"Oh, I forgot to mention this to you, Ise. Today the club members are coming here."
Rias tells me.
"Huh? Koneko-chan and the others? Are we doing something in my house?"
"Yes, I'm thinking about having the Occult Research Club meeting here."
"Huh, at my house?"
"Do you remember what I said before? It's about time to clean the whole old school building. Apparently they asked the cleaners to clean it."
Half of that is a lie. The truth is that she uses her familiar to clean the building. She said it like that to explain it to my parents. But I did remember some kind of event important to the plot will happen through this event, though I could not exactly remember what it was. Was it Koneko saying she is Neko-race, or does it have anything to do with Akeno?
Man, I should really write a diary or something. If I keep forgetting about stuff like this, it won't be long before I forget about everything related to the plot.
But if I write a diary about plots, then it will leave a loose end from my side. If anyone somehow got ahold of it, they could use it against me.
Anyway, we will be doing the Occult Research Club activity at my house.
Rias bows her head down at my parents.
"I'm very sorry. Otou-sama, Oka-sama."
"That's all right. Rias-san. I heard that you are taking good care of Ise. I'm also happy that Ise has more female friends."
Issei's dad nods at Issei's mom's words.
"She's right. I like Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun, but I think it's also important to have a friend who plays safe. You can't enjoy youth by staying in your room and talking about naughty stuff."
"That's right, Otou-san. Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun are good boys, but they have lewd eyes. Well, they are lecherous students, so it's obvious that they are a bad influence for Ise. And since Asia-san and Rias-san are living here now, I don't want them to enter this house any more. The girls will get stained."
They are talking about whatever they want about you guys, Matsuda and Motohama. I can't back you up because they are saying the truth.
But Issei's mom, you know it's good to have friends whom you can talk freely to? They are just like that, and they are sincere. In the world, it is hard to find sincerity. And as long as Matsuda and Motohama are sincere and true to me, I will keep being their friend.
"So we will have the activity here today. Please take care of us, Ise." Rias said, waking me up from my thoughts.
I wonder how it will turn out after this.
•••
"And this is a picture of Ise when he was in grade school."
"Ara ara, so he went into the beach naked."
"Hey Akeno-san! Hey Mum, stop showing her things!"
Having a meeting, huh? The ORC meeting, which was supposed to take place in my house, was crumbled by the album Issei's mom brought.
"...Ise-senpai's embarrassing past."
"You also can't look, Koneko-chan!"
Even though I keep saying that, this album has given me a lot of information about Issei life. But that didn't change the fact that it is still an object that holds Issei's embarrassing past, which can be interpreted as it holding my embarrassing past.
"...Small Ise."
Rias, I'll be embarrassed if you stare at a picture of me when I was a child like that...
Umm, Akeno? Why are your cheeks red?
"...Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child..."
Is she muttering something?
But she seems satisfied. Akeno, is that a picture of me when I was a child? Is that your taste? Is Akeno a shotacon? I never heard her being such...
"I think I know how Buchou-san feels!"
I turned my attention from Akeno to Asia, who grabs Rias's hand. Her eyes are sparkling.
"So you also know how I feel. I'm so happy."
Hey, hey. Both of them went to another world...
Even Kiba is looking at the album with a smile! Shit, why do I feel so bothered if a guy is looking at it!?
"Oi, Kiba! You don't look!"
I try to take the album from Kiba's hand, but he dodges it smoothly.
"Hahaha, don't worry about it. Let me enjoy your album a bit more."
Don't enjoy it! You son of a bitch.
I try to take it back again, so I jump at him! But he dodges it again as if it were nothing!
Shit! I witness the skill difference between us in a place like this! I'll definitely beat his sorry ass one day.
When I was making my new devotion, Kiba stared at a particular page. Rather than enjoying it, he seems to have surprised eyes.
I got close to him and also looked at the page he was staring at. There is a picture of me when I was in kindergarten.
There is a photo of me and another boy of my age with someone who seems to be his father.
And the other boy is Irina. Previous Issei confused her for a boy. But that boy is a girl.
Remembering Irina, I suddenly understand what type of event it was in the plot.
Kiba points at Irina's father in the photo. To be more accurate, he is pointing at the thing that Irina's father is carrying.
A sword—
Ah, shit. I shouldn't have forgotten such an important event. How stupid.
Irena's father is carrying an old European sword.
"Do you remember this?"
Kiba asks me seriously.
"Hmm, no, since I was really small back then..."
"Things like this happen, huh. To find it in an unexpected place..."
Kiba laughs by himself. But his eyes are filled with so much hatred that it makes me once again curse my poor memory.
"This is a holy sword."
Yeah, I know.
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