Chapter 75 - 73 ~ Panic and Shock
"Hm..."
*Clink*
"Here you go, pres."
"Ah, thank you, Akeno."
The sound of the ceramic plate hitting against her mahogany wood desk brought Rias out of her daze.
Before she knew it, there was a steaming cup of darjeeling tea her queen had prepared before her. She hadn't even realized Akeno's approach until she placed it down on her desk.
"Hah..."
A deep sigh escaped her lips after taking a sip of her tea.
"You seed tired. How about resting for a while?"
Rias shook her head to Akeno's thoughtful suggestion.
"I can't. I need to keep a watch on her. I need to catch a glimpse of her ability and the "group of people" she's associated with."
Rias had spent her entire afternoon watching Aika through her familiar. After the breakdown in negotiations and failing to persuade her into entering her peerage, Rias needed to find out her abilities and information on the "group" behind her to make sure she would not pose a threat to her, her peerage, and the city she was in charge of.
But instead, she felt increasingly vexed as she continued to observe the woman nad Aika.
Born with imnse beauty and status as a high-ranking devil, the princess of the Gremory ducal household, and the little sister of the strongest devil in the underworld, Rias took pride in her self worth as one of, if not, the most beautiful, powerful, and influential young devil.
She had always been revered for her beauty and received countless courtings from male humans and devils alike.
But now... she found soone with beauty that surpassed even her.
Naturally, she rejected the thought at first. She convinced herself that she was simply surprised to see soone as beautiful as herself all of a sudden.
But... those denial slowly turned into vexation and envy as she continued to observe Aika.
With nothing special happening around her, Rias's attention naturally focused on her dazzling appearance.
At first, she simply admired Aika's beauty and even complinted her for having a beauty on par with herself. But as she continued to observe her, she began noticing so things that Aika was better in than her.
Her skin was unblemished and beautiful, even more so than any female devils she knew who were supposed to embody devilish beauty. Her eyes were bewitching, and her lips, nose, and ears were all so perfectly shaped.
Aika's waist seed to also be slimr and more athletic than her. Even her breasts and hips, that Rias was so proud of, lost in all aspects; size, shape, and elasticity.
It was as if she was created to be the embodint of absolute beauty.
Soone who'd elicit envy even from the most beautiful won in all realms... That is what Rias ca to a conclusion about Aika after observing her all afternoon.
Well, there's no use being upset over this... Since she declined my invitation to beco a half devil, her beauty will soon disappear with age.
Rias thought, convincing and calming herself with such belief without knowing that Aika would obtain an SSR that would make her even more beautiful and eternal than a devil like her.
With such thoughts, Rias was able to curb away her envy and vexation and resud observing Aika through her familiar.
And just then, she noticed sothing.
"Akeno, gather everyone here as soon as possible."
"Eh? But they've all just gone back ho... Did sothing happen?"
"Yes... There's a fallen angel stalking her."
Akeno's eyes widened in shock. Anger, despair, frustration, and hatred filled her eyes as traumatic mories of her mother's death flashed through her mind. But she quickly cald herself and did as Rias ordered.
"Understood."
Rias began to watch Aika and the fallen angel stalking her more closely as Akeno contacted Koneko, Kiba, and Issei.
The fallen angel following her wasn't the female fallen that killed Issei. It was a male fallen, the one that had also attacked Issei a few nights ago.
He was closing in slowly, and Aika didn't seem to notice him. If she was a regular person, then Rias would've imdiately assud that she didn't notice the fallen angel, who was most likely concealing his presence.
But Rias knew that Aika was familiar with the supernatural, and seed to be a fairly strong sacred gear user. So, her lack of reaction was most likely an act.
The fallen angel didn't seem to notice it, however, and continued to approach her with a voracious and lustful expression.
Rias continued to watch, wondering if she could finally catch a glimpse of Aika's ability. But when he was finally only a few ters away from Aika, she quickly shook her head.
No, this is wrong!
No matter how envious she was of her or how much she wanted to know about her skills, Rias couldn't simply watch as a student of her school was attacked by a fallen angel.
She needed to go now.
"Akeno! We're going now!"
"Did they attack her?!"
"They're about to!"
Akeno quickly conjured up a magic circle as Rias quickly made her way to her queen's side while still watching Aika through her familiar's vision.
But all of a sudden, her connection with her familiar was cut and the teleportation magic circle shattered.
"Eh?! What's going on?!"
"Pres, could they perhaps erected a barrier?"
Rias bit her thumb nail in frustration and shook her head.
"No... My connection with my family didn't cut off even when he had already erected a barrier. And that kind of barrier wouldn't be powerful enough to cancel your teleportation."
"That's true... Then, what should we do?"
Just then, the door slamd open and Kiba, Koneko, and an exhausted Issei ca barging in.
"President! Is it an ergency?"
Kiba asked with urgency.
"Kiryuu Aika is being targeted by a fallen. Akeno's teleportation magic failed and my connection with my familiar is cut off."
Rias clenched her teeth as nurous questions filled her mind.
Just what happened? Who did it? And how was Aika's situation right now?
"We need to go there by foot! Hurry!"
""Yes!""
"E-Eh?! By foot?! But I just ran- Ah, please wait for !!!"
Rias led her peerage to the road she last saw Aika in, running as fast as they could with Issei lagging behind.
Naturally, the figures of the two of three greatest beauties of Kuoh, the blonde-haired prince, and the adorable mascot of Kuoh, and one of the infamous perverted trio running through the school grounds attracted a lot of attention.
But such a thing didn't matter to them at the mont. They could simply erase the students' mories about this later on if it proved to be a problem for them. Right now, their main priority is to arrive at the scene and, if they're not too late, save Aika from danger.
They quickly arrived at the scene, and every single one of them stopped and froze in place.
There's no battle. No... There was a battle, as evident from the devastated road, impact marks, and destroyed asphalt. Bloody black raven feathers, blood splatters, and obvious signs of battle were nurous. But there was no... body.
And to their surprise, all the blood here belonged not to a human as they expected, but a fallen.
"What... What's going on..."
Rias slowly took a step forward, followed by the rest of her peerage, as she looked around baffled.
"Pres, that..."
Rias turned her gaze towards the direction Akeno pointed at, and saw an especially massive crater with more blood seeped within its cracks than anywhere else.
They all approached it and saw even more black feathers in it.
"Could it be... Did Aika-san do all of this...?"
Akeno muttered in disbelief.
"Such destruction... I don't feel much magic from her this morning. And considering her physical prowess... She must have surpassed the realm of normal humans by far physically."
Rias reasoned.
"E-Eh? T-That K-Kiryuu Aika did this...?!"
"Considering she threw
before I even knew it, I think it's a fair assumption."
"Mm."
Koneko nodded to Kiba's words as Issei still looked at the scene in disbelief.
He still couldn't imagine how such a lithe and frail-looking beauty like Kiryuu Aika could create such devastation...?
"...Akeno, please call Aika-san again tomorrow. We'll need so answers."
"Yes, pres."
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[Aika-chan, be careful~ You are currently being watched by two devils.]
The alluring, lodic voice of a mature woman resounded within Aika's mind. Unlike the original [Great Sage], who sounded more robotic and younger, Aika had made it so that she sounded more mature and sexy to her preference. It was a way for her to fulfill her desire to have an older sister as an only child.
Ah... I can sense it too, [Great Sage]. They must've noticed my confrontation with that fallen, huh?
With her keen senses in addition to the absolutely broken skill she got from Tatsuya's world, "Elental Sight
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