Chapter 326: De laring War
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For the next week Alex bounced his attention between the academy where he was still a teacher, and the new Yuuki-Onna settlement that had yet to be named(A.N. Hint hint). At the academy they were finishing up finals and exams before the start of the summer break, which Mikogami didn't quite appreciate Alex taking off with a dropout female student in the middle of them. Though he had been understanding of course when Alex mentioned that he intended to keep the Yuuki-Onna from being drafted into the ranks of Fairy Tale's army.
As for the race of women themselves, they seemed to be adapting to their new home fairly well during their first week there, with the younger generations being taken to Sona's Academy to try and integrate with Asora's youth, and some of the grown women even traveling to the other locations in Asora to mingle with others for the first time in years. Naturally since the entire race was pretty much a species of shut ins there were a few hiccups here and there, but they were resolved swiftly without too much fuss.
Then there was the discussion about what was to happen with the Yuuki-Onna village in the future since they would need to contribute to Asora in some way. Naturally both Serafall and Alex had already thought of this, and answered at the same time 'winter resort', and 'hot springs'. Both of these ideas were readily accepted by both the Yuuki-Onna and the people of Asora since having a place to vacation to have fun and relax would have been nice for everyone, especially since they were currently still within the grips of the long winter. Naturally the time everyone looked forward to the resort the most was during their long summers, when the extended periods of heat would make them want to flee to a colder climate for a few days.
Between him bouncing back and forth from the Yuuki-Onna village, the academy, and the space-time orb, Alex also somehow found time to pay the various phoenixes that had moved to Asora a visit. Naturally after his earlier display of killing one of their own, which they thought was impossible, the phoenixes showed Alex more respect and fear than any other being they had ever encountered, until they learned that Asora was filled with monsters like him. It didn't take long after they moved there for people like Vali and Sairaorg and even Hajime to seek them out for a fight, which the phoenixes eagerly accepted until they realized that their foes were more powerful than they thought.
This led to Rho-Dan and several of the phoenixes even confessing to Alex when he visited them that, not only was Asora amazing due to the clean and wide open skies and that they no longer needed to hide, but also due to the vast amount of rivals to push the already powerful phoenixes even further. There had been a distinct lack of people willing to challenge the great birds before, due to their monstrous strength and the fact that no one wanted to risk offending the immortal species.
Of course Alex's biggest issue was when Tsurara was introduced to his other women, who looked at him with narrowed eyes since they already knew about her and Mizore's condition due to Shia's earlier report to them. Though they knew Mizore intended to be impregnanted from the beginning, they never actually thought she would manage to do so so soon, not to mention her mother being thrown into the mix at the same time. Thankfully Anne was Alex's saving grace as she revealed her research into the flowers that Mizore had collected for her, which could actually increase libido and fertility in those who smelled them.
This information resulted in turn in Alex being the center of several predatory gazes, as almost everyone considered getting their hands on one of these flowers in the near future. Thankfully Anne came to his rescue once again by stating that all of said flowers were under lock and key, and that she already had a plan to use them in the future so the girls would just have to wait a short while longer.
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Once the hustle and bustle of the exams and moving the Yuuki-Onna died down, it was finally time for something that more people than expected were looking forward to, summer break.
"LETS GOOOOOO!" Kurumu shouted as she ran towards the water from the beach they were currently on. Due to various this and that's, the newspaper clubs advisor Nekonome had brought them to a beach in the human world for their summer vacation, however they were accompanied by both the girls in Alex's harem, and those in the swim club.
Naturally the girls from Asora felt that taking a break and going to the beach for a day would be a nice change in pace from the constant snow that was currently in Asora. And even though they could've just gone into the space-time orb since the villa was in a constant tropical climate, each and every one agreed that it wasn't the same as going to a different beach to relax.
And as for the swim club, they had become Ingvild's loyal followers ever since he had introduced her to them while attending one of their practices. Though they initially been annoyed when she introduced herself as 'Leviathan', an existence as significant to sea dwelling people as Dracula was to vampires, all it took was her transitioning to her super devil form for them to change their tune, and each of them became her loyal followers while the captain, Tamao, even managed to become her pawn. Though Ingvild wasn't exactly interested in having followers, she eventually decided to accept them since she intended to rebuild the devil house of Leviathan and would need more people to do so.
And so, with Millicas and Yukari having gone off on a date together, Alex was the only man around to enjoy the sea of beautiful women in various swimwear in front of him. Though some girls wore cutesy swimwear, such as Sun's light blue one piece, or Kokoa's frilly white swimsuit with strawberries; the majority of girls were wearing the more mature or s.e.xy items, such as Rias's dark red bikini, or even Sona's own mature one piece, which was opened in the back and belly to show more skin. With so many varieties for Alex to look at due to everyone who lived in the Misty Manor coming, while Valerie, Tosca, and Lavina Reni watched over the children, there were even a few that went well past risqué.
This included Akeno's, who's swimsuit was actually more tame among the 'risqué group', which consisted of a black leathery V that extended over her shoulders to just barely cover her n.i.p.p.l.es before the two straps ran down to meet at her crotch. Naturally, she had also been the instigator in the other girls risqué swimsuits as Alex's head s.e.x slave, with her 'recommending' Altina's swimsuit that covered even less than her own. It was a bikini with strings that were all exceptionally thinner than usual while the cloth to cover her private areas was only about as wide as a finger, meaning that the edges of her n.i.p.p.l.es were still visible if one looked carefully enough, while the one to cover her crotch was steadily wedging into her p.u.s.s.y. Naturally the backside had even less coverage, which meant that one could occasionally see the emerald green gem that was nestled between her butt cheeks.
Even hers was tame however when you looked at either Tio or Francesca, who both appeared to be wearing proper bikinis at a glance, but they had both instead shown up completely nude after painting their swimsuits on. Tio had apparently gotten the idea after Alex and Akeno had wrote various vulgar words and sayings onto her body a time or two to have under her usual kimono, which had interested Francesca when she found out.
Unlike Tio or Altina who were Alex's masochistic s.e.x slaves, Francesca was a strange combination of shy maiden and incurable pervert, which created unique situations like the current one where she was blushing and acting shyly from the attention she was receiving due to her lack of attire, yet she had chosen to show up like that to begin with and there was a line of fluid running down her inner thigh. Naturally Tio had a pitch black gem that would occasionally make an appearance between her butt cheeks, while Francesca had a bright yellow one between hers.
Risqué swimsuits or not, Alex's 'Lucky Pervert' skill was seemingly working over time since he was still treated to several various wardrobe malfunctions as the girls played. The most notable incident was when Routier had somehow tripped and completely removed Sun's one piece in her fall, giving Alex his first full frontal view of the innocent siren's n.a.k.e.d body before she released a "Kyaaa!" so shrill that everyone dropped to the ground while covering their ears.
Aside from the e.r.o.t.i.c situations and attire, Alex and the girls spent the day enjoying themselves quite a bit until it got to a certain time, and Alex reluctantly got up from his seated position under his umbrella. "Nyan?" Nekonome called out curious when Alex stopped scratching her behind her ears, to which he said to her and everyone else,
"Sorry, but I have something I have to go do right now." When she heard this Kurumu looked up and declared,
"Eh?! Just I was about to ask you to rub tanning lotion on me!" With her and the rest of the girls looking at him curiously for wanting to leave while they were having fun, Alex returned a bitter smile as he said,
"Sorry, but people want this arc to end already so I have to go advance the plot now, trust me when I say that I want nothing more than to stay with you all..." Of course the response Alex received from the girls was a series of groans and protests, while someone even shouted, "Screw the 'plot'!" While giving a wry smile at their protests, Alex was about to say he had no choice in the matter when Kuroka suddenly tore off her swimsuit, before clinging onto him with her n.a.k.e.d body and asking,
"What about now~Nya?" At this Alex couldn't help laughing mockingly at himself as he replied,
"We can enjoy this when I get back, but for now I have no choice but to go..." The words were barely out of his mouth before Kuroka's hand blurred, and she used Spatial magic to suddenly 'grab' everyone swimsuits, before tearing them off so that there was suddenly dozens of beautiful n.a.k.e.d women women standing before Alex. Though naturally both Kokoa and Sun both frantically tried to cover themselves, the rest of the girls readily flaunted themselves in front of Alex enticingly as Kuroka sn.a.k.e.d her hand down the front of his own swim shorts, while saying in a sultry tone,
"And now~Nya?" As she spoke Yubelluna, Ravel's 'Queen', clung to his other side while also snaking her hand down his shorts that the two girl's hands were lightly grabbing onto his quickly hardening p.e.n.i.s. Then Alex felt someone wrapped their arms around him from behind, their n.i.p.p.l.es hardening on his bare back as Sona's 'Queen' Tsubaki pouted in his ear,
"Please stay with us..." Before Alex could say anything he suddenly felt someone grab his shorts, as Akeno abruptly hauled them down to his ankles so that he could join the rest of the girls in their n.a.k.e.dness. He then felt his head s.e.x slave take the tip of his p.e.n.i.s into her mouth before she began swirling her tongue around it while sucking on it to create a vacuum. With Akeno giving him head, Tsubaki clinging to his back, and Kuroka stroking his shaft while Yubelluna fondled his family jewels and the rest of the dozens of n.a.k.e.d women beginning to approach him, Alex finally broke and said,
"You know what, screw the plot. I'll just stay right here!" The words were no sooner out of his mouth, when something suddenly fell into the sand at his feet. Looking down, Alex noticed the crystal teleportation key that had somehow appeared even though it had been put into his personal storage, and it was standing up with its tip buried in the sand.
"Oh you've got to be f.u.c.k.i.n.g kidding me..." Alex swore, before the key did something that should have been impossible, and somehow activated on its own to open a portal just below Alex's feet that was big enough for only him to fall through. There was a slight moment where he just hovered there, both Alex and the girls disbelieving what they were seeing, before gravity did its thing and he suddenly fell through the hole before landing on his butt with a soft 'THUD'.
With him sitting in the grass surrounded by a sea of flowers with nothing but a pair of swim shorts around his ankles, Alex glanced up to see the still open portal close before the crystal key dropped down into his lap. For a moment there was nothing, just pure silence as Alex took in what just happened, before he practically exploded,
"ARE YOU F.U.C.K.I.N.G SERIOUS?!!!"
His still erect d.i.c.k bobbing before him, Alex leaped to his feet and shouted while releasing a massive blast of energy upwards,
"AM I SERIOUSLY GETTING BLUE BALLED RIGHT NOW?! ALL FOR THE SAKE OF SOME WORTHLESS PLOT?! WELL F.U.C.K YOU TOO!!!!" Next was a rather unusual and somewhat comical scene, as Alex proceeded to fire off several volleys of powerful energy attacks into the sky to vent his frustration, without even bothering to fix his shorts or his erection for several minutes.
After firing off enough power to level an entire continent, Alex finally stopped to breath deeply as he fixed his shorts and calmed down his still excited member. Once his shorts were no longer tented Alex figured that sooner he got this over with the better, and turned towards the only building around him in the beautiful sea of flowers, an old decrepit shack.
Though he was still annoyed, Alex couldn't help but admire the serenity of the flower field as the summer wind blew through it, carrying their fragrance to his nose. Of course the serene moment wasn't mean to last, as a dark green claw suddenly burst from the ground and seized Alex's ankle, before pulling on it to drag him under. Despite the creature's best efforts however, Alex didn't budge as he instead looked down at it and stared at its beady little eyes.
The staring contest only lasted a couple seconds, before the creature released his ankle and whimpered pitifully as it disappeared back underground. It must have then passed on the message to the rest of the monsters, because Alex continued walking to the shack unmolested despite the fact that the field was filled with literally hundreds of the same plantlike creatures.
Through his 'Domain', Alex watched the two people within the shack prepare for his eminent arrival, only for him to immediately throw open the door of the shack and use 'Energy Nullification' to dispel the energy the two women were gathering for their spells, before using his 'Telekinesis' to rip an ancient book and decorated foot and a half long wand out of their hands. Holding both items in his hands, Alex turned to the shocked duo and said with the friendliest smile he could manage,
"Pardon the sudden and fairly rude entrance, but would the two of you be willing to talk with me for a bit?" The duo consisted of a girl in her late teens with her black hair pulled up into two ponytails at the sides while the rest fell back straight, and was wearing a pink corset with a long black skirt that had frills on the end; and an elderly woman who wore a long hooded robe the was pulled to cover her head, except what parts of her face that were visible where wrinkled and scarred. While the young girl looked ready to continue fighting despite being disarmed, the elderly woman said begrudgingly while staring at the book he had taken,
"I suppose we have no choice but to humor an unruly brat like yourself." At her words the younger girl slowly relaxed herself before getting the rocking chair for the older one, who sat in it gratefully before demanding, "So, what do you want to discuss so badly that you'd come in here uninvited and unannounced, while also disarming two poor women to have at your mercy?" Alex smiled wryly at the elderly woman's attitude, as he used his magic to conjure up his own chair to get comfortable before saying,
"I wanted to discuss your plans to destroy the nearby human city, and maybe ways to avoid the potential bloodshed." There was a beat of silence as the duo took in his words, before,
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You can't be serious?!" As the elderly woman, Oyakata, burst into laughter at Alex's words, she then criticized what he said before continuing with increasing anger, "Do you really expect that there is no way forward without shedding either theirs or our blood? This hill used to be a sacred meeting place for witches, and now they want to bulldoze it and turn it into a worthless dump! And you expect me to ignore that?!" As Oyakata shouted at him Alex was silent, before turning to the younger girl and asking,
"Do you agree with this plan? Do you wish to slaughter hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent lives of men, women, and even children?" Though she had a resolute look in her eyes to start with, when Alex mentioned that they'd be killing children the girl faltered before the older one stated,
"Of course she is! Ruby has been helping me prepare for years, and this is finally the moment she'll be able to take revenge for her parents death at the hands of those same humans!" Alex's eyerows shot up when he heard that, and once more he turned to Ruby and Asked,
"Is that true? Did humans murder your parents?" Ruby nodded, the resolution returning to her as she stated,
"Yes, my parents were killed by a careless human who was driving one of their hateful vehicles while drunk. Not only that, but they have turned their backs on the nature around them that provides so much, and are only capable of destroying anything they touch!" As Ruby ranted about the faults of humans, Alex couldn't help but frown before asking,
"Wasn't what happened to your parents just an accident though? Why would all humans need to die because of the stupidity of one man?" When she heard this Ruby's face contorted as she cried out,
"Even if it isn't just that, humans don't deserve to live with everything they're doing to us and this world!" Though she undoubtedly would've continued, Alex cut her off by stating,
"But did you ever stop to think that your actions would effect witches more than humans?" This made ruby stop as she looked at him with confusion, to which Alex continued while ignoring Oyakata's glower,
"If you attack the nearby city with your army of plant monsters like you plan, then you might kill the majority of the humans while a few would undoubtedly escape, which I'm willing to bet will be the ones spearheading the development of the Witch's Ranch into a dump. Instead, the ones you'll kill will mostly be the innocent civilians and even the children who had never done a single thing wrong other than being born a human, and even if the children live you'll have probably orphaned them like what was done to you yourself." When she heard this Ruby went wide eyed as she tried to think of ways to argue with Alex's logic, but before she could he continued while Oyakata's glower deepened,
"And that's not even taking into consideration the result your actions will have on the witches community, as at the very least you will have revealed magic and witches to the world. With the first official interaction between witches and humans in the modern day being the slaughter of an entire city, the human military will undoubtedly react swiftly and aggressively to remove the threat of witches. The Witches Ranch that you'll have sought so desperately to preserve will end up engulfed in a sea of flames, and the two of you will be turned to ash with it and your plant army.
"This would only be the beginning however, as humanity will still fear the threat of witches and their 'evil' magic, and a witch hunt the likes of which the world has never seen before would start. They'd be hunted down and slaughtered like animals, most probably pleading for understanding or mercy, but never receiving it. There would undoubtedly be a few that'll fight back, but with witches being scorned by humans and Youkai alike they would most likely receive no help, and they would quickly be overwhelmed before being slaughtered till the last."
As Alex stopped speaking the room was filled with silence as the two seemingly took in what he said, with Ruby's complexion paling by the second while Oyakata sat silently, before a smile broke out on her face.
"Is that so? But what if we witches did in fact have allies?" When he saw the confidence in Oyakata's tone and face Alex frowned slightly, as she shouldn't have anyone besides Ruby. But before he could ask what she meant Alex noticed a couple of people approaching the shack through his 'Domain', making him understand her confidence as he muttered,
"I see, of course..." Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' to open the door right as they arrived, revealing the duo representing Fairy Tale that had come to convince Oyakata to join their cause, Miyabi and the last of the Shuzen sisters, Kahlua.
There was a beat of silence as the duo registered who was sitting before them, before Miyabi suddenly lunged forward as he aimed an attack directly at Alex's face, which the latter dodged with ease before grabbing lightly onto Miyabi's wrist. As he did this Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' once more to hold both Miyabi and Kahlua's limbs down before the latter could enter her berserk state. Though he didn't show any visible strain on his face, Alex couldn't do anything about the small amount of blood that dripped from his nose as he struggled to hold the two in place, making him realize that he'd need to train his 'Telekinesis' more as the two super powered beings struggled against his hold.
"Now then, either we can fight it out and I can kill you here and now, or you can settle down and we can talk this out, for now. What do you say?" Though his limbs were being held down, Miyabi was still able to move his head and mouth, so he could only grit his teeth before nodding and saying,
"Fine then, let's talk." With his smile widening, Alex canceled the telekinetic hold he had on Miyabi and Kahlua, allowing the tension to drain out of their bodies somewhat, though not entirely due to the fact that they were in fact in front of an established enemy. With the situation settling down somewhat, Alex then stated,
"To begin with I might as well introduce myself properly, or would you rather continue pulling out your hair trying figure out my identity?" With Miyabi developing a glower to match Oyakata's, Alex smirked before continuing, "My name is Alex, but you can simply refer to me as the Dragon Emperor." Though everyone's eyes widened a little when they heard Alex's self introduction, they didn't question his title since Miyabi and Kahlua were both well aware that Alex was more than capable. Instead, he simply stated while lighting up a new cigarette,
"I'm the first division leader of Fairy Tale, Miyabi Fujisaki, and this is the next head of the Shuzen house, Kahlua Shuzen. Now then, perhaps you could explain why you've decided to antagonize Fairy Tale?" Though Miyabi's choice of words caused Alex to frown slightly, he didn't mind them as he simply answered,
"The biggest reason is just because you guys are an inconvenience to me, and our paths would have crossed anyways since our ultimate goal is pretty much the same thing, the awakening of Alucard." His words brought silence to the small shack, before Miyabi hesitantly asked,
"If that was case then why not work with us? Why attack our people?" At this Alex's smile widened once more, before he said,
"That is where our interests do not align, you intend to revive Alucard to destroy the human race, whereas I intend to destroy it completely." Once more there was silence at Alex's words, until,
"Pfffft! Haha! That's rich, though I suppose it also explains you working with those two bastards Mikogami and Touhou." As Miyabi trailed off the young woman at his side then asked,
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to awaken and then destroy Alucard?" Alex turned towards Kahlua, his smile warming up a little as he said,
"Well truthfully it's mostly for the sake of your sister Moka." When she heard this Kahlua adopted a dumbfounded expression as she said, "Eh?" Finding her reaction kind of cute, Alex continued while Miyabi was once again paying attention to his every word, "Moka is now one of my lovers, as well as one of my servants. While I'm not going to get into that whole ordeal with you right now, just know that her connection to Alucard is troublesome since it prevents her from using all of her power, so I intend to destroy him to be rid of it. And if you were curious about them both Kokoa and Akua are fine as well, and happy to finally be reunited with Moka."
Though Alex had mentioned several things she wanted to comment about, Kahlua focused on the information regarding her sisters, to which she said with a small smile, "So they're all ok, that's good..." While Kahlua was relieved from hearing about her sisters well being, Miyabi however frowned, as Alex had just confirmed that Akua had in fact betrayed them, and that Gyokuro sending Kokoa had simply resulted in her joining his side as well. It was at this point that Alex stood and said to him,
"While we're all here then I might as well officially declare war on you guys." This shook Miyabi out of his small reverie, before he said,
"Are you now?" Alex simply nodded and answered,
"Yep, and that we'll be attacking you once Youkai Academy's summer break is over, so about a month from now? Make sure you prepare as much as possible for our battle before then!" After saying so, Alex dispelled the chair he had been using and returned Ruby and Oyakata's magical tools before turning towards the door, his business done with for now. Before he could leave though Miyabi asked,
"Is that really ok? Just telling us when you plan to attack and not even trying to fight or weaken us right here and now?" He knew that if he was in Alex's position then that's what he'd do, hell he had tried to before Alex shut both himself and Kahlua down without so much as physically exerting himself. Of course Alex stopped before leaving, and turned back towards them before saying as if it was obvious,
"Why would I try to weaken you right now when there's already nothing you can do to defend yourselves against our attack? I could find you no matter where you go in the world if you tried to run, and no one in your group, except perhaps Alucard, is strong enough to even concern me in terms of combat. So spend the time between now and then preparing, gather what remains of your armies, boost your leaders strength as much as possible, and try not to make it too boring when we wipe you guys out."
All of this made Miyabi's entire face twitch in annoyance, as from the way he was talking Alex wasn't just being arrogant, but was simply talking as if everything he said was the inevitable truth. As such he couldn't help but to respond, "And what if we just accelerate our plans because of you? Awaken Alucard now or just flat out start declaring war on the humans before we even awaken him?" When he heard this Alex just looked at Miyabi like he was an idiot, before saying as if it was obvious,
"Well for one you can't awaken Alucard without Moka, who is currently under my protection. That means you'd have to find an alternative method to do so in the next month when you haven't for three hundred years, or you'd have to steal her away from me when she has more protection now than she's had in her entire life. And as for simply attacking the humans now,-" As Alex trailed off he continuously maintained his slight smile, even as a killing intent like none of those gathered had ever experienced before descended on them, forcing Kahlua and Ruby to their knees while Oyakata groaned and even Miyabi staggered. He then continued as if nothing happened, "-then I'd have to simply wipe you all out ahead of time, which I would assume that each of you would want to live at least a little bit longer instead?" No one answered as they all struggled to take his killing intent, before Alex ultimately let it up and said,
"Now then, any other questions?" With no one speaking as the oppressive atmosphere faded, Alex's smiled widened as he once again turned to leave, before asking at the door, "Are you coming Ruby?" Naturally everyone looked surprised at his sudden question, before the other three people in the room turned to look at the girl in question while she just muttered, "Eh?" Seeing the looks she was getting and realizing Alex wanted her to go with him, Ruby quickly answered,
"Of course I'm not going with you! I'll stay here beside master until the end!" Though Alex was initially silent at Ruby's refusal, he then turned towards Oyakata and asked,
"Are you ok with that?" The old witch was silent for a moment, before asking him,
"And why wouldn't I be ok with my prided disciple staying with me?" Alex however returned a deadpan stare as he answered,
"Because it'll mean her death if she does. Regardless of what you've decided for yourself, at the very least you should encourage Ruby being able to continue on, growing older and learning magics that you never would have even dreamed of instead of dying a worthless death alongside you." There was a second of silence as the older woman considered Alex's words, and when Ruby finally opened her mouth to argue with him, Oyakata cut her off and said,
"Go with him Ruby." Naturally everyone was surprised when they heard that, and even Ruby hesitantly muttered, "Master...?" Seeing everyone's gazes on her Oyakata growled, "What's with those looks? I just want to send her behind enemy lines to see these so-called 'magics that I've never even dreamed of'." Though no one looked convinced at her argument, Oyakata 'Humphed!' before turning away and ignoring them even as Ruby dejectedly walked across the shack to Alex's side.
After the door closed behind them Alex suddenly said, "She may not say it directly, but she really does love you Ruby. She's just older and finds it too hard to change her path, but you still have a chance." Though she undoubtedly heard him, Ruby just nodded her head slowly as memories of her growing up with her master resurfaced. Not knowing what else to say, Alex then pulled something out of thin air and held it out to her, making Ruby look up at the folder in his hands.
"I had this prepared to try and convince Oyakata not to attack humans, but apparently I was too late. You can have it instead." As he spoke Ruby flipped through the official looking papers with growing confusion before asking,
"What is this?" Alex smiled wryly at her question, and flipped to the last paper before gesturing at the field around them,
"Sign your name at the bottom, and the entirety of the Witches Ranch will officially become yours, never to be threatened to become a dump again."
"What?!" Ruby cried out when she heard this, to which Alex explained,
"I have several politicians and government officials under my thumb throughout Japan and even some other countries, it wasn't too hard to get some of them to arrange for the deed to the Witches Ranch to fall into my hands. If Oyakata agreed to my terms to never threaten humans again, then she would have been able to sign instead and your home would have been protected for as long as the signee was alive, or a witch resided here..."
As Alex trailed off Ruby began weeping as tears of various different emotions started leaking from her eyes. She was frustrated because this was all it took to save their home, angry at all the years of wasted effort while her master had signed herself away to Fairy Tale for no reason, but most of all she felt relief that the home she grew up with would be safe.
Though it took her several minutes to calm down, Ruby eventually signed the papers to become the new owner of the Witches Ranch and Alex used magic to send them to his contact to be copied and filed. After that there was only the issue of returning to the beach where the rest of the girls were waiting. Naturally they weren't too thrilled when Alex returned with another woman, however they didn't get too much of a chance to complain as Alex took out his earlier s.e.x.u.a.l frustration on them.
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For the next week Alex bounced his attention between the academy where he was still a teacher, and the new Yuuki-Onna settlement that had yet to be named(A.N. Hint hint). At the academy they were finishing up finals and exams before the start of the summer break, which Mikogami didn't quite appreciate Alex taking off with a dropout female student in the middle of them. Though he had been understanding of course when Alex mentioned that he intended to keep the Yuuki-Onna from being drafted into the ranks of Fairy Tale's army.
As for the race of women themselves, they seemed to be adapting to their new home fairly well during their first week there, with the younger generations being taken to Sona's Academy to try and integrate with Asora's youth, and some of the grown women even traveling to the other locations in Asora to mingle with others for the first time in years. Naturally since the entire race was pretty much a species of shut ins there were a few hiccups here and there, but they were resolved swiftly without too much fuss.
Then there was the discussion about what was to happen with the Yuuki-Onna village in the future since they would need to contribute to Asora in some way. Naturally both Serafall and Alex had already thought of this, and answered at the same time 'winter resort', and 'hot springs'. Both of these ideas were readily accepted by both the Yuuki-Onna and the people of Asora since having a place to vacation to have fun and relax would have been nice for everyone, especially since they were currently still within the grips of the long winter. Naturally the time everyone looked forward to the resort the most was during their long summers, when the extended periods of heat would make them want to flee to a colder climate for a few days.
Between him bouncing back and forth from the Yuuki-Onna village, the academy, and the space-time orb, Alex also somehow found time to pay the various phoenixes that had moved to Asora a visit. Naturally after his earlier display of killing one of their own, which they thought was impossible, the phoenixes showed Alex more respect and fear than any other being they had ever encountered, until they learned that Asora was filled with monsters like him. It didn't take long after they moved there for people like Vali and Sairaorg and even Hajime to seek them out for a fight, which the phoenixes eagerly accepted until they realized that their foes were more powerful than they thought.
This led to Rho-Dan and several of the phoenixes even confessing to Alex when he visited them that, not only was Asora amazing due to the clean and wide open skies and that they no longer needed to hide, but also due to the vast amount of rivals to push the already powerful phoenixes even further. There had been a distinct lack of people willing to challenge the great birds before, due to their monstrous strength and the fact that no one wanted to risk offending the immortal species.
Of course Alex's biggest issue was when Tsurara was introduced to his other women, who looked at him with narrowed eyes since they already knew about her and Mizore's condition due to Shia's earlier report to them. Though they knew Mizore intended to be impregnanted from the beginning, they never actually thought she would manage to do so so soon, not to mention her mother being thrown into the mix at the same time. Thankfully Anne was Alex's saving grace as she revealed her research into the flowers that Mizore had collected for her, which could actually increase libido and fertility in those who smelled them.
This information resulted in turn in Alex being the center of several predatory gazes, as almost everyone considered getting their hands on one of these flowers in the near future. Thankfully Anne came to his rescue once again by stating that all of said flowers were under lock and key, and that she already had a plan to use them in the future so the girls would just have to wait a short while longer.
***
Once the hustle and bustle of the exams and moving the Yuuki-Onna died down, it was finally time for something that more people than expected were looking forward to, summer break.
"LETS GOOOOOO!" Kurumu shouted as she ran towards the water from the beach they were currently on. Due to various this and that's, the newspaper clubs advisor Nekonome had brought them to a beach in the human world for their summer vacation, however they were accompanied by both the girls in Alex's harem, and those in the swim club.
Naturally the girls from Asora felt that taking a break and going to the beach for a day would be a nice change in pace from the constant snow that was currently in Asora. And even though they could've just gone into the space-time orb since the villa was in a constant tropical climate, each and every one agreed that it wasn't the same as going to a different beach to relax.
And as for the swim club, they had become Ingvild's loyal followers ever since he had introduced her to them while attending one of their practices. Though they initially been annoyed when she introduced herself as 'Leviathan', an existence as significant to sea dwelling people as Dracula was to vampires, all it took was her transitioning to her super devil form for them to change their tune, and each of them became her loyal followers while the captain, Tamao, even managed to become her pawn. Though Ingvild wasn't exactly interested in having followers, she eventually decided to accept them since she intended to rebuild the devil house of Leviathan and would need more people to do so.
And so, with Millicas and Yukari having gone off on a date together, Alex was the only man around to enjoy the sea of beautiful women in various swimwear in front of him. Though some girls wore cutesy swimwear, such as Sun's light blue one piece, or Kokoa's frilly white swimsuit with strawberries; the majority of girls were wearing the more mature or s.e.xy items, such as Rias's dark red bikini, or even Sona's own mature one piece, which was opened in the back and belly to show more skin. With so many varieties for Alex to look at due to everyone who lived in the Misty Manor coming, while Valerie, Tosca, and Lavina Reni watched over the children, there were even a few that went well past risqué.
This included Akeno's, who's swimsuit was actually more tame among the 'risqué group', which consisted of a black leathery V that extended over her shoulders to just barely cover her n.i.p.p.l.es before the two straps ran down to meet at her crotch. Naturally, she had also been the instigator in the other girls risqué swimsuits as Alex's head s.e.x slave, with her 'recommending' Altina's swimsuit that covered even less than her own. It was a bikini with strings that were all exceptionally thinner than usual while the cloth to cover her private areas was only about as wide as a finger, meaning that the edges of her n.i.p.p.l.es were still visible if one looked carefully enough, while the one to cover her crotch was steadily wedging into her p.u.s.s.y. Naturally the backside had even less coverage, which meant that one could occasionally see the emerald green gem that was nestled between her butt cheeks.
Even hers was tame however when you looked at either Tio or Francesca, who both appeared to be wearing proper bikinis at a glance, but they had both instead shown up completely nude after painting their swimsuits on. Tio had apparently gotten the idea after Alex and Akeno had wrote various vulgar words and sayings onto her body a time or two to have under her usual kimono, which had interested Francesca when she found out.
Unlike Tio or Altina who were Alex's masochistic s.e.x slaves, Francesca was a strange combination of shy maiden and incurable pervert, which created unique situations like the current one where she was blushing and acting shyly from the attention she was receiving due to her lack of attire, yet she had chosen to show up like that to begin with and there was a line of fluid running down her inner thigh. Naturally Tio had a pitch black gem that would occasionally make an appearance between her butt cheeks, while Francesca had a bright yellow one between hers.
Risqué swimsuits or not, Alex's 'Lucky Pervert' skill was seemingly working over time since he was still treated to several various wardrobe malfunctions as the girls played. The most notable incident was when Routier had somehow tripped and completely removed Sun's one piece in her fall, giving Alex his first full frontal view of the innocent siren's n.a.k.e.d body before she released a "Kyaaa!" so shrill that everyone dropped to the ground while covering their ears.
Aside from the e.r.o.t.i.c situations and attire, Alex and the girls spent the day enjoying themselves quite a bit until it got to a certain time, and Alex reluctantly got up from his seated position under his umbrella. "Nyan?" Nekonome called out curious when Alex stopped scratching her behind her ears, to which he said to her and everyone else,
"Sorry, but I have something I have to go do right now." When she heard this Kurumu looked up and declared,
"Eh?! Just I was about to ask you to rub tanning lotion on me!" With her and the rest of the girls looking at him curiously for wanting to leave while they were having fun, Alex returned a bitter smile as he said,
"Sorry, but people want this arc to end already so I have to go advance the plot now, trust me when I say that I want nothing more than to stay with you all..." Of course the response Alex received from the girls was a series of groans and protests, while someone even shouted, "Screw the 'plot'!" While giving a wry smile at their protests, Alex was about to say he had no choice in the matter when Kuroka suddenly tore off her swimsuit, before clinging onto him with her n.a.k.e.d body and asking,
"What about now~Nya?" At this Alex couldn't help laughing mockingly at himself as he replied,
"We can enjoy this when I get back, but for now I have no choice but to go..." The words were barely out of his mouth before Kuroka's hand blurred, and she used Spatial magic to suddenly 'grab' everyone swimsuits, before tearing them off so that there was suddenly dozens of beautiful n.a.k.e.d women women standing before Alex. Though naturally both Kokoa and Sun both frantically tried to cover themselves, the rest of the girls readily flaunted themselves in front of Alex enticingly as Kuroka sn.a.k.e.d her hand down the front of his own swim shorts, while saying in a sultry tone,
"And now~Nya?" As she spoke Yubelluna, Ravel's 'Queen', clung to his other side while also snaking her hand down his shorts that the two girl's hands were lightly grabbing onto his quickly hardening p.e.n.i.s. Then Alex felt someone wrapped their arms around him from behind, their n.i.p.p.l.es hardening on his bare back as Sona's 'Queen' Tsubaki pouted in his ear,
"Please stay with us..." Before Alex could say anything he suddenly felt someone grab his shorts, as Akeno abruptly hauled them down to his ankles so that he could join the rest of the girls in their n.a.k.e.dness. He then felt his head s.e.x slave take the tip of his p.e.n.i.s into her mouth before she began swirling her tongue around it while sucking on it to create a vacuum. With Akeno giving him head, Tsubaki clinging to his back, and Kuroka stroking his shaft while Yubelluna fondled his family jewels and the rest of the dozens of n.a.k.e.d women beginning to approach him, Alex finally broke and said,
"You know what, screw the plot. I'll just stay right here!" The words were no sooner out of his mouth, when something suddenly fell into the sand at his feet. Looking down, Alex noticed the crystal teleportation key that had somehow appeared even though it had been put into his personal storage, and it was standing up with its tip buried in the sand.
"Oh you've got to be f.u.c.k.i.n.g kidding me..." Alex swore, before the key did something that should have been impossible, and somehow activated on its own to open a portal just below Alex's feet that was big enough for only him to fall through. There was a slight moment where he just hovered there, both Alex and the girls disbelieving what they were seeing, before gravity did its thing and he suddenly fell through the hole before landing on his butt with a soft 'THUD'.
With him sitting in the grass surrounded by a sea of flowers with nothing but a pair of swim shorts around his ankles, Alex glanced up to see the still open portal close before the crystal key dropped down into his lap. For a moment there was nothing, just pure silence as Alex took in what just happened, before he practically exploded,
"ARE YOU F.U.C.K.I.N.G SERIOUS?!!!"
His still erect d.i.c.k bobbing before him, Alex leaped to his feet and shouted while releasing a massive blast of energy upwards,
"AM I SERIOUSLY GETTING BLUE BALLED RIGHT NOW?! ALL FOR THE SAKE OF SOME WORTHLESS PLOT?! WELL F.U.C.K YOU TOO!!!!" Next was a rather unusual and somewhat comical scene, as Alex proceeded to fire off several volleys of powerful energy attacks into the sky to vent his frustration, without even bothering to fix his shorts or his erection for several minutes.
After firing off enough power to level an entire continent, Alex finally stopped to breath deeply as he fixed his shorts and calmed down his still excited member. Once his shorts were no longer tented Alex figured that sooner he got this over with the better, and turned towards the only building around him in the beautiful sea of flowers, an old decrepit shack.
Though he was still annoyed, Alex couldn't help but admire the serenity of the flower field as the summer wind blew through it, carrying their fragrance to his nose. Of course the serene moment wasn't mean to last, as a dark green claw suddenly burst from the ground and seized Alex's ankle, before pulling on it to drag him under. Despite the creature's best efforts however, Alex didn't budge as he instead looked down at it and stared at its beady little eyes.
The staring contest only lasted a couple seconds, before the creature released his ankle and whimpered pitifully as it disappeared back underground. It must have then passed on the message to the rest of the monsters, because Alex continued walking to the shack unmolested despite the fact that the field was filled with literally hundreds of the same plantlike creatures.
Through his 'Domain', Alex watched the two people within the shack prepare for his eminent arrival, only for him to immediately throw open the door of the shack and use 'Energy Nullification' to dispel the energy the two women were gathering for their spells, before using his 'Telekinesis' to rip an ancient book and decorated foot and a half long wand out of their hands. Holding both items in his hands, Alex turned to the shocked duo and said with the friendliest smile he could manage,
"Pardon the sudden and fairly rude entrance, but would the two of you be willing to talk with me for a bit?" The duo consisted of a girl in her late teens with her black hair pulled up into two ponytails at the sides while the rest fell back straight, and was wearing a pink corset with a long black skirt that had frills on the end; and an elderly woman who wore a long hooded robe the was pulled to cover her head, except what parts of her face that were visible where wrinkled and scarred. While the young girl looked ready to continue fighting despite being disarmed, the elderly woman said begrudgingly while staring at the book he had taken,
"I suppose we have no choice but to humor an unruly brat like yourself." At her words the younger girl slowly relaxed herself before getting the rocking chair for the older one, who sat in it gratefully before demanding, "So, what do you want to discuss so badly that you'd come in here uninvited and unannounced, while also disarming two poor women to have at your mercy?" Alex smiled wryly at the elderly woman's attitude, as he used his magic to conjure up his own chair to get comfortable before saying,
"I wanted to discuss your plans to destroy the nearby human city, and maybe ways to avoid the potential bloodshed." There was a beat of silence as the duo took in his words, before,
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You can't be serious?!" As the elderly woman, Oyakata, burst into laughter at Alex's words, she then criticized what he said before continuing with increasing anger, "Do you really expect that there is no way forward without shedding either theirs or our blood? This hill used to be a sacred meeting place for witches, and now they want to bulldoze it and turn it into a worthless dump! And you expect me to ignore that?!" As Oyakata shouted at him Alex was silent, before turning to the younger girl and asking,
"Do you agree with this plan? Do you wish to slaughter hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent lives of men, women, and even children?" Though she had a resolute look in her eyes to start with, when Alex mentioned that they'd be killing children the girl faltered before the older one stated,
"Of course she is! Ruby has been helping me prepare for years, and this is finally the moment she'll be able to take revenge for her parents death at the hands of those same humans!" Alex's eyerows shot up when he heard that, and once more he turned to Ruby and Asked,
"Is that true? Did humans murder your parents?" Ruby nodded, the resolution returning to her as she stated,
"Yes, my parents were killed by a careless human who was driving one of their hateful vehicles while drunk. Not only that, but they have turned their backs on the nature around them that provides so much, and are only capable of destroying anything they touch!" As Ruby ranted about the faults of humans, Alex couldn't help but frown before asking,
"Wasn't what happened to your parents just an accident though? Why would all humans need to die because of the stupidity of one man?" When she heard this Ruby's face contorted as she cried out,
"Even if it isn't just that, humans don't deserve to live with everything they're doing to us and this world!" Though she undoubtedly would've continued, Alex cut her off by stating,
"But did you ever stop to think that your actions would effect witches more than humans?" This made ruby stop as she looked at him with confusion, to which Alex continued while ignoring Oyakata's glower,
"If you attack the nearby city with your army of plant monsters like you plan, then you might kill the majority of the humans while a few would undoubtedly escape, which I'm willing to bet will be the ones spearheading the development of the Witch's Ranch into a dump. Instead, the ones you'll kill will mostly be the innocent civilians and even the children who had never done a single thing wrong other than being born a human, and even if the children live you'll have probably orphaned them like what was done to you yourself." When she heard this Ruby went wide eyed as she tried to think of ways to argue with Alex's logic, but before she could he continued while Oyakata's glower deepened,
"And that's not even taking into consideration the result your actions will have on the witches community, as at the very least you will have revealed magic and witches to the world. With the first official interaction between witches and humans in the modern day being the slaughter of an entire city, the human military will undoubtedly react swiftly and aggressively to remove the threat of witches. The Witches Ranch that you'll have sought so desperately to preserve will end up engulfed in a sea of flames, and the two of you will be turned to ash with it and your plant army.
"This would only be the beginning however, as humanity will still fear the threat of witches and their 'evil' magic, and a witch hunt the likes of which the world has never seen before would start. They'd be hunted down and slaughtered like animals, most probably pleading for understanding or mercy, but never receiving it. There would undoubtedly be a few that'll fight back, but with witches being scorned by humans and Youkai alike they would most likely receive no help, and they would quickly be overwhelmed before being slaughtered till the last."
As Alex stopped speaking the room was filled with silence as the two seemingly took in what he said, with Ruby's complexion paling by the second while Oyakata sat silently, before a smile broke out on her face.
"Is that so? But what if we witches did in fact have allies?" When he saw the confidence in Oyakata's tone and face Alex frowned slightly, as she shouldn't have anyone besides Ruby. But before he could ask what she meant Alex noticed a couple of people approaching the shack through his 'Domain', making him understand her confidence as he muttered,
"I see, of course..." Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' to open the door right as they arrived, revealing the duo representing Fairy Tale that had come to convince Oyakata to join their cause, Miyabi and the last of the Shuzen sisters, Kahlua.
There was a beat of silence as the duo registered who was sitting before them, before Miyabi suddenly lunged forward as he aimed an attack directly at Alex's face, which the latter dodged with ease before grabbing lightly onto Miyabi's wrist. As he did this Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' once more to hold both Miyabi and Kahlua's limbs down before the latter could enter her berserk state. Though he didn't show any visible strain on his face, Alex couldn't do anything about the small amount of blood that dripped from his nose as he struggled to hold the two in place, making him realize that he'd need to train his 'Telekinesis' more as the two super powered beings struggled against his hold.
"Now then, either we can fight it out and I can kill you here and now, or you can settle down and we can talk this out, for now. What do you say?" Though his limbs were being held down, Miyabi was still able to move his head and mouth, so he could only grit his teeth before nodding and saying,
"Fine then, let's talk." With his smile widening, Alex canceled the telekinetic hold he had on Miyabi and Kahlua, allowing the tension to drain out of their bodies somewhat, though not entirely due to the fact that they were in fact in front of an established enemy. With the situation settling down somewhat, Alex then stated,
"To begin with I might as well introduce myself properly, or would you rather continue pulling out your hair trying figure out my identity?" With Miyabi developing a glower to match Oyakata's, Alex smirked before continuing, "My name is Alex, but you can simply refer to me as the Dragon Emperor." Though everyone's eyes widened a little when they heard Alex's self introduction, they didn't question his title since Miyabi and Kahlua were both well aware that Alex was more than capable. Instead, he simply stated while lighting up a new cigarette,
"I'm the first division leader of Fairy Tale, Miyabi Fujisaki, and this is the next head of the Shuzen house, Kahlua Shuzen. Now then, perhaps you could explain why you've decided to antagonize Fairy Tale?" Though Miyabi's choice of words caused Alex to frown slightly, he didn't mind them as he simply answered,
"The biggest reason is just because you guys are an inconvenience to me, and our paths would have crossed anyways since our ultimate goal is pretty much the same thing, the awakening of Alucard." His words brought silence to the small shack, before Miyabi hesitantly asked,
"If that was case then why not work with us? Why attack our people?" At this Alex's smile widened once more, before he said,
"That is where our interests do not align, you intend to revive Alucard to destroy the human race, whereas I intend to destroy it completely." Once more there was silence at Alex's words, until,
"Pfffft! Haha! That's rich, though I suppose it also explains you working with those two bastards Mikogami and Touhou." As Miyabi trailed off the young woman at his side then asked,
"If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to awaken and then destroy Alucard?" Alex turned towards Kahlua, his smile warming up a little as he said,
"Well truthfully it's mostly for the sake of your sister Moka." When she heard this Kahlua adopted a dumbfounded expression as she said, "Eh?" Finding her reaction kind of cute, Alex continued while Miyabi was once again paying attention to his every word, "Moka is now one of my lovers, as well as one of my servants. While I'm not going to get into that whole ordeal with you right now, just know that her connection to Alucard is troublesome since it prevents her from using all of her power, so I intend to destroy him to be rid of it. And if you were curious about them both Kokoa and Akua are fine as well, and happy to finally be reunited with Moka."
Though Alex had mentioned several things she wanted to comment about, Kahlua focused on the information regarding her sisters, to which she said with a small smile, "So they're all ok, that's good..." While Kahlua was relieved from hearing about her sisters well being, Miyabi however frowned, as Alex had just confirmed that Akua had in fact betrayed them, and that Gyokuro sending Kokoa had simply resulted in her joining his side as well. It was at this point that Alex stood and said to him,
"While we're all here then I might as well officially declare war on you guys." This shook Miyabi out of his small reverie, before he said,
"Are you now?" Alex simply nodded and answered,
"Yep, and that we'll be attacking you once Youkai Academy's summer break is over, so about a month from now? Make sure you prepare as much as possible for our battle before then!" After saying so, Alex dispelled the chair he had been using and returned Ruby and Oyakata's magical tools before turning towards the door, his business done with for now. Before he could leave though Miyabi asked,
"Is that really ok? Just telling us when you plan to attack and not even trying to fight or weaken us right here and now?" He knew that if he was in Alex's position then that's what he'd do, hell he had tried to before Alex shut both himself and Kahlua down without so much as physically exerting himself. Of course Alex stopped before leaving, and turned back towards them before saying as if it was obvious,
"Why would I try to weaken you right now when there's already nothing you can do to defend yourselves against our attack? I could find you no matter where you go in the world if you tried to run, and no one in your group, except perhaps Alucard, is strong enough to even concern me in terms of combat. So spend the time between now and then preparing, gather what remains of your armies, boost your leaders strength as much as possible, and try not to make it too boring when we wipe you guys out."
All of this made Miyabi's entire face twitch in annoyance, as from the way he was talking Alex wasn't just being arrogant, but was simply talking as if everything he said was the inevitable truth. As such he couldn't help but to respond, "And what if we just accelerate our plans because of you? Awaken Alucard now or just flat out start declaring war on the humans before we even awaken him?" When he heard this Alex just looked at Miyabi like he was an idiot, before saying as if it was obvious,
"Well for one you can't awaken Alucard without Moka, who is currently under my protection. That means you'd have to find an alternative method to do so in the next month when you haven't for three hundred years, or you'd have to steal her away from me when she has more protection now than she's had in her entire life. And as for simply attacking the humans now,-" As Alex trailed off he continuously maintained his slight smile, even as a killing intent like none of those gathered had ever experienced before descended on them, forcing Kahlua and Ruby to their knees while Oyakata groaned and even Miyabi staggered. He then continued as if nothing happened, "-then I'd have to simply wipe you all out ahead of time, which I would assume that each of you would want to live at least a little bit longer instead?" No one answered as they all struggled to take his killing intent, before Alex ultimately let it up and said,
"Now then, any other questions?" With no one speaking as the oppressive atmosphere faded, Alex's smiled widened as he once again turned to leave, before asking at the door, "Are you coming Ruby?" Naturally everyone looked surprised at his sudden question, before the other three people in the room turned to look at the girl in question while she just muttered, "Eh?" Seeing the looks she was getting and realizing Alex wanted her to go with him, Ruby quickly answered,
"Of course I'm not going with you! I'll stay here beside master until the end!" Though Alex was initially silent at Ruby's refusal, he then turned towards Oyakata and asked,
"Are you ok with that?" The old witch was silent for a moment, before asking him,
"And why wouldn't I be ok with my prided disciple staying with me?" Alex however returned a deadpan stare as he answered,
"Because it'll mean her death if she does. Regardless of what you've decided for yourself, at the very least you should encourage Ruby being able to continue on, growing older and learning magics that you never would have even dreamed of instead of dying a worthless death alongside you." There was a second of silence as the older woman considered Alex's words, and when Ruby finally opened her mouth to argue with him, Oyakata cut her off and said,
"Go with him Ruby." Naturally everyone was surprised when they heard that, and even Ruby hesitantly muttered, "Master...?" Seeing everyone's gazes on her Oyakata growled, "What's with those looks? I just want to send her behind enemy lines to see these so-called 'magics that I've never even dreamed of'." Though no one looked convinced at her argument, Oyakata 'Humphed!' before turning away and ignoring them even as Ruby dejectedly walked across the shack to Alex's side.
After the door closed behind them Alex suddenly said, "She may not say it directly, but she really does love you Ruby. She's just older and finds it too hard to change her path, but you still have a chance." Though she undoubtedly heard him, Ruby just nodded her head slowly as memories of her growing up with her master resurfaced. Not knowing what else to say, Alex then pulled something out of thin air and held it out to her, making Ruby look up at the folder in his hands.
"I had this prepared to try and convince Oyakata not to attack humans, but apparently I was too late. You can have it instead." As he spoke Ruby flipped through the official looking papers with growing confusion before asking,
"What is this?" Alex smiled wryly at her question, and flipped to the last paper before gesturing at the field around them,
"Sign your name at the bottom, and the entirety of the Witches Ranch will officially become yours, never to be threatened to become a dump again."
"What?!" Ruby cried out when she heard this, to which Alex explained,
"I have several politicians and government officials under my thumb throughout Japan and even some other countries, it wasn't too hard to get some of them to arrange for the deed to the Witches Ranch to fall into my hands. If Oyakata agreed to my terms to never threaten humans again, then she would have been able to sign instead and your home would have been protected for as long as the signee was alive, or a witch resided here..."
As Alex trailed off Ruby began weeping as tears of various different emotions started leaking from her eyes. She was frustrated because this was all it took to save their home, angry at all the years of wasted effort while her master had signed herself away to Fairy Tale for no reason, but most of all she felt relief that the home she grew up with would be safe.
Though it took her several minutes to calm down, Ruby eventually signed the papers to become the new owner of the Witches Ranch and Alex used magic to send them to his contact to be copied and filed. After that there was only the issue of returning to the beach where the rest of the girls were waiting. Naturally they weren't too thrilled when Alex returned with another woman, however they didn't get too much of a chance to complain as Alex took out his earlier s.e.x.u.a.l frustration on them.
For the next week Alex bounced his attention between the academy where he was still a teacher, and the new Yuuki-Onna settlement that had yet to be namedA.N. Hint hint. At the academy they were finishing up finals and exams before the start of the summer break, which Mikogami didn't quite appreciate Alex taking off with a dropout female student in the middle of them. Though he had been understanding of course when Alex mentioned that he intended to keep the Yuuki-Onna from being drafted into the ranks of Fairy Tale's army. As for the race of women themselves, they seemed to be adapting to their new home fairly well during their first week there, with the younger generations being taken to Sona's Academy to try and integrate with Asora's youth, and some of the grown women even traveling to the other locations in Asora to mingle with others for the first time in years. Naturally since the entire race was pretty much a species of shut ins there were a few hiccups here and there, but they were resolved swiftly without too much fuss. Then there was the discussion about what was to happen with the Yuuki-Onna village in the future since they would need to contribute to Asora in some way. Naturally both Serafall and Alex had already thought of this, and answered at the same time 'winter resort', and 'hot springs'. Both of these ideas were readily accepted by both the Yuuki-Onna and the people of Asora since having a place to vacation to have fun and relax would have been nice for everyone, especially since they were currently still within the grips of the long winter. Naturally the time everyone looked forward to the resort the most was during their long summers, when the extended periods of heat would make them want to flee to a colder climate for a few days. Between him bouncing back and forth from the Yuuki-Onna village, the academy, and the space-time orb, Alex also somehow found time to pay the various phoenixes that had moved to Asora a visit. Naturally after his earlier display of killing one of their own, which they thought was impossible, the phoenixes showed Alex more respect and fear than any other being they had ever encountered, until they learned that Asora was filled with monsters like him. It didn't take long after they moved there for people like Vali and Sairaorg and even Hajime to seek them out for a fight, which the phoenixes eagerly accepted until they realized that their foes were more powerful than they thought. This led to Rho-Dan and several of the phoenixes even confessing to Alex when he visited them that, not only was Asora amazing due to the clean and wide open skies and that they no longer needed to hide, but also due to the vast amount of rivals to push the already powerful phoenixes even further. There had been a distinct lack of people willing to challenge the great birds before, due to their monstrous strength and the fact that no one wanted to risk offending the immortal species. Of course Alex's biggest issue was when Tsurara was introduced to his other women, who looked at him with narrowed eyes since they already knew about her and Mizore's condition due to Shia's earlier report to them. Though they knew Mizore intended to be impregnanted from the beginning, they never actually thought she would manage to do so so soon, not to mention her mother being thrown into the mix at the same time. Thankfully Anne was Alex's saving grace as she revealed her research into the flowers that Mizore had collected for her, which could actually increase libido and fertility in those who smelled them. This information resulted in turn in Alex being the center of several predatory gazes, as almost everyone considered getting their hands on one of these flowers in the near future. Thankfully Anne came to his rescue once again by stating that all of said flowers were under lock and key, and that she already had a plan to use them in the future so the girls would just have to wait a short while longer. *** Once the hustle and bustle of the exams and moving the Yuuki-Onna died down, it was finally time for something that more people than expected were looking forward to, summer break. "LETS GOOOOOO!" Kurumu shouted as she ran towards the water from the beach they were currently on. Due to various this and that's, the newspaper clubs advisor Nekonome had brought them to a beach in the human world for their summer vacation, however they were accompanied by both the girls in Alex's harem, and those in the swim club. Naturally the girls from Asora felt that taking a break and going to the beach for a day would be a nice change in pace from the constant snow that was currently in Asora. And even though they could've just gone into the space-time orb since the villa was in a constant tropical climate, each and every one agreed that it wasn't the same as going to a different beach to relax. And as for the swim club, they had become Ingvild's loyal followers ever since he had introduced her to them while attending one of their practices. Though they initially been annoyed when she introduced herself as 'Leviathan', an existence as significant to sea dwelling people as Dracula was to vampires, all it took was her transitioning to her super devil form for them to change their tune, and each of them became her loyal followers while the captain, Tamao, even managed to become her pawn. Though Ingvild wasn't exactly interested in having followers, she eventually decided to accept them since she intended to rebuild the devil house of Leviathan and would need more people to do so. And so, with Millicas and Yukari having gone off on a date together, Alex was the only man around to enjoy the sea of beautiful women in various swimwear in front of him. Though some girls wore cutesy swimwear, such as Sun's light blue one piece, or Kokoa's frilly white swimsuit with strawberries; the majority of girls were wearing the more mature or s.e.xy items, such as Rias's dark red bikini, or even Sona's own mature one piece, which was opened in the back and belly to show more skin. With so many varieties for Alex to look at due to everyone who lived in the Misty Manor coming, while Valerie, Tosca, and Lavina Reni watched over the children, there were even a few that went well past risqu. This included Akeno's, who's swimsuit was actually more tame among the 'risqu group', which consisted of a black leathery V that extended over her shoulders to just barely cover her n.i.p.p.l.es before the two straps ran down to meet at her crotch. Naturally, she had also been the instigator in the other girls risqu swimsuits as Alex's head s.e.x slave, with her 'recommending' Altina's swimsuit that covered even less than her own. It was a bikini with strings that were all exceptionally thinner than usual while the cloth to cover her private areas was only about as wide as a finger, meaning that the edges of her n.i.p.p.l.es were still visible if one looked carefully enough, while the one to cover her crotch was steadily wedging into her p.u.s.s.y. Naturally the backside had even less coverage, which meant that one could occasionally see the emerald green gem that was nestled between her butt cheeks. Even hers was tame however when you looked at either Tio or Francesca, who both appeared to be wearing proper bikinis at a glance, but they had both instead shown up completely nude after painting their swimsuits on. Tio had apparently gotten the idea after Alex and Akeno had wrote various vulgar words and sayings onto her body a time or two to have under her usual kimono, which had interested Francesca when she found out. Unlike Tio or Altina who were Alex's masochistic s.e.x slaves, Francesca was a strange combination of shy maiden and incurable pervert, which created unique situations like the current one where she was blushing and acting shyly from the attention she was receiving due to her lack of attire, yet she had chosen to show up like that to begin with and there was a line of fluid running down her inner thigh. Naturally Tio had a pitch black gem that would occasionally make an appearance between her butt cheeks, while Francesca had a bright yellow one between hers. Risqu swimsuits or not, Alex's 'Lucky Pervert' skill was seemingly working over time since he was still treated to several various wardrobe malfunctions as the girls played. The most notable incident was when Routier had somehow tripped and completely removed Sun's one piece in her fall, giving Alex his first full frontal view of the innocent siren's n.a.k.e.d body before she released a "Kyaaa!" so shrill that everyone dropped to the ground while covering their ears. Aside from the e.r.o.t.i.c situations and attire, Alex and the girls spent the day enjoying themselves quite a bit until it got to a certain time, and Alex reluctantly got up from his seated position under his umbrella. "Nyan?" Nekonome called out curious when Alex stopped scratching her behind her ears, to which he said to her and everyone else, "Sorry, but I have something I have to go do right now." When she heard this Kurumu looked up and declared, "Eh?! Just I was about to ask you to rub tanning lotion on me!" With her and the rest of the girls looking at him curiously for wanting to leave while they were having fun, Alex returned a bitter smile as he said, "Sorry, but people want this arc to end already so I have to go advance the plot now, trust me when I say that I want nothing more than to stay with you all..." Of course the response Alex received from the girls was a series of groans and protests, while someone even shouted, "Screw the 'plot'!" While giving a wry smile at their protests, Alex was about to say he had no choice in the matter when Kuroka suddenly tore off her swimsuit, before clinging onto him with her n.a.k.e.d body and asking, "What about now~Nya?" At this Alex couldn't help laughing mockingly at himself as he replied, "We can enjoy this when I get back, but for now I have no choice but to go..." The words were barely out of his mouth before Kuroka's hand blurred, and she used Spatial magic to suddenly 'grab' everyone swimsuits, before tearing them off so that there was suddenly dozens of beautiful n.a.k.e.d women women standing before Alex. Though naturally both Kokoa and Sun both frantically tried to cover themselves, the rest of the girls readily flaunted themselves in front of Alex enticingly as Kuroka sn.a.k.e.d her hand down the front of his own swim shorts, while saying in a sultry tone, "And now~Nya?" As she spoke Yubelluna, Ravel's 'Queen', clung to his other side while also snaking her hand down his shorts that the two girl's hands were lightly grabbing onto his quickly hardening p.e.n.i.s. Then Alex felt someone wrapped their arms around him from behind, their n.i.p.p.l.es hardening on his bare back as Sona's 'Queen' Tsubaki pouted in his ear, "Please stay with us..." Before Alex could say anything he suddenly felt someone grab his shorts, as Akeno abruptly hauled them down to his ankles so that he could join the rest of the girls in their n.a.k.e.dness. He then felt his head s.e.x slave take the tip of his p.e.n.i.s into her mouth before she began swirling her tongue around it while sucking on it to create a vacuum. With Akeno giving him head, Tsubaki clinging to his back, and Kuroka stroking his shaft while Yubelluna fondled his family jewels and the rest of the dozens of n.a.k.e.d women beginning to approach him, Alex finally broke and said, "You know what, screw the plot. I'll just stay right here!" The words were no sooner out of his mouth, when something suddenly fell into the sand at his feet. Looking down, Alex noticed the crystal teleportation key that had somehow appeared even though it had been put into his personal storage, and it was standing up with its tip buried in the sand. "Oh you've got to be f.u.c.k.i.n.g kidding me..." Alex swore, before the key did something that should have been impossible, and somehow activated on its own to open a portal just below Alex's feet that was big enough for only him to fall through. There was a slight moment where he just hovered there, both Alex and the girls disbelieving what they were seeing, before gravity did its thing and he suddenly fell through the hole before landing on his butt with a soft 'THUD'. With him sitting in the grass surrounded by a sea of flowers with nothing but a pair of swim shorts around his ankles, Alex glanced up to see the still open portal close before the crystal key dropped down into his lap. For a moment there was nothing, just pure silence as Alex took in what just happened, before he practically exploded, "ARE YOU F.U.C.K.I.N.G SERIOUS?!!!" His still erect d.i.c.k bobbing before him, Alex leaped to his feet and shouted while releasing a massive blast of energy upwards, "AM I SERIOUSLY GETTING BLUE BALLED RIGHT NOW?! ALL FOR THE SAKE OF SOME WORTHLESS PLOT?! WELL F.U.C.K YOU TOO!!!!" Next was a rather unusual and somewhat comical scene, as Alex proceeded to fire off several volleys of powerful energy attacks into the sky to vent his frustration, without even bothering to fix his shorts or his erection for several minutes. After firing off enough power to level an entire continent, Alex finally stopped to breath deeply as he fixed his shorts and calmed down his still excited member. Once his shorts were no longer tented Alex figured that sooner he got this over with the better, and turned towards the only building around him in the beautiful sea of flowers, an old decrepit shack. Though he was still annoyed, Alex couldn't help but admire the serenity of the flower field as the summer wind blew through it, carrying their fragrance to his nose. Of course the serene moment wasn't mean to last, as a dark green claw suddenly burst from the ground and seized Alex's ankle, before pulling on it to drag him under. Despite the creature's best efforts however, Alex didn't budge as he instead looked down at it and stared at its beady little eyes. The staring contest only lasted a couple seconds, before the creature released his ankle and whimpered pitifully as it disappeared back underground. It must have then passed on the message to the rest of the monsters, because Alex continued walking to the shack unmolested despite the fact that the field was filled with literally hundreds of the same plantlike creatures. Through his 'Domain', Alex watched the two people within the shack prepare for his eminent arrival, only for him to immediately throw open the door of the shack and use 'Energy Nullification' to dispel the energy the two women were gathering for their spells, before using his 'Telekinesis' to rip an ancient book and decorated foot and a half long wand out of their hands. Holding both items in his hands, Alex turned to the shocked duo and said with the friendliest smile he could manage, "Pardon the sudden and fairly rude entrance, but would the two of you be willing to talk with me for a bit?" The duo consisted of a girl in her late teens with her black hair pulled up into two ponytails at the sides while the rest fell back straight, and was wearing a pink corset with a long black skirt that had frills on the end; and an elderly woman who wore a long hooded robe the was pulled to cover her head, except what parts of her face that were visible where wrinkled and scarred. While the young girl looked ready to continue fighting despite being disarmed, the elderly woman said begrudgingly while staring at the book he had taken, "I suppose we have no choice but to humor an unruly brat like yourself." At her words the younger girl slowly relaxed herself before getting the rocking chair for the older one, who sat in it gratefully before demanding, "So, what do you want to discuss so badly that you'd come in here uninvited and unannounced, while also disarming two poor women to have at your mercy?" Alex smiled wryly at the elderly woman's attitude, as he used his magic to conjure up his own chair to get comfortable before saying, "I wanted to discuss your plans to destroy the nearby human city, and maybe ways to avoid the potential bloodshed." There was a beat of silence as the duo took in his words, before, "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You can't be serious?!" As the elderly woman, Oyakata, burst into laughter at Alex's words, she then criticized what he said before continuing with increasing anger, "Do you really expect that there is no way forward without shedding either theirs or our blood? This hill used to be a sacred meeting place for witches, and now they want to bulldoze it and turn it into a worthless dump! And you expect me to ignore that?!" As Oyakata shouted at him Alex was silent, before turning to the younger girl and asking, "Do you agree with this plan? Do you wish to slaughter hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent lives of men, women, and even children?" Though she had a resolute look in her eyes to start with, when Alex mentioned that they'd be killing children the girl faltered before the older one stated, "Of course she is! Ruby has been helping me prepare for years, and this is finally the moment she'll be able to take revenge for her parents death at the hands of those same humans!" Alex's eyerows shot up when he heard that, and once more he turned to Ruby and Asked, "Is that true? Did humans murder your parents?" Ruby nodded, the resolution returning to her as she stated, "Yes, my parents were killed by a careless human who was driving one of their hateful vehicles while drunk. Not only that, but they have turned their backs on the nature around them that provides so much, and are only capable of destroying anything they touch!" As Ruby ranted about the faults of humans, Alex couldn't help but frown before asking, "Wasn't what happened to your parents just an accident though? Why would all humans need to die because of the stupidity of one man?" When she heard this Ruby's face contorted as she cried out, "Even if it isn't just that, humans don't deserve to live with everything they're doing to us and this world!" Though she undoubtedly would've continued, Alex cut her off by stating, "But did you ever stop to think that your actions would effect witches more than humans?" This made ruby stop as she looked at him with confusion, to which Alex continued while ignoring Oyakata's glower, "If you attack the nearby city with your army of plant monsters like you plan, then you might kill the majority of the humans while a few would undoubtedly escape, which I'm willing to bet will be the ones spearheading the development of the Witch's Ranch into a dump. Instead, the ones you'll kill will mostly be the innocent civilians and even the children who had never done a single thing wrong other than being born a human, and even if the children live you'll have probably orphaned them like what was done to you yourself." When she heard this Ruby went wide eyed as she tried to think of ways to argue with Alex's logic, but before she could he continued while Oyakata's glower deepened, "And that's not even taking into consideration the result your actions will have on the witches community, as at the very least you will have revealed magic and witches to the world. With the first official interaction between witches and humans in the modern day being the slaughter of an entire city, the human military will undoubtedly react swiftly and aggressively to remove the threat of witches. The Witches Ranch that you'll have sought so desperately to preserve will end up engulfed in a sea of flames, and the two of you will be turned to ash with it and your plant army. "This would only be the beginning however, as humanity will still fear the threat of witches and their 'evil' magic, and a witch hunt the likes of which the world has never seen before would start. They'd be hunted down and slaughtered like animals, most probably pleading for understanding or mercy, but never receiving it. There would undoubtedly be a few that'll fight back, but with witches being scorned by humans and Youkai alike they would most likely receive no help, and they would quickly be overwhelmed before being slaughtered till the last." As Alex stopped speaking the room was filled with silence as the two seemingly took in what he said, with Ruby's complexion paling by the second while Oyakata sat silently, before a smile broke out on her face. "Is that so? But what if we witches did in fact have allies?" When he saw the confidence in Oyakata's tone and face Alex frowned slightly, as she shouldn't have anyone besides Ruby. But before he could ask what she meant Alex noticed a couple of people approaching the shack through his 'Domain', making him understand her confidence as he muttered, "I see, of course..." Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' to open the door right as they arrived, revealing the duo representing Fairy Tale that had come to convince Oyakata to join their cause, Miyabi and the last of the Shuzen sisters, Kahlua. There was a beat of silence as the duo registered who was sitting before them, before Miyabi suddenly lunged forward as he aimed an attack directly at Alex's face, which the latter dodged with ease before grabbing lightly onto Miyabi's wrist. As he did this Alex then used his 'Telekinesis' once more to hold both Miyabi and Kahlua's limbs down before the latter could enter her berserk state. Though he didn't show any visible strain on his face, Alex couldn't do anything about the small amount of blood that dripped from his nose as he struggled to hold the two in place, making him realize that he'd need to train his 'Telekinesis' more as the two super powered beings struggled against his hold. "Now then, either we can fight it out and I can kill you here and now, or you can settle down and we can talk this out, for now. What do you say?" Though his limbs were being held down, Miyabi was still able to move his head and mouth, so he could only grit his teeth before nodding and saying, "Fine then, let's talk." With his smile widening, Alex canceled the telekinetic hold he had on Miyabi and Kahlua, allowing the tension to drain out of their bodies somewhat, though not entirely due to the fact that they were in fact in front of an established enemy. With the situation settling down somewhat, Alex then stated, "To begin with I might as well introduce myself properly, or would you rather continue pulling out your hair trying figure out my identity?" With Miyabi developing a glower to match Oyakata's, Alex smirked before continuing, "My name is Alex, but you can simply refer to me as the Dragon Emperor." Though everyone's eyes widened a little when they heard Alex's self introduction, they didn't question his title since Miyabi and Kahlua were both well aware that Alex was more than capable. Instead, he simply stated while lighting up a new cigarette, "I'm the first division leader of Fairy Tale, Miyabi Fujisaki, and this is the next head of the Shuzen house, Kahlua Shuzen. Now then, perhaps you could explain why you've decided to antagonize Fairy Tale?" Though Miyabi's choice of words caused Alex to frown slightly, he didn't mind them as he simply answered, "The biggest reason is just because you guys are an inconvenience to me, and our paths would have crossed anyways since our ultimate goal is pretty much the same thing, the awakening of Alucard." His words brought silence to the small shack, before Miyabi hesitantly asked, "If that was case then why not work with us? Why attack our people?" At this Alex's smile widened once more, before he said, "That is where our interests do not align, you intend to revive Alucard to destroy the human race, whereas I intend to destroy it completely." Once more there was silence at Alex's words, until, "Pfffft! Haha! That's rich, though I suppose it also explains you working with those two bastards Mikogami and Touhou." As Miyabi trailed off the young woman at his side then asked, "If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to awaken and then destroy Alucard?" Alex turned towards Kahlua, his smile warming up a little as he said, "Well truthfully it's mostly for the sake of your sister Moka." When she heard this Kahlua adopted a dumbfounded expression as she said, "Eh?" Finding her reaction kind of cute, Alex continued while Miyabi was once again paying attention to his every word, "Moka is now one of my lovers, as well as one of my servants. While I'm not going to get into that whole ordeal with you right now, just know that her connection to Alucard is troublesome since it prevents her from using all of her power, so I intend to destroy him to be rid of it. And if you were curious about them both Kokoa and Akua are fine as well, and happy to finally be reunited with Moka." Though Alex had mentioned several things she wanted to comment about, Kahlua focused on the information regarding her sisters, to which she said with a small smile, "So they're all ok, that's good..." While Kahlua was relieved from hearing about her sisters well being, Miyabi however frowned, as Alex had just confirmed that Akua had in fact betrayed them, and that Gyokuro sending Kokoa had simply resulted in her joining his side as well. It was at this point that Alex stood and said to him, "While we're all here then I might as well officially declare war on you guys." This shook Miyabi out of his small reverie, before he said, "Are you now?" Alex simply nodded and answered, "Yep, and that we'll be attacking you once Youkai Academy's summer break is over, so about a month from now? Make sure you prepare as much as possible for our battle before then!" After saying so, Alex dispelled the chair he had been using and returned Ruby and Oyakata's magical tools before turning towards the door, his business done with for now. Before he could leave though Miyabi asked, "Is that really ok? Just telling us when you plan to attack and not even trying to fight or weaken us right here and now?" He knew that if he was in Alex's position then that's what he'd do, hell he had tried to before Alex shut both himself and Kahlua down without so much as physically exerting himself. Of course Alex stopped before leaving, and turned back towards them before saying as if it was obvious, "Why would I try to weaken you right now when there's already nothing you can do to defend yourselves against our attack? I could find you no matter where you go in the world if you tried to run, and no one in your group, except perhaps Alucard, is strong enough to even concern me in terms of combat. So spend the time between now and then preparing, gather what remains of your armies, boost your leaders strength as much as possible, and try not to make it too boring when we wipe you guys out." All of this made Miyabi's entire face twitch in annoyance, as from the way he was talking Alex wasn't just being arrogant, but was simply talking as if everything he said was the inevitable truth. As such he couldn't help but to respond, "And what if we just accelerate our plans because of you? Awaken Alucard now or just flat out start declaring war on the humans before we even awaken him?" When he heard this Alex just looked at Miyabi like he was an idiot, before saying as if it was obvious, "Well for one you can't awaken Alucard without Moka, who is currently under my protection. That means you'd have to find an alternative method to do so in the next month when you haven't for three hundred years, or you'd have to steal her away from me when she has more protection now than she's had in her entire life. And as for simply attacking the humans now,-" As Alex trailed off he continuously maintained his slight smile, even as a killing intent like none of those gathered had ever experienced before descended on them, forcing Kahlua and Ruby to their knees while Oyakata groaned and even Miyabi staggered. He then continued as if nothing happened, "-then I'd have to simply wipe you all out ahead of time, which I would assume that each of you would want to live at least a little bit longer instead?" No one answered as they all struggled to take his killing intent, before Alex ultimately let it up and said, "Now then, any other questions?" With no one speaking as the oppressive atmosphere faded, Alex's smiled widened as he once again turned to leave, before asking at the door, "Are you coming Ruby?" Naturally everyone looked surprised at his sudden question, before the other three people in the room turned to look at the girl in question while she just muttered, "Eh?" Seeing the looks she was getting and realizing Alex wanted her to go with him, Ruby quickly answered, "Of course I'm not going with you! I'll stay here beside master until the end!" Though Alex was initially silent at Ruby's refusal, he then turned towards Oyakata and asked, "Are you ok with that?" The old witch was silent for a moment, before asking him, "And why wouldn't I be ok with my prided disciple staying with me?" Alex however returned a deadpan stare as he answered, "Because it'll mean her death if she does. Regardless of what you've decided for yourself, at the very least you should encourage Ruby being able to continue on, growing older and learning magics that you never would have even dreamed of instead of dying a worthless death alongside you." There was a second of silence as the older woman considered Alex's words, and when Ruby finally opened her mouth to argue with him, Oyakata cut her off and said, "Go with him Ruby." Naturally everyone was surprised when they heard that, and even Ruby hesitantly muttered, "Master...?" Seeing everyone's gazes on her Oyakata growled, "What's with those looks? I just want to send her behind enemy lines to see these so-called 'magics that I've never even dreamed of'." Though no one looked convinced at her argument, Oyakata 'Humphed!' before turning away and ignoring them even as Ruby dejectedly walked across the shack to Alex's side. After the door closed behind them Alex suddenly said, "She may not say it directly, but she really does love you Ruby. She's just older and finds it too hard to change her path, but you still have a chance." Though she undoubtedly heard him, Ruby just nodded her head slowly as memories of her growing up with her master resurfaced. Not knowing what else to say, Alex then pulled something out of thin air and held it out to her, making Ruby look up at the folder in his hands. "I had this prepared to try and convince Oyakata not to attack humans, but apparently I was too late. You can have it instead." As he spoke Ruby flipped through the official looking papers with growing confusion before asking, "What is this?" Alex smiled wryly at her question, and flipped to the last paper before gesturing at the field around them, "Sign your name at the bottom, and the entirety of the Witches Ranch will officially become yours, never to be threatened to become a dump again." "What?!" Ruby cried out when she heard this, to which Alex explained, "I have several politicians and government officials under my thumb throughout Japan and even some other countries, it wasn't too hard to get some of them to arrange for the deed to the Witches Ranch to fall into my hands. If Oyakata agreed to my terms to never threaten humans again, then she would have been able to sign instead and your home would have been protected for as long as the signee was alive, or a witch resided here..." As Alex trailed off Ruby began weeping as tears of various different emotions started leaking from her eyes. She was frustrated because this was all it took to save their home, angry at all the years of wasted effort while her master had signed herself away to Fairy Tale for no reason, but most of all she felt relief that the home she grew up with would be safe. Though it took her several minutes to calm down, Ruby eventually signed the papers to become the new owner of the Witches Ranch and Alex used magic to send them to his contact to be copied and filed. After that there was only the issue of returning to the beach where the rest of the girls were waiting. Naturally they weren't too thrilled when Alex returned with another woman, however they didn't get too much of a chance to complain as Alex took out his earlier s.e.x.u.a.l frustration on them.
