Under Xia Yan's curious questioning, Mukai Yuuto began to tell her about Rias at the school.
Of course, he only told Xia Yan about it from the perspective of a normal human student.
Naturally, he couldn't tell Xia Yan about the demon side of things. That was a world that ordinary humans couldn't touch.
"I didn't expect Rias to be so outstanding. She must have a lot of suitors at school, right?"
After listening to Mukai Yuuto's account, Xia Yan's face showed a helpless smile.
It was as if a hopeful boy, after seeing how outstanding the girl he liked was, revealed helplessness and self-deprecation.
"Yeah, she's very popular."
Mukai Yuuto agreed with Xia Yan, "She's the object of admiration for many of the school's younger students. Almost half the school are her fans. There's even a dedicated fan club among the girls."
"So outstanding, she's practically a campus star. I wonder if she has a boyfriend yet, do I still have a chance?"
Xia Yan said, somewhat disheartened.
"That..."
Mukai Yuuto chuckled dryly, not knowing how to answer.
Rias was the heir to the demon noble family, the Gimory family, the future female Demon Duke. She was from a completely different world than ordinary humans.
Even if Xia Yan tried his best, he would never be able to catch up to Rias.
Therefore, Xia Yan's one-sided infatuation was destined to come to nothing.
"Go for it!"
Mukai Yuuto had a good impression of Xia Yan and didn't really want to dampen his confidence.
He didn't tell the truth, only saying these words as encouragement, hoping that Xia Yan would automatically give up when he realized his efforts were useless.
"Thank you for the good luck."
Xia Yan smiled, "If Rias really becomes my girlfriend, I'll definitely give you a big red envelope."
"Hahahahahaha!"
Mukai Yuuto didn't know how to respond, he could only smile at this point, his handsome face showing a slightly stiff smile.
"Sorry, Xia Yan, my time is almost up. I have to go to club activities, I can't keep accompanying you on your tour of the school."
Mukai Yuuto checked the time and said apologetically.
"No problem, I've already seen enough."
Xia Yan smiled and thanked him, "Thank you so much for spending so much time with me on the tour."
After exchanging some pleasantries, they exchanged contact information.
Xia Yan said he would definitely treat Mukai Yuuto to a meal later, and Mukai Yuuto said that if he had time, he would act as a local guide and take Xia Yan around Kuoh Town to get familiar with the surroundings.
"Then I'll be off."
Mukai Yuuto said with a smile, bidding farewell to Xia Yan.
"I'm almost done too, I've seen everything I wanted to see. I'll come back and get familiar with it after school starts."
Xia Yan was also about to leave Kuoh Academy.
Mukai Yuuto saw Xia Yan out of the school and then turned back towards the old school building.
Looking at Mukai Yuuto's back, Xia Yan silently contacted the system and checked what good things Mukai Yuuto had on him.
Mukai Yuuto
Full Copy: 400,000 Dimensional Points
Artifact·Magic Sword Creation: 150,000 Dimensional Points.
Swordsmanship Talent: 100,000 Dimensional Points
Magic Conversion: 20,000 Dimensional Points
Demon Pawn·Knight: 10,000 Dimensional Points
Intermediate Magic: 30,000 Dimensional Points
Kuoh Academy Uniform: 100 Dimensional Points
Sure enough, he's a member of the protagonist team. Although his strength is not as good as the Turkey siblings, who were used as low-level villains, his net worth is much 'higher' than theirs.
Xia Yan wasn't particularly envious of the Artifact Magic Sword Creation.
Xia Yan's target was Issei Hyodo's Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet.
But Swordsmanship Talent was definitely something Xia Yan wanted because it could quickly improve his melee abilities, making up for Xia Yan's shortcomings.
However, he was short on funds.
Xia Yan glanced at his Dimensional Points and thought for a moment before instructing the system, "System, copy Mukai Yuuto's Intermediate Magic."
Although saving up Dimensional Points and then copying Advanced Demon Magic after interacting with Rias and the others would definitely save him some money.
But at this point, saving Dimensional Points was less useful than spending them.
Compared to the empty numbers of Dimensional Points, improving his strength was a necessity.
"Consuming 30,000 Dimensional Points, Intermediate Magic copied successfully. Does the host want to use it now?"
The system inquired.
"No."
Xia Yan shook his head.
Of course, he needed to find a quiet place to use it. Who knows what kind of commotion Intermediate Magic would cause when it was used, like the 'Phoenix Fire'.
If he caused too much of a commotion in such a public place, wouldn't he be actively exposing himself?
At least, until he got his hands on the Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, Xia Yan had no intention of exposing his possession of supernatural powers.
Staying under the radar and farming up was the way to go.
Leaving Kuoh Academy, Xia Yan planned to go back to the hotel and absorb the Intermediate Magic.
...
Kuoh Academy, Old School Building.
This side of the school building was full of a sense of age, and the architecture was from the last century.
Although the students had all moved to the new school building, this side was not left vacant.
Empty classrooms were used as activity classrooms for certain special clubs.
So this side didn't have that old-fashioned feeling of an old house. Every corner was cleaned very well.
However, the environment here made people feel a little gloomy.
For some reason, the design of the old school building wasn't sun-facing, so sunlight couldn't reach the inside of the old school building all the time.
In a room with a sign that read 'Supernatural Research Club', Mukai Yuuto pushed open the door and went inside.
The room was decorated very dimly. The curtains were drawn.
However, the interior decoration was luxurious, reminiscent of a medieval noble's room.
Inside the room, three people were already waiting.
A girl with long red hair was sitting by a desk, while another girl with long black hair tied in a ponytail was pouring tea for the red-haired girl with a teapot.
As for the other one, the girl with silver-white short hair was sitting on the sofa in the center of the room, eating snacks with a blank expression.
"Sorry, Rias-buchou, I'm a little late."
Mukai Yuuto said apologetically after seeing the three of them.