Eternal Saṃsāra: The Wanderer of Worlds [24] The Battle of Moralities

[24] The Battle of Moralities

Chapter 24: The Battle of Moralities

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What do you think a girl would do, if she was making out with you in the bed, and all of a sudden another girl ca out from under the blanket?

…I rubbed my swollen cheek as I thought over that question, sitting on a couch in the living room between the sa two ladies.

"So you two aren't dating, really?" asked Tsubasa, making shrug.

"Hmm, let's see."

"Even though you are in her house right now, Aqua?" She gave a glare.

I really wanted to point out that I just kissed her too, and since we are not going out, that ans I and m-Cho aren't necessarily going out either. But I doubt she'll react nicely if I do argue.

Thankfully, m-Cho explained in my stead. "I don't understand what's up with your powers, but it looks like you forgot. You were the one who brought the two of them here. They were injured, and you told … we should sleep with Aqua naked to heal him."

"Oh. Huh?" Tsubasa blinked, nervous. "No, never mind that, what do you an two of them? Isn't it just Aqua?"

"Aqua's sister, I think her na's Ruby, is here too," m-Cho said. "She lost her eyes, you know? Aqua healed her sohow, I don't know. She's in another room, sleeping."

Tsubasa began to look really confused now. I sighed and grabbed her by the chin. The aggressiveness I used caught her off guard, but I ignored it since I was talking to the Hanekawa inside her now.

"Aunty Kitty, explain to her already. Or can you not communicate with her?" I said, glaring into her eyes, Tsubasa looked like she was having a bad dream.

Then, she paused. Tsubasa trembled and blinked, letting out a small gasp. I let go of her, that woman must be doing her job right now.

I turned to m-Cho, "Thank you. I wouldn't have been surprised if you didn't help, but you really did."

She smiled. "You sounded more serious than ever, dummy. I couldn't just not help you, not after I joined your faction or whatever."

"It's a Sect, we are calling it a Sect." I said, and she just shrugged in response. She didn't care.

"What happened, anyway? Also, I didn't know your sister was a mage like you."

"She's a mage, but she's not like . I'm a martial artist in general, as in a battle mage I guess, while she's a witch-type mage." I said. "Yesterday, we coincidentally ca across two avatars of Gods, and the fight was the result of it."

"Oh," m-Cho took the words in. "They must have been strong if they injured you two like that."

"They're dead," I said. "One of them was taken care of by the cat girl, and another by . Really should have let the cat girl take care of both of them, honestly. But I got… a bit angry when I saw what state Ruby was in."

m-Cho stared at for a mont. I'm not sure if she was judging , regretting letting a killer in her house even. Probably not, from what I've observed of her. Though even if she was, it didn't matter – she'll know how the world works soon herself.

I turned back to Tsubasa. Her expression was odd, a mixture of many emotions. Our eyes t and she broke out of a daze, quickly clearing her throat.

"A-are you all right, Aqua-kun? I just got… my mories from last night." She looked at , concerned. "Did the healing help?"

Tsubasa's words brought my attention to the reality of the situation. The healing… without it, the damage would have been a lot greater, but that didn't an there was no damage at all.

From my estimation, I'd have been pushed back to Low Gold rank if I didn't receive such a thorough healing in ti. Now, I was still in True Gold, just barely. Earlier, I was almost ready for my next advancent, but now I was pushed back to what should be years of progress for many people.

Not an issue. As long as I'm alive, there is nothing to regret. I said it would have been better to let Black Hanekawa fight the Aztec man, but who knew if she'd have been careful enough to not hurt Ruby? It was a situation where I had to act, and I did. The amount of loss I've taken can be considered a win if anything.

Plus, there were boons from this too. Not particularly, but my disciple's growth was as important as my own.

"I am fine," I nodded at Tsubasa. "I should be asking you that, instead. Are you…"

She hesitated, sighing. "I… I don't know. It's so sudden. My mother… she's… No, I'll need so ti. Everything is sudden. Here I thought you, Ruby, and I were close, but the two of you hid such a secret from ."

She looked hurt. I felt hurt seeing her hurt. We never really bothered to tell her, and in truth, there wasn't any reason to or not to, so neither party can be blad.

"Tsubasa, I…" I put a hand under her ear, gently grabbing her neck, and she relaxed.

"It's alright," she said with a thin smile. "You did save from my mother, so it's not as if our relationship is entirely fake. We all have one or two secrets; I guess…"

It may seem she sounded understanding, but really, she just sounded sad. She was taking a jab at her 'secret' love for that she never made 'clear', according to my nonexistent reply to it.

I needed to calm her down. I felt bad, but at the sa ti, I knew I wanted her now. Strange how a night can change people. But having her as my girlfriend will be… let's say complicated, starting with the fact that her mother lives in her body.

Though I knew a solution to that.

"..."

Dammit.

Harem route isn't the way.

Don't do it. Stay in control.

It's better to stay with one girl, I thought. A large part of scread, [Why? It is the only way for us, anyway. Ultimately, in the end, we'll head to that route anyway. For we are too old and have fallen in love too many tis for our hearts to hold only one girl at this point.]

Another equally large part scread, [It's a modern world, and we are always around famous people. Harem is going to be hard, if not impossible. The girl will leave us one by one, as they'll feel wronged.]

My moralities struggled. Another reply ca that even if this was a modern world, harem was a widely accepted term in the devil world. Then another reply from the opposite side. It continued for a while. But sadly, the one who told to control had a single mistake, it had provided a weak point in the beginning.

The next large part of mine, no, the largest part of mine, the part that thought of itself as the Venerable One, laughed. [Why are we having a skit in our head again? What is this? How is building a harem going to be hard? Impossible, even? Remind , who are we again? Since when did we fall so low that won will leave us? Pathetic, has this soft world made us weak? The Honored One does not care about difficulty or mortality, he does what he wishes.]

Haah. There you go. I really didn't like the personalities in my mories clashing, because there was always only one winner. My empathy from a mont earlier vanished, and the calculating side of my brain flared.

My hand that was under her ear, around the back of her head, held her tighter and pulled her towards . She gasped, and that gap in her mouth allowed to push my tongue inside her. She moaned, unsure what to do, as I held her tight and pressed her down on the couch. Tsubaki moaned as I kissed her, my left hand squeezing her breasts to make her moan like a slut in heat.

When I finally pulled back the kiss minutes later, she was panting and looking at with a frown, even as she was blushing.

Her eyes trembled slightly as she said, "So many secrets, Aqua. I never knew you could kiss so well. I didn't know you could be this aggressive, either."

"You don't know many things, love. Maybe you'll know starting from now on."

She smiled, noting the change in my earlier expression. "I didn't know you could be this harsh, either. So many secrets, really. Who can change their personality this quickly? Kiss again."

I leaned down and kissed her again, and she whimpered in return. This ti around, we were forced to cancel the kiss not by choice.

"Uhm," m-Cho said. "C-can't you two go back to the bedroom!?"

I got up and turned to her, she was still on the sa couch as us but had her back turned on us. I grabbed her waist and made her turn around, her eyes widened when I lifted her short figure up in the air and kissed her.

I heard a shocked gasp co from behind , but Tsubasa didn't run away. So I kissed m-Cho and then I put her down, looking back at Tsubasa. She bit her lips, staring at with dagger-like eyes, much like her mother last night.

"You're such a heartbreaker," she said. "Kiss again."

I leaned down and kissed her again too, as m-Cho sat back in silence, her face red.

The three of us knew this wouldn't just end here, sothing more would happen. None of us cared, no, maybe we looked forward to it. Yet, fate decided to be annoying, as once again, we were forced to cancel the kiss not by choice.

"...Onii-Chan?" We all heard a dry voice, and raising my head I found myself facing my twin standing near a bedroom door.

Her eyes, red like always, had a brighter glint in them than before. She stared at the scene with deadpan silence as the glint grew stronger.

A small part of yelled to grab Ruby too, but many of my other parts beat that part out of commission as I stopped.

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Tsubasa sat beside while covering her face with her hands, while m-Cho had made a run for it with the excuse of brewing tea. Ruby sat on a couch opposite , wearing a white tee and short jeans, with her arms resting by her side and both of her eyes glinting like stars.

"You healed my eyes?" She asked, trying to ignore the scene she had walked into just earlier. "Things look… sharper. Clearer, and I can see the mana in the air better.”

“Mhm.”

I walked over to her and placed a hand on her head. The use of Reverse Soul Reflection told all I needed to do.

“It grants you so basic eye powers, but the main ability is called [Kagemimic]. It allows your eyes to track and perfectly replicate any movent. Not bad, this will help your idol career."

I read the description out loud, "By locking onto a target's motion with your gaze, you can capture the intricate details of their movents. This ans you can predict their movents, but more importantly, mimic them with exceptional accuracy. This ability is not limited to just physical actions; it also extends to combat techniques, dance routines, and even intricate skills like crafting or playing musical instrunts. Kagemimic grants you the ability to learn and apply new abilities quickly, making you a master of adaptation and mimicry.”

“Oh,” she blinked. “I am at 5th Circle now, by the way. How?”

“The eyes must have made you stronger,” I said; she gave a strange look. “What?”

“You… feel weaker, though. Why?”

“Oh. I pushed myself. Had to make so sacrifices to win the battle.”

I was a little surprised when, after staring at for a bit longer, Ruby threw her arms around my waist and hugged . She was sitting and I was standing in front of her, as she hugged tightly.

“Ruby?”

“Sorry…”

It wasn’t her fault, but it didn’t take even a second why she thought it was. She was weak, it was a fact. She was weak for soone trained by .

But then so might argue I myself was pretty weak for being… well, myself. How could I have let so God's Avatar co and ss with ? If it was the God himself, then sure, but that was just his Avatar. My mories that had taken a hit from the Order of the Crimson Abyss have healed a lot, but I still didn’t have all my knowledge. But that wasn't an excuse, how could re Avatars force to take such asures? I had to grow faster.

I patted her head, "It's alright since all’s well in the end. You got better eyes and you are also stronger now, nobody took any permanent injury so it's fine."

We stayed like that for a bit, as soon music began to play. m-Cho returned with tea and played light music, "Snowman" by Sia spread through the room, as we held each other close.

A few minutes later, I sat beside her and both of us took a cup of tea from the table ahead. m-Cho and Tsubasa sat on the couch opposite ours, and I took so ti to introduce everyone to everyone properly.

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