Heroine-Saving System: Reborn In A Third-Rate Manga As The Protagonist-Chapter 124 - 125: Back In The Outer Zone

"Huh?" Both Koya and Kaede blinked. What was she talking about?

"I-I… If you don't take responsibility for the baby in my belly then I'll be a single mom." She looked up at him with teary eyes.

Koya wondered what she was talking about, as far as he knew, they hadn't done anything together so why…

'Wait, does she think a kiss makes her pregnant?' He asked while raising an eyebrow, he knew she was shy and innocent but she couldn't really be that innocent right?

He looked at Kaede, Kaede looked back at him and neither of them said anything for a moment.

Kaede chuckled and Miyuki turned to her looking as if she wanted to cry, was the fact that she was pregnant that funny?

"My lady, kissing someone doesn't make you pregnant." Kaede said and her brows creased together in confusion.

"But Okāsan said that…"

"Yes, that was when you were 8, I was there as well." The maid said. "But it doesn't really work like that, Kissing someone you love doesn't get you pregnant, Sex does."

"What's sex?" She asked Kaede and when the woman didn't reply, she turned back to Koya. "Koya-kun, what's sex? What is Kaede talking about?"

Disguise Master leaned forward with her dirty blond hair covering her eyes as she cleared her throat.

"So sex is when two people want to reproduce, the male inserts his reproductive organ into the female's. The male releases sperm cells inside the female's body and those cells travel upward looking for an egg. The female produces eggs in her ovaries and when a sperm cell reaches one and penetrates it, fertilization occurs. That fertilized egg then attaches to the wall of the uterus and begins dividing. After approximately nine months it becomes a fully developed infant and exits the body. That is pregnancy, a kiss is an exchange of saliva and saliva contains no sperm cells. Your mouth is not connected to your uterus so you are not—"

Koya put his hand on her mouth after watching Miyuki go through different shades of pink and then the shy girl covered herself with her blanket completely, refusing to face him which was cute.

"Anyway, We've finalized the engagement with your family and I'm officially your Fiancee." Koya said. "Also you'll be moving into my place later, but for now, I'll be heading out."

He exited the room with Disguise Master behind him and Miyuki still refused to face him, she didn't even face Kaede.

"You didn't even greet your Fiancee goodbye, that's not nice my lady." Kaede said with a sigh of her own but Miyuki didn't pull down the covers as well.

"I… I… I'm shy." She managed to say, she would hide herself for as long as she could. So she hadn't even been educated enough to know that kisses didn't get someone pregnant… and now Koya thought she was a baby.

She hadn't known.

She had genuinely not known and had kissed him in front of Kaede then declared herself pregnant and now the maid had explained in detail exactly what the actual process involved and Miyuki wanted the blanket to swallow her whole and deposit her somewhere far away, ideally the bottom of the Aozora Ocean.

Also if she wanted to get pregnant for him, she would have to do embarrassing stuff like his maid said. Her cheeks became even redder and she kicked at the blankets.

"Wahhhhh I wanna dieeeeee!"

…

"Finally." Koya took a deep breath and inhaled the air of the Outer Zone.

It had been quite a while since he had been in this destroyed place and it felt a bit like home too. "I'm in the Outer Zone again."

The broken skyline stretched in every direction, collapsed buildings with their steel bones showing and cracked roads with weeds growing through the gaps.

The permanent grey tint in the air that never fully went away no matter what time of day it was still existed.

Any thoughts he had about nobles, mid-terms and even the way he hated the Kurohane clan floated away like dust in the wind while Riffi was on his shoulder like the cat she was and her tail flicking his face.

'Which reminds me, I haven't made one of those gauntlets again.' He thought, to use the Iron Terror's eyes he had gathered… It had completely skipped his mind after it was destroyed when he had faced that ninja guy.

"Master, down here!" Akemi waved at him with her orange hair bouncing up and down with her Cindervix doing the same.

Yuna was next to her massaging her black hair with her Silkstrike Mink next to her and she was looking up at him with a blush on her cheek, Disguise Master was next to them wearing her usual maid uniform and while it looked like she was defenseless but Koya found out that she had multiple weapons in her Maid uniform.

As for how she fit them in there, he didn't know but she would be able to defend herself against a monster attack and on his head was a bat but it wasn't Mirei, it was Victoria.

"Hubby… It's been a while since we've been able to spend time like this." The Vampire said while her bat tail flicked behind her happily. "But you have to tell me why you smell like other women."

He really couldn't get anything past her.

"Well apparently, I got engaged again." He said truthfully, it wasn't like he was hiding it. "And it's not like I could reje– Ow ow ow."

She was using her sharp teeth to drag his ear before letting go and pouting. Her cheeks were puffed out and she crossed her tiny bat wings.

"You're always doing something that involves women, maybe I should kidnap you or something." She actually considered the plan but then again, considering that Hakai could track them as long as they were in any Outer Zone or Supercity, the Vampire gave up on it pretty quickly. "But I won't… Instead you owe me 2 no 3, infact 5 dates and a whole lot of your blood."

"Sure, anything to keep you happy." He patted her bat head and she blushed though it didn't show on her bat face.

"Master, you're really flirting in front of me?" Riffi asked, hitting his face much harder with her tail. "Can't you give me more attention?"

Victoria turned her attention down to Riffi… somehow the Familiar was able to talk now but that didn't matter.

She could talk all she wanted, it changed nothing about the hierarchy here.

"What a little cat you are, begging for attention. I'll have you know that Koya is my husband, not yours… You're just a pet." She said and Riffi looked at the bat before making a smug expression on her cat face.

"Well then, I might be just a pet but one look at my breasts got Master into heat. He obviously wants to breed with me and have me give him children." Riffi mentioned matter-of-factly and Koya sighed while the bat looked at him.

"Is that true?"

"Nope."

"Master, come on, why are you lying?" Riffi asked, her tail smacking his face again for emphasis, and Koya didn't answer but he leaped down from the building and landed on the ground producing a bit of a crater as the rest of the girls took a step back.

"Alright, let's get you all to Four liner status today." Koya said, they were in the part of the Outer Zone that they were in last time. "Unlike before where Victoria would erect a barrier and bring out the monsters one by one, this time we'll be moving normally and if monsters attack us, I expect you to attack them too. No hesitation and no waiting for me to step in."

All of them were wearing similar body suits that looked like the one he wore when he was dispatched on the Order Mission, it looked thin but it could actually withstand a lot of strikes and they had weapons as well.

Even though he had taught the both of them Swordplay, Yuna was the only one using a sword which was at the side of her bodysuit while Akemi had an oversized hammer at her back.

Honestly, considering she was meant to be a Healer… why the hell was she carrying something so heavy?

"Okay Master." The both of them said at the same time with nods and slowly they began walking forward.

There were sounds of monsters coming from anywhere while the abandoned buildings rose next to them.

Right now he needed the monsters to come for them directly so he brought out an item from his storage ring.

"Master, what's that?" She asked looking at the orb in his hand, it had crimson ridges on it that made it look like a molten stone.

"It's something that attracts monsters." He replied, after sorting through Saeko's items in the vault aside from the herbs and supplements, he found this specific orb which released a scent that pulled monsters in.

"I see…" Akemi said while puffing up and Koya couldn't help it, just like Miyuki, she was cute so he patted her head before pouring his mana into the ball, immediately it parted open and a sweet scent rose into the air, spreading all around in a matter of moments and Koya placed it back in his storage ring.

A minute had passed and nothing happened.

"Master, are you su–"

There was a quaking sound as several monsters charged toward them from the road up front. Some were Direwolves, others were Twigspires and there were several more.

"Hmph. Not much monsters." Koya said and they looked at him, did he not see that several monsters were coming for them?

"Alright girls, show me what you have. I'll be here on the side."

He walked out of the way with Disguise Master following, leaving the two girls with Victoria landing on Yuna's head to watch over them.

Yuna stiffened slightly when the bat settled on her head but didn't say anything. Victoria's claws were careful and she adjusted her weight like she'd done it before which she had.

"Hurry up and deal with the monsters! We'll be heading to Salamander's Lair after this!" Koya called out, he still had beef to pick out with that Alpha Salamander and he was certain that he was going to beat its ass this time.

Yuna and Akemi looked forward as one of the Boar monsters from their last time here charged forward and before Yuna could move, Akemi had already moved forward.

She covered the distance faster than he expected.

It was not blinding speed since she was still a three-liner but she ran with no wasted movement as her weight shifted forward the moment the Boar committed to its charge.

She had learned how to read the opening which was amazing.

"Alright Flare, do it." She said and the Cindervix cub on her shoulder opened its mouth, shooting out a literal flamethrower and hitting the Boar in the eyes.

"Wha…" Koya blinked, how long had it been since he last saw them? The regular Cindervix was already able to do that?

"Please don't be surprised, Master." Disguise Master said from beside him. "Boss has not only rendered them to intensive Order Training but their Familiars as well."

Cinder could do the same as Flare now but still, what kind of training had Hakai put them through?

The Boar let out a cry as it's eyes were burned completely and it thrashed sideways, gouging out a chunk of the cracked road.

Akemi didn't wait for it to stop moving, instead she took hold of her large hammer with both hands, spun once to build the momentum and slammed it down on the Boar's skull, flattening it completely and shattering it's bones.

The crack echoed down the empty street and the monster was a complete shell of what it used to be.

"Hah! Take that!"

While she brought back her hammer, a Direwolf jumped at her however Flare jumped off her shoulder and the Cindervix hit the wolf monster in the throat despite being a wolf cub herself, there was a small crunching sound as the monster fell to the ground on it's backside and immediately Akemi placed her leg on the stomach of the Direwolf.

'I wonder if she's going to straddle it like usual.' He thought, he had no problem with it but still… Flare really was a good fit for Akemi like he thought. 'It's not like she has the sharp edge of a sword since she's using a hamm–'

The woman proceeded to use the top side of the hammer to slam repeatedly into the Direwolf's face, splattering blood with each hit.

She wasn't counting but rather, she was just going until the resistance stopped. She hit it one more time after that, just to be sure, popping the brain and letting the blood and brain matter flow down her face.

Then she turned to him and smiled.

"Master, did you see that?" She asked innocently while quite literally having the brain matter of a monster on her face. "Come on Flare, let's kill more of them."

Disguise Master cleared her throat a bit.

"As you can see, Akemi is a bit of a psychopath." Disguise Master said, she would really fit Top 11 of the Order… both of them were similar in a way. "But she's not the only one that got stronger under Boss's guidance."

Just then a small blur followed up afterward and Yuna crossed in front of Akemi blowing her hair to the side.

"Show-off." Akemi cursed under her breath as Yuna moved toward the monsters that were still coming while holding her sword.

Currently mana was being compressed into her legs from the inside which made her faster and the first monster she met mid-way was the Direwolf.

It lunged with its jaw open and she was already moving, dropping her center and sliding under it completely, dragging the blade across its underbelly as she passed.

The monster hit the ground in two pieces.

"Sparkles." She muttered under her breath and the weasel familiar on her shoulder lit up her sword in electricity as she cut the next Direwolf in half completely, and just then another Direwolf came down to slice her from above but she cut through it again with not only the sword covered by electricity but by Mana Mode as well.

The impact sent a pulse outward that knocked two Twigspires off their feet before they could even reach her.

"Sword training, mana control, Familiar synergy… all combined into one. What an amazing woman." Disguise Master said as she cut through more monsters while Akemi did the same.

The girls really had grown and he was proud, genuinely.

The last time they were out here Akemi had been swinging wild and Yuna had been a bit overwhelmed but now Akemi moved like she was annoyed the monsters weren't harder and Yuna was reading angles before they even opened up.

Whatever Hakai had done with them in that time, it had clearly stuck well but this amount of monsters wouldn't be enough to kick them up to the next level where he wanted them to be.

Just as Akemi crushed the head of a Twigspire Broodminder with her hammer, one of the buildings was crashed through completely and the two of them paused as an oversized gorilla-like monster was barrelled through to another opposite building, collapsing it whole and the thing attacking it was a big white worm that had swallowed its whole arm.

The worm was enormous.

Its body was segmented and pale and where it moved it left a trail of something dark and wet on the ground. The Gorilla was fighting back with the arm that was still free, hammering at the worm's body but its fists weren't doing much, it was just sinking into the flesh and coming back out without any real damage.

"Go back." Victoria said and they retreated backward to go back and meet Koya who smiled at them, adjusting his blond hair with his hand.

"Good work both of you, you'll receive a reward from me but for now, let's check what these two monsters are." He said and Victoria flew to his head, wanting to create blood platforms for the girl with her blood magic however Koya placed the girls under each arm and leapt upward to the top of the building where he was before.

Disguise Master let out a sigh before focusing mana in her feet and jumping as well, landing beside Koya who had landed on the building now letting the girls go as well and they were looking at the wreckage up ahead.

"Hm."

The Silver fur oversized Gorilla lifted the hand that the oversized worm was currently attached to and revealed it's long spiky fangs biting deep into the flesh and it made a gurgling sound as the Gorilla pulled back, tearing some of it's skin… it didn't do damage and instead revealed other tiny worms that were emerging from the exposed flesh and even crawling across the torn piece of skin itself.

So the big worm bred inside whatever it bit… that was interesting and also disgusting.

It was a brutal battle and Koya took a deep breath, watching it properly.

The Gorilla wasn't going to win.

It was strong but it was fighting something that didn't care about being hit… In about two minutes it was going to run out of ways to resist and the worm was going to have a very large meal.

"Alright time to interfere." He said while preparing to jump into the fray.

Maybe this battle would finally give him the push he needed to reach Blue Crest and start using powerful magic as well.

Either way, he was looking forward to it.