Unsealed

After returning to the club room, Kiba, Koneko, and Akeno went out for their devil's jobs since their clients already reserved the contracts, leaving only Rias and Asia in the club room waiting for Issei to wake up.

After being unconscious for 30 minutes, Issei finally regained consciousness.

"Umm..." -Issei

"Are you ok, Issei?" -Rias

"Yes... Hmm... T-This sensation... D-Don't tell me... The legendary [Lap Pillow]!" Issei became excited after finding himself lying on Rias' lap, then he looked around and found that he's in the club room with only Asia and Rias.

"I'm glad that you're fine," Rias said while stroking Issei's hair.

"One of the top 10 out of all the things I want to get done by a girl..." Issei said while crying without himself noticing it.

"Uuu..." Asia looked at Issei and Rias with puffy cheeks.

"Alright, Issei, you should get up or else someone won't stop being jealous." -Rias

"I'm not jealous," Asia said while her cheeks still puffing.

"Is it okay to lie like that, Asia?" -Rias

"Ah! ... Lord, please forgive me for lying that I'm not jealous..." -Asia

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After Issei sat up with a longing expression, Rias began to explain how they returned to the club room to him.

"I asked Tiamat to send us back after you lost consciousness, since Yuuto, Akeno, and Koneko had reservation contracts from their clients, and we couldn't wait until you wake up," -Rias

"I see... So, how long have I been unconscious?" -Issei

"30 minutes." -Rias

"It wasn't as long as I thought." -Issei

Suddenly, Murayama, Katase, and Ophis appeared in the club room.

"Yo. Why are you girls here?" -Issei

"We're tired of waiting, so we're here to take you two home." -Murayama

"Why? Didn't I already tell you girls to sleep first, since we might come back late?" -Issei

"About half an hour ago, Ophis-chan told us that you two have returned from the forest, so we decided to wait." -Katase

"Oh, we were busy at that time... Anyway, sorry for making you girls come to take us home." Issei didn't want them to worry, so he didn't tell them about his unconsciousness.

"It's okay. We're free after all." -Murayama

"By the way, Issei-kun. What familiar did you get?" -Katase

"No, I didn't get a familiar... But Asia did." -Issei

"Eh?" x2

"Why don't you show them, Asia?" -Issei

"Ah, yes." Asia then summoned Rassei which quickly jumped into her embrace after being summoned.

"So cute!!!" Murayama and Katase quickly sat beside Asia.

Ophis was interested in this baby Sprite Dragon as well, so she went to stand in front of Asia while looking at Rassie. She picked Rassei up and placed him onto her head after seeing Rassei look back at her, then she sat on Asia's lap.

While the girls were playing with Rassei, Issei brought out his Digivice and opened an app called [House]. Then he selected the [Permission] menu and added Tiamat and Rassei into the list of allowed entering people.

Issei got this app in the past few days after he tried to store his house's control panel in the item box, which made it become an app instead of getting stored inside the item box.

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After playing for a while, the girls decided to continue playing with Rassei at Issei's house after knowing that Issei allowed this baby Sprite Dragon to enter his house.

Issei didn't go back with them by claiming that he would like to play a game of chess with Rias first, however, the real reason he chose to stay was that he felt Rias wanted to say something to him.

"Issei," Rias called him when the chess game was almost over.

"Yes?" -Issei

"I've released the seal that I cast on your Pawn pieces." -Rias

"Eh? ... Ah, yes... But what made you decided to release it so early, Buchou?" Issei recalled the moment when a new power that flowing within his body after Rias stroked his head.

"After seeing you're unscratched from Tiamat's flick." -Rias

"But I lost consciousness tho," Issei said while scratching his cheek.

"I don't know how much strength Tiamat put into that flick, but even High-class Devils wouldn't end up only lost consciousness like you, which made me realized that your body is now strong enough to handle the power of 8 Pawn pieces. That's why I released the seal." -Rias

"I see... All of them huh." -Issei

"With the power of 8 Pawn pieces, you have to be careful when you're using Boosted Gear from now on." -Rias

"I will be careful... Checkmate." -Issei

"Alright, that's all I want to talk. You can go back." -Rias

"Yes. See you later, Buchou." Issei then went back to his house.

At midnight, Issei entered the training room and came out at 6 AM. He decided to enter the training room 6 hours a day since the cooldown of the Time Compression will be only 18 hours, which would end at midnight of the next day. This allowed him to enter and exit the training room as a daily routine.

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Since there's a time before the girls wake up, Issei wore his tracksuit and increased the weight of his clothes back to 500 kg before heading out to the park.

'Ddraig.' -Issei

['What is it?'] -Ddraig

'I think I've become much stronger, but I still couldn't withstand Tiamat's flick back then.' -Issei

['You see... After learning how to use Ki, you tend to think that you can easily handle everything, so you began to slack off in your training without noticing it. Unlike the 'you' in the series, the 'you' right now never encountered a situation that made you feel powerless before, so your [will] to become stronger than everyone isn't strong enough.'] -Ddraig

'*Sigh* Looks like I become an [Arrogant Young Master] huh.' -Issei

['Well, it doesn't matter anymore since you already know the gap between you and Tiamat.'] -Ddraig

'That's right! The faster I get stronger, the faster I can add her into my harem!' -Issei

['That's the spirit! Let's double your training from now on!] -Ddraig

'Yosh!!! ... Huh? I feel like something isn't right.' -Issei

['It's just your imagination.'] -Ddraig

Issei went back to take a shower after finishing his workouts, then had breakfast with the girls and went to school as usual.