Takumi immediately moved to block the oppressive force of Tohru's dragon might for Sona.
Only then was Sona finally able to breathe again, and she looked at Tohru in her maid outfit with lingering shock.
"A dragon? No... she's completely different from any dragon I've ever seen!!"
Sona could say for certain that the Tohru standing before her was more than one whole level above any of the Dragon Kings she knew.
"She's Tohru, my dragon maid. Tohru, this is Sona, my current fiancée... well, that engagement is—"
Noticing Tohru getting jealous, Takumi immediately started explaining.
The moment she heard it was mainly an engagement tied to benefits, Tohru relaxed a little.
Even so, dissatisfaction still showed clearly on her face.
"Why even bother explaining things to these lowly demons? Wouldn't it be simpler to just kill them all?"
"..."
Tohru's casual remark instantly silenced Sona and Rias.
Being looked down on like that really should have made them furious.
And yet, because it was Tohru saying it, it somehow felt... convincing.
"Sona and Rias aren't low-grade demons. They're our people. As for the others, I really do have thoughts about killing them all, and I'm planning to act on that soon. I'll probably be taking a trip to the Underworld later. Tohru, come with me."
Takumi spoke in that same calm tone, without hiding the killing intent in his eyes at all.
The moment she heard the word slaughter, Tohru immediately lit up with excitement.
As the daughter of the leader of the Chaos Faction, she didn't particularly love killing and destruction, but she definitely didn't dislike them either.
To Tohru, destroying things she didn't like was perfectly normal.
"Takumi, I could handle this by myself! Destruction is what I'm best at. The creatures in this world are all so weak, there's no way they could ever beat me!"
Thumping her own arm, Tohru puffed herself up proudly.
Takumi honestly couldn't refute that.
With her current chief god-class strength, Tohru was already standing at one of the peaks of power in this world.
Not to mention her connections... or rather, her dragon network. Her father was the Emperor of Demise, and among her friends was even a creator-god-class dragon deity like Lucoa.
Takumi quickly cut in, "Hold it, hold it. I'm not at the point where I want to wipe out all life in this world. Right now I just want to deal with a portion of the demons in the Underworld. I'm not trying to start a world war."
Hearing that, Tohru immediately gave him a look full of regret.
"Honestly, Takumi, you're just too kind. There's no need to reason with stupid lower lifeforms. If they won't behave, just kill them all."
"..."
As demons themselves, Sona and Rias remained silent.
Cold sweat was already starting to gather on their foreheads.
None of the dragons they knew had ever been this... unreasonably overbearing.
This kind of absolute disdain from something standing so far above the world really left them at a loss.
"Don't take it personally. Tohru's a dragon from another world, so her worldview is a little different from ours."
"Ah... well, if that's the case—my ass!!"
Rias finally snapped. Since when was a dragon from another world a casual explanation!?
"Another world??"
With even Sona looking blank, Takumi gave them a quick rundown of the situation.
By the time they realized Tohru's background was even more outrageous than they'd imagined, both Sona and Rias had become noticeably more restrained.
But then they looked over at Tohru, who was happily cooking away in the kitchen.
When they paired that image with the same Tohru who had just casually suggested exterminating entire bloodlines, the contrast was so extreme that both Sona and Rias had a thousand things to say and none of them came out.
After thinking it over for a bit, Rias went into the kitchen with Maria to help Tohru cook.
Rias wanted to use the chance to make friends with Tohru, or at least get on familiar terms with her.
And Tohru, who was gradually learning the concept of human relationships, didn't reject Rias's effort either.
Seeing the atmosphere become more harmonious, Takumi leisurely opened his memo app.
Inside the memo, line after line was filled with future plans for when he'd be getting laid.
The Akizuki household, the fallen angel trio, the Redo of Healer world, Yuki Tsukumo, Kuchisake-onna, Hachishaku-onna... one arrangement after another had already packed out his entire week.
"Damn, I just realized I don't have any free time at all."
Takumi frowned and made a difficult choice.
"Tomorrow? No... that won't work. The day after tomorrow doesn't work either. Takumi, Takumi, how can you be this decadent? You can't keep sinking like this. But then again, I only just got back from the DanMachi world. I should at least spend a little time having fun, right? Yeah, I need to unwind first. That's the most important thing..."
After agonizing over it for quite a while, Takumi finally moved everything to next Saturday.
It couldn't be helped. His work schedule was just too full.
Compared to all those beautiful, relaxing plans, the trouble being stirred up by the war-faction demons was obviously dirty, exhausting, thankless work.
If he had any choice in the matter, who the hell would willingly crawl out of a warm bed full of women?
"It's all that so-called Lucifer Maou's fault. I'm definitely going to deal with you properly later. You actually managed to throw off my schedule for the entire next week."
Just thinking about how he had to carve time out to deal with Underworld business made Takumi feel tired already.
He hadn't even started yet, and he already didn't want to move.
"Takumi-sama, you look so exhausted. Is there anything Asia can do to help?"
Seeing Takumi sprawled across the sofa like a washed-up old man, Asia immediately felt sorry for him.
Unfortunately, she couldn't read minds. All she could see was the surface-level exhaustion.
If she really knew what Takumi had been thinking just now, Asia would probably... run off blushing to hide in her room.
But for now, she just came over with concern and skillfully started massaging him.
And with Rias and Maria helping in the kitchen, a full table of dishes was quickly carried out.
The rich aroma alone was enough to set Takumi's appetite roaring.
And among all those dishes, Tohru's tail meat was still as conspicuous as ever.
Even after being processed, the sliced meat still showed off that bizarre rainbow-colored cross-section, the kind of thing that made you want to look away on instinct.
Only Tohru herself was staring straight at Takumi with a face full of expectation.
"Takumi-nii~~"
"Onii-chan~~"
Maria and Mio both patted Takumi sympathetically on the shoulder.
The pitied Takumi looked utterly speechless.
Especially since Yuki Suou, Rias, and the others were all secretly laughing.
"What are you all laughing at? And stop pitying me. Eat your food!"
Takumi shot them all a look and started digging into the meal in annoyance.
"Ehehe~ Takumi, this time I specifically stir-fried it with sauce. It absolutely tastes great!"
Tohru kept enthusiastically promoting her stir-fried tail meat and even pushed the plate closer to him.
"Right, right. We haven't actually tasted it ourselves, but we were very confident in the sauce. At least in that part, I'm pretty sure we did it well."
Rias also chimed in with complete support written all over her face.
But there was no way Takumi couldn't tell she was mostly enjoying the show.
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