Chapter 170: Dying Out of Cuteness

"Say... Senpai, do you trust that woman?" The blue-haired girl asked.

"Sensei doesn't consider her as an enemy. I will follow his judgement."

"...But why are we guarding here right now?"

Mami wore a solemn expression as she replied, "Just in case."

'She's hopeless...' Sayaka facepalmed while she crossed her arms as she guarded here.

To be honest, she couldn't bring to fully trust that woman who's very identical to Saber. Aside from her basic vigilance, she felt that there's more to her than in the surface.

'Why does she remind me of Senpai?'

Bam-!

While deep in thoughts, they suddenly heard something falling into the floor. Thus, they immediately opened the door, only to see a very unexpected sight.

On top of Shiro is the woman with blonde hair. The former hugged the latter as their faces went closer to each other.

Even though they can't see their faces completely, the two could imagine what is going on right now.

"Mn..."

Their sharp eyes are enough to notice Shiro's dazed eyes and intoxicated expression for a moment. Realizing their blunder as the woman stared at them with a blush on her face, Sayaka said:

"Ah. Sorry."

Bam-!

By the time she closed the door, she suddenly fainted and collapsed on the ground. Blood flowed from her nose as she got too overexcited on what she'd seen. Crimson blush can be seen on her face, adding to the slightly swollen forehead that was the result of her fall.

"Sensei."

On the other hand, Mami didn't care about her nosebleed as her cheeks became very hot. The blush reached up to her ears while she she felt something hot between her legs. Subsequently, her legs felt weak, causing her to also collapse on the ground whilst sitting. In the end, she actually blacked out, just like Sayaka.

Truly, Shiro's child form amplified his already heaven-defying charm to another degree...

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Carrying the unconscious girls to the other guest room, Shiro sighed helplessly.

"My charm... It became another problem again."

He knew that his students collapsed upon catching them doing something intimate. In his defense, Castoria is the one who couldn't hold back, to the point that she doesn't care even if he's in his child form.

Though, even he was caught off guard when he saw them lose consciousness.

"It's always a problem though? You made that absurd mask for the sake of it, remember?" Castoria said before hugging him from behind. With the height difference, it's more like an older sister being clingy to his younger brother.

"Right..."

Internally, he's in a turmoil. His closeness with them can be explained by their teacher-student relationship, but it seems like Mami has a severe tendency instead; rather, it is much closer to obsession.

The possibility of this happening crossed his mind several times, but this event served as a confirmation to it.

The world where she lived in is not only twisted, but also a bad environment for young girls to live in. The probability of having some mental problems increases exponentially just by being exposed to this environment.

What's more, Mami is someone who lived in that world for 3 consecutive years. No doubt, she would've turned into a more horrifying "Quasi-Demon" had Shiro not saved her from before. However, it also caused some problems in regards with her affection to him.

"This girl... You saved her from a dangerous place, didn't you?" She asked with a smile.

"I did. That world might be as horrible as your world, considering that young girls are subjected to inhumane treatment."

Shiro began telling her about Madoka's world and how young girls' emotions are converted into high-level energies. This strange occurrence made her think deeply about it for a while.

"That should be the world's instincts grasping onto every opportunity to prolong its lifespan. It's strange that things are that easy, considering that it sounded a lot like faith energy."

Faith energy is one of the few high-level energies present in Shiro's homeworld. There, [Ascendant Gods] will usually have believers inside their [Divine Kingdom], the ascended version of a [Domain]. Though, most geniuses that belongs to an ancient force will choose to utilize their own comprehension to elevate to higher realms.

After all, faith energy is more of a shortcut as it can't help you comprehend the [Laws] present in the world. Although, they can serve as a stable energy source for some secret techniques, which is why everyone uses it.

As to how it works, it's complicated. The simplest explanation to it is that the karmic fate of a believer turns into something special once it is tied to a "god". It will increase their personal capabilities and convert a part of their power into a tangible energy that can be used by their "god".

The stronger the believer, the more faith energy that one would get. This is one of the main causes of cataclysmic events in his home world, which almost destroyed the world once. It is called as "Twilight of the Gods", "Cultivationless Age", and many more.

Still, someone with a maxed-out willpower is extremely rare. It signified an unparalleled potential to walk further in the path of evolution, hence strengthening Shiro's resolve to teach her and Sayaka to the right path.

"I want to take care of her."

Hearing this, Shiro immediately replied, "Nope. No, no, no. I know it must be that side of yours acting up."

"Eh~? You caught on, hehe..." She softly whispered on his ears.

To perfect her own magecraft and surpass her sister, she and Shiro undertook a research thousands of years ago. While it may be successful, Castoria experienced something horrendous as she... experienced the life of "Morgan le Fay", the pitiable queen who couldn't also prevent Lostbelt Camelot's eventual downfall.

Due to her absurd potential that surpassed even Castoria's, her life became a research topic to them. While observing Morgan whom have existed in a different space-time remotely, an accident occurred. It led to Castoria's consciousness replacing Morgan's for that world line. As a result, she lived the life of "Morgan le Fay" while her memories as "Castoria" is hazy.

Even though it all ended with that betrayal and she could stabilize the existence of her self, the aftereffects lingered. Shiro regretted this accident deeply, which is why it is one of the memories that he could recall clearly.

"Ow?!"

After flicking her forehead, her mischievous side went offline.

Crossing his arms, he faced her and said, "While I might have lost my powers, I'm not easily pushed arou-"

Before he could even finish talking, both of his cheeks are pulled softly by her. A wide smile is plastered in her face as she started playing around with his face.

"You're so cute~"

"Naw~! Staph doooing thizz~!"

"What is it..."

The moment this was happening, Sayaka woke up.

"Sen...sei? Ah..!"

Though, her mind had shut down once more upon seeing the cute teacher of hers doing cute stuff. More blood spurted from her nose as her chest tightened. She is suffering right now, but for a risk that she's willing to take. These precious moments are worth that much!

"...too cute."

In the end, she lost consciousness once more...

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A/N: *LB6 PTSD flashbacks*

Seriously, I want to annihilate every single scum faeries out there in an arc... They're literally the most entitled existences that you want to kill, purge, and set ablaze in holy fire. While MC did take care of them in Castoria's origin world line, there's still the lostbelt one in this fic. It's one of the thing that you can look forward to (Killing them a la DOOM style), I guess...

Have a happy reading~!