Chapter 23

If it wasn't for school, I'd probably have done more than just return the favor with my mouth. Her sweet cries of pleasure were like music to my ears as she came loudly for the whole house to hear. Watching her lithe body glisten with sweat as she panted, her black eyes staring up at me adoringly, I was ready to lose my virginity right then and there before Ichi called an end to things.

It seems that just because she was willing to follow my every order, she also took her new status very seriously as she quickly rushed me into the bathroom and helped me wash up before we both got dressed.

After a final kiss goodbye, and chuckling at the blushingly pleased expression on her face, I left before my hormones could convince me to skip school and finish what we started. It wasn't until I was almost at the gates of school when I started paying attention to what was going on around me. And as I crossed the threshold into school, I could immediately feel a pair of eyes on me.

Uh-oh! I think someone's watching you~!

'I think so, too. And I know just who it is…' Glancing up at the Occult Research Clubhouse, I spot a head of long, crimson-red hair in the same second-floor window as last time. Only this time, instead of her eyes passing over disinterestedly, they're now fixed on me as I continue walking towards the school building.

'That didn't take long.' I know that I just had [Humanity] removed last night, but for her to realize the difference in my power so soon was a surprise, if unwelcome.

-Rias Gremory -

Watching as the white-haired transfer student walked into the school, Rias was baffled for the first time in by the strangeness of it all.

She was certain that he was an unremarkable, normal human; no different from the many other students attending Kuoh Academy. Not only had she and her fellow King, Sona, scouted out every known mage and Sacred Gear user in the school, but the walls and entrances surrounding the grounds were covered in wards that scanned everyone who entered for anything abnormal.

And those very same wards were now registering this 'Sora' as abnormal, when they hadn't done so mere days ago.

That's what was baffling her so much, because the wards were working perfectly -she'd checked them herself- and yet they were still registering him as different than before. Something big must have changed, because he was now giving off enough power to rival her Knight, Kiba.

Maybe he wasn't as strong as herself and her Queen, but there was enough power in him to make it all very confusing.

As she watched him disappear into the building, Rias felt her bestfriend and Queen move to stand next to her. "Are you thinking about recruiting him?"

"Possibly." Rias hummed, the thought had obviously crossed her mind, and with her upcoming engagement to Riser she would need all the help she could get. "But let's focus on Hyoudou for the moment. Koneko has already determined that the smell coming off him was a Dragon's, and we've already determined that the Fallen have been scouting him just as much as we have."

At the word Fallen, Akeno's beautifully seductive face was marred by an ugly frown as she glared into the distance. "Then we should just get rid of them and be done with it."

Sighing, Rias replied. "You know that we can't do that, Akeno. We've already been warned that actions made against the other Biblical Factions could break the long-standing ceasefire that's been going on, and it could very well spark a resurgence of the Biblical War."

As much as she agreed with Akeno's desire to get rid of the Fallen, there was very little they could do after receiving their orders from the Underworld. She didn't doubt for a second that her older brother had ways of keeping an eye on her while she was in the Human World, and if he felt that she was being threatened by the Fallen's presence, he might do something dramatic which would risk restarting the war.

"For now, have your Familiars keep an eye on this 'Sora'. See if there's anything we can use to entice him while we work on getting ready for Hyoudou." She added, getting a nod from Akeno before she turned away from the window. Even if she was one of the two Kings in charge of Kuoh, she still wanted to attend classes and enjoy what time she had left before returning to the Underworld.

Whether that was as a free woman, or bound in an eternal marriage to someone she loathed, Rias couldn't know. 'Sora Sakai, could you be what I'm looking for?'

-Sora Sakai -

Was I worried about Rias's newly invested interest in myself? Absolutely. There was obviously going to be some desperation in our eventual dealings with each other, and desperate people can do dangerous things if they're pushed far enough. How I might be able to work that desperation to my advantage will take some brainstorming with Ichi.

"Hey, Sora!" Aika loudly spoke, waving her hand in front of my face. "Are you listening?"

"What?" I blink, having been so focused on my thoughts that I completely missed whatever she was saying. Staring at her brown eyes behind her glasses, the sudden intensity of my focus caught her off guard as she blushed.

[First Impression]

+9 Affection with Aika Kiryuu … Affection: 44 | Obedience: 0

"I-I was asking if you'd noticed anything strange going on around town lately." She stutters out, her eyes struggling not to stray down to my crotch as her cheeks warm. "There's been several disappearances lately, and no one seems to know what's going on."

"Oh! No, I haven't seen anything strange happening, but then again I live outside of town so it's not like I'm around long enough to notice anything different." That wasn't actually true, I knew exactly what was going on, I just didn't want to get her involved.

The Fallen were beginning to make their move, killing off Sacred Gear users and Low-Class Devils that had been allowed to stay within the city.

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