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Gamble (Part II)

"So, Heads or Tails?" I asked the Student Council President fearlessly, looking at her eyes without an hesitation while the coin in my hand is ready to be flipped. This is the final round of our bet and wins will decide the fate of two innocent Nuns (the ones that I betted off), either they become Devils under the servitude of the heiress in front of me, or be enrolled into this school and keep their humanity for as long as they want.

"..." The heiress of the House of Sitri was silent as she though of which side she should pick this time. Its only natural for her to be this way, 'cus anyone would be stressed if they're in the thin line between victory and defeat... And in a game of coin toss, the chancea are 50/50. Nothing more, nothing less "...Tails."

Once she called out her choice, I didn't hesitate to flip the coin for the last time in this match. Once again, I was so focused on the coin flying in the air that it started to look like it's slowing down... But that wasn't the only thing that I've noticed.

I can actually hear my own heart because of how focused I am, and only my heart beat as all other sounds have become inaudible to me right now. I've also unconsciously stopped breathing... It was a sign that I'm really worried about something, but I never panic at all unless someone really annoys me for no reason to the point that I can't keep my cool anymore and lash out at the provoker (and anyone that gets in the way).

I continue to watch the slow rotation of the coin in the air, waiting for its finally fall.

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...It was heads.

"...I won." I declared with a sigh of relief, letting out the breath that I was unconsciously holding in for the last flip. Picking up the coin and placed it in my pocket before turning towards the shocked bespectacled girl "As our agreement, Isane Hyōdō and Asia Argento are to be enrolled into school. Do you have any objections, Sitri-san?"

"...A deal is a deal, Kōjiroa-san. I'll make sure that Asia Argentina and Isane Hyōdō are to be enrolled into Kuoh Academy as students." Sitri-san said with a sigh of her own, but It feels more like she's tired then sad about losing the bet. Afterwards, she repositioned her glasses and stared at me with serious stare "So, is there anything else do you need from me? If not, then please the room as your presence isn't needed here."

"Some spare for the shorty of the Nun Duo, Asia Argento-san, would be nice." I asked the heiress of the House of Sitri without any hesitation. Normal people would usually be hesitant in pushing their luck when it comes to getting something, like trying to ask for more money from a kind hearted fellow... But unlike most people, I don't feel such things anymore "Her measurements would probably be close to yours, so it wouldn't be a problem to find spares that fits Argento-san."

"...How can you be sure that Argento-san and I have near identical sizes?" The Student Council President demanded in a cold toon, staring at me with hidden disgust at the implications of my words... Well, I can't blame her since my words can only be described as perverted in her ears.

"Both of you are about 5 feet, with you being probably be a few inches taller then Argento-san." I started off my explanation with one hand in my pocket, the other used to make measurements "Base on your heights and not being curvy as Isane Hyōdō-san, I can deduce that her three measurements would be identical to yours."

"...I'll believe your words for the time being." Sitri-san said before pushing her at my face, right between the eyes "But if you're deduction about our body builds is wrong, you have to sit through detention without any complaint for indecent comments towards me and an innocent girl as punishment. Understood?"

"Another bet, eh?" I stated with an amused smirk, amused because Sitri-san here is salty right now since she lost and I always find salty people to be amusing. I didn't expect her to be the vengeful type, but it seems that I've been proven wrong this time "Alright, I'm game... So what do I get if I win?"

"Nothing."

"That's not much of a bet to be honest... More like someone's trying to win a prize in the stall game at a festival." I retorted with my arms crossed... This is just like the first bet, but in reverse where the heiress is the one making the bet and I don't get anything if I win. Still, it would be wound my growing pride if I turn away from a simple challenge. Plus, I feel like messing around right now and I know the right thing to say in order to stir some chaos in the Student Council "Then how about this: If I win, you have go out in a date with me."

[...EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH!?] The majority of the members of the Student Council, excluding the girl in front of me who was staring at me with a shocked expression, let out screams of surprise at the penalty that Sitri-san has to do if I win.

"But it won't just any regular date." I continued on before anyone else could say a word, looking down the Student Council President due to our difference in height (6"1 to 5"5) "If fact, I'll make sure that it's be a horrible one. So bad that you'll hate me with a passion once the day is over and the days to come in your life..." I declared without any hesitation, my arms crossed with a challenging smirk on my face "So are you up for it, Sona Sitri? I won't blame you if you back out from it, since no girl would be willing to date a cold hearted bastard like me, dare or not."

"You bastard!" I heard a male voice shouted at me, which made me remember that the current male member of Sitri-san's is in love with the heairess "Don't even-"

"Fine, I accept." Sitri-san replay instantly silenced the protest from her Pawn and possibly from the other members of her peerage, which actually took me back a bit as I didn't expect her to actually agree with my silly penalty.

"But Kaichō!"

"Don't take this the wrong way, Saji, I'm merely accepting his penalty out of pity and amusement." Sitri-san explained with a smirk of her own, her eyes showing amusement towards me as she crossed her arms.

"Your... Amused?"

"He picked me, the most serious and a bit lacking in assets girl in the school over the more popular and curvier girls like Rias or Yumi." She explained to Saji without looking away from me "Regular guys in their right mind wouldn't do that at all, which is why I'm amused right now at his choice."

"I'm not honestly trying to find a girlfriend, since I have more important things to do then trying to find someone of the opposite sex to be my lover." I retorted, this time looking at the heiress with one eye closed. And I'm not lying or half-assing the truth right now. To me right now, levelling up to ensure my survival against powerful opponents in a new world is more important then a love life in high school to be honest... Plus, I highly doubt the possibly of someone falling for me in this school when my personality isn't likeable to begin with, and it's starting to charge for the worse thanks to the use of the [Class Cards] "The penalty was merely a joke in order to get a reaction from you... Which didn't succeed that well. But I'm a bit surprised that you're not like those girls in anime that are jealous of other girls with larger assets being more pretty then you."

"I'm not those types of girls that worry too much over her appearance, Kōjiro-san." Sitri-san replied with a frown, her eyes showing that she was insulted from my little remark towards her personality type "As for your comment, I'll change your punishment into a 3 days of detention. Are we clear?"

"Not a problem." I shrugged before holding out my hand towards her "So, mind giving me the set of clothes now? We can declare who the winner is when Argento-san and Hyōdō-san appear at the school on Monday." I explain, getting a raised eyebrow from the heiress of the House of Sitri but I continued on before she or anyone else could anything in response "And before you say anything about altering the uniform, I have no skills or have any interest in sewing at all and I don't know any tailors in Kuoh. Plus, both of them don't have items like a school bag or notebooks, so we have to go shopping for such things."

"...Fine." Sitri-san said with a quiet sigh before snapping her fingers, which caused a set of the Kuoh Academy female uniform to appear. They fold themselves neatly before landing on my outstretched hand. Just when I was about to give her my thanks, I saw her glare at me and I know that it wasn't time to talk "But remember this, I'll make sure that your penalty will be much worse then 3 days of detention if I found out that you cheated in this bet of ours."

"I'm fine with that." I replied, shrugging at her useless threat before turn around towards the door and began to walk away from the president of the Student Council "Have a good day, Sitri-san and members of Student Council."

- a few hours later -

"...You seem to be in a good mood today." Gremory commented as she and I are currently the only ones in the ORC right now. Tōjō and Kiba are out for their contracts while Himejima was sent to do something for the red head, which only left me as the person she can talk with right now "What happened?"

"Nothing that would be useful or interesting for you to learn about." I replied without looking away from my Light Novel, No Game No Life Volume 1 "But I can say the exact opposite about you. You seemed to be rather stessed, judging by the look in your eyes." I replied before pointing at her with my right hand in the same manner to Joseph's when hedoes this thing "And your next line is: How can you tell the look on my eyes without looking at me?"

"How can you tell the look on my eyes without looking at me-Nani!?" Gremory gasped after as she said the line that I predicted, before standing up after slamming her hands on her table "Is that a JoJo reference!?"

"No, it's a Fist of the North Star reference." I replied sarcastic, making a reference as well since Fist of the North Star was an huge inspiration for the JJBA series considering that Jonathan Joestar can be mistaken for Kenshiro by his body build.

"Hmph! I'll have you know that I'm a huge fan of the JoJo series." Gremory said, which actually made me look at her with a raised eyebrow at her boasting "Then how about we make a-"

"Not interested." I replied with a bored tone, cutting her off while turning back to my Light Novel "I know this bet is about which one of us has the better knowledge in JoJo, and I'll proudly say that I'll be the winner. And the reason? I remember everything that happens and all characters that were involved with each part of JoJo." I declared proudly without any hesitation in my voice "Let's name some minor characters in each part... The little boy named Pico that helped Zeppeli and Speedwage enter the Death Chamber to save Jonathan from then zombie knight Turkus during Phantom Blood. Smoky the young pickpocket that stole Joseph's wallet when he was just introduced to us in Battle Tendency. The runaway girl that was named Anne in the anime, who keeps on follow the JoJo group because she fell in love with Jotaro and his bad boy look from Stardust Crusader. Police, Koichi's dog in Diamond is Unbreakable that looks too old to be a guard dog anymore-"

"Alright, I got the point!" Gremory shouted, cutting me off half-way since I still haven't named anyone from Golden Wind, Stone Ocean, Steel Ball Run and the still ongoing Jojolion, before letting out a sigh "I honestly thought I would win again you on something..."

"You are better at me in somethings." I replied while turning to the next page "When it comes to popularity in the school, I have no chance in surpassing you. Since I'm kinda of a lazy ass, you'll probably have better academic grades then me. You'll also have no problem in attracting the opposite sex, for obvious reason."

"That doesn't make me feel any better, especially the last one." Gremory replied with an unamused tone, and I don't need to look at her to know that she's staring at me with deadpanned eyes. I just shrugged uncaringly in response and continued on reading my book before an amused smirk grew on my face as I read the part where Dora lost to Sora in Rock-Paper-Scissors.

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"Say, Kōjiro-kun..." Gremory started off with an unsure tone in her voice, like she's afraid of screwing up, while breaking the comfortable (to me at least) silence between us "Am I attractive?"

"Appearance-wise, yes." I replied truthfully without looking at her, since I already know how she looks, while thinking on why she's asking me those questions... I know that she's interested in turning me into a Devil under her control, but her approach is much more tamed then I thought and it confuses me since I expected her to be much more energetic with her desires "Any other guy would give the same answer."

"Then why are you so indifferent towards me?"

"You're not the only one that I'm indifferent with, you can ask your [Knight] to know what how I act in class."

"I already how you act in class." Gremory said with an annoyed tone "You go on with the day like any normal student, but as the extremely quiet type. She also commented that you give off this negative aura that pushes others away, all with an uncaring stoic expression on your face. To don't talk to others and just keep to yourself all day, everyday."

"And that's why I'm indifferent towards others." I replied, closing my book to look at Gremory with an uncaring look in my eyes, like the person that I'm talking with right now isn't so different from a blank wall "I don't talk to my classmates since I don't need anything from them and there's no point in doing so. I don't try to make friends since I have nothing to gain from doing so. I don't even register their existence since I have more important things to think about then people that I'll eventually forget once I'm done with Kuoh Academy." I told her what I think about my classmates without a hint of regret at all, getting a shocked expression from the red head as I continue on without any emotion in my voice "The only ones that I even bother to remember are supernatural beings like you or [Sacred Gear] wielders, since they might be opponents that I'll face in the future. I don't even remember the names of my classmates outside of your [Knight], and she's lucky because she even barely worth remembering at all."

"...Are you even human?" Gremory asked, looking at me with wide eyes while taking a step back in disbelief and I can feel the slight fear from her "I've never meet someone so heartless like you before in my life. Even a bastard like Riser have more emotion then you!"

"I am human... But my heart is a bottomless darkness." I replied with a creepy smirk on my face, but not the exaggerated kind. Instead, my smile seems very normal but the aura that I give off turned it into the smile of a cool but dark villain "I do understand emotions, but I simply don't care about the emotions of unimportant people. I can feel pain like others, but it doesn't matter since it's won't last long at all." I stood up and spread out my arms in a dramatic but lazy manner "If I ever embody a sin, it would be the Sin of Sloth. Sloth is doing nothing at all... But in my case, it's to not even bothering to remember or register their existence of others at all. Not caring and ignoring about the feelings of others. And not even trying to be a normal human anymore." I explained to her before taking a look at the clock in the room.

8:40 pm

"Well, I'll be going now. I still have to make dinner for my new housemates." I told her while picking up my bag, which contains Asia's uniform, before moving towards without even bothering to look at Gremory and say goodbye to her.

Since I shaken her view of me, I hope that this forces her to throw herself someone else like that Saji guy when the time comes. I honestly would be surprised if she'll throw herself at me after my revealing my point of view towards others in the school as not even something close to mob characters, even my old self will definitively won't associate himself with my current self. Well, I can just stay up all night by training myself in an Instant Dungeon when the time comes for Gremory's visit. Killing two birds in one stone by making myself stronger and staying away from her and the following Grayfia Lucifuge that'll take her back.

Well, since I already broke my habit of not going to the same place daily unless it's important, I might as well visit the Abyss Auction to see what I'll get from hell (Gacha) and hope that it's good.

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