Ten minutes later. Schicksal HQ.
Inside a certain room in Schicksal HQ, Kiana looked at the unfriendly-looking man in front of her and swallowed nervously.
"You, what are you doing! This is Schicksal HQ!"
"Mm, well said. This is Schicksal HQ."
Leo Ash, who was closing in on Kiana, glanced around slightly and nodded.
"The soundproofing here is excellent. Even if you scream your head off, no one will come to save you."
Although, the moment Kiana took advantage of the chaos to grab a camera, intending to record the moment Leo was embarrassed and treasure the footage, she had already anticipated being held accountable by him later.
But, as Leo appeared before her and backed her into a corner, she suddenly realized...
*Ah, right now, I'm so excited.*
Yes, Kiana, facing her lover directly, was not nervous because she was afraid of Leo.
Before she met Leo, Kiana had always been a lewd little brat.
It was only because the pressure Leo put on her was too great when they were together, causing her to feel that pressure and forcibly turn into a tryhard, that she had suppressed her true nature.
And in the time after the two got together, Kiana's self-destructive tendencies were so severe that even when she experienced what she had originally craved, she didn't think too much about it.
Even if she wanted to *do it*, it was mostly because she had the thought, 'Does Senior really not need to relax?', rather than desiring it from her own heart.
But now, things were different.
Kiana, completely relieved after confirming Leo's return, was long past the person she was three years ago.
During these three years, her sister, parents, daughter, and comrades had constantly stayed by Kiana's side, helping her resolve the knots in her heart.
And at the same time, although Kiana had lost most of her power as a Herrscher, she worked hard to use her own strength to help with post-disaster reconstruction in the affected areas.
Although she still didn't feel that her sins had been washed away in the slightest, her self-destructive tendencies had dropped to their lowest point for the sake of helping more people.
Now, her lover was back, and the pressure in her heart was much lighter. Miss Paramecium clearly couldn't be as well-behaved as she was in the past.
Recording the moment Leo was embarrassed was something she wanted to do, but using this incident to provoke Leo's anger and lure him into having some 'fun' with her was her follow-up plan.
And as it stood, the initial goal of this plan had failed because the bartender was too understanding.
But now, Senior... really seemed to be angry.
*The angrier he gets, the more I have to pretend to be panicked. Only then, when we 'do it' later, can we...*
"I say, what are you two doing."
Bianka, who had long noticed her younger sister and her 'brother-in-law' slip back to her sister's room, had followed them unnoticed.
Of course, the others had definitely noticed too, but they all tacitly pretended not to see.
Because of Leo's actions during his time in office, his reputation within Schicksal was ridiculously high.
Precisely because of this, everyone had already characterized Leo's harem as [It's normal for a young hero to be a bit of a romantic], and absolutely no one would be tactless enough to jump out and criticize him.
As for Leo's other lovers...
How to put it? Everyone knew that for many things, it was just a matter of "when."
In this situation, getting jealous over nothing would only cause trouble for Leo. It was better to go back to their rooms and give Leo and the others some time.
In other words, everyone except Bianka had chosen to leave the time for Kiana and Leo.
And seeing her sister actually follow her and Leo to her room today, Kiana suddenly felt that something was not quite right.
*Hey, wait, what happened to everyone's tacit understanding!*
*Shouldn't this be my exclusive time?*
"I really don't get you two."
Bianka, of course, did not understand Kiana's inner thoughts.
She looked at the two of them and walked over, puzzled.
"One of you clearly isn't really angry, and the other's fear is so obviously fake even I can see it."
"If you have something to say, why not just say it? Beating around the bush like this..."
As she said this, a trace of resentment appeared in Bianka's eyes, and she suddenly stopped, as if wanting to say more but holding back.
"Sigh, you wouldn't understand. It's called *banter*, you know, *banter*."
Leo, who immediately dropped his 'angry' expression, looked at Kiana, who had similarly dropped her 'fearful' one, and they both shrugged helplessly.
"The great war is over. Don't be so serious now that it's finished."
"Live a little more relaxedly, Bianka."
"You have the nerve to bring that up!"
As soon as she heard the words 'great war', Bianka truly felt anger rising in her heart.
"Back then—"
But before Bianka could speak, Leo forcefully pulled her into his arms and kissed her lips domineeringly.
Bianka, who had wanted to continue venting, struggled symbolically for a moment before giving up her resistance, allowing the lover before her to complete this passionate gesture.
When their lips parted, Leo looked at the woman before him and said softly to Bianka.
"Back then, if I hadn't acted first, you, Kiana, or Isla—one of the three of you—would have definitely been in danger."
"I already lost my important family because of my incompetence. Precisely because of that... I didn't want the people important to me to be harmed before my eyes again because of my incompetence."
"...You knew full well how terrible that feeling of powerlessness is."
"Yeah, I'm well aware that it's just as painful for the one waiting, but... in my view, it was a necessary sacrifice."
"Besides."
At this, Leo said to Bianka with a light smile.
"Haven't I returned safely now?"
"Hmph, you still have the nerve to say that."
Hearing this, Bianka suddenly used her monstrous strength to throw Leo onto the Bed, then said to her sister, who was already eager to make a move.
"Kiana, according to the original plan, it's time to make our move."
"I've been ready, Sister!"
Looking at Leo, who had fallen onto the Bed, Kiana flexed her fingers and let out a strange "Heh heh heh" laugh.
"Heh heh heh, now you know fear, right?"
On the other side, Bianka also said to Leo in annoyance.
"The soundproofing here is excellent. So even if you scream your head off, no one will come to save you."
"Three years—do you have any idea how we've lived these past three years?"
*I don't know how you've lived, but right now...*
*—Sigh, the holy, blonde Valkyrie... has she really been corrupted by her unreliable little sister?*
"Kiana, help me hold him down!"
"Understood, Sister."
Leo, being subdued by Kiana, felt his thoughts drift back to that day almost four years ago.
That day, just after he had finished off Chiyou, he had also been pinned to the Bed by these two.
Oh, right, the System had said something back then.
[To repay them for their kindness, you decide...]
[—In the future, you must also pin them both to the Bed!]
[Only then can you fairly repay the feelings they have shown you!]
My dear System, I miss you.
It's just that this situation is a bit strange—how is it that four years later, I'm *still* the one being pinned down?!
Although it's fine for lovers to have a little fun, why does this feel so weird?
*Forget it, I'll let them have the first round.*
Looking at Bianka, who had already unbuttoned her shirt, Leo had already activated his Precision Control ability.
*After the first round is over, I'd like to see...*
*—What you'll use to beat me!*
About four hours later.
As the battle came to a close, Leo gently covered the two, who had already passed out, with a blanket before walking into the bathroom.
This time, during this battle, Leo certainly didn't cheat by using Phantasmagoria as he did during his first 'ritual' with Bianka years ago.
He knew very well that with Bianka's personality, after being bested in this way once, she would one hundred percent have spent the last few years training her mental strength.
And conveniently, Schicksal wasn't lacking in experts who played with mental powers, so Leo figured Bianka's resistance to mental attacks was definitely much stronger than in the past.
Of course, even if that weren't the case, he hadn't planned on using Phantasmagoria.
It's not like he couldn't perform!
He could definitely win in a normal exchange, so he naturally wouldn't resort to such a boring trick.
Using Precision Control to target the enemy's weak points was a simple tactic.
But simple tactics are often effective—at least, these two 'white flowers' had already proven this point with their defeat.
As the water flowed from the showerhead, Leo felt like he had showered a few too many times today.
Although, according to the normal situation, he should be going to 'communicate' with the others now, but...
—*How to put it... let's take an intermission.*
It wasn't that he was exhausted or scared. In fact, after he completed the True Manifestation Fusion with the Cocoon of Finality, he could easily use Dimensional Energy to recover.
It was just that before doing certain things, he had to go meet a guest first.
A guest who was somewhat uninvited, but who didn't really have any hostile intent.
During that strike on the moon earlier, Leo Ash and Aaron had both held back, and in doing so, they had naturally neutralized the power the other had left inside them.
And after neutralizing the power of that punch, Leo had retained a portion of it for analysis.
The results of the analysis showed that this power seemed to have some connection to magnetic fields.
Considering that the other party could use the moves of a Magnetic Field expert, Leo felt that...
—Unlike him, who was just a hodgepodge user of the Destructive Punch, the other party was perhaps a true Magnetic Field expert.
Using this power as a guide, and making the correct judgment using the Sphere - The Wavering Scales, Leo successfully found Aaron drinking bubble tea in a cafe.
Seeing the person he was waiting for arrive, Aaron took the initiative to greet him.
"Yo, brother. You free now?"
"Yeah. Can't keep a guest waiting, after all."
*That's what you say, but I've been here drinking bubble tea for several hours.*
*But forget it, I can understand how he feels.*
After organizing his thoughts, Aaron extended his right hand to Leo.
"I guess there's no need to state our identities. That stuff is meaningless."
"Aaron Voss. That's my name."
"I see."
Grasping the other's friendly hand, Leo said to Aaron.
"Then I'll skip the identities too. Leo Ash. That's my name."
After the two released their hands, they sat down in tacit understanding.
Even though this was only the third time they had met, and the time they had spent together didn't even exceed two minutes, both of them truly felt...
—*Wow, this guy is really easy to get along with.*
It was a feeling of meeting a kindred spirit too late.
Moreover, both Leo and Aaron sensed a quality in the other that was similar to their own.
This feeling was telling them that the person in front of them was a tryhard.
But then again, even if Aaron didn't have this feeling, he could probably guess that there was a massive tryhard in this world, and that tryhard was most likely Leo Ash.
After 'sending' Leo back to Earth, he had immediately used his dimensional connection system to return to Earth and conduct some investigations.
And according to his investigation, this world's Third Eruption was different from his world's; not too many residents of Nagazora City had died.
And since then, large-scale Eruptions were always forcibly interrupted before they could break out.
How to put it... Although Aaron felt he had a clear conscience, seeing that the casualties in the other's world were even lower, he still felt a bit of regret.
But while feeling regret, based on this information, Aaron also understood that the man who had traded punches with him on the moon was definitely not a bad person.
"Let's skip the small talk. Right now, I have something to give you."
Taking a memory drive from his pocket, Aaron placed it on the table.
"This is some of the technology used for post-disaster reconstruction in my world. And now..."
"—I think you might need this stuff too."
.......