In the living room, the Rias, Himejima Akeno, Toujou Koneko, and Kiba Yuto of this world were staring intently at the Rias sitting opposite them.
Meanwhile, Rias was leisurely sipping tea and eating dessert, acting as if nothing was wrong, making one marvel at her composure.
"You can speak now. What's the situation with this person?"
Himejima Akeno gave Rias a meaningful look, then turned to the Rias of this world and asked, "A clone?"
"No," the Rias of this world shook her head and said, "She claims to be from a parallel world, another me."
"A parallel world?!"
Everyone couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.
"That's right."
Rias said leisurely, "No need to be so guarded; I harbor no ill will toward you."
"This is truly... surprising."
Himejima Akeno narrowed her eyes.
The matter was truly too hard to believe; for a moment, Himejima Akeno found it difficult to judge its truth or falsehood.
On the contrary, the Rias of this world had already faintly accepted this explanation in her heart.
This was a resonance from their very origin, perhaps what one might call instinct.
Even so, she still had many, many questions.
"Is there anything you can do to prove it?"
The Rias of this world stared at her and asked.
"It's quite simple, isn't it?"
Rias smiled, then extended a finger.
A flash of red light appeared—a flickering, deep dark-red glow that gave off a sense of pressure like facing Mount Tai head-on.
This dark-red magic power was precisely Power of Destruction.
Only the Great King Bael family and members of the Gremory Family possessed such an ability.
Power of Destruction combined with the color red—this was a special magic power that only the Gremory Family could possess.
"Power of Destruction..."
The Rias of this world took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her eyes.
Even if she was herself from a parallel world, wasn't this sense of pressure far too intense?
Were they really the same person?
The Rias of this world couldn't help but have such a thought rise in her heart. After a brief reflection, she asked, "Is there any other proof?"
"Do you find the quality of my magic power too high to believe?"
Rias glanced at her and smiled, "You claim to want to resist the marriage and win your freedom, yet you haven't put in any effort at all, spending your days leisurely. Unlike you, I have been training hard since I was a child, constantly climbing toward higher peaks."
"Although I am the you of a parallel world, that's only from the perspective of non-interfering parallel worlds."
"So-called parallel worlds are other universes that exist alongside the original universe, both similar and different. In these universes, there are those born under the same conditions as ours; there might be planets identical to the one humans live on or with the same history, and there might be people exactly the same as us. Simultaneously, in these different universes, the development of events can lead to different outcomes."
"In other words, we are completely different on the inside. You should have understood this from the moment we first met."
Rias's words caused the Rias of this world to show a shaken expression, making her feel a sense of utter shame.
In reality, although the Rias of this world's marriage partner, Riser Phenex, could be considered excellent, it was only to that degree.
In terms of potential, Rias was far above him.
The reason her family chose Riser was that as the third son of the phenex family, he had no inheritance rights, which was equivalent to marrying directly into the Gremory Family.
In the future, the one truly in charge would still be Rias.
But if Rias truly didn't want to marry him, as long as she acted spoiled toward her daughter-doting and sister-doting parents and brother, the matter would basically be cancelled.
Alternatively, if she worked hard, her strength could easily surpass Riser Phenex.
In the original plot, Rias had no such awareness at all. Because of this, being told so by Rias made the Rias of this world feel ashamed.
And the final sentence made her think of that intense kiss from before, causing her face to turn slightly flushed.
She felt both ashamed and embarrassed from recalling the previous events.
"As for other proof... hmm, let me think."
Rias pondered for a moment, then said, "I know every part of little Sona and little Akeno's bodies, including what temperature and reaction their intestinal tracts have at any given time. How about that?"
??!"
Everyone's eyes widened upon hearing this, especially Akeno and Rias, whose eyes were filled with shame and indignation.
"Want to verify it?"
Rias teased.
"Is the President from the parallel world... a pervert?"
Toujou Koneko looked at the Rias of this world and said.
"That... don't ask me, I don't know either!"
The Rias of this world said in desperate shame, "And you, don't make those kinds of jokes in this kind of setting!"
Rias shrugged, then leisurely took a sip of tea.
"If... you really are the Rias from a parallel world, then why have you appeared in this world?"
Himejima Akeno also found it a bit much to handle and brought the topic back.
"It's simple."
Rias said nonchalantly, "I was bored, so I'm just looking for some fun."
"Bored?!"
The Rias of this world said in surprise, "Just for that reason?"
"Isn't that enough?"
Rias shrugged and said, "For gods and demons, doing as one pleases is only natural."
Thinking carefully, this reason was indeed valid.
It was just that Rias and the others were too young and had too little experience, so they found it hard to accept for a moment.
They knew of the whims of gods and demons, but they could not understand them.
"Then how did you come to a parallel world? Could it be that your world has developed technology to travel to parallel worlds?"
The Rias of this world asked again.
"How I came... well, that kind of thing is hard to describe."
Rias blinked and said, "It's too much trouble; I don't really want to say."
Was it because it was a hassle, or was she hiding something?
Himejima Akeno speculated, but she still couldn't make a judgment.
After all, whether parallel worlds even existed was a question, let alone judging the words of the 'Rias' before them.
This wasn't the Type-Moon world where the existence of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg at least proved the existence of parallel worlds.
And compared to their own President, this Rias was simply as cunning as an old fox, easily making fools of them.
No one could say for sure how much credibility her words actually had.
Of course, Rias generally didn't lie because there was no need to.
Whether she was from a parallel world or anything else didn't matter at all.
Just as she said, she was just here to play because she was bored.
"When are you going back?"
The Rias of this world changed the question.
"Hmm... when I've had enough fun."
Rias gave a light laugh and said, "During this time, let's get along well, my other self."
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