I was honestly at least half-prepared for what awaited me on the other side of the door.
"""Welcome back, Master!"""
Two women spoke cheerfully while a third spoke with a more gloomy, monotone voice.
I blinked, being mildly surprised at the sight of the three women dressed in maid outfits in the middle of the room.
They were lined up from shortest to tallest.
At one end was—
"How good to see you again, Haruto—oh—I mean 'Master'!" Mittelt teased.
I smiled. "You could say that again! I'm happy to see you again so soon, Mittelt! And—" I blinked at the third woman. "Wait…aren't you-?"
The tallest of the three women raised her head, winking at me. "Glad to see you recognize me, cutie."
The woman with the largest bust of the three was the one I recognized as the Fallen Angel Kalawarner.
"Erm…what are you doing here…?" I asked, trying to sound as polite as possible. The request I thought up for Mittelt to make to the Fallen Angel Governor only had to do with Raynare.
Speaking of Raynare, I saw her inbetween the two other Fallen Angels, a gloomy expression on her face, as if she's lost all pride and will to live.
"Well, Azazel-sama thought it would be best for some of us to come back with Ray-chan to keep an eye on her! So Kala-chan and I volunteered!" Mittelt explained.
Kalawarner posed. "Personally, this outfit just appealed to me." And the outfit she wore appealed to me too. A big-busted Onee-sama dressed in a maid's outfit… Best. Day. Ever. "And of course, if we misbehave, you always have this insurance policy." She gestured to a collar that I failed to notice before that was on the necks of her, Raynare, and Mittelt.
"Yep, If any of us misbehave and attempt to harm you or your friends—"
"...Boom…" Raynare finished in her gloomy tone.
Ah…
I kind of like this new Raynare.
"Hey, Haruto, remember when you said that what you had in mind for Raynare would make me feel better?" I saw Issei sitting on the couch next to Gremory-senpai. "You were right and so much more. This is great." He had a blissful smile on his face.
"Glad to see you made it on time, Namikaze-kun." I saw Sitri-senpai sitting on the couch opposite of Gremory-senpai. I noticed that the others were also here. We were all together again. I couldn't help a smile. "I see you've seen the Fallen Angel Governor's response to your proposal. As long as the Fallen Angels adhere to the terms of their probation which includes good behavior and, of course, obeying your whims, they will be allowed the chance to have their previous transgressions forgiven."
"All in all, this is totally worth it," Mittelt said. "Dohnaseek isn't here because he chose an alternative assignment."
Oh yeah. That fedora-guy was there too. Completely forgot about him…Oh well.
I looked around the room, confused.
"Hey… where's Sera-tan?"
There was an awkward silence in the room.
"What?"
Sitri-senpai frowned. "Nothing. We're just surprised you still call Onee-sama so casually even after you learned she was one of the four leaders of the Devils."
I shrugged. "Meh. It's not like anything changed between our relationship between today and yesterday. I was just surprised she was a Satan because she seems too cute and adorable to be an all-powerful leader of the Devils."
"Awwww, Haru-taaaaaan."
I raised my arms instinctively to catch a familiar weight in the form of a cosplaying girl who landed in my arms, wrapping her arms around my neck.
"You really are my most adorable Queen!"
I sweatdropped. Please don't call me that.
Then I realized something.
"Hey… where were you a few moments ago? I figured you would've reacted to my presence the moment I entered the room." I said in confusion.
Sera-tan giggled, sticking out her tongue.
"Onee-sama was moping in the corner." Sitri-senpai answered with no mercy. "I don't know why. She just saw the three Fallen Angels dressed in maid outfits and seemed to get depressed about something."
"Auuuuu! Don't listen to her, Haru-tan! Why are you so meeeeeeaaaaan, So-taaaaan?!" Sera-tan cried, hugging me tighter, pressing her breasts more firmly against my body.
I saw Issei shooting me an envy-filled look.
Aah. How good it feels to have everything back to normal.
"But to think my beautiful Haru-tan is actually the Hakuryuukou and Issei-chan is the Sekiryuutei."
Gremory-senpai nodded, a serious expression on her face. "Yes… I hope this doesn't create any complications between us due to our servants's respective roles, Leviathan-sama."
Sera-tan seemed to contemplate this. She seemed to not have been given any thought to the fact that Isseiband I were supposed to be "destined rivals".
Issei raised his fist. "No worries. Just because those other douchebags tried to kill each other, doesn't mean me and Haruto will do the same."
I grinned. "Yeah! Screw destiny! Issei and I will punch destiny right in the face! We're bros to the bitter end! There's no way we'd try to kill each other! I'd rather die than harm a friend… but I won't die because I'm the Queen of Serafall Leviathan! I gotta reach Ultimate-Class before I die! I'll prove myself worthy of my King!"
"Aw! Haru-tan's really the bestest Queen! Since I'll be staying for a while longer this time, I have to make up for all of the affection I didn't give him!" Sera-tan hugged me more tightly, giving me a soft kiss on the cheek. My face flushed red from embarrassment. Sera-tan made a sneaky expression."Ara ara, but maybe I shouldn't consider such naughty things in front of Asia-chan!"
I frowned.
Asia?
"H-Haruto-san…"
It was then that I finally took into account the cute bishoujou standing to the left of Issei.
"A-Asia!? W-When did you get here?!"
Asia sniffed, seeming hurt.
"Er…She's kind of been here the whole time, Haruto…" Issei said, smiling awkwardly.
Eh? I-Is she mad because I didn't notice her til now?
M-My bad.
"It has to be…L-Leviathan-sama is very beautiful, so even Haruto-san will also like her… No, no. I can't think like that! Oh, lord. Please forgive my sinful heart."
Asia made a prayer but she then screamed "Auu".
"I have a headache."
"Of course. If a Devil makes a prayer to God, of course you will receive damage." Gremory-senpai said.
My eyes widened. "Asia's a Devil?! When did that happen?!"
Gremory-senpai smiled softly. "Yes. I forgot to mention. I'd like you to welcome Asia Argento, my newest Bishop."
My eyes widened.
"Uu, that's right. I turned into a Devil…but I can't face God anymore."
Asia seemed a bit troubled. Asia, please don't make a sad face like that.
"Do you regret it?" Buchou asked.
Asia shook her head. "No, thank you very much. No matter what situation I am in, I'm happy as long as I am with Haruto-san." My face turned a deeper shade of pink. I tried to ignore the "Awww, Haru-tan's so cute when he's blushing" from Sera-tan.
Hearing that, Buchou smiled. "I see, then its okay. From today you will also be my servant, and I will make you work along with Issei."
"Yes! I will do my best!" Then Asia blushed. "A-And I'll definitely do my best to become an excellent wife to you, Haruto-san!"
"""What?"""
The rest of us stared wide-eyed at Asia's sudden announcement. Even Sitri-senpai seemed to lose her composure at that remark.
Asia placed her hands on the sides of her face, still blushing, her eyes closed as she reminisced. "When Haruto-san proposed to me in the park, it was so romantic. He asked for me to stay with him, together forever even though we had only just met, saying that I held a special place in his heart. I was shocked, but I was so happy when I agreed. I had never experienced such a feeling before."
My face started burning with embarrassment.
"E-E-EEEEEEEHHHHH!?" I couldn't form anything coherent.
"Ara ara, it looks like Haruto-kun's more vicious in his pursuits than I thought." Akeno-san teased.
E-Eh? N-No, it's not like that!
"Haruto, what is the meaning of this?"
"Auuuu! No fair! I wanted to marry Haru-tan along with So-tan! Then we could do all kinds of ecchi things together every single day! I could be yuri-yuri with So-tan while hugging and kissing Haru-tan!"
You too, Sitri-senpai!? Sera-tan?! And what's this about ecchi stuff?!
"...Pervert."
"What?! Uh oh! It looks like I have to hurry and charm Haruto with my body before he becomes too accustomed to a life of monogamy!"
"Well… he is a Devil."
Koneko-chan, Yuka, and Gremory-senpai spoke with disapproval, approval, and disapproval again respectively.
"H-Hold on a second!" I tried to get my grasp on what was happening all of a sudden.
"Wow! Haruto has enough skill with women to match that of a Fallen Angel!"
"I can really see why you're interested him him, Mittelt."
"..."
Shut up, Fallen Angels! Nobody asked you three!
I started panicking. "W-Wait! C-Can I just explain?! Issei, back me up!"
I turned towards my best friend who glared at me with pure killing intent.
"W-Wait it's not what it seems, I—!"
Asia suddenly grabbed my hands in her own, blushing as she looked into my eyes.
"I understand that Haruto-san is in a relationship with Ruruko-san." She seemed a little sad. "But I understand that Haruto-san is also a Devil who has much lust for other women and has desires to build harems. Thus, I will become the perfect housewife in order to care for Haruto-san, perfect enough that he will care for me most out of his girls!" Asia spoke with determination while tears formed in her eyes.
"...The worst."
"Absolute worst."
"Come oooon! It's not what it seems, guys!"
"You suck, Haruto!"
"I will definitely become the greatest woman for Haruto-san!"
"You better take responsibility for this, Namikaze-kun."
"I fully expect you to take care of my servant, Haruto-kun."
"Awww! Haru-tan's blushing again! So cuuuuute!"
Why is this happening to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?