Chapter 243: Request for Healing
A week had passed since the duel with Riser. Thanks to Asia's tireless healing, the last of Haruto's wounds had completely closed.
Scars are a man's medals—Haruto agreed with that sentiment, and scars could even enhance masculinity.
For instance, the scars on Toujou Basara's body looked quite cool.
However, under the Smile of the Holy Mother, no scars remained on his body. His skin was smooth as jade, no less flawless than that of the girls.
Since he couldn't transform into a scarred tough guy, he had no choice but to continue down the path of a pretty boy.
Gently pushing away the golden-haired little nun, whose cheeks were flushed and whose small hands still lingered on his body, Haruto threw on his jacket and returned to the clubroom.
"Lord Haruto."
Ravel, who had been enjoying tea with Rias, set down her cup and stood up to greet Haruto.
Haruto glanced curiously at the golden-haired twin-tailed devil young lady, who seemed both respectful and slightly nervous. Ever since the duel with Riser, her attitude had completely changed.
Especially when facing him, she acted like a star-struck fangirl, yet her inherent confidence and domineering nature remained. This kind of behavior today, however, was unprecedented.
"Ravel, is something the matter?"
"There is indeed something I'd like to ask of you, Lord Haruto."
Ravel bit her lip and slowly explained the situation.
At the end of the duel, Riser used a secret technique but still couldn't win the battle.
Although Haruto was severely injured, Riser's condition was even worse.
If not for the Phenex family's desperate rescue efforts combined with his immortal regeneration ability, Riser would have definitely become the first pure-blooded devil to die unnaturally after the Three Faction War.
Even though he was saved, he's now no different from a cripple. While his body has recovered quite well, the main issue lies with his mental state.
On one hand, the side effects of the secret technique caused permanent mental damage.
On the other hand, he was completely broken psychologically.
The external manifestation is that he spends his days in a daze, with behavior no different from someone mentally disabled.
But all of this was Riser's own doing - he was the one who proposed the duel, and he was the one who used the secret technique.
If Haruto had been seriously harmed, the Gremory family would certainly have pursued responsibility.
No matter how angry she might be, Riser is still her younger brother after all. As the family head, Ravel could only take care of him properly.
Although Riser is now no different from a cripple, his bloodline is genuine, making him suitable as a tool to continue the Phenex bloodline.
Regarding Riser's outcome, Haruto could only say he deserved it - the other brought this upon himself.
After discovering that the Cuckold Protagonist Template also affected him, he had been trying his best to restrain his killing intent towards "blond-haired rivals."
He could eliminate them, but it should be by his own will, not controlled or influenced by external factors.
"Haruto-sama, since my brother has become like this, Yubelluna and the others have regained their freedom. I want to bring them to the human world."
The reason behind Riser's significant power increase was easy to investigate. Haruto learned about it after the duel and had felt sorry for those beautiful girls at the time.
He was particularly interested in that powerful Chinese dress-wearing girl, Xuelan.
In his soul, he still considered himself a citizen of the Dragon Kingdom. Seeing this talented Chinese martial arts beauty gave him a natural sense of familiarity.
"Of course you can, but why are you telling me this?"
Haruto was somewhat confused. While Ravel was nominally Rias's servant now, she was actually his attendant.
The Earl title could be granted immediately, but creating his exclusive Evil Pieces would require more time.
Once the Evil Pieces were ready, Ravel could officially become his servant.
Ravel hesitated for a moment, her face slightly flushed as she whispered.
"I want to ask Haruto-sama to use your dual cultivation ability to heal Yubelluna and the others..."
With her timely rescue, the beautiful girls' lives were saved, but the lost life force and potential couldn't be restored even with precious 'Phoenix Tears.'
During this week as a member of the Occult Research Club, she had judged from the other girls' conversations that Haruto's dual cultivation ability might be effective.
Since Haruto's injuries were completely healed today, Ravel decided to bring this matter up.
"So that's how it is..."
Haruto nodded in understanding. "Life force shouldn't be a problem - I can likely replenish it well without issues. But I can't guarantee anything about restoring potential."
"Also, have you asked for Yubelluna and the others' opinions?"
Although Riser wasn't humane... wasn't devil-like, cruelly persecuting his servants, that didn't mean the beautiful girls would be willing to give their purity to him like this.
During the Rating Game, Haruto, drawing from his vast experience with women, discerned that aside from Yubelluna, all the other young maidens had preserved their virginity.
There might be some margin of error—no absolute guarantee—but broadly speaking, it was unlikely to be mistaken.
Because it contradicted the memories in his mind, he had been momentarily surprised at the time.
"I've asked, and they're all willing."
If their strength and potential couldn't be restored, Ravel wouldn't be able to protect the young maidens forever. The fate awaiting them would undoubtedly be tragic.
The only one who hesitated slightly was Xuelan, but reality ultimately triumphed over her deeply ingrained conservative traditions.
It certainly wasn't because Haruto was handsome and powerful, making him the perfect choice for a first experience.
Matters of healing and saving others should be addressed sooner rather than later. Coincidentally, Haruto had spent the past week satisfying the eager heroines of adult-themed stories.
Thus, that night, he didn't return home but stayed in the Occult Club activity room.
After Rias and the others moved to the villa, the facilities in the activity room hadn't fallen into disuse, as it was still more convenient here most of the time.
And so, this time, it also made it convenient for Haruto to heal and save others.
A clear, melodious birdcall rang out amidst the flames, and when the flames dissipated, three petite and adorable figures appeared within the magic circle.
Ravel pushed the twin green-haired little lolitas toward Haruto. "Haruto-sama, please take care of them."
The weaker their strength, the greater the damage they had suffered during that ritual. Even after treatment, the twin lolitas were visibly frail.
Coupled with the psychological trauma, the two green-haired lolitas had lost all the liveliness and exuberance they had shown during the Rating Game.
"Mm, I'll do my best."
Potential was something rather peculiar, and Haruto didn't dare promise outright, but at the very least, he could replenish their vitality and help the young maidens recover their strength.
After Ravel left, Haruto took the somewhat shy twins to the bath for a soak.
In the comforting warmth of the hot water, the three of them faced each other openly. After the initial shyness, the twin lolitas gradually regained their original personalities.
One on the left, one on the right, they teased Haruto as if intentionally yet unintentionally, occasionally revealing expressions of curiosity and bashfulness.
"Nel, Ile."
Rubbed by the smooth, tender bodies of the twin lolitas, the "dragon" within him fully awakened.
Haruto kissed the twin lolitas on their small lips, then scooped one up in each arm and eagerly headed toward the bedroom.
Two identical, even down to their sapphire-blue eyes, legal lolitas lay delicately on the soft bed. Their green short hair, freed from its ribbons, cascaded smoothly around them.
Gazing at the twins' adorable, slender figures, Haruto felt a rare sense of impatience.
He had plucked many sisterly flowers, but such strikingly similar twin lolitas were a first for him.
Especially since, despite their slender builds and heights similar to the white-haired loli, both their perky chests and rounded, pert buttocks had developed quite enticingly.
They couldn't be called "child-faced with huge breasts," but their figures, far beyond merely cute, excited Haruto even more.
He caressed the small, white "rabbits" that fit perfectly in his hands. "Nel... you're Nel, right?"
The twin lolitas not only looked identical but even shared the same magical aura. Even though he clearly remembered that the one on the left was Nel and the one on the right was Ile, Haruto instinctively confirmed again.
"That's right, Haruto-sama."
The green-haired little loli wrapped her slender arms around Haruto's neck, her sensual moans continuously escaping her red lips.
"I'm the older sister, you know, Haruto-sama must remember that from now on."
"But Ile is clearly the older sister!"
The twin little lolis were born almost at the same time and had always refused to acknowledge the other as older.
Haruto lowered his head to take one of Ile's small bunnies into his mouth while his hands continued moving, reaching between Nel's slender legs.
He could no longer restrain himself from wanting to try how dual cultivation with twins would feel different.
Nel cooperatively parted her delicate, beautiful legs, and Haruto hurriedly extended his fingers to part the smooth, tightly closed pink petals.
Then he thrust his hips forward, his dragon dripping with transparent draconic saliva urgently pressing against the entrance of the green-haired loli's flower valley.
Facing the tender, pink, and legally youthful loli, Haruto kept in mind his mission this time - to properly replenish her lost vitality with his essence of life.
He lifted one of Nel's thighs upward, and his entire purplish-swollen, sharply defined dragon head squeezed into the entrance of Nel's flower valley.
Maintaining at eighteen centimeters and three fingers in thickness, the massive dragon was slightly too large for the tender loli's flower valley, but with her devil constitution, she could barely endure it.