Harem Hero

Rias and Mitsuru's Excellent Adventure - Part 1

Mitsuru was surprised to see a message from Rias, of all people, on her interdimensional phone. She was included in the default contact list; but that was mainly just in case they needed her for something. She was not the sociable sort. She had fraternised somewhat with Venelana but they mostly focused on business, even if Venelana had tried to tease her just as much as she did with you. It was a short and simple request to be summoned so they could talk about something. Mitsuru had no reason to decline the request. She reached across the table and inserted rias' card into the Sledgehammer, summoning her from the other world. She was still wearing her uniform. The look on her face spoke to a sense of shock that it had even worked. Mitsuru has always been so prickly with her.

"This is the first time you've ever visited me," Mitsuru noted. Never once did her eyes drift upwards from her work on the bench.

Rias rounded the table to get a closer look, "I like to think that we're friends. You were the one who introduced me to my fiancé after all."

"Hm. How did your 'meeting' go? I hope you didn't kill him."

Rias blushed, "We didn't do anything like that. It was a talk between club members. But he did bring something up that I thought was interesting."

"From the tone of your voice, it sounds like he made you promise not to tell me."

Rias shrugged, "I had my fingers crossed."

"Typical devil..."

"He said you were very concerned for his safety, asking him to become a devil."

Mitsuru sighed, "I thought you would have agreed. Doesn't he need to be a devil to marry you?"

"Not necessarily. Though the other clans would surely go white in the face at the prospect of a half-devil inheriting our house. He expressed some hesitation in becoming one, and I agreed. To make such a big decision so quickly doesn't seem right. He will become my Rook if he desires to be one."

"Just to clarify. I'm always worried about him. I wouldn't want my best friend to get hurt because I roped him into being a superhero for me."

Rias smirked, "Oh? But wouldn't you like to be more than just friends?"

"What are you talking about?"

Rias crossed her arms, "Be honest with yourself. You want to be his girlfriend too, but you feel that you don't have the confidence or anything to offer him versus girls like me."

Mitsuru rolled her eyes. Indeed – Rias was the type of girl that only a horny light novel author could invent. Huge, gravity defying honkers that looked fake but weren't, perfect curves, a big butt, and a pretty face that was completely flawless. Next to her, Mitsuru looked like a pimply teenage boy in glasses. Rias projected a bad self esteem field around her person at all times. As much as Mitsuru wished she was resistant to being envious, she was not.

She knew that it was possible to change these things. The full bounty of the infinite multiverse was on the doorstep – somewhere out there was a method to change her body to be better or more to her liking. Mitsuru didn't want to change herself in such a way, the real question was what you thought of her as she was.

"Hypothetically, if I were interested in being his girlfriend - that would be extremely embarrassing. I can't do the things that you do and seduce anyone."

"It is embarrassing," Rias insisted. All of her natural confidence and seductive wiles weren't really natural at all. It was something that had sprouted from years of being the apple of every devil's eye. She had learned to handle them with condescension, to misdirect their compliments and present herself as aloof. Rias hated going to devil parties and being beset on all sides by men looking for a bride.