Chapter 95: The wives are feeling threatened.
While Victor was visiting his friends.
A little chaos was happening in the room where he sleeps with his wives.
"Not this one. Not this one. Not this one... This one looks like an old woman's dress."
"... Will we be like this too when it's our turn?" Sasha asked as she looked at Violet, who was only wearing a black bra and black panties.
She was in front of the wardrobe, taking all the clothes out of it and throwing them on the bed. She seemed very indecisive about what she was going to wear.
"Probably?" Ruby replied.
"Hard to say, huh?"
"Yes..." Ruby nodded.
"Can you help me!?" Violet suddenly looked at both of them.
"..." The two were speechless.
"But wasn't it you who didn't want our help? Are you getting senile?" Sasha snapped.
"Whatever, just help me!"
"Ugh. This girl is very irrational."
"This is nothing new."
"Indeed. She's been like that since she was a child." Sasha didn't feel like getting off the couch; it seemed to be swallowing her... She was too lazy.
"Coming to think, she's changed a lot, huh?" Ruby spoke after looking at Violet.
"You think?" Sasha raised an eyebrow at her. Violet looked like the same irrational, crazy, and stalking woman she'd known since childhood.
"Yes, until a few days ago, she would try to kill us for being close to our husband."
"Oh... That's true." Sasha nodded.
"We also changed. For example, you wouldn't be as comfortable talking about these things now as before, right?" Ruby exhibited a small smile.
"..." Sasha smiled gently:
"You've changed too... Now you smile more." She remembers that Ruby used to be colder and rarely showed emotions.
"...Oh." Ruby is surprised, but soon she flashes a gentle little smile, "Indeed."
"…" Sasha felt her heart flutter a little when she saw Ruby's smile, then she also flashes a smile:
"I've said it several times already, but you should show that smile more to our husband... He would love it."
"In the future." Ruby laughed.
"…" A moment of silence fell in the room, and the only noise the two of them could hear was Violet pulling several clothes out of the wardrobe. Yet, in some strange way, this noise left the two women with a feeling of peace in their hearts.
"A lot happened suddenly, and we didn't have time to talk about it."
"Indeed." Sasha nodded.
"Do you intend to go home?" Ruby asked.
"In the future. After my date with Darling~."
"Oh? Since when do you call him 'Darling'?"
"Since now." Sasha laughed, and then she spoke with a serious expression, "I'm tired of not showing my feelings to my Darling. I feel that if I don't get closer to him, your mother will steal my Darling from me."
"…" Ruby didn't know how to feel when she heard Sasha's words, but… Inwardly, she thought the same thing as her.
"That is impossible," Ruby said, or at least she wanted to believe so.
"Wake up to reality, they are very similar, and it attracts them, even if they don't realize it." Sasha's face darkened a little, "And something happened while they were training. Didn't you see that Darling is regularly giving his blood to your mother?"
"…" Ruby's and Sasha's eyes darkened, "Indeed. I realized that, but one thing we can be sure of, our husband will never cheat on us. But, we have to be careful with women... Mainly, my mother." She never thought she would say that in her life.
She also never thought that she would have to feel threatened by her own mother! It shouldn't be like that!
"Don't forget Ophis, Elizabeth, and Eleonor." Sasha ignored Ruby's sisters because she realized that Victor's relationship with them is more like a sibling relationship.
And Victor doesn't like Siena, Ruby's older sister...
"Ophis too? She is a child!"
"She's a child 'now.'... But what about in the future?"
"..." Ruby raised an eyebrow, she had completely forgotten about that.
"But we're missing something," Sasha added with serious eyes.
"What?"
"Our husband's feelings."
"Oh." Ruby thought that was true. After all, they were just thinking about themselves, and they never thought about Victor's own feelings.
Come to think of it now, they never had a proper conversation with Victor about it...
"Currently, he only has eyes for us…. And Scathach..."
Ruby looks at Sasha, "... Because of that, she's the most dangerous, huh?"
"Yes..." Sasha wore a face of uncertainty, "Although depending on our husband's tastes, these women will never get a chance to be around him."
"Oh?" Ruby raised an eyebrow.
"You seem to be absolutely sure what you're talking about." Sasha looked at Ruby:
"Don't you see? Darling just reacts to women like Violet, Scathach, you, and me."
"...What do we have in common?" Ruby was thinking deeply, but she couldn't think of anything.
"What is Violet's most striking feature?" Sasha helped a little.
"She's a yandere...Oh," Ruby responded without thinking, and when she answered, she understood what Sasha was suggesting.
"Yandere?" Sasha didn't understand.
"It means something close to a stalker." She was too lazy to explain.
"...Our husband only reacts to women like that. He has problems in his head... Wait, am I like that too?" Somehow she just realized it now.
"Wait, Wait!" She started to panic, "I don't remember being like this!" She was a more noble and calm woman! She's not like Violet! At least that's what she believes.
"I wasn't like that either..." Ruby muttered.
"We were influenced…." Ruby looked at Violet with accusing eyes.
"It's Violet's fault, right?" Sasha spoke.
"Indeed. It's the ritual's fault too, thanks to the side effect of the unsuccessful ritual, we can feel each other's emotions."
They faithfully believed it. But, they didn't realize that this was all an illusion of their own making; they were never normal.
How can a child who was raised by a woman who loves to gamble and a woman who is mad about battle be normal? Not to mention that they are vampires. Biologically, this breed feels emotions more intensely. They never had a chance to be 'normal'...
Sensing Ruby and Sasha's accusing stares, Violet stopped what she was doing and looked at the two of them.
"What? Why are you guys looking at me like that?" She was so focused on choosing an outfit that she didn't hear the two women talking.
"Nothing..." The two replied at the same time.
Suddenly the two heard Yuki's scream.
"Ughyaaaaa! I'm late!"
"Oh, she woke up now, huh?" Ruby spoke.
"Yes, it's a shame our husband has already left," Sasha spoke.
"Since she's not doing anything, I'm going to ask her to help me!" Violet had a great idea.
"Wait, she's not your maid!"
"But she is from my Clan! And she's my Darling's maid, and if she's my Darling's maid, she's my maid too! After all, everything of my Darling's is mine, and everything I have is my Darling's!"
"..." The two were speechless with this twisted logic.
"…Somehow, in a distorted way, that makes sense," Sasha spoke after thinking for a few seconds.
"..." Ruby nodded in agreement.
"Right? I will call her!" Violet ran toward the bedroom exit.
"Wait! Put on some clothes first!"
"Oh..." Violet suddenly stopped running, she looked at the bed, and seeing whatever clothes she liked, she took the clothes and put them on.
Soon she left the room!
"She left the door open..." Ruby sighed.
"I'll fix it." Sasha's body is covered with lightning, and as soon as she disappears, in a flash, she closes the door and lays down where she was again.
"I envy that ability..."
"Hahaha~" Sasha laughed in amusement.
...
In a dense forest, Victor was standing on top of a gigantic tree, and beside him was Kaguya.
"I swear. If God exists in this world, he is trying to make a fool of me."
In front of Victor was a four meter tall monkey, the monkey was bathing in a waterfall, and this monkey was clearly female.
"Master, you have strange luck."
"Is this luck?" Victor pointed to the monkey that was taking a bath.
"I think this is bad luck. Considering you had two lucky moments a few moments ago. The universe is trying to balance things out, I guess?"
"Which lucky moments are you talking about?" Nothing came to mind for Victor when he thought about it.
"..." Kaguya looked at Victor in disbelief:
"Master... Are you serious?"
"...Yes?"
Sigh!
She gave a very visible sigh, then she said, "Don't you remember? Seeing your friend's mother and your friend's sister naked?"
"...Oh." Victor thinks for a moment and says, "Is that luck?"
"For some men, it is…." Kaguya commented.
"Hmm." Victor thought Andrew, his childhood friend, would find this situation quite lucky.
"Whatever." Victor didn't think about it much since he had no interest in it.
"..." Kaguya exhibited a small smile when she saw that Victor didn't care for those women.
"Just a curiosity, what do you consider as luck?" She was quite curious.
"Hmm... I think I'm already lucky." He answered honestly.
"Huh?" Kaguya didn't understand. After all, that wasn't the question she asked him!
Victor elaborated, "I mean, I have three wives that I love very much, a master who takes care of me in her weird way, and I have you." He smiled kindly.
"Oh..." Kaguya turned her face away quickly.
"Kaguya?"
"W-Why don't you go fight? The monkey is in front of you!"
Victor looked at the monkey, "Hmm, I think that would be disrespectful. Attacking someone while that person is taking a shower...it's kind of...right?" It's not like Victor is trying to kill the monkey. He just wants to fight.
"Y-Yes. Whatever... Why don't you look for another monkey then? I will be waiting here."
"Hmm...Okay." Victor nodded, and soon his body was covered in lightning, and he flew into the sky.
Realizing that Victor is gone, Kaguya kneels in a fetal position and puts her hand on her face. She doesn't want anyone to see her face right now.
"This is unfair, Master..."
Chapter 96: Strange Place.
Victor was in front of an animal that looked more like a gorilla. He was a huge gorilla over 15 meters tall, muscular, had black fur and red eyes, and was sitting like he was enjoying the moonlight.
"Gorilla, banana, Gorilla. Me, leader, banana, Gorilla."
The gorilla turns his face and looks at Victor and sees him making strange gestures while pointing to the black bananas on the ground. The gorilla exhibited a strange face, and the only thing he thought was; 'Is he a fool?'
Somehow the gorilla was enjoying what Victor was doing and started clapping his hands as if to say to continue.
"..." Victor was speechless when he saw the gorilla's attitude.
"This isn't working..." Victor gets up off the floor and pats his clothes to dust them off.
"Hmm... How do I tame this creature?" Victor's eyes sparkled. He wanted to tame this creature. He wanted his own King Kong!
"Urru, Urru!
"What?"
The gorilla pointed to the piles of black bananas.
"Oh, take it. I can't eat them anyway." Victor threw a banana in the direction of the gorilla, who caught it quite easily. Victor tried to taste the banana before, but for him, it had the worst taste in the world.
"Urru, Urru!" The gorilla looked happy.
"Yeah yeah. Whatever." Victor spoke as if he understood him, but the question is: does he understand!? Of course not!
But just like the other animals he came in contact with in the past, he could understand the creature's intentions, and the gorilla is far more intelligent than other animals, so he can understand it a little.
"Hmm, I should have asked someone about taming a gorilla." Victor sat down on the floor and put a hand to his chin in a bored way. He was wondering what to do next.
The gorilla looked at Victor, and his eyes sparkled with curiosity as he got up from the tree he was leaning against and approached Victor, then sat down next to him.
"Oh?" Victor looked at Gorilla, who was beside him with only a pile of bananas separating the two.
"What's up, Big Guy. Do you want more bananas?"
"Urru, Urru!"
"I see... Take as much as you want."
The gorilla started eating bananas.
"Hmm..." Victor was watching the gorilla eating the food so exquisitely. Somehow, he was curious.
"Is this really that good?" Too bad he couldn't eat.
"Urru!" The gorilla pointed to the pile of bananas when he saw Victor's gaze. He seemed to be offering it to Victor; he was a polite gorilla.
"Unfortunately, I can't eat, Big Guy. Look."
Victor bared his fangs.
When the gorilla saw Victor's fangs, he understood what Victor was saying, and with a sudden movement, the gorilla got up and walked towards the tree he was sitting on.
He opens the hull of the tree and grabs something, then he goes back to Victor and sits down on the ground.
Suddenly, he throws a large amount of items on the ground.
"Oh?" Victor looked at the items in curiosity.
The items looked like a completely red type of fruit.
"What is that?" He inspected the fruit.
"Urru, Urru!"
"I can get it?"
The gorilla nodded, then went back to eating the banana Victor had brought.
Victor takes the fruit, "Oh? It's quite soft. It looks like jelly."
"Urru!"
Victor looked at the gorilla and saw the gorilla pointing to its mouth.
"Oh, do you want me to eat?"
"Urru, Urru!"
"... Hmm. Well, why not?" Victor took the fruit and put it in his mouth, suddenly the fruit seemed to burst, and a red liquid came down in Victor's mouth.
"!!!" It tasted delicious like he had drunk apple juice when he was human.
Unconsciously, he started to pick more fruit and put it in his mouth.
"Urru, Urru!" The gorilla started clapping.
The fruit was not as tasty as his wives' blood, but it was quite nice! Wait... If he can eat these fruits, then...
"Is this blood?" Victor looked at the fruit, and then he looked at the tree, he focused his attention more on the tree, and he could see the tree was moving!
"What the fuck! It is alive!" He quickly gets up from the ground.
"Urru, Urru!" The gorilla started to laugh at him.
"Shut up! I didn't know this kind of creature existed, okay!?"
"Urru, Urru!" He started to clap his hands.
"Ugh, the language barrier is tough." Victor thought this was how a foreigner felt when he went to a country that didn't know the local language.
"But what is this?" Victor examined the tree, and, just out of curiosity, he touched the tree's hull.
When Victor touched the tree's hull, something happened.
Slowly, the tree began to send her branches onto his hand and began to wrap around his arms.
He was scared at first, but... He didn't feel threatened. In fact, he feels welcome?
Victor looks at the tree hull that the gorilla opened, and out of curiosity, he looks inside, and inside the tree hull, he sees several skeletons. He focused his attention on the skeletons.
"Fangs..."
What he saw was clearly a vampire skeleton, and he could also see some human skeletons mixed together.
"This place…" He pulls back a little and looks around, "This place evolved to devour beings."
Victor clearly saw the result of the beings that approached this place.
"But... Why don't I feel threatened?" He was feeling a strange feeling in his heart.
"Master, why are you-…Master? What are you doing!?"
Suddenly the atmosphere of the gorilla and the tree changed from peaceful to hostile.
ROOOOOOOAARRRRRRRR!
The gorilla roared towards Kaguya.
"!!?" Kaguya quickly covers her body with darkness and prepares to fight.
The gorilla began to approach Kaguya with hostile intentions.
He didn't even look like the peaceful gorilla that Victor was with and completely changed his attitude when Kaguya appeared.
Seeing that Kaguya is in danger, Victor takes a step towards her, and soon he disappears and then reappears in front of Kaguya.
"Kaguya, step back."
"B-But, Master."
"Do as I say!" Victor's eyes sparkled.
"O-Okay." Kaguya was a little startled by Victor's gaze, but she quickly ran in the opposite direction.
Realizing that Kaguya was safe, Victor's body relaxed a little. Victor cracks his neck and looks at the gorilla, as his smile grows:
"Hey, Big Guy. Let's have some fun?" He didn't even try to talk to pacify the gorilla.
ROOOOOOOARRRR!
The gorilla roared and thumped its chest in a sign of defiance.
"That's the spirit!" A frightening pressure left Victor's body.
Victor jumps towards the gorilla and attacks him!
The gorilla does the same and swings his big arms as he attacks Victor.
The gorilla expected Victor to fly away when he attacked him. After all, he was tiny compared to his size, right? But the reality he expected didn't happen.
The two fists collide in the air!
BOOOOOOOOM!
And for a moment, the sound of a crash of air was heard.
And an unexpected result happened, the gorilla pulled away and fell to the ground sitting up!
"Urru?" The gorilla looked at Victor in disbelief. He didn't expect this result.
"Tsk." Victor clicked his tongue in annoyance when he saw his broken arm; 'If it were Scathach, that gorilla would have flown far. I'm still weak!'
In less than 7 seconds, his arm was completely regenerated, and he looked at the gorilla, then he positioned himself again:
"Let's continue~."
Seeing Victor's smile, the gorilla displayed a small smile that showed all of his fangs.
"Heh~? I like that smile."
The gorilla gets up from the ground. He had completely forgotten about Kaguya, and all that was in his head now was Victor!
ROOOOOOOOARRR!
BAAAM! BAAAM!
He roared at Victor as he hit his chest several times; this time, he was serious!
Victor's smile grew disproportionately, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed like a maniac.
"That's the spirit, Big Guy!" The magic circles on Victor's glove began to glow blood red.
"Let's fight!"
ROOOOOOOOAR!
The gorilla roared as if saying the same thing as Victor, and, with speed disproportionate to his size, he appeared in front of Victor and punched him in the face!
"Wha-?" Victor didn't expect this speed coming from someone so big!
BOOOOOOOOM!
A sonic boom was heard, and soon Victor's body flew skyward.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Despite having some broken body parts, he laughed! He felt it! This pain! It's the same as when he was training, and it's also the sign that he was facing a strong opponent!
Victor's body regenerated in midair, and soon he created an ice shelf behind him and, using the ice shelf as support, he flew towards the gorilla!
In midair, Victor's hands began to get covered by an ice glove.
And like a rocket, it hits the Gorilla's face, "ORAA!"
BOOOOOOOOM!
A bang was heard as Victor punched the Gorilla in the face, and this time as he got momentum, the gorilla was thrown back by his strength, then just as the gorilla's body was going to fall to the ground:
"It's not over yet, Big Guy!"
Victor appears under the gorilla and holds it!
"Urru!?" The gorilla didn't believe what he was witnessing. He was heavy, you know!?
With a show of strength, "AHHH!" Victor threw the Gorilla in the air!
Victor points both his palms at the gorilla.
Fussshhhhhh
Fire and ice began to be created in front of him.
"HAAA!" Soon this power flew towards the gorilla.
"!!!" Realizing the danger, the gorilla did something that only increased Victor's smile.
The gorilla's body appeared to be covered in some kind of black material.
BOOOOOM!
The two powers collide against the Gorilla's armor, and a tremendous amount of smoke is created.
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
The gorilla roared in midair and blasted away all the smoke created by the attack.
And Victor can clearly see a gorilla wearing full-length black armor!
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Victor began to applaud in genuine happiness, "You're the best, Big Guy!"
"Master... You are an incorrigible man." Kaguya, who was watching everything from a tree at a considerable distance, couldn't help but say that when she saw Victor's smile.
...
Chapter 97: Two new weird friends.
"And to think that he would enter the forbidden forest and approach a demonic beast without knowing it," Kaguya commented as she watched Victor exchange punches with the gorilla.
"Ora, Ora! Come on, Big Guy! Show me all your strength!" Victor was attacking his armor several times.
ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAR!
The gorilla roared and walked away from Victor, and then, after grabbing a tree, he removed the branches from it and used the tree as a spear. Slowly the tree he held began to be covered with the same black material he was using as armor.
"Oh? Are we going to switch to sword fighting? In that case!"
Victor created an ice greatsword and then raised the greatsword in front of him.
"Let's go!"
Victor jumped towards the gorilla and started attacking him again.
"...Didn't he notice that the monkey looked different and much stronger than the one he had seen before? My God... My master is incorrigible." Kaguya sighed.
Beng!
The sound of metal on metal was heard.
"Ugh." The noise was too loud, and Kaguya put her hands to her ears in pain.
And suddenly.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
An explosion happened on the spot, rocks and trees started flying around, this was just the result of the clash between the two!
"KEKEKEKEKEKEKE!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
A demonic gorilla and a vampire started laughing like crazy as they fought.
At first, the fight was at a normal pace, but...
Slowly, their speed began to increase.
And little by little, they became images that untrained eyes could not see.
"Holy Fuck... Is this really a fight between a gorilla and a vampire?" Kaguya, for the first time in a long time, spoke a bad word, she was just in total disbelief. When a normal vampire and a demonic creature fight, that kind of thing doesn't happen!
And especially this gorilla! Why is he so fast!? It doesn't make sense for him to have this speed at this size!
BOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOM!
Several explosions happened every time Victor and the gorilla collided with each other. And this fight attracted the attention of other predators, some demonic animals that were in the vicinity began to approach, seeking the opportunity to kill them both.
"This is getting dangerous. I better hide." Kaguya disappeared into the shadows.
A fox-like creature with horns approached Victor and tried to attack him.
ROAR-
"Fuck-off! Don't get in my way!" But Victor just punched the fox in the face! The punch was so hard that the fox flew far away!
A similar situation happened with the gorilla when a wolf tried to bite his neck.
ROAAAAAAAR!
But the gorilla just punched the wolf towards the fox.
"Auuuuu! Kiiiiii!" The wolf and the fox wept in pain.
Victor created a gigantic fireball and threw it at them both!
BOOOOOOOM!
An explosion of fire happened.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the gorilla stepped on the ground and created a thorn with the same black material and threw it at the two beasts.
Pierce!
Soon the sounds of fox and wolf disappeared completely.
The thorn with the black material made by the gorilla has pierced the fox and the wolf!
A demonic beast skewer was created!
"Did they plan this...?" Kaguya, who was watching from the shadows, asked in disbelief.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"KEKEKEKEKEKEKE!"
Soon the two jumped into battle again.
"... I do not think so."
...
A few hours later, Victor was lying on the floor, breathing heavily. He looked quite tired, had some parts of his clothes cut off, and even had a wound that wasn't healing.
Despite being in this state, he had a big smile of satisfaction on his face as he looked at the moon:
"Ahh~, tonight is a beautiful night."
Next to him was a giant gorilla with several pieces of broken armor, also breathing heavily just like Victor.
"I haven't been so tired in a while." Victor was honest. The only times he got tired was when fighting Scathach.
And, just like in the fight with Scathach, he only needed to rest a few minutes until all his wounds regenerated, as well as his vigor.
"I'm thirsty..."
And just like in Scathach's fight, he always got thirsty when he was completely exhausted.
Victor looked at his body and saw that his body was completely healed, but he didn't feel like getting up.
The gorilla got up and sat down.
Victor looked at the gorilla and saw the gestures he was making.
"Urru, Urru." He pointed to himself and to the large tree that was surprisingly undamaged by their struggle.Yeah, I know. I'll tell her." Victor had an idea what he was talking about, from what he could understand was something like; 'don't let that girl come near the tree.'
"Urru!" The gorilla got up and walked towards the tree, and every step he took made the earth around him shake, so he sat on the ground leaning against the tree trunk.
He looks at the moon, then closes his eyes.
"He's tired, huh?"
Victor stands up, "Well, I won't judge him. I'm also a little tired."
Victor soon started walking in the opposite direction from the gorilla, "Oh, I forgot something."
"Hey, Big Guy."
The gorilla looked at Victor.
"I will be back." Victor flashed a smile.
"Grrr," The gorilla snorted and turned away.
"...?" Victor didn't understand the gorilla's reaction.
But soon, the gorilla gives a thumbs up with his hand.
"Pfft… Is he shy? This is unexpected coming from you, Big Guy."
ROAAAAAAAR!
"Yeah yeah, I'm leaving. I'll be back later to visit you two." Victor spoke.
Victor exhibited a small smile when he saw the tree swaying its branches as if it was saying goodbye to him.
...
Walking out of the forest where he was, Victor met Kaguya.
"Master-..." Before Kaguya could say anything.
"Are you okay?" Victor spoke as he started looking at every corner of Kaguya's body.
"M-Master, I'm fine." Kaguya wasn't used to this sudden attention.
Sigh...
Victor sighed in relief.
"Master-"
Victor placed his hand on Kaguya's head.
Kaguya thought he was going to headpat her, she was looking forward to it, but the headpat didn't come!
Crack!
Victor squeezed Kaguya's head tightly.
"M-My Head!" Kaguya screamed in pain.
"Kaguya," Victor spoke in an extremely serious voice.
"You wanted to stay, right? Did you forget about the contract?" He was talking about the previous situation.
"…" Kaguya was silent.
"But-..." She was going to say something, but Victor stopped her.
"No, but… Remember, don't mind me. Your safety is more important to me."
"I hope that doesn't happen again."
"..." Kaguya was silent, but she nodded.
"Good." Victor displayed a gentle smile as he started walking in front of Kaguya.
Seeing Victor's back, Kaguya thought wistfully; 'It's hard not to care about your safety, master...'
"Kaguya."
Suddenly, Kaguya heard Victor's voice again, and soon she woke up from her thoughts.
"If you want to protect me, get stronger."
"..." Kaguya opened her eyes a little.
Victor looked at Kaguya, "But even if you get stronger, and you can protect me. I ask that you always prioritize your safety."
"...This is a contradiction, Master..."
"Hahaha~" Victor laughed gently, "Indeed. But that's the way I am." He started walking again in front of Kaguya.
'I ask, huh?' She realized he hadn't ordered her. He'd just made a request, so it's up to her whether she'll follow that request or not.
...
Rumble, Rumble.
"Huh? It's raining?" Pepper looked out the window, and as usual, the skies over the capital were cloudy, but it didn't seem to be raining.
"Impossible. The capital does not have rain." Lacus replied.
"But what about these lightning noises!?" Pepper asked.
"Must be your imagination," Lacus replied.
"It's not my imagination!"
RUMBLE!
The lightning noise got louder.
"See!?" Pepper smiled with a victorious smile.
"…Why are you showing that smile! Don't be a child!"
"Hehehe~" Pepper laughed.
RUMBLE!
Suddenly everyone heard the noise of lightning hitting the ground.
"Hiiii! That was near here!"
"... Pepper... Do you have chicken brains?" Lacus asked her younger sister a genuine question.
"Fuee?" Pepper didn't understand.
Lacus elaborated, "Think with me; It's impossible to rain in the capital, and who is the person who has lightning powers outside the mansion now?"
"Oh." Pepper opened her mouth.
Soon everyone hears Victor's voice:
"Girls, I'm back!"
"It's Victor!" Pepper exclaimed.
"Yes." Lacus smiled.
"He likes an extravagant entrance, huh? Can't he arrive normally?" Eleonor appeared at Siena's side.
"Oh? I thought you were gone?" Lacus asked.
"I had some matters to settle with Siena, and I need to talk to that man."
Suddenly Eleonor heard Victor's voice behind her.
"I have a name, you know~."
"!!!" Eleonor jumped back, her heart beating too fast, "Don't do that... It scared me."
"Oh?" Victor exhibited a small smile. He didn't expect this reaction from her.
"Ugh, Victor. You reek of wild animal." Pepper put a hand to her nose.
"Yeah, I was fighting a gorilla in Eastern Territory."
"Oh, those four-meter monkeys?" Eleonor asked.
"Wrong, the biggest ones."
"Eh?" Eleanor.
"What?" Lacus.
"Fue?" Pepper.
"Huh?" Siena.
The four women thought they heard something wrong.
Kaguya suddenly stepped out of Victor's shadow, the four women looking to the Maid for answers.
"Yes, he fought a demonic gorilla, the one who protects that strange tree in the forbidden forest..."
"Eh...? Huuuh!?"
"You're crazy…." Lacus said.
"Hahahaha, thanks for the compliment." Victor scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
"That wasn't a compliment! What was on your mind, fighting that beast!?"
"Well, it was fun... Why not?" Victor displayed a sincere smile.
"Y-You... Sigh... You're incorrigible." Lacus gave up.
"And? And? How was the fight!?" Pepper looked more animated than usual.
"I want to hear too, that gorilla is a very famous beast. Few vampires were able to fight him and survive, and those who survived had quite severe mental trauma," Siena spoke with curiosity.
She even remembers that in the past, her mother fought the gorilla, but Scathach refused to give any information to her daughters, she was very curious about this matter.
"..." Victor looked at Siena with a strange look.
"What?"
"Did you eat something bad, woman?" He didn't understand why she was acting so 'docile' with him. Wasn't she the woman who kept saying he was just cattle?
A vein popped in Siena's head, "You know what!? Nevermind! Humpf!" She turned her face away and walked towards a spot.
"…What was that tsundere reaction…? Did she eat something bad?" Even Pepper doubted her older sister.
Coming out of her initial stupor, "...You came at a good time, I need to talk to you..." Eleonor suddenly spoke, and her voice caught everyone's attention, even Siena, who was leaving.
Victor looked at the woman who was almost the same height as him with curious eyes.
Eleonor puts her hand on her chest and makes a noble gesture:
"Victor Walker. I, Countess Eleonor Adrasteia, invite you to come to my territory as a special guest."
"Oh? Okay, I will."
"Eh?" Eleonor and Siena were surprised at how easily Victor accepted it.