"I'm sorry for involving you in this, Kozue," Rias said.
After Riser's departure, Grayfia withdrew shortly afterwards to inform the two families about the Rating Game.
Alongside Rias, the rest of his nobility sat on the sofas while their King conversed with Kozue.
Rias didn't want to involve Kozue in her marriage problems, but Riser was adamant about the condition that Kozue participate or he wouldn't agree to the Rating Game.
"There's no problem"
"Besides, I want to punch that guy," Kozue said as she drank a cup of tea that Akeno served.
"Thank you Akeno, the tea is perfect," Kozue said to the half-fallen angel.
Akeno smiled at him as she served tea to everyone else.
"Anyway, I wanted to apologize for this."
"If you need a favor in the future, don't hesitate to tell me," Rias said.
"That is, if we win against Riser, otherwise I won't be able to help you much in the future," said the Gremory heiress through pursed lips.
If she marries Riser, Riser will have a lot of decision-making power over her, such as control over her nobility.
Rias did not want her nobility to suffer at Riser's hands, which was one of the reasons why she was so against this marriage.
By marrying Riser, and if her parents have a child, she was certain that she would immediately lose her position as heir.
Even if his parents did not have a son soon, there was Milicas who would be chosen as heir.
"You are very strong"
"I'm sure we'll win, so don't get discouraged."
"If you think you're going to lose now, you've already lost half the battle," Kozue said, seeing the redhead so discouraged.
"You're right"
"But Riser is very difficult to deal with."
"Being from the Phenex family, Riser has the ability to regenerate from his wounds almost immediately."
"Even if his heart or brain is injured, he can recover immediately," Rias said ruefully as he closed his eyes and massaged his temples.
"Rias, I think you're watching this with blindfolds over your eyes."
"If the demons of the Phenex family were invincible, they would have dominated the underworld a long time ago," Kozue said.
Kozue's words made Rias suddenly open her eyes and think.
'That's true,' thought the redhead.
The Gremory heiress considered what Kozue said and agreed.
If the demons of the Phenex family were impossible to defeat, they would have conquered the world a long time ago.
If the Phenex were invincible, their brother wouldn't be Satan Lucifer, known as the strongest demon.
Rias thought of the current Rating Game champion, Diehauser Belial.
To become the Rating Game champion, Diehauser Belial had to defeat all his opponents, including Riser's brother.
Furthermore, Riser's brother was among the top 10 in the Rating Game, so there must be more people who defeated him.
On the DevilNet, the internet network of demons, Rias could search for the battles of the Phoenix clan demons and see how they were defeated.
With renewed vigor, Rias rose from his seat and said with a smile.
"You're right, I can win"
"I need to do some research on the DevilNet and my chances of winning will be greater."
Seeing Rias happy, everyone in the room smiled.
The others also heard what Kozue said and guessed what Rias wanted to do when she mentioned the DevilNet.
For a moment everyone slapped their foreheads with their palms.
At first they had thought it would be difficult to win against Riser because of his immortality, but now they reasoned that it was possible to defeat them or else the Phenex would be the rulers of the Underworld.
"We have 10 days to prepare for the Rating Game; we can practice various tactics until then."
"Riser will regret underestimating us," Rias said.
The group agreed to train for the next 10 days, and they retired to meet again tomorrow.
Rias said that her family had a place in the Underworld where they could train, so they would miss school during that time.
Kozue agreed and returned home.
He had to tell his parents about his absence and ask Robin and Mikita to take care of them.
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Mittelt knew that something was going on with Raynare.
Ever since the four of them fell into the hands of that human, they've been looking grumpy lately and have taken it out on the street exorcists who lived in the church.
That's why street exorcists now avoid them.
But something changed.
Raynare suddenly began to smile and looked nothing like her previous sadistic behavior.
In addition, he would also disappear for several days before reappearing, but would soon reappear.
Mittelt briefly thought that Raynare was satisfying her sadistic desires with some human, but her now master forbade them from harming other beings without provocation, so it was impossible for Raynare to satisfy her impulses.
Intrigued, Mittelt set out to discover Raynare's secret and followed her.
If Raynare discovered a way to escape the punishment of the slavery contract they had signed, Mittelt wanted to find out.
And if Raynare doesn't want to tell him, he'll threaten to tell her new teacher.
With a smile, Mittelt followed her without noticing that Kalawarner was following her.
Kalawarner had also noticed Raynare's behavior and had come to the same conclusion as Mittelt, so she also wanted to know the secret of her fellow fallen angel.
Unaware that her two companions were following her, Raynare headed to the shopping center that was in Mikita's name.
Since the two shopping malls were connected, Raynare headed to the nearest mall.
Mittelt and Kalawarner saw her enter the mall and were unsure whether to follow her or not.
They knew that this shopping center was owned by their master, so they thought for a moment and both came to the conclusion that Raynare had won the favor of the human who enslaved them.
Both knew Raynare's goal was to impress Azazel in order to level up in Grigori, so they concluded that she was now doing the same with her current master.
Suddenly, the two of them slapped their foreheads for not having thought of the same thing before.
No matter what they did in the future, they were now in the hands of this human and he could do whatever he wanted with them.
They might as well accept their fates and get closer to this human so that he doesn't mistreat them in the future.
Now that Raynare has gotten ahead of them both, the human could favor her and she would have some degree of control over them.
Although they did not want to lower themselves to please a mere human, however strong he might be, the two had to accept that their future was uncertain.
Not knowing what to do, they saw Raynare enter the mall and followed her shortly after.
The two ignored the humans passing in front of them and headed straight for the warehouse area.
They could go that way to their master's base and saw Raynare go in there.
So that Raynare wouldn't notice them following her, the two of them took a little while before opening the door that said 'employees only' and going in.
Upon entering, Mittelt had lost sight of Raynare and wanted to slowly close the door.
But at that moment, Kalawarner stepped forward and held the door with his hand.
Surprised, Mittelt noticed that it was Kalawarner who held the door and let out a sigh of relief, having initially thought she was in trouble.
But upon seeing Kalawarner and reasoning that she was there for the same reason, Mittelt wanted to complain about following her.
Kalawarner put a finger to her lips to tell Mittelt to be quiet, as they might be discovered.
Mittelt nodded, indicating that he had understood the message.
With both of them in agreement, they slowly closed the door and strolled through the warehouse.
They walked several meters before entering through another door and walking down a corridor.
When they were in the middle of the hallway, a door opened and the two of them held their breath as they watched a young blonde woman walk out of the door.
"Hello," Asia said with a smile.
The young nun had finished her daily training and wanted to go for a bath.
Upon encountering the fallen angels, who could have previously harmed her, the innocent young woman greeted them without malice.
The two fallen angels breathed a sigh of relief that it was no one but this innocent young woman who wouldn't suspect them.
He could even help them by asking about Raynare's actions in recent days.
"Hello, Asia"
"We're looking for Raynare, could you tell us where she is?" Kalawarner asked.
The fallen angel wanted to distract the young blonde woman first and then ask about Raynare's movements in recent days.
"Oh, Raynare? She's training with the others," Asia said with a smile, causing the two fallen angels to gasp in surprise.