"Let's go there, that shop sells really delicious Dango. I am sure you'll like it!" Leaning nearly half her body against Yusuke, Kalawarna pointed at a Dango shop and pulled him along with a bright smile. Her long, blue hair moved in the air, and her golden eyes shone with immense happiness. She radiated so much happiness that it felt strong enough to power an entire city.
She was completely ignoring the people throwing strange glances at the two of them, many of whom felt puzzled by the odd combination of Yusuke in his high school uniform and Kalawarna in her OL outfit. The two of them looked like a teacher going out with her student, which was not far from the truth.
"Dango? How did you know I like eating Dango?" Yusuke glanced at the store, then at her, and asked. Right after that, he felt stupid for asking such an obvious question.
"Silly Yusuke, is there anything about you that I don't know?" Kalawarna gave him a smug look and planted a quick kiss on his cheek, leaving her red lip print behind. She lifted her chin a little and said proudly, "I know everything about you, my man. I have been stalking you for a long time."
"I don't think that being a stalker is something to be proud of," Yusuke rolled his eyes at her. Perhaps only Yanderes could look this proud and confident while talking about their creepy habits and still walk away scot-free.
The two went to the shop. It was run by an old woman who smiled kindly while taking their orders. She did not say cliché lines like 'You two look good together,' or anything similar, which left Kalawarna a little disappointed since she had chosen this shop specifically because it was run by an old woman.
Holding the dango stick in her hand and eating one, she thought, 'Next time I should choose a better shop and bribe them beforehand.'
"Nmm, nmm, this dango isn't bad," Yusuke said while eating. He did not have high expectations when she talked up the store, because he had tried nearly all the shops in town. It surprised him a little that there was actually a small place like this that sold such good dango. He thought, 'Perhaps it is a Yandere thing. They all know how to create great things when they set their mind on it.'
"Really? Let me try." Kalawarna leaned closer with her lips slightly parted as she opened her mouth and gave him a playful wink. "Feed me."
"Don't you have your own? Why do you want to eat my dango?" Yusuke looked at her with a speechless expression.
[Unromantic dumbfuck. No wonder you never got any maidens in your past life and always ended up with stupid hoes.] The system face-palmed at his reaction; she could not stand how dense this stupid host was.
'Shut it! What the fuck did I do?' The corner of his eyelid twitched. This system always scolded him like this whenever he did something stupid. Looks like he had done it again. 'I need to think about it later and fix it. Damn, Yandere or not, women are really troublesome!'
"I want to try yours. It looks more delicious than mine," Kalawarna pouted, completely unaware of Yusuke and his system's argument, and opened her mouth wide. "Hurry! Hurry!"
"...Alright," Yusuke sighed helplessly and fed her. Kalawarna's lips wrapped around the dango ball as she bit into it. The way her lips and cheeks moved, her eyes looking up at him from that position, was strangely lewd. It reminded him of how she looked when she was sucking his cock.
"Hehehe, as expected, Yusuke's thing is delicious~!" Kalawarna's throat moved as she gulped loudly, chuckling as she said it.
'Phrasing! Mind your phrasing!' Yusuke glanced down past her large breasts and stared at his trousers. Fortunately, he didn't get a boner. Suppressing the urge to drag her to a remote corner, he said, "It's good that you like it."
"Here, try mine too, hehehe~!" Kalawarna's face lit up, sensing his movement. She pressed her body against his and held her dango stick to his lips.
Yusuke obeyed and ate silently before saying, "It strangely tastes better than mine. Did you add something else to it?"
"Yes!" Kalawarna's smile widened as she replied.
"Oh, really? What is it?" He pretended to be surprised as he asked.
[Finally, you're doing something right. I really thought you were a hopeless, dense cunt!] The system commented harshly.
"I added extra love to it, of course!" Kalawarna took a step back, her face slightly flushed like a young maiden in love.
'How corny. Still, why is my heart fluttering seeing her like this?' Yusuke stood frozen in a daze. For some strange reason, memories of his dates in his previous life surfaced, and his nose felt stuffy. In the end, he muttered, "Thank you."
Even though this woman had caused him plenty of trouble, even kidnapped his lovely, cute masochist Aika, making him hate her for a while, at this moment, he was genuinely grateful to have her in his life.
"Eh? Why are you thanking me?" Kalawarna tilted her head, clearly confused.
"No, nothing. I just wanted to say it." Yusuke patted her head with a warm smile.
"Hmn♡! Yusuke, you're so bad! Don't do things like that so suddenly, I won't be able to control myself♡!" Kalawarna's face flushed red, her eyes misty. She leaned against his body and whispered, breathing heavily as if a switch had been flipped.
The sight of the two of them holding each other in the middle of the road drew even more stares. Men glared at Yusuke with envy and jealousy, while women glanced at Kalawarna, envious of her boldness to act like this in public.
A few minutes later, Kalawarna grabbed Yusuke's hand and led him in another direction. "Let's go! There are so many more things I want to show you! Nearby, there's a place where we can take pictures!"
"Pictures?" Yusuke asked as he followed her.
"Hmm! I saw it on the internet. It's a place where you can take amazing pictures with beautiful backgrounds. They even rent clothes that match the scenery!" Kalawarna said excitedly as she pulled him through the crowds.
When the two reached the place, they found it crowded with couples, but the moment Yusuke and Kalawarna appeared, people started leaving for some strange reason.
"Using magic for something like this, you really are a bad girl," Yusuke said, watching the shop that had been overflowing with customers just moments ago become empty.
"If I can't use my power for my own benefit, what's the point of having it in the first place?" Kalawarna shrugged and walked over to the receptionist, explaining her request.
This was her first real date with Yusuke, and there was no way she would waste a single moment waiting outside. Over the past months, she and Yusuke had gone on multiple dates, but there was always another woman accompanying them. She had always wanted a date with just the two of them, alone, without anyone disturbing their little private world.
"You've got a point. I can't argue with that," Yusuke said. He didn't find her answer strange. From the moment he gained his power, he had started providing his own version of 'protection' to others. It would be incredibly hypocritical to start preaching about justice and the like.
The two changed into yukata and stood in front of a large tatami wall. Yusuke wore a dark blue yukata that fit snugly over his muscular frame, while Kalawarna wore a pink yukata adorned with beautiful cherry blossom patterns.
The two looked like a couple from the Edo Era, though Kalawarna's foreign appearance stood out slightly.
After taking multiple pictures in that outfit, they changed into other outfits, formal English attire, traditional Indian outfits, Chinese Hanfu, and more.
"Yusuke... can we try this too?" Kalawarna asked suddenly, her face slightly embarrassed.
She was holding a white gown, a wedding dress.
"...Sure," Yusuke blinked for a moment before nodding.
Both of them changed into their respective outfits, Yusuke in a black tuxedo and Kalawarna in an exquisite wedding dress.
Although the clothes weren't the highest quality, Kalawarna still looked like a beautiful, pure fairy rather than a fallen angel. Her shy, innocent face was highlighted with light makeup, and her long hair was tied in a ponytail, held by a white crown inlaid with jewels. She held a bouquet of flowers in her hands.
Standing next to each other, they looked like a real married couple.
Yusuke stared at her with a slightly unfocused gaze. Even though he knew this was just pretend, it couldn't stop his mind from drifting. Perhaps one day, the two of them would really hold a grand ceremony and marry each other, a day when he would wed all his Yandere harem.
"Yusuke," Kalawarna's voice suddenly pulled him back to reality. Just as he was about to answer, he felt a soft sensation on his lips.
It was a soft kiss, but very different from their usual sloppy, deep, wet kisses. This one felt innocent and pure, just their lips gently pressed against each other.
Clack!
The image of the two of them kissing seemed frozen in time as the photographer captured the moment.
Pulling back from the kiss, Kalawarna rested her head on his shoulder and whispered, "Thank you for appearing in my life, Yusuke. Thank you for everything."
"..." Yusuke didn't know what to say. He had many things he wanted to express, but at the same time, he couldn't find the words to convey what he was feeling.
"Look at this picture, Yusuke. You look handsome in formal clothes, like a gentleman from the nineties," Kalawarna said as they walked out. She flipped through the images, showing them to him, her face brimming with immense joy and happiness.
"Is that so? Honestly, I felt like these clothes barely fit me," Yusuke said, glancing at the picture. Most of his attention, however, was on Kalawarna, who looked completely different from how she usually did.
"We look like a real husband and wife here, fufufu. I'll keep this picture with me forever!" Kalawarna held the wedding-themed images, her wide smile nearly splitting her face. She pressed the pictures against her chest as she spoke.
"Yeah, maybe. It would look even better when it's the real thing, don't you think?" Yusuke held her waist, pulling her closer as they walked.
"Real thing? You mean real marriage? Are you being serious?!" Kalawarna snapped back. Her eyes suddenly became incredibly sharp, sharper than even a sword, before melting into heart shapes. She pressed her face a few millimeters from his and asked, "Can I... can I really marry you? I am allowed to do that?!"
...
A Yandere's ultimate dream is to marry her man and live a happy, lovely, dovely life with him forever after, maybe even raise a couple of children together, although that depends on how messed up the Yandere was.
Despite becoming a Goudere, Kalawarna's life goals, even if they changed a little, stayed mostly the same. She still dreamed of marrying Yusuke and living a very long and happy life with him, traveling the world, and doing all sorts of little silly things with him.
Because of what she did in the past, attacking Yusuke, kidnapping Aika, and even trying to kill her, she felt unworthy of something like that. She was already more than satisfied with just having taken these pictures of the two of them as a married couple. In fact, she was downright smug about it, since she was certain this was the first time Yusuke ever took pictures like that in his entire life.
So when she heard Yusuke talking about real things, her mind did not blank out like it usually did when he teased her. On the contrary, it sharpened. Her imagination jumped straight to the scene of the two of them wearing wedding outfits just like earlier, only this time they stood in a large castle garden, surrounded by all their friends who were cheering for them while they made their vows and kissed each other.
'I love you, let's marry.'
'I can't wait to marry you for real, Kalawarna.'
Just like any other Yandere, her mind started conjuring lines Yusuke never said at all. Her eyes turned into bright pink heart shapes, and her long blue hair floated as if an invisible aura lifted it. She wrapped herself around him like a hungry anaconda, "Is it true? Can I really marry you?!"
Although Yusuke had long stopped treating her as his slave and treating Raynare as his human toilet, and although the other women no longer discriminated against them, the two of them still felt inferior and minded it deeply.
[You need to mind what you are saying, stupid cunt, you pressed the wrong switch.] The system snickered at him, her voice sharp with irritation. [Why would you even consider the idea of marrying a woman like her in the first place? Tsk. Useless cunt, this must be your abandonment issues acting again!]
'That is none of your business. I can marry whoever I want. It is not like you are the one I am going to marry!' Yusuke retorted coldly. The words he said to Kalawarna earlier simply slipped out before he even noticed, and the first thing he did afterward was reach out and pat her head.
The first rule to survive a yandere is to pat her head. Head pats always work.
"What I want to say is that sometime in the future, you and I will indeed get married. After all, you are my cute, lovely woman. Even if you are sometimes crazy, I like that part of you as well." Yusuke watched her face melt under his head pats. He paused for a moment to figure out the right words before speaking again.
He simply said what he truly felt. It was inevitable that one day he would have to marry all the women in his Yandere harem, although that day was still far away for now.
"Fufufu, marrying Yusuke," Kalawarna did not care about the timing at all. What mattered was that Yusuke, her man, her master, her God, was willing to marry her! "Fufufu! Hahaha, hehehehehehe~!" She started with a soft chuckle, then it twisted into a creepy laughter that echoed around them. Everyone nearby froze on the spot, feeling a cold shiver running down their spines.
"Is this considered a proposal? Does this mean I am the first woman you proposed to?" Her breathing grew heavier the more she clung to that idea. Heat bubbled low in her stomach, and as if something inside her flipped, love juice slid from her love place and trailed down her thighs.
"You could say that," Yusuke replied, blinking his eyes.
"Wonderful, so wonderful! To think that a sinful woman like me can attain such happiness!" Kalawarna tilted her head back and whispered in an unnervingly slow and creepy voice. Then she turned her gaze back to Yusuke and added, "I saw a love hotel on the way here, let's..."
"Darling, I found you!" A clear, lively voice suddenly interrupted her. Irina came running toward them, her twintails bouncing in the air as she waved her hands excitedly. Completely ignoring Kalawarna as if she were invisible, she threw herself at Yusuke. "You are so mean, darling! How could you leave so suddenly?!"
'She did it on purpose,' Yusuke thought, glancing at the girl clinging to him. She had clearly been waiting for the perfect moment to ruin their moment.
[Yes, she did on purpose.] The system confirmed.
"You and Xenovia seemed too busy catching up, so I figured I should give you both some space," Yusuke replied, keeping an eye on Kalawarna's reaction.
"Thot!" As expected, Kalawarna's anger flared. She grabbed Irina by the collar and yanked her away from Yusuke. "Get away from my man!"
She was furious, absolutely furious that this bitch had ruined her special moment with Yusuke. They were just about to spend the whole day having hot, sloppy sex after her man's marriage proposal. Did this bitch even understand how important that was to her?! That was a once-in-a-lifetime moment!!!
"Kyaah!" Irina let herself get thrown without resistance. She even exaggerated the fall and rolled on the ground a couple of times just to look more pitiful. For good measure, she squeezed out a tear and whimpered, "Darling, it hurts!"
[Bitch!]
"Bitch!" The system and Kalawarna shouted at the same time. "Are you looking to die?!"
"Darling, this woman is bullying me!" Irina curled up on the ground, pointing at her. Her red, teary eyes made her look incredibly pitiful, like a girlfriend being tormented by the legal fiancée of a CEO in a K-drama.
"Get up," Yusuke said, ignoring her pitiful expression, and helped her to her feet. He then turned to Kalawarna, giving her a helpless look.
Before he could speak, Kalawarna cut him off. "It seems our little date has come to an end." She leaned in, giving him a light peck on the lips, then stepped back and winked at him. "I'll be waiting for you at home. Be sure to come back early. I'll be preparing a surprise for you, so please look forward to it~!"
"...Sure," Yusuke said, pausing in surprise before answering. He honestly thought she would snap in anger, so her reaction completely caught him off guard. "Let's have another date sometime, just the two of us."
"Yes!" Kalawarna froze for a split second, her face lighting up as she nodded. "See you later, husband~!" She emphasized the word husband, deliberately glancing at Irina with a provocative smirk.
'As expected, Gouderes are the best!' Yusuke thought, glancing at Kalawarna's fading figure among the crowd. She understood that he was trying to tame Irina and Xenovia and, despite her own dissatisfaction, prioritized his needs, and that made her the best!
If she were a Yandere, hell would have broken loose instead. She would have made a scene and beaten the shit out of Irina for daring to ruin her date, and rightfully so.
"Tsk!" Irina narrowed her eyes at Kalawarna and clicked her tongue in annoyance. This fallen angel was smarter than she expected. Even after being provoked to this point, she hadn't snapped.
She had originally planned to make Kalawarna lose her shit and snap at her, so she could act pitiful and gain Yusuke's sympathy. But neither happened. Kalawarna didn't react the way she expected, and Yusuke didn't even seem concerned about her. It seemed both of them had seen through her plan. 'As expected of my darling, he's so smart!'
"Darling, you can't just keep staring at another woman when another girl is with you, ya know?" Irina smoothed her face into a cute pout and nudged Yusuke a few times. "I'll forgive you this once if you agree to go on a walk with me~!"
"A walk?" Yusuke asked.
"Yes! Just the two of us! It's like a date, hehehe!" Without waiting for him to agree, she grabbed his hand and started walking. "I used to live in this town when I was young. I wonder how many things have changed since I left."
Because of her father's work and her church training, when she was still a kid, her family had moved from Kuoh Town to Europe.
"Alright," Yusuke agreed, following her. At the same time, he kept glancing at the system window.
[Irina Shidou's submission: 60 (Possessive)]
Perhaps it was because of the death of God, which made her even more dependent on and obsessed with him. Her and Xenovia's submission rose by 10 points without him even doing anything.
'Well, she is much easier to deal with than Rias and Koneko, who are so freaking stubborn!' he thought to himself.
She was mostly harmless if he ignored her clumsy attempts to deceive and manipulate him. The only notable thing about her and Xenovia was how naturally talented they were at pushing things their way. Just now, she had smoothly gotten Yusuke to agree to a walk with her, and Xenovia had done the same when trying to get him into bed.
"This is the park I used to play in when I was young! How nostalgic!" Reaching a small playground, Irina pulled Yusuke toward a swing. "Back then, I didn't have many friends, so I used to play with Issei, but that dumb guy actually thought I was a boy!"
"Can you believe it? That stupid guy! Even if I used to wear only boys' clothes, anyone with functioning eyes would know how to tell a boy from a girl!" She puffed her cheeks, clearly upset at being mistaken for a boy. Sitting on the swing, she asked, "I don't look like a boy to you, right, darling?"
"Yeah, yeah, you don't look like a boy at all," Yusuke said, using his most useful skill, head pats, to calm her. "There's no way a cute girl like you could ever look like a boy."
"Cute! Hehehe~! Of course I am cute!" Irina squinted her eyes in delight, letting out a silly laugh. But her laughter didn't last long. With a downcast expression, she glanced at the ground, staring at the sand beneath her feet with vacant eyes. She whispered, "Darling, if you think I'm cute, then why are you still seeking other girls?"
...
"Am I not enough?" She lifted her head and met his gaze, her misty eyes trembling with tears that could fall at any moment.
"You know that I love you so much, so why are you mingling with other women?" She gripped the swing tightly and asked, "Do you enjoy seeing me suffer?"
There was a dark and heavy atmosphere radiating from her, as if she were ready to snap at any moment.
The sun had already set, and the sky was growing dark; the children had already returned to their homes. Only the two of them remained in the playground.
Yusuke watched her in silence for a good moment before finally speaking, "Irina Shidou, I think you seem to have misunderstood something."
"...What is it?" Irina's vacant eyes gained a bit of light. There had to be some profound reason behind him mingling with other women. It had to be true; otherwise, how could he bear to break her heart just to be with other stupid women?!
"As far as I know, you and I are not in any relationship, we are not even a thing," Yusuke said as he glanced at her increasingly pale face and parted lips, which clearly showed the impact of his words. "These women you have been fussing about for so long have known me longer than you. We have been in love for a long while."
A buzzing sound rang in Irina's ear, as if she were hearing stupid ass white noise. Her vision blanked for a short moment, 'What is darling saying?! I must be hearing things! Yes! My ears are not working properly, I need to go to a doctor to check them!'
In Irina's Yandere mind, she and Yusuke were destined lovers. Just like she fell in love with him at first sight, he must have fallen for her as well. To her, this was an immutable truth that could not be changed. The only obstacle stopping them from getting together was these women, who were clearly tricking him.
She always believed that even if he was being deceived by other women, he should not have failed to realize his love for her. So when she heard his words, the shock hit her so hard that the illusions her Yandere mind had been conjuring began to shatter.
Yusuke watched her increasingly devastated look and delivered another blow, "If we were to talk about who is in the wrong here, it would be you. You suddenly came and started making a fuss, trying to steal their man. If it were not because these women are harmless and cute, they would have killed you long ago."
He had no issue with Irina or Xenovia. These two girls had not done anything bad to him or his women. On the contrary, they were quite harmless by Yandere standards, almost as harmless as Sona and Tsubaki.
Yusuke had no reason to torment them or use force to make them submit, like he first did with Murayama or with Raynare and Kalawarna.
The most they did was use clumsy manipulative tactics on him, all of which he saw through spectacularly. In fact, even if they had used more despicable methods, Yusuke would have forgiven them easily. Yandere are, in a sense, mentally ill women; it is completely normal for them to do extreme things. To Yusuke, as long as they did not commit something completely unforgivable, he could forgive them.
After all, he even forgave someone like Murayama.
"I don't know what made you think that way, but allow me to clarify. I am not in love with you," Yusuke delivered the finishing blow. "Sure, I think you are cute, I think you are quite likable, but there is no way I would fall in love with someone I have known for only a few days."
Usually, although this was the truth, Yusuke wouldn't have been so frank with a Yandere. That would only provoke her into stabby stabby mode and push her to the greatest extremes, the lesson from Kalawarna still fresh in his mind.
He did it this time because he had a good understanding of Irina and Xenovia's state of mind. These two, despite appearing completely fine, were actually very fragile, especially Irina. They had completely lost the meaning of their lives, and the only pillar of support they had right now was their love and obsession with Yusuke.
If even the slightest crack appeared in that pillar, they would immediately try to restore it by any means possible.
For that reason, Yusuke felt the fastest way to raise Irina's submission was to directly shatter her illusions. That would create cracks in her pillar, and she would subconsciously do anything to repair it.
After all, the one rule that had worked for him since he got this system was that submission rises when Yusuke lowers a Yandere's bottom line. The more their bottom line is lowered, the higher their submission value increases. It is basic math.
"This can't be!" Irina slid from the swing to her knees. With trembling hands, she clutched Yusuke's trousers, her lips quivering as she cried, "This is a lie! You are lying to me!"
Her eyes grew more frightening and desperate. "You love me! I know that! We are both destined for each other!"
"From the moment we saw each other, we were fated to be together! It must have been God's will before his death! He must have shown me who I should direct my love and faith to!" She crawled forward and hugged his legs tightly, crying with a tearful and bleak voice, "It was you, darling! You are my love, my man, my God!"
[Hahaha! Shit! This girl is delulu!] The system burst out laughing at the scene.
'Thankfully, no one is around,' Yusuke glanced around, feeling relieved that everyone had gone home. Who knew if some busybody called the cops, thinking he was abusing this girl? He patted her head, speaking this time in a gentle tone, "Irina, get up. These are just your assumptions. I am no God. Even if I were, it would be far in the future."
[It would be far in the future? Hahaha, let me note this down. In addition to abandonment issues, you also started having a God complex.] The system laughed even harder at him, [Puahahaha! I laughed so much! This is too funny! I can't! I can't! My side hurts even though I do not have a body!]
'Bullshit! What do you mean by God complex? Who do you think I am, Yun Wuji?' Yusuke snapped at her. Is this bitch doing it on purpose? Can't she see he is busy?
"No! That is not true! It is not true!" Irina shook her head violently while holding his leg even tighter. "I know that I love you! I love you so much! Much more than anyone could ever do!"
"Since I love you, it must be only natural that you love me back!" She clutched his trousers so tightly that Yusuke began to worry she might end up pulling them down. "Do you know how much pain and suffering I feel every day, every hour, every minute, every second when I think of you being away from me, surrounded by other despicable women?!"
"I love you so much! I can die for you! Why is everything I get, is this heart-ripping agony and soul-piercing pain?! Why can't I get even the slightest bit of joy and love from this?! This is a lie! It must be a lie!"
Pressing her body tightly against his legs while crying loudly, tears and snot covering her once cute and bright face, Irina poured out her feelings, "You are lying to me! You must be testing my feelings for you!"
There were two things that could easily break a Yandere's mind. One was denying the love she felt for the person she adored, which would devastate her completely. A clear example of this was what Yusuke did with Raynare and Kalawarna when he denied the purity of their love for him.
The other is when the person they love denies his feelings in return. This is especially effective for Yanderes who are completely convinced that the person they adore loves them back just as much as they love him.
Irina was suffering even more, since Yusuke was not only the person she loved. He had become her only escape, the only person she could devote herself to in order to keep going. Without him, she might have already started considering ending her own life.
"Irina, I hate to tell you this, but..." Yusuke bent down, scooped her up in his arms, and sat on the swing with her on his lap. "It seems you have some misunderstandings about love. Feeling love and getting what you want are not the same thing."
Now that he had given her a mental beating, it was time to soothe her with a gentle touch. He caressed her hair while holding her tightly, like a loving boyfriend cuddling his girlfriend. "These two things are diametrically opposed to each other. Love in itself is self-sacrifice, existing for the sake of the other."
"Love is self-sacrifice?" Irina felt the coldness that had gripped her entire body start to fade with Yusuke's warm voice and touch. Her colorless world began regaining some color as she listened to his words, absorbing them as if they were holy scripture.
"Yes, love is all about self-sacrifice," Yusuke answered in a very gentle voice, even using examples she could relate to. "This is why Jesus said, 'You could love your enemies.' Love has nothing to do with personal desires, satisfaction, or emotional experience."
He began feeding her the bullshit he had been cooking up over the past few days. "Love is about giving so that others may benefit."
"Self-sacrifice... 'You could love your enemies' is what Jesus said," Irina repeated slowly, clinging to every word Yusuke had given her. She was at her bleakest moment, maybe the lowest in her entire life. The cracks in the pillar that kept her going pushed her instincts into overdrive, making her desperately try to justify why Yusuke was not loving her, why he was with other women instead.
"Yes, love is all about giving," Yusuke continued to instill this bullshit into her mind. Well, he was not completely bullshitting her. Most of what he said was true, just taken wildly out of context, but who cares? His fingers ran across her face as he caressed her tear-streaked cheeks. "If someday you had to sacrifice yourself for the person you love, would you do it?"
"Yes! I would! If it is Yusuke, I will do it a million times, no, a billion times!" Irina answered immediately without a single hint of hesitation.
"See my point? This is what love is. It is all about sacrificing yourself for the person you love. Even if it is painful and full of anguish, you endure it for their sake." After wiping her face clean, Yusuke held her chin and added with a slight smile, "Only when the person you love is happy will you feel happiness too."
Honestly, he felt somewhat guilty for going this far with Irina, but he really had no choice. He had too many Yanderes to deal with, and he had a strong feeling that soon, an even crazier, stronger Yandere would appear. He couldn't afford to waste time using a gentler method.
He even began to regret not taking the opportunity to finish Rias's quest when he had the chance, back when he defeated Riser.
He didn't know the source of these feelings. Perhaps it was his Observation Haki Level 4 warning him, or some instinct he had developed after dealing with so many Yanderes.
[Dirty bastard, you really deserve someone like Murayama, who only cares about her own love!] The system snickered at him.
'Shut it, would you?' Yusuke snapped back.
"But, but you said that you don't love me!" With him lifting her chin, she now looked directly into his eyes. "What should I do?"
"You don't have to do anything, Irina." Yusuke lowered his head until their faces were only a few inches apart. "I may not be in love with you now, but I am sure that I like you and I am fond of you. Perhaps, if you try, I may fall in love with you."
"Make you fall for me?" Light started returning to Irina's eyes.
"Are you not confident?" Yusuke asked with a challenging smile.
"Hmph! Who said that?!" Irina snorted with a smug, confident smile. "Just you wait! I will absolutely make you fall for me!"
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission: 63 (Dependent)]
'Yes! I fucking did it!' Yusuke made an imaginary fist pump when he saw the system's prompts. He leaned in until his forehead pressed against hers. "I will be looking forward to that day."
"Hmm!" Irina was about to reply when she suddenly found her lips sealed by his. Her mind went blank for a moment. When she returned to her senses, she screamed loudly, 'Kiss! Yusuke is kissing meeeeee!'
'I am kissing Yusuke! I am kissing him! This is bad! My mind is going blank! I feel like my heart is going to burst!'
The simple, light kiss completely fried Irina's mind, overwhelming her so intensely that she climaxed on the spot. 'What is this feeling?! Something down there is about to burst! It's coming! I feel it coming!'
"Consider this your reward, alright?" Yusuke pulled back and said.
"Hmm! Reward... hehehe..." Irina clung to him, laughing with a stupid grin. With slightly unfocused eyes, she asked, "Can you give me one more reward, please?" The kiss had been short, and since she had blanked for a while, she hadn't had the chance to fully enjoy it.
"You are a really greedy girl, aren't you?" Yusuke chuckled before lowering his lips and kissing her once more.
While they were kissing, a magic circle suddenly appeared before them. From it stepped a silver-haired woman.
"Long time no see, Yusuke-sama."
...
"WTF?!" Yusuke nearly shoved Irina from his arms and jolted to his feet. 'What the hell is she doing here?!'
And what the fuck was wrong with her timing?! Why didn't she come ten seconds earlier or ten seconds later instead of showing up right now?
If there was anyone he was actually somewhat afraid of, despite her not being a yandere, it was this freaking woman standing in front of him. Even though she was thick, beautiful, and a milf, Yusuke always wanted to stay as far away from her as possible. That expressionless face of hers always made him feel insecure.
The way she had appeared just now proved it. She showed up so fast that his Observation Haki registered her presence a moment too late. She had teleported far too quickly.
"Yusuke-sama, although monogamy isn't exactly mainstream in the underworld, as the future son-in-law of the Gremory house, you need to be careful who you interact with," Grayfia spoke calmly, with that all-too-familiar cold expression on her face. Her eyes were fixed on Irina, who was still in the throes of a mind-blowing orgasm.
[Throes, vocabulary +1.]
"Grayfia-san," Yusuke said, holding Irina in his arms and speaking as calmly as he could. Even though he was afraid of this woman, he still had his title, and if things went south, he could always make a run for it. He didn't like the way she was framing her words. "I don't think I ever agreed or signed up to be your house's son-in-law."
She looked different without her maid uniform. She had such a nice body, Yusuke thought as his eyes roamed over her. Right now, she wasn't in her usual maid outfit. She wore a form-fitting black leather vest that left a daring expanse of her upper chest exposed, leaving him uncertain if she wore anything beneath it. Down below, she wore matching tight black pants that hugged her legs like a second skin.
She looked very mature, sexy, and daring in that outfit, but Yusuke didn't even want to feel any sexual interest in her. This woman was married, and she was going to become his sister-in-law in the future. There was no way he would get involved with her.
If he dared to cuck Sirzechs Lucifer, that man would erase him completely with his Power of Destruction.
"That is incorrect, Yusuke-sama," Grayfia said, taking a step forward. With a not-so-gentle motion, she pulled Irina from Yusuke's arms. Expressionless, she smoothed her disheveled clothes and stepped back, staring at both of them. "From the moment you broke the engagement between Riser-sama and Rias-sama, you became, in the eyes of all other noble houses, the new man of the heiress of the Gremory house, Rias Gremory."
"It doesn't matter if you don't see it that way right now, Yusuke-sama, but that doesn't change how others will perceive you."
Yusuke stood up next to Irina, holding her hand. His action made Grayfia's brows twitch, which Yusuke noticed, though he assumed it was just her disapproval of him not caring about Rias's feelings.
He had already confirmed last time that she wasn't a yandere. Besides, she was married and even had a son. There was no way his Unique Trait would ruin a family, right?
"I am not going to argue with you about that," he said. He knew this conversation would come sooner or later. Then he asked, "Grayfia-san, you didn't come here just to tell me this, right?" He had a good idea of her motive, but what caught him off guard was her showing up in this place. He had expected her to come with Rias or perhaps appear when everyone was gathered, like she usually did.
"The summer vacation is coming soon, and the house head, Zeoticus Gremory, wants to meet you," Grayfia answered, her eyes briefly flicking to Irina, who was clinging to Yusuke and completely ignoring her. "He wants you to come to the Underworld along with Rias and her peerage."
"Summer vacation… right, it's about time for summer vacation." Even though he had been in this world for months, Yusuke still hadn't fully adapted to school life. The idea of a vacation felt a bit foreign. After all, in his past life, he had been an adult, and adults didn't get summer vacations, especially a loser like him who had barely been surviving.
Living is only for rich people.
"You want me to go to the Underworld?" he asked. Even though Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki had warned him about this beforehand, he was still surprised when he heard it.
"Yes. Rias-sama's father, mother, and brother all want to see you, her future husband," Grayfia nodded as she answered. For a moment, her eyes flashed with cold light when she spoke the last two words.
...
"Darling, who was that woman earlier? She was really scary~!" Clinging to Yusuke's arm like a clingy girlfriend, Irina asked.
After delivering her message, Grayfia left once Yusuke turned down her request to go with her to see Rias.
"She is Sirzechs Lucifer's wife," Yusuke answered simply. He paused before adding, "She is kind of cold, but not scary… I guess?"
His words lacked any confidence. He instinctively felt a bit scared of her, even though she hadn't done anything to him yet. 'Perhaps it is my PTSD acting up whenever I see a woman stronger than me.' He didn't know why he was scared of her, but one thing was certain. He felt insecure whenever she was around.
"The Maou Lucifer's wife?! So she is the so-called Strongest Queen?" Irina exclaimed in astonishment. After all, Grayfia was quite famous among the mythologies, especially the three factions.
In the past, she hadn't fully understood the concept of Ultimate Class beings and even thought she might have a chance of defeating Kokabiel. But after their fight against him, she now realized just how strong these beings truly were.
Grayfia was even many times stronger than Kokabiel.
She asked, "She said something about you being their son-in-law? Are you going to marry Rias Gremory?"
Her hand tightened on Yusuke's arm as she asked. Even if she had been fed enough bullshit to make her 'Dependent,' there was no way she could feel okay hearing that the person she loved was getting engaged to another woman.
"Not sure," Yusuke said, patting her head. Head pats always worked. "I have to meet her family first and discuss it later."
"Why would you even marry that woman? She did such a bad thing to you!" Irina exclaimed, stopping to face him with an anxious expression. "Not just her, all these women are bad! Except for a few of them, all the others have tried to harm you!"
"Why would you still love them?!" Her eyes welled up with tears. She clearly loved him so much, her love pure and immeasurable. Why was she letting these cruel, despicable women, who had tried to hurt Yusuke, get the better of her?
'Head pats didn't work?' Yusuke thought in surprise. Well, if they didn't work, he could always use his second skill: bullshitting. "Where did you learn that?" he asked first. His girls weren't that close to Irina and Xenovia, so he was curious how she had found out.
"Asia-san told me," Irina answered. When she and Xenovia had been beaten to a pulp by Aika and Murayama, Asia healed them, and during that time, she told them everything about the women around Yusuke.
To Irina, except for Aika, Tsubaki, and Sona, all the other women deserved to be punished and crucified. They were all heretics who needed to be burned at the stake for trying to harm Yusuke!
"Asia told you?" Yusuke immediately understood. Since that blond nun lived with them and was cute enough to make everyone open up to her, it was not strange that she would learn all that. What he did not like was her going around telling others about his relationship history. 'I need to give her a warning. Or better, I should just send her away.'
When he had taken her in, his intention was to let her adapt first before giving her a place of her own and leaving her be. But with so many things happening, and also because the girls liked her, he hadn't done that. Now, it seemed he had to consider this option. Even though he liked her, he didn't like the idea of people going around talking about his women.
"Let me ask you this, Irina. If I were to hurt you right now, would you hate me?" Yusuke asked her seriously.
"Of course not. Even if you were to kill me, I will not hate you, darling!" Irina answered without a hint of hesitation. The next moment, she tilted her head in a cute way. "But I know darling will not hurt me. Hehe."
"I love these women," Yusuke said, patting her head as he spoke. "Remember what I told you earlier? Love is about sacrifice. Even if they hurt me, because I love them, I can forgive them. Because I forgave them in the past, we get to live happily right now."
He looked past her eyes and stared at the distant sky. "Only by sacrificing and enduring can one truly experience love."
[Bullshit! Since when did you learn to be this scummy?! Are you really the guy who couldn't even lie properly!?] The system commented, its voice full of astonishment.
'Have you ever heard the saying adapt, overcome, conquer?' Yusuke answered.
[It's adapt, overcome, improvise, dumbfuck.] the system shot back.
'See, I improvised. Now it's conquer instead,' Yusuke replied smugly.
"Only by sacrificing and enduring can one really experience true love? Such a deep statement. As expected of darling, you truly have a heart of gold!" Irina pondered his words for a moment before exclaiming, praising his profound sentiment.
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission: 65 (Dependent)]
'Noice! Her quest is as good as done!' Yusuke's smile widened. He had missed this feeling of things going just as expected. Dealing with Koneko, whose submission value had been stuck at 60 for months, had shaken his confidence, but now he was starting to regain it. "Well, we're here." He glanced at the house on the other side of the road.
"Hmm, whenever I'm with you, time moves so fast. I didn't even notice we were home," Irina said, glancing at the house before looking back at Yusuke with a shy expression. "I… I've been good on the way… Can I… can I get another reward, please?" She spoke while staring at his lips with an expectant look.
"A reward?" Yusuke chuckled before lowering his head and taking her lips in a short kiss. When he pulled back, he asked, "Are you satisfied now?"
"Hmm!" Irina nodded quickly, her cheeks still flushed red. She turned and ran to her place. "See you tomorrow, darling!"
"See you tomorrow," Yusuke waved at her and stood there, waiting for her to get inside.
[Look how she is staring at you like that while crossing the road. Imagine if some wild truck-kun were to isekai her right now?] The system, which hadn't been silent for even ten minutes, spoke again.
...
"If you were to turn into an animal, which one would you choose?" Motohama asked while lying on the grass, eyes glued to the girls playing tennis. Their short skirts flew up each time they hit the ball, and he looked way too entertained by it.
"A cat, of course!" Issei answered. His eyes were stuck to the jogging breasts that bounced whenever the girls jumped, and he spoke while drooling. "I want to become a pet cat for a big-breasted woman, hehehe. Imagine the sensation of always being hugged by her large oppais! That's absolute heaven!"
The four other boys stared at him for a moment before turning their gaze back to the girls. In addition to the usual perverted trio, Saji and Kiba were hanging around with them this time.
Saji had become a good friend of Issei. The two were very close since they both had dragon-type Sacred Gears and spent a lot of time training together. Now they were also fellow peerage members, which made them even closer.
On the other hand, Kiba, who had lost his 'family', was feeling adrift. With nowhere else to go, he ended up hanging around with Issei and Saji. He admired Issei's tenacity and was grateful for the many times Issei stepped in to help during his fights against Freed and Valper.
Though this left many girls heartbroken, they felt that Kiba had been tainted by the perverted trio and that the three were doing some unspeakable things to him. Recently, some suspicious books had even started circulating with Kiba and the perverted trio as the main characters.
Normally, since Saji, Issei, and Kiba were now members of Riser's peerage, they should have followed him back to the Underworld. However, the three of them received a special pass. Riser somehow managed to convince Rias to let them stay, and Sirzechs had apparently spoken to her as well. He believed it was better to keep them close, especially Issei, who was the Red Dragon Emperor, so that they could influence him with far less trouble.
"Typical Issei, but you are really short-sighted," Motohama said as he pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. "I would choose being a bird. A bald eagle. I can peek at naked girls easily, hehe, and with my sharp eyesight, I can see everything from very far away."
"Bald eagles are the best birds for peeping!"
"I think you are the one who is short-sighted," Saji said, leaning against a tree. "I, on the other hand, would choose to be a horse."
The moment he spoke, all the boys stared at him with meaningful gazes. Before anyone could comment further, the bald Matsuda spoke up, "Are you trying to compensate for some deficit you have as a human?"
"Bullshit, of course not! My Johnson isn't small!" Saji flushed red and roared angrily. He was a dragon Sacred Gear holder, and his wiwi was definitely not small. He coughed before continuing, "Think about it, guys. By becoming a horse, you get to be ridden by rich, beautiful women!"
"Being ridden by women, hehehe," Issei laughed along with the others. He then turned to Kiba and asked, "What about you, Kiba?"
"I think a dog, an Akita," Kiba said after a moment of thought. "They are loyal. I would like to protect my master." A shadow of sadness crossed his eyes. Even if he wanted to protect her, the chance was gone. He could only hope that Yusuke Aoki would take up that role in his stead.
The other boys stared at Kiba in silence, and the mood shifted instantly.
Motohama and Matsuda glanced at each other and thought in unison, 'That's why I don't like handsome guys. They always ruin everything!'
"By the way, guys, what do you think the Underworld would look like?" Issei suddenly asked. Recently, Riser had told them he would take them to the Underworld in the summer, and Issei was feeling a mix of excitement and nervousness about it.
"Underworld, do you mean hell?" Matsuda asked.
"You could say that," Issei replied.
"Hell is other people," Motohama said suddenly.
"Sean John Combs," Matsuda added.
"It's Jean-Paul Sartre, you stupid idiot!" Saji covered his face. Why the fuck was he even hanging around with these idiots again?
"What do you mean by that? How am I supposed to remember the name of some foreign guy?" Matsuda glanced at him in disdain before adding, "I think hell is watching Naruto and Naruto Shippuden from Sakura's point of view."
"Yeah..." Issei and Motohama nodded in agreement. That really sounded like one hell of an experience. Issei added, "Seriously, guys, I'm asking a real question here."
"How are we supposed to know? It's not like the Underworld or whatever actually exists."
...
"Taking a train to go to the Underworld," Yusuke said, sitting on the sofa and patting the head of Koneko, who rested on his lap, "I never imagined we would actually take a train to get there."
"I thought we could just use a magic circle and pop straight into the Underworld."
Sitting so close that her body pressed against his, Rias said, "Usually that's the case, but if you and the other new household devils don't enter at least once through the official route, you'll be punished for entering illegally." She cast a look at Murayama and Aika as she spoke, "That's why Yusuke and the others have to go through the official entry procedure properly."
Though Yusuke was a special case since he was human.
He wanted to point out that Sona and Rias were the Maous' siblings, and surely they didn't need to worry about trivial rules like this, right? He held back.
He asked, "How long until we get there?"
Akeno, who was leaning on his other arm, answered, "We'll arrive in about an hour. It seems this train passes through the dimensional barrier using official means before it eventually reaches the Underworld."
As she spoke, she took his hand and placed it on her thighs, guiding it as he caressed them, all while casting a provocative glance at Rias.
Rias's cheek twitched in annoyance. Without a word, she snatched the arm he was using to pat Koneko and pressed it between her breasts, guiding it even further down between her thighs. She shot a silent glance at Akeno, 'I won't lose!'
"My head pats…" Koneko glanced at Rias and then up at Yusuke, muttering with a downcast expression.
"These two…" Sona shook her head helplessly. The relationship between Rias and Akeno had been getting worse and worse each day, and she wondered if they would ever manage to be good friends again.
[We will soon be arriving at the Sitri Domain.]
An announcement suddenly echoed through the train.
"Sona-sama, it's time to go." Tsubaki stood and addressed Sona before walking over to Yusuke, ignoring the glares from Koneko and Rias. She pressed her lips to his and said, "See you later. Make sure to enjoy yourself."
Stepping aside, Murayama followed her example, leaning over to kiss him. "I don't want to be apart from you, Yusuke. I'll come to see you soon."
"Yu-sama! What should I do? How am I supposed to wake up in the morning without your cock in my mouth?" Aika threw herself at Yusuke, shoving Koneko aside. "I don't want to leave you, Yu-sama!"
As new members of Sona's peerage, she had to take them to her territory to introduce them to her family.
"Stop causing trouble, it's only a few days," Yusuke let out a tired sigh. This girl had no restraints or filters to speak of, her perverseness surpassing even the perverted trio combined. "Think of it as a denial play."
"Denial play?" Aika blinked, her face filling with excitement.
"Yeah. To make it more realistic, you are not allowed to masturbate during this time," Yusuke added. "If you follow my orders, then I'll reward you when we meet again."
"Reward? Hehehe! Alright! I'll do it!" Aika's breathing grew rougher as she spoke.
Before she could continue her disgraceful spectacle, Murayama yanked her off Yusuke by the collar. "Stop wasting time, stupid pain addict! Let's go!"
"Wait! I hadn't kissed Yu-sama yet!"
Sona, Tsubaki, and the others gave Yusuke one last smile before leaving. "Yu-sama! Yu-sama! My kiss! I want my kiss! Hydro whore! I will kill you, release me!" Aika's cries faded as she disappeared with them.
The remaining peerage silently followed behind, exchanging helpless looks. No matter how many times they had seen Aika's quirky behavior, they still could not get used to it.
With the departure of Sona and her peerage, the only ones remaining in the train were Yusuke, Rias, Akeno, and Koneko.
Given the tense relationship between the three factions, Raynare, Kalawarna, Irina, Xenovia, and Asia could not go to the Gremory House. The first two were fallen angels, and the others had been affiliated with the church.
Yusuke felt it was a pity. He had not even finished Irina's quest before he had to leave. Rias had been very pushy about heading to the Gremory House as soon as possible.
[We will soon be arriving at the Gremory main residence. We will soon be arriving at the
Gremory main residence. Everyone, thank you for riding this train.]
Twenty more minutes passed, and another announcement sounded.
"We are here," Rias said as she stood up and walked to the window. "Yusuke, take a look outside."
Yusuke walked over to her side and stared through the window. A vast landscape stretched before him. There were mountains and rivers, and trees growing in abundance, with whole forests spread across the land. Looking ahead, he even spotted a town. There were multiple buildings clustered together, although their shapes looked a bit peculiar.
The Underworld was completely different from what he had originally envisioned. It was not the dark and gloomy place he had expected. On the contrary, the air was fresh, and the landscape was lush and green, almost like the human world.
"This area is already within Gremory territory." Rias enjoyed his amazed expression.
"You are crazy rich, Rias," Yusuke said as he looked over the vast territory beneath them. He had originally thought he was doing well after taking Raynare and Kalawarna's wealth, but compared to Rias, he looked like a poor salaryman.
"If you marry me, you'll get all this wealth. Are you interested?" Rias winked at him with a tempting smile.
Yusuke only smiled without giving her an answer.
...
Getting off the train, Yusuke followed Rias out of the station. As soon as they stepped outside, he spotted a huge crowd of people, all dressed in soldier uniforms.
[Welcome home, Rias-ojou-sama!]
Their shouts were followed by a dazzling display. Fireworks lit up the sky, soldiers fired their guns into the air, and what looked like an orchestra began to play in perfect unison. A soldier riding a mysterious creature soared above them, waving a flag proudly.
"What the hell is this? Are rich people always like this?" Yusuke's eyes widened in shock. He had not expected the Gremory House to prepare something like this. Do they always do this whenever Rias returns? Is this what they call the difference between classes?
"You'll get used to it in the future," Akeno said, patting his back. Her hand slid down, squeezing his butt. When he glanced at her, she licked her lips seductively and whispered, "I know some hidden spots. Do you want to have a quickie?"
"Maybe later," Yusuke replied, glancing at the hand that refused to let go of his butt.
While they were whispering, a large group of butlers and maids emerged from the crowd. They bowed their heads in unison. "Welcome back, Rias-ojou-sama."
"Thank you, everyone. I'm home. I've returned."
Rias responded with a smile that lit up her entire face. Seeing that, the butlers and maids smiled back in return.
Just then, a woman dressed in a silver low-cut dress that matched her silver-colored hair, Grayfia, walked over. "Welcome back, Rias. You arrived early. Above all, it's good that you traveled safely. Now then, all family members, please board the carriage. We'll be going to the main residence in this." She spoke to Rias, but for some reason, her eyes remained fixed on Yusuke.
...
When Yusuke and the others disembarked from the carriage, they were greeted by an extremely large and extravagant castle. Two lines of maids and butlers stood on both sides, while a red carpet stretched out toward the massive building. The huge castle gates groaned loudly as they opened.
'Shit, does Rias have some problem in her head? She left all this extravagance to live alone in some small town in Japan? I guess she hasn't gotten enough of a social beating to appreciate what she had,' Yusuke stared at the scene before him, almost wanting to shed a tear. This castle is so huge you'd need Google Maps just to avoid getting lost.
[What's the big deal? If you get stronger, you can just snatch whatever you want from others.] The system spoke with disdain.
"Come on, let's go." Grayfia urged Yusuke, who was frozen in place. She grabbed his hand and pulled him inside before Rias or Akeno could.
"Rias-neesama! Welcome back!" As they walked along the carpet, a small red figure suddenly broke from the line of maids and ran toward Rias.
It was a cute young boy with crimson red hair, and he leaped into her arms, hugging her tightly.
"Millicas! I'm back. You've grown so much, haven't you?" Rias hugged him back, patting his head affectionately, but her eyes kept drifting to Grayfia's hand, still holding Yusuke.
She made a mental note to tell Grayfia to keep her distance from him in the future.
Yusuke glanced back at the boy. He looked quite cute and well-mannered. The boy released Rias and walked over to Yusuke, greeting him politely. "I am Millicas Gremory. Nice to meet you, Yusuke-sama."
"Nice to meet you, Millicas. You can just call me big brother from now on." Yusuke knew this boy was Grayfia and Sirzechs's son, but he couldn't help wondering why the hell the kid was adding Japanese suffixes to his speech.
"Yes, Yusuke-oniisan!" Millicas beamed brightly.
Yusuke noticed another thing. Grayfia hadn't spoken to her son once during the entire interaction. She barely glanced at him a few times before returning her attention forward. Not knowing much about how nobles raised their children, he assumed this was just her way of bringing him up.
Everyone passed through the castle gates and arrived at the entry hall. Stairs led up to the second floor, and from above, a mature, charming voice called out. "Ara, Rias. So you've returned."
Yusuke looked up and saw an astonishingly beautiful young woman descending the stairs, her dress flowing gracefully as she moved.
She didn't look much older than them, maybe in her early twenties at most. Her flaxen hair and violet eyes caught the light, and her mature, buxom figure was just as sexy as Rias's, with even larger breasts and a curvaceous body.
Her features were almost identical to Rias's, though her eyes were slightly narrower.
She walked down the stairs, her eyes lingering on Rias and the others for a moment before settling on Yusuke. When she reached him, she suddenly and abruptly spread her arms, pulling him into her embrace and pressing his face between her two large breasts. "Yusuke-kun, you're finally willing to come to our House. I've been looking forward to meeting you."
'WTF? Who is this woman?' Yusuke froze in place at the sudden turn of events. Isn't this a bit much for a greeting, or is this just another noble habit? Just like how Rias liked to parade around him naked? 'Still, her breasts are so big and soft. Damn, it actually feels good!'
Yusuke squinted his eyes and enjoyed the soft sensation of her breasts, but a sudden pain shooting through his hand snapped him back to reality. It was the hand that Grayfia was holding, her grip so tight it nearly crushed his bones.
'Bitch! Is she trying to break my hand?' he thought frantically. He immediately struggled to pull his hand free from Grayfia's crushing hold while simultaneously breaking away from the embrace of the other woman.
"Nice to meet you, emm... are you Rias's sister?" He greeted the flaxen-haired woman while silently clenching his hand, relieved that no bones were broken. 'Even if she is scary, I will make her pay for this. I don't care if she is doing it for Rias or not.'
If there was one thing he hated, it was people hurting him, especially women. Even when it was something trivial, it pissed him off.
"Ara, ara, to say such a happy thing, that I'm a young woman." The flaxen-haired woman patted Yusuke's face as she laughed happily. "If you think that way, you can call me Onee-san."
"Mom! Please, stop playing around!" Rias couldn't stand watching her mother flirt with the man who would soon be hers. She stepped between them and separated them.
"What? Your mom?! Are you telling me this young-looking woman is actually your mother?!!" Yusuke's eyes went wide in shock. Did he just get his face smooshed into his mother-in-law's breasts?
But honestly, she looked more like a sister-in-law than a mother-in-law.
Rias spoke, standing with her back to him as if shielding him from a fierce beast. "As time goes by, devils can freely change their appearances with magic. My mother always keeps the appearance of someone the same age as me."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rias's mother, Venelana Gremory. Fufufu, please treat me well from now on, Aoki Yusuke-kun." Venelana smiled beautifully at Yusuke, elegantly introducing herself.
"Rias, come. Mommy wants to catch up with you." She grabbed her daughter's hand and tugged her along, then glanced at Grayfia and added, "Could you please guide our guests to their rooms?"
"Yes," Grayfia answered calmly, then reached out to grab Yusuke's hand again, only to grasp empty air.
No way was he letting her hold his hand after what she did. And why the hell was she holding his hand in the first place? How lewd!
She glanced at him with her cold red eyes before walking ahead. "The house head is out at present. He's expected to return by this evening. He said he would meet you during supper when everyone dines together."
"Ok," Yusuke answered calmly, staring ahead, but no matter how hard he tried, the large ass swaying in front of him kept pulling his eyes. 'Damn, she's got such a nice booty!' The low-cut silver dress looked incredible, showing a good part of her thick thighs and outlining her ample curves. Yusuke cursed himself. 'Snap out of it, Yusuke! She's my sister-in-law! She's married and has a child!'
"Ara, bad Yusuke~!" Suddenly, a hand pinched his waist, the sharp pain snapping him back to reality as Akeno whispered in his ear. "With me here, why are you looking at other women?" She pressed her breasts against his arm while her other hand gave his butt a firm squeeze.
Staring ahead, Grayfia's face twisted into pure fury but returned to its cold indifference the next instant.
"Yusuke-senpai, please look at me, too. I will grow up, too." Koneko's tiny hands held Yusuke's, and she glanced up at him with pitiful eyes as she whispered.
The room assigned to Yusuke was extremely large and luxuriously decorated. A French-style window with white, translucent curtains let in soft light. In the center stood a king-sized bed, a large desk occupied the left side, and a spacious closet filled the other side.
"Feel free to rest. If you need anything, don't hesitate to press the button. Someone will come." Grayfia stood at the door and pointed at the button on the wall beside the bed, then turned around and left, closing the door behind her.
Walking down the hall, she resisted the urge to stop and turn around for one last look at the room. According to Rias, Yusuke possessed a strange skill he called Observation Haki that could sense everything around him. If she showed even the slightest suspicious action, he would notice immediately.
'Very soon... Yusuke... you'll become mine.' Grayfia took a deep breath. As she walked upstairs, she reminded herself that she still had to meet with Rias.
Rias had begged her to orchestrate this plan to take down Yusuke and make him hers. The poor girl had no idea that, aside from Akeno, Grayfia was also a traitor.
The entire plan Rias was relying on would end up serving Grayfia's goals instead. She had already added many changes to it for her own benefit.
"This place is nice," Yusuke observed the room, feeling very satisfied with it. It was even larger than his own bedroom and extravagantly decorated. Staring up at the ceiling, he muttered, "Damn, is that gold? Who decorates the walls and ceiling with pure gold?!"
"Rias's mother isn't a Yandere, right?" He lay on the bed and suddenly asked the system.
[I don't know, probably not.] As usual, the system gave him the same useless answer.
"You are getting useless by the day." Yusuke wanted to roll his eyes at the system. He hadn't expected anything from her in the first place. He only asked out of habit. He had already used his Haki earlier to examine all of Venelana's actions and didn't pick up anything a Yandere would exhibit.
She seemed very easygoing, and the hug she pulled him into was a bit touchy, but she wasn't clingy the way a Yandere would act. More importantly, she didn't try to stay close to him. After greeting him, she simply pulled her daughter away for a talk.
She was probably just teasing him and Rias.
"She is married and has two grown-up children, ain't no way she'll be a Yandere." Yusuke lay on his back, staring at the ceiling as he muttered, "Since I'm here, I should try to find a way to learn more about the three Phenex Yanderes."
"It would be great if I could finish all their quests while I'm here."
Knock! Knock!
"Yusuke! Open the door~!" Right after the knocking sound, Akeno's voice rang out from the other side of the door.
...
Venelana pulled her daughter into one of the rooms on the second floor and immediately began 'interrogating' her. "Rias, quickly tell mommy, how did you meet Yusuke-kun? How far did you go? You did not do anything more than kiss, right?"
Even after the engagement broke, Rias refused to return to the Underworld to see her parents, making this the first time Venelana actually had this kind of conversation with her daughter.
Rias stood next to her mother, her head shyly lowered. How could her mother ask her something like this so directly?!
But those words still reminded her of the beautiful time she shared with Yusuke, the day their eyes met for the first time and ignited the sparks of love between them.
How the two fell so deeply in love with each other, so much so that they lost sleep over one another. So much so that they could not focus on anything except each other.
Their first date.
Giving him her first kiss.
The way he stood up for her, breaking the engagement for her, and declaring that he would be her man.
While fidgeting, she answered, "Yes... We... we shared the same bed."
She did not lie. She did share a bed with him in the infirmary when he passed out from Sona's poisonous food.
Her mother formed a ring with her thumb and index finger on one hand, then repeatedly pushed her other index finger through it. "Did you do it?"
The way she acted made it seem like simple curiosity about her daughter's love life, but in truth, she was burning inside with jealousy and envy.
Why was it not she who met Yusuke first? Why did she even have to marry her husband, Zeoticus Gremory, in the first place? Why did her clan push her away and force her into that marriage for nothing more than political reasons?
Why was Yusuke Aoki not born earlier?
Why didn't she refuse when they ordered her to marry Zeoticus Gremory? Why didn't she leave her clan and live in the human world, waiting for Yusuke to be born?
Venelana watched her daughter with a complex gaze. She still clearly remembered the day Yusuke invaded her heart. She had only seen him through a broadcast, yet at that very moment, her soul seemed to gain a piece it had been missing for so long.
It was a feeling she had never known existed. In that instant, she knew she was in love.
However, even if that was the case, she tried to push these sudden and irrational feelings aside. After all, she had a family. How could she fall in love with another man?
At first, she felt disgusted with herself for even harboring such feelings for the man of her daughter, the man who would soon become her son-in-law. The guilt and self-loathing tormented her for days. However, the more she tried to fight it, the more she realized her efforts were futile, because that man's silhouette refused to leave her mind for even a second.
He occupied her mind every moment. Her feelings slowly shifted from desperately rejecting them to accepting them, and eventually to longing for the time she could see Yusuke.
The number of times she held herself back from rushing to the human world to meet him was incalculable. She could barely restrain herself, convincing herself that she should not be impulsive and reckless, dragging him into unnecessary problems.
After all, her identity right now was the wife of the head of the Gremory House. If her feelings for Yusuke were exposed, he would be dragged into danger. The Gremory House, her son, and even the Bael House would all be at Yusuke's throat.
She also did not want to hurt her daughter. She could clearly sense the intense, obsessive feelings her daughter radiated, and she loved her daughter deeply. Given all the circumstances, all she could do was endure the aching urge to rush to Yusuke and wait for the right moment. Perhaps in the future, when her daughter became the head of the house, she could convince her to share Yusuke with her.
Compared to other yanderes, Venelana was tamer than Grayfia and far less extreme. She didn't start disliking her children or viewing them as stains. On the contrary, she still loved her daughter and son deeply and felt even more guilty for harboring feelings for her daughter's man. All she wanted was to be with him and live happily with him, alongside her daughter.
As for whether her husband would be hurt by this, Venelana never considered his feelings at all. Why should she care about a monkey's feelings in the first place? Besides, that man already had a large harem, which she herself managed for him. She was certain it would not matter much to him if he lost one of his women.
"Mom, how could you ask such a question?!" Rias flushed bright red at her mother's blunt words. She quickly broke free from her mother's grasp and ran out of the room. "I have something to talk to Grayfia-oneesama about!"
She needed to meet Grayfia and discuss the plan. Whether all the necessary items were already gathered, whether everything was ready. If so, she wanted to execute it as soon as possible. After all, it had taken her a great deal of effort to convince Yusuke to come to the Underworld, and she had no intention of letting him leave it in this life.
When the door slammed shut, Venelana remained still, staring at it for a long time. Her eyes grew unfocused, and her cheeks began to flush faintly. Now that she was alone, she started reminiscing about the sensation of holding Yusuke in her arms, replaying his voice in her ears as he praised her beauty, and the way he had sized her up with those hungry eyes, especially lingering on her breasts.
He absolutely did not size her up with lecherous or hungry eyes, but yanderes always see the world differently.
"Even... if I keep telling myself to hold on, I can't... I can't help myself... Yusuke~! I want to see you right now!" At some point, she started fondling her breasts. She slid down to the floor, spreading her legs, one hand moving between them to touch herself, her eyes closed as she imagined Yusuke doing unspeakable things to her.
Time slowly passed, and her hand movements grew more restless and quicker. At some point, her body stiffened, and her legs straightened, her toes curling. She tilted her head to the side as she achieved her orgasm.
"Haahn! Haahn!! Yusuke! I want you! Where are you?" She pulled her hand from between her squishy thighs and, staring at the lewd fluid on her fingers, whispered in a breathless, enamored voice.
"Just having a little fun won't hurt, right? As long as no one finds out?" She licked her own squirt, imagining it was Yusuke's baby creme, murmuring with a dazed expression.
...
Because Akeno and Koneko had originally lived in the Gremory castle, they already had their own personal rooms. When Grayfia took Yusuke to his assigned room, the other two went to their own rooms to settle their luggage, which the servants had already brought up.
Once Akeno finished settling into her room and changing her clothes, she immediately grabbed a few items from her luggage and ran to Yusuke's room.
"Yusuke! Open the door~!"
Click!
When Yusuke opened the door, Akeno immediately slipped inside and closed it behind her, even making sure to lock it. "I missed you so much, honey~!"
"We literally parted for less than half an hour," Yusuke chuckled at his clingy yandere. His eyes caught the items she was holding, and he asked, "What are these things?"
"Didn't you promise to do it earlier? I want to do it right now~!" With everyone else away, she was now the only one of Yusuke's women around, and she intended to make the most of this rare and precious opportunity. She raised the items in her hands, grinning very lewdly. "I brought these to add some fun!"
"A whip and a rope?" Yusuke stared at the pink rope in her left hand and the black whip in her right, his eyes wide. He hurriedly said, "Let me tell you beforehand, I am not an M. There is no way I'll allow anyone to tie me up and whip me!"
He liked playing SM games with his women, especially Aika, but he was never the one on the receiving end. It was not only because he didn't enjoy the humiliating acts, but also because being tied up triggered his PTSD.
Aside from his abandonment issues, Yusuke had many other mental health problems that remained undiagnosed and likely would never be diagnosed.
"Of course, I know my manly Yusuke isn't a pathetic M," Akeno laughed. She licked her lips and bit her plump, kissable lower lip, speaking while trying not to look directly at him. "It's for me. I want to try something new with you, honey."
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