Chapter 17

'Well, I should get my homework out of the way.' He thought morosely. He hated doing schoolwork, mainly because it was boring. He wasn't too bad at it, but things like maths and history weren't really his cup of tea. If anything, he was most fond of Classical Japanese, if only because it gave him plenty of time to think during class.

Sighing in frustration, he reached for his schoolbooks.

Five Days Later

Kuō Academy

[Schoolwork] (Passive) [Level 20, 14.39 EXP]

The combined ability to complete all aspects of schoolwork, from homework to classwork to replying to the questions of the teacher. Level Max: 100

- Passively grants +10 INT.

- Passively raises the chance of successfully completing classwork correctly by 30%.

- Passively raises the chance of successfully completing homework correctly by 35%.

- Passively raises the chance of successfully answering the teacher correctly by 30%.

Issei's eye twitched as he regarded the new skill he had received after completing his homework. Five days on and he still couldn't believe that this kind of skill was available. It was certainly convenient, make no mistake about that, but his suspension of disbelief was having major difficulty accepting it.

"Issei!" a familiar voice called.

He looked up to see the other two members of what the school referred to as the Hentai San'nin-Gumi (Perverted Trio), Matsuda and Motohama.

Matsuda LV6

[Perverted Baldy/Sexual Harassment Paparazzi]

Motohama LV4

[Perverted Glasses/Three Sizes Scouter]

The fact that until recently he had been a lower level than Matsuda pissed Issei off somehow.

"Dude! What happened to your cheek!?" Motohama asked in concern.

Having taken the bandage off, Issei now had a long, thin scar down the length of his jaw. It wasn't glaringly obvious, but it wasn't hidden either.

"Some nutjob broke into my house and held me and my parent's hostage." Issei replied sourly, "He tried to kill me after going ever further off the deep end after a phone call. Otou-san and I took him down after I got a lucky hit in. I was lucky to get away with just a scar from his knife attack."

"Shitty luck, man." Matsuda said sympathetically, "Your parents alright?"

"Eh, shaken but not stirred." He replied with a shrug.

"Anyway, want to go peek on the Kendo Club?" Motohama asked eagerly.

It was so, so tempting, but he had to remain firm. He wanted to get rid of that damn Oppai Baka title.

"Sorry, can't." he told his shocked friends, "I'll be buried under with catch-up work for being off for a week, remember?"

"Crap. Forgot about that." Matsuda cursed. Of all the Perverted Trio, he got the highest grades and helped his friends stay above the cut-off point for their teachers to have a 'discussion' with their parents, "Need some help?"

"Let me have a look at what I have to get through first." Issei demurred, "You two go have fun."

"Again, luck sucks man." Motohama commiserated as he and Matsuda headed off to their usual peeking spot.

Sighing despondently, Issei padded to the Staff Office to talk to his teachers. On the way, he spotted his quarry, Rias Gremory, talking with the Student Council President, Shitori Sōna.

She was the third most popular girl in Kuō Academy after Rias Gremory and Himejima Akeno, popular with girls and slightly masochistic boys among others. She was a strict disciplinarian and had a cool, unshakable air about her that was attractive. Her body may not have been comparable to the other two but it was svelte and lithe. The name floating above her head gave him pause, however.

Sona Sitri LV41

[Heiress of the House of Sitri/Kuō Academy Student Council President]

What the heck was going on here? Another Heiress to a family he had no idea about? Things were getting more and more confusing. He would [Observe] Sōna-kaichou later as she was around far more often than Rias Gremory.

"[Observe]" he whispered as he walked towards the two girls. He ignored the screen that popped up as he walked past, nodding politely to them as he passed. When he got to the boy's bathroom, he took a stall and locked it tight before having a look at it.

Name: Rias Gremory

Race: Pureblood Devil

Class: [King]

Level: 40| Next Level: ? EXP

Title: Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess/Heiress of the House of Gremory

HP: ?-?-?/?-?-?

MP: ?-?-?/?-?-?

STR: ?

STA: ?

DEX: ?

INT: ?

WIS: ?

LUK: ?

CHA: ?

LD: ?

Special Status: Pureblooded Devil (Passive) [+5 Attribute Points per Level, gains two points in stats for every AP spent], Devil Wings [Is allowed to fly], Joint Ruler of Kuō Town (Passive) [Has been bestowed with the duty of hunting Stray Devils in Kuō Town along with Sona Sitri], Devil's Temptation (Passive) [+20% to all [Charm] and [Persuade] actions.]

Perks: - Heiress of the House of Gremory

- Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess

- Seduction from the Darkness

Flaws: - Light-Bane

- Holy Weakness

- Cares Too Much

"What the fuck?" Issei breathed. Devil? Gremory-sempai was an actual devil? As in fire and brimstone from western mythology? What the hell was going on here?

Shaking his head, he looked at the stats. He couldn't see any numbers! Reaching out to press the question marks replacing the numbers in HP, a screen popped up at his touch.

This person is too high of a level for [Observe] to read their HP at its current level. Additionally, they are of a supernatural race with a high degree of skill in magic, which is interfering in the use of [Observe].

This made the brown-haired boy frown. His [Observe] was at Level 10 right now as he had been exhausting his MP every day for the last five days to get it up as high as he could get it in case of something like this and it still wasn't high enough?

'Lesson learned.' He mused with a shrug. Next time, he'd have it considerably higher.

Moving on to the Special Status, the [Devils Wings] one was obvious. Opening it up, he discovered that she could manifest her wings whenever she pleased using her 'demonic energy,' which was the devil's version of MP, he presumed.

[Pureblooded Devil] on the other hand was probably what it sounded like, but he didn't think Devils were concerned about bloodlines, so he clicked on it to see the details.

[Pureblooded Devil]

The bearer of this status is 100% Devil and has no non-Devil personages in his or her ancestry. This grants their Demonic Magic a bonus of 20% power with -15% DEP (Demonic Energy Points) cost to all spells. Additionally their body will naturally be far stronger than that of a human from a young age, starting off with a base count of 20 per physical stat. It also bestows the Flaws [Light-Bane] and [Holy Weakness], as well as the Perk [Seduction from the Darkness] and the Special Status [Devil's Temptation] upon the holder.

Issei had to silently whistle in amazement. Looks as if being a Devil seriously had its perks! The bonuses to their own brand of magic alone would be worth it, let alone the physical stat bonus! The [Devil's Temptation] was an application of the natural charm and persuasion abilities of devils.

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