Tale of Discovery

Looking at the destruction all around me, I realize that I've been underestimating the capabilities of Excalibur by a lot.

The thing is, buildings 'reconstruct' themselves after ten minutes, so one can only imagine how much worse it would've been without that.

I observe the nine worn-out girls on the ground before saying,

"We should go back now. You girls did well."

Taking another look at my surroundings, I realize another thing.

Compared to using weapons, it's much more fun to throw punches and kicks.

The feeling of knocking teeth out with bare fists is euphoric.

Of course, I wouldn't do such a thing to my girls.

--

Taking Irina, Xenovia, Asia, and Koneko with myself, I go to where Sora, Nao, and Misa usually are.

"Brother Yu," I hear a loud voice before Ayumi jumps into my embrace.

"And these two are?" Sora asks me skeptically while pointing at Irina and Xenovia who are behind me.

"My new Angels," I calmly reply while patting Ayumi's back.

As soon as they hear my response, both Nao and Misa let out a deep sigh before looking me in the eye with a "you've got to be kidding me" expression on their faces.

As for Sora, she shakes her head a little before looking at the duo with an impassive expression.

"Hello! I'm Irina Shidou, and she's Xenovia Quarta. By Father's command, we will be living with you from now on. Please take care of us," the lively Irina introduces herself and Xenovia while bowing politely.

"I'm Sora Kasuganou. Nice to meet you," Sora introduces herself in return.

"Nao Tomori; nice to meet you," Nao follows.

"Misa Kurobane. You better not annoy me or I'll-", I don't let Misa finish what she wants to say by roughly rubbing her head.

"Hey!" she exclaims.

Placing Ayumi down, I pull the feisty girl into my arms before turning to the others and saying,

"Let's go home."

--

I'm currently sitting in the limo with Misa beside me. As for the driver, it's none other than Kristina.

After I had another talk with her, I found out she managed to convince her parents that she's working in a part-time job.

So then, why am I letting her drive us home like this, especially with her first drive being a limo?

It's simple. This is another method of seeing how capable Insight is. Besides, even if something unfortunate occurs on the way, I have various means of dealing with the situation.

One thing that has been bothering me since we've hit the road. That is, Misa has been continuously complaining about how "dumb" some of her classmates are.

Most of the complaints are about a girl named Aika Kiryuu. Based on Misa's description of her, she's the very same girl that shouted some number on the first day we arrived at school.

I knew there was something wrong with her the moment I saw her.

As Misa continues to complain, I set up an illusion around ourselves to make it seem like we're both sitting silently.

The others don't seem to realize what's going on as they converse with each other about their day.

From the looks of it, Sora, Nao, and Ayumi are extremely curious about the happenings in the Arena, as they listen in to my Angels speaking of it with admiration.

Then, I turn my head to directly look at Misa before tapping her shoulder.

In response to this, Misa stops talking and looks at me.

Moving my hand, I place at on the back of her head, while using my other hand to pull her closer to myself before pressing my lips onto hers.

This immediately results in her trying to push me away, but naturally, that's physically impossible.

Only after dozens of seconds do I let her go.

"What are you doing?!" she exclaims, but her voice doesn't reach others due to an anti-noise barrier I've set up around us.

"Enjoying the company of a lovely girl," I calmly reply.

My words seem to trigger her as she mocks, " 'Enjoying the company' – my ass; you forced a kiss on me!"

As soon as she utters those words, I swiftly move and lock lips with her once again.

Fortunately, she seems to be less against it this time as she lets me do whatever I want.

I insert my tongue into her mouth and play around with the tongue that she uses to spout all the foul insults daily.

Her lips are soft and her smell is captivating, to the point that I'm barely holding myself back from pushing her down here and now.

Wrapping my arms around her body, I begin a series of relatively short kisses; switching between her upper lips to her lower lips.

Shifting my hand to her butt, I begin fondling it as I continue to kiss her.

After several minutes of kissing, I finally stop as an exasperated Misa lays her head against my shoulder.

"Asshole," she mutters, panting.

Smiling at how cute she is, I move my head to kiss her head once before saying,

"You really are one lovely girl, Misa."

--

I have no idea how, but others didn't find out about the little incident in the limo.

Misa seems to be closer to me, which is something I'm really happy about.

Holding Misa's hand, I get off from the limo with her and watch with intrigue as Irina examines the mansion before exclaiming joyfully,

"Are we really going to live here?!"

In contrast to her, Xenovia has an expressionless look on her face as she observes the mansion silently.

And so, I spend the next hour preparing two rooms for our new residents.

Once I'm done with that, I go over to my room and use my laptop to browse the internet.

After a while, I find what I was looking for: Full-Time Maid service.

It's a little expensive, but I can make money quite easily. Besides, I've thought of an easy way to make money just recently.

All that's left is to find a good time to put it to use.

Choosing two maids who have yet to work somewhere properly, I close the lid of my laptop and get up from my seat.

However, before I can take a step, I find Ayumi sitting on the bed with a sad expression on her face.

I walk over and sit beside her.

Taking her hands into mine, I kiss her cheek before asking her,

"Is something wrong, Ayumi?"

She lets out a short sigh and says in a deflated tone,

"I miss my friends."

Ah…

I lift her and place her on my lap before engulfing her in a hug and whispering,

"I miss our past world as well, but we can't do anything about it for now. Haven't you made new friends at school?"

In response to my words, Ayumi presses the back of her against my chest and replies,

"Yes, but…"

Patting her head to deter her sadness away, even if a little, I begin to think of the possibility of taking her with me once I return to Project Charlotte for Shinoa in the future.

---

Once we've had dinner, I go over to the shrine-house to see if I can play around with my abilities and discover something while I'm at it.

However, before I could begin, I sense the presence of someone else.

"Tiamat, what are you doing here?" I ask the voluptuous dragon behind me.

I turn around to see her frowning while staring at me.

"What?" I inquire.

"You've turned me into your familiar, yet, you haven't had me do anything so far."

It seems like I won the bet with myself. Tiamat is a proud dragon, so she'll eventually begin to feel uncomfortable seeing the others being useful to me and getting rewarded, while she's almost forgotten.

Of course, I had taken into consideration her personality making her feel like serving another is unworthy. Nevertheless, if the one she's serving is extremely powerful and mysterious, it's only natural that she will be interested in them.

Man, it's hard to hold back from grinning.

"Sorry Tiamat, it's just that the others had so much potential, that it made me wish to train them, to the point that I forgot about you," I say apologetically while scratching the back of my head.

Seeing veins appearing on her forehead, I can tell that I've succeeded.