Chapter 494

[February 23rd DxD/October 16th DBT]

Though there was a moderate amount of outrage when the other nations and Classes learned that the Sadida had access to a subdimension where they could spend a year training for every day that passed outside, it was eventually decided that each represented group would send at least two of their people inside the Training Room for a maximum of ten days—with a mostly equal distribution between males and females.

"What's this? Another strange fruit from the Pavilion...?" Armant asked, holding a leaf-green fruit whose surface resembled overlapping leaves with a distinctive swirl pattern.

"It's called the Forest-Forest Fruit," Vahn answered, explaining, "The taste is beyond horrid, but it's a fruit that allows its consumer to create, control, and transform into plants. I know you don't like accepting handouts. But if there comes a point where your growth has plateaued, and you feel like there is nothing more you can do, eat that. It will open a path for you that no other Sadida has walked..."

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"You don't think ten years will be enough, do you...?" Armant questioned, resisting the impulse to toss the Forest Forest Fruit on the ground.

"Anything is possible if the will behind it is strong enough..." Vahn stated, holding Armant's gaze as he added, "Unfortunately, you are a man who is defined by his envy and a presently constrained view of how things ought to be. If this world were a novel, you have more potential as an antagonist than a Hero..."

"You certainly don't sugarcoat things..." Armant noted flatly, his brows creasing but his anger surprisingly minimal. He knew his envious nature better than anyone. But despite knowing what kind of man he was, Vahn continuously provided him opportunities to grow past himself. It was one of the most frustrating things about the itinerant Dragon God. But at the same time, it was the characteristic of Vahn he respected—and envied—the most...

Placing the Forest-Forest Fruit into his seed pouch, Armant met Vahn's gaze and stated, "I won't thank you..." in a firm tone. In response, Vahn shook his head and countered, "I would have been more surprised if you had..." before the two men eventually smiled at one another and clasped forearms...

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After seeing off Yugo, Adamai, Percedal, Ruel, Grougaloragran, Phaeris, the young pirate girl, Elaine, her adopted Kralove father, Black Ink, and, much to Eva's exasperation, Cleome, the version of Vahn he set aside to fulfill his duties as King Regent retired to his office, exhausted.

'I'm really not cut out for this...' Vahn thought to himself, eyeing the stacks of documents and requests for relief topping his desk. Early estimates put the tsunami death toll at more than 185,000. The number of wounded was far higher. And the cost to repair damage to property and infrastructure—especially coastal farms and granaries—was estimated to be hundreds of millions of Kamas...

'Unless something is done, a lot of people are going to starve or be forced to resort to crime and banditry...' Vahn noted, closing his eyes, leaning on the knuckles of his right hand, and exhaling from his nose in exasperation. The current state of The World of Twelve certainly had him feeling forlorn, but the main reason for his mood was Cleome. He respected her decision to accompany Yugo and the others as a member of the same party, but it was never easy sending away someone he had come to care about—even if they had only known each other a few weeks...

Shaking his head, Vahn did his best to clear his thoughts before placing the documents atop the table into his Inventory. Doing so allowed him to download their contents directly into his mind, making him aware of any concealed secrets or clauses and enabling Sis to categorize them on his behalf. After that, he returned them to his desk and used his Domain to manipulate ten sets of quills and stamps to either officiate or disapprove of the documents in minutes rather than days...

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[February 26th DxD/October 19th DBT]

"Vahn...Amalia and I have considered it carefully...we would like to enter a Training Room..." Eva revealed, catching Vahn off guard after he returned to the royal quarters to find the two pregnant women waiting for him with serious, determined expressions.

"That's right...!" Amalia affirmed with a nod, arguing, "There's no way we can leave the futures of the Sadida and Cra in the hands of Armant and that traitor, Cleome. We're not asking you to let us join the battle against Ogrest. But we can't just sit here being pregnant while the world outside is devastated by Ogrest's Chaos...!"

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"If that's what the two of you have decided, it's my duty as your husband to support you..." Vahn conceded, exhaling exasperatedly but maintaining a wry, affectionate smile. He had actually expected the duo's request. But he thought it would come after the current group's return, not seven days before...

"See? I told you he would agree~" Amalia hummed, rising from the bed and approaching Vahn with raised arms as she asserted, "Vahn can't say no if the two of us team up~" in a sing-song tone.

"Mmn...that's not untrue..." Vahn affirmed, grasping Amalia's sides and bending down to let her wrap her arms around his neck and give him a feet-dangling, knees-bent kiss. Anyone else would have been pulled off balance by her antics, but Vahn was as immovable as a mountain.

"The real question is...what do we do about this...?" Eva asked, drawing attention to her pregnant belly by cupping and very carefully lifting it for emphasis.

Setting Amalia down, Vahn earned slightly narrow-eyed stares from both women as he revealed, "It's possible to accelerate your pregnancies and have you give birth now. But it would be healthier to carry the children to term and give birth within the Training Room. The Pavilion has specialists who can assist..."

"Are you telling me you've—no, forget it..." Amalia said, shaking her head and stopping herself before she could erupt. She couldn't help feeling at least a little angry. But she knew Vahn would never allow her to suffer for no reason. He had also been a shout away for her entire pregnancy, so it wasn't like she had endured it alone...

"Will you be able to accompany us? Our children should know and be able to spend time with their father..." Eva asserted, looking guilty because she knew how busy Vahn was. Their world was one of many he was anchored to. Asking him to set aside—

"Of course I'll accompany you," Vahn answered, exhaling a slight chuckle and cupping the side of Eva's face as he hummed, "What a phenomenally absurd thing to ask..." in a warm, teasing tone. Eva wasn't wrong to think she and Amalia were inconveniencing him, but love was fundamentally a compromise between the involved parties. Beyond that, there was no way in hell he would miss the birth of his two newest daughters...

"Gods...I can't wait to be able to have sex again without this belly in the way~" Amalia remarked, cupping her flushed face, rolling her eyes back, and exhaling a slightly creepy, panting laugh. This thoroughly destroyed the atmosphere that was building. But as they were both well aware that Amalia was a tad sex-crazed, Vahn and Eva just exchanged glances and awkward smiles without comment...

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[March 1st DxD/October 22nd DBT]

Emerging from his personal changing room, Vahn, for the third day in a row, couldn't help but marvel at the communal bathing scene, which, to him, proceeded in slow motion. He couldn't as readily compartmentalize his perception of time since relinquishing his Authority. So while passing time normally with Amalia, Eva, and their two daughters, Zinnia and Elle, his other selves experienced time's passage 360 times slower.

Though he was perfectly capable of moving at what he perceived as a normal rate of speed, Vahn moved toward the bath in what someone else might perceive as excruciatingly slow motion. For him, it simply gave him more time to take in the contents of his Domain, his perception roaming to virtually every woman present to admire their faces and figures while Sis helped him review their Statuses.

(*Looks like we have a birthday girl*) Sis remarked, pulling up the Status window of a woman with sharp, angular brown eyes and dark brown hair that was pulled back tight and concealed beneath white, bao-like ribbons. Vahn almost mistook her for Ten-Ten's mother from Naruto, but her name and world of origin were completely different.

'Chun-Li Chung...she's pretty cute...' Vahn thought, his senses snapping to Chun-Li's position in the bath. Her Status only showed her face. But since she was present in the bath, he was privy to her well-developed physique from every conceivable angle. Her thighs, in particular, were worthy of all the praise, ardor, and envy she invariably received...

With Chun-Li happening to sit in an area that allowed her to easily view the exit of his changing room, combined with the fact that she was staring at him, Vahn concluded she was aware of the rumor that, if a woman were to enter the communal bath on their birthday, he would approach without fail. Thus, after a moment of deliberation, Vahn smiled and naturally made his way over, step after exceedingly slow step...

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After what was around 252 hours from his perspective, 42 minutes from Chun-Li's, Vahn sat with the exhausted woman atop his lap, relaxing on a comfortable chair as he asked, "I assume you have a request you wanted to make? Not that I would mind if you simply wanted me to help celebrate your birthday..."

"Just...give me a moment..." Chun-Li sighed hotly, leaning her right temple against Vahn's chest with closed eyes and a blush that extended well into her ears. She hadn't been a virgin, but sex with Vahn made her question if her past partners had even tried to make her feel good...

"Mmn...take your time..." Vahn responded, rubbing his left hand along the interior of Chun-Li's muscular but smooth thigh. Her back and shoulders were also developed, but it was apparent at a glance that she specialized in kicking and movement techniques.

Noticing Vahn's actions, Chun-Li carefully considered what to say and do next. She knew, or at least believed, she only had one chance to request something of Vahn without operating through the Pavilion's bureaucracy. With that in mind, she adjusted her position to straddle him on her knees and link her hands and forearms around his muscular neck and shoulders.

"Ideally...I would like the Pavilion to restrict Tower access to those from my world who would misuse the power they gain there..." Chun-Li stated, rubbing her hot and leaky pussy against Vahn's cock before taking a deep breath and dropping her hips in one go. A hot shudder escaped her throat against her will, but she recovered quickly, skillfully rolling her hips as she met Vahn's gaze and conceded, "But since that might be asking too much, I would appreciate it if you could give me something to help combat their growing influence directly..."

"A simple request..." Vahn responded, leaning back in the reclinable chair, placing his hands on Chun-Li's outer thighs, and allowing the determined woman to do as she willed. It was apparent to him that she believed that the better she satisfied him, the greater the blessing or power she would receive. That wasn't strictly the case. But since correcting her could give the impression that he had lost interest in having sex with her, he allowed the misunderstanding to endure and used the excess time to evaluate her world's situation and consider a suitable reward for her efforts...

'Damn...how does it feel so good when he's just lying there...!?' Chun-Li lamented internally, her face red and brows twitching as she leaned her head back and orgasmed over and over again. She felt like Vahn's cock was vibrating inside of her, but it was actually her insides, constricting around him and aggressively drawing him into her like it had a mind of its own. And instead of feeling put off by the thought of him cumming inside her without protection, she felt like her uterus had descended to kiss and plead to his dick to put a baby in her...

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