The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

406: The Devil's Dessert (1)**

Chapter 406: The Devil's Dessert (1)**

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Tsubaki Shinra was worried. Her King, the Student Council President, was dozing off. It wasn't like her, whatever happened in that meeting between her, Rias, and that new Sensei had Sona out of her psyche.

Tsubaki wondered what she could do for her King while sitting with an intent frown on her face. While sitting on the couch that faced the window, she watched Sona who was sitting on the railing of the window. It was entirely too similar to what Rias had been doing just this morning.

It was around that time when Sona's phone rang with a notification. It was kept on the table in the far, and it wasn't the phone they used for the human world. It was a magical phone that only rang when somebody from the underworld tried to contact them.

Tsubaki quickly went to retrieve it, in the hope to give Sona something to focus on. She was surprised when she picked up the phone and realized that wasn't the only notification in the last hour. There were many others, and mostly they were DMs. Tsubaki wasn't in the room until a while ago, and Sona was too distracted to notice.

Something serious must be going on for there to be this many messages. She quickly walked to Sona and gently called her.

"Sona. There seems to be something going on in the underworld, you have a couple dozen messages."

Sona stopped looking at the moon, which she was doing while chewing on her lips and turned to Tsubaki. Tsubaki felt pain as she noticed her King's reddened lips. What was she thinking so intently about that she didn't care to bleed? Her expression had been one of confusion and hesitation this entire time, and only when she silently took the phone from Tsubaki did her expression change.

The moment the phone opened with her Face ID and she clicked the single link she had been sent by countless people, asking her details for what was going on, or if she even knew about it, Sona's expression took a turn. Her confused expression turned into a solemn frown until she looked as if she had been backstabbed.

That was a solid expression, and now it was Tsubaki's turn to be confused. Curious, she peeked into the phone and frowned.

"What?"

She asked out loud in surprise. Why was Serafall Leviathan, the Satan, out with their Sensei? Tsubaki knew their new Sensei was a strong dragon, but just being strong didn't mean one could just hang around with Satans.

Also, they seemed very... intimate. Neji's hands weren't exactly shy as they held around her abdomen.

Tsubaki was startled when Sona pulled the phone to herself and quickly started dialing a number. Sona's expression was once again that of confusion, Tsubaki assumed even Sona herself didn't know what she was feeling right now, why she was calling her sister right now.

Yet, she called and the phone rang. It was picked up in under two seconds.

["Hey, Sona-tan! How are-"]

"Sister, why are you with him?"

Tsubaki shivered at the tone of her King. It was filled with anger and disappointment, with a tint of sadness layered with a gasp of pure heartbreak.

Tsubaki could only stare wide-eyed, seeing her strong and serious King acting like the high school girl she was. Tsubaki could say nothing as the phone call was cut from the other side and an angry Sona crumbled it under her fist.

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Neji watched Serafall stay crouched down, hugging her knees as she stared down at the ground. He and Grayfia stayed silent for a minute, uncertain what to say, as the Satan girl continued mumbling something under her breath.