Tohsaka Sakura cast a dark, lingering gaze at Tohsaka Rin, who was clearly angry but still hadn't sworn that she wouldn't compete with her for Father, then turned her head to look at Shion, who was bringing dishes over together with Gabriel and Vignette.
If Rin didn't swear, how could she trust her?
What if Rin ended up like Shion, not Father's real younger sister yet living in Father's house, calling out "Hachiman Nii-san, Hachiman Nii-san" all day long?
Noticing Tohsaka Sakura's scorching stare, Shion, who had just heard their conversation, flushed slightly and lowered her head awkwardly.
Actually, at the beginning, she also wanted to call him Father. At that time, she felt that Hachiman looked very much like her father before the accident, very dignified and dependable, giving her a sense of closeness like facing her own father.
She just didn't have the nerve to call him that in front of Komachi.
In the end, she chose to call him "brother" like Komachi did, only adding Hachiman Nii-san's name in front to distinguish it a bit.
"Rin, Sakura..."
Seeing her two younger sisters quarrel because of Hachiman, Tohsaka Touka felt a bit awkward. She wanted to say something, but didn't know what would be appropriate.
Yukinoshita Haruno sympathetically patted her best friend Tohsaka Touka on the shoulder.
Touka really had it hard. Having one younger sister was already a headache, let alone two.
Still, Touka's mother, Mrs. Tohsaka, had a much gentler personality. Although Haruno also really liked her own dignified and imposing mother, she couldn't help feeling a little envious.
"Sakura, you shouldn't fight with your sister. You have to listen to your sister."
Hachiman smiled as he watched the playful scuffle between the two sisters, the little devilish Tohsaka Sakura and the lively, cute Tohsaka Rin. He reached out and patted Sakura's little head, just about to call over the Kaede and Rin sisters, Rurikawa Tsubaki, Ichinose Ayano, Iris, and the others to chat together.
When he suddenly noticed a special magical fluctuation coming from the direction of the large bath that Komachi, Hanabishi Haruka, Mizukami Sayo, and the others had just gone to.
["Ding~"]
["Character quest triggered — The Sniped Magical Girl."]
["The goddess angel under the alias Suzune Rione, comes to the human world to secretly fight the demon race alone in order to protect the goddess and the divine realm. Feeling that she cannot manage alone, she decides to awaken another goddess angel."]
["Majima Yuuri, who wants to become a doctor and save lives, awakens as Angeltear. For the sake of her friends and the people important to her, and to protect the peace of the human world, she bravely fights."] [T/N: From 'Nerawareta Megami Tenshi Angeltia'.]
["However, Suzune Rione believes that Majima Yuuri is already mature enough to stand on her own, and decides that the two goddess angels will begin acting separately..."]
'Angeltear? A sniped goddess angel?'
'Do goddess angels count as magical girls too?'
Hearing the mission description from the system prompt, Hachiman was a little surprised.
He had thought that the sniped magical girl referred to Hanabishi Haruka and the others. He hadn't expected it to be talking about these two goddess angels, Suzune Rione and Majima Yuuri.
He knew the name Suzune Rione because she was a female teacher at Sobu High and even the advisor of the tennis club. He just hadn't had any contact with her yet, and it hadn't occurred to him before that Suzune Rione was a goddess angel.
"Hachiman, you noticed it too?"
Seeing the undisguised change in Hachiman's expression, Gabriel and Vignette, who were carrying dishes over with Shion, were not surprised.
Although they didn't know how Hachiman kept getting stronger, clearly doing things associated with falling yet making everyone around him return to normal, with things generally developing in a good direction aside from him liking to think about that sort of thing more often.
Still, no matter what, the transformation waves of a magical girl next door were so obvious that there was no way Hachiman wouldn't notice.
"So Haruka, Sayo, Kaoruko, and the others aren't ordinary people either."
Iris and Lala looked over curiously. Seeing that there was still plenty of space around Hachiman, they pulled Gabriel and Vignette over to sit on the sofas on both sides.
When Tenkawa Kaoruko, Mizukami Sayo, and the others weren't transformed, there really was nothing special about them. In daily life, these classmates of Komachi seemed just like ordinary people.
But once they transformed, the energy fluctuations around Tenkawa Kaoruko and Mizukami Sayo could no longer be hidden.
Although the aura felt different, and they had probably altered their appearance to hide their identities, with three special energy fluctuations suddenly appearing nearby, and the auras of Hanabishi Haruka and the other three girls suddenly disappearing, it wasn't hard to figure out their true identities.
"Vigne, do you demons have many people training in the human world? Can you freely use your power to do evil?"
Hachiman sat on the sofa holding Tohsaka Sakura, pondered for a moment, then looked at Vignette and asked.
When Hanabishi Haruka and the others transformed, he received the system's mission prompt about the goddess angels. That meant their sudden transformation and departure was very likely connected to the goddess angels.
If magical girls like Hanabishi Haruka and the others fought against evil organizations, then goddess angels fought against the demon race.
However, all he remembered was that Suzune Rione and Majima Yuuri were goddess angels who fought demon races that came to the human world to stir up chaos, and that because they were too kind, or foolish, they fell into a demon trap and ended up with tragic fates. He didn't know much about the original game story.
Could this demon race have something to do with the Underworld where Vignette came from?
"Demons? Training in the human world?"
Tohsaka Sakura, who was sitting in Hachiman's arms, as well as Tohsaka Touka, Yukinoshita Haruno, and Tohsaka Rin beside them, all looked at Hachiman, Gabriel, and Vignette with great confusion. It sounded like they had just heard something incredible.
"Like the Celestial Realm where Gabi comes from, there aren't many demons from the Underworld who come to the human world to train. However, beings with similar names from other worlds might come to this world."
Seeing that there were still many ordinary people around, Vignette originally planned to pull Hachiman aside to talk.
But then she thought that all the girls around him were close to Hachiman, and that they had even accepted the identities of elf princesses and mermaid divas from other worlds. There was no need to keep hiding her identity as a demon anymore, so she simply spoke frankly.
This wasn't some unspeakable taboo. It was just that when they came to the human world to train, they generally had to avoid using their powers as much as possible so as not to interfere with the world's rules and order. That was why they didn't easily reveal their identities.
"Yeah. This world connects to many other worlds. If we just say 'demon race,' even we can't tell which demon race it is. After all, there are plenty of beings in other worlds called demons or angels."
Seeing Vignette reveal their identities, Gabriel thought about how inconvenient it was to keep hiding when they lived together all the time, and also explained.
"For example, the other world Iris comes from has things like a demon realm and demon races. The vampire Tsukishiro Sayo comes from a demon realm in another world."
"But this world doesn't have magical power floating freely in the air. Creatures that fight using magic power are greatly weakened here. Every bit of magic power used is permanently lost, making them very easy to kill. Under normal circumstances, no demon race would want to come to this world, unless it's someone like Tsukishiro Sayo who likes the culture here and comes over to study and have fun, living only in safe areas and not running around recklessly."
"As for the rest, it's possible that demon races from other worlds sneak over because of the rich desire energy here. But demons from other worlds aren't demons of the Underworld. Unless demons from Vignette's Underworld also interfere in mortal affairs, those cases are usually handled by goddess figures or heroes who chase them here from other worlds, or by local shrine maidens and exorcists."
As she spoke, Gabriel's gaze toward Hachiman grew more and more complicated.
Why had she been so worried when she discovered Hachiman's fall? Because even if Vignette didn't make a move on him, the desire energy unleashed by Hachiman's fall could easily lure demon races from other worlds.
The stronger one's life energy, the stronger the desire energy that erupts after falling, and the easier it is to be targeted by demon races that want to use desire energy to grow stronger.
Yet after she and Vignette watched Hachiman day and night for a long time, they realized that this rule seemed not to apply to him at all.
Clearly, these were behaviors that should have caused falling and bursts of desire energy. But around Hachiman, the girls' pressure, worries, jealousy, and other negative emotions seemed to be purified, with not a trace of negative desire energy after falling.
Logically, even if Hachiman could sacrifice himself to eliminate those girls' negative energy, his own life energy should have grown weaker and weaker.
But in reality, Hachiman's life energy kept growing stronger. He could not only support elves, merfolk, dragonkind, succubi with great needs, but also take on commissions, solve the troubles of various problem girls, and help girls in sports clubs relieve their stress.
Judging by Hachiman's growth rate, in some sense, he was even stronger than angels like them. After all, they were here to train and couldn't freely use their powers to rashly interfere with the human world's own order.
Although none of these reasons were the real reason why she and Vignette had been dragged in by Iris to personally experience and study why Hachiman's life energy kept growing stronger.
Gabriel and Vignette exchanged a knowing look. The two of them simultaneously showed helpless, awkward smiles.
They really, really wanted to settle accounts with the culprit, Raphiel. They strongly suspected that Raphiel had thought of this from the very beginning, which was why she had kept egging them on to get closer to Hachiman and spy on his fallen behavior.
But to drag Raphiel into the same mess and make her deeply experience what they had tasted, they would have to hold Raphiel down together to keep her from escaping. One person alone couldn't restrain Raphiel. It had to be two.
That was also why they had always wanted to settle accounts with Raphiel, yet hadn't gone chasing her everywhere. They were worried about dealing eight hundred damage to the enemy at the cost of a thousand to themselves.
Vignette worried that Gabriel and Raphiel, two angels, might gang up on her, a demon. Gabriel also worried that Vignette might be bewitched by Raphiel.
If they dragged Raphiel down, and Raphiel flipped one of them to protect herself, then neither of them would be able to break free from the pressure of the other two.
"So angels and demons really exist in this world?"
Yukinoshita Haruno, Tohsaka Touka, and the others didn't know about the special relationship between Vignette, Gabriel, and Hachiman. Hearing them talk about angels and demons for the first time, shock was plain in their eyes.
They had thought that beings like elf princesses were already the highest-status existences here. They hadn't expected angels like Gabriel and demons like Vignette to be the ones with the highest status and power.
Even angels and demons had joined Hikigaya-kun's Service Club.
At that moment, Yukinoshita Haruno made up her mind. She would definitely develop the Service Club properly and let Hikigaya-kun see the sincerity of the Yukinoshita family. Even if her mother didn't support her, she would still give it her all.
The Yukinoshita family didn't have many people, and they didn't have talents who had awakened magical abilities, so they couldn't participate in the government's secret scientific magic projects. In a world where more and more supernatural forces were emerging, the Yukinoshita family had no future.
But now things were different. Hikigaya-kun was the future of the Yukinoshita family. As long as they seized the opportunity he provided, the Yukinoshita family might not be inferior to those major conglomerate families with descendants who had magical talent. They might even be stronger!
"So they're not demons from Vignette's world... that's good. Then their battle shouldn't be too dangerous... I'll go take a look. Iris, you all wait here for me."
Hachiman didn't notice the shocked expressions of Yukinoshita Haruno and the others. After listening to Gabriel and Vignette's explanation, he nodded thoughtfully, said a word to Iris and the others, and used the mission teleport to head over.
The Celestial Realm and Underworld where Gabriel and Vignette came from seemed to be quite high-tier powers. In such a chaotic world, they still dared to send these little angels and little demons over to train.
Since it wasn't an Underworld demon, there shouldn't be any problem. He could handle it on his own.
And even if it really were an Underworld demon, with Gabriel and Vignette watching, there probably wouldn't be any big issues. After all, Gabriel's older sister, Gaeul, was the strongest sister-loving peeping maniac.
"Okay, Club President, don't worry. We'll keep an eye on the house."
"Huh? It seems like there's another one? Are all of Komachi's classmates not ordinary people?"
Iris and Lala suddenly turned their heads toward the direction of the large bath again, blinking in confusion.
If they remembered correctly, there were four of Komachi's classmates who went to bathe with her. Now they'd all run off, leaving only Komachi soaking there alone?
Looking around, Iris saw that the girls fluttering about nearby were basically all their own people. Even Yotsuya Miko and the others, who hadn't joined yet, were facing threats from vengeful spirits and would sooner or later ask the Club President for protective charms and become their own people.
She pondered for a moment, then proposed an idea that felt quite interesting to Gabriel.
"Gabriel, could you project the live situation over there with Hanabishi Haruka and the others onto this screen? Split the screen into two sections. Put the newly transformed Hiiragi Utena on the other side."
"Huh? Project their live situation onto the big screen?"
Gabriel froze, then looked at the gigantic screen occupying most of the wall at the front of the living room, eyes widening.
She had been wondering why there was such a huge screen in the living room. Watching TV while eating and chatting didn't really require something that big for everyone to watch together. The living room was so large that it would make more sense to have several screens, since not everyone liked watching the same things anyway.
Turns out she'd been wrong. This big screen that let everyone lounge comfortably on the sofas wasn't for watching TV.
"Hehe. If you don't want to project it, Gabriel, then I'll have Maid Shion bring out the recording from last time. Aegis, please make a trip."
Seeing Gabriel hesitate, Iris smiled and didn't force her. She gestured for Aegis to go call the maid Maid Shion.
"Yes."
Aegis glanced at Gabriel, who seemed stunned, then replied with a flushed face.
Was she really going to show it? Actually, Gabriel didn't appear much in the recording. Most of the footage was of them instead.
After all, the last event at the Rurikawa residence had been an Elf Forest–themed cosplay. Gabriel, who played an angel, and Vignette, who played a demon, didn't have many scenes. The real stars were her and Leticia and the others, dressed in various distinctive elf outfits.
"Wait! Aegis, don't go get Maid Shion. I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Realizing what the so-called recording referred to, Gabriel hurriedly stopped Aegis. With her little face flushed red, she used divine magic to project the live scene of Hanabishi Haruka and the others onto the big screen on the wall.
Although she and Vignette hadn't had many embarrassing scenes last time, and even fewer in the recording, at most there were shots of her and Vignette covering their eyes to block the camera.
Still, she wasn't shameless like Iris. Showing that kind of thing on a big screen would be mortifying to the point of exploding, okay!
"Vignette, put the newly transformed little one on the back screen."
Seeing Gabriel give in, Iris smiled sweetly at Vignette.
"..."
Vignette bit her lip with a red face, said nothing, and directly showed her stance through action.
"What's that on the big screen? Magical girls?"
"Huh, that kid, is she called Hiiragi Utena?"
"Didn't expect her to seem so shy normally, but actually be that bold."
["Ahem! Hello everyone. I'll now be broadcasting and explaining the on-site situation."]
Seeing everyone puzzled by the sudden images on the big screen, Iris stood up in front of it, used magic to amplify her voice, and began explaining with a smile.
"These three magical girls here are Hanabishi Haruka, Mizukami Sayo, and Tenkawa Kaoruko. The one with the more revealing outfit is Hiiragi Utena."
"This should be the special outfit they use when exercising their powers. Under normal circumstances, it's concealed by magic, so you can't see their true appearance."
"Only someone whose power is far stronger than theirs can directly see through the essence of their power."
"They're flying very fast and have quickly reached the battlefield. It seems there's another magical girl already fighting at the scene."
"And our Club President has already teleported to the scene. He's currently... This magical girl actually did something like this to our Club President?"
Seeing that what was on the big screen was not suitable for children, Tohsaka Touka hurriedly covered Tohsaka Rin's and Tohsaka Sakura's eyes.
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