"I…" Rudy let out a short sigh and said, "I am from the future."
"..."
"And I have time-traveled to this timeline for some reason."
"You…"
"Hmm? Oh, I know you are shocked after learning that but don't worry."
"You promised to tell the truth!"
"I am telling the truth!" Rudy groaned. "But it's up to you to believe me."
"Fine. I believe you. You don't seem to be lying."
"I also know what you are in the human world to find your mother."
"I told you that the night we met!"
"Yes, you did, but I knew it even before… that."
At that time, Rudy realized something. He clenched the tennis ball in his hand as a sudden thought crossed his mind.
'Right now, Rias is in the human world to find her mother. But she would obviously return to the vampire world. And when I met Rias in the 2008 timeline, she was apparently looking for someone important to her.
