With Rod's strength, he could have resisted Katerea's suppression quite easily. The only reason he didn't was because he was worried that doing so might affect the partnership between them.
More importantly, Katerea was highly likely to become a future queen, or even the next Leviathan Maou of the Underworld. Her status was far too exalted for Rod to carelessly offend.
To avoid bringing disaster upon his family and friends, Rod could only swallow his grievances and silently endure this workplace tyrannization from Katerea.
At the same time, he lowered his head, closed his eyes, and bore it in silence.
For the sake of the future, this little sacrifice was worth it!
Just then, Rod suddenly heard the sound of a zipper.
He instinctively opened his eyes and discovered that Katerea's deep V had now become a person.
.......
Late at night in the Underworld.
When Rod came back to his senses, he found that the sky outside had already darkened.
Artificial moonlight shone in through the gaps in the curtains. The light wasn't cold, but carried a faint purplish-red hue.
"Did that much time really pass already?"
Rod was a little surprised. Then he looked at Katerea lying on the office floor like a puddle of mud, and a trace of smugness crossed his face.
"Good thing I was a little better, otherwise I might've been the one lying there."
That said, Rod still felt a faint soreness in his lower back.
After several hundred rounds of thrilling back-and-forth battle, Katerea had ultimately been forced beneath him, begging for mercy. Even so, it had to be said that Katerea's body carried the bloodline of the apocalyptic beast Leviathan, and her endurance far surpassed that of ordinary people. If Rod's body hadn't already been strengthened by missions, he would have surrendered long ago.
And afterward, Rod was also rather surprised that this had all happened so naturally.
After all, in a normal campus romance plot, it should have taken at least dozens more chapters.
And this had only been his first meeting with Katerea.
In the end, Rod could only come to one conclusion.
Although the devils who lived in the Underworld looked almost no different from humans on the surface, the way they viewed the world was still drastically different from normal people.
For example, in the original story, Rias had already started giving benefits to the protagonist the first time she took him in, even sleeping while holding him.
Though it really had only been sleeping and nothing more, everything that could be seen had already been seen.
And Rias, with that kind of outlook, was still considered one of the conservatives in the Underworld. It was easy to imagine just how open daily life must be for the more radical devils.
They probably threw parties every other day.
And what surprised Rod most was that despite how revealing Katerea usually dressed, she was actually still untouched.
That once again made Rod realize the weight behind the phrase: you really can't judge a book by its cover.
Just then,
A voice suddenly came from outside.
"Lady Leviathan, Lord Asmodeus has arrived."
Hearing that, Katerea finally opened her eyes, though the annoyance on her face was obvious.
After all, she had wanted to rest properly for a whole day, only to be disturbed at a time like this.
"I understand. Tell him to wait outside for now. I'll go over in a while."
"Yes."
The footsteps outside gradually faded away.
Katerea stood up expressionlessly. With a surge of demonic power, a new outfit appeared on her body.
"I'm going to meet Creuserey next. Do you want to come?"
"I won't go. It's best if they don't know I'm here."
"Mm."
She said no more and turned to leave.
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"Change into another outfit."
"Why?"
Katerea lowered her head and glanced at herself. She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she was wearing.
"It's too revealing. I don't like it."
Hearing that, a strange expression appeared on Katerea's face.
"This counts as revealing? As expected, the gap between human values and devil values really is too wide."
Even so, she changed into a more conservative outfit right in front of Rod.
"I'll head back too."
He had been away for quite a while already, and Rod felt that the others at home were probably worried about him.
"Follow the plan exactly as I told you. Don't reveal it to any third party besides us. Otherwise, no one will be able to save you."
Hearing that, Katerea gave a slight nod.
"Don't worry. I may not like this plan, but I'm not stupid. No one is in a rush to die."
She had endured humiliation and survived this long for one reason only: to let the world know once more that she was the rightful orthodox heir.
"Mm."
Hearing that, Rod felt relieved.
Of course, if Katerea turned out to be the type who didn't even fear death, then there really would be nothing he could do.
.......
After that, Rod separated from her and returned to Kuoh Town through the teleport anchor.
The moment he arrived back, his phone started going off with one message after another.
He glanced through them and found people from all sides.
After deleting a few marketing texts, Rod opened Jeanne's chat.
The content was simple enough.
She said she had concealed his whereabouts from Siegfried, telling him that Rod had complete freedom and that even as vice-captain, Siegfried had no authority to restrict him.
At the same time, she had gotten into a small argument with Siegfried, and she also said that she would always believe in him and walk the heroic path he had shown her.
Rod's expression turned strange after reading it.
All he could say was that Jeanne's imagination was first-rate. She had already filled in an entire story for things that had never happened.
He had only worked with Katerea because a mission had popped up.
As for being a hero...
Well, that didn't seem entirely wrong either.
After all, even a wicked-hearted hero was still a hero.
After reading Jeanne's message, he moved on to the one from Akeno.
She said she wanted to invite Rod to a simple meal over the weekend to express her gratitude for saving them last time.
Rod replied with a single word:
"Oh."
Not long after, Akeno sent back a question-mark emoji.
"What I meant was yes."
"That's wonderful. I'd been trying to call you earlier, but you never picked up, so I started to worry that you'd blocked me. Then we'll set the dinner for Saturday evening. We'll arrange a car to pick you up."
"..."
Putting his phone away, Rod pushed open the door and stepped into his living room.
The place was lively.
Besides the girls who already lived with him, Xenovia and Irina Shidou were still here as well.
"You two still haven't gone back?"
Rod asked in surprise.
"Why did you come back this late? We've been waiting for you for ages."
Xenovia, who had been wiping down her Holy Sword with a white cloth, leaned it against the wall and stood up, her tone carrying a trace of dissatisfaction.
"I'm dissatisfied too, nya! Those two have almost eaten all my snacks, nya!"
Kuroka, curled up in Asia's arms, voiced her protest.
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