Buchou and I bowed to each other after finishing the dance. CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP. We received an applause from Pink. “Ufufu. Looks like I didn’t have to worry about it☆ Both of you did well!”
Along with getting a compliment, the door made from stone opens in front of us while making a noise. “Then, move on you two! Go to the second trial!”
Like this, Buchou and I cleared the first trial as if nothing happened. I’m still confused but we reached a spacious room again. “…….Ya. Welcome.”
Green. Looks Asmodeus-sama is the one in charge of the second trial. He seems like he doesn’t have any will to do it. Ah. If I look carefully, two women who appear to look like his servants are on standby. They are wearing maid outfits. If I look there is a table and chairs in the room…… On top of the table there are plates and various forks and knives lined up. “Ummm, the second trial is table manners. I will be watching from here, so eat the food while having your manners checked by the two maids……. It’s a point reducing system, so you will fail if you reach zero points.”
…..Table manners? Now I totally can’t understand what is going on. What kind of ritual is this ruin supposed to have……? It seems like they are checking the learning of noble society from scratch. Is this ritual supposed to make Buchou remember about high-class society? Well Buchou is the next heir. But why me? I’m filled with doubts. Anyway, I will sit on the chair and open the napkin….. Like this Buchou and I started eating. I started to handle the movement of the fork and knife, and also the spoon for the soup with elegance. I was taught about these things by Buchou’s Okaa-sama and the maids. Even at home, Buchou points out at me. All the food is delicious. I can’t taste it till it's in my throat because I’m nervous. Buchou is eating elegantly besides me. She makes a good picture. That’s a Princess for you! I will also clear this without embarrassing this person! And then……. “With that, eating is finished. That’s the end of the second trial, table manners.”
The maid said that while bowing at us. I’m nervous. Table manners are harder than dancing. Since I’m from a commoner's house, I was unrelated with eating with elegance. I wouldn’t have understood it if Buchou’s mother hadn’t taught me. “Rias-sama cleared it perfectly.”
Oou! To be expected from my Buchou! Then the maid looks at me! My heart is beating fast! “…….There were few points deducted……. But you passed it with a high mark. You did very well.”
……! I made a guts-pose because of happiness! “Yeaaaaaaaah! I was a bit nervous when I made a sound using the fork and knife! Even I can do well!”
“You did well Ise!”
TOUCH! Buchou hugs on to me when she became overjoyed! The sensation of oppai is the best! Buchou…….is very pleased. She even has a few of tears around her eyes and her cheeks became even redder. “To be expected from Ise. The boy I chose. I’m so happy…… With this, we can clear the rest.”
Wow. She seems like she is deeply moved. “Fuaaaaaaaaa. You can go now. Congratulations.”
Green made a single sigh and opened the door to the next trial. What would happen to Buchou and me when we finish all this………
I asked Buchou while walking in the passage connected to the next trial. “By the way Buchou.”
“What is it?”
“The love romance between Sirzechs-sama and Grayfia-san became a topic in my house but did something happen to them?”
That was my only question. It’s been in my mind a bit. About their romance. If it’s something I’m not allowed to ask, then I won't ask again. But Buchou answers me. “…..Yes. You have the right to know about it as a member of the Gremory group. Onee-sama’s surname is Lucifugus. Grayfia Lucifugus. A daughter from the noble family that has been serving under Maou Lucifer for generations.”
“So you mean……she came from the house close to Maou?”
Buchou nods at my question. “Just like you know, in the past there was a quarrel between the Maou-faction, who wanted to continue the War against angels and fallen-angels, and the anti-Maou faction. House of Lucifugus was serving under the Old-Maou Lucifer. But an elder-son of a certain noble fell in love with the only daughter from the house of Lucifugus.”
Yes. The Great War that occurred in the heavens and Underworld left the outcome of losing both Maou and God. All three sides of devils, angels, and fallen-angels came to an exhausted state and they were in crisis of continuing their kinds. Even so the Maou-factions who wanted to continue the War got in a quarrel with the anti-Maou faction. It resulted in making the Maou-faction flee to the end of the Underworld, and like that the current devil society was created. Even until now there are problems about the grudge back then. But how can that be…… They fell in love during the quarrel…
“So that is…..”
Buchou continues from my word. “Yes. Onii-sama and Onee-sama. That time Onii-sama was an ace of the anti-Maou faction. He was even called a Hero. And Onee-sama was a person from the former Maou side. She also stood in the front line as a powerful devil. I heard that she was competing with Leviathan-sama for the spot as the “Ultimate female devil”.”
……So something like that happened. They fell in love even when they were enemies. It seems like there are complicated events involved but they didn’t have that in their minds. “Onii-sama and Onee-sama fell in love during the battle even if they were from different sides. And after the battle they deepened their love. Wonderful right? Their romance is so admired that it continues to be told amongst the women in the Underworld. I also admired them. There are those who think that Onee-sama is usually Onii-sama’s maid as a form of loyalty towards Onii-sama and the current Maou-faction. But she just likes small tasks and housework. It seems like it's easier to move around doing simple matters as a maid rather than as a wife of Maou. When she is a maid, she wants to do it completely so she started to have a relationship as a maid to us as well.”
Hee. The romance between man and woman during the battle certainly looks like a situation that women would admire. Then it came to my mind. Millicas-sama who is born between the ultimate two…… In terms of talent isn’t he the ultimate-class son? “…….Along with admiring them, I loved and respected them. But you know Ise? I also feel anxious at the same time. Compared to them who are capable, I thought that maybe I’m an inferior sister. There are times when I wonder if it is okay for me to be the next heir.”
Buchou had an expression of feeling down. I see. Buchou has been comparing herself to those two the whole time. She probably felt inferior to them because her brother and sister-in-law are too superior. You would end up comparing yourself whether you like it or not if your brother is a Maou and your sister-in-law is the “Ultimate-Queen”. After hearing Buchou’s worries, I felt it for the first time. Anyone has huge worries within them.