When the bell sounded, announcing the end of classes, Reiji took a deep breath.

Surprisingly, Kanade's index had already reached the mark of 80. According to the system's assessment, if he invited her to have sexual relations, apparently she would seriously consider it...

Reiji pondered, intrigued, about Kanade's accessibility. 'Is she really that open to advances, or is it a crude assessment by the system, something like, even if she says no, she won't be upset to the point of stopping talking to me?'

However, that didn't seem to be the case. He noticed she kept her distance from other boys, although she was close to other girls, not showing such favoritism towards boys.

'Could it be, because of the system, the index increases much faster than normal?' He reflected.

Of course, there was also the decisive factor of having saved her from being harassed earlier, but was that really enough to spark so much interest in him from her?

It was hard to determine... Anyway, it wasn't a bad thing, so it was all good...

Now, he became curious... If a favorability index of 80 is already enough to make a girl consider having relations with him, what would happen if it exceeded 90 or even reached 100?

It was simply intriguing...

This piqued his interest, but he was not willing to go to extremes just to increase the favorability index of the girls he knew. Moreover, it seemed to work only with above-average girls; for example, even without interacting with Rias, she appeared in the system's favorability index, but so low it wasn't even worth mentioning.

Grabbing his backpack, he prepared to leave.

Seeing Rias leaving made him think for a moment about Issei Hyoudou.

Apparently, he does not study at this school, until then, Reiji had no information about Issei. At the school, there were only two infamous perverts instead of three; it seems he had never been at this school, no one seems to know about him.

Well, not that he cared much, but it would be interesting to know where and what the protagonist of DxD was doing...

Anyway, it's not worth worrying about something out of his control. Reiji, who was about to leave the classroom, was interrupted by a girl.

"M-Reiji-senpai!!"

"For you!" The girl, who was already bending towards him with both hands extended, was holding a pink letter with a red heart-shaped seal. She added without raising her head, "Please read it when you're alone."

When Reiji took the letter, the girl simply turned around, without raising her head, and ran off.

Reiji was somewhat surprised. It would be a lie to say that this didn't catch him off guard, especially since she seemed to be a Gal, but she showed so much embarrassment in handing the letter to him that she didn't even dare to look at him.

And, what made him think she was a Gal, would be mainly because of her pink hair with double tails. In fact, although she was at most 150 cm, which he highly doubted, maybe 145 cm? Well, that doesn't matter, what matters was that her breasts were practically the size of Kanade's, which suggested that although she was short, she must at least be around 15 years old.

Well, Reiji knew there were girls with early growth, but, would it reach this extent?

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Of course, another reason was the fact that she was wearing this school's uniform, which means she must be at least in the first year of high school, meaning she should be between 15 to 16 years old, if she's in the second year, maybe 17 years old depending on her birthday.

Besides, even without seeing the girl's face, he instantly knew she wasn't from his class, or any other girl from the next-door third-year class...

Well, even without being able to identify who it was, probably the girl's name would be in the letter.

Of course, what surprised him was that, despite such an event, the system didn't even offer options to choose. Well, maybe because the girl seemed like a hurricane, coming and going so quickly that there wasn't time.

'Mm... Let me see...' Driven by curiosity, he opened the favorability index system and saw an unknown girl: Nene Fujinoki, with 75 in the favorability index.

Although high, it wasn't enough to want to date him. So, why did she give him this love letter?

'By the way, I think I've heard that name somewhere before...' Reiji thought for a bit but couldn't remember.

Meanwhile, some students who hadn't left yet witnessed the whole scene and, in particular, cast glances towards Reiji's hand holding the letter.

One who had a particularly strange expression was Kanade.

'How troublesome... She should have done this in a more private place...' He thought, shrugging as he put the letter in his backpack: 'You know what? Whatever~'

Although it was a bit annoying to receive the looks from the class students, he decided to ignore them as he left the classroom.

"R-Reiji-kun, wait."

Outside, Kanade called out to him.

Stopping in his tracks and turning to look at her, Reiji asked, "Yes, Kanade-chan?"

Fidgeting her fingers, appearing a bit nervous, she lifted her head, looking into his eyes, and asked timidly, "We take the train home, right? Yeah, the same train, right? We also get off at the same station, right? So... Is it okay if we go home together?"

The way she spoke, and her somewhat clumsy, even a bit spoiled way of speaking, left him speechless. She looked very adorable to him at that moment. Smiling, he responded, "Of course, it's my honor to go with you, let's go together."

'My... My honor, he says...' Her purple eyes sparkled upon hearing his response, she then sighed in relief and surprise at what he said.

Joining him, she inevitably looked in the direction of Reiji's backpack. To say she wasn't concerned about Reiji receiving a love letter would be a lie; she was a bit anxious, but knew she wasn't that close to him yet nor did they have such a special relationship to be able to comment on it.

As the two began walking together, side by side, they formed a charming scene. Some students nearly twisted their necks to see them pass by.

'Do they think Reiji-kun and I are dating?' Kanade wondered. She herself didn't know how to feel about it, but one thing was certain: she didn't dislike the idea. In fact, she felt a bit happy and shy about the possibility of it happening.

As they left, perhaps because of the change in Reiji, even in his posture, many girls who were using their cellphones stopped to watch him pass, blushing as they looked at his attractive face and body, some even bold enough to take a picture of his side profile.

Many of these girls liked to act as if they were untouchable, but now they were all flustered because of Reiji's transformation – what did that mean?

Especially Kanade, who walked beside him. Before, she seemed not to like him very much, but now - that look in her eyes, her body language, and her expression seemed so attractive. Even a fool could tell she harbored feelings for Reiji!

This beautiful girl had never acted like this in school before, but now it was as if she was trying her best to catch Reiji's attention...

"What a bitch..." A low male voice was picked up by Reiji, who had sharp hearing.

When he looked for the source of the voice, he saw it came from Nishida, who harbored feelings for Kanade.

Nishida's mind seemed to be filled with anger; it was as if he had seen the world for what it truly was and witnessed the cruelty of fate.

'Heh, a coward who doesn't even dare to say it out loud,' Reiji thought disdainfully: 'Seems like the typical internet bully...'

"Did you say something, Nishida?" Reiji asked with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

Surprised and hearing his question, Nishida shivered. Until then, he thought he would go unnoticed and had spoken low enough for no one to hear him, or even if they did, they wouldn't know it was him who said it.

When Kanade looked in his direction, a look of disappointment appeared on her face. She had heard someone whisper 'bitch,' it was easy to deduce they were talking about her, but she hadn't imagined it would have been Nishida, whom she had a good impression of.

"N-No, I... I didn't say anything," he stammered, biting his tongue. In the end, he turned and left in a hurry.

As the old saying goes: "Those with a guilty conscience are afraid; those who are innocent have no fear." The fact that he stuttered and ran off right afterward was practically an admission of what he had said, just in a much more cowardly way of admitting it.

"Tsk, as expected of a coward," Reiji murmured with disdain.

"I'm okay, Reiji-kun, I don't care what he says." She held his arm, pulling him to continue walking. It seemed that all the good impressions she had of Nishida died at that moment when she said, "Let's go."

"Yes," Reiji agreed, unconcerned as he turned: "He's not worth it."

*Ding!* The system indicated that her favorability index towards him had increased.

Perhaps his words and action really cheered her up, for she let out a light laugh, and her index in relation to him increased by another five points.

Shaking his head gently, he smiled at her and his arm being pulled against her large breasts: "I don't mind if you want to keep holding my arm, but everyone's looking. Don't you mind?"

She looked around, noticing the curious glances, but then smiled more broadly, pressing his arm even more against her soft breasts, though she blushed quite a bit in the process: "As long as I'm with you, I don't care what others think," she replied confidently, before realizing that everyone was looking at her, which made her feel somewhat weird.

Okay, she admits it, okay? She couldn't completely ignore the looks around her; she was constantly blushing, especially now that she was certain that the murmurs were about them for her holding Reiji-kun's arm as they walked together. However, even aware of this, she didn't want to let go of holding his arm, which was strong and warm, giving her an indescribable sense of security.

It was the first time she held a man's arm, a completely new experience, and she had to admit she was enjoying it... Despite the various strange feelings she was experiencing at that moment.

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