It’s probably because she, as a former second ranker in the Rating Game has her own information network. By the way, while watching the recording of the match like this time, Roygun-san also gave us valuable advice regarding the tactics for the upcoming tournament. And, while we were talking about the tournament’s new faces and Longinus, there was one person whose mind seemed to be elsewhere. It was Rossweisse-san. “……………”
Even during this discussion, without saying a word, it seemed like she was thinking about something that was bothering her. With a worried look on her face, Asia asked Rossweisse-san
“Rossweisse-san, a-are you okay?”
After talking to her several times, it seems like Rossweisse-san finally noticed and hastily stands up and speaks. “Eh? Ah, yeah! I-I am fine! If it’s about the marriage meeting, I am ready whenever it is!”
When Rossweisse-san made an awkward fist pump, everyone became silent and didn’t know how to react. Ravel then nervously spoke
“U-Umm… We’re in the middle of our tournament strategy meeting right now.”
With that one sentence, Rossweisse-san’s face became red and she panicked as she waved both of her hands about
“Ah! T-This is! S-Sorry! What was wrong with me……”
She then looked a bit depressed and sat back down in her chair. Everyone in the room knew what Rossweisse-san was thinking about. Yes, it’s exactly as Rossweisse-san herself said. It’s because the day of the marriage meeting between Rossweisse-san and the Norse mythology’s chief god, Vidar-san, is getting closer—. These events occurred just before the last summer vacation of my high school life. The next dayー. It happened when the class that Rossweisse-san was in charge of had a quiz. “………”
Rossweisse-san was standing on the teacher’s platform as she looked up blankly towards the ceiling. It had always been like this recently. Even at home and in school, she always had this vacant look on her face as she either looked up at the ceiling or in front as if her mind was elsewhere. “Sensei, sensei, the time is over.”
The female class head confirmed to Rossweisse-san that the time for the quiz had ended. When Rossweisse-san noticed, she quickly pulled herself together and said to everyone
“Ah! Y-Yes! Ok, that’s it! Please pass the test papers forward from the back.”
Well, the class went normally after that, but…
Rossweisse-san’s condition even became popular inside the school, and rumours such as “Did something happen at work or with her private life?” began to spread among the students. “It must be a boyfriend! She must have found a boyfriend!”
“That Rossweisse-chan has a boyfriend? That’s impossible! That can’t be true, right?”
“She probably lost her money?”
“As a cheapskate who uses 100-yen shops, is she really that troubled by money?”
“Did she get fired?”
“But, she is super serious, isn’t she? So that shouldn’t be the case either, don’t you agree?”
“In that case, boyfriend it is then!”
Various amusing and interesting conversations were held between the girls as well. Watching this from one corner of the classroom were me, Kiba, Matsuda and Motohama. After taking a sip of his popper juice with a straw, Matsuda asked me and Kiba. “So, what’s the real situation? I mean, as the Occult Research Club advisor, she spends a lot of time with you guys, right?”
While fixing his glasses, Motohama added
“Also, Ise lives together with her. It wouldn’t be weird if you know something. No! If anything, you must know everything! Don’t tell me that she is leaving…”
And so my two dubious buddies asked me and Kiba something like that, but…
Me and Kiba looked at each other and were weren’t sure how to answer those questions. “It’s not something that should be spoken to you guys. Anyway, what I can tell you now is that she is not going to quit this school.”
I had no choice but to answer like that. Well, it’s exactly as they said, we actually do know the reason why Rossweisse-san’s been dazing off lately, however…
Yesterday, Rossweisse-san received a partly-forced-request to have a marriage meeting from her hometown, the Norse mythology. Not only that, the partner is the current chief God of Asgard, Vidar-san! “To have a marriage meeting with a chief God”, when we heard about that, we couldn’t help but feel surprised! We also got an explanation from Rossweisse-san’s grandmother, Göndul-san too. It seemed like, even Göndul-san’s opinion was ignored as it had already been decided by the higher-ups. And because of that, cancelling also became impossible at this point. Göndul-san, via a communication magic circle, said
“I am really sorry… I’ll head there tomorrow”. She sounded like she was really sorry about it. It seemed like, Göndul-san was actually opposed to her granddaughter’s marriage meeting this time. But, because of the pushy proposal by the Norse Gods, it had become a situation where Rossweisse-san’s parents were forced to concede, and even Göndul-san was unable to reject the proposal either. Wait. I am the one who is done for! Because at any rate, Rossweisse-san is still my servant. Since Asgard set up a marriage meeting without giving me any information beforehand, I did shoot them a protest letter as both a high-class devil and her master, but…
<<It is Asgard’s problem. It has already been decided.>>
We only got such a reply. Nonetheless, me and Ravel kept on requesting them to give us an explanation that we could consent to, however…
“In the end, the marriage meeting will still happen, huh…”
I sluggishly said while looking at the hall’s ceiling. Kiba and I then said that we’d go buy something to drink, and we left Matsuda and Motohama behind. At a nearby vending machine that was inside the school, we talked while standing and drinking the juice. “Rias-oneesan also requested an explanation of the the current circumstances via the Gremory family.”
Just as Kiba said, Rias did send a protest to Asgard as well. And even though Rossweisse-san wasn’t Rias’ servant anymore, the fact that Rossweisse-san was still part of the Gremory household didn’t change, and that’s why we also made an official request via the Gremory House. The answer from them was
<<Because the lineage of Odin is in crisis, we need a female from Norse mythology who is able to birth an excellent heir.>>
A successor problem! Or so it seemed, however… On that side, the chief God Odin-jiisan along with his eldest son, the God Baldur had gone into the Isolation Barrier Field to exterminate Trihexa. The ones who remained here were Odin’s children, and the one that Asgard chose as the next generation chief God was Vidar. However, although Vidar-san had many mistresses, he hadn’t gotten married yet. And so, it was precisely because he had become a chief God that the Asgardian Gods began to introduce him to candidates for marriage one after another, rushing him to make children as soon as possible.