The next day, Regulus packed his belongings and prepared to return to Kuoh Academy.
The vacation had ended, and he was now a second-year student at Kuoh Academy.
Originally, each major Devil family in the Underworld governed its own territory. The Lucifuge clan was no exception.
However, because Regulus's strength was too weak, Grayfia did not arrange for him to manage a region on his own.
Instead, she placed him at Kuoh Academy, which was under the jurisdiction of the Gremory and Sitri families.
This way, she could feel more at ease. After all, Regulus was the last male of the Lucifuge clan, and the revival of the house depended on him.
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At the gates of Kuoh Academy.
As usual, groups of youthful and beautiful girls arrived at school, chatting and laughing together.
The sound of their voices filled the academy with the vibrancy of youth.
Most importantly, there was not a single boy among them, except for him.
Because of Regulus's interference, Kuoh Academy had not become coeducational as in the original story and remained an all-girls school.
There was simply one extra presence: Regulus.
As for the original protagonist, Issei Hyoudou, since he had not transferred here, Regulus was unclear about his situation.
Perhaps he had already been killed by a Fallen Angel.
At some point, the girls who were laughing and chatting seemed to notice something.
They stopped in unison and turned their heads to look at Regulus.
"Wow! So handsome!"
"Which senpai is that…?"
"You must be a freshman who just enrolled this year. You don't even know Regulus-senpai!"
"Regulus-senpai is the only boy at Kuoh Academy. He's practically a male god!"
"And Regulus-senpai is also the president of our Kendo Club!"
Regulus's handsome face carried a faint smile, leaving the nearby girls who had stopped to stare at him in a daze.
Handsome and elegant, and also the president of the Kendo Club. It could be said that he was the Prince Charming of all the girls in the entire Kuoh Academy.
Hearing their discussion, Regulus showed no surprise and walked into the academy at a steady pace.
He had seen this scene countless times, so it was not worth paying attention to.
"Eh? Regulus-kohai!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out from ahead.
The crowd parted, and a girl appeared before Regulus.
Her hair was red, a crimson hue even more vivid than natural strawberry blonde, hair as red as fresh blood.
It was none other than the number one popular idol of Kuoh Academy, Rias Gremory. The words from just now had been spoken by her.
Beside Rias stood the second most popular idol of Kuoh Academy, Akeno Himejima, as well as the cutest idol, Koneko Toujou.
"Ohayo! Rias-senpai and Akeno-senpai! And Koneko-chan!"
Regulus smiled as he greeted the three girls.
As the popular female leads of High School DxD, how could Regulus not be familiar with them?
As early as his first year of high school, Regulus had already met Rias and the others, along with Sona from the Student Council.
Moreover, they shared a good relationship and were already friends.
"Ohayo! Regulus-kohai!"
Rias smiled as she greeted him.
She held a very favorable impression of this junior who, despite lacking talent, worked exceptionally hard.
And because of Regulus's indirect influence, Rias had not taken in the two Peerage members, Gasper Vladi and Yuuto Kiba.
Rias's Peerage still consisted of only Koneko Toujou and Akeno Himejima.
"Ohayo."
With her usual poker face, Koneko Toujou raised her hand and greeted Regulus.
"Ara, ara. Regulus-kohai always greets Rias first. Could it be that I'm not as important as Rias in your heart?"
Akeno Himejima put on a sorrowful expression and looked at Regulus with teary eyes.
She looked pitiful to the extreme.
Seeing this, Regulus felt a bit helpless. Akeno Himejima's acting skills were truly top-notch.
If Regulus had not spent an entire year with them already, Akeno's teary-eyed look would definitely have made his heart ache.
He had been teased like this during their very first meeting.
"Akeno-senpai is naturally very, very important in my heart."
Regulus looked at Akeno with an extremely serious expression as he spoke.
Hearing such a sincere answer, Akeno Himejima froze for a moment, then a faint blush spread across her face. Rias, standing nearby, pouted when she saw this.
"Is Regulus-kohai saying that I'm not as important as Akeno?"
She placed her hands on her hips and leaned forward, looking at Regulus while pretending to be angry.
Unknowingly, that movement revealed a glimpse of her curves, instantly catching the eye.
"Uh…"
Seeing Rias join in on the teasing as well, Regulus could not help but feel a headache coming on.
Rias, please don't let Akeno corrupt you, he sighed helplessly in his heart.
Seeing his troubled expression, Rias covered her mouth and chuckled softly. She had only been teasing her junior just now.
Of course, that was also because she held a favorable impression of him. She would not tease just anyone like that.
"Alright, class is about to start. Let's head inside."
Rias spoke as she took the lead and walked onto the campus.
Regulus followed after her. He was a second-year student in Class 1, while Rias and Akeno were third-years, and Koneko-chan was a first-year student. They were not headed in the same direction.
When Regulus arrived at the classroom door, several girls inside immediately greeted him with excitement.
"President, ohayo!"
"We haven't seen you all break, President. You've become even more handsome!"
"President, we haven't seen each other for the whole break. How about a hug?"
The girl speaking so boldly was named Kiryuu Aika, and her favorite pastime was discussing erotic topics.
At first, when she had just met Regulus, she had been very shy.
However, after getting to know him, all kinds of jokes began to spill from her mouth without a second thought.
She could often discuss topics boys were interested in with Regulus.
Yet in reality, she was still a very shy girl.
Beside Kiryuu Aika were Katase and Murayama, both of whom were also very beautiful girls and had quite a bit of presence in the original work. The three of them were all core members of the Kendo Club.