17 Restless pain (2/2)
Strength: 158
Toughness: 151
Agility: 158
Wisdom: 149
Intelligence: 149
Charisma: 158
Skill points to spend: 32
Buff:
+2 Mana regeneration per second
”Level N-Ninety-two? Are you kidding me!?” One of the staff called out, everyone was even more surprised than they already were. Even the headmistress was a tad bit surprised. ”As you can see, my entire stats are displayed here. If I do this..” He would bring up the column of tabs that had several labels to them. ”I can navigate to different areas of my system.” He would dismiss the column and close his eyes with a heavy sigh. ”What madness is this!?” The same staff member from before called out. ”He isn't some measly demon. He is a God at this point! A God of Destruction!” The same staff member shouted with fear in his voice. ”Destruction my ass! Riyku has not destroyed anything. If anyone has done any destruction, it would be the other students!” Kristen shouted. Things were starting to get heated as one group glared down the other. ”If I may.” Myu would perk in which caused everyone's attention to flow towards her. ”I have been getting word from several shops in the shopping district that Riyku has been offering them help with menial tasks. Even going out of his way to do it for them free of charge. If you ask me, that does not sound like someone who causes destruction, now does it?” Myu's words seemed to cause the five to smile warmly at her and even the headmistress smirked lightly with a soft nod. ”Indeed, it does not. Are you happy now, Brad?” Indeed.. this staff member who was trying to cause Riyku harm was none other than the infamous Brad. The same man who was tormenting Racheal. For now, the man backed down, ”Continue.” The headmistress added to which Riyku nodded.
”As you can see. My level is abnormal compared to others. I was surprised at first to find out that the highest level person my age is Kristen. Nonetheless, you can also see for yourself that my age is unknown. If you ask me why that is or how old I am, I can not give you a firm answer. To say I do not know would be an excuse, but the truth is from what I do know, I come from both future and past in all walks of my lives.” Riyku stated which caused everyone to appear more surprised than before. ”Lives? So how many times have you been reincarnated?” The headmistress asked while everyone kept silent. It would seem that she would be the one mainly asking the questions from here on out.
Riyku would shrug. ”I could not say. I mean I can ask someone who knows more than I do.” Riyku stated firmly to which the headmistress gave a raised brow to him. ”Who?” She inquired. ”You've already been acquainted with her. Seraphina.” Everyone began to shiver for a moment in fear; having known just how strong this woman was, but regardless of their feelings the woman seemed to just 'pop' into view. Her body straddling Riyku as if she were going to ride him, ”You called darling?” She cooed at him, her body naked as ever. Kristen would growl and push from her seat to stomp towards them and bring them apart which caused Seraphina to blink rapidly. ”Excuse me, but who are you?” Seraphina inquired as she held firmly onto Riyku while glaring at Kristen. ”I am...” Kristen stumbled over the words as she looked to Riyku for an answer who sighed heavily. ”Seraphina, can you answer their questions. You seem to have more knowledge about my past than I do.” Riyku would ignore this little fight over him and return to the important task at hand. Kristen would cling to the male's arm and Seraphina would growl at her before turning to look at the people while sitting in Riyku's lap. Her breast was bare before them all, to which some of the men were leering over.
”I guess. I was already listening in, so listen up. Riyku has been reborn a total of eight times. Do not mistake the seven other lives as short though. The first life may have been, but what followed after was long and unforgiving. Each life after his first death was cruel towards him. He suffered more times than you can even imagine. Lost many, friends, family, loved ones this including his own children. In addition to that, he was often betrayed as well by those he trusted deeply. I am telling you all this because you all seem to have one mistake about him.” Seraphina stated firmly as she turned back to Riyku to cup his chin softly, giving her a lover's glance. ”He is beautiful. He has overcome much in his time. Of course, he has fallen many times, but only to rise up on his own without anyone's help. You can say it is sad, but no one was ever there to help him. That was until I came along, there are others as well. Ones you might call family.” She seemed to direct that last phrase towards him which caused his eyes to widen. ”Family?” He seemed to muse lightly.
Seraphina would nod softly before placing a peck on his cheek. ”You will remember. It is better if you remember them, they are with you after all. Each of them is waiting for you to call them with your soul just as I was.” Seraphina would whisper solely to him before turning towards everyone and wiggle her fingers as if saying 'bye' and then she went 'poof' into a black cloud that dissipated into the air. Kristen, including everyone else, was awestruck. ”Eight times? Eight lives in total?” The headmistress questioned softly. ”That is something... It explains quite a bit as well. If you were reborn over and over again, then maybe these stats came from your previous life.” She added to which Riyku nodded. ”That is what I figured from the start, but as for why is beyond me. All I can recall is that I lost a battle against something or someone... and then I was reborn right afterward.” Riyku seemed to intentionally leave out the fact that he could remember his past through his dreams.
”Amnesia...” Kristen and Lira whispered softly in sync. ”So you weren't lying...” Kristen added to which Riyku shook his head. ”No. I wasn't. Though, I am sure you can understand why I would not want to bring this to anyone's attention. It is abnormal for people of this world to have a system of my kind.” Riyku stated to which everyone seemed silent for the moment. ”What of these Shield, Mana and Energy points, as well as this form duration bar. What do they mean?” The headmistress inquired.
”Shield points refer to an exo-shield that will absorb any damage that collides with my body. Of course, it is not almighty, anything that is piercing will go through and break the shield.” He experienced that one first hand. The girls and Skylar seemed to recall seeing the bullet wounds, but would not mention it. ”As for the mana points, they determine how many times I can use skills and abilities. Sort of like how you all chant to use spells. I can skip over that and use my mana points. Although, once I run out that is it. I can not any skills or abilities.” Riyku would explain to which everyone would listen in on, even if they did not fully understand it.
”Energy explains itself. It is my fatigue. The lower it becomes the more tired I become and once it hits zero. I will pass out. However, if it is full I am as energetic as an athlete.” Riyku stated firmly to which Kristen blushed lightly recalling their steamy times together. Of course, some of the girls took note of the blush but were slightly confused so they did not say anything.
”As for Form Duration, It is the length of time of which I can spend in any form.” He purposely left out the fact that some forms had their own time limits. ”Well, can you explain why your status is full and the duration is knocked down by thirty minutes?” The headmistress asked to which Riyku would nod. ”Seraphina healed me to a full and I engaged my form for the duration of thirty minutes.” Of course, that wasn't fully true. Whenever Riyku would engage in a form his Shield points, Mana and Energy would all shoot back up to full and increase based on the form of choice. He figured that out when he played with the Rage form a few times before.
”I see. Well, that does tell us a lot about you. That and this Seraphina seems to have explained much as well as express great care for you. While I do not know anything about your family. I can tell from just today that those close to you are quite precious to you.” The headmistress was talking about how the girls and Skylar seemed to have quelled whatever negative emotion Riyku was overcome with which caused them to blush and shy away. ”They are precious to me. So much so that I would give my life to keep them safe.” Riyku confirmed the headmistress statement which caused everyone to appear more shocked than not.
”Well, this about does it. I can safely say that Riyku is not a demon. Even if the AB blood type is a lie and he does have black blood running through his veins, he is not even the slightest one of those vile creatures. So I hereby declare that Riyku is to be labeled as a human and addressed as such from here on out. If any of you have an objection may you speak now.” The headmistress stated; and everyone on the staff side began to chatter about while Myu, the girls, and Skylar all remained silent with their resolve shown. ”We will no longer call him a de--” The staff were all silenced when Brad interrupted them. ”Fuck that! He is a demon! No other way to put it! You all saw it! Felt it! It was the diabolic pressure of someone who rules over all demons!” He shouted out to which the other staff members would sigh heavily. ”If I may...” Riyku would speak out which caught the headmistress attention. ”I believe Brad is merely speaking for his own personal gain. You see, I have a friend who works in the office with him.” Brad would grind his teeth and ball his fist while he glared at him.
”This man has been sexually harassing her to no need. Not only that he has turned her own co-workers against her. The other day she called me crying her eyes out. Wishing she could do something, but nothing could be done.” Riyku stated to which Brad would push from his seat and approach Riyku hastily. Riyku shifted his eyes at the man with the intention to kill, and that glare alone caused him to shiver back in fear. ”Tom, Daves! Stop this man and remove him at once. Keep him locked up in the interrogation chamber. I will be removing any memory he has of this incident.” The headmistress stated firmly as two men came from the door and restrained Brad. Only to cuff him and carry him off to where the headmistress asked them to take him. ”If I might ask, who is this person.” The headmistress inquired to which Riyku nodded lightly
”Her name is Racheal. She is an office guide for the University and does a damn good job if I do say so myself. But, that opinion is my opinion.” Riyku stated to which the headmistress nodded. ”I'll be sure to address this matter as soon as we are finished. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, and do not worry about Brad or any of the others. I'll take care of them as well.” She stated firmly to which Riyku nodded. ”Thank you.” He added. ”Now, if there is nothing else. Then the matter is settled. Everyone here agrees that this matter remains silenced and everyone is to understand that Riyku is one of us.” Everyone would nod in unison. ”Good, Dismissed! Myu, I will need you to write a fake report. Stating that a wild monster appeared and those six handled it.” The headmistress stated as everyone stood up. Myu would nod happily, ”Of course. Riyku and his friends responded to the appearance of a monster and eliminated the threat with haste; however, what of those who were at the scene?” Myu inquired to which everyone looked at the headmistress, well everyone except the staff, they had already left.
”I already took care of it. I used illusion magic to reformat their memory. Everyone there will believe that a monster interrupted their battle and they all fled. Of course, this applies to the 'Live' feed that was being broadcast. I highjacked it and reformatted it to tailor to the illusion I implanted. So, everyone watching will have the same story to talk about for days to come. With your article, I am sure there will be positive feedback on them as well. Do not let me down now, Myu.” She stated firmly. ”Yes, Ma'am!” Myu would exclaim for rushing out of the building. Everyone else seemed to have followed, that was until Kristen was stopped by the headmistress.
”Hold a moment, Kristen.” The woman called to her and Kristen looked back at her. ”Ma'am?” ”There is something I want you to know. You seem the closest one to Riyku of the bunch. So pass this on to everyone. I didn't want Riyku to know, because he may distance himself from you all. While you stopped whatever process he was going into, you made one thing clear. You are his greatest strength, but you are also his greatest weakness. If harm should come to any of you five... It may very well be the end of all life.” Though when Kristen heard this she wasn't surprised. ”I know. In fact, we all know. Which is why we will protect him. We will never fall and we will never cause any harm to him. You have my word.” Kristen stated firmly, the resolve showed in her eyes to which the headmistress nodded. ”Thank you.” She whispered as Kristen seemed to hurry after her friends.
”Well, that was boring.” Seraphina's voice came out of nowhere as she seemed to float around Riyku while holding onto his back. ”Hey!” Kristen shouted. ”Get off of him!” She added to which Seraphina stuck her tongue at out her. ”I already know what you two did. It just took a bit to remember it.” Seraphina stated bluntly which caused everyone to look at Kristen except Riyku of course. ”You did what!?” They all shouted in sync to which Kristen sighed away. ”It.. it was.. a heat of the moment thing.. and well it felt good.. and I wanted to know him more.. and... and..” She became flustered to which Riyku sighed heavily. ”She became addicted after I had sex with her. If anyone it would be my fault. Happy now?” He questioned to which the girls seemed to pout. ”You had sex with Kristen, but when I want it you push me away!” Seraphina whined to which Riyku sighed again. ”Do you want to do it now then?” He inquired as to if he were being serious. ”Really!?” She gleefully asked to which Kristen shouted, ”No! He is mine!” Kristen would wrap her arm around his to which Seraphina looked down at her with a glare. ”Is it true you had sex with Kristen, Riyku?” Mina looked up at him with teary eyes to which the male sighed heavily. ”Yes, but do not get it twisted. I do not love her. She is the one who is in love with me. You are all equally precious to me, understand?” Riyku seemed firm in his statement. ”So then, you will have sex with us to if we asked?” Vex came forward with the question to which Riyku seemed a bit shocked by, but not the question more so how all the girls including Seraphina who wanted answers.
”Geez, are you trying to build a harem?” Skylar inquired teasingly. ”No, I am not,” Riyku replied to them before looking at the girls. ”Ugh, fine. Yes, I will have sex with you if you ask me. Including you Seraphina. Now can we go somewhere, I am quite tired.” Riyku stated to which each of them giggled happily at each other as if they had some secret meeting about this beforehand. ”Just remember, I am his First and Main wife; the rest of you are his Mistress'.” Seraphina stated firmly as she snuggled into him. Everyone except, Kristen seemed to be perfectly fine with it. ”Hell no! You came out of nowhere! Well, I mean you were here first, but not in this lifetime! I am his main!” The arguing between Kristen and Seraphina seemed to go the entire time even after they left the hallway. Riyku would sigh heavily, realizing what he had just got himself into and knew full well that this would become a handful.
”By the way... Seraphina you have the appearance of a demon. Can you change it up so you can blend in?” Mina inquired to which Seraphina nodded. ”I can.” And with that, her horns, wings and spaded tail would well disappear in a sense, and the darkness would swirl around her body to form into the school uniform. Although she seemed to stay afloat in the position she was him which was wrapping her arms around Riyku's neck from behind. ”Wow, that's pretty cool. I wish I could do that. I could wear anything I ever wanted.” Lira stated softly to which Seraphina blinked. ”I mean you can. Well, you can as long as you have Riyku do it. He can do it too; after all, all of my power is originally his.” The girls would look at Riyku suddenly who shook his head. ”Don't know how. As I said, Seraphina knows more about me than I do of myself.” Riyku stated to which Seraphina sighed and rested her chin upon his head. ”Speaking of which, what happened during that process? Normally, everyone goes with you; but we were all separated and scattered. Of course, we all found a draw point and converged together around a single memory; but nothing happened. You were amiss.” Seraphina stated to which Riyku's brow rose. ”I don't know. Coco could probably answer that one, but she is silenced. She was locked up by some entity I know nothing of. Saying that she is my limiter and if she was unleashed I would be unable to control my own power.” Riyku replied to which everyone seemed generally confused. ”Oh, Coco is my operator. She is the one that has been helping me from day one with figuring out this system and what not. It was about three months that she went MIA and I recently found her today along with what had happened to her.” Riyku explained to which everyone tried their best to understand.
”Well, we should try to get her back. She may be able to help you reunite with the rest of our family.” Seraphina stated with some sorrow as if she had missed them dearly. ”I will get them back.” Kristen seemed to state which caused Seraphina to look in her direction. ”Yup, we are Riyku's friends after all. If his family is in danger, then we will help out as best we can.” Vex would add and everyone seemed to agree. Seraphina smiled brightly and whispered something to Riyku's ear which caused him to blush softly. ”Hey!” Kristen shouted noting this, but Seraphina would only smile brightly at them. ”Thank you! Thank you all for looking out for him when he had no one else.” She genuinely seemed happy and grateful for everything, to which they all smiled at her. ”It is our pleasure,” Kristen stated as if speaking for the rest of them. ”Let's go grab a few drinks. After which I believe we should all stay at Mina's place.” Kristen would suggest to which everyone seemed to nod. ”I don't mind. We haven't had another sleepover in a while. It will be fun.” The group seemed to head off for the remainder of the night, conversing and having a great time. Instead of going to some bar, they decided to just go straight to Mina's place where they would play various fun games and enjoy several drinks into the evening.