At this time, Takumi, who did not know that he had been noticed by countless forces in the world, woke up in his bed, appearing entirely unconcerned.
"Ah, it hurts a little bit..."
He touched his head, feeling a dull ache in his drowsiness, as if he had a fever. In short, his physical condition was not very good.
"It seems that using too much power hurt my source," Takumi thought with a slight headache. When he tried to move, he felt a sharp pain all over his body. However, it was still tolerable.
But in the next instant, a strange sensation he had never felt before came from his lower body.
"Hey!"
Takumi looked under the quilt; he thought that Est had sneaked out while he was sleeping again. However, he saw a girl with long hair in the darkness.
"Whoosh—"
"Master... Good morning?"
Raynare raised her head and said with a smile, showing a shy look. It seemed she was in "pure mode."
"What's with that outfit on your body?"
Takumi straightened up slightly; Raynare was now wearing a maid outfit.
"Aha! This is the result of my diligent study after obeying my Lord's orders."
"Your achievement is becoming a maid? Well, I did give you such an order."
Takumi sighed. He looked to his other side. Sure enough, Est was lying there as well.
"Being a maid was the Master's request. As a believer of the Lord, I will definitely fulfill the Lord's will." Raynare licked her lips. Truly, only being by the Lord's side is the most reassuring, and it would be a great honor to be one with the Lord. Raynare's beliefs had always been a little distorted.
"By the way, breakfast is ready, Master!"
Raynare jumped off the bed gently. Being able to stay with her Lord for more than a day, feeling his presence and being in close contact with him, made her feel supreme joy.
"Okay, you go down first. I'll be down right away."
Takumi took his school uniform from the closet and looked at the time; it was half past seven.
Forget it, I'll use the power of my incarnation to go directly to school in a while, Takumi decided.
"By the way, there is also a sign-in. Let me see what's updated with today's check-in." Takumi clicked on the system interface.
"Cough! ...Cough cough cough!"
Looking at the interface, his expression changed slightly. He had refreshed two tasks at once!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for triggering a Daily Plot Sign-in! Sign-in Level: Diamond!]
[Sign-in plot: The Legendary Dragon Knight!]
[Plot: Become a legendary Dragon Knight! You can't ride a weakling; a Dragon King-level dragon is required!]
[Sign-in time limit: 7 days.]
[Remaining time: 6 days]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for triggering a Daily Location Sign-in! Sign-in Level: Bronze!]
[Sign-in location: The top of Koneko's head.]
[Sign-in time limit: 1 day.]
[Remaining time: 23 hours]
"If there are two daily check-ins... that means it's already the third day?!"
"I missed class yesterday!?"
Just after saying this, Takumi felt a sharp pain rising from his head.
"Ugh!"
"It seems next time I'll have to weigh the consequences before using that power."
After getting dressed, Takumi sighed as he looked at his haggard reflection in the mirror while washing up. Well, it's good that I completed the task; if it had failed, it would have been a big loss.
"By the way! I forgot to tell Master one thing. Two groups of people came to visit yesterday," Raynare's voice drifted up from below.
Takumi's bedroom was on the second floor, and the kitchen was on the first.
"Oh no... things are a little troublesome."
After hearing this, Takumi's expression became subtle. The two groups should have been Rias and Sona. If they had been to his house, it meant they both knew about Raynare's existence.
"Est, what happened while I was in a coma?"
Takumi summoned Est. He hadn't yet programmed his system to handle situations while he was unconscious, so he had to rely on the lovely Est. After connecting with her, Takumi understood what had happened during his dormancy.
Ajuka had sent him back and encountered Raynare in the house. She saw Ajuka holding Takumi and immediately attacked him. Simply put, Est emerged from the spirit seal on Takumi's hand and explained the situation to both parties in her own way. After handing Takumi over and feeling the powerful energy within Est, Ajuka left a recorded message and departed.
Then came the next day. Takumi's phone had rung incessantly because he didn't go to school. Raynare was much more proficient with technology than Est, so she answered the phone.
Then things escalated.
After learning there was a woman (actually two) in Takumi's house, Sona immediately brought Tsubaki Shinra over. Fortunately, Ajuka had left a video message; his influence was much greater than Est's or Raynare's.
After Sona left in the morning, Rias visited in the afternoon. She wanted to talk to Takumi about something, but finding him absent from school, she went to his home. Rias's reaction was similar to Sona's, and she eventually left after giving a very subtle look.
"Sigh!"
After reading Est's memory, Takumi's expression was complicated. It wasn't just this morning; in fact, Raynare had sneaked into his bed yesterday morning too, but he hadn't woken up no matter what she did.
"Anyway, let's go to school first," Takumi thought with a headache.
Under Raynare's infatuated gaze, Takumi quickly finished his breakfast.
"You're really a little troublemaker, Raynare. Remember to clean the house today."
Before leaving, Takumi spoke to Raynare, who was still in her maid outfit.
"Yes! Bye-bye, Master!"
Raynare licked her lips, revealing a flirtatious and charming aura. Her mode conversion—sometimes seductive, sometimes pure—was truly full of magical charm.
"Bye."
After Takumi spoke, he stepped forward and entered Kuoh Academy. Some things always have to be faced, and besides... he had nothing to feel guilty about. He also wanted to ask where the Familiar Forest was; he couldn't afford to skip school.
Although he possessed the [Vamana] incarnation and could cross worlds at will, he did not know the specific coordinates of the Familiar Forest in the Underworld or its pocket dimension, so he could not reach it in one step.
Straightening his collar, Takumi arrived at Kuoh Academy. But as soon as he stepped out and saw where he had arrived and the girl in front of him, he felt a bit of regret. After all, his body was still recovering; surely it was forgivable to make a slight error in coordinates when using the incarnation? He didn't know if the girl in front of him would understand that reason.
"Yo... Koneko-chan?"
Takumi gave an embarrassed but polite smile to the girl who was picking up a stray cat in the restroom area.
"Takumi... Senior Takumi?" Koneko called softly.
The next moment, realizing the situation, Koneko's cheeks flushed bright red. Her eyebrows lifted, and she lowered her eyes in a standard shy reaction.