"President, I've brought him."
Following behind Koneko, Hiro entered the "Occult Research Club," one of the central areas of Kuoh Academy.
Although it was still a bright and sunny time outside, inside, only a few lit candles served as illumination, making the entire room very dim.
If his eyesight hadn't been enhanced by the system, Hiro probably wouldn't have been able to clearly see the two big sisters with curious expressions at the end of the room.
"Hey, hey, hey, I know you're all devils, so you don't have to worry about not being able to see even in this environment, but I'm just an ordinary human. Can you turn on the lights~~"
Sitting down on the guest sofa in front of Rias's desk, Hiro complained without any sense of being a guest.
He knows our identities as devils?!
Deeply gazing at the calm and composed young man's face not far away, Rias felt a surge of suspicion in her heart:
How did he find out? Judging from the background information Sona gave, Hiro should just be an ordinary person who moved to this place five years ago and had no contact with the "underworld."
However, as the next head of the pure-blooded Gremory family, Rias had always received an elite education that surpassed even Asuna's, so she didn't show these thoughts on her face.
"My apologies, I wasn't considerate enough."
A faint hint of apology flashed across Rias's face as she snapped her right fingers.
Snap~
Whether it was the sound of a switch or the sound of Rias's snap, all the table lamps, chandeliers, warm lights, and fluorescent lights in the room turned on simultaneously.
The sudden change in light intensity made Hiro instinctively squint his eyes.
It took a few seconds before he could barely adjust.
Even after being strengthened by the system, I still can't catch up to the racial advantages of devils...
Looking at the reactions on Koneko's face beside him and Kiba Yuuto's face opposite him, Hiro muttered inwardly.
Seemingly noticing his gaze, the famous handsome blonde of Kuoh Academy, Kiba Yuuto, looked towards him, offering a polite yet not overly friendly smile.
"Hmm? Nanamiya-kun, is there something wrong with me?"
"No, I just think your devil eyes are really good."
Casually responding to Kiba Yuuto's inquiry, Hiro's gaze drifted past Koneko's head on his right and met the eyes of the beauty with long, vibrant red hair that reached past her waist.
"So, Rias Gremory, why did you specifically have Koneko bring me here? If it's about inviting me to become your servant, then forget it. I have no intention of giving up my human identity."
With his first words, Hiro threw out his bottom line, completely unconcerned about his situation of being surrounded by devils.
"Steal."
Looking at the silver-white number "5" above Rias's head, he silently muttered in his heart.
And then...
He received no response from the system.
It was only about two meters away, was that still not enough?
Unable to steal the luck belonging to Rias Gremory, he had no choice but to try focusing on the handsome blonde in front of him.
His gaze subtly swept over the top of Kiba Yuuto's head, at the lead-gray "2".
"Ding! The time required for this extraction is 20 minutes. Do you wish to begin?"
"Begin."
Koneko is 3, Asuna is 3, Rias is 5, Akeno is 5, Kiba Yuuto is 2.
This luck ranking...
doesn't just seem to be related to strength, but also to the amount of screen time.
While glancing away and waiting for Rias's response, Hiro recalled the plot of that "hot-blooded harem anime" and Kiba Yuuto's role, making this judgment.
"Current task: Ask Rias Gremory for her three sizes and obtain the accurate numbers. The remaining time will be reduced by 20 minutes."
20 minutes? Directly to zero?
Listening to the system notification in his mind, Hiro couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly, feeling somewhat surprised.
But after the surprise, a strong urge to?? arose: he was clearly stealing Kiba Yuuto's luck, so why was the task requirement directed at his master, Rias Gremory?
"Although I am curious as to how Nanamiya-kun learned this information, and I am somewhat disappointed that you have refused to become one of my own, my character, Rias Gremory's, is not so low as to force someone to become my servant."
Perhaps she had imagined something from his gaze, Rias looked solemn and spoke to him seriously, although there was a hint of regret in her tone, as if she had missed out on something wonderful.
Then, Rias got to the main point:
"The reason I had Koneko bring you here today is to confirm something with you: yesterday, you and Miss Asuna encountered two ghouls who were feeding in the alleyway, is that correct?"
"Hmm."
Hiro nodded at Rias.
"You first had Miss Asuna leave, then you killed one of the ghouls and confronted the other. After exchanging a few words, you and the other ghoul didn't fight and left separately, is that right?"
A human who could kill a ghoul barehanded...
how could he seem like an ordinary human?
A sacred gear user? An Onmyoji? A sorcerer? Or a descendant of some ancient family?
However, no matter the truth, after reincarnating him as one of my servants, he would be stronger than some ignorant ordinary person.
Looking at the boy in front of her, Rias secretly made plans in her heart.
What she said before was "not forcing," but she hadn't said she had given up the idea of persuasion.
"Hmm."
"Then, what did you and that ghoul say to each other? Would you mind telling me, Nanamiya-kun?"
As she said this, a smile that made Hiro's eyelids twitch appeared on Rias's face, like...
The kind of smile a yandere girl shows in the last moment before turning dark.
"In my, Rias Gremory's, territory, to dare to eat people so brazenly, to disgrace the name of Gremory... unless I crush it into pieces, I cannot quell the anger in my heart!"
Disgracing the name of Gremory...
that's a big label, that Yoshimura Eto guy probably can't handle it, right?
Knowing Asuna's younger sister, Mikan, her age is probably similar to Mikan's, around 13 or 14 years old in middle school.
In the late stages of the original work, even in her full power state at 27 years old after her RC cells went berserk or in her final kakuja form, Yoshimura Eto might not be able to defeat an upper-class devil, let alone now, probably at the age of a little l*li.
Staring at the serious anger on Rias's face, Hiro felt a slight headache.