The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

411: Teacher-to-Teacher (1)

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Chapter 411: Teacher-to-Teacher (1)

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Hinata's performance was immaculate. The other members of the peerage rushed toward Akeno, while Rias herself rushed to Hinata. Neji let go of Akeno so that she could answer the inquiries of her friends, but he felt a tug from her, a resistance of not wanting to let her go.

'What's up with her recently?'

Neji wondered, freeing himself from her and walking toward Hinata. Akeno was giving him odd looks for a while, as if she wanted to ask him something, but there were always too many people around for her to come talk to him.

Neji supposed she will figure it out soon. He went to Hinata instead, who too looked worried about her opponent, but Rias was keeping her busy.

"You're unbelievably strong! What are your powers? How did you cancel that spell with your palm strike? Oh, what can your eyes do?"

Rias was busy asking Hinata this and that, and Neji would have been a little annoyed if he was in Hinata's shoes, but the girl didn't seem to mind herself. She answered all of the questions, though she omitted the details.

Neji decided to enter their conversation. "Take it easy with the questions, she isn't going anywhere. Though I admit time is limited on your hands."

My presence was finally noticed by Rias and Hinata as they both turned to me. Hinata opened her mouth to say something, but before she could do that, Rias threw herself on his body, hugging him.

"Thanks! You have no idea how big of a deal this is for me!" Rias pushed her chest against his, her voice filled with excitement. She buried her face on his chest and said in a low voice. "Will you be attending the Rating Game tomorrow?"

"I don't think my presence there is necessary?" Neji asked, not bothering to return the hug, and instead pushing her away.

Rias' tone earned a tint of pout. "Why are you being so cold about it? Just say it if you don't wanna go."

That made Neji smile a little. "I will go, don't worry. I can't let my cousin go unsupervised in the devil's territory, even if she is going to become one herself soon. On that note, when will you turn her? Do you have the Evil Pieces ready?"

He wanted to watch the process in person to get an understanding of how it worked. After all, he was going to destroy the piece from within Hinata later; he wasn't going to let her live as a devil for long. Neji was just letting Rias borrow Hinata, not literally giving her away, though he wasn't going to tell her that yet, there was no need.

"Oh, right. Soon. We can do it in a few minutes if you're busy?"

"I have classes, so sure. We can finish it quickly."

She scoffed. "Who cares about classes?"

He didn't say anything to that. Neji had a feeling this might be my last class, so he wanted to be present today. It had already been half an hour since school began, he needed to be quick.

"Fine, I will make the preparations first. See you soon, Hinata." Rias gave in and rushed away, going to talk with her peerage and leaving Neji off with Hinata.

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Neji and Hinata stood in silence for a moment, Neji leaning his back on a wall as the both of them faced the kids planning things with the help of Grayfia.

At one point, Hinata cleared her throat and spoke. "Did I... do well?"

"I had to intervene, what do you think?"