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[Kuoh Academy, ORC Room, Eight o'clock]
Sitting on the two sofas in the room were Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba and Micael.
After taking Issei back to his house, Micael returned to his own house to inform his parents and Mari that Rias would have dinner with them that night.
After that, he intended to wait at home until the scheduled time, but seeing that he still had a lot of free time, he decided to come to the ORC and explain to everyone what happened instead of just talking to Rias at dinner.
Even more so considering the things he and Rias would talk about with their parents, it was better to broach this topic first with Rias and the others.
He had been there since seven, explaining in more detail what had happened to everyone, including the fight he had with Raynare.
Specifically also talking about that instant movement magic she did at the end, although from their reactions they didn't know what it was, with him talking to Rias to discuss with Grayfia to see if she knew anything.
And he obviously didn't talk about sticking four fingers up Raynare's ass, he would address that topic alone with Rias later.
"Ara ara~ Looks like this fallen angel had a lot of fun with you, hahaha~."
Sitting on the other sofa facing Micael, Akeno spoke amusedly, with her hand on her cheek.
Shifting his gaze from Rias to Akeno, Micael saw the slight smile she had, her head tilted slightly as she looked at him.
"If you think a one-sided spanking is fun, then yes, she definitely had fun." And Micael's response came in a simple tone.
"Fufufu~" Akeno laughed her signature laugh, narrowing her eyes slightly at him.
Micael just continued looking at her with a calm expression, he thought for a moment about reading her mind to see what she was thinking by the expression she was making.
But he thought it best not to, for the sake of his sanity, although he could speculate to some extent.
The most obvious was that she was definitely pleased with all the suffering he had inflicted on Raynare, perhaps she thought she would like to be there to see it.
And the other is possibly that she didn't expect him to be so ruthless, and if he speculated further, perhaps she was even imagining about him hitting her with the same brutality.
But he wasn't sure about that last one, he remembered her being sadistic but not masochistic, either way, any thoughts that were in that girl's head would definitely be questionable.
Shifting his eyes from Akeno, Micael looked at the other girl who was looking at him.
With a calm, almost neutral face and a look with the same emotion, Koneko looked at him with slight intensity.
He understood the origin of that look, and she proved it by speaking.
"You went easy on me."
At that moment, the other three, Rias who was looking at him thinking about what he said along with Akeno and a Kiba who looked thoughtful, looked away to the quiet Koneko, they didn't expect her to say that.
"No, I didn't go easy on you Koneko."
A slight awkward smile appeared on Micael's face at Koneko's words.
"At that time I still didn't have full control over my power, so I fought you with full strength."
Naturally, the detailed explanation of what happened also led him to explain the real capacity of his power.
But their reaction was less than he expected, they were surprised, but they didn't seem impacted at all, he had the distinct impression that they hadn't understood the real potential of his power.
But he also understood if that was the case, after all he gave the same explanation he gave to Saji, that his power was basically manifesting "skills" that "appeared" in his mind without going into detail.
If he had explained that he could basically stop time, rewind things or travel between dimensions or simply manipulate souls, they definitely would have been more impacted.
He even thought about explaining now, but he was going to admit that he still felt a little cautious, the potential of his power is simply broken, easily surpassing that of any Longnus.
He hadn't yet decided whether to talk in detail about the capabilities of his power, at least he was satisfied with the result he got, which was Rias feeling safe.
The girl already felt more comfortable with his healing power, believing it would be very useful in her situation with Riser, but now with her having this new understanding, she became noticeably more relaxed.
She and the other three were under the impression that his power was on the same level as a Longinus and he acted accordingly, agreeing with that impression.
What he was looking for with the revelation of the capacity of his power, in addition to trusting Rias, was also to make her less worried, and he achieved it.
'Actually, it's going to be harder than I thought to be completely honest with her, but for now I think I can wait a little longer, after all, I haven't told my family or Saji.'
While reflecting, he kept his eyes on Koneko who just stared at him in silence after his words, only after a few seconds did she speak.
Squinting her eyes, she spoke in her soft, neutral tone.
"Let's spar."
Micael nodded in agreement. "Of course, actually, Rias and I had already talked about this, I intend to help you with training from now on, so not only you, the other three will fight with me as well."
In reaction to his words, the three looked at Rias this time.
"Is it true, Buchou?" Kiba next to Micael asked her.
Rias nodded in response. "Yes, Micael's powers are the main thing that made me make a deal with him before, I think not only me but you three also realized how useful this could be against Riser's situation."
The three of them agreed with her words, this was a collective thought they had.
"I see." Koneko, who had heard Rias' explanation, spoke at that moment, turning her gaze to Micael and nodding her head.
Micael understood that her nod was a sign of agreement with that idea.
"Fufufu~ this is going to be fun, I hope you take it easy with me Micael-kun." Akeno spoke at that moment while laughing lightly, she remembered talking to Rias about this, now it seemed like Rias had remembered her words.
Not only that, now that Micael had talked about the capacity of his power, she felt that it would be very interesting, she was really curious to see what this training he would have with them would be like.
Micael looked at the smiling Akeno and replied. "Aren't you taking it easy like you? If I let my guard down around you I might get defeated without even knowing how, anyway, the point of training is to get stronger so I won't go easy on any of you."
He was being honest, as much as he believed he could beat Akeno, he wasn't so sure, based on what he remembered of her abilities he could win, but he preferred to wait and see.
"Ara~ You're making me feel embarrassed by praising me like that, I'm not that strong, but don't worry, you can be as hard on me as you think is best, hahaha~."
Akeno responded to him with a soft smile, that characteristic squinting of eyes on her face as she covered her mouth with her fingers while laughing.
Micael just looked at her in silence, sometimes it was hard to tell if that girl was acting seductive or if she was just being herself.
But in this specific case it was obvious that she was provoking him by saying those double-meaning words.
And considering how Rias leered at her, it was clear that she noticed it too, so Micael wisely chose not to respond to Akeno.
"I hope you don't go easy on me too Micael, I want to test myself against you so don't hold back, use everything you have against me."
At that moment, as he looked at Akeno, a voice came from his side, turning his face and he saw a friendly smiling Kiba.
As he looked at the boy with the innocent smile, he saw from the corner of his eye Akeno turn to Rias and give an innocent smile and shrug her shoulders as if she had no idea what she did.
He then saw Rias roll her eyes in reaction before the two of them along with Koneko looked at Kiba, a somewhat strange look in their eyes.
Rias looked with a raised eyebrow, Akeno looked amused and Koneko with a neutral look, but just the act of looking said a lot.
Shifting his focus back to Kiba, Micael knew that he probably didn't realize how his words could be interpreted, mainly because of Akeno's double-meaning words earlier.
He just looked silently at Kiba for a moment, he was wondering if he should read Kiba's mind to know if this guy was as innocent as he seemed.
In the end, Micael ended up giving a slow response. "...Right."
"Pff hahaha~."
A feminine laugh sounded, making Micael look towards the source and obviously finding Akeno laughing, the amusement in her eyes was clear.
Giving the smiling girl a blank look, Micael decided to ignore this as he turned his focus back to Rias and returned to the previous topic.
"Anyway, like I said before about Issei, tomorrow I will approach him and talk to him about what happened."
When explaining about the fight with Raynare, he also talked about Issei and what he intended to do to him.
Pushing a strand of hair past her ear, Rias crossed her arms with her hands on her elbows as she responded. "I already understand this, but why do you want to specifically explain it to him alone? Wouldn't it be better if you brought him here so we can all do this?"
Micael nodded, he could just bring Issei there so everyone could explain it to him, but he wanted to see something first.
And that was if the plot remained the same, as one of the few things he accurately remembered from the original story was that Issei would be attacked again by a fallen angel shortly after turning into a devil.
Besides, it wouldn't make much of a difference if he brought Issei there now or not, so he decided to leave things like that to see if they would turn out like the plot.
"There's no big reason, I'm just curious to see how he'll react, if he'll notice the differences immediately or if he'll remain oblivious."
There was that too, maybe his act of saving Issei instead of Rias saving him could change something, if he remembered correctly, Issei had no idea about anything until it was explained by Rias.
Who knows, maybe this Issei would end up discovering his new nature and would already be able to use magic, if that scenario happened he could easily see Issei using magic to lift the skirt or trying to see behind the girls' uniforms.
"Oh, okay then." Rias replied nonchalantly, she didn't see any problem with that, if this was before she met Micael, she would have been more attentive to Issei because he was now her pawn.
Not only because of that, with the apparent strong nature of his Sacred Gear she would be more eager to find out what it was, but now with Micael's power and also because of the true capability of it, she was much more relaxed.
Although, she somewhat thinks that nine pawns might not be that impressive, anyway, it was still a strange thought for her to have a boyfriend who could help her with her problems, she was still processing it.
"By the way, I think it's time for us to go." Micael put his hand in his pocket as he took out his cell phone, seeing that it was already ten past eight.
"Ah...right, I'll go change then." Rias blinked in realization before standing up, her heart starting to race with nervousness as she tried to remain calm.
"Are you going to change? I thought you were going to wear your uniform." Micael raised an eyebrow as he looked at the clothes she was currently wearing, which was still her school uniform.
Rias's lips trembled upon hearing Micael's words, for a moment she felt embarrassed by her habit of wearing the same clothes for a long time even though she was always clean and smelling good thanks to magic.
Looking at Micael, she covered her embarrassment by acting calmly. "Of course not, it won't take long because I already took a shower, just five minutes." She spoke as she took quick steps towards the door in the corner of the room.
Click—
Micael and the other three just stared silently at the door for a moment.
"By the way, Micael, isn't Grayfia-san going with you?" Kiba asked from the side as he looked in his direction.
"No, she said she would talk to my parents at another time, for now only Rias will talk to them." Micael shook his head as he leaned forward, supporting himself on his elbows.
"Rias seems quite nervous, I feel like it's almost like she's going to meet her in-laws, don't you think?" With her hands resting on her thighs, Akeno asked smiling.
Micael saw how she looked at him with amusement, the hidden meaning of her words being understood by him, but he was more focused on the reaction of the other two, which was none.
'Rias hasn't told them yet? Well, it seems only Akeno knows.'
Thinking in thought as he looked at the other two, he looked back at Akeno. "Yeah."
He gave her a simple answer without playing her game.
And Akeno just kept her smile as she looked at him.
Click—
"I'm ready, let's go."
At that moment the sound of the door sounded along with Rias's voice, looking in her direction, Micael saw her in her new clothes.
A simple red dress reaching to the knee with short sleeves with her breasts completely covered, obviously without any cleavage.
Micael thought it was very feminine and somewhat demure, even if she didn't want to dress to impress she at least wanted to make a good impression.
Getting up from the sofa, he looked at the girl who had stopped at his front with a slight smile.
He looked at her hair, which was now tied up in a ponytail, while her face was surrounded by bangs and side locks.
Nodding with an expression of admiration, Micael looked into her eyes. "A masterpiece indeed, now, come on."
Without waiting for a response, he took her hand and headed towards the exit.
Arriving at the door, Micael said goodbye to the others before opening it.
"Bye."
While Rias with her hand grasped, smiled awkwardly with a slight blush as she waved at them as well.
"Bye guys, see you later."
The two then walked through the door.
Click—
Silence reigned in the room for a brief moment as one smiled and the other two occupants stood stunned.
Looking at Akeno in surprise, Kiba pointed to the door as he spoke. "The two...Buchou and Micael are..."
As he seemed to be processing, a smiling Akeno looked at Koneko and saw that she had a similar expression when looking at her, she hadn't asked but her look spoke for itself.
Akeno then shrugged her shoulders as she responded. "She hasn't told me anything, but things are obviously pointing in that direction, but let's wait for Rias to confirm that when she returns."
The two then, after a stunned silence, just agreed with her without asking anything else.
Akeno looked at the door while smiling slightly, thoughtfully. 'This is going to be funny~ fufufu~.'
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Meanwhile, after using teleportation to an alley near his house, Micael and Rias were already in front of the place.
Still holding Rias' hand, Micael turned to her. "Haven't you told them I'm your boyfriend yet?"
As she looked at the front of his house, she shook her head as she replied. "Not yet."
"Hmm." Looking back ahead, Micael said. "Don't worry, I'm here for anything." He said as he shook her hand.
Rias just gave a silent nod as she felt her heart speed up.
"Then let's go."
Saying that, Micael opened the gate while Rias took a deep breath and exhaled slowly as she followed him.
Arriving in front of the door, Micael gave one last wave of support to Rias as he released her hand and opened the door.
Click—
"We're here."
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