The new semester had started, and with it came the school festival. All the clubs were busy preparing for it. Sona and Tsubaki, the Student Council president and vice president, were especially busy, while even Rias and her peerage had to contribute since they were technically a club.
After finishing their preparations, Asia, Xenovia, Irina, Murayama, and Aika began training diligently for the three-legged race.
Apparently, they had made a bet that the duo who won the race would be rewarded with 24 hours alone with Yusuke, having him all to themselves. The luckiest among them was Asia, who had actually been partnered with Yusuke for the three-legged race. If she won alongside him, the two of them would get to spend 24 hours together!
"Murayama, are you really going to quit the Kendo Club?" In a corner, Katase faced Murayama and asked in a shaky voice, her expression filled with disbelief.
She couldn't understand how Murayama had changed so much over the past semester. Her closest friend had become almost like a complete stranger. She had become stronger, more beautiful, and far sexier. On top of that, she had stopped spending as much time with Katase as she used to.
All she did these days was hover around Yusuke like a bee or hang around with Rias-oneesama, Akeno-oneesama, and the other women. Katase felt as though she had been robbed of her closest friend, and now Murayama had even announced that she would no longer be part of the Kendo Club!
"Yes, I joined the Occult Research Club. I won't have time for the Kendo Club's activities anymore. I have more important things to do," Murayama explained patiently. She felt somewhat sorry for Katase, but there was nothing she could do about it.
The two of them were now living in completely different worlds, and they no longer had much of anything in common.
Katase was just a normal high schooler who enjoyed practicing Kendo as a hobby, while Murayama was now a powerful Devil and a sadistic yandere. Every day, she had to work toward her goal of world domination alongside the other yanderes and spend time with her beloved Yusuke. She simply had neither the time nor the motivation to try maintaining her connection with Katase.
"I have to go. See you in the classroom."
She turned around, waved her hand, and left the shocked pink haired girl behind.
"Murayama, what happened to you?" Katase remained frozen in place. She lowered her head and muttered, "It all started when she began dating Aoki-san."
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"For a store in this place to have old and precious Gunplas! Amazing, so fascinating!"
Seekvaira held my hand tightly as she pulled me around the shop, her eyes glowing with happiness and her expression filled with excitement. With her free hand, she grabbed a mecha figurine and eagerly showed it to me.
"L-look at this, Yusuke! T-this is the discontinued Yata Robo Gunpla! Not only that, but it's a Yata Robo 3, which is said to be the least produced!"
"You are very lucky to find it." I didn't know shit about Gunplas, Star Wars Legos, or Pokémon cards, but I did know that there were people obsessed with collecting them.
Since I had already decided that Seekvaira was the top priority, I decided to skip school and spend the day with her, which made her absolutely delighted. The two of us were in Bunkyo Ward. I had come here once with Tsubaki on a date a few weeks ago.
I had originally wanted to start by visiting Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens, but Seekvaira spotted this shop and immediately pulled me inside.
"Oh, my Yusuke!" Seekvaira looked at the next shelf and suddenly exclaimed, "There's the discontinued Robo Fighter Varum 1/100 model of the enemy Metaliums! The model they couldn't even bring out for the resale festival because they couldn't find the mold a few years ago! To find something like this here...!"
She put down the first Gunpla she had been holding and picked up the Robo Fighter Varum. As much as she loved Gunpla, she wasn't willing to let go of the hand holding Yusuke's for even a nanosecond!
"Yusuke, you really are my lucky star!" She looked at me with her glowing pink eyes, her face filled with happiness and excitement.
"I am? I'm glad you're happy, then." I patted her greenish blond hair, gently ruffling it as I laughed.
This yandere girl looked completely different from the stern expression she usually wore when speaking with other people. He could tell that she was genuinely passionate about her hobby.
Just like Rias was extremely obsessed with Japanese culture, especially anime and manga, or Aika's obsession with collecting S&M items, each of my yandere women had their own hobbies and interests that they were passionate about.
"Is that all you want?" I asked after seeing that she had only taken the two Gunplas she had found earlier.
"I already have everything else. This time, I was lucky enough to find two ultra-rare ones." Seekvaira walked to the counter with him and paid while talking. She didn't even bother asking about the price. After all, to someone like her, money was just a number.
"Sorry for derailing your plan. Let's go to Koishikawa Korakuen!" As we walked out of the shop, Seekvaira wrapped her free arm around me and leaned against me with a happy smile. "I heard it's a very beautiful place."
Koishikawa Kõrakuen was a large urban park in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyō, Tokyo. The Japanese garden dated back to the early Edo period, having been established in 1629, and was one of the three surviving daimyō gardens from the many that were created during that era. It was famous for blending Chinese and Japanese miniature landscapes around a central pond.
"Hmm, let's go. It really is a beautiful place, and couples like to go there." I took the bag from her and stored it in my inventory before speaking with a grin that made her blush.
[Seekvaira Agares's submission + 1!]
[Seekvaira Agares's submission: 75 (Dependent)]
Her submission value had been 67 when he first met her, but he had worked on it this morning and easily raised it to 75. She was only five points away from completing the quest.
Unfortunately, my goal was to reach 91. Only then could I obtain her Time ability and turn her into a Goudere.
"Place where couples go? A romantic place? Couples... Me and you... Hehehehe... Romantic... Romance... I love you too..."
Having heard him, Seekvaira began laughing creepily, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth as she imagined herself wearing a wedding dress.
"Shit!" Just as she was fantasizing about her romantic life with Yusuke, his panicked voice suddenly snapped her back to reality. He didn't give her any time to ask what was happening. He simply placed two fingers against his forehead and immediately teleported away with her.
A couple of seconds after Yusuke left, high in the sky above Tokyo, space distorted, and Ophis appeared alongside Kuroka and Le Fay.
"Strange..." Ophis hovered in the air, tilted her head, and muttered.
"What is it, Ophi-sama?" Le Fay asked curiously.
"Someone strong was here." Ophis looked down, her gaze focused on the spot where Yusuke had been moments ago, and replied.
'Phew! I nearly had a heart attack!' Kuroka patted her chest, causing waves beneath her off shoulder kimono, and sighed in relief. She had been taken aback when Ophis suddenly decided to go out and teleported them to Tokyo. Kuroka had sensed that the situation was bad and immediately contacted Yusuke. She had barely made it in time.
If Ophis were to meet Yusuke and actually fall for him... Kuroka couldn't bear to imagine what kind of disaster would follow. It was entirely possible that the world itself could be destroyed!
"Someone strong? Where is he?" Le Fay followed Ophis's line of sight but couldn't see anyone other than ordinary humans. She was curious about the person whom Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God, would consider "strong."
"They are gone." Ophis shook her head slightly, then pointed toward a nearby shop and said, "Dango. I want to eat!"
"Alright, Ophis. I'll buy it for you, but please don't randomly wander off." Kuroka patted her head and said sternly before flying down toward the shop.
"Okay." Ophis blinked and nodded. She no longer cared about the strong person who had left, her attention already turning toward the food she was about to eat.
...
"Yusuke?" Seekvaira's vision blurred for an instant, and when she looked around, she found herself standing in a forest. She glanced at Yusuke and asked, "What happened?"
"It's Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon. Phew, we barely escaped!"
Truthfully, he had nearly suffered a heart attack. Fortunately, Kuroka's message had reached him quickly enough, and his reactions were far faster than those of an ordinary person.
[Did you piss yourself, sweetie? You know, if you have nowhere to relieve yourself, I can drink it for you.] 2B spoke in my mind at that moment. Her voice was soft and sultry. She even made soft licking sounds, as if she was wiggling her tongue inside her mouth. [I can suck off more things from your dick than just piss, you know?]
'Bitch!'
[I am, of course, sick! I have a disease! Only by having you can I get better!] 2B shouted hysterically. Then, just as suddenly, her tone softened.
[Did I scare you? I'm sorry, my cute Yu-chan. I just can't help myself. But don't worry. Once I get you, you'll understand just how much I love you. You'll come to understand me and forgive me. I'll always love you, sweetie.]
'...' I ignored the crazy yandere system and calmed myself down. I wiped the sweat from my forehead before turning my attention back to the worried Seekvaira.
"The Ouroboros Dragon? We should call the leaders! Is the Khaos Brigade planning another attack?" Seekvaira panicked and quickly reached for her phone to contact Azazel and the others, but I grabbed her hand and shook my head.
"Don't!"
"Yusuke, why?" Seekvaira asked in confusion.
"Because it's useless. Ophis isn't someone the Three Factions can deal with." I stated calmly, "If I became serious, I could completely defeat the leaders of the Three Factions on my own."
"But if I were to fight Ophis, I would lose miserably."
"It can't be, right? The Ouroboros Dragon can't be that ridiculously strong!" Seekvaira trembled when she heard his declaration. She knew that Ophis was the strongest being in the world aside from the Great Red, but she had never truly understood just how powerful she was.
To Seekvaira, even an Ultimate Class Devil was very powerful. She had no real grasp of how much stronger beings above the Ultimate Class, such as the Satans, could be.
She was just like Irina and Xenovia when they had first thought they could defeat Kokabiel on their own. She simply had no grasp of how powerful the beings at the very top of the supernatural world truly were.
So seeing Yusuke, who had once effortlessly beaten Loki and Fenrir, looking so serious about Ophis completely reshaped her understanding of the power hierarchy.