Just arrived~
My work at the Sixth Division was over, and we—me, Sakura, Asuna, Yukina, and Yo—returned home. There had been no action from Ram since then. She probably feels no need to come to us; she'll likely assume she'll be called if there's a need.
When I got to the living room,
"You're back."
"Welcome home~"
"Welcome back, big brother. How was your first day?"
"Welcome back."
Altera was relaxing with her legs crossed, and Riko was sprawled out on the sofa. In the kitchen, dinner was being prepared. Kurumi and Kokkoro were the main cooks, with Kuro and Tina helping.
Yami and Saber weren't cooking, but they were helping with the meal preparations.
"Riko, you know... The little ones are helping, you should move, too..."
"Ehh, I'm tiiiiiiired... I got a lot of intense exercise this morning, you know...?"
"Then maybe we shouldn't do it anymore."
"No way--!!"
"Alright, alright, can you two go get changed before you start flirting?"
Kuro gave us a disapproving look.
"Yeah, I'll do that... Where's Aria?"
I asked since she wasn't around.
"Hmm? No, she didn't come today."
"I see..."
"Did you need something?"
"No, I was just curious..."
I said, heading to my room.
That was a lie. I wanted to talk about a lot of things regarding what happened between us the other day. She didn't come yesterday, and I was hoping she'd be here today.
Maybe she's given up on me. No, if I had sex with her, especially for her first time, when her judgment was impaired, it wouldn't be just a matter of her hating me—it could turn into a court case.
The fact that I haven't heard from her is really bad for my heart. Well, I'm the one to blame.
"Sho-kun, can I talk to you for a second?"
Asuna stopped me. The two of us went into my room.
"About Aria-chan..."
"Ah, yeah."
Aria's name came up so suddenly that my voice cracked.
Asuna is the only person besides me who knows about Aria's disgraceful state. And she's a girl. Maybe Aria is consulting her about something she can't talk to me about.
"Yeah. About Aria-chan, you don't have to worry, okay?"
"Eh?! Is that... is that so?"
"Yeah. It seems Aria-chan really didn't know anything. She said she had zero knowledge of that kind of thing. So she wants to take some time to think and said she's going to talk to her mother."
"Her... her mother..."
Talking to her parent—this has become a serious problem. Well, after we had sex, there's a possibility that I might have to take responsibility. Aria is a noble, so it might not be considered a youthful indiscretion.
"She said it's not that strict with her, so she thinks it'll be fine."
"...Ah, I see."
Aria is treated so lightly by her family that she's considered "non-existent." That might be the reason.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. This happened because I instigated Aria-chan."
"No, in the end, I was the one who did it."
But even if she's treated lightly, she's still a noble. The Holmes family might take some action.
I guess I'll have to think about that from now on.
"Even if we weren't in our right minds, it was reckless of us."
"Ughh."
Asuna's face turned red, probably remembering what happened yesterday.
"That was! It was because of the massage...!"
"So that kind of massage really exists."
"It does! It does! The massage Riko-chan found has an amazing effect... And Sho-kun, even after doing all that, you were with Riko-chan in the morning!"
That's because I have my abilities! Still, I wouldn't get an erection if I didn't have a sex drive!
"...Let's stop. If it was good for both of us, then that's all that matters."
"Y-Yeah, you're right. Yeah. It was... good."
That line seemed to make her remember what happened yesterday again, and Asuna's face turned red once more. I did it again and again until Asuna was satisfied.
Without saying anything more, we headed to dinner.
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That night, I visited Mordred's room.
She had shut herself in her room, but I didn't intend to just leave her alone. Even if she couldn't live with everyone right now, I decided to keep talking with her to think about the future.
I had just finished telling her about what had happened recently.
"So that's how it is."
"It's not my place to say this, Master, but if you play with fire too much, you're going to get hurt."
Mordred sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, with her arms crossed. I couldn't see her expression because of her helmet, but I'm sure she was making a bitter face.
"I can tell you're not a despicable scumbag just from my gut feeling, but I can't exactly call you a good person either."
"Yeah, you can't be called a good person when you're in a relationship with this many women."
I'm aware of that.
"Being aware of it isn't always a good thing, though."
"You're absolutely right."
In fact, being aware of it might make it even worse.
"...Hey, Master. Can I ask you a question this time?"
"Huh? What is it?"
This was the first time Mordred had ever asked me a question.
"Have you and my father been together for a long time?"
"Hmm..."
So that's the question.
"A long time... A long time, huh? Hmm. No, not that long. Just a few months, at most."
"Is that so?"
Mordred seemed surprised.
"Well, my father saw me and stopped just from hearing your voice."
"He didn't stop, though. He blew a hole in the wall, you know?"
"If he was serious, he wouldn't have just stopped at that. He stopped because he heard your voice."
Maybe he wasn't serious. He was convinced by my judgment and is now allowing Mordred's presence.
"Ah. So I thought you'd been fighting alongside my father for a long time."
We haven't been fighting for a long time, but we've had a physical relationship...
"Huh? What did you say?"
"Nothing."
It seems Mordred is still curious about Artoria. After that, she modestly kept asking about Artoria, even though I told her we hadn't been together for very long.
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The next day came without any particular incidents.
"I'm heading out~"
When I opened the front door,
"Sho-! Let's go to school together!"
Princess Lala was standing there.
"Why are you here?"
"Zastin said I should go to school with Yozuki Sho if I didn't want to go with the Imperial Guard."
So that's how it is now.
"Yeah, it's a condition to be free, apparently. But that's totally fine! Besides, if I'm near Sho, I might find someone I like, too! Right, Yukina! Everyone, teach me lots of things~"
"...Right. And I guess the punchline is that he'll be your senior."
Yukina muttered something under her breath.
"Anyway, let's go to school."
With a very cheerful Lala leading the way, we headed to school.
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As is customary for the new semester, the school had health checkups and physical fitness tests. No matter how high a person's social standing, they couldn't avoid them as a student.
In other words, the same went for Lala, who was now a student at this Butei High.
"Alright, let's go."
Lala stood at the starting line. Dressed in the Butei school's designated gym clothes, she crouched down.
The students on either side of her were overwhelmed by Lala's presence but still took their starting poses.
"Ready, set, go---"
"Go!"
In an instant, Lala's figure disappeared.
"!!"
Dust flew up, and,
"Goal!"
She had already crossed the finish line.
"Lala-san, wait a minute!"
A teacher scowled at her.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"I told you not to use your abilities for this test!"
"Huh? I didn't use them, though?"
"...Huh?"
The teacher's eyes widened, and he repeatedly looked between the stopwatch in his hand and Lala. The stopwatch showed an impossible number.
She was so fast that he missed the timing to stop the watch, but the number was still unbelievable.
"Truly, the bloodline of the Deviluke is something else."
Natsuki sighed as she watched from the rooftop.
The Deviluke Kingdom is located in a hot spot. The inhabitants of this country aren't just humans with tails. Although there are individual differences, their physical abilities are on a completely different level, without relying on magic or superpowers.
Thanks to this, the current Deviluke King, Gid Lucion Deviluke, is said to be one of the top five strongest people in the world.
"There are three princesses of Deviluke, and I hear that Princess Lala has inherited the most characteristics of the king. It seems there's no need for a bodyguard. A clumsy bodyguard would probably be blown away by just a little tantrum from Princess Lala."
Natsuki wore a mischievous smile.
The bodyguard Natsuki was thinking of was, of course, Sho.
"Well, as long as she doesn't cause any trouble, it's fine."
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"What... what is this mess...!!"
Natsuki's veins throbbed as she looked at the disaster in front of her.
"La-Lala-chan!? How do we stop this!?"
"At worst, I can rewind time with my ability, but..."
"Hmm~? That's weird, huh? Is this it?"
On Lala's desk was a machine I'd never seen before.
Numerous arms extended from it, reaching for the gun parts on the desks of other students. They were being assembled into some kind of monstrous thing.
Not only that, but it was also absorbing everything in the classroom to create new weapons.
Asuna and Kurumi gathered around the desk, but they couldn't stop the runaway machine.
"Hmph!!"
Natsuki fired chains from thin air, destroying the rampaging machine.
Then, she said a single sentence,
"Go get first-year Yozuki Sho...!!"
The student, whose entire body was covered in a cold sweat from Natsuki's anger, ran as fast as they could.
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"Why was I called?"
"You're her guardian, aren't you?"
"Sorry~, it looks like I did something bad."
Natsuki was standing with her arms crossed, looking displeased, and Lala was scratching her head with a giggle.
I was led by the frantic student to the second-year classroom. There were the remains of an unknown machine scattered all over.
"First of all, what exactly is happening?"
"Princess Lala, explain."
"Okay. Right now, it's time for handgun assembly, but..."
Lala pointed to the desk next to the wreckage.
"The person next to me said they weren't good at this subject, so I made an item to help them. It's a magic hand that automatically assembles a handgun from parts. Its name is---"
"Wait a minute. You made it?"
Lala has a genius mind that can create various items. She must have used that.
"First, did the princess have no problem? Was the princess able to assemble the gun without any issues?"
"Huh? That much? I can remember it just by looking at it once."
"...I see."
Natsuki-sensei had a very dissatisfied expression. Princess Lala is a genius, even if she doesn't look like it.
In the original story, I think there was an episode where she dismantled a spaceship when she was little.
"...Why does this airheaded kid have such talent?"
Natsuki-sensei! You said that out loud!
"Let's get back to the point. And then?"
"Yeah, then, after I made it, it worked fine at first. But a student from the Equipment Department told me to make it move more, so..."
"And it went out of control when you did?"
"Yeah."
"Which student was it?"
"Hmm... Huh? They're gone?"
They probably ran away. They knew they were going to get scolded, so there's no way they'd stick around. Although, acting recklessly against Natsuki-sensei is a different story.
"Phew, I see."
"Natsuki-sensei?"
"You two stay here. Don't you dare run away."
With that, Natsuki-sensei's body vanished into thin air. I'm going to get scolded. For some reason, me too.
"I'm sorry, Sho. I'm going to get you in trouble because of me."
Even Lala felt sorry.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it."
"Yeah... Thank you. You're so kind, Sho."
"No, I'm not."
I'm dealing with a princess. I was prepared for this kind of trouble.
Two minutes later, Natsuki-sensei returned.
"Now, you kids know what I'm going to say, right?"
"Um, I have to go to the Sixth Division soon, so please make it quick--Ouch!"
"Don't you think you're in a position to be saying that, Yozuki Sho?"
Natsuki-sensei put the fan she used to hit my forehead on her hip.
And then, the scolding began.
At that time—or rather, even Natsuki-sensei probably didn't notice it, but...
"..."
Someone was watching us.
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