The sun rays fell upon Dante's face. It had been five days since he returned from the Dungeon, hoping that something would change upon consuming Eva's body, but he didn't think it would be this much. With the exponential growth of his body to withstand his powers, Dante's blood became denser and redder, which drove Valentina crazy as if she were intoxicated.
Not only did the taste and purity of his blood improve, but a new kind of ability was acquired: adaptability. What does this mean? He's not quite sure, but his body feels "lighter," the actions he desires are done more quickly, and his control over energies is completely abnormal. Even Demon Energy can be adapted, despite suffering minor damage to its core, which works at 120% capacity to support it.
According to his personal research with Morgana, who analyzed him with her magic, Dante is adaptable to three types of energy:
Mana, the most basic that living beings possess, and the main source of power in the World as a whole. Honestly, it's nothing special, as even ordinary humans possess it at an extremely low level.
Sacred Energy, which is generated only by having the blessing of the hero that the Heavenly Father granted him. Actually, it's not a granted blessing, but rather inherited through the "Legacy" of Arthur Pendragon. Although he finds it incredible, he doesn't use it because it's very weak.
This is because, according to Morgana, he's not yet ready to know the Legacy and Absorb it; he's just the "Receptacle."
And finally, Demon Energy, which doesn't have a specific generation. Even Dante can't understand how it works, but Nagasawa pointed out that he has great resistance to it because many times during the Dungeon he simply didn't feel the energy, as it was part of him.
Although Lilith's Horn has slightly transformed Dante into a more powerful Vampire, he doesn't understand what happened and thus left it for the future; probably at some point, he'll have to learn about it, even if it kills him.
Dante was lying down at the moment. He thought about everything that had happened and just wanted to be himself. The days passed quickly as he enjoyed himself with Morgana, Valentina, and Nagasawa. He was already thinking about something, but it was still too much for him.
He wanted to get up, but he couldn't. Two women held him in their voluptuous bodies, preventing his movements.
The two women hugged him possessively, not letting him make any move because they knew he didn't like waking them up. They used everything at their disposal to prevent him from waking up early.
"What am I going to do with you two?" Dante commented and heard two grunts, then two pairs of eyes opened and looked into his eyes.
"What a wonderful sight," he thought as he smiled slightly, caressing the women's heads. They were making good use of Dante's body change.
"Good morning, darling," they said in unison, and Dante smiled in response, "Good morning. Do you know where Nagasawa is?"
"She's sleeping in the guest room," Morgana commented as she gently got up, releasing one of Dante's arms that had already gone numb.
They stayed cuddled for a few more minutes, and Morgana suddenly got up, startling Valentina and Dante.
"Someone has invaded the Tower space; from the aura, it's the Vampire King!" she said quickly, and Valentina got up.
"Dante, go to the guest room; he won't sense you, we'll deal with this," Valentina said, and Dante agreed, going to Nagasawa's room.
Dante entered the guest room and realized that Morgana sealed him in another dimension. This means there's absolutely no possibility of Vlad finding him, but he just forgot one thing...
Never enter a woman's room without knocking.
Dante looked into the room and saw only a beautiful woman, sleeping in lingerie. He wanted to behave himself, but he didn't care at all and went to bed, lying down beside her, pulling a blanket and putting his arm around her neck. The sleeping Nagasawa simply hugged Dante's body.
"Hehe, even denying and using the excuse of wanting to think about it, you're already clinging to me like this unconsciously," Dante thought, mocking the situation.
***
"Lady Morgana, Lady Valentina, Lord Dracula requests an audience," one of the witches appeared in Morgana's office.
"Let him in," she said, but she didn't need to, Vlad suddenly appeared in front, emerging from the witch's shadows.
"Rude as always, huh," Valentina commented. They changed their appearance completely, making it seem like Dante was truly dead. With magic, this was easy even to deceive Vlad, after all, Vlad isn't the best with Mana; he uses Blood for everything.
"I see you're in a terrible state," Vlad mocked. "If you came here to bother us, leave, Vlad," Valentina said, growling with anger.
"I didn't want to come, unfortunately, you wouldn't listen to me, would you, Scarlet?" Vlad questioned and took a stone from his suit, tossing it to Morgana.
"My daughter recorded this recently," Vlad said, and the recording began to play. Valentina and Morgana started to boil with anger as they listened to what they were saying until Valentina couldn't take it anymore and raised her aura with all she had, punching the table.
BONK!
Morgana's table broke completely and then evaporated, the smell of burnt oak rising thereafter.
"Motherfuckers!" she shouted, echoing throughout the tower, which trembled slightly. "Damn it, I'm going to kill that Wolf!" she screamed.
"Calm down, we already knew someone had planned this; it's not news," Morgana commented, but Valentina didn't calm down. "Look at the bright side; instead of going to war with 8 nations, it's only three now," Morgana said.
"Are you taking this as a joke? Do you want another war because of a simple boy?" Vlad asked seriously, and both stopped and looked at Vlad's face.
"Do you think we don't know what you've been saying about us since Dante first appeared?" Morgana questioned.
"Do you think we don't know about the insults and lack of respect that have persisted in the council?" Valentina said.
"Do you think we don't have control? At this moment, Gaspar is in a coma, my Shadows are already in Kryoris awaiting my command, my Valkyries are already heading to my homeland, Sasaki Kojiro and Musashi are already by my side. Joke? Funny? With one command, I'll kill Titana, with another, I'll take out the three, and with the last one, I'll go after the three kings.
You have no idea how much I want to clean the continent of that disgusting Wolf," Valentina said, her gaze filled with hatred, bitterness, and sadness. Were these feelings forged by knowing Dante was okay? Not at all, it was her real feeling.
"Valentina, don't let yourself be carried away, this old man came here to understand the situation to know which side to take," Morgana said, looking at Vlad's smile.
"You've already decided, haven't you? Go away already," Valentina said, growling; her patience was wearing thin.
"Siren Sirius Stela," Vlad said, and Valentina looked at him seriously; if there was a woman in the world she hated, it was Siren.
"Say that name again," Valentina summoned Gungnir and pointed it at Vlad's face. "Repeat it, and your face will turn into barbecue on a stick," she said, pointing the Flaming Spear at the window, ready to throw. But Vlad didn't react at all; he just stood there watching, and Morgana took the initiative; she was diplomatic.
"Calm down," Morgana commented again. "What does that bitch have to do with anything?" Morgana asked.
"I'm trying to remove Velkan from the throne; the death of the boy you both love so much was able to open this breach. With Siren plotting a civil war, with her on top, we'll gain more power to avenge your son," Vlad said, using Dante as an excuse to force Valentina to follow his plans.
"Vlad, do you really believe we'll follow this?" Morgana asked. "I thought you'd avenge your beloved husband," Vlad commented with a smile.
"A civil war in... We can use this," Morgana commented, analyzing the situation. "But it's a shame," she said.
"A shame?" Vlad questioned.
"We already have our plans, Vlad, don't count on us," Valentina said, Morgana nodded. "It's not that we don't want to help you, of course, we hate Siren so much that not even in our wildest dreams would we help you, but we have our own plan, and we'll take advantage of Velkan attending the winter festival," Morgana smiled at him.
"Or do you think we're going to let the vermin celebrate my son's death without doing anything just because a little Wolf will be there?" Valentina said, dismissing herself and disappearing into the flames.
"Be careful, Vlad, I suggest you start this plan with Siren quickly before the Festival starts because when it does... I'll wipe out the world if necessary," Morgana said, sitting in her chair and picking up the papers about Hellsing, which were overdue for days because of Dante's return.
"You seem quite rational for someone who lost her husband, despite the speeches," Vlad commented as he turned and began to walk.
"Humpf," she snorted. "He's gone, show yourself," Morgana commented, and Valentina returned to her side from the flames.
"Does he really want to involve Siren? Is he an idiot? Probably, if she becomes Queen, she might even gain Progenitor Characteristics, if she doesn't already have them and is competing with Velkan," Valentina commented as she sat on papers on Morgana's reconstructed table, which she had just magically restored seconds before.
"Honestly, it might be advantageous, and I doubt she'll become a progenitor or something like that. We don't know what guarantees a being to ascend as a progenitor. Let's just take advantage of this information," Morgana commented and snapped her fingers, putting the guest room back on the tower floor.
"Let's, he needs to know this information," Morgana said, and Valentina followed her. They both headed to the door and opened it.
When they opened it, they saw a scene that disgusted them a little: Dante was being swallowed by Nagasawa's large, semi-naked breasts, wearing only sexy black lingerie.
"Taking advantage of a delicate situation of a woman while she sleeps is not like you; I hope you're aware of the consequences," Morgana said in a nervous tone, her eyes closed, embodying a completely hypnotized Dante.
"Humpf," Valentina snorted, not even saying anything, just disapproving of the situation.
"Ask her if I'm bothering her. She was the one who hugged me, and she keeps pretending she's asleep," Dante commented, and Nagasawa trembled slightly.
Valentina's and Morgana's closed eyes hit the chocolate-colored woman provocatively dressed until she finally showed some kind of reaction.
"Seriously, you guys stress me out," she commented as she got up slightly and wiped her eyes. "You've been getting it on since we returned, isn't that fair?" Nagasawa said as she got closer to Dante and engulfed him in a hug.
"I thought you wanted 'some time to think' about your relationship with MY HUSBAND," Valentina exclaimed, clearly demonstrating jealousy.
"That's right. Since when do you have that right if you doubt your feelings for him? Get out of there, bitch!" Morgana growled, sounding like a wild beast.
Dante watched the scene for a few seconds; he couldn't help but do one thing... Laugh at the situation. He tried to hold it back, seriously, he tried hard, but how could he when his three beautiful girls were there?
"Hehehe," Dante chuckled, drawing the attention of the three women. "What's so funny, Dante?" Nagasawa asked.
Dante smiled and pulled her closer, embracing her from behind and resting her head on his chest.
"You're so cute, you know? Both of you. Do you want to make me even more in love?" he asked as he caressed Nagasawa, who buried her face in Dante's chest.
"Jerk," they said in unison.