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Eight hours later, Shinku's weak voice echoed in the spring as she begged for mercy.
To be honest, she was kinda breaking down. At first, it hurt. Then, it started feeling amazing—so good it became addictive. A few hours in, it hit its peak, and from there… it was all downhill. Now, everything just felt sore and burning. She couldn't take it anymore.
At this point, she was completely wiped out. Their physical difference was just ridiculous.
Riku, only slightly disappointed, finally let her off the hook.
"Man… life really is lonely as snow," Riku sighed, watching Shinku stagger out in a kimono, weakly holding onto the wall.
With how strong his body was now, even Fia wouldn't be able to match him in a fight—not the old Fia anyway. But the new, transformed Fia? That might be interesting…
Shinku, though? Yeah, she'd be lucky to get out of bed tomorrow. Even leaving the day after was looking iffy.
Wait, why "tomorrow"? Well, it was already past 2AM. They'd been at it for eight hours, after all.
"Whatever. Soaking alone isn't that fun anyway. I've had enough." Riku dried off, summoned a kimono, and got dressed.
"Next time, I'll try this kind of crazy experience in the hot spring with Fia too…" he muttered with a satisfied smirk.
Eventually, he made his way back to his bedroom—only to find someone already there, waiting for him.
"…Jibril? What are you doing here this late?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I was just curious, you know~?" Jibril said sweetly, her dazzling eyes twinkling. "Why did Master and his maid take so long in the hot spring?"
"…Hah?" Riku narrowed his eyes at her.
"Hey, Master…" Jibril's gaze locked onto his. "You once promised me, didn't you? That you'd give me the one gift I needed most…"
"You should know what I want most, Master."Jibril looked at Riku with a dreamy, obsessed expression. "Now that I'm back to my original self, Master can do whatever he wants with me."
"Jibril, you really are begging to be tamed."Riku smirked as he walked over and touched her wings.
"But I bet you like me like this, don't you?"Jibril spoke with full confidence.
"If I'd known, I would've brought more toys," Riku said with a regretful sigh. "A maid who keeps trying to expose her master's thoughts needs to be trained properly from the ground up."
"Oh, I'm really looking forward to that," Jibril tilted her head and smiled sweetly at his words.
"What I'm actually curious about," Riku said playfully, "is whether your race, the Flügel, can even get pregnant."
"Hmm, good question," Jibril tapped her cheek with a finger and smiled. "We Flügel don't have males, and we've never reproduced with other races either. So, how about we give it a try, Master?"
"Heh, you're really asking for it, Jibril. You're gonna regret teasing me like that."Riku chuckled, pulled her close, and didn't hold back.
No more words were needed. The room filled with the sound of a different kind of clash.
And Riku was having the time of his life—true to her crazy-girl nature, Jibril didn't hold back one bit. Whatever Riku wanted to do, she was game for it all. In short: absolute bliss.
The next day, around noon, Riku lay alone on the rooftop, staring at the dark, blood-red sky, looking pretty bored.
Why? Well, Hatsuse Fia was undergoing her transformation, Jibril and Shinku were resting, and Zubi had already left. As for Zhuyue, she'd gone off wandering—floating around in the air all day had to be boring, so Riku gave her some time off. Suddenly, things felt quiet again.
Of course, Riku had also checked in on Kurone and reinforced the human settlement with several defensive barriers—no need to worry about the humans for now.
A few moments later, an orc elder suddenly arrived on the roof, bowing respectfully to Riku.
"Lord Riku, there's news from the goblins. They'd like to discuss the alliance face-to-face with you."
"Hmm? Finally something to do. I almost forgot about the goblins."Riku sat up slightly and rubbed his chin. With everything else going on lately, he'd completely forgotten about his original goal.
"They want to meet face-to-face? Sure, why not."Riku nodded. There was a platinum-level chest on the goblins' side anyway—he was planning to go sooner or later. Might as well be now.
"Got it. You're dismissed. And remember—no one is allowed near Fia. If anyone tries, I won't show mercy, no matter who it is."Riku gave the orc elder a sharp glance, his tone full of authority.
Even though Jibril had set up multiple layers of barriers, you never know what might happen.
"Understood!"The orc elder trembled under Riku's gaze, even though Riku didn't seem hostile. He nodded quickly.
No way would he dare disturb Hatsuse Fia. She was clearly undergoing a powerful transformation with Riku's help.
"Good."Riku gave a small wave and disappeared from the rooftop using Sky Shift.
"Lord Riku is getting scarier by the day… Thank goodness we made that alliance with him. Otherwise, we orcs would be in big trouble right now."The orc elder wiped the cold sweat from his forehead that wasn't even there and sighed in relief.
Seriously, thank the gods that Princess Hatsuse Fia had been around, and that they'd arranged that marriage alliance with Riku right from the start!
Elsewhere, Zhuyue was leisurely flying around when a figure suddenly appeared above her, triggering her instincts. She flared up with energy—only to calm down the next second.
"Geez, Lord Riku, don't just pop up on people like that! You almost gave this dragon a heart attack."Zhuyue huffed.
"Sorry, sorry," Riku waved it off with a half-hearted apology. "I need you to take me to the goblins."
"Goblins, huh? Got it."Zhuyue blinked but nodded right away.
She flew off quickly with Riku riding on her back, heading straight toward goblin territory.
Along the way, Riku casually opened three treasure chests.
One was bronze, one silver, and one gold.
From the bronze chest, he got a "Bad Luck Talisman."Yeah… not exactly useful to someone like Riku right now, but maybe it could be fun to mess with someone else.
From the silver chest, he got a mecha blueprint—based on the IS world's tech, but an improved version. That actually sparked some ideas in Riku's head.
From the gold chest, he gained a new ability: Hyper Regeneration.Getting this from a gold chest meant it had to be top-tier. Riku was seriously impressed. For a regular person, it might just mean being hard to kill, but for Riku, this was the kind of thing that could seriously boost his power.
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