บท 24: Chapter 23

Finally, the day of the trip has arrived. I've spent the last few days training my reversal in various things to use in a fight. Even though Ellen is strong, my chances of victory in a direct fight are almost 100%.

Shiori seems excited about the trip as we board the plane. Ellen still seems angry at what I did, I can tell by the way she looks at me, fortunately she ended up being caught by those 3 girls whose names I can't remember.

"Aurélio-kun, what do you want to visit first?" Shiori asks.

"Hmm...I think the beach, although the hot spring seems tempting for a rest." I look around and what I find strange is not seeing Origami...in fact, it's been a while since she's come to class, about a week.

"Shiori...do you know why Origami hasn't been coming lately?"

"Actually, no...she didn't leave any notice with the teacher."

'Strange...she also didn't attack Kurumi or Kotori, what happened with those two events?'

"Shiori...nothing." I was going to ask about Mana, Shiori's sister, but I forgot that she didn't appear.

'Another event that didn't occur...is it because Kurumi came to our school earlier?'

"Shiori, I feel these vacations will be long...very long." This almost instinctive feeling that something is going to happen is not something I can ignore.

As I have casual conversations with Shiori, the hours pass and the plane lands on the island.

Tamae tries to maintain order, but the students have already started to separate to explore the island.

"Aren't you coming, Aurélio-kun?" Shiori asks as she sees that I'm not going with the others.

"I'll go to my room first, we'll meet in an hour to go to the beach, okay Shiori?" I say to her as I walk to the hotel.

"Okay, see you at the beach." Shiori leaves excitedly to explore the island with Tohka.

"Kurumi...could you come to my room?" I say to Kurumi, who also stayed behind.

"Of course, Aurélio-san." We walk through the island to the hotel, neither of us says anything on the way.

We arrive at my room and enter.

"So, Aurélio-san, why did you call me?" Kurumi asks with a curious tone.

"I want you to steal and destroy some things for me," I say indifferently for her to commit a crime for me.

"Ara ara, Aurélio-san, you're asking a pure maiden like me to commit such acts," she says jokingly.

"...Sure, if this maiden wants, I can take her purity," I say, joining the joke.

Although the dynamics between Kurumi and I are similar to "friends," a fine line is what keeps us together, and any event, even the smallest one, can break that line and make us enemies.

"Hmm, maybe...I wonder what Aurélio-san's taste would be like," she says, licking her lips.

"Want to try and find out?"

"Haha, no need, Aurélio-san. So, what's the request?"

"I want you to steal , it's a ship at the DEM industries, and destroy its construction projects. I also want you to steal the , although it's in the experimental phase, destroy its project as well."

I want Goetia for myself, the analysis of Goetia's movement capability will be very beneficial to me.

And what man wouldn't want to pilot that ship? I can even imagine Ellen's face when she realizes her Goetia has been stolen and is being used by a stranger. Just imagining piloting gets me excited.

"Aurélio-san, you're so brazen. With each request, it's getting harder...what can you give me in exchange..." As she was about to finish speaking, I toss a key to her, and she catches it by reflex.

"This is?" She asks, unsure of what seems to be a common key.

"Michael version 1.20." One of my many failures in trying to reproduce an Angel artificially.

"I still don't understand...what am I going to use this for?"

"It can open any type of lock by adjusting to the system, meaning it can invade any door, even the most technological ones. Just put it on the door panel and turn it to the left...but it will break after 2 uses." It was my attempt to make an Angel like Mukuro's, but it failed. It can only open a few things, and it breaks after 2 uses.

However, for Kurumi, this is very valuable, and she can reverse the durability with a shot of Zafkiel. Since I used the reversal to make this key, I have no way to make it durable.

And I have no reason to wait until the reversal becomes permanent in the key, I can make others anytime.

"Hmm, I see..." She says, but I notice a smile on her face. Although Kurumi is great at invading places, she still has limits, but with this key, that will become even easier.

"Consider your request done." She says as she disappears into a shadow.

I start to arrange my things in the room while putting on casual clothes for the beach.

I took the phone out of my pocket and called Shiori.

"Shiori, I'm ready, could you send me your location?" She sends me the coordinates, and since I don't want to walk, I create a territory, and in a nearby place, but without people, I create a hole in space to appear nearby.

I start walking to get to where she is.

When I arrive at the beach area, I see Shiori sunbathing on the sand under a parasol.

She's wearing a navy blue bikini that highlights her curves, the color matching her hair, creating a beautiful contrast.

"You look beautiful, Shiori, the bikini matched perfectly." She hears me speaking and looks in my direction, she blushes at the compliment and thanks me.

"T-Thank you."

I sit next to her on the beach towel under the parasol. I notice a cooler near her.

"What's that?"

"Yes? Ah, it was Tohka and the other girls who put it here...but they soon went to the sea."

"Do you want me to put sunscreen on you? Your skin seems a bit sensitive." She agrees and hands me the sunscreen.

"Sure." I rub the sunscreen in my hands and start to spread it, then an idea comes to me.

I activate the change of perception in her to make her more sensitive.

"I'll start, Shiori."

"Okay..." She lies face up so I can put the sunscreen on.

I start to gently rub my hands over her back in uniform movements.

"Hmm." She lightly moans in satisfaction with the cold sunscreen against her skin.

I continue to rub over her back, with rhythmic back-and-forth movements.

"aahhh..." She can't hold back the moan as she blushes deeply with embarrassment. I change slightly, passing over the area near her ribs.

"Ahh..hmm." She can't hold back the moan as she gets even redder with shame. I move my hands up a bit, passing near the area of her breasts.

"Hmmm, A-Aurélio-kun, could you...please pass in another place?" She asks embarrassed.

"Yes? Any problem, Shiori? If I don't apply the sunscreen properly, you may end up with irritated skin." I pretend to be unaware while continuing to pass with a well-crafted excuse.

"Haah...Hahh." She breathes heavily as my movements accelerate a little while I start to put my hands inside her bra.

"Ahhh...hmmm." She can't hold back the moan as I start to apply sunscreen to her breasts.

"A-Aurélio-kun...I-I think that's not necessary, pass over there..." She tries to get out of this situation.

"Why? Wouldn't it be bad if you got poorly protected? Don't worry, I'm already finishing." I play innocent, which only makes her even more embarrassed since she's the one reacting lustfully.

"Haar...hmmm, ahhh." She moans in pleasure as I move my hands over her breasts and squeeze them lightly.

I hold her nipples and pull them slightly.

"Ahh, A-Aurélio-kun, A-are you sure this is right...haar...harr?" She asks doubtfully.

"Of course it is, I saw on the internet that this is how you apply sunscreen...or do you think I'm wrong?" I tell a little lie to make her think she's the one who's wrong.

"N-no, if Aurélio-kun said so, then it's, hmmm...right." She says, but moans slightly with my movements. I continue to massage her breasts, their softness is great, I can't get enough of touching them. Shiori is getting redder and redder.

Fuuuu

I approach my head to hers and blow in her ear.

"Hiaa!" She gives a little scream.

"Any problem, Shiori?" I whisper in her ear.

"I-I, I...why?" She was going to say something, but gets lost and just asks why.

"...I saw on the internet...that this trick is good for distracting the head, as Shiori was...well...making some rather...complicated sounds, I thought I'd distract you...didn't you like it?" I say in a simple tone and ask with fake sadness at the end.

"I...yes...you're right, it distracted me..." She says. Although it really must have distracted her, it ended up sending her mind in almost the same direction.

'Better to stop here...' I decide to stop before it gets bad for me, then I return my hands to her back and apply the rest of the sunscreen over her waist.

"Done, see, it wasn't that hard. If you want, I can apply it to the front as well."

"NO...I mean, this is fine...thank you for helping me." She shouts slightly with a melodious voice, but she doesn't want something to happen.

"It was nothing." I say, moving closer to the cooler to grab something.

I've never eaten much in this world, in general, I've only eaten to maintain a human image, so I don't know any of the sodas or drinks in the cooler. I choose any one and open it to drink.

"Pfff." I spit it out immediately, the taste is at least...disgusting.

"Hahaha." Shiori laughs as she grabs a drink from the cooler.

"Here, take this, what you got was really bad." She says with a smile on her face and hands me a drink.

'Orange...' The drink has a fruity orange-peach flavor, the taste is acidic and mild, overall it's good.

"What was...that?" I can't call that disgusting thing a drink.

"...Surprise soda." She says.

"Surprise soda?" I question, not knowing what it is.

"The girls took a bad soda and put it in another bottle, then they bought several of the same brand and mixed them...so someone would eventually end up drinking it."

"I see...well, tell them the taste was horrible." A fun prank, it wasn't bad and gave Shiori a reason to laugh, she looks beautiful with a smile.

"Want to go to the sea?" I ask Shiori.

"Yes, let's go." She agrees, getting up and grabbing a ball.

"Let's play volleyball in the water." She says to me as she goes to the water.

I see that Tohka and the others are also in the water, whoever had the idea of the soda was probably those 3 girls whose names I can't remember.

We enter the water, and they decide to start a competition. On my side, I have me, Shiori, and that girl who always calls everything "boring," always being the last to finish her lines in the trio. On the other side, there's Tohka and the other two.

"Let's start." The girl on the opposite side shouts, throwing the ball. Overall, the game is balanced while it's in the hands of the others...until it falls into my and Tohka's hands.

I'm competitive, Tohka is too...it's not a good combination. We start with normal serves until the ball starts to get too fast for humans to catch.

Pufff

The ball fell on our side, making water splash and scoring a point for their side, leaving the score 4-5.

I make a serious face and serve the ball with force, the ball cuts the air making a gunshot sound, Tohka moves quickly and intercepts, throwing it back.

We continue in a fast and frenzied exchange, the ball is now invisible to the others, and they're with their mouths open at this insane exchange.

Pooof

I manage to hit it downward, making Tohka unable to catch it, as it falls into the water, the sea around it agitates while I smile at Tohka, now it's 5-5. Whoever scores the next point wins.

Tohka starts serving the ball, it's at a speed that would kill any normal human, the other girls now don't even dare to participate in this exchange.

We continue like this, now the ball is almost at the speed of sound, the winds generated are making the sea waves agitate.

"I won't lose." Tohka says as she hits the ball with more force.

"Likewise." I speak to her, now the ball reaches the speed of sound, the wind agitates the waves, and the girls have difficulty staying in the water.

In a final powerful blow, Tohka puts all her strength, I notice this and prepare when she hits...

Plof

"..." I don't say anything.

"...?" Tohka is left without understanding and a little embarrassed.

The ball exploded...actually, it's a surprise it lasted this long.

"Looks like it's a tie." The black-haired girl says.

"Yes..." Tohka didn't expect the ball to explode and responds in agreement with the tie.

"Well...let's all have dinner on me, this game was exciting." I say to everyone, who get excited at the idea, deciding to ignore the fact that Tohka and I were playing volleyball with a ball faster than rifle bullets.

"Aurélio-kun, that was incredible, how did you do that?" Shiori says with shining eyes after our dinner with the group.

"Well...I'm a man of many talents, Tohka-san is also very good." It's not like I'm going to say I'm a Spirit, so I'm physically stronger than humans.

"Yes, the two of you were amazing, I wish I could have helped more, but I couldn't even see the ball." Good thing no one tried to help, or the scene would have gotten a bit...bloody.

"I think what matters is the intention, but I had fun...it wasn't bad at all, I could enjoy and spend a relaxing day with a beautiful girl." I say, making Shiori blush.

"Yes, it was fun, we could have more moments like this with everyone." She says with a smile.

"Maybe, but I think repeating something like this constantly is bad..." I say to her.

"Why? Wouldn't it be good to have fun with the others all the time?" She questions with doubt.

"Do you think today's day was special?" I respond with a question.

"Yes, it was a special day with everyone." She tells me with a smile.

"Yes...it was special because it was unique, something that happens many times loses its special nature, that's why it's good to keep those memories with yourself rather than repeat them many times until it becomes boring."

"I see...it makes sense." She says, thinking it through.

"Aurélio-kun, you're so wise, you don't even seem 17 years old." She says as she looks at me.

"I don't think I'm wise...these are things you learn when you live a life like mine."

"Basically, they're things anyone can realize when they experience it for themselves."

"So I could be... like...intelligent like that?"she questions herself.

"Do you think you're dumb?" I question her.

"No, it's not quite like that...I just think everything related to feelings is very...complicated."

"If I were like you, I could understand what I feel." She says, looking at the sky.

"Well...you don't need to be smart to understand your own feelings, just let them guide you and see what you can learn from them, but you shouldn't let them dictate what you do."

"So...if I let these feelings flow...can I understand them?"

"I don't know...it depends on whether you want to understand them or deny them."

"It just depends on me...Thank you, this conversation helped me a lot, Aurélio-kun. I'm going to my room now, have a good night." She says with a grateful smile as she goes to her room.

"Good night to you too." I say, bidding her farewell and going to my room to think about what to do next, and rest my mind with a good night's sleep.