Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1027: A man who hasn’t been seen in a long time

It was that same night.

Many women were also still enjoying the onsen (hot springs) and the sauna (steam room). Eiji wanted to join them, especially after he peeked—ahem, I mean, he accidentally saw that inside the sauna, Freya was wearing a skimpy bikini top. A lot of her skin was exposed, including her breasts.

However, long before that, Rossweise hadn’t forgotten to forbid him from going because, besides them, Freya was also there.

Freya hadn’t joined his harem yet, and even if he were shameless, he wasn’t allowed in that place.

So, Eiji just took a bath alone in the men’s bathhouse.

"This isn’t fair... Isn’t there gender equality in Asgard? The men’s and women’s baths shouldn’t be separate."

[That way, you could bathe with Freya and the other women under the pretext that there are no other baths at the inn, right, host?]

"Miss System, being too clever isn’t always a good thing."

At that moment, Eiji could hear the woman inside his head snort.

Leme laughed and comforted her king.

[Our king, Leme can bathe with you and help you wash your body. She can also summon the beautiful Divas from among the 72 Pillars.]

"!" Eiji’s eyes widened. "Leme, you can do that!? Come to think of it, I forgot that you’re the Queen among those women. Can you command them, too?"

[Right now, Leme should be able to do that.]

That’s crazy!

Eiji was excited, but considering how many female Divas there were among the 72 Pillars, he felt it would be a bit excessive to summon them all.

Lala, Rias, and the other women were in the next room. There’s also Zekka—after finishing her shower early, she seems to want to sneak out to meet Yotsuba and duel with her. In short, now wasn’t the right time.

Making love with Charlemagne for several days inside the barrier had also left him quite satisfied.

He, Eiji Seiya, was in wise mode!

"That’s amazing, Leme. But no, we’ll probably only do something that big when we’re in another world."

[You’re turning us down, our King!?]

Leme seemed surprised that he would refuse.

[Host, is something wrong with your kidneys?]

Miss System made an unfunny joke. Her host’s kidneys were clearly just fine, even if he used them to cum as much as he wanted.

Eiji’s lips twitched.

In the end, he hurriedly finished his bath and used All Fiction to get dressed immediately.

Quietly, he followed Zekka.

As a good senior, she couldn’t leave her junior alone after she’d fought her rival out there.

At that moment, she might need his help to get back to the inn, right?

Then, he could...

[Should I say what you’re thinking, host?]

"Don’t do that."

A few moments later.

From the perspective of the protagonist of Junior DxD, Zekka Miyamoto. In a hilly area quite a distance from the inn, she now stands before a woman with whom she had once been in conflict.

Yotsuba Sasaki.

A descendant of Kojirou Sasaki, her arch-enemy.

Honestly, unlike others, Zekka doesn’t hate her and has only come here to duel with her.

If she defeats her, she won’t cause her any more trouble, right?

That’s what Zekka was thinking.

"That look... Zekka Miyamoto, it seems you don’t think I’m strong enough to defeat you. In other words, you’re underestimating me!"

Yotsuba glared sharply at her rival.

She looked angry.

"Hah? No, I’m just confident in my current abilities." Zekka said awkwardly.

She shifted her gaze to her own breasts.

"You—you’re insulting me by showing off your big breasts too!?"

"I-I’m not! Sasaki-san, why would you think that!?"

Zekka looked back at the woman in front of her, confused. Her gaze naturally fell on her small breasts, and she realized something.

Still, she found herself staring at her small breasts with envy.

"Zekka Miyamoto, you really are my sworn enemy! Not just for my ancestors’ sake, but I’ll also make you pay for insulting my appearance!"

Yotsuba had misunderstood; she grew even angrier and began to hate Zekka.

Zekka wanted to protest—she herself didn’t like her overly large breasts! If possible, she’d love to have small breasts like Yotsuba’s.

Of course, she didn’t say this because it would only offend the other person.

"But..." Yotsuba calmed herself, but her gaze remained piercing. Her right hand gripped the clothesline pole—or the sword, or perhaps her Longinus—Primal Death—tightly.

It was a uniquely shaped katana resembling a naginata, about 120 cm long, with a distinctive hilt that appeared to be connected in a certain way, featuring a blend of blue and gold, and a blue tassel attached to the lower part.

The sword contained the soul of the First Killer of Mankind, named Genma.

"I’ll admit you’re no coward for daring to come here. Zekka Miyamoto, draw your sword."

Without a word, Zekka drew Tensei, her first sword, from inside her bosom. But that wasn’t all; what puzzled Yotsuba a little was that he also drew another katana with a circular hand guard and a white cord wrapped around the hilt: Yamato.

"Is that your second sword? A pair to your first one? Not bad. As a descendant of that man, you really do have to use two swords to fight seriously."

Yotsuba nodded, her anger completely subsiding. She thought Zekka would at least fight her seriously.

But Zekka quickly said, "No, you’ve got it wrong. I still haven’t found a match for Tensei. This sword is the one my senpai gave me, Yamato."

She gripped Yamato tightly in her right hand; the sword seemed to glow faintly with a blue light. On the other hand, the sword in her left hand, Tensei, glowed with a faint white light.

"So you can’t use the full power of your Longinus? That’s disappointing." Yotsuba’s words sounded dismissive, and she added, "Don’t make excuses if you lose and get killed by me because of that."

Zekka smiled faintly; she looked so confident that it made Yotsuba frown. "Don’t worry, I won’t do that."

Or rather, would she actually lose?

Her words reignited Yotsuba’s anger.

Without warning, she darted forward. Her speed was incredible, leaving a trail of dust in her wake. She swung her sword in a perfect vertical slash, intending to split Zekka’s defense in a single motion.

*Clang!*

Zekka parried the strike. Not with Tensei, but with Yamato. The clash of the two blades created a shockwave that sent pebbles flying all around them.

"What?!" Yotsuba’s eyes widened. Not because Zekka was able to block her attack, but because she was the only one who was pushed back.

What did that mean?

It meant that Zekka’s physical strength might be slightly superior to hers, and that the sword named Yamato was also powerful.

{Look around, Yotsuba. When it collided with me, that sword also unleashed several slashes that sliced through space.}

Just like Tensei, Genma can also speak to her owner.

Hearing her words, Yotsuba looked at the neatly sliced leaves on the ground and was slightly surprised.

But that was all; she charged forward again. Her sword and Zekka’s two swords clashed.

*Clang! Clang! Clang!*

In just a few seconds, sounds like that rang out hundreds of times. The area around the two women was also filled with slashes; most people would hesitate to approach them because, at that moment, their bodies would be cut to pieces.

"Too slow." Zekka said reflexively.

"What did you say!?" Yotsuba was offended; her attacks grew faster and were imbued with a murderous intent.

However, Zekka easily blocked each of her attacks by alternating between Tensei and Yamato.

In the original work, Yotsuba was the one who had the upper hand in that duel and taunted Zekka repeatedly. But in this life, the opposite was true!

That’s because ever since receiving Yamato from Eiji, Zekka had been training hard with that sword and Tensei.

This has also improved her Niten Ichi-ryuu sword style.

In the blink of an eye, Zekka executed an incredibly fast Iaido slash with Yamato. Yotsuba’s eyes widened, and her reflexes forced her body to leap backward with all her might.

*Slash!*

Yotsuba managed to dodge, but she was gasping for breath. In front of her, the space in the air seemed to distort. Three streaks of silvery-blue light remained in the empty air where she had been standing just a second ago, before finally exploding in a small burst and slicing the large rock behind her into several neat pieces.

A strand of her hair was also cut off.

"Can that sword really cut space?" Yotsuba stared at the massive boulder, sliced as cleanly as butter. Cold sweat began to trickle down her temples.

At the same time, she also felt humiliated because Zekka seemed to have deliberately missed her with that attack.

Zekka gave the sword in her right hand a slight wave. "That’s right, Yamato has the ability to cut space. That’s cool, right?"

She was showing off just like her senpai, Eiji, usually did.

{Zekka, you’ve never said that about my ability.}

"Tensei, your ability is also... Um... Pretty good."

Zekka praised Tensei, but her words weren’t exactly sincere.

Tensei knew this and wasn’t satisfied!

Unlike her ancestors, Zekka didn’t know just how good her ability was at extracting energy from women’s breasts.

Yotsuba gritted her teeth. She realized that the Zekka standing before her now was far stronger than she had been at the Asgard Festival. The combination of Zekka’s fighting techniques and Yamato’s abilities created a defensive and offensive wall that was difficult to penetrate.

In this battle, she was even far more relaxed than she was and had time to joke around with her sword.

This humiliation...

"Don’t underestimate me, Zekka Miyamoto!" Yotsuba shouted angrily.

Her body was suddenly enveloped by a dense red-black aura. She darted forward and activated Primal Death’s ability, <Erasure>.

That ability allowed her to erase anything cut by her sword—though limited—and could target stamina, specific memories, Magic, Touki, or other types of energy.

"Ganryu Ultimate Esoteric Technique, Swallow Flight Reversal."

In the blink of an eye, Yotsuba did what should have been impossible for an ordinary swordsman—he unleashed two slashes at the exact same moment.

The slashes were shrouded in a blackish-red hue, making them look like fangs ready to tear her enemy to shreds.

This made it difficult for Zekka to dodge, leaving her with no choice but to face the attacks head-on.

"3rd Esoteric Technique: Disordered Falling Petals."

Using his technique, she cut through the fangs with a double horizontal slash using both of his swords.

*Boom!*

The fangs shattered, but the collision of the two attacks triggered a blast of wind that swept out in all directions.

"Kugh!"

Zekka had no idea just how terrifying Primal Death’s ability was; she nearly failed to block the attack.

One of the slashes struck her shoulder.

She was knocked back several meters and suddenly felt extremely exhausted.

The Touki that had enveloped her body to enhance his physical strength also vanished.

"W-What’s going on?" Zekka asked, confused.

Yotsuba grinned.

Tensei explained.

{That woman’s Longinus ability allows her to erase anything whose use has been cut off. There are limits, but it’s still possible to erase certain stamina and energy possessed by the target.}

"Tensei, why didn’t you tell me from the start!?"

{Eh, I forgot... Sorry.}

Zekka fell silent; she wanted to argue with Tensei, but she knew this wasn’t the time. She looked at Yotsuba warily, no longer as relaxed as before.

In his current condition, she couldn’t even keep her sword drawn for very long.

She had to finish this fight as quickly as possible.

"Hmph! Are you starting to get scared now? Zekka Miyamoto."

Yotsuba snorted, but she wasn’t in any better shape herself. A horizontal gash sliced across her chest; because the wound had been inflicted by Tensei, her nyuu energy was absorbed and converted into additional strength and stamina for Zekka.

"Scared? A little... But I won’t give up!"

Zekka shouted, her gaze turning cold. She darted forward and prepared to use her most powerful technique.

To do so, she drew upon all of Eiji’s remaining power within her. Yotsuba sensed great danger; she unleashed her other technique: Swallow Flight Reversal, Fivefold.

It was a variation of her previous technique in which she launched five consecutive attacks twice, landing a total of ten strikes against her opponent.

"10th Esoteric Technique: Dimensional Slash!"

However, the technique Zekka used this time was even more terrifying. At that moment, the world around them seemed to slow down and lose its color due to changes in space.

Zekka moved as fast as lightning, shifting from one point to another in a fraction of a second. Inside that dome, space and dimensions were extremely distorted. Dozens of invisible slashes cut through everything—the air, the wind, and even Yotsuba’s own slashes shrouded in the Primal Death aura.

A massive explosion erupted in the area where they were fighting.

A fierce wind blew in all directions, shredding every tree, the ground, and the rocks.

The scene was somewhat similar to the one where Eiji used Yamato to unleash a storm of dimensional slashes.

"No... How is this possible... I lost?"

The voice came from Yotsuba.

She was thrown far backward. Her sword slipped from her grip and plunged into the ground a few meters beside her. Her battle armor was torn in several places, revealing small scrapes that were bleeding. She tried to get up, but her whole body felt stiff and heavy.

The pain from the impact of the explosion had numbed her nerves. Breathing heavily and trembling violently, Yotsuba finally collapsed. Both of her knees slammed into the rocky ground. She knelt before her rival and stared at her with a complex expression.

"I won."

Zekka said, remaining standing in her position, though anyone could see her legs were trembling.

She was struggling to stay on her feet, and gazed wearily at Yotsuba, who was kneeling before her.

"Kill me."

Yotsuba closed her eyes; she accepted his defeat and didn’t mind dying at the hands of her arch-enemy.

However, what Zekka said next surprised her.

"No, I won’t kill you."

"Huh? Are you taking pity on me, Zekka Miyamoto? I’m your archenemy!"

"I’m the winner, so I can do whatever I want. Sasaki-san, if you still want to fight me after this, come find me again in the future."

"You..."

Yotsuba wasn’t pleased with Zekka’s arrogant-sounding reply. However, there was a small part of her that felt happy and a little touched.

Sasaki Kojirou’s descendant is actually a tsundere.

"You might regret this because I’m going to defeat you in the future! Unlike you, I probably won’t forgive you!"

"I’ll be waiting."

"Tsk!"

Yotsuba clicked her tongue.

Zekka was so exhausted that she might not be able to walk back to the inn; she wondered if she should rest here and regain some of her energy first.

Just then, the sound of applause rang out from the sky.

*Clap! Clap! Clap!*

She and Yotsuba froze; they immediately looked up at the moon—specifically, at a man floating in the sky.

The man had silver hair, a handsome face, and was wearing a black jacket and pants. From her back extended a pair of white, mecha-style wings that emitted a bluish glow.

"What an amazing sword fight."

That’s what he said.

"Who are you?" Yotsuba asked warily, trying to stand up and gripping Genma’s hilt in her hand.

However, she could barely even lift it in her current condition. Zekka was doing a little better; she said nothing and tried to regain her stamina as quickly as possible.

The silver-haired man gave a faint smile. His pair of dragon wings flapped slowly as he descended from the sky, then landed silently on the ground. "Calm down, Female Samurai. I mean no harm. I’m just a bystander who happened to be passing by. I am the White Dragon Emperor, Vali Lucifer."

Indeed, the man was Vali, who hadn’t been seen in a long time.

He proudly introduced himself as the White Dragon Emperor.

"The White Dragon Emperor!?"

Yotsuba immediately recognized the man who had just appeared just by hearing his title.

She looked at him seriously because she knew just how powerful he was. As for Zekka? She was confused yet relieved because, if what Vali said was true, he wasn’t their enemy.

"Why are you here in Norse? I don’t believe you’re just passing through."

"Simply put, I did happen to accidentally witness the two of you fighting. And the reason I’m in Norse... I heard Eiji came here."

"Eiji? Who?"

Now it was Yotsuba’s turn to be confused; she didn’t know who Eiji was, even though she might have heard his name before—she’d forgotten about it.

"A-Are you looking for Eiji-senpai!? Why? What do you want from him?" Zekka asked in surprise, glaring at the White Dragon Emperor.

It seemed that if he had any ill intentions toward her senpai, she wouldn’t hesitate to fight him.

Yotsuba was stunned; she hadn’t expected her rival to care so much about a man mentioned by the White Dragon Emperor.

She was curious about the nature of their relationship.

"Hoh, that information seems to be true... Zekka Miyamoto, it seems you have a good relationship with Eiji."

Vali smiled and walked toward the busty woman.

Zekka took a step back; she was wary of the man in front of her. But what she said next surprised everyone except Eiji: "He’s my senpai... a-and my boyfriend."

"...!"

Yotsuba seemed stunned by what she heard; she almost fell to the ground.

{Your rival isn’t single, Yotsuba. What about you? When are you going to—}

"Genma, shut up!"

Hearing Genma’s taunt, Yotsuba was annoyed. The topic of romance was something she’d avoided her whole life; she believed that such things would only slow her down when drawing her sword.

She thought her rival was the same, but she never expected reality to slap her in the face.

Her rival, Zekka Miyamoto, had a boyfriend!?

Yotsuba felt like she’d been defeated by Zekka for the second time. It was hard for her not to feel depressed.

"Are you one of his women? That makes sense." Vali said, glancing at Zekka from head to toe for a moment.

Unlike normal men, who would have lust in their eyes when looking at Zekka—especially her breasts.

He didn’t do that

This generation’s White Dragon Emperor isn’t interested in women.

Is he gay?

That often worried Albion.

"What do you mean?" Zekka didn’t understand why the man in front of her said that.

Vali ca