"And the two beside Rias are…" I motioned to the men next to Rias.
"Oh these are her father and brother." Akeno said while still looking at the scene, the two in question waving in response while looking at the sisters with a look that spoke of them used to the interactions.
...
"And you!" My chance to reply got interrupted when the girl in question pointed her wand at me. "How come you never join So-Tan's Peerage? You keep refusing her offers to join her group and be part of the Miracle Levia-tan!"
"... Miracle what?" I blinked as I tried to process what she was talking about.
"What, you have not heard about my show! That is unacceptable, you will see all of my shows, and after that you will join Sona's Peerage!" The girl declared with a serious expression that was marred with her current set of clothes.
"…" I looked at her before directing my eyes at the others while raising a finger. "Let me get this straight. This young lady is one of the four Maous who dresses in a magical girl costume, is the older sister of Sona Sitri and is bummed that I did not join her sister's group or the fact that I have heard nothing about her show?" Sona sighed as she palmed her face and nodded while Rias, her brother and her father looked sheepish at the acknowledgment and the others were looking on with big expressions of confusion.
Great.
I was only joking in my brain about the girl being the elder sister of Sona. That does not count as testing fate! Heck, why did she end up being the leader of the devils as well?!
Damn you, Zelretch.
With a sigh, I dismissed all the weapons around her and turned to face her. "Right then, in that case let's start over." I used my full height to my advantage and loomed above her, a part of me thinking with Archer's voice that I was somewhat enjoying the manner she was looking at me from down below with that cute pout. "My name is Shirou Emiya, a wandering human magus, current custodian of Excalibur and currently a student of Kuoh Academy. A pleasure to meet your acquaintance, Miss Serafall Leviathan." I bowed my head lightly to her while extending a hand.
"Hmm~ Okay!" Serafall nodded and took the hand offered. "I am Serafall Leviathan, one of the Four Maous who is in charge of public relations. But you can call me Levi-tan!"
… Now what would the others back home do?
Rin and Luvia would probably scoff at the idea and continue addressing her by her title.
Sakura would politely refuse or at least use her nickname with honorifics.
Zelretch would probably go along with the flow and just call her that while pulling a prank on her.
Some of the exorcists with more 'colourful' vocabulary would call her that with additional words which would certainly earn them a few hits in areas that would hurt the most.
The magus from Chicago would probably do the same as Zelretch, in fact I could see those two getting along, especially if he were a teenager again.
… You know what? I was not in the mood to be too polite, let's just get this over with.
"Very well then, if you allow me to call you that during informal occasions only." I smiled at her as I shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Levi-tan." With those words, her body suddenly stiffened, her eyes went wide, a blush appeared on her cheeks and her smile started getting wider.
And her body started to vibrate?
"Oh no! She is going to blow!" I turned to see Sona, Akeno, Rias, her brother and father scrambling for cover with panicked expressions while the others stared with flabbergasted expressions with a hint of fear. Before I could respond, Serafall decided to do the answering for me in a very loud voice.
"YEEAAAAHH! Finally someone called me Levi-tan! I am so happy!"
"Good Lord, My Ears!" Xenovia yelled while wincing and covering her ears. As for me who was right next to the excitable devil, my head was literally shaking from the volume and I was practically seeing double. Before I could recover, I felt arms around my neck and I started to spinning around the room with the girl in front of me.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" The twin-tailed girl kept thanking me while plastering her cheek to my face. "You are the first one to call me that in so long! No one has ever done that for me! Thank you so much!" I did not have time or the thought process to reply as my footing finally gave and I ended up hitting the ground on my back.
"Emiya-kun!" I barely heard Reya's and Meguri's concerned voices before I felt the arms around me tighten and my body being pulled by the head.
"Onee-sama, please let Emiya-kun go this instance!" Sona asked in a restrained manner as the student council girls attempted to make the 'Maou Shoujo' release her grip on me.
"No! I want to hang on to him more!" Serafall acted like a spoiled child and held on with a fair bit of strength in her arms, cutting off my air supply slightly and making me see stars for a while. Good Lord, this girl has a hell of a grip!
"The devils are trying to seduce Shirou Emiya to their side! We must save him!" My brain barely registered Xenovia's words when I felt my legs being pulled in the opposite position. And it was in that moment, I knew I was going to be dead in a manner of complete embarrassment.
"Let go of him, you heathens!" Xenovia and Irina pulled hard on my legs but the devils did not loosen their grip.
"Never!"
By the Root, somebody save me!
"What is going on here?!"
'PUK! PUA! PEK!"
"OWW!" All the girls involved in 'Tug-of-Emiya' released their hold on me and grabbed their heads. Taking a deep breath to relish the oxygen in my lungs, I blinked to find a calloused hand offered to me. Twisting my head lightly, I was surprised to find Kano looking back with a smirk.
"Need a hand, boy?" Grabbing my hand, he pulled me up and dusted my clothes. "Seriously, when I was told by some of the students that you are popular, I did not expect you to be the rope of some game between two groups of girls."
"In all fairness, this is not what I had in mind nor is it what I desired." I scratched the back of my head as I turned to find Kawako standing nearby with a famous ladle in her hand while lecturing the girls who were now in seiza position.
Where did she get that ladle from?
"Oh, then what is it you desired?" The smirk on Kano's face was so similar to Zelretch that I was tempted to check whether the Wizard Marshall was temporarily possessing the old man. My only response was to direct a flat expression at him, to which he chuckled rather loudly at the sight.
"Shirou Emiya, care to explain what is going on here?" Kawako interrupted our talking while pointing at the girls. "I do not believe these girls are in their right minds."
"Honestly, not a clue." I remarked as I winced from the pain in my neck. "I just called her by the nickname she wanted and the next thing I knew, I was about to see the Big Guy in a few seconds."
"I see, in that case." A glint appeared in her eyes as she directed them at the girls before her, their bodies trembling from the likely expression on her face. "One must give them proper lectures." At the sound of those words, me and the other males of the group turned to each other and nodded our heads as one.
Exit, Stage Left.
Before the others could react, all of us guys left the hall in time to avoid the doors somehow closing on us loudly and the petrified screams of the females rang through the quiet hallways.
By golly, that sounded like something for a psycho-killer flick.
"Right~ since my wife is going to be having a chat with them, let's get to know each other our own way." Kano dispelled the mood with a smile and a hand held out to the others. "My name is Takahashi Kano, boss of a small café downtown and this young man here. Please to meet your acquaintance."
"Likewise, my name is Sirzechs Gremory." The younger of the two crimson-haired males took the hand with a smile. "This is mine and Rias's father, Zeoticus."
"Saji Genshirou." The boy replied while looking at the doors with an uncertain expression.
"Kiba Yuuto." The knight bowed his head lightly while shaking his hand.
"Hyoudou Issei." The other boy introduced himself only to be treated with a curious expression from Kano who looked at him for a moment before pointing a thumb at him while asking me. "Isn't this the kid who apparently fell from the ceiling of the Kendo Club with panties worn over his head?"
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