Reborn Regress Return: I Am the Heir of Shadows!-Chapter 87: Growth and Struggling to Accept

"Come!"

Sena's voice echoed through the training hall as Julian faced her with a pair of swords.

Five hours remained until Sena could enter the world again, and Maria sat on the bench covered in sweat after joining them in a practice session. After speaking about their memories Sena and Julian wanted to move their bodies.

'Though their feelings still haven't been fully released, I can feel the difference from here.'

Maria watched them in silence, biting her lip.

Step!

Julian's body rushed forward, his eyes shining with a purple light as he thrust at Sena's chest while swinging his left sword towards her face.

The two swords aimed to deal a fatal blow even if one was blocked, and with all his experience of being a guardian, Julian started to fuse both combat styles.

In the past, he had never thought about combining them as they were too different, but now...

'Yes! If I think about it, fighting is just like this!'

Clack!

Sena swiped across the air, blowing his facial strike before hopping back to draw Julian deeper with his thrust.

It was an obvious movement to lure him in, but...

'Let me test how strong you've become.'

Julian grinned and pushed his foot down on the ground.

Flooding his mana into one foot, he propelled himself like a bullet towards Sena. It seemed he was rushing into her trap, but his sword was faster than her pull. She could not dodge if she wanted to block the thrust.

"Julian!"

Although she screamed his name, her lips curled into a smile as she returned the favour, glowing with a faint blue aura, striking twice with her heavy bokken.

Bang!

The sound of the colliding swords echoed through the training room.

"Sena!"

Julian's head tilted to the said, his eyes flashing with purple light as her left arm remained in the air, held in place by a single hand from his shadowy grasp.

Although it shattered after blocking one attack, it worked!

This attack was something Julian had never tried before, splitting his spell into three instances, but it worked as he stepped forward, ramming his shoulder into Sena's soft chest, knocking her off balance.

'I have you now!'

As she stumbled back, her left hand fell, and he raised his two swords for the final strike. But that's when Julian realised... Sena's smile seemed to be eerie.

And...

Clack!

With a rapid movement of her bokken, she deflected his blades and stepped forward to ram into him with her body.

'Shit!'

Julian froze for an instant as he realised he'd made a mistake.

Sena wasn't some stupid monster; she was learning and started to copy his tactics. Their lips curled into a smile as Maria couldn't help but think they were using sparring as a romantic gesture.

However...

"Julian!"

Sena bellowed, stepping with a loud thud as she swung her bokken in a wide arc toward his head. Her eyes narrowed like a hawk as the wooden sword vibrated with a blue aura.

"You're really beautiful Sena."

However, Julian stepped to the side, his left hand dropping the smaller bokken and instead gathering a small bolt of shadow magic, and flung it at Sena's arm.

The lance of darkness struck her wrist before she could even react, sending vibrations up her body that made her grip loosen on the bokken, causing it to miss him entirely.

And then, with the momentum, Julian thrust forward with the sword remaining in his right hand. The dull edge of the blade pressed against Sena's soft neck and stopped there, leaving only a slight indent.

".... you won."

"Yeah... that makes it 3-1."

"I can't believe you're this strong."

"No, it's because you showed me the way."

They held each other's hands with a smile and discussed their tactics and what they thought was best, but Maria suddenly stood up and shouted.

"STOP FLIRTING!"

Julian froze for an instant before he turned to Maria and chuckled.

"Are you jealous?"

"F-flighting... we were just discussing our fight!"

After airing all their feelings, the anger and jealousy of Sena almost vanished. Instead, she and Maria became closer, speaking together while Julian cooked their meals.

Although it was awkward at first, the two women spoke of what had happened and what they wanted from the relationship with him and eventually came up with some sort of deal, but even Julian didn't know what that entailed.

"I'm going to shower~ Do you wanna join me?" Sena winked at Julian, but Maria wrapped around his body and snorted at her as if to drive her away. "It's my time. Go and wash, you stink!"

"Wow... I gained a point in attack!"

Sena's voice came from the bathroom doorway as she peeked out without clothes.

Julian chuckled at her excitement and wiped away the sweat from his brow, reaching for a water bottle, only for Maria to pat him with a fresh towel to hide his view of the naked Sena.

"Don't look at that perverted girl."

Maria pouted with a red face and stuck her tongue out, before she started to sniff the air... "Wow, you smell so manly right now. Should we sneak into the other shower?" Just like Sena Maria also tried her luck, but Julian waved his hand and rushed into the private shower room and locked the door.

***

Click!

"Phew..."

Pssssh~

Julian flipped on the shower, leaned his back against the wall and closed his eyes, struggling to act normally in front of the two women took his all.

"I'm tried..."

Everything came out in succession without giving him a moment to recover and focus himself. Sena remembered their previous life and Maria being from his first life. There was also the strange feeling of his shade and its relation to Sena.

He needed time to process it all, as well as accept what happened, but there was no rest for the weary.

'The Auction house is open... I have some items from the nightmare realm dungeon.'

He wanted to list the items but needed to log in to do that, and while considering this, the game screen opened.

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Two panels, one with his inventory and the items he carried, and the other was the auction house screen and listing.

The real money part wouldn't explode for at least a few days, but there were thousands keen to get an early advantage. Thankfully, the goblins in that dungeon dropped a fairly useful set of items, from boots to bracers and weapons.

None of them suited him or his group because they were only an uncommon rarity.

'Let's sell them in full sets... I have three full sets and then some extra items.'

He didn't know the average price for these level 15 items, but since a level 10 green item sold for roughly $150, he placed them a little higher to test the waters.

'Eventually, I'll have to find some rare items to sell and make more money for us to buy more supplies since things are moving faster than I thought.'

Julian also dropped his arrogance and instead asked Maria and Sena to help him with the costs and that they should probably move to a bigger place with a basement using their memories of the safest areas from their past lives.

With these thoughts, he started to wash himself,

Splat!

Suddenly, he felt soft hands rubbing soap all over his body as someone pressed into his backside, embracing him tightly. The sudden warmth caused him to jump as their hands slipped around his stomach, and he could feel something soft pressing into his back with every breath they took...

"Maria."

"Don't worry, Sena is still in the shower."

"How did you... woah..."

Her hands wrapped around his member and gently began to rub up and down as Julian remained leaning against the wall, feeling her soft skin press against his back as the water poured over their naked bodies.

"I just picked it a little... like the lock on your old door."

Memories of being locked in the western tower flashed through his mind.

"Maria..."

"It feels good right? Wow... you're swelling in my hands."

The soapy squish of her hand and the hiss of water filled the shower as steam started to block the windows and glass.

Only Julian's low grunts and Maria's teasing voice echoed in the shower room.

But then...

Click!

The moment the door opened, Maria's body slipped away and hid behind the second shower panel, her heart racing.

"Julian~ are you there?" A whispering voice came from outside as Sena stepped into the bathroom with wet feet, giggling as she slipped into the hot, steamy shower room.

"S-Sena!?"

"I know~ let's be quiet because Maria might come back, haha."

In the place of Maria, Sena slipped into his stall and wrapped her arms around his back. Her body felt different to Maria and the moment her hands touched him he felt a sense of guilt towards Maria.

"Oh~ you're already this excited, I am glad."

'This is hell...'

He thought with a sensation of agony in his crotch.