Things weren’t that plicated. After settling his usage of the Evolution Cube, Aleph po visit the others one-by-one. He already dealt with its 'cooldown' by verting into 'Evolutionary Energy' and giving enough fuel for the cube.

  This time, he wao be as discreet as possible.

  First, the Evolution Cube had unexpinable ins.

  Sed, the situation is retively stable now.

  Third, it serves as the prototype Fmechasers’ trump card.

  With the emergence of the sixth Herrscher, Aleph’s trust to the cilors hit ro. It had the same intelligence as the Current Era Herrschers. Moreover, its first decision wasn’t to fight, but to hide.

  Add to that the abnormalities behind it, Aleph khey had to have several trump cards.

  Things were supposed to go that way, but the ge in atmosphere made him pause.

  ‘Should I leave… or should I stay?’

  Aleph khat it was embarrassing to take Sakura’s offer. It was a one-night stay. He already had a hotel booked in this city.

  Moreover…

  ‘Oh~? Last time we met, she did not e off like this.’

  A voice rang inside his mind.

  ‘Well… she's silent, for the most part.’ He replied internally.

  Kurumi was silent inside Aleph's shadow from the moment he arrived in this pce. Aside from the fact she had to manage her powers—sending her es out in the real world—she was bidiime.

  She finally had the opportunity to be with him… alone.

  heless, she had a vague feeling it wouldn't st for long. There is an upi tomorrow—a very important one.

  ‘What do you pn to do?’

  ‘She might have thought of repaying the favor today, even by a bit. It sounds bad to dee it…’

  In the end, Aleph ended up accepting Sakura's offer.

  The former did not have to grab anything else as the bag he brought here tained everything.

  Both he and Sakura did not have any other thoughts on it. It was then did Kurumi uand:

  Sakura is half an airhead.

  She was too serious, to the point she did not know… or care about the sequences of as like this.

  She was able to pick up emotional cues during the three-day spar, however, which pces her slightly above an even more serious junior of Aleph's.

  While Sakura reparing the room, Aleph's eyes went towards the sleeping Rin.

  {Result: The subject demonstrated a high-level of honkai resistance as well as honkai adaptability…}

  Great Sage's analysis came quickly. As he had expected, Rin did have a huge talent when it came to the honkai.

  If she did not have them, she wouldn't have been chosen as the twelfth herrscher.

  ‘With Griseo, there's now two of them. Three if we t Seele.’

  With the uain future right in front of him, Aleph's thoughts wandered aimlessly.

  Though, he never k was his st peaceful moment.

  *****

  Aleph should have seen this ing.

  Click.

  The door was locked tightly.

  With nothing separating them, Kurumi sat on his p. Her small stature was noticeable with Aleph’s tall height. Although she was older than Mobius and Mei, she did not have their mature charms.

  heless, she had her uniqueness.

  Seemingly unsatisfied, Kurumi moved for a while before she sat on his p once again. This time, she was fag him directly. Due to her height, she was forced to sit on Aleph’s p in a seiza.

  Aleph repared to catch her on the off ce she slips, but her agility never failed her.

  ‘It’s a good thing she was wearing this outfit…’

  A unique st assaulted his nose. Perhaps it was because his three girlfriends were no longer sidered humans, but each of them had a unique st.

  For Mei, it was the delicate st of a vender.

  For Mobius, it was the sweet st of orchids.

  For Kurumi, it was the mature st of roses.

  Out of them all, Kurumi was the most lethal one.

  “Hm~” She only hummed a tune as her arms finally reached his neck.

  Without aation—

  “Hum.”

  —her teeth sank on his neck.

  Aleph could not react properly as his gaze turned bnk. A mixed feeling, mostly of embarrassment, clouded his mind.

  By the time Kurumi’s mouth left his neck, a barely reizable red mark was imprinted.

  “It was hard.”

  He didn’t know whether it was from her words or something else, but he knew he had to receive this properly.

  Aleph pced his arms on her waist. What he did startled her.

  “Hya?!”

  It was a bite of his own. He trolled his strength extremely well, only leaving a reddish spot on Kurumi’s nebsp;

  A weird sense of satisfa flooded his mind.

  “We’re even.”

  Seeing her lose posure, that satisfa increased. Her blushing look fueled his somewhat evil iions. Her pair of heteroatic eyes looked at him in surprise.

  On the principle of striking when unguarded, Aleph closed onto her lips.

  He easily pried her mouth often, perhaps resulted by Kurumi not guarding on his move.

  Aleph gained enough momentum.

  For the first time, he had gaihe upper hand ieasing. Kurumi, who assive, felt a new set of emotions.

  ‘The embarrassed Aleph is cute… but this one is also cute.’

  She did not interrupt his moment. She pyed along with him.

  They had already dohis kind of thing for the past two days. They were already somewhat smooth with it, no longer having awkward moments such as their noses bumping or their tongues missing out.

  ‘She’s hot.’

  Aleph held Kurumi’s body in his arms. He felt how hot her body had bee. It henomenon shared by his three girlfriends.

  Just as his thoughts wandered on aremely dangerous zone, a kno the door killed everything.

  Knock-!

  Knock-!

  Knock-!

  …

  Silence swept over the room. The two separated with a relut look.

  ‘It’s the third time…’

  Logically, Aleph k was wrong to act out like this on someone else’s roof. Still, he could not help but be frustrated every time he was interrupted.

  Kurumi, oher hand, narrowed her eyes.

  It was then she realized.

  ‘We o talk.’

  Ever sihe three of them became Aleph’s ‘girlfriends’, they engaged in subtle battles—that is, interrupting one another whehey attempted to do something with him.

  Kurumi interrupts Mobius;

  Mobius interrupts Mei;

  Mei interrupts Kurumi.

  It was a cycle simir to that.

  Although it never brought harm to Aleph—as all three agreed not t Aleph any—this subtle catfight of theirs turned somewhat frustrating.

  While immersed ihoughts, Aleph left Kurumi sitting on the bedside as he opehe door.

  “Sir Aleph…”

  Sakura was about to say something when she saw the girl sitting on the bedside.

  ‘I must have interrupted something…’

  A feeling of guilt emerged in her mind. Thinking of the special occasion today, as well as the other visitor that appeared out of nowhere, she cleared out her thoughts.

  “Miss Vill-V came here… just now.”

  “Vill-V..?”