Harem Daily Life in High School DxD

"Tell me, where is this thing ranked again? Fourth?"

Kuroba looked at Azazel with a suspicious gaze.

"Don't look at me, I didn't rank them, but one thing is certain: the previous tests showed that Diodora didn't have that much magic power. As for whether he was hiding his true strength or had other plans, we have no way of knowing."

Azazel casually remarked, adopting an indifferent attitude.

"Indeed... Diodora didn't have that much magic power before..."

Rias solemnly agreed with Azazel's statement.

As Rias confirmed this, Kuroba's brows furrowed.

Did he suddenly become so strong?

For some reason, Kuroba had a strange feeling in his heart, a feeling that involuntarily overlapped with the irritation he felt when he saw Diodora again on the platform.

Chapter 169 Valie's Pickup Line

The competition was scheduled for five days from now. Although she had some doubts, she still had to go on with her daily routine, since Rias had certain targets that her familiars needed to meet.

Over this period of time, Kuroba has accumulated a certain number of regular customers, and he has been extremely busy for a short period of time.

What puzzled Kuroba was that, apart from Yuno and Azazel whom he had just met, all of these regular customers were men.

People would either discuss games or chat about comics with him, and some even invited him over to ask for advice on which girl would be the most suitable to pursue.

After finishing his mission, Kuroba ran back to school. Lately, he has been using his legs as his only means of transportation. After his experience in the underworld, Kuroba has been training his body constantly, hoping to maximize the amount of magic power within him.

"Ugh..."

Arriving at the riverbank, Kuroba felt quite comfortable under the night breeze and decided to rest for a while.

But he had only been sitting down for a short while when a faint voice came from behind him.

"You seem to be in quite a good mood."

The sound suddenly rang out, and upon hearing it, Kuroba felt the hairs on his body stand on end. He instinctively leaped forward, moving away from his original position.

After he regained his footing, he noticed that someone was standing in the spot where he had been standing; it was someone he knew.

“Walli…”

Today, instead of wearing the white dragon armor, she wore a pure white dress and a large straw hat, looking very relaxed. Her smooth silver hair fluttered in the breeze, and her bright blue eyes were still dazzling in the night.

Vali glanced at Kuroba, who was in a fighting stance, and gave him a complicated look. Her hands behind her back tightened involuntarily, and then a slight smile appeared on her face.

"Is there any need to be so wary of me?"

Seeing Vali's casual expression, Kuroba relaxed slightly, but still remained somewhat wary.

"I really can't think of any reason why I wouldn't be on guard if you suddenly appeared."

Vali sensed the surging magic power within Black Feather's body, and her expression became somewhat amused.

"Looks like you've gotten a lot stronger, but I have no interest in fighting you right now."

Valee's attitude struck Kuroba as odd, but seeing that Valee clearly had no intention of fighting, Kuroba asked her in confusion.

"Then what are you doing here? I don't think you just wandered here for no reason. The three parties are tracking you down, you don't have that much free time."

Vali clearly didn't take the encirclement that Kuroba mentioned seriously, which was understandable, since her presence here at this moment was the best proof of that.

"You're going to have a ranking game, right? Your opponent is the successor of the Astari family?"

It was news from the Underworld, yet Vali knew it all... This made Kuroba a little apprehensive.

"how do you know?"

Although Kuroba knew this question was a bit idiotic, it would be good to get some clues.

Sure enough, as soon as she said that, Vali gave her a look as if she were an idiot, and then she laughed very rudely.

Do you think I'll answer that question you asked?

Vali seemed to be laughing very happily, and even wiped the corner of her eye with her finger. What, she even laughed until tears came out?

Kuroba waited helplessly for Vali to finish laughing before speaking.

"Is there really a problem, as you say?"

Whether it was because what Kuroba said was genuinely funny, or for some other reason, Vali's smile didn't fade at all. She shrugged cutely and said...

"You must have already witnessed the battle between the Astartes family and the Grand Duchess. The power displayed by the successor of the Astartes family head was rather strange, wasn't it?"

Valee's words silenced Kuroba.

As Vali had said, Diodora's power had increased dramatically during the match, even to the point of overwhelming Siegvira's side. This strength was strange, since he had only ever seen such power from Seraug. But Seraug was the leader of the new generation, and such an existence could only be a coincidence. It would be very strange if a second person, especially someone who had always been inconspicuous, suddenly rose to prominence.

Vali didn't take it seriously when she saw Kuroba deep in thought.

"Anyway, those high-ranking demons definitely won't listen to what I say. I'm just giving you some advice as a future formidable enemy. Whether you listen or not is up to you."

Vali stretched and turned to leave.

"Wait, do you know something?"

Seeing that Vali looked like she was about to leave, Kuroba quickly spoke up to dissuade her.

Vali turned her head slightly to look at Kuroba.

"What do you think? Or should I remind you that you've done more than enough? I'd like to take advantage of the mall being open to browse around a bit more. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

For some reason, Kuroba felt there was a chance to obtain more information.

He didn't know what possessed him, but he shamelessly walked up to Vali's side.

"I'm actually hungry too, how about I treat you to something to eat? Then we can exchange some information?"

"?"

Vali glanced at Kuroba with amusement. Kuroba had already prepared herself for rejection, but Vali spoke up in a crisp voice.

"Did you bring enough money?"

"Uh..."

Kuroba reached into his pocket.

"reluctantly...?"

"Let's go then. I'll tell you how much you want to eat, it all depends on your sincerity."

After saying that, Valerie turned around and walked away with her hands behind her back without looking back.

Kuroba looked at Vali with surprise, feeling somewhat incredulous, but he still followed her and accompanied her towards the bustling area.

The two walked side by side without speaking, but their inner selves were far from calm.

The two dragons, who had long been sworn enemies, secretly communicated by using some special method to shield themselves from Kuroba and Vali's senses.

"Dreig... something feels off?"

Albion hesitated for a moment before speaking first.

"My silly boy has absolutely no memory of what happened last time, and your little girl..."

Albion sighed after hearing Draig's reply.

"She has her own ideas, and I'm just respecting them, but what if... I mean, what if... it actually comes true? That would be quite a novel thing, wouldn't it?"

Draig smiled dismissively upon hearing this.

"Tch... It's nothing new. My silly boy also beat your girl, which proves I'm still better than you, you understand?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're definitely saying the opposite, you believe me?"

Who would have thought... that two dragons, practically living fossils, would bicker like children inside the bodies of two people?

Chapter 170 Was Vali tricked?

Kuroba felt uneasy, puzzled by Vali's attitude towards his arch-enemy. All the previous open and covert struggles and battles had filled him with hostility and wariness towards Vali.

However, Valee now showed no hostility. Instead, she kindly warned him of the danger and agreed to his request to go to the mall for a meal together. Kuroba grew increasingly confused. Despite Valee's completely different demeanor, he still couldn't easily trust her.

"I know the question is a bit silly, but I still want to ask why you agreed to my request?"

Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Kuroba asked.

Vali glanced at Kuroba with amusement upon hearing this.

"You know you're being idiotic, do you think I'd even reply? If you really want an answer, just assume I'm in a good mood today..."

This vague answer did nothing to satisfy Kuroba's curiosity; in fact, it only made him more confused.

However, Vali seemed to enjoy this feeling very much. She ignored Kuroba and took him directly to the food street in the bustling area.

Kuroba had been to this food street before, but he was clearly not as familiar with it as Valigo.

Vali led the way, guiding Kuroha through the streets and alleys until they arrived at a taiyaki stall.

"Ah... thankfully they haven't closed up shop yet."

Vali said to the boss with a smile.

"Oh, little girl, it's you. You're lucky, we're about to close up shop."

"Really? Then I'm quite lucky."

Vali chatted with the boss with a smile. If Kuroba didn't know her identity, he would really think she was just an ordinary girl.

At this moment, the boss noticed the black feather behind Valee and couldn't help but look at Valee with a teasing expression.

"Oh, you brought your boyfriend today? Same as always, two servings?"

Vali paused for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and nodded.

"Okay, please, boss."

There was neither denial nor admission.

This made Kuroba behind him look at him with a strange expression.

Soon, Vali received the taiyaki from the shopkeeper. Holding a hot taiyaki in one hand, she turned to look at the dumbfounded Kuroba.