Yuuto heads to his kitchen to prepare his dinner , Although he knows that Gate Of Babylon probably has enough meals for a whole kingdom to last an entire era, he doesn't want to start consuming them yet ,because he realizes once he starts eating from it, he won't able to tolerate a single human made meal ever, he doesn't want to ruin his taste buds yet.
With that in mind, he rolled up his sleeves, his mind keen on making Sake-poached chicken with soba noodles, a simple enough dinner to satisfy his hunger for today.
[ A/N :I live in korea yet i only know a few japanese dishes shame on me]
He puts his hands together in gratefulness for the food, washed the dishes, and heads to bed with cat by his side poking at his cheeks so he picks it up while thinking
' I will probably be summoned by one of the two princesses tomorrow, I hope to god-, oh right he died, I hope to Gilgamesh, let it be Sona, I neither have patience nor self-restraint to deal with that sorry excuse of a spoiled princess'
He interrupts his thoughts process by saying '' remember Yuuto not her fault, you have anger issues, she was spoiled ... still please let it be Sona"
With these wishes he dozes off to sleep.
A night passes and the light of a new day shines on Kuoh town .
''RING , RING"
"RING, RING"
An alarm sound in Yuuto's room wakes him from his sleep, as he opens his eyes groggily.
"I'm up, I'm up" he says as he shuts down the alarm.
As usual he wakes up, makes his own breakfast, eats in peace before again washing the dashes and heads for the door intending to leave, not wanting to be late to hear any lecture from the student council, not that he cares.
On his way to the school he tries to recall the events of the story
"The brown haired moron shouldn't have met the black winged slut yet, meaning the plot hasn't started, but should be coming soon, thankfully I'm one year older than him so I don't have to deal to consistently deal with that brand of stupidity, I hear it's contagious" he murmurs softly, his tone filled with gratitude in the later part.
"Though I still sensed those glorified bats last night, and it appears they already made that church their turf" He looks up to the sky as walked lost In his thought, before sighing again.
"Incompetence at its best, no matter I shouldn't expect much from kids, and spoiled heiresses, even though I'm a kid myself" he chuckled at his own situation by the end.
Reaching the gate of the Kuoh academy, he notices one of the school famous beauties, Tsubaki Shinra seemingly waiting for him, because as soon as her eyes land on him, she smiled sharply as she gave him a nodding gesture, by the time he reached her he also gave small smile, before waving and saying
"Good morning vice president, you look like you're on the hunt today" he smirked
Tsubaki's eyes twitch a bit but she shakes it off and says" good morning to you too, golden prince" she grins knowing well how much he hates that title as apparent on his annoyed face.
The golden prince was the title bestowed upon him by the fan girls of the school, due to him having the same name as Yuuto kiba, the same hair, and the attractive features, the girls were more than happy to differentiate them by using titles, much to both their annoyances, while Kiba merely disliked the title, this Yuuto hated it with passion.
"I didn't know that you held grudges vice president, it doesn't suit your pretty face, not to mention targeting one's weakness as revenge, one would argue that you're a devil under the human facade" he shot back with a snide remark
Once again Tsubaki stiffens and apparently wanted to snipe back "you-" but she took a deep breath knowing it is pointless to argue with someone who managed to shut down even the teachers so she gets back to her task.
"Yuuto Ishiou, Student Council President Sona wants to see you, would you please come with me?" she requests
"Lead the way vice president" he replies while smiling at his small victory.
The two of them head toward the student council under the whispers and occasional gasps of the other students
Arriving at the door, Tsubaki knocks slowly before announcing "President, I've brought him"
"Come in" Sona responds from the other side.
Entering the student council, Yuuto looks around noticing how neat and organized everything looks ' as usual she's very organized, it baffles me how obsessed with order she is, reminds me of someone very annoying' he says recalling his past life roommate, but then his attention shifts to Sona who started speaking
"Welcome to the Student Council, Ishiou Yuuto, please take a seat, I hope I'm not wrong in assuming you already know what we're about to discuss " she says raising a questioning eyebrow by the end of her sentence.
Yuuto didn't need to be told twice, he took the seat opposite to her with a relaxed posture, noticing her eyes sharpening at the gesture he inwardly smiled.
"I do indeed, thus I will spare us both the time and effort, I refuse, becoming a devil isn't something I'm interested in, nor am I interested in sharing what I am with you yet" he rejects fully knowing the headache coming his way because of it.
"Now don't be in such a hurry" Sona interrupts him while swallowing her questions about 'what I am' part of his reply, still she continued
"I do not deny that you are quite strong as you are, but that shouldn't stop you from considering becoming one of us, you should understand the benefits of becoming a dev-" she tries to explain only to be cut by Yuuto who appeared bored as he stretched while lounging on the chair.
"Yea yea yeah, I know I know, long lifespan, imagination based magic, blah blah blah, do not look down on me Sitri, I know everything I need to know about the races hidden in plain sight, I am quite satisfied with I am, and I don't plan on changing it "
Hiding the deep shock she felt at his reply, she chose to answer with witt.
"So you're not human then, but what? You're not a fallen angel nor an angel are you? " She asks with a tone full of curiosity, and Yuuto smirks.
"Princess, your search scope is too narrow, you already know more races exist than just three, but you are somewhat incorrect, I am part human, the other part or parts?, well that's for me to know and for you to dot dot dot" He finishes with a cheeky grin that infuriates Sona, Yuuto got up then preparing to leave but Sona's voice followed says hastily
"Wait before you leave, can i ask if you are part of any known faction?" to which Yuuto shakes his head much to Sona's relief
"Then can I ask you why? You're clearly aware of them and the benefits it would bring to join them?"
Yuuto scoffs at her question, his crimson eyes blazing with pride.
"Benefits? what benefits are there from being on the side of glorified pigeons, puppets who barely have any semblance of emotions or desires, or do you mean the burn chicken wings who lost daddy's love, and now trying to destroy any semblance of religion to spite their creator, but of course I'm sure you don't mean the morons of the Yokai race, who are led by the busty fox and the low life Nurarihyon, those who join this faction will surely lose any remaining brain cells they managed to preserve, so no thank you, who am I left with, ah yes the pesky gods who think they are above everyone just because they have divinity and the blood sucking leeches who live like rats in the sewers" He rants while Sona and Tsubaki just stood there stunned, watching him the curse all the great factions in the world without a care.
[A/N gilgamesh would be proud]
"He-h-hey Yuuto-san I think I get it, no need to get so negative " Says Sona with sweat pouring down her forehead hearing his comments.
"Then what do you think about the devil faction?" she asks after calming down, her curiosity getting the better of her.
Yuuto seemed to think for a second before responding.
"To be honest, you are a tolerable race, if we don't count almost 99% of the nobles and the reincarnated devils" he says with a straight face, Sona's eyes twitch behind her glasses as she glared at him
"That's basically all of us Yuuto-san" She gritted out.
"Exactly, now don't get me wrong your race almost has no drawbacks, except for the sins tied down to your existence, and holy stuff, but your biggest advantage also became your biggest weakness" he says and Sona's curiosity is peaked again.
Noticing her expression he clarifies " I'm saying you're arrogant, now I'm not one to criticize anyone for arrogance, but your arrogance is also built upon incompetence, most of your nobles are imbeciles with superiority complex to anything that isn't a pure devil, while the reincarnated ones think they above everything else but pure devils, but that isn't the base of the issue, the problem is that they are both incompetent, not even 5% of the devil race is capable of a decent battle, putting it bluntly, they are weak, aside from the Satans and the clans with truly special abilities, the rest are cannon fodder, who would die at the first month of war "
Sona falls into contemplation about what his words ' what he said about the devil as a whole being arrogant is true, but are we really so weak ? I don't believe so, if we were why would our race survive the war'
Yuuto eyes lock up with hers again and he spoke " I can see you're not believing me, but it doesn't matter, what I'm saying isn't from a general perspective, it is from my own, i think they are weak, compared to the other races, you guys are decent, if I were to choose who I would hang out with for a drink, it would definitely be the devils, but for war, honestly I have no clue, but currently I think you guys are the most likely to get my support "
Sona responds with a quizzical expression " why us? you criticized us as much as you did the other factions so why "
Yuuto merely smirks in response "well isn't it obvious because of you"
Sona was confused by the response so she asked "me? What about me?"
Yuuto's smirks widened" you, obviously because I like you?"
Sona.exe shuts down in response, then proceeded to blushes atomically under her Queen snickers while saying
"Y-You, l-li-like me? How? When? We rarely even talk, and when we do it's merely greetings"
"Indeed, while we have barely talked, I know quite a lot about you, after all you're not exactly unpopular, the ever so serious, stern, and strict princess of house Sitri."
Her response was an almost grumble while muttering under her breath "but that's only what everyone knows"
But Yuuto has superhuman senses.
"Indeed that's what everyone knows, but do they know, that you have a sister who is obssessed with magical girls? Do they know how cute you are when you blush? Or do they know how competent you are? You even managed to control your own engagement but setting the condition of your betrothed having the capability of beating you in chess, your most beloved game ?''
Sona's ears looked to be almost melting from redness and heat when she heard the part about her sister and blushing part, only to come back to reality when she heard the later part, and she unconsciously murmured " how do you know that?"
Yuuto responds by saying "like I said, I know a lot about you , I'm not saying I'm stalking you like you did last night, but I'm not too bad at getting information when I need it " he says smirking at both Tsubaki and Sona who blushed about his remark, they both stood outraged and red faced and yelled at the sama time.
"We were NOT STALKING YOU!!"
Yuuto starts laughing in response, to their annoyance.
Finally after laughing lungs off, He rises from the chair he sat back on, and heads for the door.
"Well anyway, keep what I said in mind, we will have another chance to chat, I am quite free, so feel free to call for me when you're lonely to-" Just as he was about to start teasing her, Sona stood up as well to say.
"Wait" She requested.
"What?"He asked looking back
Sona doesn't responds for a few seconds appearing deep in thought as if in conflict with herself, she follows that by taking a deep breath and says something shocking both Yuuto and Tsubaki
"Care of a game of chess?" She asked with a smile worthy of the Devil she is.