Walking out of the restaurant, the anger in Griselda's heart had long since evaporated like your childhood dreams.
All her yandere mind could think about was the hand holding hers and pulling her away. Naturally, she didn't struggle. Instead, she obediently allowed him to lead her along, following behind him without resistance.
'He got angry because of me, and now he's taking the initiative to hold my hand!'
Griselda was completely in love-struck mode. All she could think about were the scenes that had happened in the restaurant, especially the moment when Yusuke looked ready to murder someone.
And then there was his strong, manly hand holding hers.
'He's getting so protective! He must love me! Kyaah! I knew it! This is all arranged by fate! We're a match made in heaven!'
On the other hand, Yusuke began reflecting on himself. He knew he was sick in the head. Abandonment issues, mommy issues, and probably several other mental illnesses that still hadn't been diagnosed.
Even so, he didn't like this feeling of losing control over himself.
The first time he had ever become this obsessive over one of his women was when Aika had been dirty talking and casually mentioned showing herself naked to other men. At that moment, a burning possessiveness had surged within him, along with an obsessive desire to keep her all to himself.
Now he was feeling that same emotion again, the urge to kill those men in the cruelest way possible.
"Yusuke-kun, Yusuke!"
Once they stepped off the main street and into a less crowded area, Griselda suddenly called out to him, pulling him from his self reflection.
"What is it?" He turned around and asked.
"I want to know something."
Griselda raised the hand he was holding. With a slight nervous smile, she looked into his eyes and asked, "Do you like me?"
'I said it! I said it! Kyaah! Quickly, say yes! I know you love me! Hurry and say yes!'
The orchestra in Griselda's mind erupted into action. She was screaming, cheering, and panicking all at once.
Before she even heard his answer, the busty blonde nun's imagination had already run wild.
In her mind, Yusuke looked at her with affectionate eyes and confessed his feelings. He pulled her into his arms, kissed her deeply in front of everyone, then whisked her away to the Civil Registry to get their marriage certificate, before heading to a love hotel to fuck and have lots and lots of sex. After that, they would go on a honeymoon trip around the world that would last an entire decade. They would see everything together and abandon everything else.
She and Yusuke would build their own little world.
A world that no one else could intrude upon.
Just the two of them!
No one!
No one would get between them!
"I..." Yusuke showed a stunned expression. He quickly composed himself and was about to answer her.
However, the moment he opened his mouth, both he and Griselda suddenly sensed a barrier enveloping them.
His expression immediately changed.
A dark purple barrier suddenly appeared around them before quickly fading away.
When Griselda looked around, she discovered that aside from Yusuke standing next to her, no one else was there.
Her expression darkened, gritting her teeth, she hissed, "Who is it? Show yourselves!"
A powerful and chaotic aura erupted from Griselda. Her eyes were slowly turning bloodshot as a crimson red color spread through her originally sapphire blue irises.
She was angry, absolutely furious!
If this had happened at any other time, Griselda wouldn't have cared if someone ambushed her. That sort of thing happened to her at least once a month.
What truly infuriated her was the timing these bastards had chosen.
They had appeared at the exact moment when she and Yusuke were about to confirm their undying love for one another.
And now everything had been ruined because of these tactless pieces of rat shit.
"Griselda Quarta, we are here to take your life." Five figures dressed in black suddenly appeared, floating high in the air. The one in the middle spoke in a low voice, his tone cold and indifferent, as though he were passing judgment upon her.
"Who are you?" Griselda asked as yellow holy power began radiating from her body.
Beside her, Yusuke floated into the air. He glanced at the five figures and smiled.
His smile was very wide.
"No need to ask," he said. "Those five are most likely from the Khaos Brigade."
He wasn't certain about it, but this style felt very much like theirs.
Then again, it didn't really matter even if he was wrong. In fact, he was quite happy that they had appeared.
He had been looking for a punching bag to vent his emotions on anyway.
"Khaos Brigade?!" Griselda floated into the air as well and took her place beside Yusuke, "So that's your goal! You want to kill me in Kuoh Town, the Devils' territory, in order to affect the peace treaty?!"
"Hmph! So what if that is the case?!" Seeing that there was no point in hiding their intentions anymore, the man in the middle snorted coldly. Magic circles began forming behind him one after another.
"You will both die here today! We will make sure all the evidence points toward the Devil race!"
Although Yusuke had killed one of the leaders of the Old Satan Faction and massacred many of his subordinates, news of his actions had spread far faster than his appearance.
These five human mages didn't recognize him.
They had received a request from someone on the Devils' side to assassinate Griselda and sabotage the peace talks between the three factions. Without wasting any time, they had come directly to Kuoh Town to carry out the mission.
They believed that since the first attack had only recently taken place, the three factions would be less vigilant after the Khaos Brigade suffered such a heavy loss.
As it turned out, they were right.
Kuoh Town was completely unguarded. There wasn't even a single barrier surrounding it. They had easily slipped into the town and prepared their ambush without anyone noticing.
Although Sirzechs, Michael, and Azazel had considered setting up a barrier around Kuoh Town, they didn't view it as an urgent matter with Yusuke guarding the area. They had planned to wait until the meeting in the Underworld concluded before making a final decision.
[Ignorance is bliss.] For some reason, B2 felt a trace of pity for those five people.
Perhaps they believed they had successfully infiltrated Kuoh Town without anyone noticing. The poor fools had no idea that nearly twenty people besides Yusuke had already detected their presence. More than one Satan Class powerhouse was merely waiting for a signal to erase them from existence.
Yusuke had naturally sensed their presence the moment they teleported into Kuoh Town. He simply hadn't reacted.
Instead, he waited for them to come to him.
"Stand down. I'll deal with them."
Griselda summoned a glowing bow formed entirely from light magic. Nocking a magical arrow, she aimed it at the five figures.
Before she could fire, Yusuke placed a hand on her shoulder and spoke in a somber tone, "Just watch."
"Eh? Yes, Yusuke-kun~!"
Griselda blinked in surprise, and in the next instant her eyes turned into heart shapes.
The boundless fury she had been feeling only a moment earlier disappeared like your savings.
Her attention immediately returned to Yusuke. With her eyes fixed on his back, she felt her heart thumping wildly and butterflies fluttering in her lower belly.
Wrapping her arms around herself, she whispered dreamily, "He's doing it for me... subarashi!"
Her yandere mind naturally interpreted Yusuke's actions in the most favorable way possible.
In her eyes, he was doing this for her; he was angry that someone had tried to harm her, and he wanted to personally punish them.
'He must be afraid that I'll get hurt!'
'Yusuke-kun is so romantic! I love him!'
'I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you!'
It had been less than three days, yet Griselda's entire world had changed.
She had become so obsessed with Yusuke that her whole existence seemed to revolve around him.
"Our target is Griselda Quarta, ignorant kid. Since you want to die first, I'll gladly oblige!" The man who had spoken earlier laughed when he saw the scene before him.
He pointed a finger at Yusuke and coldly uttered, "Die."
The magic circle behind him spun rapidly.
A huge green ball of energy shot forward, tearing through the air as it flew toward Yusuke.
The five of them were magicians, and judging from the quality of their magic power, it was clear that they were all Ultimate Class Mages.
For humans, reaching this level of strength was extraordinarily difficult. That fact alone meant that each of them was a renowned figure in their respective fields, someone who should have been famous and well known.
BOOMM!
BOOMM!
Yusuke floated calmly in place. When the energy sphere reached him, he casually swung his arm and slapped it away with the back of his hand.
The massive ball of energy was sent flying into the far distance before exploding.
Before the five mages could even react, Yusuke vanished.
In the next instant, he appeared behind the man. His hand shot forward and pierced straight through the mage's chest.
"Ugh... ugh... w-what?!" The man looked down and saw a hand protruding from his chest, holding his still beating heart.
His eyes widened in disbelief.
Then, right before his horrified gaze, the hand clenched.
Pop!
His heart burst into a mangled mess of flesh and blood.
"You talk too much for a side character," Yusuke pulled his hand out of the man's chest and spoke calmly.
The man's lifeless body dropped from the sky, drifting downward until it slammed into the ground. His still warm corpse twitched a few times before becoming completely still.
Yusuke then turned toward the remaining four mages. They stared at him in horror.
A grin slowly spread across his face. "Don't worry. I won't kill you that quickly."
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