The light flashed once more, signifying the end of our teleportation, our forms appearing right at the gates of the academy.

Lucky for me, Khalifa had decided to be merciful as we didn’t need to use any janky boats this time around, arriving in less than a day.

"Finally... I can get some well deserved rest." I stretched, already anticipating the comfort of doing nothing but unpacking my system logs, once more.

"Haaa..." I was already getting tired just thinking about it.

"WOOAHHHH!!!!" An excited yell sounded out, the figure of little Lucien standing on top of my head as his eyes glittered, opening wide as he looked around in curious excitement.

"Soooo many people...." He seemed absolutely thrilled.

"Heh! Little Lucien, want to take a look around with big sis?" Trust Khalifa to cash in on the opportunity.

She’s been giving the boy cutesy eyes ever since we left the demon continent, so I wasn’t surprised she took her chance.

"REAAAALLLLLLY???? We caaaan????"

"Of course we can! Now come, come to big sis."

"YAAAAAYYY!!!" Trust the little guy to not care for anything but the excitement of touring the academy city.

"Hehehehehe..." Khalifa’s eyes squinted, a radiant smile appearing on her face as she cuddled the boy.

"Big sis... onward!! Let’s go see the city!! Hiyaaaa!!"

"Luc... Lucien! Behave!" The demoness tried to intervene, but,

"Alright little brother! Let’s GOOOOO!!!!" She had no idea she was dealing with two children not one.

"Wai.. wait! Miss Khalifa!!"

She chased after the mischievous duo, flustered.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The laughter of the two echoed as what promised to surely be a very traumatizing tourist experience for the whole of academy city began.

...

...

"Haaa... that was satisfying." Khalifa sighed as she hugged the passed out figure of Lucien gently.

They’d been having fun all day, doing whatever they wanted, eating whatever they wanted, until eventually, the little man’s battery finally ran out.

Now, we were on our way to my academy manor and I was already dreading the event.

I had no doubt that I was bound to run into one of Kaila’s "ideas".

"Haaa... let’s just get this over with.." I sighed, resigning myself to fate.

........

BANG!!!!

The door slammed open as Khalifa kicked it down.

"Alright bitches!! Stop whatever you’re doing, look what I’ve got!!" Her excited voice echoed through the whole building, sounding as excited as someone that had found a bag of treasure.

"Khali? That you? Thank goodness you’re back...."

"Hooo... thank goodness, I was worried since you guys were taking longer than expected.."

"Heh! So you guys succeeded huh?..."

"I wonder how Dante reacted...."

As expected, the girls were doing their usual shenanigans, with only towels wrapped around their seductive figures, they were splayed on the floor of the living room, a space they’d transformed into a beach for reasons I wasn’t even interested in finding out.

Their questions and words died in their throats as their gazes finally landed on the figure Khalifa was displaying with full confidence.

"Yaaaawn!!! Uhh... big sis? Where are we?" Little Lucien yawned, rubbing his eyes sluggishly as he voiced out in a sleepy voice.

......

......

A beat of silence passed and then,

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A scream so loud I had to jump out of my feet resounded all through the building, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was heard throughout the whole academy.

"MOVE!!!!"

BANG!!!

Before I could even understand what was happening, a fist had connected with my face, sending me flying as the girls rushed towards Khalifa.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" Another wave of mindless screaming filled the place as I finally crashed into an unfortunate wall, tearing the thing down.

"Ughh... what’s wrong with you crazy people!!" I yelled in frustration.

Why did I have to get punched when I was just minding my own business?

......

"Hello???"

Yea. No answers whatsoever, their attentions had all been stolen by the little man.

"So cute!!!!"

"Look at his cheeks!!!"

"Look at his wings!!! So tiny!!! So cute!!!"

"Give him!!!"

Their voices came out layered and chaotic as suddenly their eyes locked onto Khalifa.

"Stop hogging the boy, give him here!" Kaila smiled a not so innocent smile as she stretched out her arms.

"Yea, right! Nice try bitch! He’s going nowhere." Khalifa immediately pulled her arms back, pressing the child against her chest.

"Ugh... big sis... Lucien... air..."

"Khalifa.... You arrived with the kid, surely you’ve hogged him enough, don’t be selfish." Mira smiled, the expression not reaching her eyes as she stretched her hands out.

"You bitches can suck my dick! He’s going nowhere, and I’m ready to fight you guys!"

How the situation went from being worried about our safety, to being a showdown for who gets the kid is absolutely beyond me.

The rising temperature of the entire place immediately stole my attention as I looked at Melissa, her hair was already floating upwards.

"Khalifa... don’t make us hurt you..."

The temperature dropped on Khalifa’s side as her massive blade appeared within her hands.

"You bitches can try."

Suddenly the whole place was filled with battle lust.

Poof!!

A sudden glitter of purple smoke behind me and I turned.

There, poking his little head out in dread and terror was the little guy.

"Heh! Why are you hiding big man.."

"Big.. big brother... those big sisters.. they’re scary..." the little guy shrunk down, diving into my hair and using it as cover as his tiny head poked out, his childish curiosity not allowing him to ignore the showdown about to happen.

And just when the tension seemed ready to snap,

"Errmm... miss Khalifa, I’m not sure this is the right time for us to intrude on you guys, how about me and Lucien take our leave." The voice of the demoness immediately shut it down as all the girls turned in sync, their attention now fully focused on the demoness, as she visibly shrunk back.

"A demon?" Melissa growled, the temperature shooting up instantly.

"What’s a filthy demon doing here??" Cara’s cold and murderous voice echoed right behind Melissa’s.

It seems the two had conveniently forgotten that the kid they were about to slug it out for was a demon as well.

"Easy... hey!" Khalifa stood before the demoness, placating the girls.

"Khalifa... what’s the meaning of this?" Melissa growled, not backing down.

"Mel... I know why you’re angry, and I swear I understand, but please, at least just hear me out, you can decide what to do then."

"There’s nothing I need to hear from a demon Khali..."

"Trust me Mel... she’s here. Alive.."

"What’s that supposed to mean?

"She’s here, alive, and Dante isn’t doing anything..." her words seemed to snap the girls to their senses.

Melissa turned towards me, her confusion clear.

"Dante... what’s..."

"Haaaa....." I ruffled my hair, well, tried too, but I unintentionally disturbed the guest there.

"OWW!!"

"Sorry little man."

"Hehehehe... it’s fine big brother.."

Hearing his cheerful voice, I turned back towards Melissa,

"Haaa... trust me, as much as I can’t stand her existence, I have no choice."

"What do you mean?" It was Cara that asked this time around.

"Hope... I think this is where you try to convince them not to tear you apart." I spoke up, closing my eyes, wisely stepping out of the whole mess.

"Hope?" Mira

"A demon? Named hope?" Cara

"Well, start talking. Why shouldn’t I burn you to cinders right here and now, you demon spawn." Melissa asked as all eyes turned toward the already shrunken back demoness.

"Don’t worry..." Khalifa comforted, "they look like this, but once they hear you out, it’ll be alright." As she beckoned softly.

....

....

After struggling with herself for a few moments, the demoness, Hope, finally gathered herself as she began retelling the events leading up to her capture, right until we came and got them out...

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A/N: who’s willing to guess how the girls are going to react? Especially Melissa when she learns it’s someone from her family? I bet y’all can’t..

Anyways,

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Thanks for reading..