Chapter 25: Can you be more reasonable, protagonist?
Chapter 25: Can you be more reasonable, protagonist?
Grayfia certainly had ulterior motives when she took the initiative to mediate the duel between Qin Tian and Issei.
She had thought of a plan after seeing Qin Tian and Rias' relationship, especially when she had watched what the two of them were doing inside the bedroom earlier...
Cough, she had watched them back then using a professional manner.
Luckily Rias still kept her virginity and didn't cross the line. Otherwise she would have had to appear in the room and stop them both right then.
Although she felt horny while watching the two of them caressing and kissing each other so intimately. She still persisted in watching everything that happened in the room because she was a professional who had been given the task by her mother-in-law.
Well, the point is that she had seen everything as if she was watching a porn video.
She could be sure that Rias liked Qin Tian, but the problem was that Rias already had a fianc.
So Grayfia had an idea to help Rias break her engagement by involving Qin Tian.
By carrying out her plan. Not only could she help Rias, but she could also see protagonist Issei get beaten up and humiliated in public.
She wanted to see the protagonist's mentality collapse.
Grayfia realized that her plan was quite evil, but she didn't care and wanted to see the protagonist suffer.
She wondered since when had she been this evil just to target a boy with the protagonist's title?
Probably since she was disgusted by the protagonist's inner voice that was getting more and more unbearable every day.
The protagonist's existence really bothered her a lot. But she knew that she shouldn't kill the protagonist because there was a risk of repeating the plot that Qin Tian said.
And Qin Tian also didn't seem to want to kill the protagonist. So he added the rule of not killing each other in the deul between Qin Tian and Issei.
Qin Tian will of course agree to her rule of not killing each other, but the protagonist doesn't seem to intend to play by the rules.
Well, after all not that the protagonist can kill Qin Tian, because Qin Tian's inner voice seems very confident that he won't be killed by the protagonist.
So she will pretend not to see Issei's true intentions.
By the way, to execute her plan she had already invited some important people to watch the duel and they will come.
Rias and Sona sat in the audience seats with their respective peerages.
"Rias, who do you think will win? Tian-kun or Hyoudou-san?" Sona asked while drawing a line at Issei's name because their relationship wasn't close and she didn't want to be in close contact with him.
"Of course Tian!" Rias answered quickly.
Okay, can you at least think for a minute before answering?
You look very biased.
But actually Sona also thought Qin Tian would win, even though his opponent was a Boosted Gear user who was one of Longinus' Sacred Gear and a protagonist.
Akeno who was sitting next to Rias laughed. "Ara ara, despite having never seen Tian-kun fight. You're so sure he'll win~?"
Of course Akeno knew the answer was obvious, but she just wanted to tease her best friend.
Rias didn't know how strong Qin Tian really was, as she only knew that Qin Tian could expend pressure comparable to an ultimate-class being. She had never seen Qin Tian fight in person, but she had a lot of confidence in him. Especially after what she and Qin Tian had done inside the bedroom earlier.
And there was no way she would support protagonist Issei after hearing his disgusting inner voice, right? Although she didn't know how strong Issei was with his Sacred Gear Longinus.
Rias with a serious face said. "Tian will definitely win."
Akeno was dumbfounded.
Well, you don't have to make that face.
Can you be more relaxed?
You're too serious...
I feel like your character is a little different than usual.
Is it because you've experienced something that adults do before? Cough.
"O-oh, I see..."
Akeno gave up on teasing Rias at the moment. It didn't seem like it would work, forget it. She also actually supported Qin Tian of course, why should she support Issei?
Sona looked at Rias strangely.
She felt that Rias and Qin Tian's relationship was unusual. No, she already knew that Rias seemed to like Qin Tian, but exactly how far had their relationship gone?
Sona was curious, especially when she remembered Qin Tian's inner voice that seemed to have done something with Rias.
Wasn't their relationship progressing too fast? She knew Qin Tian was very handsome. He was the most handsome man she'd ever seen and had power that seemed comparable to an ultimate-class being. But, did Rias like someone just because of that?
She was also actually attracted to Qin Tian, but it wasn't because of his looks and power. Okay, looks and power might add plus points, but she was attracted to Qin Tian because of his inner voice that she could hear.
This was just curiosity towards someone and not a feeling of liking someone romantically.
Sona didn't know that Rias could actually like Qin Tian so quickly because she could also hear Qin Tian's inner voice.
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Sona just thought that only she could hear Qin Tian's inner voice and the protagonist.
And she felt herself to be quite special.
"Kaichou, why do we have to watch a duel between an ordinary human and a Sacred Gear user? Isn't it obvious who won?" Asked Momo who was one of Sona's peerage.
After cleaning up the mess in the abandoned church. Sona suddenly told all the peerage members to come to the underworld to watch the duel.
As a member of the student council, she knew the names of the people who would be dueling above the arena because they were students at Kuoh Academy.
Qin Tian, third-year student.
Issei Hyoudou, first-year student.
She already knew that Issei was the Sacred Gear user Longinus who fought with the Demon earlier in the Church. Judging from the destruction caused by his fight, it seemed like he was very powerful.
But now that Issei Hyoudou was going to duel against Qin Tian who was just an ordinary human?
She couldn't help but ask, after all she only knew that Qin Tian was an ordinary human. There was no way he would win against a Sacred Gear user, right?
And she was also actually a little worried to see a handsome man like Qin Tian getting beaten up.
Wouldn't it be better to just stop this duel?
The other Sona peerage members were also curious why they had to watch this duel. Except Tsubaki who already knew Qin Tian wasn't an ordinary person and she could even hear his inner voice.
Sona sighed.
To be honest, she came to watch the duel just for fun and it seemed fun to watch the duel between Qin Tian and the protagonist. Although she still had student council work to do, but she didn't want to miss watching this duel.
"Ahem, don't judge people too quickly. Qin Tian isn't an ordinary person and he's even strong enough to defeat all of us with his strength. I've even made Qin Tian my Contracted Witch before. As for why should we watch the duel? Think of it as gathering information of the battle between Qin Tian and Issei Hyoudou."
Having been informed by their King, all members of the peerage now obediently sat down to watch the duel.
After all, there was no way they would refuse their King's order, right? And they also now became interested in watching Qin Tian and Issei Hyoudou's duel with enthusiasm.
Just then a teleportation magic circle suddenly appeared near the audience seats and the few people that appeared surprised everyone.
"Grayfia, we have arrived." Said a tall, handsome red-haired man with a gentle smile and dressed in a noble suit of black robes. He was Sirzechs Lucifer, the strongest Devil in the underworld.
Standing beside him was a beautiful woman with shoulder-length brown hair that we already knew.
"Fufufu, Grayfia, you did something interesting and didn't even forget to invite your mother-in-law." Said Vanelana who came with her son, Sirzechs.
"Sirzechs-sama and Vanelana-sama. Please take your seats in the audience, the duel is about to begin." Grayfia said through voice transmission as she was currently flying over the arena as the referee.
Sirzechs and Vanelana had already heard why Grayfia had invited them to watch the duel.
And they agreed to come, especially Sirzechs who was happy that he could finally find someone to help with his younger sister Rias' engagement problem.
In the audience seats they approached Rias and didn't forget to greet the others.
"Okaa-sama, Onii-sama, why are you two here?" Rias asked in confusion.
"Grayfia invited us here Ria."
Sirzechs said as he smiled gently at his younger sister and sat close to her.
Vanelana also sat beside him and asked Rias.
"So which of these two do you like Rias?"
"Okaa-sama what do you say?!"
Rias panicked as to why her mother was asking such a question.
Akeno and Sona who were sitting not far away rolled their eyes.
Oh, come on, admit it to your mom.
Why are you so panicked?
We even know who your crush is.
Akeno sat in line with Koneko and Yuuto behind Rias. They didn't take the initiative to talk to Sirzechs and Vanelana and just nodded politely.
In another row of seats, Sona and her peers were also doing the same as Akeno and the others. They respected people like Vanelana and Sirzechs and did not dare to be presumptuous. After all, they all knew who the two of them were.
Meanwhile, Sirzechs was interested in the topic of his younger sister's crush and glanced at the two men currently facing each other on the arena.
He could tell the two were human and probably powerful Sacred Gear users because Grayfia said that she found a suitable strong man to help Rias.
And from Rias' reaction when asked who the man she favored was...
It must be one of the men who will be dueling, right?
He sharpened his eyes to see clearly what the two people who were about to duel looked like.
One of them was a brown-haired man who looked ordinary, but from his body she could feel a strong dragon aura.
That made him surprised and he guessed the brown-haired man might have Dragon Type Sacred Gear.
And the other was a man with long black hair with a very handsome face.
He was quite confident in his looks, but he had to admit that he was more handsome than him.
But it seemed like the handsome man was just an ordinary human as he didn't feel any power from him.
What matters is which of the two of them does his dear younger sister like?
Despite not admitting it, Sirzechs is actually a siscon who is very loving and protective of his younger sister.
So he had to know who his younger sister liked!
But he didn't have time to ask Rias because Grayfia had announced the start of the battle.
...
"To all participants in this duel, Qin Tian and Issei Hyoudou. Are you two ready?" Grayfia asked while using a microphone while speaking.
"Yes." Qin Tian said flatly while wondering in his mind why Sirzechs Lucifer and Vanelana Gremory were here!
The two of them were also watching?
What the hell?
[This young master just wanted to beat up the protagonist quickly. Why is it that now the situation has become an official duel and is being watched by quite a few people? Especially Sirzechs Lucifer!]
[He is Rias Big Brother and the strongest Devil in the underworld, right? Why are you bothering to watch a small duel between me and the protagonist?]
"I'm ready!"
In contrast to Qin Tian whose heart was full of grievances. Issei said excitedly and his eyes coldly looked at Qin Tian.
Ready to kill him!
And he was even more eager to show off, especially after realizing the arrival of Vanelana and Sirzechs.
Of course he knew them both in his previous life.
{Vanelana... You came too? Ah, should I call her a mother-in-law? Or wife? This makes me a bit confused. After all, besides being my mother-in-law, Vanelana was also my wife in my previous life. As for Sirzechs? You should call me stepfather hahaha! Grayfia your wife? I'll take her from you, after all she's also my woman.}
{Well, I'll think about it later. Now I just have to focus on killing Qin Tian! And I have to show off and look cool to make all the women watching fall in love with me hehehe.}
Vanelana: ???
So true that this old woman is also targeted by you, protagonist?
You want to take my son's wife and want him to call you stepfather?
Fufufu this crazy protagonist is so crazy.
The other heroines shook their heads.
Seriously, how many women were you from previous life?
You even take your mother-in-law as your wife?
And stole her son's wife?
Made her son call you stepfather after taking his wife?
This harem protagonist is really unbearable...
Rias who was sitting on the chair clenched her fists angrily.
This protagonist was also targeting her mother?
Remember being her stepfather?
And NTR his older brother?
So brave!
How many crazy things did you do in your previous life, even my mom joining your harem?
At this moment he wanted to tell Qin Tian to hit Issei hard.
Qin Tian shook his head at Issei's inner voice.
[There's a dog-blooded plot make your mother-in-law your wife? As expected of a harem protagonist. Even his mother-in-law can't escape him.]
Grayfia's lips twitched, she gave Issei a cold look and then began the awaited duel.
After the duel started.
Issei immediately revealed his Boosted Gear and activated Balance Breaker.
"Welsh Dragon, Overbooster!"
Green light exploded from his body and illuminated the vast arena, making the spectators' eyes blink.
The dragon aura on his body grew stronger and red flames continued to spread like a tornado around him. Creating a scene that was dominated by the colors red and green.
Draig's "Boost" sound also continued to echo and increased his power by 100 times. The ground in the arena began to crack and lift as if pulled by gravity due to Issei's excessive increase in power.
Issei who was currently wearing a red dragon armor, grinned inside his armor and looked at Qin Tian with killing intent.
"Qin Tian! Die!"
Issei said as he clenched his fist and moved quickly towards Qin Tian.
The distance between Issei and Qin Tian that was originally separated by 50 meters, in an instant shrank to 1 meter.
Issei instantly appeared in front of Qin Tian and aimed a dragon fist full of buff at his face.
He aimed to blast Qin Tian's head off with a single punch!
Issei laughed in his mind.
How easy.
He was already confident of his victory.
And ready to receive the admiring glances and love from the women watching.
But he frowned when the loud explosion he was waiting for was not heard and only a muffled sound was heard.
"Is it only this?"
Qin Tian caught Issei's fist with a relaxed face.
The physical power of the nascent soul realm cultivator proved to be superior to the physical power of Issei who was full of Boosted Gear buffs.
He looked at Issei as if asking what else he wanted to do?
"You..."
Issei widened his eyes and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
He had already used his Balance Breaker Boosted Gear and increased his power by 100 times which could crush a small mountain with a single punch.
But that fist of his was now casually caught by Qin Tian's trashy hands?
He clearly didn't believe that Qin Tian's physical power was superior to him at this moment.
Even if Qin Tian was somehow not human and perhaps a supernatural being, but there was no way he could catch his 100 times Boost punch casually.
Seeing Issei still in a state of disbelief, Qin Tian let out a disappointed sigh.
After your attack failed once.
Was your mentality hit so hard?
Disgracefully, is this a regressor protagonist?
"It's my turn to attack."
Issei woke up from his daze and stabilized his mentality, but it was too late as Qin Tian's fist had already hit his stomach.
"What-"
Explosion.
Issei's body was thrown backwards at super speed and hit the 200-meter arena boundary that had been demarcated by the magic barrier.
The barrier cracked like a spider web and the dust from Qin Tian's fist explosion covered most of the arena.
"...." The audience fell silent.
Grayfia: What? So soon. Is protagonist done yet?
Grayfia stared at Issei's dust-covered location with narrowed eyes.
She was initially surprised by Issei's power who could use Balance Breaker Boosted Gear and increase his power so much.
If it was her, she wouldn't have been able to take Issei's fist for granted earlier and could only avoid it. But Qin Tian caught Issei's buff-filled fist casually.
When Qin Tian counterattacked Issei, his fist was even stronger than Issei's and could make the arena's magic barrier crack.
And that was just from his physical power.
Was this the physical power of a Cultivator?
By the way, is Issei still alive?
{Qin Tian!!! How dare you!!! You tricked me!}
The protagonist's inner voice rang out.
Qin Tian: ???
[This young master just punched you a little hard and you suddenly say I tricked you. Can you be more reasonable, protagonist?]
The heroines:
What now?
The protagonist's brain circuitry starting again?
...
Author Note
Sorry there are only a little battle scenes in this chapter, but there will be more battles in the next chapter.