After the 'enquiry commission' did its work, we are back in the party.
"I—It's been a while, Sekiryuutei."
"The sister of Riser."
Yes, it was the sister of Rias' former fiancé, Raiser Phoenix.
How nostalgic. It's been several months since then, right?
"It's Ravel Phoenix! Geez, this is why low-class devils are so slow and disagreeable."
She was really angry. She is cute.
"Sorry. So, is your brother doing well?"
When I spoke about her brother, Ravel sighed.
"... Thanks to you, he's been in low spirits. It seems that his defeat and having Rias-sama stolen away by you was a great shock. Well, since he had always relied on his talent and got cocky because of it, it should have been a good lesson for him."
Arara, how harsh. How sweet.
"Hahahaha... You're pretty merciless. You were also part of your brother's group, right?"
"About that, I've currently finished trading, and I've now become my mother's servant. My mother traded away an unused piece she had in exchange for me. Since my mother said that she would trade me again when I found someone whose family I want to become part of, I'm essentially a free [Bishop] now. Since my mother doesn't participate in the games."
"Trading, huh?"
"Huh? Don't you know? Trading, according to the rules of the Rating Games, it's possible to exchange pieces between devils [Kings]. On the condition that they're the same kind of piece."
"Of course, I know what trading is. It's just that to such cute and Potential girl become a free piece...*tic*tic*"
"B-By the way, Sekiryuutei—"
"Please stop it with the Sekiryuutei. My name is Hyoudou Issei. You're the same age as me, right? Then, speaking to me normally is fine. Everyone calls me [Ise], you know? So you can also do that."
So I said I didn't really like people adding titles to my name. I don't know why. It feels like a new thing I acquired after the fight with Vali.
"I— Is it really okay for me to call you by your name!?"
Oh, she's a bit happy?
"*C-Cough*. T-Then, I'll oblige and call you Ise-sama without reservation."
"Sama? No, no, it's fine without such a thing."
"No, this is important!"
... Hahaha, I understand this girl even less than Xenovia. No, maybe I can't understand girls at all. Like how Kalawarn just wrote me a letter and disappeared. I do keep hoping that I will meet her. I know she did that for the best interest of me. But now thinking back, it leaves sour taste.
"Ravel-sama. Danna-sama's friend is calling for you."
If I remember correctly, this person is from Raiser's family. An Onee-san called Isabella, who hurt my face badly with a flicker.
"I understand. Ise-sama, the next time we meet, would you like to have some tea with me? A-A-A- And if it's okay with you, would you like to have a homemade cake prepared by me?"
Ravel suddenly raised the hem of her dress, curtsied, and then left.
"Hey, Hyoudou Issei."
This time it was Isabella who spoke to me.
"You're Isabella of the Phoenix family, right?"
"Yes. You gave me a good blowjob back then. I still remember it. It seems you've become even stronger. When you become even stronger, I'll be able to boast about my story as well."
"Umm, are you that girl's...Ravel's escort?"
"Well, something like that. Because that girl has things that she can't grasp as a child, like our master Raiser-sama... Since that battle during the engagement party, Ravel has only talked about you. She seems to have found the fight between you and Raiser-sama very impressive."
"Isn't she just complaining?"
"...No, it's the opposite. Well, it's fine. You'll understand eventually."
"In any case, please tell her that having tea with her would be okay with me."
"Really? Thank you for that. Ravel will be happy. Now then, please excuse me now. Please have a good time at the party."
With that, Isabella waved her hand and left just like that.
Well, there's no use being troubled about it anymore; tea is fine, right? And then, I can invite her to my peerage. Just for insurance. After all, I will form a peerage in the future. She can be a good bishop.
"...Ise-senpai, you surprisingly have a lot of devil friends..."
Gasper said that with a look of admiration, but...does it really look like a lot?
Hmm, I don't know. But I have met various devils since coming here.
However, my encounters with devils besides Rias and my friends have a lot of value to me. The things I now know, like about the problem of discrimination and about dragons, were a lot. I think that I'm glad to know these things now.
Not only power, but such things may also be important for me to increase my power.
As I sighed about that, a small shadow came into my sight.
—It was Koneko.
For some reason, she was quickly heading out of the party room. Her expression seemed absorbed in something. Oh, looks like she sensed Kuroka.
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