When the Villainous Flame User Trapped in a Time Loop Starts Living Earnestly, Every Female Party Member Turns into a Pervert and Now the World Is in Danger!? - 31

Chapter 31: I’m Here to See Your Daughter!

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“Uooooh, is Chio here!? Chioooo, come out! Come to schooool!”

After the discussion at the palace, I dashed to Chio’s house. Leaving Sword, Magina, and Toilette behind, I just ran. Since her place was a famous martial arts dojo in the imperial capital, it was easy to find.

“Please, I beg youuu! Pleaseee! Pleeeease!!”

Father and the country’s top forces would be leaving the empire next week. Considering the current situation, if the Demon Lord’s army really attacked, the devastation would be far worse than last time. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that humanity might even perish.

To avoid that, I couldn’t let Chio, one of the Golden Generation of Miracles, stay holed up. No matter what, I had to help her recover. So I stormed into the dojo, shouting at the top of my lungs.

“What’s that! Who’re you?”

“A dojo challenger!?”

“What school… No, that uniform…”

Sure, anyone would think that if some guy barged into their dojo yelling. But now wasn’t the time to sweat the small stuff.

“I’m not a suspicious person! I’m Habiri, a second-year at the magic academy where your daughter Chio-san attends! I heard she was absent from school today, so I’m here to help her feel better!”

The dojo students, presumably, stared at me with surprise or glared suspiciously.

“The young lady’s…”

“Come to think of it, she hasn’t shown up at the dojo today either.”

“But what’s their relationship? Just a senior and junior…?”

“No way, is he Chio-chan’s boyfriend?”

Even if I wasn’t a dojo challenger, the students started whispering among themselves about me shouting over their daughter, Chio. Wait, were they seriously misunderstanding me as Chio’s boyfriend or something ridiculous like that…?

“Chio’s boyfriend!?”

Yup, they totally misunderstood. The one who shouted that was at the far end of the dojo…

“You bastard!! My cute Chio-chan’s been locked in her room since yesterday… She won’t tell me anything… Was this all your doing, you rascal!?”

“Well, well~ Can’t overlook this~ Should we rough him up?”

At the back stood a burly man with a towel wrapped around his head, wearing a white martial arts gi, and a woman in a traditional eastern-style haori and hakama.

“Uh, uh…!”

The moment those two stepped forward, the other students backed off and shut their mouths. Oh, this was that vibe… I could see the resemblance…

“Nice to meet you! I’m Habiri, a second-year at the Imperial Magic Academy! I’m absolutely not your daughter’s boyfriend or anything so presumptuous, so please don’t misunderstand!”

“Hm?”

“Oh~ Really?”

I couldn’t afford some meathead scenario like, “What? Boyfriend!? Unforgivable, I’ll crush this scoundrel!” As expected, both seemed surprised, realizing their misunderstanding.

“I see, you rascal… Anyway, I’m Renetora Aheiku, the master of this dojo. Chio’s father.”

“And I’m Inbi Aheiku~. Chio’s mother, nice to meet you, Cute Student-san~♥”

As I thought, Chio’s parents… Her dad looked every bit the martial arts dojo master… But her mom was so young! I mistook her for her sister… She had this mature, seductive charm… No, no, focus!

“So, Student-san, why exactly did you come to our place? And does it have something to do with Chio not leaving her room today?”

W-What should I say? That I stripped your daughter naked and licked her yesterday? No way, they’d kill me. But I couldn’t lie either…

“Y-Yesterday, I caused trouble with your daughter at the academy… A-and… I hurt her deeply!”

“What!? You—Hgu!?”

“Quiet down, dear~ So?”

At my words, her dad nearly lost it instantly, but her mom stopped him with a bright smile.

Oh… So that’s the power dynamic here…

“As a result, your daughter missed school today… S-So, I’m here to apologize!”

“Hmm~ And? What exactly did you do? Chio’s only a first-year, but her strength is something else. Even if you’re a year above her at a magic academy full of talented students, I don’t think she’d cry so easily~”

W-What… Did I have to say it…? Argh!

“W-Well, after an argument, we ended up dueling—”

“What!?”

“What’s that!? A duel made Chio-chan cry… Impossible! You’re saying Chio-chan lost a duel, you rascal!?”

Before I could finish, both parents leaned forward in shock, and the surrounding students started buzzing.

“No way, the young lady lost a duel?”

“No, no, no, what’re you talking about? It’s Chio-san we’re talking about!”

“Yeah, Chio-chan, one of the top in this dojo, losing…?”

“Who is this guy…?”

Man, they were really worked up. Well, she was part of the Golden Generation of Miracles, and these people knew her strength best, so the idea of her losing a duel must’ve been unthinkable.

“Sorry for getting worked up~ But you won a duel, and then you wanted to apologize to Chio, who was crying after losing? That’s pretty insulting, don’t you think so?”

“N-No, that’s not it! I-It’s… During the duel, well, things got intense, and with other students watching… W-Well, with magic and fists clashing… Y-Your daughter’s clothes got ruined, and, uh… They flew off, exposing her… I ended up making her feel ashamed!”

“Oh… Come to think of it… Yesterday, she didn’t even say ‘I’m home’ and rushed to her room… Hmm~ I see, so her skin was seen~ But that’s not a big deal…”

No way I’d mention the licking part… But, uh, even so… I didn’t lie, but…For parents whose beloved daughter was stripped naked by a guy..

“…Chio-chan…”

“Hmm… So that’s what happened. What do you think?”

Huh? I thought her dad would come at me with a fist, but that wasn’t the vibe? He didn’t even seem angry…

“Skin getting exposed in battle, well, whatever… Anyway, you… You fought  against my daughter in a duel… An intense one at that… And you won?”

“Huh? No, I didn’t win! Before the battle was settled, that happened, and your daughter dashed off—”

“Ngh… S-So, Chio-chan… No, Chio fled from an enemy… That Chio… Ngh.”

Wait? Her dad was more concerned about her fleeing than her being stripped? Then her mom chimed in…

“Even without parental bias, Chio has extraordinary talent. Talent that’ll make her name known not just in this country but across the world. So, just being able to keep up with her without getting crushed instantly is already abnormal.”

“Hmm…”

Oh… What was this feeling… This atmosphere in a martial arts dojo… No way, was this heading where I thought…?

“You said your name’s Habiri. I want to test your strength.”

There it was! I knew it’d come to this!

“N-No, no, no, that’s not why I’m here!”

“Come at me! If you want to see my daughter, you’ll have to get through me, you rascal!”

Why, damn it!

“That’s not it! I-I just want Chio to feel better and come back to school! If she’s hurting, I’ll apologize as many times as it takes to help her recover!”

““““…””””

“If I can make up for what I did… If she’ll stand up again… If she’ll come back to school again… I’ll do anything!!”

Because if I didn’t, everyone might die…

“Why, Senpai-san…? Why go so far? You said you did something bad to Chio, but it was during a duel, right? From what I hear, it doesn’t seem like something you should feel that responsible for~ Why go to such lengths?”

“Duel or not, if a girl cries, it’s all the guy’s fault! So I have to make it up to her! Why go so far? Because I need her!”

“Oh… Ooo~”

Because to defeat the Demon Lord’s army invasion… I needed her strength.

(I thought the dojo was awfully noisy… Why’s that senpai here…? W-What’s that… That perverted, lustful demon senpai saying… He needs me…? U-Uh, why’s my face getting hot…? A-And since yesterday, my place down there keeps tingling and getting wet… My fingers won’t stop… Why~)

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