When Yusuke and the others disembarked from the carriage, they were greeted by an extremely large and extravagant castle. Two lines of maids and butlers stood on both sides, while a red carpet stretched out toward the massive building. The huge castle gates groaned loudly as they opened.
'Shit, does Rias have some problem in her head? She left all this extravagance to live alone in some small town in Japan? I guess she hasn't gotten enough of a social beating to appreciate what she had,' Yusuke stared at the scene before him, almost wanting to shed a tear. This castle is so huge you'd need Google Maps just to avoid getting lost.
[What's the big deal? If you get stronger, you can just snatch whatever you want from others.] The system spoke with disdain.
"Come on, let's go." Grayfia urged Yusuke, who was frozen in place. She grabbed his hand and pulled him inside before Rias or Akeno could.
"Rias-neesama! Welcome back!" As they walked along the carpet, a small red figure suddenly broke from the line of maids and ran toward Rias.
It was a cute young boy with crimson red hair, and he leaped into her arms, hugging her tightly.
"Millicas! I'm back. You've grown so much, haven't you?" Rias hugged him back, patting his head affectionately, but her eyes kept drifting to Grayfia's hand, still holding Yusuke.
She made a mental note to tell Grayfia to keep her distance from him in the future.
Yusuke glanced back at the boy. He looked quite cute and well-mannered. The boy released Rias and walked over to Yusuke, greeting him politely. "I am Millicas Gremory. Nice to meet you, Yusuke-sama."
"Nice to meet you, Millicas. You can just call me big brother from now on." Yusuke knew this boy was Grayfia and Sirzechs's son, but he couldn't help wondering why the hell the kid was adding Japanese suffixes to his speech.
"Yes, Yusuke-oniisan!" Millicas beamed brightly.
Yusuke noticed another thing. Grayfia hadn't spoken to her son once during the entire interaction. She barely glanced at him a few times before returning her attention forward. Not knowing much about how nobles raised their children, he assumed this was just her way of bringing him up.
Everyone passed through the castle gates and arrived at the entry hall. Stairs led up to the second floor, and from above, a mature, charming voice called out. "Ara, Rias. So you've returned."
Yusuke looked up and saw an astonishingly beautiful young woman descending the stairs, her dress flowing gracefully as she moved.
She didn't look much older than them, maybe in her early twenties at most. Her flaxen hair and violet eyes caught the light, and her mature, buxom figure was just as sexy as Rias's, with even larger breasts and a curvaceous body.
Her features were almost identical to Rias's, though her eyes were slightly narrower.
She walked down the stairs, her eyes lingering on Rias and the others for a moment before settling on Yusuke. When she reached him, she suddenly and abruptly spread her arms, pulling him into her embrace and pressing his face between her two large breasts. "Yusuke-kun, you're finally willing to come to our House. I've been looking forward to meeting you."
'WTF? Who is this woman?' Yusuke froze in place at the sudden turn of events. Isn't this a bit much for a greeting, or is this just another noble habit? Just like how Rias liked to parade around him naked? 'Still, her breasts are so big and soft. Damn, it actually feels good!'
Yusuke squinted his eyes and enjoyed the soft sensation of her breasts, but a sudden pain shooting through his hand snapped him back to reality. It was the hand that Grayfia was holding, her grip so tight it nearly crushed his bones.
'Bitch! Is she trying to break my hand?' he thought frantically. He immediately struggled to pull his hand free from Grayfia's crushing hold while simultaneously breaking away from the embrace of the other woman.
"Nice to meet you, emm... are you Rias's sister?" He greeted the flaxen-haired woman while silently clenching his hand, relieved that no bones were broken. 'Even if she is scary, I will make her pay for this. I don't care if she is doing it for Rias or not.'
If there was one thing he hated, it was people hurting him, especially women. Even when it was something trivial, it pissed him off.
"Ara, ara, to say such a happy thing, that I'm a young woman." The flaxen-haired woman patted Yusuke's face as she laughed happily. "If you think that way, you can call me Onee-san."
"Mom! Please, stop playing around!" Rias couldn't stand watching her mother flirt with the man who would soon be hers. She stepped between them and separated them.
"What? Your mom?! Are you telling me this young-looking woman is actually your mother?!!" Yusuke's eyes went wide in shock. Did he just get his face smooshed into his mother-in-law's breasts?
But honestly, she looked more like a sister-in-law than a mother-in-law.
Rias spoke, standing with her back to him as if shielding him from a fierce beast. "As time goes by, devils can freely change their appearances with magic. My mother always keeps the appearance of someone the same age as me."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rias's mother, Venelana Gremory. Fufufu, please treat me well from now on, Aoki Yusuke-kun." Venelana smiled beautifully at Yusuke, elegantly introducing herself.
"Rias, come. Mommy wants to catch up with you." She grabbed her daughter's hand and tugged her along, then glanced at Grayfia and added, "Could you please guide our guests to their rooms?"
"Yes," Grayfia answered calmly, then reached out to grab Yusuke's hand again, only to grasp empty air.
No way was he letting her hold his hand after what she did. And why the hell was she holding his hand in the first place? How lewd!
She glanced at him with her cold red eyes before walking ahead. "The house head is out at present. He's expected to return by this evening. He said he would meet you during supper when everyone dines together."
"Ok," Yusuke answered calmly, staring ahead, but no matter how hard he tried, the large ass swaying in front of him kept pulling his eyes. 'Damn, she's got such a nice booty!' The low-cut silver dress looked incredible, showing a good part of her thick thighs and outlining her ample curves. Yusuke cursed himself. 'Snap out of it, Yusuke! She's my sister-in-law! She's married and has a child!'
"Ara, bad Yusuke~!" Suddenly, a hand pinched his waist, the sharp pain snapping him back to reality as Akeno whispered in his ear. "With me here, why are you looking at other women?" She pressed her breasts against his arm while her other hand gave his butt a firm squeeze.
Staring ahead, Grayfia's face twisted into pure fury but returned to its cold indifference the next instant.
"Yusuke-senpai, please look at me, too. I will grow up, too." Koneko's tiny hands held Yusuke's, and she glanced up at him with pitiful eyes as she whispered.
The room assigned to Yusuke was extremely large and luxuriously decorated. A French-style window with white, translucent curtains let in soft light. In the center stood a king-sized bed, a large desk occupied the left side, and a spacious closet filled the other side.
"Feel free to rest. If you need anything, don't hesitate to press the button. Someone will come." Grayfia stood at the door and pointed at the button on the wall beside the bed, then turned around and left, closing the door behind her.
Walking down the hall, she resisted the urge to stop and turn around for one last look at the room. According to Rias, Yusuke possessed a strange skill he called Observation Haki that could sense everything around him. If she showed even the slightest suspicious action, he would notice immediately.
'Very soon... Yusuke... you'll become mine.' Grayfia took a deep breath. As she walked upstairs, she reminded herself that she still had to meet with Rias.
Rias had begged her to orchestrate this plan to take down Yusuke and make him hers. The poor girl had no idea that, aside from Akeno, Grayfia was also a traitor.
The entire plan Rias was relying on would end up serving Grayfia's goals instead. She had already added many changes to it for her own benefit.
"This place is nice," Yusuke observed the room, feeling very satisfied with it. It was even larger than his own bedroom and extravagantly decorated. Staring up at the ceiling, he muttered, "Damn, is that gold? Who decorates the walls and ceiling with pure gold?!"
"Rias's mother isn't a Yandere, right?" He lay on the bed and suddenly asked the system.
[I don't know, probably not.] As usual, the system gave him the same useless answer.
"You are getting useless by the day." Yusuke wanted to roll his eyes at the system. He hadn't expected anything from her in the first place. He only asked out of habit. He had already used his Haki earlier to examine all of Venelana's actions and didn't pick up anything a Yandere would exhibit.
She seemed very easygoing, and the hug she pulled him into was a bit touchy, but she wasn't clingy the way a Yandere would act. More importantly, she didn't try to stay close to him. After greeting him, she simply pulled her daughter away for a talk.
She was probably just teasing him and Rias.
"She is married and has two grown-up children, ain't no way she'll be a Yandere." Yusuke lay on his back, staring at the ceiling as he muttered, "Since I'm here, I should try to find a way to learn more about the three Phenex Yanderes."
"It would be great if I could finish all their quests while I'm here."
Knock! Knock!
"Yusuke! Open the door~!" Right after the knocking sound, Akeno's voice rang out from the other side of the door.
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