[AN: Because who needs sleep? xD

Here is a 'Bonus' chapter! Thanks go to an anonymous donor!

I need to go, therefore there are some parts that might be less well done than usual, but I didn't want to torture you guys with a cliffhanger further so here it is! xD ]

Seeing Mersa's sub-trans all three of them came to the same conclusion.

'He'...

All three of them knew that the moment he gave Celina the 'gift' he caused her sub-trans. He directly did that.

Even Claire couldn't explain the circumstances. Sub-transformations are incredibly rare and it was unthinkable for someone to be able to somehow make himself undergo sub-trans at will, not to mention to cause it in the other person. This matter completely forgotten with a passage of time, but now...

Something must have happened to him!!!

[Celina: Mersa-chan please calm down.]

[Nova: Mersa-chan, it's alright.]

[Mersa: ... Vorst...]

She murmured absentmindedly.

What was happening?

Her eyes were completely glued to the state of her hair.

It already turned pink, this sub-transformation was extremely slow. Nearly a minute have already passed and it was still going on, normal ones finish in a matter of seconds...

White...

The first time it happened...

He...

That's right the first time it happened he survived from theoretically lethal poison from the black scorpion.

Last time this happened...

He also sacrificed himself for her...

Maybe...

Just maybe...

Just... maybe...

He. W. O. K. E.......... UP?!!!!

For the first time in the past five years light returned back to her black eyes.

A light of hope.

CRASH

[Celina: ...]

[Nova: Sigh, let's move Celina-chan]

[Celina: ... Roger that.]

Mersa in an instant summoned her M-Collos and used it to directly crash through the windows of the cafeteria.

Various screams resounded behind her but she didn't care that much.

She already chose a proper window that no one was sitting next to!

In a matter of seconds she arrived before THE DOOR.

But today...

THE DOOR before her was incredibly scary.

For the first time in the past years she felt fear.

Inexplicable fear. Fear of THE DOOR.

THE DOOR the Last Boss.

Trembling.

Chill.

She was scared...

Never before in her life she was this scared.

Petrified she stood helplessly before THE DOOR.

Right now she wasn't the Crimson Ice Queen anymore.

Right now she was only a helpless girl.

She did it thousands of times before.

Thousands of times before she casually turned that handle without any problems.

She could overdrive her body to the breaking point and not even feel the pain of her muscles ripping apart.

She could overdrive her mind to the breaking point and train for days without giving it an hour of sleep.

She could overdrive her soul to the breaking point and continuously fire out psychic powers while coughing up blood.

However...

This handle...

THE DOOR...

This time...

She couldn't muster any strength.

Two arrived after her.

Both of them knew what she was feeling, because right now both of them were also incredibly nervous. Therefore they knew how agonizing it was for Mersa who was definitely most dependent on him. What if... What if nothing happened? What if it was a complete opposite? What if he would be gone forever instead?

Celina came forward and hugged the wolf girl from behind.

[Celina: It's fine. No matter what happens we are here with you.]

Warmth...

That's right.

That time he also shared his warmth with her so she could endure that despair...

Za-senpai...

The blue haired girl also reached out to grab her hand.

Aria-senpai...

That's right...

Now she just have to believe.

Believe in him...

An image of his emerald eyes flashed through her mind.

Believe that he can...

An arrogant smirk appeared on his face.

That's right, with three of them together they are capable of beating THE DOOR.

Her hand reached out towards the handle...

Eyelids slowly opened...

Emerald-like shine was slowly revealed...

The image slowly became sharper and he finally noticed those jade colored eyes smiling at him. Feeling softness of her skin immediately put him at ease.

[--Marc--: Kaya.]

[--Kaya--: Welcome back love~]

[--Marc--: I forced you to wake up early...]

A regret could be clearly felt from his voice.

[--Kaya--: Hehe~ It was already too noisy and this place was totally shaking, how one would be able to sleep in poor conditions like those?]

[--Marc--: How is your condition?]

[--Kaya--: No problem, your Kaya is at her peak form!]

[--Marc--: ...]

[--Kaya--: ... I lost two of them.]

[--Marc--: I'm sorry...]

[--Kaya--: No worries, I'd gladly give up all of them for you. And they will regrow given time so no problem right?]

A brilliant smile appeared on her face.

However Marc knew... To just lose one of them the pain would be simply unspeakable. Part of her was torn away after all.

[--Calla--: Hmm... Hello Kaya.]

[--Kaya--: Ragna-nee~ Welcome back.]

[--Calla--: You must have also used several of them to heal Marc right?]

Marc's expression turned grim.

[--Kaya--: ... Don't worry Marc, I only used five of them, here is one left, see?]

With that one large serpent came out and that put him at ease...

[--Lily--: Anastasia.]

[--Kaya--: Lilith.]

Demoness had an grateful expression in her eyes, but only for a split second. Afterwards it immediately turned into a fierce smile. Kaya also returned a competitive spirit back at her immediately.

[--Lily--: You never pass a chance to get naked with Marc do you.]

[--Kaya--: Fufu, it's all part of the treatment, you must know that the skin-to-skin contact improves the effect.]

[--Lily--: Huh, excuses.]

Kaya's background is incredibly, really incredibly complicated.

The only one among the seven Valkyries to not to have a curse.

The only one among the seven Valkyries to not to have a 'Omen' blessing.

And in fact she was the first one to be with Marc, second to form link, but due to 'special' circumstances her link sequence was changed to third.

Kaya - when Marc first found her she had amnesia so this was the one that he gave her.

Anastasia - the name that she had prior to the memory loss.

And lastly...

Orochi. True name. Originally she didn't have one, but thanks to 'special' circumstances she obtained this one, and along with it the highest class blessing.

Orochi the Eight Serpents of Immortality.

Anastasia 'Kaya' Orochi. She has no field she excels with. Besides Calla whose power is simply too ridiculous, five others have a specialization. However her power is extremely balanced, and that alone let her rank 2nd in terms of power!

She is also the one who initiated the harem, somewhat forcing Marc to enter this path of being 'unfaithful' to her...

Eight Serpents of Immortality. Every serpent out of those eight have it's specialty, however every single of them has the power to restore body, mind and soul. Every single serpent was incredibly powerful, and when you consume one an extreme vitality is released granting a 'second' life for a chosen person.

There is one exception to this rule. If person's soul is incredibly strong it will require more consumtions. Marc's Adamantine Soul is one of the prime examples. This time to heal a single crack in his soul five serpents were consumed.

A consumed serpent will 'return' as time passes. She can consume 8 of them and... herself, and that one will not come back. That's what Marc was afraid most, even he didn't have enough soul control powers to attempt a replica of what Fate did...

A lost serpent will need to regrow and that requires a lot of time, effort and power.

Claire was leisurely sitting next to the table. Right now she was sweeping past documents while having tea with cake.

On the holo-monitor a red alert suddenly appeared.

[Mistglan: What's wrong?]

Grave expression appeared on the Elven Queen face.

[Claire: Something is happening to Vorst.]

[Mistglan: What?]

[Claire: Change in status numbers. Photon Core readings are going totally out of control.]

He immediately came over.

[Mistglan: Those numbers...]

[Claire: No idea.]

[Mistglan: ...]

[Claire: Let's move.]

With that two of them disappeared from the room.

Mersa's mind returned to when she turned the handle that day after the black scorpion incident...

How will he change this time?

Will he still remember her?

Will he turn different again?

Will the color of his eyes change again?

No matter.

If he did wake up, she decided that she will love him all the same.

This time she will... Yes, she will definitely protect him.

The handle turned...

He found himself in a small enclosed space.

There was a glass window in front of him..

A capsule.

That's right that's where he was.

BAM

That hurt...

Somehow when he wanted to open it his hand hit the wrong place.

Hmm...

It was longer than before...

Previously he was mentally prepared and familiarized himself with his new small body. This time he didn't do so, that's why the fail. Good thing no one saw that.

[--Kaya--: We saw that.]

[--Lily--: We did.]

[--Calla--: *Nods*]

[--Marc--: ...]

Finally it reached the right spot and with a click it allowed the fresh air to flow in.

The boy sat up. He couldn't help but to stretch his body. It felt like forever since he moved it.

[--Kaya--: According to what I gathered, nearly six standard years passed.]

That's was his Kaya, she easily knew exactly what he was thinking...

THE DOOR finally gave in.

The Last Boss was defeated.

With that they had an access to the view of the inside of the room.

In the opened capsule a boy was sitting. Right now he was busy examining various cords that were attached to him, definitely trying to remove those annoying things.

As new people appeared in the room he raised his head.

Irises with color alluringly similar to emerald came into sight.

A gentle but still arrogant smile appeared on his face.

It was him...

He was a bit different...

Larger, taller, a bit slimmer...

But she will never mistake those eyes...

Spring came to the frozen world.

Tears again started pouring out from Mersa's eyes.

The time of her heart once again started flowing.

[Mersa: VOR-CHAN!]

With that she instantly arrived next to him and threw her arms around his neck.

A scene from the past was replayed.

He gently patted her head to calm down the sobbing girl in his arms.

[Vorst: Mer-chan. Za. Aria.]

With those words two others couldn't help themselves and also arrived to his side with tears in their eyes.

Outside two silhouettes were hovering in the middle of the air.

Then they left.

Three of them fell asleep on his lap. Even Mersa who didn't feel a thing during the torturous training that she imposed on herself was too tired from her emotional outburst.

His hand leisurely wandered through their hair.

[--Kaya--: Approved. All three of them.]

She smiled sweetly while nodding. During those years she already saw the extend of their feelings towards him.

With that Marc lost all of his escape routes.

From the ancient times Kaya had the last say in these matters.

[--Marc--: Hm. Anastasia 'Kaya' Orochi.]

[--Kaya--: Shujin-sama.]

[--Marc--: Be mine.]

[--Kaya--: I'll be yours for all eternity.]

Three ripples pierced past his soul. Once again.

That was his fate, he couldn't escape his links.

He didn't want to.

Time passed leisurely...

[--Calla--: Hmm... M'lord has already awakened right?]

[--Kaya--: To do a Dragon Monarch class Awakening on the body like this, how reckless.]

[--Lily--: Reckless is a synonym to our Lord Marcdrak.]

[--Kaya--: True. He always acts first then thinks about it afterwards.]

[--Marc--: My awakening status is already over.]

[--Calla--: But some there are aftereffects.]

[--Kaya--: Right, the dragon blood is already flowing in these veins.]

[--Lily--: Not much of that I guess, but it is a first step.]

[--Calla--: M'lord only has to slowly rouse it from the dormant state.]

[--Marc--: True, but everything in it's own time.]

Vorst was still enjoying the sight of three girls sleeping in front of him.

[--Kaya--: Shujin-sama needs to take some matters more seriously.]

[--Lily--: We've been waiting for that past those 40,000 years and I don't think we will see it in another 40,000 either.]

[--Kaya--: Sigh...]

Although they were besting him, they knew that awakening the dormant dragon blood is a very slow process which takes enormous amount of concentration, time and power.

Normally he planned to use lowest class (Dragon Awakening) with support of Kaya, and slowly work from that up...

Now it will require way more time and effort to fully achieve the final result, but thanks to that he managed to save Mersa, Nova and Celina, therefore he didn't regret it one bit.

[Mistglan: Welcome back Vorst.]

[Vorst: It's good to be back Mistglan-sensei.]

In the evening the girls were finally convinced to leave him under pretext of letting him rest. Mersa wasn't the only one who achieved the sub-trans today. Celina's feelings also reached the peak and she offered two other parts of her to him. Two of them became a white-haired pair.

The reason why Mersa's and Nova's aptitude dropped was because of his coma state. Once in that state two of the link parts were temporarily dropped. They can't protect a 'dead' person, and they can't sacrifice themselves for him.

[Mistglan: Normally we would have a loooooot of questions for you...]

[Claire: However there is no need for that. I firmly believe in you. You put your life in danger for them and that's all I need to let you off. Take care of them.]

[Vorst: I will.]

[Mistglan: ... Vorst, that time it was my responsibility to ensure your safety... I-]

[Vorst: It's fine.]

Seeing his smile they had nothing else to add.

With that two of them left the room.

Boy turned his head towards the window...

[My Lord...]

[Please hear me out...]

[My Liege...]

[Please listen to me...]

[My King...]

[Please come to me...]

[My .]

A call...

Was it?

A voice was so faint that he wasn't sure.

What was it?

He looked at the moon that was traversing through it's orbit...

Is he hearing things?

[--Kaya--: My love~]

Kaya's cheek was affectionately brushing against his hand.

It was a common sight, she was very similar to an attached cat.

[--Kaya--: Ah~]

Spoil me! Spoil me! Her eyes were pleading him.

A chuckle escaped his mouth as he summoned his aura. Within seconds the 'old' him returned to the Throne Room.

Her eyes instantly became shrouded in daze. With his every touch electricity ran past her.

[--Marc--: Kaya.]

[--Kaya--: Shujin-sama.]

His hands reached for her dress, like a serpent shedding it's skin, it came off from her without any effort.

Having her bare body before him he couldn't help but grow excited, a Caucasian beauty with her completely unspoiled skin was waiting for him. She had that insatiable longing in her vertical slit eyes, therefore he just couldn't let her wait any longer.

[--Kaya--: Ah~]

She was pushed down...

Next day five Rankers joined the Athena's Institute Security .

Kollos Alliance also decided to halt it's offensive towards the Crimson Empire. For now. Because it had a higher priority. Much higher one.

It was the end of March and April was coming soon. And with it the Lower Inter-school Battle Tournament.

And...

1st one on list of Athena's Institute participants - Vorst the Golden Knight.

[AN: We have one more 'Bonus' chapter ahead! Well, somewhere tomorrow I think?]