Chapter 403: 403: Minor Schemes in the Face of a Grand Player

Chapter 403: 403: Minor Schemes in the Face of a Grand Player

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Chapter 403: Minor Schemes in the Face of a Grand Player

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About half an hour after Neji had left the school, Rias was sitting back in the club with a panicked look on her face. Had this ruined her friendship with Sona? She would hate it if it did, she felt too guilty.

Yet, five minutes later all that guilt was gone. It hadn't vanished, but a larger panic had shadowed that feeling when Riser Phenex visited the club with his disgusting peerage, and announced that the Rating Game would happen in just three more days. What the fuck was going on all of a sudden?

In the end, Rias only saw one hope. That hope had disappointed her before, but now that she had a clearer wish in mind – she thought maybe it would work, maybe her brother would intervene a little.

Rias teleported right into her brother's abode. Her eyes were teary, her nose runny, as she ran through the hallways and pushed into his office.

"Onii-sama!"

She deliberately yelled in Japanese, she knew he liked it. It nearly startled the man busy on his desk, singing some papers. He frowned at first, probably about to ask her why she was here when he was working – an act, she knew, as he was happy to see her. However, his frown melted like snow on a sunny day when he caught the state her face was in. He stood up in his chair.

"Rias?! What happened?!"

"Onii-sama! Waa-!"

Her teary eyes finally burst into a fountain, and for once it wasn't fake when she cried to her brother. She jumped at his arms, pushing her chest against him, and cried harder.

No, this wasn't just about the Rating Game. She knew she would lose as things were right now, but that wasn't all that it was about. If that man was by her side, that Dragon, then she was sure winning the Rating Game would be the least of her worries. When he had released his aura earlier... she had seen it, she had felt it, he was special.

Power, charisma, looks, she liked everything about him. At this point, she just wanted to be lost in his dreamy eyes... So sadly, even if this might make Sona hate her, she had no other choice but to beg her big brother to gift her this dragon's attention.

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"That sounds stupid."

["Grayfia."]

"Haah."

"Oh, and this is Grayfia. You know Rias, right? She is Rias' sister-in-law, titled as the Strongest Queen, and the Silver-Haired Queen of Annihilation. You should be respectful."

"Ah, but yes. If she is my student's guardian, basically, it's natural I will be respectful."

Neji looked at Grayfia, making her feel a bit odd at his gaze. His gaze was... no, she couldn't explain it. It was a mixture of many emotions. What?

In the end, he sighed, shaking his head.

"Nice to meet you, I am Neji Hado."

"..." Grayfia frowned, feeling irritated just talking to him. Not because she hated him, he was a respectful young man but irritated at herself for pulling an unaffiliated person into this Gremory mess hole. "Nice to meet you as well. I am what Serafall said, though it seems she intended to make fun of me with those titles."

Serafall giggled, waving it off. Seeing that Grayfia wasn't taking a seat, the Satan spoke. "Are you about to leave? Mhm, I guess we will be leaving too then. I am a bit busy, but my guest here requires some attention, he needs to file some missing people. I will be launching a personal squad, but he wants to put in a public request anyway. Luckily I finished the work with you already, Grayfia, we can call it a day."

"No."

Grayfia suddenly said, catching the Satan off guard as she blinked.

"Huh?"

"I mean you can stay back and complete your work. I shall guide our guest to the HQ of the Nighthawk Guild, I can file the missing reports with him. It will also be less attention-catching than if a Satan came."

Grayfia was glad such an opportunity to go out with him was present. It would have been much more awkward if she had to invite him for a bottle of vodka.

Serafall just stared at her, and then shot a pointing finger at her.

"Haah! I see what you're doing! You are trying to steal him for Rias-tan, is that it?! No can do. He already rejected both Rias-tan and Sona-tan, but if Sirzechs is trying to intervene, then I will have to as well." Serafall said, and Grayfia barely managed to keep her expression still.

Acting goofy for so long, Grayfia had nearly forgotten why Serafall was in this position. This girl was extremely smart, and had seen through Grayfia so easily. She couldn't have spied on her conversation earlier, she was using Silence Magic, so that meant her guess was right.

Serafall stood up, and to Grayfia's horror she locked her arm with Neji who too stood up. What had happened in the time when she was gone?

"However, as I like you so much, Grayfia, I won't push you away if you want to tag along. You can choose not to, but I won't complain if you come." She tugged Neji's arm. "Let's go! I will show you around this place, it should be pretty cool for an isolated man like you!"

As she pulled the dragon away, with him not protesting at all, Grayfia clutched onto her clothes and grounded her teeth. This would be harder than she had anticipated, as had Sirzechs too. Releasing a long breath, she quickly ran behind the two, unwilling to lose.

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