Chapter 146: Is This Even Reasonable? / Chapter 146
After Lavinia helped herself down the stairs, she sat down next to Ren.
"Aren't you going to rest any longer?"
I asked Ren asked.
"No need, it wasn't as painful as I imagined. I'm feeling much better now."
Lavinia said with a smile.
However, this smile carried a hint of shyness compared to usual.
No matter how naive they may seem on a normal day, they can't deny the relationship between them once they realize it.
At least, after the morning's lessons, Ren had become a unique figure in Lavinia's heart.
"I can't believe you guys are making this so late! I thought you'd start much earlier, meow?! You made me wait so long, meow!"
Kuroka, who was eating dried fish, suddenly started complaining.
"Since you took down Lavinia today, it's my turn tonight, meow. Suppressing your heat cycle with magic might be quite tiring, meow."
As a cat demon, Kuroka's physical structure is slightly different from that of humans.
Although they are demons, they are still animals, so they will enter their mating season when they reach a certain age.
Ren was naturally very knowledgeable about cats' estrus cycles.
Before he transmigrated, the stray cats downstairs where he lived would howl like ghosts every night, and some male cats would even fight each other for mating rights until one of them was completely exhausted.
Ren remembered that in the original storyline, the Koneko went into heat before it reached the age of Kuroka and had difficulty suppressing its instincts.
Humans can at least release their own tension, but cats can't.
It's easy to imagine how tough it must have been for Kuroka.
Ren was deeply impressed by Kuroka's patience and decided to find an opportunity to spare her from this torment in the future.
Kuroka then asked Lavinia many detailed questions, not caring whether there were other people around.
Lavinia was quite embarrassed, but she answered patiently. Asia and the three Fallen Angels listened attentively, while Walpurgis stood to the side, looking shocked.
Is this house... normally this open?
Has she been tricked?
But it's too late to regret it now.
After lunch, Lavinia and Kuroka continued their conversation about girls.
Ren wasn't involved; just as he was about to scroll through his phone, the dander that Katerea had given him... the keepsake, began to heat up.
I have to go out for a bit.
Ren spoke to the girls, opened the system map, and teleported to the old Demon King's territory.
Compared to the previous period, a somber atmosphere pervaded Katerea's territory.
Following the scent, they found Katerea's figure.
"There may be some unrest at the border recently. Be prepared to prevent retaliatory attacks by Shalba's men. Now go down."
"Yes!"
Immediately afterward, Ren brushed past a high-ranking demon in full armor.
"What's the matter?"
I asked Ren asked.
"Many things."
Katerea looked at Ren, then got up from her seat and walked over.
"After I left the human realm last night, I was prepared for the Shalba to make a move, but they received advance warning, and by the time I returned, they had already withdrawn their troops."
"If you're going to withdraw, then withdraw. Why are you sitting on me?"
Ren squinted, because the holy light on Katerea's chest was too dazzling, so he reached out to cover it.
It's just that it's too big, so it couldn't be completely covered.
"Dry!"
Katerea's gaze was extremely aggressive.
After saying that, he suddenly pointed his finger, and the destructive magic instantly tore Ren' clothes apart. He then aimed and sat down.
"Don't be like that. I'm a very proper man. I thought you came to see me about serious business."
"What a coincidence, I'm here on business."
"..."
And so, while Ren was busy with his business, he listened to Katerea's description of the current situation.
It's not hard to see from just a few words that Katerea is worried about Shalba.
As companions who had lived together for hundreds of years, she was well aware of the other party's intentions.
Moreover, he was the main person who planned the attack, and he deliberately positioned himself in a special position to send troops against Lilith.
Now it seems that Katerea thinks Shalba is full of bad intentions and is clearly using her and Creuserey as stepping stones.
If you win, everything will be fine; if you lose, you can just walk away.
If it weren't for her superior skills and listening to Ren's advice, she would probably be in the same state as Creuserey, already reduced to ashes.
Chapter 146 Is this even acceptable?
Chapter 146
The days that followed were exceptionally peaceful.
After Shalba left with his followers, the attack that Katerea had worried about for days did not happen.
However, perhaps Katerea is going through menopause, as she calls Ren over almost every day to get down to business.
So Ren began a busy life these past few days, doing serious work every morning and evening.
This made Ren quite nostalgic for the days when he could sleep until he naturally woke up.
During this period, the relationship between the three major powers also improved at a visible speed.
The most obvious example is the abandoned church in Kuoh Town, where construction teams have recently been demolishing walls and renovating during the day, drawing complaints from many nearby residents.
When the three Fallen Angels go shopping, they often encounter other Fallen Angels disguised as humans, or priests, exorcists, and so on.
For many members of various factions, Kuoh Town is a place of great significance, especially Kuoh Academy, where a peace treaty was signed. Every night, it becomes a popular tourist destination for members of the three major factions, forcing Lord Rias and her retinue to work overtime overnight. Often, they even have to bring Sona Sitri Shizuku to maintain order.
Rias:_(:з"∠)_
The peace talks between the three major powers had just ended. I was planning to rest for a while and then go to find Ren for training with Akeno and Koneko, when this group of people suddenly came to visit.
Is this even acceptable?!
Rias could already foresee how Ren would evaluate her when her strength was truly surpassed by Akeno and Koneko.
But she couldn't just leave these people alone, so she could only pray that these busybodies would leave soon.
Besides.
It's worth mentioning that Asia also gained enrollment at the Kuoh Academy, and because of taking care of Asia and Kuroka's strong request, Koneko naturally moved into Ren' house.
When the Koneko started school and moved into the house, Kuroka was so excited that she immediately performed three backflips on the sofa in her black cat form. After that, she transformed into human form and said that she would live in the same room as the Koneko and sleep in the same bed at night.
However, the Koneko firmly refused Kuroka's invitation to sleep together.
Although Kuroka was very sad, in order to salvage her image in her sister's eyes, Kuroka had no choice but to obediently listen.
However, this also leads to another problem.
That's the property Ren bought; there aren't enough extra rooms.
Although Ren, who was not short of money, specially bought a large house and had considered keeping a mistress there, he did not expect that so many people would live there.
Add to that the still unconfirmed news about Xenovia and Irina Shidou, and if another one comes along, we'll probably be sleeping on the sofa.
However, Ren doesn't have time to think about that right now.
Because Katerea would approach Ren almost daily with serious matters, and would also seek his advice on how to develop the country after its founding.
What are Ren's opinions?
He wasn't a professional after all; the fact that he could give a general direction was only because he had watched a lot of movies and TV shows online before he transmigrated.
It would be completely impossible for him to be like the protagonist of some novels, who could easily transform a backward feudal society into a modern country after traveling to ancient times.
Ren wasn't a strategist or an economist; he was just a time traveler. When it came to managing subordinates, Katerea herself knew better than him.
Besides these, Katerea also has other troubles.
For example, not all demons approve of Katerea's overtures to the current government, and therefore they inevitably nitpick at her in some meetings.
But soon, without exception, each of these demons would be shot dozens of times in the back the next day, and then ultimately be judged to have committed suicide.
That's all Ren could do.
After dealing with the unruly demon, Ren completely let loose, spending his days either scrolling through his phone or working on his career.
Lavinia is similar to Ren in some ways, so she enjoys her current pace and sometimes visits Vali, who is in confinement. She's living a pretty carefree life.
However, Katerea couldn't resist.
After all, besides being taken advantage of during the day, she still had to take care of many things for her faction after that.
Expanding her territory, managing her businesses in the human realm, and all the preparations needed for establishing a nation.
"You're supposed to be the man behind me, so why am I doing all this work by myself?!"
"Did you think I was joking when I told you that night that I wanted you to join me?!"
Ren shrugged helplessly. "Whatever. I'm not Leviathan anyway. If you don't want to be one, you don't have to. Sirzechs is actually happy to see this happen."
Katerea was speechless, furious, and vowed to make Ren experience what it felt like to be exhausted that night.
The next morning, Katerea struggled to get out of bed, her body aching and swollen. Dragging her exhausted mind and body, she went to handle various affairs within the faction, experiencing firsthand what it truly meant to be exhausted.
Meanwhile, Ren disappeared into the shadows and went back home to continue sleeping soundly.
Of course, he didn't do nothing.
Instead, it showed Katerea a clear path.
That is to vigorously develop her assets and influence in the human world, expand the scale of the company organization as much as possible, and absorb more ordinary people.
As for how to expand influence and increase assets, Ren thinks it's possible to start with the second game.
After all, there are many otaku in the second generation of gamers who especially love to daydream. If they could come into contact with an extraordinary organization, they would probably be laughing in their sleep every night.
Katerea didn't quite understand the reason.
Ren, however, said, "The Evil Pieces of the Underworld are an excellent technology that can transform humans into demons without limit. Moreover, it's not some particularly secret technology. If even your founding of a nation can be approved, this technology will naturally be transferred to you free of charge."
"If they haven't transferred it, just ask them for it."
After figuring things out, Katerea felt a surge of joy.
After all, having the Evil Pieces Piece would greatly increase her combat power in a short period of time.
Moreover, Ren's suggestion to expand the scale of assets in the human realm is quite reasonable.
Because the path of violent world domination is no longer viable, but secretly manipulating the world through money and power is not necessarily a bad thing.
Although humanity is small and insignificant, it remains the foundation of the world. This approach will not only not be hindered, but will also see humanity actively seeking cooperation.
Of course, Ren didn't put it that explicitly.
After all, the America in this world seems to have its voice controlled by a group of people who were not wiped out by Hitler during World War II.
Let's leave aside what happened with Katerea for now.
When he had free time, he would still teleport to the headquarters of the Khaos Brigade to feed Ophis, play games with her, and increase her affection level.
To prevent this little girl from being misled by others in the future, and from being sold out while still helping them count the money.