Chapter 3

Kuoh Academy.

Occult Research Club.

Rias and Sona sat opposite each other.

After some time, Sona had also calmed down.

She adjusted her glasses and said in a deep voice, "Rias, I was wrong this time."

"Sona..."

Rias wanted to comfort her, but was interrupted by Sona: "Just like he... Lynn said."

A complex emotion flashed in Sona’s eyes as she continued, "I... was only thinking of myself, without considering his situation at all."

Rias was silent for a while, then picked up her black tea and took a sip before chuckling lightly, "That’s the Sona I know..."

When others make mistakes, she points them out without hesitation; when she makes a mistake, she admits it frankly.

Sona also picked up her black tea and took a sip, returning to her composed posture.

"Then what about your engagement?"

Rias asked curiously.

This attempt to dissolve the engagement could be called a total failure.

Although Lynn didn't resist dissolving the engagement, and could even be said to be very cooperative, the result was obvious.

Sona paused. "Forget about the Rating Game; that would expose him to the eyes of the Old Satan Faction."

"I will try to persuade my family."

Rias heard the firmness in her tone and joked, "If you ask me, Lynn isn't bad; why not just continue like this?"

"......"

Seeing Sona fall into silence, Rias, who understood her, immediately said in surprise, "You’re actually thinking about it?"

"My first impression of him wasn't bad."

Sona said frankly, "If it cannot be helped, I will try to cultivate feelings with him."

Rias’s eyes widened instantly.

Something is wrong!

Something is very, very wrong!!

Lynn’s indifferent gaze and cold tone from before.

And that profound sentence, 'You really are just full of yourself.'

Hiss—

"Sona, you wouldn't happen to be that, would you?"

A... M?

"Which one?"

Sona was confused.

"No, haha, nothing."

Rias laughed it off, her eyes drifting.

It shouldn't be possible, right?

"Strange."

Sona frowned, but didn't pay it any mind. She finished the tea in her cup and prepared to leave.

"Right."

Sona took a set of keys out of her pocket.

"I saw that his living situation isn't very good. The Sitri family has a property in Minato, Tokyo. This is the key to one of the apartments. If you have the chance, please give it to him for me; consider it an apology for this time."

After dropping this sentence, Sona cast a magic circle and left.

Rias opened her mouth, but could only swallow the words, 'Why don't you give it to him yourself?'

Kuoh Academy.

Student Council room, a red light flashed by.

Sona suddenly appeared.

"Tsubaki, I need to bathe."

"Yes, Kaicho."

"And my clothes need to be washed too."

"Yes, Kaicho."

"...Wait! I'll wash my panties myself!"

"You've been a big help, Aoyama."

"I'll treat you to ice cream next time."

Carrying the half-price bento he had snatched, Lynn retreated successfully from the convenience store.

After coming out, the sky had already gradually darkened.

Lynn carried the plastic bag containing the bento in one hand, while toying with a black chess piece in the other.

"Aoyama also has the aptitude to be reincarnated as a devil."

"Too bad, Aoyama doesn't agree to me stuffing this thing into her body."

Lynn looked regretful.

"Can you see me?"

"Can you see me?"

A long-tongued cursed spirit blocked Lynn’s path, its sticky saliva dripping onto the ground, making a sizzling corrosive sound.

Lynn looked at it with disgust.

The long-tongued monster reacted immediately.

"You can see me!"

"You must be able to see me!!"

"You ahhhhhh—!!"

Before the long-tongued monster could taste the human who could see it, red flames suddenly erupted on its body, burning it to ashes.

"You picked the wrong target; I am..."

"A devil."

Lynn scanned the cursed spirits gathering nearby.

The cursed spirits swept by his gaze trembled one after another.

Lynn shook his head and didn't bother with them.

There were too many of these low-level cursed spirits; he couldn't manage them all.

However, after breaking through the 'Mystery of the Womb', he finally knew what kind of world he was in now.

A hodgepodge of anime!

For example, his current identity: the only bloodline of a devil family in the Underworld, a freshman at Shuchiin Academy, his homeroom teacher is Natsume Nangong, and the school also has a Totsuki department.

Right, and there’s also Nanami Aoyama from the convenience store.

Plus these cursed spirits filling the streets, Lynn reasonably suspected that Miko Yotsuya was also in this world.

"Hmm?"

Lynn paused his steps, his eyes narrowing slightly.

On the panel, the 'Evil Pieces' skill flickered slightly.

This was another effect of the 'Evil Pieces'; if he encountered someone with the aptitude to become a servant nearby, it would flicker to remind him.

Lynn decisively released his magic power to sense the situation around him.

A few seconds later, Lynn’s eyes lit up. "It should be there!"

Sensing the location, Lynn turned his steps and rushed in that direction.

His servant was currently in a bad situation, being hunted by a devil.

Yes, a devil.

Not all devils were like him, obeying the laws of the human world.

Of course, it could also be a Stray Devil.

Through his senses, it should only be of lower-class strength, posing no threat to his strength, which was about to break through to an upper-class devil.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Heavy panting sounded in the quiet, deserted alley.

Shoko Kasumigaoka gritted her teeth and moved her legs, which felt like they were filled with lead. Her black stockings were already tattered, and there were several abrasions on her legs, but she seemed not to notice, just running blindly.

Damn legs, run faster! Faster!!

She could feel that monster following her closely, as if it were enjoying the feeling of hunting its prey.

She didn't know if she could survive, but she knew that if she didn't run, she would definitely die!

So! Faster!!

Bang!

A dull sound suddenly rang out, and Shoko Kasumigaoka suddenly crashed into a warm place, but she didn't feel any warmth; her brain was instantly filled with two words.

It's over!

"Looks like you might need some help?"

Just looks like?

Shoko Kasumigaoka panted and looked up.

A handsome face entered her eyes, but she had no mind to think about other things.

"Run..run away! There's a monster behind me!!"

This collision had already drained all her strength; if she hadn't leaned her entire body against the boy in front of her, she might have already collapsed on the ground.

She couldn't run anymore, but this boy still had a chance.

"Monster, do you mean that one?"

Lynn pointed behind her, his other arm wrapping around her to prevent her from falling down.

Shoko Kasumigaoka looked back; a monster with a naked female upper body and a spider-like lower body was staring at her, drooling.

She swallowed hard and smiled miserably. "So close, looks like you can't run away either."

"Why run?"

"It's just a lower-class Stray Devil."