Hugely yawning, Selina rubbed her eyes and looked around.
"Where…am I?"
She still seemed a bit out of it. But the moment she spotted her sister, Lieselotte, right there, she shot straight to her feet.
"Sis!!!"
She called out, but Lieselotte paid no attention. Instead, she was busy gazing at Rei Ao with a hungry look—and couldn't resist leaning in for another kiss.
"Huh?!"
Selina froze in shock.
"H-hey! Stop, that's…that's not okay!!!"
Lilith Asami finally reached the limit of her embarrassment and let out a scream, her giant magical rifle erupting into rapid fire.
"Whoa, whoa, Lilith, don't go nuts right now!"
The scene descended into utter chaos…
Because she was so flustered, Lilith's magic started running wild. She ended up being wrestled to the ground and dragged off by Akio Fudō and the others.
In the aftermath, Erica finally found an opening to speak:
"Rei Ao, group leader…so this really is another world?"
Her demeanor was almost reverent, like she was talking to some VIP—which, in her mind, she was. She already considered Rei Ao to be on par with a god-slaying Demon King.
Rei Ao simply replied:
"I think you all already have your own opinions. I've said what I can; it's up to you to decide."
He didn't feel any need to explain further. Believe it or don't—it made no difference to him.
"I do believe this is another world," Fubuki said, eyes still shining with curiosity. "But I'm dying to know…how did that young lady just now manage to stop time like that?"
She was watching Lieselotte, who was leaning snugly against Rei Ao in her newly minted "Demon Queen" form. Lieselotte gave Fubuki a dismissive glance and answered curtly:
"It's a magical Secret Art."
Lieselotte wasn't interested in any woman aside from herself—or rather, she wasn't interested in anyone except her Demon King.
Even if someone dangled the Eternal Library in front of her right now, she wouldn't bother looking. What's that compared to my Demon King? Having him was enough.
All she wanted was a sweet romance with Rei Ao (and she wouldn't mind it being a bit more, well, intense).
"Magic…can you teach me?"
Fubuki asked sincerely. She was determined to learn such powerful magic. Rei Ao, for his part, was still a bit surprised at how he'd basically "won over" one of the Trinity Seven with just a couple of kisses—and was now questioning if maybe he had succubus blood in him.
"Hmph, you have no talent for magic whatsoever," Lieselotte replied bluntly, giving Fubuki zero courtesy.
"Ugh…"
Fubuki looked deflated.
"My dear Demon King," Lieselotte continued with a sweet, sultry look, "why bring someone with no talent for magic along?"
"We all came here from another world," Rei Ao explained.
"Another…world?"
[Ding! You have selected to grant Lieselotte access to the chat group sub-channel!]
"!!!"
Lieselotte fell silent, staring at the stream of information in her mind and the glowing screen before her, evidently absorbing all the details.
Her expression shifted, eyes flickering with thought as she dug into the chat group's functions.
Meanwhile, Rei Ao turned to Fubuki, whose face was dark with frustration.
"You only want to learn magic so you can get stronger and surpass your sister, right?"
"How did you know?"
Fubuki's eyes narrowed with caution; that was her private ambition. Erica blinked in surprise.
"Aren't you from different worlds?"
"Seeing as I'm the admin of a multi-world chat group, doesn't it make sense that I might know some things about the other members and their stories?"
"???"
They weren't entirely convinced, but they couldn't really argue.
Fubuki's face looked even more grim.
"Fine, so I do want to outdo my sister. Is there really no way for me to learn magic?"
She clenched her fists, frustration written all over her features. Her sister had always insisted she had no talent. Now, an otherworldly mage was saying the same thing. It felt like a crushing blow.
"Getting stronger doesn't have to mean learning magic."
Rei Ao gave a slight smirk.
"Your power is psychokinesis. Its true strength comes from your mind."
He rubbed his fingertips together, producing a glowing white orb.
"?"
Fubuki stared at the little sphere. The moment she laid eyes on it, she couldn't look away. Her brain and every cell in her body were screaming, "Take it! Devour it!" She physically longed for whatever was in Rei Ao's hand.
"Gulp… Wh-what is that?"
She swallowed hard, eyes locked on him.
Kanna's eyes lit up.
"Kanna!"
At Michiru's shout, Kanna leapt off her lap and onto Rei Ao, opening her mouth wide.
"Wait!!!"
Fubuki cried out in alarm. Kanna was about to swallow the thing that every cell in Fubuki's body was craving. But there was no stopping her. Kanna gulped it down easily.
"Mm!"
She shivered slightly.
"It feels…cool."
"Well, it's designed to enhance one's mental power," Rei Ao said calmly, patting Kanna's head.
"?"
Fubuki's mind went blank.
"Putting aside whether it's okay to feed something like that to a kid," she muttered, "how come there's no change in her at all?"
"Because Kanna is a dragon. That little boost in mental power is nothing to her."
"A d-drag—?!"
Not just Fubuki, but Erica, too, looked baffled. They both stared at Kanna.
"This adorable child is the dragon from myth and legend?"
They could hardly believe it.
"See these?"
Rei Ao pointed to Kanna's little horns.
"Dragon horns. And here—"
He lifted Kanna's small tail.
"Dragon tail."
"Uuuu~ That tickles," Kanna murmured, lazily slumping against him, looking comfortable and cozy.
"…She really doesn't look like a dragon," Erica thought to herself.
Fubuki forced herself to believe it.
"So that thing just got eaten…"
She looked like she regretted not having reacted faster. But Rei Ao merely smiled faintly.
"No worries. I can make as many of those as I want."
He pointed a finger, and one white orb after another appeared in midair in front of Fubuki—each containing the same power to enhance mental strength.
"!!!"
Fubuki trembled with excitement from head to toe.
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