Private Kuoh Academy.
Occult Research Club.
Rias and Sona sat facing each other.
After some time, Sona had also calmed down.
She adjusted her glasses and said in a deep voice, “Rias, I was in the wrong this time.”
“Sona…”
Rias wanted to comfort her with a couple of words, but was interrupted by Sona, “Just like he..
Xin said.”
Complex emotions flashed through Sona’s eyes as she continued, “I..
only thought about myself the whole time, completely failing to consider his situation.”
Rias was silent for a moment, then picked up her black tea, took a sip, and chuckled lightly, “This is the Sona I know…”
When others made a mistake, she would point it out without hesitation; when she made a mistake, she would candidly admit it.
Sona also picked up her black tea, took a sip, and regained her composed posture.
“What about your engagement then?”
Rias asked curiously.
This operation to call off the engagement could be said to be a massive failure.
Although Xin didn’t resist calling off the engagement and could even be said to be very cooperative, the outcome was obvious.
Sona paused for a moment, “Rating Games are out of the question; that would expose him to the sight of the Old Satan Faction.”
“I’ll try to persuade my family.”
Hearing the firmness in her tone, Rias joked, “If you ask me, Xin isn’t bad at all; why not just keep things going like this.”
“…”
Seeing Sona fall silent, Rias, who understood her well, immediately said in surprise, “You’re actually thinking about it?”
“My first impression of him wasn’t bad.”
Sona frankly said, “If nothing else can be done, I will try to cultivate feelings with him.”
Rias’s eyes instantly widened.
Something’s wrong!
There is twelve-tenths of something wrong!!
Xin’s indifferent gaze and cold tone from earlier.
And that profound sentence, ‘You really are all about yourself’.
Hiss——
“Sona, you wouldn’t happen to be…
that type, right?”
Masochist?
“What type?”
Sona asked in confusion.
“No, haha, nothing.”
Rias gave a hollow laugh, her eyes drifting away.
It shouldn’t…
be possible, right?
“Strange.”
Sona frowned, didn’t mind it, finished the tea in her cup, and prepared to leave.
“Right.”
Sona took a set of keys out of her pocket.
“I saw that his living quarters aren’t very good.
The Xidi family has a property in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, and this is the key to one of the apartments.
If you get the chance, please hand it to him for me as an apology for this time.”
Dropping these words, Sona cast a magic circle and left.
Rias opened her mouth, but could only swallow back the words, ‘Why don’t you hand it to him yourself’.
Private Kuoh Academy.
In the Student Council Room, a red light flashed past.
Sona suddenly appeared.
“Tsubaki, I need to take a bath.”
“Yes, President.”
“And my clothes need to be washed too.”
“Yes, President.”
“…Wait!
I’ll wash my panties myself!”
…
“You’re a huge help, Aoyama.”
“I’ll treat you to ice cream next time.”
Carrying the half-priced bento he had snatched up, Xin successfully made a graceful exit from the convenience store.
After coming out, the sky was gradually growing dark.
In one hand, Xin carried the plastic bag containing the bento, while his other hand toyed with a black chess piece.
“Aoyama also has the aptitude to be reincarnated as a demon.”
“Too bad, Aoyama didn’t agree to let me stuff this thing into her body.”
Xin had a look of regret.
“Can you see me?”
“Can you see me?”
A long-tongued Curse Spirit blocked Xin’s path, its sticky saliva dripping onto the ground and making a sizzling corrosive sound.
Xin glanced at it in disgust.
The long-tongued monster became agitated.
“You can see me!”
“You must be able to see!!”
“You aaahhh— —!!”
Before the long-tongued monster had time to taste the human in front of it who could see it, red flames suddenly burst forth from its body, burning it completely to ashes.
“You picked the wrong target, I am…”
“A devil.”
Xin glanced at the Curse Spirits gathering around nearby.
The Curse Spirits swept by his gaze began to tremble in fear.
Xin shook his head and didn’t bother with them.
There were too many of these low-level Curse Spirits, and it was impossible to manage them all.
However, after breaking through the puzzle of the womb, he finally knew what kind of world he was in now.
A comprehensive anime mashup!
For example, his current identity was the sole bloodline of a demon family in the Underworld, a new student at Shuchiin Academy, his homeroom teacher was Natsuki Minamiya, and the school also had a Totsuki Institute.
Oh right, and Aoyama Nanami at the convenience store.
Coupled with the Curse Spirits blanketing the streets before him, Xin reasonably suspected that Yotsuya Miko also existed in this world.
“Hmm?”
Xin’s footsteps paused, his eyes narrowing slightly.
On the status panel, the skill ‘demon chess pieces’ flickered slightly.
This was another effect of the ‘demon chess pieces’; if someone with the aptitude to become a peerage member was encountered nearby, it would remind him through flashing.
Xin decisively released his magic power to perceive the surrounding situation.
A few seconds later, Xin’s eyes lit up, “It should be right over there!”
Sensing the location, Xin turned his steps and hurried in that direction.
His peerage member’s current situation was not looking too good, being hunted down by a devil.
Yes, a devil.
Not all devils were like him, abiding by the laws of the human world.
Of course, it could also be a Stray Devil.
Through perception, it should only be of lower-class strength, posing no threat to someone of his strength who was about to break through to a High-Class Devil.
…
“Hah!
Hah!
Hah!”
Heavy panting echoed in the silent, deserted alley.
Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth and moved her legs, which felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
Her black stockings had somehow become tattered, and there were several scrapes on her legs, but she seemed unaware of them, just running blindly ahead.
Run fast, damn legs!
Faster!!
She could feel that the monster was closely following her all along, as if enjoying the feeling of hunting its prey.
She didn’t know if she could survive, but she knew that if she didn’t run, she would definitely die!
Therefore!
Even faster!!
Bang!
A dull sound suddenly rang out, and Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly crashed into a warm place, but she didn’t feel any warmth at all, her brain instantly occupied by two words.
It’s over!
“It looks like you might need a little help?”
Just looks like it?
Kasumigaoka Utaha panted and looked up.
A handsome face came into view, but she had no mind to think about other things at all.
“Q-quick run!
There is…
a monster behind!!”
This collision had already made her lose all her strength; if she hadn’t leaned her body completely against the boy in front of her, she might have already collapsed onto the ground.
She couldn’t run anymore, but this boy still had a chance.
“Monster, are you talking about that one?”
Xin pointed behind her, his other arm wrapping around her waist to keep her from sinking down.
Kasumigaoka Utaha turned her head and saw a monster with a naked female upper body and a spider-like lower body drooling as it stared at her.
She swallowed hard and smiled bitterly, “So close, it looks like you won’t be able to run away either.”
“Why run?”
“It’s just a lower-class Stray Devil.”