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Later that night, Sekke looked at Secre sprawled at his bed, fully naked.
She breathed heavily exhausted after the acts they did.
"You alright?" asked Sekke softly as he laid beisde her and hugged her softly.
"Umm." Secre replied softly feeling sore and a pain in her lower half and her back.
Though despite that she felt happy. She looked at Sekke lovingly who smiled back at her and moved forward to kiss her.
Secre blinked in surprise, this was the first time that Sekke himself took initiative to kiss her and this caught her off guard. Her cheeks immediately turned red as she tried to hide herself and used Sekke's chest as cover.
Sekke stared at her feeling the this little birdy suddenly got even more adorable and as a result....
"...Again?" asked Secre as she felt something poking her belly.
"...You were acting too cute. Plus pent up for six years." said Sekke with a straight face.
Sekke didnot feel trauma from getting romantically involved with someone, which he realized just tonight when he embraced Secre. Perhaps, the time when he killed the bitch of his nightmares over and over again helped him, but he wasn't sure of that.
"We already did it 7 times...." muttered Secre in disbelief.
"Just sleep, I know it must be painful for you." said Sekke as he simply caught her in his embrace once again shaking her gaze away from his member.
Secre wanted to say that she could do it, but felt a caring caress over her head. She stared at Sekke who was lovingly looking back at her and simply rested on his chest.
"Good night Sekke." muttered Secre.
"Good night Secre.....I love you." said Sekke feeling a bit embarassed by his own words and averted his gaze.
"Secre blushed and looked up only to find that Sekke was blushing as well and was trying to avoid her eyes."
She smiled mischiefly and leaned forward and whisperred in his ear.
"I love you too."
The dark lord shivered by the sudden breath in his ear and glared at Secre who just smiled, seeing that her mischief was successful.
She gave him one final kiss before laying back and drifting off to sleep.
Sekke looked at the sleeping girl for a while before he too drifted off to sleep.
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*Knock**Knock*
The morning came and hearing the knocks on the door, Secre's eyes twitched slightly before opening. She looked groggy and immediately regretted waking up, the pain from last night, stung all over.
She looked at he lower half, covered in nothing and then looked at the man who made her feel that pain.
A faint smile appeared over her lips seeing the peaceful look on Sekke's face. She affectionately caressed his cheek before the knocks from the door came again.
"Se-chan, Secre, it's already morning! Breakfast will be ready soon." called Elaine.
"A-Alright mother! I will wake him up!" said Secre in panic realizing that someone was behind the door.
"..."
The surrounding turned silent but Secre didn't hear any retreating footsteps.
Suddnely the door knob moved making Secre look at that in horro. She casted a spell last night to lock the space around the room but it seems like the spell broke when she turned unconcious.
The door opened and Elaine walked in and found her son and Secre covered in sheet in the baby suits.
"Ara~ What did I do? Sorry~" said Elaine without a hint of apology in her tone on the contrary she had a shit eating grin as she looked at Secre.
"...Just kill me already." muttered Secre as embarrasment took over.
She glared at Sekke who was sleeping without any care in the world and pulled her cheek as a form of punishment.
But despite that Sekke kept sleeping.
She was about shake him and wake him up but suddenly her gaze shifted, a small tent pitching around Sekke's crotch. She gulped before getting off the bed and took her clothes.
"I should go an bathe first." muttered Secre shaking her thoughts and rushing out of the room.
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Later at the breakfast table, Elaine was looking at Sekke and Secre with a knowing grin on her face.
"Secre, have this. It's good after... doing exercise," said Elaine, passing a drink to Secre, who took it with trembling hands, blushing heavily.
"..." Sekke looked between the two, realization dawning on him. His mom knew.
He glanced at Secre, who slowly sipped on the drink, cheeks still red. Leaning closer, Sekke whispered,"We're a thing now, right?"
Caught off guard, Secre yelped softly and glared at him—but eventually gave a shy nod.
Nodding in satisfaction, Sekke grabbed her hand and raised it at the table."Mom, Dad—I'm dating Secre."
Both Secre and Elaine froze, faces flushing crimson.
'So bold!!!' both women thought simultaneously, utterly stunned by his straightforwardness.
"Oh! You two are finally going out! Congrats, bah ha!" said Zuk with a big grin. "Secre, if you ever want to beat Sekke, I'll do it for you—bah ha!"
"Please, like you ever could," snorted Sekke.
"Bah ha! You dare underestimate the might of the legendary Zuk Bronzaza?!"
"I'll win. Right, Arthur, Elaine?" Sekke looked at the floating children beside him, lifted by his magic.
""Aau!""
The two cried out in agreement, shattering Zuk's pride. His two little angels had betrayed him for the dark lord.
Sekke's chest puffed up proudly while Zuk groaned in despair.
Elaine looked between the father-son duo and sighed before glancing at Secre."You chose someone very troublesome."
"I won't deny that. But what can I do? I fell for this idiot," said Secre with a gentle smile, her eyes soft as she looked at Sekke.
Feeling her gaze, Sekke looked back, a bit embarrassed by the affection in her expression.
"…Oh, he fell real hard," muttered Elaine, smiling to herself.
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Later that Day
Sekke and Secre, both dressed in slightly formal clothes, waited for Finral to arrive. Sekke had been called to the Magic Knights HQ for some reason, and he figured it was best to look presentable.
Suddenly, a portal shimmered open beside them.
"Hello, you two~ Your cool senior has arrived!" said Finral, stepping through with a flourish.
"Morning," greeted Sekke, while Secre simply nodded.
"Let's go then," said Finral, gesturing for them to follow.
They stepped through the portal and emerged before the Magic Knights HQ.
"This place really took a hit, huh…" muttered Sekke, looking at the once-grand building now stripped of some of its glory.
"It was tough rebuilding the kingdom after the elf invasion," explained Secre. "They even decided to extract all the gold from the structure."
Sekke nodded in understanding, then floated into the air to survey the capital. From above, he saw a city slowly healing — bustling streets, repaired homes, and laughter returning to the people.
A satisfied smile spread across his face. Yeah… it was worth it.
Landing back on the ground, he joined the others and entered the HQ.
Almost immediately, people began whispering, and one by one, the magic knights turned toward him. When they realized who it was, expressions of gratitude filled the hall.
Sekke grinned, soaking in the praise. "Ah, I missed this—"
Before he could get carried away, Finral and Secre dragged him off."Hey! Let me enjoy my moment!" he protested.
"Not right now. We're busy!" said Finral.
"Those girls were getting too close…" Secre muttered, her cheeks puffed slightly.
Sekke's sharp hearing caught that, and a teasing smile crept across his face."Aww~ you jealous?"
The two started playing around much to Finral's annoyance as he felt like he could cry tears of blood.
After what felt like an eternity of bickering, they arrived at a large door.
Finral straightened his posture and knocked. "Finral from the Black Bulls. I've brought Sekke Bronzaza."
A moment later, the door opened, and the three stepped in—only for Sekke's eyes to widen.
All the squad captains were there, along with his friends from multiple squads.
"Sekke Bronzaza," said Julius, standing with a smile. "I didn't get to say it before, but on behalf of all the Magic Knights and the Clover Kingdom—thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your service. You truly embody what it means to be a Magic Knight."
He raised his hand in salute. One by one, everyone else followed suit.
Sekke chuckled and returned the salute. "No need to thank me. The Dark Lord is just built different."
"Haha! That's true," Julius said, laughing.
Before Sekke could speak further, a voice called out.
"Sekke-kun!"
A soft body slammed into his chest — it was Anna, tears welling in her eyes. "It really is you! I missed you so much! I was so worried once I got control of my body back!"
"Anna—"
"Sekke-san!!!" exclamied Mimosa rushing towards him pushing Anna away and checking his body in worry. Sekke changed too much and she was worried that he was injured somewhere.
"It's alright Mimosa. I am fine. I just lost a lot of weight and muscles." said Sekke with a smile trying to stop the royal.
"I-Is that so..." muttered Mimosa entranced by the smile. Somehow the mature looking Sekke felt even better to her.
"Oi! How dare you push me away!" Anna yelled.
"I was only worried," Mimosa replied sweetly, smiling like a saint.
'This royal brat…!' Anna fumed internally.
"Would you two get away from my Sekke." said Secre coming in between the two.
"...."
"...."
'Did she just said my Sekke?' tought both Anna and Mimosa as they both stared at Secre who only puffed her chest in pride.
Though because of....lacking assets Anna smirked and puffed her own chest making Secre blink at that sight before looking towards Mimosa only to feel dissapointment once again.
Sekke wisely decided to take a tactical retreat.
'Nope. Not getting caught in that crossfire.'
"Three women fighting for the love of my King....as expected of MY KING!!! YOUR CHARM TOO HAS NO BOUNDS!!!!" exclaied Exodia.
"What happened to you? Where is my dense host from before?" asked Vritra in an amused tone.
"Shut up both of you."
"MY RIVAL!!" yelled Leopold, running up with a huge grin.
"Sekke! How are you?! Are you alright?" asked Klaus in a worried tone checking him everywhere
"Leo. Long time no see."
"Klaus? How have you been?"
"Long time indeed!"
"Hmph. I am great thanks to you. Thank you for stopping me before I could do something wrong while my body was possessed."
The two shook hands and were chatting before, Asta came as well.
Sekke was talking happily when he suddenly got caught by a flaming paw.
The flaming paw pulled him away from the Leo and Asta making the two sigh in relief that it was not them who were caught by the paw.
"Yo," said Mereoleona.
"Captain Mereoleona. Long time no see. Nice haircut."
"Long time no see. You've gotten manlier too. Now die!" she shouted, her fist engulfed in flames.
Sekke easily broke free, his smirk unfazed.
"Now now, we don't need to get physical. We can talk this out."
Mereoleona blinked in surprise, her spell was dispelled without any effort at all.
"You bastard! How strong did you get?" asked Mereoleona with an excited smile.
"Oh, you have no idea." replied Sekke replying back with a smirk of his own.
Mereoleona's fighting spirit lighting up even more. She was really itching to fight.
"I remember our deal to have a fight after the whole elf shit is sorted? What do you say?" asked Mereoleona.
"Hm? You sure you wanna do it? You will lose quite badly." said Sekke in mocking tone making the lioness's smile to widen. She really wanted to punch that face in front of him.
"Now now, let's not do that here. And definitely not alone. I wanna see new spells as well!!!" exclaimed Julius with glittering eyes.
Sekke smiled at that the wizard king didn't change at all.
Suddenly the door opened once again and Yami entered.
"Yo, sorry for the delay. It was huge one so it took quite some time to flush down." said Yami.
"Oi, dumbass," Yami called, tossing something at Sekke—a brand new Black Bull robe.
"Thought you lost the old one. Take care of this one, yeah? Replacements cost a million yuls."
"Like I will pay. I will ask Vanessa-san to fix mine if needed."
"Huh? You won't pay?"
"You need to pay first. The money from our last bet."
"....I don't recall what you are talking about. In fact who even are you?" asked Yami in a serious tone.
"Want a doze of shit urge enhancer spell?" asked Sekke his finger already covered in mana.
"Ahaha! My best squad member of all time! How've you been?!" Yami instantly switched tones.
Everyone suddenly moved aside as Julius called out again
"Now that everyone's here… Sekke Bronzaza, come forward."
Sekke stepped up, confused but obedient.
"For your extraordinary service and unmatched bravery in protecting the Clover Kingdom," said Julius proudly, holding out a medal, "I, Julius Novachrono—the 28th Wizard King—promote you to the rank of Grand Magic Knight."
The hall fell silent. Sekke's eyes widened. The highest honor below the Wizard King himself.
Sekke smiled softly and knelt, saluting.
Julius pinned the medal to his robe, and the hall erupted in applause.
"Once again, thank you, Sekke. May you continue to protect this kingdom."
Sekke stood tall, confidence radiating from his smile.
"Threat? It will be in their best interest that they don't get involved with me." replied Sekke in confidence making Julius laugh out loud feeling glad that this amzing magic knight that saved the whole kingdom during his absence was back.