The days passed and Kozue continued with her daily routine.
Besides going to school to sleep, some days he would meet after school with Rias and her peerage for training.
If she wasn't training with Rias and her peerage, Kozue would return home and head to her training grounds where she trained with Robin and Mikita.
In addition to those 3, there were 2 new additions.
Asia and Raynare.
Asia had nothing to do at the mall and couldn't go out much because she might be found by chance by some street exorcist.
The few times she was able to go out, she was accompanied by Kozue, Robin, and Mikita, and she herself created an illusion to resemble another person.
The rest of the day he could only be at the mall, and the training of Kozue and the girls aroused his curiosity.
Watching them train with amazement, Kozue suggested that she train with them, which Asia initially refused because she felt inadequate.
Kozue, Robin, and Mikita were very strong, so Asia believed she would only get in the way.
But Kozue persisted and managed to bring Asia into her training.
Since he was still very weak at that time, Kozue insisted that he train his body first and then he would teach him different types of magic.
Raynare also joined because of Kozue's promise.
But unlike Robin and Mikita, he didn't offer Raynare magical abilities; instead, he helped her train her body and her light magic through combat.
Another important point that should be mentioned is that Kozue was able to save a large number of points since she didn't need to buy high-level dandelions.
This was due to Asia's Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing.
Using her Sacred Gear, Asia was able to heal their tired bodies and they were able to continue training.
Even Raynare was healed by Asia, even after Raynare recently confessed that she would kill her for her Sacred Gear.
Of course, after an intense training session they ended up tired and sweaty and headed to the bathrooms to bathe.
As Asia went into a bathroom to bathe by herself, her face was red because she saw the 3 women enter a single bathroom together with Kozue.
Asia's pure mind could not understand what she felt at that moment, but in the future she would know that she was jealous.
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Days later, at the occult research club, Rias Gremory glared angrily at the blond man standing in front of her.
Riser Phenex, the third son of the Phoenix clan, looked amusedly at his fiancée.
It was always funny to see Rias throw a tantrum about her engagement, but not be able to do anything else to stop it.
This engagement was good for her family, as it would bring her closer to the family of one of the Satans, and although both families were already close, having family ties was much better.
Although Rias doesn't agree with the marriage, Riser is sure he can tame the redhead and turn her into a suitable wife.
"I will never marry you, Riser," Rias said from her seat behind her desk.
Beside her stood her nobility.
Kiba and Koneko to his left and Akeno to his right.
"Come on Rias, you should stop playing with the humans here."
"Our race needs pureblood demons like us to unite to maintain our strength," he replied.
Riser.
"Our families know this and agreed to move the wedding date forward."
But seeing that Rias did not bend his arm, Riser grew impatient and said.
"Come on Rias, I promise you'll be happy being Riser's wife and we'll have lots of children."
Riser's statements could not be taken seriously because he was surrounded by his own nobility, which consisted of his harem.
With both arms, Riser hugged one of his women while touching her breasts.
While touching his women's breasts, he smiled at Rias as if to tell her that she couldn't do anything.
Rias gritted her teeth and exploded.
"I WILL NOT MARRY YOU!" Rias shouted as she stood up and slammed her hands on the table.
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Suddenly, everyone turned to look at the door and it opened.
"I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?"
A head peeked through the door and Rias and her peerage recognized Kozue.
While the meeting was taking place, the room had barriers that kept normal humans out, so the rest in the room deduced that the human was aware of the supernatural world.
And as a greeting to Rías, they did not see him as a potential enemy.
"Yes, insect"
"Go away, we're busy," said an arrogant blond man.
Riser spoke, looking at Kozue with disdain.
In Riser's mind, humans were an insignificant race, insects compared to demons.
Kozue glanced at him and looked back at Rias.
"Who's the retard?" Kozue said with a bored look.
"What did you say?!" Riser shouted, surprised and furious with this insect who dared to insult him in that way.
Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko let out small smiles as they watched Kozue insult Riser.
"A mere mortal will not insult Riser!" Riser shouted, and immediately afterwards he raised his hand and a furious fire originated from it.
"Riser, wait!" Rias shouted as she saw Riser attack Kozue.
"¡Kozue,ten cuidado!" gritaron Akeno, Koneko y Kiba.
Of course, his screams weren't going to stop Riser, who planned to kill that human who didn't know his place.
"Young Riser, stop," and the fire gathered in his hand turned to ice the instant the last words entered everyone's ears.
In the end, the person who spoke was the reason Riser didn't dare to be rude to Rias and kidnap her directly to take her to the Underworld and start the wedding immediately.
Grayfia Lucifuge, Sirzechs Lucifer's wife, who was always present on the side watching everything and making sure that nothing went wrong.
And even though she's dressed as a maid, no one would dare underestimate her because of her Satan-level power.
Grayfia Lucifuge fought Serafall Sitri for the position of Satan Leviathan, narrowly losing, but still demonstrating a terrifying level of power.
Riser didn't dare disrespect a woman like that.
"Miss Rias, Young Riser, I think I have an idea to solve your problems," Grayfia said, and then mentioned the Rating Game.
While they were deciding on the details, Kozue saw all this and remained silent.
Kozue arrived because this day was the usual day when she joined Rias and her peerage to train.
She recently sensed the auras that appeared in the occult research club, and guessed who they were.
Wanting to make sure things stayed the same, Kozue decided to come and saw that it wasn't necessary.
"Human, you dare insult Riser?"
"Do you have the guts to join the Rating Game and fight Riser?" Riser asked, looking at Kozue in a contemptuous manner.
This insignificant human had insulted him, and Riser wanted to kill him.
With Grayfia here, Riser knew he couldn't do anything if Sirzechs Lucifer's wife decided to intervene.
And since the human seemed to be a friend of Rias, it was certain that the woman would act if Riser attacked the human.
So he had an idea.
Let him join the Rating Game and teach him a lesson.
As for killing him?
Riser thought he could use this human to threaten Rias.
"Riser, leave him out of this!" Rias shouted furiously.
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Seeing that Rias was overly concerned about this human, Riser was even more annoyed by the situation.
"I am a noble demon of the Phenex family, Riser will not allow a human to insult him," Riser replied straight.
"If you're a man, don't hide."
"Fight me," Riser said, looking at Kozue.
Hearing Riser's challenge, Kozue considered it.
Although he didn't want to attract the attention of the supernatural world, he wanted to teach this guy a lesson for acting like an idiot in front of him.
Furthermore, he didn't think he would need much strength to defeat him.
"Sure, I accept your challenge," Kozue said.
"Wait, Kozue, don't accept his provocation," Rias said.
Besides wanting to solve her problems on her own, Rias didn't want Kozue to get hurt.
And although Kozue has proven to be a powerful physical fighter, it would be useless against someone like Riser who could regenerate with the power of his family.
"That's my condition for the Rating Game, Rias."
"If you want the chance to defeat Riser and cancel the engagement, that human has to join the battle," Riser stated with a smile.
Riser knew Rias was stubborn, but as long as he could get that human to join the fight, he could use him to threaten Rias into surrendering.
Even if the Rating Game mechanism ejects fighters when they reach a certain level of damage, Riser was confident he could kill him quickly and with that would threaten Rias.