[AN: Next chapter will be a Tuesday chapter!

Anyway, the serpent is out for the hunt!]

Vorst was training inside his special residence. Two bots were encircling him their blades constantly aiming for his blind spots.

Horizontal slash. Guard. Lean to dodge. Vertical slash. Guard. (Accel). Slash. Dodge. Counter. Dodge. Dodge. Dodge. Counter. Block. Parry. (Accel). Stab.

Continuously. Infinitely. Time passed without him noticing.

Then! A red mark appeared on his skin, from it the red liquid started dripping down. With that three of them stopped. The bots had a minor Photon Transfer only to be able to endure various counters, so the damage wasn't serious.

[Lily(bot): Hehe~ Marc's mind is not into fight today huh.]

[Calla(bot): ... Humpf. M'lord. We should be more strict with training regime from now on. In the past even with speed increased hundredfold m'lord could easily do it in his sleep.]

[--Kaya--: Hehe~ Don't be too rough on him, his mind is full of the events that just enfolded this evening.]

Jade-eyed girl was sitting on the throne while petting her Aegis Serpent. She clearly was having fun watching the invincible Adamantine Dragon being in trouble. Vorst smiled bitterly... He usually enjoyed a sparing session, but today was a rare occasion when he just couldn't focus. This time his mind was still on the matter that Celina's confession stirred up...

Humpf. Calla was seriously upset.

When the Archangel of Slaughter was angry empires, continents or even a majority of a race perished. When Krishna was angry sometimes a dark radiance would erupt from her and incinerate everything within several kilometers around her. When Ragnarok was angry just her aura, a suffocating dark aura, was able to harvest thousands of souls just by her sheer presence.

Calla was upset. She cutely pouted as she turned her head away from Marc. Humpf with a stomp.

It was because her lord took a blow. It wasn't just any blow, because her lord would usually bait his opponent receiving a slight hit in exchange for the lethal blow. There were times when even he couldn't completely avoid hits, but he still lessened the force as much as possible... However this blow... was a clean one... He... Her Lord... Her Marc... This kind of blow... This caliber... Her pride was hurt way more than his.

Seeing her in this kind of state guilt pierced through Marc.

[--Marc--: I'm sorry Calla.]

[--Calla--: Humpf.]

[--Marc--: I'll triple the training time from tomorrow. No, let's start right now.]

[--Calla--: Humpf.]

She still maintained the same posture but she stole a quick glance at him. For Marc to willingly give up his sleep time was a true sacrifice. She knew that he was truly regretting his mistake.

[--Marc--: Calla...]

[--Calla--: Alright, but m'lord have to triple the effort too!]

[--Marc--: Yes.]

[Calla(bot): Okay, then let me bandage that place so we can start right away.]

[Vorst: Yes.]

With a whirl black sphere pulled out a medical kit and carefully took care of the bleeding spot. Inside his soul two scheming devils were loving the meek display of Marc.

[--Lily--: Hehe, nothing beats the sight of Marc in trouble.]

[--Kaya--: Right! Not everyday we can see our Shujin-sama being like this.]

[--Lily--: That's reminds me, Anastasia, Marc already finished your personal bot. Lord Marcdrak knew that you'd wake up soon so he just made it beforehand.]

[--Kaya--: Fufu, Shujin-sama is really thoughtful. If only he cured his lazy nature he'd be perfect.]

[--Lily--: If he did that we would be in serious trouble, even now it's hard to manage him...]

[--Kaya--: Hehe, that's reminds me Lilith... A Hero huh?]

[--Lily--: ... Where did you hear that?]

[--Kaya--: Ragna-nee told me.]

[--Lily--: Ragna-nee.. you traitor...]

[--Kaya--: Shujin-sama is the and they aren't Heroes! They are Kings!]

[--Lily--: Anastasia, I know that Kings are not Heroes, but there are Heroes that become Kings.]

[--Kaya--: Hmm...]

[--Lily--: So we can make him a Hero before he ascends to Kingship.]

[--Kaya--: I see, as long as Shujin-sama becomes a Ruler I won't interfere, but don't expect me to lend you too much help.]

[--Lily--: It's fine, fufu, I'll just have to make him a Hero before you make him a King.]

[--Kaya--: Shujin-sama, are you fine with it?]

[--Marc--: ... Just do as you wish.]

While those two were making future plans for him, Vorst once again resumed the sparing session with the black sphere with golden lines.

[--Kaya--: Hehe, if it's about the girls, you don't have to worry, your Kaya will take care of everything for her beloved Shujin-sama.]

[--Marc--: ...]

White sphere with red lines joined the practicing session.

[--Lily--: Fufu, why don't you join us?]

Lily was extremely happy, since Kaya approved of her plan, nothing could stop her now!

[--Kaya--: Hehe, Marc's training. That brings back old times... Why not?]

With that one more white sphere joined on the joint attack on the boy. A white sphere with green lines, the Main Drone , was an excellent support, without participating too much it seamlessly aimed for the most vulnerable spots while safely deflecting many of his attacks... Vorst's training difficulty suddenly went up by several notches.

Minutes passed by... then hours...

WHAM.

A sudden increase in the boy's aura halted the bots' advance. It wasn't just any aura, the fierce power was clearly showing his agitation.

Marc with a simple swish of his hand he created a soul portal. With that he passed through...

Kaya seeing that quietly followed. Both Calla and Lily looked at each other, they understood immediately that something must have happened. An interference from another source into a soul of one of the girls... Calla and Lily do not have any soul powers besides soul damaging ones so they only could wait for their return, but there was no need to worry. The power that one has in a soul realm reflects the power of one's soul. Just being capable of having a perfect replica of a humongous floating castle and its surrounding terrain in his soul realm shows the vast extend of Marc's powers.

[Mersa: ... L-L-L-L-Lover...]

Vorst had a lover?!

Since when?

Where?

What?

How?

Her head was spinning from a shock that just one little sentence delivered to her.

Mersa had no idea what was going on.

Who was that extremely beautiful lady that he introduced as his lover?

She never saw her before.

[Mersa: Vor-chan...]

So he already had a lover...

Even though...

Tears came to her eyes.

Even though she was prepared...

She was prepared that he might not choose her.

There was Celina and Nova there...

Aria-senpai was a cool type of beauty, she was level-headed with a well calculating head. Witches had to be like that she said. With all the magical equations they have to make. Mersa heard many compliments that hundreds of males were giving the blue-haired Witch Queen. How they adored her azure eyes. How attractive her hair was. How beautiful she was...

As for Za-senpai even within the special squad Mersa would often overhear soldiers talking about how cute the tiger girl was. That she would be a wonderful girlfriend. A bit timid, but she was certainly hardworking, caring and would be definitely devoted. She was also very attractive. A poster of her sitting on one of the Battle Drones marching for the battle won the contest thanks to her cuteness and was widely used as the recruiting advertisement - Come fight together with the Red Commander!

Mersa on the other hand so far was only praised for her battle capabilities and that was only by higher officers. Soldiers would shudder when making eye contact with the Crimson Ice Queen. They would make a hasty salute and scurry away as fast as possible...

Mersa kind of was prepared...

Knock knock.

Sudden sounds made her go back to reality.

She turned her head towards the window. Vorst was outside.

With wide eyes she hurriedly opened the window to let him in. However Vorst in that moment pulled her hand and with that both of them fell down. Mersa's room was in on the 230th floor so they had a while before they would hit the ground.

[Mersa: Wh-wha?! Vor-chan! What? What?]

She immediately clung to him.

[Vorst: Mer-chan, I thought Circle Tiers have the ability to fly.]

He totally took her by surprise so she was extremely confused, however with his words the reason came back to her. Within a second powerful amount of power emerged and they both halted in the air.

[Mersa: Vor-chan...]

[Vorst: I was on my way to meet you halfway but it seems like you didn't even leave your room.]

With that Mersa suddenly remembered that she agreed to come to his place. She agreed to 'that' woman's words...

[Mersa: Vor-chan...]

[Vorst: I will explain things. Can we head to my place?]

[Mersa: Mhm.]

Right now they were both hugging each other... She was fully pressing herself to him... Crimson shade covered her face.

[Vorst: We can take a detour. The moon today is very beautiful.]

Mersa also looked at the perfect round circle that moved through the night sky. This night, his skin, his warmth, this moon...

Somehow they ended up flying slowly through the night air... Well, Marc was in no hurry and Mersa didn't want this moment to end... because when they arrive to that place he... he will return to that woman... Envy sprouted in the heart of the wolf girl.

[Vorst: Let's rest there.]

He pointed at the bench next to the empty lake. Mersa happily complied.

They both sat there for a while. Mersa held Vorst's warm hand without a sign that she wanted to let go. Stay with me - her hand was trying to convey it to him.

[Vorst: Mer-chan...]

And when she turned her head towards him, their foreheads touched.

SWISH.

Suddenly Mersa appeared in a different place.

A huge black structure was hovering over their heads...

[--Mersa--: Vor-chan? What is this place?]

[--Marc--: ... This is my place. Come.]

With that he grabbed her hand and led her through a semi-transparent staircase that he made on a whim.

He led her through the main gate, through the vast rooms, through the long corridor, through the beautiful rich interior and they arrived before the enormous black door.

Mersa was completely overwhelmed, everything was happening so fast...

[--Marc--: Come, this is the place.]

With that the black door seamlessly opened. The metal construct that weighted several thousands tons was pushed open with just a light touch.

The Throne Room just by itself was extremely vast. Just the corridor that was surrounded by two rows of pillows was two and a half kilometer long, on the far end there was a large Red Throne. The throne was empty, normally without him in the room none of the girls would sit on the throne, they would only arrive once he was already on it. Under it on one of the many cushions scattered around there was she... That woman... Vorst's lover...

Mersa's hand squeezed his harder. Much harder than ever. She unconsciously put all her strength into it. On the outside it might have already crushed him, but inside the soul space he could easily endure it.

[--Marc--: Don't worry.]

After that whisper... they arrived right before the throne!

In an instant they crossed that ridiculous distance!

Mersa was used to super speeds, but she didn't notice a thing. That's how fast it was. Was that a teleportation?! In an instant and she couldn't feel a slightest air resistance at all!

[--Kaya--: Fufu, surprised by Shujin-sama's (Instant Step)? That wasn't a teleportation, it was just an extremely advanced movement skill.]

A woman was as friendly towards her as ever. However... Mersa still held his hand with all her might. Her unyielding gaze showed Kaya that she is not going to give up on him at any cost. Any cost!

[--Kaya--: Welcome back Shujin-sama.]

[--Marc--: Mhm. I'm back Kaya. Mer-chan, meet Kaya, Anastasia 'Kaya'. Kaya, meet Mersa.]

[--Kaya--: Mersa-chan then. Mersa-chan can just call me Ana-neesan or just Ana-nee will be enough.]

Kaya had an extremely warm personality, so much that Mersa even felt a guilt sting her as she previously thought about fighting for Vorst against her. What's more a way Kaya addressed Vorst was interesting... Master?

[--Mersa--: Ana-neesan, um...]

[--Kaya--: Fufu, there is no need to worry ok? I'm not going to take away Vorst anywhere alright?]

Hearing her tone made Mersa a bit relieved. Meanwhile Marc started to look around.

[--Kaya--: Oh, they left to prepare some snacks.]

A dark expression came over Marc's face.

[--Marc--: Calla is...?]

[--Kaya--: Ah, no don't worry Shujin-sama, only Lily will prepare them, Ragna-nee will only carry them, she will only bring them over.]

Phew, he was instantly feeling relieved. Hearing more names Mersa instantly grew confused. An at that moment the black door leading to the throne room opened once again. This time two more beauties entered.

Inside his soul realm the food and drinks could be instantly procured at will. However their taste would be 'flat'. Always the same, to actually have a variety there were two ways. First is to think about different types of food. Second is to simply cook them. A cooked version of the food will be a bit different from the instantly summoned one, and if a cook was excellent the taste would be much better too. If a cook was.. well.. less gifted then the result would be 'lower' too.

Calla stared at Marc with a stern look. Just as they arrived he averted his eyes from her for a split-second... He definitely thought about something rude.

A tall black haired beauty was slowly moving forward bringing a huge variety of freshly baked sweets. There was absolutely everything, from normal tea cookies to exquisite cakes. Lily loved sweets. And she loved making them too.

With every single movement a black dress that she was wearing showed a glimpse of her long mesmerizing legs. An enchanting, elegant aura only emphasized her attractive perfect curves. Not too much anywhere, however definitely more than enough. In pure terms of outside appearance she was number one among those three even in Mersa's eyes.

A redhead was wearing a fluttering white dress with an extreme amount of frills. She was a head shorter than the girl she was walking next to, in fact her height was about the same as Mersa's. This one exerted a bewitching atmosphere around her, although she did nothing somehow her movements were hinting something provocative. It was a way to entrance any male!

Within an instant they crossed that enormous distance and arrived before them. The red-haired girl put down a tea set that she was carrying on the nearby table, the black-haired girl also tried to follow in the same fashion, however she somehow managed to trip on the completely seamless marble floor. Marc instantly arrived there to support her and Lily used her powers to catch the falling cakes in space. Everything was done in a practiced manner and the crisis was resolved.

[--Calla--: Um. Thank you m'lord.]

An extremely beautiful girl blushed in his arms...

Marc understood. It was all planned! But only planned by those two. Calla didn't have enough acting skills to trip - she always did that when she was carrying something other than a weapon. Like million chances out of million.

Mersa... was watching everything with her eyes open wide.

[--Mersa--: Vor-chan...]

[--Kaya--: Fufu, Mersa-chan. We are all Shujin-sama's lovers here.]

Serpent girl instantly intersected without giving Mersa time to finish her question. She appeared next to the Wolf girl and whispered to her ear...

[--Mersa--: L-L-Lovers?]

Like it was... plural? Vor-chan didn't have just a lover, but he had multiple lovers?! WHAAAAAAA?

Mersa's head started to spin.

[--Kaya--: Mersa-chan, You know? You can become Vor-chan's lover...]

A bait.

For Mersa it was a goal...

[--Kaya--: Do you want to be Vor-chan's lover? It's possible.]

A trap.

For Mersa it was a ray of hope...

[--Kaya--: However you can't have Vor-chan...]

A thorn. A hit. A rejection. It hurt. What.. but she will not... She will NOT give him up. No! She won't! She will get him at any cost. ANY COST!

[--Kaya--: But..]

A serpent's whisper.

For Mersa it was an angel's whisper...

[--Kaya--: You can become Vor-chan's.]

The White Wolf Princess' eyes opened wide, with a shock she turned her head to take a look at the green-eyed boy.

She can become his?

She had only one answer to that...

The serpent completely ensnared it's prey.