Chapter 349: The Return of the Holy Sword Wielder
Since the dragon was still unsatisfied, Haruto naturally wouldn't waste precious dual cultivation time.
But before he could embrace Lucia's tall, sexy figure and plunge into the warm cavern from behind, Maria had already stepped forward and seized the erect dragon.
"No, it's my turn now. This time, I'll use my transformed body—even more alluring than my sister's—to dual cultivate with Brother Haruto."
Lucia's face showed displeasure, about to scold her disobedient younger sister, but remembering her own wanton behavior earlier—especially the scene matching Haruto's description of Sheila—she hesitated for a long moment before voluntarily stepping aside.
As for that useless big-breasted bunny-eared girl, having her first time broken in by Haruto using telekinetic magic for simultaneous front and rear penetration, she still hadn't fully recovered even now.
His telekinetic magic wasn't proficient enough—while it worked fine against Zest, when facing the Succubus sisters, he could no longer effectively employ it.
Rather than dividing his attention to practice telekinetic magic, it was better to focus on controlling the dragon to thoroughly dominate the Succubus sisters, thereby gaining two helpers for eventually capturing Sheila.
Of course, if his telekinetic magic were fully mastered and used simultaneously, the effects would undoubtedly be even better.
Haruto's ideas were beautiful, but reality was harsh.
First, telekinetic magic was indeed temporarily unusable, and second, no matter how sweet Maria and Lucia sounded in bed, once things were over, they became increasingly timid.
Forget about helping capture Sheila—if they didn't betray Haruto behind his back, it would already count as them having backbone.
The special bloodline talent of the Succubus royal family caused Raphaeline's strength to stagnate at SSS-rank, unable to advance further.
But precisely because of this, she had trained all her other abilities to exceptional levels, one of which was her control over people's hearts.
If Zolgear hadn't hidden a trump card of mental magic, combined with Lucia holding her back, Sheila would never have been captured by Zolgear back then.
As for Lucia and Maria, the daughters she raised personally, she could see through their thoughts with just a glance.
Yet no one could ever decipher Sheila's intentions.
After conquering the Succubus sisters, Haruto made several more attempts to probe, but aside from making himself more frustrated, he gained no additional benefits.
This adorable purple-eyed, white-haired loli Succubus wife remained elusive—touching and retreating, yet seemingly constantly seducing him.
After several failed attempts, confirming he was no match for this seemingly cute but actually more cunning-than-a-fox loli wife, Haruto wisely gave up on active pursuit.
Tempting as she was, spending too much effort would be more trouble than it was worth.
By late September, the weather remained hot, but hints of autumn were gradually becoming noticeable.
Under the pretext of sparring, after thoroughly beating Toujou Basara once, Haruto clasped his hands behind his back and declared in a tone of a transcendent master: "I have nothing left to teach you. From now on, remember to—"
"Cut the crap. Didn't you cheat with that last move just now?"
Toujou Basara brushed dirt off his clothes, squinting at Haruto with skepticism.
His dramatic atmosphere ruined, Haruto glared irritably. "What do you know? That was testing your limits."
He had actually held back—unlike Toujou Jin in the original timeline, he hadn't truly beaten Basara half to death to force him to activate his latent (or self-sealed) power. One could only say: like father, like son.
Toujou Basara clearly wanted to retort, but given his rapid improvement in strength, he ultimately held his tongue.
"By the way, about how you should progress next—you should go ask your father."
Haruto recognized Toujou Basara's potential. If fully realized, rescuing Raphaeline and Sheila would become much simpler.
One of the sources of Toujou Basara's power is the ancient dragon bloodline within Toujou Jin.
Sharing the same origin and coupled with a biological father's understanding of his son, his guidance is the only path for Toujou Basara to continue rapidly increasing his strength.
"Understood."
Toujou Basara scratched the back of his head, unsure if he could even contact his unreliable father.
Regardless, with Haruto protecting Mio and Maria, the worst-case scenario would be taking a leave from school to train under Toujou Jin first. Becoming stronger took priority—rescuing his mother came before anything else.
"I'm heading back first."
Haruto pursed his lips, strutting leisurely with a duck-footed gait as he left the Toujou residence.
While walking, he muttered under his breath, "All because I had to spar with you, my already limited time became even scarcer. Now I can finally spend quality time with my lovely beauties."
Just a few days prior, Yuki and Kurumi had successfully left the Brave Village and returned to the mansion.
Haruto promptly reincarnated them as Familiars—Yuki as a Knight class and Kurumi as a Bishop class, aligning with their respective combat specialties.
Mio Naruse consumed her only Mutated Bishop Piece, Maria used all eight of her Pawn Pieces, Ravel became the Queen, and Zest was assigned the Rook class by Haruto.
With the addition of the former Braves, the Naruse Sisters, Haruto had now filled thirteen of his fifteen Familiar slots, leaving only one Knight and one Rook position vacant.
When he first obtained the Evil Pieces, Haruto had struggled to find suitable candidates. Yet in less than a year, he now felt the slots were insufficient.
Reflecting on this, Haruto concluded that his even more limited Soul Contract slots required greater caution.
Ideally, he wished to form contracts with all the girls in the mansion, but the likelihood was extremely slim.
Even if he became the known world's strongest—a Malevolent God-level being—it would be impossible to grant immortality to so many beauties simultaneously.
Haruto currently possessed thirteen Soul Contract slots, most of which were already occupied.
The women of the Occult Research Club had gradually formed Soul Contracts with him on full moon nights, including Yuuki Kiba, who had recently regained her female form.
With definite contracts planned for Mio Naruse and Maria, nearly all thirteen slots were accounted for.
Haruto desired contracts with Yuki, Kurumi, Zest, Lucia, and Ravel, but could only hope that reaching God-level would expand his slot quota.
Under Toujou Basara's complicated gaze, Haruto pondered this "happy problem" until disappearing around the street corner.
The Toujou residence was near Haruto's mansion, just a turn and a hundred meters away.
Upon opening the entrance door, Haruto was greeted by a lively chorus of feminine voices from the living room.
While the girls often gathered during breaks, today's commotion was unusually boisterous.
The atmosphere stilled momentarily at Haruto's arrival before a familiar beauty emerged from the crowd.
"Haruto, please practice Dual Cultivation with me."
A stunning Holy Sword Wielder with blue hair and emerald-tipped bangs grasped Haruto's hands, her expression deadly serious.
Haruto's cheek twitched. Even with his extensive experience with heroines from adult scenarios, he'd never encountered a beauty who could so earnestly request intimacy in front of a crowd.
Were it not for knowing Xenovia was half an airhead—and a genuine innocent with an intense curiosity about sex—Haruto would have suspected something was wrong with her wiring.
During the Holy Sword incident, Haruto had crossed paths with her, but only briefly.
Due to the significant deviation in the worldline, after Irina and Xenovia hurriedly departed, he assumed he wouldn't see these two Holy Sword Wielder beauties again.
Unexpectedly, not only did they meet at his home, but Xenovia outright begged him for dual cultivation right from the start...
Suppressing his urge to complain and his pleasant surprise, Haruto scanned the room and spotted the other flaxen-haired, twin-tailed, buxom Holy Sword Wielder beauty.
Compared to Xenovia's forwardness, Irina was looking at him with the typical gaze reserved for perverts.
The moment their eyes met, she turned her face away in disgust.
Yet, at the edge of her fair profile, a faint, barely noticeable blush emerged.
Haruto didn't rush to respond to Xenovia. Withdrawing his gaze from Irina, he smiled and said, "Long time no see, Xenovia, and Irina."
"Last time, you left in such a hurry we didn't even get to say goodbye. How long are you planning to stay this time?"
"I don't plan on leaving this time."
The straightforward Xenovia, as expected, took the bait and replied, "I've become President Rias's Familiar."