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After continuing all the way, Ryan finally arrived at his destination, Kuoh Academy.
Although classes have been over for a long time, in the huge campus under the setting sun, you can still see many students participating in club activities and pouring out their youthful sweat.
"Wow, look at that boy!"
Naturally, Ryan, who was wearing a black windbreaker instead of a student uniform, attracted the attention of many students who stayed on Kuoh Academy as soon as he entered the school.
Especially the girls, some of the bolder ones ran up and asked questions.
However, Ryan skillfully rejected them all and walked straight towards the old school building located in a corner of the campus.
Maybe they've been cleaning it all the time? The corridor of the old school building was spotless. Ryan arrived at the end of the corridor and saw a wooden door with a sign that read "Occult Research Department".
Knock knock.
"Come in."
I knocked on the door twice gently, and after three seconds of waiting, the soft and elegant voice of a girl came from inside the door.
Pushing open the wooden door, Ryan walked in.
The red-haired girl who was sitting behind the desk processing some documents, saw who came in, her expression changed slightly, and she immediately stood up from her seat.
"R-Ryan-sama!"
On an ordinary day, the supreme Devil King of the underworld devils suddenly came here, which made Rias panic.
Raising his hand to signal the red-haired girl to calm down, Ryan sat on the guest sofa.
"Ryan-sama, why are you here?"
After signaling her 'Queen' to prepare some fine tea for the reception, Rias came up to the black-haired young man and asked with a slightly surprised expression.
"Why, you're not welcome?"
"How could I not welcome you? I'm just a little surprised... If you had informed us in advance, Sona and I would have made good preparations to welcome you."
Rias hurriedly explained.
"No need to be so grand. I was simply bored in the underworld and came out to hang out for a while."
Ryan smiled calmly and continued, "By the way, the people in my family want to come here to study, and I'd like you to arrange it for them."
"For such a small matter, you can just ask someone to inform me, why bother——"
Ryan chuckled and raised his hand to silence the girl.
"My Devil king, please have some tea."
The black-haired girl with a high ponytail and a proud figure brought Ryan a cup of tea with a gentle smile.
"Yes, thank you."
Ryan picked up the teacup and took a small sip, savoring the refreshing tea aroma, and glanced at the black-haired girl.
"It's a good brew. If I remember correctly, your name is Akeno Himejima, right?"
"…Yes, yes."
Because of her identity, Akeno Himejima had never told the Devil King her name, but when Ryan said her name, the girl was a little frightened.
However, Akeno Himejima just kept this doubt in her heart and did not dare to ask more questions.
"Oh, right..."
Just when Ryan was about to say something, someone knocked on the door of the activity room again.
"...Akeno."
Rias frowned slightly and gestured to her followers.
By this time, the student union had already finished their business and gone home, and judging from the slightly uncomfortable aura that her felt at the door, it didn't seem like her friends were visiting.
"Understood, Minister."
Akeno Himejima understood and walked towards the door.
However, Ryan suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and spoke.
"Let the 'guest' in."
At Ryan's signal, Akeno Himejima opened the wooden door and let the 'guest' into the activity room.
It was the church duo, Xenovia and Irina, who had just separated from Ryan not long ago.
"You are the manager of this place, the Gremory family... Huh?!"
"——Eh!? Mr. Ryan!?"
After entering the room, the two church members were about to say something to the girl with striking red hair, but when they saw the black-haired young man sitting in front of her, their eyes widened and they exclaimed in surprise.
"Mr. Ryan!?"
"Why are you here..."
They probably didn't expect that the person they just said goodbye to would meet again in the same place so soon, and they looked surprised.
"Just came to see a friend."
Ryan leaned back on the comfortable sofa and answered casually, as if he had known about their arrival.
"...Friends."
On the other side, hearing Ryan actually call her "friend" made Rias a little panic for a moment, but the girl quickly calmed down and asked the young devil king in a low voice.
"...Ryan-sama, do you know them?"
"For now. I just ran into them on the street and saw they looked starving, so I treated them to a good meal and chatted with them for a while."
Ryan shrugged casually.
"Anyway, you guys should talk about yourselves first and don't worry about me."
After saying that, Ryan picked up the teacup on the table and continued to drink tea.
"Is that so..."
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