The stage had been set and now it was finally the time for the match to begin.
Rias along with everyone came to the stadium.
Her face might look calm but everyone who was close to her could tell that she wasn't really calm at all.
Sona who saw her like that couldn't help but ask her in worry.
"Why are you in such a bad mood, Rias? Shouldn't you be in a good mood when you can finally be free from the engagement."
Rias turned her face to look at Sona and she sighed deeply.
"The Phenex family has prepared something for Riser. And it might cause a lot of trouble for Sullivan."
Hearing that Sona understood why her mood went bad like this.
"Do you know what it is?"
Rias shook her head and said.
"That is why my mood is so bad right now. I don't know what they are planning to do. My mother said that Sullivan must be careful even if he is very strong. It didn't mean nothing could happen to him."
If Venelana said it like that. It must be pretty serious.
She thought about Sullivan and for some reason she couldn't get him out of her mind.
She also didn't want something bad to happen to him.
"Should we go and tell him? If he knew it beforehand he might be able to stop the worst outcome."
Rias shook her head and said to her,
"No, we don't have to do that. Grayfia-onee-sama should already tell him about this. Hopefully, he could deal with it with his power."
And after Rias finished speaking. Grayfia appeared behind her through teleportation.
She looked at Rias and said to her with a warm smile.
To her, she was like a little sister.
"You don't have to worry about that Rias-sama. I think Sullivan-sama is strong enough to stop any plan they might have in their sleeves."
Rias felt happy when she heard that.
If it was Grayfia who was very strict and never lied to her before said that.
It could only be mean that Sullivan was really strong enough to break any plan that the Phenex family might have.
Otherwise, she would never utter such a statement.
"I am really relieved to hear that."
Seeing that she became relaxed and happy. Sona then asked her about something that she wanted to know.
"Rias, tell me the truth. Are you falling in love with him?"
She must have noticed that she began to have feelings for him.
She couldn't blame her. If it was her she might fall in love with him as well.
"W–What are you talking about? Why should I fall for him?"
Sona smirked and pushed her glasses a little bit and said.
"You stutter. You never stutter whenever you tell the truth. Only when you lie you would stutter."
Sona had been friends with her since young so she knew many things about her.
Rias was speechless.
She didn't know that she had that kind of habit. And Sona never tells her about it.
She must have thought about using it on her when she lied about something important.
'But why does "me" falling in love with him matter to her? Oh, my dear satan don't tell me!'
Rias grinned widely and it made Sona feel nervous.
She also knew that she would only show her grin when something was going her way.
And Rias knew about her reaction as well.
"Oh, my. Sona, don't tell me that you are interested in him."
"Nonsense, why should I be interested in him?"
"Your face is red now. You can't lie about something like this because your expression will show everything, Sona."
'I have a problem with hiding my lie?'
Sona had never noticed this before and she looked at her servants. Everyone looked away from her.
'I–It must be true then.'
"I don't really have any interest in him. No, maybe just a little bit and that was because of my big sister. Nothing else you hear me!"
Rias laughed heartily.
She caught her in 4k. She was really interested in Sullivan.
But she was just in denial.
Rias wanted to tease her more but Serafall appeared before everyone in the stadium.
Her appearance made her stop and focus on her instead.
Sona as well forgot about what happened before completely.
Serafall started by greeting everyone and said that she would be the commentator for this duel and they had an honorable guest with them.
"I, Serafall Leviathan, welcome Yasaka-sama from the Yokai faction to our first ever one on one rating game!"
Yasaka walked in and showed herself to everyone in the stadium.
She was in a VVIP room that was tightly guarded and secured by the most elite group in the underworld.
Her safety was guaranteed.
She had come here with her daughter and the elders to watch Sullivan destroy Riser Phenex.
Her daughter, Kunou could be seen hugging a doll. It was a cute nine-tailed fox doll named Kurama.
Serafall could feel an immense power coming out from it.
She could tell that if someone ever dared to point their bad intentions toward her.
The doll would protect her and neutralize the threat immediately.
'Hopefully no stupid things would happen today.'