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If Serafall hadn't brought up the demon household business just now, Takumi probably would've forgotten all about it.
"That… Morax house or whatever—there are results already?"
Takumi raised his brows, looking properly surprised. This efficiency was a little too absurd.
Serafall gave him a you really haven't seen the world, huh expression.
"Time flows a bit differently in some parts of the Underworld compared to the human world. Besides, Takumi-kun, you're seriously underestimating how much pull a Maou-class demon and the Sitri family have.
In fact, even before you revealed your full strength, quite a few demon vassals had already gathered.
Once news spread that you were Maou-class and that you'd won, they immediately chose to submit."
Listening to Serafall, Takumi really felt what it meant to be a professional fence-sitter. These people swapped sides fast.
As she said this, Serafall also smiled and gave Takumi a little wink. "Right now, everyone in the Underworld knows what you look like, and that you're the youngest super-class demon. Among the demons who came over to join your faction, the overwhelming majority are beauties~"
Hearing her tease him like some bro, Takumi went quiet for a few seconds. For a moment, he honestly couldn't figure out why Serafall wasn't mad. His engagement to Sona was at least officially on the table.
Before Takumi could ask, Serafall on the other side of the screen had already seen right through his thoughts.
"The way demons reproduce is either by fusing blood and demonic power at the source, or through actual mating. The former puts a serious strain on a demon's body, while the latter takes a very long time. So having a few vassals who climb into your bed is no big deal at all. For the major families, it's completely normal."
If demons were breeding through male–female reproduction, the timeframe was basically anywhere between a hundred to a thousand years.
Just carefully picking one partner for that kind of timescale was honestly too cruel to demons.
So most demons used the first method to conceive—or they just cast a wide net.
After Serafall finished explaining, something occurred to her and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Among the new vassals who joined you this time, there's also the pretty strong Bomb Queen Yubelluna. She was originally being courted by the Phoenix family's third son."
"Supposedly, she'd almost agreed to become his vassal, but the moment she heard about you, she immediately dumped Phoenix Third Son and came looking for you instead. Besides her, there are quite a few high-quality female vassals. They're very eager for your bloodline~"
"Because of this, Phoenix Third Son is absolutely livid. The vassals he'd finally picked out all left without exception. Now he's stuck with his backup plans and has to pick a new batch."
The Phoenix family's immortal bird bloodline was extremely attractive to demons, but compared to Takumi, a super-class, the difference in value was obvious at a glance.
Takumi rubbed his chin, looking a bit surprised. He really hadn't expected that his appearance would flip the situation this hard. "Then Serafall, send me their information. I want to personally screen them."
"OK, all the profiles are right here. Also, the territory that used to belong to House Morax is already in the middle of being rebuilt and planned out. If you've got time, you can come to the Underworld for a proper look."
Once she'd explained everything, Serafall didn't cling to chat. She hung up the communication quickly.
A moment later, a miniature teleportation magic circle delivered the files Serafall had compiled. The air grew quiet again.
Flipping through the documents in his hand, Takumi first divided them into male and female. He barely glanced at the men before burning the whole stack.
If he was picking demon vassals for himself, of course he was going to prioritize eye candy. Strength didn't really matter—he could just slap them with some God Envoy Pieces and divine wine, and even a low-class demon would be rocketed into the sky.
After leafing through the female vassal profiles, Takumi burned all the crooked melons and cracked dates.
What remained were all young, beautiful vassals.
"Mm~ now that's more like it."
"Next I'll still have to inspect them in person. Anyone who's not pure enough gets cut."
Takumi traced a miniature teleportation circle with his fingertip and sent his filtered batch of files back to Serafall, telling her to arrange everything ahead of time.
Feeling quite satisfied, he immediately set out for home.
"Welcome home, Takumi-nii~~"
The moment he stepped through the door, Maria came bouncing up to greet him. Behind her, Asia—also wearing a little floral apron—followed along.
A single thin apron did absolutely nothing to hide Asia's snowy shoulders, collarbones, and slender waist. From the outlines, you could just make out the edges of soft white skin beneath.
Asia's fair cheeks were flushed bright red, her little hands gripping the hem tight as if the apron was way too short and way too small.
The sight of her, shy and adorable like that, hit Takumi right in the heart. "Asia, why are you dressed like this too?"
"Um… Maria-san said that Takumi-san would like it…" Asia's voice got quieter and quieter. By the end she lifted her delicate face and whispered, "Takumi-san… do you like it~?"
Her gentle tone echoed beside his ear. With his mouth suddenly dry, Takumi couldn't force out a single no.
His big brain and his small brain reached complete agreement; he nodded over and over. "I like it. I like it very much!"
At once, a sweet smile blossomed across Asia's face. "Then I'm glad, Takumi-san!"
Looking at this pure, innocent nun, Takumi was flooded with guilt.
He turned and shot Maria a vicious glare, clearly saying with his eyes: This is all your fault, corrupting Asia!
"Eheh~ I'm just satisfying both sides' desires. Asia wants to make Takumi-nii happy, and Takumi-nii is also very happy seeing this, right?"
Maria waggled her brows. She didn't say a word out loud, but Takumi understood her perfectly.
He really had a belly full of fire and couldn't manage a single retort. "Stop flirting with your eyes and come eat dinner already!"
Yuki Suou hopped out, cutting off their silent exchange. Her face was wreathed in a cheerful grin, and once she dragged Takumi inside she immediately started showing off.
"Watch this! Heeeyah! Awake, my magical girls!!"
She struck an extremely chuunibyou pose and activated her newly awakened [Two-Dimensional Doll Technique].
Two half-human-sized magical girl dolls were instantly granted temporary life and began to move.
Under Yuki's control, they carried all the trays out from the kitchen. Seeing this, Yuki's expression was smug to the extreme.
"And that's not all!"
The next second, the two magical girl dolls swung their toy staves.
"[Cleaning Spell]!"
"[Enlarge Spell]!"
Two spells flew out.
One freshened the kitchen until everything was sparkling clean. The other made tonight's dinner portions swell up by a whole size.
After finishing all that, Yuki asked proudly. "Well? I've already figured out how to use it!"
"How should I put it… it actually is pretty cool." Takumi drew in a sigh, a slightly different light flickering in his eyes.
That doll technique of Yuki's had seemed kind of useless at first glance, but in reality it had huge development potential.
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