Inaba Tsukiyo hung up the phone, slowly opened her eyes, and looked at Rias, who had just walked out of the bathroom, wrapped only in a bath towel.
That perfect figure, enough to make any woman envious, was currently only adorned with a snow-white towel, revealing her fair, long legs and many other alluring features.
For a Boy, this would be an incredible treat, but Inaba Tsukiyo had no other thoughts. Perhaps it was because they were both girls, or perhaps it was because Rias, a girl of this type, simply didn't attract her.
"My Lady Rias~ Koneko just called and said your Servants are going crazy looking for you. Aren't you going to tell them anything?"
Rias glanced at Inaba Tsukiyo. At this moment, Rias's eyes were somewhat unfocused, as if she was lost in thought.
Rias seemed to be troubled by something. When she came over earlier, she was also in a dazed state. She simply greeted Inaba Tsukiyo and said she wanted to use the bathroom to take a shower.
Rias, wrapped only in a bath towel, came to Inaba Tsukiyo, reached out, and hugged her tightly.
The Heavenly Father and Mikazuki Munechika both saw this scene. The Heavenly Father put down her controller, wanting to intervene, but was stopped by Mikazuki Munechika, who grabbed her shoulder.
The Heavenly Father looked at Mikazuki Munechika in confusion. Usually, Mikazuki Munechika would be the most agitated one at this time, so why was she showing no reaction now? And why was she stopping her?
If it were normally, Mikazuki Munechika would certainly stop such a thing, but she could see that Rias had something on her mind, and this matter couldn't be shown in front of her Servants.
It seemed that Rias had encountered something when others weren't aware, which was why she came to Inaba Tsukiyo and hid from the others, not wanting them to find out.
Mikazuki Munechika was not someone who couldn't read the room. This atmosphere was clearly not suitable for her and the Heavenly Father to stay, so she dragged the Heavenly Father's delicate body towards the room.
After Mikazuki Munechika and the Heavenly Father left, only Inaba Tsukiyo and Rias remained in the living room.
At this moment, Rias was still hugging Inaba Tsukiyo, burying her face deep in Inaba Tsukiyo's hair, smelling the pleasant scent, and her emotions gradually calmed down.
Inaba Tsukiyo didn't struggle. She had comforted many people. Although Rias was a devil, in her eyes, Rias was no different from Bronya and other girls, and she very consciously took on the role of an elder.
"Hey~ Tsukuyo, do you think being born into nobility is really a good thing?"
After a while, Rias suddenly asked, her voice filled with bitterness.
"Nobility… huh? That's a status many people envy. But while the status of a noble has given you much, it has also made you lose the most important thing, which is freedom."
"Freedom… huh? Tsukuyo, you see things very clearly. I'm starting to suspect you might be from some unknown noble family."
Rias's expression turned somewhat bitter. Inaba Tsukiyo was right; being born into nobility had indeed made her lose the right to freedom.
Of course, it wasn't the freedom of life, but the freedom to choose her future path.
"Don't you regret inheriting the Gremory name, Rias?"
"How could I? I don't regret inheriting the Gremory name. On the contrary, I am incredibly proud to be able to inherit this name."
If she hadn't been born into the Gremory Family, she wouldn't have loving family members, nor would she have so many loyal followers.
"Oh? Is that so? Then when people see you, do you want their first thought to be that you're a member of the Gremory Family, or that you're the high-ranking devil Rias?"
With a hint of teasing, Inaba Tsukiyo asked playfully.
As expected, upon hearing Inaba Tsukiyo's question, Rias looked at Inaba Tsukiyo with some annoyance, but soon her expression became somewhat melancholic.
This was the drawback of being born into nobility. Because the Gremory Family's aura was too powerful, anything excellent she did seemed to be taken for granted.
The two titles, "member of the Gremory Family" and "Rias," had a very significant difference. Rias was also viewed with colored glasses by many people because of the Gremory Family.
Inaba Tsukiyo had seen many such situations in the past: no matter how outstanding you were, that person would be referred to as "so-and-so's son" or "a member of such-and-such family."
It was as if that person was able to achieve something entirely due to the family's help, with no personal contribution whatsoever.
Rias was the same. Because the Gremory Family was too famous, others would only care about the surname after Rias, only knowing that she was the next head of the Gremory Family, and Rias's own brilliance would be completely overshadowed by the Gremory Family's splendor.
What Rias had always been troubled by was wanting others to see her own light, not the light of the Gremory Family.
"Then, why would the proud Lady Rias, who is proud to be a member of the Gremory Family, come to this small place and act like a little girl? Could it be… just like in TV dramas, because you were born into a wealthy family, they arranged an engagement for you, and you don't like your fiancé?"
Inaba Tsukiyo said jokingly; she was too familiar with this plot.
When she was with Yoshino, the soap operas that child liked to watch were almost all like this.
What was originally just a joke, Rias fell silent again, burying her head in Inaba Tsukiyo's shoulder, speechless.
'No way, I just said it casually, and it's actually this reason?'
She didn't know what to say. Are all things that happen among nobles the same? Even real-life nobles have such dramatic plots.
How should she comfort Rias now? Should she tell her about her own romantic history? Talk about Victorica?
Not to mention that Inaba Tsukiyo wasn't brazen enough to talk about her own romantic history, whether Rias would believe it was another matter entirely.
"So… Rias, the reason you've become like this is because you don't want to marry that fiancé?"
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