"Bang!" Clara struck a pose that was a combination of what she'd read in a book and what she'd come up with herself, her body tilted, hands forming a heart above her head, and her legs spread wide.
"Uh... gymnastics?" Shesi was stunned for a moment before asking tentatively.
"Yep! Failed, again!" With that, she ran off, and Shesi couldn't even call out to Clara.
The second stage: bold contact, the more powerful, the better if it's close-contact.
"Heh heh, She Si-chin! Just you wait!"
..."So, Clara, you want me to carry you on my back?" Shesi asked, sounding like an inquiry, as Clara hugged him from behind.
"Failed..."
The third stage: wearing.
Failed.
The fourth stage: perfume.
Failed.
The fifth stage: makeup.
Failed.
The entire process yielded no results... After school, Clara returned home to the forest, looking dejected.
"I'm home."
Clara's younger siblings saw their sister's downcast expression and, knowing she was unhappy, tried everything to cheer her up.
At this moment, Claras Mother walked up to Clara and kissed her on the forehead.
"Welcome home, Clara."
"Yosh! I'm revived! I need to try even harder tomorrow!"
The next day, Clara saw Shesi in the hallway.
"Clara, yesterday you..." Shesi was about to greet her when he saw Clara strike a pose and rush towards him—the same gymnastic pose from yesterday. How did she rush towards him? Incredibly, Clara's slippers seemed to have a turbo-boost-like device, and Shesi thought he heard something? "Seat-belt! Armor merge?!"
What Shesi saw before him was Clara's atomic bomb, composed of a strange pose + a large grass skirt + strong perfume + the worst makeup skills.
Shesi was so startled that he immediately activated his demon form and flew up to dodge. Coincidentally, Kalego happened to be walking right behind Shesi, and Clara crashed directly into Kalego's abdomen, knocking him down.
"Hmph!"
Kalego stood up.
"Silence! You should know, shouldn't you?"
Ultimately, Clara was punished by having to copy "Respect Teachers, Cherish Classmates, Demons for All, All for Demons" 666 times on the blackboard.
In Reim's office, Reim sighed as he observed Clara's performance.
"Unsatisfactory... A beginner's segment like this leaves no room for growth."
Clara's expression visibly plummeted.
"However, if you're determined to tempt that child, I can give you a secret weapon."
"A secret weapon!"
Reim pulled a small bottle from a drawer behind him.
"Succubus-brand Hormone Perfume. Just use this, and any male will be instantly captivated. You've worked hard, so you can have it for free..."
"I don't want it."
"Eh?"
Clara sat on the lawn.
"I didn't realize I had no sex appeal at all... But if this continues, She Si-chin will be stolen away!"
"Hey, Clara." Just then, Shesi suddenly appeared with two drinks.
"She Si-chin!" Clara happily took them.
"You've been running around all day today; it wasn't easy to find you," Shesi said.
Clara heard this and thought Shesi was also complaining about her doing strange things.
"Yeah, I don't even know what I've been doing all day..." Clara pouted and turned away, thinking, 'Heaven knows I've been trying so hard to keep you.'
"Clara, a naive girl like you needs to be careful, or you might get tricked again."
Clara subconsciously retorted,
"I won't get tricked."
Then suddenly realized something.
"Wait, did She Si-chin just call me a girl?"
"Eh? Isn't Clara a girl?" Shesi was a little surprised. Could it be?
Clara's mind was entirely focused on Shesi calling her a girl.
"What do you mean? So She Si-chin knew I was a girl all along?" She said, poking Shesi's waist with her finger.
The fact proves that women, no matter where they are, will aim for a man's weak spot.
"Eh?" Shesi was clearly a little confused. Why did Clara suddenly change?
Suddenly, Clara stood up and looked at Shesi.
"One day, I'll have you completely infatuated with me!" Clara declared. At this moment, Shesi looked at the scene against the sunset and was suddenly a little lost in thought, his heart seeming to beat a little faster.
"Eh?" Before Shesi could ponder it further, Clara dragged him and ran back.
Reim, watching from upstairs, remarked with a slight surprise as Clara's sex appeal went from 3 to 10,
"What happened?"
That night, in Iruma's room.
"Does my brother want me to become the Demon King? I remember Sabnock saying that the Demon King's rank is 10... So, I guess I need to raise my rank... After all, my brother trusts me a lot, so I can't... disappoint my brother zzZZ."
The next day in the cafeteria, Iruma asked Eiko and Asmodeus, who were vying for his attention across the table.
"Raise my rank?" Asmodeus was stunned for a moment, then covered his mouth and cried, saying,
"Finally... Finally, I thought Iruma-sama had no interest in raising his rank. As expected, he's not content with just Rank 1, is he? Then let's quickly prepare!"
"Prepare for what?" Eiko was a little confused.
"That is, the preparations to rule Babirus School as a Rank 10! Now, Iruma-sama and I will go, you don't need to." With that, he immediately took Iruma and ran off.
After Asmodeus pulled Iruma away, when Shesi and Clara returned with their food, they saw only Eiko at the table, breaking a spoon, as if she were imagining the spoon was someone else.
In the underground arena.
Currently, if Iruma-sama wants to raise his rank, there's only one way: to achieve good results in the top-tier "Rank-Up Lecture" held during classes. Last time was the flight test; this time, the content is the Execution Jade Cannon. At this moment, Shesi and Clara also walked over.
"The Execution Jade Cannon originated from ancient demon killing competitions. The item used is 'tooth iron,' a material that, once it bites a prey, will never let go. However, for safety reasons, what we use now is this ball," Asmodeus said, holding up something similar to a volleyball.
"I see," Iruma nodded, half-understanding.
"Originally a battlefield sport, to save time, it's now just divided by lines. Anyone hit by the ball goes to the outer field, but don't worry, if you get hit in the outer field, you can return to the inner field."
"Clara, give me some cursed dolls to make up the numbers."
"Oh." Clara patted her pocket, and several straw figures began to act as dummies, joining the game.
Iruma played with relish for a while, and Shesi watched with relish for a while.
Both of them spontaneously complained,
"Isn't this just dodgeball?!" x2
At this moment, everyone from the Misfit Class also came over. They had naturally heard Asmodeus's grand declaration in the cafeteria.
"If it's practice, let us join in too!"
Suddenly, a ball flew past Iruma's cheek, just barely missing his face.