It Won't Be That Much Trouble

(Thank you very much to 'Sword Pointing at the Nine Heavens, Overlooking the Firmament' for the 1,000 reward, and to 'Wind Riding into Oblivion' and 'Xuan Yuan Ji Sheng Tiandi' for their rewards!)

An hour after Raiser left the Occult Research Club, Rias received a notice from the Gremory family.

"Tomorrow, the wager between Noah Dreyar and Raiser Phoenix will be held as an official match, drawing the attention of all High-Class Devil families, including the Gremory and Phoenix families. Grayfia will serve as the referee."

After dismissing the small communication magic circle sent by the Gremory main house, Rias, seated behind her luxurious desk, rubbed her temples and spoke in frustration.

"Why did things turn out like this?"

Originally, Rias had been prepared to resist to the very end, no matter the cost.

Yet the situation had suddenly developed into something even she could no longer intervene in.

What the hell was this?

"I never expected the main house to agree to the wager between Teacher Noah and Lord Raiser." Akeno Himejima looked utterly puzzled.

"It was merely a wager proposed unilaterally by a human. Even if Lord Raiser himself agreed, the Gremory and Phoenix families shouldn't have agreed so readily, right?"

"That's precisely why they agreed—because it was a wager proposed by a human." Noah, lounging on the sofa and calmly sipping tea, explained absentmindedly.

"To those pure-blooded Devil nobles, a human facing the Phoenix family's third son has no chance of winning at all. Rather than ignore this human's wager and deal with the Gremory family's young lady throwing a tantrum, they might as well legitimize the wager, let the Phoenix family's third son win properly and claim the stake. By then, with so many nobles acting as witnesses, Rias, you won't even be able to go