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"I understand."
Anos smiled... The moment Serafall rushed toward Sona, he stepped in front of her.
At a time like this, he could not simply stand aside and do nothing.
Anos reached out and very accurately caught Serafall by the waist in midair.
Then, with a little force from both hands, he fixed Serafall in place in front of him.
With this, Sona behind him should be safe.
"Ah! Anos-chan, what are you doing? Do not interfere with me getting close to my precious Sona!"
Because she had failed to hug her beloved Sona, Magical Girl Serafall was slightly angry.
She was currently being restrained by someone else, so what she had to do was simple.
Break free from this man's restraint, then go find Sona-chan.
However, things clearly could not develop the way she expected.
A faint golden light flickered in Anos's eyes as he began a contest of strength with Serafall.
He had not forgotten that there was still a silver treasure chest on Serafall.
Of course, it was basically impossible to forget.
When Serafall ran toward him, the silver light above her head had been far too conspicuous.
"You... how is your strength this great?"
Serafall widened her eyes. Her rose-colored pupils were filled with disbelief.
She knew Anos was powerful, but as a Sacred Gear user, should he not only be powerful when he was using his Sacred Gear?
She had clearly already used seventy percent of her strength, yet there was still no sign that she could break free.
In reality, if he relied only on pure physical strength, Anos might not necessarily be able to overpower Serafall, who stood at the peak of Satan-class.
But who told him he also had Savior Star Dragon?
"Perhaps Sona gave me strength."
Anos replied with a smile.
He had to admit, Serafall's figure was quite good.
He could clearly feel that her body had been trained, yet it did not lose any softness. It was like a piece of warm jade.
In the Devil High School world, girls like Koneko were the rare type instead.
Anos could not help thinking that.
However, whether it was Ophis or a pure loli type like Koneko, both seemed to have mature forms in the later stages.
Ophis created hers herself, while Koneko would naturally grow into hers.
Hearing Anos's words, Serafall froze for a moment, then showed an extremely dissatisfied expression.
What did he mean, Sona-chan gave him strength?
That was clearly just his own imagination going too far.
"Serafall, do you not think Sona has already grown up? If you, as her older sister, keep clinging to her like this, is that not a kind of harm to her?"
Anos narrowed his eyes as he spoke.
Those words made Sona, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, tense again.
It was not that she disagreed with Anos. After all, her sister's excessive doting truly had affected her life somewhat.
It was just that she knew what those words meant to her sister.
"You are an outsider. What do you know about Sona and me?"
Serafall's tone grew slightly colder.
He could say anything about her.
But this man had touched the one place she absolutely did not want touched.
He was trying to drive a wedge between her and Sona-chan.
Of course, in her eyes, it was driving a wedge. In Anos's eyes, he was merely stating the facts.
"I may know what happened, or I may not. But compared to what happened in the past, the present is more important, is it not?"
Anos shook his head.
Perhaps only he would say such things to Serafall for Sona's sake.
Although he knew Serafall was unreasonable when it came to Sona, it was still necessary to lay out the truth first.
"Before we discuss these things, you need to understand something. This is Kuoh Academy. Today is Kuoh Academy's Parent Observation Day. I am the student council president of Kuoh Academy."
Anos's voice lowered slightly.
Some things would never reach a result if spoken in a joking tone.
"So may I ask, Lord Serafall, what identity are you using to come here?"
"The identity of a Satan? Or the identity of Sona's older sister?"
"If you are here as Sona's older sister, I hope you can follow the handbook distributed before Parent Observation Day and obey the school rules."
"That way, you will not cause trouble for me, nor will you cause trouble for Sona."
"If you are here as a Satan..."
"Then I can only respond using the identity of a hero. After all, only then would we have room to talk, right?"
Although Anos was smiling, Sona could no longer feel his usual warmth.
All she could feel was the pressure emanating from him.
It was not directed at her, but at her sister.
Although she knew Anos was strong, she had not expected him to directly say such things in front of her sister.
And it seemed Anos might even do more after this, which made Sona's feelings even more complicated.
"So, which identity will you choose? Sona's older sister, a Satan, or both?"
At such an extremely close distance, Anos asked softly beside Serafall's ear.
"From what you are saying, it sounds like you think Sona no longer needs me."
After several seconds of silence, Serafall finally spoke.
This time, her tone was no longer as lively as before.
"It is not that she does not need you. She simply does not need your excessive doting."
Anos did not speak too absolutely, because he did not actually intend to get angry over this matter. He was merely laying out the objective facts.
"Then what exactly is freedom? Are you saying Sona is not free now?"
Serafall retorted.
"If she hides behind me the moment she sees you, I do not think that can be called freedom."
Anos spoke calmly.
"..."
Serafall fell silent.
Sona...
Did Sona truly hate her?
"Um, Sister, what Anos said is not really that serious. As long as you hold back a little, it will be fine."
Seeing Serafall fall into depression, Sona spoke to comfort her.
Anos really was too strong. He had directly broken through her sister's defenses with words alone.
But she could not blame Anos, because what Anos said was also something she had always wanted to say.
There was no other way. She had to comfort her sister first.
If her sister became angry and lost control, it would be a disaster.
Buildings could be repaired, but if people died, they would truly be gone.
What Sona did not know was that since Anos had the intention of provoking Serafall, he naturally had a way to deal with the result.
The Queen of the Underworld basically shared the position of strongest female devil with Serafall.
The Queen of the Underworld had been made to lie there for an entire night, so what about Serafall?
"In my view, is there not already a very good solution?"
Suddenly, a gentle voice came from behind the two of them.
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