I'm surrounded by devil sisters!

Leohart didn't let go of his hands that were covering his face. Now when he thought back to the remote connection in the conference room, he still found it outrageous.

"When I went to look for Madness today, he wasn't in the Cardinal Court..."

"Eh? You actually stood up our Leo-chan?"

Upon hearing this, Liara couldn't help but clench her fists and mutter.

After all, he is the new Demon King who is about to rule the entire northern part of the Demon Realm. How can he be so brave as to stand him up so casually?

"No, it can't be considered a stand-up."

Leohart shook his head.

"It seems that the entire Cardinals' Council is currently engaged in preparations for the final battle, including those old guys from Madness, so we are meeting via remote connection."

Liara said, "So, we finally met, right?"

"Hmm...but his attitude gives me a weird feeling."

Leohart tapped his index finger between his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and recalled.

"When I first mentioned my intention to transfer the ownership of the old capital, Madness was surprised at first, and then he objected."

"Well, that's normal."

Liara put down the teacup in her hand and nodded.

"After all, what those old men in the Cardinals' Council most wanted was for the North to have a clear master, so they could safely cling to him and continue sucking his blood for survival... So, what happened next that made him agree?"

Leohart shook his head in denial. "No, Madness used the excuse of shaking the army's morale until the very end, insisting that I take control of the entire North."

Huakaiyuan Fogui interrupted him, "So, isn't there a conclusion? The conclusion is that the Cardinal Council doesn't support it? Besides, if that's the case, then what we have to do here is very clear. Since they dare to openly oppose you, the new Demon King, why not just wipe out the entire Cardinal Council and be done with it?"

“But here’s the problem now…”

Leohart shook his head again.

"Even I don't know where those old guys in the Cardinals' Court are hiding right now."

"……what?"

Huakaiyuan Fogui slowly typed a question mark.

"Didn't they say they were fully preparing for the final showdown between the old and new Demon Lords? If so, according to the address on the invitation letter they sent earlier, they should be there, right?"

"No, that's just a cover."

Leohart coughed lightly.

"On the way back, I had my men investigate to make sure they weren't there."

"Oh~"

Huakaiyuan Fogui now understood.

"So they're all in hiding now, right?"

"That's it……"

Leohart couldn't deny it.

"And it seems that the Cardinals are very eager for a conflict to break out between us."

"Isn't their intention too obvious?"

Even Liara couldn't help but complain when she heard this.

Not to mention that insisting on refuting the current Demon King's decision can almost be regarded as treason. After all, the demon world has always respected strength, and there is no such thing as freedom and democracy as the human world.

Besides, the fact that they only held meetings via remote connection without showing up in person is enough to make you suspect that the other party has something to hide.

This is blatant provocation... No, it should be said that it is forcing the current Demon King to conflict with the external enemy. It is obvious that he is laying his cards on the table and wants to reap the benefits.

She even takes advantage of the current devil's behavior. She is more nostalgic than the red beans in Wang Wei's poems.

"So there's no way to find them?"

Huakaiyuan Buddhist asked.

But the only answer he got was Leohart shaking his head. The young demon king shook his head almost more times today than in the past year.

"There's no way at the moment. Although the North is considered a wild place in the entire Demon Realm, it's an extremely vast area. Finding a few people is very difficult."

"But there is another way—"

Leohart paused here.

"Those old guys will undoubtedly still be watching the final battle, but the live broadcast of the final battle will only be broadcast to the stands."

"That is to say, if those old guys can't show up in the stands, the only way they can learn about the battle situation is to pull a broadcast signal to their hiding place. Then my people can use this signal to find their location."

"So signal tracking is possible?"

Huakaiyuan Fogui let out a cry of "Oh".

After hearing this, he almost understood the whole picture. It was obvious that the Cardinal Court had completely stopped acting and was clearly determined to make the Demon King's faction fight the enemy until both sides were defeated, and then make a lot of money from it.

But even though Leohart understood the Cardinal Council's plan, at this point it was impossible for him to stop his conquest of the North and negotiate with the Old Demon King. Otherwise, not only would he himself not be able to get over it, but his subordinates would also not agree.

Therefore, the only way now is to take advantage of the situation. Not only must a decisive battle be fought, but the Cardinals must also be killed. Moreover, the duration of the decisive battle must be prolonged as much as possible to ensure that the location of the broadcast signal can be successfully tracked.

However, as expected, the Cardinals also knew about the tracking of the broadcast signal, but they didn't care, or they had enough trump cards to deal with it.

Well, thinking about it this way, it suddenly becomes interesting.

"In that case, may I ask what the format of the final battle is?"

"It's a ring match, best of seven..."

Leohart answered subconsciously, but then he was stunned.

"Wait, you want to..."

"That's all we can do."

The flowers bloom in the courtyard and the Buddha spreads his hands.

"Do you have a way to communicate effectively with your subordinates and the old Demon King faction to delay the fight for enough time?"

"..."

Well, that seems reasonable when you think about it.

The old and new demon lord factions are inherently incompatible, and if they meet, they'll probably fight until their brains pop out. Plus, Ramsas is dead now, and the final best-of-seven battle might end before even five games are played.

In this case, it becomes necessary to delay time by fixing matches.

"So, regarding the details of the final match..."

"Ah, no need. I probably know this."

Huakaiyuan Fogui shrugged.

"My girlfriend and her friends have a similar event among the Seventy-Two Pillars of Nobility. I think it's called a ranking game. Although I haven't officially participated yet, I'm going to practice here this time."

"..."

"..."

Chapter 302 Aunt Sephia!

Although it was almost time for dinner, Huakaiyuan Fugui still said goodbye and left after settling the matters concerning the final battle.

The scene shifts back to the old capital city.

Although the morale of the harem dropped by five percentage points because of the lack of time in the morning to irrigate all the women, as the saying goes, man is iron and rice is steel, so one still has to eat when it is time to eat.

So when Huakaiyuan Fogui returned to the old capital city, the girls were already busy carrying the lunch food from the kitchen on the first floor to the restaurant on the second floor.

How should I put it? Although it was a bit unexpected, the scene was still quite harmonious. Although there were many young ladies or people from famous families among the people present, after living in the old capital for the past two days, it can be seen that everyone still takes care of each other. There was no situation like throwing tantrums and refusing to work.

And because everyone helps with cooking, after trying it out yesterday, I found that instead of loading each dish onto the food cart and pushing it upstairs after cooking, it is more convenient for each person to just carry a plate and walk upstairs directly.

The same goes for Heige. She doesn't have any airs of a spoiled brat. At most, she'll occasionally act like a girlfriend.

That’s right, she was talking about the fact that Huakaiyuan Fogui didn’t water her flowers this morning.

So at this moment, she was walking out of the kitchen with a large plate of food that looked like some kind of demon world specialty, steamed garlic lobster. The tempting aroma of food wafted all the way. As she walked up the stairs towards the restaurant on the second floor, she complained to her sister Baiyin beside her.

"Hey~ So, Shirone, don't you think Huahua is really going too far? It's already the next morning, but he's still taking extra care of Akeno and Asia. This is clearly favoritism... Hey, so, sister, how about this? After Huahua comes back and has lunch, we can do the same as yesterday and let her wash the dishes. Then, we sisters can take the opportunity to sneak into the kitchen and join her directly..."

"Uh-huh!"

This could definitely be called a conspiracy, but the white-haired cat-shaped girl who was walking beside them and also holding food in her hands listened very seriously.

After all, on this point, she and her sister Heige share the same honor and disgrace.

You have to know that although Rias is quite generous and caring towards her family members in other matters, she seems to be particularly possessive when it comes to matters concerning Senior Fugui. There are so many women surrounding Senior Fugui, and if they really start fighting, it will quickly enter a melee mode.

So at times like this, you need to refer to your sister Heige's various cool moves... No, you should rely on your rich experience to seize the initiative.

And because they are sisters, it is natural for the older sister to take care of the younger sister.

In a nutshell, as long as there is a bite of Hei Ge, there will definitely be a bite of Bai Yin as well.

This is true sisterhood.

"...What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by needing a kitchen again?"

Just as Heige Mao's brain was working at full speed thinking about how to further ensure the achievement of his goal, the familiar voice of the young man behind him suddenly came.

!!!

He had never expected that the real culprit would suddenly appear while he was secretly plotting. The cat-shaped girl, who was holding a large lobster in her hand, suddenly had both ears erected, and the two tails dangling under her kimono were straightened.

As for the plate in his hand, it took off on the spot.

“Huahua——!”

Without even glancing at the flying plate, Heige turned around and gave the boy a big hug, the sound coming out of her mouth was as sweet as it could be.

"Hey, don't rush to hug me..."

Huakaiyuan Fogui's gaze was still fixed on the dinner plate that flew high into the sky and then slowly began to fall.

He wanted to reach out and take it, but his body was tightly entangled by a certain cat-like girl.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the two slender white cat tails were raised up, bent into a very elastic arc, and steadily caught the plate falling from mid-air.

"Senior Fogui, don't worry..."

Baiyin turned around and spoke in a calm tone. She held her plate in one hand, and the big lobster that Heige almost threw away just now was placed steadily on the tail behind her. She even had her hand free to give a firm thumbs up.

“A real man desu~★”

Hua Kaiyuan Buddhist Retreat "..."

So what is the point of being proud?

"Hoohoo~ Huahua, you're finally back."

The cat-eared girl hugged him tightly as if she had found her favorite catnip and never wanted to let go. She kept rubbing her cheek against him, as if she didn't care at all that he almost knocked over the plate just now.

But she seemed to have forgotten another point, that is, lunch was about to start, and everyone was carrying their lunch dishes upstairs one by one. Her behavior of blocking the stairs would essentially block the people behind her.

As expected, the next second I heard the voice of a red-haired girl coming from behind me.

"Huh? Fogui, you're back... Also, no hugging on the stairs!"

"Huh? Forbidden? When was that rule introduced? I've never heard of it before~"

Kuroka, who was frantically sucking in the energy to replenish Huahua's energy, lazily opened one eye and looked over the boy's shoulder to the back. His sight just fell on Rias who was walking out of the kitchen with a tray of food.

There was a hint of provocation in his tone.

Of course, Rias didn't tolerate it and just rolled her eyes and confronted him.

"This is the rule of our Gremory family. Miss Naruse Mio is my cousin and also belongs to the Gremory family, so the Gremory family rules naturally apply here."

"Yes~ It's your Gremory family's house rules, but I'm not from your Gremory family, so I can't control it, meow meow meow meow~"

Heige started singing her meow song again.

"you……!"

Rias's mouth twitched and her blood pressure instantly rose.