I will strive beyond this cursed bloodline!

“I…” What did she want to do?

 

She wanted to sleep, she wanted to snuggle, and she wanted to give smochies to Rossie… She wanted to maybe snuggle with Rena too on the other side… She wanted to go into her bedroom and not leave for a year or two.

 

“I want to go home.” In the end that had been her answer, “I want to go home and go into my bedroom, cry for a day or two. Then search whatever I can salvage.”

 

Elizabeth turned to look at Rossie and Rena, both girls nodded at her. Rossie…well, she didn’t seem to have too much love for her home, if anything her attitude had been more lukewarm than anything. She had accepted to come here because Elizabeth wanted to meet her parents, if not chances were that Rossie wouldn’t have returned here.

 

Rena on the other hand… She truly didn’t seem to have anything else, Elizabeth was inclined to say that she was in the same boat, but to be honest. That wasn’t true, unlike Rena, Elizabeth had her parents looking after her…In some sense. She didn’t hate the fact that Mother hadn’t descended and smite Akira.

 

She was sure she had her reasons, and if Papa hadn’t done it, it must have been important, the people seemed to think that [Odyssey] was the one with a happy trigger, but Elizabeth knew that the moment that Papa decided to deal with something then the continent with the problem was as good as gone.

 

Unless she was standing in that continent that is.

 

“That is a good goal as any, so can you do that?” Lizbeth asked her, new maids had started coming into the room and pulling the fainted ones away. “Can you do that right now?”

 

Some butlers came in and carried Albert Singh away without saying anything.

 

“...I can’t can I?” Elizabeth asked, turning to Lizbeth, she didn’t think there was much to do here. They had managed to do what they wanted to do here and more.

 

“Not like that, there are more powers to be around, and without the presence of [The American Crusader] to punch down the problems they are festering. The [Nine] are powerful yes, but they aren’t [World Crushing] powers.” Lizbeth said, she summoned a notebook, was it a [Skill], an [Artifact]? Elizabeth wasn’t sure. “There are some that could theoretically hold that type of power, [The Beast Master] being one. But he doesn’t have the right mindset, then of course [The Warlock] could also theoretically have that level of power, but since he is a contractor he is leery about using it. Same for [The Prophet], and that leaves us with [Echidna], but that one is hard to get a read on.”

 

That was interesting, so there was that much of a difference between Papa and the others?

 

“So then that isn’t a problem for us,” Elizabeth said, only to find Rossie’s Mother's face palming. Elizabeth wasn’t quite sure what was the problem so she turned to look at Rossie. Only to find her smiling at her, that same smile she liked to use when she said something dumb.

 

What? What did she say?

 

“Most of the [Nine] have a third evolution job. There are suspicions about others having a fourth and even a fifth evolution. No side jobs, and no sub-classes, they are focused. Even their weaker member has a way to shore up their weakness.” Lizbeth said bringing a file from whatever extra-dimensional space she had used, “Case in point, [The Warlock], even without an arm, he managed to use a demonic arm as a replacement and has increased his power greatly. And this is with only a third job evolution and barely getting close to level 70.”

 

….Oh, it was the blue clown Papa liked to bring to her parties. That was the [Warlock]?

 

“...And this is the weakest member of [The Nine]?” Elizabeth could see it, the poor guy never quite got the tricks right, he was, however, fun to watch.

 

“Yes, this isn’t taking into consideration former members like [The Juggernaut] and [Shadow Pact], while the first is an all-rounder, she was known to be among the very few that could even spar with your father.” Lizbeth then turned to a picture of the blue armored man that was known as [The Juggernaut]. “She could defeat all the [Nine] and still have energy to spare.”

 

Wait, something wasn’t quite right in that phrase.

 

“She? [The Juggernaut] is female?” Elizabeth said turning her attention to the picture, no matter how one looked at it, there wasn’t anything feminine about that form. “That is a woman?”

 

Rossie narrowed her eyes at the picture, the same as Rena.

 

“I don’t see any evidence of a female body there, it could be the armor?” Rossie said, her eyes had shone for a second as she probably had cast one of her diagnosis spells.

 

“No, that isn’t an armor. There aren’t any seams or anything to suggest it's put on. That looks closer to natural armor than something you wear, did this woman seal herself in it? Or perhaps this is the result of an [Skill]? Akira had something like that, a [Skill] that let him summon a suit of armor directly over himself.” Rena said on the side, her eyes also had shone for a second. Only, unlike Rossie, Rena’s eyes had shone in red light.

 

Did Rena refer to [Hero’s Armory]? That seemed like a very convenient skill to have. And if Elizabeth was honest, she envied it. Her [Garage] Inventory was convenient, yes, but she needed to keep it neat and have a [Minion] dedicated to take care of it.

 

“...She is indeed a woman, and this form is indeed the result of a [Skill], but don’t tell her that you thought she was a man. She is conscious about her appearance.” Lizbeth said taking the picture back and into the folder, Elizabeth could see for a second part of another picture, but only managed to see parts of blue hair.

 

“Either way, all of them have third job evolutions. While you girls are still on the first one. And I know you two have the correct Level to [Evolve]. Why haven’t you done it?” Lizbeth said turning to Elizabeth and Rossie.

 

Wait, what about Rena?

 

“I have already gone through the [Evolution]... No reason to not.” Rena said, had she?

 

Elizabeth tried to look back into it, but couldn’t remember Rena having a different Job… Actually, had she even seen it before level 25?

 

“I doubled down on the job to increase the basic proficiencies, then at level 50 I want to evolve into [Master Swordswomen] or a similar one.” Rena added, “If that is okay?”

 

Why was she even looking at her?

 

“Of course it’s fine, I think you will be a good Sword Master,” Elizabeth answered confused.

 

Rena left a breath of relief from that, “Good…I don’t think I could ever pull the being a [Magical Girl], the dresses are cute and all. But…they show too much skin…” Said the red-haired girl shyly.

 

What? What is this girl going on about? Isn’t she the one who likes going around half-naked? Rena? Didn’t you spend the first night here meditating naked on your bed? The bed that was in front of the bathroom door? The same door that went into the bathroom they shared?

 

“...That is okay, if you don’t want to wear that kind of cute mini skirt you don’t need to,” Elizabeth said confused about what was going on with Rena.

 

Well, the more one knows….

 

“Thank you…I don’t mind showing skin to you or Rossaline, but other people are a no-go for me.” Rena said lowering her face and pulling some of her hair to hide herself.

 

Okay, that was cute, Elizabeth turned to look at Rossie and only found an amused glint in her girlfriend's face. Was she the only one who found that cute? Lizbeth smiled coldly too.

 

Was she the only normal one here? THAT WAS CUTE ALL RIGHT! Here was a shy girl who only wanted to show her nude body to those she loved, one who didn’t mind exposing herself for her loved ones, but who was willing to expose her skin if her loved ones asked it!

 

Wasn’t that cute!?!?

 

It was!

 

…why did that sound wrong? Either way, cute was cute. And Elizabeth declared that at this very moment, Rena was cute!

 

“Leaving your new girlfriend’s kink aside, you two need to [Evolve] your job, you not only get more skills open in case you increase the rarity, but you also increase the [Mana Pool] and [Health Pool],” Lizbeth said returning to what she had been speaking about.

 

“How does evolving a job increase our [HP]? Wasn’t that a visual representation only?” Elizabeth wondered, she had thought it was nothing more than a visual representation. That had been what her first [Identify] said at least.

 

“It is, but the [System] quantifies the amount of [Life Mana] you have and uses that to define how much HP you have. If you are wounded, the [System] takes that [Life Mana] and uses it to [Heal] you. Healing Magic also stimulates that while also mending the wounds, [Evolving] your [Job] increases the amount you can store.” Lizbeth answered and then turned to Rossie. “Rosy here for example, if she doubles down in [Healing] may find that her spells heal more, since she could stimulate more [Life Mana] in those she wants to [Heal].”

 

Huh, that was…interesting, so she had [Life Mana]? But she hadn’t felt it, and she was all about [Mana Manipulation].

 

“I see, so if I double down like Rena….” Rossie asked her Mother, “Will I get a greater job rarity at the third evolution?”

 

“As long as you are as dedicated as Rena then yes, she is honing her sword skills and did ask us for meditation techniques to calm her mind terrors,” Lizbeth said, this made Rossie click her tongue in annoyance. “You need knowledge about [Healing] and the correct proficiencies.”

 

That did give Rossie some chances to increase her job rarity, she was, after all. One of the most knowledge in healing, so maybe she would be able to increase her job rarity, which gave her more questions about her own situation.

 

What type of job rarity would she get?

 

“I am not very far from the next threshold, wouldn’t it be better to save it?” Elizabeth asked, she was ten levels away from the next evolution after all.

 

“There isn’t any advantage to waiting, if anything you will waste what little proficiency towards the second evolution and then use those achievements towards the third. If it was someone else I would advise saving them and wait for level 50. But you girls have a very interesting life, chances are that you will manage to increase the amount of achievements.” Lizbeth pointed, that was…true.

 

Rude, but also true. Chances were that she wouldn’t get an easy life ahead of her, even if she wanted to. And at least her most recent discovery…Right.

 

“If I upgrade it now, the achievements or experiences I have this week will be taken into account?” Elizabeth asked, she wanted to save the experiences about [Shadow Weaver] for her third job evolution.

 

“That is an interesting question. Usually, the experiences are all taken into account, if you want to prevent one from being used, you could try it. If it’s fresh enough you may be able to prevent it from being taken into account.” Lizbeth smirked, “I understand why you wouldn’t want your latest experiences to affect your evolution, but if you save it for the third, it may affect it more.”

 

Did Rossie’s Mother think she wanted to save her experience with the fight against Akira? As if. No, she wanted to save her experiences with [Shadow Weaver], if she could make her third job evolution be heavily influenced, then it would be for the best. If she didn’t manage to save Alice or [Elemental Weaver], then using that as a way to increase her job range….

 

Yes, that would be for the best.

 

“That is fine, it works better for my plans this way,” Elizabeth answered she would try and match her activities with what she thought would point her activities towards [Shadow Weaver]. “So, how do we go about this?”

 

“So long you are sure…” Lizbeth turned to her with a questioning look, then turning to Rossie, “I don’t think you have any experiences that would need to be saved, do you?”

 

“No, I will use all. Then make sure to use the correct approach to try and point my third evolution towards something more in line with what I want to achieve.” Rossie answered, what would that mean for Rossie? She had evolved her [Origin] before into [Empathic Healer]...

 

No wait, that was her [Origin]! Then what about her [Job]?

 

“Good, as for job evolution, just think about it, the [System] ought to answer. Usually, we would advise to do it in a safe place…” Lizbeth started saying only for Rena to stand up.

 

“I will protect them,” Rena said unsheathing her sword from…whatever space she used to store the thing. The red flaming Katana appeared in all its glory and even though it didn’t seem special. Elizabeth couldn’t help but think that the sword seemed more sharp than before.

 

“As we will. No one will breach our security.” Beatrice added, as the shadow dragons started moving from the shadows around, they all started to close into the room and started roaming around.

 

“...right….” Rossie’s Mother looked at the shadows, “...Good luck with Job Evolution…I will leave you girls to it.”

 

And on that note Rossie’s Mother left them, she didn’t even seem to be surprised that the door was open on its own without input from her.

 

“She has left this wing, she used a [Artifact] to teleport herself to the other side of the Manor… And has now left the Manor, she is standing in an open garden…Interesting.” Beatrice said with an amused glint in her eyes. “Do you wish for us to do anything about her Mistress?”

 

“No, let the poor woman go.” Elizabeth said turning to Beatrice, “Do you find tormenting your grandma that fun?”

 

“Yes,” Beatrice answered without waiting a second. “Yes, it is fun.”

 

….Why was this little thing also cute while answering like that?

 

Rossie! What kind of education are you giving your daughter?!?

 

“Remember to take pictures from obvious angles, that will make the point that she isn’t safe more obvious. If possible the pictures need to be taken as close as possible so that it makes it obvious that she was staring at the one taking the photos, and if you can. From mundane cameras.” In the meanwhile, Rossie was tainting her daughter more and more in the ways of the stalkers.

 

Such a cute and adorable Mother and Daughter Relationship…not.

 

Okay, it was cute, but still! What kind of family was this!?!? Was Elizabeth truly the only sane one!?!? She was?!?!? WHY?!?!?

 

“....Don’t forget about the baby…” Elizabeth said, reminding them about the unborn sister of Rossie, maybe that way Lizbeth would be stress-free?

 

“Father is still asleep, and there is no reason to bother with him, the one that holds the reins of this family is Mother,” Rossie answered.

 

What?

 

“...is this because of his stupid joke?” Elizabeth sighed while asking.

 

“Of course, wasn’t that adorable?” Rossie asked back, it wasn’t adorable. At all, maybe if he had good looks like Papa? But he didn’t, he was built like a normal person, if he had a face closer to the one that Alice had, the one that seemed to resemble Izanami people.

 

But he was closer in appearance with those that came from Germania, even though he lived in Camelot….What a weird family this one was.

 

“...Just don’t bother your parents too much, they like me so I would rather them be happy if possible.” Elizabeth added, then turning her attention to the room she searched for a place to sit, “I will start searching what I can get. Good luck Rossie.”

 

Rossie for her part also sat herself at the other side of the room, did she hate her? Rossie? My lap is here….

 

“We need to keep some distance since sometimes there are mana discharges, we don’t want the evolution to be put at risk because our mana interacts weirdly…” Rossie said when she saw her, was her face showing what she thought about her seating arrangement?

 

“I will make sure no one bothers you, not that I doubt Miss Beatrice’s defenses will be breached,” Rena said as she sat between the two girls. “Same for you Rossaline.”

 

“....Thank you, Rena.” Rossie said closing her eyes and grabbing Beatrice and sitting her on her lap, “...you may refer to me as Rossie.”

 

And on that note, Rossie closed her eyes, was this the first of many steps in Rossie accepting Rena? Was it?

 

“If you don’t deal with that smile I will…” Rossie started saying with her eyes closed.

 

“What Rossie? Will you not give me smoochies?” Elizabeth's glee was palpable, she was aware of which side loved more the smoochies. There was a reason why that was how she punished the pink-haired girl.

 

“I will rape you,” Rossie stated.

 

“.....WHAT?!?” Elizabeth’s face turned several shades of red as she stammered and raised her finger at her girlfriend.

 

“I will also record it, then when I’m done with you I will put it on the television and do it again. And again…all year long till we are eighteen, and then after that I will do it again.” ….that…that….

 

“ROSSIE!” THAT WAS TEMPTING WHAT THE HELL?!?

 

“Elizabeth.” Rossie answered back, “So stop being happy just because I am willing to entertain the idea of having Rena in our relationship if this is to be a three-way relationship…I know that I need to at least tolerate Rena.”

 

….Oh.

 

So she wasn’t going to be raped?

 

NO WAIT THAT ISN’T THE POINT!

 

“...Okay…do it at your own pace…But you can’t blame me for being happy.” Elizabeth said as she also closed her eyes. “...And it isn’t fair that you use these kinds of threats, I was tempted for a second…”

 

She of course said the last one in a low tone, one low enough that she was sure Rossie wouldn’t hear. She wasn’t sure if Beatrice or Rena could though. But one was probably wiser than her appearance implied, while the other…

 

Seemed just happy about being relied on and didn’t seem to think much about it, Elizabeth wasn’t quite sure how, but she got that weird feeling that sometimes Rena was smarter than other times, and sometimes acted differently. Like the last time that she kissed her, halfway through their kiss the girl was making a pro-active attempt, only for the later half to turn into a shy girl that was too passive.

 

And while Elizabeth [Loved] the shy girl one, she had been left wondering what was the deal with that.

 

But that was for another time!

 

Right now she had other things to do, like sulk about her almost dream-like long year session with Rossie in a bed! No wait, not that one!

 

“Job Evolution….Give me the Job Evolution options available.” That, she sent that prompt into the [System], into [The World]. And now…now she waited.

 

For what would [The World] answer to her this time…..