บท 338: Golden Darkness

Over the next few days everyone steadily got used to their new routines, though the majority still weren't happy that their responsibilities pertained to them being stand in maids, especially since Ravel and Grayfia were taking full advantage of the current situation to give the usual maids a 'break' as they instead focused on training. The thing that grinded on them the most though was Alex himself, as he would do things like enter the baths with them every day and openly flirt with his wives, which would occasionally lead to them flat out fucking without any care for the time, place, or occasion.

Naturally one of the Pandora did bring up now uncomfortable this made them at one point, however she was quickly shut down by being reminded that this was was in fact Alex's home to begin with, and the villa was originally built to act as both his training grounds and love nest. On top of that each of his girls had a fair amount of pent up frustrations from, not only being away from Alex for three months, but also spending that entire time taking care of their new 'guests'. Needless to say that each of them readily spent the next few days releasing their frustrations, while the women who claimed to be 'uncomfortable' with their actions unsurprisingly stayed in the space-time orb, and would rarely excuse themselves when things started getting 'extreme' between Alex and his women.

One such situation was when Mikan's mother, Yuki Ringo, came to Alex's room first thing in the morning.

"Good morn-!" She paused, as her greeting was drowned out by a combination of flesh smacking and Rosswiess's moans, as Alex pistoned into her roughly while Koneko and Xenovia both laid to the side either catching their breath, or passed out. Rossweisse herself was on her side as Alex straddled one leg, and had the other raised up so that they were split at a ninety degree angle; while Koneko was face down with her butt upwards with her tails hanging limply, and Xenovia was on her back with her legs spread wide open in an unladylike fashion, both with a gratuitous amount of white fluid leaking from their exposed vaginas.

With Ringo frozen with horrid fascination, Alex glanced up at her and accidentally locked eyes right as he gaze one final thrust, and filled Rosswiess's trembling womb with his burning hot cum. With the silver haired Valkyrie shivering in the throes of her own climax, Alex gently pulled out of her and slowly lowered her leg before leaning over her.

"That was amazing." Alex whispered into her ears before sealing her lips in a passionate kiss. After several seconds he eventually pulled away from her face, making Rosswiess pout slightly as he said, "I'll be right back."

Alex then crawled off of his bed and made his way towards the still frozen Ringo, not even caring that his still wet dick was swaying back and forth with each step until he was right in front of her. He then shook her out of her stupor by asking, "To what do I owe your visit Ringo, surely you're not here to join in? Though I'd be more than happy to accept if that was the case." As he finished speaking Alex gave her a teasing wink, making Ringo's face turn a fair shade of red as she tried to maintain eye contact instead of looking at Alex's perfectly sculpted muscles or the thing dangling between his legs, before clearing her throat and said,

"I figured that since I was to work in this world's fashion industry then I might help by assisting with choosing the wardrobe of yourself and your wives, just tell me what you have planned for the day and leave the rest to me!" Alex arched an eyebrow when he heard her proposition, as he wasn't sure about having someone pick his clothes for him every day, but after a moment of thinking about it he finally said,

"Well it couldn't hurt to try. Ok, let's do it then!" Smiling despite the circumstances they were currently in, Ringo then took out a few tools to get Alex's measurements before he said, "You don't have to worry about that. Our closets literally have thousands of clothes to choose from, and they are all enchanted to automatically fit whoever's wearing them." Ringo's eyes went wide at the information, even as she recalled how each of her own clothes seemed to fit her perfectly.

She then took down what Alex and the trio of girls had planned for the day, before promptly disappearing into the impossibly vast closet in Alex's room as he collected the girls and made his way to the bathroom, where Ringo definitely heard the same sensual sounds that they had been making when she had first arrived. While desperately trying to tune out what she was overhearing, Ringo explored the giant closet for nearly an hour as she examined every type of clothing within that she could, until she could no longer hear the same sexual sounds from before. Taking what she had found, Ringo then quickly escaped the closet and neatly arranged everything on Alex's bed right as he exited the bathroom with the trio of women, all in their birthday suits without minding her gaze whatsoever.

"Please try these on and see if they are to your liking." She said in her professional voice as the group examined their clothes, making Alex's brows shoot up when he saw them.

After living with so many women for so long Alex had obviously picked up a small taste for fashion as he accompanied them shopping, and while choosing certain outfits that the girls would like. However he'd have to bow to the professional, as Ringo prepared for him a pair of shorts and t-shirt that perfectly matched each other in tone and symmetry that he wouldn't have been able to see otherwise. Though he didn't put much stock in worrying too much about fashion when he was in the space-time orb, Alex still nodded and said,

"Very nice." Ringo beamed at the praise and said,

"Of course, I was a top fashion designer and scout you know!" Alex nodded and said,

"I think Crystabel will be very happy to work with you, just try not to get too shocked by 'her' appearance." This made Ringo tilt her head in confusion, as she had already been warned several times about Crystabel's appearance, but not specifically why. With Alex refusing to explain to her as well, she decided to simply brace herself and wait until she met this apparent fashion master in a few 'days' time.

After getting dressed Alex led the group downstairs as the substitute maids went to clean his room, where he was met by a fairly surprising duo.

"Good morning, master~!" Mea cried out happily, while Tear fidgeted to the side and similarly greeted Alex. While the latter was simply dressed in her white lab coat with her long free-flowing blond hair, Mea had her red hair cut short with a single long braid that went down past her buttocks almost to the floor, coupled with her maid outfit due to her being a part of Grayfia's combat maids. Unlike the rest of the official maid uniforms though, Mea's was a skimpier version with the skirt ending at her upper thighs, which she stated was in case her 'master' ever suddenly wanted to give her a 'lickity lick'. Nodding to the two, Alex replied,

"Good morning Mea, Tear. Is there something wrong?" Since neither girl had ever sought him out before Alex was sure that they wanted something, which wasn't too hard to guess considering their relation. As could be expected Mea's expression turned somewhat serious as she said,

"Yes, it's about Yami onee-chan. I know you've been keeping an eye on her since she disappeared, but we've been getting worried about her being alone for so long by herself." Alex nodded at her words as he instinctively turned his attention towards Yami herself through his 'Domain', where he found her in her same self isolation as she once again muttered the words 'I am a failure'.

Though she had split off from everyone else a while back, the girls had been keeping their distance since Yami seemed to want to be alone while also keeping an eye on her, and Alex had obviously been doing the same with his newly enhanced 'Domain'. Truthfully he had been planning to confront her soon anyways, but with Mea asking him to check in on her sister he decided to shelve the training he was going to do, and said,

"I'll go check on her after I get a chance to eat something." The tension in Mea and Tear's bodies disappeared at Alex's words as they also let out a sigh of relief, before both girls said their thanks. While Tear turned and left though, Mea then said with a mischievous gleam in her eye,

"You know master, if you really help onee-chan feel better then I'd be more than willing to give you a lickity lick myself." Before Alex could reply Mea then turned around and ran towards her best friend, Nana, who sent a glare his way before undoubtedly asking Mea what they had been talking about. Shaking his head wryly at her antics, Alex proceeded to eat his breakfast with Shizuku and Kurumu sitting on either side of him, while Sun had been forcefully plopped into his lap for her own seat.

Casually eating around the cherry red siren that did little more than embarrassedly nibbling her food, Alex quickly finished his breakfast before planting a kiss on each of the girls cheeks, making Sun's face turn even redder, before using Spatial magic to immediately teleport to the side of a petite golden haired woman.

Without even looking up at the Spatial distortion next to her, Yami's long golden hair suddenly came to life as it extended and transformed into a series of metallic blades directed at Alex that sat at less than an inch from his flesh. Turning slowly to look at him for the first time, Yami then demanded with a glower,

"What do you want?" Alex smiled wryly without appearing affected by her hostility at all, before saying,

"You have a few people concerned that asked me to check up on you." Though it took her a moment due to his previously golden hair now being black, Yami recalled Alex from the day that she was freed from 'that' man's control, and lowered her bladed hair before saying as she turned away,

"I'm fine..." His wry smile widening, Alex then stepped forward and said,

"Really? To me it looks like you're just brooding out here alone." As she turned back towards him, Yami's glower deepened as she spat,

"It's none of your concern..." To this however Alex shook his head and stated,

"When I had my wives take all of you in for treatment I made it my concern, and it will continue to be so until I am satisfied with your recovery. Making your family worry and brooding on your past isn't recovering." Though she immediately recalled Mea and Tear when Alex mentioned her family, Yami instead focused on something else he said and demanded,

"Have you been spying on me?" Alex just shrugged and explained,

"I can essentially be considered all knowing within the world we are in, you can't really blame me for using it to keep an eye on someone who is suffering by themselves." Though Alex never used it for that purpose, Yami's first thought when he told her about his omnipresence was using it to peek on her, even though she hadn't done anything to peek in on.

In response her hair started twisting and swirling around her once more, while her hands started to itch at her sides in agitation. Alex saw this and shook his head slightly, as he could imagine what was going through Yami's mind due to her infamous hatred against perversion. Then, to try and cut off any misunderstandings and unnecessary conflict, Alex stated,

"Instead of creating reasons to get angry, why don't you just tell me what it is that's bothering you?" As could be expected Yami's expression darkened when she heard this, but she still stated,

"You don't understand at all! I was built to be a weapon, but I failed at that! I tried to be a woman, but I failed at that as well! What is there left for me to live for?!" Alex frowned when he heard Yami's rant, as it almost sounded like she was nearly borderline suicidal due to her 'failures', which wouldn't be too surprising considering things. After a moment of silence Alex then slowly said,

"What about Tearju and Mea? Shouldn't you live for them, or maybe your friend Mikan?" Yami's glare faltered slightly as she thought about her friend, sister, and 'mother'/creator. Finally she looked away and said in a subdued tone,

"They don't need me to fail them as well..." With his frown deepening, Alex thought for a moment as he tried to think of a way to appeal to Yami, before he eventually said,

"I have a proposition then." Yami looked back at Alex silently, prompting him to continue, "We'll have a duel. If you win then I'll leave you alone, if I win then you'll follow a single condition of mine." Yami's expression soured when she heard that as Alex didn't specify what the condition was, and so he could technically request anything of her. However, on the other hand she also felt as if there was nothing else for her to live for, and if it came down to it she could just simply commit suicide to avoid whatever he asked if her, if he either survived or won their duel to begin with.

Despite the fact that she had fought and lost against Alex before, she attributed that to how weakened she had been at the time, along with the fact that she had been unable to use her Darkness transformation while she had been under 'that' mans control. Even though she hadn't tried to activate it since, and had only been able to control it once to protect Rito, Yami still considered it her trump card since it would automatically activate if her survival was threatened. Reasoning so, Yami was suddenly clad in a battle ready aura as she fully turned her body to face Alex before saying,

"I accept!" Immediately the atmosphere changed into a different kind of tension, as Alex instantly moved away from Yami to give her some space. The living weapon didn't seem to mind this as her hair came alive once more to form the same blades as before, while a pair of white feathery wings spread from her back and she took flight. As the blades rained down on him from above Alex's form simply blurred as he maneuvered to avoid them effortlessly while maintaining a casual smile.

With a tick mark appearing on her forehead, Yami then added several other weapons to the rain of blades, such as large metallic maces, spiked hammers, and axes. Though they moved slower than the blades, Yami instead swept them side to side in order to try and cut off Alex's escape as he avoided her diving blades. What she didn't know about however was Alex's Observation Haki, which helped him navigate around the numerous weapons without any discernible effort.

Getting fed up with Alex effortlessly avoiding her attacks, Yami decided to get a bit more ruthless and pulled back the weapons. There was a moment of silence before Alex glanced at the petite assassin to see what she was doing, and was surprised to see her hair twisting and weaving itself to create a giant hammer that seemed capable of even smashing entire buildings. Naturally such a large weapon would be easy to dodge, but the second Alex tensed his muscles to move beyond the range of the giant hammer, his Observation Haki started screaming at him and he stopped the evasive action he had been about to take.

In every direction around him Alex's instincts and Haki were screaming danger at him, but he was unable to determine the exact reason for it. After focusing his attention through his 'Domain' though, Alex smiled wryly and muttered "Of course...." as he finally noticed the thin razor sharp threads that now surrounded him, each of which was actually an individual strand of Yami's hair. Each thread was sharp enough that it would effortlessly slice through even his defenses and flesh, meaning that if Alex had hit them at full speed he'd have bisected himself at worst, and lost limbs at best.

With the corner of his lips curling upwards ever so slightly, Alex stood his ground to take the giant hammer head on. As it came down on top of him, there was a great explosion of sound and dust as the entire floating island shuddered while even dropping several feet, with cracks forming and stone rubble even falling from it.

Even as one of her attacks finally connected though, Yami's frown didn't disappear as her hammer started to slowly rise once more, against her will. Soon Alex reappeared from underneath without a single scratch on him, holding up her hammer with a mere two fingers against its weight, and her strength. As he looked at her Alex taunted,

"Is that all the 'legendary assassin' is capable of?" Showing more anger and emotion on her face than she had in most of her life, Yami recalled her transformed hair before closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath to steady herself.

To activate her ultimate weapon, the 'Darkness' transformation, Yami needed to be at peace with herself. However, despite being freed from the control of 'that' man, Yami's inability to come to terms with her 'failures' had worn on her too much. As the seconds slowly ticked by nothing happened, until she suddenly heard from above her,

"My turn!" Yami looked up and saw Alex slowly hurtling down at her, his fist raised to deliver a punch. She then watched as if in slow motion as Alex's fist descended directly towards her face, despite this though Yami could distinctly feel as if she couldn't avoid or block this attack, no matter what.

With her frozen in place, Alex's fist came to a sudden halt less than an inch before her nose, with the pressure from his attack completely destroying the rest of the floating island while also distorting the sea below them to create a series of massive waves, all without harming Yami herself at all. As her hair and clothes settled from the pressure of the attack, Yami dropped to her knees on the only piece of rock still in the air, which was being held up only by Alex's power.

"I think this is my win." Alex said in a calm voice, while Yami just stared back at him in shock. Instead of waiting for her answer though, Alex simply turned, and activated his Regeneration magic to restore the floating island. Yami then watched as bits and pieces of rock flew up from the depths of the ocean where they had fallen, and began to piece themselves back together around her as if time itself was rewinding. A moment later and the floating island was whole once more while Alex stood before her, waiting in silence before she finally said while looking down,

"It is my loss..." Alex nodded and agreed,

"Yep, but what are you going to do about it?" This made her look up at him as she asked with confusion,

"What do you mean?" Alex looked down at her and said,

"As in how do you plan to move past this defeat? How do you intend to use it to grow and become stronger yourself?" Yami frowned when she heard this, and stated as if it was obvious,

"There is no 'moving forward' or 'becoming stronger' in the world of assassins, only death or victory!" This time Alex frowned and responded,

"We're not assassins though. I and those in Asora wholly believe in growing stronger to overcome opponents that we may end up facing in the future. To us, 'failure' is just another lesson to better yourself for the future." Yami was silent for a moment as she took this in, before saying slowly,

"You want me to fight for you?" This time Alex's smile widened as he held something out to her.

"That is my condition for winning, you will accept this." Yami hesitantly accepted the object in Alex's hand, only to see a crimson red thing she recognized as a 'pawn' from the earth game of chess.

"What is it?" Yami asked, as the way Alex was talking meant it was more than a simple part of a toy.

"It is something called an 'Evil Piece', created by the Devils of the world I came from due to their low reproductive rates, and high need for capable fighters. Part of a set of fifteen given to a high class devil recognized as a 'King', those they give the others to are a part of their peerage and are reincarnated as a devil while being granted unique abilities based on what piece they have.

"'Knights' are skilled with blades and have enhanced speed, 'Rooks' have enhanced strength and defenses, and 'Bishops' have enhanced magic power and reserves for support, while the 'Queen' has the combined traits of all three. As a 'Pawn' you'd be able to use the unique ability of promotion to temporarily change into whatever piece you'd need for combat, except for the 'King' of course."

Yami was silent as she listened to Alex explain the abilities of the evil piece, before she asked with suspicion, "And what is the catch to you giving me this?" To this Alex chuckled awkwardly, making the former assassin even more suspicious even before he said,

"Technically those in a peerage are the 'King's' servants, and as for my peerage personally..." As he trailed off Alex's stepped towards Yami and pulled the stunned petite girl into his arms before continuing, "Every one of the girls in my peerage belongs to my harem."

There was a brief moment of silence as Yami registered Alex's firm and hot body pressed against her own, before her face turned Crimson from anger, and perhaps embarrassment, and her hair turned alive once more.

"Don't touch me!" She spat at him as the blades once again tried to pierce his body. Right as they were about to kill him though, Alex did something Yami never expected that made her pause once more, as he sealed her lips with his own. One moment she had been filled with an intense rage, and the next she felt a soft and warm sensation against her lips.

Yami had never had the experience of kissing a boy before. Before she realized her feelings for Rito, she had never even considered a relationship with one until 'that' man forcefully took her. Up until then Rito had stripped her, fondled her, even fingered her, but she had never had a 'real' kiss.

What she felt then was nothing like the times 'that' man had disgustingly slobbered onto her face and mouth. It felt warm and comfortable, and instead of the desire and self satisfaction from before, she felt only affection and care.

When Alex finally separated from her he was surrounded by hundreds of blades made from Yami's hair, but he didn't even register them as he instead stared into her eyes and said,

"You may consider yourself a 'failure' of both a weapon and a woman, but I don't. If you have no will to live then I'll give you one, living as both my weapon and my woman." Yami was silent as she took in what Alex said, before eventually muttering,

"I suppose I have no say?" Alex nodded with a cheeky smile and replied,

"Yep, you don't. You agreed to fulfilling a single condition of mine if I won our duel, and this is it. Don't worry though, I'll wait until you're ready before I ravage you, but that doesn't mean I won't mess with you." As he said that Alex's hand swiftly reached under Yami's leather skirt and pinched her butt through her panties, making the petite girl jump before glaring at him with flushed cheeks and a pout. She then muttered her trademark line even as she activated the evil piece,

"I hate ecchi..."

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Name: Yami/Eve

Race: Living Weapon

Titles:

Golden Darkness

Job: Jobless: 100

Jobs Available:

Weapon Transformer, Blade User, Spike User, Mace User, Drill User, Hammer User, Energy User novice, Assassin, Martial Artist, Hair Fighter,

Passive Skills:

Blade Skill: Level 4

Spike Skill: Level 5

Mace Skill: Level 3

Drill Skill: Level 2

Hammer Skill: Level 3

Superhuman Strength: Level 5

Active Skills:

Transform: Level 9

Intimidation: Level 3

Stealth: Level 2

Unique Abilities:

Darkness Transformation (A transformation akin to the 'Super Saiyan' in that it drastically increases the users power by several times, while also granting several unique abilities such as creating wormholes, transforming their surroundings, and even slicing entire planets in half.)

Reincarnated Devil: Pawn Evil Piece

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After spending the day comforting Yami and teaching her about her new status and abilities, the duo returned to the villa just in time to join everyone else in the baths before dinner. Of course at first Yami was reluctant to strip in front of Alex, however after he pinched her rear once more he whispered into her ear,

"What's the hesitation for? I already saw you naked before, and you're mine anyways." Yami's face formed into a noticeable grimace as she recalled both the evil piece and the day that Alex saved her from 'that' man. After a momentary pause as she prepared herself, the former assassin then loosened the clasps of her leather dress and let it fall to the ground, leaving her standing there in nothing but a contradictory cute pair of white panties.

With an uncharacteristic blush coloring her cheeks, Yami briefly tried to hide her breasts from Alex's gaze, until she noticed that he was too busy undressing himself to look at her. After renewing her resolve Yami then did something she had never done before, and willingly stripped naked in front of a man as she lowered her panties to the floor.

As she tried to calm herself down Yami turned to look back at Alex and all thoughts of her own nakedness was forced from her mind at what she saw. Not only was Alex's body perfectly sculpted from head to foot for power, but the thing dangling between his legs was far bigger than anything she thought a man was capable of carrying, even the 'beast' that was Rito.

No longer worrying about Alex seeing her naked, Yami knew that, in her current position, one day that 'thing' would get put inside her, and she couldn't help but place one hand down at her entrance while the other was used to try and measure just how far up into her it would go. As she was doing this Alex had to suppress a chuckle since he had been keeping an eye on Yami through his 'Domain', and leaned over to whisper in her ear,

"It gets even bigger when it's excited."

"...!"

Yami jumped and turned suddenly as she realized Alex was right behind her, before backing up a few feet while trying not to look directly at the thing between his legs. This time Alex did chuckle lightly at her reaction, which was fairly cute due to Yami's blush, before wrapping an arm around her shoulder and guiding her to the baths while saying,

"Don't worry I treat my women gently, unless they want otherwise. For now though lets go meet everyone." Though she was uncomfortably aware of the heat of Alex's skin and the strength within the arm around her, Yami soon forgot about both of these as the duo entered the baths, and found several hundred pairs of eyes on them in an instant.

"Eh? Isn't that Yami?!" Those who knew her immediately called out her name, while the few who would call her a friend looked at her in concern. Alex didn't mind any of these gazes though, and directed Yami to where his wives were bathing and said,

"Girls this is the newest addition to my peerage, Yami. Yami, this is Rias and Yue, my 'Bishops', Shia and Moka, my 'Rooks', my 'Knight' Shizuku, my other pawns Grayfia, Kurumu, and Sun, and then finally my 'Queen', Kuroka." As the girls greeted her Yami nodded back silently, while kuroka suddenly stood from the bath and said,

"This is your new 'Pawn'~Nya? Isn't this the little girl that ran off on us?" Yami frowned at Kuroka's taunt, but before she could retaliate Alex said,

"This 'little girl' can already cut entire planets in half if she's completely serious, can you say the same yet Kuroka?" Naturally Kuroka's eyes widened at the information, while the rest of the girls looked at her with interest as they anticipated training with her the next day. Before they could get too excited though, a few new people made their way over before the one at their lead, Mikan, suddenly said while wrapping her arms around her,

"I'm so happy to see you again Yami!" As she was being hugged, Yami's expression softened as she said,

"En, I'm sorry to make you worry Mikan." As they separated Mikan told Yami a bit about what she'd been doing before turning around and hurrying back to her mother and Kunou, who she had also become friends with due to their similar age. Next up was the busty beautiful Tear, who was desperately trying to keep her front covered with a weirdly too small towel. As she approached she asked with her voice full of concern,

"Are you ok now Yami?" Though she looked away pointedly due to her awkward relationship with Tear, who was her creator as well as her mother figure due to her technically being Tear's clone, Yami still answered,

"I'm fine now...." Anything else Yami may or may not have been about to say was drowned out as Tear cried out and pulled Yami into a hug, consequently smothering her in her giant breasts. It would have been a very heartwarming scene, if not for Tear suddenly somehow slipping on something due to her innate clumsiness.

And then as the duo went down somehow her legs ended up between Yami's as she spread them reflexively(possibly also due to Alex's 'Lucky Pervert' activating), while dragging Yami herself down on top of her. The end result was Tear laying on her back with her legs spread in a wide M, while Yami was laying on top of her with one of Tear's nipples in her mouth, and her own legs forcefully spread open by Tear's so that Alex had a clear view of not only both of their spread slits as they rubbed against one another, but even Yami's tight little anus. As the duo and the spectators tried to figure out what just happened, Alex's voice suddenly broke the silence as he said,

"You know, if you wanted me to attack the two of you I would have been more than happy to do so in private, but I'm also fine out here in front of everyone else if that's what you want." His voice made the duo look back in surprise, before both of their eyes widened in shock as they saw the not so little 'little' Alex standing ready at attention, eager to pierce any of the holes presented before it. Though he was mainly joking, he still had his side pinched as Mea pouted,

"Master~, does this mean you don't want the lickity lick I offered you if you made onee-chan feel better?" Though her words made Yami narrow her eyes at Alex, she was too busy trying to untangle herself from Tear's limbs to intervene as Mea pressed her body and breasts against Alex seductively, before slowly dragging her tongue up the nape of Alex's neck as her hand wrapped around the raging 'little' Alex.

While the chaotic scene unfolded of Mea trying to give Alex a good licking, while Yami tried to intervene on her little sister's behalf and Tear tried to escape the embarrassment of what just happened, the majority of those around them watched in mild amusement except for a certain dark haired goddess. Nyx turned her head and looked to a certain corner of the baths curiously due to a mild fluctuation of power she thought she felt, only for nothing to be there. After a few seconds she dismissed her suspicions and turned back to watched the spectacle before them, unaware that the hidden entity she had detected was doing the same thing, like it had done every day since it had arrived with the rest of the girls three months prior.