Chapter 286: Maria's Potential
Haruto's mouth twitched, and he quickly began to soothe her.
Who would have thought that Mio Naruse, who was unwilling to form a Soul Contract, would care so much about this matter.
But now he roughly understood Mio Naruse's thoughts.
It wasn't that she was unwilling to form a Soul Contract—she just couldn't accept the method of forming the contract.
After all, just over a month ago, Mio Naruse had been living the life of an ordinary girl, with values no different from any regular young woman.
For the first time to be in front of so many people, it was only natural she couldn't bring herself to do it.
Boldly embracing Mio Naruse's curvaceous figure and planting another kiss on her pouted, adorable lips, the matter was finally put to rest amidst the girl's blushing cheeks and a soft, murmured "Haruto."
Haruto had wanted to see if he could further deepen his relationship with Mio Naruse, but in broad daylight and in the clubroom, Mio Naruse ultimately didn't give him the chance.
Meanwhile, while Haruto and Mio Naruse were being intimate, Maria had somehow taken out a camera and recorded every alluring expression of hesitation and resistance from her dear Mio-sama.
While recording, the Succubus Loli wore the expression of an obsessive fangirl, a trace of glistening liquid even appearing at the corner of her mouth.
In the end, seeing that Haruto couldn't continue, she looked disappointed.
"Haruto-sama, keep going! I've been looking forward to Mio-sama's debut for so long."
"Maria—" Mio Naruse's faint voice rang out.
The Succubus Loli trembled all over, only then remembering that the person in question was right there.
Meeting Mio Naruse's sharp, glinting gaze, she forced a smile uglier than crying. "Mi... Mio-sama..."
Thump!
"Eek!"
A merciless fist hammered onto Maria's head, and after sentencing her to reflect in the corner, Mio Naruse, her face still red, randomly picked up a chess piece.
"Haruto, I'll take this one."
Haruto looked at the Bishop piece in her hand and nodded. "Alright, the Bishop Class suits you well."
Whether it was the Flame Magic inherited from Wilbert or the Gravity Magic Mio herself hadn't yet awakened, both leaned toward a turret-type mage.
The Bishop Class could enhance magical attributes, making it a perfect fit for her.
However, before forming the contract, Haruto swapped it for another Bishop piece.
With two sources of power within Mio Naruse, a regular Bishop piece wouldn't succeed in forming a contract.
Coincidentally, like Rias, he had one Bishop piece that was a Mutated Piece, which worked perfectly for Mio Naruse.
A gorgeous magic circle flashed briefly, and the piece smoothly merged into Mio Naruse's full, rounded chest.
"Have I become Haruto's Familiar...?"
The red-haired, twin-tailed, busty beauty clasped her hands over her chest, sensing the faint connection with Haruto, and murmured softly.
Haruto stroked her smooth hair, then turned his gaze toward the Succubus Loli crouching in the corner, covering her head.
"Maria, do you want the Rook Class?"
Maria and Koneko's fighting styles were strikingly similar - despite their cute, petite loli appearances, they employed the most brutal close-quarters combat techniques.
Every punch and kick emphasized sheer force creating miracles.
Thus, the Rook Class suited her perfectly.
The succubus loli secretly glanced at Mio and, seeing she remained silent, gathered courage to approach Haruto.
"Brother Haruto, I'm fine with anything."
Maria said cheerfully: "But remember, you must notify me when you and Mio-sama have your first time. I absolutely must record such a precious scene."
Haruto shot her an exasperated look. It hadn't been long since the last incident, and she was already courting death again.
No wonder Mio's punishments kept getting harsher - this girl never learned her lesson.
Noticing the red-haired busty beauty's fists already creaking as she clenched them, Haruto quickly changed the subject.
"Let's try the Rook Class first then, though I doubt even two Rook Pieces would guarantee success."
Haruto's gaze fell on the keyhole-shaped decoration near the succubus loli's collarbone. Sealed within her was a powerful force that, when unleashed, would not only transform her appearance from a loli to a busty, long-legged beauty, but also elevate her strength by multiple levels.
Following Haruto's gaze, the succubus loli looked down at herself.
"Brother Haruto, how did you know? Did I ever mention this to you?"
"Your mother Sheila informed the Gremory family." Haruto fabricated casually.
Due to changes in the worldline, Zolgear hadn't been able to threaten the succubus loli into betrayal, so Maria didn't dwell on the matter.
"I see. Then let's begin the contract quickly."
Maria said eagerly: "I've been wanting to see what these so-called Evil Pieces are like."
Haruto found this somewhat amusing - it was probably the Underworld equivalent of a country bumpkin being curious about commonplace city things.
Hum—
Clatter...
The contract magic circle glowed briefly before dissipating, two Rook Pieces falling to the ground.
The outcome didn't surprise Haruto. These Evil Pieces, custom-made for him, contained his magic and blood.
He could vaguely sense how many pieces would be required even before the reincarnation process began.
With two Rook Pieces failing, there was no need to try the Bishop and remaining two Knight Pieces either.
Haruto directly took out eight Pawn Pieces. The Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet was only worth seven pieces, so eight should be sufficient for Maria and the power sealed within her.
The contract magic circle reappeared beneath the succubus loli's feet as the eight pieces sequentially merged into her petite, adorable body.
The process took considerable time. Finally, Haruto placed his hand over her perfectly rounded, palm-sized chest, boosting his magic output to successfully complete the contract without major incident.
After the contract concluded, Haruto examined the succubus loli with some surprise.
He hadn't expected her potential to be this high, seemingly not inferior to Mio at all.
But considering her background, this made perfect sense.
Mio's biological mother was just an ordinary human, while Maria's mother was the previous Succubus Queen.
If Wilbert hadn't transferred his power to Mio using special methods, this naturally gifted sister probably wouldn't even match her.
With luck, having inherited all the superior genes from both Sheila and Wilbert, Maria likely possessed the highest potential among all members of the God Research Club.
While Haruto was marveling at Maria's immense potential, the self-proclaimed "strongest" succubus loli remained immersed in the shock and shyness of having her chest groped moments earlier.
Mio Naruse was the first to notice Maria's unusual state and easily probed out her situation.
Then the merciless teasing began. But once the succubus loli emerged from her embarrassed state, the red-haired twin-tailed girl soon found herself at a disadvantage again.
How could a tsundere beauty possibly compete with a succubus loli, especially when this lewd loli had been plotting against her all along.
Haruto didn't interrupt the Naruse sisters' playful banter, afraid that getting involved might escalate into a sister sandwich situation.
Truly worthy of being the Succubus Queen's daughter. Even in her loli form and through clothing, just a touch of her small breasts was enough to shake his dao heart.
...
Soon, Rias and others learned about the Naruse sisters becoming Familiars.
While surprised by the two sisters' tremendous potential, they all offered their congratulations.
As the Queen, Ravel felt happy about the arrival of new companions but also felt a hint of crisis awareness.
The Naruse sisters not only had strong potential and good looks, but also possessed the sister buff. It seemed being the "main wife" Queen wouldn't be so easy...
The golden-haired demon young lady, who had always sailed smoothly through life, decided for the first time to start training seriously. But before that, there was one matter to resolve first.
"Haruto-sa... Haruto, are you free these days?"
Except in bed, Haruto didn't like close people calling him "sama" or "master," even if they were his Familiars.
Ravel felt happy inwardly about calling him by name directly, though she hadn't quite gotten used to it yet. But she believed she could completely adjust soon.
"Tomorrow is Saturday, I should be free. What's the matter?"
"I want you to accompany me back to the Underworld."
Ravel twirled her golden drill curls with her finger, speaking somewhat awkwardly: "I haven't told my family about becoming Queen yet."
"As long as your family doesn't mind, I'd be happy to visit the Phenex family."
Haruto didn't have a bad impression of the Phenex family.
As for that blonde playboy Riser - although the two didn't get along, the other's fate was already miserable enough.
Especially when thinking about how Riser's former beautiful female Familiars had all been filled with cream by him one by one, he could only feel pity for the other man.