"Didn't expect this, you're quite well-endowed."
Looking at the flawless white in front of him, Tatsuma reached out to wake up the patient.
Through a series of unremitting efforts, Serafall whimpered, her body trembled, and she woke up from her coma.
"This is..."
A hint of confusion flashed in Serafall's eyes, her head somewhat muddled.
But just then, Tatsuma's face came into view.
The moment she saw him, Serafall instantly remembered what had just happened. At the same time, she also noticed the strange feeling coming from her body.
"Huh... Huh?!"
Serafall's scream echoed on the battlefield.
She widened her eyes in disbelief, looking at the man in front of her who looked harmless.
"You... what are you doing!"
"Helping you heal."
Tatsuma calmly withdrew his hand, summoned a ball of flame, and evaporated the water element on it.
"Nonsense! Who heals like this!" Serafall's face turned red with anger.
Activating magic to summon a new set of clothes onto herself, she grabbed Tatsuma's collar and questioned him.
"You scoundrel! How can you face Sona after doing this!"
Tatsuma asked, "What's there to feel sorry about?"
"You already have Sona, and... and..."
Serafall said halfway, her voice getting softer and softer until she fell silent.
She suddenly remembered, Tatsuma seemed to have more women than just Sona. According to the intelligence provided by Ajuka, Tatsuma openly had a harem, with women everywhere.
But even so, this wasn't a reason for Tatsuma to take advantage of her.
Staring fiercely at Tatsuma for several seconds, Serafall ultimately pulled out another magic staff.
"Red Dragon Emperor! I'll fight you to the death!"
"I advise you to calm down."
Tatsuma, who had already obtained a trait from her, wasn't particularly keen on fighting at this moment.
However, after the recent healing, his little brother's desire to fight had risen.
Looking at Serafall who had summoned a cold tide again before him, Tatsuma kindly reminded her, "You can't beat me. If you lose again, the healing fee won't be as cheap as just now."
"Shut your mouth!!!"
Serafall completely lost it, fully activating the ready cold tide.
"Oh dear. Since you want to play, I'll play with you for a while."
Tatsuma drew Gram again, and began a speedrun of the second loop.
Time flowed by, and night fell.
Having finished the parent-teacher day work, Sona returned home.
However, just as she walked into the bedroom, she saw a familiar graceful figure lying on the bed, spacing out.
"Sona, you're back."
Serafall waved her hand, her eyes empty, looking listless.
"Sister, why are you here?" A hint of confusion appeared on Sona's face.
"I heard from Sirzechs-sama that you and Tatsuma had a conflict. You didn't bully him, did you?"
"...?"
Who bullied who?
Serafall, whose spirit and body had been doubly ravaged all afternoon, fell silent, a glint of tears appearing at the corner of her eye.
Despair!
Despair for this world without love!
She was clearly the victim!
"Huh? Wh-what's wrong?"
Looking at Serafall who suddenly burst into tears, Sona, seeing her in this state for the first time, was startled, and quickly started comforting her.
"Don't cry, what happened?"
"Sona, your boyfriend is too much!"
"Huh?"
...
On the other side.
After sending Serafall to Sona's house, Tatsuma, who had exercised sufficiently for the day, returned home.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Rias, who was handling a document, looked up.
"Tatsuma, I heard from my brother that you and Serafall-sama had a conflict. She didn't bully you, did she?"
"?"
What a niche question.
Tatsuma scratched his head, and after a moment of thought, replied, "I subdued her."
As early as before the Shibuya incident, Tatsuma could suppress two Satan-level powerhouses by himself.
After the Shibuya incident, he obtained a million traits, expanding the equip slots to 16, and his strength saw a further increase.
Coupled with the self-detonation tactic, a mere Serafall was simply no match for him. In just one day, she lost dozens of times.
Regarding this, Tatsuma fought until the very end without any mercy.
On Sona's account the first time, he restrained himself a bit.
But if she provoked him a second or third time, he wouldn't be so easy to talk to.
Death is avoidable, but living punishment is not.
"Subdued her? You're really getting stronger and stronger." Rias let out a sigh of emotion.
After that, she picked up the document she was just looking at and handed it to Tatsuma. "I just received a piece of intelligence, the Khaos Brigade assassinated the heir of the Glasya-Labolas clan."
Tatsuma asked, "Glasya-Labolas? I remember that's the clan the current Satan Asmodeus comes from, right?"
Rias sighed helplessly, "Yes, because of this matter, my brother has already returned to the Underworld early."
Having not seen Sirzechs for a long time, she had originally planned to properly host him. But with this matter happening, no matter how free Sirzechs was, it would be impossible for him to stay in Kuoh Town anymore.
The next time they met would be the three faction conference a week later, and at that time, he would have even less time.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing."
As if remembering something, Rias pulled out a letter. "This was written by my brother before he left, he asked me to pass it to you."
"Let me see."
Tatsuma opened the envelope, took out the letter and looked at it.
The content of the letter wasn't much, it could be summarized into two things.
The first thing was related to the Khaos Brigade.
Sirzechs mentioned that because of the Shibuya incident, he sent people to wipe out several strongholds of the Khaos Brigade. After that, the Khaos Brigade not only didn't stop but became even more active.
The assassination of the Glasya-Labolas clan's heir was just the beginning, there would be other troubles later.
To be safe, Sirzechs reminded Tatsuma to take protective measures for the people around him.
Tatsuma was already prepared for this point, so after glancing at it, he skipped the first half of the letter's content, and focused his attention on the latter half.
The second thing in the letter was unrelated to the Khaos Brigade, but instead kept mentioning the situation within Soul Society and Rukia's importance.
Summary: The Devils want to form an alliance with Soul Society.
Advanced analysis: Sirzechs hopes that Tatsuma can use Rukia, to establish good relations with Soul Society.
"It's all troublesome matters." Tatsuma casually handed the letter to Rias.
"What do you plan to do?" Rias, who had finished reading the letter, asked.
"Let nature take its course, there's nothing to be conflicted about."
Sirzechs was only focused on introducing the situation, and didn't mention any benefits.
When he usually accepted Devil requests, at least there was fun to watch, or he could grind traits to get stronger.
Purely working for free without any benefits, Tatsuma naturally couldn't muster any motivation. With that time, it would be better to enjoy life more.
Glancing at Akeno who came up from the basement, wearing thin pajamas, Tatsuma thought for a moment, and made a decision.
Fight!