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With a swing of her staff, she could destroy a small country within minutes.
That was the strength she possessed as a Satan.
"Sigh."
Looking at Serafall's state, Grayfia sighed inwardly.
In truth, she did not want to interfere in this matter, because she knew Anos's strength and had already suffered a loss because of it.
However, since this was Sirzechs's intention, there was nothing she could do.
Fine.
If Serafall had to run into a wall, then let her run into one.
Just like that, the conflict between Serafall and Sona was shifted into a conflict between Serafall and Anos.
After all, Serafall could not bear to lash out at her little sister Sona. But lashing out at a man who originally had no great connection to her came with no pressure at all.
And so, Serafall resolutely stepped onto the path of "saving" Sona.
What she did not know was that waiting for her at the end of that path was a trap.
...
On Anos's side.
"All right, Sona... I actually have a perfect solution here. Do you want to hear it?"
Anos stroked Sona's back, helping her calm down.
"A perfect solution?"
Sona raised her head, not quite understanding what Anos meant.
"Mm... Did you not say your sister once said that if Sona ever got married, she would marry over together with you?"
"In that case, we only need to pull her over as well. Then the two of us can properly bully her together."
Anos smiled as he spoke.
"Eh?"
Sona froze.
Her first reaction was actually that his words seemed to make a lot of sense.
"Look, Sona... What condition is needed to marry a Satan? Defeating her should be enough, right? In a certain sense, is this not the simplest method?"
Anos added.
"Um... Anos... do you mean..."
Sona hesitated.
What she actually wanted to say was, "Anos, are you proposing to me? And saying you want to marry my sister along with me?"
Although that did sound like it could solve the problem, was it not a little too bold and too fast?
Sona had not yet prepared herself for marriage.
Most importantly, Anos had clearly never confessed to her, nor had their relationship developed into that of a couple. So why had the topic suddenly jumped to marriage?
Could he not give her a little mental preparation first?
That was what she originally wanted to say, but halfway through, the words caught in her throat.
Because she could not bring herself to say them.
They were only what she wished to express in her heart.
"All right, the joke ends here. Relax, Sona. I will still solve the problem."
Seeing Sona's conflicted expression, Anos instead smiled.
He had merely given Sona some advance warning. After all, Sona was the one person who could truly restrain Serafall the most.
"Anos..."
Sona revealed a faint bitter smile.
So it was a joke?
In truth, she had hoped it was not.
But Anos had probably made that joke so she would not feel so depressed.
After slightly organizing her emotions, Sona let out a deep breath.
She believed that long companionship was the most important thing.
As long as they stayed by each other's side, then one day, their feelings would surely reach a proper conclusion.
...
After comforting Sona and confirming that her mood had basically calmed down, Anos once again began his patrol.
It felt fairly good.
At the very least, there were no more dangerous figures like Serafall.
"I feel a little mentally tired."
Looking at the sunset in the distance, Anos stretched.
Today, Rias had dragged him over to meet her parents, and he had been asked a long list of questions.
He clearly realized one truth.
This world had already changed greatly.
According to the original timeline, only Rias's father should have come. But now, both of Rias's parents had arrived.
And perhaps because Ravel had already transferred here, Duke Phenex and Lady Phenex had also come.
Not only that, Riser seemed to have wanted to come in to check on his sister and see whether any girls looked easy to approach. However, Anos had kicked him straight back to the construction site.
"Hm?"
Just as Anos finished sighing and prepared to go home, he noticed a tall figure standing at the school gate.
It was a man in a suit, quietly standing there.
He seemed to be looking at the crowd gradually leaving the school, yet he also seemed to withdraw his gaze out of fear of making contact with someone.
"That person is..."
Anos narrowed his eyes.
So he had come too?
Well, that made sense.
Today was Parent Observation Day. The guardians or relatives of students should all come.
"In that case, let this be today's final stop."
Anos sighed and walked toward the man.
Honestly, such an obvious middle-aged man standing at the entrance of Kuoh Academy would scare the students passing by.
"Who are you?"
The bearded man noticed the young man walking toward him.
There was no helping it. This young man was far too eye-catching. Even when walking through a crowd, the crowd would naturally make way for him.
It was as though everyone felt they were unworthy and did not dare approach him.
When he asked "Who are you?" it was not because he did not recognize Anos.
He was only curious about why Anos had taken the initiative to approach him.
"Anos Kanzaki. Student council president of Kuoh Academy. And also... Akeno's friend."
Anos smiled and introduced himself in that way.
"Akeno's friend, is it? I am Baraqiel. For the time being... I suppose I can be considered Akeno's father."
After hesitating for a moment, Baraqiel still said that.
He knew Anos's identity. He had even seen Anos's information from the Governor-General and knew that Anos was one of Akeno's few friends, and an opposite-sex friend at that.
If he were not lacking confidence in his own qualification to act as a proper father, he would definitely have asked the young man before him some questions.
But now...
He could not quite bring himself to ask.
"I know, Mr. Baraqiel. I know about what happened between you and Akeno's mother, and I also know about what happened between you and Akeno."
Anos smiled and shook his head.
"Is that so?"
Baraqiel sighed.
It seemed the other party had come to him for a reason.
Whether Akeno herself had told him, or the Gremory princess had told him, Baraqiel believed that this person had an unusual relationship with his daughter.
"I will speak directly, Lord Baraqiel... In truth, solving the matter between you two is very simple."
Anos glanced in the direction of the Occult Research Club, then turned back and spoke.
"What?"
Baraqiel instantly focused.
What had this person just said?
He had thought Anos merely wanted to understand the situation further. But Anos had actually said solving the problem was very simple?
If it were really simple, then he would not have been hated by his daughter for so many years.
"Just as I said. Solving the problem is actually very simple. You only need to use the most normal method."
Anos said directly.
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