Chapter 7: The devil transfer student
The next day was a Friday and Keima was looking forward to gaming over the weekend.
"48 hours of gaming!" Keima kept repeating it over and over like a broken recorder.
As the trio was walking towards school, they met Chihiro.
"Oh! Good morning!" She said cheerfully as she waved at them.
She then joined them as the made their way towards the school.
"There's a test next week, El-chan, have you studied?" Chihiro asked.
"Ehh!? There's a test?!" Elsie said in a surprised tone.
"Kodama-sensei said so two days ago right?" Keima said in a monotone voice as his eyes were glued to the screen.
"I'll just study over the weekend!" Elsie said as she clenched her fist with determination.
"If all else fails, I can still ask Nii-sama!" Elsie said as she gave Chihiro a thumbs up.
"... Why me?" Keima said as he sighed.
When they entered the classroom, everyone was staring at the party of four but returned to their normal daily conversation.
"Ayumi, have you started studying for next week's test?" Chihiro asked Ayumi.
"Ahahah..." Ayumi said as she awkwardly scratched her head.
"You too huh?" Chihiro said as she sighed.
Homeroom started a few minutes later.
"Today we've got a new transfer student." Nikaido said as the class became more rowdy.
"Queit down!" Nikaido said as she whacked the table with her textbook.
"You can come in now." Nikaido said as the door opened.
A beautiful maiden with long, violet hair entered as she wrote her name down on the white board.
"Transfer student?" Keima thought as he looked up.
"Hold it right there, isn't that Haqua?!" Keima thought as he turned to look at Elsie.
Elsie shrugged her shoulders as she look back, signaling that she had no idea.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Haqua Du Lot Herminium. You can just call me Haqua." Haqua said as she bowed politely.
"Now, she's a foreigner from Europe so treat her well." Nikaido said as she allocated Haqua's seat.
Homeroom continued as usual as Keima stared at Haqua with disbelief.
When lunch came, all the students started to gather around Haqua and asking her all sorts of questions.
Haqua kept her cool as she answered their questions with a smile.
After the interview session had ended, Haqua decide to look for Keima.
When she found Keima, he was on the roof gaming while the other girls were chatting.
"Ah, Haqua!" Elsie said as she noticed Haqua.
"..." Keima kept silent as he continued to game.
"Just so you know, i-it's not like I transferred because I wanted to, it was because of my job, okay?" Haqua said as she looked at Keima.
"I didn't say a thing." Keima replied.
Realising that she was embarresing herself, and started to blush.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
She then took out her scythe and hit Keima.
"Ow!" Keima screamed.
"Hmph, you deserved it." Haqua said.
"Ah, that's right!" Elsie suddenly said.
"?" Everyone was puzzled when Elsie spoke.
"Since Haqua is so smart, let's have her tutor us!" Elsee said as she looked at Haqua.
"T-Tutor?" Haqua said.
"Haqua is good at english right?" Elsie asked.
"Y-Yeah, I guess..." Haqua replied.
"So let's have her tutor us!" Elsie finally said.
"That's a great idea El-chan!" Ayumi said.
"Okay! It's decided! Let's hold a study group for next week's test at El-chan's house! Of course Tenri-san is also invited." Chihiro said as she looked at Tenri.
"O-Okay." Tenri agreed.
"Well, whatever. As long as I get to game, I don't care who comes." Keima added.
"Then it's decided!" Chihiro said.
With that, lunch passed by like a breeze.
History lessons were next, and Nikaido came into the class.
"Alright, we've got a history test next week, so make sure to study." Nikaido announced.
"!" Elsie, Chihiro and Ayumi were shocked as they had to study for two tests over the weekend.
"Another troublesome test..." Chihiro complained.
Lessons continued and school ended in the blink of an eye.
"See you tomorrow!" Elsie said as she waved to her two good friends goodbye.
When they reached home, Tenri parted ways as the siblings went home.
"We're back!" Elsie said enthusiastically as she entered the house.
"Welcome back! How was your day?" Mari asked.
"We're going to hold a study group here tomorrow!" Elsie said cheerfully.
"Is that so? Good for you. Tell me about it during dinner. For now, come help me prepare dinner." Mari said as she took out some ingredients.
Keima went back to his room and continued to game as dinner was being prepared.
"Keima, dinner is ready!" Mari called out as she set the table.
"We're having curry today, Nii-sama!" Elsie said as she handed him a plate of curry.
"So, who's coming over for the study group?" Mari asked.
"There's four, including Tenri-san. The rest who are coming over are Ayumi, Chihiro, and Haqua." Elsie said.
"Who's Haqua?" Mari asked curiously.
"A foreign transfer student, who happens to be Elsie's old classmate." Keima cut in.
"Right!" Elsie said in agreement.
"Is that so? Isn't that wonderful!" Mari said as they ate their dinner.
The night passed by as the next day came.
Tenri was the first to arrive as she lived next door.
Mari told Keima to be a good host and serve Tenri some tea.
Keima poured the tea before serving it to Tenri.
"T-Thanks..." Tenri said as she sipped her tea in the cafe.
After a while, the rest of the girls arrived.
"Alright! Let's start studying!" Chihiro said enthusiastically as everyone took out their notes.
"C'mon, be a good host and serve them tea." Mari said as she handed Keima the cups of tea.
"Here's your tea." Keima said in a gentlemanly manner that made the girls embarrassed.
The girls went quiet as they drank the tea.
"Haqua-san, teach me this part." Ayumi said as she passed her notes to Haqua.
"You read it like this..." Haqua explained as the girls continued studying english until lunch.
"I'm hungry~" Chihiro said as she lied on the table exhausted.
Their stomach started growling as they looked at each other.
"Oh my!" Mari said as she looked at the girls.
"You all must be hungry. I'll go cook up something for you girls." Mari continued as she headed towards the kitchen.
"Let's take a break!" Ayumi said as she stretched her arms.
"So, Tenri-san..." Chihiro said as she looked at Tenri.
"...How are you fitting in?" Chihiro continued.
"F-Fine..." Tenri replied.
"You're the shy type, huh?" Chihiro said.
"Do you have any hobbies?" Ayumi asked.
"U-Um, I do a bit of magic..." Tenri replied softly.
"Show them your magic tricks!" Elsie said enthusiastically.
"O-Okay." Tenri nodded as she went to grab her equipment from next door.
"Tenri-san's magic tricks are amazing!" Elsie said as her eyes shined.
"She lives just next door, how convenient." Ayumi said as she looked out of the window.
After a while, Tenri brought in a bunch of props for her magic.
"Um, please look here." Tenri said as she took out a wand.
"Poof!" Flowers appeared out of the wand.
"!" The girls were amazed by the magic trick.
Next, Tenri took out her box and sat inside.
"Elsie-san, please lock it up and stab it like the last time." Tenri said as she closed the lid.
Elsie chained the box and took out the swords.
"Here I go!" She said as she stabbed the box.
"..." Everyone was silent and some were wondering if Tenri was alright.
Suddenly, the box opened and Tenri was gone.
"!" Everyone was surprised and looked around for Tenri.
Tenri came out from behind the box and bowed.
"Amazing, how'd you even do it?" Chihiro said as she clapped her hands.
"It was amazing, right?" Elsie said as she clapped.
"It really was!" Ayumi said as she clapped.
"Thanks..." Tenri said as she smiled.
"Keima, help me serve lunch~" Mari said as she called Keima to the kitchen.
"Ask Elsie to help, I'm busy completing this galge." Keima said as he turned to head out of the kitchen.
"Wait." Mari said in a serious tone after holding onto Keima's collar.
"You are the host, help me serve lunch." Mari continued.
Seeing that he had no way out of it, Keima reluctantly agreed.
He set up the utensils on another table as the girls continued to chit-chat.
Keima elegently placed the dishes on the table one by one.
When he was done, he went over to the girls table and said, "Lunch is servered.".
"Wow, Katsuragi's like a real waiter." Haqua said as she smirked.
"Let's go and eat!" Ayumi said as the girls got up and went over to the other table.
"Let's eat!" Elsie said as everyone started to dig in.
"This is delicious!" Chihiro exclaimed as she ate.
"Haqua-san, you can't use chopsticks?" Ayumi said bluntly as she looked at Haqua holding a fork and spoon.
"Well, i-it can't be helped... I spent most of my time in the western culture, so I can't hold chopsticks very well yet..." Haqua said as she blushed.
"You'll get used to it!" Elsie said encouragingly.
"Hmph, I'm a district chief! Nothing is impossible for me to overcome!" Haqua said proudly.
"While we're on the topic, why would a district chief in charge of a different area be here?" Keima asked as he appeared behind Haqua.
"Well, it can't be helped. Nora got promoted so no one is in charge of this area and since my area was the closet, they decided to put me here." Haqua explained.
"Is that so..." Keima said.
"Still, a district chief that can't use a chopstick is pretty pathetic." Keima continued.
"At least that's better than a perverted two-timing cross-dressing trash." Haqua replied coldly.
Lunch continued as the two exchanged insults, the rest were in awe at how good Mari's cooking was.
"I'm stuffed!" Ayumi said.
"That was the best meal ever!" Chihiro exclaimed.
"Let's get back to studying!" Elsie said.
"We've finished english, so next is history." Haqua said.
"... But I'm not good at history because I'm a foreigner..." Haqua said as she looked away.
"What should we do now?" Tenri asked softly as she looked around.
"Let's get Kami Nii-sama to teach us!" Elsie suggested happily.
"Where is Katsuragi?" Haqua said as she looked around for Keima.
"Nii-sama is probably in his room." Elsie said.
"Well, I wouldn't want to ask Katsuragi for help but we need someone to teach us." Chihiro said as she got up.
"I guess we have no choice." Ayumi said.
The girls got up and went to Keima's room.
When Elsie tried to push open the door, it wouldn't budge.
"Seems like its locked, Nii-sama must be..." Before Elsie could finish her statement, she unlocked the door with her hagoromono.
"Kami Nii-sama~" Elsie whispered as she slowly opened the door.
Inside, Keima was in god of conquest mode as he played six games simultaneously on his game chair.
"..." Everyone had their eyes on Keima as he gracefully pressed the buttons.
"Katsuragi?" Chihiro called, but there was no reply.
"Keima-kun?" Tenri tried as she slightly tapped Keima,still there was still no reply.
"If you don't reply, we're going to look through your room~" Ayumi said.
"Although I've already been in here..." Ayumi continued in thought.
"So this is Katsuragi's room." Chihiro said as she looked around.
"It didn't look like this when I was here..." Ayumi accidentally said softly to herself.
"Y-You've been into Katsuragi's room! When?" Chihiro shouted.
"W-When you were..." Ayumi mumbled as she looked away guiltily.
"You m-mean when i was visiting him?!" Chihiro asked.
"Y-Yeah..." Ayumi replied.
"Where were you?" Chihiro asked curiously.
"..." Ayumi kept silent as she looked away.
"Heh, I'm going to make you talk!" Chihiro shouted playfully as she started to tickle Ayumi.
"Now tell me, if not I'll ask El-chan to help!" Chihiro said.
"N-no! A-Anything but that!" Ayumi said desperately as she struggled.
"El-chan, help me!" Chihiro said.
"Okay! Sorry Ayumi!" Elsie said as she started to tickle Ayumi.
"Ahh!" Ayumi screamed as she accidentally tripped on Keima's games and the three fell onto Keima's bed.
"... What are you doing?" Keima looked at them and asked.
"W-We needed your help to study history so..." Tenri explained.
"And so why are you on my bed?" Keima asked and looked at the three.
"We were interrogating Ayumi. Hey Katsuragi, has Ayumi been in your room?" Chihiro asked.
After thinking about how to reply, Keima answered, "Yes, you can ask her for the details. I'm not going to say anything unnecessary."
"Fine, where was she when I came to visit?" Chihiro continued to ask.
"She must have been in the toilet or something, there's no way she could have been with Katsuragi, right?" Haqua said as she dismissed the thought.
Feeling annoyed, Keima answered bluntly, "She was in my room."
"Where?" Chihiro said as she looked at Keima doubtingly.
"Where she's probably lying right now." Keima replied.
"!" Everyone was shocked by the answer as they all turn towards Ayumi.
She was sitting on the bed, which meant that...
"W-W-Wait, that's not possible... I was there the whole time, I didn't see her at all." Chihiro shouted.
"She was with me." Keima said in a mysterious tone.
The moment Keima finished his statement, Diana came out and punched Keima in the face.
"K-Katsuragi, how dare you cheat behind Tenri's back!" Diana said angrily as she held Keima by the collar.
"I didn't do whatever you were thinking." Keima said as he played his PFP.
"Why you!..." Diana said.
"Calm down." Mercury said as she came out.
"We were here to ask for Katsuragi's help, shall we let our hosts continue their studies?" Mercury said calmly.
"F-Fine..." Diana said reluctantly as she and Mercury went back.
"So i take it you need my help?" Keima asked.
"Y-Yeah, it's not like I wanted to, okay?" Haqua said.
"2 hours." keima said.
"Huh?" Elsie said.
"I'll give you everything you need to ace the test in 2 hours. After that I'm done, nothing more, nothing less." Keima continued as he headed to the cafe.
The girls followed him back to the cafe to find a small chalkboard waiting for them.
Keima was scribbling on the chalkboard as the girls took their seats.
"Considering the personalities and the content of our lessons, these are most likely the questions that will come out during the history test." Keima said as he finished writing.
"Like the last time, I'll do a one-on-one for each of you for 20 minutes." Keima said.
"I'll start with Tenri, then Haqua, Chihiro, Ayumi and finally Elsie." Keima said as he went to a separate table.
"U-Um, Keima-kun, I don't understand this." Tenri said as she pointed at a question.
"You get this answer because..." Keima explained as he got closer to Tenri.
Realising that Keima was really close, Tenri started blushing.
"K-Keima-kun is so close." Tenri thought as Keima continued to explain.
After Tenri was done, Haqua was next.
"I-It's not that i want your help or anything..." Haqua immediately said after seating down.
"Whatever you say." Keima said.
While Keima was tutoring Haqua, Haqua accidentally made a mistake.
"You've made a mistake here." Keima pointed out from behind her.
Haqua could feel keima's gentle breathe breathing down her hair.
Her face turned red instantly.
By the time Haqua was finished being tutored, she was almost as red as a tomato.
Next was Chihiro's turn.
When she sat down, she started to remember the first time Keima tutored her.
"If you're done day dreaming, may we start?" Keima said bluntly as he interrupted Chihiro.
"S-Sure Chihiro said.
After a while, Chihiro got stuck on a problem.
"Oi Katsuragi, how do you do this?" Chihiro turned, only to find Keima's face close to her.
"!" Chihiro was shocked as she almost fell off her chair.
"Yes?" Keima asked.
"You do it like this." Keima said as he took Chihiro's pen from her hand and started to write on her book.
"T-Thanks." Chihiro managed to say before immediately turning her head back as she was embarressed and her face was flushed with red.
After Chihiro finished, was Ayumi's turn.
"I"m not really stupid, I just focus my efforts in sports!" Ayumi said.
"Didn't we have this conversation already?" Keima said.
"..." Ayumi fell silent as keima started to tutor her.
"I don't understand any of it!" Ayumi complained as she lay on the table in defeat.
"Don't worry, you can definitely do it." Keima said in a gentle tone.
That one sentence of encouragement instantly made Ayumi blush.
"O-Okay..." Ayumi said as she continued.
When she was done, she had understood most of it.
Next was Elsie's turn.
Like Ayumi, she didn't understand most of it.
"Nii-sama, I don't understand~" Elsie would say as Keima explained.
By the end of the study session, keima was exhausted even though it was only twenty minutes.
When it was time to leave, everyone said their goodbyes and left.
"See you next week!" Elsie said happily as she waved.
"Did you enjoy today?" Mari asked as she came out from the counter.
"Yep!" Elsie answered enthusiastically.
"I'm so exhausted, got to play some games." Keima thought as he went back to his room.
My 7th chapter! Thanks to Basjetball for the beta-edits! I really wonder how i should proceed with the story? I'm open to suggestions on what scenes i should do. I'm still looking for beta editors (As the saying goes: the more, the merrier) to help me so feel free to join! I made a poll for the heroines on my profile, please check it out! It's important to have feedback, so please R&R!