Chapter 146: Side
Chapter 146: Side
Chapter 146: Side
Issei is walking around the market to look at the city situation.
He nodded to himself seeing that the runes he inscribed around the store vicinity is perfect. Now he doesn't need to be worried about any outsider attacking the store...
Not like anyone would try to attack the store considering the owner of that said store is a Goddess and that said Goddess's familia is the one who provides the best equipment in the city.
Only an idiot would provoke them considering all of that.
Not many know of Issei's identity except for a select few. The mortal that lives in this world almost know nothing about him...
"Yo, Ise!" An energetic voice called out to him.
"Hm?" Issei turned his head to look at the one who just called him: "Oh, it's you."
The one who just called him is the same woman who just laughed her lungs out recently.
"Don't just say 'oh it's you' damn it! Be more enthusiastic towards me will ya!" The woman groaned.
"Is he the one you told us about, Loki?" One of the girls that are accompanying the woman whispered. She has medium length black hair and brown eyes. Like all Amazonesses, which is her race, she wears revealing clothing, wearing only a strip of cloth around her chest and a pareo around her waist, and she's barefooted.
She has a flat chest but her body is quite toned, especially her butt.
"Uh huh." The woman who's named Loki confirmed.
"Why is he wearing a mask though? Is he Ganesha-sama's friend?" A boy with the appearance of a child asked. He may looks like a child but he's a bonafide adult.
He's of a Pallum race which is known of their small physique. Just like a Dwarf that has short built.
"No, he's not. I told you before, didn't I? He's also a God just like me but he's on a whole different level."
"How does that work anyway?" A girl that looks similar to the first Amazoness asked. They're obviously sisters seeing how similar they are but unlike her sister, she has longer hair and more busty especially around the chest area.
"Hmm, how to say this..." Loki rubbed her chin: "Well, let's just say that he's the strongest God there is."
"...What?" They let out a stupefied voice.
"Are you kidding me? We've never heard of him or his familia until now!" A man who has gray colored hair, along with amber eyes, as well as a sleek tail said. He has a blue tattoo on the left side of his face and a muscular physique.
"That's because he doesn't have a familia. He's not interested in that kind of stuff... Oh right, he's also the husband of Hephaestus." Loki explained.
"..." They become further speechless at this revelation. They never heard anything about the Goddess Hephaestus having a husband...
"Is he really that strong?" The first Amazoness said while frowning: "I don't sense anything special coming from him though? But he does have a great body!" She grinned at the end.
The person in question seems to not be paying attention to their whole discussion. He keeps looking around the store seemingly uninterested with their small group.
"Heheh, if only you know..." Loki smirked with her closed eyes opening a little. There's a glint on her eyes that flashed briefly: "And don't judge him by his appearance. When I said that he's strong, I meant that he's REALLY strong... If he wanted to then he could end the whole God pantheon and nobody will be able to prevent him. Nobody." She repeated with a serious expression.
"...You're kidding, right?"
Loki only shrugged to their words.
One particular girl which can be considered a very beautiful woman with long golden hair, gold eyes, and a slender body had her eyes glimmered brightly. She wears a white one-piece dress with gold lining.
Without saying anything, she suddenly took a step forward and dashed immediately before pulling her sword out from the scabbard and aimed at Issei.
Her sword strike looks like as if it could split the void itself, just like a meteor, violently shoots towards Issei's direction.
"Wha-?! Ais!" They shouted because she never expected that she would suddenly attack Issei out of nowhere.
Loki who saw this only grinned slightly since she has anticipated this.
Just when they thought that the sword would pierce Issei, they saw that Issei stopped the sword with just one finger. And even then he still didn't look at the woman who's called Ais direction.
He only lightly pushes the sword back which sends the girl flying with an astonished expression.
"Ais-san!" One of the girls shouted in worry.
Ais did a backflip and landed safely on the spot but not before skidding a few meters from her previous landing spot.
"Ais! You're too reckless! He's a God!" The pallum said direly.
"...Sorry, but my body moved on their own..." The girl said confusedly while tilting her head a little.
She's not lying since her body indeed moved on their own... Her friends know of her antics so they can't really blame her entirely... but being reckless is still reckless no matter what.
If her sword were to pierce Issei then... The consequences would be fatal. Attacking a God is a heavy crime.
"W-We're sorry, kami-sama! She didn't mean to be disrespectful!" A beautiful tall woman with jade-colored hair tied in a tail that reaches to her waist, same color eyes, and Elf ears said.
She wears a green outfit with yellow borders, a white cloak over it, a black belt, a yellow sash, black leggings, and long brown boots.
"I'm sorry..." Ais herself immediately apologizes once again.
"Hahaha, no need to worry." While they're sweating in trepidation, only Loki seems to be relaxed: "If it were any other God then it might be bad but since it's him then it's fine."
"Loki..." They frowned at her thinking that she's too laidback with the whole situation: "He's a God."
"I told you that he's not a normal God. Didn't you realize that he stopped Ais's attack very easily just now? Only with one finger, I mind you." Loki grinned.
When they heard her words they suddenly froze.
Their shock is understandable since there's a special 'rule' for the God who descended to the mortal world. Their strength is sealed making them just like a normal mortal... They can also be killed but they won't really die and only return to the heaven.
To use their full divinity, they needed to fulfill a special requirement first. One of them being an example, making a request to God Ouranos to release their seal.
Of course, the Gods retained some of their innate skills but those skills usually are not that powerful.
Issei clearly didn't do of the sort just now so it's quite a surprise seeing him deflecting Ais attack so easily...
Ais Wallenstein or Ais for short is a first-class adventurer and an executive of the Loki Familia. Among the small fraction of first-class adventurers, she is considered one of the strongest.
She's currently level 6. The strongest adventurer known in this world is level 7. And they can tell that her attack just now is her full strength.
"H-How can he..."
"How can he still retain his strength as a God?" Loki intercepted since she knows what they wanted to ask: "That's because he's not bound to our 'rule'. He's beyond that said 'rule'... You know what's one of his titles in the heaven is?"
They obviously shook their head at her question.
"...<True Godking>."
They let out another gasp at this revelation: "<True Godking>? Does that mean that he's..."
"The King of Gods? You could say that." Loki snickered with her narrowed eyes gleaming brightly: "That's what makes him so fun! Unlike those boring old farts that are obsessed with control and order, he's more carefree. He can do whatever he wants and nobody will be able to stop him. Even if all Gods go against him, he can easily defeat them all single-handedly."
"What do you want, Loki? If you're here to bother me or my wife then go away." Issei finally said feeling a little annoyed.
"Oh don't be such a meany! It's been a while ever since we see each other you know~?" Loki hopped forward and put her hand on top of Issei's shoulder while she speaks seductively... At least she tried to since she lacks the womanly charm she needs to put on a seductive look.
Issei only crosses his hand and heaved a sigh at this.
If Loki knows about his arrival here then...
"Good day to you, Issei."
Called it...
The Familia members of Loki gasped in surprise seeing the newcomer.
She's a famous Goddess in their city after all. Her Familia is also ranked at the top.
"Go away, Freya." Issei bemoaned.
"Must you be so cold?" Freya said with a sad smile.
The onlookers' shuddered at her smile whether they're man or woman. True to her name being the Goddess of Beauty she could charm anyone regardless of their genders.
"Whenever you're around, trouble always comes brewing. Whether it's directly or indirectly caused by you."
"That's right, that's right! You're very troublesome, so go away!" Loki snickered.
"You're the same, Loki." Issei said irritatedly.
"Oh come on!" Loki said in exasperation.
"Hehe, so you're really here, Godking." A gleeful laugh can be heard.
The two Amazoness from the Loki familia shuddered when they heard this voice.
Their head swiveled towards the voice source.
They can see a petite girl with long red hair that is a color similar to fresh blood. She has brown skin and wears a revealing outfit like the typical Amazoness along with a necklace made of bones, a mask with fangs. She has a foreign and powerful gaze.
Beside her, there's another two Amazoness looking interestedly towards Issei.
The first one has long sand-colored hair, brown skin, and wears a revealing outfit. She also wears a red skirt like piece of clothing that is made out of a dragon's scale.
The second Amazoness has semi long sand-colored hair, brown skin, and also wears a revealing outfit. She also wears a black scarf over the bottom half of her face.
"Is he the one you told us about, Kali-sama?"
"Indeed." The petite girl named Kali had her smiles widen: "Godking! Let's fight! If I win you shall become my man and if I lose I shall become your woman!"
Kali is one of those who love to challenge Issei whenever he went to the heaven.
"No, thank you." Issei rejected almost immediately.
"Geh, another crazy is here." Loki snorted: "To think that she would leave her domain and come here... Guess that's just how big your charm is, Issei," She grinned at Issei.
"How did you know about my arrival anyway?" Issei frowned under his mask.
"Why don't you take a guess?"
"...Hermes, huh." Issei scowled: "That guy and his loud mouth..."
"Couldn't really blame him entirely though. If you only stay here for a few days then nobody would realize your arrival but you stayed for quite a while. Someone would notice it sooner or later... And also, everyone from the heaven knows of your overprotective personality." Loki pointed out: "Hephaestus return also serves as a signal since there's no way you would leave her behind just like that."
"What's going on here?"
"Speak of the devil." Loki laughed.
"Ise... I thought I told you to just go back already." The woman who's named Hephaestus has a crimson eye and red hair reaching to the neck. She has a rather sharp face and slender body with an eyepatch over her right eye.
"Err, yes I know but..."
"I told you that I will be fine."
While the two husband and wife having a lover quarrel, Loki, Freya, Kali, and the others had their eyes widen incredulously.
"O-Oi!" Loki shouted.
"Hm?" Both Issei and Hephaestus turned their gaze towards her.
"Y-Your belly!" She pointed at Hephaestus's stomach with shaky hands.
"What of my belly?" Hephaestus frowned but soon she realizes just why they become shocked at the sight of her protruding belly: "Oh, yeah, I'm pregnant." She flashed a sly smile.
Their mouth went wide agape at this piece of news.
Loki and Freya didn't clearly see Hephaestus stomach when they were observing them from afar and Hephaestus herself rarely goes out of her home.
She usually lets her familia members do all the business after all.
So nobody really knows of her pregnancy since her return is only a few weeks ago.
"WHAT?! HOW!?" The three Goddesses screamed in unison. Their entire eyes turned bloodshot no matter if it's Loki, Freya, or Kali.
There's never a case of a female Goddess giving birth before this hence their shock. The Goddess in this world has a pitiful fate.
They cannot give birth normally like any mortal while the male God can impregnate the mortal woman to bear them a child, creating a Demigod.
But Issei didn't know that and Hephaestus never told him about it...
Actually, most Gods and Goddess couldn't bear a child normally regardless of the world. The biggest example being Semiramis and Forzelotte.
Forzelotte isn't really a Goddess but she might as be a Goddess with how powerful she is.
Not surprising since a powerful entity like the Gods shouldn't be able to create a descendant that easily but Issei is a complete anomaly...
When Hephaestus notice that she was pregnant, she becomes so shocked that she stood frozen stiff for the entire day.
Only after Issei notices this state of her and called out to her that she finally snapped out of her stupor. She immediately went and hug Issei with all her might and cried tears of joy much to Issei's bewilderment.
But he doesn't think much about it since he thought that she's just too happy about being pregnant. He spoiled her for the entire day after that and Hephaestus herself couldn't be more happy and blissful...
"What else? Because of my beloved husband of course." Hephaestus patted her swollen belly in pride.
"Why all of you seem so shocked?" Issei asked feeling a little confused.
Is it that shocking?
"Now go back already, Ise. It won't be long before the other Goddesses arriving here and they will start pestering you."
The moment she finishes saying that, Issei realizes that there are multiple presences coming their way.
Issei heaved a tired sigh since most of those presences belong to the Goddesses.
"Ugh, fine... Remember to give me a call if anything happens understand?" Issei reminded once again.
"Okay okay, just go already."
Only after hesitating a bit more that Issei finally leave her behind... but not before giving her a quick kiss which made the female onlookers' minus the stupefied Goddesses blushes furiously.
They saw a glimpse of his lower face and that is enough to make their heartbeat went haywire.
Once Issei finally disappears, Hephaestus glanced at her stupefied fellow Goddesses and give a triumphant smirk. She was like them when she found out that she was pregnant after all so she could understand their shock.
She laughed a bit before she heads back to her home.
Only after she entered her house that Loki and the other two Goddesses snapped out of their daze.
"W-Wait, Hephaestus!" The three of them shouted before dashing towards her house leaving behind the confused group of familia members.
On that day, Issei's worth just increased by another hundredfold in the eyes of the Goddesses. But his threat for the male Gods also increased accordingly...
...
While Rias Gremory's peerage looks at the rampaging Dragon in worry, they saw Kozelotte flew above him.
"Sorry about this," Kozelotte said before she used her right fist to lightly punch the Dragon below her.
*BAM!*
The rampaging dragon dropped down to the ground while roaring loudly. Her 'light' punch clearly hurts a lot.
The Dragon rose up from the ground and started to use the same technique he used before.
"Hmm, guess he went full berserk for not realizing our disparity." Kozelotte summed up.
[Indeed, the current Hyoudou Issei is nothing but a mindless beast. Go easy on him, please.]
"Mm, I will. My plan is to save him after all."
[Boost! Boost! Boost!...] The same sound from before resounded.
"Be careful!" Yuuto Kiba shouted direly seeing this.
"Don't worry. That attack won't be able to harm her." Shirayuki arrived at their side alongside Sirzechs and the others.
Their eyes widen at the sight of the girl in Shirayuki's arms.
"Asia!"
"Asia-chan!"
Rias Gremory, Himejima Akeno, and everyone else gathers around Asia. From the looks of it, she had no external wounds. It seems like she is only unconscious.
They cried tears of happiness seeing that their friend is fine.
During their small reunion, an elderly man which is Odin of this world, and Rossweisse also arrived.
"Hohohoh, so this lady is the rumored True Dragon?" Odin laughed while observing Shirayuki: "She's indeed a beautiful young lady."
"Odin-sama, don't be rude." Rossweisse berated.
[Longinus Smasher!] They heard a loud sound which made them averted their face.
The same enormous red beam is shot from the rampaging Dragon's opened chest.
"<Devour>" Kozelotte put her left hand to her front and muttered.
Being the daughter of Forzelotte, she obviously inherited her mother's unique skill. Her other sisters also inherited the same skill but their mastery over it is not as good as her.
The moment the beam came into contact with her hand, it disappears completely as if it is being sucked into an endless black hole.
"Hmm, not bad." Kozelotte lightly licked her lips. She then dived down and put some force on her feet to forcefully put the rampaging dragon on the ground.
*Grrr!*
The dragon groaned trying to rose from the ground but to no avail.
Kozelotte put her hand on top of its head and started using <Devour> to absorb his energy.
After just a few seconds, the Dragon limped down to the ground like a puppet with its string cut.
"Okay, that's that. Then all I have to do next is..."
"Ise!"
When she's still thinking, Rias Gremory flew to their place and immediately hugged the Dragon's snout.
"Ise, come back to us, Ise!" Rias Gremory said desperately: "Please help us!" She said towards Kozelotte who's standing above the Dragon's head.
"Muh, I don't really know how to revert him back but according to what I know. Papa returned to his sense when he heard the 'Oppai Dragon' song and after touching your chest."
"Huh?" Rias Gremory let out a stupefied sound when she heard her.
"Don't look at me like that. That's what I've been told." Kozelotte shrugged.
"W-Well... Issei-kun indeed has a small show of his own but..." Yuuto Kiba who just arrived with the others said wryly.
"...He actually responded to a song like that?" Koneko Toujou had her cat ears facing down and seems heartbroken.
"There's no need to do all that... You know you can revert him back, little sister. Stop tricking them." Shirayuki sighed at her little sister's antics.
Their head swiveled to Kozelotte feeling disbelief.
"Tee-hee~" Kozelotte stuck out her tongue mischievously.
Their face started twitching a lot when they realize that they've just been played with...
"It's all true though... But fine..." Kozelotte pouted slightly before she lightly tapped her foot.
In the next second, The giant Dragon's body started to revert back to a smaller humanoid form.
"Ise!" Rias Gremory cradled her favorite pawn and soon his friends also started to surround him.
Only Xenovia is in the back since she's holding Asia in her arms.
"Looks like I missed all the fun huh?"
A crack is made in the air! From the crack, the one who appeared is Hakuryuukou Vali. And also a Bikou of this world along with Arthur, Le Fay, and last but not least, Kuroka.
"Vali." Azazel said.
"Onee-sama..." Koneko Toujou said in fear while looking at the black-haired woman who has cat ears just like her.
"Hi, Shirone~" The woman waved.
"That's quite brave of you to appear here, Vali." Azazel smirked.
"Hmph! Why should I be afraid? The only one who can stop me here from escaping is those two. And I doubt that they would stop me considering that they seem to have some knowledge about 'us'." Vali snorted before she glanced at Shirayuki and Kozelotte: "I heard you two came from another world? And I also heard the me over there lose against Hyoudou Issei of that world?"
"Yup." Kozelotte nodded.
"I find it highly unbelievable... Either the me over there is too weak or the Hyoudou Issei over there is just that strong."
"What do you think?" Kozelotte flashed a mocking smirk.
"..." Vali grew silent since she understands that it's the latter... Seeing that his two daughters are this strong then it's safe to say that the Hyoudou Issei of that world is very powerful.
"Ne ne, what about me, nya? Did the me over there manage to score some good Dragon kittens of my own?" Kuroka of this world said excitedly: "I mean, Vali here is obviously a girl so I can't get kittens from her but I hear that other world Vali is a man. Although, I don't mind having kittens with the Sekiryuutei of this generation if he wanted to."
Not only her, even Koneko Toujou and some others are interested in this topic.
If Hyoudou Issei is awake at this time then he would have a nosebleed after seeing the bouncing breasts of Kuroka. That's what happens when they first meet a few days ago after all...
Kozelotte and Shirayuki smile wryly at Kuroka sight... So alike, they thought to themselves.
"No... I won't let Onee-sama have Issei-senpai..." Koneko said while standing in front of the unconscious pervert.
"I won't let an SS-class stray devil go anywhere near my Ise!" Rias Gremory shouted possessively.
"Ufufufu..." Akeno Himejima only giggled seductively at their standoff.
"SS-class stray devil? Oh, right... Kuroka mama said something about this before, didn't she." Kozelotte said in realization.
"It can't be..." Rias Gremory and her peerage members become shocked at her little slip-up.
"Mama?" Kuroka's eyes shone brightly at this.
"Um. 'You' are one of our mothers." Kozelotte readily admitted their suspicion. Not like it's something to hide anyway.
"Damn... That Ise sure know which woman to pick, huh... He basically scored almost all of the sexy ladies for himself." Azazel whistled in awe.
"How many kittens do I have?!" Kuroka asked with passion. She even comes closer to Shirayuki and Kozelotte's side without fearing of being caught.
"So far Kuroka mama only has two daughters and she's also currently pregnant with another child. The reason for that is because of Semiramis mama and my mama. They won't let anyone have more children than them." Kozelotte explained with a wry smile.
"Two kittens nya? Where are they right now? Can I meet them?" Kuroka grows more excited the moment she knows that she has three kittens albeit the third one is still in process. Her cat tails flailed around behind her back.
Even though it's not really herself but the fact that they look similar is more than enough for her.
She wanted to meet their little kittens more than ever knowing that their father is basically the big boss over there!
"I don't know about that..."
"Oh come on nya~ Let me see my other self kittens!" Kuroka whined with a pout.
"Uuu... They're so alike, eldest sister..." Kozelotte wryly said seeing Kuroka acting spoiled. She's clearly having a hard time denying her request.
"I know, little sister... Even I'm having a hard time telling them apart if it wasn't for our mother being slightly more mature... in terms of figure that is."
Of course, the other Kuroka is more beautiful and mature considering what she has been through but their personality is basically the same.
Despite giving birth to two daughters and currently pregnant, Kuroka Hyoudou's personality never really change. She's still playful like her younger self...
She even acts spoiled in front of her daughters and even more spoiled in her husband's presence.
To which affected her two daughters, Himari and Tsubasa.
The two Dragon kittens are playful just like their mothers but Himari is slightly more reserved at times while Tsubasa is basically a carbon copy of their mother.
Himari has black hair just like their mother while Tsubasa has white hair just like their father. But Himari has red eyes while Tsubasa has yellow eyes.
Respectively, Himari is the older one while Tsubasa is the younger one.
While the sisters have a great relationship with their respective birth mothers, that also applies to their other mothers.
Kuroka is one of the laidback mothers they have and most of them are fond of her. She rarely becomes strict with them.
She's what you call a fun mom.
"Be careful of her, we don't know about the other Kuroka but this Kuroka is an SS-class stray devil for a reason," Sirzechs warned: "She murdered her own father and master."
Kuroka's eyes flashed slightly when she heard Sirzechs words. But when she's about to say something, Shirayuki spoke first.
"Murdered her own father and master?"
"That's right."
"Hmm, her history is quite similar to our mother Kuroka history. But our mother Kuroka didn't kill her parent, only her master."
"What? But even so..."
"I don't really know the real reason why she did all that but one thing for sure..." Shirayuki looked at Kuroka before continues speaking: "She's not 'evil' in my eyes."
Sirzechs and the others become astonished hearing her words while Kuroka herself felt the same.
"You must be confused by what eldest sister means," Kozelotte said realizing their astonishment.
They set their gaze at Kozelotte waiting for her to continue.
"You see... Me and my eldest sister can discern with our eyes whether someone is evil or not. We inherited that skill from papa... Of course, I can also do the same but I'm not as good as her or papa." Kozelotte explained: "We can sort of 'see' a person's soul or aura to judge whether they are truly evil or not. When someone is evil, there's this black miasma surrounding them but we can't see it around her... Her aura is leaning towards 'good' more than evil."
"So..."
"So that means that she didn't kill her own father or master for no reason. It's most likely because she's protecting something or someone... Our Kuroka mama said that she killed her own master in the past because he wanted to harm big sis Koneko who attempted to conduct tests on the latter in his research on creating a Super Devil."
They become dumbfounded hearing what she said.
Koneko's eyes shook greatly and she immediately looks at her elder sister.
"...I-Is that true, onee-sama?" Koneko said while shivering.
"...If I said it's true... will you believe me?" Kuroka asked softly dropping her playful tone: "Our father and master wanted to involve you on their experiment... They promised me that they will only experiment on me and won't include you in their sickening experiment but that's just a lie. And when I realized their plan, I killed them both and ran away leaving you behind to take the blame fearing that you will be implicated by my action."
Both of their father and master are friends with each other. The two of them are mad scientists... That so-called father of theirs didn't care about them both in the slightest and only treated them as a guinea pig.
"I don't know if it's really true or not but since lady Shirayuki and lady Kozelotte herself said that then I'm willing to believe it," Azazel said with a smirk.
Sirzechs and Tannin who heard his words rolled their eyes at this old fox.
He's clearly trying to suck up to them... Not that they can't understand why though.
Then again... It's not like they have any reason to lie to them anyway.
"Onee-sama..." Koneko said while she slowly walks forward towards Kuroka.
Moments later, they hug each other while both of them started apologizing to each other. One side apologized for abandoning her and the other one apologized for not realizing it sooner...
They all smile warmly at this sight.
"So how does the other Kuroka name got cleared from her false crime?" Azazel asked curiously.
"Hmm, Kuroka mama said that papa helped her with that. While other people including her little sister didn't believe her side of the story, only papa believes in her. He's also the one who mend their relationship with each other hence one of the reasons why Kuroka mama fell for papa."
"I see... That Issei is really one of a kind huh... Now I really wish I could meet him in person." Azazel said with a smile.
"U-Ummm, what about the me over there?" Rossweisse asked while fidgeting: "Did I manage to find a... a..."
"Boyfriend? Sometimes I'm worried whether I could have a great-granddaughter anytime soon."
"Grandfather!"
"Hohohoh. Jokes aside, what about her? Did my grandaughter manage to find a man for herself?"
Shirayuki and Kozelotte raised their eyebrows at this. Looks like this world Rossweisse is Odin's actual granddaughter.
"Uh huh, she's one of our mothers." Kozelotte give a simple nod.
"...Damn, did that Issei basically scored all the woman we know for himself?" Azazel said with a twitch of his mouth.
"So far, every woman we know is basically his wives with the exception of my sister and her peerage." Sirzechs wryly said.
Rossweisse herself seems quite surprised but soon she blushed fiercely.
"What about my sister?" Arthur said while adjusting his glasses.
"Onii-sama! Cut that out!" Le Fay of this world seems to have a different personality.
She doesn't seem like a shy girl and seems more outspoken.
"Hmm... she's also one of our mothers."
"What?! There's no way I would marry that creep!" Le Fay scowled.
Yup... She's different alright. Both Shirayuki and Kozelotte thought wryly to themselves.
"That Issei seems quite the playboy, huh..." Odin said while stroking his beard clearly amused with the whole situation.
"We won't deny that." Shirayuki paused: "But dearest father is not the one who chases the girls, it's the other way around."
"Oh? How so?" They asked with interest.
"It's quite hard to explain but to make it simple... What do you think about my eldest sister?" Kozelotte said while rubbing her chin.
"Huh? What do you mean?" They asked feeling a bit confused.
"Do you think she's beautiful?"
"Yes, she is." They all nodded since it's true.
"Out of all us sisters, eldest sister is the one look the most similar to our papa."
"What?! B-But..."
"Hehe, you thought that we inherited our mother's looks right?" Kozelotte smirked at them.
They smiled wryly at her words but give a faint nod in the end.
"Our mothers are indeed very beautiful but papa is even more so you know."
"I-Isn't he basically not 'our' Ise then? I mean..." Although Rias loves her pawn, it's an undeniable fact that he has an average feature. Not that she won't love him because of that though.
"Humm, there's a similarity with their look but papa is indeed far more handsome than this world Hyoudou Issei though. Here, let me show you his pictur-" Just when Kozelotte about to take out a picture of Issei, Shirayuki's voice resounded.
"Sister."
"A-Ah... right... Sorry, but I can't show you his picture after all." Kozelotte said while sweating a bit.
That was close... If her mama knew that she spread their father's picture then... She shuddered at the thought.
"Eh, why?" Some of them felt disappointed at this.
"Let's move somewhere. This is not exactly the place to have our conversation." Shirayuki reminded them.
...
In the <Netherworld>.
"Sister, I need to tell you something," Amou said towards the girl who's currently relaxing on a chair.
They're currently in a small garden within <Babylon>. There's only two of them here.
"Oh, Amou? What's up?" This girl is Momoyo, Amou's twin sister.
"The thing is..." Amou started her explanation.
"Oh! That sounds fun! Let's go meet them then!" Momoyo grinned: "Let's bring Erza with us!"
"She's currently away, remember?" Amou reminded.
"Oh right... She said she wanted to meet her other counterpart, right? What was that place name again? <Earth Land>?"
"Mhm."
"Well, let's just go meet eldest sister Yuki and big sis Koze then."
The two of them grinned at each other but just when they're about to execute their plan, a stern voice resounded behind them.
"And where do you think you're going?"
"Urgh!" Momoyo flinched when she heard this voice. Amou's body also stiffened.
The one who just spoke is a beautiful mature woman with long silver hair. She's wearing an exotic maid dress that accentuated her beauty even more.
She's none other than Grayfia Lucifuge Hyoudou.
"G-Grayfia kaa-san... W-We just wanted to take a walk." Momoyo said with a slight stutter.
"Hoo... Then let me accompany you two then." Grayfia said with her eyes narrowed.
"N-No need, we're just going take a short walk around the castle!"
"Oh, but I insist. It's nothing weird that a mother wanting to take a walk with their daughters together, right?"
"W-We don't want to bother you!"
"I'm quite free now. And even if I were busy, I could always free some of my time to accompany my daughters."
"Geh..."
Amou started to take a step to the side slowly wanting to escape but Grayfia had her eyes set on her.
"Did you two really think that we don't know what you two are planning? Sona has already warned me about you two." Grayfia snorted.
"We just wanted to pick eldest sister and big sis Koze up..." Amou mumbled.
"Hmph, even if what you said is true, that's still not your job to pick them up." Grayfia said clearly not buying their excuse: "Why can't you two behave like your little sister Sakuya..." She sighed tiredly.
"What's wrong, big sister?" Another woman entered the garden with a light step.
"Oh, Qingyue. It's nothing... These two are up to something again as usual." Grayfia said with a sigh.
"Hehe." Xia Qingyue laughed softly hearing this.
"Jeez, don't laugh at them... That will only encourage their action even more. And you're currently pregnant so don't move too much." Grayfia gently admonished her.
Xia Qingyue's stomach is protruding quite a bit since she's at her late stage of pregnancy already this month.
"I could say the same about you, big sister." Xia Qingyue smiled while gently stroking her belly.
"I'm still in my early stage so it's still fine," Grayfia said with a smile of her own.
Xia Qingyue, Chu Yuechan, Huan Caiyi, Feng Xue'er, Su Ling'er, Cang Yue, Feng Qianhui, Gong Yuxian, Jasmine, Xun'er, Mu Xuanyin, Mu Bingyun, and so on is also pregnant. Including Shen Xi.
In fact, this is their second pregnancy... well for Xun'er this is her fourth pregnancy since she already had Xisu, Jasmine, and her third child earlier.
The pregnant girls are in the special room currently relaxing. Only the Goddess Hephaestus which is currently accompanied by Issei chooses to work despite her pregnancy.
It took a lot of convincing and even some persuasion from her side before Issei finally relented to her request... But even then he still didn't rest easy and choose to accompany her in the end.
"Ah, Qingyue kaa-san. Don't move too much! Be careful of the baby!" Momoyo seeing her chance is here immediately went forward to hold her. Even Amou also seized this chance.
Xia Qingyue who saw this smiled gently before she lightly knocks their heads: "Be obedient... Don't cause too much trouble for your father and mothers."
"Hehe, we won't cause 'too much' trouble." Momoyo grinned.
"Honestly, you and the others spoil them too much." Grayfia heaved a sigh while cupping her cheek with her right hand: "And why didn't the two of you react the same way when you saw me? I'm also pregnant you know?" She faked a glare at the two troublemakers.
"A-Ah, how could that be. We're just too surprised to see our beautiful mother suddenly appearing in front of us! R-Right, sister?" Momoyo nudged Amou with her elbow.
"Indeed." Amou nodded with a straight face.
"Hmph, glib tongue." Grayfia snorted but she couldn't help but smile a little.
When they're still joking with each other, a portal appeared right beside them.
Their expression turned into pure happiness when they realized this presence.
"Husband!/Dear!/Father!!" They shouted in glee seeing Issei who appeared from the portal.
"Hm? What are you girls doing here?" Issei smiled gently at the four of them.
Both Amou and Momoyo glomped to his side while they started rubbing their face on his body.
Issei smiled at this before he pats their head gently: "You two are already this big but still act so spoiled." Although it seems that he's admonishing them, his doting grin gave him away...
"Welcome back, husband/dear." Both Xia Qingyue and Grayfia said lovingly before they too went to his side nestling their body just like a bird returning to their nest.
Amou and Momoyo pouted slightly but they still moved away to give them some room.
"Um, I'm back." Issei embraced his two wives and said.
The two women snuggled comfortably in his embrace acting spoiled. Even Grayfia who's usually strict with this kind of stuff couldn't help but act spoiled whenever she's in his presence.
"Yue'er, Fia. why are you two out here? The air is a little cold today." Issei gently admonished the two of them.
Xia Qingyue and Grayfia rolled their eyes at his words. A little cold? Even if the weather suddenly becomes freezing cold, they still won't feel cold in the slightest.
They're basically master of all elements already with the help of his <Seed>. No, not that kind of 'seed' you perv, but an elemental <Seed> just like the Heretic God elemental seed.
And even without his help, the two of them already have a great affinity with the <Ice> element. Remember, Xia Qingyue cultivated Ice profound art while Grayfia herself excelled in Ice magic.
But they still feel happy seeing him so concerned about them like this.
"En. We're sorry, husband/dear." Both of them said obediently.
"So, what are you doing here?" Issei asked again.
"Well..."
"Ise!" Before Grayfia could relate what just happened, another happy shout can be heard before a golden figure crashed into his body.
"Kunou, mind your age." Another mature woman's voice resounded.
These two newcomers are Kunou and Yasaka.
Kunou has completely matured into a beautiful lady just like her mother whereas Yasaka herself grow more beautiful despite having giving birth to another two more daughters. A little side effect from receiving Issei's essence which basically the best elixir in the multiverse.
Kunou's hair is styled into a side ponytail and the end of her ponytail went past her waist.
Her body blossomed just like her mother's.
She's a busty lady in both breast and ass department. Something she took pride in since she could grow up just like her mother.
She's wearing a custom-designed red and black ninja-like outfit. Yasaka is still wearing a kimono but it's more reserved compared to her old clothes since she didn't want to bring bad influence to their daughters.
"Welcome back, anata." Yasaka said lovingly and shared a quick kiss with Issei.
"Muu, Ise!" Kunou pouted and demanded a kiss as well.
Issei smiles wryly before he granted her request.
""Me too, father!"" Amou and Momoyo chimed in trying to take advantage of the situation.
Of course, Issei also gives them a kiss... on the cheek of course. They pouted but with a glare from Grayfia, they immediately went silent.
"Let's go inside," Issei said towards his loved ones.
Once they're inside, only then Grayfia recounted what just happened before his arrival.
...
"Let me go get them!" Kunou said enthusiastically.
"Kunou..." Yasaka sighed.
"It will be alright!" Kunou grinned at her mother.
"Ise... Please stop her."
"Humm, I wanted to pick them up as well. We could go together if you want." Issei said after a little bit of thinking.
"Ehh, no need, Ise! Let me go alone." Kunou thumped her chest.
"But..."
"Dear, the Mon gal association wanted to have a meeting with you earlier. Perhaps letting Kunou go on her own will be fine." Grayfia reminded.
"Eh..." Issei sighed tiredly since having a meeting with the Monster girl or mon gal's association for short is quite tiring... If it were just a regular meeting like usual then he won't be as tired.
The reason for that is because those monster girls are extremely lustful.
If it wasn't for them possessing a good amount of influences within the <Netherworld>, Forzelotte would've sent them away... Their Queens being the top fifty <Overlords> also didn't help much.
A meeting that supposed to be over within ten to fifteen minutes could become an hour or even more depending on the specific time.
Monster girls are a hybrid between Demons, Humans, and Beastkin in the past. They're not really the real inhabitants of the <Netherworld>, they're more similar to immigrants you might call it.
Out of all races within the <Netherworld>, they're known to be the most lustful even rivaling the Succubus race. That's because their species are quite special.
One of them because they have a succubus bloodline and the others are because their blood is attracted to a strong male. Whenever they're near the presence of a male regardless of the species, more often than not, they will go into heat.
They're also called the Monster Girls because they only give birth to female descendants hence why they needed to breed with different races to continue their species.
In a way, they're quite similar to the Kalars race in the past.
So, Issei who's basically the best mate they can hope for is also the best aphrodisiac for their race.
Of course, it's not like there's no magic that could suppress this urge of theirs but it would be of no use whenever they're near Issei... His 'scent' as they like to call it, is far too potent for any magic to resist.
"Can't we just have Sona handle them?" Issei asked wryly.
"You know that isn't possible, right? They said that they wanted you to come personally. Queen Alipheese Fateburn arrived here a few days ago and sent that message personally." Grayfia could help but shook her head.
"Oh, Alice, huh..." Issei said while remembering about her.
He accidentally meets her in the past during his little trip to find new ingredients.
She was hurt when he found her and Issei helped her in his passing way but ever since then, she kept following him.
Issei is wearing his mask as well back then but it's of no use since she didn't need to see his face to know that he's an outstanding male.
The amount of times that she tries forcing her way with him is innumerable. But Issei casually flicked her away whenever she tries to seduce him.
At first, Issei thought that she's a lustful woman but when he found out the reason why he acts that way, he nodded understandingly and become less violent with her.
It's not really her fault for being that lustful so he couldn't really blame her... Given time, she gained some resistance to his 'scent' but not completely. Issei helped her with that by giving some of his <Mana> to her little by little.
For the first time in her life, she felt like she didn't need to absorb the <Mana> of a male to survive. She felt 'full' just by staying near him.
The <Law> of her world is that every monster girl needed <Mana> to survive hence why they often kidnap and **** males for their <Mana>.
Issei felt like it's too troublesome to change the <Law> of that world directly so he just made their world connected with each other and forcibly overwritten that world <Law>.
While they don't need <Mana> to survive like they used to, some still find joy in the activity of absorbing <Mana> itself, or in simpler terms, sex.
Issei doesn't think what they did as 'evil' so he let them be. As long as both parties are willing then why should he bother to prevent it? Of course, that doesn't mean that they could do it anywhere they want...
He never thought that Alice or Alipheese Fateburn and her fellow Queens would become one of his pursuers... This was before he fought Nyarlathotep in the past.
Being the Queens of their race, they're quite special. They don't need to extract <Mana> directly from the source so Issei could easily share his <Mana> without doing the deeds with them.
Issei was the first male they tried to directly pounce on.
But he underestimated his <Mana> influence on them... They said that they won't be satisfied with other <Mana> anymore... Only his <Mana> could satisfy them.
That sounded wrong in one way or another but it is what it is...
"Why don't just accept them already? It's not like they would betray you anyway. At the very least, Alice seems like a good girl." Yasaka asked.
"I'm trying to limit myself..." Issei said wryly.
"As if that's possible." Yasaka and the others chuckled.
"...Don't say it like I'm some deviants that couldn't control myself will you?" Issei said with a twitch of his face.
"You're not?" They shot him a knowing look.
"..." Issei couldn't retort to their words since he has more than a thousand wives already...
"Don't feel so down, dear... We still love you regardless." The wives consoled him.
"And I think your perverted side is really nice~" Yasaka added seductively.
"Hey, not in front of our daughters," Issei said with a startle.
"Please, it's not like they didn't have knowledge about 'it'." Yasaka rolled her eyes.
Amou and Momoyo averted their gaze while whistling away.
Issei becomes speechless at that... Since when his innocent little princess knows about this kind of stuff?! Who corrupted them!
"It's you." As if the wives could read his mind, they pointed their fingers at him: "It's your fault for making us pregnant and giving them new sisters. The platypus or stork and the baby story won't work anymore you know? They're 14 already, not 8."
"..."
"Just leave it to me, Ise. I'll pick them up." Kunou once again reassured him.
"Let us go with you, Kunou kaa-san!" Momoyo spoke up.
"Hmm, sure. I don't mind," Kunou agreed quite easily: "But you better ask your father." She added.
"Father, pleaseeee~" The two of them gave him the 'puppy eyes' which is the strongest weapon against the True Dragon Godking.
"...Fine." He finally relented under their pleading gaze: "But you better hurry back, understand?" He added sternly.
"Yayy! Thank you father, love you!" The two of them kissed his left and right cheek respectively.
"We'll be right back." Kunou also gives him a quick peck on the lips before Issei helped her creating a portal towards Shirayuki and Kozelotte's location.
"Esdeath, Altair, Sirius, Xiaotao, Lieyan, Bing'er." When Kunou disappeared into the portal, Issei called out.
"Yes, my king?" The six of them appeared in front of him while still kneeling.
"Go find Zelretch and bring him to me."
"At your command!" The six of them replied in unison before disappearing.
The girls gave a silent prayer to a certain vampire. May you rest in peace... But you won't be missed, they thought to themselves.
...
When Kunou and the two girls arrived at the designated place. They arrived in a room.
The room is very familiar to Kunou.
Those who are present become shocked seeing that there's a portal opening near them. They immediately went into their respective battle mode thinking that these portal is the doing of their enemies.
Hyoudou Issei's little group, Azazel, Rossweisse, and Serafall are those who are present at the moment.
Not far from them, there's a small version of Kunou seated nervously.
"Who!" One of the Karasu Tengu shouted.
But when they finally saw the three newcomers, they become utterly dumbfounded... especially the Youkai group.
That's because one of the women who appeared before them look very familiar.
"Hm, is this the place?" Momoyo muttered curiously.
"It seems so. That guy looks a little like father." Amou pointed at the dumbfounded Hyoudou Issei.
"Oh? You're right!" Momoyo grinned.
"Hmm, this sure brings back memories..." Kunou Hyoudou said while looking at the lineup inside the room. She realizes this must be that time when her mother got kidnapped: "But where's Yuki and Koze?"
"It seems that they were here. Their presence is quite fresh... Most likely they just went away." Amou said after sniffing the air a bit.
"Wh-Who are you?" The same tengu who just spoke before asked stutteringly.
"Hm, me? I'm Kunou Hyoudou. One of Issei Savant Hyoudou wives." She introduced herself while pushing her bountiful chest forward taking pride in her identity.
"...EHH?!" They shouted in surprise including Kunou of this world.
"K-K-Kunou-hime?!" The youkais shouted in surprise.
"Hoo, so this is the adult version of this kid, huh?" Azazel said while rubbing his chin while looking at the small and mature Kunou back and forth.
Damn... She's really hot! He thought secretly to himself. Well, considering her mother then it's of no surprise, he guesses...
Hyoudou Issei himself is having a nosebleed while looking at the mature version of Kunou. Asia who's at his side pinched his waist with a pout.
"Anyway, did any of you know where Yuki and Koze went?" Kunou Hyoudou asked.
"O-Oh, they said they wanted to sightsee a bit..." Rossweisse replied while fidgetting a bit. She's feeling a little shy in front of Kunou Hyoudou's presence. After all, 'they' are supposedly to share the same husband...
Ophis of this world sensed Amou and Momoyo's presence had her eyes widen.
She wastes no time before she teleported herself to their location.
Shirayuki and Kozelotte look at each other since they can recognize this presence.
"Guess they're here to pick us up, little sister." Shirayuki said with a thin smile.
"Ugh... C-Can I just wait here a little bit more, eldest sister?"
"If you want to make your mother become angrier then sure."
"...Guess not." Kozelotte replied depressingly.
...
Issei who's at the <Netherworld> groaned to himself.
"Stop being a worrywart, dear." Grayfia said with a sigh: "This is not the first time the girls went to another world anyway... You know that Erza is currently away as well, right?"
Yasaka and Xia Qingyue only giggled at their sulking husband.
"But... her case is different, I already confirmed that the world she went to isn't dangerous..." Issei mumbled childishly.
"No buts. Just focus on the upcoming meeting. Kunou already went there to pick them up so you shouldn't be so worried."
Issei pouted before he thought of a good idea... at least that's what he thought.
"Let's just have the meeting in that world!"
...
Somewhere in another world.
"Hmm, you're so weak and you call yourself the Dragon King?" A young woman scoffed at the black Dragon below her. The Dragon laid there with multiple wounds around its body.
It growled in pain but it has no more strength left.
The young woman who's standing above the Black Dragon seems like the embodiment of power. Her body is covered in a scarlet aura and her hand is shaped like a Dragon's claw. The same goes for her legs and she also has a pair of scarlet Dragon wings and tail.
In the nearby distance, a group of distressed people becomes completely slackjawed at her sight. Not only because of her strength but also because of her appearance...
Her appearance is extremely similar to someone they know. They're basically twins!
The young woman turned her gaze at them and flashed a smirk at her 'twin'.
"I see that you've grown up... 'Sister'." The young woman said with a smile.