Sitting there fy for a dozen more seds, I decided to climb out of bed and go do my recruiting. Up on my feet, I headed out of my room and down the hall to the living room.

  Finding mom and dad there sitting together on a sofa, I said. "I'm going to head out for a bit. Do you guys wao pick up anything while I'm out?"

  "I don't need anything, do you, dear?"

  "I would ask you to pick me up some whisky, but none of the stores would sell it to you, so I'll just pick it up on my own ter."

  "Alright, I'll catch you guys ter then."

  "Okay, we'll see you ter, sweety." My mom replied sweetly in her usual bubbly mood.

  "Have a safe drive, son."

  Heading to the garage , I hopped in my SUV and took off in the dire of the brother and sister I wa into my circle. Due to their whole extended family being involved in wastend expl and various industries reted to bat and arms, it didn't take me long to reach their home sihey could afford to live in the wealthy district of the uy. ing upon a rge home surrounded by a tall stonewall I drove up to the gate aered in the access code I was given a while back.

  Proceeding through the rge secure metal gate, I drove to my usual spot and threw the vehicle into park, aed it. From there, I headed to the hefty dark wood front door and gave it an audible knock, and before long, Takeshi's older sister came to ahe door.

  "~Ara~ What are you doing here so early, Dom? You couldn't be here for me now, could you?" The dark-haired beauty sensuously inquired, looking as seductive as ever whilst giving me a hug from the front and pressing her bountiful chest into my own.

  I swear this vixen is always trying to rile me up.

  "Yes, actually." I responded simply while giving her a pin her supple but toned ass, which got a cute but sudden yelp out of her.

  While she was blushing, she replied, with a not so hidden hint of desire in her eyes. "Oh, I wonder what for?"

  "Well-."

  As was going to respond, a tall, slender but athletically built, cold looking teen rouhe er and interrupted simply, looking somewhat surprised to see me. "Dom."

  "M, Takeshi, I got something to talk about with you and Rei." I greeted Rei's younger brother Takeshi.

  "Okay." The teen of few words responded, while signalio e inside.

  As he was walking off, I looked down at the seductive fox still tched onto me and asked. "So you want to get off me, or are you looking for me to carry you in?"

  "I'll take the tter option, please." She jokingly answered before letting go, but before she k, she found herself being carried inside by yours truly.

  Catg up with Takeshi with a red eared fox in hand, we proceeded through their family's house, that was remi of those that used to exist in Japan before the world went to hell in a handbasket. Walking on the pricey dark brown wood floors, he opened a sliding door to a living room sort of space that had a couple of 3 seater couches fag each other with a fitting coffee table located iween them. Sihis discussion I was about to have with them was serious and involved them taking a different path than what their family was aced to, I delivered and deposited Rei onto the couch her brother was seated on.

  "Moh, why 't I be seated with you, Dom?" She pined cutely, puffing her cheeks slightly.

  "This is important, Rei."

  *Sigh* "Fine, I'll get serious then." She replied, putting one leg over the other and taking a serious posture.

  With Rei no longer pying around, I began my recruitment speech. "So my reason for showing up at your door this m simply put, is to extend and offer to you both."

  ...

  "Go on, I'm listening." Rei said, intrigued, while her younger brother kept silent but ied.

  "You know how Alid her little sister and my two buddies Bob and Big Tom are always training with me?"

  "We do." Rei answered.

  "Do you know for what reason?"

  "I don't recall you guys ever telling us, but isn't it so you guys bee wastend explorers like our family?"

  Shaking my head, I answered. "No, I io leave the uy iure to one day quer the wastend, so all of us are training to make that dream of mine a reality."

  "Ara, that's quite the grandiose goal you've five have and I'm presuming since you're bringing this up you want my younger brother and I to join your little group, is that right?"

  "That's correct."

  "I'm sorry to tell you this, Dom, even though I like you a bunch, but my brother and I have no i in throwing our lives away for nothing." Rei said, whilst her brother, sittio her, nodded his head along in agreement.

  "Well, don't be too hasty just yet. What would it take for you to join? I'm sure I make it worth your while." I replied, enteriiation mode.

  Some desire entering her dark alluring eyes, she responded. "Hmm, I don't know, but I'm sure you know what my little heart truly desires, nee~."

  "Neesan, we-." As Takeshi was about to begin arguing with his older sister, she interrupted him and told him to pipe down, which he did so begrudgingly.

  "What about a date?"

  "That does sound appealing, but aren't you in a retionship with Alice?"

  "I am, but she's alright with me having more than just her."

  "Oh, but would I be alright with that arra?"

  "I'm sure I make you see it my way. I be quite ving."

  "We'll see, but before that, why don't you sweete a bit more? A simple date seems a bit g, for putting my life on the line for you, don't you think?"

  "Mm, you have a point. Why don't we go on a date first and if things go well, I'll lock you down as mine."

  "My, how forward. But I do like the sound of that." She ented exaggeratedly, though pleased heless.

  Looks like I got the sister on onboard. Time to bag Takeshi now.

  "So how about you, Takeshi, you want to help yood friend in quering that wastes?"

  "As cool as that sounds, Dom, that's impossibl-"

  Not willing to waste time going through the rigamarole, I dispyed my magical abilities by juring a level one spark spell on the palm of my hand that had grown signifitly in size thanks to my magic damage stat increasing a tohe years. "I teach you and the rest of your family magic. How about that? That sounds pretty tempting now, doesn't it?"

  There's no way anyone in their right mind would pass up on the opportunity to learn magic, especially a Japanese specialized in both assassination and sniping.

  "What about me?" Rei chimed in before her brother could.

  "Well, if we're going on a date, I have this sneaking suspi that we're going to end up being more than just friends. So I'll definitely have to teach my girlfriend a thing or two, now won't I?"

  "Of course you will." Rei said happily befetting up from her couch, making her way over to mine, and taking a seat with me and tg onto my arm.

  "So you in Takeshi, or are you just going to let your sister have all the fun?"

  "You have yourself a deal, Dom, as long as you are able to do as you said."

  "I'm a man of my word, so you have nothing to worry about. Let's start now."

  Two more people recruited into my small but growing group, I started teag them about magic. After discussing it with them, along with its intricacies, they both decided to learn the Darkness Foundation Teique because it made the most sense for their fighting styles that have been ingrained into them from a young age.

  Although I did keep in mind that, if I did end up entering into a retionship with Rei, I would make sure she learhe All Element Core Teique so she would be leagues above others. And if that happens, I'll have to see about giving it to her family as well, si wouldn't look good on me if Alice's family had access to it but not her own.

  Putting those kinds of thoughts to the bay mind, I informed them that it would be wise to hold off on increasing their mage level until they've built up their endurance as much as they could. For the reason that they would have increasingly more mana at their disposal the higher their endurance was.

  They defted some upon learning that they couldn't start cultivating magic right away. Despite that, they uood the cept of building and maximizing their foundation, hehey regaiheir excitement back rather quickly. From there, I told them to call their father, who was quite high up in their family's echelons, so I could begin arranging everything. Hearing my request, Takeshi ght on it aed from the room in search of his father.

  A couple mier, he returned with a man in his mid forties who looked like a more mase and buff version of himself in tow. With the father arriving, I got down to business and began going through the whole spiel I had gohrough with the brother and sister.

  And oheir old man learned of the existenagid that he could learn it, he gaihe same giddiness his children had. It was holy quite amusing seeing a usually stoi dispying the exact same excitement a young child would, but it was uandable. After that, I arranged a meetiween their family, my own, and Alice's so we could get them all set up on their path of magid prevent their 's elders from passing away due to old age.

  I wouldn't want to pass up on the possibility of allying with a full of assassins, now would I.

  Now that everything was handled for the most part, I looked to Rei, who had ged her spot from my right side to my p. "So you ready to head out on that date of ours?"

  "Mm, lead the way, handsome." She replied stly prior to us getting up and heading off to my car to do just that.

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