Chapter 37: Inner Peace, Inner Peace

I arrived at the academy and went to my office. As I walked down the lonely hall I spoke to Enma who was in my shadow. - "How is the magic barrier going?"

"Fufufu, thanks to the resources that the Master provided the barrier will be finished in 2 days" - Enma's voice sounded more malicious than usual which made me raise an eyebrow.

"What evil thing did you do now?" - I asked while preparing my heart.

"Master is so cruel to think that I will do something evil~" - Enma spoke dramatically.

"Will someone innocent suffer?" - I have already resigned myself to Enma, she will not become a good person, but even so I cannot hate her, I am pathetic.

"Fufufu, Master shouldn't worry, there will only be happy for everyone~" - Enma sounded excited.

"..." - Now I'm worried. - "Just don't overdo it"

"Fufufu, Master will thank me~" - Enma didn't sound reliable

I got to my office and put the kettle on to pour myself honey tea to relax. Anida stayed at the mansion since I'm going to talk to Tanaka and if that idiot looks lustfully at Anida, I don't think I can control myself so as not to try to kill him.

"Do you want a cup of tea?" - I asked Enma.

Although I cannot see her, I know that she is always with me and that gives me a sense of security.

"I would love it, everything the Master prepares is delicious, everything~" - Enma spoke lustfully making me doubt if she is a witch or a succubus.

Speaking of succubi I remembered something. - "Tetsuo mentioned that a community of demihumans would come before classes start since some of them want to be teachers and others will be students"

"That's right Master, Asagi is checking the background of each demihuman to avoid spies from the Underworld, I have also drawn up a magic contract to help the Master" - Enma appeared next to me and took the cup of tea. - "I made sure it looks like a collaboration contract, but it will be a slavery contract~"

I sighed feeling guilty for misleading a group of people who are only looking for a safe home, but even if this hurts my heart, I cannot let a group of magical entities be unsupervised.

"Am I doing something bad?" - I asked with a self-deprecating smile.

"Master is offering a safe place in exchange for obedience, it seems to me a fair treatment considering all the groups that hunt demihumans" - Enma shrugged.

"Still, subject them to slavery..." - My ideals continue to crack with each passing day.

"Master, even if they knew that it was a slavery contract, most would still sign" - Enma denied with a wry smile. - "A well-fed domestic dog is happier than a hungry stray dog, if the price of a good meal is to use a leash there are many people who will happily renounce their dignity"

"Live on your knees instead of dying on your feet…" - I understood the concept, but I didn't like it.

"Freedom is overrated" - Enma shrugged.

"I am a believer in fairness" - I sighed feeling that I could never agree with Enma.

"And I believe in the law of the strongest, but the world does not care about my beliefs so it will not matter what happens to the world" - Enma enjoyed her tea with a happy expression. - "If in exchange for giving up my freedom I can enjoy this tea, it's worth it"

I looked helplessly at Enma's smiling expression. Although I understand her point of view, I am not willing to accept it, I have hope for a better world where good people can be happy and prosper, even if that hope diminishes every day...

We both continued drinking tea as we chatted, after a while, Enma looked at the door. - "Master's friend is about to arrive"

"He's not my friend" - I made a face of disgust.

"Fufufu, my mistake, Master's prey is coming~" - Enma smiled at me.

"..." - I don't like how that sounds either.

Enma returned to my shadow and I sat down on a sofa leaving the briefcase beside me.

On a small table, I prepared high-quality sake and several sandwiches that go well with alcohol, I need to act friendly so that everything goes well.

Just in case I drank some potions that will prevent reflux, increase my blood pressure, reduce the risk of a heart attack, and regulate my anger if Tanaka says something nasty.

I feel pain in my chest thinking that I will have to act like a degenerate who sees people as toys, but Asagi and Enma said that this was the best way to start acting against the Gentlemen's Club.

I sighed and sat waiting, wanting to go home to play video games.

The door opened and Tanaka entered my office as if it were his own home, manners make man and this is not a man, is trash.

"Satou my friend! How weird you call me. Do you need me to get you new toys? " - Tanaka sat in front of me with a nasty smile, just seeing him makes me want to hit him with a hammer.

"Ahhh it's complicated" - I sighed making my anger seem like a concern, I need to calm down.

"Oh? Did you do something indiscreet and need me to take care of possible rumors? " - Tanaka poured himself a glass of sake and began to drink.

Very few people seem to know that the original owner of this body was a perverted pedophile as the Gentlemen's Club made sure that no rumors spread.

Although I lost my authority in the Club as the original owner of this body was tricked into selling my shares in exchange for sex with underage girls, I am technically one of its founders so I still receive some help.

In fact, very few people know that I am a millionaire even in the upper class, the Gentlemen's Club made sure to keep its main sponsor hidden to prevent other people from approaching me for money, although with the arrival of the Underworld I am every less and less necessary for the Gentlemen's Club and after I checked some documents I realized that I became an obstacle to them.

"There are many problems" - I sighed deeply. - "We both have problems"

Tanaka raised an eyebrow. - "What's going on?"

"To begin I want to know something ..." - I looked at Tanaka trying to contain my desire to kill him, the glasses that Enma gave me to hide my negative emotions are wonderful. - "Why were two of my students sold at auction?"

Tanaka looked uncomfortable. - "Satou, you have to understand that that was beyond my control ..."

"You know that the brown-haired girl is one of my favorites and yet you did not tell me that they would sell her at auction, if it weren't because I heard rumors of a special event then she would be sold without my consent" - I showed slight anger that It covered my intense desire to strangle Tanaka until I broke his neck.

Tanaka sighed. - "I know, Satou and I'm very sorry, I originally thought to prepare them for you, but three members of the Club were interested in them and were pressuring me to obtain them, in the end, I could only take them to the auction house to avoid a fight"

"Since when do you let a bunch of idiots tell you what to do?" - I asked in genuine disbelief.

The Gentlemen's Club was founded 30 years ago by a young me, Tanaka, and 4 other idiots. The Club began as a space where perverts with money organized orgies with the best prostitutes money could pay.

With time and membership growth, the Club grew into a group of true degenerates who used authority to hurt innocent people.

It was only 2 years ago that the Gentlemen's Club gained a true increase in authority and power. While all the members of the Club had money and connections, they lacked ambition and only thought with their crotches.

What caused the Club to become involved in politics and seek to increase its influence in the world was the arrival of the Underworld.

I'm still not clear about what really happened for the perverted bastards to start looking for authority to lead the world and I only have a list detailing the personalities of the Club members who have interacted with me in recent years which was given to me by Enma and Asagi.

Enma has been with me for 5 years being my oldest guard so none of them know the kind of life I had before that time so there is an information gap.

Even so, I have one thing clear, the trash in front of me is a narcissistic and egotistical man who believes himself to be the king of the world so hearing that he was pressured by other members of the Club is strange.

Unlike me, Tanaka has great authority and prestige in the Club.

"Tch, don't mention it" - Tanaka drank two glasses of sake in a row. - "The younger generation is putting us aside, of the oldest members there are only two left who keep our shares in the Club, the others have ceded their authority to their children and grandchildren"

Tanaka drank another glass of sake. - "Can you believe that fucking Katsuro gave his position as administrator to his stupid grandson?! He's a fucking 10-year-old brat, but he's already fucking married women! Dammit! Fucking asshole Katsuro even looked for a potion to give his grandson an orc's cock! Can you believe it?! A fucking brat with an orc cock! "

I stared at the idiot in front of me, this Hentai world sucks.

"Tch, I still can't complain, that damn brat is talented, he delivered top quality products to the main members as a bribe" - Tanaka smiled wryly. - "I am going to send you a pair of twins that you will love, I have not tried them since they are a gift for our friendship"

… I want to kill this asshole.

"Thank you, it's good to see that there is still someone decent" - I smiled with the help of Enma's magic.

At this point, I am unable to bear the urge to kill the jerk in front of me and only Enma's magic helps me control myself.

"Hahahaha, that's why I like you Satou, you're the only one who still knows gratitude" - Tanaka started laughing as he continued drinking.

I had to have a glass of sake to remove the bad taste in my mouth that this conversation was leaving me.

"Putting that aside, we're in trouble" - I opened the briefcase next to me, pulled out a file, and handed it to Tanaka.

"What is this? Are you going to show off the pictures of your toys? " - Tanaka smiled like an idiot, but when he started reading the file his smile turned into a frown. - "This is real?"

"As real as the alcohol you are drinking" - I poured myself another glass of sake, I feel disgusted.

The file contained a record of donations my academy had received from anonymous sources.

The problem is that this academy does not have a donation fund since everything comes out of my pocket, someone used the name of the academy to earn money.

That is not the biggest problem since for me a couple of million dollars are insignificant, the problem is that the person who received that money was not a random professor, it was Gakuho, the deputy director of the academy.

After checking the recordings that recorded the actions of the different branches of the student council I saw that Gakuho had spoken with various professors and representatives of the student council, showed them videos of me acting like a perverted idiot, and convinced them that I am a danger to the students.

When Kei mentioned that his brother knew about my actions as a pervert I thought there was something wrong as Tanaka has made sure that even the student council didn't know about my actions.

Looking at everything together I finally knew why Gakuho thought he could take this academy away from me, he has the backing of the Gentlemen's Club.

"Satou, if this is true it means there is a rat in our Club" - Tanaka lost his asshole attitude and showed the expression of an anime villain.

"You don't seem to understand" - I poured myself another glass of sake. - "It is no longer our Club, the new generation seeks to get rid of the old generation, us"

This problem was not only mine, Tanaka's authority is based on how much money he can get from me, so if I fall, he will fall.

"They are morons?!" - Tanaka hit the table furiously, but since it is a high-quality table the sake did not spill. - "We founded this fucking Club! Who the fuck gave them the guts to try this?!"

"The Underworld" - My answer was simple, but it made Tanaka calm down.

"You're right, since the arrival of the Underworld things has changed" - Tanaka massaged his forehead in frustration. - "We need to do something"

"Actually I have an idea" - I took out another document and gave it to Tanaka.

Tanaka read the document carefully, then raised an eyebrow. - "Buy the property of gates to other worlds?

That was the plan.

If I try to make allies in this world it will be a slow process and I will get the attention of other supernatural groups besides the Gentlemen's Club and the Underworld.

My action of giving refuge to a demihuman community attracted some glances since ancient times, demihumans have been persecuted since they are considered high-quality products either as slaves, toys, or materials for alchemy.

The Underworld is carefully spreading its roots in this world so as not to draw the attention of the main forces protecting the world, but at this rate, they will be in control of the Japanese government in less than five years.

Since I do not have time and I lack personnel, the best option is to look for allies in other worlds since looking for help in foreign organizations will only make me leave the cage of a tiger to go to the cage of a lion.

Sure, it is not a certainty that the natives of other worlds will be willing to help me, but if they discover the threat that is the Underworld they might be willing to lend a hand, and if they really do not want to help, I will have to use Enma's method, slave contracts, but that will only be for criminals.

"Satou, this is complicated" - Tanaka didn't seem convinced. - "You know that each government has a strict control of the Gates in their territories, not even the Club can monopolize a Gate, at most we can rent it"

Each Gate is a gold mine, be it natural resources, slaves, or magical artifacts, it was possible to find all kinds of wonders, and in case it was dangerous to explore, it was possible to destroy the Gate.

An important point is that when a foreign entity enters this world, their skills and technology are weakened and can even stop working making them vulnerable, so the demons of the Underworld need to make contracts with humans to spread their power in Japan.

An existence like Enma that can maintain her full power in the human world is an anomaly that if discovered would become the enemy of the human world and the prey of other worlds.

As for Kiara, she was summoned by my system so it will also be dangerous if she is discovered.

"I understand that it is difficult" - I smiled and took out a third document. - "But not impossible"

The women around me are wonderful, they helped me form this plan and gather information.

Tanaka looked at the document and smiled strangely. - "Shinomiya Zaibatsu Conglomerate and the Shuei-Gumi Clan?"

"Not only are they important forces in the Japanese government, they have recently had conflicts with the Club" - I poured myself another glass of sake, I usually don't like alcohol, but this is not bad.

"The Club has tried to attract them, but both have refused, the leader of the Shinomiya family is too ambitious and the mafia is led by an idealist, I don't think they will help us" - Tanaka denied with irony.

"I think I know what they want, anyway, we have nothing to lose" - I shrugged.

"We're screwed if we don't do something, so it's worth a try." - Tanaka drank another glass of sake. - "What do you need me to do?"

Tanaka was so stressed and drunk that it didn't seem strange to him that I was using my brain when the candy was supposed to make me stupid, and since from now on he will be too busy he won't think too much, after all, he is the kind of man who only thinks with his crotch.

"Observe the actions of the new generation of the Club and send me information, look for possible allies among the old members of the Club who are still reliable, also call me every time you see good products in the auctions" - I began to follow the list that I prepared with Enma. - "Finally, organize exploration groups, even if we cannot buy a Gate, we can still send search groups to obtain resources"

Tanaka looked at me bitterly. - "You ask me too much, I'm going to die of overexertion"

Please, go and die.

"Hey Satou, are you sure you won't let me play with a couple of students? My motivation would increase if you leave me a couple of beautiful virgin schoolgirls "- Tanaka almost made me kill him.

"I'm sure you have enough women in your house" - I tried to speak sarcastically to contain my anger.

"Ha, it's never enough, besides I like the variety, I'm bored with the ones I have so I plan to throw them away to get new pets" - Tanaka began to laugh.

… Take a deep breath, inner peace, inner peace.

"If you don't want them you can send them to me" - I tried to sound as indifferent as I could.

"Oh? Are you interested in used products now? " - Tanaka looked at me curiously. - "If so, I can send you several used products, although some are a bit broken"

Son of… Inner peace, inner peace.

"Virgins can't keep up with me" - I said that with such irony that I wanted to commit suicide.

"Pffff hahahahaha, yes you know how to live Satou, I envy your resistance" - Tanaka began to laugh for a long time and then drank sake to moisten his throat. - "I understand, I will send you the toys that no longer serve me"

Ah, I want to kill him and then kill myself… I need pancakes.

"Thank you friend" - I raised a glass, I hope the sake will make me overcome this unpleasant feeling. - "A toast to the future!"

"By the horny bitches!" - Tanaka.

"For the whores we're going to fuck!" - Me.

"By the whores we're going to fuck!" - Tanaka.

For the day I'm going to break your neck.

"Cheers!" - I drank my glass of sake and took a deep breath, I really hate alcohol.