"Are you gay?"
The question, coming from Azazel, caused Issei and the three men beside him to stiffen.
"The fuck?! Of course not! I'm a straight man!" Issei roared with a twisted expression. Agitated, he shot to his feet and pointed at Azazel as he furiously demanded, "Why would you even say something like that?"
"I don't know. Maybe because you three look suspiciously close?" Azazel dropped both feet onto the desk and leaned back lazily in his chair. Then he laughed and said, "You seem pretty gay to me."
His statement provoked a variety of reactions from the four men. Kiba immediately blushed red, lowering his head and clutching the hem of his clothes like a shy girl. Meanwhile, the corners of Riser's lips curled into a faint smile, while Saji turned his head to the side as if he were afraid of meeting Azazel's gaze.
"Really?! No! What I mean is, I'm not gay! What's so strange about being close with your friends?!" Issei refuted firmly. He wasn't gay. Everything that turned him on was female! He was absolutely not gay!
"Isn't that right, Ddraig?"
[I don't judge your preferences, but leave me out of your gay shit!] Ddraig's tired voice rang out.
"..." Issei.
"Pfft! Hahahaha!" Azazel burst into laughter. He laughed so hard that after a while, he had to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. Trying to suppress his grin, he said, "Alright, you're not gay. I believe you."
He didn't actually care about their orientation, but it was fun to mess with them, and Issei's reaction was simply too funny.
Clack!
With the sound of the door opening, Yusuke walked in alongside his women. At the far end, Gasper hid behind them.
Yusuke paused and glanced at the people inside before asking, "What are these four doing here?" He pointed at Issei and his 'harem.'
He didn't have the best impression of Issei. Between his perverted personality and his history of peeping on girls alongside his two fellow pervert friends, Yusuke found him difficult to like.
As for Riser, Yusuke could tolerate his existence. In a sense, the guy was now his stepson.
"Mother, Ravel..." The corners of Riser's eyes twisted. He tried to keep his face neutral, but he couldn't suppress the twitch when he saw his mother and sister behind Yusuke.
Their gazes were fixed on Yusuke with an obsessive affection, as if he were the only person who existed in their world. Even though Riser was standing in the same room, they didn't seem to care about him at all.
"I was the one who called them," Azazel answered Yusuke's question calmly.
Even Azazel had to look at Yusuke with clear admiration in his eyes. This boy was barely an adult, yet his rizz skills were absolutely godly. Even someone like Azazel, who had thousands of years of experience and was known for his lust, had to admit that he was completely inferior to Yusuke in that department.
"Azazel, it seems that you are being too comfortable," Rias said at this moment, glaring at him with a displeased look. "Why are you sitting in my seat? And put your legs down from my desk. How unsightly!"
"Tsk! Now I need to burn both of them." She pulled Yusuke's hand and led him to the sofa after casting a cleaning spell, just in case some ugly monkey had dirtied it. Her tone softened as she guided him down and pulled his head into her lap, gently caressing his hair.
"Are you feeling comfortable, honey?"
"Yeah." The soft sensation of her thighs made Yusuke answer contentedly.
"..." Azazel, Issei, Kiba, and the others stared in complete silence, utterly speechless.
"Anyways," Azazel said as he wisely stood up.
He still couldn't figure out why Rias was being so aggressive and impolite. The profile he had on her before painted a very different picture. 'Is it because she is in love?'
"Since everyone is going back to the Underworld, I thought it would be nice if we all returned together."
He walked across the room and stopped next to the window.
"I don't think that's needed. Everyone can just teleport back to their own house," Rias refused flatly. The time she had with Yusuke was limited, and she didn't want to waste it with others taking even more of his attention than they already did.
The entire time, none of Kiba's past companions paid him any attention. Rias acted as if he didn't exist. Koneko was already sitting next to Yusuke, fighting with Ravel over who would get to rest his legs on their lap, and Akeno went to the other side of the room with Tsubaki to prepare tea for him.
Issei, on the other hand, wanted to ogle all the busty women, but whenever he tried to move his gaze, an ominous feeling, like a strange grip on his heart, stopped him. In the end, he fixed his gaze back on the trap hiding in the corner with a paper bag over his head. "Gasper-san."
"W-what do you want?!" Gasper recoiled back against the wall, staring nervously at the man smiling weirdly at him.
"I just want to get to know you." Issei tried not to show any creepy expression, but it was hard. Even though he knew Gasper was male, Issei still couldn't fully register it in his mind. No matter how he looked at it, Gasper seemed more feminine than even a woman, and on top of that, he was wearing female clothes with stockings and a short skirt.
"I... I don't want to talk to anyone! Leave me alone!" Gasper shook his head rapidly. He wanted to recoil back, but his back was already pressed against the wall.
"I mean no harm, alright, alright. Is it okay to talk to you from this distance?" Issei sat down on the floor, raised his hand, and spoke in a helpless tone.
"Emm! Say, what do you want?" Sensing Issei's soft attitude, Gasper felt slightly less afraid. He gazed at him through the holes in the paper bag on his head and asked cautiously.
On the other hand, Azazel was speaking to Raynare and Kalawarna, standing behind Yusuke.
"It seems that both of you are having a good life."
It was a complex feeling to see those who had once been his subordinates, even though they were low-ranked and he had never paid much attention to them. The fact that they had betrayed the Grigori and him, and now stood there serving another person, left him staring at them in silence for a moment.
Back when Kokabiel secretly sent the four Fallen Angels to Kuoh Town to prepare for his plot, Kalawarna had informed Azazel about it. In return, Azazel gave her a tool to conceal her Fallen Angel identity, allowing her to become a teacher and sneak around Yusuke unnoticed by the Devils.
Now these two Fallen Angels no longer held any reverence or respect toward him. They had also grown much stronger than they were before.
Although Azazel did not like to brag, he was actually very charismatic. The majority of Fallen Angels respected him and followed him wholeheartedly.
"Indeed, we have never been this happy," Raynare spoke calmly.
The way she was gazing at Azazel was as if she were looking at a stranger. Even though remembering it made her feel disgusted with herself, Raynare had actually had a massive crush on Azazel before she met Yusuke. Now, whenever she recalled it, she felt like smashing her head into a wall. It made her skin crawl!
"Good to hear that." Azazel smiled gently at the two of them before turning to Sona and Rias. "The first battle of the Youth Devil Rating Game Tournament has already been decided."
"It's between Sona Sitri's peerage and Rias Gremory's peerage."
The Youth Devil Rating Game Tournament is a special Rating Game tournament prepared by the Four Great Satans in order to have the young Devil heirs compete against each other, increasing their power while also serving as entertainment for Rating Game fans and other mythological faction leaders.
The one who actually pushed for this tournament the most was Sirzechs.
"Is that so?" Sona fell silent for a few seconds, then adjusted her glasses. When she looked up, her eyes met Rias's, and she smiled. "In that case, I won't lose to you, Rias!"
"That should be my phrase! I will defeat you, Sona!" Rias burned with extreme confidence. Her long crimson hair swayed lightly. "I will not allow another woman to defeat me with Yusuke watching me."
"We will see about that." Light reflected across Sona's glasses.
"Xenovia, Irina, Asia, have you thought about my proposition?" Taking this chance, Rias looked at the church trio who were originally sitting together on the opposite side, discussing something about a Holy Scripture, and asked them.
"Your proposition?" The three of them looked up and muttered at the same time.
Since the three of them had joined Yusuke's harem, Rias would occasionally pester them to join her peerage. The main reason was simple; her peerage was severely lacking. Including herself, there were only three members, Koneko and Akeno.
On the other hand, Sona already had her peerage nearly full.
If the two of them were to compete, she would be completely crushed.
"I have thought this matter through, Rias. I accept. I shall join your peerage," Xenovia stood up and declared firmly.
Among the three, she was actually the one most interested in abandoning her human identity.
"Xenovia, are you sure?" Irina asked in surprise.
"Of course I am," Xenovia replied calmly. "Both of you and I have lived together with the Devils for some time now. Do you still think they are as detestable as we originally believed?"
When she saw Irina shake her head, Xenovia continued.
"Then what is the big deal about becoming one? I think being a Devil is much more beneficial than staying as a human. We could become stronger and have a much longer lifespan. I don't want to grow old."
"Hmm! That makes sense!" Irina's eyes suddenly sparkled with determination. "It's bad if Darling were to see my ugly, wrinkly self in another hundred years! Yes, this is really, really bad!"
She stood up energetically and pumped her fists together.
"For my beauty, I'll become a Devil too!"
"Xenovia, you really are a genius! You thought so far ahead!" She patted Xenovia's shoulder with shining eyes.
"Of course I am!" Xenovia put her hand on her waist and laughed proudly.
"..." Yusuke, Azazel, Riser, Rias, Akeno, Sona, Tsubaki, and everyone else in the room.
"I'll do it too," Asia suddenly stood up. She bowed politely toward Rias and spoke with clear determination.
"Rias-san, please reincarnate me as a Devil as well. I don't want to grow old. I want to stay with Yusuke-sama for tens of thousands of years more!"
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