After leaving Ryuu’s room, Asahi realized his glaring mistake—he forgot to ask Ryuu about the beach party with Astraea.

‘Inviting her now will ruin everything.’

Asahi decided to get Ryuu some beach fun later. For now, he had to find someone else to accompany Astraea. Being alone with Astraea might prove to be difficult for his ever-growing libido.

(Yuriko? She has rarely gone out for fun since she started the whole store business. Nao also hasn’t seen sunlight recently.)

‘Well, Nao is working hard as Aiko’s tutor… I’m gonna call all the girls staying in the Yotsuba Mansion. Let’s have a big party.’

Asahi informed everyone through Klyscha, and they agreed to meetup. Even though Maya had to ditch her classes for a day. It was no big deal for the young scion.

‘I should talk to Haruhime.’

He had to diffuse any weird misunderstanding she got from seeing him with Kaguya.

Surprisingly, she had left the manor to look for Ais. So, he set out with his instincts guiding him towards Haruhime, only to end up in the elegant tower where the trickster lived.

***

“Loki!”

The whole of the Twilight Manor heard the boisterous shout directed towards their goddess. A sigh could be heard from Riveria’s room. Reluctantly, the high elf came out at the doorstep to greet the guest.

He was standing at the door, smiling like his usual self. He looked the same, yet his aura seemed more distinct from any god out there. It vaguely felt like the Cadmus Dragon that spawned to guard the Cadmus Spring. It was present during their last meeting, but not as prominent.

She wasn’t the only one who noticed his draconic presence. Ais was standing there, staring relentlessly at her Onii-san. 

“Onii-san is a dragon now?”

Haruhime, who was hiding behind Ais, shyly peeked at him. “D-Dragon?”

To sate the thirst of their curiosity, Asahi summoned the Booster Gear. A strong dragon aura filled the area. Ais’s face twisted as murderous feeling consumed her mind, all of which vanished the next moment as a small red dragon materialized above the emerald jewel on the gauntlet.

“What are you doing?” Ddraig stared at Asahi with her big eyes. “I am the Red Dragon Emperor. You can’t summon me to show off to people. I’m not a caged animal!”

“But you are my pet.”

Ddraig couldn’t deny him as she was indeed counted as his pet by the system.

“I’m going back to my training." Ddraig puffed a fireball at Asahi before she vanished into a tongue of flame.

Riveria narrowed her eyes on the exotic gauntlet. “What is that?”

She wondered what kind of adventurers he had while she was stuck in her daily boring routine. 

Asahi looked at Riveria. “It’s a weapon with a true dragon soul. It can amplify my physical strength.”

Riveria couldn’t help but show a blank stare. His physical strength was unlike anything she had ever seen. Amplifying that monstrous power would mean the end of the world.

Asahi laughed merrily. “Man, I missed that look on Mom’s face. It’s priceless.”

“Mom?” Ddraig gasped. “Your mother is an elf?”

(Don’t distract my love. Go back to training. Hmph!) Klyscha dismissed the dragon.

Riveria pointed at Asahi. “Stop calling me Mom. I’m an unsullied maiden, not your mother!”

Even though she said that, there was an undeniable smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She was simply happy to meet him again. Despite all his flaws, he was the man who immensely helped her with the magic theories.

Asahi walked up to Ais and patted her head. “You did a great job in suppressing your hate for dragons.”

“Thank you…” Ais lowered her head. “Onii-san, Loki is sleeping.”

“Sleeping at this time? She must have drunk last night.”

“She was throwing a tantrum after drinking,” Riveria said as she rolled her eyes. “Something about your penis being too addicting.”

The rampaging goddess was ready to charge out of the mansion in a drunken state to search for Asahi. Thankfully, Loki had the strength of a mortal and could easily be subdued by a magus like her.

Asahi gave her a sympathetic gaze. “Must have been annoying to deal with.”

“You’ll deal with her more often than me.” Riveria shook her head. “She is your wife.”

“Your daughter-in-law, you mean?” Asahi chuckled and gazed down on a confused Ais. “What’s the matter?”

“Onii-san’s penis is addicting?”

“What is a p-penis? I don’t know.”

“I also don’t…”

The conversation between Ais and Haruhime was more angelic than anything he had ever seen in Heaven. Though, things were bound to get awkward by such pure questions.

“Penis is, well, it’s male genital,” Asahi explained in the vaguest way possible.

“Genital?” Ais and Haruhime asked in unison.

Asahi smiled wryly and patted Ais’s head. “Ask Riveria about this.”

She was more fit to teach Ais about these things than him.

Riveria dodged his gaze and turned around to leave, but Asahi appeared behind her and blocked her path.

“Mom, are you free now?” he asked. “I need your help.”

“My help?” A solemn look descended on her face. “What can I do to help the Demon King?”

“I want your honest opinion on a location in my world. Ais, Haruhime, you can also come.”

The deities were aware of Asahi’s origin after the contract while Riveria and Loki’s most trusted executives came to know it from Loki herself.

But Haruhime wasn’t one of them. In confusion, she blurted something she regretted. “Your world?”

It was only after that she realized her position. She stood in front of Ais rather than behind her. “F-Forget I asked.”

She was somehow more bashful than morning as if watching him with Kaguya had changed something in her.

“Didn’t Astraea tell you about it?”

Haruhime shook her head, her fox ears waving around in panic.

“Well, I came from a different world,” Asahi casually admitted. “I am going to visit one of its best locations. Want to come with me?”

“I don’t deserve this treatment…” Haruhime touched her chest as she looked up, a conflicted look on her face. “Why do you treat me so nicely?”

He glanced over his shoulder. “Riveria, please wake up Loki and tell her to get ready.”

Asahi walked up to Haruhime and took her hand. “Come with me.”

He left the manor, leaving behind a stunned Riveria.

‘Haruhime shouldn’t have said that.’

Even the deities failed to get this solemn look out of Asahi.