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"L-let me go! Let me go! Waaah, please let me go..."
Like a small animal desperately struggling after being lifted off the ground, the petite blonde Bokue had caught from the storage room was now frantically kicking her legs wrapped in black stockings beneath her school uniform skirt.
Not that it did any good—she was too short, about the same height as Nagisa, so when Bokue held her up, no matter how hard she kicked, her legs just flailed uselessly in the air.
With her armpits caught in the youth's grip from behind, she could only hold her arms straight out in front, completely unable to help herself escape.
All in all, absolutely adorable.
"This..."
Rias and Akeno stood stunned beside them.
Only Nagisa, equally clueless about the situation, tilted her head curiously.
"Hmm? What's with this child? Did Big Brother find her in the storage room?"
"Yes..."
Bokue was also somewhat hesitant.
Again, Rias had told him before that the storage room at the end of the hallway was sealed and absolutely shouldn't be opened under normal circumstances.
He'd thought something incredible was hidden inside, but... it was just this cute girl?
"So Rias, what's going on here?"
Unable to figure it out himself, Bokue simply threw the question to the red-haired girl beside him.
"How would I know..."
Rias was also stammering from excessive shock.
"Um... Bokue, didn't you encounter anything unusual when you went in?"
"Unusual?"
Bokue looked puzzled.
"No, aside from being a bit messy and dirty inside, there was nothing strange. Is there a problem?"
"You weren't affected by this child's ability?"
Rias was even more surprised.
Bokue gave her a strange look: "Ability? You mean cardboard box stealth? Come to think of it, when I went in, she was indeed hiding in a cardboard box trying to pretend to be that robot cat from Tom and Jerry, crawling around on the ground."
Huh???
Now Rias and Akeno were completely at a loss for words.
"Could it be, Gasper, that you can already control your—"
"Save me, President Rias! Akeno-neesan!!!"
Before she could finish, the golden-haired elf-eared girl Bokue was holding like a small animal finally couldn't contain her panic anymore and cried out loudly.
"This person is so mean! He suddenly rushed in and pulled me out of my cardboard box! I couldn't stop him at all! Why is this happening, waaah!!!"
Couldn't stop him?
Catching that key phrase, Rias and Akeno quickly exchanged glances, surprise mixed with understanding flashing in their eyes.
So that's how it is...
Though she already had her suspicions, Rias still asked tentatively:
"So Gasper, you mean your time-stop ability doesn't work on Bokue?"
"It doesn't work! Not at all!"
The blonde elf-eared girl Rias called "Gasper" was still crying loudly.
"I couldn't stop him at all! He just came over and grabbed me out of the cardboard box, and won't let me go back!"
Uh...
Well, case closed.
Rias sighed softly and looked up to explain to Bokue behind Gasper:
"Gasper actually possesses a Sacred Gear called [Forbidden Balor View] that can stop time. Anyone or anything Gasper sees when the Sacred Gear activates will be frozen."
"Oh, so that's why."
Bokue looked down at the blonde with her feet dangling in the air.
"Come to think of it, when I opened the cardboard box, your eyes did seem to change."
"Exactly, exactly! So why didn't you stop?!" Gasper said.
"And who are you anyway? Why do you sound so familiar with President Rias but do this to me..."
"Because we're moving soon, Gasper. We'll be moving to Itogami Island."
Rias crossed her arms, one hand touching her cheek helplessly.
"And he's Bokue Keikain. You stayed in the storage room the entire last semester, Gasper, so you wouldn't know..."
"Oh, I know that!"
Gasper, who they thought would be clueless, suddenly made a sound of realization.
"He's President Rias's boyfriend, right?"
"...Yes."
Rias nodded slightly but had new questions.
"But how do you know, Gasper? Haven't you been in the storage room the whole time?"
"I have."
Gasper explained.
"But when Koneko came to bring me snacks, she'd talk to me through the door and told me about this."
"I see."
Rias said "oh" in understanding.
"So... can I go back now?"
Gasper pleaded pitifully.
"There are so many people here, it's so open... I just want to go back to my cardboard box..."
"But we're moving soon."
"Then please just pack me in a cardboard box like cargo when you move..."
She sounded like she was about to cry again.
"I understand, then—"
Rias rubbed her forehead, about to tell Bokue to let go and release her.
Just then, Nagisa, who'd been watching curiously from the side, suddenly spoke up:
"These eyes... Miss Gasper, are you also a vampire?"
"Y-yes..."
The golden-haired elf-eared girl with arms stretched forward and feet still dangling answered reflexively.
But the next second, as if finally coming to senses, Gasper shouted:
"And I'm not 'Miss'—I'm a pure man!"
"..."
"..."
A pure man?
Those words made not just Nagisa but even Bokue feel his brain freeze for a moment.
With those black-stockinged slender legs, that pleated mini-skirt, features more delicate than a girl's, and skin so fair it was almost translucent... you call this a pure man?
And when kicking and flailing earlier, the skirt had lifted up—there was no mysterious bulge underneath.
Rather, it was quite flat.
"This is somewhat complicated to explain..."
Rias rubbed her forehead again. She felt like she'd done that more times today than in the entire past year.
"Gasper is a natural-born vampire, and vampires have no gender before adulthood—or rather, they fluctuate between both. Like Gasper here, who has a female appearance and body but psychologically thinks he should be a girl. Though... in reality, he probably leans more female. Anyway, this state continues until adulthood when it finally settles and stabilizes."
"I see."
Nagisa hummed in understanding.
Then, as if thinking of something really nice, she clapped her hands together with determination in her eyes:
"Then leave it to us! Big Brother and I will help Gasper-kun grow into a proper vampire! I swear this on the name of the [Fourth Progenitor] that Avrora and I share!"
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