"With the Red Dragon Emperor's support, it would be much easier for you to achieve your dream of opening a Rating Game school," Rias smiled confidently as she made her proposal. Although Issei's Sacred Gear could indeed elevate her peerage exponentially, compared to Yusuke, he was far less important. Even if Yusuke were just a normal human with no noteworthy abilities, Rias would still choose him over Issei.
She was confident that Sona would be more than happy to get a powerful Sacred Gear holder like Issei in her peerage and give up on Yusuke.
Tsubaki and Akeno both stared at Rias in astonishment, and as if they had the same thought, their already dark eyes grew even darker and colder, a black miasma-like aura radiating from them.
"It seems that you are determined to get Yusuke Aoki," Sona narrowed her eyes in surprise, but the next moment she shook her head and said calmly, "Daga Kotowaru."
"I will give you the same offer. I gave up Genshirou Saji to you, if you leave and don't contest for Yusuke," Sona proposed.
"Sona! Are you really going to do this?!" Rias's anger flared once again. The crimson power of destruction that had just calmed down erupted. She had given her greatest concession, but this woman refused to understand her place!
"Yes, I am! I'm determined to get him, and no one will stop me! Not even you, Rias!" Blue aura surged around Sona as she spoke coldly. The moment their auras clashed, the entire room began to shake.
The two stared each other down, the atmosphere growing dangerously tense, as if they might erupt into violence at any second. Yet, at the critical moment, Rias just snorted coldly. She turned on her heel and marched toward the door, "Hmph! We'll see who gets him in the end!"
Bang!
"..." Sona stood still, staring at the door that had just been slammed shut, before slumping into her seat. Her hand pressed against her forehead, a headache brewing as confusion and bewilderment filled her. She hadn't expected Rias to show interest in Yusuke, and even more bizarre, she hadn't realized she had such an obsessive desire for him herself.
She had only seen him a few minutes ago, yet she couldn't stand the idea of other women even showing their adoration for him, much less seeing him with them.
Sona took off her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose, trying to process what had just happened.
Behind her, Tsubaki was clenching her hands tightly, her body shaking visibly. She was fighting the beast inside her that was compelling her to break the defenseless Sona's neck, cut her to pieces, and feed her to the dogs!
She had trusted her and introduced Yusuke to her, but to think that Sona would betray her and develop an interest in him!!!
Tsubaki closed her eyes. Slowly and steadily, her heaving chest began to calm, and her shaking body stilled. When she opened them, the coldness and hidden killing intent inside had greatly receded.
She couldn't kill Sona, at least not now.
First, without Sona, Tsubaki would have to face Rias on her own. Secondly, killing her master meant she would become a stray devil and be hunted by everyone, be it devils or the other two factions. Thirdly, Sona's sister was Serafall Leviathan, a Maou and also an extreme sis-con!
Worse, her actions would certainly implicate Yusuke, maybe even end up causing his death if a rampaging Serafall were to suddenly destroy the whole Japan, or if she ended up eloping with him and they were hunted by the other factions.
'Strength! I need strength! If I were strong enough, I wouldn't have to consider all of this!' Tsubaki clenched her hands, cursing her own powerlessness.
...
Yusuke threw his school bag at the desk and tirelessly slumped onto it. He hadn't slept a wink yesterday, afraid that any of the fallen angel bitches would suddenly attack him. Fortunately, his physique stats were eight times higher than a normal human's; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to resist the feeling of sleepiness.
"Yu-sama~" He may have wanted to sleep, but there were others who clearly had different plans. As soon as he sat at his desk, Aika came running to him like a well-trained dog and clung to his back. "I missed you so much~ I wanted to come to your place last night, but Mom didn't allow me~" She rubbed her face against the back of his neck as she complained.
Then she whispered in a somewhat creepy tone, "Maybe I should kill her next time she tries to stop me~?"
"..." Yusuke's whole body stiffened. He abruptly turned around and glared at her. "Don't say something like that ever again, even as a joke!"
Others might think she was just jokingly complaining, but he, Yusuke, knew what a fucking crazy yandere was capable of. In the last timeline, Murayama killed both her parents for trying to stop her. These sick women can go from 0 to 100 almost in an instant!
"Ehhh? Why?" Aika was slightly confused by Yusuke's seriousness.
"Dumb masochist, Yu-kun grew up without a mother," Murayama came at this time and planted her plump ass on the desk. She glanced at Aika with disdain and said, "You may be ungrateful to your parents for raising you, but there are others who grew up without them."
"..." Yusuke stared at her with a deadpan expression. He wanted to scream, 'You are the last qualified person to comment on something like this!' In the end, he just shook his head and said, "I'm tired. Why don't you both go back to your seats? We'll meet at the roof at breaktime."
Aika and Murayama glanced at each other. They both sensed that something was off with Yusuke and silently left him.
When class started, the homeroom teacher came in and informed them that due to some urgent matter, the English and History teacher, Kalawarna, would be absent for a certain period of time. Until a substitute was found, they would have to do self-study.
This caused cheers among the girls and made the perverted trio boo in depression.
On the other hand, Yusuke didn't find this strange. Kalawarna's identity had been exposed to him, and she wouldn't be stupid enough to keep coming to school and risk being killed by the devils.
The first period was math. Yusuke slept through the entire class without caring about the teacher, who was eyeing him with judgmental eyes.
Yusuke was still young, his body still developing. His quality of sleep was quite good, and with his high stats, it was even better than most. He slept very soundly until the bell ringing woke him up, announcing the end of the first period.
The second period was English, but since Kalawarna wasn't present, they had to spend it on self-study.
Of course, everyone knew what happened during self-study. No one studied at all. The girls gathered in their groups and started chatting with each other. Murayama and Aika locked eyes, sparks flying between them. Both stood up at the same time and headed straight to Yusuke's desk.
Suddenly, someone entered the classroom, causing everyone to stop. Silence descended upon the room.
"Kyaa, it's Yuuto-kun! So handsome!"
"Blond, blue-eyed prince charming! Ahh, I am in love!!"
"Kiba-san, please marry me!"
The next moment, the whole class erupted into a frenzy of shrill cries from the girls. They all stood up from their seats, staring at the handsome young man with short blond hair and blue eyes.
The young man smiled politely at each of the girls despite their outrageous remarks and walked in a certain direction. He stopped in front of Yusuke.
"Are you Yusuke Aoki-san?" the handsome man asked, smiling gently.
"That would be me," Yusuke raised his head and answered casually, wondering what the fuck this pretty boy wanted.
"I have been tasked by the president to take you to the Occult Research Club," Kiba explained. Initially, he hadn't understood why Rias wanted to invite this man, but now, sensing the potent magical energy radiating from Yusuke, it made perfect sense.
"Occult Research Club's president, who is that?" Yusuke sat up straight and asked. He was starting to have a bad feeling about this.
"It's Rias Gremory," Kiba replied.
"Not interested. You leave now. Don't bother my sleep," Yusuke immediately refused flatly, waving his hand to shoo the guy away.
He wasn't in the mood to deal with any yandere other than Tsubaki, and there was no way he was going to whatever the fuck that Occult Research Club was. Who knew what kind of trap was waiting for him?
Maybe the moment he set foot inside would be the last time he ever saw the sunlight.
"...Are you sure?" Kiba blinked his eyes. He felt like he had heard wrong. Did this guy just turn him down?
"Yes. I don't know who this Rias is or what this ridiculous Occult Research Club is, and I don't want to get involved in any chuuni stuff," Yusuke shook his head and politely told the pretty boy to fuck off.
Confused and helpless, Kiba left the classroom under the disappointed eyes of the crazy fangirls.
After Kiba left, the fangirls turned their attention to Yusuke, their gazes unsettling. A few particularly unhinged ones even began imagining disturbing scenarios between him and Kiba, scenarios too inappropriate to describe.
"Occult Research Club? Why did Rias-senpai invite you?" At that moment, two hands suddenly grabbed Yusuke's shoulders as both girls spoke simultaneously.
They both stared at each other, and for the first time, they were thinking the same thing. They felt danger. Their yandere instincts were screaming that another whore was eyeing their man!
"I don't know. Never met that woman before," Yusuke shook his head and replied calmly. He casually removed their hands from his shoulders and stood up. "It's only self-study. There's no need to wait for breaktime. Let's go to the roof."
"R-right now?!" Almost instantly, Murayama's face turned red. Her eyes glowed with intense heat as she started breathing heavily.
Although she had just gotten Yusuke's thick and hard 'love' yesterday, she was already missing it 'deeply' inside.
"Hehehe... Yu-sama's..." Aika was the same. She chuckled creepily, letting out a perverted voice.
"..." Yusuke shook his head speechlessly and walked out of the room.
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