A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1470 - 993: One Night Passed_2

Chapter 1470: Chapter 993: One Night Passed_2

"Do you really think I was complimenting you?"

Duanmu Huai landed a punch squarely on Banriya’s head, causing the little devil to crouch down and hold her head in pain.

Forget it, it looks like this is the only option for now. Anyway, I’m not the one suffering.

With this thought, Duanmu Huai shrugged, then walked up to Naruse Mio, staring at her. A sharp gleam flickered in his eyes.

[Quality Exploration]—— Activated!

Very quickly, rows of information appeared before Duanmu Huai’s eyes.

[Naruse Mio]

[Submissiveness: LV0]

[Physical Attribute: Perfect, Huge, Easily Addicted, Easily Wet]

[Quality: Masochistic Attribute, Shyness, C Sensitive, B Sensitive, V Sensitive, Tsundere]

[Imprint: Pain Seal (LV0), Happiness Seal (LV0), Submission Seal (LV0), Resistance Seal (LV0)]

Wow, this is truly......

Looking at Naruse Mio’s attributes displayed in front of him, Duanmu Huai couldn’t help but sigh—it was honestly impressive. If this were a martial heroes novel, she’d be considered a natural-born waifu!

But at least now he could get the situation sorted out.

With these thoughts, Duanmu Huai reached out and picked Naruse Mio up off the floor. Feeling Duanmu Huai’s embrace, Naruse Mio’s body trembled violently. She looked up at Duanmu Huai, opening her mouth as if to speak but unable to utter a word.

"Just leave it to me."

After saying this, Duanmu Huai carried Naruse Mio into the bedroom and firmly shut the door behind them.

Soon, night passed.

"Ugh......"

When the morning sunlight streamed through the windows into the room, Naruse Mio groggily opened her eyes. She stared blankly at her surroundings before turning her head to the side. Quickly, she realized she wasn’t in her own bedroom but a strange, unfamiliar room.

"Where am I...!"

Naruse Mio hurriedly sat up. Then, the next moment, her gaze fell on the blood-stained sailor uniform placed next to her. At that moment, all the events of the previous night came flooding back into her mind.

"Right..."

Sitting upright on the bed, Naruse Mio replayed everything that had happened the night before—the monster who attacked her parents, getting rescued by the uncle from next door, being coaxed by Banriya’s sweet talk in the dead of night to make a pact with the uncle, and then......

"Ugh......"

Thinking about it, Naruse Mio’s face flushed red with mortification, wishing she could dig a hole and bury herself in it. Although things hadn’t gone completely to the final step last night, she clearly remembered the sensation of almost forgetting everything, feeling utterly consumed by bliss and happiness. At first, Naruse Mio had resisted, but she slowly found herself wanting to forget everything—her nightmare of losing her parents. If only she could forget it completely......

"......"

With this thought, Naruse Mio’s mood sank again. She dressed herself and walked out of the room.

"Ah, Lord Mio!"

Seeing Naruse Mio emerge, Banriya, who was preparing breakfast, quickly rushed over.

"How are you feeling, Lord Mio? Are you okay?"

"I’m fine......"

Softly replying, Naruse Mio sneaked a glance at Duanmu Huai, who was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.

"Um... Uncle, I’m sorry for yesterday......"

"It’s no big deal; it was all that little devil’s doing. I’ve already taught her a lesson."

Duanmu Huai waved dismissively. Hearing his words, Banriya’s petite frame visibly shuddered—"Iron Fist Head-Split"? That was super scary, okay!

By the way, Naruse Mio’s attribute now looked like this.

[Naruse Mio]

[Submissiveness: LV1]

[Physical Attribute: Perfect, Huge, Easily Addicted, Easily Wet]

[Quality: Masochistic Attribute, Shyness, C Sensitive, B Sensitive, V Sensitive, Tsundere]

[Imprint: Pain Seal (LV0), Happiness Seal (LV2), Submission Seal (LV1), Resistance Seal (LV0)]

How should I put this... Naruse Mio’s physical attributes make her practically tailor-made to be a corrupted heroine in a certain type of hentai animation. She’s the quintessential "falls apart with just a couple of moves" type.

If Duanmu Huai wanted, he could easily turn Naruse Mio into someone impossible to resist within a single night. But Duanmu Huai still maintained some moral integrity. If it were one of those hopeless virgins, they’d probably be clueless about what to do. However, Duanmu Huai had been trained hands-on by Ling’Nu, the genius female ninja, and had the Pink Book as his ultimate weapon. Combine that with Naruse Mio’s naturally weak constitution, and it was no surprise that she had almost no defense against Duanmu Huai’s advances—losing completely before fainting.

With her [Submissiveness] elevated to LV1, the curse was lifted... Well, at least this meant Naruse Mio had mentally surrendered to Duanmu Huai.

Subsequently, everyone sat down for an awkward breakfast. But since Duanmu Huai was the adult, it didn’t take long for him to dispel the tense atmosphere.

"Alright, we’ve got plenty of things to take care of next."

"Plenty of things?"

"That’s right."

Duanmu Huai nodded, looking at Naruse Mio.

"First, your parents’ funeral arrangements, as well as handling some procedural matters."

"......"

Naruse Mio’s actions paused at this, her head hanging low. Truthfully, even now, she couldn’t fully come to terms with the death of her parents. Even though Banriya claimed they were merely foster parents and not her biological ones, Naruse Mio couldn’t care less. Regardless of whether they raised her because of orders or some other reason, they had done their best to bring her up. To Naruse Mio, they were far more meaningful than that long-dead Demon Clan father. She cared deeply for her foster parents who raised her.

"Next, we also need to move houses, and you’ll need to transfer schools—well, I suggest you transfer to Ryuo Academy where I teach."

"Ryuo Academy?"

"Exactly. I mentioned earlier that one of my students—Liliath Mongrily—is attending that school. According to her, that territory belongs to her family. Moreover, I’m a teacher at Ryuo Academy, so if someone tries to target Naruse like before, they’ll likely think twice. It’ll also be easier for me to handle matters if something happens."

"I don’t have any objections... But why do we have to move?"

While her home had been destroyed, this was still the apartment where Naruse Mio had grown up, so her instinct was to resist leaving.

"There are two reasons. First, this is a single-person apartment and not suitable for multiple occupants. You see, my place doesn’t even have a guestroom."

Duanmu Huai spread his hands in helplessness. This had originally been a "starter residence" provided by the system after his arrival—a simple one-bedroom unit. If it weren’t for that, he wouldn’t have let Naruse Mio sleep in his bedroom while he slept on the sofa last night.

"Secondly... this place is just too small. If there’s another attack, defending ourselves here will be difficult."

"......"

Hearing this, Naruse Mio and Banriya remained silent. Duanmu Huai had a point; these cramped apartment buildings wouldn’t hold up if the Demons sent assassins again. They’d barely have space to stand, much less fight.

"But... buying a house costs a lot of money, doesn’t it?"

Naruse Mio asked nervously. Even though she knew she was supposedly the next inheritor of a Demon Nobility lineage, she’d spent over ten years as an ordinary girl. When it came to money, well... most people wouldn’t consider buying a home an easy task.

"Don’t worry, I’ve already prepared for that. And besides, don’t overthink it; I was planning on upgrading to a bigger place soon anyway. This just speeds up the timeline a bit."

Duanmu Huai wasn’t lying. According to his plans, he would eventually need a larger house to accommodate Mary, Aikute, and Ling’Nu once summoned—his current place wouldn’t cut it.

As for buying a house...

"I’ve got it covered; you don’t need to worry."