Chapter 2: Senior Sister Rias's Teasing
The next day, Roy packed up his things and prepared to return to Kuoh Academy.
The holiday period had ended. He was now a second-year student at Kuoh Academy.
Originally, the various great demon families of the Underworld each have their own territories under their jurisdiction.
The Lucifuge clan was the same.
But because Roy's strength was truly too weak, Grayfia had not arranged for him to manage a territory independently.
Instead she placed him at Kuoh Academy, which was under the control of the Gremory family and the Sitri family.
This way she was also more at ease. After all, Roy was the last man of the Lucifuge clan — reviving the Lucifuge clan depended entirely on him.
At the entrance of Kuoh Academy.
As usual, a group of beautiful young girls came to school, talking and laughing.
The sounds of laughter and merriment filled the entire school with a youthful atmosphere.
Most importantly, there was not a single boy — except for him.
Because under Roy's interference, Kuoh Academy had not become a co-educational school as in the original work, and remained an all-girls school.
Only Roy was added as the one exception.
And the original protagonist Hyoudou Issei, having not transferred in, Roy was also unclear about his situation — perhaps he had already been killed by a fallen angel.
The girls laughing and chatting seemed to notice something at a certain moment.
Without prior arrangement, they all stopped in their tracks and simultaneously turned their heads to look at Roy.
"Wow! So handsome!"
"Which senior is this...?"
"You must be a new student who just enrolled this year! You actually don't even know Senior Roy!"
"Senior Roy is our Kuoh Academy's only male student, and he's also a male god!"
"And Senior Roy is also the captain of our kendo club!"
...
Roy's handsome face carried a faint smile, which left the girls standing nearby in a daze.
Handsome and elegant, and also the captain of the kendo club.
One could say he was the Prince Charming of every girl in all of Kuoh Academy.
Hearing these discussions, Roy did not show any look of surprise, and walked at an unhurried pace toward the interior of the school.
He had seen such scenes many times, and there was nothing worth paying attention to.
"Oh? Junior Roy!"
Suddenly a voice rang out from ahead.
The crowd parted, and a young girl appeared before Roy.
Red — a vivid crimson hair color even more brilliant than naturally berry-golden.
What met the eye was a girl with hair as red as blood.
It was none other than Kuoh Academy's number one popular idol, Rias Gremory.
The words just spoken were said by her.
And beside Rias was Kuoh Academy's number two popular idol, Himejima Akeno, along with the most adorable idol, Toujou Koneko.
"Good morning! Senior Rias and Senior Akeno! And Koneko-chan!"
Roy smiled and greeted the three girls.
As the popular female leads of High School DxD, how could Roy possibly not go out of his way to get to know them!
As early as first year, Roy had already become acquainted with Rias and the others, and also with the student council's Sona.
And their relationship was quite good — they were already friends.
"Good morning, Junior Roy!"
Rias smiled and greeted Roy.
Toward this junior who, although lacking in talent, was particularly hardworking, Rias had a very favorable impression.
And Rias, due to Roy's indirect influence, had not taken on Gasper Vladi and Kiba Yuuto as the two retainers.
Rias's current retainers were still only Toujou Koneko and Himejima Akeno.
"Good morning!"
Toujou Koneko, with her expressionless face, waved her hand and greeted Roy.
"Oh my, oh my! Junior Roy always greets Rias first! Does that mean I'm not as important to you as Rias?"
Himejima Akeno put on a very sad expression, her eyes glistening with tears as she looked at Roy.
That appearance looked as pitiful as pitiful could be!
Roy saw this and felt somewhat helpless — Himejima Akeno's acting was truly beyond reproach.
If it weren't for the fact that Roy had spent a year with them, Akeno's teary-eyed appearance would definitely give him a heartache.
The first time they met, he had been teased just like this.
"Senior Akeno is of course very, very important to me!"
Roy looked at Akeno with an extremely serious gaze and said.
Himejima Akeno, seeing him answer so seriously, was stunned for a moment, and then her complexion became somewhat flushed.
Rias, standing to one side, saw this and pursed her lips.
"Is Junior Roy saying that I'm not as important as Akeno?"
Rias crossed her arms at her waist and leaned her body forward, pretending to look at Roy in an angry manner.
Little did she know that this posture caused that certain roundness to come into view, drawing eyes.
"Uh..."
Seeing Rias also joining in to tease him, Roy couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Rias, please don't learn bad habits from Akeno! he lamented helplessly in his heart.
And Rias, seeing his headache-stricken appearance, immediately covered her mouth and laughed lightly.
She had only just been playfully teasing this junior a little.
Of course, this was also because she had a favorable impression of this junior — she would not go out of her way to tease others like this.
"Alright, class is about to start — let's head inside first!"
Rias said a word and took the lead walking toward the school grounds.
Roy saw this and followed along.
He was a Class 2 second-year student, while Rias and Akeno were third-year, and Koneko was first-year.
Their paths did not go in the same direction.
Roy arrived at the classroom door. Several girls inside immediately excitedly greeted him.
"Captain, good morning!"
"Haven't seen you for a whole holiday, and the Captain has gotten even more handsome!"
"Captain, we haven't seen each other for a whole holiday — how about a hug?"
...
The girl who spoke so boldly was named Kiryuu Aika, who most enjoyed discussing risqué topics.
When she first met Roy, she was still very shy.
However after becoming familiar with him, all kinds of jokes came to her mouth without a moment's thought.
She could often discuss topics of interest to boys with Roy.
But she herself was still a very shy girl.
Beside Kiryuu Aika were Katase and Murayama, also very beautiful girls who had quite a few scenes in the original work.
All three of them were elite members of the kendo club.