It’s mostly because she worked hard but also because she seems to have a talent for studying. She just started school but she has no troubles with mathematics, science and languages. Plus, she said she enjoys studying which may also be the reason why she is a fast learner. There are some subjects where she teaches me instead. I’m supposed to be her guardian, but I look so pathetic. Asia, who enjoys everything started to have a rivalry towards Buchou when she gets involved. H-Hmm. Asia is amazing even from my point of view because she is a hard worker, but if you compare her with Buchou......
Buchou is several times better in terms of cooking. Asia’s food taste good as well, but her opponent is too...... I then drink some miso soup. Ah, this miso soup that Buchou made is delicious! Tears are coming out of my eyes! Girls who are good at cooking are so appealing. Especially if that happens to be are beautiful girl who is an Onee-sama, then I have nothing to complain about...... Grip. Asia who still has a troubled face grips onto my clothes from under the table. It’s Asia’s habit that she only shows to me. When she gets in a bad mood, she does this to me without saying a word. Well this behaviour of her is really lovely and cute. Yeah, I guess this is how a little sister would act. “Oh, I forgot to mention this to you Ise. Today the club members are coming here.”
Buchou tells me. “Huh? Koneko-chan and the others? Are we doing something in my house?”
“Yes, I’m thinking about having the Occult Research Club meeting here.”
“Huh, at my house?”
“Do you remember what I said before? It’s about time to clean the whole old school building. Apparently they asked the cleaners to clean it.”
Half of that is a lie. The truth is that she uses her familiar to clean the building. She said it like that to explain it to my parents. So we will be doing the Occult Research Club activity at my house huh. Buchou bows her head down at my parents. “I’m very sorry Otou-sama, Oka-sama.”
“That’s all right Rias-san. I heard that you are taking good care of Ise. I’m also happy that Ise has more female friends.”
Dad nods at mum's words. “She’s right. I like Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun, but I think it’s also important to have a friend who plays safe. You can’t enjoy youth by staying in your room and talking about naughty stuff.”
“That’s right Otou-san. Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun are good boys but they have lewd eyes. Well, they are lecherous students, so it’s obvious that they are a bad influence for Ise. And since Asia-san and Rias-san are living here now, I don’t want them to enter this house any more. The girls will get stained.”
They are talking about whatever they want about you guys, Matsuda and Motohama. I can’t back you up because they are saying the truth. But mum, you know it’s good to have friends whom you can talk freely to? They are just like that, and the reason why I had fun until now is because of them. “So we will have the activity here today. Please take care of us, Ise.”
I wonder how it will turn out after this. “And this is a picture of Ise when he was in grade school.”
“Ara ara, so he went into the beach naked.”
“Hey Akeno-san! Hey mum, stop showing her things!”
Having a meeting, huh. The ORC meeting which was supposed to take place in my house was crumbled by the album mum brought. “......Ise-senpai’s embarrassing past.”
“You also can't look, Koneko-chaaaaaaan!”
It’s the worst! An object which holds my embarrassing past! Uwaaaaaah, I want to die! I think I remember mum saying this before. “One day when you bring lots of girls to our home, I want to show them your album.”
She thought that it would end in a dream because I’m unpopular with girls. But life turned around and it changed into this situation...... Man, her dream came true when I didn’t want it to! “......Small Ise.”
Buchou, I’ll be embarrassed if you stare at a picture of me when I was a child like that......
Umm, Onee-sama? Why are your cheeks red? “......Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child......”
Is she muttering something? But she seems satisfied. Buchou, is the picture of me when I was a child your taste? Is Buchou a shota-con?I never heard her being as such......
“I think I know how Buchou-san feels!”
Asia grabs Buchou’s hand. Her eyes are sparkling. “So you also know how I feel. I’m so happy.”
Hey, hey. Both of them went to another world...... Even Kiba is looking at the album with a smile! Shit, why do I feel so bothered if a guy is looking at it!? “O-Oi, Kiba! You don’t look!”
I try to take the album from Kiba’s hand, but he dodges it smoothly. “Hahaha, don’t worry about it. Let me enjoy your album a bit more.”
Unnnngh! Don’t enjoy iiiiiit! I try to take it back again so I jump at him! But he dodges it again as if it was nothing! Shit! I witness the skill difference between us in a place like this! Just like how Asia sees Buchou as her rival, I also look at Kiba as my rival. Just like how Buchou is a big obstacle to Asia, Kiba is also a big obstacle to me. But I will definitely surpass him one day! When I was making my new devotion, Kiba stares at a particular page. Rather than enjoying it, he seems to have surprised eyes. I got close to him and also look at the page he is staring at. There is a picture of me when I was in kindergarten. There is a photo of me and another boy of my age with someone who seems to be his father. I remember this boy. He’s the boy who used to live close by when I was in kindergarten. We played “hero-play” a lot together. He went to another country before moving up to first grade because of his parents' work. I haven’t seen him since then. But why did Kiba take an interest in this photo? Don’t tell me this boy is Kiba......
Kiba points at the boy's father on the photo. To be more accurate he is pointing at the thing the boy’s father is carrying. A sword—. I think it's a fake sword, but the boy's father is carrying an old European sword. “Do you remember this?”
Kiba asks me seriously. Hey, the tone of your voice is different. “Hmm, no, since I was really small back then......”
“Things like this happen, huh. To find it in an unexpected place......”
Kiba laughs by himself. But his eyes are filled with so much hatred that it made me shiver. This photo is the start of a particular incident—. “This is a Holy Sword.”

[BANG!] The dull clanging of metal reverberated through the azure sky. “All right. I've got this one.”
I promptly caught the soaring baseball with my gloved hand. “Nice catch, Ise.”
Buchou smiled and gave me a thumbs up. We, the Occult Research Club, were practising baseball on the backyard of the old school building where no grass was growing. Nope, this isn’t a Devil's job. “Next week is Kuou Academy’s 'Ball Tournament'. It’s a battle between clubs that we can’t lose.”
So said Buchou with a firm voice. Yeah, one of the school’s biggest events, the “Ball tournament”, was closing in.