章 53: Chapter 53

"Sorry dear, but your reactions are way too cute for me and probably for Haru-chan too."

"Mou, mom, I'm an adult, how can you tease me like that in front of a friend and you Haru-kun, I'm angry at you for plotting this attack on me !*Hump*"

I could only smile at her words. While I don't normally like to tease people at random, I enjoy teasing my friends and girlfriends and now that I think about it, I have more girlfriends than friends… I don't know if I should proud or ashamed of myself.

Ten minutes later, both of them remembered that I was still there and they stop arguing with each other about teasing Serafall.

Immediately after that, Serafall took my hand and quickly brought me to another room where she knocked on the door.

The first time she knocked on the door, no one responded from the other side of the door with the second time she knocked, the door opened and we were greeted by a smaller version of Sona.

"Onee-sama, what can I do for you?"

"So-tan, I want you to meet my friend Haru-chan."

"Nice to meet you Haru-san, my name is Sona Sitri as my older sister may have already told you. I don't know if she told you about my queen, Tsubaki Shinra.

Immediately after she introduced herself and her queen, I approach them and kissed their hands before I introduced myself, at the same making the two maidens blush at the sudden interaction with the opposite gender.

"The pleasure is all mines. As my dear friend has said, my name is Yoshida Haru, a humble bar owner and at the same time a charming fellow with quite a lot of problems on his head."

"Yoshida-san, that's surely a unique way of introducing yourself."

"You sure a strange yet as you have said a charming fellow, Yoshida-sama. Though, if I could ask you to satiate my curiosity, why does a human want to come into the underworld? "

"Well, let's say that I've come here to meet my friend and at the same time her sister. After all who would reject the chance of meeting a cute girl?"

"Haru-chan, don't tease her that much. That's my job to do!"

"Hai, hai, Sera-chan. I'm sorry for stealing your job. Now that we are all acquainted with each other, I want to know why you wanted me to meet your sister, Sera-chan."

"Well, I heard from Azazel that you often play shogi or chess with him so I thought that maybe you will like to play chess with my sister, after all, she's the best chess player in the whole underworld."

Before I could respond or even think about her request, the [Game] decided to surprise me a quest, something that I've noticed its appearing more often lately, not that I don't like it."

[Quest Issue: The King and the Queen

Win one game of chess against Sona Sitri

Reward:??? Route with Sona Sitri, Serafall Sitri, and Tsubaki Shinra

Chance of becoming a devil (not recommended-lowers your power to low-class and removes any titles/buffs earned as a human)

More business opportunities with the devils (more profit = more opportunities)

Unlock the opportunity to get some devils under your banner (low-class)]

{While the rewards are nice or at least intriguing, the one that can make me a devil is a trash reward. Why in the name of God I would choose to nerf myself just to get a few hundred years of staying alive when I could level my ass till I will become an immortal God or something close to that? But at the same time, if I was writing a book this would have the perfect moment to nerf my MC so that he could use the plot armor and become even stronger …}

"I would love to have a match against you, Miss Sitri, though I'm not the best chess player in the world, I hope I could humor you."

"You don't need to be so formal with me Yoshida-san. While I appreciate the fact you didn't talk informally with us and also the fact that you respect our family, I still hope that we can get to know each other while playing chess."

"Of course, Sona-san, and both of you can call me Haru, no need to use my family name when addressing me, at least when we are alone. Satan knows what the other devils will think when they see three beautiful girls talking with a charming guy as if they were close friends."

My words earned a few giggles from the girls as it was true in some ways, after all the devils were a bunch of proud people.

After a little while, I and Sona were staring at each other while both Serafall and Tsubaki were starting to feel the heavy atmosphere that was slowly being created by us.

Tsubaki the most scared of what could happen. A few minutes ago both of them were talking and laughing and now that they are starting to play chess, both of them transformed into a general waiting for his enemy to send his troops at the slaughter, and if that wasn't all, Haru was the one that makes her fear for her King, it was as if they were standing in front of a general bloodied by thousands of battles that was staring at them as if he was mocking their inexperience.

This thing was also felt by Serafall which made her quested Haru's ability and while for most people chess may seem like a relaxing game, some people will tell you that war and chess are the same things and if you are good at one of them, you will probably be good at the other one.

Meanwhile, I was observing Sona and truth to be told, she was a very scary opponent to fight if you are unprepared for her, and while she may seem strict, and that trait saved her from the same fate her red-haired friend is suffering right now or not really. After all, Raiser doesn't like a kid, and from what the poor guy told me he is in love with his queen.

While Sona was genuinely confused about what to think and believe about this Yoshida Haru, the boy that challenged her in her own territory. Her opponent was an enigma in her book. Not only his body didn't seem to possess any magic or other means of using the supernatural power, but he also seems to read her as if she was an open book and that scared her. A person like this isn't and won't ever be a simple human, something must be wrong with him and she will find what after she wins the match.

"Say Sona-san why don't we bet on something, just to make the game a little bit more interesting."

"Hmm, what do you have in mind Haru-san?"

"Let's see, if I win you will own me a favor and if you win I'll do something for you and own you a favor."

"Interesting choice, Haru-san, I'll accept your bet."

[Congratulations host, you just made a young girl believe that she may have a chance against you a gamer that plays his life like an RPG game]

[+5 Affection with Sona Sitri for being an interesting guy and for playing chess]

Sona asked me if I want to start, but I told her that she can have the white pieces while I will take the black ones.

She starts by moving a pawn and I followed her moves. Slowly but surely I was making her feel how hopeless she was. For every single move she makes, I'll do the same until I corner her.

Minutes later, I smiled at her while I was observing the panicked girl trying to find a way out, of course, a way that will not result in a checkmate.

Unfortunately for her, Azazel made me play chess with him way too many times, saying that my mother loved to play with him and bully him every time she won, but I have to say that I'm thankful that he made me learn and at the same upgrade my skill to almost max level.

"And checkmate. It seems that I won, Sona-chan."

Meanwhile, the three girls were dumbfounded by what happened. Sona lost a game of chess against someone and even worse that someone was a guy.

Serafall on the other hand becomes worried about her little sister, while Haru was a great choice for a fiancée, he was also someone that may or may not become hostile to the devils and even he accepts her little sister, there isn't anyone that could make him become a devil, after all, she tried to seduce him and even tempt him into becoming a devil and even then he rejects her saying that his humanity is the only thing that reminds him of his parents.

"Well, then, I'll come at a later date to redeem my favor. Until then, my beautiful ladies."