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[3rd POV]
"...if he doesn't have enough strength, then he'll die, and that's how the world works today."
Colonel Guren spoke lightly as he descended the stairs to the location of the cursed weapons storage.
Shinoa walked into a group with her future squad members while contemplating the recent incident.
Guren was testing Yūichirō Hyakuya, Yoichi Saotome, and Shihō Kimizuki with his activated cursed demonic weapons.
They seemed to grip their hearts and whisper in their ears while trying to possess them, but Shinoa felt absolutely nothing.
It had been like this before, but she would have felt uncomfortable... After taking that potion, she didn't feel anything at all.
There's no influence from the demon or even someone else.
"But this..."
Sayuri Hanayori tried to say something. She didn't like how Guren was testing the newcomers... but the world isn't so simple.
Shinoa can see the reason because if they couldn't handle this, they couldn't even interact with demonic weapons in a normal contract.
"Oh, Saotome. Do you want to kill the vampire who killed your sister?"
Guren stopped and looked at Yoichi clinging to Yūichirō because of all this "terrible" atmosphere.
He was the only one who wasn't sure what to do, but surprisingly, he didn't feel such pressure from the Guren's cursed weapon aura.
"Well..."
Saotome swallowed, and it was evident that he was nervous.
"Are you willing to risk your life to kill him? It's not too late to turn back. You can leave if you're afraid of death."
Guren spoke while observing Yoichi.
"Yoichi, I also think it's best for you to leave. This is not the place for people like you."
Shinoa was slightly surprised by what Hyakuya said, but she kept quiet. In that other world, she doesn't have a burden from her name or these looks.
If it weren't for the group chat, she would have continued to do what she was told, like a wound-up doll.
She liked that there were no vampires in other worlds, but there were Grimm.
She heard some of the conversation and saw Yoichi finally gather the courage to say that he was ready to die as he wanted to get stronger and protect those around him.
In his childhood, his sister was killed by a vampire, and he saw everything that the vampire did to her... He bathed in her blood while the vampire drank her dry.
The world isn't a place for dreamers, and she understood that even in childhood.
It's a cruel place where blood and tears flow like rivers no matter how much she wants otherwise... she was also a dreamer to some extent.
"With this power, I'll avenge Mika and the others..."
Hyakuya said, and Shinoa shook her head.
Revenge, murders... is that what the world should be like? The ceremony had already begun where the demonic weapons were located.
How many cursed weapons are there? How much blood? How many experiments?... she didn't believe people were ever wrong especially after Tony's words.
It was people who were to blame for what happened eight years ago.
However, vampires are no better...
"It seems like someone's excited..."
Shinoa noticed and teasingly smiled at Guren who was slightly excitedly watching Yūichirō fall into the magical seal and just grabbed the cursed weapon.
"Shut up."
Guren denied everything.
"Your excited face says it all."
Shinoa smirked.
Guren was tall, she was almost shoulder to him... just like Anthony but Anthony was slightly taller.
"Hmmm."
Shinoa tilted her head slightly when she noticed a message from the person she was thinking about.
Anthony (Administrator): Shinoa, please let me know when the vampires will attack the Shinjuku district. I think it's time for me to visit your world if you don't mind.
"Is something wrong?"
Guren asked when she noticed something in her expression.
"You suddenly smiled... Don't do that."
"You don't know how to compliment girls."
Shinoa turned away from him and anxiously pondered this message.
Shinoa Hiragi: Administrator-kun wants to take this virgin? I... I don't mind...
Hermione Granger: Shinoa...
Shinoa Hiragi: What? What, a poor virgin can't even dream now?
Shinoa Hiragi: I understand... Tony-kun. I'll let you know when it happens... I wonder how much you still know about me from my world?
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[Anthony's POV]
Anthony (Administrator): I offered to send the anime of your world, but you don't want to.
After sending the message, I noticed today's date.
As of tomorrow, the first day of the month, I will be able to buy one hundred Gacha Points because of the first day of the month, and I will be able to get something useful.
"Here's our house with my father Shadow Peak."
Zatanna presented a quite large and luxurious mansion.
"I learned the mysteries of magic here, and there are many different artifacts here. I remember my father prohibiting me from entering some rooms in childhood... Now it's clear why."
"Hmmm, impressive."
I nodded. It's immediately evident that the magician built and protected it, and I haven't even reached that level yet.
"Indeed."
Zatanna clearly liked the compliment to the mansion. She was surprisingly friendly at the moment.
"Did Madame Xanadu say anything else to you that made you behave so friendly?"
I asked directly.
"I'm acting like this because I want to and because you're my guest... I couldn't turn you into a toad, but I can throw you out of the mansion."
Zatanna turned to me with a face clearly a little offended.
"You could, but with the help of the mansion's magic itself."
I smirked and heard Zatanna snicker.
There was a huge library of the magician which was simply a treasure trove of knowledge for me not to mention that I already had four very informative books.
I helped Zatanna with some spells, discussed rituals, and told her about Magical Seals.
Mnemonic spells are very useful and powerful, but they are sometimes needed when one can't speak for some reason.
Zatanna is indeed a very talented and powerful magician. It's just that she doesn't have that much experience.
She grew up learning about magic by seeing her father perform and listening to his stories, but he never seemed to want to share them with her.
However, she chose to follow in her father's footsteps since she saw him as a hero who had saved many lives and also wanted to honor him.
She and her father have staged magic shows for the audience since she was a kid, but everyone believed they were tricks when they were really magic.
"Now we're not far from Gotham, and the mansion often changes its location."
She decided to tell him in the evening.
"You know, you still haven't said who taught you magic?"
"No one... in a sense, I'm self-taught."
I said.
After all, I really didn't learn. I just assimilated the memory of someone who knew a lot.
Now, I held the Book of Souls in my hands, where John Zatara described the appearances of entities such as Death and the soul and the dangers of sealing them.
"Hm, okay, think that I believed you."
Zatanna snickered and continued to adjust her magical seal that floated above her hand.
"Interesting art of magic."
"Yeah."
I nodded.
"Do you want to go with me on a hunt for the risen dead?"
Zatanna stopped creating the seal and stood up to stretch her stiff legs, and her lower ninety momentarily caught my gaze.
"Where did you find them?"
"There's a globe in the room, and my father enchanted it, marking places for himself where there's a possible mystical threat to people. I've already visited a couple of such places and was going to visit one more. It's a place not far from New York. Do you want to go?"
Zatanna asked with some excitement.
"Just the right time to check these magical seals in action."
"You're going to a place of unknown magical threat, and like your father, you want to deal with it?"
I asked again.
"Yes."
Zatanna nodded and changed her clothes with magic.
"I'm in."
I still decided to go with her.
In the evening, I was able to hunt down the actual risen dead whom the amateur necromancer resurrected... and he died from the summoned undead who tore his throat.
After such an "exciting" journey, I returned to Lena and continued to deal with company matters.
...
The opening of the reactor is getting closer and closer. This will be a big step forward for the company.
Our image will get a lot better, and we'll have enough money saved for other projects.
"I love you."
Lena suddenly said this while hugging me in bed.
It was already morning, and we usually get up around this time. Lena is already walking around without any problems.
"And I love you too."
I said it from the bottom of my heart.
"What made you say that so early in the morning?"
"Can't I say it anytime?"
Lena asked with a smile while climbing on top of me, her hands intertwined with mine. She leaned in to give me a kiss.
"I love you."
Lena said it again with the same smile.
"I hope our parents, watching us, won't be too mad... After all, there is heaven, right?"
She asked while looking into my eyes.
"There is just as there is hell."
I nodded.
"But I'm not sure it's worth ending up in either of those places."
I said this while kissing Lena slightly above her navel and then pushed her off me causing her to squeal.
"Tony!"
Lena exclaimed, barely holding back a smile.
"And I wanted to give you a morning head... but now I won't."
Lena turned away from me, like a child, and went to the closet to get dressed.
"Don't forget, we have a meeting with the representatives of the district army today. They probably want to renew the contract, but only on more favorable terms for themselves. The reviews of other professors about your doctoral thesis were highly praised... They might ask you to make some weapons."
I could hear concern in Lena's voice.
"Don't worry. Cortana will remind me if I'm too busy."
I said I was watching Lena in official attire.
"I must admit, I like you better without clothes."
"Tony, I'm serious. I know you're not just a normal guy... but it's a whole army, so spoiling relations with them could be dangerous."
"Lena, if things get out of control, we can always resort to plan "B" and brainwash their brains with magic."
I explained one of the possible scenarios, and Lena calmly accepted it with a nod... She's such a charm.
"If necessary."
Lena agreed.
"After all, you're more important to me than a bunch of self-important snobs."
Lena came up to me and hugged me.
"Okay, I'm going to my office, and don't forget about the meeting."
Lena yelled, already opening the door to leave.
She didn't even have to leave the building to get to her office, but for me to get to the engineering department...
When I checked the Gacha menu, I saw that I could buy a hundred points again, but this time, each point cost five dollars instead of one.
In the end, I'll have to pay five hundred dollars, but this is very little money. I had forty-one points already before I bought one hundred.
Gacha Points: 141
In nine days, I'll have the opportunity to spin the Gacha again, and I'll have an increased chance of getting something good.
At the moment, I can spin it twice ten times each, and I still have another interesting item from the last spin.
Luck Boost Card (A)
This card appeared in my hand, and I decided to use it.
Immediately, the card began to break down into bright segments and disappear. I didn't feel anything, but it probably had an effect.
There was a touching sound at the door, and Lena entered the apartment.
"Whew, I forgot to take the folder. "
Lena shouted while quickly running to the room to grab the folder.
"Darling, tonight I want to stop by... a specialized store."
Lena said, turning to face me near the door.
"So get ready."
Lena winked at me and closed the door behind her.
"Hmmm."
I nodded, most likely it really works.
Without hesitation, I spun the Gacha ten times in a row.
Depiction of Nature and Society (S)
Hestia's Panties (B) (Danmachi)
Bang (A) (OPM)
Trial Arena (S)
Eta-2 Actis-Class Light Interceptor (C) (Star Wars)
Photo of Tsunade in the Bath (B) (Naruto)
Photo of Beaten Jiraiya (E) (Naruto)
Anal Plug (E)
"How to Survive at Least Until Thirty" Manual (D)
Mirror (E)
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