Chapter 873: Ristia Asmodeus ③ (1/2)

Is the tea that Risty-san brewed Rose tea? Anyhow, placing a cup of tea with a faint scent of roses in front of Chris-san and I, Risty-san opened up the box of sweets I gave her and spoke.

[How about we talk about the most basic information first? The target of affection for us Lustful Demons, including me, are people who are covered in lust and have twisted personalities…… Our kind prefers those what society calls scoundrels and trash. Both of you should stay away from anyone that a Lustful Demon refers to as a target of affection. No matter how good they look on the outside, they are almost certainly trash.]

Transferring the sweets to a plate and placing it in the center of the table, Risty-san also sat down across from us and took a sip of tea before continuing.

[……If you look hard enough, you might find one or two exceptions, but basically, the people that Lustful Demons refer to as targets of affection are generally bad people…… Of course, that also goes for me too. That's why, a child like Kaito who is a good person at heart wouldn't be an object of affection.]

[I see.]

[Ahh, being a half, that isn't the case for Chris-chan, okay? That's only for pure Lustful Demons.]

After listening to what Risty-san said, Chris-san and I understood the meaning of her words earlier. If you consider that the people Risty-san sees as love interests are bad people, you could certainly say that calling someone isn't an object of her affection is a compliment, since it would directly mean that they are good people.

[Also, you could say that for me, someone who isn't to my taste would be someone I high value much more than those that were within my taste.]

[And why is that?]

When Chris-san asked this, Risty-san smiled as she crossed her legs.

[Let's go back to the basics. When I judge someone to be a love interest, I consider them more like ”food” or ”toy”, having no more value than that. Me, telling someone I'm in love with them is equal to saying ”That meat looks so juicy and delicious”.]

[……In short, Mother is saying that Miyama-sama is someone you highly value?]

[Of course, I do. Me telling someone of the opposite gender that they aren't a target of my affection is a compliment I rarely give. I've naturally been a pretty good judge of character, so if I had to evaluate you, I'd say that Kaito passes.]

[Unnn? Pass? Pass what?]

Hearing Risty-san suddenly say that I passed something, I tilted my head and asked, to which Risty-san lightly pointed at Chris-san and answered.

[That you pass as Chris-chan's romantic partner.]

[……Mother?]

[Chris-chan is so pure in love that I'm even wondering where my succubus blood in her veins went, so I'd like her to be with someone like you who's too good-natured compared to other good people. Chris-chan also seems to like you anyway…… Well, being completely useless in matters of love, I'm sure she can't approach you properly though.]

As Risty-san spoke like she was having fun, Chris-san looked a little flustered. Well, I guess that's to be expected when your own mother starts talking about your love life.

Even so, Chris-san is so pure that she's useless in matters of love? I don't really feel that though, or rather, within the letters we exchanged, her letters would always be started with shameless lines, and there were some times write things that either seduce me or tease me, so I imagined that she was a skillful love master……