36 Chapter 3 - Part 1 - Change and 5 years

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"W-What is this….?"

"Did a being become a God? This feels like divinity... But a bit sickening…."

"Find where this is coming from!"

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Heaven

"?!"

Michael and Gabriel were in his office discussing something when… Something… Didn't feel right…

"What is this…?"

"Jin…? Jin….?!"

Gabriel started to panic and started to scream her lover's name. Michael was shocked… This power— This feeling was from Jin? Why? What happened?

"Gabriel…. Sister, please explain…"

She kept shaking her head and ran out the room.

"Gabriel!"

…

Urakyoto

"Hii?!"

'Jin?!'

Yasaka had hugged her daughter Kunou. They felt this feeling before. They knew it all too well since they felt it once before… From a man called Jin.

"Why…? What happened?"

Yasaka looked over to the door that linked their home in Kyoto to Jin's home in Kuoh… She wasn't sure in what to do…

…

Land of Fae

"Oh? Oh? Oh? What is this…? It's quite sickening… Hey Titania~ do you know what it is…? My body's already shaking… Haha!"

"…"

Titania frowned, she didn't know what or who this was coming from but she was concerned for her kingdom.

"Oberon."

"Haaa… Alright, let's take this seriously for once."

…

Asgard

Nine Realms

"Hmmm? Oh? To think someone could produce such power…. Hohoho! I'm getting old!"

"…"

Odin's three sons looked at the table in front of them with concern. They all had the same thought.

'Who is this coming from?'

Rossweisse was fidgeting beside Odin and it caught his attention.

"Hmm? Rossweisse, is something wrong?"

"Odin-sama I have to go!"

Odin stopped her.

"Not unless you tell me why."

"Jin! This is from Jin! I have to go!"

Odin and everyone else in the room looked quite surprised, this overwhelming aura was coming from Jin?

"The young lad is… Angry, troubled, I would assume. Alright, go."

Rossweisse nodded and hurriedly left the palace, to her home. She had to get something first and then go to Kuoh.

…

Grigori

"What the hell…?"

Azazel was in a middle of a meeting with Vali when the both of them felt an enormous amount of energy spike.

"….It has a hint of Dragon, it has to be Jin. He is my rival after all."

"You knew?"

"Who wouldn't after he revealed himself when fighting the Devil Riser Phenex?"

"Fair enough, are you going? I was originally going to send you to get Kokabiel back."

"Yes, I'm going."

Azazel nodded and sent Vali on his way.

…

Underworld

"Serafall, you don't need to leave, the reinforcements are ready."

Sirzechs tried to persuade his fellow Satan not to leave, but she was adamant. Nothing was going to change her mind. While he also wanted to go personally, he didn't think it was necessary. Her sister and everyone else… Jin was there. It was fine.

"No! Sirzechs-chan! I'm going! No one is going to sto— Hiii?!"

Serafall flinched as she felt the same feeling from before…

"W-What is this….? Is the Ouroboros Dragon fighting someone? Perhaps that thing…?"

"We must prepare, wherever this energy is coming from, they may attack us—"

"No! That's Jin! What happened?! I'm going! Now I'm really going!"

Serafall lost her magical girl clothing and changed back to her business attire. She was concerned for her own sister and now her future boyfriend!

"J-Jin….? What? What he showed before wasn't his full power….?"

"Incredible."

Even Falbium was on alert now, his lazy attitude was nowhere to be seen.

"…Full power…? This is just 1% if what Jin told me was true back in Kyoto…"

Serafall teleported away using her own magic circle.

"One…. Percent....?"

Sirzechs, Ajuka and Falbium looked at each other with concern, what in the world is happening over there…?

…

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"Yes! Yes! Ahhhhhhhhhh~ yes little brother! Show me! Show me!! Show me your power! Show me how angry you can get! Haaa…. Haaaa….! ahhhhhhnnn~"

…

Kuoh Academy

Akeno Himejima

The same as his Goddess…? The other Outer God?! Is the one helping Azrael? The other Outer that was awake?

Jin points his hand at Azrael—

Duuuuun!!!!

Azrael was slammed into the ground… There was something keeping him from getting up, he struggled to push himself up… Did Jin change the gravity around him…?

We could see his face now… The light in his eyes was gone, he looked so emotionless… He looked sharply at Ingvild making her flinch… No he was looking at her shadow… Beru…

She immediately saw a shadow soldier emerge from her shadow.

"Of course, my Liege."

Jin puts Reni down as Beru immediately put his hands above her and a bright green light started emitting from his palms. He turned around and faced Azrael, his horrified look had not left him.

Jin slowly walked towards the fallen and picked him up by his neck with his left hand.

"Don't fuck with me!!!! I have the power of a Dragon God!!!!!"

Splat!

Jin slapped Azrael and his head exploded. No, his entire body exploded. The shockwave generated by the slap wiped out that part of Kuoh— Everything on Jin's left side— That part of the town was wiped out.

Suddenly a magic circle appeared from the ground. Azrael came out of the circle; he was as shocked as we were…

Was this his resurrection ability…?

"W-What? You brought me back to li—"

Splat!

Jin kicked Azrael again and he exploded into a bloody mess…. This isn't like you Jin…. Please come out of it. Again, Azrael was resurrected, this time he moved and attacked Jin. His attack didn't reach him… It stopped…

"What?! No—!"

Azrael was turned into another bloody mess... This repeated for the next few minutes... Jin silently killed Azrael over and over again, the Angel of Death somewhere down the line gave up fighting back and let it happen to him.

He kept muttering to himself why his Goddess wasn't helping him. Without a word, Jin kept killing him.

Jin then summoned… A rabbit…? Eh? Why? The rabbits started to multiply by the hundreds… No, thousands! The cute fluffy white rabbits started to run towards Azrael…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

….I was left speechless… Those adorable animals were forcing themselves into Azrael… Through his mouth… They were also nibbling at every part of him… His eyes, teeth, tongue, thighs… Even his manhood….

One— Two— No, nine of them crawled up his rectum… His asshole…. His screams had become muffled... They were... Those rabbits... Although his eye sockets were void of any eyeballs after being eaten, the fallen angel began to cry blood as they devoured him from the inside out.

Azrael's body stopped struggling… He died again… So brutal… But he was brought back again, the man— The fallen angel looked even more horrified at Jin…

His screams started again… He couldn't move since Jin bound him to the ground with chains.

Rustle ~ Rustle ~

"….? Eh…?"

Reni woke up!

"Reni!"

I was the only one who hadn't gotten up and helped Cúntóir with the barrier, even the Sitri peerage who had no idea who she was, was helping… I'm useless. I scurried over to Reni and started checking her for any other injuries…

The Sitri peerage and everyone else who experienced this for the first time were covered in cold sweat. It seemed that the auras covering us, were protecting us.... Even now.... He's still...

"You're okay!"

I hugged her as she looked confused at me.

"Jin…? What's wrong with Jin…?"

"Reni! Do you know what happened to you?!"

Reni was concerned for Jin even though she was heavily injured… Probably nearly died too…

"I… I was fighting… Someone… He said he was Azrael…? Ddraig-chan and Ingvild were also helping me… As well as Iron-chan…"

"We were losing… He was toying with us, the ring I had couldn't call Jin, neither could Ddraig… It's like something was stopping us… Keeping us hidden, keeping our battle hidden."

The other Outer God…! It was stopping Jin from finding out! Jin said he and Cúntóir couldn't find her so… If she used the same ability in the area where they were fighting…

"I— We lost didn't we…? I sent… Ddraig-chan away with In-chan, she was very injured. After that… It was all a blur, Iron-chan and I tried fighting him…Iron-chan was having an easy time until he was trapped in something, he couldn't move and I couldn't hear him."

"I had to fight Azrael by myself…his power felt like Ophis and Irene but… A little bit weaker, but stronger than me… The ring… It didn't work… Something stopped it..."

I nodded to her and then I relayed what happened to her and why Jin is like that.

"We need to stop him…"

But before she could move further, Beru stopped her from moving any further.

"My Liege has told me not to let you near him. My apologies, Ice Princess, Lavinia-sama."

Beru looked serious… He was glaring at us… If we took a step further, he would probably knock us out and stand by guarding us again. I felt as if the other shadows and the being called Querehsha would do the same.

She looked pleased watching Jin be that brutal towards that Fallen Angel…

Jin cocked his arm back…

"No! Jin don't do that—"

Cúntóir tried to stop Jin but he didn't— No, she couldn't, she was the one in charge of maintaining the barrier.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommmm!!!!!!!!!

His punch was stopped by… Something… An invisible barrier…. The shockwave was also stopped so the area in front of him stayed intact.

"…!"

<Ahhh ahhh ahh~ not time yet, little brother~>

Shiiiiinnngg!!!

"....."

Jin was gone…. And so was Azrael…

Eh….?

The entire academy, the entire town…. The whole area was in a state of complete disaster. The houses... The surroundings... Everything was destroyed... It was like the apocalypse had begun...

"Ahh… Jin!!!!!!!!!"

Reni had started to struggle wildly as she clawed the ground in front of her, bawling her eyes out…. I could feel hot tears streaming down my own face.

"I'm heading there. We will be back to repair everything."

Cúntóir told everyone as we stared in shock at her…. She then vanished…

Jin…. Jin…. Please… Come back….

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Jin Skyward

"…"

Where is this…

A woman in a red Qipao was floating in front of me. In the middle of her dress was an open spot with a red eye, her belly button was also exposed. She had black hair, sharp red eyes, and tentacles were coming out from behind her.

She also had a Shan in the color red with red eyes on them, they slowly blinked at me.

"…"

She felt like a God, an Outer God… Is this Nyarlathotep?

Cúntóir: Answer: It is, she is the Outer God Nyarlathotep.

"…"

[Partner! I'm—]

Save it. Ddraig, that conversation is for later.

[…Alright. Let's talk later.]

"Ahhhh~ I can finally meet you in person little brother! How was it? My silly pranks! They were great, right?!"

"…"

Is she insane? Are the other Outer Gods like this? Bat-shit insane? You call nearly killing MY Reni, a prank? A joke?

[Power Output: Outer God: 50%]

Blip! Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I disappear and reappear in front of her. She had a very excited look on her face, she even licked her lips in anticipation of what I was going to do… I sent a punch her way.

She put her hand out to block it.

Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"My, my, little brother~ you're quite vicious~ that's why I love you~~ hyaaaa~"

"…"

"That was a pretty powerful punch~ if Azathoth hadn't intervened~ half of this multiverse would be gone~ as expected of his successor~"

She licked her lips again…

Psssstt!!!

…My cheek had been cut and blood was coming out of it. Was she able to bypass my [True Infinity]? She's dangerous… I should go full power…

Cúntóir: Answer: You two will be stopped by Azathoth. Outer Gods are not meant to fight.

"Ahhh~ is that your [System] you were talking to? Hiii System-chan! Give me Jin-chan! He'll serve as my toy for the rest of eternity! I love him! Ahhhnn ahnnn!"

She was squirming around and touching herself… Why do I always meet weirdos wherever I go?

"…"

"Please, little brother, come and stay with me! We can be together foreve—"

Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't say that word. Hearing you say it makes me sick.

"Haa…. This arm will take time to regenerate. I love that temper little brother~ how about we give you a new title…. Hmmm about the [True Dragon of Domination and Annihilation] I say it has a nice ring to it, no?"

Nyarlathotep's right arm was missing, but it was slowly regenerating. My punch at 50% power did that much damage… I should start using techniques and skills…

<Calm>

"Ahhh~ Papazoth is here~ such a shame… Well you did just send out punches at half your full power, that certainly troubled the multiverse, hehe~"

I don't care…. You need to disappear.

Cúntóir: Answer: Jin stop!

Ignoring Cúntóir I dashed towards Nyarlathotep again. When I was about to launch an attack at her my body froze.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!!!!

"....!!!!!!!"

I felt like some form of…electric shock just hit my body…

<Halt>

You piece of shit! Let me hit her!!! She needs to die!!!!!!!!!!!!

Booooooooooooioooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A mix of draconic power and 'outer' power exploded from my body….

"So much animosity~ it's all for me…. I love it, honey~ huhu~"

I look at her in fury as I never felt this much anger in my life… She suddenly flings Azrael into a portal.

"He still has his uses, even after you traumatized him a little. What do you call this? A reoccurring villain? Well, he's useless now, but still. He can be used as a power source…. Look forward to more powered-up villains in your world, honey~"

Nyarlathotep blew a kiss at me and jumped into a portal of her own…

She got away.

<Free>

<Pass>

"...."

Free? Pass? Fuck you! I don't give a shit about any of that…. I should have just died without being reincarnated at the very least she wouldn't have been hurt that way… I can't get the image out of my head…

Now all this shit is happening…. They'll all be dragged into it….

[Partner, let's go home.]

{Yes, everyone is waiting, Jin.}

Cúntóir: Answer: We cannot find her, Jin. Please go home to your family.... No time has passed. Maybe she was feeling playful today so didn't separate you and your lovers for thousands or even millions of years… By changing the time dilation.

"…Open a portal back."

Cúntóir obliged and created a portal for me to pass through. I'll get you… And when I do. I'll make you suffer, Nyarlathotep.

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2 months later

Pocket Dimension

Lavinia Reni

"…Jin…"

Booooooom!!! Booooom!!!!!! Don Don!!

Everyone was worried about him, our Jin. When he first came back… He wouldn't stop hugging me or apologizing… He kept blaming himself for what had happened.

I told him that it was because I was weak… He shut that down really quickly. He immediately restored the destroyed Kuoh, got rid of the cryptid corpses, and put the residents into their homes.

Not too long after, reinforcements arrived, as well as a Serafall Leviathan. Jin relayed what had happened to her and told her he had everything under control. However, she seemed skeptical but the 'stare' Jin gave made her back up and accept what he said.

We asked him what had happened and he assured us that everything was fine. He said he would be making more plans just in case something like that happened again, but added that he didn't want anything like that to occur again.

Due to my recklessness, I almost lost our 'forever' together... But as usual, he blamed himself…

"Look at him go…"

I looked to my side and Ddraig-chan had appeared. During the two months that had passed, Jin revived both Heavenly Dragons within him, the two of them now having human forms.

"Yeah, he's pushing himself… Haaa… Even though 'he' told him not to carry everything by himself."

Albion-chan also appeared beside me.

Albion-chan took the form of a young man with medium-length white hair, which covers his forehead and runs down to his nape. He also has icy blue eyes. He also had a muscular build. He wore an expensive-looking white and silver tuxedo, with a blue tie.

Ddraig-chan is a tall, muscular man with red hair and amber eyes. His red hair is kept short, ruffled, and spiked. This is done by having two strands of hair near the opposite sides of his head falling over his face, as well as distinct sideburns.

He wears a black, leather jacket with a fur collar and a white V-neck underneath. He wears dark blue, denim jeans held up by a simple brown belt. This belt is attached to a silver chain attached from the belt to his back pocket, paired with black shoes to top off the rest of his outfit.

Ddraig-chan looked like a delinquent old man while Albion-chan looked like a young man from a high social class family.

"Why did you even choose to look like that?"

Ddraig-chan looked at his rival now turned friend. Albion-chan did the same, the two of them stared at each other… Looking like they might start a fight.

"No fighting!"

I reprimand the both of them.

"My bad."

"Sorry, Ice Princess."

Jin turned both his Sacred Gears into 'homes' the two dragons could return to. They were more or less like the places Irene, Ophis, and Querehsha lived in. The two of them could change how the inside of their homes looked or add things they want.

The two of them preferred to live there, even though Jin offered them rooms in his home… These two are very loyal supporters and brother figures to Jin. They talk to him a lot and give him advice…especially in the last two months.

"Haaa!!!!!!!!"

Xenovia Quarta has also joined us in here…she changed into a devil and joined Rias-chan's peerage, she also moved into Jin's home and had apologized over and over again to Asia. She had been training nonstop since we came here… We're 4 months into our 5-year training session in here… We won't be taking breaks.

This was the first time Jin became… A bit forceful with us, he didn't take no for an answer. We understood why so we had no problems going back…. The same could be said for the ones who were there.

However, Yasaka, Rossweisse, Gabriel, and Kunou who had come to Kuoh immediately the same night of the incident were informed. I had called Natsume and Shigune… They were also confused about the power spike…

Rias-chan informed Latia and Akeno told Suzaku, Jin also changed the properties of Rias's evil pieces, he made so that she could reincarnate Gods or God-class beings, or individuals who had God-class powers.

He hinted that Rossweisse may join in the future… He told that to me in confidence, I don't think she will but… I'm not sure.

"Well, we better get back to hunting. I want to reach a new height in power."

"Yeah."

The two dragons agreed and flew away. They knew how Jin felt. Even though they were alive again they were still connected to him. Therefore, they felt what he felt and vice versa. Mainly emotions, not physical pain… That's what Cúntóir told us.

Jin also created more beings like Querehsha, three in total… Two more females and one male who obeyed him and were as powerful as Querehsha…

Querehsha was in Jin's ring, and so was the male... he was rather intimidating to look at or be around. The other two were a lot more outgoing, both were human, one was a maid…Grayfia wasn't too happy about it.

But when the two of them worked together they got many of the house's chores done together and talked about maid-esque duties. The other one was…an upbeat girl, she was also inside Jin's ring. According to Jin, he may put her in the Dimensional Gap to serve as another protector.

Apparently, she was created to be an 'Ultimate Human' like the maid. She's an upbeat girl who was a mage. However, the maid was an assassin of sorts. She mainly used daggers and strings to fight, as well as magic that complimented her style of fighting.

The upbeat girl was a 'magician' of sorts. She could use all types of magic, all types of elements, and was a master at it.

The man... Could control and create dragons, similar to Querehsha. He had the 'aura' of a leader or ruler, however, they both bow their heads and follow Jin without question. The man has outright said he would follow Jin to the ends of time to do his bidding, that's how much they respected him.

The upbeat girl and maid were in the same boat. The maid was assigned to look after Yasaka and Kunou. She lived with them in Kyoto too. It apparently made things easier for them.

Jin… He… Became very overprotective of us. It's not over the top… But anything or being he deems a threat is almost instantaneously dealt with.

Case in point, there were a few magicians that appeared within Kuoh's borders, Jin located them, found out their intentions, and killed them, if they had a Sacred Gear, he would either keep it or sent them back to Heaven. Before killing them, he would read their memories. But they almost never had anything useful.

Jin so far hasn't kept any Sacred Gear he found on them, he deemed them 'useless' and said he could create the same thing and give it more potential.

It's almost like Jin has two personalities. If he sees anything as 'serious' or 'business', he will have 'that' face on. Jin usually had a relaxed, almost aloof expression, ready for anything but didn't take things too seriously.

That was when he spoke to Serafall, that was the 'stare' I had seen… In a way, it was the 'business' Jin. But any time at home or with us— His lovers— His harem…it's the usual Jin… But it almost seemed forced…?

No, that's not the right word…it's like his heart isn't into it… Jin is… Definitely depressed. We all tried comforting him over the last two months but he's given us the answer of 'It's me, it's all on me. Not any of you, I'm sorry… It'll take a while to get back to the old me.'

No one blames him for what has happened… Even Cúntóir said it was beyond their control. It pains me and the other girls to see him this way. Even the two dragons, as well as Gasper-kun and Kiba-kun.

I had climbed up a rank in power… But I've just been watching Jin the last few days… I sometimes find myself touching where the hole once was. Jin had a very pained expression on his face when he saw me doing this.

Previously, he thought fighting, sparring, and battles were fun. However, since the incident, he has a preference for ending them as quickly as possible… And this is referring to actual fights. He still holds back and drags it out when we request to spar with him. He always looks sad when sparring…

"Reni… C'mon let's train… We can try again with Jin tonight…"

I turn to see Suzaku shake my shoulder. Natsume and Shigune were also there, they all had strained smiles on them… Yeah, we can try soothing him at night again…

Jin…

…

Jin Skyward

"…"

Booooooooommm!!!

I was sparring with Igris and Beru. I matched their power and we had been fighting for…. I don't know how long. I couldn't go up in power until I evolved… Yeah… Evolve, I had to evolve at any cost…

Back then, Azathoth apparently was satisfied with how I handled things… So he gave me a <Pass> whatever that means… I haven't had any dreams or voices at all, 'He' also hasn't shown up yet. I am eager to speak with him.

I had officially revived the two Heavenly Dragons, as well as created more 'beings' that were loyal to me. I had one that was a maid and assigned her to Yasaka and Kunou. She mostly stays with them, she's only in my home when those two are.

The other two are in my ring. Not counting Querehsha since she was made before them.

Don! Don! Don!! Kaaacchhhiiiiingggg!!! Tang! Clang!

My fists collide with Beru's and Igris's sword. The clashes between us produce powerful shockwaves; I had erected a barrier between us.

Cúntóir: Answer: Jin it is around lunchtime.

The two shadows and I disengage.

"That will be all for now, well done."

The two bow and go back to Akeno and Ingvild. I will be making more shadows and beings in the future; I just need to find good…candidates for them. I turn around and dispel the barrier. I flash step around the [Pocket dimension] to check on everyone's progress.

They have grown in power, especially Xenovia. It has been four months and she has climbed up to the peak of Ultimate-class. After the incident she became a devil. Irina and Griselda returned to the Vatican. I gave her my phone number so if anything happens, she can get in touch with me.

Xenovia was obviously expelled from the church so Rias and I took her in. She currently lives in my home.

[It's lunch, let's go in.]

In response to my announcement, the monsters ceased spawning, and the ones left were killed by the ones who were fighting them.

I go in first and the being I created was already finishing making lunch.

"Jin-sama."

She smiled at me and bowed. I nod at her and join her, I start helping her get the food on their plates.

"This is…?"

"Just some plain old sandwiches of varying tastes. I had taken account of everyone's preferences."

"I see, well done, Sharon."

"Yes!"

The maid I created, Sharon Kreuger. She was what I called the 'Ultimate' or 'Perfect' human, but in a way, they are considered Gods due to their abilities.

Sharon is a young woman with turquoise eyes and lavender hair reaching her neck. In her default appearance, Sharon wears an elaborate dark violet maid's outfit with a white apron, leather knee-length boots, and a brown leather corset around her torso.

She utilizes an unusual ornate knife with demonic patterns in red all over the blade. The hilt is covered in several small round blades. She also uses steel wires in battle, with the light often seen reflecting from them when entering a combat situation.

Sharon displays herself as a humble and cheerful woman, devoted entirely to me, as well as my harem. She never makes any objections to orders given by me, and rarely finds herself conflicting with anyone unless she goes out of her way to tease them.

Her devotion to me is so profound that she freely offers her services to anyone on good terms with me, including my harem, Kiba, Gasper, and the like. A maid whose multitasking abilities reach no end, Sharon performs extraordinary feats of organization and housework.

Upon revealing her proficiency in combat, hints of sadism towards her enemies are displayed. Sharon displays a visible and complete hostility towards anyone I consider an enemy.

She also has an unusually high tolerance for alcohol and is capable of drinking down bottles of such drinks with no apparent side effects. I did not give her those abilities… How she got them I do not know, perhaps Cúntóir did something during her creation? A nod to the original perhaps?

Chu~

I had been staring at her and she suddenly gave me a kiss on the cheek, I was not aware of giving her— The female beings I created any kind of affection to me apart from loyalty. However, they have displayed them quite clearly. The only male so far does not cross that line; however, he is very devoted to me as well.

"Ara~ Sharon is flirting with Jin, how bold of a maid~"

Yasaka first came in and commented on what Sharon had done. As I nodded to her, I teleported all the food onto the table.

"That troubles me, Jin-sama, if you do these things, it will hinder my job as a maid."

Sharon pouted and I nod, Grayfia has also said the same things to me before, during the four months. I'll try to correct or stop that then.

Everyone started to pile into the dining room and we all had lunch. Everyone was in a good mood, probably. Ddraig and Albion were there, happily eating the food provided to them.

That's the one thing they enjoy apart from fighting each other or hunting down monsters to get stronger.

…

Nighttime

I was in the open bath near midnight, everyone else had already taken theirs, including Ddraig and Albion. They had gone back to their respective Sacred Gears and are probably sleeping.

"….Fuuuaa…."

I let out a tired sigh. These days it feels like I have some sort of invisible weight on my shoulders, as well as on my chest… It feels nostalgic… Depression. This is what I'm experiencing right now. I was probably depressed in my past life... With that voice I heard.

Tap ~ Tap ~ Tap ~

I had been looking at the water, I had noticed someone was here… I also recognized their aura… I look up, still feeling guilty… Reni.

She smiled at me… Yeah, that smile I don't want to lose… Any of them. I don't want to lose any of them.

"Re—"

She had reached me and hugged me. The towel that was wrapped around her fell off her.

"…"

The girls have been showering me with love and affection these last two months... Even now, four months later... I return it back, but they're not dumb... They know that my entire being isn't into it.

I feel bad, all of this is on me, not them. So, I just give them my usual reply. It's cliché but it's how I feel right now. 'It's me, not you.'

"Jin… Mmm…"

Reni called out my name and kissed me. I responded in kind and kissed her back. I held her waist as she straddled me. She breaks the kiss and looks at me sadly. She gently grabs my head and puts it to her chest…no, she had me just above her heart.

"….Can you hear it? Can you feel it…Jin…?"

"….Yeah… I can hear your heartbeat."

We both fell silent, my head on her chest… Just listening to her heartbeat.

"Reni… I messed up, I want to get better at this… Living and being responsible thing, I'm really bad at it. Honestly, I have no idea how the hell I've managed until now… Nearly losing you gave me a reality check…"

"Mmm…"

She tightened her hug on me, and I did the same, instead of just holding her waist, I had wrapped my arms around her.

"Stay with me… Until the end. Please."

"Not until the end. Always."

...….

"Always, then."

"Mmm…"

We stayed in each other's embrace, I could feel some tears coming from her… I don't like seeing her cry or sad… But the way I am right now… Fuck. We both left the open bath… I'm sure she already had one earlier… I've been spoiled by them lately… Isn't that my job…?

…

8 months later

Ting! Clang! Kachin!!!

"…Keep going, Xenovia."

"Yeah!"

I was using [Grand Chariot] to spar with Xenovia, she had asked me the night before she was quite excited. She had officially breached Ultimate Class a few months ago and she had been slowly mastering her new powers.

She was currently using a normal demonic sword that Kiba had created. She was swinging her sword with precision and full of her current power. They felt heavy, she had her feelings in them— In those strikes and slashes.

I wanted to see the compatibility of Xenovia and [Grand Chariot], yeah that's right. Xenovia Quarta was the one I had planned on giving this Sacred Gear to. Her defense was… Subpar, she only had more when she used 'that' but I don't know if I'll use that with anyone… For now anyway.

Shatter!

When Xenovia slashed down on me with her demonic sword, I shattered it with a punch. She grunted and summoned her Durandal. She didn't need to chant then…

"Not yet!"

She dashed back towards me and swung Durandal down. I blocked it with a finger.

"Wha—"

When I did, I pushed her back and she was blown away— Quite far. She got up a bit shakily and grinned at me. She sucked some air in and dashed back, what a determined girl. Her spirit can't be broken that easily…

"Alright. That's fine for now."

She suddenly stops and looks disappointedly at me. She wanted to continue, but she has not yet mastered Durandal enough to be its 'master' or have full 'control' over it. A full year had passed, but she still needed more training.

She focused on getting more raw power, next up was more training with Durandal, that's what we discussed she and Yuuto got along and made amends, and they were also part of the same peerage now so they had to.

Next up is the peace conference… As well as the attack by Khaos Brigade and Vali, after that… Summer holidays, trip to the Underworld… More training for the Gremory peerage, and the Gremory vs Sitri rating game.

I have a lot in store… After the peace conference…I'll be going back to Ireland; Kyoto and perhaps more factions or pantheons will reach out to me for an alliance.

"Alright, I'll go train with someone else then."

She bows and flew away with her devil wings.

"…"

Once she stabilizes her power, I'll gift her… The Sacred Gear… So she can train with it too. I'm curious about how she'll evolve it… Will she achieve [Breakdown the Beast]? Or will she go another path…?

…

Night time

I was cooking with Sharon, Grayfia, and Akeno. I gave them the recipes that I wanted to make tonight, they were nothing special just a few ones I mixed together in the past and hadn't gotten around to making them.

"Jin-sama, this is finished."

"Great, thanks."

Sharon put the bowl in front of me and went to help Akeno… A small rivalry had formed between Grayfia and Sharon, she had confided in me that she feels a bit inferior to her, not just in raw power in battle but as a maid too.

I have…. Made love to my lovers, I hadn't neglected that. I would feel bad if I did…. Am I doing it out of love? Or obligation? I would like to think it's out of love.

Sizzle ~ Sizzle ~

"Pa—"

"Here you go, Jin-sama."

"….Thanks."

I was about to ask someone to pass me the pepper… But Sharon read me like an open book. I could see it annoyed Grayfia a little, this is healthy, right? The perfect maid Grayfia Lucifuge who has a maid fetish… Being showed up by Sharon.

It's a healthy rivalry…

…

"Haaa…so delicious, add some alcohol to it and it's even better!"

Rossweisse was already drunk… I had told Sharon to keep alcohol away from her… Because too much and she'll fly off the handles. It's fine, I'll take care of her tonight.

"Rossweisse-sama, please keep it to moderation, okay?"

"Yeeeaaahhh!!!"

The Valkyrie cheered and drank more… That's not moderation, Rose… The rest of them looked at her with complicated expressions, a few pities… But most were feeling bad for her as she'll have a nasty hangover the next day…

…

Chu ~ Chu ~ Chu ~ Chu ~ Chu ~

"Gyuuuuu~~~"

I was stuck with her as she showered me with kisses on the cheek while hugging me; the rest were doing their own thing. Sharon had poured tea for everyone as it had been around an hour after dinner. We were just unwinding.

I do admit that an honest Rossweisse was quite cute. She was stuck to me… With the smell of alcohol very much present. My cheeks will also smell like alcohol too.

'I can increase your tolerance… Or outright remove it…'

I had suggested those to her before, but she's still thinking about it. It's her choice… I won't force it on her…but I am worried about her wellbeing as she does tend to puke after too heavy of drinking.

"…"

I snap my fingers and make the alcohol Rose had disappear, she seemed a bit surprised and started to protest, but I grab her and held her close to me.

"Wuvy duvy Jwwinn-kkwuunn…. Nya nya~"

She had started to rub herself against me and started adding 'nya' to whatever she said. I just sat back while hugging her…do what you wish drunken Rossweisse. You will definitely remember this tomorrow and be embarrassed at yourself.

"Hmm, this isn't the first time I have seen Rossweisse-san drunk; however, it is always interesting to look at. She is always strict when sober, but when drunk…"

"She's a lot more honest with herself? Yeah, we noticed that a lot nya."

Xenovia had been staring at Rossweisse and I as she gave her opinion on the woman. Everyone was in agreement; will she need to be sober or drunk to confess to me? No, she's confessed multiple times. I just haven't given her an answer.

Whether she was drunk or sober. Is this my fault? There's a high chance.

"….I agree, I will respond then."

"""""Eh?"""""

I look at the drunken Rossweisse as she did the same, a very goofy smile on her still drunkenly oblivious to how she is right now, or what is about to be done to her.

Chu~

I kiss her on the cheek. She freezes… And goes red, it seemed like she immediately sobered up.

"W-W-W-W-W-W-What are you doing….?!?!"

Yeah, she sobered up. I tilt my head at her, confused.

"Responding to you?"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Rose got up and ran away from me, screaming loudly…. Did I do something wrong? Did I push too fast?

"Haaa… Rose-chan needs to come to terms herself, maybe that was a push in the right direction, Jin."

Yasaka sighed and told me that, she and Rossweisse were good friends. Rossweisse always was in all the friend groups in here… Whether that be Grayfia, Yasaka or Irene's group. The Slash/Dog girls, the Gremory peerage, or any random groups mixed together… She felt out of place at times.

She's just 19 years old after all…she's not that old….

"I'm not old!!!!!!!!!!!"

...…How did she even hear me…? I should follow her.

[Give her time, Partner. She needs to accept those feelings of hers, if you push too hard, they'll reject it.]

…Very well. I look at Yasaka and she nods, with Kunou and Ophis in tow they leave to get Rossweisse.

Ophis, the day after 'that' happened, she became… Weird. No, clingy at times. A being with had trouble with how to convey her own feelings or understand others, became worried about me. It was strange, and it still is. She, like the others, insists on being near me— If not all the time, then in my bed.

[The one who gave her a new home, had a drastic change, and seemed not like himself, can you even blame her for being worried?]

….Point taken. But I do see this as a good change, she's more open to the others, conveying or at the very least trying her best to speak or describe how she is feeling if she doesn't know what it is.

{No one truly stops growing, we will always grow in one way or another, take us for example. We still quarrel but not to the point of leaving destruction in our wake when we're in our human or dragon forms when out and about.}

[Yeah, Partner. We still fight, wanting to see who's stronger but we do keep in mind our surroundings and who's around us. I mean, I don't want to die again if I piss you off.]

Ddraig let out an awkward laugh, don't worry, Ddraig. I will probably torture you a bit if you do hurt them. Nothing too traumatizing.

[That's not reassuring!]

I shake my head and mingle with everyone for the rest of the night. It was peaceful.

….

Jin's soul

"…"

[Partner? Haven't seen you here in a while.]

{Is there some sort of special occasion, Jin?}

The two Heavenly Dragons were in their human forms, the same scenery was present. Open fields, cliffs, sun, and a lot of trees.

"Did you bring me here, Cúntóir?"

I felt her behind me but didn't turn around, the two dragons look behind me to see her.

"No… It's someone else."

I see, I have been waiting for this for a long time now. I turn around and beside her, was a blurry figure, the only details that could be distinguished were its blonde hair and red eyes, and now his mouth— Who had a neutral expression.

Cúntóir moved away from the figure and stood beside me, the two dragons didn't move from their spots but I could feel them staring at the figure in front of us.

"Speak my name, and I shall be revealed. Jin."

It said, I nod.

"Rudra Nam Ul Nasca, Founder and Emperor of the Eastern Empire, also known as Nasca Namrium Ulmeria United Eastern Empire."

The figure now known as Rudra smiled as the vague figure fizzled for a few seconds before his true body was shown.

Rudra has medium-length blonde hair, blue eyes, and the looks of a handsome young man. In the illustrations, he is mostly wearing black eastern clothing with gold ornaments.

He chuckled.

"Former, don't you mean? It's finally nice to meet you in my full 'body', Jin. Not just in some vague spirit form."

"Likewise."

The two of us stare at each other, I was much taller than the man in front of me, but he still had that same look that I read from a long time ago. This man had confidence, even now… The aura of a true king— A bona fide ruler.

"You are aware of it now, yes? Your appearance…"

"Yeah, I'm just you, 6'3, a bit bulkier, black eyes and black hair."

Maybe ignorance was bliss. I had seen myself multiple times in front of a mirror. In the past I had jokingly said I looked like him, but since I didn't have the same color hair or eyes, I dismissed the thought. That was before I had those flashbacks and voices, but when he first gave me the hints…

I started to wonder, especially about the part about 'her'. She's coming then.

"So, she's coming here, Velgrynd?"

He nods.

"That she is."

....The others seem to want us to speak to each other, so they're staying silent.

"You said you took control before, can you do it again?"

"Only once more, henceforth, my next appearance shall be my last. I have lived for longer than it was necessary. That skill took a toll on me, you are aware of that."

Yeah, I do. [Justice King Michael] it has other name variations depending on who translated it, but that was the reason for his downfall, it was meant to be the ultimate gift from Veldanava, who apparently 'created' their multiverse...

How does that work then?

"Azathoth implanted the memory that Veldanava created the multiverse, however that is false. But the Star Dragon King was powerful, he was, in theory, a Multiversal threat."

Multiversal… Makes me wonder how much more powerful the beings of Tensura are... My history? Fate? Whatever it is, it's tied to that place. It will be enviable that I will go there in the future… Who will I bring? Can I stop time here so I won't be separated for hundreds, thousands, or millions of years?

It is before or after my evolution? So many new questions, so few answers.

"Cúntóir, how far or near is she?"

"Very far, it will take her many years to get here… Unless…"

"Unless I evolve and help her? Is Nyarlathotep messing with her? Preventing her from reaching this universe?"

"Yes."

Cúntóir is giving me more answers than usual…did I reach some requirements? If that <Pass> meant anything… Then I may be able to get more answers from her. If Velgrynd is tied to me— To us, Rudra, and I… Does that mean she's 'that'?

"Cúntóir, is she 'that'?"

"Yes, you have 'met' two out of four so far."

She emphasized 'met' what does she mean by that? There was a delay in Cúntóir telling me that Reni was one of those 'fated' one things. She also hadn't mentioned Velgrynd since at the time I didn't know her… But I also haven't 'met' her officially yet.

"Rudra. During my reincarnation, my full soul and one of your soul fragments merged, correct?"

He nods.

"Indeed, once that happened, by pure chance. All the other soul fragments scattered around the multiverse as well as the ones that had new bodies they inhabited, vanished. This included the ones in the possession of Velgrynd herself."

She must have freaked out then… So, the one remaining was the one who fused with me. Her last hope, huh?

"So, I— We— You were the last… That means she's panicking and making her way here, she's that desperate."

"We have been partners for many eons after all. It is only natural. I would have done the same thing as her."

"You loved her?"

"I still do. I won't have that chance anymore… And before you ask. You cannot resurrect nor you can reincarnate me, unfortunately."

What? Why? Azathoth?

"A soul will reincarnate as many times for eons to come. But there will come a time when that soul will 'vanish' it will cease to exist."

Cúntóir speaks out…. Does that mean…?

[That means Rudra here is on his last leg or was on his last leg. Him merging with your soul… Gave him a saving grace in a way.]

Ddraig finally joins in.

"That you are correct, [Welsh Dragon]. You could say, us merging was a blessing for me. I can meet her one last time before I am erased."

"But… You could always just stay, like not reappear again, so you won't vanish."

Rudra let out a dry laugh and shook his head.

"Do you not call this… 'NTR' in this and your old world? I would much prefer not to witness that with my own eyes. Even if we are one and the same. Jin, take care of her. When my time comes."

"..."

Am I even qualified for that? I nearly lost Reni, I'm useless. Velgrynd may be stronger than Reni right now… But…

"Do not doubt yourself. All of us are attached to your soul, mine is merged, and we feel your doubts and insecurities. It was beyond your control, Jin. You have been mulling over and over the last year."

"Evolve, evolve, evolve. It's like you're obsessed. Just evolving won't fix all your problems, Jin. I know your mind will wander and go 'Is there something else beyond this? Is there a higher threat beyond the other Outer Gods?'"

"You will go down a path that will end up destroying you, Jin. Step back, and take time to process everything. Your lovers as well as us, we're here to lend you that hand."

Rudra finishes and looks at me with concern. I can trust the advice of a 2000+ former Emperor, right?

"…."

"You did have this problem in your past life, Jin."

Cúntóir said beside me. She points beside Rudra and a screen appears.

"A glimpse, it's very small, but you have met the requirements to see some of your past."

"….!"

A glimpse….

[I'm sorry for your loss, ====, what happened was a tragedy.]

[...]

That's…. Ryan? I see… That voice, it was Ryan! The life of our class… The guy who everyone liked. So, he was my best friend… Yeah, it's coming back… Brown hair, green eyes, chubby cheeks, a well-built athlete that was popular with everyone, all types of cliques and groups, students and teachers…

We were childhood friends; we had each other's back…and I pushed him away? But… In that dream… We made up in the end… I'm glad we did. I feel a bit at ease knowing that.

[If you need anyone, you know I'm here, ===.]

Ryan put a reassuring hand on my past self's shoulder… I had the same hair color, a bit shorter… Around 6'1 but still tall. I could see the past me nod while shaking… The view finally changed and it was a casket.

Who…?

"Your past lover."

...…Past lover? Is she… Can she?

"She had been reincarnated many times, that was her last. She met a tragic end. I'm sorry, Jin. She can't be brought back."

Cúntóir apologized… You don't have to, it's beyond our control.

...…

[She was taken from us…. Too early… Cancer, it's a bitch.]

[Pancreatic cancer… If caught early, then there's a chance of survival.]

[You two dated from when we were 9, right? We're both 16 now… Gosh, that's a long, time, huh, ====?]

[….Yeah… It may be naïve… But…we promised each other when we were 12… That…]

[….Yeah…]

The past me said nothing else and wept silently…. Cancer, so cancer took her? What's her name…?

[Rest in peace, Aoife. If there's an afterlife, she'll be watching over you, ====.]

Aoife… That's right…. Aoife Murphy… Yeah…. That's her name…

The screen in front of us disappeared.

"Then does that mean…?"

[You become an edgelord-asshole, blaming and taking it out on the world and everyone around you? Is that what you were going to say, Partner?]

Yeah, you hit the nail on that one, Ddraig. That's what emotional teenagers do, right? I look at Cúntóir and she nods.

"So, I pushed Ryan, everyone— The little friends I had away, huh? Great going old me…"

"Are you not, in a way, repeating this action now? Your self-loathing and depression… However, I do not believe it will push your lovers away, they may just come to a wall, unsure on how to proceed."

….I have been responding to them though, it's not like I've completely blocked them out. I still flirt and do couple-esque things with them. Including sex.

"Let me guess, you're still doing the usual things, yes? But they aren't stupid, Jin. They know you. They can see that you're not really all that there when those intimate times are going on."

"You have been lying to yourself, you're not doing these things out of love, but out of obligation."

It feels like Rudra was staring straight through me, this guy…

"…"

"That's right."

[Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh?!??! Elsha?!]

…! One of the past hosts? But…I upgraded the [Boosted Gear] shouldn't that mean they were also removed? I went to 'that' place before, the thrones of the past hosts and they were empty… So I assumed they were also gone.

"It's been a while, Ddraig. Did you take the form of a middle-aged man? You certainly look like a delinquent."

Ddraig was shocked to see one of his past hosts he was fond of, Elsha gave him a smile then turned to me, she walked towards me and put a hand on my chest… No, above my heart?

"…"

"Your heart and emotions are in a mess, Jin Skyward."

"…"

"You must learn to forgive yourself, your lover— Lavinia Reni has already told you time and time again that it wasn't your fault—nor did or does she blame you for it."

"….Learn to forgive yourself and then learn to love yourself— Only then these feelings of hate and loathing will truly leave and then… You can become a true king."

With that Elsha disappeared…. A 'true king'? What are you talking about lady… I can't imagine myself as some king…even if I do become the successor.

[Damn, Partner, being able to get Elsha to come out and speak to you. That's a sort of blessing.]

Is that so? If it's that big of a deal…

[Belzard should come around next. CAN'T WAIT!]

Albion smacked Ddraig and he looked at him in annoyance.

"That will be all from me for now, Jin. I will be speaking with you as frequently as these three from now on. Until then."

Rudra nods and vanishes.

"Yeah… See you…"

I have a lot of things to think about… I'll just relax here until I wake up. I go over to the bench and lie down on it and close my eyes.

[Taking a break, then Partner? Alright. I'll go fly around then.]

{I will be joining you.}

The two went back into their dragon forms and flew away, the air shook on occasion as they sometimes fought and clashed.

Squish~

Cúntóir joined me on the bench as she moved my head onto her lap… She said nothing as we stayed there just listening to the two fight in the background.

"A king, huh?"

"You are immortal, you will reach that state in the future, do not rush."

"You're not Azathoth, then."

She shakes her head.

"I am Cúntóir, I was and always will be."

Sure, at least that part of me that was uneasy about her being Azathoth is gone… Not fully though, until I meet him… A small part of me has that doubt.

…

Year 2

3 months later

'No, no, swing in a wider motion, Jin.'

It was the second year of our time here in the [Pocket Dimension] three months had passed, I had been trying to be less… Sulky and forced myself to be happier, it's tiring.

The 'weight' I had didn't lessen nor did it increase, but it was a constant. Did I feel like this in my past life? Apparently, Cúntóir said it lasted from the ages of 16 until I was 21 around 6 years… After that, I improved and got the help I needed.

Rudra was currently helping me with swordplay, he said I should find my own style. I had created a 'Bokken' a wooden sword which was what I mainly used for the last three months.

'Even if you combined all the sword techniques you know, that is enough. It will create your own style. Do not rush— Put your left foot deeper!'

Ddraig and Albion have been hunting non-stop. They broke through Dragon God, but they're still weaker than Reni... She had reached S. Ophis and Irene had reached the beginning of Universal. Everyone else was making reasonable progress.

Swing! Woooosh!

I swung my bokken down and created a shockwave. I had changed my idle state from 1% Dragon God to a constant 1% Outer God. It took Cúntóir and I a bit of time to create new suppression seals, but it was done.

But now I was walking around with that power… I had temporarily gone out to the outside and tested it… No one detected me, well not including that cunt. I had been adjusting my strength again since whenever I did anything I would accidentally break it. But that took around a day and I was fine.

'Good, now practice the vertical, horizontal, and a thrust. Do not add any other powers to your practice as of yet. Master the basics.'

Swing! Swing! Swing!

I had made substantial progress under Rudra's guidance, but the two weren't able to assist. I mean they did with magic and stuff from when I first came here… But they were mostly all brawn and a bit of brain. They had wisdom and knowledge, but preferred using their fists… Claws?

It's time… I have to go and check on everyone.

'Alright, take a break then. We'll continue when you're done.'

I nod and go to Xenovia first. I had given her [Grand Chariot] as she stabilized her powers around a month and a half ago. She was now mastering both [Grand Chariot] and as well as her Durandal.

It's tough but I know she can do it…she's made a good amount of progress so far. She can maintain her [Balance Break] for around two full days while wielding Durandal, if just her armor and a regular sword, then four days.

I had arrived at the spot where she was, right now she and Kiba were sparring. Kiba still had the upper hand as he reached S, he wasn't too far from the raw output of Sirzechs. What Satan Lucifer over Kiba was experience and even more grueling training. He had spent hundreds of years perfecting his powers… Kiba so far only had a few years on that.

Kaaaachhiiiiinnngg!!! Slash! Tang! Clang!

Xenovia was in her [Balance Break] state with her Durandal out fighting Kiba. He also had his [Sword of Betrayer] out, the X Side Balance breaker for his [Sword Birth] Sacred Gear. Since Kiba was superior to Xenovia in every way, even if the Sacred Gear pushed her power up slightly… It wasn't enough.

Xenovia was playing by Kiba's rhythm and timing. But he didn't look down on her, no… He was respecting her by fighting her in his usual power rank, he didn't power down.

"Khh!!!"

Xenovia was sent back after a powerful slash by Kiba, the male nodded and he dashed towards her, Xenovia doing the same.

Clang!

Sparks were created from their clash, back then… This would have not had happened, so I was proud of both of them.

"[Step]!"

Xenovia shouted, as her speed increased. [Step] a technique she created with the help of [Grand Chariot] it gave her a significant boost in her initial step in speed.

In mobile games, sometimes you have an ability to use it at the start to give you a head start, Xenovia's [Step] worked like that, but she could use it anytime. But she needed to be not moving before using it. It didn't matter if she was on the ground or floating. She just needed to be idle.

Clannnnggg!!!

Xenovia with her new speed pushed Kiba back, he grinned as this was probably not the first time, she had done it. It seemed her [Step]'s speed had increased again.

"Not bad, Xenovia! Haah!"

Kiba summoned his [Holy Eraser] and swung it at Xenovia, the girl had to stop her attack and jump away to avoid it. Kiba was now dual wielding both his swords.

These two are fine, I don't need to interrupt them. Have I made progress with Xenovia? Yes and no. She has been in the open bath with the other girls and I have been invited to them many times, so we know each other's bodies pretty well.

She has mostly focused on her training while here, but I have heard from some of the girls she is interested in me. I can assume this 'interest' is like the same as Issei's. She wants a strong heir, and strong babies. That came from me the 'Red Dragon Emperor' and the 'Outer Dragon God'.

I went on to check on everyone else, they were doing well. I stopped to chat with them for a little bit and went to resume my own training…

…

Night time

Rustle~ Rustle~

"Don't move, Jin."

I was sitting on a chair talking to Ddraig, Albion, Cúntóir, and Rudra when I feel someone wrap their arms around my neck. It was Natsume…with Shigune. I wonder why they're out here. I was sitting in the backyard, after all, it's been around two hours after dinner.

"Natsume? Do you need something?"

"Do I need a reason to go be with my boyfriend?"

"Well… No…"

I summon two more chairs; Natsume rolled her eyes and took a seat on my lap. Yeah, over the course of the year and a few months… She had thrown her shyness away and had become quite bold with her approach to our relationship.

Shigune took a seat beside me and smiled at me… While nothing is official, she has been showing signs to me that she's interested. Not being shy when I join the Slash/Dog girls in the bath, hugging me on occasion, and the like…

She's also sought after me for one-on-one training, and I was happy to help her.

Natsume put her head on my chest and closed her eyes. She started humming a tune of a song… I don't know what it was.

"Four years left here, huh? Will we be on par with Dragon Gods or something…? Sounds like a fantasy dream."

Natsume started to speak, and while muffled, we could understand her. Yeah, we're a year in, So this year plus three more. That's my aim at least, to get everyone near to that level… The only ones with limits are Kiba and Gasper. But they'll still be quite powerful, even if the top 10 changes.

"Yeah… That's my goal, if you guys can go further, then that's even better."

I had shown them 'my' personal ranking— Well, Cúntóir showed them, I also told them where all of them were at. So, many of them started to work on that.

"I'll work hard, Jin-san. Please watch over me."

Shigune said beside me and I pat her head. I'm glad they're motivated since I was a bit forceful when I said I wanted to come back here for five straight years… I had planned ten but… I halved it.

"Yes, of course, Shigune. Come to me for anything…. You're like a cat, is Kuroka rubbing off on you?"

"Nyo~"

….Cute, Natsume purred like a cat, I sigh again and look up at the artificial moon. Five years… I'll make it count… I need to evolve too…

[Partner!]

Right… Sorry… My bad.

…

Year 2

7 months later

"…"

Fwooooshhh!!! Boooom!!!

I had dodged Rossweisse, Yasaka, Kunou, and Latia's attacks. I was sparring with them as they had come to me as a team and wanted to see where they were now.

Latia had covered a wide area with her 'Room' she had been utilizing it very well with everyone else, they were in sync with each other. Both Kunou and Yasaka were in their [Fox Dragon Mode], Rose was the physical fighter this time.

She utilized her Norse magic along with enchantment magic on herself. In a way, she was a decoy, as Latia and the rest swapped places with her quite frequently with 'Shambles'

Don! Don! Don!

I blocked Rose's punches with my bokken, she had gone for my fast, chest, and groin with her punches… Please don't aim for my man bits. They're delicate, however, during real battle… Anything goes so I can't really complain.

Rossweisse switched with Yasaka as she sent a touki-covered punch towards my face, before Rose teleported away, she threw something behind me, I also felt Kunou behind me… Latia had switched Rose and the object with the duo kitsune.

"Eat this!!"

Kunou shouted as I felt an incredible amount of heat behind me, she had launched a power ball of fox fire at me. I catch Yasaka's punch and turn my head to 'blow' away Kunou's attack with my breath.

This caused the girl to be blown away as well.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Latia quickly swapped the places of Kunou and the object she was holding. The young kitsune crashed into the ground beside Latia.

"Ara ar—"

I sent a small flick of wind into Yasaka as she was also blown away. She let out a small grunt of pain. Latia can't use her [Territory: Drain] on me since it won't work, if it was someone else… They would have an easier time.

"Alright, stop. Good job, your teamwork is really good… You guys only started around two weeks ago, right?"

"Yes! Latia-san came forward to ask to team up with us. Mother and I were happy to do so."

"Mmm, I also approached Rose-chan to join us. I say we worked quite well together."

I see, so Latia was the one to approach them? Yasaka and Kunou get along with Rose pretty well, Latia was also on good terms with everyone, including the two kitsunes.

"I see. You guys have become strong, keep going. Come to me for anything, alright?"

Yasaka gained a grin.

"Anything? So, if I asked to mate with you, will you allow it?"

"….If you so desire, I see no problem with it."

She looked quite shocked at me. I have already mentioned that I was attracted to her, we have spent enough time with each other. However, we haven't discussed her husband yet, but… I don't mind being in a relationship with her or having sex with her.

Latia, Kunou, and Rossweisse all blushed at my comment.

"Ara ~ then I'll come to find you tonight, Jin~"

I nod and turn away.

"I'll check on everyone else, I'll see you guys later."

As I flash stepped away, I heard Kunou screaming Yasaka's name, well she screamed 'Mother' but that means the same thing.

…

"Lightning Flame?"

Suzaku asked Akeno as I stood beside her. Akeno had asked me to help Suzaku with something… She had been improving in her fire manipulation a lot, Suzaku and Shigune as well as anyone practicing fire magic or manipulation who wanted help in that field.

"Mmm, Jin taught me a way to… Well, consume lightning as well as strengthen myself with it."

Akeno stepped away and used her [Holy Demonic Lightning Mode], Suzaku stared in awe at her little cousin's power and mastery of her lightning.

"Something like that?"

I nod and do the same, I activated the [Lightning Flame Dragon Mode] and use a few attacks towards the sky. Suzaku was in thought as she pondered how to achieve such a thing.

"You can use magic, so elemental magic is possible, yes?"

She nods at my question.

"Let's just change it to lightning manipulation, maybe add thunder as well."

I walk towards her; she freezes like a deer in headlights. I touch her forehead with my finger and give her the ability to use Lightning and thunder manipulation. Now with her fire manipulation bestowed by the Shinto Gods, she can also use that along with it.

"How do you feel? Feeling uncomfortable? Anything feel off?"

I start to touch around her body, feeling for any major changes, when I look back up, Suzaku was just lightly blushing at me. I also notice that Akeno had been giggling at me.

"….Sorry, I should have said something before touching you. But it doesn't seem like anything went wrong. You should be fine."

"It's fine, Jin. Thank you for giving this to me."

She brings her arm up and lets some lightning crackle around her arm just like Akeno.

"I can teach you then, Nee-san~"

Akeno went around to her cousin and hugged her arm. The both of them smile at each other… They're really both beautiful, huh? I like seeing them like this, happy, smiling.

"Yes, I'm in your care, Akeno. Thank you again, Jin."

The two of them then leave, Akeno turns around and blows a kiss at me. Perhaps Suzaku can help Akeno with her demonic fire? I'll see soon enough.

…

Yasaka did not visit me at night. She either got cold feet or forgot, but she did look guilty the next day.

…

Year 4

10 months later

We have been in here for 4 years now, everyone had gone up a lot in strength. Kiba and Gasper had reached the peak of their rank and potential, they cannot grow in any more power, however, they have dedicated the rest of their time to mastering everything they have.

Kiba has also been slowly mastering his [Blade Blacksmith], yes, his second Sacred Gear, he obtained it from one of his dead comrades during the Kokabiel events…

His mastery of it has reached a new height and he's achieved his subspecies [Balance Break: Glory Drag Trooper] but only recently so he's working on maintaining it and making it stronger.

Gasper, while he reached new heights in raw power… He has hit a roadblock, he hasn't achieved his [Balance Break] nor has his Sacred Gear evolved… I was thinking of forcing the evolution myself, even if Gasper had very good control of this Sacred Gear now.

He has… Become a lot better in terms of interacting with people, I even created 'realistic' holograms and let the guy be in a giant crowd of them. He for the most part did not panic, well, if they're 'normal' but if any of them deviated from the 'normal' he would freeze and not know how to respond.

He would quickly end the conversation and walk away, it's better than panicking and running away so I saw it as a good thing. His reunion with Valerie was near, the two have interacted, albeit with Valerie in illusion magic.

Everyone else made good progress, No one has breached Universal, apart from the previously mentioned Ophis and Irene, but they had barely gone up in rank. From the bottom up to triple B, the both of them. In those years… It had become quite difficult to go up, even with the 2x Growth boost.

I prioritized everyone getting stronger— So my relationships have progressed at a snail's pace. The only time I have with them is at night— Which has a limited number of hours. I haven't taken the last step with Ingvild, but she said she wasn't in a rush so… I left it at that.

The same with Asia and Shirone, but with the rest that I was already in a physical relationship, we do it quite often. I'm still a little depressed, the self-loathing also come by in quick waves… It's not as big as before, but it's still present.

By the end of this, it'll be on par with my past life… 6 years of being a depressing fuck. What is wrong with me…?

Tang! Clang!

I was sparring with Xenovia, she had made leaps and bounds as she reached Low God Class, mastering her Sacred Gear, Durandal, and demonic powers. She juggled them all while also starting to fall for me for real. I don't know how since I was mostly… Dull? No, I did respond and be 'active' at night. I guess for those years it had some sort of effect.

"[Guts]!"

She shouted as her armor bulked up temporarily, she had been slowly mimicking some of [Boosted Gear] abilities, albeit tweaked to her own. [Guts] it increases her strength and speed for a set amount of time.

Initially, it was only for five minutes, now it was for a whole month, of course, she can turn it on and off. The increase is a times ten. More than my [Boost] with just the gauntlet but she can't stack it. It's set at x10.

Kachiiiiinn!!! Ziiiiiiinnngg!!!

I had also improved my swordsmanship with the help of Cúntóir and Rudra. The two tend to argue since she uses her knowledge and data to search the Omniverse, while Rudra uses his own experiences and knowledge to help me.

These two were almost like the two Heavenly Dragons, of course, it only occurred when I trained. Speaking of those two, they had reached Dragon God, they were a rank below Reni. She had reached SSS while those two were SS, they had caught up to many that had started before them.

They also are like an uncle or older brother figures to everyone. Ddraig most of the time is a 'goofball', but he can act his age and show his wisdom when needed. Albion tends to look out for the group as a whole. Protecting everyone from behind sort of thing.

"Is your mind wandering, Jin?!"

"…"

I block another strike from Xenovia, she gets quite passionate when fighting. Xenovia also created a variant of her [Step] ability, she named it [Step: Sixfold] much like Zenitsu's Thunderclap and Flash: Sixfold. She could use her [Step] up to six times ignoring the fact she needed to be idle.

She was already creating a path with her Sacred Gear; I was very proud of her.

I disappeared from my spot and dashed around her, to Xenovia it looked like I was teleporting around… But I was just running— At fast speeds her eyes couldn't follow.

"Why are you teleporting?!"

"I'm not."

I had appeared behind her and answered her questions. She quickly turned around and slashed at me with Durandal.

Clang!

I quickly duck, and kick Xenovia off her feet, I pull my arm back and did a 'thrust' with my bokken, it hit her on the chest, destroying the armor and blowing her backward with a large amount of force.

Tang! Fwoossshh!!

"Ahhhhhhh—"

Xenovia flew away… And a large boom was heard and a large dust cloud formed. I may have used a bit too much strength. I quickly flash step to her. Once there she was laying on the ground, a bit injured but was mostly fine, her [Balance Break] was gone.

"…..That hurt."

"Sorry."

I help her up while healing her. I check her body for any more injuries… I've been doing this a lot with all my girls. I'm just being paranoid… I know my healing will heal anything, but… I can't help it.

I look back up and Xenovia was blushing.

"I-I'm fine… You don't need to do all that…"

I shake my head; I'll do it regardless of what you tell me…

"It's just for both our sake, don't mind it, Xenovia."

I hug her. She let out a little yelp and started to squirm in my grasp. Why was she feeling embarrassed now? She joined me in the baths with the girls… Slept with me a few times in my bed… I still don't understand women…

"Um…. Jin… Can… You let me go…?"

"Do you hate it?"

"N-No… It's just… My heart wasn't ready… And I probably smell of sweat…"

"I don't mind, Nova"

She gave up as she de-summoned Durandal which was still on the ground and hugged me back. I also call her 'Nova' on occasion, Xenovia— Novia— Nova., get it? No? That's fine. She's fine with it.

"Alright."

I pull away and smile at her, she was still blushing. I brush away some of her hair that was covering her forehead and kiss her there.

"Should be time then, get going."

Being redder than ever she nods and quickly flies away. She's still not used to affection like that, she can ask for babies but get embarrassed with me initiating it… I shake my head again. Women are complicated creatures.

…

I had flash stepped towards a random group. It was Kuroka, Shirone, and Gabriel, this was quite rare, they've interacted a lot on a one-on-one basis, but never like this. Gabriel has a bit of trouble with Kuroka's straightforward and blunt lewdness.

She can't fall anymore as I fundamentally changed her, she doesn't need the necklace anymore but since it's my first present to her, she treasures it.

"Nya? Jin!"

Even though the two of them had their touki active and can sense 'ki' she didn't notice me, the same with Shirone. The other two turns and smiled at me.

"Everything okay here?"

"Yes nya, we were just discussing if Gab-chan wants to learn how to use touki nya."

Kuroka had started to dial down her lewd talk when around Gabriel as of late, it took her a while but she's managing. I approach them and pet Shirone, she let out her cat ears and looked quite happy.

"Is that so? Why the sudden interest, Gabriel?"

She smiled and came over to my right to hug my arm.

"Ingvild seemed to have gotten the hang of it… While she's a hybrid, I wondered if an angel could learn it… To be able to detect 'ki' or 'life-force' seems like an interesting ability!"

If she wanted to, then I don't see why not. I nod and touch her cheek making her giggle. I gave her the ability to do so. I wasn't sure if angels could, but I just gave her assurance that she'll succeed.

She tilts her head at me confused.

"I wasn't sure if angels could, so I gave you the ability to be able to learn touki. So, there's a 100% chance of you learning it."

She smiled and kisses me on the cheek. I'm not sure in how to… Proceed with her, she's innocent, but also both naïve and not naïve, she has a grasp on what's been happening around her, the three factions, and other pantheons thanks to me and the girls.

She's become very opinionated but still retains her 'innocence' especially her 'love' while she understands what my and the other girls 'love is, she also knows her, and I will come to that eventually.

Gabriel hasn't said anything about it, so most of our intimate moments are just innocent kisses, hugs, and cuddling. The thought of 'Corrupting' her doesn't sit right with me.

"Okay nya, no more flirting!"

Kuroka barged through and gave me a kiss. She licked my lips and pulled away; she gave a sly smile at Gabriel as she pouted.

"Nee-sama don't tease Gabriel-sama…."

"Booo! You're not fun, Shirone! Anyway, if Gab-chan can learn touki, let's start!"

Gabriel nodded, gave me one more peck on the cheek, and let go. The two of them walk away, leaving Shirone and I here.

"Jin-senpai."

I bent down, but not too far since Shirone grew in height, her chest as well. As she grew in power, she also grew a bit taller… She and Kuroka have 9 tails. They said they could show more but didn't want to, too many tails, apparently.

Chu~

We share a kiss; a little bit of tongue is used and we pull away.

"Spoil me too nyan."

She sometimes adds 'nya' or 'nyan' to her sentences when her cat ears are out. She's really starting to take after her older sister. Less perverted though… It balances out.

"Yeah, I will."

"I'll go join them…"

She gives me another kiss and follows after the other two.

…

"…"

"Is this all? Stand!"

A beautiful, stern-looking young woman wearing a full plate of knight armor surrounding her body. She has long silky blonde hair, braided on the left side of her face, and blue eyes.

She shouted at Latia, Asia, Reni, and Rossweisse while pointing her lance at them.

"Yes!"

They all shouted at her. She was a new 'being' I created, another 'Ultimate' or 'Perfected' human. Lianne Sandlot also called Arianrhod, the Steel maiden, or Lance maiden. I have not gotten a chance to meet Scathach so I made due and created a teacher for everyone to learn from.

She's a stern woman when she's fighting enemies or training my lovers— She is relentless, she knows I want them to be strong and prepared… So I bare with her methods, while they don't endanger them, they do come out of it battered and bruised.

"…"

The four of them got up and attacked Lianne again. Asia stayed behind and supported the other three, Latia already had 'Room' activated and used that to her advantage, with the use of Reni's Ice dolls, there were 4 of them now they could use 'Shambles' or the portals made by Latia to move around.

Three of them dove into the portals, Latia, Rose, and Reni. Asia covered herself in touki and dashed straight to Lianne, she launched a straight punch at her stomach.

Don!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A direct hit! A large shockwave was produced by the punch, once it was over, Lianne stood there with no injuries. She had stopped the punch with a finger, the others came out, Rossweisse using her full burst, launching various types of magical attacks at Lianne.

Reni had ordered her Ice dolls to fire various ice attacks at her, while also using her 'Ice gun' and sending a large ice beam towards her. Latia had used her drain on Lianne but it seemed ineffective.

Lianne raised her lance and swung it around!

"Agh!"

Asia let out a yelp as she was hit hard and was launched away. Landing far and with a large impact on the ground. The various attacks headed her way were destroyed with a single swing. It also created a large wind attack that hit all of them, sending them to the ground.

'She's quite brutal, are you fine with it?'

Rudra had started to speak to me, I nod. She won't kill them… It pains me to see them hurt like this, but it's necessary here. If it were out there or someone, I know that will try to harm them or take their life. I'll end them.

'Is that so?'

Rudra stops speaking after that. The sparring match between them continues for the next ten minutes as they attack her in futile… Even with her new and higher power as a Dragon God, Reni stood no match. The rest were no slouches either, they were at various levels of God-class.

I put my palm out and heal them, they notice this and turn to look at me. Lianne notices and de-summons her lance, she changes her clothes into a more casual one, a plain white frilly t-shirt, a long blue skirt, and brown wellington boots. She also got rid of her helmet.

"Jin, you came?"

She asked me as I stood beside her.

"Yeah, good job everyone."

"Jiiiin!!"

Reni came running to me and hugged me, Lianne shook her head and smiled. I hug her back and stroke her head, we had… Become a lot more Intune with each other as well as attached to one another.

"You all did well against Lianne, chin up."

"Auuu…"

Asia had come back and I healed her too. She thanked me and joined the hug… Do… Do I have a thing for blonds…?

Lianne is blonde, Latia is blonde, Reni is blonde, Asia is blonde, Gabriel is blonde…

'Blonde fetish… I feel in danger, Jin.'

Shut up, Rudra. He chuckled at me and went quiet again.

"Lunch should be soon, you girls can get going, I'll tell the rest… Maybe help Sharon a bit?"

Latia and Rossweisse left as they seemed a lot hungrier than usual.

"Jin, you gave Sharon, 'her', Querehsha, and Lianne rings…. Are you just making an unstoppable harem at this rate? You won't abandon us?!"

Please don't say that, that's the last thing on my mind…I indeed gave my created beings rings, well, the ones that are female. I gave 'him' a necklace and he was happy with it. It's just an extra layer of protection.

"Is that a problem, Lavinia?"

"N-No, ma'am! But-but he's mine!"

"Ours!"

Asia corrected her while letting go of me and making a weird pose…. Bugs Bunny? How does she… Ddraig and Albion… If they've been sharing the 'memes' I know I need to have a talk with them.

But, I'm everyone's but… I see your point, Reni.

"He is my master and creator. I share the same affection you do to him, Sharon, 'her', Querehsha and I already belong to his harem in a sense."

.....?

What? That's how they feel? I already said this before but I didn't make their affection max when I made them.

'Perhaps you did it unconsciously? You're not exactly 100% perfect right now.'

Thank you for the daily face slap, Rudra. You may have a point though… Whatever, I'll be more careful in the future.

…

Year 5

12 months later

It's over. Our time here is over, I had set out to do something and everyone met my expectations…I also did not evolve, I have no idea what I need to do. Cúntóir has said I had to 'surpass myself' whatever that means…

Learn to forgive and learn to love myself? That's what Ddraig said to me— Well he repeated what Elsha said… I'm working on that, it's pretty hard. How does one love themselves? I don't self-harm so that's a plus.

I was sitting on the bench, everyone wanted to get a bit of more training in… Irene and Ophis had joined me and were well, here. Ophis using my lap as a pillow and Irene reading a book.

"You two did well over the last five years."

"Hmm, I never would have thought I would grow in power, but being around you is always a surprise. You have my thanks, Jin."

Irene kept reading her book while giving me her thanks, it's fine, I guess. Ophis was asleep, but knowing her she will somehow hear.

Cúntóir had come out earlier, she wanted to assess everyone else so had been walking around, giving out advice for the last few hours. I could see she was making her way back here looking satisfied with herself.

She eventually makes it back and stands in front of me and bows.

"How was it?"

"They won't go up in power with only a few hours left before leaving, I told them to focus on mastering their techniques and abilities instead. I took the liberty of stopping the spawning of the monsters."

"I see. Thank you."

She nods and sits beside me, lifting Ophis's legs and putting them on her lap…. Ophis was now having a full body lap pillow, with both myself and Cúntóir's lap being used. She's quite lucky in a way.

I use my powers to gain a bird's eye view and look at everyone's current rank…

…

Rias Gremory: Dragon God – C

Akeno Himejima: Dragon God – B

Asia Argento: Dragon God – D

Shirone Toujou: Dragon God – D

Kiba Yuuto: Super Devil – Ex+++

Gasper Vladi: Super Devil – Ex+++

Gabriel: Dragon God – A

Grayfia Lucifuge: Dragon God – SSS

Ingvild Leviathan: Dragon God – SSS

Irene Belserion: Universal – DDD

Kunou: High Tier God Class - SS

Kuroka: Dragon God – SSS

Latia Astaroth: High Tier God Class – SSS

Lavinia Reni: Dragon God – Ex

Natsume Minagawa: Dragon God – A

Ophis: Universal – DDD

Rossweisse: Dragon God – A

Shigune Nanaderu: Dragon God – A

Suzaku Himejima: Dragon God – A

Valerie Tepes: Dragon God – BB

Yasaka: Dragon God – A

…

Time to get going. Everyone had gathered up and were readying to leave. I canceled the [Pocket Dimension] and we were back in my living room. Everyone said their goodbyes and went back to their homes.

"…Back home, huh?"

"....We still have school too…"

Oh, right… That, I completely forgot about that… But… Summer is around the corner so it's not that bad… The peace conference is soon too…

Whatever….

…

Akeno Himejima

It's been a few days since we left the [Pocket Dimension] and our normal day-to-day life has resumed, Jin… Still feels stiff at times, the student populace has also noticed it but he just tells them he's a bit tired.

He's popular for both the right and wrong reasons so they took it at face value. I've had a few students approach me questioning on what is happening between Jin and I. I brushed them off and said they were just imagining the kiss…

If only harems were more widely accepted in normal society…

It was morning, we had just finished having breakfast and were about to go to school. Everyone else had left, only Jin and I were left— Well the students.

Grayfia had left for the Underworld she was supervising Millicas-sama again today. Reni had been called back to Grigori; she wasn't sure why so she left straight after. Lianne-san had returned to Jin's ring and Sharon-san had gone with Yasaka-sama and Kunou-chan.

Kuroka had left with Grayfia saying she's a master in touki and can help Millicas-sama improve, she had no grips with it and they both left.

Jin was waiting outside for me; I was checking everything was in order and finally left our home.

Click ~ Close ~

"…"

Jin, as usual, was staring up into the sky… He sort of had a mysterious, tranquil and lonely look to him. He had done that a lot back in the [Pocket Dimension] just staring up… It didn't matter if it was night or day, he looked up… Almost like he was searching for something.

I walk up to him and hug him from behind.

"Jin~ let's go~"

"Yeah…"

I hug his arm and start our walk to school, on the way there Jin stopped to look at a dog that was barking very loudly during the morning.

"?!"

I felt Jin direct his aura at the dog, it shrieked in surprise and ran away…

"Jin? Why did you… Do that?"

It was unusual for him to just… Do that kind of thing…

"I have had to listen to that thing insult me and anyone that came by. I just gave him a little scare… Sorry, that dog just made me irate."

Oh… He did mention something about being able to understand animal language, I should ask him if he understands non-verbal youkai's too…

We continued on our walk, I didn't want to separate from him… So I kept hugging him as we go through the gates of the school.

"W-Wha… Himejima-senpai with Jin-cunt?!"

….Jin-cunt…? Excuse me…? How dare you!—

I felt a calming sensation and look up at Jin, he just shook his head…maybe I got a bit heated there… What a vulgar thing to call someone… Even Kuroka doesn't have such weird names for people… And she's a big pervert!

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!! My onee-sama!! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

I see a male junior burst into tears and run away when he saw me with Jin….. There are other women out there… Do your best, junior-kun.

"I'll go to the club…Jin."

We had reached a crossroads and I had to separate from him.

"Alright, I'll see you when classes start then."

We leaned in and kissed each other and parted ways… The students around us started to scream and shout… I can't avoid it anymore…

…

Jin Skyward

So noisy in the early morning…what the hell is wrong with people? Shut the fuck up already…

I had made my way to my classroom; it wasn't early as there were quite a number of students roaming the hallways or in their own classrooms already.

I had entered my class and immediately sat on my seat and laid my head on my desk. Sleep… Take me…

"Yo! Skyward-sama!"

Ugh…. I turn to my side and see Kouta and Najima come up to me with their chairs in tow… No extra sleep then… Damn it all…

"Sup… Need something from me?"

"God man, you've been pretty shit the last few weeks, everything okay? Did your girl dump you when she found out you were cheating on her with Akeno?"

Well, fuck you too! I can't exactly tell them or they'll be dragged into this supernatural business.

"No, I'm not cheating, I just have a harem going, jealous?"

""Fuck you!""

They both curse at me and I snort at them. They started to ramble and rave about…. Something, I have no idea on what since I started to tune them out.

.....

.....

"So, will you put beans on a girl's chest or pudding on her pussy?"

"...?"

What? What the fuck? I had just tuned back in and these two were talking about…? What the fuck? They notice me giving them a strange look and they both burst out laughing at me.

"We knew you had started to daydream again, so we decided to try saying really weird shit to get your attention!"

"It worked!"

The two of them high-five and started to do… Weird motions with their arms, a sort of victory arm dance? These two… I swear… A bit of normalcy is fine…

"You two are idiots."

"Three, you're in this, Skyward-sama."

They grin and start howling again… What a drag… I couldn't help but smile a bit.

…

Lunch

Occult Research Club

We all headed here during lunch, why? I think Sirzechs will be coming here, I don't know the exact dates so I just have to rely on my own memories…

The girls were gathered around Rias's desk so Kiba, Gasper, and I were left around the table. I don't know what Rias is talking about to them, I don't want to pry.

"Jin-senpai."

Kiba called out to me and I turn to him, Gasper did the same thing.

"Hmm? What's up, Kiba?"

He seemed to stop and ponder what he was going to say, but eventually nods to himself— Looking at me with determination in his eyes.

"I will protect you."

...….Huh? Realistically… I'm the one doing that to everyone, including the two of you.

"….That's a bit disgusting, Kiba. I support the LGBTQ community… If you're gay then I support you too, buddy."

He let out a chuckle and shook his head, he was… Blushing a bit…. Kiba…. Please…. Man….. Don't… I'm straight… You're a good friend…. But I don't swing that way….

"It's obvious that I'll say that with a straight face. You saved me. You're my precious comrade. If I can't save a comrade from a crisis, then I can't call myself a [Knight] of the Gremory household."

"I see…"

"There's no problem. My Sacred Gear that attained Balance Breaker and with Jin-senpai's powers, if we combine these two, then I feel we can overcome any crisis together!"

"….Fufu, I wasn't the type to say such things before. After hanging out with you, my readiness for comrades also changed as well. But I don't know why I don't dislike that... It's hot around my chest region. My heart's also beating faster."

Kiba looked at me now with a full-on blush.

...…

A disgusting shiver ran through my body, I have no idea what Kiba's deal is… But… I don't like where this is going.

"….Dude, I'm straight."

"You have the power to do anything! Jin-senpai! Turn me into a girl then! I shall serve as your sword too!"

Dooooooom!

The room fell into silence as the girls had also started to look at Kiba with confused and surprised expressions. Gasper was nodding along….. Why?

I was just left speechless at this…

"Perhaps I was meant to be born a girl instead, so I can be with you!"

"I also feel the same way, Jin-senpai!"

Even Gasper?! No, no, no, no…. What is happening? Someone, someone help me....

Please stop! I don't want to hear anymore….. Oh, God….. Help me….. I get up and start to back away from him. He didn't try to pursue me; I was thankful for that.

Shiiiiinngg!!!!

My prayers were answered when a Gremory circle appeared near Rias…

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