I'm surrounded by devil sisters!

As soon as these words came out, even Maria beside him looked at him in surprise.

You should know that the latter never cooks at home. Although she is not to the point of not doing any housework, she is extremely lazy when it comes to cooking. She is the type who would rather spend more money to order takeout or go to a restaurant than cook by herself.

So usually if there is something to eat, it is usually Maria who is responsible for it, and Jester helps out.

"That... would be the best, of course."

Jester was also a little surprised, but still agreed.

After all, it was really late now. Although they had gotten up early and washed up today, it was already past nine in the morning when they arrived at the Demon Realm after finishing all the miscellaneous things. After that, they met up with the Gremory family and headed to the North together. Now it was almost eleven o'clock.

Not only that, considering that she also had to prepare lunch for more than a dozen people, it would be difficult for one person to handle it in a short period of time.

"If Mio-sama is going, then Maria should go too!"

Nightmare Girl also came over at this time.

But Naruse Mio seemed a little anxious, and just nodded hastily when she heard her sister's words.

"Well, let's go to the kitchen first."

After saying that, she hurriedly left with Maria and Zest, deliberately turning her face away as if avoiding the gaze of the other red-haired girl.

As the three girls left, Gurefia bowed to the beautiful brown-haired woman beside her.

"Then Lady Venelana, I will go and help as well."

"Well, let's go~"

Venelana smiled and nodded, then turned to her daughter on the other side and was about to say something, but saw the latter taking two steps at a time and coming to the front of the young man under the throne not far away. Her face, which always gave people a calm and composed feeling, rarely revealed a hint of anger.

"Buddha Gui, what's going on?"

“…What’s going on?”

Being asked this question suddenly, Hua Kaiyuan Fogui was a little confused for a moment.

"It's about... Miss Naruse Mio."

With her back to the people behind her, Rias puffed out her cheeks cutely from an angle that no one else could see.

"She just called you brother-in-law, right?"

"Yes."

Huakaiyuan Fogui blinked and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"After all, Rias, you are indeed her cousin in terms of seniority, isn't that correct?"

"But you didn't do it with her...!"

Rias lowered her voice as much as possible, but her slightly embarrassed tone still made people feel as if she was about to pounce on and bite her at any moment.

"Ah, Aah, so the Minister is concerned about this~"

Just as he finished speaking, Akeno's voice interrupted from the side.

She held her beautiful face with one hand and smiled gently as always, but there seemed to be a hint of teasing in this smile.

"I was wondering why the director suddenly kept glaring at Naruse Mio-san and made her run away. It seems the director needs some desensitization training on this matter."

"Desensitization training?"

Rias twitched her lips, finding it hard to imagine how she could desensitize herself to something like this.

"It's very simple~"

Akeno smiled again.

"Minister, have you forgotten that Lady Venelana asked us to address each other as sisters? From now on, I will call Mr. Fogui 'brother-in-law'."

"what?!"

Rias typed a big question mark.

"Why did it become Akeno, you are the older sister when we are sisters?"

"Because I'm older than you, Buchou~"

Himejima Akeno crossed her arms over her chest and smiled broadly.

"How, how is this possible!?"

Rias counted on her fingers.

"Even if we are the same age, your birthday is July 21st, Akeno, and mine is April 9th. So, no matter what, I should be older than you!"

"That's hard to say~"

After saying this, Himejima Akeno lifted up her arms that were folded across her chest, and the proud curve of her arms instantly silenced the red-haired girl.

102 ＞ 99

QED.

But...how can this kind of thing be used as a criterion for judgment?

Fortunately, Venelana came up in time and patted the two girls on the shoulders.

"Alright, let's talk about this later. Rias, your expression just now was really not very nice. Mio is your cousin, so sisters should communicate more. They should all be in the kitchen right now, Rias, why don't you come over and help?"

"Well……"

Rias also realized her mistake and nodded as she was about to turn and leave.

However, Akeno followed suit at this time.

"Then I'll come along too. As a club member, I can't just watch the club leader busy himself. Let's go, Rias-chan?"

"Zhu! Nai!"

Chapter 288 Liara: My sister is on duty today~

With the help of Maria Naruse Mio, Lias Himejima, Akeno and others, lunch that would have taken Jester two or three hours to prepare by herself was completed in just one hour.

To be precise, there were actually a bit too many people in the kitchen by the end.

After all, after Rias joined the ranks of cooks, Shirone and Asia soon joined in as well.

As for Irina and Xenovia, they followed along for some strange reason like "As warriors, we can't just wait for food to be fed."

In the end, the only ones left in the hall outside were Hanakaiin Fukui, Heige, and the two wives, Xuela and Venelana.

Oh, and of course there's a certain nightmare maid who lost consciousness due to nightmare magic.

In this way, time passed quickly and it was lunch time.

The restaurant where we dine is located on the second floor of the Royal City.

Even though it is located in the North, a remote place in the entire Demon Realm, it was once the royal capital of the old Demon King faction, so in terms of size, it is comparable to the Gremory family.

The restaurant on the second floor alone is divided into inner and outer areas, one indoors and another on the outdoor terrace, probably used for candlelight dinners with the whole family on a moonlit and windy day.

However, considering that the temperature in the Demon Realm is still quite high today, even under the shade of trees outside it is still as high as 37 degrees, so forget it.

The scene changed to the indoor restaurant on the second floor. All the dishes were already served on the long table, and everyone was ready to take a seat at the table. Even Huakaiyuan Fogui had pulled out one leg of his dining chair and stepped in.

However, at this moment, Mrs. Sheila turned her gaze to Jester, the last person to return to the table.

"Jest, did I ask you to bring two more plates?"

"Uh... I brought it here."

After being reminded, as if she suddenly remembered something, Jester turned and walked to the dining cart against the wall, lifted the white tablecloth covering the cart, and took out two clean porcelain plates from the drawer below.

"Please, Madam Sheila."

"Well, thank you."

The Nightmare Wife reached out to take it, then turned to the group, smiled, and explained.

"Because Rukia is still sleeping in her room, she will probably wake up soon, so I plan to serve some food right now so she can eat it as soon as she wakes up."

Oh, I see.

It is true.

No one had any objection to this, so after filling both plates, Xuela left the table and headed upstairs to the bedroom.

squeak--

Half a minute later, accompanied by the slight sound of the door hinge turning in the quiet room, the door of the bedroom on the third floor of the royal city was gently pushed open.

The nightmare wife walked in from outside carrying two plates of food. She paused for a moment when she stepped into the room.

Because she saw that her eldest daughter, who had been sleeping on the bed, had woken up at some point and was sitting up on the bed with her lower body covered in the quilt, staring blankly out the window with her head tilted.

But this is also normal. The hypnotic magic of nightmares is like the anesthetic used in surgery. Although it comes quickly, the effect will take time to wear off, just like some patients will talk nonsense when they recover from general anesthesia.

"Rukia."

Xuela softly called her eldest daughter's name. She brought the food tray to the bedside, placed the food on the low cabinet beside the bed, and then dragged a chair over and sat down.

"How are you? Are you feeling well?"

"Well……"

Hearing the voice from her mother, the nightmare girl, who had no reaction in the previous second, trembled slightly, then turned her head slowly, and the familiar face was reflected in her still somewhat confused light purple eyes.

"Mother……"

"Wait a moment, mom will help you break the hypnosis right away."

As Xuela spoke, purple magic lighted up on her fingertips again, and she gently tapped her daughter's forehead.

solution.

Gudong——!

Just like suddenly gulping down a bottle of iced sports drink when feeling sleepy, the drowsiness in her head instantly disappeared, causing Rukia's body to tremble again, and a divine light appeared in her light purple eyes.

"N-No! Why am I here? Where is Lord Ramsas?"

The memory in her brain was finally restored, and the nightmare girl subconsciously wanted to throw off the quilt and get out of bed.

Fortunately, Xuela grabbed her in time.

"Calm down, Rukia. Sit down and listen to me."

"Mother!"

Rukia frowned, her tone filled with confusion.

"Why are you stopping me..."

"As for why, Rukia, don't you understand now?"

Xuela shook her head and gently tried to soothe her daughter.

"He's already explained all this very clearly before. Ramsas isn't the good man you think he is, Rukia. He chose to sacrifice Mio to save the old Demon King faction only for himself. And he's not the image you imagine him to be, Rukia. You could even say he doesn't really enjoy killing... Rukia, when has your mother ever been wrong about someone?"

"Isn't it because of you, mother, and him..."

Rukia still frowned, and couldn't stop thinking about the scene she saw in the bathroom last night.

She saw her mother being beaten by that guy like a cup... There was even an unconscious Maria lying next to her!

"I knew, Rukia, that you would have a bad impression of Buddha because of this, so I told you to listen to what mom said first."

This time, she did not use the power of nightmare. Xuela raised her hand, smiled, and gently rubbed her daughter's head, which was much taller than her.

"Regardless of whether you will change your mind about Buddhism in the end, Rukia, just listen to what mom has to say first, okay?"

"……Um."

After receiving her daughter's affirmative answer, Xuela stood up and went back to the door to close it, then returned to sit by the bed again.

Next, it’s time for mother and daughter to have a heart-to-heart talk.

……

A moment later, in the restaurant downstairs.

"Okay, I'm full."

As the young man's voice sounded, Huakaiyuan Fogui put down the knife and fork in his hand and stood up and left the table.