In the morning, Rias woke up and tried to get up, but nothing happened. Opening her eyes, the girl realized that she was in a tight embrace.
At the same time, the arms that captured her were not going to let her go. The girl fidgeted a little, causing a response from the dragon. Hyodo opened his eyes and looked down at Rias.
The dragon's gaze was calm and indifferent.
"Issei, it's time to get up. Besides... could you let me go?"
The dragon let go of Rias and sat down on the bed, looking straight ahead. Rias tried to understand what he was thinking. With all these thoughts, the girl went to wash herself, but as soon as she stepped outside the threshold of the room, Hyodo instantly went wild and disappeared from sight, picked up Rias and returned to the same place. As soon as the scarlet-haired princess realized what was happening, she immediately blushed and tried to break free.
"Issei, you idiot, let go. It's time for us to get ready for the academy."
The brown-haired boy looked into the girl's eyes for a few seconds, then released her from his embrace. Having gained her freedom, Rias got out of bed and went to wash herself, watching the movements of her servant.
As soon as she stepped over the threshold, Hyoudou twitched, but remained in place, only watching the movements of his mistress. After waking up, the Gremory family gathered for breakfast.
"Listen Rias, what happened to this boy?"
"I don't know, Mom. Brother said that he would try to find the reason and help Issei."
"It would be bad if this cute boy remained like this forever" Venevrana winked at her daughter, which made the latter blush.
"Y-yes, you're right."
"Well, let's hope that Sirzechs can help him. By the way, where are you going now?"
"To the academy. We need to keep an eye on the city, and because of this incident, we have been gone for several days."
"I see. Well, in that case, good luck to you."
"Thank you, Mom."
After breakfast, Rias and her family were transported to Kuoh. The road to the academy did not take long. Entering the Foyer, the Gremory family did not immediately understand what was happening.
A decent-sized crowd had gathered in the middle of the hall.
"What is going on here?" In the center of this crowd, mostly female, four figures stood out. One of them turned to the head of the Gremory family and all the girls immediately parted in front of him.
"What a sweet girl." A guy who looked about seventeen years old with red hair and blue eyes headed towards Rias. When he reached her, he stopped and extended his hand, but a few moments before his hand would have touched Rias's face, Issei instantly appeared in front of him and, grabbing him by the collar of his jacket with one hand, lifted him off the floor.
"What the hell? Who the hell are you, bastard, let me go right now. Do you even know who I am?"
Rias walked up to Issei and gently touched his hand. The dragon instantly calmed down and let go of the impudent guy's collar. Rias stepped forward and looked sternly at the intruder. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Rez. I transferred to Kuoh Academy recently and I never thought that such chicks study here."
"Watch your language."
A murmur began in the crowd. "Look, is that Issei?"
"Come on, that can't be."
"Is that the head of the trinity of perverts?"
"Looks like it. But what is he doing next to one of the school idols?"
"What happened to him? When did he become so... wild?"
The whispers continued. Rez smirked as he looked at Hyoudou. The dragon looked at him with a look full of calm and indifference. It seemed that he was not at all interested in what was happening around him.
"So this is the head of the trinity of perverts? And this degenerate is standing next to such a beautiful lady."
The sound of a slap echoed throughout the area, instantly stopping all conversations.
"I said watch your words. If you think you can just throw your mouth around, you better think twice."
"How dare you touch me!" Rez made a move towards Rias, which immediately had an effect. A moment later, Issei's fist was slammed into Rice's face, causing the latter to fly back and fall on his back.
"You bastard... Cough... Damn it. You know what I'll do to you, scum?" The redhead tried to get up, but the dragon flew up to him and slammed his boot into his side. The boy doubled over, coughing. "Cough... You bastard... I'll... Guys, deal with him quickly."
The other three hesitated at first, but then gathered their thoughts and tried to attack all three. However, after a few seconds, they were already lying on the floor and groaning.
"Okay, let's go Issei. Class will start soon." The Gremory family walked away from the foyer, leaving the four groaning in pain.
Rez somehow got to his feet. "Well, damn it. Well, screw it. You'll be mine anyway."
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The lessons passed without incident. There was no sign of Rez and his company. Apparently, one meeting with Issei was enough for them.
After lessons, the entire Gremory peerage sat in the Occult Club office. Rias sat at the chessboard, deep in thought. Akeno stood nearby, occasionally giving advice on inventing new tactics for the Rating Game. Kiba was at the corner sipping his tea from the cup. Asia and Koneko sat on the opposite sofa, talking about their own. Hyodo was peacefully dozing, his head on his mistress's lap.
"Rias, what do you think of these newcomers?" Akeno asked, looking at her.
"I don't know yet. However, I don't think they'll risk coming again." In refutation of Rias's words, there was a knock on the office door.
Having received permission, the door opened and four well-known figures entered. Rias's expression immediately darkened. Koneko and Asia realized that the conversation would not be easy and got up from the sofa and went over to Akeno, who was standing behind another sofa. The Gremory family gathered behind their mistress.
Rez and his gang sat down opposite and began to look at the head of the Gremory family.
"So, what brought you here?" Rias asked.
"I wanted to look at the face of such a sweet girl."
"I thought I warned you to watch your language. Or should I wake up my servant so that he can throw you out of here?" Rias said with a scowl on her face.
"No, no. It's not worth it, the first time was enough for me. The recovery from the skirmish with your servant took longer than usual."
"Recovery? What are you talking about?"
"Oh, sorry. I didn't introduce myself properly. My name is Rez Griffon. The first son of the Griffon clan and its heir, nice to meet you. May I know your name?"
"My name is Rias Gremory. The second child of the Gremory family."
The entire company of uninvited guests instantly turned white as a sheet. Their reaction spoke for itself.
Rez was the first to break the deathly silence. "Wait, wait. Gremory? That same Rias Gremory? No way."
As proof of her words, Rias raised her hand and created an attack spell that, after rushing around in space for a few seconds, crumbled into particles. "Do you need any other proof?"
"No, nothing more is needed. This is enough. Well, I don't think I have any chances with you, now."
"Wait bro, what are you talking about?" One Rez's lackey standing at the side questioned.
"Calm down already. I have no chance with her."
"But just a few seconds ago we were talking about how she will become your girlfriend."
"Well, don't worry Rez, we will help you out with this." One of Rez's henchmen took a step towards Rias. A whirlwind of air appeared in the room. No one had time to understand anything. The Gremory family looked at what was happening behind Rez in surprise. The silence in the room was interrupted by a barely audible wheeze.
"Nit... immediately... let me go…"
Rez looked over his shoulder. There were two people near the wall. Issei, holding Rez's henchman by the throat, slammed him into the wall. Bared fangs glinted in the candlelight, and dragon eyes sparkled in the semi-darkness.
Another moment and the puny guy would have been slashed across the neck with claws.
"Issei, you shouldn't do this."
Hyoudou looked at the frightened face for a few seconds, then unclenched his hand and walked back to Rias. Sitting down next to her, the dragon with an unperturbed look picked up Rias and sat her on top of himself, hugging her around the waist, and pressing her to himself.
The girl instantly blushed and tried to get up, but the dragon's tenacious embrace didn't let her. Rias looked at Issei's face. Hyoudou was glaring at Rez. It seemed that the red-haired guy's uniform would start smoking if he kept going.
"Well, it looks like your servant hates me. Well, since our presence is not needed here anymore, it's time for us to go. See you later." Rez said goodbye and left, taking his group with him.
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