Among all the yanderes around him, the one he felt the most guilty toward after pulling the 'dead loved one' tag was Venelana. She was by far the sweetest and easiest yandere he encountered, even easier than Tsubaki or Sona.
This was very clear from her quest. The moment it was issued, her submission had already surpassed 60. Unlike her daughter Rias, whose submission had been stuck at 60 for months.
"Mother-in-law," Yusuke said in a gentle and soft voice as he stepped forward. Sona cleverly moved aside along with the other girls who had just reacted to his sudden appearance, silently watching the scene unfold.
"Yusuke... You... you are not dead? No! I killed you! You died before my eyes!" Venelana stood up, trembling, and walked toward him with unsteady steps, stretching both her hands forward. Her eyes widened in disbelief. Even though he stood clearly before her, she could not bring herself to believe what she saw was real, "Is this a dream? If so... I don't want to wake up..."
She stumbled forward two steps before hurrying toward him with unsteady strides, nearly falling several times. When she finally reached him, she threw herself into his arms and grabbed him tightly, so tightly it felt as if she wanted to fuse with him so they could never be separated.
Her eyes stayed fixed on his face.
"This sensation... the scent... It's really Yusuke... Am I dreaming?"
As her hands roamed across his body and her soft, voluptuous figure pressed against him, Venelana began to realize the sensation felt far too real to be a dream. She bit the tip of her tongue to confirm it, and as she did, tears welled up in her eyes.
"You are alive! You are really alive!"
"This is great!" Her hand rose and held his face as she asked, "How did you survive?"
She had clearly seen the moment he was obliterated by her own attack. Only his bloody, mangled hand remained. That horrifying scene had been repeating endlessly in her mind since earlier, haunting her without rest.
"Mother-in-law," Yusuke stood calmly for a while until he saw that she had calmed down somewhat. Instead of explaining anything, he held her hand and apologized. "I am sorry. I made you worry."
He truly meant the apology. He genuinely felt guilty toward her. Even so, if he were given the choice to redo everything, he would still choose to use the same trick. It was effective and would avoid many problems, perhaps even tragedies.
Compared to short-term pain, dealing with crazy yanderes would be far worse for everyone.
As much as she was still confused, Venelana was a smart and experienced woman after all. Just from his tone and expression, she quickly guessed the reason behind his apology. Her heart tightened, and her soft, large chest pressed against him rose and fell as she let out a long, heavy sigh.
"So that was it."
"No wonder... no wonder the others were so calm," she said faintly as her gaze moved toward Akeno, Sona, and the others.
Yusuke lowered his head and explained what he had done. He also told her about the situation when he was with Grayfia. In the end, he said, "I know what I did was cruel and selfish, but I didn't want Rias, Grayfia, and the others to keep fighting. Mother-in-law, I promise that I will make it up to Rias in the future."
"Would you please forgive me and still bless our marriage?" Still holding her hands, he looked at her with earnest eyes.
[Still acting even now? Tsk! Tsk!] B2 clicked her tongue at Yusuke's performance. Even though Venelana was already a Goudere, he continued the act.
Yusuke ignored her and waited for Venelana to speak. Since Venelana was now a Goudere, her submission value was 99, just one step away from catching up with the other girls. Still, on paper, Yusuke should not know that she had feelings for him. Even if he did, he had to act accordingly and could not reveal it so openly.
"Forgive you?" Venelana spoke in a very soft and gentle voice. "I do not have the right for you to demand forgiveness from me."
She paused for a short moment before continuing. "But if you insist so badly, I can forgive you on one condition."
"What is it?" Yusuke asked.
"From now on, you should call me Onee-chan," Venelana cupped his face and spoke as her lips curved into a smile. Tears still lingered in her eyes, which made the smile look even more enchanting. She held his face and leaned closer, pressing her puffy lips gently against his. After a light kiss, she pulled back and said, "I don't want to be your mother-in-law."
"Really?" Yusuke stopped acting. His hands moved around her waist and hugged her back. In truth, whether it was Grayfia or Venelana, any normal man would find them incredibly beautiful and extremely sexy. Even so, he never wanted any relationship with them beyond a familial one. He never wanted to become the reason a family broke apart. In both of his lives, his mother abandoned him, and he lived a miserable life because of that.
However, no matter how guilty he felt about what happened, he knew it was impossible to change the past. The only thing he could do now was accept them and try to minimize the damage his yandere magnet physique had caused.
"Are you sure? What about Rias?" He lowered his head until his forehead pressed against hers and asked softly, his warm breath brushing against her lips.
"She... Hnn~! She won't mind... Haahn!" Venelana shuddered as an involuntary moan escaped her lips.
Just seconds earlier, she had been drowning in the darkest abyss imaginable, every inch of her soul crushed under endless despair. Then, without warning, the void shattered, and gentle, radiant light poured in, wrapping around her like warm silk and lifting her from the depths, bathing her in the purest hope she had ever known.
The euphoric feeling of moving from absolute despair to hope and happiness overwhelmed her. With Yusuke this close, his breathing brushing against her and his lips less than an inch away, the sensation felt so intoxicating that words could not truly describe it.
"And what about your husband Zeoticus?" Yusuke's hand lowered as he gripped her juicy, full ass and asked.
Honestly, he felt very guilty toward Sirzechs and Zeoticus. These two men were anything but hostile toward him. They were completely unlike the snobby cliché nobles who always acted arrogant and superior. Instead, they welcomed him and treated him as one of their own even before he officially married Rias.
It was almost tragic that right after their first meeting, both men's wives were involuntarily "stolen" by him.
"Haahn~! Don't bring up that monkey again... I have my own way to deal with him!" Venelana trembled more as she whispered, feeling his hot hand gripping her plump ass even tighter.
She could not resist the temptation of his lips lingering less than an inch away from hers. Her face moved closer, and she captured his lips in a deep, messy kiss, one filled with a passion she had never even shown her husband during their hundreds of years together.
Venelana completely ignored the girls watching them as she hugged him tighter. She pressed her mouth against his so forcefully their teeth knocked together before her tongue slipped into his mouth, wrapping around his.
She had not lied when she said she had no right to blame him, and she truly did not blame him for what he had done.
After all, a yandere rarely blame person they love for anything. They almost always direct that blame toward other factors. A yandere like Venelana, who had already reached the Devoted level, was even less likely to blame Yusuke.
She could blame herself for not being strong enough to protect him. She could blame Grayfia for kidnapping him. She could blame her son for marrying Grayfia. She could blame her husband for being useless. She could even blame her grandson for not being important enough to Grayfia that she could abandon him so easily. She could blame the climate, the weather, anything.
But never Yusuke.
Still, being thrown into that deep abyss of despair had been a horrible experience. The darkness swallowed her so completely that she even considered killing herself after killing Grayfia.
As she kissed him like this, it felt as if all that resentment and pain were finally being pushed out of her heart.
Her body trembled against his. Her large breasts flattened against his chest while her hips moved slowly, grinding her pussy against his growing erection as fresh heat pooled deep in her belly. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, leaving warm trails down her cheeks, but she did not stop. She kissed him harder and deeper, as though she could wipe away the darkness completely by drowning it in the light he gave her.
"S-senpai..." While the two were locked in that sloppy kiss, a soft voice sounded behind Yusuke. Koneko opened her eyes. She was still curled into a ball, barely moving her face as her nose twitched, sniffing Yusuke's familiar scent.
As soon as she confirmed that it was him, her golden eyes widened. From sheer disbelief and excitement, her cat ears and tail sprouted out as she rushed toward him. Her figure moved so fast that it left behind only a white blur as she jumped onto his back.
"Sniff... sniff... Senpai! It's really you! You didn't die!"
She sniffed his hair and neck while holding him tightly, completely ignoring Venelana, who was kissing him. Or rather, in her current muddle-headed state, she did not even notice her in the first place. Only Yusuke existed in her senses.
"Senpai didn't abandon me... Really, senpai didn't leave me, nyaa~!" Koneko whispered, mumbling while sniffing his hair.
"Darling?"
"Yu?"
The commotion woke Irina and Xenovia as well. Earlier, after their mental breakdown, both of them had passed out. Now, hearing the noise, they opened their eyes and immediately saw Yusuke.
Thud!
"Darling! Darling! Darling!" Irina scrambled off the sofa. She fell face-first onto the carpeted floor but ignored the pain and hurried to her feet. She rushed toward him and lunged forward, hugging him tightly with both her arms and legs as she squeezed herself between the other two women.
If it had been before, she might have made a fuss about other women occupying or "dirtying" her darling, but now that was the last thing on her mind.
"Yu!!!!!!!!"
On the other hand, Xenovia moved like a bulldozer. She crashed into Yusuke and sent everyone tumbling to the ground, forcefully breaking the kiss between him and Venelana. She mounted Yusuke and hugged him tightly while speaking, laughing through her tears.
"I knew it! You wouldn't die! How could my future husband and God die so easily?!"
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