Date 2

Ryota and Tsubaki were standing in front of a large mansion near Kuoh Academy. They had just finished their date for today, and Ryota had kept her company until they got here.

This building was the residence of Sona's peerage, and conducts their meetings for the student council and supernatural work outside the academy. All the female members, as well as Sona and Tsubaki, lived here, while the newest member to the peerage, Genshirou Saji, was in a different house next door.

The size of this house was bigger than Ryota's house, understandable because when Sona built her house, she would have thought she would need at least sixteen rooms for the maximum number of peerage members.

"Tsubaki-chan, here's a present for you." said Ryota while taking a pair of items out of his pocket.

"This is custom made piece of earrings for us that I requested from a well-known jewelry shop. The 'R' shaped ones for you, I'll wear the 'T' shaped ones." said Ryota while smiling at Tsubaki.

These earrings were actually not custom made, but Ryota took them from the Babylon Gate, he didn't really care about the name of the earring, but the function of this item was quite useful. There were countless treasures within it, including items used by two people like this. The actual form was a small stud earring, and he changed the shape slightly, so 1 of them became R, and the other was T.

Although this earring looked like ordinary gold earring, this item had two functions.

As long as one of them poured their magic into the earring while wearing it, they could track the whereabouts of the other person.

Another function was anti-curse. It would remove any curses and weaknesses as long as the user wore it. For example, the devil's weakness with holy water and crucifixes was temporarily removed.

Ryota didn't really need the anti-curse effect, but at least he could figure out Tsubaki's location if she was somehow in danger.

"Ah, I know we're not allowed to wear accessories inside the academy, but I'll try to get Sona's permission for this." Ryota said.

"Ryota-kun... thank you..." replied Tsubaki with watery eyes.

She looked at Ryota lovingly. Even though they sometimes gave each other a gift, this was the first time he gave a couple's item.

"Here, I will help you wear that."

Ryota wore the earring on his left ear, then helped her wear the earring on the right side of her ear while Tsubaki was still full of emotion.

"Thank you. B-but, Ryota-kun, I didn't bring any gifts today because I spent too much time thinking about my clothes..." Tsubaki said nervously.

Tsubaki felt bad after she found out that Ryota thought more about this date than her. she just thought to have fun today with him like their usual date.

"Hmm, then..."

Ryota gently held her head with one hand, while his other hand wrapped around her waist, then he kissed her lips.

"Mmmph!!"

Tsubaki was taken aback, and she didn't have time to react. She stood there frozen, but suddenly Ryota bit her lip and his tongue went into her mouth. He kept kissing her deeply until they lost their breath.

After letting go of Tsubaki, he smirked at her and licked the remaining saliva from the last kiss.

"I took your first kiss so this gift is enough for me. Maybe next time Tsubaki-chan will take the lead. Hehehe." said Ryota.

Tsubaki was still in shock, her face was red and flushed, and she automatically nodded her head even though she didn't fully understand the meaning.

"Bye bye Tsubaki-chan! Today was fun!" said Ryota, leaving with a slight wave.

Tsubaki nodded again. She looked at his back until he couldn't see his reflection anymore, when suddenly a voice startled her.

"You are pretty bold Tsubaki, kissing in front of our house..." said Sona while narrowing her eyes at Tsubaki.

"A-ah Kaichou! T-this..." replied Tsubaki, her cheek still blushing, and now she was embarrassed. Her King noticed them kissing here.

Tsubaki hoped that when Ryota kissed her next time, he would do it in a quiet place so that no one would see them like this time.

Sona sighed, then looked at the earring on her Queen's right ear. She could feel a faint power being released from the item.

'What was this item?'

'Usually a magic item had an effect strengthening magic or defensive magic. Maybe Ryota wanted to protect Tsubaki with this item?'

Sona thought of all kinds of scenarios in her mind, and then she asked Tsubaki.

"Tsubaki, did you notice the earring too? It's a magic item. That means our prediction of Ryota-kun being aware of the supernatural world is at least correct."

"Y-yes, Kaichou. Shall we invite him next Monday?" asked Tsubaki.

"Yes. The sooner we do this, the sooner your worries about him will go away. Come on in, we need to prepare for next week's student council work."

Tsubaki nodded and followed Sona to enter the mansion.

"Ah Tsubaki, you don't have to worry about the earrings, I'll make an exception for you two." Sona said with a faint smile.

"Thank you, Kaichou!"

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'Himecchi, how's the situation?'

After his date, Ryota was on the way home and started communicating with Osakabehime again.

'Yes, yes, Hime-chan is here! Ummm... So the fallen angel woman killed the guy after their date, and then she ran towards the abandoned church in the town. Right now my origami can't get close to that place Ryo-chan. I sensed a devil youkai near that place. She will know where I am soon!'

He thought for a moment, while the reason why the fallen angel killed Hyoudou remained a mystery, he didn't care about him either. Meanwhile, the devils presence was also in that abandoned church, and they were likely to run into the fallen angel, so he didn't need to interfere in this matter.

'That's enough then. Recall your origami. The devils have already investigated this matter so we don't need to help them.'

'Yosh, mission completed!'

'Thank you, Himecchi. I will buy a new otoge for you on my way back home.'

'Yaay, I love you Ryo-chan!'