The Beauty Collector

On the terrace near the artificial lake outside of the Liberty Palace's main building in the afternoon, Asia in a white dress and her daughter Ziah, who is currently dozing off on her mama's lap in a cute little yellow dress with her arms clinging to Asia like a koala, sit on a comfy armchair under the pavilion while they cultivate their Touki together as their green and white aura emanates from their bodies.

Asia's green aura is warping around Zias's small white aura gently and protectively as she assists her daughter in cultivating her Touki, which is an absurdity that will definitely shock all Touki users of this universe.

"..."

As proof, the black cat Kuroka could be seen staring at the scene with a dumbfounded expression on her feline face in Himiko's arms while they sit next to a cultivating pair of mother and child. Kuroka couldn't believe her eyes and was thinking that she was dreaming, but the annoying hand that is currently playing with her ears is telling her otherwise.

Kuroka can feel that the baby is already comparable to the low-class devil from the aura alone, a rare thing but not unheard of considering that some of the supernatural races were born with great power, but the fact that Ziah is a human baby that can cultivate on her own is still quite astonishing to her.

It must have been because of the unknown Touki technique that they are using... Kuroka thought with great curiosity before she suddenly got smothered in between Himiko's large breasts and had to start fighting for her life.

"NyoOoUuguhk...?!"

"Hm~ hm~ hmm~"

Himiko in a pink dress is humming with a smile on her face as she imagines the struggling Kuroka in her embrace as a child of her own. She can't wait for the coming day to check for her pregnancy since it is about time for the embryo to develop enough to become a fetal so they can tell for sure if she is pregnant. She is very confident that she will definitely have a baby after so many naughty activities that she had with Zeno in the past few weeks.

Himiko then glanced to her right, where she saw Leila in her maid uniform, who is also present in the pavilion with them as she is currently pouring tea in a white tea cup on the table.

( AN: Leila is the clone of Kalawarna. )

"..."

Noticing her gaze, Leila also glanced back at Himiko while she picked the cup up to her red lips and sipped on the tea elegantly with confidence in her eyes. The two rivals were in an unspoken competition with each other as to who would have Zeno's baby first, and the showdown between them is drawing near.

"Hmph...!"

They communicated silently with their eyes for ten seconds before they looked away from each other with a huff, seeing that their rival is very confident about their chances and showing no vulnerability for exploitation.

Soon they will know who is the superior one between them, they thought to themselves.

Meanwhile, Asia, who was oblivious about the Himiko and Leila interaction, feels that she is very close to the breakthrough of the Ultimate-class and immediately stops cultivating her Touki since she is outside right now with her daughter. She will have to go to the time chamber later for a breakthrough, she thought with a bit of excitement since she is the last person who is still not in the Ultimate-class yet.

Her green aura quickly fades away as she deactivates her Touki while she holds on to the sleeping Ziah on her lap, who, despite her sleep, was still cultivating on her own subconsciously while drooling from her mouth.

"Fufufu, what a hardworking girl..."

Asia smiled gently as she patted Ziah's head with affection. She is very glad that her daughter is growing up happy and healthy. She prayed and thanked the God every day that she was able to meet Zeno and become a mother of a lovely baby girl.

÷×÷×÷

In Zeno's office, Zeno is currently talking with the pair of devil sisters Sona and Serafall through the communication magic as the hologram-like screens with the two Sitri sisters were hovering in front of him. They have finally contracted him after the devil's ambassador arrived in the embassy. As for who the devil has sent, it is a tall and lean male devil with short gray hair and gray eyes named Venok, who looks like an overworked government official as the ambassador in Freedom Island.

"It's great that we can finally see your real face, Zavior-san~! But I must admit that you are nothing like I imagined you to look like~!"

Serafall said with a cheerful voice as she watched the short blonde hair and icy blue-eyed bounty hunter/mercenary who suddenly became the ruler of an island nation in the Pacific. It was quite a sudden change in status. Serafall originally thought that he would look like a muscular middle-aged man with a crew cut like a soldier or something, not a carefree but cunning young man who has a smirk on his face.

"You really surprised me, Zavior-san. I never thought that when you told me that you would be quite busy for a while was because of something like this..."

Sona adjusted her glasses as she observed Zeno's profile carefully, like she was grading his appearance. She secretly feels relief that Zeno's real appearance is quite normal, in a good way.

"A-Ahem..."

Then she gets self-conscious and feels a bit embarrassed since she just checks him out so balantly before she coughed softly with a little blush on her cheeks and pretended like she didn't do anything just now. Fortunately, Serafall didn't see it; otherwise, she will definitely throw a tantrum, making Sona even more embarrassed.

"Well, I had been looking for a place to expand my organization for a while, and this island is very suitable with little complications if I want to take over, so why not?"

Zeno smirked in amusement as he saw Sona blunder and chose to ignore it as he shrugged his shoulders in a carefree manner.

"But you did it in such a high-profile manner, won't it become a problem, more than right now, I meant."

Then, with a concerned expression, Sona raised her concern to him and her big sister since even now a fleet of various countries is still hanging around the Freedom Island's borders, and many people are still making noises about the Liberty in the mundane world.

"Ehh~ it should probably be okay, right~? I doubt they can cause Zavior-san any trouble since he was quite nonchalant about them even now."

Serafall smiled as she winked at Zeno, trying to fish for information.

"Yeah, we are self-sufficient and have no need for resources from the mundane country."

Zeno chuckled as he shook his head. He is glad that he received the Godblood from the Gacha; he can't imagine how troublesome everything would be without this convenient tool.

"And besides, they can't really do anything too drastic without a good reason, and even if they want to play dirty, I will be very enthusiastic in teaching them about the consequences of their action."

While he speaks, Zeno's smirk becomes a bit devious for a moment, causing the younger Sitri to feel strange in her chest, and she doesn't know why.

After they talked for a while and reaffirmed the relationship between their factions, Sona eventually disconnected the call as she had to go back to work while Serafall stayed a bit longer to negotiate some trade agreements with him. The devil, of course, heard about the green herb medicines he sold to the Grigori and also wanted the same deal with the fallen angel very badly.

Serafall thought about negotiating for him to lower the price of the medicines a bit, but with just a snort from Zeno, who has a derisive look on his face, Serafall can only pout and wisely choose to agree to the price without haggling. It was, after all, very cheap compared to the other healing methods, and it will be quite embarrassing if she is still trying to lower the price even further and might cause Zeno's impression of the devil to worsen.

"Muu-! Zavior-san is such a meanie~! I'm leaving~!"

Serafall said to him with a pout since she can't do anything other than bending over just like Azazel before she disconnected her call after the deals had been made between them.

"Heh..."

Zeno only smirked in amusement as he watched Serafall retreat in shame.

÷×÷×÷

"What are you?!"

"Kuuu..."

In the living room inside the main building of the Liberty Palace, the maids and the combatant girls are watching a large screen of the Ultra HD TV with bated breath as it displays the bruised and humiliated face of Kalawarna being put in between two slices of bread by Noa.

( AN: Noa is the clone of Raynare. )

"I said, WHAT ARE YOU?!"

"...iches..."

Noa repeated her question as Kalawarna answered in a very quiet voice.

"Huh~? I can't hear you, LOUDER!"

With some annoyance in her voice, Noa shakes Kalawarna's head back and front in between her palms, which she used to press the slice of bread against Kalawarna's head.

"...AN IDIOT SANDWICH!! I'M AN IDIOT SANDWICH!!"

Kalawarna cried out with an angry voice as she was being humiliated in such a childish way. She really wonders what this woman even has against her for harassing her like this. She really wants to fight back, but the results of that were very obvious on her face.

Silence immediately descends in the living room as all the girls watch the video record with a serious expression on their faces.

"Kuh... fu..."

"Hmmmnn... hmnhh...!"

"Puff...! Huu... haa..."

Some weird noises start to leak out of the girls as their expressions twitching slightly.

"Hahu...! Guhah...! Guga...! Guuwahgyahahahaha...!!"

"Oh my, ehehehehe..."

"Ahahahahahaha...!"

"Kyahahaha...!"

Noa was the first to let loose as she laughed out loud. And just like a domino effect, all of the girls also laugh out loud or just giggle quietly at Kalawarna's silly appearance and her misfortune of being Leila's origin template.