Looking at the two girls standing before him, Qin Xiao felt slightly confused.
Why had these two suddenly come to find him?
He had only just arrived in this world.
Aside from Koneko Toujou, he hadn't had any contact with anyone here.
"Qin Xiao, the transfer student from China."
"Yes. May I ask who you are?"
"My name is Sona Sitri, the Student Council President of Kuoh Academy."
"President Sona, may I know what you need from me?"
When Qin Xiao directly called her by name, Sona frowned slightly.
In Japan, unless you are very close friends or family, people generally don't call each other by their given names, especially between the opposite sex.
However, Sona knew Qin Xiao was from China, not Japan.
It was understandable that he didn't know Japanese customs.
So she didn't pursue the matter further.
"Not long ago, my family sent me a message."
"They told me a transfer student from China would arrive and asked me to handle the matter personally."
"Uh…"
Qin Xiao immediately felt awkward.
He didn't even need to guess.
This was definitely the system's doing.
After all, he had arrived in this world physically, not through reincarnation.
In this world, he had no real background at all.
If someone seriously investigated him, they would definitely find problems.
"But after seeing you today, I understand why."
Sona looked at him and smiled slightly.
However, Qin Xiao felt that the smile was somewhat strange.
He could roughly guess what she was thinking.
She had probably already noticed that he wasn't an ordinary person.
Still, Qin Xiao didn't worry too much.
After all, he had a system cheat.
His strength would only continue to grow.
"Well… President Sona, if that's the case, why did you come to see me?"
"It's nothing important."
"I just wanted to see what kind of person the one my family told me to pay attention to looks like."
She paused briefly.
"You're not bad."
"If you run into trouble, you can come to the Student Council."
After saying that, she turned around and left.
Behind her, Tsubaki Shinra glanced at Qin Xiao.
She didn't say anything, but the curiosity in her eyes was obvious.
At that moment—
Three beautiful figures walked out from the school building.
Red hair flowed gently in the wind.
The moment she appeared, most of the students in the square turned their eyes toward her.
"Ah! It's Rias-senpai! She's so beautiful!"
"Lady Rias, Lady Akeno, and Koneko-chan! I'm going to die from happiness!"
"Look! It's Rias vs. President Sona again!"
"Is it starting again?"
On the square in front of the school building, Rias and Sona stopped walking at the same time.
They faced each other.
Not only them—
On the side, Akeno Himejima and Tsubaki Shinra also looked toward each other.
Both were Queens serving their masters.
And both were also each other's rivals.
"Good morning, Sona."
"Good morning, Rias."
There was no sharp verbal clash.
Instead, they exchanged polite greetings like noble ladies.
"Lady Rias."
Tsubaki bowed slightly.
"Lady Sona."
In response, Akeno and Koneko greeted Sona respectfully.
"President Sona."
This was the strict hierarchical structure among devils.
High-class devils stood above all.
Even if someone was not their own servant, lower-ranked devils still had to show proper respect.
"Sona, out so early in the morning. Are you recruiting a new servant?"
Rias asked with a smile.
Sona raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm? Rias, did you come here because of him?"
As she spoke, Sona glanced toward Qin Xiao, who was standing not far away.
There was a hint of surprise and curiosity in her eyes.
Rias immediately noticed that reaction.
At that moment, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Sona didn't know Qin Xiao was a Sacred Gear user yet.
And that he possessed considerable strength.
"I saw you personally come to greet someone, so I became curious," Rias said.
"So, is he someone you've chosen?"
"Not yet," Sona replied calmly.
"I'm still observing him."
Every High-Class Devil had a fixed set of Evil Pieces.
Choosing servants was an extremely important decision.
It could affect their entire future.
Therefore, it had to be done very carefully.
After all, if you contract a poor-quality servant, not only would you waste a precious Evil Piece, you would also be at a disadvantage in future Rating Games.
Moreover, as the future heir of the Sitri Clan, Sona Sitri had to be even more cautious when choosing her servants.
"I think he seems quite good," Rias said.
"Oh? Are you interested in him too?" Sona asked.
"I simply trust your judgment, Sona."
"Do as you like. If you want him, you don't need to worry about me."
"Is that so? Then I'll gladly accept your generosity, Sona."
Rias immediately revealed a bright smile.
She then walked past Sona and headed directly toward Qin Xiao.
Seeing this, Sona instantly understood something.
Rias definitely knew something she didn't.
And Qin Xiao was definitely not a simple transfer student.
Meanwhile, Qin Xiao himself had already inherited 10% of Enkidu's template, which greatly enhanced his five senses.
Although Rias and Sona were speaking quietly, Qin Xiao had still heard their entire conversation.
This made his expression turn slightly unpleasant.
He had only just arrived in this world.
He had no connection whatsoever with these people.
Yet they were discussing him as if he were some kind of commodity.
Especially Rias's tone—
It sounded as if, as long as Sona didn't compete with her, Qin Xiao would automatically belong to her.
That made Qin Xiao somewhat dissatisfied.
As someone from China, deep inside he carried the pride of the descendants of Yan and Huang.
At that moment, Rias, Akeno Himejima, and Koneko Toujou had already arrived in front of him.
"Qin Xiao, right? Thank you for saving Koneko yesterday."
"It was nothing."
"And thanks to Koneko, I even made a small fortune."
Rias chuckled slightly.
"You're quite interesting."
From Koneko, Rias had already learned about what happened yesterday.
Including Qin Xiao's strong concern for money.
That made her even more confident in recruiting him.
After all—
The Gremory family never lacked money.
If Qin Xiao wanted money, that was extremely easy to solve.
However, Qin Xiao turned his gaze toward Koneko.
From Rias's behavior, he already knew that she must have learned everything from Koneko.
"Senpai… I'm sorry."
Koneko lowered her head.
In a sense, she had revealed everything.
"You don't need to worry about it," Qin Xiao said calmly.
"We only met yesterday. Reporting what happened to your companions is completely normal."
"...I'm sorry."
Koneko could clearly sense the slight dissatisfaction in Qin Xiao's emotions.
She was very sensitive to such things.
Her head lowered even further in guilt.