Shocked by the little creature's words, Ryan regretfully stared at the Queen's corpse.
'That mouth could have done so many things,' Ryan sighed.
Deciding things were too strange, Ryan withdrew from the event and activated his token to leave.
'So much for my 'win or die ntality,' Ryan thought, shaking his head.
Arriving back in the Dawn Pavilion, Ryan quickly exited the building and headed towards the nearest teleportation array.
Little did he know, soone was following him. Soone he wouldn't have been able to sense even if he had checked with his bloodline.
===
Arriving back at the academy, Ryan first contacted the Duchess and set up an appointnt for the evening.
He was hellbent on securing Yoko tonight, and if he couldn't get the damned bird, he'd storm the Duchess' castle himself.
"Girls!" Ryan called, entering his palace.
Soon an assortnt of won, including Emily, Lizzy, Izzy, Grace, and Zoey, arrived before him.
"Zoey, I don't require your services this ti," Ryan said.
"I'm only in my first month," Zoey complained. "Bunny girls need a year until they give birth."
Ryan blinked. "I know that," Ryan said, scratching his head.
'A year?! Thank god!' Ryan thought, breathing a silent sigh of relief.
"I was just testing your enthusiasm. Still great as ever," Ryan said, smiling.
"So what do you need us to do, Master?" Emily asked, tilting her head.
"Is it a battle?" Izzy asked, licking her lips. "I hope it's a battle.
"No." Ryan shook his head. "We're going to be going into the tower to train as a group today," Ryan said.
"Well, specifically, you girls will train while I do nothing. You need to start building chemistry with each other as you are my greatest ally with my ability [Harem Summon], which, for now, only summons my harem mbers," Ryan said, gauging the groups' reactions.
Lizzy raised her hand. "Who's going to be the leader, M-Master?" she asked, blushing when she used my new mandatory na.
'I would void the rule for my harem mbers, but respect is important, and with loyalty being such a big part, it's doubly so,' Ryan thought.
Ryan, of course, loved beautiful won calling him master and would never complain.
Still, it was important for his cat servants and knights to hear his more experienced mbers be respectful when talking so they knew they weren't being singled out.
"It's going to be our newest mber, Grace," Ryan said, raising a few of the group's eyebrows.
Ryan chuckled, asking, "Is anyone doubting my judgnt?"
Izzy started to raise her hand teasingly, but Lizzy held it down.
"You're no fun, sis," Izzy muttered.
"Well then, if anyone has any complaints after the training session, you can find ," Ryan said, locking eyes with Grace, the two sharing a knowing smile.
===
After the training session, the five ca out of the training tower, all smiling and everyone sharing a laugh.
Ryan chuckled. "It seems you girls had a good ti in there?"
Although he had told the girls he would do nothing, he had already gone inside the tower and used his bloodline to the max, climbing the tower's combat training tower simulator as high and fast as possible.
"You cheated," Lizzy said, smiling.
"That's Master, soldier," Grace said, teasingly poking Lizzy in the side, eliciting a yelp.
"How were we supposed to know Grace's specialty was in combat experience?" Izzy grumbled, still peeved that her uniqueness in battle was now taken away.
"Why don't you show them exactly what it is, Grace," Ryan said, nodding.
"Yes, master," Grace replied, waving her hand as she showed everyone her new ability.
[Battle Master (Passive)]
[Description: This ability gives anyone the user directs in battle 2x knowledge gain.]
"Double?!" Lizzy exclaid, her mouth dropping open.
"No wonder," Zoey murmured. "It felt as though my very instincts were changing in real-ti."
"What a useful ability," Emily said, pouting.
"Emily," Ryan said. "Your ability is extrely advantageous. It just requires the user to take so risk to use it properly."
"Pleasant face isn't sothing you need to use on Ravier, as you're the daughter of a Duke, but once we leave, it will be instruntal."
"Leave?" the collective chorus asked.
"That's for later," Ryan said. "We still have to join the multiverse, but eventually, we'll be leaving."
Lizzy and Izzy bit their lips and looked at each other.
"Ryan," Lizzy said. "Could we talk to you alone?"
"Sure," Ryan said, noting her serious tone. "That's enough training for today, girls. But I expect this daily from now on."
As the group dispersed, Ryan couldn't help but give them so motivation. "If you manage to cross floor 50, I'll give you a little surprise."
The girls paused, and Zoey muttered, "I hope it's a big surprise."
Giggling, the three girls left, leaving only the demon sisters.
"What's on your mind, ladies," Ryan asked, conjuring so couches for them to sit on.
Izzy sat awkwardly, looking up and away from Ryan at the sky, while Lizzy bit her fingernails, sothing Ryan had never seen her do before.
"Girls," Ryan sighed. "I'm not so monster, not to you."
"You two were my first true harem mbers. Who can I trust if I can't trust you to be open and honest with ?" Ryan asked.
Touched by his words, the two looked at Ryan. "We've been talking," Lizzy started.
"We know this is a lot to ask," Izzy continued.
"But would you please sleep with our mother when you et her?" they both asked.
Coughing, Ryan wheezed, "What?"
"I knew it," Lizzy said, collapsing against the couch.
"We shouldn't have told him all those stories about mother. Now he thinks she'll eat him up or isn't pretty enough for him," Izzy said regretfully.
"Wait, what?" Ryan asked, confused at their line of reasoning. "Do you girls not care that she's your mother?"
Blinking, the girls asked, "What do you an?"
"You wouldn't care that I slept with your mother?" Ryan asked, bewildered.
'Co to think of it; Ester was the sa way. When I ntioned Mara, she shrugged it off like it was no big deal.'
"Why would we care?" Izzy asked.
"It's pervasive for unmarried mothers to take the sa spouse as their children. After all, there are only so many good n to go around," Lizzy said. "That's why you got Mara's mother, right?"
Ryan grinned, rubbing his chin in thought. 'I think this world fits perfectly.'
"That's not exactly what I had in mind," Ryan admitted. "But it couldn't hurt."
'Wait, does that an my trip tonight with the Duchess could get hot and heavy?' Ryan suddenly thought. 'Is my harem going to be filled with a bunch of mother-daughter pairs?'
'Although that sounds lovely, I wasn't planning on having so many.'
While this conundrum plagued his thoughts, the two girls started whispering.
"Have you noticed how Ryan doesn't know much about Ravier?" Lizzy whispered.
"Yeah," Izzy nodded. "It's almost like what Emily's mother said was true, at least about him being from another world."
"I think it's just his upbringing," Lizzy replied, shaking her head at her sister's stupidity. "The chance that he's sohow from another world is too small."
"But it would explain a lot," Izzy said, nudging her sister. "He is, after all he's the quickest man the Zol'Gan Empire has ever seen."
"Don't remind that our mother keeps that list," Lizzy put her head in her hands in embarrassnt.
"Actually, I think she keeps it for a friend," Izzy said, rembering her mother ntioning the list.
"Mother has a friend?" Lizzy asked, surprised.
"Of course," Izzy nodded. "Aurora."
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