The Khaos Brigade was originally formed through a cooperation between the Fallen Angel Satanael and the Wizards of Oz. Later, however, leadership of the organization was handed over to Ophis, the Dragon God of Infinity, whose sole objective was the removal of Great Red.
Since then, the various factions within the Khaos Brigade had begun using Ophis's power for their own ambitions while keeping her around as little more than a symbolic figurehead.
Among all those factions, Vali Team was somewhat of an outlier. They had no direct ties to any specific faction within the Khaos Brigade and operated almost completely independently.
"What's the deal with her?" Bikou nudged Vali Lucifer and asked in a confused tone while lazily leaning against his staff and supporting his head.
He was staring at the beautiful black haired cat girl sitting quietly on the sofa. Wearing a slightly dazed expression, she continuously played with a small golden bell in her hand, producing crisp ringing sounds each time she lightly shook it.
Ever since she returned with Vali after meeting her little sister, Kuroka had been acting strangely like this.
She barely paid attention to anything around her and constantly sat around in a daze, showing almost no interest in anything at all.
Well, there was one exception.
She had shown an unusually strong interest in going to Kuoh Town to pick up Vali personally and had nearly started fighting Bikou over it before Arthur Pendragon stepped in and stopped them.
"I don't know." Vali shrugged with both hands inside his pockets.
He did have a rough idea about what had happened, but he was not particularly interested in talking about it.
Kuroka seemed to have developed a strong interest in that man, Yusuke Aoki. Vali himself was also interested in him, although the nature of their interests was completely different.
Vali simply wanted to fight him.
As for Kuroka, she looked more interested in making kittens with him.
"Kuroka... food..."
At that moment, a small floating figure drifted in front of Kuroka and spoke in a strangely emotionless voice.
It was a cute young girl with long black hair reaching down to her hips and gray eyes with slit reptilian pupils. The tips of her ears were slightly pointed, and she wore a gothic lolita outfit while quietly floating in the air.
"..." Kuroka did not reply. Or rather, she did not seem to even notice that Ophis was talking to her at all.
Her mind was still completely occupied by the man who had taken over her thoughts and heart.
She could no longer feel the playful drive and restlessness that had always defined her personality, the constant urge to move around, cause trouble, and refuse to stay in one place for too long.
Suddenly, everything around her felt boring and meaningless.
Only the thought of Yusuke Aoki was capable of making her heart beat faster again.
"Ophis-sama, I'll feed you."
The blond magician girl, Le Fay Pendragon, hurriedly rushed to Ophis's side before pulling her toward the sofa and placing a plate of sweets in front of her.
She then started feeding her one piece after another.
"Kuroka... what is wrong with her?" Ophis quietly munched on the sweets, crumbs still sticking to her lips and cheeks as she glanced toward Kuroka and asked in her usual emotionless tone.
"She... she is perhaps in love?"
Talking about such a topic made Le Fay Pendragon blush faintly as she answered in a low voice.
The innocent girl had never personally experienced love before, so discussing something like this naturally embarrassed her. At the same time, however, she also felt curious about it.
After all, such curiosity was perfectly normal for someone her age.
"Love? What is love?" Ophis blinked her eyes, a faint spark seemingly glittering within her slit pupils as she asked while stuffing her mouth with sweets.
"What is love? Umm... how should I explain it..." Le Fay Pendragon gently wiped the crumbs from Ophis's mouth with a handkerchief while thinking about how to answer.
...
After the house underwent renovation, the underground floors experienced massive changes. Their size multiplied many times over, and there was now so much space that even the owner himself, Yusuke, no longer knew exactly how many rooms existed on each floor.
At times, the place felt like a miniature maze.
Sometimes when he opened a door, it unexpectedly led somewhere completely different, while other times, opening one would suddenly reveal an entire hot spring behind it.
The most important feature of the renovation, however, was the isolated dimension located on the lowest floor.
It was unbelievably vast, completely separated from the outside world, and more importantly, extremely sturdy.
Yusuke especially liked this place because he could finally train freely without worrying that he might accidentally "delete" an entire country like Japan in the process.
Swoosh!
A golden flaming beam erupted toward Yusuke from a distance, burning the surrounding air and distorting space itself. Tongues of dazzling flames danced wildly around it, radiating heat intense enough to burn down everything in its path.
Yusuke held a sword in his hand. He did not dodge. Instead, he brandished his sword and slashed downward at the incoming golden beam of fire. The beam was instantly split into two. It was cleanly divided and passed harmlessly on both sides of him before exploding violently behind his back.
"I need a real sword."
Yusuke swung his blade while tilting his body to the side at the same time. The moment he moved, several black crimson spheres of Destruction energy flew past him.
Without even turning around, he pointed a finger backward and fired a tiny sphere of Destruction toward Eleonora, who had attacked him earlier, before punching the air itself and sending an invisible shockwave rushing toward Rias.
At the same moment, a thick column of Holy Lightning descended from high above him.
But, Yusuke did not even bother looking upward.
He casually swung his sword again and cleanly split the massive lightning column in half. The attack exploded around him while the remaining arcs of dancing lightning harmlessly crackled across his body.
Murayama, Irina, and Xenovia rushed toward him at the same time, surrounding Yusuke from different angles. They attacked fiercely with stabs, slashes, and chops, but Yusuke easily dodged most of their strikes and blocked the rest with minimal movement.
This early in the morning, Yusuke and all his girls would usually train their skills together. After all, simply acquiring a skill and actually applying it in real combat were two entirely different things. This was their usual routine, though it had been disturbed recently because of everything that had happened in the Underworld.
About two hours later, Yusuke stood perfectly still, his breathing calm and even. Scattered on the ground beside him were Aika, Murayama, Rias, and Asia, all exhausted and breathing heavily. The rest of the girls were still standing, but their bodies were drenched in sweat.
Their wet clothes clung tightly to their skin, outlining every curve and creating an incredibly alluring sight.
"Let's stop for today," Yusuke said. He knelt on one knee and helped the fallen girls back to their feet one by one. "Let's go take a bath."
"I sweated so much," Aika jumped onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. She licked his ear teasingly and whispered in a seductive voice, "You know there are other ways to get me hot and sweaty~!"
"Horny pervert," Murayama muttered, this time loud enough for Aika to clearly hear her.
"Hmph! Pretentious piss sprinkler," Aika glared at Murayama with pure disdain. "Acting like you're not aching to get fucked right now."
She then pressed her cheek against Yusuke's and whispered seductively into his ear, "I'm so horny right now. Want to have a quickie in the bathroom?"
"..." For some reason, Xenovia felt strangely offended when she heard the words "piss sprinkler," even though the insult wasn't directed at her. She stood up immediately and declared exactly what any normal woman in this house would say, "I want it too!"
"Me too!" Rias and Akeno both spoke at the same time.
...
"Breakfast is ready. You all took quite a long time. Yusuke, you really shouldn't spoil them like this, they'll become complacent."
When the group of women returned, Grayfia, Venelana, and Eleonora, who had joined them later, were busy preparing breakfast. Venelana glanced toward Rias and the others walking over with satisfied expressions and glowing skin.
"..." Rias lowered her head and walked behind Yusuke toward the table. Once she was out of her mother's line of sight, she stuck her tongue out at Yusuke and winked playfully.
"I can deal with it. Besides, I also can't help myself when I am surrounded by beautiful women," Yusuke replied casually as he took his seat. He patted Rias' thigh under the table and picked up his fork, starting to eat.
"Yu-tan! I am back!"
When everyone had gathered for breakfast, a magic circle suddenly glowed on the floor. Serafall appeared in a flash, exclaiming loudly as she ran straight toward him. She hugged Yusuke tightly from behind, pressing her body against his back.
"Did you miss me?"
"You were only gone for a couple of hours," Yusuke said, lifting his head to look at her. Half of her face was visible, while the other half was obscured by her large breasts resting on top of his head. He smiled slightly and replied, "Of course, I missed you."
Last night had been absolutely crazy. The five of them, Yusuke, Xenovia, Irina, Asia, and Serafall, had gone at it for nearly the entire night. And then, not even an hour after they had finally stopped, Serafall received an urgent call and had to return to the Underworld to deal with some important matters.
"Come sit. I will feed you," Yusuke said gently as he patted his lap, a soft smile on his face.
"Really?! Yu-tan, I looove you!!!"
Serafall's face seemed to literally glow with joy as she jumped straight into his lap and hugged him tightly. She was so happy that she squeezed him with all her strength, kissed his lips passionately, then pulled back and opened her mouth cutely, "Ah~!"
Yusuke shook his head lightly at her antics and continued feeding her. At the same time, he glanced around at all the women sitting at the table. For the first time in what felt like a very long time, he could finally feel that he was living a peaceful, fulfilling, and harmonious life.
All these yanderes had been tamed and had reached the Devoted level. He could finally be at ease inside his own house without worrying that one of them would suddenly stab another girl or that someone was secretly scheming something.
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