"Haaah...that was really close."
He let out a sigh of relief, looking at the passed-out Clementine. If not for him quietly transmuting the surrounding air into paralyzing poison, he would be in serious danger.
"Shhhhh...that really hurt, I never thought she could remotely activate the spell from a distance."
He hissed, looking at the hole in his left arm with grimace, feeling that there was still electricity in it as his muscle twitched every now and then from pain.
"It should take a while for my injury to heal; in the meantime, I should store all her weapons in my inventory."
After storing all her weapons in a minute, he then sat on the large rock near her and put his staff beside him, waiting for his injury to completely heal while thinking about the previous battle.
"She was way stronger than I thought. If not for Momonga crushing her like a bug, I might have taken her seriously from the beginning."
He let out a long sigh as he felt disappointed in himself for underestimating the enemy and holding himself back just because he wanted to save his mana.
"Speaking of Momonga, didn't she steal the Crown of Wisdom from the Theocracy?"
After he thought of that, he immediately turned her body around so she lay on her back and began using [Appraisal: Magic Item] to see where she hid it.
"Why did she store it in there? Whatever, I'll just take it."
After observing for a bit, he immediately found the item, which was in her chest, specifically between her breasts, making him shake his head at her strange choice as he reached his right hand toward them to take the crown.
"What are you doing?"
A soft feminine voice suddenly sounded behind him, making him flinch in surprise as he immediately turned around and pointed his staff toward the person.
Once he saw who the person was, he immediately brought his staff down in relief as he glared at the person for surprising him.
"Tira, don't do that again."
The beautiful girl with blonde hair and coral eyes let out a small smile as she casually sat beside him while observing Clementine, making him sigh tiredly as he was ignored again.
"So this is the person you're after, huh? I guess she is really strong for almost defeating you."
"Yeah, she's a former member of the Black Scripture after all; her strength is undeniable for a human."
He explained to her despite the dissatisfaction in his heart from her previous prank and the mocking tone in her voice.
"You sure won't step on the wrong toes for taking her?"
"Even if that's the case, it would be useless as I will get stronger backing by then."
Reminded of that, Tira's face suddenly turned serious as she leaned her body toward him, making his right arm stuck between her breasts. As he enjoyed its softness, he immediately forgave her previous attitude.
"Are you serious? That thing is equivalent to the Six Great Gods?"
"Aren't you already watching the footage? He can easily create Death Knights with just one corpse."
"I know, I know, it's just hard to believe."
"You will believe me later. Also, don't call him that thing, or I'll be forced to use 'that' on you."
"Ah! Ok! Just don't do that to me, please!"
Her face suddenly turned pale when he mentioned "that," as she immediately pleaded with him by hugging his right arm tightly. Being generous himself, he easily forgave her; it was definitely not because his arm was being squished by something soft, absolutely not.
"So easy."
"What did you say?"
"N-Nothing."
She turned her head to the side in panic when he glared at her, and she immediately opened her mouth to say something while looking at Clementine.
"By the way, I caught sight of you reaching your hand toward this woman's breasts. Don't tell me you are going to take advantage of her."
She said, looking back at him with accusation, making him roll his eyes in annoyance as he knew she was doing this to distract him.
Without saying anything, he reached his left arm out, as it was already completely healed, and put his hand between Clementine's breasts, taking out the crown and showing it to her.
"This is what I searched for."
"Oh? What is that? It looks strong."
Tira looked at the headpiece curiously as it emitted a strong magical pulse. Even he looked at it in awe; if not for the drawback it had, it really was a strong and useful magic item.
"Crown of Wisdom; it can make the user capable of using 7th tier magic at the cost of their sanity."
"Huh? Isn't it useless then?"
He nodded his head in agreement as he put the crown in his inventory.
"True, but I can research its properties so I can get rid of the drawback, or I can just make a similar item from it."
He explained to her as he raised himself and turned his face toward her while pointing his finger at Clementine.
"Alright, now that my injury is healed, take her and bring her to our home."
"Can't you just teleport us? Why the hassle?"
Tira grumbled in annoyance, but she still followed his order and took Clementine from the ground, putting her on her shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"You know what I am going to do to her; I need to save my mana."
"Haaah...fine."
Tira immediately did what he said as she turned back and ran toward the city while navigating the forest at high speed with ease, despite carrying a person on her shoulder.
"Alright, let's go back."
After several minutes of leisurely walking while waiting for his mana to recover, he finally arrived in front of the wall surrounding E-Rantel city.
"[Invisibility], [Fly]."
He flew over the wall while being invisible, bypassing the guard on top of the wall and safely landing inside the city.
He thought that the security here was really lacking for him to casually enter the city without anyone noticing; if he did this in the Slane Theocracy and Baharuth Empire, he would definitely have been found out already.
After that, he navigated the city alleyways while avoiding some dangerous people on the way and finally arrived at the main street. He then walked toward the center of the city, where his home was located.
After several minutes of walking while enjoying the night chill air, he finally arrived in front of his home.
His home was a somewhat fancy house with a size of thirty meters long and twenty meters wide, surrounded by a nice garden and some herb plantations, while protected by a three -meter- high stone wall around it.
He casually jumped over the wall without bothering to open the gate and immediately went to the front door. After entering his home, he then walked to the right side of his house where Tira should have put Clementine.
On the way there, he bypassed several armored knights holding halberds standing motionlessly in the hallway, a small smile spreading on his face when he saw them, thinking that they were really cool and he felt proud of creating them.
As he admired his mythril golem, he saw Tira come out of the room at the end of the hallway as she immediately approached him when she noticed him.
"I already put her in the Altar of Submission, so I will go to sleep," Tira said while covering her mouth with her right hand as she yawned tiredly and walked past him.
Smack!
"Ahn!"
Tira let out a cute sound when he smacked her butt, making her turn around to look at him with a blushing face.
"W-What?"
"I'll punish you later."
"Huh!? But I didn't do anything wrong!"
He rolled his eyes. Did she forget what she did to him a while ago?
"Yes, you did. Not only do you prank me, but you are also leaving your master to work while you go to sleep."
"Then, let me help you."
"Nah, just wait on my bed. I want to release all my tension from today's battle."
Her face turned redder after he said that while she opened her mouth to say something and then closed it again as she looked down in embarrassment.
"Alright."
She said it in a soft whisper as he looked at her in amusement, seeing her still acting meekly after all this time.
"Why are you acting like you are a virgin? We do this all the time."
"S-Shut up!"
She looked up at him with a glare as almost all her face turned red; she then turned back and ran toward the second floor while he looked at her with a wide grin spread on his face.
"What an interesting girl."
He then turned around and entered the room where Clementine was with a smile, as he couldn't wait to be done with it and have some fun with Tira.
Once inside, he saw Clementine lying motionlessly on the altar with all her limbs chained to it and all of her equipment stripped from her, leaving her in only her underwear.
He nodded his head in approval, seeing Tira's good job, and immediately approached Clementine, standing by her side while pointing his staff toward her.
"[Penetrate Magic: Resist Break], [Penetrate Magic: Deep Sleep], [Maximize Magic: Mind Vulnerability]—"
Clementine's body continued to emit colorful light as he cast a lot of spells on her, making him breathe roughly as he felt slightly lightheaded from using a lot of his mana.
"Alright, now let's cast the last spell."
He pointed his staff toward Clementine's face as he closed his eyes in concentration, making sure he did not mess up on this one.
Sweat kept trickling down his face as he felt a large amount of his mana pouring out of him into the black magic circle while he tried hard to maintain the formula in it.
After several minutes of hard work and almost messing it up, he finally opened his eyes and cast his spell.
"[Over Magic: Soul Domination]!!"
Black light beamed into Clementine as her entire body uncontrollably shook and trembled, while she made an extremely uncomfortable face, as if she were experiencing a nightmare, and a black circle with thorns formed around her neck before disappearing completely.
"Haaah...haaah...haaah...haaah."
He opened his eyes wide as he leaned into his staff tiredly while he hurriedly reached his hand into his inventory and took out a mana potion, then drank it.
After drinking eight mana potions, he stopped himself before he got a potion overdose, as he felt a minuscule amount of his mana restored and felt slightly better.
"Unfortunately, mana potions are not that effective; maybe I can develop them further once I have his support."
He said as he put the empty glass bottle into his inventory, feeling his fatigue slowly fade away.
He then looked toward Clementine with a smile of satisfaction as he could feel his connection with her.
"With this, I have another one."
After that, he undid all the chains on her limbs and lifted her into his arms. He then brought her to the second floor into one of the empty rooms and placed her in the bed.
He then went to the master room and arrived in front of it, feeling slightly excited. As he opened the room door, it revealed Tira, who was patiently waiting for him in the bed, wearing sexy lingerie with a red face.
He felt his blood flow into his lower body as a wide grin spread on his face.