Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice

In a place far away from the Campione and Danmachi universes.

In a large tree-like structure called the Imaginary Tree. Each leaf on the tree is shaped like a bubble containing a different universe including the Honkai Impact universe.

But leave that aside.

In the area around the Imaginary Tree that looked like an ocean-this was no ordinary sea of water, but a dimension or area containing the remains of a destroyed world. There, an enormous creature, the size of a galaxy, was sleeping.

Terrifying in appearance, it combined the characteristics of ancient monsters and cosmic phenomena. For it was both a Leviathan and an Aeon of Voracity, Oroboros.

After the great war against Tayzzyronth (Aeon of Propagation) in the Honkai Star Rail universe, it was severely injured and "stuffed" after swallowing too many Swarm descendants and planets, so it withdrew to an unreachable corner of the universe-and even came out of its own bubble universe to recover from its wounds while digesting all the things it had eaten.

It had been a long time since it had fallen asleep. But as if sensing something, it opened its eyes in confusion.

"???"

It was only a few seconds before it closed its eyes again.

Oroboros sensed that someone had connected with it, and accessed its power. To the other Aeons, it was tantamount to gaining a follower called an Emanator.

But what confused it was how it happened to it?

It had gotten an Emanator!

One might not know, but it had long given up on having an Emanator of its own. It was because of the nature of its power, Voracity. It tended to swallow everything that came near it. Communication with it often ended with it accidentally eating the other person.

Thus, it lived only to satisfy its hunger and after that, it would usually just fall asleep.

'What should I do with this guy? What did the other Aeons do to their Emanators? I don't know.'

'Come to think of it, I don't care about things like this either... Just let him do as he pleases.'

Unlike the other Aeons, Oroboros was even too lazy to limit how much power an Emanator could take from it.

It continued its sleep.

Back again to Eiji's side.

"I wonder how Oroboros reacts when it senses that someone is accessing its power?"

Eiji asked Miss System.

After checking the description of the system, he was now sure that he had actually gotten a reward that came from the Honkai Star Rail. Precisely one of the Paths—a kind of energy or natural law created from the deep thoughts of an Aeon.

Upon ascending to the Aeon level, an Aeon gains dominion over a particular Path, free to choose the allocation of imaginary energy towards that path as they see fit.

On the HSR (Honkai Star Rail), a person is usually considered to be on a Path when their will overlaps with that path. If the person has a strong enough will, they can draw power from it, becoming a Pathstrider. The Path they follow will change according to their own philosophy and opinions.

There are also special cases such as an Emanator, a term that refers to those who have obtained permission from an Aeon to draw power from that Aeon's Path. The power of the Path that an Emanator can get is also of course far greater than the Pathstrider in general.

But in Eiji's case, he was an Emanator without permission. He didn't even need to follow the will of Oroboros or Voracity's philosophy of unlimited appetite gratification. In the original work, Voracity was not even one of the 18 Paths that any character could use. The only owner is Oroboros who is said to have disappeared.

Followers of this Path believe that the entire universe is just "food". Life is seen as a flake floating in an empty sea, and the ultimate fate of everything is to be swallowed into a hungry mouth.

Eiji knew this from the description Miss System made. He was relieved that he didn't have to become so gluttonous like Oroboros.

He could still eat only when he wanted to.

[Oroboros doesn't care.]

"How did you know, Miss System?"

[It's a company secret, host.]

Company secret? Just tell me you don't want to say how you did it.

Eiji shook his head and raised one of his fingers into the air. Immediately, a marble-sized ball of dark purple energy was created at his fingertip. The ball emitted gravity that pulled everything around it and swallowed it into itself, similar to a portable black hole.

It was Voracity energy.

"Hiss! This power isn't bad."

He immediately retracted that power because if not, he was worried that the output would be enough to swallow everything including the living beings around him.

There were Ena and Yuri who were hugging him on the bed, he was worried that they would be affected.

He would just test it somewhere else.

But one thing was certain. Different from energies like Magic, Chakra, Reiatsu, Cursed Energy, Holy Power, Divine Power, and Spiral Power. The nature of Voracity allows it to shatter any matter into pure energy to be absorbed by it.

Oroboros is described as being able to swallow entire galaxies and billions of stars to convert into pure energy for himself. As the Emanator of Voracity, Eiji wondered if he could do something similar if he used Oroboros' full power?

"Not only that, some of the abilities that an Emanator of Voracity can use are also cool."

For example, besides using Voracity's energy to swallow everything, he can manipulate the desires and greed of others.

Suddenly, Eiji remembered Freya.

[Host, your smile shows your bad intentions.]

"Ehem! What bad intentions? I was just thinking about how I could fix Freya after getting her interested in me."

[...]

"Miss System, say something."

[Oh.]

Just 'Oh'!?

Eiji suspected that Miss System's positive level had been reduced by several points. Wait, that's not possible. She loved him so much, the proof was... she gave her host a shortcut to access large amounts of Voracity energy.

In addition to manipulating desire and greed. Voracity also allows him to make Binding Contracts.

This can involve "giving" something to another person, but in return for a much larger payment at a later date. This is a form of slow "preying" through debt or contracts.

Lastly, there was also the ability for unlimited regeneration and adaptation as long as he actively devoured everything around him.

Although before this Eiji had possessed various abilities that allowed him to regenerate. He was happy that becoming an Eminator of Voracity added to his insurance.

[With my new powers, I'm afraid there isn't a single protagonist that can pose a threat to me.]

[Putting protagonist Bell aside because from the start, I only thought of him as a leek waiting to be harvested.]

[What about protagonist Godou? He repeatedly vowed to make me pay for stealing Erica and the other women he liked. But until now, he hasn't shown me his face again.]

[Has he chosen to hide from me? Yare-yare. This is boring. I'm again feeling the boredom of being too strong. Therefore, I should entertain myself by doing good deeds like...]

[One of them is helping the beautiful women who are in trouble out there!]

The heroines: "...."

Good deeds?

It's true that helping beautiful women is still a good deed. But after that, you'll also definitely seduce them.

Your greed for beautiful women knows no bounds, Eiji!

The heroines who knew him well were complaining, they were even numb when they heard he seemed to be getting stronger again.

At this point, who can defeat him? The protagonists even feel suffocated and vomit blood multiple times just from dealing with him.

*Tok tok tok!*

In the Danmachi universe.

It was already morning and the sun was already shining on every building in Orario. Asfi knocked on Eiji's bedroom and planned to offer him breakfast.

She herself didn't realize it, but she was acting like a maid taking care of Eiji's living needs.

Although Hermes had not told her to go that far. She was taking the initiative, which was worthy of being part of the big Seiya family.

"Eiji-sama, are you awake?"

There was no answer for a few seconds.

From Eiji's inner voice, Asfi guessed that he went somewhere and interacted with other women last night.

Those women seemed to have a good relationship with him.

Asfi frowned. It wasn't that she was jealous, she was just curious where Eiji went last night.

"Eiji-sama, I've prepared breakfast for you. I... I'm going in."

She was about to open the door, but the door opened first. That made her stumble and bump into the chest of a man standing in front of her.

The masculine smell that entered her nose did not help, Asfi was not only surprised, she also felt a little drunk.

"Asfi, I'm glad you like me so much. But if you want to take advantage of me, you don't need to use tricks like this. Just say you want it and I'll give it to you."

Who said those shameless words?

It was none other than Eiji.

He had returned to that world after spending time with his women in the world of Campione for a while.

"I, I didn't do it on purpose and I don't like you in that way, Eiji-sama!"

Asfi shouted and immediately jumped back like a cat meeting a snake.

She looked at the man standing in front of her with shame and annoyance. Her glasses almost falling off, she corrected her position before making a serious expression again.

Eiji chuckled, "Liking me in that way? Asfi, you mean... You're not in love with me yet?"

"Of course not! I respect you as a god. Eiji-sama, please don't say anything that would make others misunderstand our relationship."

Asfi tried to maintain her composure as the captain of the Hermes Familia. However, Eiji could see her ears redden slightly when the topic of love was mentioned.

Her positive level increased by two points.

[The total was 71 points. Rather than the god (Hermes), this woman favors you, host. You can just pull her into bed and cook raw rice (have sex) with her! I'm sure she won't resist.]

Leme, calm down.

Although I'm confident in my charm as the Harem King, there's no need to rush.

"Is that so? I seem to have to try harder." Eiji sighed and made a slightly disappointed expression.

He was still very handsome in Asfi's eyes, but what did he just say?

Try harder for what?

"What do you mean, Eiji-sama?" She asked in a tone that demanded an explanation.

But Eiji changed the subject, "By the way, since Asfi has prepared breakfast for me... There's no way I can refuse to eat it."

After he said that, he immediately walked towards the dining room on the first floor. Asfi followed him, she was frowning but there was also a slight smile on her face.

If Hermes was there, he would definitely tease her and wonder if she had...

Before he finished his words, she would point her magic item at his head and threaten him not to continue.

In the Hermes Familia dining room.

When having breakfast with bread filled with vegetables, fried eggs and deep-fried rabbit-type monster meat—it was basically a sandwich that tasted pretty good. But for a person with the tongue of a god like Eiji, it was still too bad.

There weren't many spices used in the dish. The texture of the salt was still a bit rough and the tomato sauce was too sour.

He asked Asfi if there was mayonnaise in this world?

Asfi was confused by the unfamiliar name and said no. The culinary level in this world was still low and that was normal. Unlike Erina who in that situation would berate the chef, Eiji didn't say much and just said "Not bad."

Asfi was silent.

She was neither happy nor sad. After all, she wasn't the one cooking. Hermes Familia hired a chef and he asked her to prepare breakfast.

To her, the breakfast was quite delicious. But this man didn't seem satisfied.

[If I were a protagonist focusing on the path of industrial development, I would probably raise the level of culinary in this world with my cooking skills and knowledge of ingredients.]

[But sorry, even though I have the ability to do that, I'm too lazy to do it.]

[I didn't come here to become a businessman, farmer or anything like that, okay?]

That's right!

Wait, if you have that kind of ability, why not do what you think?

Are you too lazy?

Not only Asfi, the lips of the other heroines twitched.

"Eiji-sama, what's your next plan?" Shortly after they finished breakfast, Asfi asked that.

Eiji did not answer right away, he walked closer to the window and glanced at the other Hermes Familia members who were practicing in the courtyard.

He didn't remember their names even though yesterday they had introduced themselves to him one by one.

That was because apart from Asfi, none of them caught his attention. However, from the original work, he remembered that Hermes' Family was a Family that liked to pretend.

In the eyes of other deities, the familia had low-level members; the highest-level member was known to be listed as level 2. However, Asfi was clearly level 4 and she was not alone. There were several level 3 and 4 members.

They hid their strength to gain various advantages as an exploration-type Familia.

"Hermes is really cunning. I wouldn't be surprised if many gods and goddesses have been tricked, and lost a lot of money because of him."

"That's right. Hermes-sama is indeed that kind of person, he is very cunning and likes to trick others."

Eiji was a little surprised, Asfi didn't bother to defend her god.

Hermes was rather pathetic.

"About your question, Asfi. I suddenly thought that since I'm a god. I should probably make my familia in the world."

Actually, he thought it would be fun and help him to get in touch with other beautiful women in Danmachi.

"You want to make a familia!?" Asfi was surprised.

It was normal for gods who descended to the underworld to create their own familia.

But Eiji was a god from another universe, right?

"Is that impossible?" Eiji asked because he thought there was some kind of rule he had missed in the original work.

Asfi shook her head, "No, that's not it... It should be possible as long as you know how to give Falna and then register your Familia name with the Guild."

[It's as simple as you think.]

Simple? Is it really?

Asfi was not sure whether Eiji was really capable or not. After all, something like giving Falna was only something a god or goddess could do.

He was just a human.

"Yosh, let's go to the Guild—" Eiji grabbed Asfi's hand and was about to pull her to accompany him to the Guild. Asfi blushed, she didn't realize that he was taking advantage of her.

But put that aside!

He suddenly got an idea to woo someone!

"Wait, don't go to the Guild first. We'll go to the Hestia Familia first."

"Huh? Why?"

Asfi was confused, she needed to get an explanation.

Eiji then told her that although he was confident that he could also give Falna to the people who would become members of his Familia—he needed an example of how such magic worked.

Of course, that was just an excuse. With the help of Rasiel who was able to give him the steps of how the gods or goddesses in this world used Falna, and with his extremely high understanding of magic, he was 100% sure that he could create something similar to Falna or even better.

But...

It would be a pity if he didn't seize the opportunity to woo the other heroines in Danmachi.

[I know what you're planning and in my opinion, you're very cunning, host!]

Miss System, shut up.

"I understand and it's quite reasonable. But Eiji-sama, do you think Hestia-sama wouldn't mind giving you an example of how Falna works?"

"Don't worry, I know her very well. She won't refuse my request."

Asfi wondered where Eiji's confidence came from?

As far as she knew, he and Hestia had only gotten to know each other yesterday.

Was it because of that thing called the original work?

It had been quite a while since Asfi had thought about this. She thought Eiji was a god with the ability to know the future and past of others.

That would explain why he knew said Bell Canel, was some kind of protagonist and in the future, he would be surrounded by many beautiful women. But because he was only obsessed with Ais Wallenstein; he rejected the other women, even the Goddess of Beauty, Freya.

And that was also why Eiji knew that Syr was actually Freya's alter ego. This man... How many things did he know about Hestia?

What about herself?

Asfi felt Eiji was very mysterious and she was getting more and more curious about him. Without realizing it, it made her fall deeper.

Soon, they arrived at an Abandoned Church which was the home of Hestia Familia. Before Asfi knocked on the door, the door happened to open and the figure of the two-ponytailed goddess jumped back with shock on her face.

Eiji was disappointed that Hestia's reaction was too quick, it made her large breasts fail to hit him.

"Ehhhh!? Eiji and the captain of the Hermes Familia, why are you two here!?" Hestia was about to go outside, but she did not expect to see the two people she knew in front of her residence, especially Eiji!

"Yo Hestia, I came to keep my promise to you." Eiji said while looking down because the woman in front of him was only as tall as his lower abdomen.

"Promise? The one about you being able to visit my familia's house? Isn't that too soon!?"

"Hestia, you hurt my heart."

Eiji's shoulders drooped and made a pitiful expression, which made Asfi feel amused.

Hestia panicked slightly and hurriedly said, "S-sorry! It's not that I don't welcome you, Eiji. I'm just surprised, okay?"

"Okay, so... When will you let us in?"

In an instant, Eiji's expression was cheerful again as if his previous sadness had never happened.

Hestia felt she had been played by the man in front of her. With a forced smile, she clenched her fists, and her eyebrows twitched repeatedly.

"Let me say first, I'm a very poor goddess. I can only give plain water to the guests!"

"What a coincidence, I like plain water, Hestia."

[I feel like crying without tears for Hestia. I didn't expect her to be this poor.]

[Bell, you're the protagonist, how can you make your goddess still live in poverty after the storyline has come this far?]

Pfft!

Asfi turned her head to the side and tried to hold back her laughter.

Hestia wanted to beat up the man in front of her, but seeing the smile on his extremely handsome face, she was in a daze.

This man... he really cares about my welfare, right?

He's not mocking me, right?

What made her a little upset was that he kept badmouthing Bell in his heart.

It made her have complicated feelings, she didn't know whether she should be happy or angry at Eiji.

Of course, that was because she still couldn't believe that Bell would reject her and prefer Ais in the future.

...

(A/N: Writing when I have a cold is troublesome, I have trouble concentrating but I managed to finish this chapter. By the way, since not much of the history in HSR has been revealed yet, including Oroboros' personality. I decided to improvise by modifying it. The same goes for the Imaginary Tree.)