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Chapter 14 : How to train your Dragon?
- Shin –
What does she mean by that?
Oh, yea I get it.
"Saitama prefecture is in that direction." I point out the rough direction to the place she wants to go.
Phew.
Imagine that.
Ophis comes to my door to ask for an address.
My luck is really weird sometimes.
"No, Saitama person. One Punch. Where is he?"
"Huh?"
She wants to know where One Punch Man is? That can't be right. Right?
"Saitama. You mean the person with yellow clothes, red gloves, no hair on his head and a white cape?"
"Yes. Where is he?"
What are the chances that she will erase me if I give her an answer that she doesn't like?
High enough for me to not take any chances.
Think brain. I got you all those perks for your birthday. Give me the results.
And it did.
"I have some information on him. I don't really know where he is though. If you want the information, I can give it to you."
She looks at me with the same emotionless gaze.
After a few seconds, none of which were good for my heart, she nods at me making me thank the inventor of nods for his priceless invention.
She follows me inside the house and I for once am glad that there is no one else around to interfere in this meeting.
"Do we have a guest Master?" I hear Sakuya's voice from behind me.
Fuck, I jinxed it.
"Yes, we do. Will you be so kind as to prepare us some snacks? And maybe some," I look at the world destroying loli dragon beside me "Chocolate milk."
"I will get it prepared, Master."
We take seats on the couch before the TV in the hall.
"Can you tell me how you came to know about him?" I ask Ophis. I have an idea but I really don't want to think that my Luck can be that bipolar.
"Your Rating Game."
Fuck. Lady Luck is on another vacation.
I get the DVDs of OPM out and play the second episode of the anime.
"I think you have already seen the first episode during the Rating Game. It will be better if we start from the second episode."
Again a nod of her head gives me my answer.
As we sat there watching One Punch Man, I began to reflect the oddity that my life has now become.
In the morning I was taking classes at High School even after graduating from university and at night I am watching Anime with The Infinite Dragon God.
That whole 'Life being unpredictable' thing needs to know its limit.
"The snacks are ready master." Sakuya arrives with trays of sweets and chocolate milk.
I pass the tray over towards Ophis who looks at me and then to the tray for a while before taking a piece of cake and starts nibbling at it. If she couldn't destroy me by breathing at me hard enough, I would have found her eating like a little squirrel adorable as fuck.
"That tin man is weak." Ophis comments in between her nibbling.
Yeah, Genos is weak af in Ophis' book. But then again who isn't.
"Yes, he is."
The silence with the sound of TV being the only thing that could be heard was something that was extremely hard on my nerves. Still I'd have this over Ophis going all snake blaster on my ass any day.
I at least have the snacks to help console me.
As I reached out my hands to get my glass of Chocolate Milk, my hand encountered another hand. Ophis had already finished her Chocolate Milk and even had a cute mustache of foam and was now reaching for my glass.
With a gargantuan amount of effort I pulled my hands back.
The sin of greed in my head was ruthlessly suppressed by my survival instinct.
"If you don't mind me asking, why exactly are you trying to find Saitama?" I couldn't help but ask.
"He is strong. Need Help. Defeat Baka-Red. Reclaim Silence." She answers in a monotone.
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Yeah, that's a pie I don't wanna dip my fingers in.
Note to self. If I ever get a summoning gem of Saitama, throw it inside the inventory and forget.
Finally after an hour of agonizing wait, Ophis got up.
"If you want, you can take the rest of the episodes with you." I gave her a smile.
+10 Affection with Ophis(10/100) for giving her the DvDs and the Chocolate milk.
"Okay."
She takes the DvDs and makes them disappear somewhere. Does she have an inventory too?
Shit, this is frustrating. She is taking away what is mine. The fact that I can't do anything to resist is aggravating.
Quest Received
[Gamer's Pride]
You are a Gamer, one destined for greatness. You might be weak today but you will surpass all in this world in the future. Could you let a taint on your name stay when you reach that level. That is absolutely unacceptable.
Objective : Make a trade with Ophis.
Rewards : Increased reputation with Senior Gamers, Increased reputation with the Game for not being a spineless coward, ?.
Failure : Decreased Reputation with Senior Gamers, Decreased Reputation with the Game for being a pathetic host.
Accept : Y/Of Course Accept.
This is why I don't like the sin of pride.
And what the fuck do you mean Of Course Accept.
"Ophis."
My rational mind shouting at my sin of greed to keep it in the reins was not helping at all.
Nope, I will not be taken advantage of by anyone, even Ophis.
She looks at me with a tilt of her head.
Stop being so cute dammit.
"Can I ask a favour of you please?"
She shows no expressions but takes a look at the snacks again.
"Sakuya, go get an extra-bottle of Chocolate milk."
"As you wish, Master." Sakuya takes off to get the proverbial elixir of life for me.
"What favour?"
"I wanted to ask you if you had any of the Dragon Scales that you had shed with you. I am making something that would need dragon scales of a strong dragon and your scales will help a lot."
Did my greed finally get me killed?
…
"Okay."
She takes out a pouch containing some scales from somewhere and keeps it on the table.
"Thank you." I involuntarily pat her head. So soft.
Sakuya arrived at the right time too, with a bottle of Chocolate Milk.
"Here, Thank you for granting my request Ophis." I say passing over the bottle of Chocolate milk and the tray of cake over to her.
"Okay." With that she opens a portal and disappears somewhere.
I have no idea where and honestly I don't even want to know.
"Sakuya." I sigh while slumping on the couch.
"Yes, Master."
"My life is really weird."
"You do your best at everything even after all this Master. It is inspiring to watch you like this."
She is really a perfect maid.
"Thank you for being here with me Sakuya. It really means a lot to me."
+10 Affection with Sakuya Izayoi(65/100) for praising her.
"Can you please give me a head massage?" I ask her.
I really need one right now. My head can only handle so much stress. Bargaining with a Dragon God, and I thought possessiveness was bad.
I pick up the pouch from the table.
20 scales glistening with a deep magnetic purple which draws one's eyes.
Quest Completed
[Aim for the Top]
Why wish for small things when you can actually aim for the best in the world. Get your game face on and dive headfast into the challenge.
Objective : Get 20 Dragon Scales from Ophis or Great Red.
Rewards : 2x Gacha Token, 2x Random Companion Gems, 1x Skill upgrade Token.
Faliure : All items in the requiring Divine Dragon Scales are locked.
Oh, yeah. I had that quest left too.
Companion Gem : Jibril
Summons Jibril as a companion.
Companion Gem : Merlin
Summons Merlin as a companion.
Item Obtained : Skill Upgrade Token
Upgrades a selected Skill by one stage.
Obtained : 2x Gacha Tokens.
Jibril as in the Fugél from No Game No Life?
She is quite strong. How Strong compared to this world, I have no idea about but she is still quite strong.
And Merlin. Now this one is a tricky situation.
I have no idea which Merlin this is.
There are literally hundreds of them in the multiverse.
The Skill Upgrade Token is a boon. One stage means that I can raise a Legendary skill to a Mythical Skill.
I will keep the Gacha Tokens for now.
Let them all pile up.
Perk Gained
[Animal Whisperer]
Animals and People with Animal like traits tend to flock around you.
Affection, Reputation and Obedience with animals and people with animal like traits is easier.
Where did that come from?
That was the Perk for the Koneko Girl.
Oh. Thanks Game.
It completely slipped my mind.
Quest Completed
[Gamer's Pride]
You are a Gamer, one destined for greatness. You might be weak today but you will surpass all in this world in the future. Could you let a taint on your name stay when you reach that level. That is absolutely unacceptable.
Objective : Make a trade with Ophis.
Rewards : Increased reputation with Senior Gamers, Increased reputation with the Game for not being a spineless coward, ?.
+5 Reputation with Senior Gamers(12/100) Good Job newbie.
+5 Reputation with the Game(12/100)
Item Obtained
Arondight
The Holy Sword Arondight from Type Moon World.
Arondight, really. I don't even want to imagine what will happen if others find out about it. But then again the Perk that I had got for training Meredith could come in handy.
Yes, it was a natural Holy Sword Wielder Perk.
It made sense because Meredith's Sacred Gear was one of the Holy Relics.
Wait, wouldn't it cause a paradox in this world. Does this world even have an Arondight? What about the completed Excalibur of this world and Excalibur of Fate world?
The History of this world will be adjusted to accommodate both swords if you ever get one. Or you just have to come up with a good enough excuse. In this case, Lancelot's descendant had returned the sword to the Lady of the Lake where it waited for its new wielder. Well you are a natural Holy Sword Wielder so I guess you qualify. Just make sure you send a message…. Sometime in the future.
I don't even have the energy to point out all the problems in that explanation.
Still isn't Arondight from Fate as Strong as Fate's Excalibur which in my opinion is far stronger than this world's counterpart.
So I will do the next best thing, take some rest.
This was a tiring day. I slowly lie down on the couch with my head resting on Sakuya's lap as she massages my head. Her delicate fingers running through my hair feels divine.
None of us speak a word. Silence is really comforting sometimes.
I can understand why Ophis wants her silence back.
Slowly but surely, I feel my eyelids getting heavier and sleep finds me soon after.
– Next Morning –
I woke up finding myself in my Guest bedroom.
Guess Sakuya put me there after I fell asleep last night. She is really dedicated.
I dragged myself to the nearby washroom and got cleaned up to face today. Last night was too exhausting to my mind.
I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that Ophis was here, and she was here asking for ….One Punch Man.
What the fuck was going on with the world?
While thinking about all this, I walk to the main hall of the house. The other residents of the house have already taken seats at the dining table. It seems like I am the last one here.
As I take a seat beside Rias, Sakuya serves me breakfast.
"Did something happen last night Shin?" Rias asks while we start eating.
"We had a guest last night. I was giving her company and it got late before she left." I reply while taking a bit of my toast.
"Ara Ara, a late night tryst. Are you having an affair so early Shin-kun?" Akeno teases me from across the table, earning a blush from Koneko and Morgiana and a pout from Rias.
"Was it anything important? It looks like you were really tired." She asks in a tone of worry.
I couldn't help but realise that she was not jealous at all. I intentionally kept the tone vague to give them some ideas just to see their reactions.
Sakuya knows what happened so she was not someone whose reaction I was observing. Akeno seemed playful at a normal look but Observe shows that she was excited, slightly aroused and…. expectant? Koneko and Morgiana reacted exactly the same as my thoughts. Rias is the one however whose reaction was completely different from my expectations. She was more worried about my rest than any of the other women I have spent my night with. I really scored a lucky win with her.
"It was mentally exhausting to face her to be honest. I was just a bit tired. Sorry for not getting back last night." I give her a peck on her lips earning a blush from her.
"N-no, it's fine as long as you are fine. Who was it though?" she asks with a hint of curiosity coating her words.
I heave a sigh once more remembering last night's encounter. "Ophis."
And simultaneously a few things happen. Sounds of spoons falling and water being spit followed by coughing echoes throughout the room.
"I think I misheard you Shin. Did you say Ophis just now?"
"Hmm, yeah. Ophis, The Infinite Dragon God, The Ouroboros Dragon, the same one. She was here last night. We watched One Punch Man. She ate snacks and drank Chocolate Milk, even my glass," I whisper the last part softly "and finally took the DvDs and a full bottle of Chocolate Milk back to wherever she went." I complete while still eating my toast. This thing is good.
"Are you sure you didn't have a dream while sleeping in the wrong posture Shin-kun." Akeno asks in an incredulous tone of voice.
"If it was a dream, then it was a really good one. Sakuya was there too and I felt the pain and annoyance of having my food taken from me." I reply while continuing eating my breakfast.
They look at Sakuya who affirms my statement ending any further discussion then and there.
"So what exactly happened?" asked a half worried and half curious Rias.
"It turned out that The Infinite Dragon God was an Otaku. I got something out of the whole incident though."
I take out the dragon scales and show them my spoils of last night's adventure. 20 scales glistening in the light of the room.
"I-Is that?" Rias was gob-smacked. I would have been too. I didn't even know if Ophis shed scales.
"Yup."
Suddenly a different voice broke through the silence that prevailed after my revelation. "You smell like a cat."
Koneko was looking at me with a suspicious gaze.
It was not like I don't understand the reason for her to ask this question but something about the sentence struck a nerve. I survived a literal Dragon God and all she is worried about is a fucking cat.
"Thank you. Same to you." I smile back causing half of the people in the room to facepalm.
"What, she was the one who started it. And as for the smell, there was a cat near our house last night. I was playing with her."
That ended the conversation for now. I guess their brains, just like mine couldn't process what happened last night.
Was revealing the incident about Ophis the correct decision?
Who knows?
But it was not an incorrect one. She was making her own terrorist organization. If I had kept her arrival a secret and they had found this information from other sources, then I would have been suspected to be a cohort of the Khaos Brigade. That would have led to extremely dangerous consequences.
Better to let it slip casually and let the others worry about it. I don't think they will do anything. Coz frankly they can't do fuck. It's Ophis we are talking about.
Breakfast was a relatively peaceful affair after that. I am not surprised. Ophis' name has the effect of making everyone silent.
If only that was applicable to a certain Giant Red Dragon, we wouldn't be in half the trouble here.
– ORC Clubroom –
Okay, the fact that it was the second day in school didn't change a damn thing. It only made things worse because by now the whole school had found out that I was engaged to Rias. Let's say about 20% of the school didn't take it kindly. Kuoh Academy has an 80+ percentage of girls among their student population. So that says something.
Sona was coming to meet us again.
She arrives with her entire peerage. I do have to admit, she has a fine collection too. Sona would beat Rias if the two of them had Peerage members of equal strength. Unfortunately that is not true.
While my intervention will increase the difference in their strength even more, it will drive her to ask for my help letting me gain a good position with her. She was quite cute when teased, so that was a plus.
"Before we start anything, Shin-san, I would like to formally thank you as a representative of House Stiri. Your Gift to us is something we are grateful for. I would like to extend a proposal of a formal alliance with you should you face any difficulty politically and will come to your aid in times of your need." She extended her hand which I personally shook.
Now, this might not look that big of a deal to people but this clarified a few facts about myself. First, this was an alliance proposed to ME. Not the Gremory, or the Bael, just me Shin Kageyami.
Second, there are people who will be willing to put their stakes on ME alone, especially after Stiri House comes out with the alliance.
Third, if I accept this, it will show that I am not under the Baels and Gremorys but that I am my own person.
I am willing to take the risk. Though, I will have to make sure that my power is good enough to back up my standing.
"It is my honour to accept an alliance with House Stiri." I answer with a smile.
Things are going according to the plan at least up till now.
"Also, for the gift yesterday, I would like to personally thank you. It will really help me and my peerage." She bows but has a genuine smile on her face.
"Think nothing of it. It's what friends do. I don't have many that I can call friends and it really makes me happy if I can do anything for those I call as such." I answer while pushing my glasses up while having a smirk on my face, earning a blush from Sona.
+10 Affection with Sona Stiri(27/100) for giving her peerage a good gift.
+20 Affection with Tsubaki Shinra(25/100) for giving her a great gift.
+10 Affection with Momo Hanakai(12/100) for giving her peerage a good gift.
+10 Affection with Tomoe Meguri(12/100) for giving her peerage a good gift.
+10 Affection with Tsubasa Yura(12/100) for giving her peerage a good gift.
+10 Affection with Reya Kusaka(12/100) for giving her peerage a good gift.
+20 Affection with Serafall Leviathan(62/100) for giving her So-tan an awesome gift.
Perk Gained
[The Magical Girl's Favourite]- Serafall Leviathan
Magical Girls both real and fakes are attracted to you instinctively.
Easier Affection, Reputation and Obedience gains with Magical Girls.
"I would like to inform you that Onee-sama has arranged for a core for a Sword Birth Sacred Gear as well as a water type spirit core for a water magic enhancing artifact. The latter one is for me. She said that she will personally come to meet you with those. If you need anything else please do inform me. I was also told to inform you that I will be recruiting a new peerage member soon and would like a slot for the familiar forest for a month after this. If you want to book the slot for this month, you can contact the familiar master. The full moon is in a few days."
Huh. That is something I need to do. I do have the dragon scales, I can probably get the familiars from the .
That reminds me that I have to show them the list of familiars to choose from.
"Thank you for that Sona, and please call me Shin. Shin-san makes me sound old." I give her a sheepish smile. "As for the familiars, I have a few members that I am going to recruit this month. I will probably visit the Familiar Forest a month or two later." Turning towards Rias I ask her something I had in mind, "Are you going to recruit the two we discussed before soon, if so then you can take them this month. I will go with you. I think we should hurry with the recruitment before their school starts."
The candidates that she wants to recruit need to be done so before they go to school.
"Yes. I will go there within a week's time. I would prefer going after we achieve at least the third part of our training." she answers thoughtfully.
So she is waiting to be at least a six winged devil before she goes there. A good choice in my opinion. Six to eight winged devil level takes a much longer time to achieve.
"You do know that your skills need separate training don't you. I can't do anything to raise your control and technique without practice on your part."
"I know but I think your method increases skills at a faster rate. Working under pressure does wonders for increasing one's skills." she smiles at me.
Well said. I can't really find fault with her argument.
I did notice Sona giving me an inquisitive look on hearing our discussion. Well by the time she finds out, I will be well established hopefully.
Sona speaks up again seeing that we were not giving anything else up. "In that case I will take the month after that and Rias can take this month's slot."
Both I and Rias nod at this and finish the usual talks. She did check the security spells Meredith had cast all around the place and then left for her own place. After she left we finally got ready for today's training.
This is going to be a long month.
- 4 days later -
Normal life, well as normal as it can get for me, settles in on us. I did get used to the routine pretty well. They finally got used to the training and the angel dungeons were something that really did wonders in that regard.
Being under the threat of light based attacks from the deformed angels in the IDs was a great wake up call for all of them. If there was a war, or even in skirmishes, there is a high chance that they will face exorcists, angels and fallen angels, all of whom use light based attacks. Them getting hit by those and then healing after the fights were over did give them all a semblance of resistance to light based attacks.
As for me, I did the obvious thing a Gamer would do.
I cheated.
Minor Skill Creation is an extremely terrifying ability, it's just that it takes too much grinding.
I gained the skill of Light Resistance but to level it up is a pain in the neck.
It requires me to suffer from light poisoning for prolonged periods of time without healing. My HP regeneration takes care of the damage but the real part is the pain. You see, while the Gamer's Body allows me to nullify the pain after a few seconds, continuous damage means continuous pain. Poisoning can be a bitch to tackle. I made a special note to develop my resistances to pain and poisons. It helps that the Gamer's Mind helps me think clearly even in pain but that doesn't help reduce the pain at all.
[Light Resistance(Apprentice)](Passive)
Reduces light based damage by 10%.
Reduces light poisoning duration by 10%.
It is not much but every bit counts.
I did get to level 87 with my Umbramancer Class. Some of the skills were upgraded while I got a nifty skill of stealing a shadow. It is similar to the ability of Gecko Moria from One Piece. It allows me to steal the shadows of the enemies I have killed and use them as Shadow Servants. They are added to the Shadow Servant's counts of 5 INT per servant and have only one tenth of the power of the enemies when they were alive.
[Steal Shadow](Active)
Steals a shadow of the defeated enemy and raises it as a Shadow Servant with one tenth of the strength of the defeated enemy.
Costs : 10000 MP per Shadow stolen.
Note : Cannot Steal shadows from the enemies not defeated by the user.
Skill Upgraded
[Shadow Magic (Master)](Passive)
Gain instinctual knowledge about shadow magic.
Shadow and Darkness Magic related spells are 80% stronger.
Skill Upgraded
[Shadow Stealth(Master)]
(Passive)
Increases the chances of being unnoticed by +80%. The skill is canceled when the user moves out of a shadow or attacks a target.
(Active)
Increases the chances of being unnoticed by an additional 160%. The skill is canceled when the user moves out of a shadow or attacks a target.
Cost 50 MP/min.
Skill Upgraded
[Magic Weapon Creation (Master)] (Active)
Allows the user to create magic weapons using shadows and darkness.
MP cost varies.
Deal [INT x Level of Skill]/1000 MP Magical Damage.
Skill Upgraded
[Create Shadow Servant (Master)] (Active)
Creates a shadow servant in the shape of any shadow you use the spell on. The servant will have END/3 HP and INT/3 MP.
Just a little more and I will be able to cap the Umbramancer Class. It will give me a completed class and….well I like completed classes.
I make a list of things that needs to be done in the near future while laying on the bed near Rias. These few days have been really profitable.
For me, I could have gotten more levels but the Affection, Obedience and Reputation gains makes it worth the effort.
I got Morgiana to 45 Affection and 80 Obedience, Sakuya is at a surprising 90 Affection and Akeno at 80 Affection and 99 Obedience. Meredith and Koneko are both at 60 Affection now and Meredith's Obedience is at 80 too.
Kiba and Gasper have warmed up to me as well. Both with 55 Reputation.
Keeping my promise and making them stronger at a visible rate works well to gain their trust and respect.
And with that came the perks.
[A Knight's Code of Honor]
Knights and people with Knight like personality are drawn to you more easily.
Easier Affection, Obedience and Reputation gains with Knights and people with Knight like personality.
[Beware of Love Bites]
Vampires and Dhampirs are instinctively drawn to you.
Easier Affection, Obedience and reputation gains with Vampires and Dhampirs.
[Light My Path] – Meredith Ordinton(50/100)
Increases Light and Holy Resistance by one stage.
[Light Resistance(Adept)](Passive)
Reduces light based damage by 20%.
Reduces light poisoning duration by 20%.
[Holy Resistance(Novice)](Passive)
Reduces Holy based damage by 5%
I wonder what is stopping Sakuya's Obedience at 99. No matter, I will find out sooner or later. Now, the best part.
Perk Upgraded
[True Harem Lord]
Unlike the wannabes, you are the true heir to the throne of the Harem King.
Girls above 40 Affection won't mind sharing you with others.
Girls with 50 Affection and above will have a faster drop in Relationship Status if they are in a relationship with others.
Note – Get 7 girls in your Harem to Upgrade the Perk.
*Any Girl with 75 Affection or more will be considered a part of your Harem if they are not currently in a different relationship.
As I was thinking about my upcoming meeting with Serafall, I felt a tug on my magic. I haven't had much experience with this but this one I know is coming from someone trying to summon me.
And then it struck me, the only one who has the summoning pamphlet to me was Luna.
Looks like she has finally decided on what to do, but knowing her I can't be sure if she just summoned me to talk in her free time.
Luna is quite eccentric.
"I am being summoned," I turn to Rias who is currently snuggling close to me.
She looks up at me, her face against my chest in a mood to laze around. While Sex is good and all, these moments of laziness and peace have their own value. "I think its Luna. She is the only one who has my summoning pamphlet right now. Would you like to come with me?" I ask while running my hands through her soft hair which is spread over my chest.
"Okay Shin. I want to meet Luna too." She says in a drowsy tone before she gets up and we get ready.
I hold her hand and we teleport to the magical Britain. My demonic power reserves are enough for that and Rias' demonic power reserves have grown considerably over the last week.
She is level 88 right now. That means Level 44, Veteran Rank.
She should be able to hold herself against anyone in the wizarding world according to my estimate.
We found ourselves in a unique living room as the red light from the magic circle cleared. I looked around to see Luna and at a distance behind her was a man in a ….well weird dress, yes, it does look like a dress.
He must be Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna's father.
"Hello Luna," I greet her before turning to the other occupant of the room "Hello Lord Lovegood, it is nice to meet you." I and Rias give a polite bow.
"So the Devils are real. Yes, I knew it. But the ministry were very adamant in suppressing the news, even more than crumple horned snorkack. Even threatened to shut down The Quibbler if I didn't accept their demands." He speaks in a hurry, being surprised for the right reason for the first time.
"They must have their own reasons about that Lord Lovegood. I presume that Luna has told you about everything that has happened the last time we visited her." I ask taking a passing look at Luna who gives me a nod.
"Yes, she did. I was a bit reluctant to let her go. I honestly don't know what will happen to her tomorrow and while she has complete trust in you, something that I have learned to never doubt in my daughter's judgement, I myself was being selfish to let go of my sweet Luna. But now, the situation has gotten a bit out of hand. Those Cornish pixies in human form have crossed all limits. Would you believe it? Their minds have been infested by nargles so much that they have completely lost their minds. Look, look at what they have done." He says pointing around the house as he opens the door of a room nearby.
The stench of dungbombs fills the room making it hard to breathe. Fuck the enhanced senses of devils.
I wave a hand and clear the room with a burst of my demonic power. Wandless Magic my ass. Devil's magic for the win.
And then I took a closer look at the room. While the room is certainly eccentric, there are several places which look burned or smeared, by dungbombs no doubt. I doubt it was the Death Eaters who did this, but then who?
"Who did this Lord Lovegood and whose room was that?" I ask while having a slight clue of who it really was.
"Alex Potter and that blasted Ron Weasley. I print the truth of the Department of Mysteries. My sweet Luna told me everything and I was making the public aware of what REALLY happened, that you-know-who is really back but they came and threw dungbombs and set fireworks off on my papers for discrediting Alex Potter and supporting the so called traitorous snake. They hurt my sweet Luna. A bunch of disgusting criminals I tell you. I barely saved my house and workshop from being burned down and no one is getting the real news of the situation now, only that bunch of dragondung that Rita Skeeter serves them on that farce called the Prophet." He goes on babbling but my mind was somewhere else. They attacked her. They fucking attacked MY Luna.
I slowly walk towards her and pull her into a hug. Luna is….not like Rias to me but she is someone almost just as irreplaceable. I don't know, it was just that I formed this bond with her without even realizing this. Maybe it was the body's leftover memories, I am almost at terms with them now but this one must mean something special to him to last this long in my consciousness. Luna was probably the….no scratch SHE WAS the only true friend he ever had. The only one who was with him without any ulterior motives and never backstabbed him. And they dare hurt her.
I WILL FUCKING BUTCHER THEM.
"Shin," I feel Rias placing a hand on my shoulder.
Looking around me I realise that Luna's father was looking terrified. Luna on the other hand was looking the same, dazed look in her face with a small smile.
"Sorry, I lost control of myself." I apologise before facing Xenophilius. "Lord Lovegood, are you sure that you don't want me to find a good place for you to stay until all this is over. I can easily have it arranged. I think I have properties in France and even in Bulgaria that you can stay at until we take care of the situation here."
While I can take measures that he is protected, it is an extra burden doing it here.
If he decides to hide from the Death Eaters until the war is over then I would help him and the Black family properties can easily take care of this problem.
That reminds me that I have to visit 12, Grimmauld Place soon. The locket must still be there.
While I was thinking of this, we heard the sound of glass breaking in Luna's room and something was thrown inside. Soon, the stench of dung bombs filled the room again. I am pretty sure people could see the veins in my head throbbing in anger.
Rias takes care of the bombs easily though from the aura she is giving off, I am pretty sure she is also having problems in restraining herself.
"How long have they been doing this?" I ask with great restraint.
"For the last four days." He answers with a sigh of dejection.
"Why didn't you call me sooner?"
"We thought they would give up after a day but they went ahead and used things that would hurt us rather than just pull pranks."
"Okay, please stay inside the house till I tell you to come out."
I collect the dung bombs and other things that they have thrown inside. Lucky for them there were no fireworks this time, and stepped out of the house, Rias following me close behind and Luna walking at her own pace.
Standing in front of the house are two people whom I have known only from my memories, yet they still make me want to destroy them right at this instant. Alexander Charlus Potter and Ronald Billius Weasley.
"Oh, would you look at who we have here. The slimy snake and Looney. What are you doing here Potter….hahahaha sorry No-Name." mocks Alexander Potter trying to get a rise out of me.
"Hahahaha. Yeah he deserved that. No-name. No slimy snake should have the name of a Nobel House behind them. They are all Dark Wizards, I don't even know why they have a House for them in Hogwarts." Follows the clown.
"Wow, would you look at that hottie." He says looking at Rias. "What did you do to get her by your side No-Name. Fed her a Love Potion or something. Listen here miss, you should stay away from the snake. They are all dark wizards. You shouldn't associate with them."
I could sense Rias' energy rising by the second. The fact that these idiots couldn't even sense that goes to show how utterly incompetent they were.
But today, I am not letting Rias take care of this problem. It is going to me and only me.
"Did you throw these inside the Lovegood's House?" I ask, raising the sack of dung bombs in my hand.
"What the bloody hell Ron? You said that these Bombs were of good quality."
"They are mate. I took them from the stock of the twin's shop." answers the flustered idiot.
"So what are you gonna do about it?" Potter quickly picks up the act.
I didn't need any other words. I bound them with shadow stitching and walked over to them.
Two simple kicks to Potters knees snapped his knees open, with his bones bursting out of their flesh. As he opened his mouth to shout, I shoved the dung bomb into it, pushing it down his throat with my magic while making sure that the blast doesn't kill him.
Weasley is frozen in shock and fear. Guess he never expected me to retaliate. Harry would never have done so. He was bound, he was afraid of retaliation from their families. I have no such fear. I could erase the entire wizarding Britain and even if such a big mass slaughter would cause me some heat, I have the confidence to get out of it. After all, I realise how truly pathetic the situation of the wizarding world is. Church people would kill them without mercy, Fallen would not even give them a chance to speak before throwing a light spear at them while the devils themselves consider them a failure of an experiment and refuse to associate with them. Let's not talk about heaven.
"Y-y-you will pay for this N-no-Name. You attacked the Boy-who-lived. They will kill you." he is shivering in fear while still spewing shit out of his mouth.
Then again, with the amount he eats. I wouldn't be surprised if he shits from more than one hole.
"You always said that I was a dark wizard, didn't you Weasley?" I ask slowly walking towards him.
"S-stay away. You, don't come near me." He shouts. Unable to move or even take out his wand.
Yeah, right wand.
"Why are you afraid of me Weasley. I am just a slimy little snake. Aren't you one of the Golden Trio, didn't you defeat the Troll, the basilisk, the possessed professor and you-know-who? Oh, wait. I forgot, that was all me. Since everyone here already knows the truth, let's put the always bullshitting up for now. So yes, as you were saying, I was a dark wizard." I ask standing right in front of him, my new height towering over his. I didn't realise this but my body had grown with my stats. "Didn't that human howler Molly Weasley teach you that you shouldn't mess with dark wizards, because it is bad for your health?"
I stomped his feet, crushing the bones in his feet completely. As he opened his mouth to shout, he received the same treatment as his partner in crime. Unfortunately or who knows fortunately for him, his bombs were pepper bombs.
I turned around to see that the first of them had already fainted, while Weasley was still on the verge of fainting.
A simple spell just hurried that process. I don't want them to die yet, and absolutely not by my hands right now.
I quickly used the Shun Shun Rikka to heal their internal wounds and return their legs to a normal state. Their stomachs still contain the dung bombs remains though. That will make sure they die slowly. External wounds should not show.
"Let's go Luna, we have to get you settled in the new school soon." I say turning towards them, a wave of my hand banishing the trash behind me to the other side of the streets.
The other side of the streets.
"The trash has been taken care of, Lord Lovegood. I will ask you again if you want to come with us." I ask him one more time.
"I need to stay here. I need to do my job as a journalist. People need to know the truth. I am assured as long as Luna is with you. I have a request to ask of you though." He continues after a nod from me. "Please take care of my sweetheart and erase the memory of whatever happened right now from my brain. It will make me less of a liability to my daughter. When you come back, explain everything to me. I will be fine as long as I remember the fact that Luna went with you and is safe."
This part took me by surprise, that he was willing to go so far to not be a danger to his daughter because of his job.
"Okay," I look towards Rias, she is better at mind magic than me. "Please, erase his memories of tonight Rias. Just leave the fact that his daughter is safe in his head."
Luna gives him a hug before Rias puts him in a trance to erase his memories.
We pack all of her things to bring with us, before I teleport us back. I did leave a few shadow servants all around the Lovegood's house.
- Kuoh Town, Japan, The Kageyami Residence –
I teleport us directly inside my house. The whole we can only teleport someone with our own house's magic circle thing is for those who don't have enough demonic power to push through the teleportation. Zekram, Serafall and Kuisha already teleported me enough times to know that they are just a bunch of crap.
Sakuya being the dutiful maid that she is, comes to greet us in a moment.
"Welcome home Master. Will we have a guest with us today?"
"Her name is Luna Lovegood. She is my friend. She will be staying with us for a while. Please arrange a room for her to stay. We will discuss everything in detail tomorrow."
As Luna leaves with Sakuya, a dozen thoughts hit my head at once. My 1k WIS perk working full time to calculate all probabilities that can happen due to tonight's events.
I should have erased their memories before throwing them out.
No, that would have implicated Lord Lovegood and Luna.
Especially Luna, because she would have been missing from her home right the next day. I am pretty sure that at least one of the Weasleys knew where the two of them were going so making them disappear all of a sudden would have been a problem.
What is going to happen now?
I predict the most common courses of action that the Potters and Weasleys will take, it is …...calling Dumbles.
FUCK.
I wanted to wait until Hogwarts started to sneak in and grab Ravenclaw's diadem. Now, I will have to change all that plan for something immediate.
Calm down me, Think.
What would Dumbles do after hearing that the lamb he had been fattening up all this time has left its pen?
I take a sharp turn towards Rias.
"I need to get back there soon. Things have changed and I need to improvise my plans right now."
"I will come too." She answers instantly.
"No, it is better if I go alone this time."
"I AM COMING WITH YOU!."
"….Okay. Please control your demonic powers and set your bracelets to a normal Human Level."
I hold her close to me and take out something that I haven't used for a very long time.
The Invisibility Cloak.
Wrapping it around us, I teleport us to the place where my story in this world began.
- The Burrow –
The Burrow was in chaos. Now, it might seem normal for this place, but the fact that it was in chaos even by the normal standards of the given place, one can take a guess of how high the shit had hit the fan.
Molly Weasely was shouting her lungs out in ways that would make any howler blush in shame. The Weasely Patriarch being the wuss he is was cowering in fear while the only daughter in the family was crying her eyes out while beside her beloved Boy-Who-Lived-Unfortunately's side. The twins were busy laughing their guts out, pinching their noses to prevent the stench from the two injured idiot's mouth's from making them faint and planning a new prank to recreate this effect for their shop. Enough to say, they were…very busy.
Suddenly the fireplace of their house flashed with a burst of fire and out came the illegitimate child of Gandalf, one who was born with a beard and never shaved in his life, Albus 'to many words' Dumb-as-a-door, followed by his number one asslic…..James Potter, nuff said and his wife Lily Potter.
"What is going on here? Who was injured Molly?" he inquired in his grandfatherly voice.
"My baby, my Ron was hurt. He was attacked by that snake. I told you to kick him out of Hogwarts the moment he was sorted into the Dark Wizard's House." She kept on howling and saying unintelligible stuff which had nothing to do with the answer.
"Who did what Molly? A name will help perhaps." He answers in a sagely tone.
"Who else, Harry No-Name. He attacked my baby and Alex Potter when they were just taking a walk outside our house."
The two idiots were smart enough to not say they were throwing dungbombs and fireworks inside the Lovegood's House. It is a legitimate crime to do so. So, they made a lie that they were attacked out of nowhere, a little distance outside the burrow.
This did keep the Lovegood's out of the whole fiasco and would have normally put Harry in a spot. Too bad, the current Harry or Shin doesn't give a fuck about it.
This gets a couple of different reactions from the new arrivals in the room. James Potter almost raised his voice reflexively before he remembered something and refrained from shouting. His wife didn't have that much control on her emotions as she burst out in tears for her son. Interesting fact was that no one noticed which son she was crying about.
The one who had the most surprising outward reaction was however the last one of them.
"That is not possible. Young Harry is with his relatives in the Muggle world. The wards around the house keeps him safe there and I have people watching over the house. We can't let Death Eaters attack anyone in the place. The blood wards are powered by his presence and they have not fallen yet." He answers with a tone of certainty, though his eyes lose their twinkling for a while.
"Then who do you think attacked them? His Ghost." Before Molly the Howler could say any other word, she had a wand tip at her throat and a voice that chilled everyone's spine reached her ears shutting her up.
"Talk bad about my son anymore and you will lose your voice…forever."
Lily Potter was not playing around when she said those words. Her eyes showing a crazy glint that made the fat woman gulp her saliva.
"Now, now let's not go at each other's throats. We need to remain united this time around."
"I also have my doubts. There is no way Harry could have come here. He has never been to this place and I don't think there is anyone here that would bring him to this place either." Arthur replied trying to placate Lily.
"What exactly happened to them?" inquired the elder Potter walking over to the two injured boys to check on their condition.
"They ate some dung bombs. I can understand Ron doing that, he would eat a whole giant alive but Alexander, I think Ron's rubbed off on him as well." answered one of the twins, earning a glare from the Weasley females.
"We can't take them to the healers as St. Mungos is not safe right now. Molly is brewing some flushing potions to cleanse their stomachs. We will have to think of something else for the stench, maybe wait till they go off naturally." Arthur chipped in changing the attention of the people in the room.
"I will have Fawkes deliver a letter to Poppy to come for a checkup. I am sure that Serverus can brew up some potions in the meantime. Please contact me when they wake up. I need to ask them about the incident." finished the headmaster after checking the condition of the two boys and letting them rest.
He spoke the words with complete assurance to the ones present but the inside of his mind was running faster than a unicorn chased by a two faced bald ex-professor of Hogwarts. Did the boy really leave the muggle house? No, it wasn't possible. The tracking charms and wards still show the boy being present in the house. Mundungus didn't report to him for a long time now. But he was always lazy when there were no galleons involved. Maybe he should remind him why he was not rotting away in Azkaban and still free outside. The boy cannot be allowed to escape right now. Not when his plans for him are so near to completion.
He will have to make a short trip to the muggle world before getting back to Hogwarts. The things that one has to do for the greater good.
The only one whose mind was not in the room was someone who was thinking about her son. Did he really leave the Durselys? He was not with them so he was not related to the Dursleys, he could leave anytime he wanted. Why was he being trapped there even now? They should have brought him back home right when they found out everything about him. Did he really attack the two? She knew for sure that he was not the type to attack without any reason? Did they push him so far that he was willing to attack others now?
Oh, who was she kidding? They had pushed him far away for them to even look them in the eye. She should be surprised that it took him this long to retaliate.
What will it be like when they meet next time? Will he even accept them?
With a thousand thoughts running through her mind, she walks to the fireplace and floos herself back home.
- Ophis Interlude , A Dragon God's training Camp –
She couldn't find Saitama.
Taking a sip from the bottle of Chocolate Milk, as she watches the last episode of the anime ended with no clues of finding him.
The trip had gone a bit different than she had expected. She had expected the Devil, Shin Kageyami to know where Saitama was and find him on the same day.
Instead, she found out that even he didn't know about Saitama's location.
Yet, he did help her by giving her these Dvds? With information about Saitama.
It did give her a good idea about Saitama even though she did not find out about his location, she found out something very interesting.
Saitama was human.
Surprising, considering that he was so strong.
But keeping that aside for now, she found out something that gave her a way to get Baka-Red out of her home and reclaim her silence once again.
She walked to the headquarters of the Khaos Brigade and called a meeting of every person in the organization.
Watching over the gathered people, especially the Humans, she addressed the group.
"Everyone train. 100 Pushups, 100 Sit Ups, 100 Squats and a 10KM Run everyday. Eat three meals, banana in the morning. No AC in summer, no heater in winter. Those who don't follow this…." she let out her snakes and left the threat hanging.
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The people looked at her blankly like the devil did.
"Huh." many in the crowd said.
Good. The devil said the same thing and then she got the method. She also got cookies and chocolate milk.
"Start training now."
All of them left.
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She looked at the empty bottle of chocolate milk. No one gave her cookies and chocolate milk.
The Devil must be smart.
These people are fools.
She will meet Shin Kageyami again.
- Shin –
+5 Affection with Ophis(15/100) for being smart.
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"Huh."
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Beta Reader :LuluViBritania
Hey Guys, just finished the new chapter of the story.
Things will picking up pace by a bit. I will be concentrating on the wizarding world on the side for a few chapters before I finish the Harry Potter world altogether.
I did get some messages stating that the change in the personality of the Gamer System was too abrupt but if you notice the previous interactions carefully, you will notice the System hiding things from him. Read those carefully, you will find that the changes were not that sudden. It was always there. I will state it now, once and for all that the changes won't cause major waves in the story. It will only make the story more interesting. It is not going to turn give him quests to murder everyone without any reason.
That is just bad plot.
Shin's peerage is almost decided except the pawn pieces.
You will see them soon enough.
I am delaying the Kokabiel arc for a while to concentrate on the wizarding world.
I hope you liked Ophis' role in the chapter.
She will keep making visits to Shin while trying to train her army of overpowered baldies.
We will have more of Ophis cuteness in the future.
Also thanks to LuluViBritania for help me Beta Read the chapter. I can finally have my bad english taken care of.
Enjoy the chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.