Chapter 107 - Time To Fight!
In fact, Rias only understood the term Balance Breaker in a literal sense.
Up until now, she had never actually seen any of the Sacred Gear's Balance Breaker forms.
Even among her peerage, two of them had Sacred Gears, but they were still young and hadn't reached that level yet.
Now, someone had.
And it was someone she was close to.
Rias looked at Mahiro with a glint of wonder in her eyes.
At this moment, Rias knew Mahiro wasn't just trying to comfort her.
"Are you feeling better now?" Mahiro asked, grinning a bit as he found her stunned expression cute.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me worry for no damn reason," Rias shot him a slightly irritated look. If she had known Mahiro had awakened the Boosted Gear, she wouldn't have freaked out like that.
Still, hearing that Mahiro had unlocked Balance Breaker made her happy.
"I only managed to unlock it last night," Mahiro shrugged.
Hearing that, Rias blushed, immediately thinking back to last night's craziness. It felt like Mahiro was implying something.
The Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet was famous across the Three Factions. Plus, dragons...
Based on what Rias had gathered about past Red Dragon Emperors, they always seemed to be surrounded by the opposite sex.
Could it be that Mahiro unlocked Balance Breaker because of what they did last night?
There wasn't any solid info saying the Red Dragon Emperor needed to have sex to get stronger, but things like that weren't unheard of.
For a moment, Rias's mind ran wild, her face turning a bit red.
Girls in love tend to overthink stuff like this.
Meanwhile, Mahiro had no idea Rias was overthinking it--he'd just stated the facts.
If he knew what was going through Rias's head, he'd probably be speechless.
"With the Balance Breaker of the Boosted Gear, taking down Riser should be easy," Akeno said, covering her mouth and laughing. "I'm really looking forward to seeing Riser and Mahiro-kun in the Rating Game now."
"It's gonna be fun," Akeno added, smirking with a mischievous look.
Earlier, Riser's bullshit had seriously pissed her off, bringing out her hidden sadistic streak.
"Riser's expression is going to be priceless," Rias said, a look of expectation on her face.
"This time, there's no question about it," Yuuto added with a smile.
Not only had Mahiro already shown enough strength to go toe-to-toe with Riser, but now, with the Boosted Gear, it wasn't even a contest.
"Mahiro-kun, you've gotta teach that roasted chicken a lesson. He's so damn annoying," Koneko said, looking at Mahiro with encouragement.
Mahiro smiled and added, "Let's keep this on the down-low for now. We've still got more than ten hours left. If the Phenex Clan gets wind of this, it might cause some complications."
"Yeah, good point," Rias nodded.
She'd already dealt with Riser's bullshit and wasn't going to give him another shot.
Riser thought Mahiro was just a regular human and assumed his strength wouldn't amount to much. Tough luck for him--Mahiro was the scariest person in ORC.
Rias chuckled.
Like Akeno, she couldn't help but feel more relaxed now.
"By the way, Mahiro-kun, what's the plan? We've got a long wait until eight o'clock," Rias asked.
"What else? I'll just go to class like normal and wait for the Rating Game," Mahiro shrugged.
"No," Rias thought for a second and then shook her head. "Mahiro-kun, you're strong, but you can't be careless."
"Since when did you get so cautious, Rias?" Mahiro teased.
"I'm gonna ask Sona for some info about Riser's past Rating Games. You can use that time to figure out his strengths," Rias decided.
Although she hadn't yet met the requirements to officially join the Rating Games, Sona had already started studying the rules and participants.
Compared to Rias, Sona had a deeper grasp of Rating Games and had gathered a lot of info on the active players.
"Mahiro-kun, stay here and get ready for the match. I'll head to school and help you request a leave of absence," Rias said.
"Alright," Mahiro wanted to refuse at first--he already knew about Riser from the anime.
But seeing the worry in Rias's eyes, Mahiro agreed.
He knew she was just concerned for his safety and didn't want him making any dumb mistakes during the Rating Game.
Mahiro couldn't refuse her kindness.
It was just something to pass the time.
"Well, I'll go find Sona now," Rias said, happy Mahiro had agreed, and hurried off to the Student Council.
Watching her leave, Mahiro smiled to himself and waited at the clubroom.
At the Student Council...
"Rias, what the hell happened at the Occult Research Club earlier?" Sona asked as soon as Rias arrived.
In the room, not only Sona but her peerage were present too.
After sensing some strong demonic presences from ORC, Sona had gathered her peerage.
"I felt several powerful presences," Sona said seriously.
"It was Riser and his peerage," Rias replied.
"Riser?" Sona frowned. As a Sitri heir, she obviously knew who they were.
"Is your fiancé getting desperate and starting to push harder about the engagement?" Sona asked, already putting two and two together.
"My engagement with Riser is over. I'm not tied to him anymore," Rias said firmly.
"Over?" Sona blinked in surprise.
Family-arranged marriage contracts weren't rare, and Rias wasn't the only one bound by such agreements.
It was a sticky situation.
But hearing the word over from Rias was unexpected.
"I came to ask if I could borrow some recordings of Riser's past Rating Games. You've probably got them," Rias asked.
"I do, but what do you need them for?" Sona asked, puzzled.
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