In Pandora's eyes, Ryuga belonged to the quite ascetic technical otaku type, like a harmless little white rabbit.
This could be seen from Erica and Artoria, the two knight princesses.
Facing such compliant beautiful girl subordinates, he had no thoughts of making moves on them, instead devoting himself entirely to technique and divine core analysis.
Clearly the same type as that shut-in Luo Hao.
In Pandora's view, the most effective way to deal with this type of child was to bring him into areas he wasn't familiar with, to better close the distance and achieve her goal of cuddling with the child.
Therefore, she chose direct attack.
Even if she herself had no experience, it was enough to deal with the equally inexperienced Ryuga.
After all, in intimate contact, this was girls' advantage territory.
Logically speaking, her reasoning had no problems.
But if that were really the case, what were these surging feelings in her chest?
Her slender body trembled slightly, her breathing had long since become chaotic, and the lava-like burning temperature made her feel dizzy.
What was happening? Where was the promised little white rabbit? This wasn't even comparable to a big bad wolf—this was clearly a fierce tiger!
Even she, a Heretic God, felt like she was about to suffocate!
The short three minutes felt like an entire day and night.
Reason was drained along with the knowledge in her mind.
Only when Ryuga voluntarily let go could she finally catch her breath, slumping to the ground, unable to recover for a long while.
After resting for more than ten minutes, she finally completely recovered.
Ignoring Artoria and Sakura, who were looking at each other with burning cheeks, and looking at Ryuga, who had successfully completed the technique construction and seemed completely unfatigued by the previous events, Pandora asked in a dazed voice:
"Little Ryuga, why are you so skilled?"
No matter how you looked at it, someone who could bully her to this extent couldn't possibly be a beginner, right?
Faced with Pandora's question, Ryuga responded matter-of-factly:
"I studied dual cultivation techniques for a period before. What about it?"
His words were naturally not lies.
In his original world, he had tried various cultivation methods. After all the cultivation methods requiring pure yang bodies proved ineffective, he turned to dual cultivation methods.
Many of the maids in his house were recruited to verify this theory.
With Ryuga's personality, he naturally wouldn't engage in human trafficking, nor did he need to with his status and position.
Without using power and influence for seduction, merely by stating his strength and making clear he was experimenting with theory, there were still countless people volunteering.
Naturally, such attempts failed—in the daily world, there was no effect of gathering yin to supplement yang.
However, in terms of techniques for dealing with girls, Ryuga had indeed nearly maxed out.
Having already satisfied worldly desires, after encountering new worlds, he naturally focused mainly on power.
Pandora thought he was ascetic, but he was actually just temporarily tired of it.
"...Miscalculated!"
Pandora slightly held her forehead, then secretly muttered:
"But I successfully cuddled with little Ryuga, so no loss!"
As expected of a deity from Greek mythology—though she kept emphasizing her identity, she still seemed to hold the bizarre thinking of "keeping good things in the family."
Regarding Pandora's attitude, Ryuga paid little attention.
After all, he had never considered this girl as a mother.
While casually dealing with this goddess, he had successfully inherited all the Authorities of the disobedient Arthur and Gawain.
"[Numeral of the Saint: Day], triple combat power enhancement during daytime battles, with significant boosts to defense and curse power. Seems no different from Servant Gawain's skill in the TYPE-MOON world. Is this limited by Celtic sacred numbers?"
Besides the Galatine, Gawain's most noteworthy Authority was this [Numeral of the Saint: Day].
As the Knight of the Sun, he could gain triple enhancement during the day.
The determination of "daytime" seemed quite lenient, whether cloudy or indoors, all fell within the enhancement range.
The only exception was deep underground or places excessively shrouded in darkness, which were equivalent to sunset.
Correspondingly, even during night or in the depths, if the sun appeared, corresponding enhancement could be gained.
Discovering this, Ryuga immediately thought of his White Horse incarnation.
That was precisely the power that could appear as a sun symbol anytime.
Once these two Authorities combined, the effect of [Numeral of the Saint: Day] could be said to be permanent.
Triple combat power was already impressive for Servants, and even more formidable for Heretic Gods.
Simply put, if Salvatore Doni gained this Authority, he might even be able to pressure Marquis Voban during the day.
Of course, once Marquis Voban dragged it to night, Doni would definitely get beaten half to death after losing the enhancement.
For ordinary Campiones and Heretic Gods, a BUFF lasting only one day was somewhat insufficient.
However, for Ryuga, this wasn't a concern.
Even without using the White Horse incarnation to self-buff, he didn't need to worry about losing the enhancement.
Because from the disobedient Arthur's side, there was another corresponding Authority.
"[Numeral of the Saint: Night], triple power enhancement during night, with effects basically identical to Gawain's. Worthy of being symmetrical knights—not only are their weapons similar, but their Authorities are also so alike."
Sensing the newly acquired Authority, Ryuga quickly understood the source of this power.
King Arthur's real name was Artorius Pendragon—Artoria if female.
The "Artorius" part itself derived from the moon goddess Artemis's name, thus naturally possessing night's protection.
From a mythological creation perspective, to highlight the Round Table knights' martial prowess, they were generally matched against King Arthur himself.
Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake, was like this, as was Gawain, the Knight of the Sun.
Lancelot wielded a holy sword of the same origin as Excalibur, also granted by lake spirits; Gawain also wielded Galatine, equal in power to Excalibur.
Since King Arthur received night's protection, Gawain naturally received the sun's protection.
Now, Ryuga simultaneously possessed both these Authorities.
This meant that regardless of the time, he could always gain at least triple basic power enhancement.
As for the remaining holy sword, red dragon bloodline, spirit protection and other powers, being too complex, there was no need to introduce them for now.
"Saber, come here. I'll give you a buff!"
After organizing the newly acquired Authorities, Ryuga beckoned, calling over the King of Knights.
"M-Master!"
Hearing Ryuga call her, Artoria's expression was rarely somewhat panicked.
"I-I'll work hard!"
Gripping her fists slightly nervously, she assumed a heroic expression of going to her death.
As a hero from the Age of Gods, her worldview differed from modern society, instead being similar to deities like Pandora.
Although she'd never done such things before, she possessed corresponding knowledge. If it was needed for Ryuga's ritual, she wouldn't have much resistance...
"?"
Seeing Artoria's twisted appearance, Ryuga was slightly stunned, then immediately realized.
"You seem to have misunderstood something. Since you and I have already signed a master-servant contract, both our spiritual cores are mutually bound. Currently, we only need to slightly adjust the contract's nature. There's no need to use the method from before to transfer power."
"Oh, sorry, I misunderstood."
Only then did Artoria sigh with relief, her heartbeat gradually slowing.
However, thinking about the method Ryuga mentioned earlier, she still felt somewhat unsettled.
Using the technique of gods sharing Authorities to share Master's Authority with herself.
Wouldn't that be equivalent to becoming Master's wife or daughter?
This relationship felt somewhat strange.
Under the Earth Mother Goddess wisdom Pandora provided, Authority sharing was quickly completed. Ryuga shared the Authorities of the disobedient Arthur and Gawain, which had the best compatibility with Artoria.
After receiving enhancement from "her own" divine core, Artoria's strength rose dramatically, reaching first-class Heretic God level.
Whether it was Excalibur's output or her own physical abilities, all improved by more than one level compared to before.
If she didn't restrain her divine core aura, going outside she might actually be treated as a wild Heretic God.
After resolving Artoria's matter, Ryuga mentioned little Sakura's situation to Pandora.
"My dear child! Let me ask first—this isn't an illegitimate daughter you had with another woman outside, is it?"
After carefully examining little Sakura, seeing their matching black hair and black eyes, though not sensing any blood relation, Pandora cautiously asked.
"Of course not. But even if it were, why illegitimate daughter?"
Ryuga asked back.
"Ahem! Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!"
Pandora choked slightly, immediately shaking her head and skipping this topic, looking at the black-haired young girl before her.
Faced with the goddess's gaze, little Sakura held Artoria's hand with one hand while unconsciously nervously gripping Ryuga's clothes with the other, as if this could provide security.
"Her aptitude is indeed good. Not only does she have a witch's aptitude, but her aptitude in the imaginary number domain is even better. She's very suitable for learning our Earth Mother Goddesses' magic."
After careful evaluation, Pandora was very satisfied with Sakura's aptitude.
Even if her aptitude were poor, she would still take her in considering Ryuga's face, but as a teacher, she naturally hoped to receive a clever student.
The girl before her met her standards perfectly.
"You're called little Sakura, right?"
Pandora crouched down, meeting the girl's eyes at the same level.
"Mm."
Little Sakura nodded obediently.
"I'm called Pandora. From now on, I'll be your teacher."
"Mm, Teacher Pandora!"
"No, call me Sister Pandora!"
"?"
Little Sakura was slightly stunned, glancing up at Ryuga.
Ryuga-sama's mother, but I should call her sister? This hierarchy doesn't seem right at all?
"Mm? What, does little Sakura think I'm too old to be called sister?"
Seeing her not speaking, Pandora's smile remained gentle as ever, but somehow seemed to carry more pressure.
For women, age was indeed a forbidden zone.
"N-no, Sister Pandora!"
Under pressure, little Sakura could only obediently change her address.
"Good child!"
Only then did Pandora's expression return to its usual cheerfulness.
To be continued…
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