章節 434: CH. 453: Another Pact

Haruhime gave her best in the game to impress the others, but the presence of her adoptive father made her fumble on multiple occasions. Rini saw this behavior and ended the game prematurely.

"Onii-san!" Rini sat beside Asahi and leaned on his shoulder. "I love you."

Asahi didn't know what spurred Rini to confess her feelings. He brushed her hair as she leaned more and more onto his shoulder.

"I love you too. What happened though?"

"I feel like we never give enough credit to Onii-san for being an awesome person… I wanted to show my gratitude and my feelings as your… lover."

"You're also an incredible imouto."

Rini straddled his legs and held his shoulders. Her violet eyes looked serious, unlike her previous soft atmosphere.

"Onii-san, your imouto has a request."

"Go on."

"Can you form a pact with me as you did with Ddraig? I want to bond with Onii-san as his monster. I want to be Onii-san's monster."

Rini felt jealous that Ddraig took the first spot. If she was alive, Rini might have challenged her for the title.

"Sure."

It wasn't like their relationship would change if he 'tamed' her. On the contrary, the bond will grow, and Rini will receive her desired skills. He was quite curious about these skills as Rini was more than content with her current life.

The familiar golden aura covered his hand as soon he initiated the pact. Rini instantaneously accepted the prompt, becoming enveloped in the aura.

[Rini Marikawa has become your pet.]

[Rini Marikawa received a new unique skill: Adaptive Monster]

[Rini received a new unique skill: Self Manipulation.]

'That's unexpected.'

Rini shut her eyes as the new knowledge of the skills filled her mind.

'Klyscha, can I get their description?'

(Right away, my love!)

[—Adaptive Monster (Unique): Allows Rini Marikawa to adapt into suitable monster forms. The forms are limited by the body structure.]

[—Self Modification (Unique): Allows Rini to freely adjust her body.]

'This is unexpected.'

He remembered Rini expressing interest in rabbit ears. He never thought she would get a unique skill that allowed her to accomplish that and even more. The second skill was also something else.

"I'll try it now," Rini whispered.

The dark glow of her mana wrapped her body as she shrank. The massive boobs Asahi loved and adored flattened until she returned to her previous loli size.

'This is… peak tragedy.'

(From DD to A… I feel as disappointed as you, my love.)

Contrary to Asahi's depressed air, Rini cheerfully threw her arms in the air. "Yay! I did it! Ais, Haruhime, look!" Even her voice became softer and bright to match her current appearance.

Ais, who was still lying on the blanket, stared at Rini in disbelief.

'She did it for me.'

She was moved by Rini's consideration. Now, they could play without appearing strange. She raised her hand and lazily gave a thumbs up. "...Good job, Rini."

Hearts flew around Rini as her affection increased, slowly reaching dangerous territory.

"Hehe." Rini grinned at a baffled Haruhime. She covered her head with her hands. When she took off her hands, a pair of blue fox ears sprang up. "How is it, Haruhime?"

Haruhime goggled at Rini in total disbelief. Rini's transformation was truly magical, but this was something she came to expect from this family.

"It's cute. I thought you would get rabbit ears."

Rini glanced at Asahi as her lips curved in a grin. "I want it to be a surprise."

Asahi sighed. "Rini is getting mischievous now. Shiori's influence is at play."

"Ufufu," Rini giggled. "Anything to make Onii-san happier than ever."

Asahi couldn't hold back his urges to spoil the transformed fox girl. He pulled the loli fox girl to his lap and patted her head. He made sure to thoroughly rub her new ears and tail.

Haruhime gave an envious look at the pair. Even though she had accepted him as her father, the difference between them couldn't be any bigger.

'How do I?'

She couldn't think of any solution to close their distance. Every time she thought about approaching him, she recalled the past. The betrayal. She knew Asahi wouldn't betray her, but she couldn't help her instincts.

The renard girl absentmindedly retreated from Rini and Asahi. Familiar and unfamiliar faces smiled everywhere. Without Ais or Rini, Haruhime felt isolated as if she didn't belong here.

"Little fox, you look sad."

Haruhime followed the sweet voice to a black-haired woman, who reminded her of the goddess of the beauty of her world.

"Um… hello," she tried greeting the woman. "I'm sorry. I don't know your name."

Lilith giggled. "You don't have to be sorry about it. What did Asahi do to make you sad? Did he neglect you?"

Haruhime reminded Lilith of Yasaka, a friend who helped her out and saved her life.

"I'm not sad. If I am, it's not Otou-sama's fault. He did nothing."

"Otou-sama… My man is a father. A bad father if you are sad like this," Lilith said. "I don't have the right to criticize him."

Her children had been through so much, and she wasn't there to support them, ever.

"I shall be a better person now," she whispered and hugged Haruhime. "Come, I'll show you some cool things."

She spread her devil wings and flew into the sky. She was in the same vein as Haruhime when it came to this world's knowledge. That didn't stop her from flying to the nearest city and exploring the streets.

The appearance of an unidentified 'magician' caused an uproar among the Ten Master Clans of Japan.

Maya was going to have a headache explaining everything.