The Beauty Collector

On the morning of Zeno's apartment, inside the living room, Zeno and Asia can be seen sitting together on the couch while she is sitting between his legs and leaning her back on him as she watches the drama on TV. The screen currently shows the main heroine being stupid and in the process of getting owned. This seems to be the main theme of this series as Zeno approves and allows Asia to continue to see it since she can learn a lot about what not to do from the heroine's mistakes.

While they watching TV, Asia felt the baby's kick in her stomach before she placed her hand on her pregnant belly, occasionally feeling the kicks of the growing baby inside her. Zeno looks down at her and can't help but smile and wraps his arms around her body.

"How are you feeling recently?"

He asks softly as he kisses the back of her head. Asia looks back at him and smiles.

"I'm fine, Zeno-san. The baby is doing great too. She is a very energetic girl."

Zeno nods, relieved to hear that. Then they continue to watch TV silently in each other company, occasionally exchanging affectionate touch. Then Asia finally breaks the silence.

"Zeno-san, can we talk about something?"

Zeno looks at her curiously before he rests his chin on her shoulder and glances at her face before he responds.

"Of course, Asia. What's on your mind?"

She has a thoughtful expression on her face as she rubs her belly for a moment before she speaks to Zeno who waiting for her to gather her thoughts patiently.

"Now that the baby is almost here, I was thinking about what we should do after she's born. You know, about the direction of raising her and whether should we involve her in the supernatural side of the world."

Asia said with uncertainty as Zeno thought for a moment with a serious expression before answering her.

"I've also been thinking about that as well. We might have to homeschool her, at least until she is ready to navigate between the mundane and supernatural side. You know the world is a dangerous place, we can't really raise her like a normal child while pretending that nothing bad will happen."

Asia nods in agreement, her expression slightly saddened by the thought of having to shelter their child from the world. But then, she quickly snaps out of it, determined to make the best decision for their child's safety.

"And as for involving her in the supernatural side of things... I think we should introduce it to her slowly when she's old enough to understand. Then we can teach her about Touki and how to defend herself."

Asia suggested her thoughts on the matter of raising their child as Zeno nodded, a small smile playing on his lips.

"That sounds like a good plan. Let's do it like that, Asia. You will definitely become a great mother for our children."

Asia blushes slightly at his words, flattered by his compliment. They then continue to watch TV in silence, each lost in their own thoughts but comforted by the presence of each other.

Zeno's thoughts are currently filled with how to find or create a safer environment for his daughter and his future children to live in without the worry of encountering some random stray or dangerous individual. His mind drifts to the time chamber, a pocket dimension that can serve as a good place for building a settlement. Maybe he should create his own faction so he can better protect his family...

As for Asia, she can't help but wonder what kind of person their daughter will grow up to be. Will she inherit her father's particular strength or abilities? Will she follow in her mother's footsteps and become a healer like her? Or will she find her own path in the world? These thoughts and many more fill her mind, making her look forward to the day when they will meet their daughter and start this new experience together as a family.

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In the underground base's recently built garage, Zeno could be seen inspecting the newly acquired white van he purchased yesterday. After he spends time with Asia in the morning Zeno immediately comes to the garage to upgrade his car.

He spent the afternoon reinforcing it and customizing it to suit his needs. The van looked almost no different but everything had been reinforced with Touki's magic and the car is now run on a universal magic circle, meaning that it can run on any kind of energy. The van also had been reinforced to be able to endure a high-class level attack for hours without a scratch, although the van still blew away from the kinetic energy that the attack generated.

He considers putting in a gravity magic circle to anchor the van but he thinks that it is not very cost-effective. He suddenly got an idea and used a kinetic energy absorption magic circle instead. Now his van will not get ragdoll from a powerful attack and can store the kinetic energy to release it later or just convert it to fuel the van and his final touch was to install the magic circle to regulate the temperature inside.

With everything in place, Zeno came out of the van and admired his work, even if nothing had changed from the van's appearance. He then gets back into the driver's seat and takes the van out for a test drive around town before he comes back and parks the van in the garage again a few hours later. The van runs smoothly without any problem.

after that he makes his way back to the training room, planning to spend some time training with Ezrah and Zestia before taking a bath and having dinner with his girls. As he walks down the hallway, he feels someone is contracting him by the communication magic. He answered the call as a small magic circle materialized and floated near his ear.

"Zavior speaking, who is it?"

Zeno said but without forgetting to alter his voice to become deep and distorted. He has only a handful of people who will contact him this way.

"Zavior-san, it's me, Sona Sitri."

Sona's voice came out from the magic circle, he guessed that this might be something important since she only contacted him when it related to work.

"I hope I'm not disturbing you."

"Not at all, Sona Sitri. What can I do for you?"

Zeno asked, curious about the reason why she contracting him.

"There is an important conference coming up in the next three days at Kuoh Academy and the devil would like you and your group to participate as a guard for this conference if possible, we will also pay you of course."

"Oh? And what is the purpose of this conference, if you don't mind me asking?"

Zeno inquired with a smirk, the peace conference between the three factions is finally happening it seem.

"It seems to be an important conference about the future of the three factions with the three factions' representatives will be discussing with each other. I also don't know the exact detail."

After hearing Sona's explanation Zeno is now certain that this is the peace conference that will happen just like the canon event.

"I see. And what sort of threat do you think we can expect?"

"Yes, there is a possibility that someone from the other factions might try to disrupt the conference... but you don't have to worry, the three factions' representatives will also provide you with the necessary support in case an unexpected situation arises."

"Alright, we'll do it, we accept the job."

Zeno said with a nod. Well, no such threat would appear so he didn't worry.

"Thank you for helping us, Zavior-san. You can expect the payment to be worthwhile for your time."

"Um, I'll meet you at the academy in the next three days?"

"Yes, please come by the evening, I'll send one of my peerage members to receive you and your group."

"Got it."

After ending the communication, Zeno continued to walk down the hallway, lost in thought. The peace conference was happening in three days and he will probably meet the big shots from the three factions face to face. He can't really bring his girls there as they might get recognized by them so he can only leave his girls to guard the parameters of the school. It's a good thing that White Dream can be seen by other people and she can accompany him inside without any trouble.

He couldn't help but feel a mix of excitement and anticipation about what was to come as he made his way to the training room, where Ezrah and Zestia were sparring against each other.

"Hey, Master. You're late. Did you get distracted by those maids again?"

Ezrah sniped at him as she blocked one of Zestia's attacks. She is kind of annoyed by those maids who always patronize her just because she hasn't done it with her master yet.

"Haha, no, I just finished with the van and talked with one of Kuoh's governors about something,"

Zeno replied with a chuckle, his eyes shifting between the two young women as they fought.

"But enough about that, I have a new job for us."

He explained the job offer from Sona and the peace conference that would happen in three days to them, and they are quite interested in the chance to fight in real combat.

"So, we're guarding the conference?"

Zestia asked with a hint of excitement in her voice. She finally will be able to test her strength against an opponent who is not her overpowered master or the weakling stray devil.

"Yeah, we are."

Zeno said to her as he walked close to the two girls before he patted Zestia's head affectionately, causing her to close her eyes with a bit of blush on her cheeks as Ezrah pouted at them. Her master always being romantic to Zestia and being naughty to her.

"What about Asia?"

Ezrah asked as she suddenly remembered about the pregnant Asia. They can't obviously bring her along to the battlefield.

"Don't worry about her. I'll leave Charmie to stay at the underground base with her while we go out."

Zeno answered with a smile. He knew that Charmie would not mind staying behind with Asia, and it would be quite notable if the three fallen angel maids were being seen together by Azazel.

"Alright, let's prepare for the conference then. We'll need to gather information about the detailed layout of the academy and the area surrounding it."

Zeno said while formulating a rough plan in his head. The next three days would be crucial, and he would make sure that they were well-prepared for a surprise that might happen at the peace conference. If everything goes well he might be able to clone Katerea or some other girls.