[23] Boons and Backlashes

[23] Boons and Backlashes

Chapter 23: Boons and Backlashes

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[Earlier, Third Person Point of View]

Ruby was a lot more worried about Tsubasa than her brother was. She always noticed he was a bit cold-blooded – even though he was much better nowadays – which always made her wonder why, though she didn't like to ponder what he was in his last life.

She had been curious since the first day he revealed that he was a reincarnator like her. However, she never asked about his past, the way he never asked about hers. Well, she asked him a few times, but all he said was that she should tell him her past first, which she didn't plan to do.

So no matter how interesting his previous life may have been, she never got to know about it. Ruby was slightly annoyed that he hadn't come to look for Tsubasa from the get-go, but he's never been too fast to act, rarely anything made him react. His last life must have been something.

"[Scan]!"

She chanted once more. Her 4th Circle mana heart could cast a stronger scan than the one she used a few weeks ago to find Aqua in the gym. It rippled through reality a few kilometers from her spot and returned with nothing.

"Haah, where is sh-"

Ruby paused as she did sense something. It was a person, veiled until now as they let go of it. Before she could gather her thoughts, the person vanished from where she had just scanned, and soon he was in front of her.

"Uh oh." Ruby took a step back as a tanned man wielding a spear dropped in front of her. The speed at which he came to her from his previous spot was terrifying.

"Little girl," the man said, raising his spear. "You know where the Treasure is, don't you?"

He’s been aggressive from the start, which told Ruby that this won't end well. For her right now, and for him in a bit, if she was hurt.

Ruby knew a lot of spells. However, she had zero battle experience. Her brother tried to train her, but she always said there was no point in training to fight. She said, if danger does come, she could just call forth a pillar of fire.

Back then, she hadn't considered what if the enemy was faster than the pillar of fire. What if he dodged the lightning she'd call from the sky? What if he wasn't damaged by the sharp whip of water she'd create?

After a very short period of time, the battle ended. To Ruby's credit though, at least the Jaguar-like man's spear was destroyed in the process. Even if it cost her her vision.

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[First Person Point of View]

I felt my veins chill as I stared at the scene with wide eyes. Blood boiled as my fingers twitched in a desire to tear him into pieces.

"Xihuitl is dead? A pity." Said the man.

Who this man was didn't matter. It wasn't an issue too that I sensed a decent level of divine authority inside him, similar to the White Tiger divinity actually. Based on his outfit and appearance, he must be an Avatar of the Jaguar God – the Aztec equivalent of the more popular White Tiger. Not that I gave a fuck as I vanished from my spot.

[Eternal Sorcery: Discrimination of Time]

Circles of magic appeared overhead, and the world slowed down for everyone but I, even as I endured the ever-growing internal pain inside me. My anger demanded why had I allowed that woman from my 7th life, the Empress of Mankind, to put a seal on my soul that made it so I can't freely use magic until I turn 18? My reasoning back then was that life will feel too easy if I did, too boring, but fuck that and fuck myself from the past.

It hurt, but the spell did work.

My hand grabbed the bastard by his throat as we blinked from one spot to another, and Ruby's body fell to the ground because of that. To my surprise, the jaguar managed to move even within this slowed time, which meant his natural speed was outrageous.

His hand tried to punch me, but my passive aura flared around his fist, making him yell in pain and withdraw his punch.

We went flying and I slammed him against a tree, my throat clenched around his neck the same way he was clutching my sister.

"S-stop!"

"Worthless bastard."

I growled as my Qi raged, and I forced it to perform an [Underlord] Technique. I knew anything less will not work, so I had to do this even if I'll face severe consequences.

[Fulmination of Cyclone]

Using advanced control over Lightning Qi and Wind Qi, I unleashed a swirling cyclone of charged particles inside him. The storm was created internally to destroy the enemy from his core; the generated vortex of lightning and wind tore through matter from within, leaving only vapor in its wake.

Strangely, I woke up with not much pain in my body. Well, none at all. The damage was done, but it was less lethal than it should have been, plus the wounds were healed.

Once I opened my eyes and looked around, I soon spotted the reason. I was in a bed, and two naked girls slept around me, all under a blanket. An aura of Senjutsu seeped out of both of them, helping to calm me. One was Tsubasa, and the other was Mem-Cho. They were both asleep, even as I got up and stretched my arms.

What did they do? I wondered.

I recalled reading about something related to this, I think. Bouchujutsu is a form of healing that is performed by a woman in the bedroom, she and the man have sex to heal the man in the process.

"Oh no," I looked down at the weapon of mass destruction between my legs and let out a sigh. It didn't seem like we did the deed. I didn't mind doing it, but what's the point of it if I was asleep?

My movements seemed to wake up the girl on my right, Tsubasa. She's always been a light sleeper. I had to mention that her hair was black again, it wasn't her mother right now, but I could imagine that it was that woman who must have proposed this idea to Mem-Cho. Because the little devil girl didn't appear as proficient in this form of healing as Tsubasa did, even when her mother wasn't in control.

"What is this..."

Tsubasa sat up, rubbing her eyes, as I quickly put the blanket over Mem-Cho. One step at a time.

She stared at my face with a blank look for a second, and then at my body. She shook her head and then went back to sleep.

"Still dreaming, I guess..." she muttered, and laid down.

A moment later, she jumped back up, staring into my eyes with her wide ones. She didn't have her glasses, so she wasn't supposed to see, but I knew she could now, she was stronger than yesterday.

"Aqua..." she said slowly as her face went red. She quickly covered her breasts with her forearm, and turned her head to the side, unsure what to say. "W-what's going on? Did we... d-do it last night?"

I don't know why she looked so cute today. Maybe it's the awakening of her bloodlines that made her prettier, or maybe it's just the fact that her mother was such a useful one. Without her, things would have been a tad bit troublesome. No, Tsubasa has always been attractive physically, but I suppose seeing her help me so much – even if it was just her body and not exactly her – built a different sort of attraction for me.

I couldn't help but lean forward and hug her from behind. She stiffened, but only for a moment. Her body relaxed as she breathed in easily, while I pulled her closer to me, hugging her tightly.

"I know you can hear," I said, talking to the woman inside Tsubasa. "Looks like you are not telling her anything. I don't like that. Make everything clear to her, about what you're doing. Thanks, by the way, you were a massive help."

Tsubasa was naturally confused. "Ah, am I really dreaming in the end...?"

My hands that were wrapped around her abdomen rose higher and grabbed her breasts. She flinched, moaning when my fingers pressed on her nipples as a big blush forced on her face.

"Are you?"

"A-aqua, this..."

She turned her face around as if to complain, but I took that chapter to grab her chin to hold her in place. I pressed my lips on top of hers, inserting my tongue inside hers as her eyes widened. She tried to struggle only for a moment out of instinct, but soon she gave in and returned the kiss.

I grabbed her body and twisted her around, pushing her back on the bed and rising on top of her. I leaned down and kissed her once again, and she returned it by wrapping her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck. Since we were both naked, my suddenly hard dick rested on top of her abdomen, waiting to be inserted. Sadly for her, I wasn't going to go that route with her right now, when she was still confused. I just wanted to kiss her.

I canceled the kiss and looked down at her panting face, she was a mess.

"We didn't do it last night," I told her, and she gulped.

"I- I want you right now, please." Who knew where she pulled that courage from, for a moment I really wanted to give in.

Sadly, things often go as planned. I heard a fake cough, as did Tsubasa, as we turned our heads to the side. There, with half of her reddened face under the blanket, was the devil Mem-Cho who had stars in her eyes.

"U-um, would you two wait until I leave the room...?"

Needless to say, the situation didn't stay as it was right now. Pity.

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