Letting go of Eu—who looked exquisitely delicate because her face was flushed red—he smiled gently at the shy girl, then reached out and patted her small head.
Such an intimate gesture made Sei extremely displeased to watch, while Eu also grew shy under Sei's gaze.
However, after hearing Raize say that his heart had been too chaotic and irritable, Sei made an effort to calm herself and checked on him through the contract.
That single check caused Sei's gaze to freeze instantly. She then looked deeply at Raize, who wore a faint smile, and said:
"Just like every other morning, you've grown stronger again. This time, I can't even tell how strong you are."
After Eu had steadied her emotions, she also looked at Raize with curiosity, her bright azure-blue eyes sparkling with interest.
Now that the hidden dangers within her magic power were gradually being eliminated, she was able—despite bearing immense magical energy—to display some mild emotional fluctuations.
Hearing Sei's words, Raize glanced at Eu, then at Sei. After pondering for a second or two, he spoke in a low, subdued tone:
"Just like what you said earlier, I don't want to keep hiding things from the two of you anymore. I want to confide a secret to the two people I care about the most. I wonder if the two beautiful ladies would be interested in hearing my secrets and troubles?"
Secrets and troubles? The two people I care about the most!?
At first, both Eu and Sei's eyes lit up with interest.
Being called "the ones he cared about the most" also stirred joy in their hearts, but after reacting, displeasure quickly followed.
Among those he cared about, there was another person besides thierself!
The one he cared about the most should be only one person, shouldn't it? Shouldn't that person be me?
Eu and Sei exchanged calm, emotionless gazes across Raize. In the air between them, faint sparks seemed to crackle.
Both girls, keenly sensitive of heart, knew that the extra "existence" Raize referred to was the other party!
Eu and Sei were both proud girls, and anything they cared about, they wanted to monopolize.
Especially when it came to the one they loved—there was absolutely no room for retreat.
Allow Raize to accept other girls and share the gentleness and love that belonged to them?
What a joke. That bond with the one they loved could belong only to themselves!
Sei had a rather hidden, unresolved karmic bond with Raize, while Eu believed that Raize was her destined one, their fate lines tightly bound together.
Love was inherently selfish. Proud as the Biblical loli God and the necromancer were, neither would allow anyone to share equally in their gentleness and love.
Eu was the first to launch an offensive. Expressionless, she gently took Raize's large hand with her fingers and looked at him with soft, beautiful eyes.
Those expressive eyes conveyed a very clear message to the one she loved:
[I will accept all of you.]
Raize had once solemnly said these same words to Eu. Now the girl was responding with the very same sentiment.
No matter what you become, whether it's the side of you that shines or the side you don't want me to see, I will accept it all.
Receiving such feelings from the one he loved, it was impossible for Raize not to feel happy.
Watching this pair of lovebirds exchanging meaningful looks, Sei's mouth twitched. Eu's provocative move made her inwardly furious.
With a flash of movement, she appeared beside Raize and, right before Eu's shocked eyes, underwent a dramatic transformation.
Her appearance became that of a perfect, sacred incarnation. Though she still possessed a youthful figure, the mature aura filled with maternal compassion made her seem anything but immature.
Beneath the white veil covering her flawless, milky skin lay a sight that was breathtakingly overwhelming.
Having transformed into this mature, sacred, and perfect form, Sei no longer displayed childish temperament. Using her height advantage, she glanced down at Eu.
There was no malice, no hostility.
She deliberately thrust out her perfectly curved and ample bosom before Eu, grabbed Raize's other hand, and tightly pressed it against her chest, burying it deeply within.
Then, without saying a word, she looked at Raize with the same gaze she had worn on the night their relationship had leapt forward, conveying an equally clear message:
[The bond between us isn't maintained by the contract alone.]
These were the very words Sei had spoken that night, her face flushed with alluring redness as she stared straight into Raize's eyes.
It was also that night when the sense of distance between Raize and Sei disappeared, and the feelings he had long suppressed in his heart were finally released.
Eu silently glanced at the obstructive oppai, then lowered her head to look at her own chest—an ironclad breastplate—and couldn't help feeling displeased as well.
Moreover, because of Sei's sudden transformation and the unmistakably sacred aura she sensed, Eu was shocked by the other's identity.
Angels weren't unfamiliar to her—she had encountered them during her days of being hunted and had even received help. She was no stranger to sacred auras.
But the aura on Sei's body was on an entirely different level and dimension compared to the angels in her memory. Even seraphs like Gabriel couldn't compare.
And this aura carried a sense of origin. Combined with the fact that Sei possessed only a soul body without flesh, Eu had already roughly guessed Sei's identity.
That was why she was so shocked.
Eu couldn't help but look at Raize. Could it be that even the God of Bible had been drawn to you?
Faced with the gazes of the two beauties beside him, Raize felt both satisfied and somewhat troubled. After coughing lightly, he directly began talking about his situation.
"While Asia and Haruna haven't come yet, I'll tell you both quickly..."
If these two girls were to ask whom he cared about more, Raize would truly be forced to confront the kind of dilemma that troubled all men.
Both girls, far from ordinary, saw through Raize's awkwardness. After exchanging indifferent glances, they focused their attention on his story.
How annoying. Hearing the secrets of the one I love should have been for me alone.
I was the one who came first
(Aize was clearly more proactive with me...)
The two girls muttered unhappily in their hearts, but were soon drawn into Raize's story.
First came Raize's gaming ability. Faced with such a bug-like power, both of them were a little stunned.
He could obtain the abilities from the games he played? And they had to be games that sold well and were popular.
Nep herself didn't want to be exposed, so he wouldn't mention anything about her unless she chose to reveal herself.
Back to the point—Eu and Sei thought back to how Raize kept growing stronger from time to time, suddenly gaining novel abilities without ever stopping. It really did match what he said.
Sei glanced at the game cases placed on the living room console—those were the games Raize kept at home.
Wasn't the Yamato sword in Vergil's hand on the cover exactly like the one Raize had wielded back then? She had played Devil May Cry herself and was familiar with the game's information.
As for Eu, she had played Sekiro with Haruna at home, betting pudding portions on the outcome.
Thinking back to Sekiro's settings, the Dragon energy that Raize had displayed at the dining table last time—wasn't that the power of the Dragon's Heritage?
Because of a habitual blind spot in their thinking, neither of them had connected the dots before. If Raize hadn't explained it now, they wouldn't have suddenly realized it.
Although Raize's ability was somewhat outrageous and unbelievable, neither Eu nor Sei were normal people to begin with.
After her initial shock, Eu accepted it calmly, while Sei's eyes burned with a desire to explore the unknown.
Raize wasn't finished yet. He continued by explaining why he had been irritable earlier, taking out the Dies Irae setting book from his inventory space and handing it to the two girls.
As he spoke, he told Sei and Eu about his current inner troubles.
Sei wasn't unfamiliar with Dies Irae, after all—Raize had even asked her to be a half-model for it.
When she saw the twin serpents of Mercurius' Law and the domineering stance of Hajun in the setting book, a glint flashed through her eyes, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.
Her mood inexplicably improved.
When Eu saw the twin serpents as well, she couldn't help but glance at Raize.
Recently, because of dating Raize, Eu hadn't had the chance to try the games on the cabinet at home.
Knowing that Raize could obtain abilities from games, after the two of them skimmed through the Dies Irae settings and understood them—
Both Sei and Eu looked deeply at Raize, their gazes clearly saying:
"Your ambition is really huge."
That look made Raize feel a bit embarrassed, but he didn't refute them.
Yes, his ambition was that big. So what?
Other games were fine—they had played some of them—but the worldview of Dies Irae was the most exaggerated and shocking.
If Raize truly obtained the power from that game, he would likely stand at the apex of the multiverse.
After carefully reading the settings of the Hegemony Gods and Transcendence Gods, Sei became certain of this.
And there was also Eternal Calamity Destruction, which was related to her divine system. Although the domineering power consumed souls as fuel and went against the natural order—
The characteristic of a Hegemony God, capable of rewriting all phenomena, filled her with longing.
If he had that kind of power...
No one knew what she was thinking, but the Biblical loli God god suddenly glanced at Eu, feeling that the ability to arbitrarily modify and paint over all reality was practically the ultimate, absurdly enhanced version of this necromancer.
Afterward, Raize directly showed Sei and Eu the Laws within him. Holding the two girls' hands, he first displayed the
Law of Endless Moment of the Great Crimson Hell.
At first, they were shocked by that domineering sense of stagnation, but it wasn't aimed at them. Instead, it flowed along their consciousness, protecting them.
Beautiful moments, beloved people—everything could remain eternally unchanged. The beloved person was right here, so this sense of stagnation caused no discomfort to either of them.
This stagnation possessed a dual nature. Both Eu and Sei saw through the essence of this Law, and their faces instantly flushed.
Rather than say anything else, when Raize decided to confide his secrets in them, he had no intention of hiding the yearning of his heart.
That yearning within the Atziluth was what suited Raize the most, already painted in his own colors.
The yearning within the Law was also heard by Eu and Sei. It was as if he were talking to himself, expressing the desires of his heart.
"I don't want to lose them. Please don't leave me—those precious, sincere things..."
His first meeting with Sei had made him secretly fall for that feeling. He still remembered that initial encounter clearly.
Seeing this, Sei immediately felt that she was the most important one in Raize's heart—this yearning was so real.
The same was true for Eu.
"Happiness is precious, but it often can only remain for an instant. That's why this beautiful instant is cherished."
When he was with Eu, it wasn't just the girl who felt at ease—Raize himself gradually fell in love with that feeling.
And with the girl's carefree smile. He wanted to see more of it, wanted the girl to smile even more.
"Extend the instant into infinity. May I spend eternity together with the one I love!"
Like a confession, this yearning of love bestowed an eternal blessing upon the beloved.
A sincere wish without pretense was the best confession. Yet just as Eu and Sei realized this, before the joy and shyness in their hearts could linger—
They discovered the other extreme hidden within this beauty.
"Momentary beauty cannot be preserved, so effort is required."
"The one I love, the things I cherish—I must protect them. I want to eternally savor this beautiful scenery. Please do not become a memory in my eyes..."
Crack—
At that moment of understanding, both Eu and Sei heard that sudden, piercing sound of shattering, like a wail of grief.
Before their eyes appeared scenes of Raize's happiness. Though he was withdrawn by nature, he wasn't like that at home.
A harmonious family also satisfied him. As for friends, having even one he could truly open up to was enough—he didn't need many.
But that beautiful picture of a happy family suddenly shattered before the two girls' eyes. The impressions of his family turned gray—
Like… the memorial portraits placed at home.
Aside from eternal love, within the furrowed perception of Sei and Eu, the beautiful imagery suddenly gave rise to eerie purplish-red and bloody radiance. An ominous aura spread outward.
Regret—searing pain—anger—sorrow—roaring—
"I will not forgive it. I do not acknowledge it. Don't even think about taking a single shred from me ever again!"
A roar erupted from a heart filled with twisted rage—anger and malice that made one shudder.
He would not acknowledge, nor forgive, anything that threatened his happiness. Uncontrollable disgust and fury became the inverse of beauty itself.
The scene was like a city—inside the walls, everything was peaceful and idyllic; outside, iron and blood reigned.
Countless ferocious phenomena lay in wait, repelling and rejecting all existence that attempted to enter the city walls.
Seeing this, both girls fell silent.
The greater the beauty before, the more twisted it was here—but neither of them knew what to say.