Chapter 4: Blessing a Knight
"W-Wait a second! What do you mean by kiss!?" She exclaimed loudly with slightly pinkish cheeks. This was quite embarrassing! How did this conversation evolve into this!?
"Hmm? Didn't you give all those fealty oaths? From being my sword and all that. Don't even mind dying for me."
"T-That's different! Fighting is one thing! But kissing is another!"
*Sigh*
"And here I thought I got everything in one package."
For a second, she was confused.
"Your yesterday's performance has impressed my mom to the point that she didn't stop talking about you. And since you will be sticking around for your whole life, I see no reason to resist my offering to bless you, which will improve your overall performance."
For a moment, she had a thoughtful look.
"I see, so in other words, your mother will think that I am your girlfriend since I am around all the time.
So, is this an order from my lord?" She asked quite suggestively, which somewhat sent me warning bells.
"Order? Not quite. It's an option for you. Do you wish to possess the blessing of the King of Gods? Which, according to my estimation, would double your magic reserves and give perks related to his authority.
Or you can decline and continue being as you are." I said to her with a shrug.
"...I see. And what is that you want? Do you want me to be your girlfriend in name or reality? After all, you are one of the kings of this world. Your world is the law~" She said that with quite a suggestive tone; the whole professionalism disappeared and was replaced by suggestive whispering from a demoness.
"Indeed. And I gave you an ultimatum—a choice. You take it or not. Or do you want me not to give you any choice? On purpose?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. This does feel like she doesn't want me to give her a choice. Is this a kink of hers?
As I said that, she had a smirk on her face.
"...ah, now I understand. It WAS an order." She nodded at me.
"In other words, you want me to be your girlfriend. It is to be expected. I am one of the youngest Great Knights and Diavolo Rosso of Copper Black Cross. I doubt there is a better choice for a Campione."
'Ah, so she is narcissistic. Quite amusing. I can work with that.'
"Indeed. Since you don't want to choose and give me the option to choose instead, I will gladly take you as my girlfriend." As I said that, her eyes slightly widened as she realised that she ended up in a trap.
The way I worded this, it sounded like it was me who decided to take her as a girlfriend instead of me asking her to be my girlfriend.
I am playing on her narcissism.
"You! You did that on purpose!"
"Maybe? Maybe not? Doesn't matter now, does it?"
She sighed in resignation.
"Fine! You played me. Still, I wanted such a thing to be somewhere more romantic. Well, I suppose being a girlfriend of a Campione is a good replacement." Erica said that with a somewhat disappointed tone.
"More romantic? Hmm, I suppose I can find a place." As I said that, I approached her before she realised, I was already in front of her.
She was about to ask what I was going to do, but I ignored it and picked her up in a princess carry. And yes, she is quite smooth and great to touch, and of course, she was extremely light.
"W-Wait, what you—-"
Before she could voice say more, I kicked myself off the ground, and a sky-blue aura surrounded me. I started rapidly flying up before diving towards the river and starting to fly along the riverway.
"Hold on! We can't just fly in the middle of the day like this!" She said that right into my ear as she was now hugging me tightly.
"And why not? Weren't you the one who said the whole thing about that place is not good?" As I said, I found a few small islands in the middle of the river.
They landed on the somewhat sandy beach, which had some grass and quite lush trees.
"I know! I know! There is no need for such a reaction! I wasn't expecting you just to pick me up like this!" She exclaimed with a sigh.
"Right… I remember you saying that Campione's are tyrants and oppressors. I am pretty sure they were unreasonable as well."
Now she rolled her eyes at me as I let her down on the ground.
"...I suppose it is partially my fault as well. However, you are the one who started the whole 'Girlfriend' thing. So you should understand my reaction." Quickly enough, she made herself only partially at fault. Quite foxy of her.
"Indeed. This is why I decided to rectify it!" I said quite seriously.
"...Yes… I can see that. But I suppose a simple date would have fixed it. There is no need to abuse your powers." She said it quite smoothly to me.
"Well, that is acceptable."
"Yes. Since you want me as your girlfriend, I want all the things which come with it as well." She said that while pointing out with her finger.
'She is either unreasonably reckless, or her confidence triumphs over her fear of Campione.' I thought quite curiously. She is quite the catch.
"Hmm. It is reasonable." As I said that, I walked over to her as she, this time, was ready. She was ready for pick up. I won't be taking her for a pickup.
Her eyes widened as I pulled her for a kiss. A small blush crept on her cheeks which made her eyes slightly misty, but then my King's Authority kicked in, which meant the requirement had been met. Erica accepted the proposal to 'join' the court.
Sure enough, magic started to flow into her, and this caused a reaction from her.
"Mmhnnh~~~"
The blonde beauty softly moaned Into my mouth as my magic spread through her body.
And true to my predictions, her overall powers have increased.
As my magic was invading her, I had the opportunity to grab her jeans-clad perfect rear with a powerful squeeze.
*Muffled Moan*
Eventually, the process was over, and she pulled back.
"...You~ This is only the first day, and you are already taking liberties like this! No wonder you got four authorities from that pervert!" She exclaimed with a small amount of anger even though she said that she didn't pull away from me, which meant that my hands were still on the rear!
"If you say so~," I said with an amused tone as I started to float. The girl quickly pulled herself towards me by wrapping her hands around my neck.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
After that small derailment, Erica did learn how to fly. She even exclaimed that this was even better than certain someone.
It sounds like she has a rival of some sort who can fly.
However, she didn't reveal more without Raynor ordering her. It is amusing how she is not afraid that he is not going to snap at her.
Well, this is more like she is getting comfortable with this new development because she became much more seductive after the whole thing with becoming my girlfriend.
Another thing which happened is that the west side of the country, close to the coastline, started to experience an enormous amount of rain.
"It appears Poseidon market is the area where you are going to fight," Erica said to him as they were watching the news on TV in his house.
The journalist is talking about a storm which was not forecasted, and it didn't make any sense.
"What about the magic associations in this area? Don't they need to explain in a way that would sound realistic?" Raynor asked her with a small frown.
"Already working on it. They know you exist, and they are working very hard right now." She said that with a slightly sadistic smile.
"At least that is good. Do you think he will continue to affect that area like that for the remainder of 6 days?" He asked her while looking closely at the storm. It was going quite strong there, and the thunder was quite powerful as well.
"He will. And he is not doing anything. The presence of a Heretical God as powerful as Poseidon alone is strong enough to cause a storm just by standing there." Erica seriously said that as they looked at the screen.
"I suggest training and getting better with your magic In that period as much as you can. There is nothing we can do to change it. Unless you wish to engage him as you are right now?" The blonde said while looking away from the screen and towards him.
"No. There is one thing which I need to do before I can engage him."
Raynor's words made her think for a bit.
"You wish to grasp the whole of your magic before engaging him?"
"Yes. That is vital If I am to fight him."
She nodded when she heard that.
"True. You have power but no authority, which has hard damage. I suppose I need to teach you how to fight hand in hand." She said that with a thinking look.
"I do have a finishing move. But it's not something I can spam."
"Oh… Master Bolt?"
Erica said with a realising look.
"Indeed. You could say I have an edge against him to a certain degree." Raynor said that while leaning back into the couch while crossing his hands.
"Which disappears when he goes into the water." The blonde pointed it out for him.
"I know. This is why we need to fight in the air."
"Then you need to take care of him before he enters the sea. If he does that, you won't be able to pull him out."
The Seventh Campione nodded at her.
"Indeed. But I can always pull on their pride? Is it not? They are arrogant." He pointed that out.
"Yes, It could work. But they are still Heretical Gods. The stronger their pride and ego, the more power their Authorities have. You could provoke them but be careful of the repercussions of such taunt."
"I see. I suppose I should return to training while you get me everything you know about Poseidon."
Before she can pull a trick on him by giving him a ton of books. Raynor added a few more extras
"In as short a summary as possible."
At that moment, she deflated for a second.
"As you wish."
After that, Raynor trained as much as he could to take over control of his vast amount of magical reserves.
Apart from that, he tested out his physical strength. The God King's Body gave him an immense amount of Strength. Raynor easily punched through trees. And could easily shatter boulders as well.
According to Erica, there is the possibility that this authority manifested based on Hercules' labours, where he could divert a river and choke Nemean Lion to death. As well as shatter Mountains with nothing more than a fist strike.
It was roughly marking that he was as powerful as someone who could shatter a mountain with a fist strike.
That, of course, went up even more when he was in the sky, as Raynor felt an increase in power from another authority.
Then he tested out the limits of his Thunder without using Master Bolt.
He could send lightning from his hands; he could call forth lightning from the sky. He could use lightning as a weapon, and he could channel it through his body as well.
There is a small increase in speed when channelling lightning through his body.
However, this speed buff was not as good as the British King's Lightning ability according to Erica. Who said that Raynor's lightning was more versatile and powerful while the British King's one gave unparalleled ability over speed?
And so, the week passed, and it was time for the duel!
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