Abruptly awaken.

You groan and open your eyes. Three soft-winged birds are nestle around you, as well as a sleepy kitty on your chest. Admittedly, it's quite the confidence booster waking up buried in cute naked girls. You wonder what'll happen when they wake up... You can't help but smile arrogantly, eager to greet the girls with a good morning. But a moment later, you hear frantic footfalls, and then your door bursts open.

It's Eva! Behind her is Mela, floating quickly through the air.

There's something in Eva's arms. It's the magic scrying mirror given to you at the meeting of Demon Kings. She pants heavily as she holds it up, and as you peer forwards, you look in surprise at an image already present in the reflection, and it isn't yourself.

A devil is scowling back. Lady Vex peers to you laying naked on the bed. She leans in closer and glares through the mirror--white blouse loosely hanging down from her chest. There isn't much to cover, but you nearly get a glimpse regardless. "Oh... What the hell?! What are you showing me? What kind of response is this?"

"I'm so sorry!" Eva exclaims. "I didn't know what to do, so I just answered it! Then I panicked and came running upstairs. She wanted to talk to you after all. I--What are you doing in here?!" Her face flushes red once her mind catches up to her eyes.

Snow groans as she opens her eyes and turns. Then she jumps, as if she's been shot with a dose of caffeine. Quickly, she covers up her naked body, and scurries back up against the backboard. "N-Nothing, I--"

"We were just having some fun," says Chula. Her wings have been draped around her body like a curtain.

The other two are covered up as well.

You lower your hands to conceal your shame. Even though Eva has realized the situation, she still hasn't put the mirror down. "Could you wait like three minutes for me to get dressed?!" you shout back.

"No. I'm not waiting. You answered, so we're going to talk damn it." Vex huffs. "Look at you with your little harem. So lecherous. I completely took you for a wimpy push-over, but here you are, bright an early in a bed filled with women. As shocking of a sight that was, I'm impressed."

"So what did you call me about?" you ask.

"I've been digging into things, and it turns out you and one of your servants were finalists in the Golden Sword?"

"Yeah. Niki won. The final fight was against the Demon King's spymaster."

"That bastard had his people that close to me? I'm glad you killed him! Hey Masumi, hold this thing for me." After some fidgeting, the mirror is grabbed and held up like a video camera. Vex leans back against her cushioned purple chair--legs crossed, bare feet up in the air. "Much better."

"Something weird happened last night."

"An orgy?"

"Well, I meant a dream. This galaxy girl appeared and told me she was friends with you. Mentioned something about a train, and told me to tell you when I was ready to face it. I don't think I am, but who even was that? She called you Vexy."

"I told her not to call me that!" she shouts. "Hmm. I'm surprised she contacted you so quickly. Well, I'm not that girl's messenger, so if you have any questions, you can ask her. But if she's making you an offer, I suggest you take it. She's not as powerful as me, but she's a strange one, and has access to a lot of things I don't."

Whatever that is, I don't think it's time yet. Let's see... We first need to find Lepo. That's priority one. Then we see what those two goddesses will give us for helping them. The next thing we need to worry about is Rabbit's Foot. I hope she's been doing all right. Something just feels off about her situation. And with Vivi having travelled to the capital, I might learn more about this new king. After that, maybe I'll see what this Erotrain is all about.

"What do you know about Elok?" you ask.

"Probably nothing more than you. Weird guy. Cocky too. Not like me. I'm the best. What I wanna know is... what was all that about you being from another world? You and William? That sounds like nonsense! Though I have heard legends about things like that. I've definitely never heard of anything else you guys were talking about though. This weird power... It's your trump card, isn't it? That's how you're going to try to defeat me and take over my kingdom next!"

"I didn't even want to leave Avana. Calm down. I'm telling you, someone framed me. Yeah I was experimented on, and given a class called Demon King, but I was an adventuring hero before all hell broke loose. Now I'm a criminal apparently, and I don't trust this new ki--"

"Yeah yeah. I don't care about the Empire's politics. Listen, Kyle. You just better not mess with me."

"Oh don't be so harsh. I think you might be getting worked up over nothing," comes the calming voice of Masumi from behind the mirror. "Do you need a massage?"

Vex crosses her arms. She pouts quietly, and sinks down to lay horizontally across her chair. "Maybe."

The mirror spins around, giving you a generous view of the kitsune's chest as she smiles down. "Thank you speaking with Lady Vex. Enjoy the rest of your morning. Though by the looks of things, you already have been." She chuckles, and then just like that, the mirror reverts back to a normal reflection.

You glance around. "... Huh. What do you think, Snow?" But she's no longer there. "What? Oh that sneaky cat. I didn't even notice her escape."

Mela's voice shouts from afar, "W-Wait, don't come in!"

"Why?" comes Niki's voice in response.

Suddenly, both Amara and Niki come up behind the flustered Eva. All three of them stare at your naked body laying among a nest of harpies.

"Oh good. Nobody knock or anything," you mutter.

Niki glances around, and then stares intently at the mirror. "Hmm. Wait. Isn't that the thing that lets you talk to the other Demon Kings? You must have been putting on a show or something. Is this some kind of exhibitionism thing, Eva?"

"No!" Eva shouts back. "I mean, why are you asking me?!"

Amara smiles sweetly as she places a comforting hand on the bunny's shoulder. "Good morning, Kyle."

The bed squeaks as Chula hops off. She clenches her shorts within her talon and lifts them up with impressive flexibility. "Even more girls? I don't think you could handle this many, Kyle. A body can only take so much."

Does the beach count if I was helped with magic?