Tsubaki is not a simple girl and Sona is cunning

"Hey Tsubaki!" Qin Tian greeted the girl with glasses enthusiastically.

Rias and Akeno naturally released the pinch on Qin Tian's face, they wondered what Sona wanted from this dog man?

By the way Qin Tian, aren't you too excited about Tsubaki's arrival?

The man's eyes practically lit up upon seeing Tsubaki's arrival, making them both annoyed and itching to pinch him harder.

"Hey Tian-kun... So, are you able to come?" Tsubaki asked with a slight blush on her cheeks from seeing Qin Tian looking at her excitedly.

Looking at the bespectacled girl standing still at the door with a blush on her face, Qin Tian couldn't help but smile.

[Tsubaki!]

The heroines out there started to get annoyed hearing the dog man keep calling the girl named Tsubaki excitedly like a girl.

What's so special about that girl named Tsubaki?

Why are you so excited about her?

"Of course, Tsubaki. I'm going to see Sona."

Qin Tian got up from the sofa, Rias and Akeno wanted to follow him. Qin Tian of course didn't mind, but he sighed as both of his hands were restrained by the two girls.

Tsubaki smiled wryly, she didn't say much and led the way to the student council room.

When Qin Tian and the others arrived at the student council room, there they saw Sona who was sitting drinking tea alone.

Seeing their arrival, Sona smiled and greeted them. "Thank you for accepting my invitation to come, Tian-kun. Please have a seat, you two too Rias, Akeno."

Qin Tian, Rias and Akeno nodded at Sona's words and sat on the empty seats. Meanwhile, Tsubaki went to another room to prepare tea.

"So Sona, what do you need from me? By the way I'm curious how you knew I was at Rias' club before?" Qin Tian asked curiously.

His arrival to this school was obviously unannounced, but Sona somehow knew and told Tsubaki to invite him to come to the student council room.

"That..."

Sona who was about to drink tea was stunned for a moment, the reason she knew of Qin Tian's arrival at the ORC earlier, of course it was because she heard his inner voice that seemed to be with Rias and Akeno.

That's why she assumed that Qin Tian was in the ORC at that time and immediately told Tsubaki to invite him to the student council room.

But she obviously couldn't tell the truth because the rules of this world prevented her from revealing inner voice to Qin Tian.

Sona was a little panicked, she naturally looked at Rias for help.

Rias sighed, she understood what Sona's gaze meant. In short, her best friend asked for her help to make a reasonable excuse.

"Tian, I secretly told Sona about your arrival earlier. So she knows." Rias said.

Qin Tian made an "Oh" face and nodded.

Sona let out a sigh of relief, her red-haired best friend was somehow more reliable these days.

If Rias knew what Sona thought of her now, she would have the urge to hit her best friend on the head. Was I so unreliable in the past?

On the other hand, Akeno who was sitting next to Qin Tian started doing something naughty. Her hand started to stroke Qin Tian's thigh so that the man's lips twitched.

Qin Tian wondered if Akeno was sexually frustrated? This girl was somehow getting more aggressive to seduce him at every turn.

But he didn't say anything about it and let Akeno continue her naughty actions.

Rias, who was sitting next to Qin Tian, of course realized what Akeno was doing, but she was too lazy to reprimand the perverted girl. It was only a matter of time for Akeno to join Qin Tian's harem anyway, so she could understand that the girl must be trying to seduce her boyfriend so that she could be accepted sooner.

Sona deliberately coughed and said. "That's Tian-kun, so after I heard of your arrival from Rias. I wanted to discuss something with you, actually I only wanted the two of us, but since Rias and Akeno also came with you... Well that's no problem either. I invited you here to play chess with me."

"Sona... Are you serious?" Rias asked with a surprised expression, she hadn't expected her best friend to do this. It made her feel complicated, but she wouldn't forbid Sona to do that.

"I'm serious. You don't mind, do you Rias?"

Seeing the serious expression with a slight blush on her best friend's cheeks, Rias sighed and smiled wryly. "Yes, you can do it. I don't mind sharing with you."

Sona smiled at her red-haired friend. "Thanks Rias."

"Ara ara." Akeno knew what Sona and Rias were talking about. She just smiled, it seemed she wasn't the only one in line for the dog man.

She glanced to the side just to see the confused face of the man in question. Now everyone was staring at Qin Tian.

Qin Tian made a puzzled expression on his face. "You called me here just to play chess with you, Sona?"

Sona nodded. "Yes, Tian-kun. I want to compete in a game of chess with you. You know how to play chess, right?"

"Yes, I can."

"Oh? That's great! Let's play. If you can beat me, you'll get a reward~" Sona smiled slyly, making Rias and Akeno stare at her in amazement.

It seemed that this girl wanted to pretend to be cool.

Do you really need to make such a sly smile?

"What reward?" Qin Tian asked innocently.

"It's a secret~ You have to beat me in a game of chess first before knowing it. And it won't be easy because I'm a Grandmaster in chess." Sona said with a serious expression, she was proud of her chess skills and wouldn't hold back, even if her opponent was Qin Tian.

But she hoped Qin Tian could beat her in chess, because that would fulfill her ulterior motive to...

What the girls don't know, Qin Tian actually knows what reward he gets if he beats Sona in a game of chess.

[I didn't expect Sona would be so cunning as to get me engaged to her using a game of chess.]

!!!

You know?!

Sona was surprised to hear his inner voice, the man really knew!

Rias and Akeno were also surprised to hear this.

No, it's actually natural that Qin Tian is know about Sona's special condition, after all that man knows a lot about the heroines in this world!

They just remembered about this!

Sona panicked, Qin Tian already knew about her plan... Will the man refuse because he doesn't want to get engaged to her?

"Here's the tea, please drink it." Tsubaki came with three cups of tea and placed them on the table.

"Thank you, Tsubaki." Qin Tian, Rias, and Akeno said simultaneously.

Tsubaki nodded politely with a smile on her face, she then sat next to her king who was currently looking panicked.

'Kaichou...'

Tsubaki sighed, she seemed to know what was going on here. Now everyone was looking at Qin Tian nervously, especially Sona whose plan had been uncovered before she could do so.

She was worried that Qin Tian wouldn't even bother to play chess with her after learning about her condition that the person who beat her in the chess game would become her fiancé.

This condition she had set up several years ago so that she could avoid political marriages in the underworld. Many of her suitors had challenged her in a game of chess, fortunately she had never lost once so she had no fiancé until now.

Now that she is interested in a man, she wants him to beat her in a game of chess in order to become her fiancé.

But she's not sure if Qin Tian is willing to play chess with her, especially after knowing the consequences of beating her.

Sona, Tsubaki, Rias, and Akeno. Their gazes were all now fixed on the only man in the room.

They were all waiting for his answer.

Dog man, what's your answer after knowing all that?

Will you refuse or...

"Alright Sona, I'll play chess with you." Qin Tian said innocently as if he didn't know about Sona's problem.

But from his inner voice, the heroines knew this rascal wouldn't refuse a beauty who gave him a chance.

[If I can beat Sona in a chess game, I'll get Sona. Why should I turn down a chance to get a pretty girl? Only a damn beta protagonist would turn down an opportunity like this! Whereas a destiny villain like me would feign ignorance and accept the opportunity without hesitation. As expected of me!]

Did you hear that?

The dog man was secretly proud in his heart.

The many heroes out there didn't know whether to laugh or mock the dog man.

Sona blushed to hear Qin Tian call her a beautiful girl in his heart, she was also relieved to hear that he didn't reject her, even after knowing everything!

Meanwhile Rias and Akeno's hands were already raised in the air and ready to pinch the dog man.

But who was that dog man? Qin Tian had of course learned a lot from his experience. So before receiving a pinch from the girls, he teleported to Tsubaki's side and dodged the attack that was about to hit him!

[Eits~ hahahaha! Want to pinch my handsome face again? Girls... I won't let you guys do it unless you guys beg me!]

"Tian, why are you dodging?!"

"Dog man, you shouldn't dodge! Let us pinch you!!!"

"You guys are unreasonable! Why are you guys so fond of suddenly pinching me? I haven't done anything wrong!"

Qin Tian hugged Tsubaki as if hiding from Rias and Akeno who got up from the chairs with itchy expressions on their faces.

[Those girls want to harass me!]

[Tsubaki, save me!]

Tsubaki again...

The heroines began to suspect that the girl named Tsubaki had a special position in the dog man's heart.

To be able to make the destiny villain ask her for help like that...

This Tsubaki is not a simple girl!

Tsubaki: "I'm just a slightly above average girl. I myself don't know why this villain is depending on me!"

Tsubaki blushed as she was hugged by Qin Tian, of all people, you came to me for protection?

Sona who was sitting on the other side of Tsubaki looked at the girl with jealousy in her eyes. Her crush hugged Tsubaki instead of her, making her wonder if her charm was inferior to Tsubaki?

She was definitely no less beautiful, except for the lack in the breast area... Tsubaki's breasts were bigger than hers.

'Tch! Are big breasts good? They're just a pile of fat!' Sona looked at Tsubaki's breasts with envy.

Rias and Akeno frowned at the sight of Qin Tian clinging to Tsubaki, making them jealous that the man had never done the same to them!

Especially Rias, as a girlfriend, why did she have to see her man hugging another girl to take refuge from her? This made her upset and sullen.

She felt the need to give Qin Tian a hard pinch. Otherwise, she wouldn't feel relieved.

Rias and Akeno walked over to Qin Tian with menacing smiles on their faces.

Qin Tian shuddered, those girls were really determined to harass him! He tightened his hug on Tsubaki.

Tsubaki's face was almost as red as Rias' hair, her heart pounding as she was overwhelmed by the man currently hugging her so tightly.

If it was any other man, she would have already slammed that man for daring to touch her carelessly. But that man was Qin Tian, she had tolerance for him because she was attracted to him.

She sighed to win herself over, she looked at Rias and Akeno before saying. "Um... Rias, Akeno. I feel like you guys are overreacting too much. Please stop bullying Tian-kun, okay?"

"...." Rias and Akeno froze, even Sona also froze hearing what Tsubaki said.

They stared at Tsubaki in disbelief.

Meanwhile Qin Tian looked at Tsubaki with a twinkle in his eye.

[As expected of Tsubaki~! So cool, beautiful and reliable! Hey~ my charm is indeed too much, is Tsubaki in love with me?]

Hearing the unreasonable narcissistic comment in his heart, Tsubaki looked at Qin Tian flatly.

It might be good to let Rias and Akeno continue what they want to do to this man.

"Eh? Tsubaki, why are you looking at me like that?" Qin Tian felt that something was wrong with the way Tsubaki was looking at him.

C-Could this girl really be in love with me?

Oh my... My charm is really scary!

But what happened next made Qin Tian...

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Author note

I know Qin Tian in this chapter is a bit disgusting and shameless, but please hold with it a bit.