"Mea, Tear, we've arrived! The place of hope the Deviluke King spoke of."
Listening to Nemesis's voice-the black-skinned "girl"-Hiro raised an eyebrow and muttered inwardly.
I really hope you, Emperor of the Galaxy Gid, thought this through.
You've never even met me once, yet you decided I'm your last hope. You sent your wife and daughters to my side. You even planned to give your daughters to me.
Is that really appropriate?
Aren't you worried I might just devour your three daughters and hand you a cuckold's hat?
While Hiro was internally complaining, Golden Darkness-Eve, whom he had met before-jumped down from the woman beneath her.
That woman looked eighty percent identical to her, but carried a much more mature aura.
Brushing aside the mature blonde woman's hair, Eve helped her up from the red-haired girl beneath them.
"Tear, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. We finally arrived after all that trouble."
The mature blonde woman, Tearju Lunatique, stood up and brushed off the almost nonexistent dust on her clothes.
When she noticed Lala nearby, she gave a wry smile and sighed.
"Although the effect is incredibly powerful, Princess Lala's inventions are as uncomfortable as ever."
It was thanks to Lala's invention that the four-no, five-of them were able to traverse a journey that should have taken a week in less than two days, and even teleport accurately to Lala and her family.
But during those two days, the physical sensation was like being tossed around inside a washing machine.
Eve, Mea, and Nemesis-created as "weapons"-barely felt discomfort.
For Tearju Lunatique, however, it was an unforgettable nightmare.
"Ha... haha."
Hearing Tearju complain, Lala could only let out an awkward laugh.
"Darkness-chan, Mea, Aunt Tearju, and Nemesis..."
Seeing the figures that suddenly appeared, Momo's expression became subtle.
She looked at her sister's stiff smile and asked,
"Lala, what good thing did you hide from us this time?"
It wasn't just Momo.
Nana and their mother, Sephi, also turned questioning gazes toward Lala.
Clearly, Lala giving her invention to Golden Darkness, Tearju, Nemesis, and Kuroi Mea had been done in secret-without informing her sisters or mother, and for reasons unknown.
"Eh-hehe..."
Facing the collective pressure, Lala finally gave in.
Like a mischievous child caught red-handed, she stuck out her tongue and explained apologetically.
"Before we left Planet Deviluke, I gave Darkness-chan a spatial teleportation device that could lock onto my location. It was originally just a precaution, so Little Darkness and the others could evacuate and teleport to my lab if something went wrong. It's just that... their arrival timing was a little... off."
"Timely evacuation? If that was all, you wouldn't need to hide it," Momo said with a half-smile.
"You could've just told us. And judging by your expression, Sister Lala, there's definitely more to it than that, right?"
Momo clearly didn't buy the full explanation.
She leaned closer, whispering teasingly.
While casually watching the Deviluke family drama unfold, Hiro shifted his focus to the newly arrived girls.
Not out of desire.
It was the kind of attention one gives to something unfamiliar.
Golden Darkness stood beside Tearju Lunatique-who was essentially her mother.
Opposite them, Mea with her red braid faced the black-skinned girl, Nemesis.
Nemesis lifted her top with her left hand.
Her right hand moved downward.
Mea half-crouched, arms extended forward, as if waiting to catch something.
From Hiro's angle, Nemesis's movements were fully visible.
Yet he saw nothing definite.
Only an extremely dense black mist covered every exposed part of Nemesis's upper body, leaving not the slightest gap.
Perfect censorship.
Full marks.
Hiro observed silently.
He did not activate [Sodom's Eye] to try to peer through the mist.
Instead, he used [God's Eye] to analyze its nature.
"There's... no magical aura," Akeno's slightly puzzled voice sounded from his right. "Is it alien technology?"
"Who knows?"
Rias, beside Akeno, looked just as confused.
Nemesis had plunged her right hand into the black space in her abdomen, stirring left and right, up and down, as if rummaging for something.
"To call it technology isn't quite accurate," Hiro replied casually, suppressing the faint discomfort the scene caused.
"It's better described as Nemesis's innate special trait. Similar to the Devil race's abilities related to voids and destruction."
The aspect of an interdimensional space housing spiritual consciousness was already Nemesis's inherent power.
He had no intention of elaborating.
Judging from Lala's attitude, Little Darkness's attitude, and Nemesis's own behavior, they had clearly set aside past hostility.
They were allies.
Not enemies.
A black-skinned girl, huh?
Should I say 'how rude,' or 'thank you for the compliment'?
Nemesis muttered inwardly while continuing to rummage inside herself.
"I see. Thank you for explaining, Hiro-kun."
Akeno nodded in realization and thanked him softly.
Strong.
Academically excellent.
Knowledgeable.
And gentle toward women.
Hiro-kun really is the Prince of Kuoh Academy.
I heard he even has a white horse...
Akeno's thoughts drifted.
In her imagination, she and Hiro rode a white horse together.
Her heart fluttered.
Her cheeks warmed.
Even her body reacted with a faint, pleasant sensation.
At that moment, Nemesis finally seemed to find what she was looking for.
Almost her entire right arm vanished into the black void in her abdomen.
Then-
Pop!
Like a cork being pulled from a wine bottle, a red-haired girl was dragged out.
Small horns protruded from her head.
Her eyes were closed in sleep.
Mea, waiting below, caught her securely.
Above the girl's head floated a simple name.
A Japanese one.
Kaede.
"Kaede?"
Hiro stared at the rainbow-colored number "8" above her head, his mind going blank.
"No surname... and she's Tier 8?"
Come on.
Guess who this Kaede is.
She might not be an important character.
But she's very likely capable of destroying a planet.
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