Being brutally defeated, having his nuts crushed, and losing his fiancée to another man was enough to leave Riser with lifelong trauma. Fortunately for him, the support of his father and brothers helped pull him out of that dark period.
Right now, even though he still felt his body trembling whenever he faced Yusuke, it was far easier for him to face him than before. In the past, he would be quaking in his boots and barely able to produce a coherent sentence.
Perhaps it was because of the 'deep' experience he had gained after what Issei did to him not long ago. That guy had thoroughly trained him under that perverted maid, and now it seemed that he had overcome his fear toward Yusuke because of it.
"Rias-sama, everyone..." Kiba stared at the group with a complicated gaze. It felt as though a long time had passed since he had last come to this place, even though it had not actually been that long in reality. Yesterday, he had wanted to speak with Rias and Yusuke, but the situation had not allowed it.
On the other hand, Issei's eyes wandered around the room, openly gazing at the women present, especially Venelana, Asia, and Yubelluna. He wanted to ogle the other girls as well, but after remembering their fight against Kokabiel and their sadistic tendencies, he could not gather the courage to do so.
"Oh, such a cute girl!" Suddenly, his attention turned toward the petite girl with platinum blonde hair and pinkish violet eyes. She hid behind the others, timidly peeking her head out while looking at everyone with timid gazes. The sheer cuteness and meekness she displayed gave Issei a complete cuteness overload.
Although the cute girl was completely flat and had no boobs to speak of, Issei firmly believed that all boobs were good. Flat is justice!
With a wretched, perverted grin, Issei leaned forward even though there were still several meters between him and the platinum blonde girl and asked, "Hey, cutie, what's your name?"
"Cutie?" Gasper became startled. Looking at the creepy senpai staring at him with frightening eyes, he immediately grew nervous and wanted to hide. But after hearing the way Issei addressed him, he could not help but correct him.
"I... I'm a boy!"
"W-what?! You are a boy?!! How could this be?!" Feeling as if something had broken inside his heart, Issei nearly stumbled as he pointed and shouted. This scared the Dhampir, making him hide completely behind the sofa and curl up around himself.
He could not believe that the person before him was a boy. How could anyone connect someone like him to the word boy or male in the first place? He looked more like a cute girl than a real girl. Furthermore, he was wearing female clothing.
'No, he is a woman. He is a girl. Remember, Issei, anything that makes me hard is a woman. I just need to use my Dragon Collapse skill to turn him into a one hundred percent woman. Hmm, that's right.' Issei quickly snapped out of it and started grinning perversely while rubbing his hands together.
He was already very experienced with this. The three blonde men... cough, he meant women, next to him were proof enough.
[Partner, get your shit together. You're seriously disgusting me!] Ddraig's voice, filled with utter disdain and contempt, reverberated through his mind.
'What did I do wrong?' Issei was caught off guard by his partner's tone and asked in confusion.
[Can't you see what you've become? The first thing you thought about after seeing that trap was forcing yourself on him and using that sick, twisted skill of yours!] Ddraig spoke with a powerful voice, sternly reprimanding his host before it became too late. [This is not who you truly are. Wake up from this stupid trance you're trapped in. You've already gotten your revenge!]
'I... I...' Issei suddenly froze in place. He stared blankly at his hands while Ddraig's voice continued reverberating through his mind. Confusion was written all over his face. Since when had he become like this?
His goal had always been to become a Harem King and gather a huge harem of big breasted girls who genuinely loved him. He had always believed that he should do his best for the women he liked and only sleep with someone when their feelings were mutual. So, when had he started thinking about fucking anything and anyone that caught his eye?
'Since when...? Right... that night. Everything changed that night!' Scenes from that painful night resurfaced in his mind, the night he got drilled and lost both of his virginities. The very next day, that big breasted woman told him he should take revenge. She had been the one guiding him from the shadows the entire time, constantly telling him what he should do.
'It's her! No... It's me!! I'm the idiot who let others manipulate me!' Issei thought before shaking his head and reprimanding himself, feeling deeply disappointed in what he had become.
"What's wrong with him?" Yusuke asked with a strange look on his face as he glanced toward Issei before turning to Kiba.
"I don't know. Sometimes he just becomes like this, so don't mind him," Kiba replied while staring at Issei for a moment. He suspected that Issei had taken an interest in Gasper and was already planning how to bring him down, but there was no way he was going to say that out loud.
"What brought you here?" Rias asked with a slight frown as she stared at the four men.
It was one thing for Azazel to barge into her club, but since it was her older brother's request, she could accept it. However, it was an entirely different matter when other people did the same, especially people she did not want to meet, including Kiba.
"I was the one who called them," Azazel said as he stood up.
"Why?" Sona, Tsubaki, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Irina, Aika, Murayama, and Asia asked at the same time.
"The condition for me staying at this school is that I help the immature Sacred Gear users in the Kuoh Academy grow stronger. Well, my knowledge as a Sacred Gear enthusiast is useful, after all. You guys have already heard about it, but there is a strange organization called the Khaos Brigade." He paused before pointing toward Issei and Riser. "As a countermeasure against them, I will personally take responsibility for training you all, and especially you, Issei Hyoudou, the Welsh Dragon."
"Of course, there's also you, Yusuke Aoki, but I don't think you'd be too excited about the idea of me training you, right?" He glanced at Yusuke and chuckled softly.
Before he could even finish speaking, a sudden shiver ran through his spine, as if the gazes of multiple apex predators had fallen on him at once, "Hmm? What was that?"
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"Why are we letting those stinky men into our club? This is supposed to be the place where only Yu-sama is allowed!" Walking out of the club room, Aika grumbled in dissatisfaction, clearly annoyed that she could not act all freaky with Yusuke inside the club anymore.
She was so offended even though, technically speaking, she was not a member of the Occult Research Club at all and actually belonged to the Student Council.
"Even though Azazel looks like a suspicious guy, his expertise and knowledge regarding Sacred Gears are far beyond anyone else's," Sona said in a calm tone. "Having him teach everyone how to use their Sacred Gears more effectively is a good idea."
"There is also the gathering of the young Devils. We'll have to go to the Underworld," Rias said with a tired sigh.
Azazel had just informed them that the leaders would be holding another meeting. He relayed Sirzechs' message to Rias and the others, while also inviting Yusuke to participate as well.
After all, Yusuke was an extremely powerful individual, and he was also human. The three factions, which were currently trying to gather everyone willing to join their alliance, naturally wanted to recruit him as well.
Yusuke was not a fan of going there. He really had not experienced the best treatment in the Underworld. Furthermore, returning there meant he would have to meet Sirzechs again and, more importantly, Zeoticus Gremory as well. Yusuke did not know how to deal with the latter.
At least with Sirzechs, they had already fought once and met several times afterward. Although their relationship was still tense, it remained manageable.
But Zeoticus... Yusuke had no idea how he was supposed to face him. The man was practically his father-in-law, and he had treated Yusuke incredibly well during his stay at the Gremory household.
He had been genuinely enthusiastic about Yusuke's relationship with Rias and had even encouraged him to marry her as soon as possible. Yet in the end, Yusuke had somehow 'stolen' the man's wife instead. Not only that, but he had also stolen his son's wife!
Any normal man would be filled with hatred and anger toward Yusuke because of that.
Of course, even if Zeoticus were to explode in fury, Yusuke would never give up on Venelana.
'I'll ask Venelana later,' he thought. Venelana naturally knew Zeoticus far better than he did, so perhaps she could come up with some way to mend everything, although Yusuke honestly doubted it. There was no way a normal man would easily forgive the person who stole his wife and simply let the matter go... right?
'For now, let's finish Serafall's quest. That's far more important,' Yusuke decided, pushing all those messy thoughts aside to focus on the most important matter at hand, which was Serafall.
B2 told him that once he finished Serafall's quest, he would finally unluck scanning function and be able to scan women and see if they are yanderes or not, which is a huge thing to him.
"Who is that?" When they returned home, they spotted a beautiful blonde woman in nun attire standing outside the house. Murayama narrowed her eyes and asked.
"It's her... what is she doing here?" Sona asked in surprise. She recognized the woman immediately. It was Griselda Quarta, the woman who had been standing behind Michael during the peace talks last night.
"...Griselda-san." Xenovia, on the other hand, trembled lightly as she held Yusuke's hand while hiding behind him.
"Xenovia, it seems that you have grown up. You are not even willing to see me anymore." At this time, Griselda, who had noticed them, walked over with a stern expression on her face.
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