-with Justice and Ingvild-
"She's pissed"
Justice commented as soon as they entered the room inside the Loki Familia's residence.
"So you've finally come"
Loki said with a forced smile on her face as she gazed at Ingvild and Justice standing at the doorway.
"So... Why did you call us?"
Ingvild feigned ignorance as both of them sat down on the sofa opposite to her.
"You act like you don't know... How dare you trick my members into taking individual oaths with you!! Even if you're powerful, you're crossing the line"
"I didn't trick them, we just saved them inside the dungeon or fulfilled their request... So you have no right to get angry at us Loki-sama. We just wanted them to repay us from the aid we have given them, because nothing in this world is free, isn't that right, Loki-sama?"
Ingvild calmly stated with a light smile on her face as she gazed at the Goddess in front of them, gritting her teeth as she was unable to retort her words.
"... Are you starting a war with our faction, Ingvild Leviathan!?"
She angrily shouted while pointing at the calm Ingvild sitting opposite her.
' If we truly wanted to wage war with your Familia... All you would've died, without any of you noticing. We're not stupid to wage war in front of the enemie's faces but we kill them without hesitation before they even know what happened... That is how our faction wages war, we strike when the enemies are at its weakest'
Ingvild thought while remembering the war that the original members conducted to destroy a faction that disgusted them because of their actions.
"We're not waging war, Loki-sama, we know that our strength isn't enough to challenge your Familia"
Ingvild said, hiding the fact that the 2 of them alone can annihilate the entire town at ease along with the One Eyed Black Dragon that has just joined their ranks.
"But what you did is a direct provocation to us!! You could've just contacted me to repay you for your aid but you had to put my members backed into a corner"
"... Then how about we do it this way... Let's fight in an arena, one of us will battle with a selected member from your Familia, with any number that you desire. If we lose, we will join your Familia as a loyal member, the oaths can't be cancelled so it's better to do it in this manner"
"You... You're too overconfident, Ingvild, don't underestimate us"
"I'm not, as I said before we lack strength to face your Familia... That's why was an apology we presented a scenario where we are at a disadvantage, so that you would accept our proposal... because I know you wouldn't accept a proposal that isn't at your advantage, isn't that right, Goddess of Mischief?"
"So you're basically saying that you'll join my Familia but you'll test the strength of the member's first"
Ingvild stayed silent causing Loki to take her silence as a yes.
"Hmm... So you're not as reckless as I thought you were... Then I accept, how about if you win? Won't the others find it suspicious that we didn't bet anything of equal value?"
"Then how about you along with your entire Familia will merge with the Hestia Familia, isn't that a good wager?"
"True..."
"Then, let's take an oath shall we? A formal oath in front of the crowd will convince them that our fight is real, don't you think so?"
"Indeed... Then I will reserve the arena for our match, I look forward in working with you two in the future"
Loki said with a large grin on her face as she stretched out her arm.
"Likewise"
Ingvild shook Loki's hand with a light smile on her face.
Timeskip
"Hmm... Did find any abnormalities in her expression or actions when she accepted the deal?"
Ingvild asked as both of them entered the dormitory within the residence of the Hestia Familia.
"No, she was genuinely telling the truth, if any being lies their energy will halt inside their body, no matter their strength or race, but hers was calm when we mentioned the deal with her, her expression and emotions didn't change that much, only Ophis is able to achieve such feat of deception because of her lack of understanding about emotions... Well she never lies anyway especially in front of Lucias... If she did lie then it's by accident"
"So she was serious... For the Goddess of Mischief to fall for such an elaborate trap..."
"Won't she hate us for tricking her?"
"No, we didn't trick her since we never really agreed with her assumptions... She convinced herself that that is the case"
-with Lucias-
"Let's make kitties nya!!"
Kuroka shouted while clinging to Lucias who was discussing his plans with Smith.
"So what do you say, Smith-san?"
Lucias asked while looking at her contemplating expression.
"You want to take the vampires, dullahans, and other combat related species to this place? Well... It's possible but we still have to discuss it with the board of directors and the representatives of the monster race... but the chances of them accepting is high since this kind of species experience discrimination in our dimension so you don't have to worry, I'll bring back good news after I return"
Smith gave him a thumbs up as all of them returned back to their past dimension.
"Then thank you for help, Smith-san"
"Don't mention it, I know they'll be more happy in your dimension"
Smith said before leaving the house with a happy smile on her face.
'Thank goodness, our work will definitely decrease after this'
Smith thought before getting inside a black car, driving away towards the location of their headquarters.
"Ano... Lucias, you can stay here for the time being if you like. It's probably going to take a while until she returns and I think without an ID you won't be able to rent a hotel outside"
"Then I'll take you up on that offer, thank you Kimihito for taking care of us while we're here"
Lucias said before taking out a stack of money and a ruby necklace from his inventory.
"Please accept this, I owe you far too much so please let me give this to you..."
Lucias placed 1 billion yen on the table along with the necklace that he bought from the shop to make it possible for him to visit their dimension whenever he likes.
"You don't have to-"
"I insist"
Lucias stubbornly insisted as he pushed the necklace on his hand.
"Just accept it, darling, by the looks of it I think he won't give up unless you take it" (Miia)
"... Then, thank you Lucias-san, and make yourself at home"
He sighed before reculantly taking the stack of money and necklace from Lucias who happily smiled from having his gift accepted.
"You can use the empty room on the second floor, Lucias-san. It's already pretty late so I'll just cook a simple dish for everyone"
Kimihito said before entering the kitchen along with Miia.
"Should I guide you to your room, Lucias-dono?" (Centorea)
"No it's ok, I'll just have Kuroka guide me there"
Lucias smiled at her causing her to momentarily blush confusing Lucias from her reaction as a familiar window appeared above her head.
[Flustered]
"Then, we'll go on ahead, thank you for having us here"
Lucias decided to ignore the window while pulling Kuroka up the stairs, using the memories he obtained from using his skill to read through Kimihito's past memories...
"Finally, I can rest"
Lucias sighed in exhaustion before laying down on the soft bed inside the room.
"Kuroka"
"Nya?"
"When is your mating season exactly?"
He asked out of curiosity while staring at the ceiling of the room until he felt something soft on top of him causing him to look at the source and found Kuroka leaning on top of him, looking at him with an extremely flushed face as she moved closer to him as she softly whispered her answer close to his ear.
"An hour ago..."
She softly whispered next to his ear before giving him a sloppy kiss on his lips as her hands stripped her clothes old of her body, revealing her milky smooth skin at Lucias.
"Lucias... I can't anymore, please take me nya~"
She seductively muttered as she sat on top of him. Pulling his hand and placing it on top of her soft and large breast.
[Intoxicated]
[Lustful]
'... What did Sephie advised during this kinds of situation?'
Lucias thought as he tried to search his memories for any kind of advise that Sephie gave him in the past when she was educating him about relationship and love.
Kuroka who saw his daze appearance giggled before placing her hands on top of his crotch, slowly opening the zipper of his jeans.
"Thank you for the meal nya~"
[Due to the interference of the 'creator', Kuroka Toujo has been temporarily knocked out]
[Gamer's Mind has been permanently strengthen to temporarily resist lustful tendencies of the player due to the order of the 'creator']
The series of notifications rang inside his head as Kuroka passed out on top of him, naked as she snuggled in his chest for comfort.
[Note: Lucias Frey, do mind that you're wife is watching you from afar]
"Huh?"
Lucias muttered in confusion from the sudden ominous note that appeared on his status window.
'wife?'
-with Nia and Beelzebub-
"Ugh..."
Tilly growled in pain as she held his head, before looking around the room trying to find the 2 figures inside the room.
"If you're looking for us, we didn't leave you so you don't have to worry"
A voice called out opposite to her causing her to immediately turn her head and look at the source of the voice and found Nia sititng down on the chair as he stared at her direction, waiting for her to wake up to continue their negotiations.
"I guess you already know how dangerous the situation is in our world from my memories. If you agree with my conditions of training them and using them in the battlefield, I'll let you live in our world"
"... I don't think... *Sigh* I can't place the witches in danger so... I'm sorry but we refuse"
She said in regret as she stood up from the sofa and went towards Ashes who was lying on the ground, unconscious.
"I see, then... How about I tell you that I have a method to help the witches' problem about... pregnancy and the side effects of their awakening"
Nia says in a calm tone causing her to stop in her tracks before turning her head to look at them in shock.
"What did you say!?"
"I have a method to fix the witches' problem with pregnancy and awakening"
"Really!?"
Tilly asked in excitement as she quickly ran towards Nia, holding her hand up to her chest with a hopeful expression on her face.
"I'll agree, I'll agree so please!"
"Calm down, we'll talk about it later but first sit down"
Tilly nodded her head as she sat down on the chair opposite to them, waiting for her next words with anticipation.
"So, do you agree with our conditions?"
Nia asked one more time give her time to think about her decision.
"Don't worry, we won't expose any of you in a battle that you're not ready to fight, you won't be alone because the entire faction will be on your back"
"We agree"
She answered without hesitation, they have nothing to lose if they joined them, especially since they can help them with their problem in awakening that could potentially kill them if something went wrong, so their survivability drastically increases when they join.
"Then, welcome to the faction, Tilly Wimbledon"
Nia smiled at her direction before taking out 4 pieces of paper from her pocket, placing on top of the table.
"This is the results my studies about the origin and state of your power"
"T-thank you"
(Note that I made the explanation below myself since I don't want to read the light novel)
"You're situation is not as complicated as you think it is. What's preventing witches to get pregnant is the quality of the sperm that fertilizes your egg" (Nia)
"Your body is high in concentration of mana, so it will only accept the sperm of a man with equal or higher amount of magic inside his body or else it will be devoured by the sheer mana contained in the witches' body" (Nia)
"H-How?" (Tilly)
"That's because your body will unconsciously suck every mana and energy contained inside those sperms causing to die immediately as soon as it enters your womb" (Nia)
"Your body is a vacuum that sucks off all of the mana in your surroundings, but due to the low concentrations of mana in this world, it's impossible for the witches to gather enough mana to supply their body, so throughout your entire life, your body is desperately trying to gather as much mana as possible and if it reaches a certain limit, you undergo what you call awakening to strengthen every cell in your body, emptying your supply causing you to gather more from your surroundings" (Nia)
"All the people in this world has the same ability of [mana absorption] it's just that the rate of absorption is different from each other and those who were able to fill in the amount of mana needed for the first awakening, becomes a witch" (Nia)
"Even men have this ability but it's so slow that it's negligible compared to women" (Nia)
"D-does that mean that the only boy that can impregnated witches is Lucias Frey?" (Tilly)
"Surely you jest, I won't allow any other woman that isn't recognized by the harem to have sex with him"
Nia giggled as a dangerous aura surrounded her body.
"T-then how?" (Tilly)
"Have you forgotten? There are plenty of men in our world that contains high amounts of mana inside their body, so you can just search for one on the streets of you like, they're everywhere after all" (Nia)
"Also, I think we can turn Ashes over their into a male since I know that both of you are in that kind of relationship, don't you want to form a family with her?" (Nia)
"T-that is... true..." (Tilly)
She bashfully answered as she stole occasional glances on the unconscious woman on the ground.
"Now then, for the awakening problem... It is really simple actually... You just need to use your ability as much as possible, because everyone you use it, you open up or refine the magic circuits in your body, causing your supply of mana to easily flow around your body with ease, removing the painful effects of awakening. But if you don't, the mana within your body will force its way around your body, which can potentially kill you since your magic circuit is forcefully being formed" (Nia)
"So all we have to do is use it as often as possible?" (Tilly)
"Yes, it's that simple" (Nia)
"I-I can't believe that... It's this simple..."
She muttered in disbelief while looking at the documents in her hand.
"Then, let's end the meeting here, Beelzebub will be back shortly from her mission and after that we'll immediately make our move against the Bloodfang witches"
"Mission? Bloodfang witches?"
"You already have a suspicion towards that woman"
"You mean!?"
"Yes, you're suspicions were true that's why we're going to rescue the witches in her clutches"
"Also for the mission I have given to Beelzebub... She is just taking care of a bunch of insects that found our members"
Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!
Creation is hard, cheer me up!