The genie is out of the bottle!

Issei woke up in the morning to find that Rias had left early to handle some Gremory business, and Asia was up too, making them both some breakfast. He yawned and headed to the bathroom, washing up, and getting ready for school, when he heard a knock on the door. Blinking, he headed down.

Upon answering the door, he was surprised to see Raynare was standing at the door. "...Raynare?" he asked, barely holding back a tired yawn. "What are you doing here?"

She shrugged. "Figured I'd start trying walking to school with you. Believe it or not, you're not bad company," she admitted, flushing slightly.

"...that, and the others are less likely to ask you to do something ridiculous as the gopher when I'm around, right?" Issei asked knowingly, and Raynare huffed and crossed her arms.

"Okay, fine, you caught me there," she confessed. "I still don't particularly mind your company though."

He shrugged, and called to Asia while she was still in the kitchen, "Hey, Asia, can you make enough for three?"

"Sure thing, Issei!" she called back, and Raynare snorted.

"Wait, three? It's just you two in the place at the moment?" she questioned, taking a seat on the couch.

"Yeah, Rias is doing something administrative before coming back to head to school with me. She IS still the Gremory Heiress, after all," Issei noted, sitting across from her as they waited on breakfast. He idly began to organize his book bag as they chatted.

"Yeesh, that alongside being your genie, she's got a lot of work cut out for her, doesn't she?" Raynare snorted, her tone casual as she began to scroll lazily through her phone.

"Yeah, she does, it's... A lot... Of work..." Issei trailed off, before slowly looking towards Raynare, his eyes wide. She looked up from her phone, meeting his gaze, her expression the picture of fake innocence. "What... When... How the heck did you know!?" Issei demanded, pointing accusingly at Raynare in shock.

"...you just told me," she chirped, putting her phone down.

Issei stared, dumbfounded. "...I just... You... WHAT!?" he exclaimed.

Raynare reclined, placing her hands behind her head and crossing her legs. "To tell you the truth, it was just a dumb guess I got from old human folklore. It was the best fit for what I had managed to find out. Your Master/**** relationship with her. The fact that she was obviously far more of a prize than the normal Devil political bullshit. The absurd degree of power she suddenly seemed to have despite the fact that she shouldn't have it. And then there's what you said in front of Freed, though the idiot only just barely remembered anything useful. In truth, I had to go to the Internet to find anything that even remotely fit the facts, and the word "genie" practically jumped out at the first page. Of course, it was still just a guess..."

"...until I confirmed it by mistake," Issei slumped, defeated. Raynare sniggered.

"Yes, yes you did," she remarked. "You fell for the oldest trick in the book. I almost can't believe that actually worked."

"...so, what now? You going to try to steal her Lamp or something?" Issei asked her, on guard.