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The dark space cracked under silence as an entire planet groaned under enemy fire.
Ships orbited the globe like flies around ripe fruit, spitting lasers and bombs, KABOOOM! The ground quaked, cities turned to dust. Among the rubble, giant crimson figures roared, throwing energy blasts, each strike like thunder in raw flesh.
And then…
FWOOOSH! — a white flash carved a crater.
From its center, someone emerged. Small, frail-looking, but radiating an aura like a compressed sun.
— Who dares?! — one of the red giants roared. — He thinks he can face us alone?
Another widened his eyes. — The Camerengian squad… defeated by just him?!
The answer came simple, firm:
— I am Gid Lucione Deviluke.
The beasts recoiled.
— The supreme commander… but it can't be… you're in a child's form!
Gid smirked.
— Spending too much power comes with a price. But don't confuse appearance with weakness.
CRACK-BOOOOM!
In a blink, the army was cosmic dust.
Meanwhile, on Earth…
Another ordinary day — or as close as Yuuki Rito's life ever came to "normal."
— Today it'll work, today it'll work… — Haruna muttered, summoning courage to talk to him.
In the hallway, Rito adjusted his bag, smiling faintly. Maybe today really would be different.
But before she could say anything…
— Rito is mine! — Saki, Yui, Run, Rin, Aya, and Risa toppled onto him like an avalanche.
POF! CRASH! Books flew, desks tumbled. Haruna only sighed.
— Again…
Lala burst in, wielding a giant bat.
— Leave this to me!
BAM! BAM! Each hit made the school shake. When the dust cleared… clothes scattered across the floor, girls screaming, Rito naked in the middle.
— KYAAAAA! — shrieks.
— Ouch… — groans.
— I don't deserve this… — Rito, covering his face.
Later, in his room…
BAAM! — Rito rolled over in bed and came face-to-face with Lala, completely naked.
— If you don't hurry, we'll be late again! — she said, as if it were nothing.
— WAAAAAH! — Rito fell off the bed.
Worse, he felt a weight on his chest. Brown and blonde hair. It was Mikan and Asia, curled up beside him. Thankfully, not naked. But still…
— My life's a minefield… — he muttered, sweating.
At breakfast, Mikan had already set the table. Asia smiled, pouring tea. Zastin read an intergalactic newspaper as if it were trivial.
— Rito, I have news. — Zastin said seriously. — A message from the King of Deviluke.
Flashback:
Gid, on his throne, eyes blazing.
— I must see with my own eyes the boy involved with my daughter. Don't tell her.
End flash.
Zastin cleared his throat. — He's coming to Earth.
A heavy silence.
Rito lifted his cup.
— Alright.
— Alright?! — Zastin's eyes bulged.
— I've faced too much already. — Rito took a breath. — If he comes, I'll face him.
At school, more chaos.
Saki once again tried to capture Rito to provoke Lala. Yui stepped in and ended up tied, ropes squeezing tighter the more she struggled.
— Mmmmph! — muffled groans, her face red.
Lala swooped in with her winged scissors.
— Relax, Yui-chan!
CHAC! The ropes were cut… along with Yui's uniform.
— KYAAAA! — she covered herself, desperate.
Rito jumped in front, shielding her.
— Don't look!
BONK! — a headbutt straight to his nose.
— You pervert! — Yui shouted, but blushing to her ears.
And to top it off, as Rito ran out, he tripped and… TUM! fell right between Run's legs.
Silence.
The stripes of her panties shone before him like a forbidden flag.
— KYAAAAAAA! — her scream echoed through the hall.
But all of this was just prologue.
Because when the school bell rang, the sky tore open.
VRUUUUM! — a spaceship descended over the courtyard, dust rising, windows rattling.
The doors opened. And out came… a child.
Small. Eyes shining. Each step echoed like thunder in miniature.
— Dad! — Lala flew to hug him. — You look so cute!
— I am NOT cute! — Gid roared, his deep voice at odds with his tiny body. — This is merely… the consequence of using too much power.
The students were torn between awe and laughter. A child with the aura of cataclysm. Like a volcano inside a music box.
— So you are Yuuki Rito. — Gid stared at me.
— I am.
— You want to marry my daughter.
— I want… to protect her. — I replied firmly.
He smiled, his small body shadowed by infinite authority.
— Good start. Three minutes of trial. Show me you're not a zero.
CLAC! — Orbs appeared, projecting monsters: a mechanical bull, a swarm of blades, a sparking cube.
The courtyard became an arena.
— Let's go! — someone shouted.
The bull charged TUM! TUM! TUM! The swarm buzzed vrrr-vrrr! The cube crackled tzzz!
I took a breath.
— Leave it to me.
In seconds, I redirected the bull, used a hose to scatter the blades, asked Zastin to cut the power, and "calmed" the cube with a touch.
The trapped blades fell into the janitor's cart. The bull froze. The cube collapsed.
And when a stray blade shot toward Yui, I just raised two fingers. Plink! — the danger disarmed.
PIIIII! — the timer buzzed.
The school erupted in applause.
Gid, still in child form, clapped.
— You held your ground. Didn't break anything. Not a complete fool.
Lala picked her father up like a doll.
— Daddy, you're so light!
— PUT ME DOWN! — he kicked in the air, while everyone burst into laughter.
The king of the universe, in a child's body, turned into a toy before everyone. Irony at its finest.
Before leaving, Gid looked at me firmly.
— I don't hate you. But I don't like you either. Lala chooses. You prove yourself. I watch.
And he stepped back into the ship, still flailing in his daughter's arms.
— I AM NOT CUTE!!! — his scream echoed into the sky.
VRUUUM! The ship vanished.
The courtyard exploded into nervous chatter and laughter.
Haruna approached, shy.
— Rito… you were amazing.
Lala grabbed my arm.
— Let's celebrate with takoyaki!
I smiled, tired but confident.
For the first time, I didn't feel just unlucky.
I felt destiny.
And destiny, that day, had the face of an angry child kicking the air.