[20] Devil Girlies

[20] Devil Girlies

Chapter 20: Devil Girlies

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The schoolyard was a very delightful area. It had a garden of flowers, with artificial bushes all over the place, many artificial dolphin fountains and the entire yard was filled with healthy grass.

Rias Gremory, wearing her bodycon school dress, except the vest this time, walked beside me as we enjoyed the greenery of nature. She looked more attractive than nature, however, with all those curves.

I hadn't bothered hiding my aura, so Rias was sure to know by now that I was not a normal human. Yet, the chat we had was very normal.

"The two episodes were pretty nice," she said while walking beside me. "It reminds me of the first time we met, and when I saw your acting for the first time. How time flies, right?"

She paused for a moment, leaning down a bit to pluck a rose. As she did, she spoke, not turning to me.

"Do you remember..." There was a hint of anxiousness in her voice, scared that I didn’t remember. She turned to me, the rose rolling between her fingers. "That day... when we met?"

"KitKat girl."

I said with a finger pointing at her, and to my surprise a massive smile bloomed on her face. She was too happy for such a small thing.

"Yes, so you do remember." She gently walked over to me and tucked the rose in my hair. "I like your hair."

She stood too close to me, her breasts just centimeters away from touching my chest, as she looked up at my eyes.

"How do you like this school so far? This school had another name before, but a family acquaintance bought it a couple of years back, and named it after the town we are in." We were in Kuoh Town. "That acquaintance isn't here anymore, so I and my friend, Sona the Student Council President, basically run the school. So if you have any problem related to the school, you can ask me anytime."

I couldn't help but find this funny, I didn't laugh though, I just smiled. "You sound like those delinquent senior guys who try to hit on freshman girls, you know that? I can take care of myself, no need to worry about that."

Rias returned the smile and stepped back to walk again. "Well, the area is dangerous. Not just the school. The entire Kuoh Town is our territory. I didn't just mean human stifles when I said you can ask for my help; I was talking about the supernatural side of things as well. Independent Mages can get in trouble easily, and it's not good for them if they're against a big group."

So she assumed I'm an Independent Mage? Fair enough, it made sense.

"I don't mind helping you out if you get in such trouble." She paused, turning back to me. "Just yesterday, a Fallen Angel came to hunt a human. He was just a normal human, with no affiliation with any groups, he didn't even know magic existed."

I realized she was talking about Issei, this was the situation that unfolded on his date yesterday.

She added, "Just because he had Sacred Gear, he was attacked. Luckily, our Student President, Sona Shitori, took care of it. That boy is alive, and she kindly took him in."

Huh? That made me frown. Sona? Does that mean Issei is in her peerage now? But- ah, the butterfly flapped its wings. What an interesting change though.

"I really wanted him in my group since he has a strong power, but it was Sona's turn to have someone." Rias sighed a little. "I don't mind it though. I have... someone else in mind, so I am fine with letting this go."

She didn't say it outright, but was she talking about me? How sad. I don't plan to join any of the three main factions, I am making my own. Joining her Peerage was not a choice.

Then, she paused on her feet. She turned to look at me, her gaze a little complicated. "Are you and that Mem-Cho girl dating?"

That was a sudden turn of topic. She must have been dying to ask that if she suddenly changed the topic for it.

I thought about it for a moment. When Ai was out of my room last night, I finally got to peek into the group chat again. Since I wasn't here, Mem-Cho had to handle the pings herself. The explanation she gave was cute, she took all the blame for herself.

[Mem-Cho: Come on, guys. Leave Aqua be, he must be stressed. I am feeling guilty about it. I was just flirting with him, and the situation turned out that way when we were joking about how kissing felt. He said he never kissed anybody, and I flirted with him about it. At one point, I told him to try it on me. We aren't dating, and it's not Aqua who's at fault, so don't pressure him. I will apologize to him in our next meeting.]

She was adorable. I should make it up to her in the future.

I returned my attention to Rias and shook my head. "Nope. It was just a mistake in the heat of the moment, we aren't dating."

"I see." She smiled. "It'd break many hearts if you two started dating."

The wind gently blew over us, and petals of cherry blossoms flew around us. Our eyes stared back at one another as I smiled.

"I might get the wrong idea if you talk like that, Senpai," I said. "We should head to our classes now, people will ask questions if they see the popular Rias Gremory out with a boy."

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“The exact thing you are,” I said. “You aren’t allowed to be here, either, according to school rules. Don’t say you’re part of the student council, they aren’t allowed to be on the roof either unless it’s due to school work. The reason you’re here with Miss Frill seems entirely because of personal reasons. How can you tell others not to come here, when you’re encouraging it with your own actions? How disappointing.”

The Devil appeared surprised before only again looking enraged, she didn’t like a rule breaker like me to lecture her on how rules worked. With a frown, she took in a deep breath and said in a calm voice.

“You independent mages, especially humans, really act like you own the world. Why make things harder for yourself? Even if not under the school’s rules, I can still punish you personally. I usually don’t condemn such things, but I’ll be doing you a favor if I beat you up right now, you’ll survive long after getting humbled once.” There was a dangerous glint in her heterochromatic eyes, one violet and another brown.

I scoffed with a laugh. “What is this situation? You are pretty arrogant yourself, are you aware? Then again, if independent mages are arrogant, those from big magical clans such as yourself, Lady Shinra, ought to be more than that.”

I am aware of the Shinra Clan, it’s not that hard to find. The internet in this world wasn’t just filled with baseless conspiracy, if one looked deep enough one could find its magical side. Though I’ve not yet managed to enter the rumored Super-Net used by most supernaturals.

“I-” When she began with an arrogant frown, I interrupted her.

I didn't exactly like how sanctimonious she was trying to present herself as, while choosing to turn herself into a devil from a human. Let me mess with her a little. I didn't have prejudice against devils, as I said, but it's true that devils are generally evil. She's not pure and all laws.

“I know you’ve left them because they didn’t treat you right. Funny though, to join the devils while being born in a family of exorcists. They must be so disappointed.” I said with a dramatic shake of my head, and knew that was the final nail.

“That’s it. You need discipline.” She said as I smiled, as she jumped further from me, creating a distance. “Shiranui, back off. Give us space, I don’t want to injure you.”

“Senpai, is this necessary?” Shiranui sighed but followed her words, going to stand at one corner and observing us.

“You’re not going to put your juice down?” the Devil asked as she eyed my juice. Did she want a sip? Seeing that I didn’t reply, she scoffed. “As a last form of esteem, since you’re my junior and I don’t want to seriously hurt you, I am not going to summon my weapon.”

She said and then raised her palm towards me. A spell was cast in no time, as bullets of water shot toward me, no slower than actual bullets. I didn’t move, I didn’t even try to dodge. I managed to take a peek at Shiranui’s worried expression, seeing me as if unable to react to the attack, as the attack reached the radius of my gold sign.

“Watch out!” Shiranui Frill yelled, and as if summoned by her call, my passive aura went active.

A defensive aura of storm blazed around me, as the water vaporized the instant it touched me. I have been waiting to test this out, and it was one of the reasons why I was even picking on this girl, to begin with. Though the main reason was still that I didn’t like how righteous she pretended to be while being a Devil.

The exchange ended in just a second, the aura of Storm Qi having vanished right away. The girls blinked, and Tsubaki looked at me with a frown.

“I...impressive.” Tsubaki managed to say, frowning, as she went for another attack.

Sadly for her, I didn’t plan to sit like a lamb all the time. Before she could cook the spell, I channeled the Qi in my body in a precise pattern and formed one of the four attack techniques I can learn in this rank. I haven’t used this before, and just called the details from my Soul Reflection, but it’s good enough.

[Vapor Cloud’s Bombardment: The martial artist condenses Cloud Qi into a concentrated orb that resembles a small, floating cloud. When launched at the enemy, the orb explodes upon impact, releasing a powerful burst of heated wind and energy that can knock opponents back or disrupt their movements, burning them too if intended.]

Usually, practitioners of Raging Sky Path spend months mastering one technique, and while I can do that much faster, I still spend one week at least for each technique. That helps keep things entertaining and not too fast, otherwise, life gets boring. Oh, and, it’s also optimal for my foundation. But I can make exceptions every now and then, and since this uses Cloud Qi, the same as the Nimbus Stride that I learned a few days ago, there is not any issue with my foundation either.

Unlike how Tsubaki cast the spell with her palm raised, I cast this by raising my hand at the high sky and yanking it down, as if I were pulling at the sky itself. Sizzling cloud orbs formed around Tsubaki who was in the middle of casting a stronger spell, as the dozens of orbs went off all at once.

“Augh?!”

Tsubaki’s spell was dispersed midway, as the bursts of wind cut through her clothes and the upper layer of her skin, in continuous explosions. She moaned in pain as the explosions burned her clothes in various spots, most spots until they ended and she fell on her knees with countless cuts and slightly burned skin.

I didn’t want to give her any strong burns, so I only made her clothes go. Now she was kneeling, her arms wrapped around her chest where clothes were missing, as she kept her legs tightly closed, where her small skirt used to be a moment ago. This wasn’t a perverted technique though, that wasn’t my intention, it was supposed to harm her, but since she had covered her skin with defensive mana, her clothes took most of the heat. I just wanted to humiliate her, and so she was physically hurt too. Countless cuts from the wind blades existed in her skin, though they weren’t so deep.

She could continue fighting, but that’d mean she’d have to move her hands away from her chest. Which I didn’t think she’d do as she grumbled, looking down at the ground in shame.

“Remember, you said this is a personal trifle between you and me. No school rules are involved. So I will be disappointed if I face any consequences for ruining a female student’s clothes.” I said as I finished my juice, throwing it near her feet; she can put it in the garbage can herself. “See you later, Miss Shinra.”

I walked away, waving at Shiranui one last time before I walked past her and back to my class. I was happy that I could spend the break time in a little interesting way.

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