MTLNOVEL Chapter 136: Lingering Questions...
The silly dragon's speed couldn't compare to Cassius's, as he was a speed demon, but her other raw attributes far surpassed his. She was, after all, a high-born pure-blooded Dragon descended from a mighty Universal Species, so this was to be expected. However, even then, it was hard to say for certain if she beat him in anything if he made use of his Fundamental Body Refinement Manuals. Then again, none had been able to force out his full power since his run-in with Hellion, so nothing was for certain.
A slightly annoyed feminine sigh echoed out while Cassius was being smothered by the busty dragonoid beauty.
"I see that that stubborn girl still hasn't gotten out of the habit of calling you 'Master'," Sasha said with a small pout. "I know you told me that you found her sad and alone on the side of the street, and that she's foreign, but no matter how I think about it, no country has a Master-servant custom set in place for benefactors…"
Aya narrowed her eyes along with her mother. "That dirty playboy is no good, Mother. You mustn't believe a word that he says," she announced. "For all we know, Cassius, the stinky stoopid pervert, brought her over from some suspicious site! Same with the Egyptian one!"
Hellion momentarily turned her head up from a book she was reading at the large table of their massive mansion before returning to her reading time. She wasn't the least bit interested in any of the mortals she had seen so far; the only one who caught her eye was the indifferent Cassius—an anomaly whose presence somehow became stronger every time she saw him. As he was, she had no clue just how powerful he had become.
'The END of times edges ever closer. HELL will also begin to make their move,' she thought in passing. 'I only wonder which part this child has to play in it all.'
The more Hellion thought about it, the wider her smirk became. She truly couldn't wait for the time that would follow; it might just make all that she had done so far worth it.
Cassius noticed the peculiarities present in the stupidly gorgeous Egyptian beauty, yet found it hard to decipher what she was thinking about when a pair of vicious sapphire-blue eyes was piercing into his soul. Aya, in all her beauty, knew not how to make use of it, nor did she know how to take a gentler approach. She only knew of the violent way—the Tsundere way.
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"So, Cassius!?" Aya raised her voice while taking step after step in his direction. "Are you going to tell us where Sister Stella, Sister Memphis, and the two bimbos actually came from? But knowing you, you won't say a single thing, will you??"
Cassius bitterly smiled, doing well to hide most of his emotions beneath his shadowy cloak. "...I truly don't have an inkling of an idea what you are talking about, Aya love—"
"Hwa!?" Aya's cheeks suddenly radiated a crimson flush, with her feet dancing around in place. "Y-You pervert!" she declared before leaving the kitchen in a flustered rush.
"???"
"Did I say something wrong?"
Everyone looked at Cassius like they were looking at the most indestructible wall in the history of walls. If any well-renowned construction worker were here, they could surely learn a thing or two about structural density.
"My poor daughter… Haiz," Sasha sighed, a silent part of her finding it hard to believe that she was also in the same predicament as her beloved Aya. "Cassius, are you trying to seduce my daughter?"
"Seduce her?" Cassius parroted in confusion. "How so?"
'He's so… hopeless…' Stella and Sasha both thought in unison.
Hellion merely chuckled, finding it very amusing how such a powerful and mysterious human could be so terrible—or rather, superb—when it came to women. 'All those around him are throwing hints of love left and right, yet he evades those things like the plague. He's certainly a very funny man, even more so when he's doing all this unintentionally.'
Squishing her cheeks against his cloak, Yimin looked up with round shining eyes. "Master can seduce Yimin anytime that he wishes! Yimin is ready to be seduced! Then we can get to f*cking and making the babies—"
Cassius clasped her mouth and silenced her.
Looking at the judging expressions of the other girls in the spacious mansion kitchen, he said, "Don't mind her, as usual. In her home country, this is normal behavior toward someone who feels indebted to someone else. I just hope she feels a little 'less' indebted at some point…" He eyed the cheeky dragon still clinging to his stomach, to which he saw her stunning eyes avert his gaze.
Cassius huffed a little before diverting his attention back toward Sasha and Stella. "The new school year is starting tomorrow, and I still plan to go. I assume everything is good here even if I'm not here?"
'Perhaps I'll find some Gremlin Extraterrestrial Fiends at a populated place like Hoshito General High. I've been constantly frequenting the malls, the police stations, the Hunter's Association, and the City Hall, but no luck. I only need to locate 1 of 10 and follow the trail back to the rest of them, but Lady Luck has been avoiding me as of late—'
"It was good here every time you left for days on end doing whatever it is you do. Why worry about us now?" replied Sasha, her tone indicating how upset she was.
"Indeed. Just do whatever you're going to do anyway. Humph!" Even Stella, who was normally very laid-back, showed her displeasure over how often he left her alone.
'I only came to live with you for you, you big dummy. And yet you head out to either clear Gates or pick up vixens without me! If I were there, then no woman would dare get close, and I could also help with Gate clearing! What are you challenging? Yellow and Red-Rank Gates? I have gone on many such Gate raids! You big dummy!'