Chapter 28: Chapter 27

"My help...why do you want my help?" Miku asks with doubt.

"I want you to win, simple right? Just don't let Shiori win, convince her that sealing the Spirits is just nonsense," I tell her.

"...? But I was gonna win," she states confidently.

"No, you weren't...you know, it's a mistake to underestimate others."

She doesn't seem to have liked me saying she would lose.

"...and what would you give me in return?" She now moves on to business, like an idol. She's really good at hiding her feelings.

"...how about me?" She doesn't understand what I said and is left in doubt.

"You? What do you mean?"

"Miku, I know you really don't care about the girls you fool around with, no use saying you like their personalities since you brainwash them, so the only thing you care about is if they're hot," I say as she listens calmly.

"So, what about me? I believe I can easily meet your beauty criteria, I'm sure you've never been with a Spirit before."

"So you're saying you'll turn back into a girl so I can help you?" she says, as if she's come up with her own line of reasoning.

"...Yes." I'd rather not have to become a girl, but I know the reversal takes a long time to be permanent, even after all this time the reversal in Shiori isn't even at 20% of the time to be permanent. So I just need to be a girl for a short time and then, after I steal Shiori's Sephira, I'll go back to normal.

And during that time I can have contact with Miku's body so I can steal her Sephira while keeping her alive.

"Not a bad proposal...but if you love Shiori, why would you be with another girl?" she questions with doubt.

"Of course it's because I don't want her to get hurt, I'm afraid she'll die just because she's trying to help others..., but she's so stubborn that she wouldn't stop even if others asked her, so she has to give up on her own." I'm impressed by how false I am, seriously, I never thought I'd take advantage of a fact like this.

"...well...it makes sense, and it's really dangerous for her to seal the power of the Spirits," Miku murmurs, believing in my falseness. Her look of disgust for me is now almost nonexistent, showing that she believes in this pile of lies.

'Stupid' is all I can think, I would never believe something like that, nothing is impossible, Miku just clings to false knowledge because she's arrogant.

"But why don't you try to conquer Shiori in your true form?" She clearly doesn't like my male form and deduces that I was really a girl.

"I don't have the confidence to make Shiori mine with me being a girl...Shiori is kind of...insensitive to feelings, so she's not someone I could conquer as a girl," if that were the case, I could simply kidnap Shiori and lock her in my basement, no need to complicate my side even more.

"Well...if you really will be mine after I defeat Shiori, I can help you win her over," Now Miku shows how hypocritical she is, she just wants to add me and Shiori to her "harem" of girls.

"Of course...I have to go now, I left Shiori waiting," I say, walking away.

'Miku is just as hypocritical as I am...' Although Miku is disgusted by men and talks about how bad they are, she can be even worse since she brainwashes the girls just to have relationships with them, it's no different from raping these girls who can't resist.

I walk to the room.

I see Shiori talking to the girls about the Maid uniforms and the measurements, then I see the Yamai sisters in the group, they have some bandages but overall seem fine.

"They're new today and it's their first day and they're in another class right now but they came here to see Shiori," Tonomachi tells me when he sees me observing.

'I see, Shiori saved them...I guess that was to be expected, they're Spirits, they won't die easily,' I ignore this as I approach.

"Aurélio-kun, did you finish what you had to do?" Shiori asks me excitedly.

"Yes...are these two your friends?" I ask her doubtfully, as if I didn't know they were.

"Yes... I met them on the island, they were...having some problems and I helped," Shiori tells me carefully, not to reveal too much.

"Pleased to meet you, my name is Kuroiwa Aurélio, but you can just call me Aurélio," I say to them with a smile, as if I wasn't the one who almost killed them on the island.

Honestly, I don't understand how these girls are an AAA-class Spirit, they're so...weak. In this way, they could easily put Origami and I as SSS-class Spirits given the classification of these girls.

"Introductions = I am Yuzuru Yamai," Yuzuru introduces herself mechanically.

"Pleased to meet you, Aurélio-san, I am Kaguya Yamai," And Kaguya introduces herself with an exaggerated gesture.

"You're twins..." I wonder how this division works, is it similar to Yoshinon from Yoshino? Or would it be closer to Kurumi's clones.

"So, I heard Aurélio-san had the idea for the Maid cafe, maybe...you wanted to see Shiori-chan as a Maid?" Kaguya asks suggestively.

"Yes, I wanted to see Shiori as a Maid, I'm sure she would look great, I could even tie her up, just imagine the scene," I say with a smile, embarrassing Yamai as she imagines the image. Shiori turns as red as a tomato and Yuzuru doesn't express much.

"Confirmation = Kaguya doesn't have what it takes to participate in this kind of conversation," Yuzuru says to Yamai, joining in the joke.

"What, of course I can, I'm a mature woman," Kaguya says exaggeratedly to Yuzuru.

"Then why don't we test it? I'm sure you're up for a challenge," I say to Kaguya, as the room is just us, I don't see why we can't have a little fun with this.

"Or maybe Kaguya-san is scared to accept a more adult game," I say with a provoking smile.

"W-What, of course I accept, I never run from a challenge," she confirms.

"Insult = Kaguya is very childish, she doesn't have what it takes for an adult challenge," Yuzuru helps increase Kaguya's competitiveness by provoking her.

"Say, tell me what the challenge is, I'll prove that Kaguya Yamai, Daughter of the Typhoon, never runs from a challenge," she says, pointing at me.

"Great, Shiori, come here please," I ask Shiori to approach.

"Doubt = What is Aurélio-san going to do?" Yuzuru questions what the proposed challenge is for Kaguya.

When Shiori approaches, I go behind her and hold her shoulders, activate a barrier to prevent them from hearing, and whisper to Shiori.

"Shiori, don't move and avoid making any noises, okay?" Shiori nods her head slightly.

"The challenge is as follows, Kaguya-san...you said you were already a mature woman...so prove it, come here and squeeze Shiori's breasts, make her let out at least 5 moans without giving up, and I'll believe you...but if you fail...I'll call you Kaguya, the Daughter of the Gentle Breeze," I say in a challenging and playful tone. Kaguya turns red with embarrassment at what she has to do, but I see determination in her eyes.

"I, Kaguya, Daughter of the Typhoon, w-will never run away...I'll do it," she says, approaching Shiori, who is now as red as a tomato, but she doesn't refuse.

Kaguya touches Shiori's breasts and squeezes, just with that, she's already blushing.

"Affirmation = Kaguya is very childish and froze just with a touch," Yuzuru says to Kaguya, who doesn't move.

"Of course I can move," She now starts moving her hands over Shiori's breasts, Shiori's sensitivity increases, making her tremble slightly.

"Hmmm," Shiori lets out a sweet moan, slightly startling Kaguya, now even Yuzuru is turning red after hearing it.

"You know, Kaguya-san...if you take too long, others will come to the room...wouldn't it be better to put your hands inside Shiori's blouse and touch her breasts directly? Or is that too adult for the childish Kaguya?" I provoke her to make her go further.

"I-I'm not childish, I'll show you I can do this," She reaches down and slips her hands inside Shiori's blouse, who trembles slightly, now the proximity of the two is considerable as Kaguya moves Shiori's breasts under her bra.

"Hyaa," Shiori lets out another moan, making it 2/5.

"..." Kaguya freezes from embarrassment, but doesn't have the courage to give up now. Yuzuru is now really red, showing that she was affected by the game. As for Shiori, she's breathing heavily with the sensation.

Kaguya moves Shiori's breasts a little faster.

"...? What's that harder thing?" Kaguya asks, then quickly realizes what it is. Shiori, who is now more aroused, has erect nipples.

"Hmmm," she moans as Kaguya runs her hands over them. Now, full of embarrassment, Kaguya is moving her hands randomly with low coordination. Normally, this act done in such a beginner way wouldn't give Shiori pleasure, but since I did something earlier, Shiori is feeling pleasure from it.

"Hyaaaa," Shiori lets out a slightly louder moan, freezing Kaguya while Yuzuru watches attentively and curiously.

"Come on, Kaguya, it was only 4/5, if you take too long, I might think you want to give up? Maybe this was too much for little Kaguya," I encourage Kaguya to continue.

"Agreement = Kaguya is embarrassed to continue, so she's frozen like a statue," Yuzuru helps push Kaguya to continue, clearly taking advantage of the game.

"..." Kaguya shows a look of determination, then starts swirling and rubbing Shiori's nipples, she trembles slightly while having slight difficulty staying on her feet.

"Ahhhh," Kaguya pulls Shiori's nipple, making her release the 5 moans and win the challenge, all 3 of them are blushing. I release Shiori and step back.

"Haha, why the shyness, Kaguya, Daughter of the Typhoon? It was just a game, you did well anyway," I say, congratulating her on winning.

"Y-yes, of course I did, after all, I-I already have enough maturity for this kind of game," she says, trying to hide her embarrassment.

"Yes, and you, Yuzuru-san, want to try too?" I say, looking at Shiori.

"Avoidance = I believe Shiori is not fit for a second round," she says, avoiding the subject.

"Of course, I'll buy a drink for Shiori, do you two want anything?" I ask them.

"I'll pay for everyone since Kaguya-san won the challenge," they tell me their orders and I go get them.

On the way to the vending machine, I see Reine in one of the rooms.

"...Should I...?" I'm not sure about Reine, I only know that she's the Spirit who's spreading Sephiras around.

I go to the room she's in to initiate a conversation as a student and teacher.

"Good afternoon, Professor Reine..." I say to her as she is distracted.

"Good afternoon..." she responds without much care.

"You seem busy...do you need help?" I try to be polite while raising a territory to try to analyze Reine, who is someone with very little information available to me.

"No...but I appreciate the offer," she says, picking up a bottle and drinking a lot of some kind of medication.

When my analysis begins, I can only feel one thing...

Disgust, extreme disgust, the existence in front of me causes me the worst feeling of disgust I've ever felt, I want to tear it apart and erase its existence along with the second existence I feel is connected to it.

It causes me an infernal discomfort, as if it were something intolerable to exist in the same environment as me, my desire to kill almost slips out of control, in my mind, images of how to kill it as quickly as possible are spinning.

I barely restrain myself from pulling my Demon King and tearing off her head right here.

'Why? I don't understand this feeling' an extreme aversion is all I feel when I try to analyze Reine. To me, her existence is something I feel an instinctive need to kill.

Since I have extremely high self-control, I can still hold back without much difficulty.

'I feel I've felt something similar before...but it was the opposite...where was it?' I try to remember where I felt such an extreme feeling before.

'I remembered, it was when I saw Nix's body...I instinctively felt an attraction to her, as well as seeing an abnormal beauty in her.'

'...but with Reine it's the opposite...it's not Reine necessarily, but the existence that is connected to Reine.'

"Is something wrong, Kuroiwa Aurélio..." Reine asks me, seeing my silence. She trembles slightly as she looks into my eyes, which barely hide my desire to tear her to pieces. She takes a few steps back and puts some distance between us as she puts her hand in her pocket and squeezes the plush that's in it.

"Nothing...I just made a mistake," I never thought that by analyzing her, I would feel this way, I stop the analysis now, before I attack her on impulse.

"I-It's okay..." Her body trembles and even her voice falters, she seems scared, even in the anime she never showed fear, but now I see fear in her gaze. Although the intention to kill is not visible to most beings, they can feel it instinctively, for Reine I'm sure what she felt was as if something was going to kill her at any moment.

"Sorry for the bother, I'll take my leave now..." I say, leaving the room.

"...who?" I ask myself who the second person connected to Reine's body is.

'Reine...is much more mysterious than I thought...the second person...I wonder who it is to cause me such repulsion...could it be some kind of [God] since it gives me a similar feeling to Nix?'

This encounter has only left me with more questions about who Reine really is. And now there's a second person behind Reine that I don't know who it is.

"Things are only getting worse...I hope it's not a threat to me," I walk to the vending machine to buy the orders and then go back to the classroom, still thinking about who could be the person connected to Reine.

Arriving back in the classroom, that feeling has completely disappeared, and my expression has returned to the same gentle tone as before.

"Aurélio-kun, why did you take so long?" Shiori asks, coming to help me.

"Haha...sorry, I just ran into something that made me uncomfortable..." I don't even have words to describe the discomfort of that moment.

I hand her her order while going to Kaguya and Yuzuru.

"Here you go," I hand it to them, and they accept and thank me.

"Thank you, Aurélio-san."

"Gratitude = Yuzuru thanks Aurélio-san for the drink."

I open my can and start drinking, it's just a simple soda, so I decide to think calmly about the event and ignore Reine for now, after all, I can't get those answers now.

'How long until Kurumi finds Nia? I have a lot of questions for her.' Nia Honjo is someone who can answer many of my questions.

During the time, the students return to the classroom, as the class is more planning for the event, there's no work, just conversations, a lot was decided, and finally the time to go home arrives.

"Aurélio-kun, would you like to sleep at my house tonight?" Shiori suddenly asks me this request.

"...yes? Why are you asking?" I'm doubtful of the reason for the invitation. She gets a bit embarrassed but gives the answer.

"W-well...you seemed worried about something for a while since you came back after buying the drinks...a-and I thought you might like to spend the night with someone instead of sleeping alone at home," she answers timidly.

"Well...you're right, something has really bothered me, I need to rest my mind with something, I accept your invitation," I accept the offer as a way to get Reine off my mind.

On the way home, I have casual conversations with Shiori, the Yamai sisters apparently will leave 30 minutes later because of the conversation about the event in her classroom.

We arrive at Shiori's house and go in.

Soon, Kotori comes to wave at Shiori, but she quickly makes an expression of disgust when she sees me.

"Good evening, Kotori, it's a pleasure to see you again," I say to her with a smile. She responds, hiding her anger. I see she's wearing black ribbons, which has become a common occurrence since Shiori started participating in Ratatoskr.