章 79: 79. Consequences.
Omniscient POV
Spirit Realm
Things have been a bit difficult for Felix, the emperor of the phoenixes, in the spirit realm in recent years. He can always be seen looking sad as he gazes out the window.
His precious daughter rarely comes home, always staying with that accursed human. She doesn't give him much time anymore.
Is this how a father feels when his daughter has a boyfriend? But his daughter doesn't even have a boyfriend, he thinks, yet his state remains the same.
And it's all because of her contractor. Now, Felix is contemplating whether he should just arrange some 'accidents' to eliminate the boy.
But he refrains, fearing his daughter might hate him, and there's also that crazy time-stopping maid around him. He just wants to see his daughter more.
*sigh*
Secondly, his wife, Kiana Emberfaust, has become addicted to video games lately. She goes around with the online pseudonym "Queen" in many competitions, unknowingly competing with her own daughter.
Every time she loses or ties, his lifespan seems to decrease a bit. He still doesn't know how to break this news to her without triggering another tantrum. Both mother and daughter can be incredibly competitive.
The worst part is that both are wasting his money on something called gacha. It's not that he doesn't have enough money—he has more than enough—but that thing is just a nightmare and a waste of resources.
It's been gaining popularity in recent years. He tracked down the game company that first introduced such a thing, and it all leads back to that devilish contractor of his daughter.
That guy is pure evil. No sane human could ever do such a thing without hesitations. The gacha craze and gacha hell is spreading like wildfire.
As a ruler with years of experience, he can firmly say it's just a way to defraud people. It's a kind of gambling.
He isn't sure if his daughter realizes this, but he knows his wife can deduce it. Yet, she still goes along with the craze!
*sigh*
"My hard-earned money...!"
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Omniscient POV
Underworld
"Zechs-chan, I never expected such a thing from you!" Serafall exclaimed, looking unusually serious for her typically cute demeanor.
"Look, I am sorry. I didn't mean to do any harm. I thought he wouldn't even know and everything would leave on good notes," Sirzechs replied.
"It's even worse if you thought so," Serafall responded sternly.
All four of the Satans were present and gathered to discuss the reinstatement of the Sabnock Clan among the pillar devils. They had just concluded a heated meeting with the devil council.
As expected, many clan heads opposed the Sabnock Clan's return, unwilling to share their power. Despite this, they had to publicly congratulate the Sabnocks on their survival, unable to oppose the enlistment without valid reasons.
The opposition primarily focused on questioning Kouske Sabnock's allegiance. They had conducted a thorough background investigation on him before the meeting.
Surprisingly, Mephisto Pheles attended the devil council today. He and Rudiger stood firmly on the kid's side, baffling many.
Despite the resistance, some conditions were set for Kouske to revive his clan. One condition demanded a monthly set of weapons for the devil faction, a demand the Satans and their allies vehemently rejected.
Lord Agares spoke out against this unreasonable demand, reminding everyone of the Sabnock's storied history.
The Sabnock Clan never tolerated being coerced into making weapons like commoner street-side blacksmiths. It would do more bad than good in the long run.
Further investigation revealed Lord Agares's direct connection to Kouske's company and his father. The Agares Clan had long been contracted with them, which sparked curiosity among the council.
Many wondered if Lord Agares knew about Kouske's existence and his mother's identity or if he was just as surprised as the others to learn that the heir of a supposedly extinct clan was closer than he had realized.
Ultimately, the council relented, stipulating that the Sabnock Clan would have to offer ten powerful weapons to the devil faction free of cost in the future.
Initially, they demanded more, but they had to concede that magic weapons weren't cheap. This all relied on Kouske's talent—if he could ever even create weapons of such caliber.
Another significant condition was that Kouske would have to marry a noble devil and produce an heir to ensure the future of the devil clan.
These two conditions stood out as the most important and highlighted requirements, though other lesser conditions were also imposed.
The Satans, particularly Sirzechs and Serafall, were relieved to see some compromise, but the underlying tension remained.
Just after the meeting was over, Serafall started questioning Sirzechs as she had just returned from outside.
She had been out on a job, fixing a problem created by idiotic, ignorant, snobbish noble brats.
She hadn't had much time to talk to Sirzechs before the meeting. However, she had messaged Kouske once to ask how the meeting went, and he was mad, to say the least.
After that, she had to meet with various people from different factions to ensure their hatred for the devils did not escalate further, keeping her quite busy all this time.
Serafall was honestly a bit disappointed with her friend. Ajuka and even Falbium were trying to mediate between the two.
Initially, she might have been visiting Kouske to keep an eye on him and know his motive for her precious So-tan.
But over the years, she had genuinely come to care about the kid who, despite being young, never backed down and even tried to flirt with her, which she found cute in a way.
She actually firmly believed he was a reincarnator, but that wouldn't change much between them, and she never prodded on the matter.
She had come to know that Kouske was genuinely a good guy. He was very blunt and comforting to speak to, but he could also be just as much annoying sometimes. He would play along with her pranks whenever he could. So, she never expected her own friend to make such a blunder.
"Zechs-chan, do you think I'm a bad judge of character? Do you have so little faith in me?" she asked, her voice almost trembling with emotion.
"N-no, I never thought that. I'm really sorry if I hurt you," replied Sirzechs, feeling guilty as he saw his friend on the verge of tears. Ajuka and Falbium were also taken aback by the situation.
"Then you should have believed in what I said. I told you he was trustworthy," replied a sad Serafall.
"I... I was only trying to make sure of the future of the devils. But I will make up for it," Sirzechs replied, remorse evident in his voice.
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Kouske's POV
It's been a while since Lavinia came back. It seems Sakuya and Esri had a talk with her. She has been going around in a magician's dress, and to be honest, she looks awesome.
Tarte seems to have awakened a skill called Blue Lightning, which is quite powerful. In fact, many have awakened different skills and abilities through falna.
There are also many with development abilities like blacksmithing, mystery, and more. So, things are taking a turn for the better.
Recently, Saki, Rin, and their families got falna. There's also Elle, who has been the laziest. My other familiars, like Hawks, Noctis, and the others, are working hard and slowly becoming stronger day by day. But Elle has been the most stagnant.
Even I have reached the C+ rank and now I am stronger than her. So, I have been pushing Elle to be more active and stay in the dungeon more to get stronger.
I was actually thinking of blackmailing her by confiscating her games, but the look she gave me when I tried to mention something similar was horrifying.
There's no reason to make myself the target of an undying enemy just because of some silly games.
There's also her gacha addiction. I introduced it early on to earn more money, but I never wanted her to get addicted to it. Her whole room is filled with useless trash. I tried talking her out of it, but it seems it will still take some time.
Another issue is my ever-growing hormones, as my body seems to be going through puberty. Since that night, Tarte, Asia, and Rurune have been coming to my room frequently to sleep, but they are also in their growth period.
However, the issue arises with Lavinia, who has experienced sudden and unusually significant growth spurts in recent years. All her womanly curves are growing and showing. Her hips have become wider.
Not a trace of that frightened little girl remains in her. She has blossomed into a stunning beauty, always retaining that innocent look on her face.
Since receiving the falna, her natural beauty has seemed to enhance, and her workout routine has resulted in the development of slight abs. This situation is making it quite difficult for me to live in the same room as her.
Previously, hugging me to sleep was no problem. But now her breasts are bigger, she is suffocating me in her sleep. if I were a normal person, I would have passed out from that situation or at worst, could have died.
Sometimes I wake up in the morning to see nothing but darkness as her soft breasts block my view while she's on top of me.
Even though I'm younger than her, my body is the same height as hers and quite big. She's also actually quite tall for a girl.
There's also the fact that I sometimes dream of kneading soft melons and hear hot moans all night long, leaving me hot and bothered in the morning.
As a result, every morning, my little brother seems to want to reach the heavens. All the girls watching this in the morning are quite a bit embarrassed. It's also embarrassing for me.
There's also the fact that Rangiku seems to have corrupted Sakuya in some way. Last time, Sakuya even came into the shower with me to scrub my back with only a towel wrapped around her. Unfortunately, nothing happened and she was even wearing a swimsuit underneath.
*tch*
Rangiku has my gratitude. I haven't seen Cleria for a while, ironically, as she seems to be more serious than me, the head of the organization.
I just hope Rangiku continues her efforts; I'll have to personally reward her for her contributions. More such corruptions are always welcomed in my house.
While it may seem like I'm complaining, I'm actually not. Who wouldn't enjoy these things? I admit, I'm degenerate enough to find pleasure in them.
However, what I dislike is being blue-balled every time. But I don't want to rush and hurt Lavinia or Sakuya. I'll remain patient. I desire a relationship built on love and emotion, not just on lust.
But Vritra seems to be making it even more difficult. Since the first time we could feel each other in our soul avatar, she seems to be teasing me more often, and I can't deny that I'm not doing the same.
However, we're still not going all the way, as I know she's just teasing me and her feelings might not yet be on the level of love.
I have no interest in furthering our relationship ambiguously, especially in this still-developing body. Maybe after a few more years, I won't be worrying much anymore.
There's also the issue that Ddraig seems to have told Asia about how he and Albion died while fighting, as well as about Yehweh.
Understandably, she was upset and in disbelief for a while. I talked to him, and he explained that he wanted her to know about it before it was too late.
He believed that in the future, it might become a mental burden for her if she found out about it later on.
So he wanted to address it from the beginning, as it was only a matter of time before she learned the truth.
While Asia-chan may have been shocked, she is slowly getting over it. She has also improved in controlling her Longinus, at least much better than the pervert.
Even on her first try, she could already boost more than the pervert could initially, as her body was already much stronger than a normal human with her falna-enhanced body.
Additionally, she awakened a skill through her falna called Conversion, which allows her to convert one type of energy into another.
Its most notable feature is the ability to convert her holy energy into demonic energy and her healing power into decay power.
There's also the dragons that she is rearing. With my time magic and her help, they have grown larger and stronger, now as formidable as Low-Class Dragons (E- ~ E+).
Their next step would be to get stronger and slowly discover their elements or develop their own unique powers through their dragon cores. Every dragon has a dragon core that grants them unique abilities at a certain point.
Like Ddraig, the Welsh/Red Dragon Emperor of Domination, who found his domination aura and unique abilities like boost, transfer, penetrate, and his dragon fire that can even burn souls, rumored to be even hotter than Vritra's which can burn the soul and inflict almost irremovable curses that even the Gods themselves fear.
Albion, being the White Dragon Emperor of Supremacy, has his aura of supremacy and unique abilities such as divide, reflect, and others.
Come to think of it, I had never seen Vali while I was in the lab with Azazel. Maybe he is keeping him away from me for the moment.
Well, it works in my favor; I don't want to deal with an annoying brat who constantly wants to get beat up. Though, if it were a masochistic girl, my thoughts would have been very different.
Back to the topic of dragon cores, Vritra said even I would gain a dragon core as I become stronger and gain more draconic features. If I could freely change between a full dragon and a human, then my dragon core would be complete.
It's just slowly starting to form. Once it fully forms, I might also be able to acquire unique abilities like Ddraig and Albion's when I reach the Dragon Emperor realm, a feat even Vritra couldn't achieve in her lifetime.
Currently, I am mass-producing low-class holy weapons in my smithy in the Demiplane. Even though they're low-class, they'll still be deadly for low-class and quite harmful for mid-class devils as they are enchanted with holy magic.
The angels might be surprised that there is another faction capable of forging holy weapons superior to their flimsy third-rate light-based sabers and guns, but they'll probably be the ones to buy these the most from the shop. I guess I might have to meet them too.
There's also the pending invitation from the Norse who wanted to meet. I also wanted to go there as there's Rossweisse and Brunhilde, who is said to be extremely beautiful and is still single.
But unfortunately, I do not want to meet Freyja after that fiasco. I even stopped auctioning the Rainbow Fruits for a while because of her. I will sell them after some years again. I only replied to them saying the stock was gone.
I have also made a few changes to the website as my knowledge in coding has developed further and easily because of my Memory Partition skill and Thought Acceleration skill.
Now, the devils using a larger amount of money to buy items will have all their purchase lists and prices spiked, so as not to trouble the commoner devils but only the noble devils.
The devils who might be the sacrifice to the weapons would also mostly be evil and stray devils staying on Earth, as the Underworld has various strict rules for commoner devils without belonging to any peerages to be allowed to visit Earth.
They cannot visit it willy-nilly. So there's not much to worry about. Well, there might still be some innocent victims because of those mind-crazy and corrupted exorcists.
But there's nothing I can do for now. I may be good, but not a saint. This is all because of Sirzechs that I am making weapons for the church. Blame it all on him.
I am someone who always bears grudges; call me childish if you want, but it is what it is.
It might put me in a bad spot with the devils, but it doesn't matter as they were never actively supportive of my organization.
And it's only for a while. I won't sell the church too much ammo. I will stop after six months of selling in low numbers.
And there's also the fact that I might sell various kinds of weapons, even demonic and holy weapons, at exorbitant prices in the future.
This time's prices are also fixed and quite expensive, but not impossible for the church to buy. These will be going online from tomorrow. I also sent some samples to church headquarters in the Vatican.
I have been working nonstop for a while in this time-encased place, just forging. So, I will just go home for now.
[A/N: Some had been asking about these things and still haven't figured it out. I was giving out hints for this throughout the fic. But some people were mistaking, like commenting that Kouske's father was a Sabnock and his mother was a Beelzebub or vice versa. This is his background:
Kouske's dad was human. His mother was from an extinct magician family. She had mental scars from her childhood. She never told anyone about her background after she started living in an orphanage. Kouske's father always hated the supernatural world as he knew what it did to his wife. The devils and the others think Kouske's mother had those two lineages. But it's not true. Kouske just bought the bloodlines from the Shop. Kouske had a magician background and it is the reason he had higher mana since the beginning. This is the full story I am going with.]
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