Chapter 741: Crossover Part 8

"...Pandora... you’re up to something suspicious, aren’t you?" Shizune says, having woken up before Ayla.

"I have no idea what you’re talking about, Shizune." I say with a cheerful smile as I play a game on the television.

"I’m not an idiot. I saw your life, and I saw that you had a lot of pent-up rage over the last few years. I also saw that you deeply hate this life in this house. But everything was fine, until now, when I can’t see your life anymore." She’s very perceptive.

"I’ve dealt with plenty of Yanderes. I can notice tiny changes like these. You’re doing something, something you want to hide from me and Ayla." She says, stopping beside me.

I used magic to prevent her from seeing anything from my past or any attempts to see my future. It was obvious she would notice.

"Come on, I only did it so I could play my adult games in peace. It’s embarrassing having someone know what I’m playing." I say, saving the game and taking the physical disc out of the console.

"Liar. You play those right in front of us and even masturbate on the couch. Someone like that wouldn’t be embarrassed about playing weird games in front of other people." I put the disc back in its case, thinking about what to do.

’If she decides to leave or talk to Ayla, I could have problems... but what could be a good lie... she seems annoyingly good at spotting lies...’ I take a deep breath.

There are only two life patterns that have always chased me, lust and violence. Shizune seems to deduce that I’m following a dangerous path that will affect them, which is correct, but I can’t let them know yet.

"You really want to know what I’m doing?" I stop in front of her, grabbing her back and pulling her into my arms.

"Here’s the thing, I’m crazy horny for you two. Having two cute little girls like you here is stimulating, and I really want to fuck you both." When I say this, she blushes, making a confused face.

"W-What?"

"I went millions of years without touching a girl. Having you two here is stimulating, and I feel like I want to do crazy things with you both." I lie, a lie mixed with traits I’ve already shown. I’ve always been good at that.

Since the lie is tied to real facts, she, who has already seen my life, won’t be able to tell if it’s a lie or not.

"Are you lying?" She seems uncertain, and it feels more like a bluff. She has no way of being sure what I really want.

"Let me go..." With the touch on her body, I feel the thin thread that binds her to her true self. As a fragment, the connection is very different from an avatar’s.

’I can break that... but if I break the connection, this fragment dies... I need to be careful and also connect her to me...’ I release her as she backs away a few steps, looking thoughtful.

"...You... if that’s really all it is, why did you stop me from seeing even your past? It doesn’t change the present, right?"

’Clever girl...’

"That’s because if I try something more polite, my past shatters those chances, doesn’t it? You might hate what you find if you dig through my past properly. There’s a lot you haven’t seen, so I hid it. I’m a pretty romantic girl, but my past is bizarre."

"..." She looks into my eyes, trying to use her powers, but they don’t work.

"Whatever. Don’t try to touch me like that again, please." She starts to walk away, clearly suspicious, but without having gotten a concrete answer.

’Whatever, idiot.’ I sit on the couch, having to be careful. Ayla is a bit foolish, smart, but slow in matters of manipulation, but Shizune isn’t. She clearly knows well when it’s manipulation.

Even if with uncertainty, and uncertainty is a problem I’ll have to deal with. Although I don’t need these two for my objective, they are two very good opportunities for me to waste.

’The challenge is worth it. Ayla and Shizune have powers I can use very well, so I can’t get caught before I completely manipulate them... I should restrict the house too, to stop Shizune from seeing the history of the objects inside the house.’ Depending on the object, if she looks at its past, she will see things I did that she shouldn’t see.

’Hmmm... it’s better to maintain the image of a lewd slut than that of a troublesome manipulator... my jokes with Ayla ended up being useful to confuse Shizune... that’s good...’ I start drawing a magical circle on the table to activate the spell.

I do it very openly, because Shizune will notice anyway, which is a new problem, but a problem I can handle. It’s better to just expose everything and invent some naughty lie about it.

’Right now I would love to have the aphrodisiac potions that Kaelith is able to generate... I wonder... if I devoured Ayla and Shizune, could I steal traits from her?...’ I finish the magic circle that stops Shizune from seeing the past of every single thing inside it.

"Hey Shizune, could you grab me an energy drink? The blue can!" I yell to her asking a favor. I want to test if she will say something. In a few minutes, she comes carrying a can, but stops as soon as she sees the symbol on the table.

"..." She squeezes the can, denting it a little.

"What’s this now? Why did you restrict the house?"

’...So she can even identify the type of magic... this is... more problematic than I expected.’ I thought that because we were from different universes, she would have difficulty discovering it.

"It’s because I like to masturbate, so there are a lot of things I’ve shoved inside myself that I don’t want you to see. You know how it is, right? A girl alone, for millions of years, I tested a lot of things." This is largely a lie, but it’s a good excuse.

"Since when does your sexual privacy matter so much? Besides, you’re not that shallow from what I saw of your past. Are you trying to hide something from me? What do you want so badly that I don’t see in your past?"

’Past... good, she went the wrong way.’ I don’t want to hide the past, I want to hide the future, actually.

"I already told you, I don’t want to push you two too far away. Maybe I’ll try something? Like, you’re both beautiful, I’m beautiful, but a little too scary to win you over with just beauty, and I like a good challenge."

"...Your gaze is dangerous. It’s not that of someone interested. It’s more like a predator eyeing an interesting object."

"I’m an apex predator. It’s hard not to have that look when I’m biologically a monster." I smile at her. I really do like a good challenge.

’You’re lucky... little fragment...’ We’re already too far from her universe, otherwise I would dominate her universe and corrupt the real one, but I’m not going back. I’ll keep moving forward toward great universes.

"...I don’t know what sick game you’re playing, but I’ll be watching. Don’t think your look fools me... no one is that lascivious, and sexual things don’t hide the monster beneath that sheep’s clothing." She tosses the can to me as I laugh at her.

"Don’t let me bite you at night. Cover yourself with the sheet." I make jokes about the situation. It reminds me of when I had to pretend to be human at the academy. Playing roles has always been something I did.

"If you... never mind." She just gives up on saying anything. I look at her emotions. For now, everything is manageable.

’I’ll make good use of my eyes to see their emotions... for now, everything is going well, no unforeseen events.’ I think my first target will be Shizune. She’s more problematic and more useful than Ayla, just as she’s the only one who can leave this house without me allowing it.