It was such an annoying flaw.
Takumi chuckled at Jibril's words.
"Want to speed it up?"
"Go fight. Or just burn through your current energy, then let it replenish naturally."
Upon hearing that, Jibril's eyes sparkled.
"Alright!"
And with that, she teleported instantly.
Moments later, her voice echoed from afar.
"Divine Strike!"
Her voice came from the distance, and in the next moment, the sea evaporated.
Brilliant light surged skyward, followed by shockwaves radiating in all directions.
Thankfully, the coastal region was uninhabited.
Otherwise, the damage to Takumi's world could've been catastrophic.
Watching the mushroom cloud rise, Takumi was speechless.
Jibril really didn't hold back. She was so eager to act.
He hurried over.
Before long, he spotted a small loli flapping her wings in exhaustion.
It was Jibrilcompletely drained.
Seeing her, Takumi sighed.
"Quick, catch me!"
Her cute, childish voice rang out upon seeing him.
Takumi grinned. Loli-form Jibril really was adorable.
He quickly moved forward to catch her.
"You really used up every last bit of power?"
"Seriously? You weren't worried you'd fall?"
To unleash all that power from such a height...
Glancing at the still-rising mushroom cloud, Takumi shook his head.
With a thought, he used his power to erase all the residual effects of Jibril's blast.
The raging waves instantly calmed.
Having taken care of that, Takumi vanished with Jibril in his arms.
"Azriel, the rest of you can roam freely."
"Just don't cause trouble."
"I'm taking Little Jibril with me."
Not long after he disappeared, his voice echoed in the minds of the Flgel.
They looked at each other.
Then they turned their attention to Azriel.
"What a pitynyan."
"Little Jibril's gone loli again."
"Let's head into the city."
"No fightingnyan!"
Azriel didn't dwell on it. She called out to the others.
They began heading toward Hope City.
Many of the Flgel were curious.
This world seemed to be linked to others.
And there was apparently lots of delicious food.
That alone piqued their interest.
Delicacies?
They wondered how tasty it all would be.
With that, the Flgel began bustling with activity.
Takumi had placed the portal on that side, which drew the attention of many deities.
Loki was the first to act, leading her Familia straight in.
Rather than staying in their old world, she wanted to develop in Takumi's.
Dungeons?
Were dungeons really more fun than the Gourmet World?
She preferred to send her Familia to the Gourmet World to become food hunters.
The food there was deliciousand could make you stronger.
What was the appeal of dungeons anyway?
Chapter 286: The Twelve-Parted Agulora
Loki had already made up her mind. If the worlds were going to merge, she would convert her familia into gourmet hunters. Perhaps she could even recruit more followers from that world.
Because of this plan, Loki came over directly. She brought Hestia along as well. After all, no matter what, Hestia was a hearth goddess. If she came to this world, she'd surely be welcomed by all the chefs. So, albeit reluctantly, she partnered with Loki.
Her familia would go out hunting for ingredients, while Hestia would recruit chefs into her own ranks. A powerful alliance to grow even stronger and greater.
This was a major world after allconnected to so many others. If they could expand here, just how powerful could their familia become?
It was with that vision that Loki sought development in Takumi's world. And truthfully, there were many familia with the same idea, especially after the rules of the merged world began to change.
The others simply couldn't develop any further. So they were all preparing to move to a new world.
Loki didn't hide the situation from Takumi. She had mentioned it plainly before, and it likely wouldn't be long before other familia began arriving too.
By being the first to arrive, she would naturally get a head start.
In fact, many who discovered the portal had already rushed overincluding Kazuma.
Takumi's world was so modernized; of course, Kazuma wanted to return. He had no interest in staying in that old-fashioned fused world. Even though it was safe now, he just didn't like it. Too outdated.
He preferred modern technology.
Even a certain slime thought the same.
But Takumi didn't pay much attention to any of that. If they wanted to come to his world, let them. The more his world developed, the more he benefited.
At that moment, Takumi had already returned home.
Seeing Takumi bring back Jibril, Miori Shiba was instantly confused.
"Eh? Why did she turn into Little Jibril?"
"Did she fight with Schwi?"
Miori Shiba was stunned. Takumi had brought back both Little Jibril and Schwi. Seeing them together, she assumed they must've fought, which caused Jibril to become like this.
"No, not at all. She wanted to convert all her energy into Honkai energy, so she blasted a Divine Strike... and well, you can guess the rest."
Hearing that, Miori Shiba was speechless.
"Good grief! That's Little Jibril for you."
She stepped forward and scooped up Little Jibril in her arms.
Little Jibril was immediately upset.
"What are you doing? Let me go!!"
Jibril was furious. What the heck was this woman doing, just picking her up like that? Was she looking to die?
"Be good!"
Miori Shiba smiled brilliantly. Right now, Little Jibril was just a powerless loli. She could be squeezed and hugged however one wanted.
With that thought, she happily carried Little Jibril back inside, not forgetting Schwi either. She brought them both into the house.
Takumi's home was now incredibly lively.
Twelve lolis, plus Lilia and Esdeath were all present.
These lolis had become quite familiar with the place. It was entirely their home now.
Some of them had even gotten into magical girl shows?
As Takumi entered the main hall, he saw several of them reciting lines they had picked up from who-knows-where.
The moment he returned, Takumi was greeted by a bunch of chunibyo kids.
No waitnot chunibyo. After all, they could actually pull it off.
If you can do what you say, that's not chunibyothat's badass.
"Thou hath returned?"
Agulora was lounging on the sofa eating ice cream.
She was the first to notice Takumi's return. Her eyes lit up the moment she saw him.
The other lolis turned their attention as soon as she spoke.
All of them stood up in unison.
Seeing this group of girls, Takumi couldn't help but smile. His mood was great.
"You're all here. How have you been lately? Getting used to this place?"
Takumi sat beside Agulora.
She nodded cheerfully in response.
"This place is heaven! I'm really happy here."
She answered excitedly. In this place, she didn't have to do anything. Whatever she wanted to eat, she only needed to say it.
She was absolutely thrilled.
"Yeah, yeah! And there's so much fun stuff!"
"Mmm... I want to go to school. Is that okay?"
"Me too! I want to learn magic."
"I want to become a magical girl."
"Me too, me too!!"
At Takumi's question, the girls all started chattering.
They all had dreams.
Perhaps the only one who didn't want to attend school was Agulora?
But honestly, these twelve girls might all be a little dumb.
They were originally a single entity, now split into twelve.
If that quintuplet anime could rate intelligence, then these girls were probably even worse.
"Alright. Just have Prometheus arrange it. It's no big deal. You can just ask."
Want to go to school? That was a piece of cake.
Once they got Takumi's confirmation, the lolis erupted in cheers.
"Yay!"
"Awesome, now we can become magical girls!"
"No more yay!!"
"Hmph, childish!!"
A group of lolis shouting noisilyit was chaos.
Takumi watched all this with a big grin.
With so many people in the house now, it felt much livelier.
"So what are you going to have me do?"
At that moment, Esdeath walked over, eyes fixed on Takumi.
What about her? What would she do next?
"You? You'll be building an army. That'll be your job."
"Before that, get familiar with how things work in my world."
"There might not be much fighting, but we can't go without an army."
Takumi turned to Esdeath and said seriously.
Having a sword and having nothing are two very different things.
If they could establish a force, then they should.
"Got it!"
Esdeath nodded without hesitation.
She didn't refuse. As long as she had a purpose, she'd fulfill it.
Without wasting any time, she picked up a terminal and began studying the data of this world.
Thanks to Takumi's order, Prometheusomnipresent as alwaysgranted her access to various permissions, letting her understand the world in detail.
Chapter 287: This Woman Is Trouble
After Takumi returned home, he didn't go out again. During dinner, Gabriel came over and met everyone in the household.
However, Agulora and the others didn't seem very fond of Gabriel. The same went for Little Jibril. When she saw the angel, she immediately wanted to throw hands.
But Gabriel, upon seeing Little Jibril, lit up with admiration.
"You look just like an angel. Are you interested in becoming one? I can help you reincarnate."
Gabriel extended an invitation to Jibril. Want to be an angel? If so, I can make it happen anytime.
"Who wants to be an angel?! I'd rather be a dog than an angel! Ptooey!"
Jibril scowled with disdain.
Hearing that, Gabriel was stunned.
"Huh?" Gabriel was instantly offended. "What did you just say, you little brat?"
She angrily pinched Jibril's cheeks.
You look like an angel, so I wanted to help you. And you throw it back in my face?
She was pissed!
"Let go of me, you dumb bird-brain!!" Jibril fumed. She was absolutely livid. How dare this bird treat her like this?
With no strength in her current state, Jibril struggled violently.
"Heh! Today's the day I teach you some manners."
Gabriel grabbed her and dragged her off to knead and squish.
That'll teach you to talk back!
Soon, Jibril's angry protests echoed through the villa.
Takumi watched the scene and chuckled.
He didn't intervene. Let them play.
He opened the group chat and turned his attention to something else.
Izayoi still had a World Access Gate.
Takumi: [@Izayoi] Who ended up with the gate?
Since they completed the mission together, it should be one of them.
Izayoi: [Takumi's Red Packet] [Here you go!] [No use keeping it myself.]
As soon as Takumi asked, Izayoi sent it over.
He had no use for the thing. If Takumi wanted it, take it.
After all, Takumi's world needed it to merge with others.
Takumi accepted without ceremony.
No points exchanged. Just took it.
Takumi: [Alright, I'll take it.]
Kudou Asuka: [Another World Access Gate? Your world's starting to look like Little Garden. Planning to build something like that?]
Asuka was curious about Takumi's plans. Would he model his world like Little Garden? Or something else?
Izayoi: [I think it should become a central hub connecting all worlds. That's cooler. If any world could access yours, it'd be perfect.]
Izayoi was quite intrigued by the idea. Why copy Little Garden? Make it the center of all worlds!
Takumi had already gathered so many people from different realms. If he could create portals to all worlds, that'd be ideal.
He might even move there himself!
Takumi paused, reading the messages. He hadn't really considered it.
How should his world develop?
Multicultural bloom?
Takumi's world, while full of newcomers, hadn't even explored space properly.
So this was a future goal.
Takumi: [Let's take it slow. We've just started exploring the universe. Once we've mapped things out, we'll see.]
No rush. He hadn't even owned this world for a full year, and already it had progressed this much.
Slow growth was fine.
With a long lifespan, he had all the time in the world to develop things.
Seeing that, Izayoi dropped the topic.
Black Tower: [Takumi's Red Packet] [Mbius and Vilvi.] [They've completed their studies.]
Takumi blinked at the notice. Oh right, those two were still there.
He quickly accepted and released Mbius and Vilvi from his space bracelet.
Seeing Mbius again surprised him.
She was no longer in her child form, but a mature woman.
Vilvi, meanwhile, hadn't changed.
"Finally back! Takumi, I want to build a train to explore space! Help me!!"
Vilvi's eyes lit up as she clung to his arm. She wanted a train like the Astral Express.
Takumi was speechless.
"Mbius is already on it. She's planning to terraform Mars into a launching pad for interstellar exploration."
Mbius had been working on that nonstop. While Takumi was away, she'd almost completed preparations.
Vilvi's eyes sparkled.
"Really?! Great! I'm off then."
She didn't even stick aroundjust bolted out.
Once she was gone, Takumi turned to Mbius.
"So, what's your status? Fully recovered?"
She must've gained quite a bit.
Mbius smiled, lips curving slyly.
"How do I look? Pretty amazing now that I'm grown, right?"
She beamed at him, serpentine eyes full of anticipation.
"Eh you're alright."
Takumi gave her a blank look. Did she really change back just to brag?
"I heard you brought back some vampires and other races."
She scanned the room.
Beyond the familiar faces, there were twelve identical twins. Then Esdeath and a thoroughly bullied Jibril under Gabriel's control.
She glanced at Esdeath and understood immediately.
Herrscher of Ice?
Right, a weakling Herrscher.
Old Era's Ice Herrscher was soloed by Qianjie.
Current Era's Ice Herrscher got stomped too.
All weaklings.
In Mbius's eyes, Esdeath was just another weakling Herrscher.
As for the twelve with varied powersthat must be the vampires.
Chapter 288: Isnt That Natsuki-chan?
Though Mbius had now attained immortality, she remained deeply curious about other speciesespecially vampires, creatures shrouded in legend.
"Hello there, little ones. I'm Mbius. Would you like to visit my lab for a while?"
Mbius licked her lips as she looked at Agulora, who was enjoying some ice cream. Her invitation was sincere.
The moment Agulora heard her, her hair stood on end. An intense sense of danger welled up inside her.
