"What are you all doing, making such a racket?"
"Eeek!"
Along with Rias's voice and Asia's startled cry, a group of people appeared at the end of the corridor.
Sona's heart skipped a beat. She turned around and, sure enough, saw two people who should not be here.
"Uh… what a coincidence, Lord Lucifer and Uncle Gremory."
Sona showed a wry smile. This was really bad—hopefully her sister wouldn't lose it and decide to destroy the world.
"Uh… well…"
Not only did Rias look awkward, even Sirzechs and his father, the current head of the Gremory family, were at a loss for words at the scene before them.
Although Serafall's eccentricity was famous in the Underworld, harassing juniors like this was a bit too much, wasn't it?
From their perspective, the cause of the current situation was obviously Serafall. After all, as the Leviathan Maou, how could she possibly be forced into a kiss by a junior?
Even though the current position looked like Yoru had pushed Serafall down, that was impossible—the opponent was Leviathan, one of the Four Great Maou.
What surprised Sona was that instead of exploding in anger as she expected, her sister simply stood up like nothing had happened.
"Mm, Sirzechs-chan, what a coincidence, you're here too."
Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Sirzechs could feel an intense sense of danger from the woman in front of him.
"Ah, since it's my beloved little sister's open class, I came to watch. Serafall, you're here for the same reason, right?"
"I see, so that's the case. Ah la ah la, Uncle Gremory." After nodding to Sirzechs, Serafall greeted Rias's father as well.
"Mm, Lady Serafall. Your outfit this time is quite unusual. I don't think it really suits the image a Maou should have…"
"Ah la, Uncle, you don't know? This is extremely popular in this country right now."
"Oh, is that so? Then it seems it's my ignorance."
"Hahahaha, Father, please don't believe her." Watching the strange conversation unfold and seeing his father almost fall for Serafall's words, Sirzechs quickly spoke with a wry smile.
"Alright, sister, that's enough, isn't it? Even if you're my sister, please pay a little attention to your image! Coming to a school observation day dressed in something this embarrassing, dragging me along no less— as the student council president of this school, this is really troubling!"
Sona didn't object to her sister's odd hobbies, but wearing something like that to a human world school and forcing her to tag along was absolutely unacceptable.
"How could you say that, Sona-chan! That hurts your sister's feelings! You know your sister has always admired magical girls. I just want to use my sparkling magic wand to wipe out angels and fallen angels☆." Serafall made a heart shape with her hands and held it in front of her chest, sparkling eyes and all.
"Sister, please restrain yourself. If a Maou like you so much as sparkled a little, an entire small country could be wiped out in minutes."
But Serafall paid no heed to Sona's warning. Just as she was about to continue acting spoiled, a voice from behind made her pause.
"Uh, if there's nothing else… I'll be going now."
"No way, you're the only one who can't leave, Yoru-chan."
Grabbing Yoru's wrist tightly, Serafall's face held a smile that made Yoru feel a dangerous chill.
"Mm-hmm, since Sirzechs-chan is here too, let's make things clear now."
Looking at Sirzechs, Serafall thought for a moment and then seemed ready to reveal something.
"Sis… don't!"
Knowing exactly what her sister wanted to say, Sona spoke up nervously. She instantly regretted telling her about Yoru.
Yoru could already guess what Serafall intended to say. He didn't really care if his identity was exposed—he even thought it would be the fairest option for Sona—but clearly, Sona herself didn't feel that way.
Perhaps she felt guilty, thinking that her sister's antics would make her seem petty and small-minded.
"Ahem… Rias, take your brother and father to continue the tour. I'll take these two aside to sort out what just happened." Seeing the tears welling in Sona's eyes, Yoru spoke helplessly, then pulled both women away, disappearing at the end of the corridor.
What was surprising was that Serafall didn't resist at all and let Yoru pull her away—an act that left both Sirzechs and his father slightly stunned.
Why was Serafall being so obedient? She had just tried to kiss him by force—could it be that she had actually fallen for Yoru?
"Mm, I must say, Yoru really has it tough, don't you think, Ria-tan?" Sirzechs said seriously, watching the three vanish.
"Brother, please don't add '-tan' to my name…" Rias's eye twitched.
Back at the Gremory residence, a rather embarrassing conversation began.
"How could this be… Ria-tan. You used to always follow me around, calling 'big brother, big brother'… Is this your rebellious phase…?"
Struck with sadness, Sirzechs pretended to wipe his tears while sneaking glances at his sister's reaction.
"Honestly! Big brother! Why would you bring up when I was little…"
Click!
Her father, who had been photographing the sulking Rias, spoke with deep emotion.
"What a wonderful expression, Rias. You've grown so much… I must work hard today for the sake of your mother, who couldn't be here."
"Dad! Seriously!"
The Maou family probably did this sort of thing all the time. Rather than saying it was peaceful, it was really no different from human parent-child relationships… well, except their quarrels could potentially wipe out a small country.
Seeing this, Asia thought to herself.
"Lord Maou and their family members really do have amusing similarities."
Standing off to the side, Akeno, who had been enjoying the show for a while, walked over with a cheerful smile—it seemed she was particularly pleased at seeing Rias in an awkward situation.
"Mm…" Asia let out a muffled sound and nodded seriously in agreement.
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