With Lin by my side, people from all over the field are sending me gazes of hatred and I can even hear someone chanting some sort of death curse while looking at me. I can understand their gazes of jealousy, really I do. Having some nobody take one of the Academy’s idols and parade her in broad daylight with linked arms? Even I would hate the son of a bitch who would dare do that.

I return their gazes of jealousy with a smug face filled with as much confidence as I could muster and I pulled in Lin even closer as I held her with one arm and hugged her close to me. Now that I think about it, didn’t I do this the last time too? But that was with my beloved Instructor and Ali. I wonder where Ali is?

As I was contemplating the wonders of living through something twice, I feel something soft pushing up against me. I turn to look at Lin and she is doing her best to avoid my gaze and she seems to be blushing up to her ears. Yup. You guessed it. Her massive mountains were being caressed by my body.

I get it. Women don’t want to be cuddled by someone they don’t like.

Sensing my loosened grip, Lin suddenly points her head up and looks at me.

“Is…is something the matter, Senpai?”

“Eh? No, I didn’t think about what I was doing and held you too closely. I’m sorry.”

“Senpai? When did you get that impression?” She says as she pouts at me, turning her lips into the cutest ‘^’ shape ever.

So does this mean that she doesn’t hate it? Well, alright then. (Author note: Finally, he’s getting it. Idiot.)

I hugged her closer again and this time, I chose the simpler approach by simply laying my arm around her neck and pulled her close to me. It was a hug that was neither from a brother or a friend. I guess you could say that I was playing it safe.

I could hear her giggling as she snuggled herself more closely to me and then I realized the possibility that this girl could actually like me.

“I could stay like this forever, Senpai.”

I smile at her innocent words.

We remained closely linked as we walked through the field. I was constantly avoiding curses and wishes of death thrown at me while Lin was stuck in her own world, mumbling something about forever and happiness. I guess it has to do with the time when I saw her naked the first time I met her.

You see, when I started out as a Prentice here in the Academy, there was this transfer student. She was found to be very cute, thus, the people and virgin society of the Academy placed her among the heavens (with Belle and Ali) on a pedestal making her inaccessible to normal people. In short, her cult-like fanclub made a pact to hurt the people trying to get close to her.

Did this make her Academy life wonderful? No, it didn’t. She remained friendless for a good portion of her stay at the Academy until the fateful day I really needed to take a shit while the Men’s shower room was locked. I barged in the female shower room, thinking it was empty and I entered a stall where I did my business.

I could hear someone showering and I decided to ignore it, thinking it was Mifumi or something. Now this is where I think I made my first mistake in hindsight. Why the fuck would Mifumi be taking a shower in the Women’s shower room right? Well at the time, all I cared about was enjoying the greatest crap I ever took that day.

Finishing my business, I stand up, admired my handiwork and flushed. I was so proud of myself. I went to the sink and found out that there wasn’t any running water for the faucets. Just my luck, I thought. I decided to enter a shower stall, which was around 10 paces away from the sink in the L-shaped room. I barged in a random stall and before I realized what was happening, I suddenly found myself on the floor with a pleasant feeling on my face.

Spoiler : Yup. You guessed it. Lin, in a state of panic, pushed me down and attempted to run away only to trip on the soap that she brought and ended up almost killing me with her magnificent breasts. Not thinking straight, I decided to lick away at her chest and moved on to her left nipple.

‘Mmm’ slurp ‘Pink eh?’

I could hear Lin panting as I continued licking her. After a few moments, she started grinding on my crotch.

“Harder…” she exclaimed.

I then transferred my attention to her right nipple as I kept up the pressure by caressing and shaping into my hands shape her breasts.

“It’s..good…”

She started grinding on me faster. I could feel her slim body moving faster and I could feel how hot she was. Needless to say, I was aroused as well. The sight of this brown haired beauty grinding on me as I feasted on her tits was extremely erotic.

I moved up a bit and looked her in the eyes and to my horror, I realize that was of the Beast Race. She seems to have lost to her pleasure and the people of the Beast Race tend to go into an extended heat period which would be troublesome. I need to get her back before she starts fucking random guys because of a lapse in my judgment.

I slipped my hand between her legs and I started applying what Siegfried taught me whenever he lent me ‘those’ kinds of books.

She bit her lips as she moved her hips to the tempo of my fingering. With my free hand, I grabbed onto her left tit and bit. I could feel her getting lost in ecstasy as I sent shivers down her spine. I move my fingers faster and I grabbed her head and kissed her before shoving me tongue inside. Sensing that she is nearing the end, I pinched her clit. She started convulsing in pleasure and finally, she fell down and laid her head on my chest.

I couldn’t believe what I just did, about how I almost lost myself in pleasure as well. The strangest part about all of this is how right it felt. Like how I probably subconsciously yearned for her body as she yearned for mine.

After a few seconds in silence, she lifts herself up and the smell of the fruity shampoo lingers. She looks me in the eyes and gives me a sweet kiss. I smile at her nervously, for fear of retribution or revenge but instead, I got a bigger shock.

“Yes, I do accept you.”

“I’m sorry, what did you say, Miss?”

“I accept you Senpai!”

She jumps me and hugs me as I hugged her back in confusion.

Later, Mifumi, who is Lin’s childhood friend and bodyguard informed me of what I had done. Sitting in the shower room with his large monstrosity hanging out, he looks at me and laughs.

“So you didn’t know about our custom, eh?”

“No. Not a clue. I thought I was saving her dignity because the only way to stop a Beast Race’s heat is by relieving it before it gets worse.”

Mifumi nods.

“True but our law also dictates that the only man who is permitted to take care of a female’s heat is by rights her husband. Our custom also dictates that the first man who sees a female’s naked visage is by Beast Race law her husband.”

“What kind of troublesome law is that Mifumi?”

“Well it wasn’t our fault entirely. Princess Lin has been closely guarded ever since she was younger. I was to ensure that no harm could come to her when she is out and about and her hand maidens do everything they can to keep anyone from peeping on her. Anyone who sees her naked does automatically become the Prince of our Country after all.”

“Well she does have a hot body, I understand – Wait did you say Princess?”

“Yup. Lin is our one and only Princess. You understand that you HAVE to take responsibility right?”

Gulp.

Mifumi stands up and his gigantic thing swings up and down.

“You do understand what would happen if you refuse to take responsibility right?”

He eyes me menacingly. I really hope that he means to beat the shit out of me instead of pounding the shit out of me. There’s a big difference between those things and the difference is like heaven and hell.

I could only nod at him and he laughs. His thing happily swings up and down as well.

“Good, good. I look forward to serving you as well, Lord Keith. Or do you prefer that I only call you Keith here in school? Well, the ceremony has already been accomplished so congratulations on your first marriage!”

“Eh? What ceremony?”

“Well, in Beast Race Marriages, for a Man to be considered a Woman’s husband, they have to engage in sexual intercourse and the Man basically has to let his partner finish. If you get my drift. This is done in private by the way.”

“Eh? EH?”

“Yup! The way the Princess told me, I wanted to experience that sort of thing myself! Without even using your ultimate weapon and you made her finish! That’s amazing!”

His thing is throbbing dangerously. Could Mifumi be after my chastity? He’s looking at me like a snake looks at its food. With his thing fully ‘awakened’, I could see my life flashing before my eyes and so I fainted and earned my lifelong trauma of Mifumi’s thing.

So here we are again back in the present and I realize that Lin was talking to me.

“Senpai, are you okay? Your heart rate is a little high. Are you sure you are feeling well?”

As she tiptoes to touch her forehead with mine, I get a glimpse of the mountains I was daydreaming about. I almost fainted. I gently flicker her in the head and smiled.

“Dummy. You do realize that I have to take care of you so stop worrying about me.”

“It’s only natural for me to worry about you Senpai. I mean if I didn’t do this much, the Instructor and Ali would take you for themselves.”

“You really are a dummy aren’t you?”

We both laughed at how stupid we sounded.

As this pleasant atmosphere continued, we kept walking, just talking and laughing about the dumbest things.

“Can I talk to you about something Senpai?”

“Mmm?”

“Did anything happen to you?” She purses her lips as we continued walking. “You’re not exactly…you right now.”

I kept quiet, thinking how I could play this off. It’s one thing with Belle and her ultra-analytical mind but I can’t see myself lying to her.

“I’m not asking for too much, just that you would look at me every now and then Senpai but am I too selfish for thinking that being like this with you isn’t so bad?”

I smile at her honest feelings.

“Senpai, I know that you are only pretending to not notice but on my end, as someone who has fallen deeply in love with you not because of the circumstances of how we met but because of who you are and how you have treated me, is it wrong to ask for something like this every now and then?”

“No, you aren’t selfish Lin. I am simply indecisive.” I pat her head with my free hand. “Isn’t it too cowardly of me to not choose?”

“That’s one thing we love about you Senpai. Teehee.”

In a world where polygamy is commonplace, at least for the wealthy, I wanted to find love that is pure and true. Unfortunately, I found love in a lot of places. With my Instructor who only sees me as a sort of pet and my Kouhai who has grown to admire me. Had I been the Keith from the previous cycle without the knowledge of what is to come then I would have probably settled for simply vying for the both of them but…things have changed.

“Unfortunately I can’t return your feelings Lin. Not yet.”

“I know, Senpai. We all do. There’s something you have to do first, right?”

“Right.”

“Then we will be waiting.” She smiles at me with her ultimate little sister smile and I return her pure smile with my own, wretched and broken smile.

“Well that’s enough of that Senpai! We’re finally here!”

Right in front of us is the Cafeteria and as usual, it is filed with Prentices rushing in to fill themselves with the food sold here. This is also the place where everything changed during the last cycle. If I remember correctly, Rolando should be inside with his idiotic group of friends and Belle and Alicia should be in there somewhere but maybe that changed too since I took only Lin with me and I didn’t spend time in the Infirmary in this cycle.

I wonder what else changed.

I walked in with Lin by my side and I lined up for the usual Tonkatsu set. Rolando and his groupies should confront me in a few moments and they will invite me for a ‘talk’ out in the back. As I was trapped in my thoughts, I was called by the young woman managing the line. She always took my order back then and so she always had a Tonkatsu set waiting for me.

“Welcome Mr. Tonkatsu, let me guess, are you getting the Tonkatsu set again?” She flashes me a familiar smile.

“Eh. Yuriko?”

“Eh? How do you know my name Mr. Tonkatsu?”

“Senpai, did you add another one to your harem without us knowing?”

“Eh? Harem?” I decided to ignore Lin for now. “You are Yuriko right? So you really were the one who saved me before.”

Not necessarily nervous, Yuriko seemed a little too calm. “What do you mean saved you? If you mean I treated you with a meal then that probably happened but I don’t recall ever feeding you except for the Tonkatsu sets that you always offered.”

This must really be Yuriko. That manipulative appeal that she has and that long black hair, I can’t ever be mistaken, especially not with her Goddess-tier body. It is currently hidden by her loose-fitting cooking clothes but I know better.

I decided to play along with Yuriko for now and to see where this goes.

“Eh. I must have been mistaken. Sorry. I’ll have a Tonkatsu Set.”

“You got me worried there Senpai. She’s cute though but don’t get any funny ideas, okay? Ah! I’ll have a Cheesecake!’

Yuriko simply stood there after handing our orders. I apologize for nearly breaking your cover Captain but I couldn’t help it. I wonder how I can get closer to her again. Maybe I can simply start talking to her to earn her friendship.

Happening upon a recently empty table, I sat my tray down and Lin sat down and gestured for me to sit beside her. As I wryly smiled at her, I felt a dangerous feeling coming from behind me. I activated my combat senses as I breathed in the mana in the air around me.

Everything turns to a stop and I can see things more clearly now. I see a carton of milk being thrown in my direction but in this mode, it is too slow for me. I dodge to the side of the carton and catch it in midair. I threw it back to its source by instinct and I activated Laser Beam and dashed towards Rolando and his friends.

I am standing right in front of Rolando and on his face is a look of triumph. He doesn’t know that the carton of milk is rushing towards him at a speed of 80 km/h. That’s going to hurt son. I stand behind him and deactivated my combat senses.

Suddenly, a sound of cardboard filled with liquid sounds of a splat near me. Rolando was hit by the carton of milk and his nose is bleeding and some milk even got in his eyes. Lin is sitting in our table happily eating while watching the spectacle.

By now, everyone is in the Cafeteria is quiet and the only sound that everyone can hear is the sound of the milk and blood dripping from Rolando’s face. I can sense anger coming from him as he looked for the target of his affections. Me.

“Did you lose something Rolando?”

“Guh. You fucking peasant pig show yourself!”

Wimpering, Lackey A calls Rolando’s attention. “Rolando, he’s behind you!”

Before Rolando could even look at me, much less attempt to punch me with that halfhearted effort at a punch, I stepped sideways and dodged his punch. Caught unaware, the momentum of his punch caused Rolando to fall forward on his face and I can hear a painful crack coming from it.

It seems as though he broke his nose. With blood and snot overflowing from his cocky face, I decided to probe him a little bit more.

“Are you sure you’re fine Rolando? Are you sure you haven’t inherited your Father’s impotence or something?”

“You fucking bastard!” Clearly, agitated, Rolando stood up and the feeling around him changed. Though he was covered in blood, his sigils were clearly well made. He was starting to cast Intermediate Ranked Magic which would clearly not only damage me but the people around me as well. Is he even thinking properly?

“Just you wait. I will blow you and every little piece of shit here to nothing!”

I could probably wait until the last second before I cast Laser Beam to knock him out but I remembered that I had to pay him back for what he did to me before.

“Hey Rolando..”

“No use begg –“ But he never finished his sentence.

“Activate: Runes. Laser Beam!”

I blinked right in front of Rolando and before he could even react, I activated my combat senses and gave him a flurry of punches. I punched him in his face and broke his nose in repeatedly as I grabbed his arm and dislocated his shoulder. I used the momentum in his motion as he slowly fell to the floor by stepping on his leg as hard as I could as I pulled his collar making him into a big human ‘C’ and I could hear his leg break and a part of his spinal column break. I then grabbed him by the collar and started punching him in the face.

“This is for hurting me!” Bam!

“This is for being a dick!” Bam!

“This is for saying that the Tonkatsu Set sucked!” Bam!

“This is for trying to take Alicia from me!” Bam!

"This is for pissing me off!" Bam! Bam!

Not nearly done yet, I took off his pants and punched him in the groin around 30 times. After the 25th punch, I notice that his balls started to bleed and that they were irregularly shaped after taking such a beating.

I then took a step back and blinked towards his lackeys and gave them the same treatment. I then took off one his Lackey’s pants and inserted his thing into Rolando’s back. Look, I made a gayhuman centipede!

After all of this is done, I reactivated Laser Beam and blinked towards Lin and sat beside her. I deactivated my combat senses and time started to flow normally again. Before Rolando could even notice the spectacle that he has become, the entire room starts laughing at him. He then notices something stuck up his butt and before he could pull it off, his ass clenched.

He defecated due to the stress, the torrent of pain that assaulted him and due to him defecating, he involuntarily exercised muscle control and quite literally wrung out the other guy’s thing. The guy gave a disgusted but somewhat satisfied groan and then I realized that he quite literally came inside Rolando’s ass.

Rolando started crying as he shouted profanities and curses and the best part was that he didn’t even know how that shit happened. The entire room started looking at me and they applauded my work of art. I guess I could probably get used to this.

With Rolando and his lackeys being collected by the Medical Team, the Cafeteria burst into celebration and everyone is talking about what they just saw. Worth mentioning is the fact that I apparently shoved the guy’s thing up Rolando so hard and coupled with the fact that he involuntarily tensed his butt, they were literally stuck together and had to be escorted to the Infirmary like that.

As they were being carried out, a burst of laughter can be heard from the field. I feel satisfied now and I think I may have actually grown to like this sort of thing. It couldn’t even be called combat because of how fast it happened.

With things settling down, Lin couldn’t stop laughing.

“I realize that Instructor’s Laser Beam is effective but to use it that way…that was really funny Senpai…but you kinda overdid it.” As she gestures towards the lone figure cleaning up on Aisle Beat down.

There, I saw Yuriko with an extremely agitated look on her face mopping away Rolando’s mess.

I feel sorry for you Yuriko but you have to remain strong to keep your cover! I offered her a prayer.

Well whatever.

“My hands are still dirty Lin, do you mind helping me out?”

“Eh? What do you mean Senpai?”

“Mm. Nevermind then.” I gave Lin a fake pout.

“Eh! I was only kidding Senpai! Here, say Ahhh!”

Tonkatsu really is the best after all.

Continuing with this pleasant atmosphere was a dream come true for me! Of course, everyone in the cafeteria who celebrated my victory is now wishing for my death while the females were all looking at us while saying ‘Lucky bitch’ or something. Yup! I’m definitely lucky!

Lin kept on feeding me as we made small talk and some people even went by to offer me congratulations or expressions of their appreciation. It was a fun lunch.

Riiiiiiiiing!

With the bell having rung, Lin and I then realized that we had to go back to our respective classes. Bidding her good-bye, she gives me a kiss on the cheek (Fuck you Keith chants started) and runs off to class with a “Teehee!”

I smiled wryly at her and walked towards my own class.

I enjoyed the sudden quiet that I was experiencing for once. I have had quite the troublesome life before it ended as suddenly as it began back in the last cycle. I spent some time thinking about my next step but I couldn’t arrive at a good enough theory much yet a conclusion. I really do have to find a way to communicate with Ryner or Rafflesia but I can’t just force them to come out can I?

With the sun up high, I can only sigh as the day has only really began. I kept on walking back to my usual classroom. As usual, I was the only student there and the teacher was absent. Apparently, I am on a special curriculum designed by the greatest tactical mind in the modern world, Belle. So I basically sit inside this old school wooden classroom and sit down and keep on breathing in and out. It’s a of runic practice that’s meant to strengthen my body.

I sat down and concentrated. I breathed in the wooden smell emanating from the floorboards. It’s quite pleasant, truth be told.

I sat still for about a couple of hours. I felt like an idiot and just when I was about to give up, I felt a shiver go up my spine.

I felt some sort of energy entering me as though I was being strengthened by some kind of external force. I felt powerful and I felt like I was one with the universe.

My worries, my problems, everything was transformed into this psychedelic medley of colors and eternal calm. I felt bliss. This must be what they call Nirvana. I feel a tremor and the world collapsed around me, burying me into unlimited darkness.

I felt despair and loneliness, as though I was going to be swallowed and consumed by it. I felt like I was starting to lose my sanity. I saw various images that were too horrible to describe. Images of Belle being raped, of Lin being impaled from her mouth to her womanhood, to Alicia being stripped of her skin and above it all was the image of a woman who looked familiar to me. She was grimacing. She had these beautifully tragic golden eyes and long golden hair. She was in a wheelchair. Was she overseeing their torture? Is she my enemy? My ally? Who is she?

Before any other thoughts could penetrate my slowly deteriorating self, I felt a hot red flash. Before I knew it, the image of a beautiful girl with Golden eyes is starting at me and I was back in my world. I felt tired and drained and I was, frankly, still afraid.

“A..are you okay Keith?”

…Alicia..

and just like that, all of my worries disappeared again.