"Mm, let's not waste any more time."
Coming back to her senses, Sona Sitri returned to normal without showing anything. She spoke in as ordinary a tone as possible. "The meeting is about to begin."
"How about this? Miss Theresa, why don't you take a look around the school on your own first? Since you're friends with Tosca, there's no need to worry about the transfer..."
After saying that, she looked apologetically at Miss Moonlit.
"It's fine. Go take care of your business first."
Hearing that, Miss Moonlit said it was fine, and Tosca beside her said the same.
"You don't need to worry about me."
She had already gained a general understanding of Kuoh Academy. She had only come to take a look today and had not intended to do anything. It was about time for her to leave as well.
"Excuse us."
With a nod, Sona Sitri led the student council members away.
"So they're not all Artifact Wielders. Looks like I came too early."
Watching Sona Sitri's group leave, Miss Moonlit fell into thought. She vaguely remembered that nearly all the members of Sona Sitri's peerage possessed Artifacts.
Even if they were all merely Artificial Artifacts...
But apparently, that was not the case before her.
Aside from Sona Sitri herself, the person Miss Moonlit found most noteworthy was the girl whose hair nearly trailed along the ground. The Artifact inside her was no simple matter either.
Still, it did not matter. As long as she turned Sona Sitri into her peerage, Sona Sitri's peerage would become hers as well.
Whether it was challenge bounties or Artifacts...
The other Rias was the same. As long as she bit them, everything they possessed would become hers.
As Miss Moonlit entertained that thought, both Sona Sitri and Rias suddenly felt a chill on their necks, with no idea what was happening.
"President, what happened to you just now?"
In the student council office, Shinra Tsubaki, who also wore glasses and had long black hair, approached Sona Sitri and asked quietly.
As Sona Sitri's first peerage member, she knew her president very well. There had clearly been something wrong with how Sona had reacted to that girl.
"That girl named Theresa is extremely dangerous. Even I..."
Thinking of how she had felt when facing that girl earlier, cold sweat had broken out on her back.
"Extremely dangerous?"
Shinra Tsubaki frowned at those words. If even the president reacted like that, just how terrifying was that girl? Or was the president overthinking things?
As Sona Sitri's peerage member, she knew exactly how powerful her "master" was.
No matter what, Sona possessed Demon King blood and the bloodline of a high-class demon.
Shinra Tsubaki herself was no ordinary person either. As Sona's "Queen," she came from a long-standing exorcist family and possessed the Artifact Mirror of Recollection. It could summon aberrations through mirrors, and if the mirror was destroyed, it would return the attack to the opponent several times over.
And she was now close to mastering her Artifact's Balance Breaker.
"Don't tell the others yet."
Sona glanced at her other peerage members behind her and reminded Shinra Tsubaki. She could share all her concerns with Shinra Tsubaki, but there was no need to tell the others.
Even if something really happened, telling them in advance would be useless. It would only cause unnecessary worry.
"Mm."
Nodding, Shinra Tsubaki glanced at Tosca behind them, then leaned close to Sona Sitri again and asked softly, "But Miss Theresa seems close to Tosca. Should we ask Tosca about her?"
"Not yet..."
"I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
Sona Sitri frowned as she thought. Miss Moonlit's appearance felt exceptionally familiar. If she had seen such a beautiful girl before, she should have remembered her clearly.
But she could not recall it for the moment.
She did not dwell on it too much. The meeting came first...
The meeting lasted roughly half an hour. They had even directly requested leave from class, but the student council did indeed have that authority, and skipping class had no effect on them.
Especially since it was official business.
After the meeting ended, Tosca was just about to leave when Sona Sitri called out to her the next second.
Calling Tosca aside alone, Sona Sitri organized her words before speaking again. "Tosca, are you really not going to reconsider my previous invitation?"
Sona Sitri had invited her to join her peerage before. Tosca truly had the qualifications: her unique vampire-like bloodline, the power of Stigmata, and a weapon comparable to an Artifact.
In Sona's eyes, Tosca was even more outstanding than Kiba Yuto.
"Sorry, President. I still have to refuse."
Tosca sighed softly at those words, but she rejected Sona Sitri's invitation once again.
"Why refuse, Tosca? Has the president not treated you well?"
Shinra Tsubaki had appeared beside them at some point. Seeing Tosca reject Sona again, she felt somewhat helpless.
The president had never invited someone so repeatedly before.
"The president has treated me well, but that's a different matter."
Tosca did not deny Sona Sitri's character or the way she handled things. Sona had treated her very well. If Tosca had not become Miss Moonlit's peerage member, she might have agreed.
But now, no matter what happened, she could never betray Lady Moonlit.
"Even Yuto, who came with you, became Lady Rias's peerage member. What are you still hesitating over?"
"..."
Tosca's expression worsened upon hearing that.
She did not want to hear that at all. She would never betray Lady Moonlit like Kiba Yuto had.
"That's enough, Tsubaki. Stop."
Noticing the change in Tosca's expression, Sona Sitri hurriedly stopped Shinra Tsubaki from continuing.
She no longer brought up the matter and instead asked some questions about Theresa. But Tosca obviously would not betray Miss Moonlit, so Sona Sitri did not learn anything.
Even so, through a few scattered words, Sona Sitri suddenly remembered exactly who Theresa was.
"So it's her!"
After letting Tosca leave, Sona Sitri hurriedly pulled out a file of intelligence belonging to the Demon Families of the Underworld...
"President, do you know who she is?"
Since they had not learned anything from Tosca, Shinra Tsubaki was somewhat displeased with her. Hearing Sona Sitri's sudden exclamation, she asked in surprise.
"Mm. She's the beautiful woman famous throughout Europe and America for using chainsaws to dismember corpses—the Super Chainsaw Person, the Blood Moon Princess!!"
Handing the intelligence file to Shinra Tsubaki, Sona Sitri spoke in an unreadable tone.
"Huh?!"
Release Notice
Tomorrow's release will have 52,000 words of updates. At 2,000 words per chapter, that's twenty-six chapters.
This should be my worst-performing book in six years!
With 7,000 bookmarks, at a ratio of ten to one, around 700 people will probably subscribe.
I still hope everyone can support it, though I won't force it.
After all, things have been difficult for everyone these past two years.
Anyway, as long as those 700 remain, I'll keep writing. If there aren't even 700, I honestly don't know how to convince myself to persist.
Rias's Worries
No wonder Miss Moonlit had felt so familiar. She was the Blood Moon Princess!
Although she had not been particularly active in Asia over the past few years, her reputation was anything but small.
Especially in the Underworld...
The main reason was that no one could tell what faction she belonged to. Yet the number of church personnel, Fallen Angels, Demons, Artifact Wielders, yokai, Heroic Spirits, and magical beasts who had died at her hands was countless.
Her methods were extremely terrifying. She often fought while wielding two enormous chainsaws, and not a single corpse was left relatively intact. It was no different from dismemberment.
Because a blood moon often accompanied her appearances, and because she was beautiful, many Demons worshiped her despite her brutal methods.
In addition, Demon culture in this world leaned toward the Island Nation, with people generally being rather chuunibyou and fond of giving themselves over-the-top titles. Thus, the Demons who worshiped and liked this vampire girl called her the "Blood Moon Princess."
Such things were common in the Underworld!
For example, Rias Gremory had initially held the title "Crimson-Haired Slayer Princess," then later gained titles such as Super Switch Princess and Crimson Slayer Dragon Princess...
All kinds of titles overflowing with chuunibyou energy.
Then there was Grayfia Lucifugus, the strongest Queen of the Underworld, whose equally chuunibyou title was the "Silver-Haired Annihilation Queen."
Aside from "Blood Moon Princess," Miss Moonlit had many other titles she knew absolutely nothing about, such as "Super Chainsaw Person" and "White-Haired Blood Demon Princess"...
On the other hand, almost no one knew the girl's actual name. This was Sona Sitri's first time learning that she was called Theresa.
"What a terrifying person... You could never tell."
Shinra Tsubaki put down the intelligence file on Miss Moonlit, her eyes filled with worry. She had never imagined that the gentle and beautiful girl from before was such a terrifying existence.
Her enemies' fates were far too miserable!
"Yeah. You really can't tell from her appearance."
She was clearly a girl beautiful enough to threaten Rias's looks, yet she liked cutting people apart with chainsaws!
Although the intelligence stated that the Blood Moon Princess had never indiscriminately killed innocents or harmed civilians, she was still deeply worrying.
"The Blood Moon Princess, who has always been active on other continents, has come to Asia for the first time—and she came to Koma Village..."
"And she intends to transfer into Kuoh Academy. What exactly is her goal?"
This could not be ignored!
Such a dangerous individual had suddenly entered Kuoh Academy. Even Sona could not sit still. Kuoh Academy represented the Gremory Family. Could there be some scheme behind this?
Rias was going to have a headache over this!
But on further thought, there was no need to worry too much.
Based on the strength the Blood Moon beauty had displayed so far, she was probably at the Ultimate-class at most, perhaps a little higher, reaching the level of a Quasi-Demon King.
Although no one in Koma Village could defeat her at present, Rias and the people behind her represented Demon Kings.
Just look at Rias's family. Her older brother was the current Demon King Lucifer and possessed power beyond that of a Demon King. Her brother's Queen was the strongest Demon Queen, the Silver-Haired Annihilation Queen.
She was also Demon King Class, and one of the strongest Demon Kings at that.
Both of them adored Rias and had always been watching over this place. They would certainly not allow anything to happen to her...
And Sona Sitri's older sister, the current Demon King Serafall Leviathan, was an extreme siscon who had always spoiled Sona to an absurd degree.
She was the sort who could immediately wage war against the Fallen Angels and Heaven for Sona's sake.
Her strength was also beyond that of a Demon King.
"President, should we inform Rias's side?"
Shinra Tsubaki asked hesitantly. Without informing the Underworld, this was no longer something they could face alone.
And Sona Sitri was not particularly eager to seek out her own older sister.
"Of course we should inform her. I'll go myself later."
Her fingers lightly tapping on the desk, Sona continued to ponder. Thinking carefully, the Blood Moon Princess was not someone who could not be communicated with.
And she was powerful, with even greater potential!
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