It happened just a while after the match between Rias’ team and Vali’s team—. “A bath, a bath.”
“A bath, a bath.”
“A bath, a bath ♪.”
I was washing my body down in the large bath at the Hyoudou residence, along with Ophis, Lilith and Kunou. When I decided to take a bath, Ophis, Lilith and Kunou came along, and we all went in together. The four of us were now side by side. These three girls occasionally accompany me in the bath. I always tell them to wash their bodies properly, and not to play around in the bath. Well, I wonder if this is what it feels like to be an older brother. Splash! After rinsing Ophis’s back while she sat in the front of me, we decided to soak in the bathtub together. “Ise, carry me on your back.”
“Carry me on your back.”
“Bring me along too ♪”
There are three people hanging off my back! Even though the girls are small, as might be expected, all three of them together are still heavy! But after being carried into the bathtub, they finally let go. “Ui—“
Ahhh, bathing after training really is effective. It’s as if I am in heaven. Looking at them, the three girls next to me seem like they are also comfortably enjoying the warm bath. The first time Kunou entered the bath together with me, she was so embarrassed, but—
“Thinking about the future, this is just a trivial matter!” said Kunou. —And, before I realised, Kunou bathing together with me had already become something normal. Kunou then suddenly said
“Ah, I want my breasts to quickly become as big as okaa-sama’s.”
While placing her hands over her breasts, Kunou said so. Her breasts are still too flat that they can’t be called ‘oppai’ compared to the well-developed oppai of her okaa-sama, Yasaka-san. Aaaaaah!!!! !, I want to massage those oppai to my heart’s content, even only once would be okay! As if reading my mind, Kunou stood up from the bathtub energetically while saying
“If they become as big as okaa-sama’s, I will allow you to have a good look at my breasts. You better be ready at that time!”
I then replied with a mischievous face
“Unexpectedly, they’re still pretty small, huh.”
Kunou then pouted. “They will become bigger, surely! ”
Kunou then abruptly jumped towards me! Guwa! She covered my face with her body! “Me too, me too”
“O~”
Ophis and Lilith mimicked Kunou and pounced onto me. Before the match with the [Leisure of the Kings] Team, which was approaching soon, I spent my peaceful moments with these loli girls. Playing with Kunou was good and all, but the bitter part about being the Sekiryuutei was that the day wouldn’t merely end like that. We, the Hyoudou Issei Team, gathered in my room and talked about the next match. And amidst that, what we were paying attention to was—
<<Oh! The match has been decided! Following the sudden return of the Champion Diehauser Belial, he has once again earned a victory!>>
The status of the tournament was displayed on the TV screen. There, the splendid sight of the Rating Game Champion who returned to the tournament was shown. Diehauser Belial had clenched yet another victory. Xenovia groaned. “As expected of Rating Game Champion. Even though he only started participating from the middle of the tournament, it’s only a matter of time before he qualifies for the main draw of the tournament.”
It was exactly as Xenovia said. Even though he joined part-way through the tournament, he smoothl-, no, he naturally keeps gaining stars, and his evaluation is already in the top ranks as well. “He is also winning against God-class beings, right? Needless to say, the Champion really is amazing.” added Irina. Emperor Belial even defeated teams belonging to God-class beings with his superior tactics and great knowledge of the Rating Game’s rules. Well, since Diehauser’s true strength alone is undoubted, even if God-class beings were to get close, he could deal with them properly. As expected, Diehauser’s specialty, [Worthless] is strong…inviolable even. If the enemy was an unskillful God-class being, their power would be crushed by [Worthless]. And because of that, Team Belial, who showed the nature of the Champion are certainly expected to go into the main tournament. With something like that, and because the tournament is also progressing to the finale, us members of the Hyoudou Issei Team are paying attention to the teams that are going into the main draw, as well as players who stirred up a big fuss in the tournament. Even on television, there is this special program called “New Faces Noticed in the Tournament”, which highlights players in the tournament who stood out. Rookies that are being looked forward to are shown one after another. And among them were the mysterious Devils Who suddenly appeared in the tournament like a meteor yesterday. —The copper-haired Balberith and the jade-haired Verrine. <<Even though they didn’t really stand out, this team is not most certainly unusual. They suddenly participated in this tournament and instantly stood themselves out from the others. The mysterious young Devils, with Balberith as the lead, the [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] Team.>>
Balberith and his mysterious Devil teammates easily defeated ultimate-class devils, and they were even able to subdue God-class beings. Every mythology paid attention to them, but also felt terror. …Of course. They suddenly showed up and even gods were defeated with their overwhelming power. Right now, even though they haven’t fought any of the teams tipped to win besides Mahabali-san’s team since they participated in the tournament, they have been mostly undefeated and continued to move up in the rankings. On the contrary, somehow, the fact that they had been penalised as a result of violating certain special rules made us realise that they were younger than us. But, this [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] Team was already at the level where they had been chosen as one of the winning candidates. By the way, isn’t the team’s name too long? Incidentally, the [King] is a high-class Grim Reaper from Olympus. I thought he was somehow connected to the Netherworld, but… I was more concerned with the [King]’s rank. It wasn’t ‘ultimate’, only ‘high-class’. Did they do that because they didn’t want to stand out? Or was it… Ahh… I can’t figure out their intentions. Being concerned about the mysterious Devils was necessary of course, but, there were also other players that I had to look out for. The moment those guys showed up on the TV, I pointed my finger. “Personally, I am interested in this guy.”
Shown on the TV was a special program featuring Sacred Gears, called [Unknown Sacred Gears]. Indeed, a new type of Sacred Gear had caught the eye of Sacred Gear researchers such as the Grigori, and it was currently the subject of much attention. A certain Sacred Gear user was shown on the screen. The one player that caught my attention was someone who controlled iron and could create mechanical equipment.