My anime girlfriend has come into my life

At least in terms of magical power, that is the case.

The Holy Grail, sought after in the Holy Grail War, is merely a cup possessing immense magical power; the method to grant wishes is to consume that magical power. Although the Holy Grail was later corrupted, the fulfillment of wishes was achieved by distorting the wishes of the person making the wish, using malicious methods to fulfill their desires.

"Master, do you still remember how to reply to Command Seals?"

Lilith asked again.

"Hmm... does it resume at 11 PM?"

Li Chaoge thought for a moment and then hesitated.

In the game, the status updates at 11 PM. A full Command Seal has three strokes, and it automatically recovers one stroke each day until it's fully restored. But that's a game. Does it follow this pattern in reality? How exactly do Command Seals recover? This isn't the Type-Moon universe.

But there are only a few hours left until 11 PM, so we'll see when we try. Could it be that he'll get to experience what it's like to be a Master tonight?

I wonder if his Command Seals have the ability to force people to obey. If they do, then he won't be afraid of the arrogant Heroic Spirits of Chaldea anymore.

Someone like Jeanne Alter, who is tsundere, might just be willing to comply obediently if he just shows off the Command Seals on his hand.

"I'm not sure if your Command Seals can recover naturally, Master."

Lilith shook her head. She couldn't sense anything special in this world. Although the Command Seals were magical, they didn't have any magic power, so how could they automatically regenerate?

Although it's possible that her strength has declined so much that she hasn't noticed, she doesn't hold out much hope. This world seems to be just an ordinary world, and everything else is quite ordinary except for the Master.

"However, Master, you have another way."

Lilith turned her head, her gaze burning as she looked at Li Chaoge's face, which was so close to hers.

Li Chaoge fell into thought.

Is there another way? The essence of Command Seals should also be related to magic power. If the medium remains unchanged, Command Seals can be restored simply by replenishing magic power. Does that mean he can restore Command Seals by replenishing magic power?

"You mean... replenishing mana?"

Li Chaoge looked at Lilith with some uncertainty.

“Master, although I haven’t learned how to replenish mana yet.” Lilith licked her cherry blossom-like lips and sniffed Li Chaoge with her delicate nose. “However, if Master wants, Lilith can learn.”

Upon hearing Lilith's words, Exusiai suddenly realized, "So that's what it is. It seems that Lilith is also extremely lusting after the Doctor's body."

"Wait, what are you talking about replenishing mana?! Why do we need to replenish mana?!"

Hei hope couldn't help but say that she didn't have the habit of searching for information like Exusiai, but she used to chat in the game group often when she was bored. The term "mana replenishment" was often mentioned in the game group, so she certainly knew some of its meaning.

"What are you pretending for? Haven't you slept with the Master? You two are exactly the same, both trying to seduce the Master!"

Lilith glanced at Kuroki; she wasn't truly clueless, as she was very sensitive to her Master's scent.

Upon hearing this, Seele blushed deeply and lowered her head.

How embarrassing to say something like that in public.

Although four out of the six people present knew about her relationship with the captain, and that she had even spent time with Black Angel, the awkwardness was still unavoidable.

"That has nothing to do with replenishing mana!"

"I can help Master, can you?"

"With your flat-chested figure?"

"That's a perfect figure! You fat sow would never understand!"

Unlike Seele, Lilith and Black Seele started bickering again.

The two of them were arguing again, which gave Li Chaoge a terrible headache.

Lucia watched as Hei hope and Lilith argued about replenishing mana. She hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Chaoge: "Commander, what is replenishing mana? Can I help you, Commander?"

Chapter 38. Can we fight again tonight?

What is mana replenishment?

Lucia really didn't know about this.

Li Chaoge knew this, but he hesitated when faced with Lucia's innocent gaze.

Perhaps only the wondrous conch shell could explain this without hesitation at this moment.

"Lucia, you're too naive."

When Exusia saw Lucia actually asking Li Chaoge, she felt that Lucia was not as mature as she appeared.

"Huh? Is it something I should know?"

Lucia blinked, looking at Exusiai with a puzzled expression.

"Ahem, if Lucia doesn't chat in groups much, she might not understand."

Li Chaoge glared at Exusiai, who was trying to explain to Lucia, and carefully chose his words before vaguely telling Lucia, "Replenishing mana means replenishing magic power. If you don't have enough magic power, you can borrow it from others. However, it can only be done through some simple physical contact. It's a more intimate thing that only lovers can do together."

The term "mana replenishment" is exclusive to Type-Moon, so it's normal that Lucia doesn't know it.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the term "mana replenishment." It simply means replenishing mana. Magicians can replenish mana directly through sorcerers, and those who need to replenish mana through bodily fluids are a minority. It's a troublesome method that only novice magicians would use. Orthodox magicians pursue the root, not this kind of desire.

However, due to the protagonist's poor performance and the game's mechanics, mana replenishment gradually became a euphemism for doing that kind of thing.

"Could it be... that replenishing mana involves clinging to the commander and acting cute?"

Li Chaoge's explanation wasn't very detailed. Lucia frowned slightly, thought about it seriously, and then looked at Li Chaoge and suddenly said...

If someone were to hug the commander's arm and rub their face against the commander's shoulder, it would indeed be a bit embarrassing if someone saw them.

However, if she could improve the commander's physical fitness, she could overcome the slight embarrassment.

It's just replenishing the commander's mana, Lucia can do that!

"Well......."

Exusia was speechless when she saw that Lucia actually thought that hugging the Doctor and acting cute meant they were close.

Has Lucia's brain gotten rusty from all this fighting? How can she be so naive?

Are all the constructs in that Sky Garden just fighting and killing each other and not talking about love? There isn't a single construct to serve as an example for Lucia.

She clearly saw something about a woman who was a loving mother and a woman who fell from the sky while she was researching, and that the head chef of the Hanging Gardens was either a twisted head chef or a distorted head chef. Is that all?

What a disgrace! It seems that the female operators of Rhodes Island are still the most capable. The Doctor has a lot of ex-wives and ex-girlfriends. Not to mention sisters like Talulah and Chen, the "family of three" of Kazimierz, Knight Whip Blade, Nearl, and Shining are even more impressive, making Platinum, who ran away to Rhodes Island, tremble with fear.

"Well, more or less. In any case, replenishing mana is a very intimate act."

Li Chaoge considered it for a moment and nodded in affirmation of Lucia's statement.

He wasn't wrong. Theoretically, rubbing against his arm is also a form of physical contact. However, this inefficient way of replenishing mana requires skin-to-skin contact, so if Lucia were to replenish his mana, she definitely wouldn't be wearing clothes.

The premise is that Lucia can actually help him replenish mana.

Replenishing mana isn't as simple as generating heat through friction. If Lucia herself doesn't have any mana, how can she replenish his?

"Oh, I see. So that means I can only do it with the Commander. I understand."

Lucia suddenly realized that she would only sit with the commander in this kind of situation anyway, so there was no need to worry about that.

No, you don't understand.

Li Chaoge silently complained about the extremely simple-minded and naive Lucia.

Although he was quite pleased that Lucia was aware of this, and although she didn't explicitly say that they were lovers, it was obvious that they had a special relationship.

To be honest, he didn't know if Lucia was capable of doing that kind of thing. Lucia was a construct, and she looked no different from a beautiful girl, but she was actually a robot. He didn't know if Lucia had that kind of construct.

Even if he could do it, he would definitely have to explain it clearly to Lucia before doing it, instead of just making up an excuse to fool Lucia for the time being.

"Master, none of them have magic power, let me help you!"

Seeing that Li Chaoge had finished dealing with Lucia, Lilith puffed out her chest, which was barely rising and falling, and said proudly.

She wasn't worried at all that if she revealed this, others would take the opportunity to do something to her Master.

Do the other people have magic? No, they don't. Even if they wanted to help their Master replenish his magic, it would be absolutely impossible!

Although she doesn't have much magic power, which might not be enough to replenish her Master's supply, she can absorb more. There's plenty of magic power to harvest here.

"..." Hei hope glanced at the smug Lilith and curled her lips in disdain.

Is this guy just dreaming? Does that mean she can't talk to the captain just because she can't replenish her mana?

Why does the captain replenish mana? It's to have stronger physical abilities.

And all of these are ultimately aimed at preventing them from draining them dry.

Hmph, she knew the captain's thoughts very well. After all, when she was being exploited by them, she always kept saying that she would definitely get revenge later. Unfortunately, it was unlikely that the captain's idea would come true. She would be defeated by a mere captain.

If she hadn't been careless at the beginning, she would have definitely kept the Commander in check. Her combined strength with Seele is incredibly powerful.

"Master, shall we go replenish our mana after we finish eating?"

Lilith extended an incredibly bold invitation to Li Chaoge.

She's not one to be pretentious; she'll protect her own relationship.

These shameless guys all went to Master's bed to seduce Master, so what's wrong with her replenishing Master's mana?

"Lilith... not for now. Let's wait until tonight when the Command Seals haven't been restored."

Li Chaoge glanced at Lilith's exquisite and perfect face, then smiled and shook his head.

It's not that he doesn't want to be close to Lilith, it's just that intimacy for the sake of replenishing mana isn't what he wants.

He and Lilith just guessed that the mana replenishment for Command Seals was considered when the Command Seals' automatic mana regeneration was not working.

Normally, who would think of using mana replenishment to restore Command Seals? Why would you spend so much effort replenishing mana only to use Command Seals to consume mana and buff yourself to restore your status?

This must be poisonous.

He wanted to improve his physical fitness so that he wouldn't always be exploited to the point of exhaustion, but there's no such thing as a perpetual motion machine in this world.

Even though the Herrscher of Heroes is an incredibly powerful being, they still have to follow the law of conservation of energy. They need to replenish mana, recover, and replenish mana again. This kind of perpetual cycle is impossible.

"Then Master, call me again when you need me~"

Lilith could tell that Li Chaoge didn't dislike her, but was thinking about other things, so she didn't get discouraged and cheerfully agreed.

She secretly resolved that once she found an opportunity, she would let her Master feel the charm of Lilith!

She is the perfect being. What's so great about having so much fat like Hei hope and the others?

Lucia and Seele didn't cook much, but Li Chaoge and the others ate and chatted until almost nine o'clock before they finished.

Although the meal wasn't particularly delicious, it was still quite good. The two meals we had today greatly strengthened our relationship.

Although there are still disharmonious factors among them, apart from Seele, Exusiai, and Lucia, the others always have various reasons to dislike each other, and will provoke and retaliate from time to time.

"Hiel and Lucia, you two go take a shower first. There's more than one bathroom upstairs, so you can shower at the same time. Aneng and I will clean up the table and dishes."

After finishing his meal, Li Chaoge glanced at the messy table and said to Xier and Lucia, who were about to clean up.

"Captain, you go and rest. I'll take care of it."

"Yes, Commander, Seele and I can handle it."

"You guys go take a shower. Lele! Come on, wash the dishes!"

Faced with the diligent Seele and Lucia, Li Chaoge simply waved them away, his gaze falling on Exusiai, who was preparing to slip away.

"Oh, why is the boss suddenly calling me by my nickname again?"

"Can't I call out if I want to?"

"...You're the boss, so you call the shots."

Seeing Exusiai being dragged back by Li Chaoge to wash the dishes, Seele and Lucia exchanged glances, smiled at each other, and went upstairs to find clothes to take a shower without saying anything more.

Actually, they don't really care who does the housework. They're happy even if they do the housework by themselves. But that's what shows the Commander/Captain's care for them.

Li Chaoge didn't have any other thoughts. He just felt that he was free now and hadn't been busy with anything. Xier and Lucia had been busy in the kitchen for so long before the meal, so what was wrong with him and Aneng washing the dishes after the meal?

He used to see a lot of conflicting topics about men and women online, like housework: should men or women do more? They work so hard outside, why should they have to do housework when they get home? They come home and just lie there like big men, not knowing how to be considerate at all.

He scoffed at such topics, saying there was no such thing as too much or too little, and that there were no obligations or responsibilities involved.

A truly happy family is not one where responsibilities and obligations are perfectly divided, but one where every member of the family can understand and accommodate each other.

If one person is too tired from work and gets off work too late, the other person should be considerate and help prepare meals to eat together. If they are not so busy at work, whoever gets off work early can help buy groceries and cook.

Household chores don't have to be divided so clearly. Cleaning them together isn't difficult, and it doesn't take much time. Ten minutes a day to clean a small area of ​​the house is enough. A thorough cleaning can be scheduled for another time.

A family is not a family of one person. It is not advisable to think that it can be maintained by the contributions of only one side. Mutual support is the key to longevity.