Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1106: The beautiful and arrogant Riona

As for what Riona was thinking...

Eiji knew the conditions under which she could use her full power. That’s why, as they were about to leave the room together, he wasn’t surprised when Riona suddenly said, "Wait a minute."

"Councilor Toba, what else? We’ve already agreed to let you participate in this mission." The governor didn’t seem to want to wait any longer; he wanted them to head straight to the location of the spatial distortion.

Riona felt a little awkward.

She stood up from her seat and walked over to Eiji. Then, she turned her gaze toward the governor.

"Just like Yatagarasu, I need a master who will give me orders. For example, ’Use all your spiritual power to send me to my destination,’ just as Yatagarasu guided Emperor Jinmu. Now. Quickly give me that command. Say, ’Carry out my command as quickly as possible,’ in accordance with ancient law. I will carry out that command, risking my body and my life."

Riona explained to the governor how her powers worked as the reincarnation of Yatagarasu.

Her intention was clear: she wanted him to be her master for the time being.

In the original work, this is what happens. The governor must also go to the battlefield with Riona. Although the governor was reluctant, Riona used her eyes to hypnotize him until he did as she said.

However, Eiji won’t let that happen in this life. His possessiveness wouldn’t allow his fiancée to have that kind of relationship with another man.

"Governor is just an ordinary person; he’s also too old to go to the battlefield. And as far as I know... Your master needs to have good magical power for it to be more effective, right, Riona?"

Riona frowned; she held back from complaining about the way Eiji called her name.

But she had a good impression of him, and his face was so handsome... Ahem. They really shouldn’t waste time arguing over something like that.

She replied, "You know that too? Even so, I don’t have many options right now."

"You don’t have many options, but there’s someone else in this room who could be your master."

Eiji smiled and pointed at himself. He was clearly offering to be Riona’s master.

Riona’s eyes widened. "A Campione like you wants to be my master?"

"Is that impossible?"

"It’s not impossible... Actually, it’s even better..."

A Campione possesses magical power that certainly surpasses that of an ordinary person. Entering into a Master-Servant contract with him would certainly be to her advantage.

Riona had no reason to refuse, especially in this situation. But was it just her imagination, or did Eiji’s smile look lecherous?

Strangely, she didn’t feel repulsed. In fact, she felt a little embarrassed.

Harem Halo: (>_<)

Eiji: My charm is irresistible, right?

Riona quickly composed herself and agreed to let Eiji be her master. She told him to give her orders just as she said.

Eiji understood and said, "Riona, I’m ordering you to become (my girlfriend)... I mean, I want you to carry out my orders immediately."

"...." Riona.

What’s with that pause?

Hey, it sounds like you’re about to give me a weird order!

"Allright, Master. I’ll guide you to a hunting ground where blood and smoke dance wildly."

Although a little dissatisfied, Riona took what Eiji said seriously and called him "Master."

Eiji almost laughed.

[It hasn’t even been an hour since I met Riona, one of the heroines from Shiniki no Campioness. But now, she’s willingly acknowledging me as her master.]

[Isn’t my charm a bit too much?]

Makoto fell silent.

Except for her, the other women who could hear Eiji’s inner voice didn’t know the details of why that had happened.

Many of them thought Riona was a loose woman.

[Not only that. Doesn’t this mean I’ve essentially put a green hat on the protagonist? Jie jie jie.]

You’re way too into NTR, Eiji!

Some of the women complained. Sometimes, they want to cleanse the inside of Eiji’s head of all those green things.

"?" Riona had a question mark floating above her head.

She could hear Eiji’s inner voice! However, she thought it was an effect she gained after acknowledging him as her master.

Even though something like this had never happened before.

She was both surprised and confused.

Setting aside just how narcissistic Eiji was.

The Master-Servant bond between them also allowed him to vaguely sense the extent of the other’s magical power.

It was immense!

There were also other types of energy that she didn’t recognize. Riona stared at the incredibly handsome man in front of her with a look of horror for a moment.

He might be as strong as her master, Luo Hao. Ah, correction—I mean, if that’s who she’ll become after becoming Luo Hao’s disciple in the future.

She would surely think Eiji was even stronger than that woman.

By the way, in the original work—the master-disciple relationship between Riona and Luo Hao was forged in a very unusual, extreme way; it could even be called "kidnapping disguised as training."

Although Riona is a haughty young woman who acts like a queen, in the presence of Luo Hao—one of the oldest Campione and the martial arts king of China—she has no choice but to submit.

To be honest, Eiji wondered if he should tell Luo Hao to take Riona as her disciple?

That way, he wouldn’t have to be the bad guy just to get Riona to stay with him longer.

[After this, are you planning to kidnap her like Luo Hao did in the original work, host?]

’Miss System, don’t whisper like a devil inside my head.’

[So you’re tempted to do it?]

"...."

Eiji pretended not to hear what Miss System said.

Riona suddenly felt a slight chill on her butt, but she ignored the sensation and thought everything would be fine. After all, she was a Queen.

...

At the same time, at Eiji’s mansion.

Luo Hao was suddenly contacted by Eiji through the Master-Servant contract. She was given information—or more accurately, a spoiler—about her future disciple.

Luo Hao’s eyes sparkled slightly.

"Toba Riona? A young woman who is the reincarnation of Yatagarasu? The Queen of the Shikigami? From what I hear, she really is a very talented young woman and worthy of becoming one of my disciples."

"Eiji also seems to have a crush on her... I guess I’ll have to get ready to share a man with my own disciple."

The Martial Arts King sighed.

She wasn’t sad, just a little numb to her husband’s greed. However, she was also pleased with the information he had given her.

The idea of kidnapping Riona crossed her mind.

"That young woman is bound to become a phoenix among humans—even though right now she’s still just a chick. But since she still has business with my husband, I’ll wait a while before kidnapping her."

If Riona knew that the current eldest Campione wanted to kidnap her and force her to become her disciple, she would surely be terrified.

...

Back to Eiji’s side.

Using his teleportation magic, he quickly transported Makoto and Riona to a port in the city of Kobe.

It was quite crowded there.

There were many anti-tank vehicles belonging to the Japan Self-Defense Forces. In the distance, they could see blue and white light gathering and forming a vortex.

The vortex was about 100 meters in diameter. However, the vortex did not appear in the sky. Rather, it was in the northern public park, located on the northern edge of Port Kobe Island.

"It looks like a nebula," Eiji remarked.

"A nebula? What’s that?" Makoto asked curiously.

"It’s a giant cloud in space made up of dust, hydrogen gas, helium, and other types of gas."

"Space?"

"Oh, I forgot—Teyvat and Celestia are covered by a false sky. It’s only natural that you wouldn’t know—you can look up information about it online, Makoto."

As the two of them chatted casually, Riona couldn’t help but clear her throat. "Ahem! Eiji, didn’t you hear that sound coming from the other side? Something’s coming soon."

Instead of paying attention to what Riona was referring to, Eiji was more concerned with the way she addressed him.

"Riona, aren’t you going to call me ’master’ anymore? Why?"

"This isn’t the time to make a big deal out of that!"

Besides, it’s just a temporary contract.

Riona grumbled to herself. If Eiji wanted to be her true master, verbal commands alone weren’t enough.

They’d have to do intimate things together...

Riona would only do that with a man she liked. And Eiji was still too soon to be that person for her!

Knowing what Riona was thinking, Eiji just smiled amusedly. His gaze was fixed on the distortion in space because the very next second, a shrill scream rang out.

"KIiiiAAAAAaaaaaaa!"

Giant bird-like creatures were approaching from a few hundred meters ahead. There were nine of them. They screamed nonstop as they flapped their wings.

"Those are Harpies! Hybrid creatures that are half-woman and half-bird in Greek mythology!"

Riona said with a serious expression. Under the gaze of Eiji, Makoto, and the soldiers around them,

She ran toward a helicopter that was about to take off. The soldier in the pilot’s seat was, of course, confused.

"I’m Councilor Toba! With the governor’s permission, let me fly this helicopter!"

"Huh? O-Okay."

The soldier seemed mesmerized as he locked eyes with Riona; without hesitation, he handed the pilot’s seat over to her and jumped out of the helicopter.

Eiji’s lips twitched.

Wasn’t Riona getting a little too used to hypnotizing people?

Still, he thought it was a good method. He liked the method she used on ordinary people.

But could Riona actually fly an anti-tank helicopter?

The answer is no.

Even so, Riona has her own method. She attached an amulet depicting a demon and the moon to the control stick.

Soon, the helicopter began to fly and move under her control. She controlled the vehicle using her onmyōdō skills.

*GUAANN! GUANN! GUANN! GUANN!*

A barrage of guesses could be heard from the JSDF members. They prepared various equipment, such as light armored vehicles armed with self-propelled howitzers and several mortars, in preparation for the bombardment.

They bombarded the harpies with their weapons.

However, none of their bullets or bombs injured the creatures. Riona didn’t panic, even though she planned to fire at the birds using the weapons mounted on the helicopter.

"Attacks with conventional weapons are useless. If you attack things that aren’t from this world without first carrying out an attack in accordance with the necessary magical steps, the attack won’t be effective."

Riona addressed everyone through the loudspeaker. She then began to chant a spell—a spell known as the spell of national defense and victory.

She was like a Taoist.

*GAGAGAGAGAGA!*

The large-caliber automatic cannon mounted on the front of the helicopter began firing rapidly.

"Oooo!" the JSDF members exclaimed.

That was because the flock of harpies was being cut down by the hail of bullets fired by Riona. The 20mm bullets tore through and shredded the flesh of the bird-like monsters. Fresh blood splattered everywhere. Pieces of flesh and feathers, blood and bones were scattered through the air. The demons, unable to speak human language, screamed like the terrifying cries of birds.

*KUEEEEE! KUEEEEE! KUEEEEE!*

Seven blood-soaked harpies turned into piles of flesh. They crashed noisily to the ground.

"Hmph!" Riona snorted, a proud expression on her beautiful face. She glanced at Eiji as if to ask: "What do you think? This is just a small fraction of my power, of course."

As if he knew what she was thinking, Eiji clapped his hands. Using the Law of Vibration, he made his voice sound clear in Riona’s ears.

"Amazing. This is the first time I’ve seen a beautiful young woman turn a combat helicopter into a deadly magical weapon."

[Riona +1]

[Riona +2]

Riona was used to compliments, but for some reason, Eiji’s praise made her feel a little happy.

"I am the queen of all that flies. I can turn anything that flies in the sky into my shikigami. That’s why I can easily infuse my magic into helicopter equipment. I don’t understand people who can’t let go of the past and like to use demon-slaying magic swords, but demon-repelling machine guns aren’t bad either."

Riona didn’t know how Eiji’s voice had reached her ears, but she began to boast to him.

[Luo Hao, you have to see this. Your prospective disciple, Riona, looks proud as she shows off her abilities to me.]

What’s wrong with being proud of my own abilities? Wait, who are you calling a disciple? Who is Luo Hao?

Riona didn’t know who Luo Hao was, but just hearing his name made her shudder involuntarily.

Come to think of it, she didn’t even know anything about Eiji before today.

That’s only natural.

When Eiji killed the King of the End with his somewhat excessive attack a week ago.

It wasn’t just that the timelines of the two worlds overlapped; the same thing happened in reality.

For example, unlike the governor, who knew who Eiji and Riona were even though they came from two different worlds, Riona didn’t know who Eiji was.

The flow of information between the main world and the parallel world had become chaotic.

*KIiiiekkkkk! KIiiiikkk!*

There are still two harpies left.

Their shrill cries made Riona flinch as they seemed to be flying toward her.

She prepared to shoot again, but Eiji’s voice rang in her ears once more.

"Leave them to me."

Before Riona could say anything, she sensed a terrifying fluctuation of magic from below.

Or more precisely, Eiji unleashed his natural aura as a Campione. As if sensing a threat from him, the two harpies that were about to attack Riona were terrified.

They panicked, turned around, and flew back toward the spatial distortion. But how could Eiji possibly let them escape?

Two coins appeared in his hand; he pressed one coin against his fingertip before firing them one by one. Kinetic energy coated both coins as they flew off almost simultaneously, enveloping them in a massive blue bolt of lightning.

That was the Railgun.

*BANG! BANG!*

Accompanied by the roar of thunder.

In an instant, the two harpies who were trying to escape were struck. A bolt of lightning engulfed each of them.

The monsters died, their massive forms turning into ash that scattered through the air.

Riona was stunned.

"Is this the power of a Campione? I have to admit, it’s incredibly powerful... and it doesn’t seem like he recited a spell beforehand when using it."

Deep down, she began to admire Eiji for the power he had displayed.

In the original work, the only man Riona admired was the protagonist. Unfortunately, Eiji had beaten that man to the punch by showing off in front of his fiancée-to-be.

The future would certainly change.

Who would become Riona’s fiancé had already been decided at that moment.

Whoever is the fastest will be the one to sleep with the heroine!

[Poor protagonist.]

Miss System commented.

At that moment, the helicopter Riona was piloting suddenly came to a halt in midair. The effect of the charm paper she used didn’t actually last long.

The same was true for the contract between her and Eiji. Now, Riona couldn’t use her powers.

"Oh no! I forgot to keep track of the time before the contract expired! Eiji, we have to renew the contract right away!"

She panicked a little and shouted at Eiji.

"What do you want me to do?" Eiji pretended to be confused; he enjoyed seeing the panic on Riona’s face as she was about to fall from the sky.

"Give me another order! Hurry up and give me an order!"

"Ah, allright. I command you to use your power again."

"I have received your command, Master!"

Riona was relieved, and without hesitation, she once again addressed Eiji as her master.

*ZUGAAAAAAAAAAN!*

The anti-tank helicopter finally crashed to the ground. However, she managed to cast her spell just before it happened

The spell created a shikigami that protected her. Thanks to that, even though the anti-tank helicopter crashed to the ground—onto the asphalt—it was only shaken by the impact.

’I’m safe!’

For a moment, Riona was truly terrified. She could barely maintain her queenly air of arrogance.

She didn’t know that even if she’d activated her spell a moment too late, she would have been fine. Eiji had used All Fiction so that she wouldn’t be killed or injured in the incident.