The four women appeared in a soft flash of teleportation light inside a spacious room of Sitri's private estate.
Sona and her peerage, along with Akeno and Koneko, were already waiting.
All the yanderes wore the same mix of anger and shock, though everyone except Koneko and Isabella was only pretending.
Rias took two unsteady steps forward before collapsing onto the nearest sofa. Her shoulders hunched, her tears flowing freely once more. She buried her face in her hands, her body trembling with silent sobs.
The sensation of ascending to heaven when she had finally found Yusuke, only to plunge back into hell after losing him again, was excruciating. It felt as though countless poisonous needles were piercing her soul. Regret gripped her throat so tightly she could barely breathe.
She blamed herself all over again. If only she hadn't been greedy. If only she hadn't helped Grayfia. Or better still, if she hadn't insisted on bringing him to the Underworld, none of this would have happened.
Eleonora and Ravel were steadier, their focus on Sona. They were more interested in learning how she had discovered Yusuke's location than sinking into their own pit of frustration and regret. The faster they gained clues, the sooner they could find him.
"Sona-sama, can you tell us how you found Grayfia?" Ravel approached her politely.
Eleonora, meanwhile, turned her attention to the other girls, observing Aika and Murayama with quiet scrutiny.
Venelana remained standing for a moment longer before moving to sit beside her daughter. She placed a hand on Rias's back, stroking it gently as she had when Rias was a child waking from nightmares. "Everything is going to be alright. Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault."
"We already managed to find Yusuke once. We can do it again." She pulled her daughter into a tight embrace. "Believe in me, Rias. I will save him."
"Mother, really?" Rias looked up, her red, tear-filled eyes bright with fragile hope. In her current state, she was willing to believe any comforting lie, and a promise from her mother felt like the purest truth.
"Of course. I promise you, Yusuke will be with us soon, and we will live together forever again." Venelana wiped away her daughter's tears, her smile soft and gentle.
She was burning with impatience and worry. The pain of losing Yusuke a second time, just as she was about to save him, was thousands of times more frustrating than the sensation of reaching out to grasp something, your fingers brushing it, only for someone to abruptly and cruelly snatch it away.
"Being together forever? Does that include you, too?" Suddenly, Rias's emotions changed abruptly. The way she stared at her mother was like a tungsten needle, piercing through to expose her deepest, most hidden feelings.
Though they were not truly hidden, everyone present except Rias had already noticed Venelana's feelings for Yusuke with little effort.
"Rias...I...I..." Venelana stammered, unsure how to answer her daughter's sudden question. Now that things had reached this point, it was obvious her secret obsession with Yusuke would be exposed. Her emotions had been in turmoil recently.
"I am sorry, Rias." She had always felt disgusted with herself and guilty toward her own daughter for harboring such feelings for her son-in-law, but she could not stop.
Her obsession with Yusuke grew uncontrollably with every passing second. Even now, while speaking to her daughter, her devotion and adoration for him continued to rise. Her heart beat for him alone. His existence occupied 90% of her mind, and the remaining 10% was consumed with thoughts of how to save him.
"You too? Why... why is everyone betraying me? You also want to take him from me... mother?" The light in Rias's eyes dimmed. As she kept her gaze locked on her mother's, she began to mumble in a low voice.
First it was Akeno, then Grayfia, and now even her own mother. The people closest to her, the ones she once trusted the most, had betrayed her. Her trust in others had fallen to its lowest point.
"Rias..." Venelana's face visibly grew pale. Her daughter did not scream or thrash about in anger, yet meeting that broken look and those dull eyes was far worse. This was precisely the reason she had always feared revealing her feelings for Yusuke.
"What do you mean, take him from you? Yusuke was never yours to begin with; he is no one's!" Just then, Eleonora's voice interrupted them both.
She glared at Rias and spoke coldly, "Weren't you the one who, just a few days ago, was begging to get Yusuke back? You were begging just to see him safe. Why are you once again trying to act as if you have some imaginary legitimacy over him?"
"You two are not even a thing as far as I know!"
Perhaps because she and Venelana were in the same position, it irritated her to see Venelana reveal such weakness in front of her own daughter. Despite her immense power, she was so indecisive.
Unlike Venelana, the moment Eleonora acknowledged her feelings for Yusuke, she immediately took action. She subdued her rivals, including her own daughter, and cornered her husband so she could openly stand by Yusuke without opposition.
Venelana, on the other hand, had tried to bury her feelings.
"Indeed, Rias, you truly never learn from your mistakes," Sona stopped speaking with Ravel and said, directing a cold, disappointed gaze at Rias.
As a qualified Goudere, she believed it was her duty to assist Yusuke in everything he sought to accomplish. In this case, that meant helping him manage these dangerously obsessive women. Since Venelana was also a yandere, she would naturally try to secure her place within Yusuke's harem. If no one properly guided the situation, it could spiral into disaster if she lost control and became another Grayfia.
"..." This time, Rias was the one who froze. She bit her lip so hard that her teeth pierced her flesh, and blood dripped down from the wound. She lowered her head and pressed her forehead against her mother's chest. "I am sorry, mother."
"I shouldn't hate you for this. I can't because I feel the same. I'm jealous of Sona. I am jealous of Akeno, of the others who enjoyed Yusuke's love and attention. I'm jealous of you. I'm jealous of every second he spends with anyone but me."
Even though she hated this feeling, the thought of imagining a future where she had to share Yusuke with other women filled her with unbearable pain and disgust. Yet, if she had to choose between this agony and the prospect of losing Yusuke entirely, she would accept the pain a thousand times over just to be with him.
"Rias..." Venelana was deeply moved, tears of joy spilling down her cheeks as she hugged her daughter tightly. She shot a grateful glance at Eleonora before turning back to Rias. "Don't cry. I promise we will find Yusuke and get him back."
"Hmm," Rias responded softly.
'Noice!' Sona, Tsubaki, Akeno, Aika, and Murayama all thought simultaneously.
...
Away from all the drama, the dimly lit bedroom deep within Grayfia's new hidden sanctuary glowed with soft violet and pink ambient light. Floating heart-shaped motes drifted lazily through the air, thanks to one of her illusion spells, bathing everything in an almost dreamlike haze.
Grayfia stood at the foot of the wide, silk-draped bed wearing an outfit she had prepared especially for tonight; a black-and-white bunny-girl costume designed to emphasize the lethal curves of her sinful body.
The strapless bodysuit clung tightly, the glossy white fabric straining over her impossibly full breasts, the deep plunge neckline leaving almost nothing to the imagination.
A black bow tie adorned her throat, matching the fluffy black bunny tail above the scandalously short skirt that barely covered the tops of her thighs. Below, long white thigh-high stockings wrapped around her thick thighs, ending in glossy black heels.
Atop her silver hair sat a pair of oversized bunny ears, black on the outside and soft white inside.
Grayfia's crimson eyes gleamed with possessive hunger as she looked down at Yusuke.
"Does Mommy's new outfit please her baby boy?" she whispered in a soft, sultry voice. She turned slowly, giving him a full view of how the costume emphasized her hourglass figure.
Yusuke swallowed hard. "Y-Yeah… it's… wow. You look incredible, Mommy." He lay propped against a mountain of pillows, shirtless, wearing only loose black silk pajama pants that did very little to hide how much her appearance was affecting him, pitching a huge tent.
[Your acting is getting better.] B2 suddenly said.
'Who told you I am acting?'
Grayfia, in a normal outfit, was already dangerously seductive. Now, dressed in a reversed bunny suit, she looked like a devil ready to steal souls.
[...Recently, the rate at which your lower head has been taking over has increased, sperm head! Disgusting cunt!] B2 cursed in disdain before fading away, shutting her senses.
Grayfia's lips curved into a slow, dangerous smile. She climbed onto the bed, crawling toward him on all fours. When she reached him, she straddled his lap without hesitation, pressing her heavy breasts against his bare chest through the thin fabric. The material was so tight and delicate that he could feel every contour.
She cupped his face with both gloved hands, forcing him to meet her burning gaze.
"You've been such a good boy lately," she whispered, leaning in until their lips were barely a breath apart. "Never trying to run, never complaining, and always letting Mommy take care of you." Her tongue darted out to tease his mouth. "Mommy decided you deserve a special reward tonight."
Tonight she was ridiculously horny, which was no different from every day since meeting Yusuke. She wanted to use this moment to reward him for staying in line when she escaped, and once again, she felt certain that her baby boy truly loved her.
Grayfia straightened slightly, arching her back so her breasts thrust forward even more prominently. She brought both hands to the plunging neckline and slowly pulled the fabric apart, baring herself completely to him. Her pale skin shone faintly under the violet lights, her pink nipples already hard.
She shaped her index fingers and thumbs into a perfect heart, pressing the soft, overflowing flesh together until a deep cleavage formed a valley right in front of Yusuke's face.
"Look," she breathed, voice thick with lust and adoration. "All of this… every inch… belongs to you, my baby boy… only you."
Yusuke's breathing grew heavier, his hands rising instinctively to her waist, fingers clutching the fabric as if he couldn't pull away from her bewitching charm and lethal body.
Grayfia leaned forward again, pressing that heart-framed cleavage directly against his face, smothering him in her warm, pillowy softness. She rocked her hips slowly against his lap, grinding down over his cock.
She pulled back to take his lips in a deep, wet kiss, her tongue sliding against his possessively while her free hand guided one of his to squeeze her breast. When she finally broke the kiss, a thin string of saliva connected their lips for a moment before snapping.
Grayfia licked her own lips slowly, eyes half-closed and glowing brighter than ever.
"Now… be a good boy and show Mommy exactly how much you love her new costume."
...
"Huff… huff… huff…"
Five hours later, Yusuke finally finished showing Grayfia just how much he loved her reverse bonny costume. He had pounded her relentlessly, filling all three holes, fucking her so hard that even the Silver-Haired Queen of Annihilation could barely stay conscious, her heavy panting the only sound in the room.
Although Yusuke's powers were sealed, his Physique stats remained fully intact. In terms of defense and endurance, he far outstripped Grayfia. His attacking power might not match hers, but his durability exceeded hers by a wide margin.
He stood naked, his body wet with both their sweat and her own love juices. Stepping down from the bed, he said, "I'll make something for you to eat. You look completely spent."
"Alright, sweetie~!" Grayfia replied, glancing at him with half-closed eyes and a satisfied smile. The gloom she had felt from being exposed had vanished entirely after getting a good fuck from Yusuke, and now seeing him take the initiative to cook for her added an entirely new layer of pleasure.
This was the first time he had done something like this on his own!
Yusuke threw a pajama over himself and walked toward the kitchen. As he moved, he slipped one hand into his pocket and pulled out a small, coin-sized object from his inventory, which appeared instantly in his hand. Three seconds later, he returned it to the inventory and withdrew his hand from his pocket.
At the same time, back at Sona's place, she received a magical signal on the terminal she was holding.
...
The 'accident' that happened before, from the discovery of Grayfia's location to her escape, was all part of Yusuke and Sona's plan. Otherwise, why would they send only the four women alone? There were so many others, so why were they not informed and brought along as well?
The reason was, of course, to further the plan and raise Grayfia's submission. After all, the other women's quests were pretty much as good as done.
Sona gave Yusuke a tracing device so he could transmit his location to her, allowing her to proceed with the other part of the plan at the right time. She also had other types of tracking devices, some of them as small as a drop of water. As for why she owned such things... have you ever seen a yandere without tracing devices on her?
It was already early in the morning. He and Grayfia had been fucking the entire night, so Yusuke made breakfast for her, a simple avocado toast with egg, a cup of milk, and a small salad on the side. He was not some master level expert in cooking, but for someone who had never had a single person cook for him his entire life, it was only natural that he knew how to prepare a proper meal for someone else.
'Bi... Ehem, B2, why haven't I seen Lady Phenex and Venelana's quests in my log yet?' While holding the plate, he asked B2 in an irritated tone. It was obvious that Eleonora and Venelana were yanderes, so why had this stupid system not issued their quests already? She had one simple job, and she kept failing at it.
[Oh, I forgot, tehe~!] B2 let out a silly sound that only irritated him further before speaking in a lazy tone. [I can't issue Eleonora's quest because you have never met her. You need to see her at least once before I can issue it.]
[New Quest!]
[The Mother I'd Like to Fuck!: Your future mother-in-law wants to fuck you. Tame her and show her who is fucking who.]
[Task: Raise Venelana Gremory's submission value to at least 80.]
[Rewards: 1 level, a random item, 3 skill points.]
[Penalty: Turn into a shota for a month.]
[Wait a moment! You bastard! You were about to call me a bitch, weren't you?!] Just then, B2 suddenly reacted and cursed at him.
Their promise was to give her a proper name and never call her a bitch again. Yusuke had almost called her that just now, but stopped himself halfway.
'No! That must be your imagination,' Yusuke denied with a straight face. He quickly changed the subject and asked, 'Why are Venelana's rewards lower than Grayfia's? Does that mean she is weaker than her?'
[Since when did the rewards depend on the strength of the target? It is all about the difficulty, their status, and other factors. As you can see from experience, Grayfia is far more difficult to tame than Venelana. It is basic math.] B2 responded calmly.
'Alright, that somehow makes sense,' Yusuke admitted. Compared to Grayfia, Venelana looked far too cute, especially after he saw her submission value.
Still, sometimes he could not understand how this evaluation worked. At times, the quests for certain women were ranked higher than others, even though they seemed easier to handle. For example, Akeno and Koneko. Sometimes, he felt the only explanation that made sense was if this were some anime world, where characters were evaluated based on their popularity or their impact on the story.
But that was nonsense. There was no way he was stuck inside some stupid ecchi harem anime, right?
Right?!!!
[Venelana Gremory's submission: 63 (Dependent)]
'I feel like I am in love. Venelana, you are my new Mommy. I love you so much!' He never thought a single system notification could make him this happy. Yusuke's gaze remained glued to the notification as he whispered those words in his mind. He promised that once this matter was settled, he would spoil her as much as possible.
This was the first time he had seen a yandere's initial submission this high. As expected of a milf, Venelana was the perfect milf.
Milfs like her deserved all the love and protection.
[How disgusting! Falling in love with a yandere will lead to your downfall!] B2 cringed at his words and spoke with a tone filled with utter disdain and disgust.
'You are just being jealous,' Yusuke shrugged his shoulders and left the kitchen with the breakfast. It was time to begin the plan he had come up with alongside Sona.
[...] B2 did not answer him and fell silent.
...
Yusuke pushed the bedroom door open with his shoulder, balancing a small tray in both hands. He stepped inside and paused in the doorway.
Grayfia was still lying across the wide bed, though she had clearly used the time he was gone to regain some composure. The torn remnants of her bunny girl costume were gone. In their place, she wore a pair of tight black dolphin shorts that clung to her hips and thighs, riding high enough to reveal her smooth, toned legs.
Over her torso, she had slipped into a short, sleeveless white crop top. The thin cotton fabric stretched firmly across her large oppais, the hem ending just beneath her breasts so that a generous strip of her pale midriff remained exposed.
She wore no bra underneath, the outline of her still hardened nipples clearly visible against the white fabric.
Although she had brushed her silver hair, it still carried that just fucked disarray, several damp strands clinging to her neck and collarbone. A faint sheen of fresh sweat coated her skin, and the flush that had colored her cheeks and chest during their long night together had not completely faded.
Her crimson eyes were half lidded, glassy and unfocused, her pupils still wide from lingering pleasure and exhaustion. She looked utterly debauched, yet at the same time retained that natural, untouchable elegance.
When she noticed his return, her long lashes fluttered slowly, almost dreamlike. A small, lazy smile curved along her lips.
"Baby boy…" She murmured, shifting slightly against the pillows, the movement causing the crop top to ride up a fraction of an inch. "You came back so quickly. Mommy missed you already."
'Magic is so convenient. I missed my power!' Yusuke crossed the room and set the tray on the low bedside table. It was obvious she had used her magic to change her clothes.
"I know you can't bear to leave me for even a moment," he said with a slight smile as he sat on the edge of the mattress beside her. His hand reached out almost automatically, brushing a stray lock of silver hair away from her forehead. "You okay?"
Grayfia let out a soft laugh that ended in a small, satisfied sigh. She caught his wrist and guided his palm to rest against her cheek, nuzzling into the warmth like a cat seeking affection. She liked the way her baby boy treated her so tenderly. It made her feel that all her effort and work were finally bearing fruit.
"More than okay," she whispered. "You fucked me so hard, sweetie. I can still feel you… everywhere." Her free hand drifted down to rest low on her abdomen, her fingers splayed over the spot where he had filled her the deepest. "Mommy's body is still trembling… Look."
She parted her thighs for him to notice the faint quiver in her inner muscles, the way her dolphin shorts had already darkened slightly at the crotch from her love juices seeping through.
[This bitch is the horniest of all the bitches around you. She cannot think about anything other than getting railed by your… big… fat… wonderful… ehem! I mean meat pole!] B2 could not help but curse at Grayfia's behavior. This milf had been fucking Yusuke nonstop since she kidnapped him.
'Milfs have higher sexual desires,' Yusuke replied. His gaze lingered for a moment before returning to Grayfia's face. He did not pull his hand away, though. "Eat first."
"You're being so sweet to me, my baby," she said as she slowly pushed herself up onto one elbow and accepted the cup of tea he handed her. She took a sip before setting it aside, her eyes never leaving his face. "Taking care of Mommy after she spent all night taking care of you… You are such a good boy."
She reached out and tugged lightly at the waistband of his pajama pants, drawing him closer until he was half reclining beside her.
[I bet that in 20 seconds this slut will switch to bitch mode.] B2 suddenly laughed.
Yusuke ignored B2 and handed Grayfia a piece of toast, feeding her while watching her face glow with happiness. Her mouth and tongue moved in an almost erotic rhythm as she chewed, making it look less like she was eating toast and more like she was savoring something far thicker and stickier. Something she had already swallowed more than enough of earlier.
"Ahh~!" She opened her mouth wide, and Yusuke pushed the toast inside. She took a large bite and began chewing again, keeping her eyes locked onto his the entire time.
'Why am I getting worked up by this?' Yusuke felt something below rising, and it was not the shield hero. Even though his little brother had woken up, he knew it was not the right time for that.
He forced himself to stay calm, waiting patiently until she finished the last bite. Grayfia caught his thumb between her lips at the end, sucking lightly before dragging her tongue along the length in one long, teasing stroke. Her eyes burned with fresh lust, her crimson pupils blown wide.
Yusuke exhaled slowly through his nose. Then, without warning, he asked the question that shattered the mood like glass.
"Grayfia," he said quietly, using her name instead of "Mommy" for the first time in days. "What do you plan to do next? Be constantly on the run for the years to come?"
"What do you mean, sweetie?" Grayfia's happy mood faded, her lips twitching slightly. She adjusted her posture and sat up properly, the look in her eyes turning increasingly serious.
"Venelana, Rian, Sona, and the others will not rest until they find us. You know how desperate and obsessed they are," Yusuke said calmly, ignoring the change in her expression. "Do you plan to keep hiding, constantly changing our hideout every time we are exposed? If so, how long do you think this situation will last?"
"Do you want to spend your entire life living in the dark underground? There are so many things to enjoy outside." As he spoke, he felt her grip on his hand tightening, her eyes growing colder by the second. Then he delivered the sentence he knew would always trigger her. "How about we settle this properly? I can talk to them, and we can reach a solution that everyone can be satisfied with."
"No! Impossible!" Just as he expected, Grayfia snapped. The entire room began to quake, the air turning heavy as her silver hair whipped around her. She rose in a single motion and pinned him to the bed, straddling him with overwhelming force. Her fingers clamped around his neck as she hissed, "You are getting naughty. I told you never to bring this matter up!"
"Why are you trying to make me so upset?!"
"You are mine! Mine, and you will always be mine!" Her grip tightened around his throat, her features twisting into a frantic, obsessive madness. Her eyes burned with a wild, bloodthirsty light, like a cornered beast ready to slaughter anyone who dared cross her final line.
"They don't love you the way I do! They can't. Only I can love you sincerely! They would cage you with pretty words and pretty promises, but they would never understand what you truly need!" Her grip grew so tight that if not for his high body toughness, his neck would have already snapped.
"Only I do! Only I can protect you from them and even from yourself!"
Crack!
As the tremors in the room intensified from her loss of control, the tray on the table slid off and crashed onto the floor with a sharp shattering sound, plates breaking into scattered fragments across the ground.
"Are you trying to kill me right now?" Yusuke grabbed her wrist, even though he was pitifully powerless compared to her in this state. He calmly faced her crazed eyes, the kind that would scare most men into developing gynophobia. "You claim that you love me more than them, so why are you trying to break my neck?"
[Keep agitating her more, I like it when freaky girls go completely crazy!] B2 laughed at the scene. There was nothing she loved more than watching these bitches lose their minds and get abused emotionally or physically.
"I... I didn't mean to!" Grayfia instinctively loosened her grip around his neck, though she still did not release him. Panic flashed across her face as she hurried to defend herself. "I love you! I gave up everything for you! I sacrificed so much just to be with you... I only want one thing. For you to love me and only me! Don't ever mention other women!"
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission +-11]
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission +-11]
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission 58 Possessive]
[These Gremory sluts are all the same, crazy as fuck!] B2 snickered at Grayfia's dropping submission.
Yusuke and Sona's plan was not some stroke of genius. It was almost identical to the scheme he had originally planned to use on Rias.
Create pressure through Venelana and the others. Provoke her by starting an argument.
Then make her regret everything.
The only problem was the collar sealing his power, but Yusuke had already thought of a way around it. He was not completely certain it would work, but even if it failed, the overall plan would not be affected.
"Do I have to be grateful for all your sacrifices?" Yusuke met her twisted expression with an indifferent gaze as he spoke slowly. "You said you gave up everything, but did I ever ask you to do that?"
"I should be the one blaming you right now. You kidnapped me. You put this collar on me as if I were your dog on a leash, dragging me away from everyone close to me."
Crack!
As he continued speaking, the room shook even harder, violent tremors spreading in every direction. A jagged fracture tore across the floor beneath the bed, racing up the wall before reaching the ceiling. "I gave up all my women to stay with you... And when I try to talk some sense into you, you turn violent right away."
He glanced at the hand clamped around his neck and let out a dry laugh. "Yeah, I can really feel your 'deep' love, haha."
The conversation veered far from its original purpose. It was supposed to be about discussing other women and finding some middle ground where everyone could be satisfied. Instead, it turned into outright accusations.
[You are playing with fire, and I like it!]
B2 laughed happily. She had long anticipated Yusuke breaking Rias and the other girls, but Grayfia had ruined that fun. Now that he was planning to break Grayfia instead, this was even more entertaining.
"You..."
Something seemed to snap inside Grayfia's mind. Her head lowered, and the light in her eyes dimmed. For someone like her, nothing cut deeper than the person she loved doubting her love. Scenes from their past flashed through her thoughts. He had looked so happy, so blissful, indulging in her care and affection.
Was everything a lie? Or did something awaken inside him after he found out those sluts were searching for him?
It was all their fault! They shattered her peaceful, sweet world with her baby boy!
They deserved to die! Every last one of them!
"Sweetie, you've grown naughty. You are thinking bad thoughts, very, very bad thoughts," she whispered in a soft, loving tone. Her hands left his neck and moved to his face, caressing him gently. "I can't allow that... I didn't want to do this... You forced me, sweetie... You are forcing Mommy... Mommy is going to make sure you never have such dangerous thoughts ever again. It's all for your own good. Please don't blame Mommy... okay?"
When she met his eyes, Yusuke saw that her crimson pupils had turned dull, like a vortex devouring the light around her. For a moment, a chill ran through him.
What is she planning to do? Whatever she intended felt far more disturbing than what Murayama had done to him. Was she going to break his mind with some twisted magic and turn him into a mindless toy? Or hypnotize him into loving her obsessively?
"Don't be afraid, sweetie... it won't hurt. You won't feel anything at all. Mommy is going to make you feel good all over again," she murmured as her fingers pressed harder against his face, distorting his expression.
Grayfia's original plan after kidnapping Yusuke had been to slowly condition him, to mold him until he fell in love with her, even if she had to resort to extreme methods. But because he never showed any sign of resistance and accepted her wholeheartedly, even appearing deeply in love with her, she had abandoned those darker intentions.
'Shit! Sona, where are you?!' Yusuke shivered at the way she was staring at him, her face calm but her eyes cold, gazing at him with a growing indifference that made his blood run cold.
Fortunately, it was as if Sona had heard his cry. A crimson red magic circle suddenly appeared in midair in the bedroom, glowing fiercely. From it emerged a large number of stunningly beautiful women, with Venelana standing at the forefront.
"Yusuke!"
"Yu-kun!"
"Yu-sama!"
"Darling!"
"Yu!"
"Yusuke-sama!"
"Husband!"
Murayama, Aika, Tsubaki, Kalawarna, Raynare, Sona, Akeno, Rias, Koneko, Yubelluna, Isabella, Ravel, Eleonora, Venelana, Irina, Xenovia. All of them shouted his name at once, their faces a mixture of relief
and worry.
"Grayfia, get away from my man!" A black-red orb of destruction blasted from Venelana's hand as she spoke, hurtling straight toward Grayfia's back.
Grayfia spun to face everyone, her eyes sharp and cold, but her pupils had shrunk to pinpoints. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't hide her shock and disbelief.
It had only been a single day, and yet her sanctuary had already been exposed!
BOOM!
The crimson orb slammed directly into her back. Her frown deepened in pain as the force shredded her crop top, leaving only thin strings barely clinging to her shoulders and covering her chest. The trajectory of Venelana's attack meant that if Grayfia dodged, it would have struck Yusuke, so she had no choice but to take the hit to protect him.
"Bitch, die!"
She hugged Yusuke silently and leapt off the bed. The moment she moved, a larger orb came crashing down. A hysterical scream from Rias accompanied another destructive sphere launched at her, destroying the bed.
Blood surged into her head at the sight of them. Yusuke and Grayfia had been on the bed, holding each other so intimately with Grayfia straddling him. Days had passed, who knew how many times they had done this? How many times had this bitch defiled her Yusuke?
"See, sweetie? I told you these sluts don't love you at all. It's not worth talking to them. Stay still, Mommy will handle them once and for all." Grayfia set Yusuke in the corner of the room, caressing his face with a gentle, loving touch. Then she turned to face everyone. From nowhere, two daggers appeared in her hands.
"Rias, you've always gotten on my nerves with your stupid self-righteousness and your endless recklessness. You and your slutty mother are exactly the same! So arrogant and entitled, thinking the world owes you everything. Today I'm going to rid this world of you two filthy sluts once and for all!"
Grayfia was never one to waste time on words. The moment her voice fell silent, a violent burst of wind erupted around her. In the next instant, a deep crater exploded beneath her feet as she vanished from sight.
BOOM!
A split second later, she stood directly before Rias, both daggers thrusting forward, one aimed at her throat and the other at her left chest. She intended to end her life in a single decisive strike.
However, the very instant she appeared, a compact and densely packed sphere of Power of Destruction shot toward her even faster, slamming into her almost at the same moment she appeared.
A surge of dark crimson light erupted on impact, swallowing her figure whole and wrapping her in a violent glow.
"Get back, Rias. I'll deal with her," Venelana stepped in front of her daughter. She spoke with a serious and solemn tone.
"No, mother, I-" Rias shook her head, rejecting the order. She wanted to fight too, to crush Grayfia's face, that bitch who stole her Yusuke.
Venelana's voice interrupted her without hesitation. "With your current strength, you wouldn't last a single exchange against her. Stand down! Now!"
"If you want to help, then listen to Eleonora and Sona's instructions."
Rumble!
The sphere detonated against Grayfia, and the entire underground building trembled. A violent roar rolled through the structure as the floor quaked beneath their feet. Debris rained from the ceiling, and cracks spread along the walls. When the dark crimson light finally began to fade, a crimson magic circle stood revealed before Grayfia.
She remained completely unharmed.
Grayfia's greatest strength lay in her magic power, more precisely, her Demonic power. Her control was refined, her talent exceptional, further amplified by her Demonic energy and her Queen Piece. That did not mean she lacked ability elsewhere. On the contrary, she excelled in close combat. Whether bare-handed or armed, especially with daggers. Her body was remarkably durable, and her endurance absurdly high, placing her among the rare few who could be called truly well-rounded warriors without any obvious weakness.
Most Devils, or more accurately, nearly all supernaturals aside from the Gods, shared a clear flaw. They specialized heavily in a single aspect. Many pursued overwhelming magical output, granting terrifying, destructive power, but their defenses and physical bodies lagged far behind their own attack potency. If someone managed to land a decisive blow, they would fall completely.
Even Sirzechs belonged more to the ultimate Wizard Technique type of Devil. The difference was his absolute control over his Power of Destruction. In his Destruction form, he could erase incoming attacks outright, annihilating them before they ever touched him.
Venelana, Rias, Sona, and Akeno were similar in nature. They were Wizard-type Devils as well.
"Venelana, did you leave your husband and son just to come here and help your daughter fight me over a man?" Grayfia glanced at the woman who used to be her mother-in-law and spoke in a mocking tone. "Or could it be that you are fighting me for him instead?"
A massive magic circle unfolded above her, spreading across the entire ceiling. The temperature in the room spiked at once as tongues of flame burst forth from the formation, writhing and gathering power.
"Is that hypocrisy I smell right now?" Venelana showed no trace of offense. She smirked and raised a hand above her head. A crimson magic circle manifested, blocking Grayfia's while she replied, "Are you describing yourself? You abandoned your husband and son, then kidnapped your brother-in-law. Oh, Grayfia, I never knew you were this hypocritical. You truly opened my eyes."
BOOM!
They unleashed their attacks simultaneously. A raging sea of flames poured down from Grayfia's magic circle, colliding head-on with the dense, dark crimson Power of Destruction that Venelana launched at the same instant. The resulting explosion tore through the chamber, vaporizing the entire ceiling and exposing the floor above in a storm of fire and annihilating energy.
Perhaps Venelana restrained her output to avoid harming the girls behind her, and perhaps Grayfia exercised similar control to keep Yusuke from getting caught in the blast. After obliterating the ceiling, the two forces canceled each other out, leaving only drifting smoke and fractured stone in their wake.
"Devil slut! Die!"
With a sudden, vengeful, and wrathful cry, Xenovia surged forward. She gripped her golden-blue Durandal in both hands and launched herself through the falling debris, raising the massive broadsword high overhead. Her short hair whipped and swayed wildly in the rushing air while her large breasts, tightly confined within her battle suit, bounced vigorously.
Swoosh!
She crossed the distance in an instant, bringing her blade down toward Grayfia's head, intent on splitting that disgusting face in two.
But how could someone who could barely contend with a High Class Devil hope to threaten the Strongest Queen? Grayfia did not even spare her a proper glance. Her cold eyes flicked toward Xenovia as she casually waved a dagger.
In the next instant, a spray of blood burst into the air as Xenovia's arm was severed cleanly from the shoulder, spinning away before she even realized what had happened.
Thud!
"Aghh!!"
Time seemed to freeze in Xenovia's perception as she watched her own arm trace a short arc through the air before hitting the ground with a dull sound. Her eyes widened, then blood vessels burst within them as she screamed in agony. Clutching Durandal with her remaining hand, she glared at Grayfia with deep hatred.
"I will kill you! My arm! Damn you, I will kill you!"
On the battlefield, Xenovia was arrogant, stubborn, and impulsive. She often throws herself straight into the heart of her enemies, relying on brute force and Durandal to carve a path forward. This time, she overestimated herself. Challenging Grayfia head-on only taught her a brutal lesson.
In a single exchange, she lost her arm.
The loss itself did not drive her mad. It was what it meant; she had become imperfect! Her love, her life, her Yu would not look at her the same with only one arm!
That thought burned hotter than the pain. This bitch had become her greatest enemy! Never had Xenovia hated a Devil the way she hated Grayfia. First, she kidnapped her Yu; now she cut off her arm!
While Xenovia seethed in blind rage, Grayfia stepped in and drove a kick into her stomach. The impact sent her flying through the air like a comet. Without pause, Grayfia conjured another magic circle. Dense flames roared out from it, surging forward to incinerate the busty, blue-haired tomboy and remove one more slut trying to steal her baby boy.
"I won't let you!"
With a sharp cry, a mirror manifested in front of Xenovia just as the flames descended. The instant the fire touched its surface, cracks spread across it before it shattered. In the same breath, the flames reversed direction, reflected back toward Grayfia with twice their original power.
Murayama leapt into the air and caught Xenovia before she could crash down. She landed smoothly, then tossed her onto her back with a snort.
"Muscle head, do you have a death wish?"
"Xenovia!"
Irina rushed to her side, her face drained of color. She turned toward Ravel and Eleonora, panic clear in her voice. "Please, heal her!"
No matter the rivalry over who would end up with Yusuke, Xenovia was still her teammate, her closest friend. They had fought side by side through countless dangerous battles, through life and death situations. There was no way Irina could stand there and ignore her like this.
The Phenex House produced the most sought-after healing items in the world, the Phoenix Tears. There was no chance that the mother and daughter did not carry a few with them at a time like this.
"Shut up, I'll heal her."
Before either Ravel or Eleonora could respond, Aika rolled her eyes at Irina's frantic expression and walked over. Xenovia was still clutching her severed shoulder, glaring at Grayfia in the distance as she clashed with Venelana. Aika crouched and showed her a small bean.
"Eat this."
"What is this?" Xenovia asked instead of taking it immediately, suspicion flashing across her face despite the blood still pouring from her wound.
"It's something that can heal wounds and even restore limbs. Yu-sama gave it to me, so you better be grateful. Do you know how valuable this is?!" Aika snorted, pain flashing clearly across her face. It was agonizing to hand over something so precious, something Yu-sama had given her personally. If he hadn't specifically told her to share it, she never would have.
"Yu's thing?! Give it to me!"
The moment Xenovia heard it belonged to Yusuke, her remaining hand moved like lightning, snatching the bean from Aika. She shoved it into her mouth without hesitation, closing her eyes. "Yu! I can feel Yu inside me! Hmm~!"
"..." Irina glanced at her silently, 'Should I try to get myself injured too? Maybe I can get something from Darling as well.'
A few seconds after Xenovia swallowed the Senzo Bean, her missing arm grew back as if nothing had happened. She stared at her restored limb and exclaimed, "Yu is truly divine! I know it! He really is our new God! Our love and savior!" She had never seen anything capable of healing wounds, regrowing limbs, and restoring stamina and energy to their peak.
Not even the Phoenix Tears could do that.
This was a divine miracle! A miracle created by her Yu, her new God!
"Right, Irina?!"
"Hmm! Darling is a blessing to this filthy world! May his radiance bathe it!" Irina lifted her hands, eyes locked on Yusuke, who stood silently in the corner of the room. Her gaze overflowed with infatuation, obsession, and even worship.
"Amen!" Both girls said in unison, as if offering a prayer.
'Dafuq? Is this some new kink?' Aika blinked in confusion. Then a thought crossed her mind, 'Should I try this with Yu-sama? Worship him like a God and let him step on me like the worthless, disposable trash I am!'
BOOMM!
Another massive explosion snapped the girls back to their senses. They turned to see both Venelana and Grayfia soaring through the air, shooting through the hole in the ceiling. Grayfia clutched Yusuke in her arms, taking him away while Venelana chased after her.
"Why are you standing still? Hurry up!" Tsubaki barked at the three of them, wings bursting from her back as she lunged after the two milfs.
"Thank you," Xenovia said, rising to her feet and leaping into the air to follow. She owed her life to Tsubaki, who had used Mirror Alice to deflect Grayfia's earlier attack that would have ended her instantly.
"I am only doing this because Yusuke would be sad if you died," Tsubaki said as she flew higher, joining the other Devil girls. The church duo sprinted and jumped, trying desperately to keep up.
...
Rumble! BOOMM!
A towering mountain, piercing through the clouds, suddenly shattered into countless fragments, revealing a massive hole. From it, Grayfia and Venelana shot out, exchanging blows high in the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fire, water, lightning, wind. Every kind of magic erupted around them as Grayfia fought against Venelana's Power of Destruction.
She looked like she was ready to fight to the death, but in truth, she was only searching for an opportunity to escape with Yusuke.
Unfortunately, Venelana seemed fully aware of that and never gave her the chance.
...
The area Grayfia chose this time was not within Fallen Angel territory. It was in the southern part of the Underworld, a vast stretch of untamed wilderness where jagged terrain and endless plains swallowed any sign of civilization.
Her previous hideout had been exposed in a remote corner of Fallen Angel land. After that, isolated regions like these naturally became prime suspects.
The Gremory House, the Phenex House, the Sitri House, and, of course, Sirzechs' faction all deployed a significant portion of their forces to comb through distant and uninhabited areas.
The reason they had not searched this place was simple. Grayfia's location had already been exposed before their forces could extend their search to this stretch of wilderness.
"Grayfia, give up. There is no way you'll escape this time."
Hovering in the air, Venelana spoke as powerful winds swept across the wilderness, her brown hair flowing behind her. Her long white and black dress fluttered with the current. Her gaze remained locked on Yusuke, who was held firmly by the waist in Grayfia's arms.
"Let Yusuke go. It's not too late to fix this."
To Venelana, Yusuke's safety mattered above all else. As for matters like sharing him with other women, she did not dwell on them. As long as her daughter accepted it and she herself could enjoy Yusuke's company, nothing else concerned her.
While yanderes were often known for extreme possessiveness and an inability to tolerate sharing, Venelana had grown up in an environment where her father and male relatives all kept harems. She herself had once been part of one, and was even the woman who managed her husband's harem. Because of that upbringing, she found it far easier to accept the idea of sharing Yusuke, provided her daughter was truly fine with it.
Bang!
Venelana's words were answered by a barrage of massive lightning arcs crashing down from the sky, each bolt thicker than five meters. They descended straight toward her, only to be met midair by a crimson magic circle. From it, dense Power of Destruction surged upward, colliding with the lightning and crushing it into scattered sparks.
"The audacity! Yusuke is not something to be shared with you. He belongs to one woman only, and that woman is me!"
Grayfia was the complete opposite of Venelana. Sirzechs had only ever taken her as his sole wife. Even her late father had only her mother as his wife.
In her heart burned an extreme possessiveness and an obsession toward Yusuke that bordered on madness.
She wanted him entirely for herself.
That obsession twisted her deeply. She began to resent even her husband and her own son for existing, as their presence marked her past, which would forever remind her that she was no longer untouched and pure for her Yusuke.
She gradually distanced herself from her son as well, only easing that coldness after noticing that Yusuke showed affection toward him. Only then did the child stop feeling like a stain in her eyes.
An enormous array of magic circles unfolded across the sky, so vast they covered the entirety of the flattened mountain below. From them poured a storm of spells. Lightning speared down, firestorms roared, shards of ice rained like spears, and massive boulders crashed toward the battlefield.
"Sweetie, stay still. Don't run away, okay? Once I deal with these filthy sluts, we will finally live together in peace."
Grayfia descended quickly and put Yusuke gently on the ground. A barrier formed around him at once. She leaned down, pressed a kiss against his lips, then rose back into the air without hesitation.
"Alright," Yusuke replied calmly, playing the role of a powerless jade beauty straight out of a cliché Chinese novel.
All this time, he had allowed Grayfia to do as she pleased without resistance.
Once she left him within the barrier, he simply stood there, hands at his sides, watching the fight between Venelana and Grayfia happening high above.
He tilted his head slightly and met Sona's eyes. The two of them smiled at the same time, 'All according to keikaku!'
Everything was unfolding exactly as planned. Let the two insanely powerful milfs tear into each other while the other girls supported Venelana from the sidelines. All that remained was for something conveniently unexpected to happen at the perfect moment, 'B2, be ready once I give the order.'
[Yeah, yeah, I am all ready and prepared for you! Just say the word! Hahaha! This is going to be fun! Catfights are the best!] B2 replied with wild, sadistic laughter. The only part she truly enjoyed about her job was watching yanderes rip each other apart. It was so sweet! So satisfying!
"…" Yusuke decided not to acknowledge her and ignore her misleading words.
Rumble!
BOOMM!
BOOMM!
On the other side, the battle between the two yandere milfs escalated further. Venelana and Grayfia exchanged blows at a rapid pace, their attacks increasing in magnitude by dozens of times. Any single strike carried enough power to erase an entire city. They moved like blurs across the sky, colliding again and again in devastating clashes. If this fight had taken place in Japan, the country would have already been wiped off the map.
As the battle dragged on, it became apparent that Grayfia held the upper hand. She was stronger than Venelana. That fact alone was not surprising. Even before all of this, Grayfia had been powerful enough to fight Serafall for ten straight days, and to this day, no one truly knew how that fight ended.
Later, with her strength further enhanced by the Queen Piece, it was only natural that she stood at such a terrifying level.
The title Silver Haired Queen of Annihilation was not an exaggeration.
Venelana was far from weak. She was absurdly strong in her own right. An Ultimate Class like Kokabiel would get trashed by her in just a handful of moves. However, in the end, she still fell short of Grayfia.
There was also another difference. Grayfia had remained active all this time, constantly fighting and honing herself. Venelana, on the other hand, had stepped away from the battlefield long ago. It had been hundreds of years since she last engaged in a serious fight.
Bang!
"Hmph!"
A massive ball of fire grazed past Venelana's side, scorching her shoulder. Fabric and skin burned away together, the straps on her shoulder incinerated along with her bra. The right side of her chest was left completely exposed, her large breast bouncing freely in the air.
She paid it no attention.
Instead, she thrust both hands forward. From her palms erupted dozens of dense crimson spheres of destruction. Each orb was linked to the others by crackling strands of crimson light that sizzled like lightning, forming a web that expanded outward. The blazing net shot toward Grayfia at high speed, aiming to bind her.
At the same time, Venelana raised one hand high above her head. Another magic circle ignited in the sky. From it descended an enormous sphere of condensed power. It rapidly compressed into a smaller, denser form as fractures of black crimson lightning snapped and crackled across its surface, the energy within growing more violent with each passing second.
"It's useless! I won't let you!"
Grayfia's wings spread wide as she twisted through the air, narrowly evading the incoming net.
The web of destruction shifted direction instantly, chasing after her like your cringy past.
She accelerated toward Venelana instead, unleashing a barrage of spells as she advanced, waves of magic crashing down from above.
Venelana once had the title Brown Haired Ruin Princess for a reason. It came from the overwhelming devastation she could unleash upon her enemies. Her signature technique was this very attack, Orb of Annihilation.
It concentrated the Power of Destruction into a massive sphere wrapped in a swirling crimson and black aura. The orb possessed terrifying, destructive properties, capable of reducing anything it touched into nothingness. It could also pursue its target and even drag them toward it by force. Its only drawback was the time required to fully form and compress the energy.
Grayfia understood that weakness well. That was precisely why she rushed forward without hesitation, intent on interrupting Venelana before the Orb of Annihilation could reach completion.
"I won't let you!"
Rias's cold voice rang out, scraping against Grayfia's ears like that one spiteful bitch who keeps whispering poison into your girlfriend's ear until she finally dumps you.
A crimson sphere tore through the air straight toward her.
"Venelana-san isn't fighting alone. We're here too!" Sona's voice followed. As she spoke, her Telekinesis activated, an invisible force distorting the air around Grayfia to hinder her movement. At the same time, a massive spear of light formed above Sona and shot forward.
It was true that all of them combined, without Venelana, still could not defeat Grayfia. That much was obvious.
But that did not mean they were useless.
Even if they could not win outright, they could create openings, apply pressure, and disrupt her timing. That alone was reason enough for them to be here. Otherwise, why would they have come at all?
Three pairs of wings erupted from Kalawarna and Raynare as they soared into the air, taking cover behind Tsubaki, who braced herself to use her Sacred Gear to block Grayfia's attack.
The two fallen angels conjured dozens of Holy Spears, joining Akeno, who unleashed torrents of Holy Lightning aimed at Grayfia, attempting to lock down her movement entirely.
Even if these attacks could not injure her, slowing her down would still count as a victory for them.
Aika inhaled deeply and unleashed her Fire Dragon Breath, while Murayama manipulated her Sacred Gear with Telekinesis, attacking Grayfia from a distance.
Ravel, Isabella, Yubelluna, and Eleonora, though weaker, still threw themselves into the fight, launching their own attacks.
The only ones left standing, biting their lips in frustration, were Irina and Xenovia. They watched the battle from afar, their eyes occasionally flicking toward Yusuke in the distance. They wanted to fight, but what had happened to Xenovia earlier made them painfully aware that they were nothing more than a burden in this battle.
...
As the battle grew increasingly intense with the other girls joining in, Grayfia stopped speaking altogether. Her expression settled into a frightening calm. She resisted the pulling force of Telekinesis, even though it slowed her slightly. Incoming attacks streaked toward her from every direction. The ones she could avoid, she dodged with minimal movements. The ones she could not, she crushed head-on with her own power.
She had survived countless deadly battles throughout her life. The harsher the situation became, the calmer and more focused she turned.
Rias, Sona, Akeno, and the others continued to rain down spells without pause, but Grayfia paid them no real attention. She pressed forward relentlessly toward Venelana, forcing her way through every obstacle in her path. The only attack that truly threatened her was Venelana's Orb of Annihilation.
Intense waves of magic crashed across the battlefield without end. The once bright sky dimmed as dark clouds swallowed the sunlight, and thunder rolled across the heavens. Lightning tore through the air, flashing over the chaos below.
Large gaping holes spread across the land like a vision of the apocalypse.
Venelana refused to face her head on.
Each time Grayfia forced her into close range, she withdrew again, her body flashing backward across the sky while keeping absolute control over the Orb above her. The sphere continued to shrink as its density increased. Black crimson lightning coiled tighter around its surface, dragged inward as the energy compressed further.
Grayfia slapped aside the fireball Ravel had thrown at her with the back of her hand and rushed toward Venelana once more. Numerous magic circles spread out around her, unleashing all kinds of elemental attacks in rapid succession.
She was exceptionally skilled in elemental magic. In fact, she had been the one who taught Akeno how to use her Elemental Demonic Power when she was young.
As soon as her magic circles appeared, the other girls made their moves, shattering several of them before they could fully activate. Even so, a considerable number remained intact and unleashed their power toward Venelana. One massive blue magic circle flared brightly, erupting with a torrent of freezing energy that condensed into countless large, sharp shards of ice.
"..." Venelana frowned and twisted her body aside. The freezing wave tore past her, crystallizing the clouds behind into solid frost. Left with no room to evade again, she finally made her move. With her free hand, she condensed a sphere of destruction at close range and retaliated instantly.
Boom!
The collision ripped apart the air between them. Venelana seized the moment and used the violent shockwave to widen the distance once more.
Grayfia's figure blurred the instant Aika's Fire Dragon Breath scorched the spot where she had stood. However, the moment she reappeared, Sona's Telekinesis struck again. An invisible force clamped around her waist and shoulders, locking her in place and dragging her backward through the sky.
Bang!
Rias launched another crimson sphere toward her flank. Akeno's Holy Lightning descended without pause, spears of Holy Power crashing down from above.
Grayfia did not even spare them a glance. She had long moved past anger or fury. Once Venelana was dealt with, she would handle the remaining annoying pests.
Only a few minutes had passed since the beginning of the battle. It had been less than half a minute since Venelana started charging her attack. Even so, the intensity of the clash was terrifying, destructive, and rapid beyond reason. With each passing second, the situation grew more disadvantageous for Grayfia.
She not only needed to stop Venelana's attack, but she also had to end the battle before Sirzechs and his forces arrived, or Serafall as well. If any of them came, her situation would turn disastrous. She would not only lose the fight, but she would also lose her baby boy.
Akeno's Lightning crashed against layers of frost and shattered into scattered sparks. Rias's crimson sphere detonated against a wall of ice that formed behind Grayfia, sending shards spinning through the air. The telekinetic force tightened around her body, slowing her advance by a fraction.
Venelana took that moment to retreat once more. She needed only ten more seconds to complete her attack. Once it was finished, Grayfia's defeat would be certain.
The dense crimson orb continued to shrink as fissures of black crimson lightning multiplied across its surface, crackling violently as they wrapped tighter around it.
The sky darkened even further, and the low hum emanating from the sphere deepened into a heavy vibration. The space around it began to distort, bending unnaturally.
Grayfia finally frowned when she saw the situation growing increasingly unfavorable. She involuntarily glanced at Yusuke, who still stood obediently inside the barrier, watching her without moving. In that instant, her eyes turned colder, her resolve hardening.
She blurred once more. This time, she passed straight through the remaining magic circles and incoming attacks without pause, forcing her way forward with unyielding momentum.
But the strange thing was that even while rushing straight through them, she made only the slightest movements. Those small gestures, for some strange reason, were all it took to either dissolve the magic circles or dispel the incoming magical attacks as if they had never existed.
"Damn it! She is doing that again!" Rias's eyes were growing bloodshot, and blood seeped from her lower lip as she bit down hard, cursing viciously.
Grayfia's Demonic Power was called the Secrets of the Natural World. It was the Lucifuge clan's innate ability. It allowed them to see through the structure of magic and perceive the truth behind it. As long as she activated it, she could pinpoint the weak points within an enemy's spell and either destroy or interrupt it, provided it was not overwhelmingly stronger than her own power.
Unfortunately, the Orb of Annihilation was formed purely from the Power of Destruction. It possessed no clear structural flaw to analyze.
Her brother, Euclid Lucifuge, relied on this ability for his research. It had served him extremely well, granting him insight that few others could ever hope to reach.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
She ignored the remaining attacks that hit her, some from Ravel and others from Yubelluna. They were far too inconsequential for her to care about at this juncture. She closed the distance with Venelana in an instant. Her vision held nothing but Venelana.
She raised both hands, and from them a sea of fire burst forth, surging outward before twisting into the shape of a massive dragon. The blazing creature roared silently as it lunged forward, jaws opening wide to swallow Venelana whole.
If Venelana took that attack, she would not only be severely injured, but her charging spell would be interrupted as well. In that scenario, the wise choice would be to abandon the charge and destroy the fire dragon head-on.
But that would only apply if she were fighting alone.
Venelana did not stop. She kept on retraiting, her eyes fixed on the incoming dragon as though she did not care in the slightest.
"I won't let you!"
At that moment, Tsubaki's voice rang out as she summoned Mirror Alice once again. The cooldown had ended. The mirror emerged in front of Venelana just as the fire dragon descended.
The blazing dragon crashed into its surface, shattering it apart. In the very next instant, the reflected flames surged back toward Grayfia, rebounding with twice the original power.
"Damn it!" Grayfia cursed under her breath. Among all the sluts here, the one causing her the most trouble was Tsubaki with her Sacred Gear.
She had no choice but to hastily move aside to avoid the enlarged fire dragon. Even so, the scorching heat grazed her arm and shoulder, leaving her skin seared by the rebounding flames.
At the same time, down on the ground, Yusuke grew impatient. The moment he saw Tsubaki reverse Grayfia's attack, he immediately spoke to B2. 'Quickly distribute the rewards!'
[Hai desu!] B2 answered in a cute voice that sounded excessively excited. [Distributing the reward for the Quest: Ruin of the Ruin Princess!]
[Reward: Two levels, 2 stat points, a random skill, a random item.]
In an instant, Yusuke's level rose by two. As a result, all his stats increased by two points. Just as he had guessed, this caused the collar sealing his power to overload and stop functioning.
The previously invisible collar suddenly appeared around his neck. It was pitch black with thin purple patterns etched across its surface. Now, it emitted a faint purple glow, flickering as if struggling to contain what it once restrained.
'Yes! My power is back!'
The surge of strength flooded through his body. No, it was far greater than before. It felt four times stronger than what he once possessed. Yusuke almost wanted to cry from the overwhelming joy.
However, this was not the time to get emotional. Right now was the moment to act.
When Yusuke ordered B2 to distribute the rewards, Venelana had also finished charging her attack. She did not waste time on pointless words. The instant she felt the spell reach completion, she hurled it at Grayfia without hesitation.
The orb had turned an oppressively dark shade, so deep it appeared almost black, wrapped in a faint crimson glow. Cracks of violent lightning coiled around it as it shot forward, disintegrating everything in its path while tearing straight toward Grayfia.
Swoosh!
"Damn it!"
Grayfia's calm expression finally twisted as she cursed aloud and retreated at full speed. No matter where she moved, the orb pursued her relentlessly, adjusting its trajectory as if it possessed its own will.
At the same time, the Telekinesis cast by Akeno and Sona continued to weigh her down. The restraining force was not strong, but in a moment like this, even the slightest delay was fatal.
That slight drag infuriated her to the core and made her want to kill both of those sluts!
The orb moved at terrifying speed, steadily closing the distance between itself and Grayfia. At the same time, a powerful suction force began to emanate from it, dragging her toward it. Combined with the constant pull of Telekinesis weighing her down, Grayfia found herself in an extremely dire situation.
She hastily summoned layer after layer of magic barriers in an attempt to block it. One after another, they formed in front of her, only to be crushed instantly. The orb tore through them like flimsy paper, its momentum never slowing in the slightest.
If the Orb were to hit her, even if she managed to survive, she would be left in a truly miserable state.
"This can't happen to me! I still haven't spent enough time with my baby boy! My Yusuke! I want to stay with him longer! For eternity! I can't lose!" Grayfia's face twisted with fury and frustration. "Yusuke! My Yusuke! I can't lose him!"
Just then, a thunderous crack tore through the air, a sound Grayfia instantly recognized as a sonic boom. In the next instant, her vision was filled with the figure of a man standing in front of her, suspended in the sky.
Grayfia's eyes widened uncontrollably. "Yusuke!"
If it were any other time, with Yusuke this close to her, she would have been overwhelmed with joy. She would have pulled him into a deep, sloppy kiss, perhaps even dragged him away to have sex with him on the spot. But this was not the moment for that. The position Yusuke had placed himself in was fatal!
Her face drained of color as she rushed toward him, desperate to shove him aside. "Move! What are you doing?!"
"Grayfia... I am sorry," Yusuke replied with a small smile.
He stretched out one arm. A violent gust of wind exploded outward, enveloping the panicked Grayfia and forcing her far away from him.
Then, right before her horrified eyes, and the eyes of every yandere present, the Orb of Annihilation slammed into Yusuke's back. It erupted into a catastrophic explosion, swallowing everything within dozens of meters in a blinding surge of destructive power.
"Yusuke!" Venelana, Grayfia, Rias, and all the other girls screamed his name at the same time. They rushed frantically toward the heart of the explosion.
**
"Waaghhh!" Purple flames engulfed the grotesque-shaped creature as it wiggled and screamed in agony, its twisted limbs thrashing before its body slowly melted into ash. A cold gust of wind swept through the abandoned factory and scattered the remains across the cracked concrete floor.
Before it died, its six eyes locked onto the blond woman opposite it, filled with hatred and fear. This stray Devil had hidden in this remote, abandoned factory for months, occasionally hunting a few humans to savor their sweet, tender flesh, when this bitch suddenly showed up and began asking incomprehensible and stupid questions.
The stray Devil could not understand why the fuck this bitch came after it in the first place. It wanted to know what it had done to deserve this. It wanted to understand why it was being killed like this?!
"Filthy Devil... Why doesn't he know where Yusuke-sama is... Why?!" Asia stared at the spot where the purple flames still burned, her eyes dim and unfocused, her face empty as she muttered under her breath, "I need to find him... he is waiting for me... Yusuke-sama needs me!"
"Yusuke-sama! Wait for me! Your devoted servant will save you!" She clasped her hands together as if in prayer. As she did, a beam of light shone down from the ceiling window and bathed her figure.
After leaving Yusuke's house, Asia had no idea where to begin or how to reach the Underworld. So she started searching at random. Whenever she sensed a trace of something supernatural, especially Devils, she would interrogate them 'gently' with her Holy Flame. Unfortunately, for reasons she could not grasp, none of them seemed capable of holding a proper conversation. No matter how many times she repeated her question, they only screamed and cried.
Once she finished her prayer, Asia turned and walked out of the factory. The moment she stepped outside, she paused and looked ahead in a certain direction before whispering, "Should I go back and make one of those sinners help me search for him?"
Despite being deep in her current frenzy, she could still recognize that she was not particularly good at this task. Instead of wandering around blindly and wasting time, maybe she should return and drag one of those women along to help her.
...
"Yusuke! Yusuke!"
"Yu-kun!"
"Yu-sama!"
"Darling!"
"Yu!"
The panicked, frantic cries of the yanderes echoed through the remote, now devastated area as the women flew toward the site of the explosion before the blast had even faded.
The dark crimson explosion of pure destructive energy still swallowed the surroundings, waves of force tearing through the air, but none of them hesitated. They ignored the raging aftermath and rushed straight into it. Even if they were injured or killed, what did that matter compared to the possibility of Yusuke being hurt?
Swoosh!
With bloodshot eyes and a face pale as a sheet, the first to arrive was Grayfia. The sheer speed at which she moved dispersed much of the lingering shockwaves, yet remnants of destructive energy still grazed her skin, peeling flesh from her left cheek and shoulder, but she did not care.
"Yusuke! Sweetie! Answer me! Answer, Mommy!" She looked around in a frenzy but found nothing. Her panic grew as she searched the surrounding sky, her gaze darting wildly. Suddenly, she sensed something falling. Without identifying what it was, she stretched out her arm to grab it. The moment it settled in her hand, her entire body froze.
It was as if she had been thrown into an icy cellar. Her blood ran cold, her movements turned slow and rigid, her eyes widened as her pupils shrank. Her lips parted, but no words came out, only soft, broken sounds. "Ugh… ah… ah… ah…"
Her gaze remained locked on what she was holding.
It was a hand.
A hand with most of its skin peeled off, the flesh so badly damaged that bone was exposed beneath the torn tissue. "No... no... this can't be..."
"A dream..."
"This must be a nightmare!"
"Agh! Ahh!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
She mumbled in a daze, as if detached from everything around her, ignoring the women who had gathered nearby and were now staring at the hand. Then she cried out, releasing a shrill, heart-rending scream.
How could she not recognize who the owner of this hand is? She knew every inch of Yusuke's body; she knew his body more than he did! But in this moment, she would rather not know; she would rather believe that her Yusuke had somehow escaped the explosion and run away!
"Its all my fault... I killed him... I killed him!" Venelana had never known that something could hurt this much. Even when her father and ancestor tried to get rid of her so she would not compete with her brother for the position of family head, even when they forced her to marry into the Gremory house, she had never felt pain like this.
Her heart felt tightly twisted, as if it were being wrung without mercy. Every inch of her body felt as though it were being cut and pierced at the same time. Her head buzzed violently, as if her brain were about to burst from the pressure. Even so, all of that did not amount to even one percent of the agony her soul endured right now.
She was the one who killed him. It was her attack that took Yusuke's life. It's all her fault! She killed him! He died because of her!
"Aghhhh!" Suddenly, Rias, who stood next to her, clutched her head and let out a sharp, agonized cry before losing consciousness and collapsing to the ground. Bloody tears seeped from her eye sockets.
She was crying blood.
The pain was so overwhelming that she could not accept the reality before her, and her body forcefully shut itself down to protect her. Otherwise, who knew whether she might have died from it.
"Rias!" Venelana did not seem to hear her daughter's cries or notice her condition. She stood frozen in place, her mind locked in its own torment. The one who caught Rias before she could hit the ground was Akeno, who reacted instantly and pulled her into her arms.
Koneko was not in much better shape. Her golden eyes grew dim, and blood flowed from both her eyes and nose, trailing down her pale face as she stood frozen in place, unable to move or speak. Everything around her seemed to fade into nothingness. The only thing she could see was the mangled hand in Grayfia's grasp.
'Why is everyone leaving me? Why?!' Her trauma began to resurface once again. Her mother had died early. Her sister had killed their master and run away. It had taken her years to recover from that wound, and only recently had she found someone she truly loved. And now, once again, the world seemed bent on fucking with her and screwing her over. He had died too!
Xenovia and Irina were still on the ground, staring above them. Both were frozen in place. They did not utter a word or move a single muscle. Even their facial expressions remained locked in the same position, as though their minds had completely shut down, as if they had simply blue-screened.
...
At the same time, in Yusuke's house, a bright light flashed, and Yusuke appeared out of thin air.
"That was scary!" The moment he arrived, Yusuke quickly took a Senzu Bean from his inventory and swallowed it. As soon as he did, his severed hand grew back, flesh and bone reforming as though nothing had happened. The destroyed skin on his body returned to perfect health. He looked completely renewed, every injury erased in an instant.
Although his defense had increased fourfold after receiving the rewards from Rias's quest, and even though he had remained there for less than an instant before teleporting away, Venelana's attack had still managed to injure him. As for the missing hand, he had torn it off himself to give his 'death' a little more seasoning.
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission + 1!]
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission + 1!]
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission + 1!]
[Grayfia Lucifuge's submission: 92 (Devoted)]
[Venelana Gremory's submission + 1!]
[Venelana Gremory's submission: 100 (Devoted)]
[Xenovia Quarta's submission + 1!]
[Xenovia Quarta's submission: 94 (Devoted)]
[Irina Shidou's submission + 1!]
[Irina Shidou's submission: 97 (Devoted)]
[Koneko Toujou's submission: 100 (Devoted)]
[Rias Gremory's submission: 100 (Devoted)]
[Ravel Phenex's submission: 84 (Dependent)]
[Isabela's submission: 88 (Dependent)]
It seemed that the effect of his 'tragic death' was very successful. No, it was terrifyingly successful.
The feeling of losing the person they loved more than even themselves was enough to crush their minds and drown them in pain and regret. That kind of loss could drive anyone insane. It was more than enough to shatter their bottom line and send their submission value soaring through the roof.
Clear evidence of that was Grayfia's submission, which jumped by a whopping 32 points from her previous 60 straight to 92. She had once been so stubborn and paranoid that she was not even willing to listen to Yusuke mention other girls, and would turn violent at the mere mention of them. The effect of his 'death', especially since that death had appeared to be for the sake of saving her life, was devastating to her, to say the least.
Another whose value shot through the roof was Venelana. Although Yusuke had not been present at the scene, the flood of notifications alone allowed him to imagine how broken she must be right now. To be fair, he truly had not wanted to do this to her. She was the easiest yandere he had met so far. Even before he had started his quest with her, she had already reached the Dependent level, which was practically a done deal.
The pain and self-loathing she was likely drowning in for 'killing' Yusuke was probably beyond anything he could picture.
Rias as well. Her submission rose to the limit, and the same went for Koneko.
There were also Xenovia and Irina. The two church girls had joined the rank of Devoted. They were not as extreme as Grayfia, nor as stubborn as Rias and Koneko. Yusuke had already expected their submission to rise this high.
The ones who actually took him somewhat aback were Ravel and Isabelle. How should he put it? Their numbers were not high enough. Compared to the others, their submission seemed lower.
[Congratulation! You hit eight birds with one stone; this is your most brilliant move by far. Do you want to accept your rewards right now?] B2 suddenly spoke.
'Before that, why haven't you issued Eleonora's quest?' Yusuke did not immediately accept the rewards.
[Yeah, I was planning to after giving you the rewards, tsk! Party pooper!] B2 clicked her tongue in disdain before a new notification flashed before Yusuke's eyes.
[New Quest!]
[The Cliché blond drill-haired Queen Pro Max!: Tame the high-class devil Eleonora Stolas!]
[Task: Raise Eleonora Stolas's submission value to at least 80.]
[Reward: 10,000 XP, a random item, 1 skill point.]
[Penalty: None.]
[Eleonora Stolas's submission: 81 (Dependent)]
[Congratulation! You successfully finished the Quest: The Cliché blond drill-haired Queen Pro Max!]
'...' Yusuke's eyes widened as he stared at the notifications in silence. Although this was the natural outcome that should have happened, it still felt a little unreal for a quest to be completed the moment it was issued.
He stared at the list of notifications informing him that he had completed his quests, rubbed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
He had struck rich!
All the scheming and patience he had invested during this period had finally borne fruit!
'B2 distribute the re...' Just as Yusuke was about to tell B2 to give him his rewards, the collar around his neck suddenly glowed with an intense light. The purple glow turned into a deep red and flashed once. In the next instant, a violent pain tore through his body and mind. His vision went black, and he fell heavily to the ground.
...