrust into Valerie as she said those words, however, her vagina started to squeeze me even harder.

"W-wait…! P-please…! I'm going… to…nnnnhhh, nnngghh!!" She spasms again after she climaxes. "Haaa… ahhn… khah… haah… I came… again…!"

"Want to take a break?" I asked as I reached up to her face and caressed her cheek.

"O-oh… n-no, it's okay…" replied Valerie as she took my finger and started to lick and suck on it while keeping eye contact with me.

She had no idea what she was doing—no, that's not accurate. She was clumsy and a beginner at it. However, it seems like her 'talks' with the other girls weren't for naught as some of the techniques she was using were regularly used by them when they gave me blowjobs.

"Slrp… mlh… chu… chuph… mmph…" After sucking on it for a few seconds, Valerie took it out and softly chuckled to herself. "Ufufu, you looked very happy just now. I wanna suck on the real thing in the future," she declared and gave my finger one last long lick.

Seeing my face, Valerie smiled again and started to rock her hips back and forth. She started off with very unsure movements, so I guided her with my experience. With me helping her, Valerie gradually began to move a lot bolder, and in turn I started to hear loud, wet sounds from where we were connected.

"Noo~ w-why did we wait such a long time…~~? S-sex feels good…!"

Her boobs jiggled with every movement of her hips. Valerie, like many other females—their bodies changed while they stayed in the [Pocket Dimension]. While her breasts size weren't on par with Lavinia, Suzaku, Rias or Akeno… they had grown a considerable amount. Even still, watching them jiggle like that was incredibly erotic.

We communicated silently and I reached up again and started to rub and knead both of her breasts.

"Nnnnngh… aaah… please rub them harder, Aaron…! I don't mind if you get a bit violent with them…!" she said almost pleading to me.

"…Alright…!" I responded.

I accepted her request and started massaging her boobs vigorously. This made Valerie moan a lot. Earlier in the week, I had put an automatic function on the room... a barrier would deploy if it detected me and my lovers would start to do the deed or anything close to it. So this place was one of the more ideal places to do it. But anywhere else I had to deploy it manually.

"Your nipples are really hard right now…" I said and pinched them quite hard.

"Nnnnnngh?! Aaaahh! Please bully my nipples too…! Twist them, and crush them… please bully them lots…!"

"Alright…!" I then started to do it a bit rougher making her almost scream in ecstasy. For a virgin like her to act like this… Valerie is definitely a closet pervert—not accounting for what she told me earlier.

Her hair started to flutter everywhere as she began to twist and shake more. I had stopped moving earlier after I started to grope her. Valerie was the one doing all the movement up until now, so—

"I'm gonna move too…!"

"Haaah… aahh… yes, please do…! Please thrust up as hard as you can, into Valerie's dirty pussy….!"

"You damn masochist…!"

I thrust up after I received Valerie's permission. Which made her moan even louder. Her tongue came out as she started moaning even more—she was already lost in her own pleasure. I pinched her nipples even harder and slammed my hips upward into her.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiih?! Aaaaah! Nnngghh…! Hyaaah! It feels so good…! Aaron! Aaron! N-no… I can't… I can't…! I'm going to… cum…! Aaron! …Aaron…! I love you…! I love youuuuu!" she screamed as she increased her movements trying to reach her own orgasm.

"Gghh…! I'm close too… I'm going to cum… Valerie…!"

"Fuuuuaaah…! Please cum with me…! Take your dick and… ejaculate into Valerie's pussy, together…" she asked desperately.

After announcing that, we both started to increase the intensity of our movements. But…

"I'm cumming…!" I shouted. I squeezed and rubbed both of her breasts hard, and slammed my hips all the way into her, hitting the entrance of her womb.

"Aaaah?! Cumming…! I'm cumming…! My pussy is cumming…! Cuuuuuuuuuuuumiiiingg?!?"

Splurt~ Splurt~

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!" Valerie screamed as her body shook violently, and her crevices tightened around my member.

I shot my semen deep inside of her. Valerie's body seemed to give out as she fell back onto me.

"Hih… hiuuuh… huh, ah… aaah… haaah, khah…!"

As I hugged her, Valerie's body kept spasming as she experienced climax after climax. For her, who had watched me have sex with Ingvild countless times while in the [Pocket Dimension], and whoever else... experiencing this must have pushed her to the most intense orgasm of her life so far.

"…It's so… hot… inside of me… I feel… like my belly's… going to melt… from your semen…" she then looked up at me and smiled, "if you didn't have 'that' on, I could get pregnant right now…"

"Yeah… also, sorry, Valerie," I said to her and hoisted her up.

"Kyah?! A-Aaron…? …Ah… you're still hard," she said shyly as my member was still rock-hard inside of her. "Ufufu, let's keep going then~"

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Lemon End

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A few hours after we finished, Valerie was sleeping soundly beside me, and on cue the door opened. The one who came inside was none other than Ingvild Leviathan. She smiled and walked over to my side and sat on my lap. I was still naked and erect. So she played with the tip of my member while we spoke.

"You two finally did it, huh? You do know she's been waiting for this for a long time? May I add that she isn't the only one?" she said and squeezed my member a bit harder.

"…I am aware, but I can't help it. Things happen that prevent me from just constantly spoiling you all or just living a normal, boring day-to-day life, you know?" I replied and started to grope Ingvild's chest and she didn't stop me.

"So?" she asked.

"So?" I repeated.

"I was referring to engagements and immortality when I said that. Who do you have so far? Who are you asking next? Oh, and if you ask me now, I'll say no… make it a little more romantic… I heard from both Suzaku-san and Grayfia… those weren't romantic at all, Aaron…"

She stopped jerking me and put her hand to her side and stared at me.

'When and who, huh?' I thought about it and… wasn't sure, I mean, I admit the last few have been said and asked very casually and thankfully they accepted…

I've asked some girls to become immortal but I haven't asked them to marry me yet. I feel like Kuroka has been giving me a lot of hints for me to ask her for both. But I feel like I need to make it a bit more special with her—well, with the rest of the girls… nothing overdramatic, but something that fits…

"Who… well, Nia, Akeno, Grayfia, Asia, Serafall, Shirone, Natsume, Yasaka and Suzaku are immortal, not including Irene or Ophis… as for who I'm engaged with? That would be… Yasaka, Akeno, Suzaku and Grayfia."

"You sure are taking your time, huh? You know… most of us would say yes at this point. But—"

"I know, timing, place, and mood. I need to work on that, I mean—I'll try to do that before I graduate, and when I do—I'll come at all of you with the fury of a thousand suns!" I declared and squeezed my hands, but I forgot I was still groping Ingvild and she let out a small moan and lightly hit me.

"My bad," I apologized.

"It's fine, but you better get to it. Some people won't wait forever, Aaron," she said and left the room.

Once she was departed, I looked at Valerie and sighed. "I know that," I grumbled.

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Kuoh Academy

…

"Graduation is nearly here, huh?" asked Kouta.

"That it is," replied Najima.

I was in school and I plan on going to Grigori tomorrow and then to the Shinto realm on Sunday. For now, I asked my other new Electa to keep tabs on the Shinto realm, and I know more or less on what's happening over there. Even though it is idiotic, I want to find out why they're doing it.

They're troublemakers not terrorists, and for it to extend beyond their original sub-realm is concerning, so I'll just confront them afterwards.

"We still have time, and we're going to the same college, so you guys need to chill. Also, the weekend is coming. Do you guys have plans?" I asked them.

"Fufufu~"

"Kukuku~"

"W-what?" I asked a bit grossed out by their weird responses. Keeping the 'status quo' while in school, and my usual personality is kind of therapeutic to me, and spending stupid days like this…

""We have a date and we're getting laid… probably!"" they both announced at the same time.

"With each other?" I asked.

""No!!"" they both screamed back.

"What is wrong with you?! Who would date this idiot?!" snapped Najima.

"Back at you, condom-wrapper-head-kun!" shouted back Kouta.

Slam!

"…What are you two screaming about this early in the morning?" Sona asked as she came into the classroom with Tsubaki and the Gremory peerage + Ingvild.

Both guys just froze and looked at Sona nervously.

"Well?" she asked them again.

"N-nothing, President Sona~," replied Kouta.

"R-right, we're all good boys and men here~!" added Najima.

They both them quieted down and huddled closer to me.

"What's wrong with President?" asked Najima.

"Period?" theorized Kouta.

Shing!

""Hiii?!"" both of them quietly shrieked as Sona directed her cold gaze at them.

I admire the energy these two have in the morning. It's almost every day too, though I can understand why. It is Friday after all. I sighed at both of them as they sheepishly sat back down in their assigned seat.

"Ara, ara~ it seems your two friends got scolded," said Akeno as she quietly giggled to herself. "And it seems President Sona is giving you leeway and not scolding you~" she added.

I looked at Akeno as she winked at me and at Sona, who saw me look at her and she turned away.

[Tsundere…]

{Tsundere…}

'Tsu—'

'Don't you dare, Rudra…' threatened Velgrynd.

All I heard was a nervous chuckle and no one else said a thing. I feel like Rudra, who is coming closer to his end, is just playing along with whatever Ddraig and Albion do in there. Well… it's better to enjoy life before you inevitably vanish, right?

"I wonder…" I replied to Akeno who just giggled at me more.

Slam!

"Alright losers, we got school to do!" Azazel said as he came into the room.

"What about homeroom?" asked another student.

He froze, looked at his schedule, awkwardly chuckled and left. Did he just seriouls—

"Shut up, Jin!" He popped back in to say that and left. A few students looked at me and snickered.

"I didn't even say anything…?" I said to myself, a bit confused.

Not too long after, classes started normally.

…

Lunch, I was in the rooftop and I finished speaking to Azazel about something related to me visiting tomorrow. Thuldruns interrogation was still ongoing. It didn't seem like anything would faze him. So they're bringing in Meruem today, and in the event they don't succeed with him, I'll step in for them.

I suddenly heard the rooftop door open and in came Kiyome. It had been a while since we started dating, and she had only contacted me a few times. Other times, it seemed like she was embarrassed. I found it cute, but kind of wished she would speak to me more.

"Jin," she called out my name.

"Oh, hey Kiyome," I replied and walked over to her. "Something wrong?"

"N-no, I just…" she shoved a lunchbox towards me and said, "here…"

"Ah, it's been a while since you made me lunch. Thank you," I took it and opened it. We walked over to our usual spot and I opened the lunchbox. As usual, it was filled with an assortment of food.

After summoning some chopsticks, I began eating the food. I even offered her some and she ate it, but... she wasn't as talkative as before. Something was probably bothering her. After taking another bite of the food, I turned to ask her about it.

"So? Is something bothering you? The usual Kiyome isn't here. You would have at least done a single 'Oh-ho-ho-ho' by now," I said and patted her on the head.

Pinch~

She finally looked up at me, and gave me the 'Are you seriously bringing that up now?' look. In turn, I chuckled at her.

"No… it's… you were in Romania not too long ago, right?"

Ah, that.

"You were worried about me?" I asked and she slowly nodded. "I'm fine, Kiyome. But I appre—"

She suddenly hugged me on the side, nearly knocking the lunchbox I had placed on my lap over. I was a bit shocked by her sudden behavior, so I waited for her to say something. I didn't think Kiyome was this type of girl… well, partially. She was the 'Oujou-sama' type of girl who was a slight tsundere.

"Hey, Kiyome," I called out to her and she glanced up at me. "What do you plan on doing after we graduate? No, after school in general? Let's say after college?"

"W-where did this come from all of a sudden?" she asked confused.

"I was curious," I lied. She straightened up and wiped away some tears. I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

"…I will follow in my parents' footsteps and become a full-time beast tamer. I've always loved doing it and that won't change. Although it seems like the world is changing and not many beast tamers are relevant right now," she said and grumbled a bit.

"Then, how about you and your beast come and train at my home? Actually—" I proceeded to tell her about the recent formation of the anti-terrorist group called Team [DxD] and that I'm the leader, and the truth of the multiverse. I also poked her head and showed her everything.

At the end of it, Kiyome stared at me in shock. She sat there stunned and took the next few minutes to process it all. Meanwhile, I ate the rest of my lunch.

"…Aaron…" she muttered.

"Yes, that's me," I replied.

"…I was worried for nothing then…?" she asked trembling a bit.

"Well, I appreciate that you did, but… yes, kind of," I said with a chuckle.

She suddenly grabbed my collar and screamed, "Give me back my tears!! …Idiot…! I was worried for nothing…" she then sighed and slumped back at the wall.

"Sorry, sorry." I patted her head and she turned her head away in a huff. "How about taking my offer up? While I'm not entirely sure if you'll be added to Team [DxD], but if you improve and get stronger along with your beasts, then…"

"…I wish to join, but mainly in a supporting role. I don't want to be in the front lines, I simply wish to protect Kuoh, and my home… is that good enough?" she asked a bit uncertainly.

"Well, you'll need to get stronger before the others consider you eligible to join, but I don't think they'll mind you joining as a support. I'm the leader and Middleman, I should have some authority over this."

"If you want, you can move in with me, and I can add an extra floor for your beasts to live in. My second floor is a floor of rooms after all—I can just do the same thing and have a unique habitat for your beasts."

She nodded, "I will speak to my parents about it, also… I'll try to learn some magic that's mostly support-based."

"Didn't they say it was fine? I mean, leaving with me that is."

Kiyome turned red and said, "I-I just wanted to make sure they were serious about it…!"

"As you wish, Oujou-sama," I replied and got hit on the shoulder.

…

"So… you're both coming with me?" I asked.

"Yes~"

"I have not seen auntie and uncle in a while, so yes I am coming along," replied Suzaku.

It was the next day and Suzaku came over today. Apparently, Akeno told her about me going to Grigori for some business, also we'll be meeting up with the others over there. Raynare, Penemue, Asia and Team Slash/Dogs have already made their way there.

"Okay, we'll be back by tonight since I am traveling to the Shinto realm again…"

"I will also be coming along," added Suzaku.

"I know, I know…" I replied.

…

Grigori

…

"I've been waitin' for ya—"

Bam!

"Ugha?!"

"Quit messing around!!"

We were stunned to see that as we teleported into the lobby of Grigori. Kouki, who was sitting in one of the circular seating areas with a plant in the middle, said that, and was promptly drop kicked by Kalawarna.

"Welcome back to Grigori, Jin-sama, Akeno-sama, Suzaku-sama," said Kalawarna and bowed to us. "Excuse this… moron for doing something unnecessary," she added and dragged Kouki away. "Excuse us."

"…Yeah, glad to be back…" I answered and we watched her drag him away. "What was that about?" I asked the two with me.

"Fetish play?" answered Akeno.

Suzaku and I turned to look at her. She tilted her head at us, confused. No, no, no, Akeno… don't act like what you said was something normal…

"…Anyway, let's… well, you two head over to the Himejima household. I'll stop by a few places first. I'll try not to be too long," I said to them, kissed them and walked away.

I heard Akeno protest a bit before yelping out in pain. Apparently Suzaku had grabbed her ear and dragged her away, saying something about not being spoiled by me too often. Even though she almost begged me to spoil her numerous times during our 100 years… I felt her glare at my back when I thought of that.

I shook my head and quickly located Kishku and Ezeri's aura and appeared behind them. They were in the same place—the prisons and holding cells of Grigori. These were built underground and were the most protected part of the organization, not including the research facilities they had.

Just like the upper levels, it was mostly white down here. The cells themselves prevented whoever was in them to take their own lives. However, they could still move around in them. If they tried to use the walls or the floor to kill themselves, they would become soft. If they tried to kill themselves with their own hands, then they would be restrained by said walls and floor.

Both of them turned around to kneel when they felt I was there.

""Aaron-sama,"" they both said in unison.

"How is everything here?" I asked.

They nodded and stood up. Ezeri relaxed and shrugged, "They've been mostly either angry or unresponsive. Even my taunting got all for 'em, haha~!"

"Thuldruns is at the end of the cell. Currently, Meruem and Mittelt are in the area. However, Meruem has been interrogating him since yesterday and he has not said anything. Even after multiple near-death experiences, he refuses to say anything," explained Kishku.

"I see," I replied. We had been walking down the hall as I looked at each cell block. There were a few prisoners there, but the ones I took note of were the ones captured during the attack of the Five Principal Clans. However…

"Where are the previous Hero faction members?" I asked them.

"They have been cleared by Azazel and a few higher-ups. They are currently working for Grigori like what happened to Raynare and her previous group, Aaron-sama~" answered Ezeri.

"You spared them, and even resurrected their previous leader. Do you have a plan for them?" asked Kishku.

"Apart from having more subordinates, I plan on sending them over to the Phantasma. Of course, I need them to be stronger, but…"

But once I evolve, their presence over there won't be necessary. Though, I'll still have them stay there and do reconnaissance and also try to shave down the number of troops the Phantasma have. If they can recruit any powerful members of the Phantasma, preferably someone from the Eradicators. We already have Caeda after all.

"…Well, that's for a different time. But yes, they will be useful for future endeavors," I said to Kishku and we arrived in front of the cell housing Thuldruns.

In front of it was Mittelt who had a pale face, but once she saw us she stumbled over and bowed.

"J-J-Jin-sama! Ezeri-sama and Kishku-sama, w-welcome! Uhm, M-Meruem-sama is still doing the—"

She didn't finish her sentence as the door opened and out came Meruem, blue blood covering most of his body.

"Father," he said.

"How's it going with the…?"

"No progress. He may be very loyal to his leader, Melvazoa," he said with a hint of frustration.

"Don't worry, I'll take over. It should be quick enough... can someone fetch Azazel? He should be here for when it happens to save me from telling him," I said to them and Kishku disappeared and reappeared with a very confused Governor.

"Huh?" he said confused and looked around. "You could have just called me!" he shouted, ate his snack and grumbled. "So? Do you plan on interrogating him yourself?" he asked.

"Yeah, it shouldn't take too long," I replied and entered the room.

"Kekekeke, well if it isn't the Dual Dragon Emperor~" Thuldruns said while he bled. "Here to try to get information out of me? It's useless, I will not tell you anything, I am loyal to Melvazoa and the Evie."

"Oh, no, I won't be torturing you. I'll just have you tell me the truth about many things," I said and smiled at him.

"Haaaah?! Are you dumb?!" he asked and started to howl in laughter.

"Maybe," I replied, and pointed my palm at him.

He frowned and waited for something, but… nothing dramatic happened, so he started laughing at me again.

"What was that supposed to do?! Oh, did you want a high-five? Was that it?! Let me out of these restraints and I'll give you one!" He shouted and tried to get out of his restraints.

"Which bases does Avezza frequent?" I asked.

"Huh?! What the fu—Hawaii, China and Italy. Avezza herself has a fondness for the country of Italy and wishes to conquer it one day. She is going to those places soon, since she needs certain documents in them," he replied, and then looked mortified.

"W-what the—why did—what did you do to me?!" He came out of shock and shouted at me, this time truly angered.

"Why does she like Italy?"

"Fuck you! Die—she had a lover in the past that was a human and he was Italian. However, he passed away a long time ago when she was still part of Grigori. She had asked Azazel to create a reincarnation system just like the devils but for fallen angels. This would enable her to reincarnate him into one so they could spend their lives together. However, the governor ultimately refused."

"After that day, she held bitterness towards him, and she would do anything to get him back for this unforgivable act. That bitterness slowly turned into rage and malice towards him, as she kept asking him at different times in history—ultimately this is what led her to join the Khaos Brigade. While she has not created a reincarnation system for them—she has done research in different fields. Especially Sacred Gears, to mock Azazel, and to show how superior she is."

After explaining that, I glanced outside and Azazel looked pale and was frowning. He was probably blaming himself after hearing that. I wonder if he was aware of Avezza's relationship? If he was… would he have given her the okay to create the fallen angel reincarnation system? I looked back at Thuldruns and he also looked pale.

But now I understand why she's like that, and why she joined. Grief can do a lot of things to people. Though, I think Azazel shouldn't blame himself, but… we'll see.

"What is the goal of the Seekers of Truth?"

"To control Azathoth by killing The False King, The Death King, The Middleman, Ignia and Lapis. They will then use the power you all possess to create a device and spell to find and control the one who created the Omniverse," replied Thuldruns.

'The Death King…? Who the hell is that? Cúntóir?'

Cúntóir: Answer: …That is impossible, they were meant to be dead…!

'What?' I asked confused. She seemed a bit panicked over this, and didn't answer me for a few minutes. So I turned back to Thuldruns.

"Where does the Khaos Order plan to attack next?"

"Unknown. Currently, the leaders of the Draconic Deus have kept the Evie faction and Phantasma in the dark about their next moves, but will contact us when they will attack… however… there will be an attack during the human holiday seasons—Halloween, as well as Christmas."

"An attack during Halloween and Christmas?" I muttered. I'm sure Ignia also theorized that something might happen during that, but… the Christmas one surely has to be…

"Where is the base of the Khaos Order?" I asked a question I'd been wanting to know. Surely, a guy from outside our universe should know…

"In a separate dimension, it is covered in powerful barriers that prevent any type of sensory or tracking spells, magic, techniques, and abilities from locating it. Even the leaders of ExE and CxP could not locate it. We had to be teleported there by Lapis. Melvazoa-sama has theorized that it is the 'end' of the multiverse."

[End…!]

{Of…!}

{[The multiverse!!!]}

Both dragons were more overjoyed than me, but… what the hell does that mean? At the 'end' of the multiverse? Isn't the multiverse infinite yet it's still in an 'omniverse'? I don't know much about it…

'Cúntóir?'

Cúntóir: Answer: The best approach would be to send someone to that part of the multiverse, since it's covered in many spells made by Nyarlathotep, they will need to search themselves while they are out there.

'Then I'll specifically—'

'I'll go,' said Velgrynd. 'I'm more than powerful enough to go out there, and I can report to you directly like this. You don't need to make more Electa right now. Leave it to me, Aaron.'

'...…What?! What?! Is it that strange that I'm offering this to my future husband?!' She shouted at them.

[Did you hear that, White One?]

{Indeed, I did, Red One.}

'I'll murder both of you when I meet you!!' Screamed Velgrynd.

'Haha, you called him your 'future husband', huh, Velgrynd?' asked Rudra rather cheerfully.

'…! Ugh, I-I… I'm leaving! I'm gonna find it, dammit!' Velgrynd's voice then vanished.

"How about other bases around the world?" I turned back to Thuldruns who's eyes were bloodshot and if looks could kill, I would be dead.

"I'll fucking kill—! There are a few around the human world and realms made by gods. Previously, Rizevim held the 'body' of the mother of all devils, Lilith in a certain facility in Cocytus, however, that has been moved. Other ones are spread around the world and in other pantheons."

"Notable places are Russia, the USA, Canada, China, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Norse, and Greek Pantheon."

So many places… I'll order my shadows that are in those places to actively search them then.

"Who are the members of the Seekers of Truth? What happened to the other factions of the Khaos Order?"

"I personally only know six of them. The leader of the group is Promestein, and the second-in-command is Oz. The others I know are Nagendra a youkai, Glenda, and Augusta from the Wizards of Oz faction, and the original Leviathan. There are more members, but 12 of them have gathered to lead them."

"The 'Alliance of Hell' faction evolved into the 'Alliance of the Evil Gods'. Many evil gods of this world have joined hands to eradicate humanity and especially Sacred Gear wielders. They plan on attacking Heaven in the future to destroy both systems. To them, the Sacred Gears—especially the original Longinus were a threat to the multiverse and them."

"…The [Malebranche] are being slowly awakened and are joining the ranks of the New True Satan's faction of the Khaos Order. Once all the wielders of the Longinus, both old and new have gathered, they will hunt them down for a final battle."

The [Malebranche]… the also known as the [Evil Claws] are the devil's own 'Sacred Gears', however, they more like living weapons who have their own personality and mind, they can also transform into a 'gear-like' state.

In my previous world, they were known as the demons in the 'Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy' who guard Bolgia Five of the Eighth Circle (Malebolge). If I remember correctly, the leader in this world is called Malacoda, the Deputy Commander is Barbariccia, and the other one released during the war was… Scarmiglione.

In total, there are 12 of them. 3 have been revealed, but I can speculate on the last ones if I compare them to my last life. Alichino, Cagnazzo, Calcabrina, Ciriatto, Draghignazzo, Farfarello, Graffiacane, Libicocco, and finally Rubicante.

"The first 'test' of the Draconic Deus factions started recently. The Monkai Association and Connected Harmony faction have ventured into the universe of the Phantasma. They are there to gain more power, in order to—"

Suddenly, Thuldruns stopped speaking and stiffened. He had a blank look on his face, and then—his body slumped down.

"What the… oi, what happened?" I asked and touched him. But his body was very limp, almost like a rag doll or as if—

Cúntóir: Answer: He's dead. Revival is possible, but… it seems that he was 'shut down'. Perhaps a fail safe by the Evie Faction? I will analyze right now. As I said, resurrection is possible; however, it may be a different story from his memories.

I stood there, staring at Thuldruns and waiting for Cúntóir to finish. I glanced outside and everyone else was also confused. Putting my hand up to indicate for them to wait, they nodded their heads and watched on.

Cúntóir: Answer: Analysis is complete. His artificial heart was 'fried', and infected with some kind of virus that is unique to the universe of the Evie Etoulde. Further analysis shows that it is unique to the Evie, just like how dragons become sick, as well as the likes of the 'Devil sleeping disease'.

Cúntóir: Answer: This also caused all of his data and memories to be wiped clean from him. It seems this was added to all of them in case they were captured. Although I am confused as to why it took this long to take effect.

'It may have been because Thuldruns was a trusted by more powerful beings than him? He was the 4th Shepherd after all. If he was that high, then he may have some authority over others, and more trust. We also don't know where these 'Shepherds' rank in terms of the Evie Faction,' said Rudra.

'The next one we capture, we need to use the same power, Aaron. However, try to find out more about the structure of the Evie faction, and if we capture someone from the Phantasma, do the same thing to them,' added Rudra. 'However, the things you asked weren't bad, you're trying to capture Avezza, right? Focus on that, and get her as soon as you can.'

'Yeah…' I replied and sighed. 'I can probably use this body, right…?'

Cúntóir: Answer: Yes, it's possible to reuse it.

'Then, we can use him to infiltrate the Evie Faction?' I asked.

Cúntóir: Answer: If we can create a credible excuse, it might work. However, they are smart, Aaron. They must think that Thuldruns was killed in combat during his invasion—if not, then he has been turned into a spy. They wouldn't believe that he would escape.

'We just need to make a falsehood that is believable enough. I'll run it by Azazel, and have the alliance play along,' I replied to her. But for now… I touched Thuldruns body and stored it in my [Inventory].

I sighed again and left the room, and everyone was looking at me as I stood there.

"So?" asked Azazel.

"…Alright, here's what's up—"

…

"It's a gamble, Jin. But… if it works then we'll have another double agent in the Khaos Order. How about the others?"

"They've given me updates on some things, but nothing too substantial. With the new things I found out, I'll try to get more information soon, probably tonight or before I go over to the Shinto realm," I said to him.

I looked at my two subordinates, Meruem and Mittelt. The two quickly left while Mittelt caught on and tugged Meruem on his shirt—

"What?"

"U-uhm p-please come… and have lunch with me?" she asked him. She must have made the lie on the spot.

"Very well," replied Meruem and they left.

Once Azazel and I were left alone, I covered us with a barrier and sat on the small bench near one of the cells. He sighed and started speaking.

"I know. I know I already told you that I want the fallen angels to die with me, and we won't make a reincarnation system, but... I had thoughts in the past. Especially when she asked me for permission to make one. She pleaded her case, begged me for days… months, but I said no every time she did."

Azazel put his hands on him face and slumped forward. "I didn't think—no, I knew she would break sooner or later. But I remained ignorant and hoped that she would find someone else, preferably a fallen angel so she didn't need to worry about them dying so easily, you know?"

"Even if it wasn't old age, they could have still died, Azazel. I don't know what time it was back when she fell for that man, but… peace was definitely not around like it is now," I replied to him.

"I know… I know…" he sighed again, leaned against the bench and looked up at the ceiling.

"Do you like her?" I asked. This time, however, he looked at me like I was insane. "I'll take that as a no?"

"I don't know, Jin. I mean, I spent a long time looking for her—on my own, not asking for the help of my organizations or colleagues. It was my own mistake, and I wanted to rectify it. But I never thought she'd leave and join the Khaos Order and she's probably aiming to kill me personally."

So he's unsure of his own feelings. Maybe it's just feelings of guilt? Even if he does apologize now, I don't think she'd care at this point, but who knows? …But I'm still following through with my plan for her. But I guess his reaction from the time I told her what I would do to her… it made sense; he looked uneasy back then.

[Then what about his soul? You know, the husband?] asked Ddraig.

Cúntóir: Answer: Unfortunately, he has reincarnated in another world.

[Well, shit.]

"Would you be willing to make a reincarnation system now?" I asked.

However, Azazel didn't answer me. He simply stood up, shrugged and walked away. I can take that as a 'Maybe' then? I wonder how long he's been thinking about it? I know that they'll take any angel that falls into their organization, but…

I made that even harder as of late, and also… the most recent change I made to the Sacred Gear system a few days ago to help Dulio and the children in that facility…

"Argh, whatever, I'll wait for him to say something about it. Although most of the time, he's decisive about plenty of things, but on this and her, he's not, isn't he? Well at least the all-mighty Azazel is a bit more 'human'," I mumbled to myself.

I started to walk out of this place, and saw a few of the members of the clan incident. I'll speak with them at a different time. Tsubaki wanted to be here for that—maybe even speak to the other exiled Shinra clan members?

'Let's go check on her. She usually comes to her job here during the day if she's not training in my home…'

…

Eventually I arrived at a certain nursery, and to my surprise, Raynare was outside eating her lunch. Noticing me, she turned to look at me, frowned and blushed. I walked over to her and sat beside her. We didn't speak to one another for a few seconds until—

"You came here to check up on me?" she asked.

"Yes, that's correct. I'm also here to invite you to mom's house," I said.

"…I don't think—"

"She will," I stopped her and she just sighed at me.

"Well, fine. But I don't think I can join until later, because I still have my shift to finish," she added and gestured inside. I leaned over her and looked inside. "Can't you just get up…?!" she complained.

As I came back, I pecked her on the lips and said, "No, I wanted to do that after all."

She blushed and continued to eat her lunch, occasionally offering me some, but eventually her lunch ended and she got up. But her boss came out to get her.

"Rayna—ara, ara? If it isn't the Middleman, Raynare-chan's boyfriend," the woman said and touched her cheek.

"W-w-what?! I never said that!" Raynare snapped back.

"Ufufu~, no need to be shy now, Raynare. Boyfriend-san, she'll be done in two hours since we have another staff coming in," she explained.

"No worries, I'll be over at the Himejima household," I replied. After I said that, a few of the children came out to see what all the fuss was about.

"Do you plan on having kids with Raynare-chan?" she asked.

"…Well, I do plan on having kids in the future, so if she wants so, then sure. I am already good with Kunou and the kids of the supernatural due to me being the Oppai Dragon."

"Ufufu, what a reliable future husband, Raynare~"

"Rwaynawe, huysuband!" one of the kids said.

""Hysuband!"" a few of them said in unison making Raynare turn even redder. She couldn't stop stumbling over her words.

"Ufufu, let's get going everyone~, you too, Raynare~" she said, and the kids walked back into the room.

"You heard her," I said to Raynare, grabbed her chin and kissed her.

"Ara~ so bold, my, the youth today~"

Raynare kissed me back and we quickly separated after. "I'll see you at Shuri's house, Ray," I said to her and left. Behind me, I could hear her boss teasing her and Raynare was unable to find words to rebuttal her.

The shelter I constructed not too long ago was my final stop. Once I got there, it seemed like it was treated more like another part of the organization, and to my surprise, Kalawarna was there with Kouki.

"J—"

"Broooo~~!!" he screeched and ran over to me. He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me away. "I gotta tell ya somethin'."

"You two are dating? Didn't you tell me this already?"

"N-no, I said back then that we were getting along…! But it's that obvious, huh?" he asked.

"Yeah, but congrats man. Can't wait to be an uncle," I teased him a little and he blushed.

"Y-yeah! Yeah! We'll have at least 15 kids! We'll make a whole soccer team!" he announced, and then got smacked on the head by Kalawarna's clipboard.

"Ahem, welcome, Jin-sama. This part of Grigori you created is doing well. The training facilities down there are being used to the fullest, and we have made it partially into a tourist destination," she explained.

That was never the plan, but whatever, it's his organization so I have no say in it.

"I see, well, I'll go and check it out right away, unless there's an additional process to getting in?"

"No, there's no new process. Usually, you would need to pay when it's being advertised as a 'tourist destination', but when it's used as a shelter, there is no need to pay. Also, you and your lovers have a free lifetime pass to it as you helped create it. It's a small present from Azazel-sama."

"I see, thank you for informing me," I thanked her and left them. I could hear Kouki being scolded as I left.

I didn't think Azazel would do something like that for me, though it's a welcome surprise. I wonder if the ones in Grigori knew about it, or if Azazel was planning on telling me at some point in the future? Well, it doesn't matter now since I know. I'll guess that I need to not 'abuse' this, or is the 'fee' for when we enter the 'free' part and the rest in here, we have to pay?

As I walked down the stairs, I saw quite a lot of devils, fallen angels and angels here. Since they didn't suffer any losses during the Demonic Beast Riots, their population was still quite large. Well, it was the same for the devils too.

Suddenly, I felt a soft sensation on my arm, and a woman that said, "Huhuhu~" I turned to look at them and it was—

"Penemue…" I tiredly said her name. "Aren't you still—" she stopped me from speaking by putting a finger on my lips.

"Yes, yes, it's Saturday and I do my job as the secretary of Grigori. Thanks to those things, I can take it easy~" she said and pointed at a bunch of specific androids I added here.

Azazel asked me about having some to lighten the load of work for fallen angels, and I got paid a hefty some after doing so. I guess she's—

"I'm taking a break too. Also, aren't you here to interrogate that blue metal mecha thing? And visit Shuri?" she asked.

"Yeah, I am. Do you want to come along after you're done?" I asked. We continued walking around, with Penemue leading me around. We got a few stares as we did, but generally most ignored us.

"Sure~ I have to meet 'mom' too~!"

"Did Azazel add anything to this? Apart from the numerous shops?" I asked her. I could see a few fallen angels selling a bunch of things that ranged from snacks, food, small ornaments and clothes. It felt like some kind of festival or something.

"Well, yeah, a lot of things because they wanted to make this into a tourist attraction. Anyway, thanks to you giving us some money, we'll be opening a resort around our territory in the Underworld. Also, you're funding Azazel's research into a lot of things," said Penemue.

"Resort, huh? How many do you guys plan on opening up?"

"As many as we need, I mean funding the research he does requires a lot of money after all," answered Penemue.

"I would say I'm not made of infinite money, but in a sense I am," I said with a chuckle.

"Exactly~ so fund us, daddy~"

I froze after she said that. Even a few people around us stopped to look at Penemue. However, the woman in question just brushed it off and dragged me away. Then, after we had gotten away from the crowd, she began to cutely hit my chest.

"You were meant to say something!"

"What exactly…? I've only been called that a few times so far," I replied.

"Wait, what?! If you were already called it, why did you freeze?!"

"I mean, Penemue, they called me that in private. They never called me that while we were in public, and even if they did—it was in a more joking manner than how you did it…"

She grabbed my collar and instead started shaking me, but—

"What the hell are you guys doing…?" asked a familiar voice.

We turned to it to see, Team Slash/Dog, minus Lavinia and Kouki. There were also some former Hero faction members. Georg, Jeanne, Heracles, and Leonardo. They were sent here after they lost during those attacks of various different pantheons. The only one missing is Cao Cao and he should still be doing that…

"Oh hey, Kanami, everyone. What's up?" I asked and we walked over to them.

"We're just patrolling the place. I mean, you gave Tobio and Sae a lot of money right? So Tobio temporarily closed the Black Dog BAR because of it. Are you trying to make us jobless?" asked Natsume.

"Yeah, we'd normally be at that place. I mean, I was the one making drinks in his place, he even taught me!" huffed Kanami.

"We have enough money, Kanami-san…" said Shigune.

"It's the principal, Shi-shi! Well, I guess Jin here can just incorporate the Black Dog BAR into his future empire, huhu~" said Kanami and stars appeared in her eyes.

"I'm not against it," I replied and I finally looked at the Hero faction members and they stiffened. "So, how have you guys been?" I asked.

They all looked awkward, but eventually Jeanne stepped up and answered first.

"I'm doing fine! I've had help in learning how to get better control of my Sacred Gear, and also repent for the deeds I did as a terrorist. I, or we don't know when we'll be able to leave. But I think most of us are content being here! …Probably," she answered in a cheerful voice.

"Then I'm up next!" announced Heracles and looked at me with a confident smile. "Thank you," he said and bowed. Not many were surprised by this as they silently watched him.

"After my defeat and being forced here. I was against it—no, most of us were, but over time we got over it and started to actively help and also get stronger on our own without any other 3rd party help. I also joined up with taken care of those children at the daycare! Did you hear from Raynare-san? I'm quite popular too… I—just like you, I want to protect those children," he said with a smile and looked down.

I guess it had the same effect on him then. Whether here or with the devils. "No, I didn't hear from Raynare, but good for you Heracles, keep at it," I said to him.

The other two didn't say anything, but Leonardo did bow at me, but I believe that Georg hates me. I mean, he was quite loyal to Cao Cao after all. I'd better reveal it to him just in case, maybe as a motivational tool?

"Cao Cao is alive," I told them. This immediately attracted Georg's attention, and he looked at me with shock and skepticism.

"After he was 'killed' I secretly kept his soul. Anyway, I resurrected him and he's formally my subordinate now. But at the moment, he's doing… laps around Purgatory. According to my shadow soldiers, he's on his 87th lap. If he makes it to 100, I will free him. But it will take him time to come back to the main stage," I explained.

"…Does that mean we'll be your direct subordinates then?" asked Jeanne.

"Yeah, you'll have an entirely different team name once Cao Cao rejoins you. I also have some plans for you guys. You're aware of the other universal threats, correct?" I asked them and they nodded. I put a barrier around us before continuing.

"I'll send you to my training facility at my home in the future once Cao Cao comes back. He's no longer the user of the [True Longinus], but I have a spear ready for him and it's as powerful as the current [True Longinus]. Anyway, I'll be sending you guys to the Phantasma's universe as spies and also to slowly kill them off."

Everyone there was stunned by what I said, but—

"W-w-w-wait?! How can we even measure up to those things?! Aren't they—can't they just wipe out planets by themselves?!" asked Georg as he raised his voice.

"As I said, I will bring you to a place where you can gain a lot of strength in a short amount of time. Until then, continue with your rehabilitation. Cao Cao will get you once the time comes—for the training, I mean."

I won't add that Cao Cao may bring with him new members. I did task him with that as well once he got out, but before he did—he needed to find me. However, I theorize that he'll visit other places and people first before coming to me.

"Anyway, that's all for now. I'll get moving, I wouldn't want Shuri to wait on me for too long," I said to them, canceled the barrier and left with Penemue.

My phone buzzed and I checked it to find a text from Natsume asking why I didn't ask the new Team Slash/Dog to go instead of the future Hero faction.

|Isn't it obvious?| I texted back.

|Huh?|

|I don't want any of you to get hurt. Also, Cao Cao and the future team will take on dangerous missions for me across the multiverse. Both for now and into the future since I… I'll tell you guys that in the future, but for now, that's my reason.|

|Fine. I swear you're overly worried about us.|

That's where we stopped texting. Even though there's a small chance of it happening, I don't want a repeat. Never again. Maybe it haunts me silently, but I'm fine with that. It's not like I don't trust them, but until they reach the peak of this ranking list that Azathoth made or Cúntóir… I won't let them be too reckless.

"You're making that face again. You're going to scare people, Aaron." Penemue tightened her hold on me as we reached the stairs. "I still have to finish up, so when I'm done I'll go join you all over there," she said and we shared a quick kiss.

"Alright, I'll see you then," I said to her and watched her fly away.

…

I left the area and started to walk towards the Himejima home when a magic communication circle appeared beside me.

"Jin-boy, are you free to talk?" Zeus' voice asked.

"Yeah, I am right now. What do you need?" I asked back. I had a vague feeling, but…

"Recently, Medusa asked me if she could be trained by you. Perhaps she wishes to get stronger after that attack on our realm?"

"…Ah yeah, that. She did ask me during the festival. I was going to contact you in the future, but I guess she beat me to it. I don't mind, so what's your opinion about it?" I asked back.

"We've had discussions and we believe it's time for her to be freed again. A few factors were pointed out during the meeting, but it came down to the future threats of the Evie and Phantasma, as well as any other factions of the Khaos Order. We need more fighters in our rankings."

"While we believe the addition of both Kurousagi and Vera was welcomed, and those upgraded chambers you added will help the younger fighters of our realm power up…" he trailed off.

"I get what you mean, so sure. I don't mind, I'll train her and help restore her powers. I'll come over after I finish with my request in the Shinto realm tomorrow."

"Excellent. Thank you again, Jin," he said and the magic circle disappeared.

[Snek waifu acquired.]

{You need to stop looking at memes, you've been saying 'unspoken rizz' lately, what the hell does that even mean?}

[Now that's just sexual harassment.]

{…????????????????}

'He's an idiot, just ignore him,' replied Velgrynd.

[And another one—hah! You can't hit me, specter!]

Apparently, she tried to hit Ddraig, but her attack passed through him…

'I swear, when I get to your universe, I'm beating you up!'

[Kekeke, I like to see you try, old hag!]

It felt like a shouting match was going to start, so I cut my link with them and appeared in front of the Himejima household. I rang the doorbell and—

"Uuuu…"

I was confused when Asia opened it with tears in her eyes.

"W-what's wrong, Asia?" I asked.

But before she could answer me—Shuri came out with… some kind of white dress and dragged Asia away.

'Is that a wedding dress?' I asked myself and stepped inside. On the stairs that led to the second floor was Baraqiel, looking pale and having a defeated look to him. Tears were streaming down his face silently which further confused me.

"Um, dad, are you okay?" I asked.

He looked up at me and then fell toward me, so I caught him. He then started to cry which further confused me.

"A-Aaron… my girls… they're growing up so fast…!" he said in between sobs.

"…Huh?" I was still confused, but heard some talking inside the living room, so while I dragged Baraqiel with me, we entered the room, and when we did, I became speechless.

"Ah, Aaron, glad you could join us. What do you think?" asked Shuri and gestured to the girls.

All of them—Lavinia, who was here, Akeno, Asia and Suzaku. They were wearing beautiful wedding-type dresses. I was confused on how and where she got these from, though…

"…" I couldn't find the words to say right now—maybe I was too stunned by this? Every time I tried to open my mouth, no words came out. All of them had make-up done while wearing those dresses.

"Huhu, it seems my handiwork made your future husband too stunned to speak," said Shuri rather proudly as she puffed out her chest.

I composed myself and sighed. "Mom, where in the world did you get these?" I asked her. Turning my attention to the girls, I smiled and said, "You all look very beautiful and great in those, and yes, I was a bit too stunned to put out cohesive words…"

"Is this why you were crying, dad?" I asked and looked at Baraqiel. He was still crying and nodded his head.

"So?" Shuri asked.

"So…?" I repeated, unsure of what she meant.

"Who are you marrying first? From what I understand, you are engaged to a few women already! I heard it's the youkai leader Yasaka, my little Akeno and Suzaku and Grayfia-san!" she pointed at me while saying that, but stopped and hugged me.

"I also heard about what you did and the newly formed anti-terrorist group that was made? Please be careful," she begged and hugged me tighter.

"We'll—I'll try, mom. Also, you didn't answer my question. Where did you even get all these dresses?" I asked again as we parted. I walked over to Akeno who was still blushing and caressed her cheek.

"No flirting in my home!" snapped Shuri and pulled me away, making them laugh. "In any case, it's almost dinner time, so get dressed again! We're making something special today!"

That much time had already passed? I skipped lunch then…

"Oh, and by the way, Akeno looked at this dress when we went out shopping before. We just modeled the rest for the girls using magic. They designed it themselves," said Shuri as she left the room with Baraqiel. She popped back in and asked, "Who?!"

"…I haven't decided yet!" I answered back and she left.

"I'm sorry about mom, Aaron… she can be a bit pushy about certain things," said Akeno as she hugged me after changing. The rest of them had also changed.

"Nah, I'm used to it already. I know a lot of moms try to involve themselves with their children's lives, and seeing as how Shuri has another chance at it, she's probably trying to compensate for the time away, as well as getting new 'daughters'," I said and looked at Asia.

"Anyway, I'll come and help you guys," I said and we left the room. But as soon as we got to the kitchen, she kicked me out. Literally out of the house. Dad was allowed to stay though, so…

My mind wandered as I waited by the steps of the house. "This feels a bit unfair..." I murmured to myself. But after around an hour of waiting there (and reading a book), Raynare arrived, and gave me a strange look.

"Why are you outside?" she asked.

"Dinner is being made. Kicked out. Reading a book," I replied and put the book down. "You sure took your time."

"A few things happened that delayed me, but I'm here now… can I go in?" she asked while looking at the door, but before I could answer, the door opened and Raynare was pulled in.

A few minutes later, Team Slash/Dog plus Tobi and Sae also came over—as well as Meruem and Mittelt. This was… turning into a larger get together than I thought.

"Jin… why in the world are you outside?" asked Tobio as they arrived.

"Mom—er, Shuri for some reason kicked me out as they made dinner. I mean, she probably did it to stop me from helping them. Maybe my food threatens her status as a housewife?" I asked myself and laughed. "You're all probably allowed inside, so go ahead." I rang the doorbell and Suzaku was the one to welcome them in.

However, she joined me and didn't go back inside with them.

"Not going back?" I asked her.

"Auntie Shuri said you could come back now," replied Suzaku.

"Kicking out her future son-in-law, I fear for my future~," I said and sighed.

Suzaku giggled and sat beside me. "She just wanted to make food that's up to your standards. She also didn't want your help. Apparently, Akeno had been giving your dishes a lot of praise, and also telling them about the restaurant you're opening. Auntie Shuri wants to visit it on opening day."

"So I did threaten her job as a housewife!" I exclaimed making Suzaku laugh beside me.

"…Are you still pushing through with that plan of yours?" she asked looking at me seriously.

"Yeah, it'll only be for a few minutes for all of you, and I'm obligated to apologize to you in advance, Suzaku."

"You never told me in detail about it," she said and grabbed my arm gently. She looked at me silently and asked me to tell her.

"…Fine, but keep it a secret. I'm not entirely sure about it yet, but…"

I told her, and when I did—she was shocked, but also felt uneasy along with me. It's easy—it could create more messes, but since I'll have absolute control of everything, I can make those 'messes' disappear.

"…That is… slow, not instantaneous. Do you believe it will work?"

"It changes a lot of things; they won't even suspect anything until I reveal it. I'll also try not to mess much with this world to prevent any strange occurrences."

She looked at me incredulously and said, "Even though you created that world-wide miracle a few days ago?"

"Haha…" I looked away and scratched my cheek, "it was probably one last miracle from the dead God of the Bible, you know?"

"…Aaron, please. Around 100% of Sacred Gear illnesses were cured because of what you did. Children who suffered from the negative side effects of it—and the ones in Dulio—the Joker of Heaven's small 'institute' were cured and can live normal lives. You even went to the Rating Games 7th ranked and—"

"I know, but—"

"But nothing… not only that, you made all cancers of the world 100% curable. Do you have any idea how the world reacted to that? The believers of God—the dead God, started to believe again—they in Heaven gained even more believers. Almost all the gods in the world began gaining more believers, not just Christianity. Even the other things you stopped…"

"Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease advanced lung, heart, kidney, and liver disease stroke and other neurological diseases, motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis Huntington's disease muscular dystrophy HIV/AIDS and other degenerative or deteriorating conditions related to aging," she explained and listed some of them.

I looked down and sighed. "I mean, it's the right thing to do… I think? Those kids, the people that get cancer, they still have a lot of things they can do in their life, I'd feel like shit if it ended there for them. I mean… Aoife's life, and my own—"

"Have they… contacted you?" she asked.

"A few of them, Michael wants me to go to Heaven soon just to, I guess, spend a day there. Well, Dulio wants to speak to me—and even 'that' guy would like to, so I have to travel to the Underworld."

"'I just did it because it was natural—for someone with power like me'. Is that what you're planning to say now? Even though you were so against it a few months ago?" she asked.

"Well, I am going against a lot of the things I said back then. Am I being a hypocrite? Am I growing as a person? I don't know…" I replied. I never reached this far in my previous life, and even then, I still don't remember a lot of it.

Suzaku didn't answer, but she pulled me up as she stood up. "Let's go, dinner's ready," she said and dragged me into the house. I guess she also doesn't have an answer for me.

"Meruem-chan! Mittelt-chan! You two sit there. Kouki make some room for Sae, she's pregnant!"

As we entered the dining room, Shuri was giving everyone orders and they all complied, even Meruem who was mostly confused by it all.

"Tobi! Did you buy those things with the money Aaron provided you with?" she asked.

"Aaron?" he repeated but sounded confused.

Shuri pointed at me, "Aaron Skyward."

[That… sounds weird.]

"Mom, it's Aaron Toole, or Jin Skyward—"

"Regardless!" Shuri stopped Akeno and she sighed. "Join us. I do hope what we made is good enough, Mister future chef!"

"Um, yeah, I did—thanks again, Jin," said Tobio, still confused by what Shuri meant.

And so… a very chaotic dinner started.

…

"I swear these Khaos fellows are ruining the world! Did you know that Tobi and Sae had to delay their marriage ceremony because of their attacks?!" Shuri asked while sounding pissed off.

"W-we don't mind, Auntie Shuri. I mean, we got married legally first, so… all that's left is the church one," said Sae.

"We had Azazel ask someone from the Angels to do the ceremony when the time comes," added Tobio.

"Ah, I can't wait to meet the angels in person—oh I also want to meet Amaterasu-sama!" she exclaimed with joy.

I looked at Akeno and Suzaku. They nodded and Akeno said, "Aaron is heading to the Shinto realm tomorrow, so… if you want—my [King] Rias and Suzaku-nee-san is going too. I think Rossweisse-san and Raiko-san are joining too. Maybe Inaie-chan too?"

Right, Inaie has been telling me that she's ready to come join me again, and it's convenient timing since I'm returning to the Shinto realm, which includes the Shifengu sub-realm, her original home. We can visit her parents too.

"Aaron!" Shuri got up, slammed the table and looked at me expectantly. However, Baraqiel seemed nervous about it.

"I don't mind, but…" I looked at Baraqiel who had started to think about it.

"Please honey?" she asked rather cutely making Baraqiel furrow his brows even more—his face was slowly turning red, just to add even more firepower—

"Please dad?" pleaded Akeno.

"Uncle…"

Even Akeno and Suzaku put on some puppy faces for him and finally—

""D-dad!"" said both Lavinia and Asia at the same time.

"…F-fine… ugh…" He slumped back in his chair exhausted. He was K.O'd by his new family.

A few of them were surprised to hear Lavinia calling Baraqiel dad, but just smiled at her. It seemed like family-man Baraqiel isn't good when his wife and daughters ask him like that, huh? I couldn't help but chuckle at them.

"Keep an eye on them!" Dad suddenly jumped up and looked at me.

"I was already planning on it, dad. But I am going there for a job, so… meeting up with Amaterasu might happen at the beginning or at the end, mom," I added.

"That's fine! All I need to do is ask her!" she said excitedly.

I saw a few of them a bit upset that I didn't invite them. I mean, I usually ask the question to them, so… it's up to them if they want to come with me. Though I think they're upset because of other obligations. My eyes met Shigune's, and she squirmed in response.

'Wanna come with us?' I asked her.

'E-eh?! I-is it okay?' she asked back.

'If you don't have any other obligations tomorrow, then yeah.'

'I-I'll double-check with Kanami-san and Natsume-san,' she replied and seemed quite happy after.

…

As dinner was slowly ending, Shuri looked at Meruem who had been mostly quiet and ate his portion.

"Meruem-chan, what do you think of the food?" she asked.

"…It is good?" he answered.

"What about it?"

Meruem simply looked at the plate of food he had, and thought deeply about it. He was thinking about it pretty seriously, even though the question was quite casual. Then he began to describe all the things he liked about it. These included the temperature, to the texture, to what spices were used, how they were probably made, and other aspects of it.

Safe to say everyone was a bit stunned by what he said.

"Oh gosh, you're just flattering me~!" mom said and became a bit flustered.

"Well, your food and fathers are good," he said.

"Father? Who's your father?" Shuri asked a bit confused.

I felt myself freeze, and so did the rest of them. Meruem, not sensing this, continued and said, "Jin Skyward is my father."

Crack~

Shuri slowly turned her attention to me, and to the women in my harem. However, suddenly, we were saved when the door to the home opened, and in came Penemue.

"Sorry I'm late~! Wait… what's happening here?" she asked confused.

We looked at her and she was carrying bags and she held them up. "I brought some takeaway~!" completely ignoring the silence of the place.

"Penemue," called out Shuri.

"Yes?"

"Who's the mother of Meruem? How did Aaron become his father?" she asked quietly.

"Uh… it's complicated? Meruem isn't exactly biologically his… so…" answered Penemue.

Now, Shuri became confused… well, I'm around people I trust, so…

"This is a good opportunity," I said and looked at Baraqiel, Shuri, Kalawarna, Mittelt, Kouki, Tobio and Sae. "I might as well reveal a bit about myself." I tapped my head and sent the them relevant information, so I could explain Meruem's connection to me.

The ones that received the information were too shocked to speak—Mittelt, in her own way, passed out and was foaming at the mouth. Meruem had caught her to stop her from falling.

"Broooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! You're a what?! Can you make money out of thin air and give me some?! I ran out of it this month!" Kouki shouted and seemed more than excited.

I smiled wearily at him, snapped my fingers and made around $1,000,000 appear in his lap in a case. He opened it and screamed louder, making everyone snap out of shock.

"Aaron Toole, huh? Well, at least we now know why some of the girls tend to stop and call you 'Jin' at times, huh?" said Tobio and he laughed.

"This is a lot to take in, but… you're still the same person, right? I see no difference apart from understanding that you can make anything happen, including helping me, Jin-san, or do you prefer Aaron-san now?" giggled Sae.

Kalawarna nodded along to what Sae said, so I can guess she agreed with her.

"Did you have sex with another outer god?!" Shuri screamed and looked horrified.

"No…? She created 'our children' because of her weird obsession with me. I didn't do anything with Nyarlathotep, mom…"

"And you! You were part of the Khaos whatever! How do you feel now?" Shuri turned her attention towards Meruem.

"…I am… content with life here," he simply said and looked at Mittelt who was still passed out. Shuri was happy with this answer, and so was I.

"Does Azazel know? What about the other leaders?" asked Baraqiel.

"No, well, not yet, but I did tell him I'm the 'ruler' of the Omniverse. He took it with a grain of salt. I told him this after our meeting in the Underworld. Dad, can you keep this a secret? I doubt many would understand, and having someone who could essentially wipe out their existence… some would be pretty scared of it," I explained.

"Hmm. I will," he said and nodded sagely.

"Thank you."

After that, it returned to normal. A few of them asked me questions about my past world, and other things related to the multiverse. Mittelt woke up and freaked out even more at me, but strangely enough she clung to Meruem who also noticed this. Kalawarna and Raynare snickered at her for this and she was left a blushing mess.

…

The gathering was over, and Sae and Tobi departed earlier since they wanted to keep to a schedule. Kouki had passed out and left with Kalawarna. Meruem also left with Mittelt, still terrified of me. It was just us again, and we were about to head out for home.

"Doesn't that mean I'm your adopted mom now?" asked Shuri as she saw us off at the front of her home.

"…What? You have been for quite some time now?" I asked a bit confused.

"No, I mean… do you have any idea what happened to your… original mother?" she asked.

"No… I've been a bit too hesitant to ask Cúntóir about it," I admitted and awkwardly laughed.

"Well, take your time. It's up to you to find out after all, we'll be here for you after all," she said, kissed me on the forehead and I stepped back.

"Yeah, I know. Thank you," I replied and left with everyone.

…

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward Household

…

"That was… satisfying. I can sleep soundly tonight~" admitted Akeno. She kissed me on the cheek before leaving for her room.

Tonight, I had a different set of women sleeping with me, and she wasn't one of them sadly. Everyone else had started to go upstairs too, however, I was left with Suzaku and Lavinia. They brought me to the dining room where Grayfia was still up.

"Ah… welcome back, how was your day?" she asked and welcomed us back.

"We're back, Fia. It was great, yours?" I asked and hugged her. She seemed a bit better now, but still had less energy. I guess she was waiting for when we caught Euclid and they could interrogate him.

"It was fine. I was called in for more questioning today, but it seems that it was the last time. Now they're focused on catching Euclid and interrogating him instead," she explained.

"I see, anyway, let's—"

Bzt~

My phone rang suddenly and I sighed. "I'll meet you all in my room, I'll quickly take this." Tonight, Fia, Latia, Nia, Suzaku, Raynare, Scathach and Griselda sleep with me, I already felt the others in my room. So these two were the only ones left to leave.

All of them left after I told them that. The only light in this house was in the dining room now, so I checked my phone and it was a call from… Amaterasu.

"Hello?" I answered the call.

"Jin, good evening. I'm sorry if I'm calling at the wrong time, but… you are coming to our realm tomorrow, correct?" she asked.

"Yes I am. Why do you ask?"

"…Can you come early? I believe it might be a bit more time-consuming for you. It would be better to show you once you get here tomorrow," she said.

"Alright, I'll do that. I have a few coming with me, but… another Himejima wants to speak with you, is that alright?" I asked.

"Hmm? Oh yes, it is. That's all for now. Good night, Jin."

The line goes dead and I put away my phone. Now I'm very curious as to what this problem is. Fūjin said it wasn't anything serious, but now Amaterasu said it had become complicated…

…

The next day, me and my group that consisted of Shuri, Suzaku, Inaie, Raiko, Rossweisse, Rias and Shigune were ready to go to the Shinto realm. It was quite early, but Shuri was the most excited.

"Alright, let's go."

…