After the random skills, Yusuke immediately moved on to his item gacha. The wheel spun rapidly before stopping on 'Lævateinn'.
Lævateinn is a Device. It is a golden longsword with red markings on the hilt. It embodies the concept of "Dragon", granting the owner of the Device the abilities of the apex predator spoken of in various mythologies.
[Device (固有霊装デバイス Debaisu, lit. "Inherent Spiritual Outfit") are weapons that a Blazer can manifest from their soul. At times, Devices were referred to as Holy Swords, Demon Bows, Cursed Tools, and Blessed Tools.]
"A Device? Isn't this thing similar to a Sacred Gear?" Yusuke summoned the longsword and stared at it for a long moment. All this time, he had lacked a proper weapon. Normal swords barely lasted in his hands before breaking. Lævateinn felt far closer to a Sacred Gear than an ordinary weapon, and it possessed several powerful abilities as well.
It suited him well and could work perfectly with his Dragon Slayer Magic.
Despite feeling excited to try the Device, he still put it away for now. The gacha wheel continued to spin until it landed on 'Gantz Suit'.
A suit that enhances the physical capabilities of an ordinary human, turning them into a super soldier.
'...It's useless for me,' Yusuke said after reading the description of the Gantz Suit. It would have been useful when he had just arrived in this world, but now it was practically worthless. The suit could not provide him with any meaningful enhancement when he was already a monster in human skin in terms of physical strength.
'I'll give it to one of the girls,' he decided. He did not feel too disappointed about the subpar item. It was normal not to get useful things every time. They were called random items for a reason.
He was already thankful that he got Lævateinn.
Once more, he looked back at the wheel, which stopped at '30 Senzu Beans'.
Yusuke silently held the pouch that contained the Senzu Beans, then looked back at the gacha wheel, which this time stopped at 'Ito Ito no Mi'.
"A Devil Fruit?!" He put down the pouch and held the Devil Fruit that appeared in front of him. The fruit was shaped like a pear, pale lilac in color, and topped with a curly, fuchsia stem. The swirl pattern typical of Devil Fruits covered its entire surface.
'Should I eat it?' Yusuke hesitated while staring at the fruit. He did not know if the Devil Fruit's weakness would apply in this world as well. If it did, then it would be a huge loss for him. Despite the Ito Ito no Mi's interesting powers, he did not need it enough to sacrifice the ability to touch seawater.
He already possessed too many skills and abilities. A single Devil Fruit was too inconsequential for him.
Yusuke stored it away along with the Senzu Beans and turned his attention back to the gacha wheel. He would think about that matter later.
The final spin landed on 'The Thank You Whip'.
The dream of all perverted masochists. When struck by this whip, the pain from the hit is amplified and transformed into pleasure. Its effect is so strong that the victim always ends up saying thanks instead of screaming.
'...' Yusuke held the red and black whip in his hand and remained silent, his expression blank.
[I am just saying, but I think Aika will love this whip.] B2 suddenly said.
'No, she won't. She likes it when it hurts,' Yusuke answered right away. Aika was the ultimate masochist. She enjoyed being abused and humiliated. Turning the pain into pleasure would defeat the purpose for her. She would probably get frustrated instead.
[You can use it to 'train' the other girls.] B2 told him.
Yusuke did not answer. He stored the whip in his inventory along with the other items and turned his attention to his status window.
Yusuke Aoki:
Role: Yandere System's host.
Title: Thot Slayer: [All your skills are 50% more effective against women.]
Level: 19 (57,100/52,428,800 XP).
Race: Human.
Gender: Male.
Profession: Master.
Age: 17.
Height: 182 cm.
Weight: 78Kg.
Stats:
Strength: 21 (1,048,576).
Agility: 23 (4,194,315).
Spirit: 23 (4,194,315).
Physique: 24 (8,388,608).
-Stat points available: 5.
Skills:
Healing Touch Lv3.
Swordsmanship Lv3.
No Plan B (Max).
Milk Shower Lv1.
D-Cure Lv1.
Inventory (Max).
Observation Haki Lv4.
Armament Haki Lv1.
Master's Exploitation (Passive) Lv3.
Master's Mercy Lv3.
For the Master (Passive) Lv3: His praise now grants them a 60%
Master's Blessing Lv3 (Restricted): Increases all skills of your followers by three levels and boosts their stats by 150%. Only applicable to Devoted Yanderes.
Demonic Power Lv3.
Size Scouter Lv2.
Tea ceremony Lv1.
Fire Dragon Slayer Magic Lv6.
Light Power Lv3.
Water Affinity Lv3.
Hand-to-hand combat Lv3.
Telekinesis Lv3.
Kamehameha Lv1.
Instant Transmission Lv1.
Size Modification Lv1.
Ascendant Form Lv1.
Youjutsu Lv1.
Unique Trait - Please-Don't-Leave Physique.
Skill points available: 23.
Yusuke's status window changed drastically compared to before he went to the Underworld. His level nearly doubled, rising from level 10 to level 19. However, the amount of XP he needed now was staggering, more than 52 million points!
His stats rose so sharply that it was unbelievable. The highest one, Physique, had already surpassed 8 300 000 time peak humans!
He was practically a god. His defense was so strong that even if he allowed Venelana to hit him with her Orb, she would not deal any significant damage. Not to mention his recovery, which would render most opponents helpless. And this was all before he even assigned his remaining five free stat points!
The sense of security that Yusuke had missed during the past few weeks returned, this time far stronger. He finally felt strong enough to protect himself.
He was in no hurry to assign the stat points or the skill points. Now that he had finished 'unboxing' his random items and skills, it was time to return to the Underworld. A couple of hours had passed since he "died". It was time to go back and "resurrect" from the dead.
If he stayed missing for too long, who knew what kind of extreme things those yanderes might do?
If things got worse, they might even kill themselves just to follow him into the afterlife.
Fortunately, Yusuke still had some reassurance. Sona, Tsubaki, and the others were still there. They would at least be able to stabilize the situation until he returned.
Yusuke placed two fingers on his forehead and closed his eyes. He felt a bit excited since he was about to use Instant Transmission, the skill he had grown up watching Son Goku use. He copied the same pose and began searching for Sona's ki.
Swoosh!
Since he was not skilled enough yet, a couple of minutes passed before he found her. His figure then faded from the room.
...
After Sirzechs rushed to the milf yandere battlefield, the scene shocked him. The devastation his mother, sister, and the other women showed made them look like hollow shells. It was as if their souls had left them.
When he learned that Yusuke had died, a deep sense of emptiness and sadness settled in his chest.
Even though he knew deep down that it was not Yusuke's fault, he still hated him. Because of him, Grayfia left him and their son. She kidnapped another man, abandoning everything they had built and worked for as a married couple. Hundreds of years of relationship was shattered because of a single man.
He felt a strange sense of emptiness from the fact that he could no longer give Yusuke a good beating. At the same time, he felt sadness when he learned that Yusuke had truly died.
From Sirzechs's perspective, Yusuke was, despite everything, an innocent man. His only sin was being too damn attractive to certain women. Sirzechs also felt sorrow that he died while protecting Grayfia from his mother.
Despite everything, Sirzechs was by nature very kind and considerate toward others. Even with his overwhelming power, he possessed a passive temperament and preferred resolving matters through discussion rather than violence. Because of this, even though he carried resentment toward Yusuke, he also pitied him for dying such a death. In his eyes, it was his own family that caused Yusuke's death.
Sirzechs tried to take Rias and Venelana back to the Gremory estate, but neither of them responded to him or even seemed aware of his presence. Rias remained unconscious, while Venelana showed no reaction at all. In the end, he had no choice but to leave them there and go search for Grayfia, who had already gone somewhere else.
She was still his wife. Now that Yusuke was dead, Sirzechs wanted to persuade her to return home. He hoped they could restore their relationship to what it once was. He did not want his son to grow up without his mother.
On the other hand, Sona brought everyone back to the Sitri House, including Xenovia and Irina. None of the yanderes resisted the teleportation. In truth, they did not care at all. The shock ran so deep that it seemed their senses had completely shut off from the outside world.
Koneko in particular looked the worst. She curled into a tight ball, trembling and shivering while quietly mumbling the same words again and again.
'Don't leave me... I don't want to be alone again.'
When she brought them to her house, Sona did not try to separate the yanderes or guide each of them to a guest room to rest. She knew that if these women were left alone, there was no telling what their broken minds might convince them to do.
She could only watch over them together with the other girls and wait for Yusuke to return and bring the light back to their world. The only person who seemed to be handling the situation well was Venelana.
Venelana stood beside her daughter, gently caressing her crimson hair while watching her pale, sleeping face. However, Sona could sense the dark and lifeless aura that lingered around her.
She might look calm on the surface, but among everyone present, she was the one most affected by Yusuke's "death". After all, she was the one who 'killed' him.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, Yusuke's figure appeared next to Sona. He looked around as he lowered the two fingers from his forehead.
"Ah! You are back?" Sona was startled at first by his sudden appearance, but her shock quickly turned into joy when she saw him. She hurried around him to check for injuries, even pulling up his shirt to see if he was hiding a wounded back.
After all, Yusuke had taken Venelana's strongest attack right before their eyes. Even though she knew he planned everything, it did not make her any less worried. In her concern, she even forgot that Yusuke has Senzu Beans that could heal him no matter how severe the injury.
The commotion caused Venelana, who had been standing with her back to them, to turn around stiffly as if she sensed his presence.
"Yusuke... Yusuke... Yusuke?"
**
Among all the yanderes around him, the one he felt the most guilty toward after pulling the 'dead loved one' tag was Venelana. She was by far the sweetest and easiest yandere he encountered, even easier than Tsubaki or Sona.
This was very clear from her quest. The moment it was issued, her submission had already surpassed 60. Unlike her daughter Rias, whose submission had been stuck at 60 for months.
"Mother-in-law," Yusuke said in a gentle and soft voice as he stepped forward. Sona cleverly moved aside along with the other girls who had just reacted to his sudden appearance, silently watching the scene unfold.
"Yusuke... You... you are not dead? No! I killed you! You died before my eyes!" Venelana stood up, trembling, and walked toward him with unsteady steps, stretching both her hands forward. Her eyes widened in disbelief. Even though he stood clearly before her, she could not bring herself to believe what she saw was real, "Is this a dream? If so... I don't want to wake up..."
She stumbled forward two steps before hurrying toward him with unsteady strides, nearly falling several times. When she finally reached him, she threw herself into his arms and grabbed him tightly, so tightly it felt as if she wanted to fuse with him so they could never be separated.
Her eyes stayed fixed on his face.
"This sensation... the scent... It's really Yusuke... Am I dreaming?"
As her hands roamed across his body and her soft, voluptuous figure pressed against him, Venelana began to realize the sensation felt far too real to be a dream. She bit the tip of her tongue to confirm it, and as she did, tears welled up in her eyes.
"You are alive! You are really alive!"
"This is great!" Her hand rose and held his face as she asked, "How did you survive?"
She had clearly seen the moment he was obliterated by her own attack. Only his bloody, mangled hand remained. That horrifying scene had been repeating endlessly in her mind since earlier, haunting her without rest.
"Mother-in-law," Yusuke stood calmly for a while until he saw that she had calmed down somewhat. Instead of explaining anything, he held her hand and apologized. "I am sorry. I made you worry."
He truly meant the apology. He genuinely felt guilty toward her. Even so, if he were given the choice to redo everything, he would still choose to use the same trick. It was effective and would avoid many problems, perhaps even tragedies.
Compared to short-term pain, dealing with crazy yanderes would be far worse for everyone.
As much as she was still confused, Venelana was a smart and experienced woman after all. Just from his tone and expression, she quickly guessed the reason behind his apology. Her heart tightened, and her soft, large chest pressed against him rose and fell as she let out a long, heavy sigh.
"So that was it."
"No wonder... no wonder the others were so calm," she said faintly as her gaze moved toward Akeno, Sona, and the others.
Yusuke lowered his head and explained what he had done. He also told her about the situation when he was with Grayfia. In the end, he said, "I know what I did was cruel and selfish, but I didn't want Rias, Grayfia, and the others to keep fighting. Mother-in-law, I promise that I will make it up to Rias in the future."
"Would you please forgive me and still bless our marriage?" Still holding her hands, he looked at her with earnest eyes.
[Still acting even now? Tsk! Tsk!] B2 clicked her tongue at Yusuke's performance. Even though Venelana was already a Goudere, he continued the act.
Yusuke ignored her and waited for Venelana to speak. Since Venelana was now a Goudere, her submission value was 99, just one step away from catching up with the other girls. Still, on paper, Yusuke should not know that she had feelings for him. Even if he did, he had to act accordingly and could not reveal it so openly.
"Forgive you?" Venelana spoke in a very soft and gentle voice. "I do not have the right for you to demand forgiveness from me."
She paused for a short moment before continuing. "But if you insist so badly, I can forgive you on one condition."
"What is it?" Yusuke asked.
"From now on, you should call me Onee-chan," Venelana cupped his face and spoke as her lips curved into a smile. Tears still lingered in her eyes, which made the smile look even more enchanting. She held his face and leaned closer, pressing her puffy lips gently against his. After a light kiss, she pulled back and said, "I don't want to be your mother-in-law."
"Really?" Yusuke stopped acting. His hands moved around her waist and hugged her back. In truth, whether it was Grayfia or Venelana, any normal man would find them incredibly beautiful and extremely sexy. Even so, he never wanted any relationship with them beyond a familial one. He never wanted to become the reason a family broke apart. In both of his lives, his mother abandoned him, and he lived a miserable life because of that.
However, no matter how guilty he felt about what happened, he knew it was impossible to change the past. The only thing he could do now was accept them and try to minimize the damage his yandere magnet physique had caused.
"Are you sure? What about Rias?" He lowered his head until his forehead pressed against hers and asked softly, his warm breath brushing against her lips.
"She... Hnn~! She won't mind... Haahn!" Venelana shuddered as an involuntary moan escaped her lips.
Just seconds earlier, she had been drowning in the darkest abyss imaginable, every inch of her soul crushed under endless despair. Then, without warning, the void shattered, and gentle, radiant light poured in, wrapping around her like warm silk and lifting her from the depths, bathing her in the purest hope she had ever known.
The euphoric feeling of moving from absolute despair to hope and happiness overwhelmed her. With Yusuke this close, his breathing brushing against her and his lips less than an inch away, the sensation felt so intoxicating that words could not truly describe it.
"And what about your husband Zeoticus?" Yusuke's hand lowered as he gripped her juicy, full ass and asked.
Honestly, he felt very guilty toward Sirzechs and Zeoticus. These two men were anything but hostile toward him. They were completely unlike the snobby cliché nobles who always acted arrogant and superior. Instead, they welcomed him and treated him as one of their own even before he officially married Rias.
It was almost tragic that right after their first meeting, both men's wives were involuntarily "stolen" by him.
"Haahn~! Don't bring up that monkey again... I have my own way to deal with him!" Venelana trembled more as she whispered, feeling his hot hand gripping her plump ass even tighter.
She could not resist the temptation of his lips lingering less than an inch away from hers. Her face moved closer, and she captured his lips in a deep, messy kiss, one filled with a passion she had never even shown her husband during their hundreds of years together.
Venelana completely ignored the girls watching them as she hugged him tighter. She pressed her mouth against his so forcefully their teeth knocked together before her tongue slipped into his mouth, wrapping around his.
She had not lied when she said she had no right to blame him, and she truly did not blame him for what he had done.
After all, a yandere rarely blame person they love for anything. They almost always direct that blame toward other factors. A yandere like Venelana, who had already reached the Devoted level, was even less likely to blame Yusuke.
She could blame herself for not being strong enough to protect him. She could blame Grayfia for kidnapping him. She could blame her son for marrying Grayfia. She could blame her husband for being useless. She could even blame her grandson for not being important enough to Grayfia that she could abandon him so easily. She could blame the climate, the weather, anything.
But never Yusuke.
Still, being thrown into that deep abyss of despair had been a horrible experience. The darkness swallowed her so completely that she even considered killing herself after killing Grayfia.
As she kissed him like this, it felt as if all that resentment and pain were finally being pushed out of her heart.
Her body trembled against his. Her large breasts flattened against his chest while her hips moved slowly, grinding her pussy against his growing erection as fresh heat pooled deep in her belly. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, leaving warm trails down her cheeks, but she did not stop. She kissed him harder and deeper, as though she could wipe away the darkness completely by drowning it in the light he gave her.
"S-senpai..." While the two were locked in that sloppy kiss, a soft voice sounded behind Yusuke. Koneko opened her eyes. She was still curled into a ball, barely moving her face as her nose twitched, sniffing Yusuke's familiar scent.
As soon as she confirmed that it was him, her golden eyes widened. From sheer disbelief and excitement, her cat ears and tail sprouted out as she rushed toward him. Her figure moved so fast that it left behind only a white blur as she jumped onto his back.
"Sniff... sniff... Senpai! It's really you! You didn't die!"
She sniffed his hair and neck while holding him tightly, completely ignoring Venelana, who was kissing him. Or rather, in her current muddle-headed state, she did not even notice her in the first place. Only Yusuke existed in her senses.
"Senpai didn't abandon me... Really, senpai didn't leave me, nyaa~!" Koneko whispered, mumbling while sniffing his hair.
"Darling?"
"Yu?"
The commotion woke Irina and Xenovia as well. Earlier, after their mental breakdown, both of them had passed out. Now, hearing the noise, they opened their eyes and immediately saw Yusuke.
Thud!
"Darling! Darling! Darling!" Irina scrambled off the sofa. She fell face-first onto the carpeted floor but ignored the pain and hurried to her feet. She rushed toward him and lunged forward, hugging him tightly with both her arms and legs as she squeezed herself between the other two women.
If it had been before, she might have made a fuss about other women occupying or "dirtying" her darling, but now that was the last thing on her mind.
"Yu!!!!!!!!"
On the other hand, Xenovia moved like a bulldozer. She crashed into Yusuke and sent everyone tumbling to the ground, forcefully breaking the kiss between him and Venelana. She mounted Yusuke and hugged him tightly while speaking, laughing through her tears.
"I knew it! You wouldn't die! How could my future husband and God die so easily?!"
**
Appeasing a heartbroken yandere was never an easy task. It became even harder when they carried mental scars like Koneko, or when they were airheads like Xenovia and Irina. Even the mature Venelana started acting differently after that kiss, as if a switch inside her had flipped.
Though yanderes were not exactly right in the head to begin with.
"You really, really shouldn't do this again, senpai," Koneko said while sitting on his lap. She held a large cookie in her hand and spoke between bites as she munched on it. What happened after Yusuke was kidnapped had taken a heavy mental toll on her. She burned far too many calories during that time and barely had the appetite to eat.
"Darling~! Darling~! Darling~!" On the other hand, Irina leaned over his right shoulder, swaying slightly as her twin tail hair bounced, reflecting her joyful mood. She and Xenovia, who leaned on Yusuke's other shoulder, both accepted the situation after Yusuke and the other girls talked things through with them.
These two airheaded girls were simply relieved and happy that Yusuke was alive and completely fine. It did not matter to them that he had tricked them. In fact, they calmed down mainly not because of Yusuke's persuasion, but because their yandere minds twisted reality into something that made sense to them.
Since Yusuke was now the God they worshiped, something he did not even know himself, the two airheaded girls convinced themselves that this whole situation was simply a test from him to prove their devotion and love.
The two church girls even went so far as to start an entirely new religion devoted to Yusuke alone, and even Asia joined them. They had already begun writing their own Holy Scripture, filling it with praises dedicated to him. Compared to what they were doing, turning everything Yusuke did into a "test" of their sincere devotion was, in a strange way, quite normal.
On the other hand, Venelana did not want to compete for a place beside Yusuke at that moment. Instead, she returned to check on Rias, who was still unconscious. Venelana was already very satisfied knowing that Yusuke was safe and in the same room as her. Just being in the same space as him and sharing the same air he breathed was enough to satisfy her.
Venelana may have suffered the greatest shock among the women, but she was still someone with strong mental resilience. Rias, on the other hand, had grown spoiled. She was willful and temperamental, easily influenced, lazy, and had never truly faced a setback in her life. Not long ago, her greatest problem had been her engagement with Riser.
She was so spoiled that she carried the same disease many privileged brats had. The constant desire for people to recognize her for who she was, instead of acknowledging her powerful family. The disappointing part was that despite all those "great" aspirations, she was far too lazy to train. Instead, she ran away to Japan to enjoy otaku culture and fool around.
With such weak mental fortitude and weighed down by regret for rejecting Yusuke's offers multiple times until he was kidnapped, the moment she witnessed his death, her fragile mind broke down and shut itself off to protect what remained.
"Rias looks so pitiful. Aren't you going to do something for her?" Akeno stood beside the bed, watching Rias's pale sleeping face as she asked Yusuke.
It had been a while since Yusuke returned, but he had not bothered dealing with Rias. Instead, he spent most of his time chatting with Koneko, Irina, and Xenovia, or sometimes falling into silence as if thinking about something.
"Oh, yeah, it's about time," Yusuke suddenly looked up and replied. During this time, he had been trying to track down Grayfia. Honestly, he did not expect her to leave so quickly and easily. From what Sona told him, it seemed that Grayfia muttered something about resurrecting him before she left.
He had been trying to detect her ki signature using Instant Transmission so he could locate her and teleport to her.
Standing up, he gently moved Koneko, who had been sitting on his lap until then, and walked over to Rias.
'She looked so pitiful.' Her face was deathly pale, her eyes tightly shut, and her brows drawn together as if trapped in a terrible nightmare. Even so, it could not conceal her beauty. Her crimson red hair spread across the bed around her head, and she was dressed in the Kuoh Academy uniform. Her large chest rose and fell slightly as she breathed.
Yusuke wanted to complain. Why the hell did people still wear their school uniforms even during summer vacation? It was not only her. Sona, Murayama, Tsubaki, and the others were the same, all walking around in their Kuoh uniforms.
Sure, the uniform looked damn good on them and really showed off their figures in all the right ways, but come on. Didn't they own anything else? Anything at all? Seriously, a freaking school uniform?
Putting aside those stupid, unnecessary thoughts, Yusuke placed his hand gently over her head. A soft green light bloomed from his palm as he activated his skill, Healing Touch.
The Healing Touch ability mainly healed physical wounds and eased bodily fatigue. Rias was clearly not injured in any visible way. She was only suffering from severe mental shock. Using this skill just to wake her up felt like complete overkill.
"Hmm... Yusuke... D-don't... No... Don't die... Noooooo!!"
A few moments later, Rias's eyelids trembled before slowly opening. She suddenly sat up, her voice loud and panicked as the last word left her mouth.
Her eyes looked around in confusion until they landed on the figure sitting beside the bed.
"Yu... Yusuke...?" Her voice turned quiet and uncertain, as if she did not trust what she was seeing. She stared at him for a moment, her azure eyes wide. Her whole body jerked as if struck by electricity. Her hands flew to her mouth, fingers trembling so hard they blurred. Then, after a moment of hesitation, she moved, shooting up from the bed.
Rias threw herself forward and wrapped her arms tightly around him, pressing her face against his chest. Her body trembled as tears ran down her cheeks, her fingers clutching the back of his shirt as if he might disappear.
She had dreamt of this scene repeatedly while asleep. Yusuke would always appear before her, holding her, only to die cruelly before her again and again. It was an incredibly cruel and painful sight that tormented her soul.
It was as if Rias had finally managed to confirm that this was not another dream where he would be obliterated by her mother's attack. She could vividly sense Yusuke's strong, robust body, his scent, his warmth. She looked up and saw that warm look in his eyes, so full of love and tenderness. (No; he wasn't looking at her like that at all.)
"You're alive... you're really alive..." she said while sobbing. "I thought you died... I thought you left me..." Her arms tightened around him even more.
"P-please don't leave me... don't leave me again..." she said weakly. "I'll listen to you... I'll do whatever you say... I won't cause trouble anymore."
Her voice grew softer as she held him. She looked so pitiful that even the other girls present, who did not like her, could not help but feel pity for her. "I won't care about the other girls... I won't argue... I won't complain... just please don't leave me..."
She buried her face deeper into his chest, holding him tightly as she cried. Her arms refused to loosen, as if letting go would make him vanish again.
In the past, she could not accept or tolerate the idea of Yusuke being with other women. Every moment that passed, the thought that he lived surrounded by them, sleeping with them, going on dates, eating together, even bathing together, drove her nearly mad with jealousy.
But none of that mattered anymore. The regret that tormented her for days after Yusuke was kidnapped made all those things feel completely insignificant compared to losing the very reason for her existence, Yusuke.
"Please don't leave me again, I won't do stupid things again... I won't fight with the other girls or annoy you... I won't do stupid things again, I won't disappoint you... Please don't leave me, I can't live without you... I love you, Yusuke, I really, really, really love you..."
She dropped to her knees on the ground. Her hands slid down as she hugged his waist, staring up at him with tears flowing as she begged him desperately. Her hot tears streamed without stopping like a waterfall, soaking Yusuke's clothes.
"I promise I will do anything to make you happy. I won't make you upset again. I won't try using stupid plots to have you all to myself. If you want other girls, I'll be the first to bring them to you. I won't be jealous or envious. I'll do anything, just don't leave me."
"I only want to be by your side. I don't want much. As long as I can see you and talk to you, that's all I want."
"Please... Please..." She began to shake violently, her hands clutching tightly at his pants as tears fell onto them. Her whole body shook so badly that even Yusuke, whom she clung to, began to shake with her. "Give me a chance... please..."
During the time Yusuke was kidnapped, the regret that tormented her never gave her a moment of peace. She spent most of her days alone, blaming herself while going over everything she had done. She remembered how she plotted against Aika and Murayama, even tried to use the Fallen Angels to push Yusuke into becoming a member of her peerage, how she lied to him many times, her scheme with Grayfia, and many other petty things she carried out in secret to monitor him, steal his clothes, and more.
Even if these things were far more insignificant compared to the huge blunder she had made, even if Yusuke would not care about them even if he knew, to Rias, who was drowning in regret, they became magnified into unforgivable sins.
"I love you... I will always love you... I will love you forever... I will love you for all eternity... I will love you until the end of time... I will love you forever and ever..." Rias whispered while holding onto him like that. She kept speaking, repeating the same confession of love again and again, as if this was the only thing she could think of to prove her love for Yusuke.
"I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you... I love you..."
**
The commotion caused by the drama within the Gremory house did not affect the lives of the other noble families, much less the common citizens. The Phenex house, which was also connected to the incident, remained calm and peaceful.
The head of the house continued carrying out his duties, managing the family, while his two older sons assisted him.
On the other hand, Riser was still searching around for new potential members for his peerage. At the same time, he had a headache over how to deal with his Queen, Issei. Ever since that stupid night when all of them got drunk and ended up doing something like that, Riser found it difficult to talk to him. In fact, he could not even get the chance to speak with him and smooth things over properly.
Still, Riser could understand his reaction. After all, very few men would calmly accept the fact that their ass had been drilled.
"Issei-san, are you sure about this?" In the open field, one of the training grounds within the Phenex estate, Kiba stood beside Issei while holding his sword. He spoke with a worried and hesitant tone.
"Of course I am! Besides, it's Issei-sama for you. Or do you need another round of 'education'?" Issei glared at Kiba, his hand covered in a red gauntlet as he clenched it and spoke with a wide smirk.
After that time when he "tested" his new skill, Dragon Collapse, he also "thoroughly experimented" with it alongside Kiba, turning the handsome knight into his personal toy. At first, Issei was shocked that Kiba would fall for him and become so submissive so easily, but the big-breasted maid who had been encouraging him all along told him that this was simply because of his manly dick.
Since then, he had followed her guidance on how to "train" Kiba. The three of them had done it countless times, always under her direction. This only made Issei more confident and trust her even more.
"Yes... Issei-sama," Kiba lowered his head and even blushed like a girl in love, his body wiggling slightly.
By nature, he had always been a little bit gay. Under the guidance of Issei and the maid, he eventually accepted that part of himself and chose to devote himself to Issei.
Still, even though Issei had banged Kiba, he never considered himself gay. After all, what he was fucking was a pussy. Besides, he was still very much attracted to the big-breasted maid's boobs.
In his mind, he was not gay. To him, anything that could make him hard counted as a woman.
He had used Dragon Collapse to turn Kiba into a cunt boy. Since Kiba had a pussy now, that meant Issei was fucking a woman, not a man.
This time, he was planning to use it on that hateful bastard Riser.
"Issei, Kiba, you're here as well!" At that moment, Riser and Saji walked into the training ground. Riser wore a broad smile, and it widened even more when he noticed Kiba was present. This was the first time in weeks that all four of them had gathered in the same place.
Behind the pair, the big-breasted maid walked silently. Her hands rested neatly in front of her, her head slightly lowered as she kept a respectful distance while following behind them.
"Riser-sama, sorry for calling you here, but I created a new technique and want to try it. Could you please help me evaluate it?" Issei followed the script the maid had given him. He rubbed the back of his head and spoke with an awkward smile.
"A new skill? Really?! That's great! As expected from my Queen, the Sekiryūtei!" Riser was clearly pleased to see that Issei had improved so quickly in such a short time. Compared to him, his previous Queen, Yubelluna, looked like absolute trash.
As expected of the superior gender!
"Alright, I'll help you evaluate it. I'll stand here so you can use your skill. Use all your power, don't worry. I am immortal; no amount of damage can harm me!" Feeling excited and somewhat eager to see Issei's new technique, Riser walked to the center of the training ground with his hands in his pockets as he spoke.
Although he had received a bloody beating from Yusuke and was no longer as conceited or completely reliant on his immortality, he still believed that his House's ability was extremely powerful. As long as he did not face someone much stronger than him or someone with Holy Power, he had nothing to fear.
"Be careful, Riser-sama." Issei walked closer until the distance between them was about two meters. Then he activated his Sacred Gear, and the green orb began to glow as it boosted him.
[BOOST!]
[BOOST!]
[BOOST!]
[BOOST!]
When he reached his limit, Issei suddenly clenched his hand. A red ball of light condensed in front of his fist before he punched it forward and fired it toward Riser. "Take my new skill, Dragon Collapse!"
"Dragon Collapse? The name sounds cool, heh." Riser stood still. The name sounded quite epic to him, and he hoped the attack would be just as impressive. He did not dodge and simply waited for the red ball to hit him.
Swoosh!
With a soft sound, the beam hit him. However, the explosion that both Riser and Saji expected never came. The red light engulfed Riser for a moment before fading away. He touched his body but found nothing unusual. Frowning, he looked up and asked, "What happened? Did you fail to... Wait! What the hell?!"
"My dick! Where is my dick?!" Riser's eyes widened, nearly bulging from their sockets as he grabbed his crotch, only to discover that his dick was gone, replaced by something else, something he was far too familiar with. He stared at Issei and demanded, "What did you do?"
However, what answered him was Issei rushing straight toward him. "It's time for my revenge, Riser!" he shouted as he pinned him to the ground with a creepy smile.
"Get off me, you bastard! Have you gone crazy?!" Riser struggled to push Issei away, but to his horror, he felt all his power fading. He could barely muster enough strength to even nudge him. "What is happening to me?"
"Fufufu, sorry, Riser-sama, I had no choice." At that moment, the maid who stood behind them laughed softly. Her face was flushed red, and her breathing came out rough, faint steam escaping her lips as she stared at Riser and Issei with a crazed look that sent a chill through the blond man.
She was the one who hatched this plan. Before informing Riser and Saji to come to the training ground, she made sure they had both drunk some tea, a tea to which she had added a bit of her "special flavor."
"Slut! I will kill you!" Riser roared as he struggled even harder.
"Issei, what are you doing? Have you gone crazy? How could you assault your master? Do you know that you will be considered a Stray Devil at this rate?!" Saji shouted in panic as he tried to stop him. But as he moved forward, he also felt his strength fading. His legs gave way, and he dropped to his knees on the ground.
"Saji, you don't know anything. You'd better stay there until it is your turn." Issei glanced at his best friend, Saji, and spoke with a wicked smile before turning his gaze back to Riser. "You didn't expect this, did you? Oh, Riser-sama."
"What the fuck do you mean by my turn?!!!!!" Saji's face turned deathly pale. He stumbled forward, trying to crawl his way out of the mess, but as he moved, his head bumped into the legs of Kiba, who stood in front of him blocking his path.
"Wait! Wait! We can talk this through! It was my mistake! I didn't mean to fuck you in the ass, I was drunk!"
"Stop!"
"Aghh! Wait!"
"Nooo!!!"
"Anything but that!"
Riser struggled fiercely, but he was far too powerless to do anything. In the end, he could only watch as Issei did the unthinkable under the envious eyes of Kiba and the shocked and horrified eyes of Saji.
"Yes, pound him as hard as you can, Sekiryūtei-sama~!" Squatting on the ground, the big-breasted maid's hands had already slipped beneath her skirt as she began fingering herself while watching the scene. The sight clearly excited her, her eyes locked on Issei pressing Riser down. "Sekiryūtei-sama is the best! Ahn!"
...
Away from all that degenerate fujoshi nonsense in the Phenex House, Yusuke looked down at the kneeling Rias. Holding her face with one hand, he asked, "Do you think saying sorry alone is enough to make up for all your mistakes?"
"I forgave you once. You promised you would never pull any nasty plot again, but you lied to me." He gently stroked her crimson hair. His thumb slipped into her mouth as he pulled her tongue out slightly, then began toying with it between his thumb and index finger.
In a sense, Yusuke was not truly upset with Rias. He had known for a long time that she was planning something, even before he went to the Underworld. He simply did not know what it was. The way her submission value constantly rose and fell made it obvious that she was up to no good.
Even so, he was not angry at her. It was simply the nature of a yandere to do anything to obtain the person she was obsessed with. If this had been his past self, back when he had just dealt with Murayama and the Fallen Angels duo, he would probably have been genuinely furious. But now he understood these women far better, and he had also come to accept that he, too, was part of the problem simply by existing.
"I am shorry!" Rias's eyes grew hazy, her legs trembling as he teased her tongue. The sensation alone felt incredibly good and satisfying.
"Sorry isn't enough. Rias, you were bad, a very, very bad girl. You need to be punished." Yusuke tapped her cheek with his other hand while speaking. His tone sounded almost playful, but his face remained completely impassive.
That only made Rias feel more uncertain, unable to tell if he was truly angry or not.
"Yusuke, can you please forgive her just this once?" Venelana suddenly spoke. Her eyes cast envious glances at Rias. How wonderful it would be if it were her instead, kneeling there with her tongue being teased like that by Yusuke?
"Forgive her?" Yusuke paused and turned to look at Venelana. Then a smile appeared on his face. "How could I refuse Onee-chan's request? Since this is your request, I'll let this matter slide."
He had been waiting for Venelana to step forward since earlier. Otherwise, why would he tease and reprimand Rias if he was not truly angry with her? He did it so Venelana would feel that he valued her and cared about her opinion.
She was the one who had suffered the most from this ordeal, and also the least dangerous yandere Yusuke had ever encountered. He did not want her to feel as if she were nothing more than a tool for his schemes.
"Onee-chan? Why is Yusuke calling mother Onee-chan?!" Rias glanced between Yusuke and Venelana and exclaimed loudly.
**
The bath in the Sitri Estate was gigantic and extremely luxurious, even more so than the one in Yusuke's house. The walls were carved from marble and inlaid with precious gems, with numerous detailed inscriptions formed from gold.
Hot steam rose from the water, filling the bathing area and turning the entire space hazy and foggy.
The fascinating figures of the beautiful women could be vaguely seen through the fog. Sona, Tsubaki, Akeno, Murayama, even Venelana, Rias, and the others were all submerged in the hot spring water.
"Haa~! I missed hot baths like this!" Raising her hands high as she stretched her shoulders, Akeno spoke in a soft, sultry tone. The movement caused her large breasts, which had been floating on the water, to bounce slightly and create small ripples across the surface.
During this period, none of them had been in the mood to either bathe or eat. They had all been either busy searching for Yusuke or busy pretending to search for Yusuke.
"Indeed, it would've been even better if Yu-kun were bathing with us," Murayama said as she brushed a hand through her hair. Her wet, glistening body shone under the ceiling lights, making her curvy figure look even more alluring.
She had not spent any real time with Yusuke since they arrived in the Underworld, and she missed him terribly. She wanted to go on dates with him, sleep in the same bed, and of course, have plenty of sex, letting him fuck her until her mind went blank.
Too bad Yusuke did not want to bathe with them. He said he had something else to deal with and left.
"Yu-sama... Hehe... Hehe..." Aika, on the other hand, submerged herself in the water with only her eyes and nose visible. She kept mumbling while letting out a creepy, perverted laugh that caused bubbles to rise around her. She was getting a little too excited after Yusuke told her he wanted to try a new kind of play with her.
The other girls barely glanced at her before looking away. Even Irina and Xenovia had grown used to her freakish behavior by now.
"Mother, did you... Did you do it with Yusuke?" Rias suddenly asked. Her mother leaned against the edge of the bath, her large breasts rising above the water while droplets slid down from the soft curves.
She felt that Venelana and Yusuke's relationship had become a little too close. What had happened while she was unconscious? Could it be that they had already done it?
Although she knew her mother loved Yusuke and was not opposed to it, it still felt far too sudden. Rias had not even reached that step with him yet!
"Who knows~!" Venelana threw her daughter a teasing gaze and spoke with a slight smile, "You'll have to ask him."
"Mother!" Rias puffed her cheeks and glared at her mother. She reached for her, moving closer, she stared at her mother's face and asked, "Tell me, I want to know!"
Even if her mother had already done it with him, she would at least have to share the experience with her. Maybe she could learn something from it, so that when her own turn came to be railed by Yusuke, she would know how to please him better.
"Ehem, I think it would be more suitable for both of you to have this conversation when you are alone. Right now, I want to bring up an important matter to discuss." At that moment, Sona interrupted them with a slight cough. She glanced at the women around the bath and spoke in a serious tone. "Although we have dealt with Grayfia, there is still another person who is after Yusuke."
"Who is it?" Venelana, Rias, Irina, and Xenovia all became alarmed and asked at the same time.
"It's Onee-sama, Serafall Leviathan," Sona answered with a deep frown. She truly disliked the idea of her sister becoming too obsessed with Yusuke. It was not that she felt jealous or ashamed. The real problem was that Serafall was far too troublesome and annoying. She would only bring more chaos into Yusuke's life than it already had.
Especially when Sona remembered what her crazy older sister once said about gender bending Yusuke and turning him into a woman.
"So-tan! I am back!"
Just as Sona finished speaking, the door to the bath suddenly burst open, and Serafall's bubbly voice echoed inside. She looked around, glancing at the large group of women present, but failed to spot the person she was searching for.
"Where is Yu-tan?" she asked.
Before coming here, she had already learned that Yusuke had managed to escape from Grayfia and was now staying in the Sitri Estate. This was her home, and many servants were present who could quickly pass information to her. The moment she heard the news, she rushed over, eager to finally meet her Yu-tan in person for the first time!
But now it seemed that he was not here.
"Yusuke has something to take care of. He's gone," Sona answered tiredly as she covered her face.
"Noo! Yu-taaaaan! How could you leave me like this, you heartless man!"
...
The place Yusuke teleported to was the human world, more precisely, somewhere in Europe, in a remote corner deep within the mountains. The location was suspiciously close to the Vatican headquarters.
Before him, with her back facing him, stood Grayfia. Even though he did not bother hiding his presence, she failed to notice him. Although only a few hours had passed since the milf yandere fight, Grayfia looked miserable. She appeared haggard. Her shining silver hair was now dirty and disheveled, her face pale, and her eyes bloodshot. Her clothes were dirty and torn in several places, but none of that seemed to concern her.
All her attention rested on the glass box she held in her hands. When Yusuke looked closer, he saw that inside the box was his hand. It had been cleaned and even healed, looking completely intact. The skin that had been shredded and the broken bones were all mended.
Suddenly, he heard her whisper while gently caressing the box. "My baby boy, rest well. Soon, mommy will wake you up."
The light in her crimson eyes grew dim. Her expression remained flat as her hand moved in slow, mechanical motions. "You must be very tired, right? Sleep well. Don't tire yourself too much. I know you worked hard to please mommy. My sweet baby boy deserves some rest."
Although she was clearly talking to Yusuke's hand and had personally witnessed his death, how could a yandere easily accept that the person she loved had died? Especially when she knew of a method that could bring him back to life.
To her, Yusuke was only asleep. Once she found the Holy Grail, she would bring Yusuke back to life. No, that was not the right way to say it. She would wake Yusuke from his sleep. That was the correct way to describe it.
"You must be blaming mommy for what happened. I failed to protect you. It's all mommy's fault. Once you wake up, mommy will do whatever you wish for. I'll spoil you as much as you want." Grayfia continued to speak. Suddenly, she hugged the glass box tightly and squatted on the ground. Her body began to shudder intensely as her whispers turned into sobs. "I won't try to lock you up again or force you to do things... just please wake up... please... don't leave mommy all alone..."
"Mommy... really... really... can't live without you."
She stayed in that position for a while, silently hugging the box that held Yusuke's hand, her eyes closed as if trying to feel his warmth through the glass. After some time, she opened them again.
Slowly, she stood up and looked ahead. From the mountain's height, the massive cathedral in the distance was clearly visible to her.
Although the three factions each had methods to track the thirteen Longinus, in this generation, several had slipped off their radar. Among them was the Holy Grail. Even though information about the Holy Grail was unknown to anyone, even to someone like her or the Satans, Grayfia decided to check the Vatican Church first. If that failed, she would then search the Protestant Church.
If that failed as well, she would have no choice but to pay a visit to the Heaven and see if they knew where the Holy Grail was. However, she was a Devil. There was no way the Church or the Heaven would follow her request. The moment she appeared, they would attack her. That much was certain.
Even though she knew that an alliance between the three factions was already in progress and that they would soon sign a treaty, only the higher ranks knew about it. The three sides still harbored deep suspicion toward one another, and that would not change until the treaty was formally signed.
So Grayfia's only choice was to sneak into the Church and search for clues. If she found no physical evidence, then she would simply "gently" question some of the people inside.
She pressed her soft lips against the glass and kissed it before putting the box away in a storage space. Then she turned around to prepare for the infiltration. Once night fell, she would sneak inside.
However, the moment she turned around, her eyes widened, and she froze on the spot as if she was struck by a trillion bolts of lightning. It felt as though time itself had stopped for her. The only thing moving was her eyes, which remained wide as her pupils shrank and expanded again and again.
"It had only been a few hours, Grayfia. You look so haggard," Yusuke suddenly spoke with a calm tone.
"Yu... Yusuke! My baby boy! You are alive?!!!!"
His voice seemed to carry some strange magic that snapped her out of her petrified state. She hesitantly stepped forward, approaching him with slow, careful steps. Her arm reached out, trembling as she tried to touch him, but she could not bring herself to do it.
What if this was only a hallucination? What if the moment she touched him, he would disappear?
She was so desperate that even if this was nothing but a hallucination, she was willing to indulge in it forever.
[This bitch is broken.] B2 snickered.
'Yeah, she better be,' Yusuke replied calmly. He was not angry at Grayfia for kidnapping him. However, he still felt upset and resentful over her sealing his power and being violent toward him several times whenever he brought up other women.
What angered him even more was what she tried to do at the very end. Just before the other girls arrived, she attempted to use some magic to hypnotize him and break his mind. If the others had not interrupted her, things could have gone very differently.
If everything had not been under his control, who knew what could have happened to him? If there was one thing Yusuke, or rather any normal person, would never accept, it was someone trying to break their mind and turn them into some kind of mindless slave.
Because of that, Yusuke did not feel nearly as guilty about Grayfia's situation as he did about Venelana's. She had brought this upon herself.
She fucked around and found out.
**
Grayfia's reaction was the same as the other women. Once she confirmed that she was neither dreaming nor hallucinating, she threw herself at him and hugged him tightly while sobbing.
Her tears and even snot smeared across his new shirt, soaking it completely. Yusuke waited for more than half an hour for her to finally calm down before speaking.
"Let's leave this place first."
This place was far too close to the headquarters of the Church. If they were discovered by coincidence, it could easily cause a misunderstanding and might even start a major fight.
Yusuke was not afraid of fighting. He had full confidence in his strength. Still, he had no desire to get involved in a meaningless conflict or become further entangled in political struggles.
He only wanted some peace of mind.
Everything he did was meant to secure a quiet and peaceful life, but with every passing day, he could feel that dream slowly slipping farther away.
"Hmm." Grayfia looked up at him, her familiar crimson eyes overflowing with love and obsessive light as she hummed softly with a wide, stupid grin. She had many questions. Why was he alive? How did he survive? Why was he here? How did he find her?
But she did not want to ask any of that right now. She only wanted to hold him like this for a long while. Maybe holding him forever would not be so bad either.
Yusuke used Instant Transmission and teleported away. When they appeared again, they stood in a very familiar place. It was the very spot where he had "died," the place where Grayfia and the other yanderes had fought.
"Grayfia, do you know what I feel right now?" He gently caressed her cheek with one hand and asked in a light tone.
Pa!
Before Grayfia could answer, she suddenly received a strong slap across the face. The hand that had been gently caressing her cheek hit the very same spot it had just been touching. Grayfia stiffened, her eyes widening as she stared in utter disbelief, her mouth opening as if to speak.
Pa!
But another slap shut her up. Yusuke placed his hand on her burning red cheek and said, "Shh, don't speak, I don't want to hear your voice right now, so shut up please... okay?"
"..." Grayfia nodded softly and stood still watching him as he raised his hand high once again and slapped her across the face.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
"You crazy bitch! I can tolerate you calling me yours, tolerate being confined in one place, even tolerate you forcing me to declare that you own me," Yusuke slapped her again and again across the face. His palm struck her cheek, then the back of his hand followed when he drew it away, the blows landing one after another while he spoke. "But what the fuck do you mean when you say you will make sure I never even have dangerous thoughts?!"
[Slap! Bitch slap! Yeah! Harder! Slap her harder, daddy!] B2 yelled in his mind. From her tone, she sounded like she was having a great time watching Grayfia get slapped.
Pa!
"Am I some toy for you to mold however you please?!" His voice rose into a furious roar, and the force behind his hits grew even stronger. When one of his slaps landed, blood ran from the corner of Grayfia's lips.
But the woman in question did not utter a single word or even budge. Her eyes remained fixed on Yusuke's face, though at times they moved to stare at his hand with worry. She was not concerned about herself, but about him. If he kept slapping her like this, he might end up hurting his palm.
When Yusuke finished slapping her, he cupped her face with both hands as a green light glowed from his palms. Slowly, the red and bluish bruises faded away. This time, he asked with a gentle smile, "Did it hurt?"
"No." Grayfia shook her head. This amount of pain meant very little to her. She had experienced far worse during the civil war, and it certainly was not even a fraction of the pain she had endured over the past few hours.
"What do you mean by no? It's supposed to hurt!" Yusuke squeezed her face and glared at her. "Do you want me to slap you more?!"
"...If you want to, I won't resist." Grayfia blinked, then gave a faint smile as she replied.
If getting beaten was all it took for her to repent for all her mistakes, then she would not mind it, even if Yusuke were to break every bone in her body.
"Tsk!" Yusuke clicked his tongue and let go of her after healing her face. "I'll let it slide this time, but if you try to pull the same shit again, I'll kill you, understood?"
It had been a long while since Yusuke last hit a yandere. Even so, he still felt he had gone easy on Grayfia. If it were the past him, he would have done far more to her than what he once did to Kalawarna and Raynare.
He mainly forgave her so quickly because, thanks to her, he had managed to complete all his quests. On top of that, her submission was already very high, which reassured him that she would not try something like this again in the future.
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission: 92 (Devoted)]
"You really forgave mommy?! Thank you, sweetie! I won't ever do anything bad to you," Grayfia laughed in pure joy. Her smile was so radiant that it almost blinded B2, who sulked because Yusuke had stopped slapping her.
Just like Rias, Grayfia had also been wallowing in endless regret during this time. Just before the other yanderes found them, Yusuke had tried to convince her to speak with them. Instead of listening to him, she grew angry and tried to hypnotize him into forgetting everyone and devoting himself only to her.
Holding his only hand, she made a promise to herself. Once she resurrected him, she would never again try to restrict him, force her will on him, hold him back with demands, bind him with possessiveness, or attempt to control his life. She would do anything he wanted, even if he wished to destroy the world, rule over it, or take every single woman in existence as his!
"That's not all. From now on, until I say otherwise, no sex for you!" Yusuke spoke while watching her face turn pale with fright, as if he had just pronounced the most horrible sentence possible. He grabbed her ass and added, "You are not allowed to masturbate as well."
"Wait! What?" Tears began to well up in Grayfia's eyes. She gripped his shirt and stuttered, "Sweetie, you... You can't do this to me! That's too cruel!"
Did he even realize just how strong her attraction toward Yusuke was? Just standing beside him made her pussy flood like a waterfall. The mere closeness of his body drove her insane with desire. She could spend every hour of the day lost in masturbation and still never feel satisfied.
After tasting that heavenly, otherworldly pleasure with him, being told she could no longer have sex with him felt like the cruelest torture imaginable. Even worse, she was not even allowed to relieve herself through masturbation.
This was a living hell for her.
"Not my business," Yusuke shrugged casually. "I..."
Just then, a crimson magic circle suddenly lit up a couple of meters away from them, and from it the figure of a crimson-haired man appeared.
"You really are here." The man glanced at the two of them cuddling close together, his calm face twitching slightly as he spoke.
"Sirzechs? What are you doing here?!" The gentle, spoiled look on Grayfia's face vanished instantly, replaced by a frosty, glacial expression so cold that Yusuke could feel the temperature around them drop.
"Grayfia..." Sirzechs stared at his wife, the woman who had gone through thick and thin with him, who had stood by his side through hardship and bloody war. The woman he believed loved him as much as he loved her now glared at him as if he were lower than an insect. He looked away from her and turned to face Yusuke. "I didn't expect you were still alive... Good!"
"Come with me, I think we have something to settle."
Before leaving the battlefield earlier, he had set up a few magic circles to alert him if anyone came. This precaution was not aimed at Grayfia, Venelana, or the other girls, but at rival factions and other organizations that might try to investigate the area, such as the terrorist group Khaos Brigade.
He had not expected that the ones who would trigger this arrangement would be Yusuke and Grayfia.
"Indeed," Yusuke pushed Grayfia away and strode forward. Before, when he had just been kidnapped, Sirzechs's retaliation was one of the things that worried him the most. Being hated by the strongest Devil was not something pleasant.
"No! Sweetie, you don't have anything to talk about or settle with him. I was the one who pulled you into this mess. I'll settle it with this monkey... this person," Grayfia said.
How could she allow Yusuke to face Sirzechs alone? She had just gotten Yusuke back. There was no way she would let him risk his life again.
'Did she just call me a monkey?' Sirzechs suffered an invisible blow to the heart.
"Shh, everything will be alright. Go back," Yusuke patted her head as he spoke in a firm tone. "Wait for me at home, alright? By the way, it is a bit broken. Why don't you work together with the others and repair it while I am away?"
"But!" Grayfia was still worried.
"No but! Go back now!" Yusuke interrupted her and glared at her. "Or do you want your punishment to be extended even further?!"
"...A-alright, but remember to be careful," Grayfia shuddered in fright. She shot Sirzechs a glare as if warning him that if he dared hurt Yusuke, she would hang him by his balls and skin him alive.
A magic circle appeared beneath her, and the next moment her figure faded as she teleported to Kuoh Town.
"Follow me," Sirzechs said, glancing one last time at the spot where Grayfia had disappeared.
Yusuke followed behind him in silence.
...
The two of them teleported several times until they arrived in an empty place. An endless desert stretched as far as the eye could see, with countless tall sand dunes rising and falling across the landscape. The figures of the two men stood facing each other.
"This is a special dimension I set up a long time ago. Even if I fight with all my strength, it will hold for a good amount of time," Sirzechs explained as he removed his coat and threw it down.
"Good to hear that," Yusuke said, clenching his fist. A faint, almost imperceptible glossy sheen enveloped his entire arm as he thrust a punch forward into empty air.
BOOOM!
Since Sirzechs clearly intended to settle this with fists, Yusuke was no longer the type to stand passively and wait for his opponent to strike first. He instantly activated his Armament Haki.
The sheer force of the punch erupted like an air cannon, violently displacing the surrounding atmosphere. A powerful shockwave tore across the desert floor, carving deep fissures into the sand before the invisible pressure slammed straight into Sirzechs' body!
**
Yusuke's weakest stat was strength. It was two points lower than spirit and agility, and three points lower than physique. Even so, it was still more than a million times stronger than the peak of an average human.
With the addition of Armament Haki that he had just acquired, even at only level one, a simple punch thrown into the empty air already held enough power to completely erase an entire city from existence.
The force of the punch erupted outward like a massive air cannonball. It violently shoved the surrounding air aside, producing a piercing screech that resounded through the silent desert. In the next split second, a deafening explosive boom erupted as the invisible pressure hit Sirzechs. Sand exploded outward in every direction, spiraling upward in a violent tornado of golden grains.
When the swirling dust and sand finally settled, a gigantic deep crater gaped in the ground where the impact had landed, its edges still crumbling inward.
"You have grown stronger, much stronger than before."
Yusuke turned his head to the left. There stood Sirzechs, completely unscathed. A rippling black-crimson aura danced across his body like living flames as he watched Yusuke with a puzzled expression. "Strange... How exactly did you manage it?"
Sirzechs, Grayfia, and the others had all estimated that Yusuke's strength was around the level of an Ultimate Class Devil, and even then on the weaker side of that rank. It was already extremely impressive for someone his age, especially for a human. The massive difference in strength he displayed right now made Sirzechs feel both surprised and suspicious. It made him wonder if Yusuke had been hiding his true power all along, or if he had somehow gained it through some unknown means.
"I don't know. It always happens whenever I get pushed into a truly dangerous situation," Yusuke said with a casual shrug. He clenched both fists tightly and continued, "But I do know one thing though..."
The moment the first half of his words left his lips, his figure blurred into a flash of motion. In an instant, he reappeared directly in front of Sirzechs, his right fist already rocketing forward with ferocious speed.
"People get punched when they fight!"
BOOMM!
The punch exploded toward Sirzechs at point-blank range, carrying the same devastating force as before, if not more. This time, the impact released violent shockwaves from the point of contact, blasting sand and air outward in every direction.
Bang!
A black-crimson aura suddenly erupted outward like jagged lightning ripples, tearing through the thick curtain of dust and swirling sand, scattering everything apart. When the scene cleared, Sirzechs stood there with Yusuke's fist caught in his hand. From his palm, the crimson Power of Destruction glowed before exploding outward, blasting Yusuke away.
'Shit, he is really freaking strong.' Yusuke felt genuine surprise that Sirzechs had managed to stop his punch. Didn't Sona say that Sirzechs was considered the ultimate wizard technique type Devil?
He looked down at his hand and noticed that his skin had actually been injured. A light bruise had formed across his knuckles before quickly mending itself, thanks to his high recovery.
It had to be the Power of Destruction that Sirzechs emitted earlier. Just that tiny amount had been enough to actually damage his skin.
[Don't you say, stupid cunt! Did you think he was a glass cannon or something?] B2 snorted at his stupid misconception. [Even if this red-headed cuckold is more adept at ranged attacks, that doesn't mean he is completely weak in close combat. If he were like that, he wouldn't be considered the strongest Devil.]
'Yeah, true.' Yusuke never held any stupid hope of beating Sirzechs with just his punches. For the most part, he was simply testing his new strength, while also gauging how strong Sirzechs actually was.
"My turn," Sirzechs spoke. His expression remained calm as numerous small spheres suddenly appeared, floating around him.
These small spheres were Sirzechs's signature technique, known as the Demonic Bullets of Annihilation. Through years of training, along with the natural demonic power talent of the Gremory House, Sirzechs had learned to shape his Power of Destruction into numerous highly mobile spheres. Each one could erase things without leaving a trace and even bypass the defenses of his target, which allowed him to eliminate enemies while causing minimal damage to the surroundings.
Just one of these bullets was enough to erase an Ultimate Class Devil from existence.
Swoosh!
All the bullets shot toward Yusuke from every direction at incredible speed.
Although Yusuke was confident in his tough body, which now had 24 points in physique, he was not stupid enough to take these bullets head-on. Without any hesitation, his figure blurred as he evaded them with astonishing speed. He moved so fast that numerous afterimages trailed behind him, while explosions of sonic booms echoed across the empty desert.
High speed, coupled with high reaction speed and also Observation Haki, was a frightening combination. Although the bullets continued to pursue him, he was having an easy time dodging them as he predicted their paths before they could even move.
"How troublesome," Sirzechs created more bullets and controlled them to form a tight net, trying to block Yusuke's path. But Yusuke moved like a slippery eel, always finding a way through the gaps as if he already knew their direction beforehand.
The bullets possessed incredibly destructive power. Each one of them was as strong as Venelana's strongest attack. But if they could not hit their target, they were useless.
'My speed is still great,' Yusuke moved through the gaps while dodging the bullets chasing him. Sometimes he rushed straight through them, sometimes he moved in a zigzagging pattern. Despite the intensity of the situation, he remained very relaxed as he assessed the improvement in his speed.
With his current speed alone, he did not need to worry about being hit. In a sense, speed itself was a form of defense. As long as someone was fast enough, they would not get hit and could keep the initiative to either stay or escape. That was far better than having strong defense but slow movement speed, which would only turn someone into a punching bag.
'Alright, that's enough testing.' Suddenly, Yusuke used his Telekinesis to push the bullets away. However, to his astonishment, he failed.
It was as if the Power of Destruction could erase even something as intangible as Telekinesis.
'This is ridiculous!' Yusuke clicked his tongue once again at the terrifying potential of the Power of Destruction and at Sirzechs's absurd talent. The man was literally a monster.
But he also felt excited. The moment he remembered that he too would obtain the Power of Destruction, his anticipation grew. The greater the potential Sirzechs displayed, the more excited Yusuke became.
"Come, Lævateinn," As he stretched his hand forward while moving through the air and dodging the bullets, a column of flame suddenly ignited before him. Yusuke reached into it and pulled out a golden longsword.
Without hesitation, he turned around and swung the sword with all his strength, injecting his magic power into it. A gigantic arc of flame erupted from the blade. The blazing wave surged forward toward the numerous bullets, submerging them in a sea of fire as it continued its path straight toward Sirzechs.
But something strange happened. The moment the flames touched the bullets, they were dispersed and destroyed. Every part of the fire that came into contact with them was erased as if it had never existed, leaving conspicuous gaps in the sweeping arc.
Bang!
The massive arc struck Sirzechs and created a huge explosion. Scorching waves of heat spread outward as a sea of flame engulfed the area, the intense temperature even crystallizing the surrounding sand. However, as expected, Sirzechs stood calmly within the flames without a single scratch.
"A Sacred Gear?" Sirzechs was once again surprised. Just how many surprises did Yusuke still have? If this had happened a few weeks ago, he would have been genuinely happy and excited to witness all the unexpected abilities Yusuke could reveal. After all, Yusuke was supposed to become his brother-in-law and his ototo.
But the man standing before him now was the one who had seduced his wife and even his mother, turning the entire Gremory household into a nest of cuckolds.
Who knew what might happen in the future? What if he ended up seducing his grandmother as well, or even worse, his son's future wife if he ever had one? Sirzechs shivered just imagining such a scene. This Yusuke was the nemesis of their entire bloodline!
Yusuke did not bother correcting him. He turned and shot toward Sirzechs. Dragon Slaying Fire engulfed his body, leaving a long blazing trail behind him in the air. He dodged the bullets with minimal movement while rapidly closing the distance between them.
The reason Yusuke had been so pleased when he obtained Lævateinn was that it was extremely compatible with Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. Lævateinn embodied the very concept of a dragon and granted its wielder the abilities of one. When combined with Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, the two formed a perfect combination.
This time, it was Sirzechs who took the initiative to move. He retreated while firing more and more bullets. Some of them were small while others were large, and they moved in complex patterns.
'He seems able to predict my attacks. Is it some kind of mind-reading ability? If that is the case...' As Sirzechs observed Yusuke, a thought crossed his mind. Although he did not know what Observation Haki was, he possessed extensive combat experience. In the past, he had even fought enemies who could read minds and had still managed to defeat them.
He quickly abandoned precise control of the bullets. Instead, he willed them to move chaotically in every direction. This way, even he, the caster, did not know the path the bullets would take.
Bang! Bang!
His guess proved correct. Not long after he changed his tactic, Yusuke began to show slight difficulty dodging the bullets. Some of them grazed his clothes, erasing parts of the fabric wherever they touched.
Even so, this tactic might have worked against someone else, but Yusuke's speed and reaction were ridiculous. He still managed to dodge the bullets at the last second every time, which only made Sirzechs grow increasingly annoyed.
It felt like reaching out to eat something, only for someone to snatch it away right before it could enter your mouth.
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