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I have to respond to them. As the Sekiryuutei! As Hyoudou Issei! I have to give them a good response! “I — no matter who wins, I’ll make both of you my brides! If you’re going to decide who my bride is with this kind of outcome, then I won’t be a true Harem King! Koneko-chan!”
I made a clear and plain declaration. “I accept your proposal! Please be my bride!”
<<—Mmm. ……Yes.>>
I got an answer. And with that flow, I continued speaking to the other person! “And, Kuroka!”
<<W-Wah nya! ?>>
After listening to the proposal to her sister, she was still engrossed in surprise and hadn’t yet come back to her senses, so she let out a sluggish murmur. But I didn’t care as I continued to ask
“Are you in love with me? Truly?”
Kuroka replied in an earnest tone
<<…In the beginning, I only thought of you as a substitute for Vali. Vali’s rival. When I’m together with you, my heart beats in a joyful rhythm, and it’s fun just to hang out with you. I only wanted children in the past, a Heavenly Dragon’s children…I just wanted strong genes. If Vali couldn’t, then I’d choose you. But, things are different now. …You’re incorrigibly stupid, and hopelessly honest. Even though you’re a pervert, and an idiot after all…even though you just had to be gentle towards Shirone, you took good care of me as well…you gave us sisters a peaceful place to live…. If I’m together with you…then I feel at ease. When I see your smile, my heart becomes filled with love…>>
The voice of Kuroka’s heart — included heartfelt tears. <<…For people like us, you went and took on such a stupid fight. Surely, your body is covered in wounds, right? Even though your opponent was a god…. Even if they are a god, you’ll protect us from their hands, so how could I possibly dislike a man like that!? Mmm, that’s right, ever since a long time ago, I fell hopelessly in love with the man named Hyoudou Issei…I love you.>>
After listening to Kuroka’s confession, I bluntly answered her. “I understand. I also love you, you know? How could I not realise that from a girl who would ask me to give her my genes? Even so, watching your ordinary life…although I was a bit worried, you made sure that your little sister Koneko-chan always came first, and I think a gentle sister like that is sure to be a good woman.”
Kuroka was a hopelessly mischievous cat, and our initial encounter was the worst. She had released that toxic fog. She was usually lazy, and liked playing pranks…. But, it was clear to me that she was a kind woman. She was a girl who saw her little sister as a more important existence than anyone else. She was a girl who prayed for peace more than anyone else. I knew all of this! “Are you okay with me?”
Kuroka immediately answered my question. <<It must be you. Sekiryuutei-chan…no, Ise! I want to have children with the gentle you!>>
Since that’s the case, I’ll make up my mind. I faced Ravel’s oppai, and cried out
“In that case, together with Koneko-chan — be my briiiiiiiiiiiiidddee!”
In the middle of the wilderness, I let out a cry of love towards a pair of oppai—. Part 3
After the battle against Thanatos, we returned to [Fafnir Stadium] — we headed towards the audience area. All of my comrades had gathered at the entrance to audience area, and they watched the live broadcast stream that was projected in the air. I asked Xenovia who was nearby
“How is the game going! ?”
“Ise! Look quickly! It’s really intense!”
There was a separate display for each scene, but in one of the screens, the battle between Koneko-chan and Kuroka was nearing its climax! Koneko-chan in her Shirone mode released white-flamed Kasha at Kuroka, while Kuroka skillfully used her various Youkai, demonic, and senjutsu techniques to easily negate all of Koneko-chan’s attacks. Seeing this, Koneko-chan began to use physical techniques in tandem as she approached Kuroka, and then began an assault of punches and kicks at a close range with her touki-coated body. Koneko-chan’s wild onslaught didn’t give Kuroka any time to rest, and Koneko-chan’s physical prowess was already far beyond her sister’s. Kuroka used a small-scale transportation technique on herself to try and increase the distance between herself and Koneko-chan, but Koneko-chan had already foreseen that her sister would use this technique, so she predicted the spot at which her sister would appear, and immediately rushed towards it. She once again engaged in close-quarters physical combat with her sister, and her sister was finally injured. Because they normally lived together all the time and did various things together, it was only natural that she had become able to understand how her sister would think and act. Kuroka looked at the figure of the younger sister who had caught up with her — and smiled. With a smile of pleasure on her face, Kuroka said
[Shirone! The winner — can take the lead in getting the first night with our future husband, Ise! This is a battle between sisters for the first night!] [—!] Koneko-chan was surprised! I was shocked as well! The battle between those two sisters has actually been bet on such an important thing! Koneko-chan immediately took it seriously and prepared her stance. [……I understand. I accept that challenge!] This provoked the commentator. <<Umm! I don’t quite understand…the sisters’ first night…? That must be at stake in this battle! It seems this has become a battle to decide who will get the first night with the Oppai Dragon…you truly make me envious, Oppai Dragon!>>
Uh, since I was near the audience area, it was unlikely that many people would notice me, but I was still really embarrassed by that! This is going to get published in the newspapers, and the media will be gossiping about it as well! The showdown between Koneko-chan and Kuroka intensified further, and at that time, jii-chan spoke to me from the jewel of my Sacred Gear again. [Alright, Ise. —It’s almost time for me to say goodbye to you.] —What! Such a sudden parting. No, jii-chan already died long ago, even though I had spoken to him through the Ungaikyo recently! “Jii-chan!? W-Why!? You’re just going to enter my Sacred Gear without permission, and leave like that as well?”
[I would feel bad for Ddraig if I just continued to stay in the jewel forever. I can’t continue to stay in this world either and spy on the erotic scenes of my grandson and those young ladies. Don’t you agree?] “T-That’s true, it would certainly be quite embarrassing.”
Ddraig would feel worn out, and I wouldn’t want jii-chan to see all of the ero stuff that I get up to with the girls! Jii-chan continued
[You belong to the Devils of the Bible, and I must return to the Paradise of Buddhism. Our mythologies don’t align. There may be no further chance for us to meet each other again.] After listening to jii-chan’s lonely words, I said
“…We’ll meet again. There’s that mirror, even though we can’t use it too many times.”
After using the Ungaikyo once, it would take a long time to see that same person the next time. | text_24 |
In most cases, each person was limited to a single time. “I’m able to live for a long time right now, so I might have the opportunity to use the Ungaikyo again…I will make my name even more renowned in Paradise, so that the gods on that side will invite me to visit!”
Jii-chan — although I couldn’t see his face, I’m sure he was extremely satisfied. Jii-chan left some final words behind for me
[Ise! A harem! You must realise your harem! When you meet a cute girl, propose to her! If you get proposed to by a cute girl, you must not hesitate to accept her!] Jii-chan finally cried out. [My grandson — is the best Oppai Dragon!] And my conversation with jii-chan was then cut off there—. …He went into the jewel on his own, and helped me to develop new techniques without asking…. …Jii-chan, thank you. Although it was quite a mess, it’s all thanks to you that I was able to protect Koneko-chan and Kuroka—. Although jii-chan’s departure was quite sudden, the match unfolding before my eyes was becoming more and more heated—. Both Koneko-chan and Kuroka were rather worn out. Koneko-chan breathed heavily as she said
[Kuroka-neesama, let’s finish this!] [Yeah, come at me with your best!] Using demonic energy attacks, black-flamed Kasha, kicks and punches combined with senjutsu and touki, Kuroka mercilessly attacked her little sister with everything that she had to offer. Koneko-chan released kasha — and then released her Shirone mode and reverted to her normal form as she continued to surround her body with touki! And then, it happened! Koneko-chan’s tail — turned into three! A tremendous amount of touki enveloped Koneko-chan! Even right now, Kuroka was only capable of manifesting two tails! At this critical moment, Koneko-chan had evolved to have three tails. Koneko-chan’s eyes shone with a golden light! Koneko-chan’s movements accelerated to a point where it was difficult to even keep up with the naked eye, and she far exceeded Kuroka’s ability to follow! It was difficult even for me to see clearly! The fast-moving kasha that Kuroka released was no longer able to catch up to Koneko-chan’s ultra-high-speed movements—. Eventually, Koneko-chan’s speed increased to a point where even her footsteps became silent as she charged towards Kuroka’s body. By the time that Kuroka even noticed, Koneko-chan’s fist had already plummeted into her abdomen.Pow! —That clear, resounding noise echoed out from between the two sisters. After a moment, Kuroka’s body wavered. As her body trembled, Kuroka lovingly hugged Koneko-chan. […It seems there’s a big difference in terms of physical ability. You’ve become stronger, Shirone…]
Kuroka’s body was enveloped in the light of retirement. Kuroka stroked Koneko-chan’s cheeks. [It looks like you’ll be just fine without me. You’re already so strong…]
Holding onto her sister’s hand as she was about to disappear, Koneko-chan let out large tears. […No, even if I become stronger, I’ll still need Kuroka-neesama. —Because we’re sisters.] Kuroka — faded into the light. <<Of the [Hakuryuukou of the Morning Star] team, one [Bishop] has retired.>>
An announcement to affirm Koneko-chan’s victory was broadcast across the field—. Koneko-chan had attained victory for herself, but the game was not over yet. On another screen, His Eminence Vasco Strada was still fighting against Arthur. Both of the swordsmen were wielding holy swords which were enveloped in a holy aura—. Every time their blades clashed, waves of holy aura were released, causing destruction to the entirety of the surrounding area. The road upon which the two of them were standing was on the verge of collapse, and all of the nearby buildings had collapsed. The last time — in the battle during which the Church warriors started a rebellion, Arthur ended their battle prematurely due to the difference in their physical strength…. This time, His Eminence Strada had reverted to the days of his fifties — the movements of His Emience at his prime were very smooth, and his untiring and fierce attacks continued to move towards Arthur. Arthur used Collbrande to block the attacks, but he was forced to kneel down every time he blocked an attack. Although he did his best to stand back up and escape from a bad situation, he still continued to be overwhelmed underneath His Eminence’s frightening power. Arthur used his holy sword to pierce a hole in the space, and then put his blade into it. It was an ultimate technique that was used at close-range and allowed the tip of his blade to pierce through close to his opponent, but His Eminence was still able to dodge and negate it. Even in the body of a relatively old man, he was still able to dodge them all! Arthur had also become considerably stronger since that battle as well! Arthur continually used spatial portals to attack from blind spots, but that monster still — His Eminence Strada was still able to dodge! Just as Arthur pierced through space, the aura of his holy sword was released for an attack at the same time, but His Eminence maintained his distance and evaded each blow one after the other. …If it was me, then I wouldn’t have known about the timing of his attacks, and I would’ve been hit! Just like last time, Arthur tried to avoid direct clashes of their blades as much as possible. It was already made clear to him that he was unable to match the strength of His Eminence at his prime. Although Arthur intended to evade, His Eminence didn’t allow him to do so by approaching and beginning a close-quarters fight. Even in the close-range fight between the two of them, Arthur’s talent in swordsmanship could be seen, but His Emience was overpowering and forcing Arthur back with every swing of Durandal—. Amidst the fierce clash of blades, Arthur suddenly jumped back and pulled away. His Eminence said
[You are indeed an excellent swordsman. I can’t help but admire the fact that you’re a rare talent. —But, there are a few technical immaturities that can be seen from time to time.] Arthur didn’t speak, and simply continued to breathe heavily. It seemed like Arthur would be the first to run out of stamina this time. His Eminence continued
[After relying only on your own talents over the countless battlefields that you’ve traversed, your technique has been tainted by a slight sense of vanity. —Although there are a few effective techniques, it is impossible to break my Durandal.] Arthur smiled with irony. […When you say that, I have nothing to say in return.] However, Arthur still didn’t give up, and he channeled holy aura into his blade again! He let loose a holy wave from afar! Collbrande’s holy aura shone with a dazzling radiance and had an immense size! —But, the only action that His Eminence Strada took was to tense his left arm, causing his enormous muscles to swell even more. Collbrande’s holy aura rapidly approached, and in contrast, His Eminence thrust out his fist to unleash aura from it! | text_24 |
The holy aura released by Collbrande collided with the holy aura released by his fist — and was scattered by the power of the Holy Fist! The momentum of the Holy Fist didn’t stop with that, and ran straight through the tall building that stood behind! The announcer roared
<<It’s appeeeaaarrreeed! Holy Fist! The origin of the Holy Fist that the reincarnated Angel, Captain Angel Nero Raimondi-senshu used!>>
The commentator was also stunned. <<…The power is greater by several orders of magnitude. To think that there exists a fist capable of easily taking down an entire building…!>>
When His Eminence Strada came to Kuoh Town, Xenovia, Irina and I had asked His Eminence.How can we become that strong? What do we need to do to enshroud our fists with holy aura?His Eminence clenched his fist as he spoke to us
[Listen closely, children. Even before I became a teenager, I vowed in my heart that I would become a warrior of the Church. I kept praying, I kept thinking, and I kept on training day after day without interruption. O Lord. Please grant this fist of mine divine mercy. Endure, endure, endure, endure…there was not a day of slack as I continued to train for many hours every single day. Even when I went into seclusion, I didn’t neglect anything at all.] His Eminence gripped the cross hanging in front of his chest as he continued
[When you acquire the spirit to believe that a miracle will occur without doubt, when you have an unshakable and just heart, and a persistently trained body, that is when your fist will be filled with mercy.] His Eminence’s power was not caused by a miracle; rather, his power caused a miracle. That was what I understood in that moment. Arthur’s face was covered in sweat, and his chest heaved with every rough breath as he said
[Perhaps I’ll lose…but even so, please allow me to fight until the final moment. I will hold on as a miracle could be born in an instant, and that is because I am a man who fights alongside the Hakuryuukou.] His Eminence showed a fearless smile as he accepted Arthur’s invitation—. [Yes, that is correct. Resignation is what killsa warrior.] His Eminence maintained the upper hand as they continued to fight. On another side, Kiba and Bikou were still fighting. Bikou had made clones of himself, while Kiba created Dragon Knights to counter them. The clones and the Dragon Knights clashed with each other, while the two real people confronted each other as well. Kiba wielded Gram and Bikou wielded his Ruyi Bang as they exchanged blows with a speed that was so fast that it was not visible to the naked eye. After Kiba underwent rigorous training with His Eminence, the way that he used the demonic sword Gram in a close-range fight had changed; he released a vast amount of aura in the instant of the sword’s impact in order to compensate for his lack of power. That was why Bikou — was being pressured by Kiba’s continuous slashes right now! Bikou pulled away and extended his Ruyi Bang from a distance to attack, but Kiba moved like a streak of light and instantly ran behind Bikou, and then swung his demonic sword down! He occasionally used his sandanzuki, which far exceeded Bikou’s ability to evade! Eventually, Bikou’s Ruyi Bang was cut apart! [My rod!? Damn it!] However, Bikou reached into his ear with his fingers and took out a second Ruyi Bang. After Kiba took a deep breath, he repositioned his stance and allowed the Dragon Knights to disappear. A countless number of holy-demonic swords then sprang up from the ground in that area! Bikou was forced to dodge, but Kiba instantly shrunk their distance and swung Gram down whilst it was coated in the aura of a holy-demonic sword! At the moment of impact, a tremendous power was unleashed, and Bikou could do nothing but endure! Bikou shouted
[Tsk! How did a guy like you learn to use such power!?] Kiba fearlessly laughed. [After all, His Eminence’s training was extraordinary. In order to train for strength and stamina, it’s necessary to change one’s diet and daily life! Thanks to all of that, I’m able to deliver a better power output at the moment of my sword’s impact!] Just as Kiba said, by using this method, the power of his strikes were only amplified at the moment of impact. This was a very suitable skill for Kiba who had an emphasis on technique. He would normally make use of his technique, but when it came down to the finishing blow, he could then use power—. …With His Eminence’s guidance, my friend and rival had evolved beyond what I had expected! It looked as though the battle between His Eminence and Arthur, as well as the battle between Bikou and Kiba would continue for a while! In another place — there was an incredible change. In the park, purple flames incessantly burned, and a giant Angel gradually grew in size! Is that…Lint-san’s Balance Breaker!? As thunder loudly roared, Akeno-san unleashed her enormous Holy Lightning Dragons down towards the park that was below her! Le Fay used sturdy defensive magic circles to resist! The battles occurring in the park were also very intense! And in another place, Vali was fighting against Crom Cruach, and the battle between those two had caused immense destruction to the field. It was the first time that I had seen Vali’s Maouification, but…the quality of his aura was beyond belief! A mere blast of his demonic energy was sufficient enough to blow everything in its path away! All of the buildings surrounding them had already vanished, and their battlefield had become a vast open plain! Vali’s Maouification seems like it’s even stronger than my Dragon Deification!? [Although there are aspects where you wouldn’t be inferior to Vali, Vali seems to be stronger overall.] —Ddraig said. Moreover, Crom’s attacks were also extremely ferocious! Relying only on physical attacks and a dragon’s flames and aura, he was able to generate a tremendous impact on the field. Vali had no choice but to endure Crom’s violent assault. As their battle intensified even further, I had to wonder whether they would be able to decide a winner first, or if the field would collapse first as a result of the destruction caused by the battle of the two dragons—. But, the outlook of the game had shifted in a different place. The announcer shouted again
<<What! Rias-senshu covered her body in Gasper-senshu’s power…but that dark shroud is gradually peeling away!>>
Looking over, the black thing fighting against the giant Fenrir is…Rias? Only now did I realise that that thing was actually Rias! What happened!? Although it had an aura of darkness, it was also enveloped in the red aura of destruction at the same time, and that’s why I was able to recognise that it was Rias. The third eye on her forehead — could that possibly be Gasper? “She moulded Gasper…Balor onto her own body!”
Upon hearing my remark, Asia replied
“Yes, apparently it’s Rias-oneesama’s new technique…it also looks like she’s reaching her time limit.”
Rias, who had turned into a black beast panted heavily. | text_24 |
A black aura was continually leaking from her body, and it was quite obvious that her strength was constantly weakening. The giant Fenrir’s body had also been covered in injuries as a result of its fight against Rias, and blood had soaked its fur, but it was still intent on fighting. Xenovia bitterly said
“Damage can be healed by Valerie’s Sacred Gear…”
Irina then said
“But it cannot replenish stamina. It’ll be dangerous if Rias-san’s stamina runs out.”
Rias descended onto the rooftop of a building that had yet to collapse, and she tried to gather demonic energy into her hands. In the distant sky, something was flying over—. Taking a closer look, it appeared to be a golem, it was Gogmagog! The ancient golem was firing its engine as it flew towards Rias at high speed! The commentator explained
<<Oooooohh! Gogmagog-senshu was wrecked in the early stages of the game, but it is re-joining the fight now! The ancient weapon has the ability to repair itself, and that’s why it is able to catch up at such a critical point in the game!>>
Gogmagog fired off laser beams towards Rias. Rias planned to use the demonic energy in her hands to retaliate—. But Fenrir howled and then bit off a nearby iron pipe and tossed it out. The iron pipe pierced the wall of a large building that was nearby. I don’t know what the purpose of that was — but Gogmagog released a powerful laser beam into building where that iron pipe had been stabbed! Suddenly, Gasper’s scream echoed out! <<Valerie!>>
The beam mercilessly drilled out an enormous hole in the building! The next instant, an announcement from the referee was broadcast. <<Of the [Rias Gremory] team, one [Bishop] has retired.>>
—That was the announcement of Valerie’s retirement. I see, Rias hid Valerie in one of the large buildings in case of an emergency. But Fenrir noticed that, and it was able to communicate that to Gogmagog. The teamwork between that golem and wolf was surprisingly good! The outstanding silent cooperation between the monster and weapon of the Vali team left us all surprised! The announcer yelled
<<A vicious ray of light! After making it this far into the game, Valerie Tepes-senshu has retired! The team of Rias Gremory has now lost its means of recovery!>>
After defeating Valerie, Gogmagog flew through the air and then aimed at Rias. Fenrir also followed closely and kept its eyes glued to Rias. It seemed as though both of them still had the capacity to fight. I couldn’t help but feel worried upon witnessing this scene. “No matter how strong Rias is right now, facing both Fenrir and Gogmagog at the same time is—”
If this goes one, she’ll lose — just as I thought that, someone jumped between the buildings and arrived at Rias’ side. [Princess! I’ve come to help!] —It was His Eminence Vasco Strada! Not only me, but the entire venue began to brim with excitement! <<He’s finally coomeeee! Vasco Strada-senshu has made it!>>
Such a development actually occurred! His Eminence had arrived just when Rias was in a pinch! Uwah, even I can’t help but feel emotional when an old swordsman arrives when my girlfriend is in a pinch! “Was there an announcement about Arthur’s retirement! ?”
I asked. The fact that His Eminence was able to rush over to this side meant that a winner must have been decided, but—
“No, I don’t think he’s retired—”
Following this, Xenovia looked over to the screen which Arthur was on. Arthur had collapsed on the road, and it seemed as though he was unable to get up. His stamina had already been completely exhausted. It looked like he couldn’t even move a finger anymore. Arthur had actually become physically exhausted. His Eminence descended onto the rooftop of a skyscraper in order to protect Rias. He looked at Fenrir and Gogmagog as he said
[The wolf or the golem. Or is it both?] His Eminence raised the holy sword in his hand—. But the aura of darkness — Gasper separated from Rias’ body. From that dark form, Rias returned to her usual form…and Rias instantly collapsed onto the rooftop. Her breathing was greatly perturbed, and it looked like she was unable to stand up as well. The dark Gasper said
<<Rias-oneesama…our [King] has already reached her limits. I think you should announce your retirement.>>
Gasper proposed that they surrender. In response to this, Rias tried to protest. The colour of her face…also looked pretty bad. […Gasper, what are you saying…]
The dark Gasper shook his head. <<This technique…it will be dangerous to continue using it. Taking into account the future of this Tournament, everything will have been for naught if you don’t retire now…. Please, Rias-oneesama, any more is…>>
Gasper pleaded. Rias was currently in a very dangerous situation, and that was clear to everyone who was watching. [……Kuh…]
Rias let out a regretful moan. After gasping and breathing roughly for around ten seconds—
[…I surrender.] Rias — surrendered, and declared her own defeat. The announcer cried out
<<What what whaaaaaat!!!! Rias-senshu has chosen to declare her own retirement!!!! !>>
A broadcast of the referee’s voice was also immediately heard
<<Rias Gremory-senshu’s declaration of surrender is accepted. The game is over! The winner is the [Hakuryuukou of the Morning Star] team!>>
—Hmm. …We were also lost for words. Xenovia and the others closed their eyes quietly. …Arthur had been beaten to a point where he was no longer capable of movement, Kuroka had been defeated, Bikou was heavily pressured, Gogmagog had been broken once, and the true Fenrir had suffered so much damage…. What an incredible match. The team lead by the one known as the most powerful Hakuryuukou had been hit so hard. I — clapped! My comrades also followed suit and applauded. This spread throughout the audience seating area, and the entire venue was soon flooded in applause. The audience gave them a standing ovation! On the display, both Vali and Crom were completely battered, and their battle had come to an abrupt end. With his armour damaged in various places, Vali’s chest heaved in great motions as he said
[…To think that it ended like this. I guess this is a so-called game.] Crom wiped the blood flowing down from his forehead as he said
[Hmph, there are a few things that are still quite unresolved, but it’s also true that I haven’t been able to enjoy something like this for a long time. Don’t worry, the Tournament still has a long way to go. Will you be able to win if we meet again?] [Yeah, that’s right. That is the principle of this Tournament. Even if this Tournament is not enough, there’s always the next one. And besides, if you just want to spar, then there will surely be a chance.] Crom excitedly laughed in response to this. [Fuhahahaha! This is such a good era! I can actually fight openly against you, the Sekiryuutei, other dragons, and even with gods. When this first began, I thought it was a mere joke…but to people like you and I who look forward to such battles, there couldn’t any better Tournament than this. | text_24 |
…Though the rules are a bit of a nuisance.] Vali shrugged. [Well, it’s just a matter of getting into the habit.] Vali approached Crom and extended his hand out for a handshake — Crom smiled as he brushed Vali’s hand aside and flew over to Rias. Vali looked at his rejected handshake attempt and cheerfully laughed by himself—. Part 4
After the game ended, we went to visit the medical office. Rias had been carried there due to her poor physical condition. Rias returned to the medical room after her medical examination was complete. The report stated that it was an after effect of enduring Gasper’s Balor power. As a result, all of her stamina and demonic energy had been depleted, and that’s why she collapsed. Lying in her bed, Rias pouted. “…My loss was seen by Ise and the others…”
I held Rias’ hand. “It’s okay, although it was a combined technique with Gasper, it’s incredible that you were able to have such a fierce battle against Fenrir until the very end.”
Those were my heartfelt words. In order to fight against Fenrir last year, we invested a considerable amount of effort. With this in mind, Rias’ new technique was phenomenal. Though in that regard, the gigantic Fenrir was probably only at eighty percent of its original strength. Incidentally, Kuroka and Valerie who had retired earlier were lying on the neighbouring beds. Valerie didn’t have any obvious external injuries because she was taken out in a single shot, but she was resting just to be on the safe side. Kuroka had been fighting against Koneko-chan, and it would have been better if she slept peacefully in order to restore her physical strength as soon as possible, but—. She was currently hanging on my back, and playfully flirting with me. “Even I’ve become one of your wife candidates now nyan ♪ Ise Ise, afterwards, let’s find a place for our wedding ceremony nya.”
Koneko-chan left Kuroka’s side and walked towards Rias. “Rias-neesama. There’s something that I’ve decided on.”
With a determined expression, Koneko-chan faced her master, and at the same time, she also spoke to Rias as if she were her sister
“—I plan to change my name back to how it was back then…to [Shirone].”
[—!] Let alone me, everyone else who was present was extremely shocked by this! Even Kuroka was surprised by this sudden proclamation. Rias was the only person who calmly accepted this, and she raised the upper half of her body in bed as she said
“I see, so you finally made up your mind.”
Koneko-chan quietly asked
“I plan to use [Shirone] as my real name, and [Koneko] as another name. Do you agree, Rias-neesama?”
With a gentle expression, Rias replied
“There’s no need to ask for my agreement. As long as that’s what you want, then it’s fine. It’s best for you. —Shirone.”
Rias pulled Koneko-chan closer as she embraced her. Koneko-chan revealed a joyful smile whilst she was buried in Rias’ bosom. “Thank you, Rias-neesama.”
Koneko-chan continued
“But, I won’t throw aside the name that I received from you either, Rias-neesama. So that’s why my name will be [Toujou Shirone] from now on.”
Toujou Shirone—. It’s a good name. At that time, Kuroka raised her hand
“Then, can I imitate that and go by the name of [Toujou Kuroka] from now on? I should also have a surname nyan.”
Rias smiled as she said
“Yes yes, as you wish.”
However, Kuroka stuck out her tongue as she said
“But, [Hyoudou Kuroka] sounds fine too nya ♪.”
Koneko-chan — no, Shirone-chan turned to thank Ravel this time. “—Thank you, Ravel. For protecting our game.”
“It’s okay. In fact, I feel proud to have been able to help you. Kone…Shirone-san.”
Shirone-chan held her friend’s hand. “Just Shirone is fine. We’re friends after all.”
“—Mmm. …Got it, Shirone.”
I also asked Shirone-chan
“Would it be better if I also called you Shirone-chan?”
“I don’t mind if you call me Koneko-chan just like usual, Ise-senpai. Koneko is also my name. But—”
She spoke in a somewhat shy manner
“…In public, and in ceremonies, please call me by my real name Shirone…”
“I understand. You’re Shirone-chan and Koneko-chan!”
She’s Shirone-chan and Koneko-chan! She’s Koneko-chan and Shirone-chan! I might occasionally make a mistake, but no matter which one it is, she’s still the same Koneko-chan and Shirone-chan. Although Rias’ team had been defeated, they had still gained a sense of fulfilment from somewhere. His Eminence Strada had also returned to his original age, and was cheerfully drinking a bottle of sports drink in a corner of the medical room. Lint-san was also quite exhausted, and she was currently sleeping on an empty bed. By the way, after the incident was over, Ikuse-san’s team rushed over to various places to report and explain the situation. They were just as busy as usual. And then, Ravel suddenly said
“Ise-sama, fighting in order to protect someone. …Even though I’ve been watching your battles so closely, I still forgot something so important, Ise-sama…. After fighting in order to protect Shirone and Kuroka-sama, it feels as though the important thing in my heart that I forgot about has been reawakened.”
In response to this, Bina-shi said
“Ravel-san, I believe this is a battle that would be categorised with [Kingship]. This is the glorious path that our [King] walks upon—. Since you stand by the Oppai Dragon — Hyoudou Issei-san’s side, you mustn’t forget this.”
Feeling deeply touched by what Bina-shi said, Ravel nodded with an emotional expression. “…Bina-sama…. Yes!”
The battle with the Grim Reapers had occurred behind the scenes of the game, and it seemed as though Ravel had made great progress because of that. —Just as I showed a satisfied smile at the growth of my two juniors Koneko-chan and Ravel, Koneko-chan suddenly stood in front of me. “Ise-senpai, please bend down a little bit.”
I did as Koneko-chan said and crouched down. My eyes became level with hers. “Like this, so now—”
Koneko-chan’s lips touched my lips—. It was a kiss — from her. The sensation of her lips were so tender, Koneko-chan…Shirone-chan’s face was dyed the brightest shade of red. “My first kiss.”
Kuroka cried out! “Ah — that’s sneaky nyan!”
Kuroka pulled my face over and forcefully kissed me! She even pushed her tongue in as well, but as a result, Shirone-chan pulled me away from Kuroka and shouted! “Kuroka-neesama is too aggressive!”
After saying that, Shirone-chan kissed me again! Kuroka then pulled me back over and stole my lips! Asia and the others then rushed over! “You can’t keep kissing Ise-san!”
Irina and Xenovia also protested! “Yeah! That’s already more times than me and darling!”
“In that case, we can increase the number of our kisses with Ise right here!”
I was pulled around back and forth between the five people! Rias also looked at all of us and got caught up in the situation. “If Ise and I kiss, I might be able to recover a little sooner.”
After saying so, even Akeno-san—
“Ara ara, I think I’ll also participate later.”
There were another pair who were also eager to kiss! I’m very happy, but my body can’t endure! | text_24 |
There are seven people, seven! Although I’m extremely happy, I only have one body! All of a sudden, the words that jii-chan spoke reverberated in my mind. —Ise! A harem! You must realise your harem! When you meet a cute girl, propose to her! If you get proposed to by a cute girl, you must not hesitate to accept her! Dear jii-chan in Paradise—. I will try my best to become a Harem King, so please stay there and watch over meeee! Kannon Bodhisvatta is also known as ‘Guanyin’, the Goddess of Mercy in Buddhism. Alternate reading is ‘Super Breast Wave Cannon’. The ‘nyuu’ in Nyuutron is a way of pronouncing ‘breasts’ in Japanese. Alternate reading is ‘Breast Telephone’. Alternate reading is ‘man’. Part 1
A few days had passed since the battle between Rias’ team and Vali’s team, as well as the battle against Thanatos’ group—. All members of our [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] team gathered in the VIP room of the Hyoudou residence prior to our game against the [Leisure of the Kings] team. It was because we were receiving an important guest. —It was the current governor of the Grigori, Shemhazai-san. Azazel-sensei had handed over certain items to Shemhazai-san before he went into the Isolation Barrier Field, and Shemhazai-san had brought those items over to us this today! Shemhazai-san created a Fallen Angels’ transportation magic circle on the table, and then took out several briefcases from it. “It took a lot of time to collect these things, and these are the results of Sirzechs Lucifer-sama, Michael-sama and Azazel’s back and forth travels between the various factions.”
Shemhazai-san opened the first briefcase. —A single longsword was kept inside it. It was a holy sword that quietly released a holy aura. However, it didn’t have the chill of a normal holy sword that only Devils would usually feel. Rather, that aura…it felt very familiar to me! When I moved my eyes to my left arm, Shemhazai-san smiled. “Yes, this sword is the newest holy sword that has been crafted through various techniques by the Three Factions after peace was achieved — Ascalon II.”
—Ascalon II!? The second generation of Ascalon! To think that something like this had been prepared…. The holy sword that His Eminence Strada wielded was Durandal II, and I couldn’t help but feel that the alchemists of the Church had somehow greatly improved their skills after learning various techniques from the other factions! It must have set off quite a technological revolution…. Shemhazai-san gave an explanation to me as he took Ascalon II out
“It’s not so much a holy sword, rather, it’s more like a sword that is perfectly matched to the aura of a dragon…it could be described as a sword designed just for you, Hyoudou Issei-kun. This sword is even more suited to your aura than the original Ascalon.”
I received Ascalon II…. Hmm, it somehow does feel really familiar in my hand! It feels even more natural than the first-generation Ascalon that’s been assimilated into my left hand. It had almost instantly synchronised with my aura. Ddraig said
[Partner, let’s keep it in your empty right arm.] After all, my left arm already had one. But even so, to give me a sword even when I’ve got absolutely no talent for swords…. I guess it’s best if I keep it in my gauntlet like the first-generation one, and use it in a close-quarters melee battle when the time is right. The armoured gauntlet of the Boosted Gear Scale Mail appeared on my right hand, and I held Ascalon II with it. With Ddraig’s assistance, I focused — and a red flash was emitted. After the light faded, Ascalon II disappeared from my hand. I clenched my fist — and just like the first-generation Ascalon, the holy blade extended out from my gauntlet. Whilst practicing the action a few times, I said to Shemhazai-san
“I don’t feel like I can become proficient in dual-wielding swords like Kiba, Xenovia and the others.”
Even though I now had a holy sword in both my left and right gauntlets, and I could use both of them at the same time, I didn’t feel that I would be able to wield two holy swords dexterously. Shemhazai-san replied
“But, if you have a holy sword stored in each arm, you may be able to respond well to an unexpected situation. For example, if you left hand is somehow constricted.”
That made sense. As the saying goes, you can never be too prepared. Shemhazai-san then opened up the next briefcase. There was an old-looking wand inside it. Going only by the appearance, it looked rather powerful…. Upon seeing the wand, Rossweisse-san let out a breath of disbelief. She ran up the briefcase and stared at the wand. Shemhazai-san took the wand out and handed it over to Rossweisse-san. “This is a Mistilteinn wand.”
“I-It really is that one! I’ve seen it back in my hometown!”
Seeing my apparent puzzlement, Ravel explained
“The Mistilteinn wand is a magical weapon which possesses powerful magic in Asgard.”
A magic weapon of Asgard! It also possesses immense magic, so it could be described as a weapon that has been tailor-made for Rossweisse-san. Shemhazai-san said
“During the Evil Dragon War, it was said that a new Mistilteinn wand would be created for [DxD], and it was finally completed after the war. Although it couldn’t be made in time for that battle…it will be able to assist with Rossweisse-san’s magic output now.”
As for the person in question, Rossweisse-san was holding the Mistilteinn wand rather timidly. “…If it’s just a matter of assistance, isn’t this more than enough? …Isn’t this a weapon that only god-class beings possess…?”
I-It’s actually such an awesome weapon!? A god-class being’s weapon…. It is certainly true that a lot of incredible things occurred in succession during the Evil Dragon War, so the Norse mythology couldn’t help but produce such a weapon in order to deal with the situation at hand. Shemhazai-san then opened the third briefcase…a scabbard lay inside it. …I could feel a holy aura emanating from it. Could this be the scabbard of a holy sword? Although it was my first time seeing it, it somehow felt familiar, and the way that it was decorated…. Wait, this aura, I’ve felt this before! Everyone looked carefully at the scabbard, and aside from me—
“…Eh? Really?”
“…No way, it shouldn’t be possible…”
“…But, judging by the aura, it can only be…”
Irina, Xenovia and Rossweisse-san all showed expressions of surprise, and they seemed to be doubting their own eyes. Shemhazai-san quietly laughed after watching everyone’s reactions. “Fufufu, we’ve constantly had our eyes on it. Correct, this is an item for Xenovia Quarta-san. —Excalibur’s scabbard.”
[It really is! Amazing!] Everyone aside from me exclaimed in surprise after hearing what Shemhazai-san said. “…Is Excalibur’s scabbard supposed to be amazing?”
Upon hearing my innocuous question, Ravel brought her face closer as she answered me with a tone of excitement
“I-Ise-sama! | text_24 |
When people talk about Excalibur’s scabbard, this is the scabbard of Excalibur that they refer to!”
Even Irina’s voice and entire body trembled as she said
“Ise-kun! This scabbard is an unbelievable item! It’s amazing! I never imagined that it would be found at a time like this…!”
“It’d be no exaggeration to say that this is the main component of Excalibur.”
“The legendary scabbard has been lost for a long time…but it’s actually been found now…!”
Shemhazai-san answered to Ravel’s words
“In order to recover the scabbard, we searched in many places, and we finally found out that the scabbard had been sealed away in an underground ruin where different religions once fought against each other. If we weren’t in our present era where the gods of each mythology have made peace with each other, then it wouldn’t have been possible for us to send investigation teams to that place.”
…It seemed like the process to retrieve the scabbard was rather complicated. If the various factions hadn’t achieved peace, this might never have seen the light of day again…. Through the culmination of many factors, it was a treasure that had finally been brought to us. Xenovia took a deep breath as she picked up the scabbard. “…With this scabbard, I’ll even be able to go up against god-class beings.”
Upon hearing Xenovia say this, Irina giggled. “This isn’t the kind of thing that a devout believer should be saying.”
Xenovia shrugged. “The gods that we’ll be fighting against and the god that we believe in are not the same.”
Her explanation was akin to saying that there existed another stomach just for desserts! W-Well, it’s fine I guess. Xenovia and Irina have always been like that. They’re strange in that way. It’s true that the gods participating in the Tournament are different from the god that they believe in, so I’ll let that slide. Because so many pieces of equipment had been prepared for us, I couldn’t help but ask
“Is it really okay for you to prepare all of these items for us? There are obviously still a lot of other teams participating in the Tournament.”
It was a bit late for us to say this after having come so far with a Longinus and legendary holy swords, but it felt a bit unfair to have all of these legendary items given to us. Shemhazai-san answered with a smile
“They all have their own organisations and mythologies to support them, and we’ve already achieved peace anyway. However, our side also has the [DxD] team for anti-terrorism measures, and we’ve already been focusing on strengthening our combat force since before the Tournament. These tools are for you to use, but they’re also part of the fighting force of the anti-terrorist team. As a result, it also has serves the purpose of preventing terrorism from occurring when the outside world sees it. Although some factions may have criticisms about this…there are gods everywhere who don’t wish for a large-scale war like the Evil Dragon War again.”
So it also has significance in that way huh…. Well, Cao Cao also receives protection from Śakra, while Dulio and the others have the backing of Heaven. If everyone thought too much about these things, then it would be difficult to actually participate. Ravel expressed her thanks to Shemhazai-san
“Governor Shemhazai, thank you very much for bringing us all of these items. We’ll make good use of them, regardless if it’s as [DxD], or for our team in the Tournament.”
[Thank you.] All of us expressed our gratitude to Shemhazai-san once again. Shemhazai-san answered us with
“You’re welcome.”
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. “Excuse me.”
The person who came in was — Kiba. He had a serious expression. When Kiba asked us
“Are you finished?”
I responded with
“Almost.”
Kiba then bluntly said
“Things aren’t going well. —One of the top candidates, the god-class Mahabali team is at a disadvantage.”
After listening to this news, we all looked at each other. The place that we arrived at via a transportation magic circle was [Azazel Stadium] in the Fallen Angels’ territory — the prince of the Asura gods, Mahabali-san’s team was currently competing. I had previously fought here against Barakiel-san. Everyone who lived at the Hyoudou residence had come here, and we walked towards the spectator area. We spotted Vali in the corridor of the entrance. Vali stood by the entrance, and he watched the aerial projection of the live broadcast that was in the centre of the stadium. We also looked over at it. The situation on the field was currently being displayed. The field appeared to be the site of a ruin…and in the centre of the destroyed remnants, the Prince of the Asuras, Mahabali-san was kneeling on the ground. His body was covered in wounds, and he was gasping for his breath. <<This is difficult to believe! As one of the candidates tipped to win, Mahabali-senshu is actually kneeling on the ground right now! The ones who have forced him into such a state — are the mysterious players who have suddenly joined an ordinary team!>>
The announcer also seemed to have become excited by the scene before his eyes as he said that. Mahabali-san was looking at — two people. One of them was a woman. To be more precise, she seemed to be a girl who was of similar age to us judging by her appearance. She had long jade-coloured hair, and she seemed to have a cheerful air about her. The other one was a man. He had copper-red hair that was swept all the way back. Not only did he have a tall stature, he also had a very strong physical build. There was no trace of emotion on his face, and he appeared rather cold. Based on his appearance, perhaps he was the same age as us, or maybe a bit older. Unlike the injured Mahabali-san, they were completely unharmed! Mahabali-san’s team had many Asura gods. Even among the god-class beings who were participating, they were considered to be a top-class line-up. As I looked at the venue’s scoreboard, I could see that all of the members of Mahabali-san’s team had retired! The copper-haired youth picked up the flag that was beside Mahabali-san. [Flag taken.] It was a capture-the-flag style of game. Before we came here, I had confirmed that the game type this time was called Scramble Flag. The instant that the copper-haired youth picked up the flag, an announcement of victory was broadcast. <<The winner — is the [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] team.>>
The victory of the mysterious girl and youth had been declared—. This was the first defeat that Mahabali-san had suffered in the Tournament to date. After seeing this unexpected result, and after the match concluded, we didn’t leave the venue. In order to understand the details of the situation, we walked towards the match official’s area. Rias said to me
“I didn’t plan on watching this game to begin with. I thought that it was certain to be Mahabali’s victory. After all, his opponent was a team that had been on a losing streak up until now. | text_24 |
But ten minutes into the game, Yuuto told me to watch the game.”
Rias had immediately understood that an anomaly had occurred in the game, and she called us over as well. It was possible that there would be people acquainted with Rias in the VIP spectator room, and so began to make our way over there. It was just when we found a staff member and were about to ask about which VIPs had come to this stadium. —Hmm! A sudden wave of inexplicable pressure hit us! I felt a heavy pressure within my chest for a moment! There was an eerie aura that I had never sensed before. All of us turned around to look across. —Appearing there was the young lady with jade-coloured hair and the young man with copper hair who had appeared just then in the game. From those two people…I could feel an aura that seemed abnormal and bottomless. Cold beads of sweat began to form on my experienced comrades’ skin as they gulped in the face of this immediate pressure alongside me. They approached us. The girl with jade-coloured hair stepped lightly as she moved towards us, and she revealed an innocent smile. “It’s nice to meet you, [Welsh Dragon]-san, [Vanishing Dragon]-san, and all of you other strong people. —My name isVerrine.”
The girl who identified herself as Verrine pointed to the young man behind her. “The one over there — he’s calledBalberith.”
…The youth directed his gaze towards us, and a fear that invaded both our minds and our bodies crept along…! What’s going on with that guy’s aura…! H-How is it possible to have such an endlessly deep, strong, and inexplicable aura…!? I thought that I was the only one who felt like this, so I glanced at Vali who stood beside me — beads of sweat could be seen on his forehead as well! That Vali is actually feeling pressure from this man named Balberith! The battle maniac who would normally show a fearless smile and fight with joy no matter how strong his opponent was, was actually…! Upon seeing us like this, Verrine seemed to find it amusing, and she couldn’t help but let out a laugh as she said rather naturally
“Ufufu ♪ Balberith and I—. We seem to be what you’d call [Super Devils].”
[—!?!?] Everyone was shocked! This was a natural response! They suddenly called themselves Super Devils! However, combining the outcome of the game just then and the pressure that we could feel in front of ourselves, all of that emphasised the authenticity of her words! I had seen Rizevim and Sirzechs-sama when he got serious in the past. My comrades beside me had also witnessed Rizevim, and during the Demonic Beast Riot, they had also seen Ajuka Beelzebub-sama in battle. No one had any doubts about her declaration. Verrine said
“Do you find the name of our team strange? It’s a name that came about after we gathered together, though the name is nothing but a decoration anyway.”
She laughed innocently. The aura exuded by this relaxed and cheerful young girl also felt as though it was bottomless. The youth called Balberith emotionlessly said
“I fought against a god…it wasn’t very much.”
After getting halfway through his sentence, his piercing glare shifted to me and Vali! “—Will the Two Heavenly Dragons considered to be the strongest in history be worthy of battle?”
It felt as though I was beginning to freeze from deep within. Even though I felt such fear, on the other hand, a strong person was seeking me out, and as a man, I couldn’t help but feel both happy and honoured…! In response, Vali finally revealed that fearless smile of his. Balberith walked past between the two of us. “I look forward to meeting you in a match.”
Verrine quickly chased after the youth, and she waved goodbye to us as she left. “See ya ♪”
After waiting until the two of them left, we finally exhaled and took a deep breath! Rias took a deep breath, and then she said
“…They’re truly monsters. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt as though I couldn’t breathe…!”
I asked Vali
“Vali, what do you think?”
Even though the two of them had already left, Vali still kept staring in the direction from which they had both left. “…There is no doubt that they are Devils. But…it’s scary just how strong they are…!”
Albion and Ddraig also expressed their own thoughts. [Those two…. What exactly is going on…?] [So, such things have remained hidden up until now huh…]
This was the debut of the formidable people who had caused even the fearless Two Heavenly Dragons to say such things. Seriously, it doesn’t look like it’ll be that easy to advance in the Tournament. In the near future, we’ll also have to compete against Vidar-san and the others! Faced with the extraordinary existences which were different to god-class beings, I was once again able to profoundly feel the true difficulty of this Tournament—. Part 2
After encountering new enemies during our visit to Azazel Stadium, we began to collect information on the team of Balberith and Verrine. Rias and Ravel received some information from Tournament officials and other contestants. All of a sudden, Rossweisse-san received a message via a communications magic circle. After reading the contents, Rossweisse-san immediately shrieked, and she instantly sat down on the floor as the strength in her legs disappeared. “……Eeeeeeeeeehhh…”
Her voice was filled with confusion. “W-What’s wrong, Rossweisse-san?”
I approached her, and after she jolted in surprise, she averted her eyes from me. “……U-Umm…i-it’s a bit difficult to say…”
After taking a deep breath, Rossweisse-san spoke with a determined expression. “…My hometown sent a request to me, saying that a marriage interview has been arranged. My grandmother is strongly persuading…or more likely, forcing me to go to a marriage interview…”
A marriage interview!? Rossweisse-san is!? At the request of the Norse mythology!? I couldn’t help but feel taken aback. Irina continued to ask in my stead
“T-This marriage interview that you’re talking about, who is the other party…?”
It was at this time that Akeno-san spoke
“Ah, Rias. We’ve also been contacted by the Norse mythology. You can take a look.”
Akeno-san showed the communications magic circle to Rias, and she also understood after seeing it. “…I-It looks like the situation has become troublesome!”
Rias’ expression seemed to show that she was uncertain of what to do as well. At last, Rossweisse-san said to me
“…T-The other party is Vidar-sama…!”
After a slow pause, all of us cried out loud! [With the chief god!? A m-marriage interview!?] From the looks of things, it seems like the final episode of the first trimester of our third year is yet another outrageous event! Known as the demon of impatience in Christian demonology. The demon who tempts men to blasphemy and murder. Both he and Verrine are associated with the Aix-En-Provence Possessions. In the lowest level of the Netherworld — there was a research institute that belonged to Rizevim Livan Lucifer in Cocytus, and the god of the Netherworld, Hades, had added more facilities to the underground location. | text_24 |
Digging even deeper than Cocytus…a large research facility had been built at the very bottom of the lowest level of the Netherworld. Hades and the Grim Reapers who served as guards around him used the mother of Devils — Lilith to continue experimenting. In the centre of the large space that this research laboratory comprised, a large culture tank had been set up, and a piece of flesh was placed within it — Lilith. The culture tank had been transported here from Rizevim’s research institute. A countless number of culture tanks had been set up all around this incessantly large research laboratory. Of course, they weren’t as large as the one that housed Lilith, but of a regular size. Inside the normal-sized culture tanks were organisms that were nearly indistinguishable from humans. There were humanoid creatures with the characteristics of beasts and there were also creatures with the appearance of beasts. A variety of living organisms were immersed in a mysterious liquid. All of these culture tanks were connected to Lilith’s culture tank with thick pipes, and a mysterious liquid flowed into them from Lilith. —The countless number of living organisms inside the culture tanks were all Devils. Hades looked at Lilith, and then looked around at all of the Devils inside their tanks. By the god of the Netherworld’s side, a Grim Reaper serving under him quietly appeared. That Grim Reaper made a report to Hades. <<VerrineandBalberithhave defeated Mahabali’s team.>>
After listening to the report, Hades laughed. <<Fafafafa. I see. The Hindu gods have fallen. They are truly such amazing monsters.>>
This report was the result of the recent match that had occurred in the Rating Game World Tournament. The Grim Reaper continued
<<Thanks to Thanatos-sama’s commotion, it’s now very hard to come by any research information on the artificial production of Super Devils…>>
<<Fafafafa, in the end, it was a technique that did not come to fruition. There is no point in continuing to pursue such uncertainty.>>
As Hades proclaimed so, he approached another Grim Reaper who held research material in his hands, and that Grim Reaper then began to report. <<Lilith is continuing to produce a hundred thousand Devils, and at this stage, it is possible to assert that the successful subjects are number 14784, number 36402, number 50019…and number 61616.>>
<<Fafafafa…it’s because of you .>>
Hades muttered to himself as he looked at Lilith. Hades had discovered Lilith in Rizevim’s research facility, and used the [Book of Lucifer] that he had obtained from Apophis to begin experimenting with Lilith. The [Book of Lucifer] which had been hidden away recorded in detail how the first-generation Lucifer and Lilith gave birth to Devils, and even the reason why the mother of Devils had become the current piece of flesh that she was. The first-generation Lucifer created the first Devils — the pure-blooded Devils who were classified as the ‘first-generation’. As the [Book of Lucifer] didn’t have a detailed record of the Four Great Satans aside from Lucifer and also Mephistopheles, it was not known whether the Devils of that generation were born from Lilith, or if they existed with Lucifer from the very beginning…but to the majority of Devils, Lilith seemed to be their original mother. The [Book of Lucifer] was used by the son of Lucifer, Livan — Rizevim translated it into a modern text, and through modern technology, magic and other techniques, he created this product of the Devils. —In spite of this, Rizevim had only written down the methods, and did not have any results to show for it, nor did he perform any actual experiments on his own mother. It was unclear whether this was the final strand of conscience that the evil Devil retained…. Through the book, it was made clear that Lucifer and Lilith originally produced children through various rituals and ceremonies. The only Devil that was born from both Lucifer and Lilith naturally was — Rizevim. Hades followed this book as he began using Lilith to produce Devils. He prepared a large number of culture tanks, and the various creatures now inside them were the results of this experiment. Rather than allowing Lilith to give birth to Devils in an ordinary way, he used a high power input to overload Lilith into forcefully producing Devils. Only in this way was it possible for high-class Devils and above to be born from the very beginning, and the book mentioned the possibility of this method. In the early stages of experimentation, most of the Devils died upon birth, and there were many failures. Hades didn’t feel bothered by this, and from this, he learned the techniques to successfully give birth to Devils. In order to test the strength of the Devils which were safely born, they were sent to cause havoc in the remote areas of various territories. Although most of the Devils that were sent out had been wiped out by the local warriors or the military, it provided excellent results to Hades as an experiment to examine the degree to which they would obey his orders. And then, after there were several hundred of these high-output Devils…the number gradually exceeded the thousands, and tens of thousands, and at last, the goal was achieved. —Artificially created Devils which were greater than Maou-class. The Grim Reapers serving under him continued to report on the experiment. <<The measured rank ofSonneillonandGressilare above Maou-class — also>>
The figures of a young man and woman appeared on a large screen. They were the pair of young Devils who had previously just defeated Mahabali’s team in the Rating Game World Tournament. The Grim Reaper looked at the two of them as he continued to report. <<The numbers for Verrine and Balberith are extremely unusual…they are able to release an aura that is different from the Devil race.>>
In other words, they were the so-called ‘Super Devils’. Indeed, Hades’ experiment in using Lilith to artificially create ‘Super Devils’ had finally succeeded. <<Among a hundred thousand Devils, there are two who are Maou-class, and two Super Devils…. If we include the number of Ultimate-class Devils as well, then I’d say that this is quite substantial. Though, it was only because of Lilith that we had such a high probability rate.>>
<<If certain conditions are met, then a total of five subjects will eventually turn into Maou-class beings after birth.>>
<<Hmm. As far as the data is concerned, Sonneillon and Gressil may also turn into Super Devils if the conditions are correct.>>
Under high load, they had produced over a hundred thousand Devils in a short period of time. There were only four ideal successful subjects—. Coupled with those who could potentially evolve later on, nine had currently been prepared. With those four in particular, Lilith had sent out a signal. After analysing it, the signals were found to be names. Hades used the signals to give the Maou-class (strong) subjects the names of Sonneillon and Gressil. | text_24 |
As for the Super Devils, the female was named Verrine, while the male was named Balberith. Hades looked at the man — Balberith’s image. <<…Number 61616 Balberith. A monster exceeding all specifications. I never imagined that someone potentially capable of challenging a Dragon God single-handedly would be born…>>
When Balberith was born, even Hades felt a cold chill. The inexplicable, and incomprehensibly tremendous aura which seemed to have no limit radiated out of that Devil’s body. He was clearly an out of the ordinary existence. Hades sent Sonneillon, Gressil, Verrine, and Balberith to a helper (the [King] according to the rules) to participate in the Rating Game World Tournament. The result was — the defeat of the Asura gods’ prince, Mahabali’s team. The Asura gods who were skilled in combat even amongst god-class beings had been defeated, so it was an incredible achievement. On the other hand, the existence of the extraordinary beings known as ‘Super Devils’ among Devils once again made Hades shudder. <<Can Lilith still continue production right now?>>
Hades asked his subordinate. <<No, the limit will be reached very soon. If this damaged state continues to deteriorate, then it will die and disappear.>>
Lilith’s flesh had already begun to deteriorate when she was discovered, and necrosis had already begun at the edges. The first-generation Lucifer must have forced an unreasonable onto to his own wife, causing her to turn into this piece of flesh. To add onto that, Hades had abused her even further. Hades laughed
<<After all, it was already damaged all over when we discovered it. Fafafafa, it seems like the first-generation Lucifer also terrorised his own wife to so that he could pick out the first Devils.>>
The first-generation Lucifer must have only selected strong Devils, and they were the ones who became the first generation of Devils. But the present was already different from the past — the [God of the Bible] and Lucifer were already dead. After that, the birth of those belonging to the Maou-class and [Super Devils] continued to increase. The existence of Devils like this might have been influenced by the death of the original Lucifer and the [God of the Bible], causing this trend to emerge. Hades thought so to himself. In order to change the topic, Hades asked his subordinates. <<Are there any movements from Orcus and the others?>>
<<Orcus-sama wishes to maintain neutrality. The second-generation Pluto-sama has also remained neutral.>>
That was a trend with some of the executives. Even if Hades left the Netherworld, that was unlikely to change. Even if it was just a discussion of the situation, it was only natural that some would begin to harbour doubts. <<Pluto’s successor is more familiar with Orcus than me, so that is understandable.>>
Hades was well aware of everything that Orcus and the others were up to. There wouldn’t be a problem even if they became his enemy. When that time came, they could simply go to war. At that moment, a Grim Reaper arrived to bring in an urgent report. <<Hades-sama. —Tartarus-sama, along with Erebus-sama and Nyx-sama will soon arrive at the meeting place.>>
Upon hearing this report, the expressions of all of the Grim Reapers present immediately changed, and they seemed to become elated. <<—What! Oh, even Tartarus, one of the primordial gods agrees! ?>>
<<Likewise also primordial gods, the God of Darkness Erebus-sama and the Goddess of the Night Nyx are also making a move! ?>>
Tartarus—. One of the primordial gods in the Greek mythology, whose name meant ‘hell’ itself. Hades had invited him over. The God of Darkness Erebus and the Goddess of the Night Nyx were also primordial gods of Greek mythology, the sibling gods responsible for darkness. They had also given birth to numerous other gods who watched over death, and even Thanatos was born from Erebus and Nyx, thus those two gods were considered to be powerful existences. <<I’ve also received word from Tartarus-sama that he has summoned Angra Mainyu-sama over.>>
The uproar intensified even further. Some Grim Reapers continued to tremble without rest. <<…The greatest evil spirit of Zoroastrianism…!>>
<<The source of the evil that gave rise to the Evil Dragon Aži Dahāka…!>>
Hades simply — let out a muffled laugh. <<That is how it should be. —There will always exist gods who feel pain because of the peace that [DxD] protects.>>
Therefore, as a precursor, the Evil God Loki lit the smoke signal for a rebellion last year. It was a premature rebellion though…there were many gods who sympathised with Loki. However, there was more than just good news to report. <<There is also another report. It is said that it was extremely difficult to contact Hel-sama of the Norse mythology, and Great King Enma-sama who is associated with Hindu mythology.>>
Hel of the Norse mythology was in charge of Niflheim, and she was also the daughter of the Evil God Loki. She had been put under strict surveillance due to her father’s previous actions. Even in the past, Hel seemed to oppose Odin and [DxD], so the various factions were becoming even stricter with her surveillance. As for the Great King Enma and Śakra — or Indra, they belonged to both Buddhism and Hindu mythology. They were gods who held a certain influence on both sides…among the gods who ruled over the afterlife, they were very strict gods, so cooperation would have been unlikely in the first place. Hades didn’t seem to care too much as he calmly said
<<They are simply the kinds of existences who do not wish to ride this great wave. Just having Tartarus as one of the primordial gods and Angra Mainyuu is already more than enough.>>
Their combat strength was sufficient. The meeting location would immediately be set up, and they would prepare to talk. However, because of the actions of Tartarus and the others, it was possible that a primordial god would respond to the Sekiryuutei — the Oppai Dragon. Hades was also concerned about the primordial god who was responsible for sex and love — contact between Eros and Hyoudou Issei. But that was only a small impediment, and by counting in Balberith, victory could almost be guaranteed. Hades glanced at the large displays, and a group of people appeared on them. They were the VIPs of all of the factions that made up the anti-terrorist [DxD] team. Hades glared at Hyoudou Issei’s portrait as he said
<<That’s right. The ultimate goal is the chief god of each mythology. —And then, all of the Longinus possessors. The Maou Beelzebub will also be eliminated.>>
With those words, all of the Grim Reapers present responded to their master. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<Yes!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This was all in order to fight against the organisation that had been born from various different factions — [DxD]. Gods who ruled over evil, darkness, and death. —They would never be able to understand. That was because the peace that they sought could not coexist with the other—. Alternate reading is ‘number 36402’. | text_24 |
Alternate reading is ‘number 61616’. Alternate reading is ‘number 14784’. Known as the demon who tempts men to hatred. Alternate reading is ‘number 50019’. Known as the demon who tempts men with impurity. Ajuka Beelzebub was alone in his own research facility, and he was engaged in a conversation with the VIPs who were in the Isolation Barrier Field. Whilst fighting against Trihexa, Azazel said
[Well, will the matter proceed almost as it has been planned?] It was possible to see various auras, magic and techniques flying around chaotically within the Isolation Barrier Field. Trihexa’s body also showed up in a corner of the display occasionally. It was in the midst of such a battle that Ajuka nodded and answered Azazel’s question. “That’s correct, if the first-generation Bael is allowed to continue interfering in these internal affairs, then the Underworld will have no future to speak of. The agenda that we are discussing in this form — is the proposal to name the Two Heavenly Dragons of this generation, Hyoudou Issei-kun and Vali Lucifer as successors to the next generation of Maous, but the politicians who have raised objections to this are those associated with the first-generation Bael.”
The next generation would adopt the [Seven Great Maou System]—. Aside from Beelzebub, the Seven Great Maou would include Lucifer, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Belial, Belphegor and Mammon. They had already begun nominating candidates internally. Among them, voices for Vali Lucifer, who had inherited the blood of the true Lucifer as the third-generation descendant to become the candidate for ‘Lucifer’ were the strongest. Although the subject had yet to be mentioned to the person in question, the conditions were already in place. When Vali himself promised to commit, then the decision could be considered a done deal. To the side, Sirzechs in his destruction form also said
[What are the minimum conditions for Ise-kun and Vali Lucifer that need to be in place, Ajuka?] “Yeah, at the least, they must become one of the top four in this Tournament. That way, the first-generation Bael and even the nobles who are currently lobbying won’t be able to object.”
[Will they reach that with certainty?] “It’s not impossible. But it will be hard. —After all, the main knockout tournament will consist entirely of Maou-class or god-class beings. Simply entering the knockouts will involve a fight against these existences. Moreover, the gods colluding with Hades are also taking action behind the scenes.”
According to reports, the god of the Netherworld, Hades, was currently in Cocytus. At the same time, various factions had been attacked by mysterious Devils. Through an investigation, all of them had unknown identities, but information on their bodies and demonic energy showed that they were all very similar to the ancient Devils. After many interrogations, they only received answers such as ‘I was ordered to attack that place’, and even when their minds were read, no relevant memories could be found, making the situation extremely tricky. On the contrary, they were still riddled with mysteries after so many investigations, which showed that they had to have some kind of connection to a larger entity, making it obvious that it had something to do with Hades’ presence in Cocytus. Although they tried to interrogate the captured Thanatos…he had yet to awaken from the influence of Hyoudou Issei’s mysterious power, so nothing could be extracted from him. Investigations into the Naberius House’s branch family and the Nebiros House who performed research on artificially creating Super Devils had also yet to begin. Although these shadows of unease were looming, Azazel exposed a smile. [Well, the so-called Heavenly Dragons will be the ones to kick away those gods. And those two kids also have the help of the strongest invincible Dragon God-sama and assistance from the Longinus possessors. If they’re not able to overcome these difficulties, then there would have been no meaning in us coming to this side.] The former governor of the Fallen Angels seemed to hold absolute faith in the students that he had taught. This was only natural. In the span of one short year, they had defeated most of the hostile forces of various mythologies such as the Old Maou Faction, the Evil God Loki, the Hero Faction, and Qlippoth. His faith in them could not be shaken. But, Azazel took a slight backpedal and said with a slightly disturbed tone
[Leaving Vali aside for now, Ise is…. Among the seven seats, is there one that suits him?] Just as Azazel said, it was not a hereditary system, rather, positions were inherited according to their respective duties. For example, Lucifer needed to have exceptional leadership and had to show authority. Each of the different Maous had different responsibilities. The [Seven Great Maou System] could be likened to the seven deadly sins…just as Azazel said, it was very difficult to find a position that fit Hyoudou Issei upon thought. Azazel continued
[…Asmodeus represents lust, right? As Falbium’s successor, in terms of the image…]
From afar, the voice of Falbium Asmodeus was heard. [I think that will be good…it’ll be fine so long as strategy coordination is delegated to another Maou. There’s no other problems right, Ajuka? Also, I’m not lustful at all.] After releasing an enormous sphere of destruction, Sirzechs casually said
[Better yet, isn’t it fine just to make an eight seat directly? How about a special position just for him? He’s already long been a hero of the Underworld and he will be remembered in history even thousands of years later. Since that’s the case, is there any problem with setting up a new seat? Having seven or eight is the same anyway.] This unexpected and yet simple opinion left Ajuka stunned. Azazel couldn’t help but burst out in laughter. [Hahaha! Sirzechs! How could you say that? Sure, seven and eight aren’t too different! But the meaning of the seven deadly sins will be completely gone! No, I dare say that the eighth deadly sin would be ‘Oppai Dragon’! Ddraig is going to cry again when he hears that!] Beside him, Serafall and Falbium also laughed
[Ufufu ☆, Sirzechs-chan has always said nonsensical stuff like this ever since the past. But, he unexpectedly became quite a success ♩]
Indeed, before Sirzechs became a Maou, he would always put forward such unexpected and unconstrained opinions, causing everyone to become speechless or laugh out loud. Even when Sirzechs didn’t act as a Maou, and returned to his private life, this was the case. Ajuka quietly laughed and he asked Sirzechs in return
“Fufufu, if we go by your proposal, then what do we do? What kind of position will we prepare for him?”
Sirzechs swiftly replied
[—Satan. It’s a name that has the meaning of a Maou. In the apocalypse, it’s also recorded that the terms of Satan and dragon were synonymous. Doesn’t it suit him well?] “Is that really okay? | text_24 |
It’ll seems like it’ll coincide with your [Crimson Satan] name.”
[Ajuka, when I am liberated from this place, I will return to being a simple Devil — Sirzechs Gremory. That’s why the name of Satan should be handed over to the next generation. And if it’s him, then he’ll definitely…]
After Sirzechs released an enormous blast of destructive demonic energy and carved off a large chunk of Trihexa’s flesh, he said
[—He’ll become the[Crimson Satan]. I couldn’t be any happier about my brother-in-law inheriting that name.] Trihexa began to regenerate again, and so Sirzechs and the others continued to attack. His voice was trembling. He surely felt joy at the fact that a younger person could inherit his will. “…I’ll make sure that I tell him and your little sister those words of yours.”
After hearing Ajuka say that, Sirzechs became even happier. [I want to see my nephews and nieces as soon as possible. I’m sure there’ll be a lot of them when I return.] And then, Azazel smiled as he answered
[Hahaha! I think you’ll see lots of children with different mothers! Perhaps even Serafall’s little sister will have children.] However, Serafall stopped smiling as soon as she heard Azazel’s words, and she expressionlessly shook her head. [No. That is impossible, Azazel-chan. That is absolutely impossible. Absolutely not allowed.] Serafall spoke in a low and serious voice. To her, the future of her precious little sister was more important than anything else. [If someone is to become the husband of my Sona-chan, then they’ll have to pass my groom training course, they have to be stronger than me, and they have to be capable of defeating Sirzechs-chan. I won’t concede on that at all.] Sirzechs couldn’t help but flinch a bit after listening to Serafall’s words. […S-So I’m going to be the opponent for Sona’s groom candidates…. No, since it’s the request of my good friend, I don’t have any reason to refuse….] In response to this, Azazel bitterly smiled. [To find a guy like that, isn’t that basically impossible…? The future of the Sitri clan looks pretty bleak….] Seeing as they were able to fight and speak about the future of their families at the same time, it appeared as though these comrades had already gotten used to fighting against Trihexa. It looked like Trihexa would be defeated even earlier than expected. Azazel and the Maous fought whilst chatting cheerfully, and the former chief god of the Norse mythology Odin, as well as the former chief god of the Greek Mythology Zeus approached them. Odin waved Gungnir around whilst asking Azazel
[What’s this? Both the Oppai Dragon and the Butt Dragon Emperor are going to become Maous?] [For the time being, it’ll be decided after we see the fight involving your kids and Zeus’ children.] Zeus then released a fierce shower of lightning onto Trihexa and heartily laughed
[Gahahahaha! Apollon huh! He’s pretty strong!] Odin rubbed his cheek as he said
[My Vidar huh…mmm, he’s a troublesome guy, but he does have strength fitting for a chief god. Before I came here, I told him that he definitely had to go and find a wife….] Speaking of which, just as Odin said, there was news from Asgard — Ajuka had heard about Vidar’s marriage interview…. Ajuka smiled as he said to Odin and Zeus
“Odin-sama, Zeus-sama, your successors will soon compete against the Sekiryuutei. Let us wait and see the battle of the next generation.”
—It wouldn’t be the Seven Great Maou, but the Eight Great Maou who would succeed them—. The desire for Hyoudou Issei to be crowned as the eighth one was an unexpectedly interesting idea, and Ajuka smiled to himself about it. Having said that, neither one of those two had been asked about their own intentions yet. Would they accept it? That was also a problem—. If possible, it was Ajuka’s intention to appoint the powerful new Maous in order to deal with the unknown enemies who would come to attack in thirty years, as well as the creation of the new organisation [ExE]. And then, Ajuka Beelzebub took out the cat-shaped hair ornament that Rias Gremory had given him. The research data on ‘artificially creating Super Devils’ conducted by the Naberius House’s branch family and the person of the Nebiros House had been hidden on it…. The two young Devils with power on the level of Super Devils who suddenly emerged at the Tournament would soon be involved in a full-scale investigation from here on—-. | text_24 |
It happened just a while after the match between Rias’ team and Vali’s team—. “A bath, a bath.”
“A bath, a bath.”
“A bath, a bath ♪.”
I was washing my body down in the large bath at the Hyoudou residence, along with Ophis, Lilith and Kunou. When I decided to take a bath, Ophis, Lilith and Kunou came along, and we all went in together. The four of us were now side by side. These three girls occasionally accompany me in the bath. I always tell them to wash their bodies properly, and not to play around in the bath. Well, I wonder if this is what it feels like to be an older brother. Splash! After rinsing Ophis’s back while she sat in the front of me, we decided to soak in the bathtub together. “Ise, carry me on your back.”
“Carry me on your back.”
“Bring me along too ♪”
There are three people hanging off my back! Even though the girls are small, as might be expected, all three of them together are still heavy! But after being carried into the bathtub, they finally let go. “Ui—“
Ahhh, bathing after training really is effective. It’s as if I am in heaven. Looking at them, the three girls next to me seem like they are also comfortably enjoying the warm bath. The first time Kunou entered the bath together with me, she was so embarrassed, but—
“Thinking about the future, this is just a trivial matter!” said Kunou. —And, before I realised, Kunou bathing together with me had already become something normal. Kunou then suddenly said
“Ah, I want my breasts to quickly become as big as okaa-sama’s.”
While placing her hands over her breasts, Kunou said so. Her breasts are still too flat that they can’t be called ‘oppai’ compared to the well-developed oppai of her okaa-sama, Yasaka-san. Aaaaaah!!!! !, I want to massage those oppai to my heart’s content, even only once would be okay! As if reading my mind, Kunou stood up from the bathtub energetically while saying
“If they become as big as okaa-sama’s, I will allow you to have a good look at my breasts. You better be ready at that time!”
I then replied with a mischievous face
“Unexpectedly, they’re still pretty small, huh.”
Kunou then pouted. “They will become bigger, surely! ”
Kunou then abruptly jumped towards me! Guwa! She covered my face with her body! “Me too, me too”
“O~”
Ophis and Lilith mimicked Kunou and pounced onto me. Before the match with the [Leisure of the Kings] Team, which was approaching soon, I spent my peaceful moments with these loli girls. Playing with Kunou was good and all, but the bitter part about being the Sekiryuutei was that the day wouldn’t merely end like that. We, the Hyoudou Issei Team, gathered in my room and talked about the next match. And amidst that, what we were paying attention to was—
<<Oh! The match has been decided! Following the sudden return of the Champion Diehauser Belial, he has once again earned a victory!>>
The status of the tournament was displayed on the TV screen. There, the splendid sight of the Rating Game Champion who returned to the tournament was shown. Diehauser Belial had clenched yet another victory. Xenovia groaned. “As expected of Rating Game Champion. Even though he only started participating from the middle of the tournament, it’s only a matter of time before he qualifies for the main draw of the tournament.”
It was exactly as Xenovia said. Even though he joined part-way through the tournament, he smoothl-, no, he naturally keeps gaining stars, and his evaluation is already in the top ranks as well. “He is also winning against God-class beings, right? Needless to say, the Champion really is amazing.” added Irina. Emperor Belial even defeated teams belonging to God-class beings with his superior tactics and great knowledge of the Rating Game’s rules. Well, since Diehauser’s true strength alone is undoubted, even if God-class beings were to get close, he could deal with them properly. As expected, Diehauser’s specialty, [Worthless] is strong…inviolable even. If the enemy was an unskillful God-class being, their power would be crushed by [Worthless]. And because of that, Team Belial, who showed the nature of the Champion are certainly expected to go into the main tournament. With something like that, and because the tournament is also progressing to the finale, us members of the Hyoudou Issei Team are paying attention to the teams that are going into the main draw, as well as players who stirred up a big fuss in the tournament. Even on television, there is this special program called “New Faces Noticed in the Tournament”, which highlights players in the tournament who stood out. Rookies that are being looked forward to are shown one after another. And among them were the mysterious Devils Who suddenly appeared in the tournament like a meteor yesterday. —The copper-haired Balberith and the jade-haired Verrine. <<Even though they didn’t really stand out, this team is not most certainly unusual. They suddenly participated in this tournament and instantly stood themselves out from the others. The mysterious young Devils, with Balberith as the lead, the [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] Team.>>
Balberith and his mysterious Devil teammates easily defeated ultimate-class devils, and they were even able to subdue God-class beings. Every mythology paid attention to them, but also felt terror. …Of course. They suddenly showed up and even gods were defeated with their overwhelming power. Right now, even though they haven’t fought any of the teams tipped to win besides Mahabali-san’s team since they participated in the tournament, they have been mostly undefeated and continued to move up in the rankings. On the contrary, somehow, the fact that they had been penalised as a result of violating certain special rules made us realise that they were younger than us. But, this [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] Team was already at the level where they had been chosen as one of the winning candidates. By the way, isn’t the team’s name too long? Incidentally, the [King] is a high-class Grim Reaper from Olympus. I thought he was somehow connected to the Netherworld, but… I was more concerned with the [King]’s rank. It wasn’t ‘ultimate’, only ‘high-class’. Did they do that because they didn’t want to stand out? Or was it… Ahh… I can’t figure out their intentions. Being concerned about the mysterious Devils was necessary of course, but, there were also other players that I had to look out for. The moment those guys showed up on the TV, I pointed my finger. “Personally, I am interested in this guy.”
Shown on the TV was a special program featuring Sacred Gears, called [Unknown Sacred Gears]. Indeed, a new type of Sacred Gear had caught the eye of Sacred Gear researchers such as the Grigori, and it was currently the subject of much attention. A certain Sacred Gear user was shown on the screen. The one player that caught my attention was someone who controlled iron and could create mechanical equipment. | text_25 |
Moreover, he could also control electronic devices and use it in a way that I had never seen before. What shocked us was that his Sacred Gear had the ability to even control electronic devices. The Sacred Gear System was created by the God of the Bible a long time ago, so it was definitely surprising to learn that a Sacred Gear could interfere with modern technology. Ravel then pointed to the guy who could control iron and electronic devices with his abilities. “That guy is a member of Ruval-oniisama’s team.”
The team of Ravel’s older brother was not only formed with servants that were professionals, but also with a God from the Egyptian mythology who was known as the ancestor of the Phoenix, [The Immortal Sacred Bird, Bennu]! Yes, the team of the Phoenix’s family eldest son had a combination of holy and demonic phoenixes at the center and formed a team together. Their team showed the ‘immortality’ trait to all other players and factions. The immortal army that even God-class beings couldn’t easily defeat kept gaining victory. The guy whose Sacred Gear controlled iron and electronic devices was also a member of that team. On the other hand, the third son of the Phoenix’s clan, Riser Phoenix, continued to struggle in battles, and his elimination in the preliminary round of the tournament had almost become certain. One of the key factors was that his luck on the matching was terrible and he kept getting higher ranked players as his opponents. Lately, Riser keeps complaining to me via communication magic every night, and even I became quite troubled with cheering him up. There was also another Sacred Gear user who caught our attention. Shown on the screen was the sight of the person who destroyed a large portion of the game field. He was neither a Maou-class nor a God-class being, but a young human — a human Sacred Gear user. The exquisite equipment that the young man used consisted of a longsword and a rifle. When they were wielded, it was certain that the earth would crack and the forests would be erased until nothing was left. It was clear that his Sacred Gear’s power was unique. A longsword… and a rifle, a pair of Sacred Gears! While everyone focused on the clip, Ravel said to me
“That is… a team centered on a Sacred Gear user, the [King] of the [Shooting Star] Team, Shooting Star-senshu! That team keeps securing victories one after another.”
Xenovia, while being surprised by the massive damage dealt by the long sword and rifle said
“What insane power! In the middle of the match, a certain mythology’s god got blown away, huh… Is it really just a Sacred Gear?”
Simply in terms of power, it was possible to take a God-class being (non-battle type though) on as an enemy. Also, it seemed like he hadn’t used his Balance Breaker yet. But, that was only if the devastating power hit its target. Most of them could be dodged. Irina then continues
“They didn’t really stand out when the qualifier began, did they? Only after reaching the mid-stage did their rank suddenly go up.”
Indeed, we didn’t hear anything about them in the early stage. Like Irina said, it was only when the mid-stage began that we started to hear the rumour “An unbelievable Sacred Gear user has appeared” a lot of times. Then my junior, Nakiri Ouryuu, said
“From what I can see, it is possible to discern that this immense power is being mastered gradually. I mean, I saw the recording of their early stage match, but they lost because he couldn’t control his power and it exploded.”
As Nakiri said, I also became interested and watched their early stage match… But, he couldn’t control the Sacred Gear well, and as a result of continuously missing the target, their team got cornered and they suffered a series of defeats. But, the recording also showed that he was gradually getting used to his power every time he fought, and when he entered the middle stage, his power blossomed. The power and mass of the aura released by the long sword and rifle was out of the ordinary. It’s exactly as Xenovia said, you can’t think that it is just a normal Sacred Gear. Balberith and Verrine were good, the guy that could control iron was good too, this Sacred Gear that holds idiot-like power is also good; it’s as if people that we neither predicted nor imagined are starting to appear. Even though we were surprised, we accepted reality and began to make plans on how to deal with them. In the middle of the final stage of the qualifiers, we also started to see some pretty clear changes among the teams that participated in the tournament. Many of them had also improved. “Ufufu, maybe the rumour is right”
The one who whispered that, was a pink-haired onee-sama who was lying down on my bed comfortably while looking at the TV — Roygun Belphegor. She was relaxing on my bed wearing a daring dress that showed her cleavage. Lately Roygun-san has been secretly participating in our strategy meetings. Because she was so silent while she was beside us, it felt as though she showed up out of nowhere. Also, her aroma is out of this world! Ravel then asked Roygun-san
“Roygun-sama, what ‘rumour’?”
While fumbling with her pink hair with her hand, she replied
“The number of Longinus, don’t they seem to be increasing?”
[Wh—!] We were all surprised by that information. Of course! We have no choice to be surprised if we hear that the number of Longinus is increasing! Roygun-san then speaks while sitting up
“The research on Sacred Gears which has been done by Heaven’s Seraphs, along with the Grigori, has been able to clearly confirm that there are several species that have deviated from normal Sacred Gears. Because of that, there is a discussion on re-classifying these new Sacred Gears. It was my servant who got me that information. This information will also probably be officially delivered to you guys, [DxD], soon.”
It was the first time we’d heard such information. It might be because the Sacred Gear’s research authority, Azazel-sensei, wasn’t here that getting the newest information regarding Sacred Gears has become harder than before. Right when the TV was showing Gasper, Roygun-san continued to speak. “I have also heard that the half-vampire on Rias’ team also got a Longinus certification.”
Gasper got a Longinus certification too! Well, it is certain I’ve been told that his ability was Longinus-class since last year. The person who was surprised more than anyone by this was Gasper’s classmate, Nakiri. “Vladi has a Longinus! Is this for real…? Well, I guess it’s only natural with that ability.”
He wasn’t sure how to react to the fact that his classmate’s ability was a Longinus. He seemed half-happy, and half-frustrated. Because they were both close, it seemed like Nakiri was inevitably worried about Gasper. But, another thing that worried me was Roygun-san’s information network. The information just now wasn’t officially announced by the Grigori or the Heaven yet. How in the hell did she get that information? It was even faster than [DxD]. | text_25 |
It’s probably because she, as a former second ranker in the Rating Game has her own information network. By the way, while watching the recording of the match like this time, Roygun-san also gave us valuable advice regarding the tactics for the upcoming tournament. And, while we were talking about the tournament’s new faces and Longinus, there was one person whose mind seemed to be elsewhere. It was Rossweisse-san. “……………”
Even during this discussion, without saying a word, it seemed like she was thinking about something that was bothering her. With a worried look on her face, Asia asked Rossweisse-san
“Rossweisse-san, a-are you okay?”
After talking to her several times, it seems like Rossweisse-san finally noticed and hastily stands up and speaks. “Eh? Ah, yeah! I-I am fine! If it’s about the marriage meeting, I am ready whenever it is!”
When Rossweisse-san made an awkward fist pump, everyone became silent and didn’t know how to react. Ravel then nervously spoke
“U-Umm… We’re in the middle of our tournament strategy meeting right now.”
With that one sentence, Rossweisse-san’s face became red and she panicked as she waved both of her hands about
“Ah! T-This is! S-Sorry! What was wrong with me……”
She then looked a bit depressed and sat back down in her chair. Everyone in the room knew what Rossweisse-san was thinking about. Yes, it’s exactly as Rossweisse-san herself said. It’s because the day of the marriage meeting between Rossweisse-san and the Norse mythology’s chief god, Vidar-san, is getting closer—. These events occurred just before the last summer vacation of my high school life. The next dayー. It happened when the class that Rossweisse-san was in charge of had a quiz. “………”
Rossweisse-san was standing on the teacher’s platform as she looked up blankly towards the ceiling. It had always been like this recently. Even at home and in school, she always had this vacant look on her face as she either looked up at the ceiling or in front as if her mind was elsewhere. “Sensei, sensei, the time is over.”
The female class head confirmed to Rossweisse-san that the time for the quiz had ended. When Rossweisse-san noticed, she quickly pulled herself together and said to everyone
“Ah! Y-Yes! Ok, that’s it! Please pass the test papers forward from the back.”
Well, the class went normally after that, but…
Rossweisse-san’s condition even became popular inside the school, and rumours such as “Did something happen at work or with her private life?” began to spread among the students. “It must be a boyfriend! She must have found a boyfriend!”
“That Rossweisse-chan has a boyfriend? That’s impossible! That can’t be true, right?”
“She probably lost her money?”
“As a cheapskate who uses 100-yen shops, is she really that troubled by money?”
“Did she get fired?”
“But, she is super serious, isn’t she? So that shouldn’t be the case either, don’t you agree?”
“In that case, boyfriend it is then!”
Various amusing and interesting conversations were held between the girls as well. Watching this from one corner of the classroom were me, Kiba, Matsuda and Motohama. After taking a sip of his popper juice with a straw, Matsuda asked me and Kiba. “So, what’s the real situation? I mean, as the Occult Research Club advisor, she spends a lot of time with you guys, right?”
While fixing his glasses, Motohama added
“Also, Ise lives together with her. It wouldn’t be weird if you know something. No! If anything, you must know everything! Don’t tell me that she is leaving…”
And so my two dubious buddies asked me and Kiba something like that, but…
Me and Kiba looked at each other and were weren’t sure how to answer those questions. “It’s not something that should be spoken to you guys. Anyway, what I can tell you now is that she is not going to quit this school.”
I had no choice but to answer like that. Well, it’s exactly as they said, we actually do know the reason why Rossweisse-san’s been dazing off lately, however…
Yesterday, Rossweisse-san received a partly-forced-request to have a marriage meeting from her hometown, the Norse mythology. Not only that, the partner is the current chief God of Asgard, Vidar-san! “To have a marriage meeting with a chief God”, when we heard about that, we couldn’t help but feel surprised! We also got an explanation from Rossweisse-san’s grandmother, Göndul-san too. It seemed like, even Göndul-san’s opinion was ignored as it had already been decided by the higher-ups. And because of that, cancelling also became impossible at this point. Göndul-san, via a communication magic circle, said
“I am really sorry… I’ll head there tomorrow”. She sounded like she was really sorry about it. It seemed like, Göndul-san was actually opposed to her granddaughter’s marriage meeting this time. But, because of the pushy proposal by the Norse Gods, it had become a situation where Rossweisse-san’s parents were forced to concede, and even Göndul-san was unable to reject the proposal either. Wait. I am the one who is done for! Because at any rate, Rossweisse-san is still my servant. Since Asgard set up a marriage meeting without giving me any information beforehand, I did shoot them a protest letter as both a high-class devil and her master, but…
<<It is Asgard’s problem. It has already been decided.>>
We only got such a reply. Nonetheless, me and Ravel kept on requesting them to give us an explanation that we could consent to, however…
“In the end, the marriage meeting will still happen, huh…”
I sluggishly said while looking at the hall’s ceiling. Kiba and I then said that we’d go buy something to drink, and we left Matsuda and Motohama behind. At a nearby vending machine that was inside the school, we talked while standing and drinking the juice. “Rias-oneesan also requested an explanation of the the current circumstances via the Gremory family.”
Just as Kiba said, Rias did send a protest to Asgard as well. And even though Rossweisse-san wasn’t Rias’ servant anymore, the fact that Rossweisse-san was still part of the Gremory household didn’t change, and that’s why we also made an official request via the Gremory House. The answer from them was
<<Because the lineage of Odin is in crisis, we need a female from Norse mythology who is able to birth an excellent heir.>>
A successor problem! Or so it seemed, however… On that side, the chief God Odin-jiisan along with his eldest son, the God Baldur had gone into the Isolation Barrier Field to exterminate Trihexa. The ones who remained here were Odin’s children, and the one that Asgard chose as the next generation chief God was Vidar. However, although Vidar-san had many mistresses, he hadn’t gotten married yet. And so, it was precisely because he had become a chief God that the Asgardian Gods began to introduce him to candidates for marriage one after another, rushing him to make children as soon as possible. | text_25 |
After arguing back and forth with Asgard, we were finally able to feel a bit relieved when they responded
“There is no need to be engaged anymore, but for now, please just attend the marriage interview.”
And such was the answer we got. “Because it’s the Gods who set this up, there are also some points where you can’t easily pull back, huh?” said Rias. But… I feel like there are so many Gods that are so prideful. In the end, the final decision would be according to Rossweisse-san’s own will. Although she herself was extremely surprised and confused, she didn’t have any problem with attending the meeting, regardless of whether she intended to get married or not. Such was the answer we arrived at. Even though the talk was forced and hurried, because she felt that she had been looked after by the Gods in her hometown all this time, and the conditions had also been relaxed a bit, it was quite difficult to decline. And with that, it was official that tomorrow, Rossweisse-san would have a marriage meeting with Vidar-san in Japan. …A God’s marriage problem, huh. Well, the marriage of a mythology’s representative sure is important, but… Why does it have to be one of my servants, Rossweisse-san of all people? Even though she had been abandoned by Odin-jiisan, there was no doubt that she was an excellent Valkyrie. Her magic ability was good, her acquired knowledge on powerful barrier techniques was also good, and even among her fellow Valkyries, her strength was undoubtable. That must have been the reason why she caught the attention of Asgard. Well, Rossweisse-san also contributed much to the Evil Dragon War, after all…it’s only natural that her value rose. But there was also this feeling inside me “Please don’t decide things on your own” that I strongly felt! It’s because she is my comrade… or rather, because she is my servant. She is also participating in the tournament with me, as well as doing devil jobs together. Either in battle or in jobs, Rossweisse-san is important! What we’ve achieved until now, it’s our precious… If left like this, they will continue to decide things on their own until they are married. “It’s okay, you can still stay as a servant, so can you become Vidar-sama’s wife?”
The day I hear something like that, as expected even I would…! “Ise-kun, you should think calmly. I know you are angry, but the other party are the Norse Gods, if you just charge in recklessly, we might not only leave a bad impression but also damage our relationship with them in the future.”
Kiba said to me. Being told like that, I suddenly realised, and asked Kiba
“Do I look like I am angry to you?”
Kiba nodded with a forced smile. “Whenever you think about Rossweisse-san, your expression looks somewhat bitter. Not only Ise-kun, but everyone who is a member of Rias-oneesan’s peerage too. But, I understand how you feel. Especially Ise-kun, since you are her master, it’s all the more.”
……Everyone, starting from Rias’ peerage (my servants included) always made a bitter face whenever this topic came up. Looking from the perspective of me and my comrades, it’s only natural that we got mad. Well, in reality, it’s not a topic that we can welcome. To be honest, I want to say a thing or two to Vidar-san and the gods of Norse mythology. After finishing the drink, Kiba then said
“You are going to talk with Rias-oneesan and Akeno-san after this, right?”
Just as Kiba said, I was planning to go to the university branch of Kuoh Academy after school. It was because I wanted to discuss things regarding Rossweisse-san once again with those two. After all, the marriage meeting was just two days away—. And with that, I went to the University of Kuoh Academy after school. Because the university was close to the high school, it wasn’t like I had never come here before. However, the students who attended the university wore their own clothes. So for someone wearing a uniform to visit the university, I did stand out from the others. The appointment location was a cafe that was situated in a corner of the university campus. It was essentially a cafe run by the university students, but students from Kuoh High School and people who came to the university for work went there sometimes as well. Rias and Akeno-san frequently sit together at their usual seats on the terrace, however…it seemed like there were some other girls sitting together with Rias and Akeno-san today. Were they university friends? I wasn’t sure, but they seemed like they were having fun, so I didn’t want to ruin the mood by being a nuisance. I guess I’ll just come back later. And after having that thought, it was as if Rias and Akeno-san noticed me, so they simultaneously waved their hands at me. At times like this, I tend to think that Rias and Akeno-san are good at sensing my presence. As I couldn’t afford to run, I walked over to the seats that they were in. You could say that the gazes of their friends hurt me, or rather, it seemed like I was being watched with keen interest. I was super embarrassed! I sat down in the chair between Rias and Akeno-san. Rias then introduced me to her university friends. “He is my and Akeno’s boyfriend. As I said earlier, we’re engaged.”
─. What a shocking introduction! She even told them about me being Rias’ and…Akeno-san’s boyfriend + our engagement! Normally, people would have been shocked by that kind of talk! I couldn’t help but feel surprised by the sudden introduction, but one of their friends suddenly screamed out “Kyaa!” with a high-pitched voice. The friends then began to talk. “He is Gremory-san and Himejima-san’s boyfriend!? I heard that he is younger!”
“Amazing! To be able to get these two beautiful girls as girlfriends!”
“In Rias-san’s country, it’s normal to have several wives, and it’s also okay to have a lot of husbands, right! ?”
“On the contrary, I wonder how would it feel to have a lot of boyfriends? I might even be admired!”
Ah, so that’s what they were talking about. Well, it’s certain that if it’s Rias’s country, the Underworld, then harems and reverse harems do exist, so what Rias said technically wasn’t a lie. Rias seemed somewhat proud. Was she satisfied that she was able to introduce me? B-But, if I were to be known as their partner, this talk would spread like wildfire to the high school and could turn out to be a terrible thing…
The fact that Rias and I were going out with each other was basically a secret from the students after all. I had only told several people about it (Matsuda and Motohama know, but they keep silent for me). But, Rias’ friend was a friend from the high school escalator program, so she must have known me as a bad person, but…
Akeno-san whispered to me
(I used magic so that basic information about Ise-kun won’t get exposed. The only thing that they grasped was the fact that you are my and Rias’ boyfriend, that’s all.) Ah, manipulation magic. Now that I looked closely at their friends, their eyes did look like they were soulless as if they had been hypnotised. | text_25 |
So that’s why they didn’t find out about my true identity. Hold on, but that means the boyfriend that they’ve been introducing until now is… Akeno-san then laughed cutely. (After all, I am a uni student. It’s only natural that I want to boast about having a boyfriend, right?) AAAaaAAAaaAAAA! If you say such maidenly words to me, I won’t be able to resist! Please, please, as long as my basic information doesn’t get leaked out, please boast about me as much as you like! If I were to be honest, I also wanted to tell the truth that I was their boyfriend, but, it would definitely be troublesome in many ways. And because of that, I had no choice but to endure. One of their friends asked Akeno-san
“How do you feel about having a younger boyfriend?”
Akeno-san’s cheeks turned red and she happily answered
“He might be younger than me, but he is dependable. If I really had to decide, then I feel like I am the one who gets spoiled.”
“The big-sister-like Himejima-san gets spoiled instead? I thought it was the opposite!”
“I might also want a younger boyfriend!”
And such was the girls’ talk that the friends joyfully engaged in. Because Rias and Akeno-san seemed like they were having so much fun, I joined in and participated in the girls’ talk for a while. After all, being able to talk with female university students sure is fun! “─So, what happened? You came here to talk, right?”
Rias asked me after the talk while being surrounded by university girls ended. The topic was my original purpose, which was to ask for advice about Rossweisse-san. Rias then continued
“I personally don’t agree with the forced marriage meeting either. But, right now, her master is you, Ise. While respecting her thoughts is reasonable, your thoughts are also important.”
‘…What would you do in this situation?’ If I were to ask her opinion like that, I’m sure she would feel disgusted. After all — I am a high-class Devil, the master who made Rossweisse-san my servant. Rias also said
“Everything will soon be clear. Ise, how do you feel about the marriage meeting? —Yes, what is Rossweisse to you, Ise? Is she just a servant? Or is she…”
Rias then stopped. To me, Rossweisse-san is… But, one thing is clear. When Rossweisse-san and Vidar-san’s marriage meeting got decided by the Norse Gods on their own, I was extremely mad. Disgusted even. The unpleasant feeling about my precious servant being forced to attend a marriage interview was one of the factors, but the memories that I spent together with Rossweisse-san until now kept flashing across my mind one after another…
I strongly felt that ‘my precious thing is going to be taken away’. Rias looked at her watch and said “It’s time” as she stood up. “Leave the bill to me. Akeno, I’ll go on first.”
After saying that to Akeno-san, Rias then said to me while smiling
“I’ll always be your and Rossweisse’s ally, you know? That fact won’t change no matter what. That’s why you should find your own solution.”
Because Rias had to finish some personal errands for the Gremory House, she left first. Akeno-san and I were left behind. Akeno-san smiled as she said
“Hey, Ise-kun. Do you remember the engagement party between Rias and Riser Phoenix that was held last year?”
“Yeah.”
Ah, that’s right, it’s been more than a year since that incident huh. Because there were so many things that happened, it felt as though that incident happened long ago. Akeno-san then continued
“Rias might not say it in words, but this incident seems like a repeat of that time.”
—. Her engagement and Rossweisse-san’s marriage interview… That’s right, even though the circumstances are different, the fact where their future was decided one-sidedly is the same. It’s only natural that Rias thought that Rossweisse-san’s current situation is a repeat of that. Akeno-san continued
“At that time, how did you feel, how did you think, and how did you act, Ise-kun? Rias and Rossweisse-san are different, but Rossweisse-san to us, and above all, to you is a precious servant, Ise-kun. That is certain, right? I don’t know how things will turn out in the marriage interview, however, when Vidar-sama decides that he wants to marry, your feelings and actions will inevitably come pouring out. But, Ise-kun, this is the one thing that you should remember.”
With a serious expression, Akeno-san said
“At the time you said “No”, your enemy was the Phoenix House. But, this time — it’s a God. You should prepare yourself to have the determination to take back Rossweisse-san from a God.”
Taking Rossweisse-san back from a God…
Akeno-san then suddenly changed her expression
“But, you’ve also grown a lot from your experiences over the past year. Compared to the time you charged in recklessly, you’ve become far more mature… Looking at your expression now, you seem calm. Surely, if this were a year ago, you would have charged in recklessly to Asgard and Rias would be mad.”
Ahaha, that might be possible. I did charge in to Rias’ engagement party that time. After that, due to various things, even if something crazy happened, I would think first and ask other people for their opinions. …I became a senior in high school, and also became a high-class Devil, and above all, I understand that my power — the power of the Heavenly Dragon and the Dragon God might have an influence on the world. If I don’t think first then act, I might cause trouble to other people. …That said, when the moment comes, I have to take back my precious servant from a God, huh. The enemy isn’t someone whom I can challenge half-assedly. But I— . After all, Rossweisse-san is important to me as a servant, or perhaps—. That was a question that I had to answer—. And then, it was the day of Rossweisse-san and Vidar-san’s marriage interview—. We, the authorised people (the new and old Occult Research Club members) gathered in a certain traditional Japanese restaurant in Tokyo. To our surprise, Vidar-san’s faction chose a traditional Japanese restaurant (a valuable shop as they handle even supernatural beings). So, we also adapted to them by having Rossweisse-san wear an elegant kimono. By the way, it was Akeno-san who was in charge of dressing her up. All of the concerned parties were waiting in a room—. “Thank you for waiting. Everyone, you look the same as I last saw you.”
The person who appeared was Rossweisse-san’s grandmother, Göndul-san! That person was still the same as when I met her before, she had this strict atmosphere around her. After taking a glance at her granddaughter, Göndul-san apologised to us. “I am really sorry for the inconvenience caused. Especially Hyoudou Issei-kun. Even though my granddaughter is an important servant… I could not reject the higher-ups’ decision.”
She also apologised to me directly. I also—
“N-No, no, basically, I also disagree, but for now, let’s just watch over her. We’ll answer after that.”
I replied. As soon as Rossweisse-san noticed her grandmother, Göndul-san, she looked displeased. | text_25 |
“On this occasion, even though it’s a proposal from my hometown, I have so many things to say.”
Göndul-san took a breath as she sighed. “I understand that, Rose. But, it’s also your fault that you didn’t marry and raise a family quickly. Because you showed them an opportunity, it has now become a situation where even I can’t reject them, you know.”
“D-Didn’t marry and raise a family, you say! ?”
Göndul-san scolded Rossweisse-san for being hesitant. “The truth is, you could have just let your master, the Sekiryuutei who went to the trouble of making you his servant approach you and establish that fact, you know.”
“Even if you say that, I don’t know a single thing about men!”
The grandmother and granddaughter began to quarrel! “I thought I already told you to let him do perverted things to you!”
“You don’t have to say that to me, grandma! E-E-Even I, w-w-w-want to do perverted things you know!”
What are these two talking about!? Rossweisse-san whose face had become red said that with a loud voice! Hearing the conversation between those two, the girls fixed their gaze onto me. Shirone a.k.a. Koneko-chan asked me
“Why didn’t you do perverted things to her?”
K-Koneko-chan! You’ve become quite brave to say such things after the proposal, huh!? I then scratched my cheek as I said
“T-That’s, umm, because the tournament and the jobs as a high-class devil piled up… I-I also want to do many perverted things!”
If I could do those perverted things, of course I would do it! But because of my jobs as a high-class devil, my position as the Oppai Dragon, and also due to our participation in the World Tournament on top of school life, I was quite busy, you know!? I did come across a perverted situation occasionally, but there were only busy days besides that. If anything, that was the reason why it felt like oppai were distant. Xenovia nodded as if in agreement with Rossweisse-san. “Well, we also rarely find situations where we can do perverted things.”
Irina also agreed
“Because there are so many girls, even if we were to use the room, there might be someone who comes in and interrupts.”
…You guys, perverted this, perverted that, this is a place for a marriage interview, you know!? Well, I also did talk about perverted things with a loud voice too. Ravel then replied
“Perverted this and perverted that, everyone, please remember that today is Rossweisse-sama’s marriage interview, okay?”
The quarrel between granddaughter and grandmother made the atmosphere inside the room so awkward that we couldn’t say anything. But, a shop employee came to the room and said
“The partner is ready for the marriage interview.”
The time for the marriage interview finally arrived, without waiting for us—. Now, about the marriage interview…
The representative of Rossweisse-san’s family was her grandmother, Göndul-san. And since Rossweisse-san is currently a member of [Hyoudou Issei’s Peerage], I sat on the same side as her master. While Rossweisse-san and Göndul-san dressed formally, I on the other hand was wearing my uniform… Well, I certainly am still a student though…
However, we only intended to greet each other. After that, it was supposed to go like ‘Let’s leave it to them, shall we’, and we planned to leave those two alone. Well, it was like a normal Japanese marriage interview. Because they were doing it in Japan, they wanted to do it the Japanese-style. There was a table placed in the middle of the spacious Japanese-style room, and we sat on one side together with Rossweisse-san. In the garden that could be seen from the Japanese-style room, a small bamboo fountain made a small pleasant “koton” noise. By the way, Göndul-san used magic so that my comrades waiting in a different room could see what was happening in this room live. Because my friends were essentially peeping, I didn’t think that the strict Göndul-san would have allowed such a thing, but…it seems like this incident had many things to be considerate of. While waiting and sitting in seizastyle, Vidar-san appeared in a white suit with three ladies who followed him. He was a handsome man with an unshaven face, platinum blonde hair and gold pupils. From his looks, it seemed like he was only in his early twenties. The three ladies who followed him were all beautiful, but they all showed a strict expression. Because their aura felt like it had a God’s nature, I thought they were all Gods, but…
Vidar-san looked at me and Rossweisse-san as if he was evaluating us. No, I was certain that he was evaluating Rossweisse-san and me, her master—. As if he could already tell what the ladies’ expressions looked like, Vidar-san took a breath and said
“Fulla, Hlin, Gná, I told you not to stare with those stern eyes. We’re being rude to them, are we not?”
The women responded to Vidar-san with a stern voice. “Vidar-sama, we’ll leave the rest to you, but…”
“This is an important duty as the current chief God.”
“Even if the other party is a former Valkyrie, this is also for the sake of Asgard’s future.”
Vidar-san looked annoyed by the ladies’ words, and gestured with his hand to shoo them off. “Yeah-, okay okay. It’s fine, so please leave the rest to me”
The ladies then reluctantly left the room. Rossweisse-san and I felt unsure of what to say, and Göndul-san looked a bit displeased as she raised an eyebrow. Judging by that attitude alone, we could only imagine that the relationship between Göndul-san and those three women wasn’t very good. Vidar-san then sat down in front of us. He immediately sat cross-legged and made a bitter laugh as he said
“My bad. Those three goddesses are my…to the family of Odin, they’re like maids who have served us since a long time ago. They have also been looking after me since I was small. It was also them who took the initiative of choosing this place… Well, it’s something that not even I could decline.”
After saying that, Vidar-san then greeted us. “I am Vidar. The chief God of Norse mythology. Please be generous and overlook any problems.”
And then, it was Rossweisse-san’s turn to return the greeting
“I am Rossweisse. I was Odin-sama’s personal Valkyrie until last year. I am currently under the care of Hyoudou Issei-sama as a Devil servant.”
Next, Göndul-san gave a simple greeting
“I am her grandmother, Göndul.”
I lightly cleared my throat and said after adjusting my posture
“I am Hyoudou Issei, a high-class devil and currently Rossweisse-san’s master. Please take care of us.”
It was a formal greeting, however…well, I’m sure it’s going to be fine like this. Then after the greetings, Göndul-san said,
“…Well now, let’s leave the rest to these two, shall we?”
Right when we were about to leave our seats — Vidar-san gestured with his hands to stop us. “You guys don’t have to go. I don’t mind letting both of you stay.”
The sudden offer made me and Göndul-san look at each other. …Vidar-san said that while laughing, however he seemed like he was serious about it, so we remained. | text_25 |
In the meantime, we ordered drinks and chose oolong tea, while Vidar-san ordered — beer. To order a beer in a marriage interview…it just proved that he really was Odin-jiisan’s son. After that, Rossweisse-san and Vidar-san started talking casually. At first they started with something simple like ‘Today is nice, huh’ or ‘How is your life being a teacher in Japan?’, but eventually, the subject became Odin-jiisan. Vidar-san said with a bitter expression
“My father is the best and won’t lose to the chief Gods of other mythologies when it comes to perverted things. Oftentimes, before I knew it, new brothers and sisters had been born, you know? He holds many titles, such as ‘The All-knowing’, ‘The Great Noble God’ , ‘The Father of Victory’ , and ‘The One-eyed Hero’. However, I think the most appropriate title for him is ‘the perverted old man’.”
Rossweisse-san also agreed. “Odin-sama really is a perverted man. When the various mythologies were trying to form an alliance, he did go to all of their places, however, he always became interested in the girls of each place. And when I noticed that he was already gone, he always ended up in human towns where he’d be picking up girls.”
“The Goddesses in that land are charming. There are female humans in this land and it has perverted customs, or something like that. No matter the Goddesses’ race, he will pay attention to the perverted customs of each destination.”
Vidar-san’s story got swallowed by Rossweisse-san as she said “That’s right, that’s right!” and nodded as she expressed her strong agreement. “Even when he came to Japan, he suddenly somehow knew about all of the lewd shops and forced me to go with him… Argh, just remembering it makes my blood boil!”
After that, Rossweisse-san and Vidar-san had fun bad-mouthing Odin-jiisan. Me too…because I didn’t know what to say, I had no choice but to show a forced-smile, whilst Göndul-san who was sitting beside me also sighed as she struggled with the atmosphere. Rossweisse-san had gotten quite heated-up over that topic. Vidar-san put his hand on his chin and looked at Rossweisse-san with great interest. Rossweisse-san said
“Anyway, I still have many things to talk about regarding Odin-sama!”
Vidar-san then asked Rossweisse-san
“Well, at first I thought you were a chaste woman, but you are actually pretty cute, huh.”
Rossweisse-san was astonished by those words, and after she understood the meaning, her face turned super red. Rossweisse-san panicked as she said
“W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-What did you just say!? G-Geez!”
As she panicked, Rossweisse-san picked up all of the refilled drinks that had just been brought over, and drank all of them at once. Vidar-san then exclaimed ‘Ah!’
“That’s my beer, you know?”
That’s right! I also noticed that! The drink that Rossweisse-san gulped down wasn’t oolong tea, but the beer for Vidar-san! It was liquor! It was alcohol! I remembered what happened at the field trip last year! When we were attacked by the Hero Faction at Togetsu Bridge, Rossweisse-san was — drunk! After that, Rossweisse-san…! Göndul-san seemed to recall something like this happening before as well, and she said “Oh no…” as she put her hands on her face. And then Rossweisse-san herself… After drinking all the beer at once, she slammed the glass back down onto the table. “Hick-, like I fwaid, that damned Odin-jiji is really-really perverted, vyou know?”
—It had already started! Yes! This person instantly became like this if alcohol entered her body! A Valkyrie whose personality did a complete one-eighty when drunk! In a completely intoxicated manner, Rossweisse-san yelled
“Five more beers please!”
Vidar-san was completely confused and his mouth hung wide-open. Rossweisse-san then approached Vidar-san. “Vidar-sama! You understand right? That you are also perverted! Because you are thwat old fart’s son, it’d be weird if you aren’t perverted! After all, you probably attended this marriage interview just because you want my body right!”
Without delay, Rossweisse-san drank the beer that just arrived, and after drinking yet another glass of beer — to my surprise, she suddenly hugged meeeeeeeeee! With moist eyes, Rossweisse-san then said
“Too bad! But I! Will become Hyoudou Issei-kun’s! Wife! It’s the pwomising Oppai Dragon, you know? It means I will be married to a rich man with power! And on top all that, he is also kind to me!”
Rossweisse-san then swigged down another glass. She drank all of those beers at an unbelievable pace! “Compared to Valhalla, the conditions in the Underworld are more favourable! The people around me are also kind!”
As if he had gotten used to the drunk Rossweisse-san, Vidar-san amusedly asked
“You want to become the Sekiryuutei’s wife because you want his welfare, huh?”
Rossweisse-san ‘smack’ slammed another glass down on the table. “Welfare! To a working woman, it’s a privilege! Even though that might be the case, Ise-kun is…someone who will do anything for my sake! He might be younger, but he is a master who is dependable! For my sake…”
Suddenly, Rossweisse-san began to weep. So crying was also one of her drunk habits, huh…
“He risked his own life to save me, after all! He immediately came to my rescue when that sister-loving bastard Euclid kidnapped me! I was so happy! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
…Aa~ah, she blubbered while holding on to me…
This was no longer a marriage interview. As if a hard-fought war had ended, Göndul-san also dropped her head broken-heartedly. Vidar-san wasn’t even mad though. He was just looking at the current situation with one of his hands on his cheeks, looking somewhat amused. This man is a big-hearted God, huh. Even in this super-rude situation, he wasn’t even mad and followed along with us. Having no choice, I said “Okay, okay. I will always save you, so please stop crying” while comforting her by patting her back. I also thought to myself “What in the world am I doing?” but my current priority was to put Rossweisse-san in a good mood again. Finally, Rossweisse-san stopped crying. A girl then appeared from the balcony—. A woman with light blue hair wearing a black suit – she was super-duper beautiful! I had never directly met this person before, however, I had seen her on the TV several times. The beautiful girl swept her long hair aside, giving Rossweisse-san a stern look. “You are weak to alcohol as usual, huh, Rose.”
Rossweisse-san reacted to those words, and looked at the source of that voice. And then, her glassy eyes turned into a surprised look. “—Senpai.”
Although she should’ve been drunk, Rossweisse-san stood up and straightened herself. Rossweisse-san had been heavily drunk until just now, but her expression stiffened as she said
“My intoxication has completely disappeared.”
Indeed, it really did seem like she had awoken from her intoxication. And the woman who could make Rossweisse-san regain consciousness in a single moment was — Brynhildr-san. She was a member of the [Leisure of the Kings] Team that Vidar-san also belonged to. | text_25 |
Ravel had explained to us earlier
[She is like a representative of the Valkyries. For generations, it has been the name which is inherited by the most powerful Valkyrie.] That’s right, this beautiful woman is the strongest Valkyrie, Vidar-san’s team member, and also Rossweisse-san’s senior in the Norse mythology. Every time we see this woman on screen, Rossweisse-san always looks terrified. It seems like she was often reprimanded back when she was a Valkyrie in the Norse mythology. Rossweisse-san then said
“You came here, huh.”
“I am currently accompanying the present chief God, Vidar-sama. I didn’t think that I would be able to see your poor drunken behaviour here, you know?”
Rossweisse-san didn’t have anything to say in return to her senior. Brynhildr-san coldly continued
“It is you, after all. I am sure that you mistook Vidar-sama’s drink for yours and drank it…that clumsiness of yours, it looks like it hasn’t changed since then, huh. So, do you think you are fit to be Sekiryuutei-dono’s servant?”
“Uu…”
Rossweisse-san looked like she was unable to say anything in return. Brynhildr-san interpreted Rossweisse-san’s silence as ‘so-so’. “Brynhildr, it’s fine isn’t it? It was fun for me, you know?”
Brynhildr-san sighed in response to Vidar-san’s statement. “…For God’s sake, you’re just like Odin-sama. You really do like these kinds of things.”
Vidar-san’s mischievous laughter was just like Odin-jiisan’s. Then, he looked at me and Rossweisse-san and said
“I quite liked this marriage interview. Why don’t we get engaged, Rossweisse?”
……
…Me and Rossweisse-san were stunned by the sudden statement for a second, but when we realised it—. ““EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHH?””
We simultaneously cried out loud, and from the other room as well
[EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHH?] Many such voices of surprise could be heard. It seemed like the other guys who were waiting in a different room overheard our conversation via magic, and they also exclaimed in surprise. Of course! Even though he saw Rossweisse-san’s drunken behaviour, Vidar-san gave an ‘OK’ as he laughed! All of my comrades believed that this marriage interview was doomed! Vidar-san then added
“Rossweisse said this. [He will do anything for my sake. He risked his life to save me], and such. If that’s really the case, I want to see it.”
Vidar-san laughed fearlessly as he pointed his finger at me and declared war! “In the upcoming match, why don’t we make a bet over Rossweisse. If you win, I won’t marry her. How is that?”
A challenge from Vidar-san! Nearby, Brynhildr-san put her hand against her forehead, seemingly disappointed by the chief God’s response. But… As for us — it ain’t a joke! Originally, I had never planned to give Rossweisse-san away just like that, and I also have things to say regarding this matter too! I then replied to Vidar-san with a serious expression
“The problem is not Rossweisse-san being the object of our bet! It’s because you guys keep making decisions on your own. It feels unpleasant to not even be consulted about such things. But since your mythology has its own circumstances, I forgave this marriage interview. However, that is merely a formality.”
I declared to the chief God of Asgard. “This person, Rossweisse-san, she is my precious comrade and servant! Even if my enemy is a Norse God, I have no plans to give her up just like that! Things like bets don’t matter. If you are targeting Rossweisse-san, then that means—”
I approached Vidar-san, and our faces were so close that our heads almost collided as I declared
“Even if you are a God, I will defeat you!”
A year after the incident of me breaking into Rias’ engagement party, I thought I had become more adult-like and could think calmly, but… As expected, I can’t stand things like this. Those who try to steal what’s mine, even if they are Gods — I have no choice but to defeat them! Vidar-san stared at me as he heard my declaration, and his expression became uplifted. “This is it! This is it! A fight against a Heavenly Dragon. It wouldn’t be real if you didn’t say such words!”
Vidar-san and I glared at each other. The impending match between the [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] Team and [Leisure of the Kings] Team had gotten even more heated-up before the curtains were even raised—.“—Wait, I did glare at him as I challenged him to a fight, but what about the strategy…”
The day after the marriage interview, all members of the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team gathered in my room in the Hyoudou residence to have a meeting regarding the match against the [Leisure of the Kings] team. —I racked my brains as I folded my arms. The match was going to begin soon and we had already planned to undergo our special training routines until the last moment. But there was still a limit to that, and above all else, our enemy this time was…
All of the team members sat on the floor and formed a circle, while the list of members of the [Leisure of the Kings] Team was placed in the middle. [King] Typhon
[Queen] Apollon
[Rook] Vidar
[Knight] Bryhindlr
[Bishop] Artemis
[Pawn x5] Midgardsormr
[Pawn] Orthrus
[Pawn] Sphinx
[Pawn] Hydra
—It was a formidable lineup. …The King of Monsters, Typhon, who held the [King] piece was a God-class being…moreover, he also brought along some Gods whom I knew. Other than Midgardsormr, the remaining [Pawn] pieces were often changed. Yes, five [Pawn] pieces were held by one of the Five Great Dragon Kings, Midgardsormr. This was probably going to be a reunion after the incident with Loki, but… Every time he appeared in a match, he would just sleep throughout the whole match. I had never seen him wake up and fight…
Midgardsormr only started participating halfway through. If we’re talking about the matches of the lazy Dragon King, he just ‘thump’ drops his giant body on the game field and sleeps for the rest of the match. If the field isn’t big enough, his giant body will get in the way of the match for both the [Leisure of the Kings] team and the opposing team. I don’t know why Vidar-san and his comrades called on Midgardsormr, but why did he also respond to their call? Perhaps there was a contract between him and the Norse Mythology. While the participation of Midgardsormr was an issue, but as expected, the main problem was still Typhon and the other Gods. And this time, we watched a recording of the match on the TV. The recording of Typhon, Vidar-san, Apollon-san, and the Goddess Artemis-san easily defeating the enemy team was being shown. The King of Monsters, ‘Typhon’, became the origin of the word ‘typhoon’. His power that went on a rampage in the tournament is said to be equal to Fenrir in serious mode, or even stronger. An unskillful God wouldn’t even be an enemy to him. Every time he performed an attack, the atmosphere around him shivered and caused a strange weather phenomenon inside the field as if he could control a storm. | text_25 |
The fact that he was able to control the weather was the same as Dulio, but… Typhon was a few levels better than him. It was extremely troublesome how he wouldn’t show any mercy regardless of who his enemies were. It wasn’t as troublesome as Crom Cruach’s fire breath, but it was still capable of defeating all enemies with its enormous power. Apollon-san is the Sun God. Even ultimate-class devils won’t stand a chance against his elemental abilities, and above all, with his overwhelming powers of light, he is capable of purging all Devils and the like. He is a natural enemy to Devils and Vampires and honestly speaking, one direct hit from him would be equivalent to a guaranteed retirement. Vidar-san excelled in using all kinds of magic, and being the son of Odin, he used them skillfully too. From attack to support, and even weakening magic too. However, Vidar-san’s number one attack was—. On the screen, the figure of Vidar-san defeating a giant monster with a barrage of consecutive light kicks was being shown. On the other screen, a Devil from a certain famous house got blown away by Vidar-san’s high kick, destroying a distant wall. Yes, Vidar-san’s strong point is his kicks in hand-to-hand combat. …The shoes that Vidar-san wore emitted the radiance of magic. Rossweisse-san said
“As I have said before, Vidar-san’s foot technique is his forte. The shoes that he wears have been forged with a Gods’ magic. It is said that even Fenrir could be crushed with those.”
According to the story, when Loki created Fenrir in ancient times, Odin-jiisan prepared those shoes as a countermeasure — and he gave those armoured shoes to Vidar-san. “When that footwear is combined with his foot technique, it is said that Vidar-san’s power rivals even the Thunder God Thor.” added Rossweisse-san. The names of Gods from legend kept on appearing. A year ago, I wouldn’t have been able to even imagine the idea of rivaling them or being their opponents. There’s no way I would have been smiling. But, they’re our next opponent and we must fight. If we don’t win—. I suddenly looked at Rossweisse-san. …I will win. No matter who they are, I can’t afford to hand her over to them. …But, our opponents are powerful and famous Gods…
Rossweisse-san was captivated by the great efforts in the match done by her senior, Brynhildr-san. Offence, defence, support, using various kinds of magic, going full-burst at times, occasionally enhancing the physical abilities of her teammates, and sometimes setting a trap on the field. Those things can also be done by Rossweisse-san, but because her opponent didn’t waste any time nor energy and invoked magic with such refined movements that we couldn’t find any openings. Every time Rossweisse-san saw her senior’s magic in the recordings, she said
“This technique, that technique, and that technique too. activation time is considerably faster than mine. As expected.”
Even though it was the same magic, the proficiency, speed, and accuracy were incomparable. “Even if the magic’s power output is the same, if their activation time and accuracy are better, we’ll lose by numbers,” added Bina-shi. After hearing Bina-shi’s words, Rossweisse-san held the Misteltein wand in her hands even tighter. It was a legendary magic weapon that was endowed with powerful magic. If we included that, Rossweisse-san and Ravel estimated that she might be able to surpass Brynhildr-san. But, if we only look at the activation speed alone…
“I still haven’t mastered this, but I would like it to be in shape before the tournament,” said Rossweisse-san wholeheartedly. Well, the enemy is top-ranked after all. To be honest, others might look at us and think that we’re naturally going to lose. However, with the support of many people, and taking Rossweisse-san’s Misteltein wand into account, we’ve gotten stronger in many aspects as well. Ravel then said to all the members. “If you think about it, our opponent is stronger. After all, our opponents are the Gods that everyone knows about. However, because we have Ise-sama’s dragonification and Bina-shi, it is a fact that we also have a chance to win against them. The probability of winning is not high, but…let’s make our chance of winning higher.”
[Yeah!] Everyone responded boldly! All that was left was to face them with the intention of winning! However, we also had things that we were worried about. It was about the training. Xenovia looked troubled as she stretched her neck. “It’s good to face them with the intention to win, but the crucial training…”
Yes, currently, the number of places where we could train was limited. Due to the incident which happened when the Grim Reapers of the Netherworld attacked us in our own training space the other day, security had to be reconsidered. The situation wasn’t entirely safe right now, and there was no guarantee that those bad guys wouldn’t come back for a second time. That’s why we couldn’t train as we please. This wasn’t only happening to our [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] Team, but also to Rias’ team. In other words, since the incident of the attack from Thanatos’ faction, everyone who was associated with the Gremory peerage was now confused regarding the training ground. The day of the match was pretty soon after the beginning of our summer holidays. We didn’t really have much time. Well, it’s time to think with everyone on what to do. Just then, Rias knocked on the door and came in. “Am I interrupting?”
“No, what is it?” I asked her. She then continued. “There was a report from Ajuka-sama. All persons concerned are to gather in the VIP Room.”
There was a message from the great Ajuka-sama. He could be our saviour here. My team and Rias’ team gathered in the VIP room. Well, it’s roughly everyone who lived here though. The magic circle placed on the top of the table in the VIP room was deployed, and the face of Ajuka Beelzebub-sama projected in the air from there. [It’s only temporary, but I have prepared a training ground for you guys. It is a safe place, so please rest assured.] The contact from Beelzebub-sama was good news! The members of both teams cheered because of this. Oh—, we’re grateful! If it is a training ground that Beelzebub-sama prepared, it should be safe! Now we can train until the match begins! For god’s sake, I still don’t know what those skeleton gods were planning, but making our lives harder was not something tolerable. Beelzebub-sama then looked at Nakiri
[Ouryuu, bring everyone to the said place]
Nakiri reacted to that as if he remembered something. “T-That, so that’s what you mean?”
[Yes. That’s what I meant. I entrust you as the guide.] Oh, it seemed like Nakiri knew about training ground that Beelzebub-sama had prepared for us. After that Beelzebub-sama looked at me. [Also, there is something important that I must tell you. Actually, Hyoudou Issei-kun, there is a written-down matter that the Hindu mythology wants you to consider.] … A-A matter that the Hindu mythology wants me to consider…? | text_25 |
Because I am not really familiar with the mythology, the only thing that came to my mind was lord Shiva and the prince of the Asura Gods Mahabali. I asked Beelzebub-sama
“…Is it from… lord Shiva?”
[Nope, to my surprise, it is actually from Indra — the Heavenly Emperor, Sakra. He said that he has a plan to make Hyoudou Issei-kun stronger.] […!?] Most of the members here were surprised by the report that Beelzebub-sama gave! Of course! For that God of War who wore an aloha shirt to have a proposal to me! It’s certain that the Heavenly Emperor Sakra is a part of the Hindu mythology! S-Strengthening plan? I-It sounded like he was going to drag me into something bad… I became fully alert. Rias then put her finger on her chin and said while thinking
“For the Heavenly Emperor Sakra to help the enemy…”
However, Beelzebub-sama looked pleasant. [That God of heaven looks like he is really enjoying the tournament. He even said that he would like to make this tournament a success so that one can be held next time and the time after that. And so, the Heavenly Emperor Sakra wants to hold a ceremony in a certain mythology’s territory for Hyoudou Issei-kun. The name of this land is made up of the words ‘Sea’ and ‘Breast’, the ‘Ocean of Milk’]
—Ocean of Milk!? What is that dream-filled world!? T-That is not something that was recently made, and is actually recorded in mythology!? Beelzebub-sama then continued on…
[From this point onwards, I heard that a messenger will come and guide you. Please follow that person. Well, I’m sure that the Heavenly Emperor wouldn’t do anything bad.] … Just me, going to the Ocean of Milk, huh. I looked at Ravel to check ‘Is it okay for me to go?’. “I trust Ajuka Beelzebub-sama, and would like Issei-sama to go train under the Heavenly Emperor, Sakra. I am also quite interested in the strengthening plan from a God.”
It seemed like my manager also agreed. Well, there is a limit to how much strengthening can be done including my dragonification in a short span of time. I, Ravel and everyone else also knew about this. If that’s the case, then I suppose there is no harm trying to follow the plan proposed by a God. I’ve never directly talked to him and the only thing I knew about him was the fact that he was someone who really liked wars. But, it’s also a fact that the calm Cao Cao and the first generation Sun Wukong surrendered themselves to him. If that’s so, I would decide to bet with this small possibility. “I understand. I am also quite interested in this ‘Ocean of Milk’. I’ll go there. I’ll leave the rest to you guys.”
Everyone nodded in response to my words. And, as everything had been decided, Nakiri said to everyone
“Well then, shall we go to [Belzebut]? Everyone, did you bring your mobile phones? Since the possession of a phone is a basic condition, for those of you who don’t have one, please get one immediately. For those who don’t know about phones, you can probably get one if you just ask Ajuka-san.”
…A cell phone? [Belzebut] did somehow sound familiar though. Because there were several members who were confused, Nakiri continued
“—[Belzebut] is a game that Maou Ajuka Beelzebub-san created. The place that we are going to train at, is inside that game.”
I personally was also super interested in [Belzebut], but… the place that I’m going to is the Ocean of Milk. And with this, I went to the Ocean of Milk while the others went to start their training inside that game—. “I came here to pick you up.”
—The person who was sent by Sakra to the Hyoudou Residence was Cao Cao! While being urged by Cao Cao, I went towards the underground room where the large transportation magic circle was. Cao Cao then prepared the Hindu transportation magic technique. “To think that that you would come here. You are unexpectedly pretty busy, huh.”
After I said that, Cao Cao shrugged his shoulders. “I am basically Sakra’s vanguard. If I am told to ‘do it’, then I have no choice but to do as he says.”
The Hero Faction team that was led by Cao Cao also continued to steadily gain stars in the Tournament. He still lost at times if the compatibility, and other factors were poor, but there were two Longinus Sacred Gear users in that team who had attained their Balance Breakers. Since Kantei (Guan Yu) was one of the members, their chance of winning was surely high. It was one of the veteran teams who were regarded as very likely to qualify the for the main stage. …Since the qualifiers were approaching to the final stage, even though it was Sakra’s order, for him to pick me up was… Somehow, I felt bad for him. It seemed like Cao Cao was done with the preparation and while binding the sign with both his hands, he yelled ‘Ha!’ energetically. The demonic transportation magic circle completely changed into a Hindu transportation magic circle. while causing a light vibration on the ground “Gogogogo”, a two-doored stone gate emerged from the floor! The stone gate had godly symbols engraved across the doors. Cao Cao then put both his hands on the doors and pushed them at once. Our side was flooded by the dazzling light from the other side of the opened gate. But, we didn’t know what was on the other side of the door because of the blinding light. “Well, shall we go then?”
While being urged by Cao Cao I walked towards to the door as I tried to block the light with my hand. –And, what lay ahead was a sandy beach. I could hear the satisfying sound of the rippling water ‘Sa-sa-’. However, what was in front of my eyes, wasn’t a blue sea, but a vast, milky-white sea! What lay beyond the door was a sandy beach and a milky white sea! Guessing from the information beforehand, I understood that this was the said “Ocean of Milk”! T-This is the Ocean of Milk huh~! It’s the colour of cooked rice! As if being pulled by the ocean, I ran into the beach, but all of a sudden—
“Yo—, Sekiryuutei.”
—And, someone called me from behind. When I turned back, there was an intimidating man standing there with short hair and round sunglasses, an aloha shirt, and a string of prayer beads around his neck. —It’s was Sakra! I instinctively took distance from him as I prepared for battle, but when I realised ‘Ha!’, I released my fighting stance. …Because he always seemed to emit a violent intent from his body, I unconsciously got into a fighting stance. I then greeted him for the first time. “S-Sakra…san! H-Hello.”
He looked down with amusement at the frightened me. “I didn’t think that you would come-ze. Well, since you’re here, just take it easy.”
As he said that, he snapped his fingers and two wooden chairs suddenly appeared nearby. Sakra then sat in one of those chairs. “Welcome to the Ocean of Milk. Now, please sit down.”
The God of War urged me to sit on the chair. …I sat down next to him anxiously. B-Because I had never directly talked to this God, I felt afraid, or rather didn’t know how to deal with him… After all, all we heard from Azazel-sensei was that he was someone who possessed a dangerous ideology. | text_25 |
—Thinking about that, and considering only the Tournament, I was told that he currently wasn’t that dangerous because he might be able to fight Shiva-san… Honestly, because I heard nothing but bad things about him, I didn’t know what kind of a God he was in reality. This was basically our first meeting. After sitting on the chair, Sakra said to Cao Cao who stood behind him. “Cao Cao, please start the aforementioned preparations.”
“All right, all right, the God who likes to order humans around.”
In accordance with the Sakra’s order, Cao Cao… held a bucket in his hands as he reached for the sky, and began to work on the sandy beach. What was he going to do? While I was carefully watching him, Sakra began to speak beside me. “How’s the tournament?”
The tournament, huh. It’s a suitable topic for a God of War I suppose. “……Well, there were times where I had fun and struggled, I guess.”
After answering like that, Sakra laughed as he then said
“Since your next enemy is Typhon and the others, I am really envious, you know?”
Well, for a God who was a battle maniac, I was sure that he drooled at the thought of taking on my next opponent. They were all famous supernatural beings after all. However, Sakra put his hand on his chin, and suddenly looked displeased. “I am currently half-happy and half-appalled.”
“Appalled?”
“Right now, the God-class teams are withdrawing one after another right? That can’t be helped.”
Yes, it’s as Sakra said, since the middle stage of the preliminaries had ended, the teams with Gods were suddenly starting to either walk out or withdraw. This was what had changed among the teams participating in the tournament. It didn’t include all Gods, but the cultural, artistic, emotional, and all kinds of non-battle Gods were starting to decline one after another. Sakra also said
“Well, other than the God-class beings, there are also some small-fries who withdrew.”
After getting into the middle stage, there were also many teams other than God-class beings who gradually withdrew, and it had progressively increased. Sakra then asked
“Do you know the reason behind their withdrawal? It’s simple. It’s the same reason as the small-fries. —They became afraid of the super strong Devils and their kind and also the Longinus.”
When I peeped through the side of his glasses, his eyes were filled with disappointment. Sakra continued
“To Gods, Devils and unknown creatures are their biggest enemy. It’s even more troublesome in a way than the fight between good and evil Gods. In other words, those weak Gods became afraid of the guys who went on a rampage in the tournament. Maybe you didn’t feel it, but the fight between Vali Lucifer and Crom Cruach, the fight between Lucifer’s younger sister enveloped in Balor’s power and Fenrir, the power of the Devils and Longinus-class Sacred Gears has obviously reached even the Gods. And that has certainly shocked the Gods who haven’t gone to war in a while.”
That rumour certainly reached me too. The match between Rias’ team and Vali’s team had a strong impact on the supernatural beings. I was also hyped-up by the fight between a Heavenly Dragon and a legendary Evil Dragon. But, looking at that match, it’s only natural that one would feel afraid. Also, the fight between Fenrir who unleashed the power that was close to its prime and Sirzechs Lucifer’s younger sister, Rias, who was enveloped in Balor’s power, had an enormous impact on the higher-ups of every mythology. “From there, a bunch of completely unexpected Devils came out and even that Asura God Mahabali was beaten. I laughed really hard, but there were also some Gods who couldn’t laugh after seeing that.”
As Sakra said, the mysterious devils who suddenly appeared yesterday — it was not hard to imagine that those above us were surprised by how Balberith and the others were able to defeat the Prince of the Asura Gods. —I didn’t think that people as strong as them would emerge in this era. That was the answer of a God who responded to an interview for an information magazine of a certain mythology’s publication. Moreover, there were also several Sacred Gear users who were starting to go on a rampage. The result was far different from what we had expected at the beginning of the tournament, where it seemed likely that they would’ve been the ones to be beaten. I personally felt that due to this international tournament which was open to all mythologies, various people and talented individuals who were completely unnoticed until this time prevailed and were starting to break into unknown territory. Sakra then said
“Of course, the power of yours which harbours the infinite is also a threat to God-class beings. That power would surely be capable of blowing away an unskilful God.”
I knew for a fact that my Infinity Blaster was seen as something dangerous by all teams. However, there was something complicated in this discussion that couldn’t even be expressed with words. “…The Gods became afraid and withdrew… huh” I mumbled quietly. … When I became a Devil, I strongly believed that Gods were far-away beings and something that I couldn’t possibly reach. Sakra then laughed ironically and said,
“Most of the God-class beings are. I am sure because they are gods, and because they are supernatural beings, they were swayed by the opportunity to participate in the tournament. On the contrary, what came out were the monsters of the new generation. Gods are mostly from a non-battle origin. For example, they only rule for good harvest and business. For gods like them, monsters like you give them nothing but fear.”
Sakra then — had a look of anguish in his eyes. “…In the end, the remaining God-class beings are those who are battle-types, me included. Well, it’s become pretty easy to understand. On the contrary, the truth is that I am appalled by the other gods. …In order to seal Trihexa, the strongest Gods of each mythology went there after all.”
This god was… . I felt like there was only one thing that I understood from him. Sakra genuinely just loved fighting. I felt as though he was similar to Vali and Crom Cruach. No, he felt the same as them. …Wait, all the men around me are like that! Why is it that I who love Oppai so much always end up hearing their opinion about wars so seriously!? Cao Cao looked like he had finished his work, so came to me who was troubled and said
“The preparations are almost complete.”
Cao Cao’s gaze was directed at a miniature plastic pool which sat in one corner of the sandy beach! So that bucket was to fill this pool huh! Not only that, even the design of the Pool was…the “Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon” one! It was character merchandise which had anime-like drawings on it. …It was probably a sample sent by my House. I could hear the splish-splash sounds of the milky seawater being carried over with the bucket, time after time. The ones that were carrying the bucket were the seven orbs of Cao Cao’s Balance Breaker. | text_25 |
The seven orbs formed the shape of a hand and flew in the sky to carry the seawater-filled bucket back and forth. … For him to use his Balance Breaker in such a way. Well, Cao Cao’s Balance Breaker is a quiet one after all. I looked on in puzzlement as I watched the plastic pool that was being filled. “B-By the way, what do I do in this Ocean of Milk?”
When I asked Sakra like that—. “—Stir the Ocean of Milk.”
I doubted my hearing after receiving such an answer. “…Eh? Stirring the…Ocean of Milk?”
Stirring it!? The Ocean of Milk…this seawater? While I still felt confused, Sakra laughed. “HAHAHA, your face became weird, you know? No, no, what I meant by stirring the Ocean of Milk is an ancient ceremony recorded in the Hindu mythology. If the Ocean of Milk were to be stirred by the Gods, a certain thing might be refined.”
As he said that, Sakra took out a small bottle from his pocket containing a shining golden liquid. “—The refined thing is a miracle drug called Amrita.”
The miracle drug Amrita! Somehow, the name was like medicine that you’d feel grateful for! Sakra then continued while looking at the plastic pool. “Well, it was originally done on a mythological scale, but…because I am only going to make your drink, we don’t have to go that far. If it at least became a motivation then that’s good. So rather than the entire ocean, just this kid’s pool is enough.”
After Cao Cao finished relaying the buckets, he moved onto the next stage. Cao Cao put various things into the pool. Sakra then started to explain
“First, put in all the plants here and that plant’s seed. Furthermore, get the legendary giant turtle Kurma — place its child in that pool.”
Suddenly, near Sakra’s feet, there was a turtle around fifty centimetres in size! There was a strange protrusion which grew on its back. As the turtle was prompted, it dived into the pool and sat in the centre. Next, Sakra suddenly grabbed a snake that had been coiling itself on his back. Because its head looked like a dragon’s, I was sure that it was an oriental dragon. Sakra then wrapped the dragon which he had caught by the head onto the pretursion which grew from the back of the turtle. “If I wrap the Hindu dragon Vasuki around the thing that grows on the descendant of Kurma’s back…”
After he finished wrapping the dragon around the turtle, Sakra motioned to pass the head to me as he prompted. “Now, the Sekiryuutei will hold the head and Cao Cao will hold the tail. —And, pull it reciprocally.”
Following Sakra’s command, I held the head and Cao Cao held the tail. “……W-What is this?”
The situation had already evolved to the point that I was unsure of what to say. Sakra laughed excitedly
“HAHAHA, it’s as I said right? It’s the small version of the ‘Stirring the Ocean of Milk’. Now, don’t complain and pull.”
… It seemed like we had no choice but to pull. The milky-white color of the seawater and the plants, that plant’s seed that was put into the pool, and in the centre of all of that was a turtle…where a snake-like dragon was wrapped around the turtle’s back was being pulled reciprocally between Cao Cao and I, and we made the turtle rotate sideways. …When the atmosphere had become so strange that we couldn’t say anything, Cao-Cao sighed
“Really, because I was told to become Sekiryuutei’s partner, I obeyed his orders until now, but I didn’t expect that we would end up doing this… Being Sakra’s Vanguard is not something that you want to do.”
“I’m not sure but, I’m sorry. No, but seriously, I don’t understand anything.”
I had no choice but to apologize! Because! A place called the ‘Ocean of Milk’ sounded like it was perfect for me, and because I heard that he had a plan to strengthen me, I came here. But we ended up pulling this snake-shaped dragon! Was this really a mythological activity!? Was a miracle drug really going to be made!? I doubted it! Sakra then yawned. “Keep stirring for an hour or two, and it’ll be over once the colour darkens. Until then, I’ll sleep over there-ze.”
On the lush sandy beach by the Ocean of MIlk, Sakra began to take a nap while Cao Cao and I continued to pull the dragon—. Well, it’s been nearly two hours Since Cao Cao and I started chatting and pulling the dragon…The seawater inside the pool — the milky-white colour became more concentrated and there was a hint of gold, which gradually shone! Amazing! Even though I was in a half-belief and half-doubt situation, the colour turned into gold! Sakra woke up from his nap. He checked the situation inside the pool while yawning. “OK OK. The color has changed nicely. The simple edition of Amrita is now done.”
A jar-like cup then appeared in Sakra’s hands. While filling the cup with the seawater that was in the pool, he explained
“The original is said to be the miracle medicine of immortality. An effect that would make even a God feel grateful if they drink it. Because of that, the Hindu Gods had a war and fought over it a long time ago. That was a fun time. There was a big war over a single glass of milk, you know?”
Just because of a glass of milk, the Hindu Gods started a war…
The miracle medicine of immortality Amrita, huh. I didn’t know that a war had started because of this Ocean of Milk. Sakra then gave the cup to me, after my interest in the mythological event was piqued. “Here, drink it.”
“Eh!? T-This, am I really going to drink it!? Me, being immortal! ?”
I couldn’t help but feel surprised! No, he certainly did summon me here for this, but I didn’t think that I would come actually make the miracle drug of immortality! Certainly, if I became immortal, I could somehow do something even if my enemies were Gods, but…! While holding the cup in my hands, Sakra sighed as he looked at my bewildered expression. “It’s the simple edition, so it doesn’t have that much of an effect, you know. If it had one, then the Gods would have fought over it again. As part of a treaty, we can’t make the real ones.”
Ah, so the ones that I just made didn’t have that much effect, huh. …I was relieved but felt disappointed at the same time… Sakra then continued
“I said it right? If it became a motivation to you, then it’s enough.”
“Motivation huh. Somehow, you think that it seemed like all my power-ups were because I was motivated.”
I mumbled like that. Just like Azazel-Sensei who was at the top of my list, all of the people who trained me always gave me problems, or even thrusted situations at me, all so that it would become a ‘motivation’ to me. The power that resided inside me was amazing, but because I myself was weak, a ‘motivation’ was required to bring the real power out, and I had experienced it many times. Each time, my real power did come out, but… Sakra then laughed
“Well, that’s the thing. Because you are ‘too weak’, every time you encounter a wall, you need something that would become a motivation for you to be able to break the wall.”
He was right on point! Yes, that’s right! | text_25 |
Because I was born in a normal human environment, I needed some preparations to be able to use Ddraig and Ophis’ powers! However, Sakra added
“But, to be honest, I don’t understand any of the people who looked after you, starting from Azazel.”
“Don’t understand?”
“People like you should be B-ranked at best, but when you put your mind on it, you produced a triple S-level miracle of an unknown power release several times. No matter how skilled someone is as a supernatural researcher, I’m sure that they didn’t even know the exact cause. That’s why you have no choice but to rely on motivation to seek out your possibilities.”
… I see, that’s probably why Azazel-sensei always spoke about enhancing my power by feeling it. I mean, I got power-ups because of breasts, and even resurrected with Ophis and Great Red’s power. Even the leader of the Grigori had no choice but to admit that such strengthening methods could only be worked out by just feeling it. However, all the methods that sensei thrusted at me turned out pretty good. Really, I can’t say that it was anything but excellent, sensei. However, it wasn’t sensei this time, but Sakra. “…So, this is what’s going to be my ‘motivation’ this time?”
While Sakra folded his glasses and tucked them into his breast pocket, he said
“When it comes to you, it’s all about breasts, breasts and more breasts. I am afraid that that’s what is going to help you achieve your power up next time. So, that’s why I called you here.”
“… Also, one last thing. …Why did you choose to help me?” I asked
…That Heavenly Emperor who supposedly had a dangerous ideology did something to help me. Before this tournament began, if I had to choose, I would have thought that we were enemies. For him to help me here, it seemed like he was hiding something and I was afraid of it. Sakra then bluntly said
“Huh, the reason is simple, you know? —When we get matched up in the main stage, it won’t be enough with just your black armor, it’s just too boring. If we’re going to do it, I want to fight against you when you’re serious, and when you’re at your best, without feeling any burden. In order to accomplish that, I will even use myths if I have to.”
The eyes of the God of War known as Sakra were overflowing with fighting spirit. …This God was also one of the people around me who was a battle maniac! “You might regret it, you know?”
I replied with an improper joke. Sakra then made a happy face that I had never seen before. “You think that I would lose and feel regret? HAHAHA, that’s impossible. As long as I can fight against you until the end, I’m fine with losing, okay?”
This is the rumoured God of War Sakra, huh. A God who could even enjoy losing as long as he can fight seriously… Indeed, even the way he thought about the Gods who quit in the middle of the tournament was different. Sakra and I confirmed each other’s will to fight. Sakra urged me with the cup in his hand. After taking a deep breath once, I prepared myself and drank the miracle medicine Amrita in one go. …I drank it, but nothing happened. It tasted like usual medicine, although the essence was the milk itself. The way it slid down my throat wasn’t bad either. Because it was seawater, I thought it was going to be salty…
“…Nothing’s happening though?”
I said doubtfully. However, after Sakra had confirmed that I drank it, he turned around and seemed like he was trying to run away. “Cao Cao, look out so he doesn’t lose consciousness.” said Sakra to Cao Cao. …So I don’t lose consciousness? What does he—. It was right at that time when I stopped thinking—. Dokun. My chest pounded so hard — that it couldn’t be expressed in words, and I felt excruciating pain throughout my entire body. “—G-Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
IT HURTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! …What is this…!? Inside my head, my arms, my feet, the inside of my stomach, everything hurttttted…at an impossible level! I wasn’t able to stand up… I collapsed on the spot, and tried to struggle against the pain! “Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh! What is thisssssssssssssss! ?”
I scratched my chest! M-My chest hurt…! My head too… The pain was unbelievable…! Tears even began to overflow from my eyes, my nose became runny, and I even started to drool because of the extreme pain! Without looking back, Sakra said
“It’s originally meant to be a God’s drink after all. Even though you are from another mythology, it’s surely a deadly poison if a Devil drinks that.”
…D-Deadly poison…! …This, Amrita’s effect…it felt like my body would be torn apart……! However, this pain…I wasn’t the only one who felt it. [Guaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Kuh! T-That miracle medicine’s effect is reaching me even though I reside in a Sacred Gear huh……! Nuooooooooo!] Ddraig who resided in my Sacred Gear too…he also screamed! It seemed like that miracle medicine didn’t only affect me, but also beings who were residing inside the Sacred Gear……! The screams and cries of both me and Ddraig echoed across the sandy beach which was surrounded by the calm ripples of the Ocean of Milk. …As Ddraig and I suffered on the sandy beach…Sakra said one last thing. “But, well, try to surpass it. It’s only natural for you who was blessed by breasts, right?”
…Because of the extreme pain, I almost lost consciousness, but I desperately tried to stop that from happening…
It felt as though I was sinking towards the bottom of an eternal vortex of extreme pain—
I — Kiba Yuuto, together with the rest of Rias Gremory’s team and Ise-kun’s team (along with Roygun Belphegor-san ) came to a certain place. —A vast prairie spread out before my eyes with an endless blue sky hovering above it. It was neither Japan nor any other country, and also not the Underworld. A green bar was displayed above my comrades’ heads and mine. The reason was simple. It was because this was not reality, but a fake space that was prepared for a [Game]. Yes, Ajuka Beelzebub-sama kindly provided us with this new training space. This world…it was a part of the [Game] called [Beelzebut]. The one who guided us here was the newcomer to Ise-kun’s team — Nakiri-kun, who held his phone in one hand as he touched the screen. “Originally, I would use a cellphone to explore what’s in this world, but since you guys are all guests and not legitimate players, I will make that part simpler.”
Ouryuu-kun (along with Millarca-san who wasn’t here this time) knew the details about this [Game] called [Beelzebut], since it seemed as though Beelzebub-sama had given them some work here. What he taught us beforehand was
The player is oneself, not an avatar (character inside the game) The field we were going to play on was a fake game field created by a servant of Beelzebub-sama. The players will be teleported from the human realm to play with their own body. Inside [Beelzebut], you can access the game’s system by using a cellphone (including smartphones). And those were the explanations. | text_25 |
Nakiri-kun began to explain what he meant by accessing the game’s system by using a cellphone. “For example, when you want to learn magic that enables you to know about your opponent’s information or skills, you point your cellphone at your opponent.”
Nakiri-kun held his cellphone up and pointed it at Xenovia. “After that, open the picture mode. And if you invoke the magic or skill—”
A picture of Xenovia was displayed on Nakiri’s smartphone. The word [Guest] was displayed above her head, and there was also a detailed numerical display of her current HP and status (good). [Ooh!] Everyone who looked at the screen was astonished. Nakiri-kun then pointed his smartphone away from everyone. “Next is magic. After selecting the area by framing it on your phone…if you push this button…”
A burst of flames spread out in front of Nakiri-kun. After framing the area with the camera, the shown environment became engulfed as the flame magic was invoked. Nakiri then said. “When you want to use a ranged attack, use the camera like this, and you can attack or recover the area that is shown. Well, you can still use magic without having to point the camera though. There are also times when irregular magic is used over a large area, like freezing or petrification. Also, this is going to be beneficial if you guys know—”
He took out a plastic bottle that was filled with juice, and put it in front of him so that he could frame it within the screen of his smartphone. ‘Click’ after taking the photo of the bottle—. That plastic bottle became enveloped in light and was attracted towards Nakiri-kun’s smartphone. The plastic bottle that was in front of him earlier had now completely vanished. Nakiri-kun then showed us his smartphone screen. There appeared to be an items menu, where the item [Juice x1] was displayed. “You can store things like this in your cell phone by capturing it, because your cell phone also acts as an item box. Thus, in [Beelzebut], a cell phone is needed to be able to do a lot of things.”
And with that, we received a simple explanation from him. Some of our comrades who weren’t used to cell phones were struggling a little bit. The hardest thing was to teach Crom Cruach so that he didn’t destroy the phone. It was unexpected that His Eminence Strada instantly grasped and understood the [Beelzebut] system. “Fufufu, the latest technology sure is valuable. Even with my smartphone, I’m starting to become fond of social network games.”
Gasper looked at His Eminence’s phone screen and exclaimed in surprise
“Amazing, you have so many 5-star characters!”
…His Eminence Strada sure did a great job of astonishing us. Shirone-chan A.K.A Koneko-chan and Xenovia, seemed familiar with [Beelzebut], so they taught those who didn’t understand the system. It seemed like Koneko-chan and Xenovia had registered as players beforehand via Nakiri-kun and Millarca-san (a classmate and member of the student council) since it looked like they already knew about this [Game] to a certain extent. Koneko-chan was the type that liked games after all. The one who struggled the most at understanding the system was Bova-san. Because his body was so big, he had to turn into a mini dragon to operate his cell phone. “……I don’t understand this part.”
“Hmm, this part is like this.”
Nakiri-kun gave him his undivided attention as he taught him. It seemed like the relationship between the Sekiryuutei’s fang and fist was good. While receiving guidance on how to operate a cell phone, Bova-san said
“We can only thank you for letting us train in this place too.”
Nakiri then answered
“It’s not only Gremory-senpai’s team and us, but everyone who is related to the counter-terrorist team [DxD] can train here. So far as it goes, Ajuka-san said that this special training space is an area that has just been added to the game. It also seems like the other [DxD] members have already started”. Well, that means that Sitri Team, Sairaorg-san and Seekvaira Agares-san’s teams, Vali’s team and the reincarnated Angels too were going to train here. While looking at the vast green fields, Irina-san asked Nakiri-kun
“Is it safe here?”
“According to Ajuka-san — [It can’t be said as certain. —However, the security here is ten times better than the space they were using. And no matter how flashy you train, it can’t be destroyed. That’s why I want you to rest assured] was what I heard.”
The security was better than the space in the Gremory territory, huh. Even though the security of the space there was pretty high too. But, if this place was really created by the current Beelzebub’s servant, it must be safer than the place we trained at. …Although, we did have some lingering attachments to that place. After all, my comrades and I supported each other and worked hard together in that place. I also did some practice battles with Ise-kun there. I am sure that Ise-kun thinks the same. Nakiri-kun then gave us the last explanation
“—And, well, there are systems and all of that, but it seems that this place that Ajuka-sama has prepared for us has been designed so that it doesn’t differ too much from ordinary space. You can also suppress the game-like damage notation, and use your abilities like normal. The system doesn’t interfere that much either. You should be able to train like usual. However, please always bring your phone and don’t let your smartphone be separated from you.”
Although it was a field in the [Beelzebut] game, I guess we could still train as usual. We were grateful. “For now, everyone please try to do your usual training by yourself.”
“We should start too.”
Rias-oneesan and Ravel-san instructed their respective teams as the training session began. And with this, we, Rias Gremory’s team + Ise-kun’s team underwent a joint training session inside [Beelzebut]. —And, while getting used to the game’s system everyone trained on their own. The area prepared for us to train was not only a grassy field, but there were also forests, mountains, and lakes, plus an underground dungeon and a castle, and even a floating island. We were surprised by the fact that the vastness of this field created in another dimension was as big as the Kantou region. The real Beelzebut] was even larger than this, as it was said to be as large as the Australian continent. Just in case, so that we don’t get in contact with the players that were playing in the original game, a special wall was built around the training ground. Because the players there didn’t know a thing about supernatural beings, surely meeting Devils, Angels, and Dragons would just create chaos. Everyone was told to train wherever they wished to by Rias-oneesan and Ravel-san, but because the field was too big, they were also told at the same time to do it in a nearby place so they didn’t get lost. Well, it also seems like it was designed so that we won’t get lost even if we go far away…
It was now a quick break time, and the place that we all teleported to — was our starting point. | text_25 |
Everyone in the Rias Gremory team and Ise-kun’s team gathered and relaxed on the grassy field as they shared their opinions with each other. Xenovia, Irina-san, and Asia-san then chatted as they pleased
“Even though it’s an artificial place, the mountains sure are nice.”
“You can go by flying or even climb them directly”
“But, I sure am beat up… The scenery of the mountains was the best though.”
It seemed like there were also some others who went into the mountains. “It was so vast that I unconsciously followed paisen and Your Eminence to climb the mountain.”
“Fufufu, it sure was a great training place.”
It seemed like Lint-san and His Eminence Strada also climbed the mountain together. “It seems like an environment that wouldn’t pose any problems even if you did go on a rampage. It’s a forgiving environment even for Dragons huh, son of Tannin.”
“Y-Yeah, that’s ri-…ght…”
Said Crom Cruach and Bova-san. It seemed like Crom Cruach who acted as a substitute for Ise-kun had caused the giant body that Bova-san was proud of, to become very ragged and exhausted. While everyone deepened their relationships as fellow Gremory peerage members, they found their own ways of training in this big field. I trained at the riverbank as I was trying to get used to the game. I felt that the scenery was quite different. There was nothing in the space that was in the Gremory territory’s basement after all. We were able to concentrate because of the nothingness, but on the other hand, it was also a rather refreshing way to train because of the scenery. —And, while looking at the grassy field, Rias-oneesan said
“From what I heard, Ajuka-sama’s [Game] is a reference to another [Game].”
“The main reference point is the system, or so I heard. Something to do with using a cell phone primarily. However, that [Game] doesn’t exist here.” continued Nakiri-kun. Everyone looked at Nakiri-kun. He then continued to speak
“The [Game] that [Belzebut]’s concept is based on is something produced by a certain Sacred Gear.”
As if interrupting him, Roygun Belphegor-san then said
“—[Innovate Clear], right? One of the Longinus.”
Nakiri-kun was surprised by Roygun’s words and nodded. “Yes, [Innovate Clear] is an ability that enables the user to create an ideal world in another dimension…that’s its normal ability.”
“So it’s like [Dimension Lost], huh.” said Xenovia. Nakiri then responded
“It might look alike, but there is one thing that is clearly different. It’s the fact that [Innovate Clear] can create even living things in that world. It’s a Longinus capable of creating a fake universe.”
…Even living things could be produced if it’s in the world created by the user of the Sacred Gear… I had heard a bit about the Sacred Gear’s ability, but…
“So the ability of the [Sacred Gear that lets impersonate God] that we heard in the human world is real, huh.” said Crom Cruach while eating a banana. “It seems like it captured the best parts of both [Dimension Lost] and [Annihilation Maker].” murmured Irina-san. “However, there are of course conditions. The living things created can only live in that world,” explained Nakiri-kun. Indeed, even if it’s a Longinus, it must have some kind of minus point. …Of course, it’s a different story if it’s a Balance Breaker though. Roygun-san asked Nakiri
“You are currently investigating [Innovate Clear] and also [Telos Karma] right?”
…Roygun Belphegor-san seemed like she knew the details of that information. Though we did hear rumors that she had several informants working under her… Nakiri nodded in response to Roygun-san’s question. “[Telos Karma] is a Longinus that’s capable of creating choices that aren’t possible forcibly.”
Roygun-san said as she put her hand on her chin. “The thirteenth Longinus…is said to be heretical, or a Longinus crowned with the forbidden number. Anyway, the rumours that I heard are mostly bad.”
Yes, I also didn’t hear a lot of good things about [Telos Karma]. It’s also the cause for it to be mentioned in legends. Nakiri-kun then picked up a stone from the ground and pointed it at Xenovia. “For Example, if I threw this rock to Prez Xenovia, I think there are a lot of possibilities that could occur. She could repel it, dodge it, cut it, get hit by it, and other possibilities.”
“It won’t hit. I can do at least that much, y’know?” answered Xenovia. Nakiri-kun then said “That might be true if it’s the president”, before continuing
“Simply by throwing this rock at someone, a variety of possibilities are generated. That Longinus is capable of creating the choices that are impossible. It can cause something like — the [Beelzebut] system suddenly experiencing a failure that only affects President Xenovia’s surroundings that makes her unable to react to the stone that I threw, and she gets hit.”
Ravel-san then said
“…I heard that it can turn the possibility of a phenomenon into an unexpected occurrence…”
Nakiri-kun said as he dropped the stone on his hand. “In human history, there are some things or phenomena that are impossible to explain, right? Even after history has changed drastically, historians and researchers still can’t give an answer as to how things became that way. That’s because [Telos Karma] supposedly took part in some of those occurrences.”
A Longinus that took part in some of the historical events in Japan and Europe—. Nakiri-kun then added
“That’s why [Telos Karma] is also known as [History Breaker].”
This Longinus was said to be a different type of ‘dangerous’ from the other high-class Longinus by all mythologies. Consequently, it seemed like the user’s whereabouts had always been searched for, but… The first one who found that person — no, the first one who came in contact with that person was Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. Rias-oneesan then murmured. “The Longinus which doesn’t have detailed information about its Balance Breaker confirmed yet was [Telos Karma] right?”
“I don’t even want to imagine the Balance Breaker of a Sacred Gear that could change the course of history.” said Xenovia who seemed exhausted. Nakiri-kun spoke with a scary expression. “[Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma], these two are currently together. Now, guess what will happen when these two Longinus get together. The answer is— [The Worst]. The world created by [Innovate Clear], and the many impossible choices made to become occurrences there by [Telos Karma]. Products that could be considered miracles to deeds done by a Devils, and a lot of impossible things can happen at an impossible time.”
Bova-san asked
“But, in the world of [Innovate Clear], [Telos Karma] controls the fate right? The user of that Sacred Gear would probably feel as arrogant as God in their actions.”
Nakiri-kun — made a bitter expression. “…Yeah, that’s right, Bobo. That’s why that person was named [The man who impersonates God]”
Nakiri-kun’s expression showed clearly that he was more concerned with the user rather than the Sacred Gear’s abilities. | text_25 |
Xenovia asked
“Ouryuu, you know about the person who holds both of those Longinus, right?”
“…Yes, for once. He is a dangerous man. …He envies to see the despair of this world more than anyone else. Ajuka-san evaluated him as Hyoudou-senpai’s exact opposite.”
The unusually hateful Nakiri-kun spoke about that man, but… A being who is the exact opposite of Ise-kun, huh. I am really interested, but…even though he is not showing his presence nearby, I can somehow feel a dangerous air that I had never felt before. While the atmosphere got heavier, Akeno-san then suggested
“Let’s stop this talk and eat, shall we?”
As she said that, she created a magic circle and made picnic sets appear. There were more than ten sets of heavy boxes which were stacked three levels tall, and there were also more than ten picnic baskets. There were also several soup jars, and Akeno-san opened one of them and pour them into mugs. The tasty aroma tickled our nostrils. My stomach began to feel empty. Because I’d been eating the food that Akeno-san cooked since middle school, even by smelling the aroma, my stomach became completely empty. Gasper-kun and Koneko-chan’s stomachs growled. Because they had also been eating Akeno-san’s cooking, it was only natural that they became like that. Akeno-san passed a soup-filled mug to Koneko-chan
“Here, Shirone-chan. Now now, everyone too please eat.”
The heavy atmosphere was blown away by Akeno-san’s picnic set, and from there everyone started to eat. While chewing my onigiri, I apologized to Ise-kun in my heart. It was because we were having a picnic while leaving him out. I was sure that if he knew, he would scream “Bring me along too!”. On top of that, he had been interested in [Belzebut] until he went to the Ocean of Milk too… If he knew about the [Game]’s system and vastness of the field, I was sure that he would get fired up. After taking a bite of her sandwich, Rias-oneesan said as she looked at the sky. “Ise, I wonder what you’re doing right now?”
And the girls suddenly gazed into the sky like Rias-oneesan. The Ocean of Milk that was somewhere. I was sure they were thinking about Ise-kun who was there. Ravel then said
“I am sure, for the sake of the team, for the sake of Rias-sama, and for the sake of getting Rossweisse-sama back from Vidar-sama, I am sure that he is training desperately right now.”
Rossweisse-san blushed upon hearing those words. “F-For me…huh?”
Rias-oneesan put her hand on top of Rossweisse-san’s hand while smiling
“That’s right. He also forcibly took me back that time. That person is like that after all. He will find a way to settle it even if it costs his life. You too have experienced it right?”
Rias-oneesan was talking about the Auros Academy incident. That time too, Ise-kun saved Rossweisse-san from Euclid Lucifugus. And the other girls continued
“I have also been saved several times. When I arrived in Japan, during the fight against Astaroth, and also another times.” Said Asia-san. “Me too, when I was captured by [Khaos Brigade]’s wizard — Nilrem, I was saved by him. He immediately came to me.” continued Ravel. Koneko-chan and Gasper raised their hands. “……That time, Gasper-kun and I were saved too. Well, he also protected us from the Grim Reapers.”
“I-I, that time was like that too, but he has been looking after me since we met! He also took care of Valerie!”
“Ufufu, that’s right. Hyoudou Issei-san is really dependable,” affirmed Valerie. Xenovia-san and Irina-san were confused by the girls’ talk. “… I should try to get kidnapped once too, shouldn’t I. I am also a girl, I also want to be a kidnapped princess. …Well, it doesn’t suit me though.”
“A kidnapped princess! …Somehow, it sounds romantic, right!? I-I want darling to come to save me!”
“No-, Irina and I are were born on the battlefield, so as expected, being a princess is a bit too much.”
“I am a maiden too! I want to be a princess! No, I can be!”
“But you know, Irina. You can’t say that you have never lifted anything heavier than fork now, right? You have been swinging your holy sword around in front of your future husband, you know…”
“If that’s the case, I’ve never lifted anything heavier than my Holy Sword.”
“……………Irina, sometimes you are really dumb.”
It seemed like the warrior girls had something on their mind. But, I don’t think Ise-kun cares about that though. Because he will always come to save the girl he likes. On the side, Elmenhilde seemed rather interested as she held a notepad in her hands. “And, if we show something like a kidnapped princess, it’s effective to Hyoudou Issei-sama—. Although the princess part is cleared, the kidnapped condition is…there must be an enemy… I-Is it possible that he will fight if there is a marriage partner…? D-Did I have a fiance?…”
And, while writing with the pen, Lint-san too wrote something in her notepad. “I see I see, so girls who are born on the battlefield struggle with getting men quite a bit. But but, it means that paisens won’t have a partner in the fu… Or rather, I don’t know if they can fall in love with men. They lack training, huh.”
No matter where girls are born, love talk will always capture the girls’ attention. Akeno-san said to Rossweisse-san
“He also saves me all the time. That’s why, you must properly tell him with your mouth too, Rossweisse-san.”
“Must tell him with my mouth…?”
Akeno-san clearly answered Rossweisse-san’s question
“About the marriage interview. How you feel, and what your feelings are right now. Please tell him about that.”
Rossweisse-san seemed to understand what Akeno-san meant, and she put her hands over her chest while looking a bit sad. “…My current feelings…”
His Eminence Strada who was looking at this while eating the meat of some fried chicken off the bone said,
“This is youth. Absolutely beautiful.”
Crom Cruach who was also eating some fried chicken off the bone murmured “I don’t understand”. Despite the girls talk, we ended our picnic and started our training again. I, Hyoudou Issei felt like I fell into a dreamy place. …I remembered that after drinking the miracle drug Amrita, I felt the pain that struck me as if it wanted to tear my body apart. …But, there’s no pain now. …Is there any chance that…I am…dead? No, even if Devils die, it’s not like they can go to Heaven… I somehow barely kept my consciousness awake. Suddenly, I heard a voice. [—pai—gon—ear—me]
The sounds gradually became clearer. [Oppai Dragon, can you hear me?] …I can hear you, but this voice is… Who are you? [I am one of the pillar Gods who live in a world called [Evie × Etoulde]. Everyone calls me Chichigami here.] —Chichigami. ……………
…………………………
……What do you meannnnnnnnnnnnnn!? After floating in this dreamy place, I suddenly heard a voice, and now there’s someone who goes by the name of Chichigami!? What in the world happened to my body!? [Calm down, Oppai Dragon. Previously, the spirit that I used as an intermediary should now have come in contact with you.] | text_25 |
T-There sure was a time when something like that happened during the incident where Loki attacked! [This time, it seems like I am able to directly talk to you.] Why!? How!? [I am not really sure, but your breast powers have gained a trace of divine nature, thus allowing your consciousness to reach.] It might also be due to the effect of Amrita…
[Oppai Dragon, I don’t have much time. I have to tell you about something.] W-What is it? [In the near future, a malevolent being will come to your world. You have to gather certain things in order to defeat that malevolent being.] M-Malevolent being? Things I have to gather? [Look.] Ah! I wasn’t really sure, but there were lots of breasts floating in the sky! O-On top of that, I remembered seeing this somewhere before! F-From the right, Rias’ oppai, Akeno-san’s oppai, Xenovia’s, Irina’s oppai, Asia’s oppai, Shirone a.k.a Koneko-chan’s small oppai, and Kuroka’s oppai! —Wait, I know all of these oppai! [That’s right. Those are the [Chosen Heavenly Breasts]]
—[Chosen Heavenly Breasts]! What a…dumb phrase! You can even go nuts just by hearing its name! [You have to gather all twelve pairs of the [Chosen Heavenly Breasts]. Right now, you already have seven pairs. Gather the remaining five pairs.] Why!? How!? By what means!? [I’ve said it before. Those [Chosen Heavenly Breasts] will be important when you meet the malevolent being. And, as to how to gather them, I am sure you already know about that.] What the hell!? What’s this malevolent being thing and the [Chosen Heavenly Breasts]!? [It looks like time is up. I will not be able to get in contact with you for a while. Please gather the twelve Heavenly Breasts, all right?] It’s not all rightttttt! Give me more explanation, please! And did you get in contact with me to just tell me that!? [The Oppai Dragon song, I like it, you know?] I didn’t ask that! What was that!? Why right now!? [Well then, goodbye.] Ah—, the voice is fadinggg! Uhh! A dazzling light enveloped me—-. “You up?”
When I opened my eyes, I saw — Cao Cao’s face. …He was trying to look into my face. After sitting up, I turned my head around. …I saw…a bizarre and weird dream…
“How long have I been unconscious?”
I asked Cao Cao. “You lost your consciousness for more than a day. Unexpectedly, you came back really fast though. And thanks to that, you are going to make it to the match.”
“…I see”
…Even though it was only that dream, it took about a day huh. “And, how do you feel?”
Asked Cao Cao. I urged the power that was sleeping inside me as I clenched my fist
“Nope, I don’t feel like anything has changed…”
I don’t think that there was any change to the power itself. My demonic energy and my dragon’s power, I didn’t feel like anything had changed after drinking the Amrita. Ah, however, I felt like my head was clearer right now. It was like the clear-headed feeling after a good sleep had increased…
However, Ddraig said
[Partner, it seems like some kind of effect has been applied to the Sacred Gear. Let’s investigate for a while.] I did as Ddraig said and focused on my Sacred Gear. …………
…T-This is! “—! … Hahaha, this is amazing. It’s a simple effect, but it might be enough.”
Amazing! I just got the effect that I hoped for most! Amrita sure is incredible! With this, I’m definitely indebted to Sakra! …I should pay a visit to Shibamata Taishakuten Temple. The change was literally so immense that even I considered that! I see, rather than my body, the effect actually went to the Sacred Gear, huh. I was glad that it didn’t end with just that weird dream. As he looked at my condition, Cao Cao laughed
“It seems like it worked. Let’s tell Sakra later. ”
—And, I suddenly turned my gaze over to the Ocean of Milk. I could hear the calming sounds of the waves. …The waves sure made me feel comfortable. I sat in a zen position on the sand. I then asked Cao Cao
“How long should I stay here?”
“Until Sakra comes back, I guess,” replied Cao Cao. “Well, until then please let me do this.”
When I said that — he also sat in zen-style position beside me. “Ha, I’ll tag along.”
Until Sakra came back, we gazed upon the Ocean of Milk as we sat in a zen-style position. …After drinking Amrita in the Ocean of Milk, I saw Chichigami in a dream, and heard about the Heavenly whatever it was… Well, I should pull myself together and focus on the match. Because from now, even if I cry or laugh, I’m going to fight against the strongest opponent that I’ll have ever faced—. The Underworld — in the territory of a certain Maou in the Devil’s world was a village that had been established for the players in the International Rating Game Tournament. The “Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King” Team’s lodging house was in one corner. In the room for the players, the jade-haired Verrine looked like she was watching the recording of a match on the TV with a bored expression. “Hey, Balberith. What do you think Hades-sama wants to do by making us participate in this tournament?”
The bronze-haired young man who was reading a folklore book [The Red and White Dragon] behind her was — Balberith. “…I don’t know. It seems like he wanted to cause a miracle by having us clash with the Two Heavenly Dragons, but…to be honest, I doubt their strength is better than the Asura Gods.”
Verrine then said as she lied down
“Anyway, our current goal is to make the chosen Sonneillon and Gressil as strong as Balberith and I in this tournament.”
After reading the book, he put it down on top of a pile of books as he looked at another book with the word [Ouroboros] written on its cover. “… Hey, Verrine. I want to fight Ophis and the like.”
“Well, the Two Heavenly Dragons might be the best right now. It’s said that Ophis is currently under heavy protection.”
“… As expected, the Two Heavenly Dragons, huh.”
Balberith then looked at a book with the title [Parent and Child] in the stack of books. “Verrine, if our mother is Lilith, then who is our father?”
Verrine who seemed uninterested answered
“Hmm, I don’t know? Hades-sama? But, Hades-sama looks like he hates Devils and I am sure that we are just pawns to him. Well, as long as it’s fun, I am fine with that.”
“No, Hades-sama clearly denied and said that he is not our father. That means, he is not our father.”
“You want a father, Balberith?”
As the young man who was both her brother and her partner said those weird things, Verrine also unconsciously asked that. “Verrine, you don’t need a father?”
“I don’t know. I do want a big brother though.”
“Then, I will be your big brother.”
Verrine laughed as her brother said that with a serious expression. “Hahaha, judging by the who was born first, I am the older one, you know?”
“I see, so I am the little brother.”
Balberith even took that joke seriously. He then closed his eyes as he put his hands on his chest and said
“For me who was born with this power, I am really curious about the uncertainty of birth. Whose child am I, and why was I born into this world. | text_25 |
…If my transcendent father really exists, he must be someone with supernatural powers and abilities fit to be my father. “Well, will you search for your father?”
Verrine asked that as she drank the sweet coffee that was almost like a sugary syrup. “Searching for my father, huh…”
Verrine realized that Balberith had understood something from the word just now. The land where the Asgardian Gods lived — Asgard. Vidar’s secret retreat sat in the outskirts of Asgard. In the living room of that hideout, Vidar was drinking alcohol, the new chief God of Olympus, Apollon appeared. As they sat facing each other, Apollon started
“Vidar, I hear that you are going to be married…have you become serious?”
“Nope, I have no intention of making Göndul’s granddaughter my bride, you know.”
The tipsy Vidar-san replied as he spun the glass. Apollon looked puzzled as asked once again
“Then, why?”
“It seems like that drunk Valkyrie’s relationship with the Sekiryuutei isn’t going anywhere, so I thought I’d give a little boost to the Sekiryuutei and the Valkyrie.”
After hearing his real intention, Apollon sighed. “What a whimsical thing to do.”
Vidar then laughed mischievously
“It seems like my father caused them lots of problems, you know. When you think about all of the people who keep bugging me to get married and consider [DxD], which of them is better?”
“Ha.”
Apollon laughed at his friend’s frankness. In short, the second generation Chief God himself picked up the role of being a cupid for the Sekiryuutei and the Valkyrie. “What’s with that scornful laugh?”
“I suppose the prodigal prince has finally become somewhat Chief God-like, you know.”
Vidar-san raised his voice
“I don’t want to hear that from someone who only pursues art like you. …It’s because my eldest brother Baldur went to the Isolation Barrier Field with my father, you know. I thought that I must succeed this role and not live freely as I am now. I don’t know if this is what they call the fate of Gods.”
“But, the battle is a different topic, right?”
Vidar-san who was spinning the ice inside the glass looked happy upon hearing Apollon’s question. “Yes, certainly. —Fighting with the Sekiryuutei is valuable after all.”
Yes, while it was true that Vidar-san took on the role of being a cupid for the Sekiryuutei and the Valkyrie, it was also a fact that he wanted to take advantage of Sekiryuutei’s passion. That was because the Sekiryuutei’s power was the one that would be felt more than anything else. —This God was also charmed by the power of the Heavenly Dragons. Vidar then poured alcohol into the empty glass and handed it to Apollon. Apollon said as he held the glass in one of his hands. “We intend to win, right?”
“It’s only natural that we would win.”
“Well, what will you do after winning the match? Will you be engaged?”
What will happen to the Valkyrie… If Vidar wins the match? Apollon was also interested in this. While Vidar drank more alcohol, he tilted his head in thought, and then said
“…I will find fault with her and return her to Sekiryuutei.”
And so that was the answer. In short, no matter if he won or lost, he had no intention of making her his bride in the very least. This man was someone who had no interest in somebody else’s girlfriend. However, the opponent that this man had his eyes on was the one who would suffer
“Hmm. That’s terrible, for both you and the Sekiryuutei who is at your mercy too.”
Vidar made a bitter expression in response to Apollon’s words as if he had a reason. “…I, do I look like my father? I don’t like that…,”
[Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team – members registered for the Tournament
King — Hyoudou Issei
Queen — Bina Lessthan
Rook — Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu
Rook — Roygun Belphegor
Knight — Xenovia Quarta
Knight — Shidou Irina
Bishop — Asia Argento
Bishop — Rossweisse
Pawn x2 — Ravel Phoenix
Pawn x3 — Bova Tannin
Pawn x2 — Elmenhilde Karnstein
[The Leisure of the Kings] Team – members registered for the Tournament
King — Typhon
Queen — Apollon
Rook x2 — Vidar
Knight — Brynhildr (Valkyrie Squad/Squad Leader)
Knight — Midgardsormr
Bishop x2 — Artemis
Pawn x2 — Helmwige (Valkyrie Squad/Squad Member)
Pawn x2 — Ortlinde (Valkyrie Squad/Squad Member)
Pawn x2 — Grimgerde (Valkyrie Squad/Squad Member)
Pawn x2 — Schwertleite (Valkyrie Squad/Squad Member)After returning from the [Ocean of Milk] and [Beelzebut], we reported to each other. [Beelzebut] was the game that was created by Beelzebub-sama! I became really excited and wanted to try to train there just by hearing the name of that seemingly interesting world. Anyway, would it be possible to ask Beelzebub-sama and Nakiri-kun to let me try to play in the original game? The idea of playing in a world as vast as the Australian continent with our own bodies seemed so fascinating! —And, after reporting about what happened at the ‘Ocean of Milk’…everyone made a doubtful face as if there was a question mark on top of their heads. Although…the story of me meeting the Chichigami was taken seriously. Well, it was because Chichigami did bless me with divine protection during the fight against Loki after all. Everyone had high hopes for the Longinus’ outcome that was released by stirring the Ocean of Milk. I mean, right now, I was sure that the key for the next match was going to be that outcome itself. In order to prepare for tomorrow’s match, every member of the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team went to bed early after doing everything that had to be done. As I returned to my room and dove into bed, I wondered if I was going to sleep while burying my face in between Rias’ oppai—. “G-Good evening…”
The person who sat and was waiting in the bed for me was — Rossweisse-san! O-On top of that, she wore revealing lingerie… I was touched by her shyness as she tried to hide her nipples that could be seen through the revealing dress with her hands! There was no one else but Rossweisse-san on my bed. Usually, Rias and Asia would be here, sometimes Akeno-san too, and there were also times when Xenovia and Irina would barge into my room, but…
Since the proposal, they had been fighting over who would sleep with me, and the number of people who slept on my bed just kept rising. Often times I would also be on the floor when I woke up. It was mainly because I was kicked off by Xenovia who frequently turned over while sleeping though… And because of that, we were considering the purchase of a larger bed. …No, it would be pretty hard to find a bed that could fit seven to eight people! As expected, I think the most a bed can fit is four people! Personally, I think that three people sleeping next to each other is the best! As I thought about such things…I asked Rossweisse-san
“U-Umm, are Rias and Asia not here?”
Rossweisse-san nodded in response to my question
“I heard that R-Rias-san has things to do back home and she will be staying there with Akeno-san. | text_25 |
A-Asia-san said that she wants to deepen her relationship with Xenovia and Irina-san, so they will be sleeping together…”
Ah-, I see. Rias is also busy and I am sure that Asia wants to sleep with her friends while chatting for the sake of tomorrow’s match. There were also times like that. —And with that, tonight I would be sleeping with Rossweisse-san, just the two of us. Somehow, I felt so nervous. I was used to sleeping with two people beside me, and sometimes even more, but right now it was only the two of us! Also, my partner is Rossweisse-san! Normally, she would take the initiative to not participate in these sort of things. The fidgety Rossweisse-san blushed as she asked
“…A-Are you not going to come over?”
“I-I am coming!”
After replying like that, I hastily walked over to the bed and lied down. Rossweisse-san was going to stay here for the night. And then, there was silence. … At times like these, Rias would say
[Now, Ise. Let’s go to sleep, shall we? Ara, you want to sleep while burying your face in between my breasts? It’s okay, come here.] Or something like that and spoil me as much as I want, but I don’t know about that when it came to Rossweisse-san! My heart beat really fast because I had never experienced anything like this with Rossweisse-san! When I took a glimpse — my eyes met hers as she faced me while lying on the bed! At the same time, I unconsciously looked at the… pink tips of her nipples that were visible from her see-through lingerie! Rossweisse-san then said to me
“…What should I do in order to refuse the engagement? I thought about it, you know, and the easiest way would be to establish the fact with Ise-kun.”
……………
E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Establish the fact!? Y-You mean, in other words, doing this and that! What came to my mind was the engagement incident with the Phoenix House a year ago, and the time when Rias approached me! T-That was amazing! I really thought that I would do it with Rias…just like that! A-And, now Rossweisse-san too…? I gulped as Rossweisse-san continued
“…But, I thought that if I don’t believe in Ise-kun, then those things won’t happen,” said Rossweisse-san from the bottom of her heart. Rossweisse-san then held my hand and distinctly told me
“I don’t want to…marry Vidar-sama. I…want to be by your side”
“…Will you snatch me away from Vidar-sama?” asked Rossweisse-san with teary eyes. I — replied with a serious expression as I grasped her hand in return. “The problem isn’t whether I snatch you away or not. From the very beginning, I didn’t have any intention of handing you over to anyone, you know? During the incident with Euclid as well, I realised that I wasn’t going to hand you over to him. This only means that I’ll have to do it again.”
I hugged Rossweisse-san as my emotions built up
“I will certainly win. Will you please believe in me?”
I vowed so right into her ears. Rossweisse-san then accepted it with a
“Yes.”
That would do. It was pretty easy to understand. —I just have to win against Vidar-san. If I win, the marriage and all of that other stuff would vanish. I had always forced my way through things absurdly. Even during Riser’s incident, Diodora’s incident, Loki’s incident, Sairaorg’s incident, Cao Cao’s incident, and Euclid’s incident too—. I had said what I wanted to Rossweisse-san, but because of my embrace, I realised that our faces had gotten closer, and as the situation became awkward, both our faces turned red. …We were so close that we could almost kiss, but…a sudden move would be unwise even though the atmosphere was good—. Rossweisse-san’s lips — met mine. It was a kiss from Rossweisse-san—. Because I suddenly received a kiss from the prim and proper late-bloomer Rossweisse-san, I, I-I-I-I-I-I! After the kiss, Rossweisse-san said with a reddened face
“…It was my f-first kiss… …I gave it to Ise-kun.”
…W-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! My head boiled as I became unsure of what to say! A-Also, there was nothing that made me feel more honored than to be her first partner! “I-I was surprised because it was so sudden…”
When I said that nervously, Rossweisse-san asked
“D-Did you not like it?”
“N-No! It was the best, you know! What I meant was because it was so sudden I felt confused!”
When I said that, Rossweisse-san then replied
“Well then, this time let’s properly—”
The atmosphere became nice for the second time, and just when Rossweisse and I wanted to kiss one more time—. “Ise! I came nyan! I heard that Switch Princess isn’t here! Let’s do perverted things while she is not here!”
—And, Kuroka busted the door open as she barged into my room energetically! Rossweisse-san and I were surprised and separated from each other as we looked in that direction! Kuroka appeared wearing only her underwear as her oppai swayed from side to side! Shirone-chan A.K.A Koneko-chan who followed behind her seemed a bit embarrassed. “…I’m sorry senpai. Even though you were alone with Rossweisse-san, I couldn’t stop Kuroka-oneesama…”
As if sensing the awkward atmosphere, Kuroka blinked with surprise. “Nyanya? Did I interrupt you?”
Because the mood for kissing a second time had completely vanished, Rossweisse-san and I looked at each other as we let out a small laugh. After that, I had no choice but to join a completely new combination with the Rossweisse-san, Kuroka, and Shirone-chan. Kuroka asked Rossweisse-san as she held onto me. By the way, the soft sensation of a female body enveloped me! “Hey, Valkyrie teacher. Do you want Ise’s child?”
Why did this bad cat ask that all of a suddennnn! Rossweisse-san was also surprised by that question as she exclaimed ‘Eh! ?’ On the contrary, Kuroka rubbed her own stomach as she said
“In the near future, his child will be in here. I really want it fast nya. It’s gotten to the point where even now is okay, you know?”
I got a nosebleed ‘Bu!’ by hearing her usual bold statement. Kuroka then asked Koneko-chan. “Shirone, why don’t you say it too? That you will reserve his child.”
She was suddenly prompted by her sister. Koneko-chan panicked for a moment, but she quickly pulled herself together and said
“…W-Well, I certainly do want to reserve…though”
Excited, Kuroka then said
“What are you saying? The proposal of us Nekomata was accepted, you know? This means that we’ve already made a reservation nyan. Hey, Ise. Let’s make a lot of kids, okay ♪”
Kuroka sweetly nibbled on my ear! Uhiiiiiiiiii! Because t-this girl had only been inviting me to do voluptuous things since the proposal, it was only natural that I’d no longer be able to resist! Koneko stood up on the bed as she stripped off her outer garments until she was wearing only her panties, and then straddled on top of me! “… T-That’s right, huh. It means that I’ve already reserved huh.”
Somehow, Koneko-chan had become bolder too since that time! The influence of the bad cat was gradually getting stronger! Kuroka asked Rossweisse-san once again as she leaned across me. | text_25 |
“And how about you, do you want Ise’s child?”
Rossweisse-san looked like she was confused about how to answer and panicked a little bit, but she immediately made a stern face and hugged me as if trying to snatch me away from Kuroka and Koneko-chan while saying
“A-Anyway, I will sleep with Ise-kun tonight! I-It’s a special chance after all!”
The sisters Kuroka and Koneko-chan giggled ‘fufu’ as they were surprised by the unusual boldness of Rossweisse-san. “Well, that’s okay nya”
“…Being able to sleep soundly is the best right now.”
The Nekomata sisters seemed to sense that Rossweisse-san no longer had the motivation to do anything perverted, so the four of us fell asleep. I was restless and couldn’t calm myself down as I was hugged by both Koneko-chan and Kuroka. I was able to confirm the feelings of both myself and Rossweisse-san’s. Now, all that was left was just to deal with the match! And, it was finally the day of the match—. We, the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team along with Rias arrived in a world of the Norse mythology that became the assembly hall — Valhalla. The stage this time would be an enormous stadium that was prepared for the tournament situated in a corner of Valhalla — [Thor Stadium]. A statue of the valiant Thor holding his proud hammer [Mjolnir] was installed at the entrance of the stadium. We separated from Rias in front of the player’s entrance. “I am looking forward to the match.”
Rias cheered me on like that before we separated. It seemed like they would be watching our match in the spectator’s room for authorised personnel. “You will certainly win.”
“You will win.”
“I am counting on you.”
“I am cheering for you!”
We received those cheers from Rias’ servants Akeno-san, Koneko-chan, Kiba and Gya-suke. My dad, Kunou, Ophis, and Lilith from the Hyoudou Residence also came here to watch my match. “I’ll be cheering for you. Do your best, Ise!” cheered Dad. Kunou and others continued
“Your opponents might be Gods, but I believe that you will win!”
Ophis and Lilith then said
“We, when the push comes to shove, will assist Ise.”
“Will do–”
No, if you guys were to join my team then victory would already be assured! But, that is not possible! Dad then added
“Mum was beginning to say that she might come to see the tournament if you qualify for the main stage. She said that ‘If my own son qualified for the main tournament, I can’t afford to not come and not see the tournament.’”
“Really? …I see. I will do my best and win.”
If mum would come and see my fight, there’s nothing that would make me happier. That’s probably right, if it’s the main stage that should be commemorated, mum might think that she has to come. And also because of that, I can’t afford to lose this match. We, the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team fired ourselves up as we approached the fated match—. As loud cheers from the crowd surrounded us, we of the [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] team went towards the centre of the stadium from the player’s entrance. <<Now, the [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] team is entering the stage! They are really popular with men and women of all ages, and his fans have gathered here in this [Thor Stadium] in Valhalla to see the [Oppai Dragon]!>>
When the commentator said that
“Oppai Dragon!”
“Please Win! !”
“Please show us a good match between you and Vidar-sama!”
The spectators were cheering for me! Ohh, I’m pretty popular in the Norse mythology world too, eh. I actually thought I would be insulted or disrespected. On the other side—
“Rossweisse!”
“Kyaa! Rossweisse-sama!”
“Rossweisse-san, I will be cheering for you!”
There were also many cheers that went towards Rossweisse-san! Part of it was because this was her home, but it was also because she got noticed in the tournament and her popularity rose up. As a former Valkyrie who participated actively in the tournament, it was no surprise that she garnered a lot of attention in Asgard. Rossweisse-san blushed in response to the warm cheers. After we gathered in the field that was in the central part of the stadium, the [Leisure of the Kings] team made their entrance. <<Now! People of Asgard, thank you for waiting! Finally, it’s our mythology — the team that Vidar-sama is in, is now going to make their appearance! Entering the stadium is the [Leisure of the Kings] team!>>
The moment the commentator said that—. We felt a presence above our heads! From the opened ceiling of the stadium — a giant body rapidly descended from the sky! Zushiiiiiiin! —And, the one who vigorously stood in front of us was the giant King of Monsters — Typhon-san! Starting with Vidar-san, the members of the [Leisure of the Kings] team all stood on his shoulders and arms! In response to this flashy entrance
[Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!] The stadium became filled with enormous cheers! “Vidar-samaaaaaaaaa!”
“Brynhildr-saaaaaaan!”
“Glory to our chief Goddddd!”
The cheers from the spectator’s seats were even louder than they were for our entrance. As expected, even though they had a mix of mythologies, it was the team with the chief God of Asgard in it after all. It was only natural that the home of the Norse mythology was full of those who supported Vidar-san and the Valkyries. After both teams gathered, we lined up in the center of the field. The intensity of the opposing [King] Typhon-san with his gigantic body became even more prominent as he stood in front of my eyes. The thirteen-meter Typhon-san then shouted cheerfully from the bottom of his heart. [GAHAHAHAHA! I will be fighting against a Heavenly Dragon! There’s no match that I looked forward to as much as this!] What an honest and lively laugh. However, the mass and depth of the aura that oozed out from his giant body was real. He wasn’t someone that could be taken on half-heartedly. After all, he was the King of Monsters that was said to be equal to Fenrir, or even stronger perhaps—. Vidar-san’s gaze met mine. We didn’t say anything, but just by looking at them, I knew that they came with the intention to win. <<Well then, we will immediately spin the roulette that will determine the rules of this match!>>
After the commentator said that, the roulette had already begun to spin. In a way, you could say that our chances of winning could change. The giant roulette that was installed in the stadium spun, and finally stopped. —The rules would be [Yggdrasil Climb]! —! F-For that to be chosen here! The commentator yelled
<<A~nd, the ruleset this time is the new Tournament-original standard that has even become a hot topic for every mythology, [Yggdrasil Climb]! It’s really unexpected for this to be chosen on the stage of Norse mythology! The rules are simple. Run up the artificial Yggdrasil, and the one who reaches the goal on top is the winner! Of course, like the other rules so far, you can also win if you defeat the opponent’s [King].>>
A giant tree was shown on the monitor. The size and the height of the tree that pierced through clouds was unbelievable. | text_25 |
Though the original Yggdrasil was far bigger, the one that was prepared for the Rating Game still looked pretty big to us. The rules were simple. Just climb to the top and the one who reaches it first, wins. It was really easy to understand. Consequently, the fight would also be more violent. Ravel then said
“The promotion of [Pawn] is possible after reaching the halfway point.”
This meant that after reaching the halfway-point our [Pawns] and theirs would all become [Queens]. But, we just need to defeat the Valkyrie squad before reaching the halfway point though. And as we thought about that, the beginning of the game drew closer. <<Now, the game will start after both teams teleport to the artificial Yggdrasil game field! The [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team vs the [Leisure of the Kings] team, It’s the fight of the century! It will be starting soon!>>
While the commentator was announcing that, both my team and the opponent’s team were enveloped in the teleportation light—. The place that we were teleported to was the base of the artificial Yggdrasil. …We could only be astonished by the gargantuan size of the tree. All members looked up, but…
It was only natural that we couldn’t identify the top from here. It’s somewhat higher than the clouds after all. It seemed like Vidar-san’s team teleported to the other side — the tree’s backside. Of course, attacking before the opposing side started climbing was against the rules. On Yggdrasil, a spiral-staircase was hung around the tree, but there were also footholds — floating islands which surrounded the tree. We could utilise those as a place to take a break or do battle. Of course, going to the top by flying was also OK. Based on the overall height of the tree, it looked like it would take a reasonably long time to reach the top. It would take a while even for a normal Devil to reach the top by flying at full speed, and maintaining that pace. We could arrive faster if we focused all of our strength on it, however, we couldn’t do that because our rival would also try to prevent that. Before the game started, there was a brief period for strategy time. We gathered around the table that was set up at the base of the tree and discussed what to do. Ravel then laid out a piece of paper on the table which had the opponent’s team composition written on it. Starting from the [King], Typhon, it really was a formidable lineup. I started the meeting while observing it
“…Other than Typhon, Vidar-san, and Apollon-san, there have been some alternations in the opponent’s team, but this time it is a serious lineup.”
The [Pawns] this time were — the Valkyrie squad. On top of that, it seemed like they were all Rossweisse-san’s colleagues. “……To think that I will be fighting not only Brynhildr-senpai, but also the other Valkyries.”
Rossweisse-san had a complex look on her face. But Xenovia laughed fearlessly as she trembled with excitement. “…It’s a parade of Gods. Even I can’t stop trembling, you know”
Well, that’s normal. I also didn’t like the fact that my opponents were all Gods, but as we already came here, we had no choice but to fight them. “Could they be the worst, and strongest opponents that I have ever fought?”
I asked Ddraig
[Yeah, they exceed everyone, including Rizevim and Apophis.] Well, I was glad that this was only a normal match, not a deathmatch. Even so, they weren’t going to give me any kind of handicap. Ddraig then said with frustration in his voice
[…… A lineup this formidable, and even I didn’t have a chance to meet them in my previous existence. Now I feel somewhat bitter with this body.] I couldn’t have imagined that I would be fighting a team that surpassed mythologies and races. Ravel then told us clearly
“Speaking honestly, it’s not unnatural if we lose this match. That’s just how great of a difference there is between our basic fighting power and theirs.”
—However, Ravel’s expression changed completely into a brave one. “But, let’s fight with the intention to win. There will probably be many opportunities for us to win because of the rules.”
[Yeah!] We were also fired up by our strategist’s words! Even if our opponents are Gods, the winner will be the one who reaches the top first. We only need to reach the goal first, even if it was only one of us. …Well, I personally didn’t want to end it like that though. I wanted to at least punch Vidar-san once with my fist. Ravel then said to Roygun Belphegor-san who was participating in our team this time. “Roygun-sama’s specialty as a Devil is [Crack], isn’t it? It’s a specialty that allows you to create a ‘tear’ on anything… You can produce a crack on most things, right?”
Roygun-san then laughed sarcastically
“There is of course a limit you know. I can’t produce a ‘crack’ on those whose power far exceeds mine. It was quite an ability when I was ranked second, however…… As I am right now, if the opponent is Maou-class or God-class, the ability won’t be very effective.”
Ravel then said as she looked up at Yggdrasil
“…I wanted to have you produce a [Crack] around Yggdrasil’s roots and make the tree fall over, but…it seems like it’s fairly well-built, so we shouldn’t expect that much.”
She was thinking about something that audacious! Really, my manager was trying to ruin the core of the rules from the start, huh! Ravel then continued
“Because the rules are simple, our strategy is also simple. —The aim is to go with a multistage-rocket formation.”
[—]
Everyone gasped at Ravel’s plan. …Multistage-rocket formation. That meant that we would fly together, and then she suggested that we should separate in the middle. Ravel then continued
“I am sure that while our opponents are climbing Yggdrasil, they will have their players crash into us over here. When that happens, we must also leave someone behind to face them. As for both teams, the common thing is what we and they have recognised, and that is the fact that we only need to have one person reach the top, and that we had to protect the [King].”
…Well, that’s the case. Because the rules were simple, we could also easily imagine the situation that would unfold. Irina then said
“There is also a possibility that all of us will face off against all of them, right?”
The possibility of everyone fighting in the middle certainly did exist. Ravel then said
“An all-out fight, right? There sure is some possibility of that, but…judging from the opponent’s nature, I think the players would just move based on their judgment. They are all strong players, therefore their assertiveness is equally strong. And that’s coming from the [King], Typhon. This means that because they don’t have good coordination, the chance of them attacking us one by one is high.”
Just as Ravel said, Vidar-san’s team was not a team that excelled in teamwork. It was the type of team that entrusted everything to its members regarding how to fight and earn victory. It was because every member had a strong ego and individual strength. | text_25 |
Before the match began, we received some advice from Ravel. If there was something that we could take advantage of in the opponent’s team, it was the weakness of their team play. That was why Ravel highlighted that our opponents would come to attack us as we climbed to the top. Agreeing with that notion, I then asked
“So, Ravel, are we going to decide who will be the best to fight against who?”
Ravel nodded and continued. “Yes, let’s think about the compatibility of the opponent’s members and the strategy of how to deal with them to a certain extent.”
And with that, we discussed how to deal with the opponent’s moves before we began to climb up the artificial Yggdrasil—. And finally the time for the game to start had come. The commentator yelled
<<Now, it’s time to start! Both teams have arrived to the starting point. The game will start when the signal gun on the field is fired! Both teams and spectators, are you ready?>>
There was a brief period of tranquil silence—-
And then, the sound of the fired signal gun echoed ‘BAAAAAAAAAAN’. <<START!>>
We started to run just as the commentator shouted out! First, we split up into two groups. One group would run up the spiral staircase and the other would fly while passing over the floating islands. By not bunching up in one place, we would also avoid a single large attack against the entire team. As a [King], the game would end if I were to be defeated, and I began to run up the stairs. This was only a temporary plan. Whilst I did think about flying through the sky, I chose to take the stairs to begin with after the situation. The ones who took the stairs were Irina, Xenovia, Rossweisse-san, Ravel, Ouryuu, and myself, the group which comparatively consisted of those who had confidence in their stamina. I quickly transformed into my crimson armour. And those who flew through the sky were Bova, Roygun-san, and Bina-shi. Asia and Elmenhilde who didn’t have confidence in their stamina rode on Bova’s shoulder. Since they flew through the sky, it was possible that they would become easier targets, but because Asia and Elmenhilde would support Bova and Bina-shi, their combination wouldn’t crumble unless there were extreme circumstances. We climbed the stairs at a tremendous pace. As we did that, we were able to visually recognise the opponent’s team as there were two stairs prepared, one for each team. The other side’s stair group consisted of…Vidar-san, Artemis-san, and Brynhildr-san. This meant that the rest were flying through the sky. …It meant that their [King], Typhon, was flying through the sky, huh. He was boldly fearless. This meant that he didn’t have any fear of getting knocked down. Both teams had climbed up Yggdrasil for thirty minutes when we started to see a large number of floating islands which surrounded Yggdrasil. …Indeed, the Tournament organisers were rather thoughtful to provide us with those [You can fight here]…! As if our opponents also understood, the first assaulting enemy finally appeared! There was someone who went down and stood in the center of one large floating island. —It was the current chief God of Olympus, Apollon-san. He then said to our team
“Who will be my opponent to keep me back here?”
And, the people on my team who had been pre-determined in our strategy flew out. Xenovia, Irina, and Nakiri. The three of them went down to the floating island that Apollon-san was standing on. Xenovia then boldly said
“Sun God-dono. I am Hyoudou Issei’s [Knight]. Let me be your common enemy.”
Irina also said as she wielded Hauteclere
“Michael-sama’s Ace! Shidou Irina! Currently a member of Hyoudou Issei-kun’s team!”
Nakiri then added while enveloping himself in touki
“The next heir of the Nakiri clan of the Five Principal Clans, Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu. It’s an honor to be able to fight with the legendary God, but as I am also the Sekiryuutei’s junior, I will keep you down here.”
Those three were pretty audacious to choose the God of Sun as their opponent! For God’s sake, they sure are such reliable comrades! Apollon-san also seemed like he was satisfied with their introductions. “That’s an introduction suitable for the comrades of the Sekiryuutei. I am Apollon. The chief God of Olympus.”
After going through the self-introductions, the battle began—. After their battle began, Rossweisse-san immediately enclosed Xenovia and the others, including Apollon-san with barrier magic.This was to prevent the enemy from escaping from that place, and even if our comrades lost, it could still buy time for us. The barrier that was strengthened by Rossweisse-san using the wand of Misteltein was used to cover the first battlefield. Once the barrier was erected, we left them and continued to go for the top. Below us, divine rays of light were fired off several times, and the shrill sounds of destruction could be heard as the battle instantly intensified. After entrusting Apollon to Xenovia and others, we reached a huge cavity in the gargantuan Yggdrasil after around ten minutes of climbing. It seemed as though the stairs continued to go even further after passing through the hollow cavity. Since the cave was so large in both width and height, it was possible even for a flashy battle to be conducted here. In other words, it meant that. The Tournament operators wanted to say ‘You can fight here’. Unexpectedly, there was a human figure waiting inside the cave for us—. A woman wearing light armour on top of her dress — it was the Goddess Artemis. Artemis’ held a bow in her hand, something that also acted as a symbol of her. After confirming who our next opponent was, Ravel then spoke through a communications intercom. “It’s Artemis-sama.”
After hearing that, the ones who entered the cave were Bina-shi and Asia! We entrusted Artemis-san to those two. I felt bad about leaving our healer behind here, but…by entrusting her to Bina-shi, not only would Asia’s chance of surviving go up, but it was also because her compatibility with the opponent was good. “Ise-san! Everyone! I will leave the rest to you!” said Asia to us. After entrusting the Goddess to those two, we once again erected a magic barrier and then continued to climb. Well, because the opponent was a female, I thought that it might be better if I faced her, but thinking about the fight with Vidar-san, it’s simply a matter of stamina. However, because I had competent comrades, I left it to Bina-shi and Asia. After leaving the fight at the cave to those two, Ravel and I continued to climb up the stairs with the others! Around an hour after the match began, I was finally able to see the middle section of Yggdrasil. A flag that symbolised the halfway-point was placed across the entire circumference of Yggdrasil. After passing the halfway-point, my [Pawns] Ravel, Bova, and Elmenhilde were promoted to [Queen]. And with this, our battle potential had increased. | text_25 |
Well, even though it was no more than a minor change for the opponent…
A few minutes after passing the halfway-point, a giant floating island like nothing before appeared in the sky. When that came into view, I saw a giant shadow descend onto it! [Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!] The one who went down and raised their voice was — unexpectedly, the [King] of the opposing team, Typhon! Typhon pointed his finger at us as he posed exaggeratedly. “Now, who will be my opponent!? I am also fine with Sekiryuutei!” screamed Typhon excitedly. The tension was so high! He was really happy that he was able to fight at the tournament! Typhon had appeared before us, and although we had already decided who would be his opponent…I began to think that it would be better if it was me! The rule was to reach the top, but because defeating the [King] also meant winning, then I could be Typhon’s—. As I was thinking like that, I could sense a fighting spirit from above! When I looked above, Vidar-san looked at me as he pointed somewhere the top of a staircase. When I looked at the place he pointed at — it was also a vast floating island, and it looked as if I was invited [Come here!] by my opponent. …I see. He must have thought ‘If I have to let you become Typhon’s enemy, then I would rather be your enemy’. As I signalled Ravel and Rossweisse-san with my eyes, we nodded to each other. We had decided that Bova-san, Roygun-san, and Elmenhilde would be Typhon’s opponents, while Ravel, Rossweisse-san and I would fight Vidar-san and — the Valkyrie squad that Brynhildr-san lead. My comrades and I each moved towards the separate floating islands which would respectively become our battlefields. The fight to reach the top of Yggdrasil entered a critical stage just after passing the halfway point.I — Kiba Yuuto, along with my master, Rias-oneesan, and the rest of our team members were watching Ise-kun’s match in the authorised personnel room. They positioned their players in several points to deal with the opponents’ players as they aimed for the top. The match pairings were:
God Apollon against Xenovia, Irina and Nakiri-kun. Goddess Artemis against Asia-san and Bina Lessthan-san. Typhon against Elmenhilde-san, Bova-san and Roygun Belphegor-san. And, God Vidar against Ise-kun, while the nearby Valkyrie squad fought against Rossweisse-san and Ravel-san. The fight had already begun. Fierce battles were occuring at various places across the artificial Yggdrasil. The first fight I happened to come across was God Apollon going against Xenovia and the others. The wyverns that Ise-kun had sent to Xenovia got closer and transformed as they clung to Xenovia’s body. The next thing I knew, Xenovia had suddenly transformed into the Crimson Destruction Dragonar. The two swordswomen, Xenovia and Irina-san, performed a well-crafted assault upon God Apollon. However, God Apollon handled both of those fast swordswomen by just coating one of his hands with a bit of his shining divine aura! He kept dodging Xenovia’s dual-wielding style (Durandal, Excalibur) and Irina-san’s Hauteclaire with ease! [Push through!] Nakiri-kun, who transformed into his humanoid Dragon form, reduced the distance with intense speed. He then commenced hand-to-hand combat against God Apollon. The touki-coated punches and kicks kept hitting, hitting, hitting, and hitting! God Apollon had to respond to close-quarters combat from Xenovia, Irina-san and Nakiri-kun. —However, the Sun God handled all of that with just one hand! [So you are going to dodge my hand-to-hand combat, huh!] Rias-oneesan, who was beside me, was surprised. Xenovia, Irina-san and Nakiri-kun leapt backwards, creating distance as Xenovia transformed her Excalibur into a whip with its ‘mimic’ specialty and suddenly lashed out at God Apollon. On top of that, she combined her attack with a godlike speed and Excalibur’s ‘transparency’ specialty making the lash (the pointy end of a whip) invisible. But even though God Apollon couldn’t see the whip-transformed Excalibur, he easily dodged the attack! It was as if he felt the presence of the small amount of aura that flowed through it! No, he must have done ‘that’! The invisible whip that he dodged destroyed a large part of the floating island they were fighting on. That was Excalibur’s ‘destruction’ specialty. It seemed like Xenovia had already become adept at combining Excalibur’s specialties. While God Apollon kept dodging Xenovia’s continuous whip attacks, Irina coated her Hauteclaire with holy aura! “Haaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Irina cried as she swung her Hauteclaire continuously. And every time she did that, powerful holy aura kept on flying towards God Apollon! However, he reacted to this by simply lighting a small amount of divine aura in his hand and continuously firing it. Without any hesitation, Irina-san created a whip like Xenovia’s that was filled with light energy and started to swing it along with her battle comrade simultaneously! One was a light-engulfed whip, the other was an invisible whip, and both of them were being flogged simultaneously. Vision and presence, whichever it was, would be impossible to dodge if the one being targeted wasn’t a God-class being or other kinds of existence on a similar level. Yes, God-class or similar-level…… That’s why, because it was God Apollon, he could dodge their simultaneous attack! “Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Nakiri-kun transformed his touki into a sphere and continuously fired at God Apollon from a distance! The touki bullets weren’t just in the range of a few dozens. There were around a hundred that were fired towards the Sun God. The volume of Nakiri-kun’s touki was also surprising to us, but Apollon-san repelled all of them with just one hand…! As Xenovia looked at the barrage of touki, she yelled. [Turn, turn, turnnnnn ! !!] The touki bullets that were fired by Nakiri-kun — changed their trajectory and cornered God Apollon! Was this because Xenovia used Excalibur’s power of ‘ruler’!? —However, God Apollon wasn’t even fazed by Xenovia’s growth as he dodged and repelled the bullets. God Apollon suddenly flew forward while repelling Nakiri-kun’s touki bullet. With godlike speed, he closed the distance and punched Xenovia’s stomach with great vigor! That one punch broke the armor that Xenovia was wearing, leaving her body exposed! [Gaha!] Xenovia wailed as she received the blow directly! That one blow from the Sun God was filled with the power of light that Devils were weak to. Normally, It wouldn’t be strange if one retired from that one blow. —However, Xenovia didn’t disappear as she swung her sword down towards the nearby God Apollon. He tried to dodge that, but—. [I got you!] Irina-san’s whip latched onto God Apollon’s empty hand! God Apollon, who couldn’t break free, was almost struck by Xenovia’s downward slash! However, God Apollon quickly kicked Xenovia away! Xenovia was sent flying backwards…but she got back up immediately. Both the punch and the kick were filled with the Sun God’s force. | text_25 |
However, Xenovia was in good condition. The reason was the scabbard that was on her back. —It was the scabbard of Excalibur. Rias-oneesan then said. “…That is the scabbard of Excalibur that is said to make the holder immortal, though with some restrictions.”
Yes, Xenovia had transitioned into a state of limited invulnerability. Even if she were to be fatally wounded by the Sun God’s attack, as long as she had that scabbard, it would be healed completely. God Apollon admired her. [The scabbard of Excalibur… I see, even though you are unlike the Angel and humanoid Dragon, the reason why you are able to stand up to me despite your weakness to light is because of that, huh. You could even say that the most suitable members were chosen for your team’s lineup.] Xenovia then announced to the God as she equipped Durandal and Excalibur. [This is the worst. If Ise defeats their [King], then all we have to do is hold them back until someone from our team reaches the goal after all.] Irina-san and Nakiri-kun also prepared for another fight along with Xenovia. Their opponent was highly ranked. A God. The legendary Sun God. You could even say that losing was inevitable. But still, with unwavering determination, they took up their stance in front of the current chief God of Olympus, the Sun God, and they got ready for another fight. Irina-san said. [My darling Ise-kun is going to win, you know? He is my darling after all!] Nakiri-kun added as he enveloped his entire body with touki. [I — have decided that I will become strong under him. I have to become strong. For him…I have to win for the sake of he who willfully changed our fate!] The combined strength of Xenovia, Irina-san and Nakiri-kun forced God Apollon to start using his other hand. He enveloped both of his hands with divine aura, and also released it throughout his whole body. [I don’t like flashy fights. —However, I will aim to meet your expectations as warriors. I will have you taste the power of the one crowned with the name ‘Sun’.] And then, the fight of Xenovia and others continued to intensify. On the other side, Asia and Bina Lessthan-san fought against Goddess Artemis. Bina Lessthan-san released Maou-class aura from her entire body, while Goddess Artemis aimed to shoot her down with her divine arrow. Once an arrow was fired by Goddess Artemis, it would always pierce its target no matter where the opponent was. The shot arrow changed its trajectory in the sky as it pursued the target who tried to escape. On top of that, the arrows were filled with divine aura. A lethal wound would be guaranteed even just from a single hit. Bina-san shot all of it down with her demonic energy, and then released demonic energy attacks once she saw an opening. However, Goddess Artemis also counterbalanced Bina-san’s demonic energy with her arrows, which allowed her to completely avoid her attacks, but… As a result of the demonic energy and the arrows which were shot during the offensive and defensive battle between the female Goddess and the Devils in the cave, significant damage to the inner part of Yggdrasil occurred. However, the system of Rating Game quickly activated and restored the destroyed parts. If there wasn’t something like that, I was sure that Yggdrasil would have suffered a great amount of damage since a while ago. Goddess Artemis fired her arrows towards Asia every time she saw an opening from Bina-san. However—
[I will protect Asia-tan.] The arrows that had been fired were stopped due to the iron defense of the summoned Fafnir! [Kuh! It’s so solid!] Fafnir’s defensive barrier surprised even Goddess Artemis. The strong will of Fafnir to protect Asia neglected even the fact that his enemy was a Goddess. On top of that, Asia-san wasn’t only just being protected. According to the Rating Game’s rules, there would be a limit if the familiar was too strong. Fafnir couldn’t stay there for a long time. That’s why they had to do everything they could once they summoned Fafnir. As Asia-san searched in her pocket — she took ‘that’ out! —It was underwear, a pair of panties! The commentator then yelled! <<Ohhh! Asia-senshu, s-s-she has taken out a pair of panties! I-Is this that thing!? Is that rumoured thing going to come out?>>
The rumors about Fafnir’s specialty had already spread widely, huh? As the commentators continued to speak, all the spectators also began to look forward to it! Asia face turned bright red as she was embarrassed, and her voice was more high-pitched than usual as she said. [Fafnir-san’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-panties classroom is going to start soooooooooooooon!] —She was desperate! Asia-san threw her panties to Fafnir! Fafnir then caught it with its mouth and started eating it! As expected, he would eat the panties, huh! A brief moment of silence passed… Bina-san and Goddess Artemis stopped fighting and turned their focus to Fafnir because of the extremely unusual sight! [I ate Asia-tan’s see-through panties.] Suddenly, a blinding light was emitted from Fafnir’s whole body. What was that light? Why did he light up!? Just how effective was the underwear? After pointing his mouth towards the ground —a ladder-like thing came out from Fafnir’s mouth! Why a ladder!? All of this was already far beyond our understanding! [This week’s shocking and surprising monster, march on!] As Fafnir said that— something came out from his mouth and began to follow the steps of the ladder! [Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty]
While the strange voice grew louder and louder, a large number of small Fafnirs started to come out from his mouth! What in the world is this…? What is happening…? Everyone in the spectator room was dumbfounded as well, and it was as though their expressions conveyed the idea that all of this was ‘Unbelievable’! “……What would have come out last week?”
Rias-oneesan said something that didn’t make any sense, but…I was afraid that she had gotten too confused. The number of small Fafnirs surpassed the double digits, and around a hundred of them lined up side-by-side as they began to march towards Goddess Artemis! [WーWhat do you plan on doing…?] Even the Goddess was frightened! The small Fafnirs started to fly towards Goddess Artemis! [Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty]
However, their target was the area below her abdomen! The Goddess’ crotch! The small Fafnirs bit Goddess Artemis’s — panties! Everyone understood what that meant! —Ahh, the small Fafnirs were planning to eat the Goddess Artemis’s panties! No further explanations were required! [Do you plan to take my underwear!? I can’t believe it!] Goddess Artemis tried to shake off the small Fafnirs who climbed over her body, but they kept targeting her underwear without even flinching! They were incredibly persistent in chasing after their target! <<And! What a surprise! | text_25 |
The mini Fafnirs that the Dragon King Fafnir released are trying to take Goddess Artemis’s underwear!>>
Even the commentator had no choice but to say that! Goddess Artemis tried to blow the swarm of mini Fafnirs away by coating her bow with her aura, but—. After being blown away, a new swarm of mini Fafnirs was sent out from real Fafnir’s mouth! [I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I am so sorryyyyyy!] Asia-san apologised as she cried because of the way the situation had turned into! However, Asia-san and Fafnir’s combination surely dealt quite a blow to the Goddess! [If that’s the case, I’ll aim for the master!] When Goddess Artemis tried to change her target to Asia-san…
[Asia-tan, protect.] Fafnir’s strong will repelled the Goddess’ powerful blow. [Such solid defense!] It was only natural that Goddess Artemis was shocked! However, I was sure that the power of the Dragon King who got excited by panties exceeded her understanding! The commentator explained the situation to us. <<This is really frightening! The clones that the Dragon King released continue to aim for Goddess Artemis’s underwear, while Asia-senshu, who was targeted by Artemis-senshu, was protected by the impregnable wall of Fafnir! On the other hand, even though Fafnir did take some damage, Asia-senshu is continuously healing him from behind! When it comes to female opponents, this could be described as the ultimate battle formation!>>
Bina-san also chimed in by attacking with her demonic energy! [You have an opening!] [Kuh!] Goddess Artemis had to deal with a Maou-class opponent while also trying to protect her underwear at the same time! It seemed like Goddess Artemis was having a hard time against the unexpected combination of Asia-san (+Fafnir) and Bina-san. <<Artemis-senshu might have to make a choice here. Will she defend her panties while attacking with a lack of focus, or accept the shame and give her all to attack! ?>>
Just as the commentator explained to the other spectators, this situation would continue until Fafnir disappeared from the field. The move that Ravel-san had made in order to deal with Goddess Artemis was superb. However, while there was one battle which progressed smoothly, there was also another in which they struggled—. And so, this particular opponent that they faced was brutal. The third fight was Elmenhilde-san, Bova-san and Roygun-san against Typhon. …t was a completely one-sided match. [Gahahahahahaha! What lively folks!] At the surface of a vast floating island which was situated slightly above the middle part of Yggdrasil—-.lashes of lighting and heavy rain kept pouring down as the weather on that floating island became stormy! Typhon, who was the origin of the word ‘Typhoon’, changed the weather just by unleashing an attack. When Bova-san tried to charge in, an extreme downpour of rain and wind was directed at him and killed his momentum. Even though Elmenhilde drank the blood that was prepared beforehand by Ise-kun and Ravel-san, which gave her the characteristics of both a Dragon and a Phoenix, she was unable to even endure the King of Monsters’ attack. However, the existence of Roygun Belphegor-san, who didn’t retire gave them a huge foothold. She created a [Crack] on the strong winds, flashes of lightning and the likes that were unleashed by Typhon. The wind and lighting that had [Crack] on them strayed off towards other directions and didn’t land any direct hits on them. Typhon stopped controlling the weather for a short time and breathed flames from his mouth, but after having a [Crack] made on it, it was divided into numerous parts that killed its vigor and dispersed his brutal firepower. Thanks to that, Bova-san and Elmenhilde-san currently still hadn’t suffered any substantial damage. Roygun-san was a former Maou-class being. Even after her power had dropped as she returned the [King] piece, she still displayed such ability… It seemed as though she was able to pinpoint the location of each attack, and used her ability [Crack] at the location that could most easily be set up. That was most likely her field of expertise, and what she was a master at doing. After scattering the attacks and finding an opening, Bova-san and Elmenhilde-san unleashed their own attacks. Even though Bova-san and the others’ attacks reached, there was no noticeable damage. The King of Monsters Typhon-san, who was clearly on a different level, seemed surprised and cheerfully laughed. [This is a big deal! You’re supposed to be weaker than me, yet you managed to counter all of my attacks!] Typhon-san praised Roygun-san. Roygun-san herself elegantly laughed as she said ‘You’re welcome’, but…her stamina wasn’t infinite. Sooner or later, the situation would reach a point where they would be pressured by Typhon’s continuous attacks. But still, I admired Roygun-san’s willpower as a former second ranker to try and create an opening while remaining undefeated against the King of Monsters. —However, if they took a direct hit from even a single blow, they would be enveloped in the light of retirement. This match was the closest and most fierce match they had ever been forced into. And then, I looked at the battle of Ise-kun and the others, who were fighting in the highest place—. I — Hyoudou Issei, descended upon the highest floating island amongst the ones that my comrades had chosen as I stood and looked at the opponent before my eyes. My opponent was — the chief God of the Norse mythology, Vidar-san, and the Valkyrie squad. The four war maidens lined up surrounding their captain Brynhildr-san, while on our side was a team of three that consisted of Ravel, Rossweisse-san and me. Vidar-san casually raised his hand. “Yo, Sekiryuutei.”
Vidar-san then pointed his index finger up to the sky. “You want to go up there, right? Well, according to the rules, the one who reaches the goal first will be the winner. —But that’s boring right? Both to me and the spectators.”
Vidar-san said that as he tapped the ground with his toes. “So let’s have a match here. I will take on the Sekiryuutei, while the Valkyries go against the others. Of course, that includes the young lady of Phoenix over there.”
…Well, that was pretty easy to understand. I will be fighting Vidar-san, while Rossweisse-san and Ravel would go against the Valkyrie squad. Rossweisse-san faced Brynhildr-san and her former colleagues. “…Brynhildr-senpai, everyone.”
Brynhildr-san unsheathed her sword from her waist as she said. “You…have probably been training, right?”
Rossweisse-san nodded as she drew her Misteltein wand out. “…Yes. Even though I have never won a single match, I will still challenge you.”
“All right, I don’t mind. My master is currently Vidar-sama, and your current master is the Red Dragon over there. It seems we have no choice but to face each other!”
Ravel said to Rossweisse-san, who had prepared her stance. | text_25 |
“… I might not be of much help, but I will try to assist you as much as I can.”
And with that, the fight between the Valkyrie squad against Rossweisse-san together with Ravel began! Meanwhile, I stood in front of Vidar-san. My inner voice — Ddraig said. [After starting from a fight against a Fallen Angel, you finally have a God as your opponent.] Aah, that’s right. Well, I did fight once during Loki’s incident, but…I guess that didn’t count, as many of my comrades were also there. So this might be my first time fighting a God seriously. […To be honest, I also wanted to try fighting against Typhon.] There was a part of me that thought of them as ‘fellow monsters’, but right now, I had to defeat the chief God-sama who was in front of my eyes! After glaring at each other, Vidar-san and I flew forward simultaneously. As I struck him with my fist, Vidar-san easily stopped my blow with his boots that he was so proud of! My fists and…Vidar-san’s kicks negated each other! —Then, while putting strength into my punches, I recited the incantation in a flash! “—The Crimson Red Dragon dwelling within me, awaken from your dominance”
A dazzling crimson glow was emitted from the gem on my right gauntlet. At the same time, I continued to exchange blows through kicks and punches with Vidar-san! [—The Crimson Heavenly Dragon I possess within me, rise up to become a King and roar]
Ophis’ voice echoed out from the gem—. “—The jet-black God of Infinity”
The gem on my left gauntlet unleashed a jet-black aura. Vidar-san jumped back as soon as he saw the jet-black aura.An incredible crimson aura enveloped my entire body. [—The glorious God of Dreams]
The jet-black aura of infinity was then encased over it—. “[—Watch over the false forbidden existence we shall become that transcends the boundaries]”
My crimson armour was then tinged with a jet-black pattern. The power of the Dragon God had fully manifested. And then we recited the final verse together—. “[—Thou shalt dance like radiance within our inferno]”
“<<[D∞D!! D∞D D∞D!! D∞D D∞D D∞D!!!! D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D!!!!!! D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D!!!!!!!! ]>>”
All of the gems resounded with a voice which said [D∞D!!] and permeated through to the soul. An ∞ symbol emerged on all of the gems! “[<<Dragon ∞ Drive!!!!! !>>]”
As I ended my chant, I transformed into my jet-black crimson armour! My Pseudo Dragon Deification could only last up to ten seconds until now, but…now, it’s different! Inside the gem on my left gauntlet, the infinity symbol rotated vertically as it doubled, creating a 88 symbol. The meaning of that was . That means, I could currently… I sent Vidar-san’s kick back with my punches and threw him off balance! I closed my distance in a flash as I made Ascalon appear on my left hand! Vidar-san dodged my quick slash and jumped back as he pulled away from Ascalon! —However, that wasn’t the only Ascalon I had! “Ascalon II!”
[Blade Two!!] Along with a new voice, the second Ascalon sprung out from my right gauntlet! Vidar-san couldn’t dodge it completely as he didn’t expect another one and was forced to have his left forearm struck by Ascalon! This match was the first time I had taken out Ascalon II. No wonder he was surprised! Vidar-san, who got slashed, tried to kick me away! But, I also quickly regained my balance and punched him back at high speed! Vidar-san tried to deflect my blows with his special kicking technique, but — my fist slammed into Vidar-san’s kick and instantly threw him off balance! I didn’t show him any mercy as I immediately got close to him and punched his face! A good sound ‘pow’ could be heard as it echoed through the surroundings. My punch did reach Vidar-san’s face, but…the middle-kick that he unleashed with lightning speed also struck my left upper arm. …The impact was transmitted to my upper left arm even through my armour, and resulted in substantial damage. Vidar-san drew back briefly after we exchanged blows. On his left forearm, there was a graze with fresh blood. He also had a nosebleed as blood was dripping from his nose. —I hit him once. Well, if I’m using Dragon Deification, I can even take on a God! Vidar-san then tensed his forearm and stopped the bleeding. …Just by tightening his muscles, he could stop the bleeding, huh…? Vidar-san wiped the blood from his nose with his thumb as he cheerfully said. “You got me good. You managed to somehow keep up with your opponent who is a God. Also, who would have thought that your ‘count’ would have increased that much.”
Vidar said as he looked at the ‘count’ on my gauntlet. It’s exactly as Vidar-san said. The miracle drug Amrita might have affected me as I could now stay in my Pseudo Dragon Deification form for eighty-eight minutes. I could stay in this form for more than an hour… This was a huge change. It would be no exaggeration to call it a rapid evolution. After all, this Dragonification that could even take on a God of this class was an important key for the fight against the strongest team combination. …However, this was a power that existed inside me all along. And it’s because of my ‘motivation’, that I could achieve this state. “Well, I also did things that could have cost me my life.”
Vidar-san looked satisfied after hearing my answer. …And, even though I was able to be on the offensive side, something bothered me. —The figure that was displayed in the jewel of my right gauntlet. It wasn’t there when we were investigating my Sacred Gear to see how Amrita might have modified it. Assuming that it was some sort of count, I think it meant eight minutes, but…what would happen when the counter reached 0…? I wasn’t able to put my mind at ease about the changes to my body, but in the meantime, the fierce fight between the Valkyrie squad against Rossweisse-san and Ravel raged on a short distance away from me. The Valkyrie squad was divided into two groups; one was a close-quarter type, and the other was a long-range type that used magic as their main weapon. The squad attacked both Rossweisse-san and Ravel with close-ranged attacks and long-ranged magic attacks at the same time! To top that off, the Valkyrie squad leader Brynhildr-san commenced the attack with a blade imbued with magic (fire dwelled within the blade of the sword)! Rossweisse-san developed a defensive magic circle and defended against Brynhildr-san’s sword. Brynhildr-san said. “Defensive magic! It’s not something we would usually see in our Valkyrie days!”
Rossweisse-san, who was being overwhelmed, said replied. “… I had an unexpected talent for it, you know!”
The Mistilteinn wand shone brightly in Rossweisse-san’s hand as she increased her magic output! The firmness of the defensive magic circle was then strengthened as it jostled against Brynhildr-san’s magic sword! —However, before Brynhildr was knocked back, she weaved signs just as she put her hands in front of her, shouting ‘Release!’, and the defensive magic circle that Rossweisse-san created was undone! | text_25 |
Brynhildr-san then commanded the Valkyrie squad! “Now!”
The Valkyrie squad unleashed a burst of fire magic all at once! “Be careful! It’s dangerous!”
Ravel then appeared in front of her as she created a defensive magic circle and covered Rossweisse-san! The precision of Ravel’s defensive magic was overpowered and immediately destroyed by the Valkyrie squad whose origin was the same as magic itself. The fire magic rained down all over Ravel! Luckily, Ravel was a member of the immortal Phoenix Clan, so even if she received attacks, the flame would restore her body to its original condition. However, the recovery did use quite a lot of stamina. If her body were to be destroyed several times, sooner or later, she would be defeated due to lack of stamina. Rossweisse-san was shocked by the fact that her defensive magic circle had been overpowered. Even though this time, I had registered her with the [Bishop] piece, so her magical power had been buffed. Brynhildr-san said. “You haven’t fixed your weakness since that time, have you? —After being in an offensive stance and thinking that you could counterattack, you became full of openings. You haven’t changed since that time.”
The savage comment made Rossweisse-san feel frustrated. Brynhildr-san then pointed her sword at Rossweisse-san. “Your magic power exceeds even mine thanks to that wand. No, even without the wand, you are better than me in terms of magic power. However, magic isn’t all about power, you know?”
The Valkyrie squad once again lined up around Brynhildr-san. The war maidens then said. “Rossweisse-san, I pity you. However, this is the captain’s order!”
“This is your punishment for getting a boyfriend sooner than us!”
“But, I am sure that a late bloomer like you hasn’t even kissed yet!”
They said those things. Vidar-san then said to me. “The Valkyries are generally divided into two types. The first kind are those who quickly find themselves a handsome boyfriend and retire early, while the other kind are those who continue being Valkyries after being unable to find a boyfriend for a long time. These guys here are, well…you know it. Including the captain.”
Aahh, these Valkyries were the ones who couldn’t find boyfriends, huh… Wait, Brynhildr-san too…? Brynhildr-san spoke proudly as I looked at her. “A maiden’s kiss and purity should only be taken by a prince who will certainly appear on a white horse, right, everyone?”
[Yes!] The Valkyrie squad responded energetically to Brynhildr-san’s words. … A prince riding a w-white horse, huhhhhhhhhhh!? … T-To think that the captain of the Valkyrie squad… The strongest Valkyrie is…a daydreaming maiden…! S-She is so cute, isn’t she!? But then, Rossweisse-san murmured as her face became red. “…I did it.”
“Huh? Did what?”
Rossweisse-san directly and clearly answered the question that Brynhildr-san asked. “I kissed. With Hyoudou Issei-kun.”
Starting from Brynhildr-san, every one of the Valkyrie squad was frozen in place following those words. The atmosphere suddenly became stiff and silent. Brynhildr-san said as she trembled. “… K-K… K-K-K-K-K… Kiss, you did it? With a male?”
Rossweisse-san nodded in response to Brynhildr-san’s question. As if the war maidens were all shocked, they released their attacking stance! I-It shocked them that much!? Was a kiss that important to Valkyries, who didn’t have any relationship with men!? Brynhildr-san screamed. “No way! You are too perverted! Rose is perverteeeeeed! I can’t believe you did something like that before getting married, yaknow!”
She said it with a dialect! She said [yaknow]! The members of Valkyrie squad also added as their faces reddened. “You are perverted!”
“Rose, you have gone too far!”
“I have never even held hands with a male!”
“And on top of that, you did it with a younger male! What a perverted girl you are!”
……
…I-I couldn’t say anything. I-I see, so many of the single Valkyries are incredibly innocent, huh. Well, it was certainly the same with Rossweisse-san, as she was as naive as them. Uwaa, what a waste! To not have a boyfriend even though all of them were so beautiful! Anyway, that dialect is a standard for Valkyries, huh…? I learned so much today… Vidar-san said to me in a small voice. (Brynhildr is still a virgin, you know. Of course, everyone in that group too. They are all late bloomers who pale in comparison to Rossweisse-san.) Are you serious!? Brynhildr-san and everyone in the Valkyrie squad… It developed into a wonderful situation, but our strategist didn’t let this chance go away. “They released their attacking stance! Rossweisse-sama, let’s counterattack with magic!”
“Y-You are right!”
Rossweisse-san instantly responded and released a magic attack at the Valkyrie squad as she held the wand in her hand. A giant full-burst downpour was directed at the Valkyrie squad! It was probably because of the feeling ‘One of our ex-comrades kissed someone earlier than us’ that the Valkyrie squad—. ““““Kyaaa!””””
The strongly risen magic power that Rossweisse-san channeled in front of her was enveloped by the retirement light! <<From the [Leisure of the Kings] Team, four [Pawns] have retired!>>
There was a retirement report! All right! I didn’t really know, but I didn’t think that the kiss that I shared with Rossweisse-san last night would have such an impact on the game! However, since the Valkyrie squad had been defeated by Rossweisse-san, Brynhildr-san looked like she had become calm again and pulled herself together as she equipped her blade once again. A glimmer of light shone on that blade. That must be light magic. Because Rossweisse-san and Ravel were Devils, she endowed her blade with the light that was a Devil’s weakness. “It was my fault. Let’s resume the attack once more, shall we?”
The fight between Rossweisse-san + Ravel against Brynhildr intensified. — While it was good to pay attention to the fight between the fellow Valkyries…my first priority was to fight against Vidar-san, who was in front of me. Vidar-san then said. “We can keep hitting each other like this, but it’s not entertaining. —I also want to capture the spectators’ hearts.”
As Vidar-san said that, he created a magic circle in his hand. The pattern belonged to Norse magic. “Your [Bishop] over there is called Asia-chan, right? She personally attracted attention because she is participating as a Dragon priestess. So I also had an interest in making a pact with a famous Dragon. That’s why I added him to my team.”
Vidar-san was probably talking about the Dragon in their team, Midgardsormr. He also entered the match this time, but we had not seen his form until now. He could be sleeping at the bottom of Yggdrasil…
“Come forth, oh will of the mighty Dragon.”
As Vidar-san said that, something was projected from the magic circle on his hand. It was the figure of a giant Dragon who was sleeping at the bottom of Yggdrasil. | text_25 |
Because his original form was around five hundred to six hundred meters, he didn’t summon him directly, but rather just projected his will. It was the same as the summoning of his consciousness during Loki’s incident. “It’s finally the time to show up, Midgardsormr. …Hey, are you awake?”
Vidar san tried to talk to the projected Midgardsormr, but…
[……ZZZZZZZZZ……]
The lazy Dragon was still asleep. “… I have to wake him up, huh?”
Vidar-san sighed and after he poked the projected image, it seemed to have an effect on the other side as Midgardsormr opened his eyes. […Wha? Who is it? Oh, it’s Vidar… What’s up?] “It’s not ‘What’s up?’. I’ll have you help me in accordance with the pact we made the other day.”
[…Okay…I have no choice. But please, end it quickly.] After that exchange of words, the magic circle on his hand glowed and transformed into a jewel. I was surprisingly familiar with that jewel. …Azazel-sensei once used something like that before… As Vidar-san lifted his leg up, he operated the mechanism on his footwear, and on the side of his calf, there was an indent that appeared to have the purpose of holding something. He affixed the jewel into that indent. In an instant, the gem that was attached to his footwear caused it to begin emitting a grey light. …Don’t tell me, he’s going to…! Vidar-san’s whole body was enveloped in a grey aura. “These boots are an improved model. With the help of the Grigori, our Norse mythology tried to copy the Sacred Gear system by also using the power of the original Yggdrasil!”
The light that Vidar-san emitted was so bright that it covered the entire floating island and made me want to shield my eyes from it! After the light settled down, there was — a materialised full-body suit of plate armour constructed from a Dragon’s power just like Vali’s, Saji’s, and mine! It was only natural that I had a sense of deja vu! That was…exactly the same as the way that Azazel-sensei turned Fafnir into armour! An artificial Sacred Gear armor! It was used by Vidar-san! The pact was with…the Dragon King Midgardsormr! A full set of grey plate armour! However, there was a slight difference between ours and his, which he had made by following Azazel-sensei’s method. The bulk of the armor was concentrated around his feet, and that seemed to be where the centre of the structure. The parts on his legs also seemed more elaborated than his arms. It was fitting for a wielder those primary attacks were kicks.Vidar-san explained as he tapped his toes against the ground. [I would say this is a semi-God armament. The Asgard version of the artificial Sacred Gear. —I named this form [Ragnarok Earth Berserk]. It’s a simple, yet good name, right?] After saying that, Vidar-san lowered his posture and prepared to jump. [All right, it’s time for the second round!] The booster on the back of Vidar-san’s armor emitted fire! The next moment, he flew with godly speed towards me! I responded to it in an instant as I countered by throwing a quick punch, but just as it was on the verge of hitting, Vidar-san lightly dodged my attack by just a few millimeters as if he was dancing! Vidar-san turned as he aimed and launched a high-kick towards my head! I bent my upper body as I tried to dodge his high kick, but — while in that position, Vidar-san spun his entire body and kicked one more time! What an acrobatic move! As I couldn’t respond to the second kick that he launched at great speed, I guarded with my left arm and suffered the impact of the kick! I received an intense attack that surpassed my guard as I got blown away! I fell over and rolled across the ground several times before I quickly stood back up and turned my body towards Vidar-san—
[Too slow!] Vidar-san had already closed the distance and unleashed a kick towards me without stopping! The heaviness of those hits…the impact and damage even penetrated my Dragon Deification armour and went through to my body! Kuh! These kicks were too fast! Because I couldn’t see the beginning, I couldn’t predict where they would come from! On top of that, he could also change the trajectory so that when I thought that it was going to be a low kick, it turned out to be a middle kick, and when I thought that it was going to be a middle kick, it turned out to be a high kick! And like so, he kept finding my openings, and occasionally kicked me straight in the abdomen as well, keeping me on my toes! Compared to punches, there was more variety in his kicks, and they were also less predictable. But the speed, agility, and heaviness of Vidar-san’s kicking technique exceeded what he was recognised for! Thinking about it, this was the first time I had fought against someone whose forte was kicks, and that was why it felt pretty difficult! Not only that, but his evasion speed was also amazing, so he always saw through my attacks and dodged it in real-time! He always grasped the reach of my attacks! If I had to describe him, his type was like Kiba. However, Kiba used swords while he used kicks! On top of having my own draconic armour, I could also destroy his armour with the Dragon Slayer! I doubled the power of Ascalon on my hand and commenced an attack, but…as if he had anticipated this, he lightly dodged all the Dragon Slayer attacks! Kuh! So a half-hearted Dragon Slayer endowment won’t work, huh! Vidar-san said as he slipped through my punches. [Imitating the Sacred Gear users who wear such armor, I also thought of a special move.] Vidar-san concentrated an enormous amount of aura on his feet! It was enough to make me shudder! That aura was then mixed with Midgardsormr’s grey aura and made a terrifying and dense wave that shouldn’t even be possible. As Vidar-san jumped from that place swiftly, he created a magic circle in the air and used it as footholds for his leaps! [Shoot!] Along with that voice, another voice could be heard from the gem on Vidar-san’s armor. [Maximum Charge!!] Vidar-san, who was clad in a tremendous amount of aura, jumped towards me with godly speed! I tried to dodge it as it looked like it would be dangerous if I took a direct hit, but…before I had realised, a magic circle appeared on my back and bound me! I emitted aura throughout my whole body and forcefully destroyed the magic circle. I could move freely again, but by that time, it was already too late. [—Fimbulvetr Shot!] Vidar-san’s kick pierced through my stomach… Upon receiving that intense blow, I got blown away backwards a great distance as I crossed over the floating island and crashed onto Yggdrasil! …A part of Yggdrasil was violently destroyed, and the force of the kick stopped. …I myself…my whole body trembled because of the damage I took from that one kick. “Gaha!”
I spat out blood from my mouth. …The abdominal part of the Dragon Deification armor was damaged. That single strike from a God could even destroy my Dragon Deification armour, huh… I somehow stood up from Yggdrasil as I spread my dragon wings and returned to the floating island. | text_25 |
Both the announcer and the commentator went through a play-by-play of the attack from just earlier. <<Fimbulvetr, in other words, it’s about the [Fimbul Winter] in the Norse mythology. A phenomenon that is said to be the sign of the end of the world, Ragnarok.>>
<<The chief God Vidar-senshu crowned his secret move with that name. What a frightening attack indeed. For it to be able to damage the Sekiryuutei’s black armor that much…>>
Even though the armor had been repaired, if I got hit by that kick many times, as expected, even my Dragon Deification armour wouldn’t last… I had no choice but to find an opening and finish it with either Infinity Blaster or Longinus Smasher. Yes, it was just when I had started to think about my next move. <<From the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team, one [Knight] and one [Rook] have retired.>>
—! That was…the announcer reporting that players from my team had retired! While I was still reeling in shock, it continued. <<Also from the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team, two [Pawns] have retired.>>
…Are you serious. Ravel was still fighting, which meant that the remaining [Pawns] Bova and Elmenhilde had… While I received the report about my comrades’ retirement, those people came and gathered—. [Gahahaha! You still haven’t defeated him, huh, Vidar!] The one who appeared with a lively laugh was the giant King of Monsters, Typhon. Typhon was supposed to have been fighting Bova, Elmenhilde and Roygun-san. [The Devil woman managed to somehow keep up until the end, but…she collapsed due to lack of stamina. I am sure that she will retire soon.] Typhon said. …I see, everyone but Roygun-san retired… And even if Roygun-san didn’t retire, she wouldn’t be able to fight, huh. Apollon-san flew towards me along with the brilliance of the sun’s light. “I am sorry for being late. It took longer than I expected.”
If Apollon was here then that meant Xenovia, Irina and Nakiri had… And on top of that, it seemed like he also broke Rossweisse-san’s barrier. Apollon-san said. “I couldn’t finish the Durandal user off as she has Excalibur’s scabbard, but…she shouldn’t be able to move anymore as I trapped her within a cage of light.”
…Xenovia had become immortal thanks to the scabbard of Excalibur, but she couldn’t come here because of God Apollon’s prison! Vidar-san apologised to Typhon and Apollon-san. [I am sorry. As expected, the Sekiryuutei is on a different level. It seems like I couldn’t defeat him that easily.] Typhon could only laugh. [That’s nice! If that’s the case, then I will take your place! Ddraig! Come out, Ddraig!] Rather than me, it seemed like was provoking Ddraig who resided inside me. Vidar-san ordered the energetic Typhon with his hand. [Nope, this is a fight that I started. I will defeat him. …Anyway, where’s Artemis?] The Goddess didn’t show up here. Apollon-san then said. “… It seems like the Dragon priestess who uses Fafnir is stronger than we expected in a different way. It seems like Fafnir’s time was up as he already disappeared, but…Fafnir’s will to protect the sorceress seems like a curse, and there was a report saying that attacks didn’t reach at all.”
Because of the rules, Fafnir couldn’t participate in the game for a long time as he was a strong familiar. However, Fafnir’s abilities and protection stayed even though Fafnir had gone. His will to protect Asia was particularly strong. A half-hearted attack wouldn’t give any damage to Asia even if it was from a God. That was how strong Fafnir’s feelings towards Asia were. “Fafnir has always had this temperament of defending the best treasures for himself until the very end since long ago after all.”
Vidar-san explained it thus. Now that I thought about it, his origin was also from Norse mythology . …And like so, it had turned into an awful situation. Vidar-san and Apollon-san, two great chief Gods were in front of me, and even Typhon, the King of Monsters, was here too. Even if I could still use my Dragon Deification for the fight against them…it was impossible to take three of them on at once. However, my team didn’t have any remaining strength to fight them as my comrades had retired. Now, I could either fly and aim for the top of Yggdrasil, or… But they wouldn’t forgive me for doing such things… I took a glance at Rossweisse-san. The fight against Brynhildr-san was certainly close, but I didn’t think that she would lose. If Rossweisse-san’s barrier magic worked, we could certainly win. I mean, I also wanted to use that barrier magic here, but…I guess I couldn’t afford to say such things, huh? ……
…Checkmate? No, no, I can’t afford to give up here! I had already decided that I would win. It wouldn’t have any meaning if I didn’t win! If I didn’t win…Vidar-san would take Rossweisse-san away from me! I have to somehow manage to avoid that. At the very least, even if it’s only Vidar-san… No, no, no, it shouldn’t be like that! I have to win if I fight! I can still fight! I still have the power and stamina to keep fighting! …But, it’s not enough. The fighting power isn’t enough! If only two more people… no, if even one of my comrades could fight together with me here, then it might be…! Such thoughts streamed through my mind. The counter on the gem of my right gauntlet would soon reach zero. …This is…what did it mean? I didn’t quite understand… Ddraig, who was inside me, suddenly then said. […I see, I finally understand. Partner, that counter is…]
After that, the counter turned to zero and my gems all shone with a brilliant light that I had never seen before! Deep crimson light — was released from the gems on my armor! The irradiated light started to take the form of something! And then, what appeared in front of my eyes…was a giant red Dragon! It was the form of a majestic red Dragon that seemed familiar—. The Dragon looked surprised as it glanced around everywhere. The commentator screamed. <<Wow! A red Dragon has suddenly appeared on the field! We are now searching through documents and checking with experts, but…>>
The guest commentator said. <<This, isn’t this the [Welsh Dragon]!? It looks like the Red Dragon Emperor written down in legends himself!>>
It was just as the commentator said… Yes…that red Dragon was Ddraig himself whom I had met several times before! “Ddraig! ?”
The red Dragon looked at me — and grinned widely. “Yeah, partner. It’s me. The Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig!”
—! ……
…Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Is this real!? For Ddraig to appear here in front of my eyes with a real body at the last moment! Ddraig said. “It seems like this is the effect of the miracle drug. I don’t really know, but it seems like the power that was sealed within the Sacred Gear has been temporarily released.”
“But, even though Ddraig appeared there, I am still wearing my armour!”
Ddraig grinned as he said. “It means that we are still connected. What, you and I being separate is something that doesn’t exist, partner. | text_25 |
We have come this far together after all.”
“That’s right, isn’t it!”
I didn’t know the reason Ddraig why was released. However, what’s certain was that this only could have happened because of us growing and experiencing things together! I stood side-by-side with Ddraig. There were two Red Dragon Emperors—. Ddraig confidently stepped in front of Typhon as he said. “Now, I will be your opponent, Typhon. Since you were so provocative, I will happily be your opponent.”
Typhon even trembled in response to the appearance of Ddraig. He showed a look of joy that he hadn’t before! Typhon-san laughed energetically. [Kuhahahahahahahahahaha! That’s the best! Who would’ve known that in this era and in this moment, I would be able to fight against the [Red Dragon Emperor Y Ddraig Goch]!?] His gigantic body flew to the sky! In response, Ddraig also spread his wings and flew into the sky! The thick and ferocious aura that enveloped Ddraig’s entire body even made the air feel cold! That was the aura of Ddraig! What an outrageous density of aura! It was equal to my Dragon Deification aura, or stronger perhaps—. Typhon controlled the weather as he produced a thundercloud in that particular area and tried to hurl bolts of lightning at Ddraig’s gargantuan body! Ddraig took those lightning bolts head on without evading, but — the sparks simply ran through his giant body and basically didn’t do any damage! Are you serious!? Those powerful bolts of lightning ended in that way!? Ddraig returned it by expanding his stomach and breathed fire from his mouth! The scale was so enormous that it covered the entire sky! Typhon tried to extinguish the fire by using a strong wind, but it didn’t do anything to the fire as the whole body of the King of Monsters was bathed in it! The body of the King of Monsters was scorched by the flames of a Heavenly Dragon! [Nuguuuuu! What powerful flames!] It penetrated! Ddraig’s attack penetrated Typhon! “I won’t let you!”
The Sun God Apollon-san flew towards Ddraig in a flash as he released his divine aura or light at the same time! Ddraig warped the trajectory of the divine aura by flapping both his wings at once and counter-attacked by unleashing his draconic aura! Apollon-san created a defensive magic circle in front of him, but it was easily destroyed and he got hit by the abominable draconic aura! The Sun God was blasted all the way to Yggdrasil! A part of Yggdrasil was even hollowed because of the force! Apollon-san was shocked as he separated himself from Yggdrasil. “Impossible! For someone to be able to break through my defensive barrier!”
Ddraig proudly said
“Did you forget? [Boost] and [Penetrate] are my original abilities. I can increase the power of my flames and aura, and make it ‘penetrate’ as it hits you just like that.”
Yes, that was Ddraig’s specialty. The original abilities that dwelled in my Sacred Gear… The commentator screamed. <<The Legendary Heavenly Dragon Ddraig has reviveeeeeeeeeeeeeed! What a surprise! Who would have expected that things would turn out like this! There are two Red Dragon Emperors — and the system’s result as to what the organisers think about Ddraig’s revival has come out!>>
My heart pulsed rapidly! The revival of Ddraig was certainly a good thing, but he wasn’t registered as my team member, and he was also not my familiar! This situation, how would it be evaluated!? The commentator then informed us. <<W-Well, as the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig originally dwelled within Hyoudou Issei-senshu’s Sacred Gear, he is considered to be the same individual. And because of that, even if the Heavenly Dragon Ddraig has appeared, it will be treated as one of Hyoudou Issei-senshu’s new abilities! That’s what it means! In other words, it’s acceptable from the tournament organisers’ point of view! What a thing it has turned out to be! In this situation, there are two Heavenly Dragons!>>
Ohh! So it’s acceptable! Well, what appeared was something that originally dwelled inside me after all. I think it’s as the organisers said. However, I did also feel that it was somehow unfair! Ddraig laughed as if there was no enemy that could stand up to him as he said to Typhon and Apollon-san. “Do you want to find out once again? —Just how strong I as a Heavenly Dragon once was in this world! ?”
Ddraig continuously attacked Typhon! The flames and aura that Ddraig released were mixed with the power to [Double] and [Transmit], so everything pierced into Typhon at full power! [Guuuuuuuh! Ddraig! You are really interesting, aren’t you!] Despite taking damage, Typhon laughed in joy as if he was enjoying this from the bottom of his heart! In the sky that surrounded the artificial Yggdrasil, the fellow legendary monsters started to attack each other flashily! Ferocious flames and bolts of lightning on a mythological level, enveloped almost the entire sky! The attacks, which were sufficient enough to cover the entire field, were repeated over and over again, and the intense battle escalated into one that was on a mythological level! Even though it was a fake, those attacks even shook the gigantic Yggdrasil! Vidar-san yelled. [Apollon! Just follow Typhon like that! The burden of taking Ddraig on is too heavy! If our [King] is defeated, it’s the end!] Indeed, Typhon was the [King]. If he was defeated, the game would end there. It would be our win. I was sure that their team wouldn’t let Typhon lose easily. But even if they didn’t say so, it was something that I knew. “I know! But!”
[Gahahahaha! It’s fun! This is too fun, Ddraiiiiiiiiiiiiig!] Unexpectedly, the violent fight continued as he became obsessed, but Apollon-san couldn’t find an opening to get in! [You’ve always been a fighting maniac since a long time ago, Typhon! Very well! As my newly revived body is a bit dull, I will have you be my warming-up opponent!] However, since Apollon-san couldn’t leave Typhon as was, he also participated. And even though Ddraig fought against both Typhon and Apollon-san, he still managed to wreck them! —Then, a cross-shaped holy aura was fired off at Apollon-san! It was Cross Crisis! Looking at the source — a battered Xenovia stood on the staircase of Yggdrasil while wielding Durandal and Excalibur! She came here, huh! While Xenovia emitted an aura that was filled with the intention to fight, she said to Apollon-san. “…Sun God, why don’t we continue our fight from earlier until all strength is depleted from my body?”
Xenovia who was panting said so bravely! Looking at the tough form of Xenovia, Apollon-san also laughed and made a bitter smile. “I see, so the [Knight] of Sekiryuutei-dono is immortal in every aspect, huh.”
The second fight between Apollon-san and Xenovia began! …If Ddraig and Xenovia were to fight, then I could also concentrate. Once again, I faced off against Vidar-san who shrugged. [No, no, this is not good. To think that there would be two Red Dragons in this situation. We’ve suddenly lost sight of the situation. But, we still have our own fight, right?] | text_25 |
I replied with ‘Yes’ in response to Vidar-san’s words. Oh, that’s right! This is the perfect time! I should just say this while we have this momentum! I took a deep breath as I screamed with a loud voice. “Rossweisse-san, hear me out!”
As I prepared myself, I declared to Rossweisse-san with a loud voice! “ROSSWEISSE-SAN! PLEASE GIVE BIRTH TO MY CHILDDDDDD! PLEASE GIVE BIRTH TO MANY, MANY OF MY CHILDREN!”
Vidar-san was expected to have a heir by everyone. And Rossweisse-san was chosen as his partner. …I can’t let that happen! Rossweisse-san was…someone important! Rossweisse-san stopped her attacks in response to my sudden confession as her face reddened! “I-I…”
Rossweisse-san screamed towards the sky! “I WILL GIVE BIRTH TO YOUR CHILD! PLEASE LET ME GIVE BIRTH TO MANY OF ISE-KUN’S CHILDREN!”
—! That was an ‘OK’! I got the OK from Rossweisse-sannnnnnn! I then turned to Vidar-san. “And as you heard, I am sorry, but…I will make Rossweisse-san my bride! Because she just promised that she will give birth to my child!”
Vidar-san was dumbfounded by the series of events, but after he processed the information—. […Pfft.] He suddenly burst into laughter. [Ahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha! I see, I see! So you just promised to let her give birth to your child, huh! And also, you confessed that right in front of me, huh! That really hurts!] I thought that he would fuss over it, but Vidar-san lightly said. [Okay. It’s enough for me to hear Rossweisse-san’s real opinion and the Sekiryuutei breaking through his doubts. Well, I didn’t originally have any intention of marrying her though.] Are you serious!? You didn’t have any intention to marry!? So I was set up!? Well, it’s fine as I have no regrets after the confession. In fact, I felt refreshed. [Let’s end the matter of Rossweisse-san here. —But, Sekiryuutei, the match is different right?] Vidar-san got into an offensive stance. [It doesn’t matter if Rossweisse-san will be your bride or not, our fight is a different thing. —If you are a man, a long-cherished battle is where we will fight while betting each other’s pride over a woman or another. Don’t you think so too?] “…Although I do enjoy fighting for the sake of girls, I also like fighting against fellow guys with no hard feelings like this, you know!”
And then, the final stage of the fight between Vidar-san and I began! As I punched him, Vidar-san also kicked me repeatedly! My punch hit Vidar-san head’s, and Vidar-san’s kick pierced my stomach! Because each attack was filled with an unbelievable mass of aura, our armours cracked, and the impacts even reached our bodies, causing us to throw up blood from our mouths. As I was punching him, I said. “Magic, you aren’t using it! You are only doing hand-to-hand combat!”
Vidar-san continued to kick me as he answered. [Nope, I am using it! I am buffing my body’s abilities with strengthening magic! I also shrouded each of my kicks in magic! But I still can’t defeat you! Seriously, just what kind of a person are you!?] As I punched Vidar-san, I spoke in response to his words! “I am the Oppai Dragon!”
[I see! Well, that’s pretty easy to understand!] We continued the intense exchange of punches and kicks from there and took distance from each other. The violent fight pushed the floating island past its limit as the small foothold that was left got destroyed. Vidar-san and I breathed hard. I mean, we dropped to our knees and rested. The armour could be repaired many times, but our bodies inside received so much damage that we were completely worn out. I couldn’t tell where the injuries were as I felt extreme pain throughout my whole body. Vidar-san stood up and focused his aura on his feet. [Let’s decide this soon. With our trump cards!] Vidar-san jumped! I felt like he was going to use that crazy move again! This is the end, huh. I expanded my four cannons as I gathered a crazy amount of aura. As it rumbled ‘Douuuu…’, the power of crimson and jet-black concentrated on all four of my cannons! Vidar-san deployed magic circles in the sky as footholds for the second time, and made a stance to release his secret kick move! The aura of my cannons had also gathered enough! Me and the chief God of Norse mythology, we both started to move! [Shoot!] [Maximum Charge!!] Vidar-san’s body was enveloped with enormous aura along with that voice and, after assuming a kicking posture, he dived with a godly speed! At the same time—. “[<<D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D!!!!!!! !>>]”
An [∞] symbol appeared on all of the gems of my armour as the colours of red and black flashed alternatingly. “Let’s goooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
“[<< ∞ Blaster!!!!!! >>]”
An absolute bombardment was released from my four cannons…
[—Fimbulvetr Shot!] Vidar-san’s kick…somehow managed to keep up with the ∞ bombardment that was released from my canons! Damn! Are you serious!? Even though that was the trump card of Dragon Deification, for it to not be able to defeat Vidar-san’s kick! This was God-class! If my opponent was a God who surpassed that, even ∞ Blaster wouldn’t be enough, huh! Well, even though I was sure that he was also using the armor! I — had resolved myself. I had decided that if I fired it, my stamina would be completely depleted and there was a chance that I wouldn’t be able to move. But, if I didn’t use it here, then I might not be able to defeat Vidar-san! And, there is also another reason why I must win! Dad said it to me before the match began. —Mum was beginning to say that she might come to see the tournament if you qualify for the main stage. She said that ‘If my own son qualified for the main tournament, I can’t afford to not come and not see the tournament.’ Beyond this point — after this win, after I win against Vidar-san, the wonderful thing was that mum would probably come and see my matches! Please grant my wish! I want mum to witness my activity in the near future! I began to prepare for the forbidden move — Longinus Smasher. As crimson aura gathered at my chest, the hole for firing opened. “Longinus Smasherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
“[<<Longinus Smasher!!!!!!!!! !>>]”
The Infinity Blaster + Longinus Smasher from the fight against Apophis! The enormous aura mixed with the bombardment of Infinity Blaster as the mass of the power exceeded my imagination was finally able to crumble Vidar-san’s kick as it swallowed the chief god of Norse mythology. —Or so I thought, but Vidar-san instantly responded by dodging my two strongest frontal bombardments! They didn’t hit! But this was also within my calculations. My most powerful attack — it’s only natural that he would look out for it. Dodging it was the best move. And it was performed by Vidar-san. But, I had also taken Vidar-san’s move into account! The moment I ended my bombardments, without any delay, I sent the power of Dragon Deification to Ascalon that had been stored in my gauntlet towards Vidar-san — Ascalon ejected in its entirety! | text_25 |
The main idea was like the time I tossed Ascalon to Xenovia! I had strengthened Ascalon with [Boost] on its natural [Dragon Slayer] trait, and it flew out towards Vidar-san at high speed! Vidar-san, who had received damage from the two bombardments, had Ascalon thrown towards him, but with the determination to endure the damage, Vidar-san forcefully kicked the Holy Sword away! [Gah! The wave of the Holy Sword even went through the armor…!] Vidar-san said with an anguished look. That’s right! Since that Ascalon had been endowed with [Penetrate], the damage reached Vidar-san! But, I didn’t end it just like that! It will be decided here! My desire that is! And also for the sake of my team who had fought for this moment! “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
I — shot my other sword, Ascalon II! Of course, I endowed it with the power of [Boost] and [Penetrate]! The former ∞ Blaster, Longinus Smasher, Ascalon, [Boost], [Penetrate], [Dragon Slayer]… And finally, Ascalon II! I used all of my powers! My weapons weren’t just ∞ Blaster and Longinus Smasher! As if he had reached his limit, Vidar-san couldn’t react well to Ascalon II that flew towards him at high speed, but still, he made a kicking posture! [… OOOOOOOOH!] Vidar-san cried as he tried to kick Ascalon II away.But perhaps because Vidar-san had reached his limit, he couldn’t get his feet up as Ascalon II pierced through his stomach. The next moment, the armour of Midgardsormr was destroyed completely, and Vidar-san was enveloped in the light of retirement. [… So this is a Heavenly Dragon!] Vidar-san left those words with satisfaction as he vanished from the field. <<From the [Leisure of the Kings] Team, the [Rook] has retired.>>
Vidar-san disappeared into the light of retirement while the fight near me also looked like it was about to finish. With incredible precision, Rossweisse-san used barrier magic just on the surroundings of Brynhildr-san’s right foot, sealing her opponent’s movement! “I’ve been concentrating for this moment!”
Brynhildr-san tried to destroy the barrier on her foot with magic attacks, yet it didn’t even budge. She was surprised by this. “Kuh! What a solid magic seal! I can’t see any cracks!”
Rossweisse-san raised the magic power of her offensive magic with the wand in one of her hands and yelled
“When it comes to offense, defense and support, I fall behind you in the degree of perfection in all aspects of magic. However, I won’t lose when it comes to barrier magic! Because this is the power that I gained after meeting my comrades!”
The Trihexa incident made the talent of Rossweisse-san’s barrier magic bloom. In that aspect, even against the strongest Valkyrie, there existed something that was beyond her power. The full blast of magic that was strengthened with the Misteltein wand engulfed Brynhildr-san—. <<From the [Leisure of the Kings] Team, one [Knight] has retired.>>
As the strongest Valkyrie vanished into the light of retirement, we heard. <<From the [Leisure of the Kings] team, the retirement of the [King] has been confirmed.>>
—! As we heard that information, I looked to the sky, where the light of retirement appeared before Ddraig. It must’ve been Typhon’s retirement light. Amazing, that Ddraig, he really beat Typhon huh! Ddraig, whose body was pretty worn out, showed me a grin. “I’ve said it before right, Partner? That there is no one stronger than me and Albion.”
After he said that, Ddraig’s body turned into a mass of red light. And in the following moment, the light burst, leaving behind only particles. And then, I could feel Ddraig’s presence inside my Sacred Gear again. Ddraig then talked to me through the Sacred Gear. [Well, it seems like there is a time limit.] Aah, the situation returned to the original. But, it’s enough. As the opposing team’s King [Typhon] was defeated and it meant our win, Apollon-san stopped attacking. After I waved my hands to my comrades who were tired and collapsed, I flew into the sky. Going higher and higher. <<As the [King] of [Leisure of the Kings] team has retired, the resignation of the [Leisure of the Kings] team is confirmed. The win goes to the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Team.>>
We heard the announcer’s report of our win. Instantly, there were many cheers from the spectators’ seat towards us.I arrived at the top of Yggdrasil. From the scenery that could be seen from there…there wasn’t anything that caught my eye as it was artificial, but…I felt deeply moved. I won against…a team that had several strong Gods in it…As it was such an immense result, I was sure that it would boost my confidence. “Ise-kun!”
Rossweisse-san followed me as she flew to the top. Although her body was ragged, the expression on Rossweisse-san’s face seemed to show that she had accomplished something in defeating her senior. I grasped Rossweisse-san’s hand as we looked at the artificial Yggdrasil together. Rossweisse-san then said to me. “N-Next time, let’s watch the real world tree Yggdrasil…”
Her face became red! It’s so cuteee! Moreover, it was an invitation to a date. I tightened my grip on her hand and said as I smiled. “Yes, I’ll look forward to it!”
This match…was our golden star…
And then, not long after this, the last preliminaries for the first Rating Game World Tournament [Azazel Cup] ended, and it came down to the decision of who would participate in the main tournament…After his son’s match ended, Hyoudou Issei’s father — Hyoudou Gorou, left the authorised personnel spectator room of the stadium along with Kunou, Ophis and Lilith. As they walked along the hall, Gorou felt that something wasn’t right as his vision distorted and his whole body lost strength. When he realised it, all of the spectators’ cheers had vanished. The hall was filled with silence. There wasn’t a single sign of life. As he continued along the lifeless and silent hall, he finally reached a space which was slightly wider. Kunou, Ophis, and Lilith walked in front and took their stance as if they were protecting him. The three of them faced forward. Kunou especially was vigilant as she made a grim expression. Then, several mysterious hooded figures came out from their hiding spots. Their faces looked like skulls under the hood, and they also held scythes in their hands. Gorou assumed that they were truly Grim Reapers. The Grim Reapers looked at them — towards Ophis and Lilith as they spoke. <<This is our first meeting, oh Dragon of Infinity.>>
Kunou lashed out against the Grim Reapers. “You guys! You are from the Netherworld, right!? What do you want! ?”
She sounded brave saying those words, though Gorou knew that Kunou was trembling. Despite the fact that she was not human, she was still a kid. After taking a deep breath, Gorou stood in front of Kunou, Ophis, and Lilith. He then screamed to the Grim Reapers. “H-Hey! You people! W-W-What do you want from these girls? They are my precious children that I look after! I won’t let you t-touch them!”
He declared whilst trembling. | text_25 |
Gorou laughed with pretense as he said to Kunou and others. “Hahaha, I am actually a-afraid, but I am the father of the Sekiryuutei. Protecting you guys is something that I have to be able to do.”
Of course, there was no way that he could win against the Grim Reapers. There was a chance that his son or his son’s comrades would not be able to come to their aid either. Still, because he looked at the sight of his son who was very brave, he couldn’t pull back. He thought that if he pulled back now, he would not be able to call himself the father of the Sekiryuutei. The Grim Reapers pointed the blades of the scythes at them. <<The father of Sekiryuutei, huh? This is good. Let’s take our revenge for Thanathos-sama.>>
<<But, we can’t let our guard down as the Dragon who holds the power of Infinity is here. Let’s stick to the plan and prepare to summon the [Dragon Eater] Samael —.>>
It was at that moment. They heard a voice which interrupted the Grim Reapers’ conversation. “You might want to give it a rest. Those guys are important to us after all.”
Did my son’s comrades arrive? Gorou turned his body towards the voice as if he barely escaped death. A young man wearing a blue suit over his entire body like the ones you would usually see in science-fiction movies and a girl wearing a blue dress were standing there. Gorou had the impression that they were both young and around the same age as his son Issei. On both of his hands were gauntlets…or something like that equipped. The Grim Reapers looked like they were surprised by their entrance as they turned their gazes away from their supposed target and instead glared at them. One of the Grim Reapers spoke. <<… For something like this to happen at such a time. —[First Dark], no, Kanzaki Mitsuya of [Cross Times Kiss].>>
The young man giggled in response to the Grim Reaper’s words as he said to the young girl behind him. “Kirino-san, you don’t have to do anything. Even if our opponents aren’t ultimate-class, they must at least be part of the upper echelons. —This is a good chance. Shall we make an example out of them to show the rulers of Hell who they’re messing with?”
The young man took out — a blue terminal. As he slid a part of the gauntlet that was equipped on his left hand, a space to insert something was revealed, and he inserted his terminal there. As he touched the screen of the terminal, a faint blue light was released and spread to every corner of the room. The uneasy feeling that filled the room instantly disappeared. The Grim Reapers stirred in response to this. <<—! It’s [Innovate Clear]!>>
“It’s just the simple version though. With this, this whole area is now mine. Now, I guess I will use another one.”
The young man — took out another terminal. It was tinged with a jet-black colour. As the Grim Reapers visually recognised the terminal machine, they became more alert. <<Don’t tell me that it also remains in your…!>>
The Grim Reapers raised their guards. This time, the young man slid a part of the gauntlet on his right hand and inserted the jet-black tinged terminal machine into it. [[Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma].] Suddenly, both of his gauntlets caused the space to shake and rumble with a ‘Dun Dun’ sound. His gauntlets started to emit an ominous teal and jet-black light that wrapped around the young man’s whole body. [—Transcendental Arrive.] As the young man said that—
[Innovate Clear Balance Breaker!] [Telos Karma Balance Breaker!] His gauntlets emitted machine-like voices. Immediately after that, both of them emitted a voice simultaneously. <<[Transcendental Arriver! ]>>
As the space behind the young man distorted, sparks crackled and something which resembled a powered exoskeleton appeared. The powered exoskeleton’s head, body and limb parts then opened and latched onto the young man’s body. The helmet was equipped on his head last. His whole body looked like it was clad in a futuristic powered-exoskeleton suit from sci-fi movies. Unlike the armor that his son Issei wore, Gorou felt that this one seemed much more machine-like. The Grim Reapers were surprised by the young man. <<—!? T-This is, did you artificially awaken your Longinus’ Balance Breakers…! ?>>
The young man said as he stepped forward. 【—It’s a technique called Transcendental Arrival.】
<<—! Even though it’s a system created by the God of another mythology, how loathsome…! Damn humans!>>
One of the Grim Reapers was enraged and raised his scythe overhead as he charged towards the young man, ready to attack. It was when the Grim Reaper closed his distance and swung his scythe downwards. The attack clearly should have hit, but…the young man, who was in front of the Grim Reaper, was unscratched even though the edge of the scythe pierced the floor. As the Grim Reaper took out his scythe, he asked in confusion. <<What did you do…? My attack should have hit you completely.>>
The young man shrugged as he answered. 【I simply chose the option of that attack ‘not hitting’.】
The Grim Reapers were surprised upon hearing those words. <<Don’t tell me, that is…! ‘That’ ability really—>>
As the young man spread his hands, he pointed at his belt. 【At the very least, the phenomena caused by [Telos Karma] in this small world that was created with [Innovate Clear] are certain. Even a God-class being won’t be able to oppose this.】
The young man then continued,
【—Welcome to my territory. It will only be for a short period of time, but please enjoy it.】
Gorou was horrified after hearing those words. It was because he felt something really dark from the tone of the young man’s voice, who was about the same age as his son. The Grim Reapers then simultaneously rushed towards the young man with their scythes in hand. <<Kuh! How about this! ?>>
The swings and slashes of the scythes were so fast that Gorou couldn’t follow them with his eyes. The young man evaded all of it just by slightly moving his fist. The blade of a certain Grim Reaper’s scythe suddenly fell off from its handle as it clanged onto the ground with a metal-like sound. The Grim Reaper was dumbfounded as the blade broke off from its handle. The young man then said. 【This time, I chose the option of ‘The scythe isn’t in good condition’.】
<<…So that means we fell into a trap, huh. Damn you,[The man who impersonates God]…!>>
The Grim Reaper yelled to the young man angrily. While looking at the terminal machine, her phone, the young girl murmured. “You mean a ‘cheater’.”
The young man shook his head. 【It’s different. The other Longinus users are cheaters. I would call this a bug. As Longinus are called the ‘bugs’ of Sacred Gears, it fits perfectly, doesn’t it?】
The Grim Reaper whose scythe was destroyed (Gorou interpreted it that way) made another scythe appear. Once again, he and his comrades assaulted the young man simultaneously. — However, the young man operated the gauntlet equipped on his left arm. Then, a blade-like light was created. | text_25 |
As the young man slipped through the attacks, several trails of light were drawn. In an instant, there were numerous ruptures scattered all over the bodies of the Grim Reapers who had attacked, annihilating them. There wasn’t a speck of dust left after that. The two remaining Grim Reapers flinched as they saw their friends annihilated without being able to do anything. One of the Grim Reapers maliciously pointed his blade towards Gorou and the others as he wielded his scythe! <<If that’s the case, then at least the parent of the Sekiryuutei!>>
He leaped with high speed and got closer. Gorou braced himself as he felt that his life was in danger. Someone then stood in front of Gorou. It was a girl with black hair — Ophis. Ophis handled the Grim Reaper that came to attack by slapping him! BAN! The Grim Reaper vanished along with a parched voice! Ophis said to the Grim Reaper who had completely vanished. “I won’t allow it. Whoever it may be.”
Gorou was also surprised by Ophis’s bravery. Kunou, who was beside him, opened her mouth widely in surprise as well. After the young man operated a part of his gauntlet, the powered exoskeleton started to detach.Then, as the weird atmosphere that filled the room vanished, they could once again hear the cheerful sounds of the spectators from the Rating Game’s venue. Gorou thought ‘I don’t really understand, but it looks like space has returned to normal’. The young man addressed the last remaining Grim Reaper. “Hey, Grim Reaper-san over there. Go back and tell Hades this; if I am in your list of targeted Longinus wielders, we will also come up with something. After all, you’re the ones who started all of this.”
The last Grim Reaper quickly fled while hatefully glaring at the young man. As the dangerous fellow left, Gorou stroked his chest in relief. “Y-You saved us there. By the way, w-who are you…?”
As the young man replied, he revealed a gentle smile which seemed appropriate for a boy his age. “—We go by the name of [Cross Times Kiss], but I guess that is meaningless in this [World] as it looks like the name [First Dark] is more popular here. My name is Kanzaki Mitsuya, and because of certain reasons, we will be closely guarding you and your wife during the tournament. That person over there is [Able], my colleague Kirino Shizuka-san.”
That young man, Kanzaki, looked at the young girl behind him. As their gazes met, she slightly bowed to them. The young girl then asked Kanzaki as she approached. “…Is it really true that we can get hold of information about [Evie Etoulde] just by helping these guys? After all, our faction is an enemy of Maou Beelzebub.”
“Well, who knows. But, it seems like Hades is really trying to become the guardian of this world. I am pretty sure even we wouldn’t want to get involved in that if he can take advantage of the Maous.”
“… Whichever it is, we can’t go back to that [Game] without getting something first.”
The conversation was completely incomprehensible to Gorou…but then Kanzaki looked in his direction. “I understand. For now, if we can get closer to the people who are close to Sekiryuutei, then at the very least…”
“…All right. I am fine with it as long as I can get the [Bonus] after thirty years.”
—Suddenly, another voice was heard. “…I guess for now, I will just say my greeting, you with the forbidden name, Kanzaki Mitsuya.”
Everyone turned towards the source of the voice. It was the figure of a familiar young man. A young man who had brought his black dog along. Gorou then remembered that he was a friend of his son Issei, Ikuse Tobio. Kanzaki cocked his eyes as he saw Ikuse Tobio. He then laughed cheerfully. “Yeah, I guess this is our first greeting, Slash Dog Ikuse Tobio.”
With a vigilant expression, Ikuse Tobio said. “—[First Dark], the nemesis of Maou Ajuka Beelzebub, the person who controls both the Longinus [Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma]. The erased group [Cross Times Kiss]. And the human who comes and goes outside the reason of the world, huh…”
Kanzaki shrugged. “The deal that I made with Ajuka-sama says that I would only be cooperating during this Tournament.”
Ikuse Tobio looked at the terminal machine that Kanzaki possessed. “…The Grigori views you as a very dangerous man. I’ve heard that if I were to break that, you won’t be able to remain on this side, is that right?”
“It’s exactly as you say. Abel and I are weaklings full of weaknesses, you know?”
“You can certainly say that…”
As Kanzaki took out both terminal machines from his gauntlets, he said. “—Everything is for the sake of [Innovate] and [Karma].”
There was a weird atmosphere between Ikuse Tobio and Kanzaki. The dog that Ikuse Tobio brought along also emitted a dangerous light from its eyes. Acting as a mediator, Gorou stepped in between them. “N-Now, can you guys please stop fighting. See, I am also unharmed. You are…Ise’s friend, right? I remember seeing you a few times. If that’s true, could you please stop fighting here? I don’t know what happened between you two, but I don’t think he’s a bad person as he saved me and these girls.”
Ikuse Tobio lowered his head in response to Gorou’s words. “…Fine, sorry for making a ruckus.”
Gorou was surprised by his frankness. The young woman, Kirino, lowered her head as well as she spoke. “Thank you for sticking up for us. I am sorry that things had to turn out this way…”
The young woman looked like she was truly sorry. Gorou replied. “It’s fine, young lady. Since my son is working hard in this world, a part of me has been prepared to get involved in these kinds of things. There was also the time when Vali-kun’s scary grandfather targeted us.”
It was impossible for him to forget the day he learned the truth about his son, the day that their family bond had grown stronger. It was terrifying, but still, thanks to that, he was able to learn the truth about his son and the people around him. Even if he were to relive such terrifying memories again, he was sure that there wouldn’t be any better life as long as he could see his own son’s true form. That was why Gorou decided he would try to smile for the sake of his children, regardless of the terrifying things that he saw. He wanted to say that no matter how terrifying the situations that he encountered were, he would be fine. As if Kanzaki also felt this, he bowed his head as well. “…I am really sorry. But, now that I have met you, my determination has been hardened. —During the tournament, I will protect you and your wife.”
He didn’t really understand, but he knew that some great people were prepared to guard him and his wife. He would learn more about what kind of person he was from now on, but Gorou decided that he would try to believe in him for now, and so he replied with a ‘thank you’ for protecting them against the scary Grim Reapers. Kanzaki then added as he remembered something. “Ah, that’s right.”
He whispered to Gorou. (…Please, don’t speak of this matter to your son’s junior Nakiri-kun yet. | text_25 |
Because I have something to take care of with him.) Nakiri… The image of his son’s junior came across his mind. Gorou, who didn’t know about the situation, replied with ‘All right’. Kanzaki then declared to Ikuse Tobio. . “[Slash Dog], I promise you this. —We will definitely protect the Sekiryuutei’s parents. With a dad this nice, I will be punished if I don’t protect him.”
The young girl, Kirino, enviously said. “…And from who would that punishment come from, I wonder? Also, are you not going to watch the match of [Star Buster]-kun?”
Kanzaki sighed in response to Kirino’s question. “He won’t have any problems. But he sure is a problematic kid.”
Kanzaki then reached out for a handshake with Ikuse Tobio. Ikuse Tobio hesitated for a moment, but…he returned the gesture. While they shook hands, Kanzaki then laughed suggestively as he said. “—[Innovate], Ikuse Tobio. Also, Hyoudou Issei-kun and Vali Lucifer. In order to ruin the evil Gods’ plan. And then, for the sake of surviving against Melvazoa that will come in thirty years.”
[DxD]… [DOG]…and also, [Dark]…
The ambition of the God of the Netherworld Hades had moved the Dark of the Longinus that shouldn’t be touched. Behind the tournament, everyone’s speculations became extremely chaotic.The leaders of Hell were holding a conference in a certain room inside Hades’ research facility that was located in Cocytus. Malicious auras were emitted from every seat around the giant round table even though Hades was the only one sitting at it. Those auras were the phantoms of the rulers who were not present in that place as they projected only their consciousness to attend the meeting. The leaders were receiving a report from Hades’ subordinates, the Grim Reapers. The Grim Reapers informed them. <<The people that we are currently spying on are the agents of the Grigori and Maou Beelzebub’s servant, [Slash Dog]… It seems like every mythology has also dispatched their intelligence operatives. Also…>>
<<It looks like the people of [Innovate Clear], the [Cross Times Kiss] group, have started to move.>>
One of the formless phantoms, the primordial God of Darkness Erebus from Greek mythology, reacted to this. [They have finally started to move, huh? The whereabouts of those two Longinus. It seems like our cooperation and persistent searching finally paid off.] <<What should we do?>>
Hades said in response to his underling’s question. <<Kanzaki Mitsuya. He is like…the dead. You could say that he is an existence that was assembled from human hatred and karma itself. He will be harmful even to Gods if he were to come in conflict with them. However, we shall eradicate all Longinus users.>>
One of the formless phantoms, the primordial God who ruled Hell, Tartarus, said. {Oh, God of Death whose name is unknown, you had better remember this. At times, a human’s curse is scarier than that of a God’s. [First Dark] can possibly reform the human world. That guy is the unexpected person who attained the Balance Breaker of the detestable thirteenth Longinus, [Telos Karma].] Erebus added. [While Telos Karma is, there is also this rumour of the newly acknowledged Longinus being troublesome as well… As expected, the Longinus are indeed a threat. [DxD] and [X x X(Cross Times Kiss)]… As [ExE(Evie Etoulde)] approaches…we shall purge them once again.] In response to that, another formless phantom, — God Erebus’ sister, the Goddess of the Night Nyx, said. [However, brother. I presume that sending the human world into chaos for those people and [the person who impersonates God] might also be entertaining.] While the meeting of the Gods of Hell continued, one of the Grim Reapers whispered an emergency report to Hades. Upon receiving the report, Hades told the Grim Reaper to <<Connect it here!>>. Then, a communication magic circle developed in the middle of the round table as the correspondent was projected into the air. What was displayed there was — the Sekiryuutei, Hyoudou Issei. Hades said. <<My, [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth]-dono. It looks like you successfully qualified for the main stage. First of all, a congratulation—>>
Hyoudou Issei interrupted his words as he said. [I heard that you attacked my father?] Yesterday, Hades’ underlings, to be precise, the Grim Reapers from the Thanatos group, came into contact with Ophis and her other self without permission. There were also times where they would disobey Hades’ orders. Not only that, but they also tried to summon the sealed Dragon Eater Samael. The Sekiryuutei was probably talking about that incident. The eyes of that young man — looked incredibly ferocious. [There are some things that I have decided.] The young man passionately stated. […There are times where I wonder about how many years I have left with my parents… Another thirty years? Forty years? The longest would probably be fifty years. I’ve been thinking about those things… At least, during those times, I would like to devote everything to them, or rather, I have decided that I will absolutely treasure them. I have sworn that to myself. That’s why, if there is any improper shadow sneaking up on my parents, I have decided that I will try to prevent that. Even if you are monsters, terrorists…or even Gods, if you put my parents in danger—]
All of the Grim Reapers were breathless. The look in Hyoudou Issei’s eyes made their minds and bodies shiver from the sheer coldness. [I will beat you, whoever it is!] —The master of the Netherworld Hades had infuriated Hyoudou Issei. <<……>>
<<……>>
The phantoms of the siblings God Erebus and Goddess Nyx also wavered upon feeling his warning and intensity. He had defeated Vidar in the previous match, and had also resurrected the strongest Red Dragon Emperor in history, the Heavenly Dragon Ddraig. The masters of Hell in that place knew very well that he was not an enemy they could take half-heartedly as well. As the communication got cut, there was someone who laughed. [Kuhahaha…]
A chaotic, jet-black phantom. That person was the evil God of Zoroastrianism, Angra Mainyu. [What an interesting brat. I am looking forward to our meeting]
While the tournament progressed into the main stage, the rulers of hell, the movement of [Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma] of [Cross Times Kiss], and the threatening shadows continued to intensify—. In the village prepared for the players of the Rating Game World Tournament. Balberith of the [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] Team was lost in thought in their lodging house. He was looking at the recording of the match in the player’s room. The content was — the match between the [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team and the [Leisure of the Kings] Team. As he watched the match, the jade-haired girl, Verrine, said. “Ahahahaha! The Sekiryuutei won by saying boobs or oppai again! | text_25 |
Even though he has the power of a transcendental human, it’s surprising to see him win against the chief God of Norse mythology with incomprehensible power like oppai or boobs!”
On the other hand, Balberith, who was extremely focused on the Sekiryuutei’s match, said. “I don’t know why, but…I cannot help but feel interested in this Hyoudou Issei.”
After the teams going to the main stage had been decided, Balberith once again looked over the matches of every opposing team, but…since he was interested in the match of the Sekiryuutei A.K.A Hyoudou Issei, he also checked his previous matches against Bael, and also the match against the Phoenix that wasn’t made public. And while at that, he replayed the recording many times as he paid attention to how Hyoudou Issei’s expression changed and his power up in response to a female body’s — breasts. Good grief, because of this series of incomprehensible things, Balberith had no choice but to be confused… but for some reason, he also became interested. —How does he get the power to defeat even Gods through his obsession with boobs? Balberith was lost in thought. And then, he realised something. “Chichi (boobs)… Chichi (father)… Don’t tell me, they are the same…? No, but…!”
Verrine was also surprised by Balberith, who unusually put his hands on his head. “W-What happened, Balberith?”
After getting lost in his thoughts for a while, Balberith murmured. “…He might become our father.”
“Huh? Balberith’s boobs?”
Balberith made an expression as if he had gotten enlightenment in response to Verrine’s words. “Yes, my father.”
—Another man (_ age) who had become captivated by Hyoudou Issei was about to be born again. [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] team, members registered for the tournament (Registration when they broke through the preliminary rounds):
King — Hyoudou Issei
Queen — Bina Lessthan
Rook — Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu
Rook — Roygun Belphegor
Knight — Xenovia Quarta
Knight — Shidou Irina
Bishop — Asia Argento
Bishop — Rossweisse
Pawn x2 — Ravel Phoenix
Pawn x3 — Bova Tannin
Pawn x2 — Elmenhilde Karnstein
The peerage of High-class Devil [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth] Hyoudou Issei, a member of Rias Gremory’s peerage:
King — Hyoudou Issei
Queen — vacant
Rook — Rossweisse
Rook — vacant
Knight — Xenovia Quarta
Knight — vacant
Bishop — Asia Argento
Bishop — Ravel Phoenix
Pawn x8 — vacant““““Nice job, everyone!””””
We raised our glass for a toast. After we finished the preliminaries of the Rating Game World Tournament, we invited not only all members of the Occult Research Club, but also team [DxD] and the people who had helped us, for a party in the Hyoudou residence! We used the underground training room as our party venue and called many people over. Aside from just Rias, my team members, dad and mom, we also invited Sona-senpai and her Sitri peerage, Sairaorg-san and others from the Bael peerage, Seekvaira-san and others from the Agares peerage, Dulio and other Reincarnated angels, the Slash Dog team, Riser and others from the Phoenix peerage, the Journey to the West team, and also Vali. And to my surprise, Cao Cao and others from the Hero Faction also came! Even though I didn’t think that they would come, I thought ‘I guess I’ll call all the people who have helped me over’, and when I invited him, he really came. “Congratulations on qualifying for the main stage.”
“You too, congratulations.”
And such voices congratulating each other could be heard. What was amazing was that more than half of team [DxD] members’ teams were going to the main stage! Well, I was also surprised. Although the progress was turbulent, and there were more ups and downs than I expected, team [DxD] had produced a nice result. All of the mythologies were surprised, but also seemed to concur. The first generation Sun Wukong said. “Hohoho, as expected, I knew that it would turn out like this. Even though you are young, you guys are the young people who fought against the Khaos Brigade head on and survived through that. Even if the enemy were an Ultimate-class Devil, Maou-class, or even God-class being, you guys would surely defeat them. If there weren’t any battle-maniac Gods, every member of [DxD] would be unstoppable by now.”
Jii-san’s evaluation looked like it was the same reason as to why the higher-ups of every mythology had approved of us. Considering that we were fighting continuously against terrorists and taking our Longinus abilities into account, it looked like we became quite a force to be reckoned with by each mythology. And to top that off, during the tournament, everyone got stronger and kept growing even now. We were also told that the performance of the anti-terrorist team couldn’t be any better by Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. It meant that if we kept increasing our strength, the number of people who would think and execute bad ideas would decrease. …Well, it seemed like there are still many people who are planning bad things on the other side though. And, on the opposite side of the party… There was a conversation between Rias and Sona-senpai. “Rias, congratulations.”
“Sona…it’s a shame”
Indeed, the Sitri peerage was eliminated in the preliminaries. Even though Sona-senpai’s tactics worked even against the upper-ranks, as expected, it seemed like the compatibility with the teams with great power was poor, and she didn’t have enough wins to get her team into the main stage. Saji poured juice into my glass as he said. “Damn, even though I wanted to fight against you once more in the main stage.”
“Well, since the tournament isn’t just a one-off, there will be another chance.”
I replied like that. Actually, the Sitri peerage had moved on as they transitioned to get the data for the next time. “Well, we are the support for other young Devils.”
Seekvaira-san said. The Agares peerage was also eliminated in the preliminaries. Anyway, their luck on matching was bad as they fought only against higher-ranked opponents and struggled to win. In the end, it seemed like they didn’t get the result they wanted. I was afraid of this tournament as there might be luck involved in the matching. Sairaorg said to me as he held a spare rib in one hand. “How is it, Hyoudou Issei? Were you able to see the issues in the main stage?”
“Yes, there are lots of them.”
After I unexpectedly blasted through the preliminaries, I became worried about Sakra’s words. Using a communications magic circle, Sakra informed me. [In the Gremory group, do you know the biggest difference between you and Rias Gremory? Rias Gremory is strong even without you. However, without Ravel, there are times when you wouldn’t be able to function properly. That is a big difference ZE?] …I…couldn’t answer Sakra’s words as I felt like what he said was true. [Being able to use the Phoenix girl is good and all. However, you also have to be able to do a special move from now on. Your current condition will serve you alright in the preliminaries. | text_25 |
—However, you might get matched with me in the main tournament, and when that happens, you won’t be able to do anything in that condition, you know? It should be clear in your head now just how weak you were when you defeated Cao Cao in the Demonic Beast Riot.] …To put it simply, like the time when I struggled against strong opponents, if I don’t figure out a lot of ways to fight from now on, I won’t even be able to aim to be the winner. Although I mostly fought against high-ranked enemies… However, it’s certain that I’ve relied too much on Ravel. …If I don’t think more, and Ravel gets defeated in the middle of the match, our team might collapse. The stage we’re about to enter is probably going to be like that. That’s all the more reason for me to study as I might run into Rias’s team in the main stage. As I once again renewed my determination, Vali, who was standing there, held his yakisoba plate in one hand as he said to me. “Hyoudou Issei, as we are both going to the main stage, I guess it’s just the beginning. Of course, I am aiming to be the winner.”
This man! Even though he was holding a yakisoba plate, he still spoke with such rivalry! As I gulped all my juice down at once, I replied to Vali. “I aim to be the winner as well! But I have to settle things with you first. If we get matched…I don’t think there is going to be any stage like ours.”
“Heh, you said it. I want to continue our battle from that time as soon as possible.”
The continuation of that time… It must be about the fight we had a year ago when I was still a second year. Since that time, Vali and I haven’t been able to settle things. With this guy, this time for sure, we would settle things as fellow Heavenly Dragons…
“Wait, it’s not only you who wants to fight against Hyoudou Issei.”
Sairaorg stepped in between us as he said that. “Indeed. I was even made to accompany him stirring the Ocean of Milk. I want to take my revenge on the main stage.”
Cao Cao also came! And even Dulio barged in! “I also want to fight against you one more time in the main stage. And I am sure that with that, the flow of the tournament will be the best.”
“Ise-kun, me too. After having come to this point, I also want to fight against you to my heart’s content.”
Kiba stood beside me as he told me that. If I got matched with Rias’s team, then it would be possible for such a thing to happen. Crom Cruach said to me while eating meat as well. “I want to fight against you and Ddraig head on as well, in order to satisfy myself in this tournament.”
[Yeah, there is nothing better than being able to fight you with my own body and flesh.] Ddraig answered fearlessly as well! There were still many things we didn’t know about the manifestation of Ddraig, and I am sure that there must be dangerous aspects. “If I get matched as well, I also want to try to fight. Against you and Vali, that is.”
Even Ikuse-san said those things! “Ku, I also want to join.”
Saji said it frustratingly, but…Sona-senpai said. “Saji, that means that you just have to train for the next tournament. The life of a Devil is long after all. There is no need to rush.”
Riser looked at me, who was surrounded by a group of men, from afar. “Nu, so I have to declare it to fight against the Sekiryuutei, huh…”
Somehow, it seemed like he took the situation of this place as a joke… I was surrounded by men! And at that time, there were several people who pulled my arms! “Ise is going to be taken by men!”
“He is my darling, you know!”
“Ise-san, please talk to us as well!”
Xenovia, Irina and Asia, the Church Trio, pulled me away from the group of men! As I got pulled, I could feel the softness of oppai in my face ‘Boin Boin’! “Ufufu, so you have returned to my chest, huh, my husband.”
It was Akeno-san! She tried to hug me, but — once again, my arm was pulled as I dived into a pair of well-endowed boobs! “Ise-kun likes my boobs best, nyan.”
This time it was Kuroka! Shirone-chan a.k.a Koneko-chan who was beside her then pulled my hand! “Kuroka-oneesama, I also want to celebrate Ise-kun going to the main stage.”
The sisters pulled me back and forth, but — Ravel stepped in as a mediator! “Shirone! Kuroka-sama! Ise-sama is only one person! We have to share here! Of course, I will also join though!”
While in that situation, the one who hugged me from behind was—. “Ise-kun iwf my hufband! I won’t hand him over to anyone!”
It was a drunk Rossweisse-sannnn! She must have gotten carried away in the party and ended up drinking alcohol! On my back was Rossweisse-san, both of my hands were taken by Koneko-chan and Kuroka, and even the Church Trio and Akeno-san barged in! ““““““He is mine!””””””
Ravel the mediator also said ‘Oh! Please let me in too!’ as she stopped her mediation act! “…Somehow, I feel jealous.”
“…What should I do to get in there?”
Le Fay and Elmenhilde murmured that as they saw this situation. I was finally sent flying by the tug of war of the girls as I arrived at a certain pair of oppai. My face was buried into her chest. My vision was then enveloped with a crimson colour. Red — crimson hair more brilliant than strawberry-blonde. Yes, her beautiful long red hair was the same colour as my armour. The place I arrived at as I was sent flying was — my precious person, Rias Gremory. She then smiled sweetly as she gently hugged me. “Ufufu, as expected, Ise arrived here.”
Rias then said to me. “Ise, congratulations for qualifying for the main stage.”
“Yeah, thank you. Congratulations to you too.”
As we congratulated each other on making it to the main stage, she boldly said. “However, even though you are my most beloved person, and a partner who has sworn about the future, a match is a match. If we get matched—”
“I know. Let’s give our best then! That is how the Gremory peerage is after all.”
She laughed in response to my words, looking satisfied. “As expected of my most beloved person. Ufufu, I love you! I really like you, you know.”
“Me too, Rias. I really love you!”
The guys were also cheering ‘whoo whoo’ as we looked at each other and held each other’s hands saying those words in the middle of the party venue! However, the girls didn’t let that slide off! Asia, Akeno-san, Koneko-chan, Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse-san and Kuroka then simultaneously said. [Say ‘I love you’ to me as well!] “It’s obvious that I love you guyssss! After all, everyone is my bride!”
In the basement of the Hyoudou residence — I shouted my love! | text_25 |
Hello everyone. It’s Hyoudou Issei. This is abrupt, but once or twice, all of you also have things that happen when you're in bed, right? For example, being late because the alarm didn’t go off, or falling off your bed because you moved around while sleeping. In my case, something that is happening to me right now far exceeds my expectations……
“Unnn……”
I can hear a seductive voice. Yeah, it's coming from very close to me. When I look next to me, the one who is sleeping there is the crimson haired Onee-sama, Rias-buchou. My Master, who is a High-class Devil. She basically forced herself into my home several days ago, and has started living with me. She seems to have come in my bed before I noticed…… And she happens to be naked......
No, I knew about it. Buchou told me herself that she sleeps naked and she even did the same thing to me when I was sleeping on the infirmary bed at school. Kuuuuu! I can feel a soft sensation from the left side of my body! She's sleeping while using me as her hug-pillow! Buchou’s smell is stimulating my nose! Why does Buchou smell this good? I mean, her breast is completely touching my left arm! And my left hand is completely covered by something that is extremely soft! It must be her thigh. My left hand is between her two thighs like a sandwich! A “thigh sandwich”! This is such a wonderful thing! Thanks to that, I am in a situation where I can’t move. No, I don’t want to move! There's no way I can end this wonderful situation easily like that! This only happened just a few days after she started living with me! I thought it was going to feel awkward living with Buchou, but if this kind of thing continues then I am all for it! Banzai! “......Oh, you're awake?”
So Buchou is also awake! “Y-Yes, I am. When I woke up, it was like this so I didn’t know what to do......”
Well, that’s how I actually feel. I have no idea what I should do. And since my Master has woken up, I'm even less sure of what I'm supposed to do. “I’m sorry. I felt like sleeping while using you as my hugging pillow. I came in after you went to sleep.”
That kind of thing happens!? I really can’t understand Buchou’s feelings! Buchou then hugs the left side of my body even stronger. Uoooooooo! “What should we do? It might be wonderful to stay like this until it’s time to wake up...... Maybe doing something a little bit naughty would be a good way to communicate with my adorable servant.”
Chuu. Buchou then kisses me on my cheek. W-Why does Buchou adore me this much!? Is it just me or has Buchou started to adore me even more after the incident with Raiser? It’s true that I’m getting a nosebleed every day. “Umm, Buchou......I’m also a guy......s-so if you say things like that......”
“Do you feel like attacking me?”
Buchou replies with a naughty voice. Why is Buchou so good at stimulating me this much!? “Sure, I’ll do anything that will please you.”
“—!”
Having her whisper me with her sexy voice, my mind is about to go somewhere else and then—. KNOCK KNOCK. Someone is knocking at my door. “Ise-san. It’s almost time for morning training.”
The voice I hear from the other side is Asia’s. ......What timing! I-It was getting to the good part— no, it’s not Asia’s fault! Every morning, I do hard training. That’s because I’m still a weak Devil. I still train while Buchou coaches me. Asia supports me by acting like a manager. Thank you very much Buchou, Asia. “Ise-san? Are you still sleeping?”
“No, I’m awake. W-Wait a bit! I mean, wait for me downstairs!”
That's right. I can’t let Asia see this situation. It's already bad enough since Asia has started to have a rivalry towards Buchou ever since Buchou started living here. I don’t know why Asia looks at Buchou like that, but Buchou has also accepted the challenge. Well, they usually talk normally so it doesn’t seem to be a serious fight. Anyway, can the two of you please get along......? I don’t want to see girls fighting. Without even knowing what was going through my mind, Buchou puts on a devilish smile. “Asia, wait for us a bit longer. Both Ise and I need to get ready.”
“—!”
Buchou says that to Asia who's on the other side of the door. Buchouuuu! Why are you making it worse!? Even if she's on the other side of the door, I can imagine Asia being speechless. OPEN! My bedroom door is opened violently. Asia then sees me, with my upper body up, and Buchou. Asia has teary eyes. She seems really displeased and is making an unpleasant face......
Buchou hugs my left arm after seeing Asia’s face. H-Hey, Buchou!? “Good morning Asia.”
Buchou smiles. Asia, who's really mad, shakes her body. Then she puts her hand on her clothes. U-Umm, Asia-san? “I will also get naked! I don’t want to be left out!”
“Asia! ?”
Seems like today will also start with a stimulating situation. “Itadakimasu.”
Breakfast time. Buchou and Asia are sitting beside me. I’m so blessed to be sitting between two beautiful girls! Well, that’s what I would like to say, but it’s not that I think like that every day. Asia is in a bad mood from the morning even today. Well, if Asia, who was a former sister, saw that situation then she would think it’s “impure!”. Wait, then that “I will also get naked!” sounds weird. Then why is she angry? Hmm, for a guy like me, a maiden’s feelings are hard to understand. Buchou, on the other hand doesn't seem bothered and is eating while having a lively talk with my parents. “Oh my, so Rias-san can make delicious Japanese food as well.”
“Thank you, Otou-sama. I have already been living in Japan for a while, so I learned quite a bit of cooking.”
Yes, as for this breakfast we are eating now, Buchou made some of it. Like this fried egg which is very delicious that I have been eating a lot of them since earlier. It's seriously good! “Ise, there’s more, so eat in a calmly manner.”
“Y-Yes, Buchou......”
I didn't find out until Buchou started living with me, but Buchou is good at cooking Japanese food, western food, and Chinese food. She has a wide range of cooking skills and can cook food of the finest quality. I thought she would be bad at these kinds of things because she is a princess, but it's the opposite. She doesn’t just live in Japan by herself for nothing, so she can do all sorts of things like cooking, washing and cleaning. “I don’t like it if a person says that I can’t do these things because I am a princess. I want to do what I am capable of doing.”
That’s what she told me before. Splendid indeed! I am truly admiring you from the bottom of my heart. You are amazing Buchou. My Master is dependable even in normal day life! And Asia who looks at Buchou as her rival started concentrating on learning Japanese culture after she saw the gap between her and Buchou. But Asia is also amazing. She started to learn Japanese letters in a short time. She already mastered hiragana and katakana and was moving to learn how to read and write kanji now. She probably knows how to read the kanji of grade school levels now. | text_3 |
It’s mostly because she worked hard but also because she seems to have a talent for studying. She just started school but she has no troubles with mathematics, science and languages. Plus, she said she enjoys studying which may also be the reason why she is a fast learner. There are some subjects where she teaches me instead. I’m supposed to be her guardian, but I look so pathetic. Asia, who enjoys everything started to have a rivalry towards Buchou when she gets involved. H-Hmm. Asia is amazing even from my point of view because she is a hard worker, but if you compare her with Buchou......
Buchou is several times better in terms of cooking. Asia’s food taste good as well, but her opponent is too...... I then drink some miso soup. Ah, this miso soup that Buchou made is delicious! Tears are coming out of my eyes! Girls who are good at cooking are so appealing. Especially if that happens to be are beautiful girl who is an Onee-sama, then I have nothing to complain about...... Grip. Asia who still has a troubled face grips onto my clothes from under the table. It’s Asia’s habit that she only shows to me. When she gets in a bad mood, she does this to me without saying a word. Well this behaviour of her is really lovely and cute. Yeah, I guess this is how a little sister would act. “Oh, I forgot to mention this to you Ise. Today the club members are coming here.”
Buchou tells me. “Huh? Koneko-chan and the others? Are we doing something in my house?”
“Yes, I’m thinking about having the Occult Research Club meeting here.”
“Huh, at my house?”
“Do you remember what I said before? It’s about time to clean the whole old school building. Apparently they asked the cleaners to clean it.”
Half of that is a lie. The truth is that she uses her familiar to clean the building. She said it like that to explain it to my parents. So we will be doing the Occult Research Club activity at my house huh. Buchou bows her head down at my parents. “I’m very sorry Otou-sama, Oka-sama.”
“That’s all right Rias-san. I heard that you are taking good care of Ise. I’m also happy that Ise has more female friends.”
Dad nods at mum's words. “She’s right. I like Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun, but I think it’s also important to have a friend who plays safe. You can’t enjoy youth by staying in your room and talking about naughty stuff.”
“That’s right Otou-san. Matsuda-kun and Motohama-kun are good boys but they have lewd eyes. Well, they are lecherous students, so it’s obvious that they are a bad influence for Ise. And since Asia-san and Rias-san are living here now, I don’t want them to enter this house any more. The girls will get stained.”
They are talking about whatever they want about you guys, Matsuda and Motohama. I can’t back you up because they are saying the truth. But mum, you know it’s good to have friends whom you can talk freely to? They are just like that, and the reason why I had fun until now is because of them. “So we will have the activity here today. Please take care of us, Ise.”
I wonder how it will turn out after this. “And this is a picture of Ise when he was in grade school.”
“Ara ara, so he went into the beach naked.”
“Hey Akeno-san! Hey mum, stop showing her things!”
Having a meeting, huh. The ORC meeting which was supposed to take place in my house was crumbled by the album mum brought. “......Ise-senpai’s embarrassing past.”
“You also can't look, Koneko-chaaaaaaan!”
It’s the worst! An object which holds my embarrassing past! Uwaaaaaah, I want to die! I think I remember mum saying this before. “One day when you bring lots of girls to our home, I want to show them your album.”
She thought that it would end in a dream because I’m unpopular with girls. But life turned around and it changed into this situation...... Man, her dream came true when I didn’t want it to! “......Small Ise.”
Buchou, I’ll be embarrassed if you stare at a picture of me when I was a child like that......
Umm, Onee-sama? Why are your cheeks red? “......Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child, Ise when he was a child......”
Is she muttering something? But she seems satisfied. Buchou, is the picture of me when I was a child your taste? Is Buchou a shota-con?I never heard her being as such......
“I think I know how Buchou-san feels!”
Asia grabs Buchou’s hand. Her eyes are sparkling. “So you also know how I feel. I’m so happy.”
Hey, hey. Both of them went to another world...... Even Kiba is looking at the album with a smile! Shit, why do I feel so bothered if a guy is looking at it!? “O-Oi, Kiba! You don’t look!”
I try to take the album from Kiba’s hand, but he dodges it smoothly. “Hahaha, don’t worry about it. Let me enjoy your album a bit more.”
Unnnngh! Don’t enjoy iiiiiit! I try to take it back again so I jump at him! But he dodges it again as if it was nothing! Shit! I witness the skill difference between us in a place like this! Just like how Asia sees Buchou as her rival, I also look at Kiba as my rival. Just like how Buchou is a big obstacle to Asia, Kiba is also a big obstacle to me. But I will definitely surpass him one day! When I was making my new devotion, Kiba stares at a particular page. Rather than enjoying it, he seems to have surprised eyes. I got close to him and also look at the page he is staring at. There is a picture of me when I was in kindergarten. There is a photo of me and another boy of my age with someone who seems to be his father. I remember this boy. He’s the boy who used to live close by when I was in kindergarten. We played “hero-play” a lot together. He went to another country before moving up to first grade because of his parents' work. I haven’t seen him since then. But why did Kiba take an interest in this photo? Don’t tell me this boy is Kiba......
Kiba points at the boy's father on the photo. To be more accurate he is pointing at the thing the boy’s father is carrying. A sword—. I think it's a fake sword, but the boy's father is carrying an old European sword. “Do you remember this?”
Kiba asks me seriously. Hey, the tone of your voice is different. “Hmm, no, since I was really small back then......”
“Things like this happen, huh. To find it in an unexpected place......”
Kiba laughs by himself. But his eyes are filled with so much hatred that it made me shiver. This photo is the start of a particular incident—. “This is a Holy Sword.”
[BANG!] The dull clanging of metal reverberated through the azure sky. “All right. I've got this one.”
I promptly caught the soaring baseball with my gloved hand. “Nice catch, Ise.”
Buchou smiled and gave me a thumbs up. We, the Occult Research Club, were practising baseball on the backyard of the old school building where no grass was growing. Nope, this isn’t a Devil's job. “Next week is Kuou Academy’s 'Ball Tournament'. It’s a battle between clubs that we can’t lose.”
So said Buchou with a firm voice. Yeah, one of the school’s biggest events, the “Ball tournament”, was closing in. | text_3 |
Overall, it is an event where we play ball-related sports, such as baseball, soccer, basketball, and tennis. These matches include contests between classes, genders and obviously, there are also some between clubs. Whether or not you belong to a sports club, it's club mandatory; naturally, that includes the Occult Research Club. What the clubs actually play is announced on the day of the event, we don't know what it will be. When club member numbers differ, the set up is for fair play, at least number wise. According to the Student Council announcement, some sports may require more players, so we need to make sure we have the reserves. And in conclusion, we were practising sports likely to arise. Today happens to be baseball. As it was evening, the sky was beginning to darken. Typically, we spend our time chatting away in the club room. Recently, we began to change into our PE uniforms and practice sports. Well, while I don’t hate moving around for fun, for someone like me who trains in the morning, my stamina is drained the entire day. Training in the morning, lectures at school, practising sports and Devil's jobs at night... To tell you the truth, it wouldn't be surprising if I died... Being a Devil is the only reason for my prolonged survival. “Batting practice is fine now. If it’s baseball, then Koneko will be the fourth batter.”
“...Affirmative.”
Well it is natural for the superhuman girl, Koneko-chan, to be the fourth batter. No need to complain about that. Even if we voted on it, Koneko-chan would win. “Now! We'll practice a “knock"[1 1]! Now everyone! Put your gloves on and spread out!”
Buchou was in high spirits. She was so energetic and lively that she was basically on fire. “Ufufufu. Buchou likes these kinds of things.”
Said Akeno-san while giggling. “I think I understand. My “Onee-sama” hates to lose.”
“Yep, that’s it. Of course, there’s no way that we can lose unless we make mistakes.”
I consented. As Devils who are fundamentally stronger than humans, on the sports day we will have to hold back. Naturally, we wouldn’t have a hard match. On the flip side, we had to learn the rules and features of baseball. Which is the reason why Buchou is making us practice. “Even if your brain knows, your body has to as well.”
Said Buchou. Quite an amazingly strong spirit. That’s our Buchou, theory and practicality. Regardless of our superior physiques, is necessary because we don't know what might happen. “Here, Asia! Here I go!”
[KLANG!] Buchou hit the ball towards Asia. “Haaan! Aaau-aaau-aaau... Aah!”
The ball went through Asia’s legs. Needless to say, Asia's sports sense is below exceptional. At times, she'll even trip over nothing. “Asia! If you fail to catch it, go fetch it!”
“Y-yes!”
Since the Raiser incident, Buchou started to show a lot of concern about matches. She seemed to really regret that loss to Raiser. However, it is obvious that we were disadvantaged. But the fact that we lost damaged Buchou’s pride... She did say she really wanted to win... If only I weren't useless...
“Next is Yuuto! Here!”
[KLANG!] Buchou hit the ball to Kiba. This should be a piece of cake for Kiba, he's the fastest runner in our group. He can do pretty much anything. -Is what I thought...
“...”
[SMACK!] Kiba stood there like an idiot and got hit. Hey hey hey! “Kiba! Get a hold of yourself!”
I yelled at Kiba. He then looked at me with a puzzled expression! “...Aah, sorry. I wasn’t paying attention.”
Kiba picked up the ball and threw it back to Buchou. Buchou caught the ball with a sigh. “Yuuto, what’s wrong? You've been acting rather strange lately. It’s not like you.”
“I’m sorry.”
Kiba sincerely apologised. Buchou was right. This guy has been thinking about something serious lately. Even during discussions in the Occult Research Club, he would look somewhere else and not participate. I even heard that it became a hot topic in his classroom, “A prince in his thoughts.” The girls were worried and excited over his expression. Die, handsome person! -Is what I usually think... but even I thought that he was acting strange lately. This guy was always smiling so this was rather unexpected... If my intuition is right, he started acting strange after we had that club "activity" in my house. Was it the photo? In the Raiser match, his voice harboured some hatred while he spoke to the enemy “Knight”. Apparently, Kiba is like this because of “Holy swords”. But that's that; for now we have to work hard for the “Ball Tournament”. “Hmmmm...”
Oh, Buchou picked up a baseball manual. Buchou tends to read when things come up. Quite a book worm she is. At home she reads some complicated texts. “Ara ara. By the way, Ise-kun, did you know?”
Asked Akeno-san. “Know what?”
“Recently, Buchou started a manual on love.”
“...A love manual! ?”
I-I’m quite shocked... For Buchou to be reading a book about love... Does this mean she found someone that she likes...? My Buchou... getting touched by another man... Noooooo! I don’t want to think about it! Seeing me grabbing my head in shock, Akeno-san began to laugh. “Ufufufu. Ise-kun, you don’t have to worry about it. It'll be all right. It's impossible for Buchou to have a lover while you're not around.”
“A-are you sure? I'll believe in you. Ahhh, if Buchou were ever to get a boyfriend I would die...”
“If Buchou were in your shoes, she'd be deeply shocked. Ufufufu, it’s her first time. You'll be in trouble, Ise-kun.”
“?”
While I didn’t understand what Akeno was trying to say, it's not a problem as long as Buchou didn't fall for another man. “Okay, continuing!”
Buchou swung her bat once, and the training recommenced. Lunch time, the next day. The “Ball tournament” was approaching. Today we would most likely train hard as well. We were informed to go to the club room after lunch. Apparently, this would be our last meeting. Buchou sure is serious. “Club-room today as well?” Asked Matsuda while eating his curry-bread. “Yeah, training for the tournament.”
“Hah... Occult research club practising to play ball. But... everyone in your club is sporty, right?”
“Yeah.”
We're Devils after all. Compared to humans, we're strong. “Ise. You should be careful. There're bad rumours about you.” Motohama said suddenly while fixing his glasses. “Wh...what are you talking about?”
“The wild beast Ise, playing around with beautiful girls. He's got a hold on Rias-senpai and Himejima-senpai. He's forcing them to do evil, sexual acts against their will. "Fufufu. The dignified Ojou-sama is making such a slutty face for me! You pig!". Then you abuse them with words and violence.”
“Heeeeeeeey!! What the fuck is thaaaaat! ?”
I shouted over these insane rumours. Of course! The hell's with that!? “There’s more. The beast finally set his filthy fangs on the school’s mascot, Koneko-chan, who has a loli body. Then he instigated intense sexual intercourse that could easily break her body. He feasted on an underdeveloped body. "Senpai... please stop...". But her words were futile to the beast. | text_3 |
His lust for sex then reached the Angel who had just transferred to our school; he attacked Asia-chan on the first day. "I'll teach you about Japanese culture with my special after school lesson". He made the Angel fall down to the abyss at dawn... You took her into your house. The never ending hell took place in your small room. The brute Ise’s hunt for beautiful girls never ends. ...Well something like that.”
“...Are you serious? So everyone is seeing me like that?”
I made a sweeping look around the class. It may be a mistake but it felt as if there were people looking as if I were a lusting animal... Uuu! It’s just my imagination! I’m just imagining it! Damn it! Who the hell is spreading rumours about me!? “Well, we spread those rumours.”
“Yeah.”
Motohama and Matsuda confessed without remorse. It sounds like a lie, right? These guys are my friends! [KNOCK!] [BANG!] I hit them without a word! Of course! These fucking shit-heads! “It hurts, you brute!”
“Yeah. Don’t take it out on us, you beast!”
“Don’t fuck around! Spreading rumours about me?! You guys! Do you really want to die, seriously! ?”
“Hm... We'll go crazy with jealousy if we don't do things like this.”
“Hahaha! More like our heads are already fucked over!”
“Regret a little! What are you guys trying to do to my school life! ?”
“By the way, there’s also a rumour about you and Kiba being a gay couple.”
“The beasts lust for sex finally reached the school prince! We spread that as well.”
“It’s really popular among some girls.”
“Kyaaa! Who’s bending down and who’s sticking it in?”
“Die! Seriously die!”
They are the worst friends possible! Shit! If I didn't known them for so long, I would have beaten the crap out of them already! Seriously these guys! Hah...
As enjoyable as lunch time with my friends is, I have to go to the club room. I left after putting my empty lunch box in my bag. Where's Asia? Oh, she’s having her lunch with another girl in the corner. I’m glad that she’s fitting in. She did tell me that she made a friend. “Sorry Matsuda and Motohama, I'll leave now for the club room.”
“Oh, you're working hard. That’s good for you.”
“Were you that into sports?”
“Can’t help it. Buchou’s order. And since I'm training I'll definitely win this.”
“Energetic. Until recently you only became hyped up over porn and stuff.”
“You really did change. Did you eat something bad? Does your life change when you see real tits?”
“Well, no matter how many times you see real tits, it’s always amazing.”
“Die!”
“Die!”
Hmph! Hate me all you want. While you guys are talking crap about me, I'll get to see Buchou’s tits! But... did I really change? Really? Well... I did turn into a Devil. “Hey Asia. Finished lunch?”
“Asia, your boyfriend is calling.”
The glasses wearing girl sitting near Asia, Kiryuu Aika, said so with a perverted face. “B-b-b-boy friend!! ?”
Flustered. I've never seen her like this before. Well, any girl would get flustered if someone calls her close guy friend her “boyfriend”. “Eh? I’m wrong? But the two of you are always together, so I thought you two were going out.”
“T-t-that’s...Auu...”
Asia’s face began to turn crimson. If you say something like that in a classroom, everyone will look at you... And I’ll get embarrassed! “Hmmm. Is that so? You guys look like a couple. You 're always together and get along well, kinda like a combination. You guys are also living together with your parents' permission, right? A young boy and a girl living under one roof. That'll be... Mufufufu. By the way, I was the one who told her about 'bathing together'! So?! Did you enjoy it? !”
“It was you! What do you mean 'combination'!? Don’t say things as if we were robots that can combine! It's rude! Well... I do want to do these things, but I can’t do something like that to Asia!”
That’s right! I'm the one who has to protect Asia! So I can’t do something like that! “Hmm. That’s weird. Asia li... Mugah!”
Asia covered Kiryuu’s mouth with both hands. “Aaaah! Please stop, Kiryuu-san!”
Asia...? I'd never seen her face so red before... Her eyes were watery as well. Does Kiryuu hold some secret that Asia doesn’t want me to know? Hmmmm... it’s probably girls’ talk so it’s hard for me to intrude. “Anyway, Asia. We were told to go to the club room so let’s go.”
“Okay!”
Asia had yet to calm down. Well, discussing things like this is too stimulating for her when you consider where she was raised. Even I would feel embarrassed if I were told that she were my girlfriend... But, if Asia were my girlfriend, then I would live a happy life. However, right now, I have stronger feelings of protection for Asia. I couldn’t consider my life without Asia any more. Asia’s smile became a part of it. Musing about my happy life, we neared the club room. When we entered the room, the other members were already there…….and there were also those who didn’t belong to the club here as well. ! I got shocked when I saw the person sitting on the sofa besides the club members. “Student President......”
Yes, the person sitting on the sofa is our schools, Kuou Academy’s Student-President-sama. Student President is a beautiful and slender female student, and has a cold and strict atmosphere around her. She is so beautiful that she doesn’t look Japanese, but her name is Shitori Souna-senpai. She is my senior who is in third year. At school she is the third most popular. Of course the most popular is Rias-buchou, followed by Akeno-san. She has a scary atmosphere that won’t let anyone come near her. It’s also because she has the eyes of a strict person, but she is also quite the beauty. She’s more popular amongst female students than male students, and she may be more popular than Rias-buchou and Akeno-san with girls. If I looked carefully, there was one other male student besides Kaichou who is from the student council. “Oh so you didn’t mention us to Hyoudou, Rias-senpai? It’s also weird not to notice us, when we are Devils as well.”
Isn’t this the guy who joined the student council recently as a secretary of the council? Kaichou then said it quietly to the secretary guy,
“Saji, it can’t be helped because we are not supposed to contact each other at normal times. Also it hasn’t been that long since he became a Devil. Hyoudou-kun is responding like he is supposed to.”
…..Wh…..what!? By the way she just explained, then that means that the people of the student council are also……? So there were other Devils besides me and the members of the occult research club!? Akeno-san explained to me who got really shocked,
“The Kaichou, Shitori Souna-sama’s real name is Sona Sitri. She’s a High-class Devil who is the next heir of the house of Sitri.”
H-High-class Devil!? And the house of Sitri!? I’m not actually sure about it, but I know that it’s an important house just like Buchou’s and the house of Phoenix! Wha……. I became speechless. I became really shocked to find out that there was another High-class Devil in this school! Akeno-san then further explained to me. | text_3 |
“The house of Sitri is one of the 72 pillars that survived the Great War just like the house of Gremory and the house of Phoenix. This school is actually controlled by the house of Gremory, but at day time, it is the student council……in other words the house of Sitri is in control. The time of being in charge is split between day-time and night-time.”
Is that so…….. Then the members of the student council are…… The secretary guy spoke,
“You guys are getting peaceful school life because Kaichou and us, the Devil servants of Sitri, are working at daytime. It won’t be bad for you to remember that, you know? By the way, my name is Saji Genshirou. I’m in second year, and I am Kaichou’s “Pawn”.”
“Oooh, the same year as me and also the same “Pawn” as me!”
What an unexpected meeting! I was a bit happy. For there to be another [Pawn] besides me and also in the same year as me! The secretary guy, Saji, made an opposite reaction to me and made a sigh. “Actually you damaged my pride very badly. For you, one of the three pervs, to be the same “Pawn” as me…….”
“W-What did you say! ?”
This bastard! I was thinking of getting along with him! “Oh? You wanna go at it? Even if I look like this, I’m a “Pawn” that consumed 4 pieces of “Pawns”. Even if I just turned into a Devil, I won’t lose against someone like Hyoudou.”
Saji made a provoking comment against me, but Kaichou glared at him sharply. “Saji, stop that.”
“Bu…but Kaichou!”
“The reason we came here is to introduce our new servants amongst fellow High-class Devils where we both have this school as our base. In other words it is a meeting to introduce you and Rias’s servants, Hyoudou-kun and Asia-san. If you are my servant, then don’t make a shame out of me. Besides…..”
Kaichou then looked at me. “Saji, you can’t win against Hyoudou-kun right now. He is the one who defeated the third son of the house of Phoenix. Consuming 8 “Pawn” pieces was not just for show.”
“8 pieces!? Wait, this is the guy who defeated the Phoenix!? For this guy to beat that Raiser….. I thought that it was Kiba or Himejima-senpai who rescued Rias-senpai……”
What, what? What are they on about? Also can you stop looking at me with those weird eyes. I’m not an animal in the zoo that is doing something weird. Then Kaichou bowed her head down. “I am sorry Hyoudo Issei-kun, Asia Argento-san. My servant hasn’t experienced as much battles as you two, so he still has some rude attitude in him. If it’s okay, can you please get along with him?”
Kaichou said it to us while smiling. I think you call this a cold smile. I didn’t feel anything bad from the smile, so she must be a person who can only smile like this. “Saji.”
“Eh? Ye…yes! Please get along with me……..”
Saji also bowed his head down at me reluctantly. He seemed like he wasn’t satisfied with it. “Yes. Let’s get along.”
Asia replied back with a big smile. Asia sure is a good child. “If it’s Asia-san, then I am very happy!”
Saji grabbed Asia’s hand and made an attitude opposite to the one he gave me. Thi….this bastard! I took Saji’s hands off Asia’s, and shook his hand while gripping it hard. “Hahaha! Saji-kun! Please look after me as well! Also I’ll seriously fucking kill you if you lay a finger on Asia. Okay, Saji-kun! ?”
I said it with a fake smile. Then he also smiled and held my hand stronger. “Yes! Yes! Let’s get along Hyoudou-kun! To have the blond bishoujo for just yourself. You really are a Brute-kun! Man, I wish there was a divine punishment which falls on you! I wish you die when a lightning falls on you while you are on your way home!”
We made negative comments against each other. It must have looked weird. But I couldn’t forgive this guy! He was different than Kiba but I couldn’t stand guys like him! Actually, I seriously wanted to hit him! I seriously won’t let him walk alive if he touches Asia! “You must have a hard time.”
“You too.”
Buchou and Kaichou both made a sigh while looking at us. “Chi. Members of the student council are stronger than the members of your club.”
Saji said it while letting go of my hand. So the members of the student council belong to Kaichou’s household and are Kaichou’s servants. Kaichou took a sip of green tea and said it with a small voice,
“I love this school. I also think that the work of the student council is worth the effort. That’s why I will not forgive those that ruin the peaceful life of this school. Whether they are human or Devils. That applies to you, the people in here, and also Rias.”
I understood immediately that those words were directed to us the new Devils which are me, Asia and Saji. In other words she will not forgive anyone that ruins the school life. So this person loves this school, Kuou Academy, that much. No wonder she is the kaichou. “I think this is enough for introducing our rookies. Then we will pardon ourselves now. There’s also a document which I want to finish during lunch time.”
Kaichou got up and tried to leave. “Kaichou. No Souna Sitri-san……..sama. I will be in your care from now.”
“Y…yes! Please take care of us!”
I bowed my head towards Kaichou and greeted her, and Asia did the same. It’s a greeting as a newbie Devil. She is a High-class Devil and also Buchou’s acquaintance. Even if her servant is “that”, I think it’s an obvious thing to do as a new Devil of the Gremory household. “Yes, let’s get along.”
Kaichou replied and smiled at us. “Rias, I will be looking forward to the “Ball Tournament”.”
Kaichou said to Buchou with a smile, before she left the room. “Yes, me as well.”
Buchou smiled back at her. Oh. I understood immediately that these two are really close. Then she could have helped us in the quarrel between the old houses from the previous incident. But then I thought that it’s not that simple to put your head inside the problems between High-class Devils. Or did she believe that Buchou would be able to clear the problem herself? Kaichou left the room after saying that. “Ise, Asia. Get along with Saji-kun. You will also meet the other members of the student council who are Devils, but don’t fight with them. Since we are all spending our school life at the same school. Okay?”
Buchou said to us while smiling. “Yes!”
If Buchou says that, then I will listen to her without complaining! I won’t fight even though that guy is a jerk! But for there to be Devils besides us at this school….. Seems like there are more secrets within this school……
BANG! BANG! The sound of the start of the ball tournament echoed in the sky. From today’s weather broadcast, it’s going to rain in the evening. Please don’t rain until the tournament finishes. [Tsukmoto-kun of the “Manga research club”, Hashioka-sensei is calling you. Can you please come to the teacher’s room immediately.] The PA which is placed throughout the school ground was making announcements endlessly. All of us members got changed into our PE uniform and gathered at one place and were resting up till the start of the match. But the club matches were at the end. | text_3 |
First of all, there were the class matches. I think my class is going to compete in baseball. Me and Asia also have to participate. The practice we did after school wasn’t in vain. After that there was a match amongst genders. Then after lunch there was a match between clubs. I did some light exercises as a warm up. Asia was stretching with the help of Akeno-san. Koneko-chan was sitting on the plastic mattress on the ground reading the rule book for ball games. Kiba……was still thinking about something. He had been staring at the sky. Buchou went to check the category sports for the club matches……. Oh she came back. Buchou, who just came back, was smiling fearlessly. “Fufufu, we have won this match already.”
“Buchou, so what is the sports we are playing then?”
“Dodgeball!”
I only had a bad feeling about this. “Buchouuuuuu!! You can do it!”
I was cheering for Buchou from the tennis court fence. Sob……Buchou in a tennis uniform! The thigh you could see from the mini-skirt was wonderful! Buchou was representing the girls of her class, and was competing against other senior girls. SLAM! Buchou was playing around with her opponent with her smooth move, but the opponent was quite good as well! “Kaichou-samaaaaa! Kyaaaa!”
The girls were shouting with a shrill voice. Yes, Buchou’s opponent was none other than the student president, Shitori Souna-senpai. “Ufufufu. It’s wonderful that we can see a match between High-class Devils in a place like this.”
Akeno-san was also enjoying watching it beside me. It was just like she said. I never expected that there would be a match between the High-class Devils here. And both of them weren’t holding back. They were seriously hitting the ball with their racket. “Here I come, Sona!”
“Yes, you may, Rias!”
Both of them were exchanging words like that, and they were both really into this match. It looked like a situation in a sports-comedy manga! Even I was getting fired up just looking at them! “Kaichouuuuu! Please winnnnnnn!”
Ah, Saji was also cheering in the fence opposite of me. He was even swinging a flag which had a writing “Student Council” on it. Wow, he’s also fired up! “Take this! Shitori-style spin-ball!”
The ball Kaichou had just hit went rushing towards Buchou. “You are too naïve! Take this Gremory-style counter!”
Buchou tried to hit it back with her racket, but the ball changed it’s direction and went down! Uoooooo! Is it a magic ball!? “15-30”
“Noooooo, it’s Kaichou’s point!”
“You are doing well Souna. To be expected from my rival.”
“Ufufu. Rias, you haven’t forgotten the promise where the loser has to pay for the udon with all the toppings at Kobashiya, have you?”
“Yes, I haven’t. It will be my shame if you taste that before me. That’s why I will definitely win! Did you know that I have 108 styles of magic ball?”
“I will accept that challenge. I will hit back all the balls that come into my “Shitori-Zone”.”
I don’t know why but both of their eyes were burning….. But princesses, why is the thing you two are betting so……common? Well maybe that’s the good thing about Buchou and Kaichou. Maybe they started to have sense as human because they lived in the humans' world for so long. After all the final match between Buchou and Kaichou lasted so long, that both of their rackets broke and they both got first places. Well, of course, a normal racket would break if they do an intense rally like that. Then the tournament moved to the club matches……
“Bloo…bloomers.”
I became shocked after seeing what Asia was wearing. It was not the school’s PE uniform shorts but a bloomer! Before the start of the club matches, Asia suddenly disappeared, and when I thought she came back she was wearing a bloomer. Oooo……her white legs……her thighs…..! Man! She has nice legs like always! Asia was wriggling while making her face red. “………Ummm……I heard from Kiryuu-san. That the proper uniform for dodge ball is bloomer…… An…and also that Ise-san will be happy if I wore this……”
Ki….Kiryuuuuuuuu! That damn bitch! Why on earth did she teach my cute Asia-chan this wonderful…no I mean shameless thing! Shit! Kiryuu's, also known as “Master-mind”, actions are shaking my heart! “You don’t like it?”
Asia asked me with a shy voice while looking up at me. !........ I felt something burst inside me. “No, no. It’s great, Asia. Thank you very much. Thank you very much!”
I took Asia’s hand and thanked her a lot. But Asia herself didn’t know what was going on. “Raise your spirit up, you two.”
Buchou was still energetic even after that intense tennis. Well, I was also fired up! “Osu! I’m getting fired up with Asia’s bloomers! Since I’m doing it, I’m not going to lose!”
“Good reply, Ise! I will give you a reward if you work hard!’
………! Wh…..what!! Are you serious, Buchou!? I felt some unknown power flowing within me! “Uooooooo! Oppai!”
I definitely can’t lose! Buchou’s breasts are mine! STEP! “Gyaaa!”
I screamed. Of course, because Asia stepped on my foot. “Ise-san how about you hand “that” out to everyone?”
Asia said it with a displeased voice. When I looked she had an unpleasant face. She was in a bad mood. Sob……lately Asia-chan had learned how to use violence against me. She must be at a rebellious age. Just like Asia said, there was something I had that I wanted to give to everyone. Fufufu, I made it last night. “Everyone! Let’s put this as a team!”
What I got out was a headband, which had an embroidery “Occult Research Club” imprinted on it. It was handmade by me. “Ara, you are well prepared.”
The first one to take it from me was Buchou. “Yes, Ise is more skillful than I thought. It’s well made.”
“Hehehe. I was secretly practising.”
Yes I was using my spare time to practice making it. I’m not good with home economics, but I believed that I would get good at it if I practiced little by little every day. Thanks to it I gained a skill for it. Well, it’s not good if you compare it to one made by a person skilful at it, but it still should look good. “……It’s unexpectedly good.”
Thank you Koneko-chan! “Ara-ara. Certainly the other clubs are wearing an item to symbolise the team. Like uniforms and caps.”
“That’s right Akeno-san! That’s why I also made it!”
Everyone took them from my hand and put them on their forehead. It made me happy. It was worth the effort making them at night. Then I gave it to Kiba who was still acting weird. “Here Kiba.”
“……Ye…yeah. Thanks.”
“……Let’s concentrate on winning now.”
“……Win, huh. Yeah…… Winning is important.”
Hm? He sounded as if he meant something. He seemed like he lost at something. [Members of the occult research club and the baseball club. Please gather at the ground.] The announcement which called for us! Our battle was about to start! “Aim for him! Aim for Hyoudou!”
“Uoooooo! Screw you guys!”
I was shouting at the same time crying while I was dodging incredibly fast balls. The match between clubs that started! The sports we had to do was dodge ball and our first opponent was the baseball club. | text_3 |
These guys couldn’t hit anyone besides me from their viewpoints! Buchou. One of the “Two Great Onee-sama”. The really popular school idol. Can’t aim for her. Akeno-san. One of the “Two Great Oneesama”. School idol. Can’t aim for her. Asia. The Angel and the number 1 beautiful girl of the second year. And also a Blondie! Can’t aim for her. Koneko-chan. A loli-loli girl who is our school mascot. You feel bad if you hit her. Kiba. Enemy of every male students in our school, but the girls will hate you if you hit him. Can’t aim for him. Me, Ise. Everyone thought “I don’t understand why that guy belongs to the occult research club”. It’s not a problem if you hit him. No, you have to hit him instead. Damn it. Die. Aim every ball at him! Head shot! Die, die you wild beast! I felt like I could hear their thoughts! The ultimate way to eliminate me! And everyone's evil intents concentrate at me! From every student of this school! “Kill Iseeeeee! !”
“Asia-chaaaaaaaaan! Bloomer’s are the best! Iseeeeeee, die! !”
“Please! Take Hyoudou down! For Rias-oneesama’s sake! For Akeno-oneesama’s sake!”
“You have to bring Asia-san back to the good side!”
“Die! Right! No, throw at head on!”
“Kill him!! Die!! There should be only one loli-con, and that is me!”
“You wouldn’t have gotten killed if you didn’t come out!”
Even the crowds were telling me to die! Fuck all of you! All of their eyes were sending an intent to kill directed at me! Damn it! Why did this happen! My bad feeling turned into reality! “All of the balls are concentrated towards Ise! In terms of strategy, this would be “sacrifice”! Ise, this is a chance!”
“Buchouuuu!! I will do my best! Shit! I’m not doing this for fun!”
If Buchou was counting on me, then I had to work hard even if that meant using my body as a shield! A ball aimed at me was blocked by Koneko-chan, who then used the ball to take down the opponent in one shot! Yes! At this rate we could get 1st place! The only thing left to do was for me to dodge the ball and run! When I was thinking like that, one big built baseball boy came and aimed for Kiba! “Shit! I don’ care whether I get hated! You damn handsome! !”
Ooou! That guy had so much hatred towards handsome guys that he aimed for Kiba instead of me! Get hit! Well that’s what I thought……
“What are you doing gazing around for! ?”
I went towards Kiba while shouting because he was still in his own world. I stood in front of him to protect him. “…Ah. Ise-kun?”
Ah Ise-kun? My ass! What the heck are you doing!? And the ball came towards me! Can’t be helped! I will use my body to stop the ball! When I was thinking like that, the ball changed it’s direction. The ball came down like a fork-ball and came in to my crotch…
SMASH!! “……!! !”
A direct hit…… My balls…got crushed by…a ball…… Guhaa… I went down holding my crotch because of the insane pain it gave me…… You can’t explain how painful it is………the pain only that guys know…… The club members came rushing at me. Buchou held me up. “Bu…Buchou…my……balls……”
“I have the ball! You did well Ise! Now, it’s time to hunt down the prey who took down my cute Ise!”
O…Onee-sama… You have really scary eyes… But……seriously my balls…… I can’t even breath…… Auaa auuuuu…………
“Ara ara. Buchou. You are wrong. It seems like a different ball is in a serious condition.”
Th…that’s right Akeno-san…… Buchou seemed to realise the situation and became speechless. “…! How can this be! Asia, please come over here. I will be in trouble if it gets useless because of a thing like this!”
“Y…yes. Did Ise-san get hurt……?”
“Yes, apparently his important part. Can you heal him behind the building?”
“Important part? I don’t really understand but I got it!”
“Koneko. Can you take Ise to a place where there’s no one around?”
“……Affirmative.”
…Looks like they were discussing about something while I was fainting in agony. “B-Buchou…… I’m sorry that I couldn’t be of much use......”
“It’s alright, Ise. You did well. Leave the rest to us.”
Buchou patted gently at my cheek with her hand. [GRAB]
Someone grabbed me by my collar. [DRAG]
I was getting dragged. Of course the one dragging me was Koneko-chan. “Ise-san! Please keep a hold of yourself!”
Asia was cheering me while following me. “This is a battle of revenge for Ise!”
I could hear Buchou’s energetic and mad voice from far away. She sounded as if I had died… Aaah, if Buchou gets serious, then it should be all right even without Koneko-chan… Like this, I retired for the first match temporarily and was dragged behind the gym. I was taken behind the gym where there were 0 sights of other people…… My crotch still hurt……
“Ise-san, I will start healing. Please show me the place you injured yourself.”
……! I can’t do something like that……
“N…no, I can’t……”
“What are you saying!? If you don’t show me where you hurt yourself then I can’t heal you!”
She seemed really motivated but I couldn’t… We are talking about balls, you know? My balls. If I did that then my “stick” will also fall out as well…… There’s no way Asia could handle this…
“……Asia……I beg you…… Please don’t trouble me any more……”
“N…no! I was just trying to help……”
Aaah. She was making a really sad face…
“Asia, don’t cry… Can you just use your powers around my hips…? I think it will heal that way…”
Asia has a Sacred Gear “Twilight Healing” that can even heal Devils. It’s also the lifeline of our group. It has a splendid healing ability and can heal most injuries immediately. I was sure it could also heal “this” damage but I just couldn’t show it to her…… There was a warm light coming out of her hands. At the same time I could feel the pain disappearing from there. Amazing…… What a warm light…… Aaaah, the pain was disappearing as if it was just a dream… So Asia’s Sacred Gear also works significantly for damages on balls…
“……A situation I can’t describe by words.”
Koneko-chan made a sigh. That’s rare. “Ise-san. Please rest for a bit.”
I was lying down and Asia approached me and lifted my head… Then I felt a really soft sensation from my head!? This sensation was the feeling of a thigh! Am I getting a “Thigh pillow”!? Are you serious!? “Ise-san, you looked really happy when Buchou was doing this to you…… Maybe I might not be good enough……”
That’s not true! It’s a bloomer, you know? A thigh pillow, you know? It’s a dream to get a thigh pillow while a girl is wearing a bloomer! “Sob… Thank you. Thank you.”
I thanked her a lot while shedding tears. “Ufufufu. Ise-san is thanking a lot today.”
[The Occult research club wins!] The good news which the announcement just made also reached my ears. RAIN
It was raining hard outside. We were lucky that it rained after the tournament. SLAP! There was also a bitter sound which echoed along with the sound of rain. Buchou just slapped someone. Not me. It was Kiba. “How is it? Did you wake up?”
Buchou was quite angry. For the ball tournament, we, the occult research club, got 1st place. | text_3 |
Me, Asia and Koneko-chan went back and obtained 1st place as a whole team…… But there was one person who didn’t cooperate. I’m talking about Kiba. He did contribute a couple of times but he was doing nothing most of the time. Buchou got angry at him a couple of times during the match but he didn't seem to care. I would have gotten pissed if Buchou didn’t. Even if he got his cheek slapped, Kiba still didn’t make any expression nor talked. What is this guy…… Is he really Kiba? Because of the sudden change he looked like a totally different person. He was a good looking guy who always had a refreshing face. Then he suddenly made the usual smiley face. “Are you done now? The ball tournament has finished as well. We won’t be practicing anymore so can I take a rest until it’s night time? I’m a bit tired so I will take a break from the usual club activity. I’m sorry for my behaviour this noon. Seems like I didn’t feel well today.”
“Kiba, you are really weird lately?”
“It’s none of your concern.”
I asked him but Kiba replied coldly with a smiley face. “Even I’m getting worried about you.”
“Worried? Who worries about who? I think it’s normal for Devils to live by how they want. Well, I think I’m at fault for not listening to my master this time.”
Hmmm, maybe I should tell him a bit. But why am I supposed to do this? It’s usually the other way around. I say something insane, and Kiba calms me down. “It’s troublesome a situation like this when we are trying to form a proper group. That’s how we felt after we went through that bitter experience in the previous match, remember. Don’t we have to cover for each other’s weak points from now on? We are comrades.”
“Comrades……”
Kiba then made a gloomy face. “Yes, comrades.”
“You are always burning…… Ise-kun, lately I started to remember the basic things.”
“Basic?”
“Yeah, that’s right. The reason why I am fighting.”
“Isn’t it for Buchou?”
That’s what I thought. That’s what I believed in hard. Just by my own thinking. But he rejected it immediately. “No. I’m living so I can seek my revenge. Holy-sword Excalibur. Destroying that is the reason why I am living.”
Kiba had a face with a strong determination. That time, I thought that I had seen his real face. I'm walking without using an umbrella under the heavy rain. I think it's a good rain that can cool my head off. ——I had a fight with Buchou. I rebelled for the first time against my master who saved my life. It was a failure as “Kiba Yuuto”. However, I had never once forgotten my revenge towards the holy-sword Excalibur. I was just getting senile with the lifestyle at school. I had made comrades, obtained a lifestyle, and received a name. I also received a purpose in life from my master, Rias Gremory. Asking for more happiness is a bad thing. It's certainly bad. Until I achieve my purpose, I have never thought that I can continue to live on behalf of my “comrades”——. Splash. I heard a sound of water that is different from the sound of rain. There is a priest in front of me. By hanging a cross around their neck, they speak of the holiness in the name of God that I so despise. They are one of the things I hate. The target of my hatred. I even think that I don’t mind killing him if he is an exorcist. ——! The priest has a blood patch on his stomach and when he coughs out some blood, he falls down. Was he attacked by someone? Who? ——An enemy? “—!”
Sensing an abnormal presence, I created a demonic-sword instantly. ——It's a killing intent! SPARK! There is a reflection of a metal under the rain, then there's a spark. When I move my body towards the place where the killing intent is coming from, there is someone wielding a long sword who comes to attack me. This person is wearing same clothes as the priest that just died front of me. —A priest. Except, this one is giving off a powerful killing intent clearly. “Yahooo. It’s been a while.”
I know the boy priest who is giving a disgusting smile. A white-haired crazy priest, Freed Zelzan. He’s the one we fought in the previous incident involving the Fallen-Angels. ......He is showing the same disgusting smile that is ticking me off like before. “......Looks like you are still in this town. What is your business today? I’m sorry, but I’m in a really bad mood today.”
I said that with an angry tone, but he simply laughs it off. “Well that’s good timing. Wonderful! In my case I’m so happy that I’m going to shed some tears because of my reunion with you!”
So he still has his cocky way of talking. Seriously, he really does get on my nerves. I already hate him for being a priest. When I try to make a demonic-sword in my left hand, the long sword he is wielding starts to emit a holy aura. —! That light! That aura! That glow! ——How can I forget! “I was getting bored of priest hunting, so this really is a good timing. Very Good. Nice timing indeed. My Excalibur and your demonic sword, can you let me check which one is stronger? Hyahahahaha! I will repay you by killing you!”
Yes, the sword he has is the Holy-sword Excalibur itself. “Holy-sword Project?”
Buchou nodded at my words. “Yes. Yuuto is a survivor of that project.”
Asia, Buchou and I returned to my house after we finished our club activities. Buchou and Asia came into my room, and Buchou had started to tell us about Kiba. “There was a project several years ago inside the Christian Church that aimed to make those who can wield the holy-sword Excalibur.”
“…This is my first time hearing this.”
Asia didn’t know about this project. Well a secret project like this won’t reach the ears of the girl who was praised as the holy-maiden. “Holy-swords are the ultimate weapons against devils. If we, the devils, touch the holy sword then we will burn ourselves. If we get cut by it, then we will be terminated without a trace. It could be called the ultimate weapon for those who believe in God and see devils as an enemy.”
Holy-sword… It’s those things that also come up in games and light novels, right? I’m a devil so it would be the most dangerous weapon for me as well. “Even though there are numerous holy-swords originating from all over the world, I still think the most famous one would be Excalibur. Even in Japan, it comes up in many books. It’s a holy weapon that is created through means of magic and alchemy by those who reach the territory of God. But holy-swords choose their wielders. I hear that only one person in a decade or so gets chosen.”
“Kiba is a Sacred Gear possessor that can create demonic-swords, right? So isn’t there a Sacred Gear that can create holy-swords instead?”
It was my question. I made a simple conclusion that a Sacred Gear that can create holy-swords exists because a Sacred Gear that creates demonic-sword does. “It’s not like there aren’t. But if you compare it to the holy-swords that already exist, it is kind of lacking. Of course I’m not saying it’s weak. Among them there is a sacred utensil included in the “Longinus”, just like your “Boosted Gear”. | text_3 |
The most famous is the Sacred Gear that was wielded by the person who killed Jesus Christ, the “True Longinus”. It’s also said that the name “Longinus” was derived from it.”
Longinus. It is a Sacred Gear that has the power to kill God. Like the one I possess in my left arm. So, there is a sacred utensil that is a Sacred Gear and is also a “Longinus”. But to hear that the spear that killed Jesus-san was also a “Longinus”……… I was discovering the mystery behind the history from out of nowhere. Talking to a high-class devil can be really shocking. “Except, at this point there isn’t a Holy Sacred Gear that can compete with Excalibur, Durandal or Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi because these holy-swords are too powerful. It’s the same with the demonic-swords.”
Hmmmm. So much stuff that I had no clue about. I'll probably have to remember these things, but lately there is so much stuff that I have to remember, it's hard to keep up……
“Yuuto received artificial treatment to adapt to the holy-sword, particularly the Excalibur.”
“So Kiba is able to use the holy-swords?”
Buchou shook her head at my question. “Yuuto couldn’t adapt to the holy-swords. Not only Yuuto, but it seems like everyone who received a treatment similar to Yuuto's couldn’t either……”
Even Kiba who is an expert at using swords and can handle all those demonic-swords couldn’t use the holy-swords. “The people of the Church decided to view the ones who couldn’t adapt to the holy-swords as “defective products” and disposed of them.”
Dispose… Sounds like an unpleasant word. I can imagine what it means. Buchou’s eyes changed because she also felt discomfort. “Most of the people experimented on were killed including Yuuto. Only because they couldn’t adapt to the holy-swords……”
“……It can’t be. It’s not an acceptable act by those who serve God.”
It seems like this was a big shock for Asia. Her eyes were covered with tears. It is normal to cry when something you believe in continues to betray you. “They, the people of the Church, calls us devils an evil existence, but I think the bad intentions of humans are the greatest evil in this world.”
Buchou said it with sad eyes. Buchou is a devil. But she is very kind. Buchou told me that she has similar feelings as humans because she stayed in the human’s world for too long but I believe that’s not the case. I think that Buchou was a kind woman right from the start. Otherwise you can't explain her kind smile. There are also kind people among the devils! And that is my pride of being a devil. “When I reincarnated Yuuto into a devil, that boy was swearing for his revenge even when he was in a critical situation. Because his talents were being used for holy-swords since he was born, I wanted him to use his talents as a devil. Yuuto’s talent at using swords would be a waste for only using it for holy-swords.”
Buchou wanted to save Kiba by turning him into a devil because he had a miserable life due to the holy-swords. She wanted to tell him not to get so fixated on holy-swords and use his powers as a devil. But Kiba…
“That boy couldn’t forget about it. The holy-swords. Those who were involved with the holy-swords. And the people of the Church……”
The reason why he detests priests. The reason why he is obsessed with the information regarding holy-swords. He still couldn’t forget about them. No, they played around with his life and killed him afterwards, it's not weird for him to hold a grudge. When I was killed by that fallen angel, I also held a grudge against her. And it happened to him when he was little so his hatred against them must be enormous. Buchou made a big sigh. “Anyway I will just watch over him for now. Right now his head is full of the feelings he has towards the holy-swords. But I hope he returns to his usual self.”
“Ah, about that. I think this photo was what caused him to act like this.”
I handed the photo to Buchou. Kiba said the sword in this photo is a holy-sword. I think it is somehow related… Buchou’s eyes changed as soon as she saw the photo. “Ise. Is there someone you know who is related to the Church?”
“No. There’s none among my relatives.”
That’s what my parents told me. I asked them just in case. “Except when I was really small, it seems there was a child who was a Christian living in the neighbourhood.”
“So, there is one near you… No, there was a holy-sword in this area about 10 years ago. It’s so terrifying.”
“Then is that sword really a holy-sword?”
“Yes, it’s one of the holy-swords. It’s not as powerful as the legendary holy-sword I mentioned before, but it’s the real thing. Then it must mean that this man is the holy-sword wielder…… Now I get it. I heard that my predecessor who was in charge of this area vanished, but it would make sense if this was the reason. But if I remember……”
Oh. Buchou started talking to herself. Seems like she found out something. But Buchou thought for a while and……
“Let’s go to sleep. Even if we think about it, it’s not like Yuuto’s behaviour will go back to normal.”
After saying that, Buchou started to strip her clothes! “Bu…Buchou! Why are you taking your clothes off here! ?”
“Why? You also know that I can’t sleep without being naked, Ise.”
“No, no, no! Not that! I mean, why are you taking them off in my room! ?”
I was eagerly looking at Buchou’s body while I was panicking. Ngggggggg! No matter how many times I look at them, she has an amazing body! Her boobs bounced after she took her bra off! “That’s because I’m going to sleep with you.”
Buchou answered me as if it was the obvious answer! NOSE BLEED! My nose started to drip lots of blood. Ooooooooh! For a girl to say that she wants to sleep with me! “Then I’m sleeping here as well! I’m also going to sleep with Ise-san!”
Hey, hey, hey, hey! I’m happy to hear that but you can’t! Asia can’t do that! She shouldn’t be copying Buchou! “Buchou! You are being a bad influence on Asia! Please put your clothes on!”
Buchou frowned her eyebrows at my words. “Bad influence? That’s a harsh thing to say, Ise. You know that I sleep naked, right? You slept with me a number of times.”
This time it was Asia who responded to Buchou’s words. "....Slept together a number of times.......? No.....Ise-san and Buchou-san.......?" Asia started to shake and get teary eyes because it was a big shock for her. Ho....hold on! What kind of situation is this!? "Asia, hand over Ise for tonight." "I don't want to...... I think I have the right to be spoiled by Ise-san as well. I also want to sleep with Ise-san!" Asia! You wanted to sleep with me that much!? I feel a bit complicated but also really happy! Even though she has teary eyes, she seems determined. I can tell from what she's said that she won't back down! Waaaaah! A fight is about to start in my room! Let's not fight! Both of them glared at each other and there were sparks between them..... I'm trying to breathe in this awkward situation. It's really hard to breathe here! It truly is! "Then let's make Ise decide." Buchou then looked at me. | text_3 |
Her eyes were telling me "Choose me". I can feel a force coming from her eyes! "Ise-san. You will sleep with me, right?" Asia asked me with sobbing eyes. I felt like surrendering to her because she wasn't acting. The person whom I won't pick will hold a grudge against me. I held my head down because this was the hardest choice I've ever faced. "........Fuuu." I took a breath after I drank a cup of water in the kitchen. ........After that I calmed the situation down by choosing to "sleep with both of them". Of course making Buchou wear her night gown just for today. At that rate, Asia would also have copied her....... It seems like Asia will become erotic because of Buchou's influence..... Well, that would make me feel happy but at the same time would leave me with complicated feelings. I need to protect Asia. The girl you are trying to protect becoming erotic.......it might be a good thing! But it might be a bad thing as well...... Nggggh. It's something that my small brain can't handle. On the bed, Buchou and Asia were sleeping while I slept between them. It's a situation I dreamed of! This is a wonderful thing! I'm sleeping while being surrounded by two girls, you know? It would be the ultimate situation for guys! And if I think of laying my hand on Buchou who sleeps on the left side of me, it seems like Asia would get mad at me. If I lay my hand on Asia who sleeps on the right side, then the good will inside me will tell myself not to. It's killing me! Damn it! They are right in front of me but I can't lay my hands on them! I held my head down with my arms while shedding tears of regrets. Of course I couldn’t go to sleep because I was getting too excited since there were two bishoujo sleeping next to me! I stopped my urge to grope breasts and thighs, and came downstairs when I saw a chance. I was sure the two of them were sleeping peacefully. Shit! I want to have sex with them! Isn’t this the time in my life where I am popular with girls!? Shouldn’t I use this as a chance to experience a lot of things!? Maybe do something erotic with the three of us! Is it even possible!? In a harem having threesomes is normal! I heard it’s the basic stuff! Then this means I am not fit to make my own harem? If I had a talent for making a harem, then by now I would have made Buchou and Asia feel pleasured and have them in my grasp! Holy shit! I understood another painful reality! I can’t even do anything when I’m sleeping with two girls! I mean, it seems that I can lay my hand on Buchou but I can’t! And I can’t make Asia impure! Is it because I’m too inexperienced that I think like that!? Is it because I’m a virgin!? Absurd! In the simulation I made in my head it goes like this……
“Fufufu. So which girl should I pleasure today?”
“Ise-sama! Please pick me! I beg you!”
“What are you talking about!? I’m a slut that can’t live without master’s penis! So please pick me!”
“Don’t get in my way! Oni-sama! I can’t endure it anymore! I beg you! Please come inside me!”
“Hahaha! Hey hey give me a break. I only have one body you know? So make a row! So choose the order nicely. Hahaha, what troublesome kittens you are.”
In my head it was perfect……… But reality is harsh. There was a tear falling down my cheek. After all it was just a hallucination that I made in my head. Aaaah, when am I going to have my first sex? I think it’s about a good time for having sex once with a girl. Huh? Never? Impossible…… Because I have already seen boobs many times…… And the next step after that is hard. Sob………why did it turn out like this……? [Hey partner. Sorry to bother you.] ……I never expected that you would have started a conversation with me. The being residing in my left arm, the Sacred Gear “Boosted Gear”, the Welsh Dragon Ddraig. He suddenly talked to me soon after the Rating Game against the house of Phoenix. And he rented me the power, Balance Breaker, which is the ultimate power of Sacred Gears. Thanks to that I defeated Raiser Phoenix and succeeded in destroying Buchou’s engagement. But that time my left arm turned into that of a dragon, which is the price for using that power. Now my arm is back to normal because of Buchou and Akeno-san’s help but if I don’t receive the treatment to weaken my dragon power then my arm will revert back to a dragon’s arm. You didn’t even appear since then and didn't even talk back to me when I was calling you! [Don’t say that. I won’t run away this time. Let’s talk a bit.] I sat down on the sofa in the living room. “Hmph. Coming out of nowhere.”
[Nah, Don’t say that.] Did the dragon power inside me become full? Is that the reason why this guy is talking to me… Tomorrow is the day Akeno-san is going to scatter my powers. Gufufu, I can’t wait for tomorrow. That is so erotic…… I can’t stop myself from drooling. [Seems like your head is full of things like that as always.] Ddraig said it while making a sigh. “Shut up! I’m at that age! ………And what did you want to talk about?”
[I don’t mind talking about the opposite sex.] “……You were listening?”
[Well I am always with you, so I can hear it whether I want to or not.] Is that so? So you can hear everything. And it’s even worse because it seems like he can hear my thoughts as well. [The Gremory and their servants are beings with extra-ordinary affection among the devils. Your master and friends are the same as well. Especially the love Rias Gremory has towards you is deep… Seems like she adores you a lot.] “…Yeah. I don’t know why but she adores me a lot.”
I answered him while blushing. That’s right. I am being especially taken care of by Buchou. I think she started to adore me even more after I beat Raiser. Even in front of the other club members, the other servant devils, she hugs me…… I even get kissed on the cheek sometimes… I’m happy but also embarrassed so I don’t know what to do. [Kukuku. You are probably at the age where you should experience that stuff. You should experience that kind of stuff as soon as you can. You won’t know when the “white guy” will appear in front of you.] “…Hey. I wanted to ask you before but what is that “white guy” you always talk about?”
[…The white dragon, Vanishing Dragon.] …Va…Vanishing……Dragon? Is it related to Ddraig, the Welsh Dragon? If I remember Ddraig is called “Seki-ryu-tei”[1 2]. Then the white dragon is… Ddraig talked to me while I was thinking about it. [You know that the three sides of God and Angels, fallen-angels and devils were having a big war a long time ago, right?] “Yeah.”
[That time other powers gave their support to certain sides. Fairies, spirits, European monsters, Asian Youkai and humans. But the dragons were the only beings that didn’t side with any of them.] “Why was that?”
[Hmmm I wonder. I don’t know the actual reason. But dragons are beings that are made from a mass of powers and they all act freely and selfishly. There were dragons that turned into devils or those that sided with God. But the majority of them didn’t care about the war and lived freely.] | text_3 |
Wow, dragon’s are such troublesome creatures. They live how they want to. [But during the Great War between the three powers, there were two stupid dragons that started a fight. And those two were in the highest class of dragons and they had a power that rivalled that of God and Maou[1 3]. They started to fight each other while taking down the guys of the three powers. For the three powers, there wasn’t anything more troublesome than these two dragons. The three powers were having a serious war to take control of this World, and the two dragons were disturbing the battlefield without any care.] Those two are the worst! They are just super troublesome dragons! “Why were the two fighting that much?”
[No idea. It's like they weren't interested in anything at all. The two dragons probably can’t remember the reason why they started to fight. And for the first time, the leaders of the three powers joined hands. “We have to get rid of those two dragons, or else it’s not a matter of war any more!” Like that.] ……The groups who are enemies forming an alliance. And the reason for that is a fight between dragons. It seems complicated. [The two dragons that got their fight interrupted became mad. [Don’t get in the way of our fight! ], [A mere God and Maou shouldn’t be interrupting a duel between dragons!] - they responded like idiots. They went head on and tried to eat God, Maou, and the leaders of the fallen-angels. Well, that was a mistake, I guess.] They seriously are the ultimate and worst dragons. But I get it now. So those two dragons are……
[In the end the two dragons got cut into pieces and their spirits were sealed within human bodies as Sacred Gears. The two dragons that were sealed within humans used them as vessels, they encountered each other and fought each other countless times. Every time one of them won and one of them died. Sometimes one of them was already dead before the other one came and so they didn’t fight, but most of the times they did. If the vessel, human, dies then the dragons stop functioning for a certain time. Their spirits float around in this world until the humans with dragon powers are born. That cycle has repeated countless times for many long years.] “And those two dragons are you and the vanishing dragon, huh.”
[Yeah that’s right. This time it was you who became my host. And you even became a devil. In all the long years I have been like this, this is a first time. That’s why I am looking forward to it. I wonder what’s going to happen this time?] Hey hey, you possessed me without my permission, so don’t go around looking forward to what’s going to happen to my life. But, it might be a good idea to convey my dream to him. I cleared my throat, and roared with my strongest voice:
“Listen up Ddraig! I want to get promoted to a high-class devil and become a Harem-king! My dream is to form an army of bishoujo by making lots of girls my personal servant devils!”
Ddraig became speechless for a moment and started laughing. [Hahaha! It’s also my first time having a host like you as well. Most of the hosts in the past either got too proud of our powers or too terrified of our powers, with none of them living a decent life.] “Huh? Am I abnormal? Am I weird?”
[You are weird but not abnormal. Either way you are a being that is possessed by a dragon. In whatever age and country, Dragons represent power. You know how, even though they come in many different forms and shapes, there are pictures and carvings of dragons in many different countries? Throughout the ages humans admired dragons, respected dragons, and feared dragons. Unwittingly, dragons fascinate those around them. Or those with power gather around the dragons. If there are people who come to you with admiration or to challenge you, then it’s most likely the power of the dragon.] “…It sounds like an inconvenient power. So am I going to be targeted by a lot of guys?”
[To fight strong foes that are attracted to power. That’s the path of those who possess the dragon-emperor. But you don’t have to be pessimistic. Women would come to you as well.] “Are you serious! ?”
[Yeah, I’m serious. All of my hosts were surrounded by the opposite sex. I think you call them popular, right? They didn’t have to worry about the opposite sex at all.”
“Then there are some people who had…se……sse……sex with a girl! ?”
[There was a guy who slept with different woman every night.] Wh…whaaaaat!? My previous senpai’s were doing that kind of stuff!? That’s so wonderful! Beautiful! U…uhyouuuuuuuuuu! I screamed out of joy within myself! This is amazing! Seriously amazing! “Uooooooo…… Are you serious…… You…… No, you sir are an amazing Sacred Gear like that! ?”
I bowed my head down and spoke to him with respect. I mean I didn’t know that this Sacred Gear was an amazing item like that. That information became a light of hope to me. [……You are suddenly looking at me with respect and are talking to me with respect…… It’s certainly my first time having a host like you who changes his attitude like that.] “What are you talking about Ddraig-sensei! I’m not in a position to say rude things to you! Aaaah sensei, I will be under your care from now on!”
[……You seriously are a man who is hard to understand. But certainly it’s going to get interesting. Well let us both not get killed by Vanishing Dragon then.] “Oh yeah. By the way is the “Vanishing Dragon” strong?”
[He’s strong. To begin with, we had powers that could even dominate God and Maou. It’s just that we had a curse put on us when we got turned into Sacred Gears. We are in a tight situation to release our full powers. Even so, if you get used to it, high-class devils and high ranked angels are nothing against us.] I get it now. So if I and the guy who possess the “Vanishing Dragon” master how to use our Sacred Gears then we can become that powerful. But to tell the truth I’m not interested in defeating God or Maou. But it might be awesome to become a Maou and gather girls. I have antagonism against fallen-angels but I don’t want to encounter their leaders…… But would I end up meeting the “Vanishing Dragon” whether I want to or not? Who is the possessor? It’s obvious that it’s someone that I don’t know. But I hope it is a girl. I’m going to live my life to the fullest without getting dragged into the destiny of dragons! I will also improve myself so I don’t lose to the “Vanishing Dragon”! “Either way my current aim is Buchou’s oppai[1 4]. With Buchou’s oppai, I’m going to….”
[You are going to grope it?] “No, I’m going to suck it!”
[………….] I said it to him clearly. I don’t know why but the emperor of dragons became silent. Did he lose his words? I continued on without caring about it. “The sensation of Buchou’s oppai…… I can still feel it within my hands. If I get another chance I want to grope it for a whole day! Even Buchou might give it to me as a “treat” for her servant. But that’s not enough! Guys have to aim higher! | text_3 |
Guys who become satisfied with groping oppai are second rate lechers! That’s why I’m going to suck her oppai!”
[……I …is that so? Well, do your best.] Ddraig sounded shocked by my words. But I’m serious, emperor of dragons. “Ddraig, I will be borrowing your powers!”
[……Supporting to suck a woman’s tits huh…… Seems like I went down hard. But that may also be fun. Having a partner like this sometimes might be good.] He seemed like he agreed to it even though he made a sigh. He seems to see me at weird times. “Ou! Let’s work together partner!”
[Yeah, you are right partner.] Like this me and the emperor of dragons made a promise for our new objective at midnight. To scatter the powers of a dragon. That is to nullify it by getting the power taken away by high level devils. There are a couple of methods to do this, but the easiest and the most certain one is to take it out directly from that person. The way I am getting it done is……well, it’s certainly stimulating for a lecherous student like me. The only high level devils who can do that to me are Buchou and Akeno-san. Both of them take turns at taking out my dragon powers. Today is the day I get my dragon powers taken out, and I am currently in a room on the second floor of the old school building, which is used by Akeno-san. It used to be a classroom, but now there is a tatami (Japanese flooring) on the floor, and it looks like a traditional Japanese room. There are symbols around the room that look like certain casting spells and there are also casting items in the room. I was waiting in the middle of the room with my upper body naked. There’s also a magic circle below the place I was sitting. I heard that this was a necessary thing for rituals. There’s also a meaning for why I didn’t have anything on my upper body, this is required for the ritual. The door opened and someone entered the room. The person who appeared was Akeno-san with a white cloth on. She had her usual ponytail untied as well. I always think about it every time I do this ritual, but Akeno-san with her hair down looks fascinating and attractive! She smiled at me once, and then she quietly sat in front of me very sacredly. “The preparations are done. Now, we shall begin.”
Um…ummmm Akeno-san……? The white cloth that is covering Akeno-san’s body is soaked with water……! Her long black hair is also sticking to the cloth and it looks sexy! I can see her skin! If I can see it like this a certain “thing” of mine is going to change…! I mean I can see it! I can see it through the cloth! The pink coloured thing! I can see her nipples! Wait, she doesn’t have her bra on!? “Ara ara. Did something happen? You suddenly became quiet…… Is something wrong with what I am wearing? The reason why it is soaked is because I put water onto myself for the ritual. Is it weird?”
Akeno-san started to pat herself on her chest on purpose. It’s affecting my crotch……
“No, no! You look really great in it!”
I couldn’t help myself staring at Akeno-san’s chest. It’s just that her see-through clothes are too stimulating for me…… Huh? Is it just me or isn’t she wearing anything down there as well…? I then looked around her hips……… I became speechless. She isn’t wearing anything……I think. She doesn’t seem to be shy about it and isn’t even trying to hide it! It’s more like she is enjoying my reaction! “Let’s start. Ise-kun. Please give me your left-arm.”
“Y……yes! I will be in your care!”
The way to scatter the power of a dragon. That is……
“To suck the dragon’s energy directly from Ise-kun's finger, pulling accumulated energy out of your left arm. If I do this, your arm would temporary revert back to its original state.”
Yes. By getting it directly sucked through my body, the ritual is complete. In my case, my problem is solved by Buchou and Akeno-san sucking the dragon’s power through my finger. CHUP…
Making an obscene water sound, Akeno-san put my index finger into her mouth. ……! ………Ku, it’s a sensation I can’t describe with words. I thought about it many times but it feels so amazing inside a girl's mouth! It feels slippery but warm, and the lips feel so soft… Furthermore, my finger is sucked with “Chu-chu” sounds…… This sucking dangerously stimulates me! It feels really amazing! Aaaah! Everything is getting pink coloured inside my head! Amazing! This is too amazing! An act that surpasses any “act” in porno videos is happening to me! CHUPI-CHUPA-CHURU
While sucking my finger, Akeno-san was making obscene sounds on purpose. It's as if she was enjoying my reaction! As for me, I could only tremble slightly, with my face completely red, letting my body enjoy the pleasure of being sucked. Aaaah, I’m definitely going to save this memory in my head for eternity. Wait! If I think about it I will be receiving this from now on!? Uoooooooooooooo! This is the best, indeed! I couldn’t have gotten this if my arm didn’t change into that of a dragon! Ddraig! Right now I am experiencing the best moment in my life! It was an erotic situation like that but I could feel the wave of power within my left arm gathering at my finger tip and disappearing. And the weight I felt in my left hand was disappearing as well. My left arm was getting relaxed. It felt like the presence of Ddraig was fading. Then was I right about the fact that if my dragon’s power becomes dense then Ddraig’s conscious also becomes dense? When I was thinking about that……
LICK. “Uheee.”
I accidentally slipped my voice. That’s because Akeno-san suddenly licked my finger! She started to swirl around my finger with the tip of her tongue! Wai…wait Akeno-san! When I looked, Akeno-san had a naughty face and it looked like the sadist personality of hers got turned on. My finger that came out of her mouth had a thread of Akeno-san’s saliva. Uheee! It’s too erotic! “Ara ara. If you make a cute reaction like that, then I feel like giving you more service.”
“Se.....service?”
“Yes. I also don’t think it’s a bad thing to adore my kouhai(junior).”
Akeno-san started to suck my finger again and put her body closer towards me. Eeeeeeeeh!? A…Akeno-san!? Wait a second! What’s going on!? By ignoring my confused reaction, she put a smile on and hugged me! I can smell the nice smell of her silky black hair! No, I can smell a fragrance from Akeno-san’s body that insanely shakes my manhood! Since I had nothing on my upper body and Akeno-san was wearing a really thin cloth, I could feel her body directly! It felt cold because her cloth was wet, but I could feel the warmth from her body temperature! And her body temperature felt so erotic that my head was about to go crazy! A…Akeno-san’s body is so soft!! I can feel the sensation of her oppai just through the cloth! BUHAA! There was blood coming out of my nose! Of course! Even I have a dozen of liters of blood coming out, it still won’t stop! Akeno-san whispered into my ears while I was stiff like a rock. “Even I act like this, I have a great liking towards you, Ise-kun.”
“M……me?”
“Yes. | text_3 |
First I thought of you as a cute junior. But it’s different lately. In the fight against the Phoenix last time. I saw you standing up no matter how many times you were beaten down from the infirmary room.”
Aaaah, if I remember correctly Akeno-san retired during the match and she was sent to the infirmary room. “And you came to the engagement party to save Buchou. You even defeated Phoenix who is said to be immortal. Even I will be aroused if I see a man fighting wonderfully like that.”
“A…aroused?”
Akeno-san looked directly at me and chuckled. “Ufu. Sometimes I think about you and the area around my breast gets hot. And I can’t help it. But when I try to make you enjoy something like this, the instinct of a bully inside me rises…… Is this love?”
Is this love!? Huh, and I am being bullied!? There’s sexual bullying like this!? The world is big indeed! “But if I lay my hands on you, Rias might get mad. That person……truly sees you… Ufufu, you are a sinful man, Ise-kun.”
…Sin? Me? I will receive any kind of punishment so please let me continue this situation! Huh? Did Akeno-san call Buchou “Rias”? Do they call each other by their names when they are alone? Akeno-san and Buchou seems to know each other longer than the rest of the club members. Then Akeno-san put her arms around my neck! And she purposely exposed her body! I could see the peach coloured nipple on her right boob! I could see it clearly! She was even exposing most of her legs! “Do you want to have an affair with me?”
“A…affair! ?”
Affair against whom!? But the word affair really turns me on! “Ufufufu. I will keep quiet about what’s going to happen now from Buchou and Asia-chan. Exciting, isn’t it? A secret between us.”
DRIP DRIP DRIP DRIP
My nosebleed didn’t seem to stop; it continued to flow out of my nose. “I also want to experience at least once. To get devoured by a younger boy with lust. I also have masochism within me as well. I think it’s about a good time for having a man inside me now for once.”
Pl……please stop…… To say those finishing blows continuously at me…… Huh. “About a good time”……? Does that mean…
“Akeno-san, are you perhaps…?”
“Yes, I’m a virgin. Ufufu. Ise-kun would be more experienced so I would be happy if you lead me.”
“N…no. I also……don’t have any experience.”
Akeno-san made a shocked expression at my confession. “Eh? That’s a big surprise. I thought that you and Buchou had already……”
“No, no! We haven’t! I don’t even know if it’s all right, if I am her first mate!”
“Ara ara. Is Buchou taking it slow? Then have you done it with Asia-chan?”
“That would be even more impossible!”
I can’t lay my hands on those two. And if we are talking about Asia it’s a different story. Asia is a person that I have to protect and laying my hands on her is something unforgivable…… That’s what I decided in my own mind. “If it’s Ise-kun, I thought that Buchou would have given you a “big treat” every night…… This is certainly surprising.”
Uuuu……what is that “big treat” you are talking about!? Is it something that relieves all male students sexual desires!? “Ise-kun. Don’t you want to do it with either of them?”
“I do want to do it! I really do! I’m keeping down my urge to push her down on my bed! But I can’t go past the last step and I always end up crying every night! I also want to have sex with Buchou and Asia!”
Aaaaah, I ended up telling her my true feelings! But they are my honest thoughts. It can’t be helped if a boy my age has lots of sexual urges when he has to live with two bishoujo! “Poor you……Ara ara. Then both of you are slow at these things…… I’m sure you could do it if you were willing to do it…… Then it seems like I can’t take your purity without her permission.”
……Crap. I was about to be taken? Did I say something unnecessary? Was I able to graduate from being a virgin? Wait! Hold on! Did I make a stupid mistake? Suddenly the door opened. When I looked in that direction… Buchou was there staring with angry eyes. “Akeno. What’s the meaning of this?”
Buchou approached us with an unpleasant voice…… Oh crap……She’s angry……
“Ufufu. I was just scattering the power of the dragon.”
Akeno-san answered unconcernedly. She had her smile on. “……Is that so? But no matter how you look at it………weren't you trying to do something beyond that?”
“Ara ara. I wasn’t thinking of doing it.”
“Even if you weren’t, there is a limit. Even I haven’t……”
“Isn’t that because you are taking it slow? It might be good reading a book about it, but it won’t go as smoothly as in the manual.”
“……………”
“……………”
They weren’t glaring at each other but Buchou and Akeno-san were looking at each other in the eyes. Somehow I could feel the intensity. U..uuummm. I don’t know how to describe this situation. I put my shirt on quickly and tried not to get close to them. Then Buchou glared at me and pinched my cheek. Ouch! “Ise. It seems like you were having fun. Did you get close to the Akeno-onee-sama that you admire so much?”
“Wo…wwon. I……”
I couldn’t speak properly because I had my cheeks pinched. But making up an excuse didn’t seem manly so I stopped saying anything. Even I was getting into the flow; I was looking forward to it. “Then do whatever you want!”
Buchou made an angry face and left the room. BANG! Even the way she closed the door was violent. Sob… I was yelled at by Buchou. Why? Is it because I was about to do something naughty with Akeno-san? Akeno-san whispered to me when I was confused. “Jealousy? She sure is cute. Ufufufu. Ise-kun. It seems like you are making progress in your relationship.”
What do you mean? Hmmmmm. I don’t understand what she means by progress. Did she think that I would be taken by Akeno-san? I’m Buchou’s servant so there is no way that I will be Akeno-san’s servant…… But I thought that Buchou looked cute when she made an angry face like Asia. Asia and I were on our way home after we finished school and club activities. Usually Buchou would be with us, but today she wasn’t. It seems like the incident with Akeno-san was the cause. “Buchou aren’t you going home?”
“I will be going home afterwards. Go home without me.”
I asked her at the club room, but not only did she not look at my eyes, she didn’t even face me. There were thorns in her words. Sob……does Buchou hate me now? I’m sad… Do dogs who are scolded by their masters feel like this as well? It’s so lonely and………so sad……
“Isn’t Buchou-san going home with us? “
“Hm? Yeah…… It seems like I made Buchou angry……”
“…Did you do something?”
Asia asked me with a worried face, but I couldn’t tell her about the incident with Akeno-san here. It would get even more complicated. “No, but it’s my fault. I will apologise to her afterwards. Asia, you don’t have to worry about it.”
“……I understand. But it might be my fault. Lately I have been talking back to Buchou-san……”
Asia said it with an apologetic voice. Asia does look at Buchou as a rival but I don’t think that’s the case. The cause is definitely the thing with me and Akeno-san……
“It’s okay. | text_3 |
I don’t think she is mad at you, Asia. It’s my fault.”
Well I am lewd. But I thought that Buchou was okay with me being lewd. She didn’t even say anything when I said that I was aiming to become a Harem-king. Weird. Buchou is a bit weird lately. Or is it that she has the desire to keep her servants only to herself? Is it the same as people who gets disturbed when their pets are tamed by another person? Even if I am adored by Buchou, I still am just a servant to her. Sob…If I am getting troubled by just one girl like this, then my dream of becoming a Harem-king is far away! Shit! Is the reason why I wasn’t popular with girls related!? A maiden’s heart! It’s so complicated! If I don’t understand this, then I will never win against the good looking guys! I was thinking like this till we reached my house. When I tried to open the front door, I felt something bad. SHIVER…
What is this? It felt like there was a signal within my body forewarning me of danger. I felt a similar feeling like this before. If I remember, it was the time when I met Asia for the first time and took her to the Church. When I saw the Church, my body trembled. GRIP. Asia grabbed my hand with her shaking hands. It seems like Asia also felt something unpleasant. Then this is the feeling that can only be felt by devils. There is someone inside my house. No, it can’t be…… Mum! I imagined my mum in danger in my head and opened the door quickly. I took my shoes off and headed straight off to the kitchen! It must be a joke! Mum! No, it can’t be! Is the fact that I am a devil revealed? By whom? Fallen-angels? God? Angels? People related to the Church? Any of those are dangerous! They would cut down and kill any of those related to us without mercy! In my head, I started to remember the dead body that was killed by that shit priest Freed. The corpse that was cut many times by him. My mother is going to turn out like that!? Shit! Don’t fuck around! That kind of thing……! That will not happen! Mum wasn’t in the kitchen. But I heard laughter from the living room. I went there quickly and saw two unfamiliar girls and mum who was laughing. “And this is a picture of Ise when he was in primary school. Look. This is the picture when his togs got ripped at the swimming pool. It was very troublesome. He went to the pool’s slide with his togs ripped.”
“……Mu……mum?”
Mum looked at me when she realised I was there. “Oh Ise. Welcome back. What happened? You look pale.”
“Hauuuuu. I’m so glad.”
Asia sat down on the ground as if she was relieved. After I found out my mum was safe I took a deep breath and calmed down. But I couldn’t get rid of my uneasiness. Of course. Because there were two unfamiliar women. They were both young foreigners with a Rosario hanging around their chest. Both of them looked about my age. One had chestnut coloured hair and the other one had blue hair with a green mesh and scary eyes. Both of them were quite beautiful. But by the way they behaved even I could tell they were no ordinary people. Both of them were wearing a white robe. Are they related to the Church? An exorcist? That’s bad? I can’t fight in a place like this. “Hello, Hyoudou Issei-kun.”
The woman with chestnut hair smiled at me. Next to her was the girl with green mesh and there was a weapon covered in cloth next to her. That’s it. I can feel foreboding danger from that weapon. I can feel something very unpleasant from it with my skin. It’s probably something to destroy us devils. “Nice to meet you.”
I greeted her with a fake smile. But her eyes changed and she looked puzzled. “Huh? Don’t you remember? It’s me?”
………Huh? The chestnut haired girl pointed at herself. No, no. I don’t remember you. Mum gave a photo to me because I looked confused. It’s the photo with the holy-sword. Mum pointed at the boy who I was friends with when I was small. “It’s this child. Shidou Irina-chan. That time she was like a boy, but now she is a proper lady so even I was shocked.”
……Excuse me? This girl……is the boy who lived in the neighbourhood when I was small and the one I often played with? Eeeeeeeeh!? The boy in the picture! It was a girl!? It wasn’t a boy!? “Long time no see, Ise-kun. Did you mistake me for a boy? It can’t be helped since I was a troublemaker just like the boys. But it seems like we both have changed in the time we didn’t see each other. Really. You can’t tell what can happen in a reunion.”
Her words sounded like she meant something. Yes, she had realised my identity. “I’m glad that both of you are safe.”
Asia and I were hugged by Buchou. Irina and the other girl had left my house after talking for 30 minutes. She had come to Japan after a long time. She apparently came here because it's the town she lived in as a child. She said that she went to England because of her parents' work. But no matter how I think about it, her parents are related to the Church. Asia and I tried not to get too involved with them and left the talking to my mum. Especially since Asia didn’t want to get in contact with people related to the Church. I forced her to do something and made her wait in her room. I was prepared to fight if anything were to happen…… But I’m glad nothing happened. After that Buchou returned home. Like us, she came home with a pale face. After she confirmed mine and Asia’s safety, she suddenly hugged us. “Are you injured? I think they knew about us being devils, but I think they couldn’t lay a hand on us in a normal residence and especially in front of your mum who is a normal human.”
“Both Ise-san and I are safe, Buchou-san.”
Buchou hugged me and Asia even tighter and held us like valuable things. “Aaah, Ise. I’m glad…… If something were to happen to you and Asia, I…… After the normal club activity I was called in by Souna and was listening to the story about people related to the Church intruding the town. And I also heard that they have a holy-sword with them.”
Buchou came home late because she had a talk with Kaichou. When she got close to my house, she realised the abnormal presence and came rushing here. Buchou confessed that she thought of the worst when she entered the house and felt the presence of a strong holy power. It seemed like her heart was beating fast. “I thought that the worst might have happened to my cute servants. I prepared for the worst scenario you know……? If I were to bid farewell to you after we had an argument, then I would have regretted it till death. I’m sorry. I should have treated you two with more importance……”
[The Gremory and their servants are beings with extra-ordinary affection among the devils.] I remembered what Ddraig had told me last night. I think it’s the truth as well. Buchou gave a sigh of relief and shed a tear after confirming our safety. She must have been extremely worried about us. It was after she had a little rumble with Asia and after she had got mad at me. Both of us thought that we made Buchou mad. Buchou seemed like she was worried about it. “Buchou-san. | text_3 |
I’m also sorry for talking back to you. I thought that Buchou-san would take Ise-san away from me…… I thought that I couldn’t win……”
Asia apologised. Buchou smiled and patted Asia’s head. “It’s okay.”
Buchou then hugged us with love. Aaah, I can feel Buchou’s love. Ma…maybe she would let me do even naughty requests…
“Buchou, oppai.”
“Yes, I know Ise. You really are a spoiled child…”
“No.”
Asia separated me from Buchou. Nggggh, it was a good chance. Buchou made a sigh and continued talking after the three of us had calmed down. “According to Souna, who had met those two at noon, they want to negotiate with me, the devil Rias Gremory, who has this town as her territory.”
“The people from the Church want to negotiate with a devil?”
Buchou nodded at my question. This was shocking. The devils and Christians are enemies. And the negotiation came from them, huh. “Then is it a pact? Or a request?”
“……I’m not sure what they are planning, but they are planning to come to the club room after school tomorrow. They apparently promised God that they won’t attack us.”
“Can you believe them?”
“We have to. We have to believe in their belief since they are the believers of God and they are coming to request something from devils, when we are supposed to be evil beings to them. They seem to be under pressure and it’s certain that it's trouble. I have a bad feeling about this… From their story, the priests that come to this town keep getting killed.”
Buchou’s eyes became sharp and she had a serious face. It certainly was scary…… Even that shit priest Freed who sided with the fallen-angel detests us. If it’s a true believer of God, then the way they look at us is even worse. Something was going to happen. Even I, who was new to this “world” could feel that. The next day after school. We, the members of Gremory group, were gathered in the club room. On the sofa, Buchou with Akeno-san and the two “guests” were sitting. The other members of our group including myself were sitting in the corner of the room listening to their conversation. Ever since those two came to the club room, we couldn’t stop but feel something. Our instincts as devils were telling us that they were dangerous. Buchou and Akeno-san were talking to them with a serious face. But the most dangerous one was Kiba. He was glaring at them grudgingly. If something were to happen…… No. He looked as if he was about to go slashing at them any moment. They were the believers of God that Kiba hates. If you knew his past, then you would know that he was brimming with hatred now. Under this atmosphere, the first one to talk was Shidou Irina. “Recently the Holy-swords Excaliburs that were kept by the Catholic Church Headquarter Vatican, Protestant Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church were stolen.”
Excalibur was stolen? And Catholic, and Protestant……? If I remember correctly, I was told in a lecture at school that there were different factions within the Christian religion. But how can Excalibur be stolen from Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox? It’s in one location isn’t it? “Excalibur itself doesn’t exist.”
The one who answered my doubt was Buchou. Arara, looks like Buchou can read what I am thinking. “I’m sorry. One of my servants recently became a devil, so can we continue this conversation while explaining about Excalibur?”
Shidou Irina nodded at Buchou’s request. “Ise-kun. Excalibur broke in the war a long time ago.”
Irina looked at me and said that. Huh? Broke? The holy-sword did? Even if it’s a super famous sword? “Now it looks like this.”
The woman with blue-hair and green mesh got her weapon, which was covered in cloth, and revealed it to me. What appeared was a long sword. “This is Excalibur.”
[CHILLS]. The moment I looked at it, I felt as if every pore on my body opened and felt something really cold running through my body. Fear. Shiver. Awe. I became really scared from a single sword. This is dangerous. It is seriously dangerous. Even I understood that a devil would die instantly just from its touch! Is this a holy-sword? Is this the ultimate weapon to kill devils? “Excalibur was broken into pieces during the war a long time ago. The fragments were collected and turned into a new form by alchemy. It was made into 7 swords. This is one of them.”
Then this Excalibur wasn’t a real one, but a new one that was made afterwards. “The Excalibur I hold is “Excalibur Destruction”. It’s one of the 7 holy-swords that were created. The Catholic Church is in control of it.”
The woman with a mesh put her sword away and wrapped it with a cloth. If I look carefully there were spell symbols on the cloth. Does she have it sealed usually? But it doesn’t change the fact that it’s dangerous. Irina also took out something that looked like a long rope. That rope started to move as if it were alive. …! The rope changed its shape right in front of me and turned into a katana. “Mine is “Excalibur Mimic”. I can change its shape into anything I want so it’s really useful for carrying around. Just like this, each “Excalibur” has its unique ability. This one is in the possession of the Protestant Church.”
She said it with pride. I could feel fear due to that Excalibur as well. That was also really dangerous to us devils. “Irina…… There’s no reason to tell these devils the ability of Excalibur, is there?”
“Ara Xenovia. Even if they are devils we still have to form a trustworthy relationship with them in this situation. Also, even if my sword's ability is revealed, I won’t fall behind all the devils here.”
Shidou Irina said confidently. She probably had the confidence that she absolutely would not lose to us. But for two of the legendary holy-swords to be here! Wow! Isn’t this a serious situation!? Then I realised the presence coming from near me. It was Kiba. He was glaring at the Excaliburs and the two women with a scary face that I had never seen before. That’s right… Kiba holds a grudge against Excalibur. I hadn’t even dreamed that I would witness an Excalibur in a place like this. Kiba probably never thought that he would encounter the Excaliburs here. And now it was right here in front of him. He must have been going crazy. Calm down. Don’t go jumping at them Kiba. Buchou is talking professionally with the enemy. If you jump in now, then it would all be in vain! The worst case would be the start of a battle. There’s no way that there would be no casualties against the Excaliburs. “……So what does the stolen Excaliburs have to do with this country located in the east of the World?”
Buchou continued to talk with the same attitude. As expected from our onee-sama. She isn’t backing down even if it’s an Excalibur in front of her! She is holding her ground! The girl with blue hair and a green mesh with scary eyes—I think her name was Xenovia—continued to talk. “The Catholic Church was in possession of two Excaliburs including mine. The Protestant Church also had two. Also in the Eastern Orthodox Church there were two as well. | text_3 |
The last one went missing in the previous war between God, devils, and fallen-angels. One Excalibur was stolen from each Church. The ones that stole them escaped to Japan, and brought them to this town.”
Hey, hey. So the holy-swords thief has taken a liking to this town huh? Buchou also put her hand on her forehead and took a breath. “Looks like my territory is full of incidents. So who are the ones that stole the Excaliburs?”
“The ones that stole them were the Grigori.”
Buchou widened her eyes in surprise at the answer. “The holy-swords were taken by the fallen-angel organisation? It’s not a matter of mistake. But certainly it would be the fallen-angels when it comes to stealing them. For the devils working at the top, holy-swords does not give them much interest.”
“We know the main culprit who stole the Excaliburs. One of the leaders of Grigori, Kokabiel.”
“Kokabiel… One of the leaders of the fallen-angels that survived the previous wars since ancient times…… I never expected to hear the name of the one that appears in the Bible.”
Buchou also smirked at the name. Wait, the leader of the fallen-angels!? Not only do we have the Excalibur, but also the leader of the fallen-angels? Th…then what was the reason they came here for? Was it for cooperation……? “We sent priests, exorcists, to this town secretly but they kept getting killed.”
Xenovia said that. Are you serious? There were violent incidents like that occurring and we didn’t know about it……? Then is it a request for cooperation? Did they come to ask for the help of the high-class devil who is in charge of this territory? But what the two women said clearly betrayed my guesses. “Our request… No. Our order is to not to have any devils intrude in the battle between us and the fallen-angels for the Excaliburs. In other words, we came here to tell you not to interfere with this incident.”
Buchou’s eyes changed after hearing the way Xenovia talked. “Such manner of speech. Is it restraint? Are you thinking that we might collaborate with those fallen-angels? Perhaps that we might team up with them to do something with Excalibur?”
“The headquarters think that it might not be impossible.”
There were chills within Buchou’s eyes. She was quite pissed! An enemy comes all the way to her territory. Then tells her not to be involved and not to butt in. Also they said whatever they wanted to by saying that they would not forgive us if we formed an alliance with the fallen-angels. Buchou’s pride as a high-class devil wouldn’t allow her to keep quiet about it. “The higher-ups don’t trust devils and fallen-angels. We were ordered as [If the holy-swords are taken away from God’s side then the devils would also be happy right? The fallen-angels would also profit from it. For those reasons it won’t be weird for them to form an alliance. That’s why we are giving you a warning. If you form an alliance with the fallen-angel Kokabiel then we will eliminate you all. Even if you’re the little sister of the Maou, by our boss.”
Xenovia said it casually without caring about Buchou’s glare. “……If you know that I am the sister of a Maou, then it means that you have lots of connections with the higher-ups in the Church. Then I will say it. We will not form an alliance with the fallen-angels. Never. In the name of the Gremory house. I will not do something that would tarnish the name of our Maou!”
It had become a contentious situation for both sides. But Xenovia laughed. “Fu. Hearing that is good enough. I had to warn you just in case that Kokabiel is hiding himself in this town along with the three Excaliburs. If something were to happen I would be the one to be hated by the bunch in the Church headquarters. Well, we won’t ask for cooperation. If you were to form an alliance with God’s side temporally, then it would affect the balance of the three factions. Especially if it’s the little sister of a Maou.”
After hearing Xenovia, Buchou softened her expression and took a breath. Ngggggh. They had been talking about complicated stuff that I couldn’t follow. “Where is the person the Orthodox Church dispatched?”
Xenovia answered Buchou’s question,
“They have that person put on hold for this case. They are planning to protect the last Excalibur if Irina and I fail.”
“So it’s just the two of you? You are going to retrieve the Excaliburs from the leader of the fallen-angel with just the two of you? How reckless. Are you trying to die?”
Buchou said it with an amazed voice. But Shidou Irina and Xenovia said it with straight eyes,
“Yes.”
“I have the same view as Irina, but if it’s possible I don’t want to die.”
“……You came here to Japan prepared to die? The belief in your teaching is extreme like always.”
“Don’t talk ill of our beliefs, Rias Gremory. Right, Xenovia?”
“Right. Also the Church decided that it would be better to eliminate all of the Excaliburs rather than letting them get used by the fallen-angels. Our minimum objective is to get the Excaliburs away from the fallen-angels. To accomplish that, it’s okay for us to die. The only way to fight against the Excaliburs are Excaliburs.”
What determination! Was this their beliefs? Pretty amazing. Something that I didn’t understand at all. These guys wanted to die for God that badly? “Is it possible with only the two of you?”
“Well, we won’t die in vain.”
Xenovia said fearlessly to Buchou’s question. “You seem confident. Do you have a secret weapon?”
“Maybe. I will leave it to your imagination.”
“…………”
“…………”
After that, the two of them just stared at each other and the conversation stopped. Shidou Irina and Xenovia looked at each other and stood up. “Then we will take our leave now. Let’s go Irina.”
“So you won’t drink your tea? I can prepare a snack for you.”
“I don’t need it.”
Xenovia declined Buchou’s offer with her hand. “I’m sorry. See you.”
Shidou Irina also apologised with her hand. They didn’t try to accept Buchou’s offer, and the two of them tried to leave. Then both of them looked in the same direction. It was Asia. “When I saw you in Hyoudou Issei’s house I thought that maybe it was you. Are you the “Witch” Asia Argento? I never expected to meet you in a place like this.”
Xenovia said. Asia’s body shook after she was called “Witch”. That word is something painful to Asia. Irina seemed like she noticed as well and stared at Asia. “Are you the rumored “witch”? The former holy-maiden? You are said to have the power that can also heal devils and fallen angels, right? I heard that you were sent somewhere after getting exiled, but I never thought you became a devil.”
“……Ummmmm……I……I………”
Asia didn’t know how to react to Irina and Xenovia. “It’s okay. I won’t tell the higher ups what I saw here, so rest assured. People who were around the “Holy-maiden Asia” will also get shocked as well.”
“……………”
Asia made a perplexed expression at Irina’s words. “But to become a devil. The one who was called a “Holy-maiden”. You fell to the lowest place you could. Do you still believe in our God?”
“Xenovia. | text_3 |
There’s no way that she, who became a devil, still believes in God.”
Shidou Irina said it with an amazed face. “No, I can smell the “belief” from her. It might be an abstract way of saying it. But I’m sensitive to these things. There are people who betray the teachings and still have guilt within them because they couldn’t forget the teachings. I can feel something similar coming from her.”
Xenovia said it with sharp eyes and Irina stared at Asia even more with interested eyes. “Is that true? Asia-san, you still believe in God even if you have turned into a devil?”
Asia replied to that question with a sad expression,
“……I just can’t put it aside. I believed in it for my whole life……”
Hearing that, Xenovia took her sword out from the cloth and pointed it at Asia. “Is that so. Then you should be cut down by us this instant. If it’s now, I can cut you in the name of God. Even if you have sin, our God will forgive you.”
……I couldn’t stop something within me from burning. Xenovia approached Asia. I stood in front of Asia to protect her. “Don’t touch her.”
I said it clearly to Xenovia,
“If you come close to Asia, I won’t forgive you. You called Asia a “Witch” didn’t you?”
“Yes I have. Right now she is a being at least fit to be called a “Witch”.”
Th…this bitch!? I bit my tooth really hard and made a noise with my teeth because of the anger I had towards her. “Don’t fuck around! Not even a single person helped her when she needed help! Those who can’t understand Asia’s kindness are a bunch of idiots! It’s also wrong that none of them tried to become her friend!”
“Do you think the “Holy-maiden” needed friends? What’s important is the charity to others. The “Holy-maidens” are finished when they seek friendship and love from others. She could have continued to live with the love from God. So Asia Argento didn’t have the right to be a “Holy-maiden” from the beginning.”
Xenovia said it as if it was an obvious thing. Shit! What the heck is with these guys! I couldn’t understand them! I didn’t want to understand them either! How could they say that Asia was the bad one!? “So you guys selfishly made her into a “Holy-maiden” and abandon her because she’s different from those who seek her? That’s fucked up……… It fuckin is!”
I couldn’t stop myself from saying what I held within me. I always... I always wanted to say this to those who are related to God. “None of you know what she went through! What God!? What love!? That God didn’t do jack shit when Asia was in a dangerous situation!”
But Xenovia answered calmly. “God loved her. If nothing happened then it means that she didn’t believe in him enough, or her belief was fake.”
Are the people in the Church all like this? Was Asia living among these guys? Don’t screw around…… Don’t screw around. “What are you to Asia?”
“Family. Friend. Comrade. That’s why I will help Asia. I will protect Asia! If you try to lay a hand on her, I will turn all of you into my enemies.”
Xenovia sharpened her eyes at my provocation. “Is that a declaration to us……all of those in the Church? Something big coming out from a single devil. Gremory. I think you didn’t educate him enough?”
“Ise, sto……”
Buchou tried to calm me, but Kiba stood in front of me. “That’s good timing. I will be your opponent.”
Kiba was carrying his sword, and there was an enormous aura of intent to kill coming out of his body. “Who are you?”
Kiba smirked at Xenovia’s question. “I’m your senpai. Though I apparently was a failure.”
That instant a countless number of demonic-swords appeared in the club room. Hmmmm. So how did it turn out like this? I was standing at the place where we were practicing for the ball tournament. Kiba was standing a bit away from me. And Shidou Irina and Xenovia were standing in front of us. Enveloping us and our surroundings was a barrier made from red aura. The other members were looking at us from outside the barrier. “Then let’s start.”
Irina and Xenovia took their white robe off and were wearing black battle purpose clothes. They weren’t showing their skins but it looked……erotic…… You could see the curves of their bodies. Ummmm, both of them have nice curves and tight hips! Xenovia took the cloth off her weapon and revealed her Excalibur. The Excalibur that Shidou Irina had also turned into the shape of a katana. I will explain how it turned out like this. While I was arguing with the two holy-sword wielders, Kiba came in and it got worse. Buchou also seemed troubled about keeping the situation under control because it was us, her servants who had started the fight. Then Xenovia made a suggestion. “It might be interesting to test the strength of Rias Gremory's servants. Also, I’m interested in the strength of the so called senpai.”
Xenovia accepted Kiba’s challenge. She also added that this battle wouldn’t be reported to the Church. Apparently they understood our position a little bit, so they made it so that it wouldn’t be a problem if it was not a fight for life. The location was the place we practiced for the ball tournament near the old school building. To avoid unnecessary damage and getting noticed by others, Akeno-san put up a barrier for us. With this we could fight a bit more recklessly. And I was also participating in the battle…… Why? Is this the battle for the extra time after the quarrel? That’s absurd…… I was certainly pissed because they were talking shit about Asia. But I never thought that it would turn into a battle like this. I was actually going to stop when Buchou came in to stop me… It turned out like this because Kiba came into the argument……
“Even if it’s just a match, be cautious of the holy-swords!”
Buchou’s warning reached me. “Y…yes!”
I replied to her, but I was trembling because I remembered the video “The threat of the holy-swords collection” that we watched before the battle. It seemed like a record of battles between a person wielding a holy-sword and a high-class devil. The devil that was cut by the holy-sword had smoke coming out of the wounds made by the holy-sword. And did you know that the part where it was cut vanished? Just like the word means, it actually vanished. A devil would be eliminated if they were cut by a holy-sword. Their body will vanish. Scary. It’s really scary! I really don’t want to be cut by it! Kiba on the other hand had activated his Sacred gear and there were several demonic-swords around him. “……Are you laughing?”
Kiba was laughing so much that it looked weird. A smile that made the atmosphere cold. There wasn’t any trace of the refreshing smile he usually has. That much…… Do you hate the Excalibur that much……? “Yeah. The thing I wanted to defeat and destroy appeared right in front of me. I’m happy. Fufufu, I had even heard that by being close to a devil and a dragon, “powers” would gather. But for me to encounter it this early.”
Ddraig had said something similar as well. Lots of things will gather, being attracted to the power of a dragon. So this happened because of me………and Ddraig? | text_3 |
No, it can’t be……
“……“Sword Birth”, huh. The possessor can create any demonic-sword they imagine in their head. It’s unique among the Demonic-sword related Sacred Gears……… I heard that there was a “subject” that avoided from being disposed by the “Holy-sword Project”……… Is that you?”
Kiba didn’t answer Xenovia’s question. He just directed his killing intent towards her. Hey, hey. Killing is prohibited, you know? Kiba, I beg you to make sure that it remains as a match. If it gets beyond that, wouldn’t it affect the relationship between devils and God? Maou Sirzechs-sama will also be troubled. “Hyoudou Issei-kun.”
The one standing in front of me was Shidou Irina. The girl with a chestnut coloured hair. I thought she was a guy when I was little, but no matter how much I looked at her now she is a girl. I barely remember the time when I played with her. More like she’s a bishoujo. She has a nice body, so she’s my type. “When I met the boy that I haven’t seen for so long, and he turned into a devil……… I was shocked.”
She seemed really depressed. Well, even I never thought that I would turn into a devil. But I’m enjoying my life. “Ummmm Shidou Irina…… Can I call you Irina? Do we have to fight? I already said what I wanted to regarding what you said about Asia. I don’t think we have to battle.”
It was my opinion. There were things I wanted to say to the people from the church regarding Asia. There was a part of me that felt relieved saying it today. Well, if they said anything bad about Asia again then I would fight them. I don’t take other people talking ill about my family. But Irina looked at me with a pitiful face. More like there was a single drop of tear falling down her cheek. “A pitiful Hyoudou Issei-kun. No, I will call you Ise-kun since I knew you since a long time ago. And what trick has destiny played on us! I went to England because I found out that I can use holy-swords, and I thought that I could be a representative of God! Aaah, this also must be a trial that God has given me! The land that I haven’t been back in for so long! A harsh destiny where my childhood friend has turned into a devil! The way time moves is harsh! But by moving forward, I will turn into someone with the true belief towards God! Now Ise-kun! I will give judgment to you with this Excalibur! Amen!”
Even though Irina was shedding tears, she seemed really eager to do it and pointed her sword at me. Huh!? Huuuuh!? Th…this girl kept on saying something hard to understand! Oooh! Her eyes were sparkling like a star! Did she get drunk with her beliefs? Was she enjoying this situation? Wow! This is a type of girl you should never get involved with!? “I don’t actually know what you are on about. But! Activate Boosted Gear!”
[Boost!] It made a red glow and a gauntlet appeared on my left arm. It also made a sound at the same time and increased my power. My Sacred Gear has the ability to double my power every 10 seconds. It’s also possible to transfer the boosted power to someone or something. I just have to activate my Sacred Gear beforehand. If she did something before that then I couldn’t have done a thing. Irina and Xenovia seemed shocked after seeing my Sacred Gear. “……Longinus.”
“Is that a “Boosted Gear”? I never thought that I would meet the person possessed by the Welsh Dragon in a far eastern country like this……”
Both of them raised their eyebrows. “You will hurt yourself if your attention is on Ise-kun!”
CLASH! Kiba went on slashing towards Xenovia. The holy-sword and demonic-sword made sparks. Xenovia smirked after blocking Kiba’s strike. “Sacred Gear “Sword Rebirth” and “Boosted Gear”. And also the “Twilight Healing” that Asia Argento has. All of them are Sacred Gear that are said to be a heresy to us. Maybe it was natural for you to turn into a devil.”
“My power is also the power made by my comrades' hatred, who were killed while filled with regret! I will beat those with Excalibur with this power, and I will destroy that Excalibur!”
So Kiba also vowed the revenge of the test subjects that were killed by that project. “Here I come, Ise-kun!”
Irina rushed in slashing towards me. Dangerous! She came slashing at me seriously! If I get cut by that, a devil like me would receive a critical damage, wouldn’t it? A direct hit is bad. Seriously bad! “I’m not done yet!”
I was increasing my power while evading her katana. [Boost!!] The power went through my body. Now my power was doubled again. But it seemed like I was still lacking power to fight her! How much should I boost? Shit! I don’t have much experience and it’s my first time fighting against a holy-sword! I will just keep on evading, and attack after I've boosted my power as much as I can! If it turns out like this, then I have to use it! If I don’t I can’t calm myself! No, if I don’t it will be a waste of this battle! I will use “Dress Break” if I see a chance. One of my ultimate techniques. A power to blow away clothes, girls limited, by using the magical power that I increased. Irina made a suspicious face. “……What a lecherous face. What are you thinking?”
Fufufu. I will be seeing you naked soon. “……Please be careful. Ise-senpai has the power to blow away the clothes of women he touches.”
Koneko-chan!? Why are you revealing my move to the enemy!? Koneko-chan said it while looking at me with rebellious eyes. “……Enemy of all women. You are the worst.”
“Aaah! Those are harsh words Koneko-chan!”
“What a lowly technique! Aaah God. Please forgive this sinful pervert!”
Irina made a sad expression while praying. “Don’t look at me with those pitiful eyes!”
“……You are the worst.”
I’m sorry Koneko-chan. Sorry for being horny! “Ise-san! If you were craving for a woman’s body, then you could have said it to me……! I wouldn't mind sacrificing my body for Ise-san.”
Self sacrifice! Just to be expected from a former Christian, Asia-san! But aren’t you saying something bold out of the blue. “I see. The mass of sexual desire. I think it’s a fitting action for a devil that has such strong greed.”
Xenovia said it while making a sigh. But she was looking at me with scornful eyes! “I’m sorry.”
I don’t know why but Kiba apologised to her. There’s no need for you to apologise you dipshit! Why am I the only one being treated like this? Kiba created a demonic-sword where he stood and held it. He now had two swords and went towards Xenovia. “Now back to where we were! Burn! And freeze! “Flare Brand” and “Freeze Mist”!”
One of the demonic-swords created a whirl of flames while the other one made a cold air and silver frost. Kiba is a “Knight”. “Knights” traits are their speed. He was attacking with God speed. But Xenovia was evading Kiba’s attack, which came from all directions, with the minimum movements. “The “Knights” swift move. And flame and ice demonic swords. But you are too naïve!”
KACHING! A single swing of Xenovia's turned Kiba’s two demonic swords to dust. “………!”
Kiba became speechless because his demonic-swords were destroyed with a single swing. | text_3 |
What destructive power! So that’s the holy-sword! “My sword is a mass of destruction. There’s nothing it can’t destroy.”
Xenovia swirled around her sword. She then pointed it upwards then thrust it into the ground. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!! Suddenly the place where I was standing shook and the ground was rumbling! I lost my balance and kneeled on the ground. I couldn’t stand! There were clouds of dust in the surroundings! There was even dirt flying towards me. And it went onto my face. SPIT! SPIT! I wiped the dirt off my face while spitting out the dirt inside my mouth. ……! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the practice grounds. A crater!? There was a big hole at the place where Xenovia had placed her sword! Don’t tell me that it made a crater with one hit!? Just with one slash of the sword!? When Xenovia stabbed the ground with her sword, it didn’t seem like she had used too much power. “This is my Excalibur. It can destroy anything that comes its way. It’s not called “Excalibur” for nothing.”
……“Excalibur Destruction”. So the destructive power was on a different level! Even if it wasn’t Kiba’s demonic sword, it would get shattered! Kiba made a bitter expression when he saw that. “……Such a destructive power when it isn’t a real Excalibur. So destroying all 7 swords will be a difficult path.”
His eyes hadn’t lost the colour of hatred yet. Kiba was trying to break all 7 of them! A single sword is that strong you know. I think breaking it would be hard even for Kiba. Seriously, I was getting sick of this world because there are so many people stronger than us. [Boost!!] The third boost! “Geez! I’m all covered in dirt because you destroyed the ground, Xenovia!”
Irina wiped the dirt off her clothes while complaining. “But. It’s about time to settle this now! She pointed her sword at me and dashed towards me! Fast! She closed our distance instantly! Even if she wasn’t as fast as Kiba, she was definitely faster than me! What should I do? Should I stop my boost here and start attacking? Even if she doesn’t have the intent to kill me, I will just keep on losing my stamina just by evading her attacks! I at least have the power to react to my opponent’s movement! But I’m still not sure if it’s enough to defeat her! I can’t activate my Sacred Gear for the second time! Because she won’t give me any time for it! I should be vigilant of that Excalibur, and attack her who is a normal human! Even if her weapon is deadly, she herself isn’t! It might be a bad way of thinking, but I have to bet on this! “You are doing well! You are good at dodging! Seems like your master trained you well!”
“Yeah! My master is strict with my training! That’s why I can even keep up with those stronger than me! Just like this!”
[Boost!!] “Let’s go Boosted Gear!”
[Explosion!!] I stopped my boost and made it so that I could fight with the power I had increased till now! If I don’t stop like this, then the power will get unbalanced and the power might start from zero. HEARTBEAT! There was power surging throughout my body. It was my fourth boost, but I could probably take her on with this! If that was the case then I would blow her clothes away! Yeah, I don’t care if it’s a lowly technique! I haven’t gone through the training of hell and battles against Phoenix for nothing! I mean I am definitely going to strip her down! I think that I definitely need to use “Dress Break”. I went towards Irina while having enough magic power to strip her clothes. “Sorry for stripping you.”
“Obscene!”
Irina avoided my tackle as if she just protected herself from a molester. Chi! She’s fast! But I’m not giving up! I don’t care even if I am a pervert! I’m going to live strong! “It’s not over yet!”
I started to keep up with Irina’s movement. Right! No left! I could somehow see where she would escape to because of my desire of wanting to use my technique! “Ise-kun is moving much better than usual.”
“……For the lecherous power inside him to increase his stats this much.”
Akeno-san and Koneko-chan’s comments. They both became amazed at my “power of lecher”, and were also shocked. I’m sorry for being a lecher! But no one can stop me once I get turned on to strip the girls! And finally I moved to the part where Irina escaped to! “What! You caught up with me! ?”
Irina looked surprised. Fufufu. Don’t look down on my power of lecher! I caught you now! I’m going to strip you down now! I’m going to have a look at your oppai! I shortened the distance while moving all my fingers and by putting on a lecherous face. I jumped towards her as if I were diving! Itadakimasu! But… Before I reached Irina she ducked down. Wh…what… I couldn’t stop my body and I went passed Irina, and went through the barrier heading towards where Asia and Koneko-chan were…
Here, touch. My hand touched both of their shoulders. Then…
STRIP…
Asia and Koneko-chan’s uniform blew off. Yes, even their underwear. They both became fully naked. Dress Break was a success. Asia’s breasts that were still growing and Koneko-chan’s loli breasts became fully exposed in front of me. DRIP. There was blood coming out of my nose. Thank you very much! No, that’s not what I mean! This is…! “No!”
Asia hid her body because she became too embarrassed. I’m sorry Asia! But you have nice proportions like always. Onii-chan is looking forward to it because your oppai looks like it's still growing! Koneko-chan on the other hand… She still looked emotionless but her body started to shake and then she thrust her fist. Oh crap…
“Ko…Koneko-chan! You have it wrong! This is a mistake! Well it did work! But I still think that even small oppai are important! Huh? What am I saying? That’s not it! It’s because Shidou Irina dodged it! I wasn’t aiming for you and Asia! B…But thank you very much! I will just thank you just in case……”
“…You super lecher!”
BANG! “Gufuuuu!”
I received a heavy blow to my stomach and my body felt weird. Uwaaaaa! My body was flying! When I violently landed on the ground, I continued to roll on the ground……… Cough! It’s a critical damage… I’m so hurt that I can't get up. POKE POKE. Irina poked me. “Ise-kun, are you still alive? I think that it was divine punishment for creating such a move. With this you should have learned that you have to seal lecherous techniques like that. Okay?”
“……No……It’s the technique I created by putting all of my talents at magic into it…… I’m going to continue blowing away girls clothes… I seriously had a hard time choosing between this move and a move that lets me see through girls’ clothes……”
I made a stance against Irina while slowly getting up. “I’m going to continue fighting until I blow away girls clothes just by looking at them!”
I raised my spirit and went towards her! “To be able to fight just for those motives! Something is definitely wrong with you!”
“Shidou Irina! Sexual desires are a source of power! It’s justice! !”
“Amen! God, lend me the strength to cut down this lecherous devil!”
Irina held the grip of her holy-sword and came rushing towards me. | text_3 |
I lowered myself so I could kick Irina to make her fall from below as she was slashing towards me. Irina noticed it and did a small jump. I kicked the ground so I could get up fast! Here’s my uppercut! SWING! My uppercut missed Irina’s chin. Irina made sharp eyes. She swung her katana to the side, but I avoided it by jumping backwards. Irina looked at me with a shocked face. “……I’m sorry. Looks like I was taking you a bit lightly. You have good movements.”
Irina made a serious face. Oh, can I win this? That’s what I thought, but……… I fell down onto the ground…… What the…… I felt power leaving out of my body. I can still move while enduring certain pains. But this was different. I seriously have no strength left…… Shit…what’s happening……
When I looked at my stomach, there was smoke emitting from it! Is this the damage caused by the holy-sword!? When on earth!? Did I get cut from the attack just now!? It just grazed me and I turn out like this……
“It’s the damage caused by the holy-sword. Devils and fallen-angels get their power and existence erased by receiving damage from the holy-sword to their body. If it were a bit deeper, then it would have been critical.”
It was just a graze! Does it take that much power from me that I get down on my knees!? [Reset!] The time for the Boosted Gear activation was finished. I also lost the boosted power within my body. My power returned to normal. How could this be! “If you had another boost, then you could have definitely evaded that attack. We could have had a proper match. You lost because you used your Sacred Gear while not knowing the power difference between yourself and your opponent. A simple mistake can become critical in a serious fight.”
……Damn it. It was no use. My body couldn’t move at all…… I lost? Did I make a fool of myself in front of Buchou and Asia? Miserable! “Haaaaaaaaaa! !”
Kiba raised his spirit up and tried to make something in his hand. It turned into the shape of a sword, but……
“The destructive power of that holy-sword or the destructive power of my demonic-sword! We will see which one is stronger!”
What appeared in Kiba’s hand was a gigantic sword. Kiba held it with both hands while releasing an ominous aura. It’s big. It’s way longer than Kiba’s height. It definitely was more than two meters. Kiba then swung it with force! The slash reached Xenovia, but she made a sigh as if she was really disappointed. “It’s a shame. You made the wrong decision.”
GACHIN! A violent sound of metal! A large fragment of the sword went up in the air. It was Kiba’s sword that broke. Xenovia’s Excalibur easily destroyed Kiba’s demonic sword. “Your weapon is the variety of the sword you can create and your speed. You would need a lot of strength to swing a gigantic sword like that, and you will lose the speed that you are proud of. Are you seeking a destructive power? From your fighting style, it’s something unnecessary. Don’t you even know that?”
BANG! The pommel of the holy-sword hit deep into Kiba’s stomach. It was a simple move like that yet it created a shockwave. It meant that even a single attack with a pommel has destructive power. “Gaha!”
Kiba fell onto the ground after he vomited from his mouth. “Even if it’s not a hit with the blade, that hit just now will be enough to stop you from standing for a while.”
Xenovia glared at Kiba once, and turned around. “………Wa……wait!”
Kiba reached his hands towards her, but everyone here knew that the match was over. Akeno-san unsealed the barrier. The red aura that covered the area disappeared. The battle was over. “Senpai, I suggest you fight with coolness the next time we fight. Rias Gremory, I trust you with the talk from earlier. Also, you should train your servants a bit more. There’s a limit for polishing their battling style.”
Kiba glared at Xenovia with hatred. Xenovia then looked at me. “I will tell you one thing. “Vanishing dragon” has already awakened.”
……What did she just say? “You will meet him eventually, but in your current state you can never win.”
Xenovia just said that and left after picking her stuff. “Wait for me Xenovia. Then it’s like that Ise-kun. Tell me whenever you want to get judged. Amen.”
Shidou Irina held her cross and winked at me. She then left the scene. Buchou closed her eyes. I’m sure that she didn’t feel good. Kiba and I were ultimately defeated. “Are you okay?”
Asia put her hand on my stomach and healed my wound with her Sacred Gear. Asia was wearing the spare uniform she had in the old school building. She was wearing it because I blew her clothes away earlier. The warm green coloured light that was made from her hand surrounded me and healed my wound. “I showed you an uncool side of me, Asia.”
I said it to Asia while laughing. But Asia shook her head. “I’m glad that your wound was minimal after getting hit by a holy-sword. I was really scared thinking Ise-san might have vanished.”
Aaah. Did I make Asia worry again? I’m making this girl worry a lot. “I’m sorry for blowing your clothes off.”
I apologised sincerely. No matter how you think about it, it was my fault. But Asia just smiled at me. “There was a plan that you were thinking about, right Ise-san? I am fine with anything Ise-san does for me.”
……Sob. My eyes got warm. Asia, you believe in me that much! But you know Asia, I wasn’t thinking about anything except blowing girls clothes away. Aaaah. Asia’s smile is too bright……
“……You might have won if you did another boost with the Sacred Gear.”
Koneko-chan said it while massaging my shoulders. It hurts. It hurts Koneko-chan. Koneko-chan was also wearing a spare uniform just like Asia. But it was the first time Koneko-chan said something like that to me! I was a bit moved! “………Not knowing it means you lack practice and real battle experience.”
Aaau! You sure hit the spot! I’m sorry for being a lecher! “Hold on! Yuuto!”
I heard Buchou’s voice. When I looked, there was Kiba who seemed like he was trying to leave and an angry Buchou. What the? Is Kiba going somewhere? “I won’t forgive you if you leave me! You are the “Knight” of the Gremory group. I will also be troubled if you turn into an “exiled”. Wait this instant!”
“……I was able to run away from there, thanks to my comrades. That’s why I have to put their regrets into my demonic-swords…”
After saying that Kiba disappeared. “Yuuto……Why……?”
I couldn’t look at Buchou’s sad face. At the same time I made up my determination. “Aaaaa. And? What was the reason for calling me?”
The next day off. I called Kaichou’s “Pawn”, Saji, in front of the train station. Saji seemed listless. I somehow managed to get in contact with Saji thanks to Buchou. “…………He’s right. What were you two trying to do?”
The one who was holding onto my shirt and wasn’t letting go was Koneko-chan. I met her by coincidence when I was on my way to meet Saji in front of the train station. I tried to run away, but I was caught easily. I’m inferior in terms of physical build against a loli shoujo like always. Well it couldn’t be helped. | text_3 |
She didn’t seem to like the fact that I tried to run away after I saw her face. So she was not leaving in terms of observation. I think she's holding a grudge against me because I stripped her naked a few days ago. The reason why I called Saji. That is… I coughed once, and told both of them. “I’m going to ask Shidou Irina and Xenovia to give me permission to destroy the holy-sword Excaliburs.”
Not only Saji, but Koneko-chan also became really shocked that they had circle eyes. “Nooooooooo!! I’m going home! !”
Saji was screaming and trying to run away. Koneko-chan held onto him and didn’t let him go. When I suggested the plan to destroy Excalibur, Koneko-chan thought about it and agreed. [I will help as well. It’s about Yuuto-senpai, right?] As expected of Koneko-chan! Saji on the other hand turned blue and tried to run away immediately. And Koneko-chan caught him. “Hyoudou! Why me!? It’s your group’s problem, right!? I belong to the House of Sitri! I shouldn’t take part in this! Not at all! !”
Saji argued while crying. “Don’t say that Saji. The only Devil that I know who seems willing to help me is you.”
“Bullshit! There’s no way that I will help youuuu! I’m going to get killed! I’m going to get killed by Kaichouuuuu! !”
Oooh, the fear you have towards Kaichou is appearing on your face. Kaichou must be really scary, huh. “Your master, Rias-senpai, might be strict and kind! But you know what! You know Kaichou!? She’s strict AND strict!”
Yeah. Buchou is strict but also kind. Is that right? So Kaichou is strict, huh. That’s good for you. After I made up my mind, I went looking for Shidou Irina and Xenovia inside the town with Koneko-chan and Saji. “Hey Koneko-chan. You know that Kiba is a victim of the “Holy-sword Project” and also harbours a grudge towards Excalibur, right?”
Koneko-chan nodded at my question. “When Irina and Xenovia came to us, they said this.”
[The Church decided that it would be better to eliminate all the Excaliburs rather than letting them be used by the Fallen-Angels. Our minimum objective is to get the Excaliburs away from the Fallen-Angels.] “So in other words they have to destroy the stolen Excaliburs or retrieve them, right?”
“……Yes. That’s right.”
“That’s why I thought we could help them retrieve those. By making Kiba the main person. Three swords were stolen, so they won’t mind if we retrieve or break one of them.”
“……You want Yuuto-senpai to overcome Excalibur and to fulfil his wish, right?”
That’s right. I nodded my head with a smile. If that happened, then Kiba would accomplish his revenge and everything would be okay. Then he would continue doing the Devils' job with us with a smile. That’s what I thought. “Kiba wants to win against Excalibur and accomplish his and his former comrades' revenge. Xenovia and Irina want to retrieve the Excaliburs from the Fallen-Angels even if they have to destroy them. We have the same aim then. What’s left is to see if those two will listen to the words of us Devils.”
“……It seems hard.”
“Hmmmm yeah.”
It was just like Koneko-chan said. To tell you the truth, the possibility of it happening wasn’t that high. And also……
“……It’s a secret from Buchou and the other members.”
Yeah. It was just like she said. We couldn’t let this to be known by Buchou and Akeno-san. Buchou would definitely disapprove. [Even if it’s for Yuuto’s sake, we can’t put our neck in the problems involving Angels.] That’s what she would say. She is a high-class Devil after all, so she would be strict about this stuff. When I went to rescue Asia, she was against it. I also had to keep it a secret from Asia. She’s the type who can’t hide things. She’d be bad at lying as well. “……When we go and talk to them it might lead to a fight and the tension between us and them might get even worse.”
It would be the end if that happened. I would have to do something even if I had to risk my life. Uoooo. I might die then……
“That’s why you can leave, Koneko-chan. Saji. You can also run away if it gets dangerous.”
“Let me run nowwww!! That’s the worst! I’d get killed by Kaichou if I do something like destroying the Excaliburs without her permission! She will definitely torture meeeeee!”
Now now. Don’t cry and stick with me. You can run away if it gets dangerous. “Maybe the negotiation will be a success. If that happens, then I want you to help me.”
“Uwaaaaaa! That’s so irresponsible! I’ll die! I’d definitely get killed! !”
You are right. But there aren’t any other male Devils that I can talk to. I’m depending on you, Saji. “I won’t run away. It’s for our comrade.”
………Koneko-chan said it to me with eyes filled with strength. This girl… No matter what she says, she’s always burning inside. She was also in high spirits in the match against Phoenix. I think her feelings towards comrades are very strong. Twenty minutes after looking for them in the town. It wouldn’t be easy to find two women wearing white robes in an undercover mission……
“Please give blessings to the lost lamb-“
“Please give charity to us on behalf of the father in heaven!”
We found them easily. There were two girls wearing white robes, praying on the road. Wow. They were standing out. It was easy to find them. It looked like they were quite troubled. People walking past them were giving them odd glances. “How can this be? This is the reality of the developed country of Japan? That’s why I don’t like countries that don’t have the smell of our beliefs.”
“Don’t say that, Xenovia. We lost all the money we had. So we have to rely on charity from these heretics or else we can’t get food, you know? Aaah, we can’t even buy a single loaf of bread!”
“Hmph. It all happened because you bought that fake looking painting.”
Xenovia pointed at a painting of a saint that was drawn really badly. What the heck was that? Did they get cheated in a fake exhibition? “What are you saying? This painting has the drawing of someone who looks like a saint! That’s what the person in the exhibition said as well!”
“Then do you know who the person in the drawing is? I certainly don’t.”
The person in the picture certainly looked like a foreigner and was wearing poor clothing and had something on his head. There was also a baby Angel on the background with a trumpet who was floating in the air. “……I think it’s……Saint……Peter……?”
“Don’t mess around. Saint Peter wouldn’t look like this.”
“No, he must have looked like this! I’m sure about it!”
“Aaah, why did my partner have to be someone like you……God, is this also a trial?”
“Hey don’t hold your head down. You really get depressed when you are down, don’t you.”
“Shut up! That’s why the Protestants are called heretics! You guys have different beliefs than us Catholics! Show more respect to the saints!”
“What! What’s wrong, it is Catholicism where they still abide by the old law!”
“What did you say, heretic?”
“What did you say, heretic! ?”
Those two started to argue by banging their heads against each other……
RUMBLE. | text_3 |
Then we heard the sound of their stomachs rumble when we were a distance away from them. The two of them dropped onto the ground with their stomachs rumbling. “……First of all, let’s do something to fill our stomachs. Or else it’s not a matter of retrieving the Excaliburs.”
“……You are right. Do you want to get money from the heretics by threatening them? I think God will forgive us if we threaten the heretics.”
“Do you plan to attack the shrine? Or do you plan to steal their offertory box? Don’t do either. Let’s use our swords to put on a performance. It’s an international entertainment that works in every country.”
“That’s an excellent idea! If we can cut fruits with our Excaliburs, then we can gather cash!”
“Well, we don’t have fruits. It can’t be helped. Let’s cut that picture.”
“No! You can’t cut this down!”
The two of them started arguing again. I went towards both of them even though I was getting a headache. Seriously. They didn’t seem like the girls I had an argument with in the clubroom just a few days ago. “Delicious! Japanese cuisine is delicious!”
“Yes, yes! This is it! This is the taste of the food of my homeland!”
Irina and Xenovia started to fill their stomachs with the food they ordered at a family restaurant. Man they eat a lot. Are they really assassins sent from the Christian Church? When they saw us earlier, they looked at us with hungry eyes. “Ummm…we are going to eat now, so do you guys want to come as well?”
When I asked them, they said “okay” straight away. [We sold our souls to the Devils.] [This is also to accomplish our mission.] They were saying something like that while we were on our way here. I was worried about my money but Koneko-chan said she would also pay. It’s not manly if I make a girl pay! Especially since she is my junior! That’s what I wanted to say, but after seeing these two eating I would be in deep shit if we didn’t pay together. Th…this is also for the club. It’s for our group. Damnnnn you Kibaaaa! I’m going through all of this shit for you! I’m definitely going to make Kiba introduce me to one of his hot clients! “Phew. Now I’m calm. It’s the end of the world to get helped by a Devil.”
That was what Xenovia said. “Hey. We are treating you to food and that’s what you say?”
I said it while holding down my emotions. I couldn’t talk to them with strong words. Otherwise we couldn’t negotiate. “Pheeeew! Thank you for the meal. Aaaah God, please give charity to these Devils.”
Irina said while using her cross. [Auu!] At that moment I got a headache. The same thing happened to Koneko-chan and Saji so they were touching their head as well. Seems like us Devils received some damage because she used her cross. “Ah, I’m sorry. I did it without thinking.”
Irina smiled with a cute face. These two look like a bishoujo if you look at them normally. Xenovia drank a cup of water and took a deep breath. She then asked. “So, why did you come to us?”
! I never thought she would get right to it. Well, it didn’t look like we met them by coincidence. “You two came to this country to retrieve the Excaliburs, right?”
“That’s right. We already told you that before.”
Both of them didn’t seem like they were giving us hostile intent because they had just finished their food. There was no point battling us in this family restaurant, and even if we did battle they were confident that they could beat us with ease. “I want to help you destroy the Excaliburs.”
Both of them looked surprised at what I just said. They were also looking at each other. GULP. I swallowed my saliva and waited for their decision. Wow, it’s scary. Scary! If they reject us then we are in deep shit. It might turn into a battle between Angels, Fallen-Angels and Devils! To think about it, the Excaliburs are supposed to be quite an important thing. And to destroy that together with Devils like us might be an insult to them, perhaps? I was getting worried about things like that, when Xenovia opened her mouth. “Yeah. Maybe it’s okay leaving one sword to you guys. If you can destroy it, that is. But make sure that your identities aren’t revealed. We also don’t want our high-ups and enemies to think that we are connected to you guys.”
……I just opened my mouth because I didn’t expect that she would give us permission like that. Is it alright? Are you serious? For real? “Hey Xenovia. Are you sure? Even if it’s Ise-kun, he’s still a Devil, you know?”
Irina raised an objection. Well that’s the normal response. “Irina. To tell you the truth, it would really be tough to retrieve the three Excaliburs and to battle Kokabiel with only the two of us.”
“I know that. But...!”
“The minimum objectives we have to achieve are destroying the three Excaliburs or take them back. If our Excaliburs are going to be stolen as well then we should break them before it happens. Even if we use the last resort, there’s only a 30 percent chance that we will succeed in our mission and return home safely.”
“Even so, we thought that the success rate was high enough to come to this country prepared to put our life on the line.”
“Yeah. The high-ups also told us to continue with our mission as well and dispatched us to this country. It’s almost self-sacrifice.”
“And isn’t that what we, the followers, desire for?”
“I changed my mind. My beliefs are flexible. So I can act in the best way.”
“You! I have been thinking about it for a long time, but your faith is a bit weird!”
“I won’t deny it. But I think that it’s our duty to accomplish our mission and return safely. I’m going to live and continue fighting for God. Am I wrong?”
“……You are not wrong. But...”
“That’s why we won’t ask for help from the Devils. Instead we ask for help from a Dragon. The high-ups didn’t tell us not to borrow the strength of a Dragon.”
Xenovia then looked at me. Dragon…… She was talking about me. The being that is residing in my left arm……… Sekiryuutei. “I never thought that I would meet Sekiryuutei in a distant country like this. Even if you turned into a Devil, I see that the dragon power within you is still present. If it’s like the legend says, then you can increase your power to that of a Maou, correct? If you gain a power to that of a Maou, then you can break the Excaliburs without a sweat. I also think that it was God’s doing that we had this meeting.”
Xenovia said joyfully. “C-Certainly they didn’t tell us not to borrow the power of a Dragon……… But you are just saying nonsense! Your belief is certainly weird!”
“Weird is fine with me. But, Irina. He’s your childhood friend, right? Let’s trust him. The power of a Dragon.”
Irina became silent at Xenovia’s words, but her expression showed that she was okay with it for now. Oh! It’s okay then? Are you serious? But for me to increase my power to that of a Maou, I have to increase my ability even further. But if I transfer my power that I boosted to the max to Kiba, he can be equal to or surpass Excalibur. I’m sure the possibility is really high. “Okay. The negotiation is a success. | text_3 |
I will lend you guys my Dragon's power. Then can I call my partner for this cooperation, then?”
I got my phone out and called Kiba. “……I understand the situation.”
Kiba put his mouth on the coffee after he made a sigh. We called Kiba to the family restaurant. [I’m with those two Excalibur wielders. I want you to come here as well Kiba.] When I said that, he came here without any complaint. “To tell the truth, I feel unsatisfied when the wielders of the Excaliburs are giving me the permission to destroy it.”
“That’s a rough way to speak. If you were a “Stray-Devil”, I would have cut you down without any time to spare.”
Kiba and Xenovia glared at each other. Hey, hey. Let’s not fight before the co-operation strategy. “So you do hold a grudge regarding the “Holy-sword Project”. Against the church and the Excaliburs.”
Kiba sharpened his eyes at Irina’s words. “Obviously.”
He replied with a low and cold voice. “But Kiba-kun. Thanks to that project, the research on holy-sword users showed results. That’s why it created people like Xenovia and I who can synchronise with the holy swords.”
“Do you think it’s a forgiving act to kill all the test subjects because the project was thought to be a failure?”
Kiba looked at Irina with eyes filled with hatred. Certainly killing them is cruel. It’s too cruel. I think that it’s an inhuman act for those who believe in God. Even Irina didn’t know how to respond. Then Xenovia spoke,
“That incident also became one of the worst cases among us and people felt disgusted about it. The person in charge of that project at that time was said to have a problem with his belief. So he was charged with heresy. Now he’s one of those people on the Fallen-Angels side.”
“On the Fallen-Angel’s side? What’s the name of that person?”
Kiba took interest and asked Xenovia. “……Balba Galilei. The man who is called the “Genocide Archbishop”.”
Balba. So that’s the name of Kiba’s enemy. “………If I go after Fallen-Angels, then can I reach him……”
Kiba’s eye had the colour of a new determination. Just knowing his target was a big step for him. “Then it looks like I have to share information as well. The other day I was attacked by a person who had the Excalibur. At that time, he killed a priest. The one who was killed is probably from your organisation.”
[!] Everyone became surprised. Obviously! I never thought that Kiba would have been involved before us! So why was he quiet about it the whole time? I’m sure that he had something in his mind. “The name of that person is Freed Zelzan. Does this name sound familiar?”
Freed! That shit priest! I remember him very well. He’s the crazy priest from the previous incident! He was still in this town!? Xenovia and Irina both made sharp eyes at Kiba’s words. “I see. So it’s him.”
“Freed Zelzan. Former exorcist of the Vatican. The genius who became an exorcist at the age of 13. He had lots of big achievements because he kept on eliminating Devils and mystical beasts.”
“But he overdid it. He even killed his allies. Freed never had any beliefs towards our God from the start. The only thing he had was fighting instinct and killing intent towards monsters. And an abnormal obsession for battles. It was a matter of time that he’d be charged for heresy.”
Aaah. So you guys also have had problems with him. I understand that feeling. “Is that so? Freed used the Excalibur he stole to kill our fellow followers. For us to pay the price because the disposal group couldn’t take care of him that time.”
Xenovia said it with hatred. Freed sure is hated by lots of people. Well obviously. “Anyways, let’s move onto the cooperation strategy.”
Xenovia took out a pen and used it to write on a memo pad. She gave us her contact details. “If something happens, call this number.”
“Thanks. Then we should also……”
“We already received Ise-kun’s number from oba-sama.”
“Are you serious!? Mum!? She gave it without my permission! ?”
She told her son’s number without my permission. [Why don’t you call him?] She probably gave her my number like that because we are childhood friends! “Then that’s it then. I’ll repay you for the meal another time, “Sekiryuutei” Hyoudou Issei.”
Xenovia got up after saying that. “Thanks for the meal, Ise-kun! Treat me again next time as well! Even if you are a Devil, God will allow it if it’s Ise-kun who treats me to a meal! It’s okay if it’s food!”
Irina thanked me while giving me a wink. Is it alright for your religious belief to be like that? We sent the two of them off, and we all gave out a deep breath. Fuuuu. It somehow went smoothly. I thought it was a reckless plan, but it was easier than I thought. I felt chills when I thought that I might have gotten cut down by the Excaliburs if I’d failed in the negotiation. It could have been the trigger for the war between the Devils and people from God’s side…… That was quite a bold move for me. “……Ise-kun. Why did you do this?”
Kiba asked me quietly. He was certainly wondering why I was helping him out with his revenge. “Well, we are comrades. And we belong to the same group. And you helped me out before as well. It’s not like I’m trying to repay you, but I thought I would give you a hand this time.”
“If I act by myself, then I would cause trouble for Buchou. That’s also the reason, right?”
“Of course. Buchou would get sad if you were to go around in a rampage. Well, the fact that I made this plan by myself will cause trouble to Buchou as well. But it’s better than you becoming an “exiled”, right? Well it turned out to be a success, since we made an agreement with those guys from the Church.”
Kiba still didn’t look satisfied. Ummm, he’s quite hard to deal with. Then Koneko-chan spoke. “……Yuuto-senpai. I would get lonely…if senpai disappeared.”
Koneko-chan put on a sad face. She is usually unemotional, so the sudden change had a lot of impact on all the guys here. “……I will help you……that’s why please don’t go.”
…Koneko-chan’s appeal. Oh crap. Even if she wasn’t saying it to me I felt my heartbeat go up. Aaah, I definitely can’t betray our group. If a kohai (junior) says that to me, I definitely can’t rebel! Kiba seemed troubled, but then put on a smiley face. “Hahaha. I give up. If Koneko-chan says that to me, then I can’t do reckless things. Okay. I will work with you. Thanks to Ise-kun, I know who my true enemy is. But since we are doing this, we are definitely going to defeat the Excalibur. “
Oh! Kiba was eager to do this as well now! Koneko-chan smiled because she felt relieved. Crap! You look so cute Koneko-chan! I felt my heartbeat go up even though I’m not a lolicon! “Okay! Now we have formed the group to destroy the Excalibur! Let’s defeat the stolen Excalibur and that shit Freed!”
I was all pumped! Okay! We are going to go like this! I think we can do it if it’s me, Kiba and Koneko-chan! No, we can do it! Wait for us Excalibur, Freed! But there was one guy who wasn’t that eager to do it. “……Ummm, do I have to do it as well?”
Saji asked us while he put his hand up. | text_3 |
“I mean, I’m totally uninvolved in this…… After all, how are Kiba and Excalibur related?”
Oh yeah. This guy didn’t know about Kiba and Excalibur. To Saji, he probably didn’t understand what was going on in the earlier conversation. “……Let’s talk a bit.”
Kiba then started to talk about his past after he drank the coffee. The project that the Catholic Church planned secretly. Project Holy-sword. The test to make lots of people who can use holy-swords was taking place in a certain institute. There were boys and girls who had talents at using swords and a possessor of Sacred Gear. Day after day, they were going through inhuman experiments. They were being experimented on and had their rights of freedom taken away. They weren’t treated as humans and their lives were ignored. But they had a dream. To live on. They were forced to believe that they were loved by God, and they were just waiting for “that day” to come. They believed that they would become special beings. They believed that they could become people who could wield holy-swords. But the result was “disposal”. Kiba and his comrades couldn’t use the holy-swords. “……Everyone died. They were killed. Killed by those who serve God. No one saved us. Just because we couldn’t use the holy-swords. Other boys and girls were put under poisonous gas while still alive. They put poisonous gas on us while saying “amen”. We vomited blood and suffered on the floor. Even so, we were seeking help from God.”
Kiba told us his story. We listened to him silently. Kiba somehow managed to escape from the laboratory, but the poisonous gas had already infected him. Apart from certain people, the test subjects who had lower abilities than average were all disposed of because they weren’t needed. Kiba who managed to escape, met Buchou who came to observe Italy as he was dying. And now he was here. “I want to accomplish my comrades’ regrets. No, I don’t want to make their deaths be in vain. I need to keep on living in their place, and I have to prove that I am stronger than Excalibur.”
…What an intense past he had. Asia also had a sad past. But Kiba had been going through a life that was so hard to imagine… To tell the truth, I cant’t understand the pain Kiba went through. But I think it’s hard to live on, just for revenge. Buchou said that she made him her servant so he could use his talents on something besides defeating holy-swords. “Uuuuuuu…sob………”
We were listening to Kiba’s past with serious faces, but we heard someone crying. It was Saji. He was crying aloud. He had so much tears falling out of his eyes, and was crying so much. He also had a dripping nose……… Saji took Kiba’s hand and said,
“Kiba! It must have been horrible! It must have been painful! Damn it! There isn’t any God or hope in this world! Right now I feel so much sympathy for you! Yeah, it’s a horrible story! I understand why you hold a grudge against those people from the church and Excalibur!”
Oooh. Look at how Saji is talking. “To tell you the truth, I didn’t like you before because you were a good looking guy……But it’s different now! I will also help! I’m willing to receive the punishment from Kaichou! But before that we have to destroy Excalibur! I will also work hard! You also have to live on! Don’t ever betray Rias-senpai who saved you!”
What he was saying was weird…but he was also like me, he was full of passion! More like he was a good guy. Yeah, he wasn’t a bad guy. I felt bad dragging him into this, but it seemed like it was alright after all. “Okay! It’s a good time! I want you guys to hear my story! You guys should know about me if we are working together!”
Saji seemed a bit shy, then said it with glittering eyes. “My dream is to……make Kaichou pregnant and marry her! But, you know…… making a girl pregnant and marrying her is hard for an unpopular guy like me. There aren’t any girls that I can make pregnant to begin with… But I will one day make her pregnant and marry her……”
………After hearing Saji’s confession, there was something inside me that was coming out. Then there were loads of tear drops flowing out of my eyes. Of course. Of course idiot! This guy! Saji! He’s the same as me! He’s the same kind as me! He has the same understanding of the world as me…… I almost cried out because I was moved. But I put my hands on my mouth to stop it. I took Saji’s hand and said it straight at him,
“Saji! Listen to me! My aim is to grope Buchou’s oppai……and then suck it!”
“……!”
DROP. After a pause more tear drops were flowing out of Saji’s eyes. “Hyoudouuuu! Do you know what you are saying? Do you understand how hard that dream is, to touch the High-class Devils oppai…… To touch the oppai of your master?”
“Saji. You can touch it. You can touch the High-class Devils oppai…… You can touch your master's oppai! I actually groped Buchou’s oppai with this hand.”
I said it while moving my hands. Saji looked at my hand with a shocked face. “Impossible!? Something like that is possible!? You are not lying, right! ?”
“It’s not a lie. Master’s oppai is far away. But it’s not like you can’t reach it.”
“Sucking it…!? Sucking Ka…Kaichou’s oppai… You are talking about the nipple right…? The place where you can suck is the nipple right…?”
“Dumb ass! If you are going to suck oppai, then the nipple is the only thing you can suck! Yes! I’m going to suck the nipple!”
“……! !”
Saji started to cry like a man after hearing my strong words. “Saji! We may be useless “Pawn”s if we are just by ourselves. But it’s different if it’s the two of us. We can fly if it’s the two of us! We can fight if it’s the two of us! We can do it if it’s the two of us! We can make them pregnant and marry them if it’s the two of us! Let’s have sex with our own masters!”
“Yeah. Yes!”
Nothing is impossible if it’s two guys who fell in love with their master’s oppai! We took each other’s hand and nodded. Comrade. War buddy. Even if I use many words, I can’t explain the relationship between us. At that time Saji and I felt something with our spirits and we connected with each other. “………Ahaha.”
“………You are the worst.”
Kiba and Koneko-chan who were next to us sighed. If I’d looked around, everyone in the restaurant would be looking at us with weird eyes. Well don’t mind them. Like this the “Excalibur destroying squad” was formed. A few days later... I was sitting at my desk in my classroom, sighing heavily. Every day the four of us; me, Kiba, Koneko-chan and Saji searched for the Excalibur. Our opponent was that shit priest Freed who worked under the Fallen-Angels. Apparently, he was hunting down priests sent by the Church. So we wandered around the town dressed in priests’ outfits but still couldn’t find him. Well my true feeling was that I didn’t want to ever see him again. We were wearing the priest outfit that Xenovia gave us that kept our magical power down, but still couldn’t encounter him. Where was that shit priest hiding? | text_3 |
I wanted to find him so Kiba could destroy the Excalibur… At this rate, we would get caught by Buchou and get into deep shit. She had started getting suspicious of us…… I’m sorry Buchou for doing something like this without telling you. I will apologise to you a lot afterwards. I will work hard as well. That’s why please let us do this. Like that I was apologising to her within my heart. “You have a serious face lately, Ise.”
Motohama said to me while fixing the position of his glasses. “Eh? Aaah, yeah kinda. Even I have to think about certain things sometimes.”
“Is it that? Were you thinking about groping Rias-senpai’s oppai or Himejima-senpai’s oppai?”
“I always have a hard time choosing that every day, Motohama. By the way, in terms of size, Buchou wins. Buchou also wins in terms of fullness. But in terms of softness Akeno-san wins…… No, Buchou has more meat but Akeno-san’s ones has good balance with the oppai and the areola. So it reminds me of something like Yamato Nadeshiko! In terms of having fun, groping Buchou wins. But Akeno-san’s oppai is also big.”
“If you keep on doing that, you are going to get killed by senpai’s worshipers one day, you know? There are many of them at this school.”
“Motohama…… Oppai is more important than life.”
“…That’s deep. I felt a shock in my heart.”
PINCH. There was someone pinching my cheek. It’s Asia-chan. She seemed like she was in a really bad mood. “Ahia-khan vhat ar yu duong?”
“…………………”
Asia was pinching my cheek without saying a word. But it did seem like Asia, because she wasn’t pinching me hard. She must have heard everything I just said……
“Damn it! Ise, you Ero-daiou! [1 5]You have violated the Occult Research Club! And not only that, but you also receive that kind of treatment from Asia-chan! Nuooooooo!”
Matsuda was spitting out his anger at me while holding his head down. “…We know, Ise. Apparently you link your arms with Rias-senpai and Asia-chan after your club activity, don’t you? Are you trying to go home while having two flowers in your arms? You should get blown away to a different dimension and get melted by slimy monsters.”
No,no Motohama. It’s not as simple as you say. That’s because Asia and Buchou are competing with each other for some unknown reasons. That’s why I feel awkward since I am in the middle of it…… More like there isn’t any space to breath when I’m between them! Every time that happens, I imagine bad things like “Can I actually become a Harem King?” I’m a useless guy because I can’t even control a single girl. “By the way, Ise. What are you going to do about the plan for karaoke and bowling?”
Motohama asked me after he reverted to his usual self. Yes. We were planning to play for half a day during the next weekend with the three of us, Asia, and Kiryuu. We had also invited Koneko-chan and Kiba. Asia and Kiryuu were coming. Surprisingly, Koneko-chan was eager to come as well. I thought that she would decline for sure……… The problem was Kiba. I had talked to him, but it was this situation……
“Asia and Kiryuu are going. So is Koneko-chan.”
“Uooooooooo! Asia-chan and Toujou Koneko-chan! I can put my tension up with this!”
Matsuda shouted. Oh, he’s even shedding tears… It seemed as if he was craving to talk with girls. I’m sorry Matsuda. I’ll keep on moving ahead of you. That’s because I spent my everyday life with bishoujos. But there are also difficult things in it as well. SMACK! There was someone who smacked Matsuda on the head. It was the girl with glasses, Kiryuu. “I’m sorry for going as well.”
She made an unpleasant face. “Fu. You are just an extra of Asia-chan. We already have a person wearing glasses, and that’s Motohama. Well it’s alright.”
“What’s with that attitude, Matsuda? Don’t put me in the same group as that perverted glasses. He will just taint our group.”
“This woman! Motohama’s glasses are special because it can calculate the BWH of girls! He’s different from you!”
But Kiryuu just smirked after hearing Matsuda. “Did you actually think that he is the only one with that ability?”
[!] All of us felt uneasy! Kiryuu then looked down at our crotch! “Hmm I see, I see.”
I felt something dangerous so I hid my crotch with both hands! When I looked, Motohama and Matsuda had done the same! After looking at our reactions, Kiryuu’s glasses shone. “Fufufu. My glasses can calculate the size of guys’ “thingy”. From length to circumference.”
Wh…what a terrifying ability! Then does Kiryuu know the size of all the males' “thingy” in our classroom!? I was getting scared. But Kiryuu put her hand on my shoulder and smirked. “It’s okay. Your size is quite big. If it’s too big it would put down women, but you still need a certain size for it. Yes, Rias-senpai and Asia would definitely be satisfied.”
Uoooooooo! It’s sexual harassment! I’m getting sexually harassed by a girl! “Good for you, Asia.”
“?”
Asia became confused with Kiryuu’s words. You don’t have to tell her those kinds of things! “Geez, it can’t be helped. I’m saying that Hyoudou’s thingy……”
Kiryuu whispered into Asia’s ear! “He, hey! Don’t tell weird stuff to Asia!”
I pulled Asia towards me to guard her. Man, I can’t let my guard down in front of this girl. We…well, Asia has already seen my thingy before……
“Anyway. Then everyone except Kiba-kun is going, right?”
Kiryuu changed her attitude quickly after she realised that she couldn’t continue this conversation. “No, I will try to make Kiba come as well somehow. He did say he would come as well before.”
Yeah. I will take him somehow. We are going to have the time of our life! After school on the same day. We gathered in the park and changed to the priests’ and sisters’ clothes after finishing our normal club activity. The crosses we were wearing were fakes. If they were real then we would had gotten injured. We walked around town in these clothes. We walked mainly in places where there weren’t any people. I seriously wanted to get some leads today. Though I was thinking that, time went by quickly and now it was already evening…… We would get in trouble if we didn’t return soon. This action was kept secret from Buchou and the others, and it would also be troublesome if we got caught by the student council. “Fuu. No progress today as well.”
Saji said as if he lost interest. Saji was the one who was most eager to do this. This guy is truly a nice guy. Our first meeting was the worst, but it seems like we can get along. He’s perverted at the same level as me. You can say that he’s the Sitri group’s version of me. I was thinking like that, but Kiba who was walking in front of us stopped his feet. “……Yuuto-senpai.”
Koneko-chan also seemed like she felt something. HEART BEAT. That instant I felt chills in my body. This was a killing intent? Was it aimed at us? “Look up!”
Saji shouted. When all of us looked up, there was a white haired boy priest falling down with a long sword! “Something like a divine protection for the group of priests ay!”
KACHIN! | text_3 |
Kiba took his demonic-sword out quickly and blocked Freed’s slash. “Freed!”
“…! Is that voice you, Ise-kun? Heeee. Well isn’t this a weird reunion!? How is it? Has your Dragon power increased? Is it all right to kill you now?”
This bastard has a crazy attitude like always! So the sword he’s holding now is the Excalibur? I can certainly feel the dangerous aura coming out of it, just like Irina’s and Xenovia’s. We took off the priest clothes, revealing our usual uniform. Koneko-chan also took off her sister’s outfit. Well, a small sister also looked cute though. “Boosted Gear!”
[Boost!!] My power increased. My duty this time was to support. I transferred my power boost to Kiba. I wanted Kiba to fight as much as he could, but I would have to help if it got dangerous. “Stretch my line!”
SWISH! Something that looked like a skinny black hand left Saji’s hand and headed for Freed. On his hand, there was a cute looking deformed lizard face equipped. The line was coming from its mouth. Then that skinny hand was the tongue of the lizard! “Such a pain!”
Freed tried to knock it away with his holy-sword, but the lizard’s tongue changed its direction and went downwards. It stuck onto Freed’s right foot, and it started to swirl around his leg. Freed tried to cut the tongue off with his swords, but it went past as if the tongue didn’t have any physical form. “You can’t cut it that easily. Kiba! With this he can’t escape! Beat him down!”
Good work Saji! I see, he stopped his movements! Freed has fast legs. It’s a good idea to stop him from escaping. You have a sharp head, Saji! “Thank you!”
Kiba rushed in quickly! He was going towards Freed with two demonic swords. “Chi! So it’s not only the “Holy Eraser”, I see! Having multiple demonic-swords. Are you the possessor of “Sword Birth”, perhaps? Wow. You are guilty of having a rare Sacred Gear, you know!”
Freed seemed like he was enjoying it, which was the opposite of what he was saying. So he was still a crazy battle freak like always! “But. Normal demonic swords can’t put up a challenge against……”
KACHIN! Kiba’s two demonic swords broke after making a sound of a crack! “……my Excalibur-chan.”
“Ku!”
Kiba once again created demonic swords. But it seemed like the Excalibur was too powerful. It could break the demonic swords in a single swing! “Kiba! Do you want to receive my power?”
“I can still go on!”
Kiba declined my support. It seemed he was quite ticked off. Well that was to be expected. Kiba already lost to Xenovia's Excalibur once already. His pride probably wouldn’t allow him to lose this second time as well. “Hahaha! The way you look at my Excalibur is scary. Do you perhaps hold a grudge against it? Well I don’t know what happened to you! But if you get cut by this, you can’t avoid being eliminated without a trace you know? You will die, you know! You are going to die! Just die!”
Freed jumped! Kiba tried to block him by making the demonic swords appear around the area. But…
KACHIN! The holy-sword, which was covered in white-blue light, broke Kiba’s swords in a single blow! Freed did his second strike without any moment to spare! That was bad! Kiba was going to get killed! Then I felt something weird……… Huh? Am I being lifted up? I looked down timidly, and it was Koneko-chan. Koneko-chan was lifting me up!! “……Ise-senpai. Please help Yuuto-senpai.”
THROW. I got thrown with a lot of power! I got thrown up into the air by a shoujo with super-human strength! Uwaaah! Koneko-chan, I’m not an object! You can’t throw me! “Uooooooooo! Koneko-chaaaaaaaan! !”
I got closer to Kiba as I screamed. Shit! It can’t be helped then! “Kibaaaaaaaa! I will transfer my power to youuuu!”
“Uwah! Ise-kun!”
I activated my Sacred Gear as I approached Kiba. [Transfer!!] It made a sound and the Dragon's power went into Kiba! There was an aura coming out of Kiba’s body. There was quite an amount of magical power covering his body. “……I have to use it since I received it! “Sword Birth”!”
ZAN! There were blades coming out around the whole area! From the ground! From the light pole! There were different shapes of blades popping out from different places. “Chiii!”
Freed made a noise with his tongue, and then started to break the demonic swords going at him. SWISH! Kiba disappeared with his demonic-sword as soon as he found an opening. He used the demonic-swords as a platform and moved around freely! Wow! With my eyes, I could only see something moving left and right! That’s to be expected from the “Knight” with speed! Freed was following Kiba’s movement with his eyes! SWISH! Along with the sound of the wind, there was a demonic-sword heading towards Freed! Kiba threw one of the demonic swords when he was using the demonic-swords as a foot path! No! It’s not just one demonic-sword! There were several demonic-swords coming from every direction! “Uhaa! That is a good circus trick! You rotten Devil!”
KACHIN! KACHIN! KACHIN! Freed knocked away the demonic-swords one after another with an expression of excitement! “My Excalibur is “Excalibur Rapidly”! In terms of velocity, it won’t lose to anything!”
The holy-sword that Freed held started to vibrate at the tip, and then disappeared! It meant the holy-sword was moving that fast! Freed destroyed all of the demonic-swords and then rushed towards Kiba! KACHIN! “It’s not working!”
The demonic-swords that Kiba had in both hands crumbled. “DIE!”
The moment Freed’s sword was going downwards at Kiba……
PULL. Freed’s body was pulled back, and he lost his balance. “Like I would let you!”
It was Saji! The lizard pulled its tongue back, which made Freed lose his stance! At the same time, the lizard’s tongue made a shallow light. It looked like it was coming from Freed and going into Saji. “……This is!? Shit! Are you absorbing my powers! ?”
Absorbing!? Did that tongue that was coming out of Saji have some kind of special ability? “Heh! How’s that! This is my Sacred Gear “Absorption Line”! As long as this line is connected to you, your power will continue to be absorbed by my Sacred Gear! Yeah! Until you lose your consciousness that is!”
Sacred Gear! I see! So Saji is a Sacred Gear possessor as well! So if that is connected to you, you continue to have your power absorbed! And you can’t even cut it with a holy-sword! Now I don’t feel like fighting against Saji………
“……Dragon-type Sacred Gear is it!? The most troublesome type. The initial ability isn’t that much of a threat. But when it grows, the destructible power surpasses other Sacred Gears on a whole different level. Scary. Man, it is such a nuisance!”
Freed tried to take it off again with his holy-sword, but there wasn’t a scratch on Saji’s Sacred Gear. Is it the type you can’t damage with physical swords? And did he say Dragon-type? That lizard is a Dragon!? I don’t understand it, but that’s a nice Sacred Gear! “Kiba! It’s not the time to be complaining! Just beat that guy! The problem with the Excalibur can come after that! This guy is seriously dangerous! | text_3 |
Just standing in front of him makes me tremble! If we leave him be, he will also cause harm to me and Kaichou! I will weaken him by absorbing his power with my Sacred Gear, so take him down at once!”
Saji suggested a plan. It was a good plan indeed. I also thought that was the best method. This guy was seriously dangerous. It was better to finish him here. But Kiba put on a complicated expression. I knew the reason. He was regretting because he couldn’t win with his own power. But Kiba should have also understood that it would be beneficial to finish him off now. Kiba created a demonic-sword as if he had made his determination. “……I feel reluctant, but I also agree to finish you off here. There’s still two more Excaliburs that were stolen. I will have to hope that the other two are strong.”
“Ha! I’m stronger than the other two, you know? So! The moment you four beat me, there aren’t others who will put up with you guys! Are you sure? If you kill me, you won’t have any holy-sword battle that would satisfy you.”
Freed said it with a disgusting smile. Kiba’s eyes also changed after hearing that. Nggggg. He was such a nuisance! This Freed was! “Hmmm. “Sword Birth” huh? It’s a Sacred Gear that can have an infinite number of powers depending on the possessor.”
Then there was the voice of another person. When I looked that way, there was an old man wearing priest clothes standing there. “……Is it you old-man Balba?”
Everyone became shocked at Freed’s word. Balba!? Isn’t Balba the guy who Xenovia was talking about? The one who disposed of Kiba and his comrades during the “Holy Sword Project”…… Just like the Excaliburs, what a fateful meeting! “……Balba Galilei!”
Kiba glared at the old man with eyes full of hatred. “I certainly am.”
The old man admitted it normally. So this guy was Kiba’s enemy. “Freed. What are you doing?”
“Old-man! I can’t run away because of this guy’s weird lizard tongue!”
“Hmph. You still can’t use the holy-sword perfectly yet. Use the “element” I gave you more wisely. I’m researching because of that. Gather the holy element that is running throughout your body to the blade of the holy-sword. With that, you should be able to cut it.”
“Yeah, yeah!”
Freed's holy-sword had started to gather auras and started to glow! “Like this! Horyah!”
CUT. Saji’s Sacred Gear was cut with ease, and the only thing that was holding Freed was gone! This was bad! He was going to escape! “I will be escaping now! The next time we meet will be the time of our ultimate battle!”
Freed said that but……
“I won’t let you escape!”
There was someone who went past me with a very fast speed. KACHIN! There was a blade clashing with Freed’s holy-sword that was igniting sparks! It was Xenovia! “Yaho! Ise-kun. “Irina!”
Irina was also here as well. Ooooh! The partner’s of our cooperation were here! “Freed Zelzan. Balba Galilei. Rebels. I will cut you both down in the name of God!”
“Ha! Don’t say the name of the hateful God that I hate! You bitch!”
Freed and Xenovia exchanged swords, but he took something out. It was a ball of light. That was!? The item used for escaping! “Old-man Balba! We are escaping! We are going to report to the boss, Kokabiel!”
“There’s no other way.”
“See ya! The alliance of Church and Devils!”
Freed threw down the ball of light on the ground. FLASH. I couldn’t see anything! The light covered the whole area and blinded our eyes! By the time we regained our sight, Freed and Balba were gone. Shit! We came all the way here and we lost track of him! “We are going after them Irina.”
“Okay!”
Xenovia and Irina nodded at each other and sprinted from here. “I’m going after them too! I won’t let you escape Balba Galilei!”
“He…hey! Kiba! Geez! What’s going on!”
Everyone was doing whatever they felt like! The ones who stayed behind were me, Koneko-chan and Saji. We loosened our battle stances and took a breath. Then I felt the presence of someone behind me. “When I thought that the flow of power was irregular……”
“This is certainly troublesome.”
I turned around after hearing a familiar voice and……
“Ise. What’s the meaning of this? Explain.”
Buchou and Kaichou were standing there with serious faces. I turned blue. “……Destroying Excalibur. You two……”
Buchou didn’t have a pleasant face and she put her hand on her forehead. After the incident with Freed, Buchou and Kaichou took the three of us, Saji, Koneko-chan and me, to the nearby park. Then we were forced to do seiza[2 1]in front of the fountain. “Saji. You were doing something like this behind me? You truly are a troublesome child.”
“Auuu…I…I’m sorry Kaichou……”
Kaichou was also talking to Saji with a cold expression. Saji’s face became so blue that it was dangerous. He must have been truly scared. “So Yuuto went after that person called Balba?”
“Yes. I think he’s with Irina and Xenovia…… I think that he’s going to call us if something happens……”
“Do you think Yuuto who became an avenger would call us normally?”
You are absolutely right. Buchou then looked at Koneko-chan. “Koneko.”
“…Yes.”
“Why did you do this?”
“…I don’t want Yuuto-senpai to go away……”
Koneko-chan told her true feelings. Buchou looked confused rather than angry when she heard that. “……Saying this when it has already happened won't change anything I guess. But what you two did could have affected the world of Devils. You understand that, right?”
“Yes.”
“……Yes.”
Koneko-chan and I nodded our heads at the same time. We understood that very well. No, we didn’t know how serious it was. I was acting while thinking that there was a bit of danger involved. So the scale of this case that Buchou imagined and the one I imagined are different. Seems like I was taking it too lightly. “I’m sorry Buchou.”
“……I’m sorry Buchou.”
Koneko-chan and I bowed our heads. I didn’t think she would forgive us with this, but I had to. I’m truly sorry Buchou. [SLAP!] [SLAP!] When I looked at the direction from where the sound was coming from, Saji was there getting his butt spanked! Oooou, Saji! What a sad view! “Looks like you need to reflect on your behaviour.”
“Uwaaaaaaan! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Please forgive me Kaichouuu!”
“No. 1000 spankings.”
[SLAP!] [SLAP!] Kaichou was covering her hand with demonic-power. He was getting spanked with that hand! It seemed quite painfull! Man, getting that when you are a high school student must be truly painfull! “Hey Ise. Don’t look away.”
“I sent my familiar to search for Yuuto. Let’s go to him with the rest of the club members when he is found. We will decide what to do from there. Okay?”
“Yes.”
“……Yes.”
Koneko-chan and I replied to Buchou’s words. HUG. Buchou pulled us to her and hugged us. I could feel Buchou’s warmth. “……You two really are stupid children. Making me worry so much………”
Buchou said it with a gentle voice while she patted me and Koneko-chan’s head. Buchou… I’m sorry. To make you worry about us…… Aaaah, I can feel her kindness. I’m glad I’m her servant. To have a kind master like her. “Uwaaaaaaan! Kaichouuu! | text_3 |
They finished with a good atmosphere!”
“They are them. We are us.”
[SLAP!] [SLAP!] It looked like Saji’s spanking wasn’t going to end anytime soon. Looks like making Kaichou pregnant and marrying her is really far away. “Now Ise. Show me your bottom.”
…………Huh? Bu…Buchou……didn’t you forgive me………? Buchou smiled with her hand covered with a crimson coloured aura. “It’s the master’s duty to discipline their servants. You're also getting 1000 spankings.”
That day, my ass died. By the time Buchou and I arrived home, the sun was setting, it was almost night time. We parted ways with Koneko-chan along our way home. She was apologising to Buchou until she left. But she seemed like she didn’t regret it. Same as me. Also Kiba…… He followed those guys but he should be safe, right? ……And most of all, my ass hurts. I felt the love Buchou has towards her servants with my own butt. “We are back!”
When Buchou and I took our shoes off and were about to walk the hallway, mum showed her face from the kitchen. She then waved her hands at us telling us to come silently. Mum you have a lecherous face. Buchou and I looked at each other and went towards the kitchen. “Come here, Asia-chan.”
“Hauu!”
Asia leaped forward as if she was pushed by mum. Asia was wearing an apron. That’s what I thought but it was different. I think her skin was exposed more than it should have been…… N…no, this is…!? Asiaaaaaaaaa!! What a wonderful……! No, what an indecent appearance! “……A friend of mine in our class told me…… That you have to wear nothing under the apron when you work in a kitchen in Japan…… It’s e…embarrassing…but I have to get used to Japanese culture…………”
Asia said it with a red face. [DRIP.] There was blood coming out of my nose. Asia was trying to kill me……! She had started to become an erotic girl because of Buchou’s influence already. Who on earth told her something like this? “Asia…… Who told you this?”
“Yes, my friend Kiryuu-san. Of course I’m not wearing my underwear…… It feels cold…… Aauu…”
She’s not wearing underwear… Asia told me something I didn’t even ask for. She was definitely becoming an erotic airhead girl! Certainly I thought I could see her important part if I looked carefully…… No! No! I can’t look at Asia with such lecherous eyes! “So it’s her! That perverted glasses woman!”
That damn Kiryuu! So she’s the main culprit behind all this! ……I felt a bit pathetic because there was a part of me saying “Good job mastermind!”. But I should warn her. Shit! That Kiryuu! Her plan as a mastermind definitely shows results! She did a good job! “Ufufufu. She looks cute in it doesn’t she? I’m definitely supporting these things. Aaah, I remember when I was young……”
Mum!? What are you saying!? You did something like that with dad!? Yeah, you guys definitely are my parents! It’s perverted! But I didn’t want to hear stories like that about my parents! “……I see. So there was a strategy like that.”
Buchou said with a regretful voice. Bu…Buchou-sama……? Wh…what is in your mind? “Asia you can become a real Devil. You really are a lecherous girl.”
“Eh!? I don’t want to become a lecherous Devil!”
Buchou smirked and Asia replied with a troubled face and teary eyes. What is going on in here…? “Wait a bit. I will also do the same. Asia. You have done well by making the first move.”
Buchou turned around and left the scene quickly. “Wait Rias-san! I will also help!”
Mum went after Buchou. Hey! What are you guys doing!? “Ummm, what’s going on? I don’t understand the situation……”
I put my hand on Asia’s shoulder while blood dripped from my nose. “Asia. Yeah, it looks good on you. I will just say that for now. Thank you. Thank you very much.”
I thanked her a couple of times. Asia looked shy as well. Hmmmm, it’s only the two of us, so I should say what I wanted to now. “Asia.”
“Y…yes.”
“Even if those guys from the Church come, I will protect you. I will drive away anything that scares you.”
I told Asia my feelings. I won’t forgive anyone who points their fangs at Asia. I don’t want to lose this child ever again… Asia hugged me silently. Uooooo, she was hugging me while not having anything under the apron. “……Ise-san. I don’t regret turning into a Devil. I also haven’t forgotten my faith to God. But I have gained something more important than my feelings to God.”
“Something important?”
“Ise-san. Buchou-san. Everyone in the club. School friends. Ise-san’s Otou-sama and Oka-sama. Everyone is important to me. I don’t want to lose them. I want to be with them forever. I don’t want to be alone anymore.”
Asia said it in my arms with a small trembling voice. This child was always alone. God didn’t help her. Others didn’t help her. I will not let Asia be alone. I will never let her be alone again! “Asia, you aren’t alone. I will never let you be alone! We will be with you. Hahaha. It might not be good, but I will always be with Asia. That’s why you can’t cry. So smile. A smile suits Asia the best!”
“……I’m glad I came to this country. I met with Ise-san. Ise-san……… Ise-san……”
Asia put her face in my chest with a sweet voice. So I also hugged her and…
“…! !”
My hand stopped. Asia’s back was fully exposed…! Of course. She’s only wearing an apron to cover the front, so she had nothing to hide her back. Asia-chan, your pretty bottom is exposed! Haaa… Asia’s white skin looks so silky. I wanted to grind her skin once, but the “Good Heart” within me stopped myself from it! What should I do!? What can I do!? My hands were shaking because I had lost the place to position it. Her bottom!? Should I grab or fondle her pretty bottom!? I can’t do something lik…… Actually I want to do it! It feels like Asia will allow me even if she gets shocked about it…… No, no. I can’t use Asia, who is a person that I have to protect, for my own greed…… Aaah, my hands were moving towards her butt…
“I got kicked out. Rias-san got embarrassed…… Ah…… Ara ara.”
Mum returned and looked at me and Asia with a smirk. “M...Mum!”
“Oh my. Looks like the old granny got in your way. It's okay you know? The kitchen is also a battlefield. It’s not a problem to do it as long as you clean the mess, you know? Aaaah, I really want to see my grandchildren soon.”
Uwaaaaaaaah! I couldn’t stay here any longer so I got away from Asia and left the scene! I never expected to feel so…! Feel so……! Embarrassed being caught by my parent in a scene like that! “Ise! I have also worn it!”
I heard Buchou’s voice, so I turned around……
[NOSE-BLEED!] More blood came out of my nose! Buchou appeared in an even more erotic apron than Asia’s! The apron JUST covered the important parts. It’s something that you can JUST understand that it’s an apron! “Now Asia. We will start cooking with this.”
“Y…yes.”
Both of them stood in the kitchen… But it was basically nude from behind…… Blood…… I didn’t have enough blood! After that, dad returned from work and he also had blood coming out of his nose. So the father and son sat together and had tissues inside their nostrils. “Daddy is blessed. | text_3 |
All my stress from work disappeared.”
“Yeah, me too, dad. Somehow I can forget all the sad things now.”
“You have to make both of them your wives, my son. Then both Rias-san and Asia-chan would become my daughters.”
“Hahaha. I will do my best Otou-sama.”
We had a conversation of father and son while putting on a really happy face. That night, Buchou, Asia and I also slept together. But both Buchou and I woke up because of an enormous pressure we had never felt before. Buchou jumped off the bed and stood in front of the window. Asia also got up after feeling something. When I looked down from the window, there was someone looking up……
“……Shitty priest!”
The one who had a sickening and evoking smirk was the white haired priest, Freed. That bastard! What happened after that? What happened to Kiba? Shit! I’m getting curious!? He waved his hands at us. “……A Fallen Angel.”
Buchou said it with a voice filled with hatred and clicked her fingers. She instantly got into her uniform and opened the room's door. “Yaho! Ise-kun. Asia-tan. Looks like you guys are in a bad mood. Were you doing alright? Ara ara, were you guys having sex? Then I’m sorry. Not reading the atmosphere is my charming point.”
When we got out of the house, the shitty priest talked to us with a weird speech. “What do you want?”
I asked him, but he just shook his shoulder with a laugh. Was that pressure from before coming from this guy? No. I could feel something weird from this guy, but that was it. That heavy pressure surpassed that of a High-class Devil. Buchou seemed like she noticed something and looked up. There was someone floating in the sky with the moon behind him. It was a………Fallen-Angel who had his black wings growing out from his back. One, two, three……… He had 10 black wings!? It was a young man who was wearing a black robe with detailed accessories. He smirked after seeing Buchou. “This is our first time meeting, daughter of the house of Gremory. The crimson hair is beautiful. It reminds me of your brother that I hate enough to make me want to vomit.”
Uoooo! He suddenly gave such a provocative speech! I could feel hatred coming from his words. Buchou also had a cold face. S…scary……
“Nice to meet you, one of the leaders of the Fallen-Angels, Kokabiel. And my name is Rias Gremory. I will also add one more thing. We and the house of Gremory are a being who are closest to the Maou, and also the furthest from it. If you are here to discuss about politics with me, then it’s no use.”
Kokabiel!? The Kokabiel!? The leader of the Fallen-Angels!? Isn't he the actual guy who appears in the bible and books!? He’s so famous! Crap! This is certainly bad! If I looked, Kokabiel was carrying something. I looked carefully……a person? Was he carrying a person? “This is a gift.”
He then threw the person he was carrying at me. “Oh!”
I reacted immediately and tried to catch it. CATCH. The one who dropped into my arms was……Shidou Irina! She was covered in blood! She was breathing heavily! Her whole body was covered in wounds! Did this happen after she went to chase Freed!? What happened to Kiba and Xenovia!? “H…hey Irina!”
Even though I called her, she reacted painfully and didn’t respond. This looked bad! “She came into my base. So I gave her a welcome. Well, I couldn’t catch the other two.”
Kokabiel said it with a laugh. From his story, Kiba and Xenovia escaped. “Asia!”
I put Irina on the ground, and made Asia heal her. There was a green light coming out of Asia’s body, which covered Irina. Irina’s expression started to soften and she started to breathe gently. She didn’t have her Excalibur. What happened to it? Kokabiel continued to talk without caring about my doubts. “I wouldn’t do something as stupid as talking with a Maou. Well, if I rape and kill his little sister, then Sirzechs’ anger will be pointed towards me. That won’t be bad.”
Buchou glared at Kokabiel with disdainful eyes. “……So what is your motive for contacting me?”
Kokabiel answered Buchou’s question with joy,
“I will be rampaging in this town using your base, Kuou Academy, as the starting point. Then Sirzechs will also appear, right?”
Wh…what!? “If you do something like that, the War between God, Fallen-Angels and Devils will begin again you know?”
“That’s what I’m wishing for. I thought that Michael would start a War if I steal the Excalibur......... But what he sent were grunt Exorcists and two holy-sword wielders. It’s boring. I’m really bored indeed! That’s why I’m going to rampage at Sirzech’s sister’s base. See? It looks fun, right?”
Buchou made a sound with her tongue. It was proof that Buchou was really pissed. But. What insane plan was he trying to pull!? Isn’t Michael an Angel who is the most important next to God? Even someone like me who was new to this World has seen his name in books. He’s trying to start a War with someone big like that!? To be expected from the leader of Fallen-Angels! “……You battle-freak.”
Buchou said it with hatred. But Kokabiel laughed with joy. “Yeah. That’s it! I was bored and bored after the war between the three sides! Azazel and Shamza weren’t that keen on the next war. They then started to collect something boring like Sacred Gear and started to do some weird research. Something useless like that won’t be of any use to us! ……Well, it’s a different story if it’s a “Boosted Gear” like the one the brat over there has… But it’s not something you can find so easily.”
Kokabiel then looked at me. What enormous pressure…… My body was shaking unbelievably…… I then said it with a strong voice. “……Are you guys also after my Sacred Gear?”
“At least I’m not interested in it. But Azazel might be. His collection hobby is crazy.”
Azazel? I think he was the Governor of the Fallen-Angels. Is he collecting Sacred Gears? “Either way, I’m going to be starting a battle involving the holy-swords, Rias Gremory. For starting a war! A school where both little sisters of Sirzech's and Leviathan's go to. It must be filled with demonic-powers so that I can enjoy the chaos! It’s also the best place to release the real power of Excaliburs! It’s a good place for the battlefield.”
He was talking nonsense! He was seriously crazy!? “Hyahahaha! Isn’t my boss the best? His craziness is the best. So I’m also eager to do it. He even gives me treats like this.”
What Freed took out was an Excalibur! He had one of them in each hand! He also had two of them on his hips! “The one on the right is “Excalibur Rapidly”. The one on the left is “Excalibur Nightmare”. The one on my hip is “Excalibur Transparent”. I also received “Excalibur Mimic” from the girl over there! I also feel like getting “Excalibur Destruction” that the other girl has. Hyaa! Am I the first person in the World to be in possession of this many Excaliburs? I also received an element from the geezer Balba that allows me to wield holy-swords. Right now I’m in a hyper mode that allows me to wield all of them, you know? I’m invincible! I’m wonderful! I’m the strongest! | text_3 |
Hyahahahahahahahaha!”
Freed laughed as if he found it really funny. “Balba’s holy-sword research. It’s the real deal if it shows this much result. To tell the truth, it seemed suspicious when he joined my plan.”
So Kokabiel and Balba are together. “What are you planning to do with the Excaliburs! ?”
Buchou asked him. Kokabiel moved his ten black wings and moved his body in the direction of the school. “Hahaha! Let’s have a War! Little sister of Sirzech Lucifer, Rias Gremory!”
FLASH! Freed took out an item to blind us! This again!? Our sight was taken away for a while, but by the time it returned Kokabiel and Freed were gone! “Ise! We are going to the school!”
“Yes!”
A big battle against the leader of the Fallen-Angels was about to start! “Rias-senpai. We have covered the school with a large barrier. With this, unless something disastrous happens, there will be no damage outside.”
Saji reported the current situation to Buchou. We, the Occult research club and the student council, had gathered at the park located right in front of Kuou academy. Only Kiba wasn’t there. Where are you Kiba…… The injured Irina was transported to Kaichou’s house. She avoided the worst case scenario thanks to Asia’s power. Saji from the student council was explaining about the barrier to Buchou. Possibly because of the spanking he got earlier, he stood unnaturally. According to his story, Shitori Souna-senpai who is the kaichou(Student President) had gathered everyone from the student council and put a big barrier on the school after she heard the situation from Buchou. It was a measure used to keep the things occurring inside from leaking outside. The opponent was one of the leaders of the Fallen-Angels who appeared in the bible and books. “This is to keep it to the minimum. To tell you the truth, if Kokabiel were to fight seriously, not only this academy, but the whole region would be annihilated. Adding to that, he has already gotten ready for that. My servant has seen him releasing his power at the school grounds.”
Wha…… I became speechless at Kaichou’s words. Are you serious!? We are talking about something that big!? So it meant he was someone that serious……… He seriously was a troublesome Fallen-Angel leader! He was going to destroy my town because he wanted to do what he wished, which was to start a war!? Don’t mess around. Don’t fuck around you shitty Fallen-Angel! I won’t let you do as you please! I’m planning to live and enjoy my life in this town with Buchou, Asia and everyone! My anger was at its MAX, and Kaichou continued to explain. “My servants and I will continue to place the barrier to reduce the damages. I want to minimise the damages as much as possible…… It’s hard to prevent having our school getting damaged. But it looks like we have to since it’s the leader of the Fallen-Angels who is moving.”
Kaichou made a sharp eye and looked in the direction of the school with eyes filled with hatred. She was probably directing it to Kokabiel. Then it was confirmed that the school would get damaged. The school I……we go to……
“Thank you, Sona. We will do the rest from here.”
“Rias. Our enemy is a monster with strength above ours. It’s still not too late. We should get your Oni-sama……”
Buchou shook her head. “You also didn’t call your Onee-sama.”
“My Onee-sama is…… Your Oni-sama loves you. Sirzechs-sama will definitely move. So……”
“I have already informed Sirzechs-sama.”
Akeno-san said it over Buchou and Kaichou’s words. “Akeno!”
Buchou criticised. But Akeno-san had an angry expression. “Rias. I know that you don’t want to cause problems for Sirzechs-sama. It happened in your territory. In your base. And it happened after the family problem. But it’s a different story if the leader of the enemy appears. It is a problem that surpasses the level that you can solve. Let’s borrow the strength of a Maou.”
……It was my first time seeing Akeno-san telling Buchou off. But, just as I thought, Akeno-san calls her “Rias” during private times and talks casually towards her. Buchou seemed like she wanted to say something. But she took a deep breath and nodded. Akeno-san put on her usual smiley face after she saw her. “Thank you for understanding the situation, Buchou. Sona-sama. Sirzechs-sama’s reinforcement will be here in one hour.”
“One hour…… I understand. In that time, we, the student council, will vow to continue to place the barriers in the name of Sitri.”
Buchou seemed like she had made her decision as well after hearing Kaichou’s decision. “……So one hour. Now my servants. We will be on the offensive. We will go inside the barrier and draw Kokabiel’s attention. Unlike the battle against Phoenix, this is a battle of life and death! Even so, I will not forgive you if you die! We will survive and continue to attend that school!”
[Yes!] We replied to her with energetic voices! “Hyoudou! I will leave the rest to you.”
“I know that, Saji. You should worry about the damages on your ass.”
“Don’t say that! It feels like it will hurt even more if you say that! How about your ass?”
Ngggh! My ass started to hurt after he said that! “Fufufu. Buchou’s love certainly hurts. Well the situation right now is the same as having our asses on fire.”
“No, no. I can’t laugh at that. So Kiba isn’t here yet?”
“Yeah. I believe that he is safe.”
“Yeah. I also believe in him as well.”
Saji and I put our fist together and prayed for our missions. It was a decisive battle! If it became serious, then I would also……
[Leave it to me, partner. Our opponent is Kokabiel. He’s not an insufficient opponent. Let’s show him.] Yeah, Ddraig. We will show him. The power of the Dragon that picked a fight with God and Maou. We went in straight from the main gate. The moment I entered, I used promotion to promote from “Pawn” to “Queen” so my power increased. My “Queen” was still weak compared to Akeno-san because I had only been a Devil for a short-time. ……I became speechless after seeing a bizarre scene. In the middle of the school field, there were four swords that were releasing extreme lights while floating. Having the swords at the centre, there was a suspicious looking magic circle spread in the whole school field. There was an old-man located in the middle of the magic circle. Balba Galilei? That geezer. What was he planning to do by using the magic circle? “What is this……?”
I spoke out my doubt. “I’m going to make the four Excaliburs into one.”
Balba said it as if he found it amusing. “Balba. How much longer will it take for the Excaliburs to merge?”
“…!”
There was a voice from up in the sky! When all of the club members looked up, there was Kokabiel who had the moon as a background. He was sitting on a chair up in the sky while looking down on us…… Was it the power of a Fallen-Angel that was making the chair float? He was crossing his legs confidently! “It won’t even take 5 minutes, Kokabiel.”
“Is that so. I will leave it to you.”
Kokabiel moved his eyes from Balba to Buchou. “Is Sirzechs coming? | text_3 |
Or is it Serafall?”
“In the places of Oni-sama and Leviathan-sama, we……”
SWISH! BANNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!!! After the sound of the wind, there was a sound of explosion that echoed throughout the area! The sound came from the place where the gym is. No, where the gym WAS. There wasn’t even a trace of it! Did it get blown away!? “Boring. Well that’s okay. It will be entertaining.”
There was a big pillar made of light where the gym was located. Was that perhaps the spear of light? Yo…you must be joking…… That’s too big! If compared with that Fallen-Angel woman, it was like comparing a toothpick and a fishing rod! If I was to get hit by that……
[Are you scared partner?] Ddraig directly talked to me. Of course I would get scared after seeing that! It was not a matter of being beyond us! It was totally on a different level to us! [Yeah. It’s on a different level. He is so strong that his name has been recorded in the bible since ancient times. He is the one who survived the battle against God and the past Maou.] Can we win? Can I beat him? [If it becomes serious, I will beat him even if I have to turn most of your body into a Dragon. Even if you can’t beat him, I will give him damage that will freeze him for an hour. You can leave the rest to the Maou.] ……So he’s that powerful. Looks like I have to make my decision as well…… Well, using the armour will be my last resort. That only makes me strong for 10 seconds. The power of my Balance-Breaker that ignores the limit of my stamina and demonic powers would become invincible once I activate it. But after using that, I can’t use my Sacred Gear for three whole days. Using it would be a sink or swim situation. “Now. I will have you all fight my pet that I brought from hell.”
Kokabiel clicked his fingers. Then from the depths of darkness there was a sound of the ground rumbling as it came closer to us. That thing was something that far exceeded my expectations. Eight……no it probably was ten meters tall. It had a large body. It had four legs, and each leg was thick. Also the claws that grew from each leg looked so sharp that I felt chills behind my back. The eyes that were glittering from the darkness were red. From its mouth, what it had were dangerous looking fangs. The fangs were close to each other, and from the gaps there were white breaths pouring out. The animal which resembled it the most was a……dog. But dogs aren’t this big! That’s because dogs don’t have three heads! ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!! Its howl was so loud it felt like it shook the ground! The three heads howled at the same time! “…Cerberus!”
Buchou said it with a voice filled with disgust. “Cerberus?”
“Yes. It’s a famous creature that has the nickname of Guard-dog of Hell.”
Guard-dog of Hell……!? So this dog was a monster that sounded that dangerous!? “It lives in the gate to Hell, no to the Underworld. But to bring it to the humans' world!”
“Is it bad?”
“We have to do it! We will blow it away, Ise!”
Ooou, Buchou. She’s pumped up! Then I will have to be pumped as well! “Yes Buchou! Let’s do it, Boosted Gear!”
[Boost!!] Okay doggy! Since it looks like you haven’t been tamed properly, I will have to discipline you! I was enthusiastic to do it, but Buchou put her hand on my shoulder. “Ise. This time, we will back you up.”
“So do I give him the finishing blow by charging my power?”
Buchou shook her head at my question. “No. I will have you support us. You will be transferring your boosted power to us. Boosted Gear is a Sacred Gear that powers you up and also increases the power of your comrades in a team battle.”
Increasing the power of comrades by using the ability of Gift. If I were to transfer the boosted power to Buchou and Akeno-san who were stronger than the normal me…… Also in terms of healing, if I were to increase Asia’s ability then the effect would become absolute! So I’m going to put my boosted power on top of the group members! Then perhaps it might be effective against Kokabiel? Even if we can’t give him an enormous amount of damage, we might gain the power to block his attacks! “By the way, Ise. Including your power up, how many times can you transfer your powers?”
Buchou’s question. Yes, my Sacred Gear had a limit to how many times I could use it. My Sacred Gear that can multiply my power belongs to an unreal category. The number of times I can use it depends on the possessor, me. If I were to use it up, the Sacred Gear would stop functioning. Then my body would lose all strength. “Right now with my current stamina, I can only transfer it 3 or 4 times with the maximum boost. No, I might faint after the fourth time so please think that I can only do it three times.”
“I see. So we can’t waste it.”
I’m sorry Buchou. If I were to use it with fewer boosts I could use it a bit more. But because of the one we are facing, it wouldn’t be like that. Somehow it felt like I had turned into a useful “item” for the whole day…… Well, that’s okay. “Akeno!”
Buchou got her wings out from her back and flew up into the sky with Akeno-san. GAAAAAARUUUUUUUUUUUU! Cerberus jumped after making a growl! FLAAAAAAAAAAAME!! One of the heads looked towards Buchou who was flying and breathed out fire! Wow! It seriously was a monster! “Too naïve.”
Akeno-san stood in front of Buchou and froze the fire instantly. Just to be expected from our “Queen”! “Take this!”
Buchou jumped from behind Akeno-san and released an enormous black block of demonic-power. The blow from the power of destruction. Buchou’s demonic power is a powerful one that eliminates everything it touches. FLAAAAAAAAAAME!! The other head of the monstrous dog shot out a ball of fire! Buchou’s demonic power and the fireball of Cerberus clashed against each other violently! Then the other head shot out a fireball! Shit! Three attacks in a row! The second fireball assisted the first one that was getting pushed by Buchou’s strike! The strength of fire increased and it started to push Buchou’s strike. Then Cerberus tried to shoot another one! If it did another one, then even if it was Buchou……
“I have found an opening in you.”
BANG! Koneko-chan who jumped from beside me did a heavy blow onto Cerberus’s head! It made a loud sound! I don’t want to get hit by that, Koneko-chan! “Here’s another blow.”
When Akeno-san pointed her fingers up, there was lightning created in the sky. She then pointed her fingers to Cerberus and……
FLASH! After a single flash, Cerberus was surrounded by violent lightning! Akeno-san gave an extra special lightning to the doggy! Buchou’s blow also added to that! But Cerberus’ body didn’t get terminated and it just struck the side of its stomach. There was dark black blood coming out of the monster dog’s stomach. There was smoke coming from it. But it still had a shine in its eyes. It could still move even after receiving those attacks? And my power up…… It still hadn’t reached the limit. I was promoted to “Queen”, but I hadn’t become as strong as the “Queen” Akeno-san was. I still lacked training. | text_3 |
My stats as a Devil were still low. I wanted to get stronger…… I was definitely going to survive this battle! Then I was going to get even stronger and become the “Ultimate Pawn” that Buchou was talking about! GARUUUUUUUU. Ummmm, I could hear a dangerous howl…… I turned around with scared thoughts and……
“There’s another one! ?”
Another Cerberus appeared from the darkness! Don’t joke around! It’s not a joking matter that another one appeared! GAAAAAAAAOOOOO! It made a howl and it came towards me and Asia! Crap! Should we run!? The boosts won’t get reset as long as I don’t attack and receive any attacks! I had to run while carrying Asia! But it seemed like there was nowhere to run to in a school field like this! “Ise! Just use the boost to increase your powers!”
Buchou gave me the permission to use the boosted power. That would be the best choice. But if I used it here, then it seemed like it would be used just to run away! But it couldn’t be helped if it was to protect Asia! It happened when I was about to do it. SLASH! One of the heads of the Cerberus that was coming at us went up into the sky. It was cut! By who? Kiba? But the person who appeared was the one who wielded a long Excalibur. It was Xenovia. The head of the Cerberus that was cut turned to dust. “I have come to back you up.”
STEP! After saying that, Xenovia went on slashing towards the Cerberus' torso. The Cerberus howled in pain because it lost one of its heads. GAAAAAAOOOOOOO!! The Cerberus’ torso split in half after receiving a fatal strike. There was smoke coming out, and the Cerberus started to vaporise. It was the effect of the holy-sword. “The strike of the holy-sword. It gives critical damage to creatures.”
STAB! Xenovia thrust her sword deep into the Cerberus’ chest to finish it off. That moment, the Cerberus’ body turned into dust and disappeared. My gauntlet started to flash. It hadn’t even reached the limit. But what was this phenomenon? I was feeling doubtful when Ddraig talked to me,
[It’s telling you that it has reached the stage where the Cerberus can be defeated if you transfer it to Rias Gremory or Himejima Akeno.] Are you serious? Since when did it get such a convenient system? [It means that both you and the Sacred Gear are evolving day by day. It has made possible what you desired. As you can’t tell the power difference between you and the opponent, you didn’t know how many boosts you needed. It has started to tell you now.] I certainly thought about that, but it actually responded to my weak point? So it means it can respond to the power difference between me and my opponent now. That’s certainly a good thing! I shouted towards Buchou and Akeno-san who were flying up the sky. “Buchou! Akeno-san! I have got enough power to take down Cerberus!”
Hearing that, Buchou and Akeno-san looked at each other and nodded. Both of them came down to me at the same time. “Ise! You increased the strength of the cross and holy water in the battle against Raiser, right?”
“Eh? Ah, I certainly did.”
“So it’s possible to increase both of us at the same time then! Please transfer the power to Akeno and I! Ddraig. It was all of a sudden that time, but is it possible? [Yeah. If it’s just two at the same time then it’s possible. Except that I can only transfer 70 to 80 percent of the boosted power.] I explained that to Buchou and Akeno-san. The two of them were okay with it. “I think that would be enough.”
“Yes. We can do it.”
[PLEASE!] Buchou and Akeno-san replied at the same time. I put my hand on Buchou’s and Akeno-san’s shoulders and activated my Sacred Gear. “Let’s do it, Boosted Gear!”
[Transfer!!] HEARTBEAT. An enormous amount of power went to Buchou and Akeno-san through my body. They instantly gained an enormous amount of demonic-power. Both of them were shocked at the amount of power that was overflowing from them. “……We can do this.”
Akeno-san nodded to Buchou’s daring smile. “Akeno!”
“Yes! Thunder! Resound!”
Akeno-san pointed her fingers to the sky and started to control the thunder. Her fingers were aimed towards the Cerberus. ! The Cerberus tried to run from the spot as if it predicted the upcoming thunder! STAB! Countless swords pierced through the Cerberus' limb! The swords were coming out from the ground! This is……
“I won’t let you escape.”
The person who appeared was our “Knight”! It was Kiba’s Sword-Birth! That guy came at a good time! FLASH! The thunder went down at Cerberus after it lost its movement due to the demonic-swords. The lightning was so big that it couldn’t be compared to the one before! The lightning covered more than half of the school grounds! RUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEE!! “!”
The howl of the Cerberus was overshadowed by the sound, and its body turned to nothingness from the lightning. Because of its major power up, the potential demonic-energy got used up rapidly responding to the strength of it. Even if it was Buchou and Akeno-san, continuous shots would have been hard for them as well. The moment the big dog disappeared, Buchou pointed her hand towards Kokabiel! “Take this! Kokabiel!”
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN!! There was a gigantic mass of demonic-power that shot out from Buchou’s hand! “It’s huge!”
I slipped my words. It was more than 10 times bigger than the usual shot Buchou fires! It gained high velocity and went towards the leader of the Fallen-Angels who was sitting up in the sky! The power of destruction fell on top of Kokabiel! Perish with that! But… He just stretched one of his hands to the front. BAAAAAAAANG!! He was blocking Buchou’s shot with only one of his hands! You must be joking! He stopped a gigantic shot like that with only one hand!? GUUUN! Kokabiel faced his palm towards the sky. The shot that was fired by Buchou changed its direction and went up to the sky and disappeared. Kokabiel showed his malicious smile after seeing the smoke coming out of his hand. “I see. Rias Gremory’s power would grow this much because of the power of Sekiryutei. Interesting. This is very interesting indeed. Kukuku.”
Kokabiel started to laugh by himself as if he find it funny. “…It’s complete.”
Balba’s voice. Then the four Excaliburs that were placed on the center of the school field started giving out incredible amounts of light. What is it? What was happening? Kokabiel started applauding. “The four Excaliburs are going to become one.”
It started giving out divine light that spread throughout the school field. Because of its brightness, we covered our faces with our hands. When I stared at the center of the school field, I saw that the four Excaliburs were put on top of each other. Excalibur that was originally one. It was split into seven, but four of them were going to become one. When the bright lights were gone, there was one holy-sword at the center of the field giving out a blue-white aura. “Because of the light created by the Excalibur when it turned into one, the spell on the ground is also complete. This town will collapse within 20 minutes. | text_3 |
The only way to dispel it is by beating Kokabiel.”
Balba said something astonishing. I became speechless. Of course. Because the town I live in would collapse in less than 20 minutes! The magic circle spread around the whole school field and it started glowing and gathering power. Did it activate!? Are you serious!? Is the town I live in…… Is the town we live in seriously going to disappear!? Lies! That’s a lie! We didn’t have the time to be saying something so easygoing like "we have to withstand it until Sirzechs-sama and the others arrive"! By the time Maou-sama’s reinforcement would have arrived, this town would already have been blown away! “Freed!”
Kokabiel called out the name of that shitty priest. “What’s up, Boss?”
A white haired boy priest emerged from the darkness. “Use the Excalibur in the circle. It shall be the last entertainment. Fight while using the Excalibur that has turned into one from the four Excaliburs.”
“Yeah yeah. Geez. My Boss sure uses people recklessly. But but! It’s like I’m so honoured to use the Excalibur-chan that has become super wonderful! Something like that? Uhehehe! I will just chop some Devils now!”
Freed put on a crazy smile while holding the Excalibur located at the centre of the school field. So he could use it. He did say that he received a factor from Balba. Xenovia then spoke to Kiba. “Rias Gremory’s “Knight”. If the cooperation is still valid, let us destroy that Excalibur together.”
“Is it okay?”
Xenovia laughed fearlessly at Kiba’s words. “At worst, it won’t be a problem if I collect the “fragment” of the Excalibur that is acting as the core of it. Since Freed is wielding it, that is a holy-sword but it isn’t a holy-sword. Even if it’s a holy-sword, it’s the same as any other weapon. It changes depending on the person using it. That is a sword of heresy.”
“Kukuku………”
Someone was laughing at the duo’s conversation. It was Balba. “Balba Galilei. I am a survivor of the “Holy-sword Project”. No. I am the one who was killed by you to be more precise. I have continued living by being reincarnated into a Devil.”
Kiba said calmly to Balba. But his eyes were filled with flames of hatred. Depending on Balba’s answer it might become an explosive situation. “Hou. The survivor of that project. This is such a misfortune. To meet you in a far east country like this. I feel fate. Fufufu.”
What a disgusting way of laughing. It was like he was making a fool out of us. “You see. I like holy-swords. I like them so much that they come out in my dreams. Possibly because my heart was fascinated by the legend of Excalibur since I was a child. That’s why when I found out that I can’t use Excalibur I went into despair.”
Balba suddenly started talking about his life. A story about the geezer's past, huh. “I held admiration for those who can wield it because I couldn’t. That feeling became so powerful that I started an experiment to create those who can use them. Then it was complete. It’s thanks to you and the others.”
“What? Complete? You disposed of us after finding us to be a failure.”
Kiba lifted his eyebrows seemingly in doubt. From Kiba, Buchou and Xenovia’s story I heard that the experiment failed. Didn’t they dispose of them because they found them to be a failure? But Balba shook his head. “I realised that there was an essential factor needed to wield holy-swords. So I used the numerical value of the “factors” to investigate its capability. Most of the test subjects had the “elements” but they didn’t have the numerical value needed to wield the Excalibur. Then I reached a conclusion. Is there a way to take out the elements and gather them?.”
“I see. I understand now. The thing that is put inside the holy-sword wielders when they received a blessing is……”
Xenovia seemed like she learned the truth and grit her teeth hatefully. Wh…what did she mean? I was in doubt and Balba continued to talk,
“That’s right holy-sword wielder girl. We take out the holy-elements from those who have them and crystallise them. Just like this.”
Balba took out an orb that was giving out light. It was a shiny orb. It has the so-called holy aura in it. “With this, the research on holy-sword wielders improved. Even so, those fools from the Church banished me for heresy and took away my reports on the research. By looking at you, I see that the project was succeeded by someone. That Michael. He made me look like a criminal and this is the result? Well it’s that Angel we are talking about. Even if he takes the elements out from the test subjects, he wouldn’t go as far as to kill them. That part only would make him more human than me. Kukukuku.”
Balba laughed pleasantly. I see. Even an idiot like me understood now. At present, to create holy-sword users artificially, it required a sacrifice. So Kiba and Xenovia were victims of the project started by Balba. “……You killed my comrades and took out the elements needed to wield the holy-swords?”
Kiba asked Balba with his voice filled with killing intent. “That’s right. This orb is from back then. I have used three of them on Freed though. This is the last one.”
“Hyahahahaha! Other guys besides me died because their bodies couldn’t synchronise with the elements! Hmmmmm. If I think like that, that makes me special.”
If it was just like Freed said, then the other ones who stole the Excalibur died. Chi! It would have been better if Freed was the one to die! Guys like him end up being tough. “You thought that guys like me would end up being tough, didn’t you Ise-kun? No, no. I won’t die easily like that.”
Don’t read my thoughts, shitty priest! “……Balba Galilei. How many lives have you sacrificed for your greed and experiments……”
Kiba’s hands were shaking and there was an aura of anger coming out of his body. What an incredible intensity. “Hm. If you say that, then I will give this orb to you. My research has reached the stage where it is possible to mass produce them in the right environment. First of all, I will destroy this town with Kokabiel. Next I will gather the legendary holy-swords stored around the world. Then I will mass produce holy-sword wielders and start a war against Michael and the Vatican with the combined Excaliburs. I’m going to show the result of my research to those foolish Angels and their followers who have convicted me.”
So that was the reason why Kokabiel and Balba teamed up. Both of them had hatred towards the Angels. Both of them sought war. They were the worst pair! Balba threw away the orb as if he had lost interest in it. It rolled on the ground and went to Kiba’s foot. Kiba leaned down silently and picked it up. He patted the orb sadly, lovingly, and dearly. “……Everyone……”
There was a tear on Kiba’s cheek. His expression was filled with sadness and anger. Then it happened. The orb that Kiba held started giving out shallow lights. The lights started to spread and it eventually covered the whole school field. From the ground there were lights coming out and it started to form a shape. | text_3 |
Then it formed into a proper shape. It took the shape of people. There were boys and girls who were giving out blue-white lights and they were surrounding Kiba. Were they perhaps……
“The various powers that are present on this battlefield made the spirits within the orbs appear.”
Akeno-san said. Things like this happen? Demonic-swords, holy-swords, Devils and Fallen-Angels. Everything was present here. So it was not weird for this to happen? They looked at Kiba with a dear and sad expression. “Everyone! I………I!”
Yes. Even I understood. They were also the ones who were involved in the “Holy-sword project”. They were the ones who were disposed of. “……I have always……always thought about it. Was it all right that I was the only one that survived…… There were those who had more dreams than me. There were those who wanted to live more than me. Is it all right that I am the only one to have a peaceful life……”
Then one boy's spirit smiled and it seemed like he wanted to say something. He was moving his lips but I couldn’t understand what he was saying because I couldn’t read lips. Then Akeno-san read it for me,
“……[Don’t worry about us any more. You are alive at least]. That’s what they are saying.”
There were tears coming out from both of his eyes because it seemed like their thoughts reached him. Then the spirits of boys and girls started to move their lips in a rhythm. Were they singing? “…The sacred song.”
Asia mumbled. They were singing the sacred-song…… Kiba started to sing while shedding tears. When they were going through the painful experiment, this was the only thing they obtained to keep their hopes and dreams. This was the only support they had to continue living during their harsh life. Kiba and his comrades had the smiles of innocent children. ! Their bodies started to glow blue-white. Those lights were getting brighter, with Kiba in the center. [We were no good alone.] [We didn’t have enough elements to wield the holy swords. But.] [It will be okay if we are together.] I could also hear their voices. I heard that originally the sacred-song was supposed to make us Devils suffer. Maybe because there were different types of powers in this place, I didn’t feel any pain at all. Instead I felt warmth. Something warm that was thinking about friends and comrades… There were tears flowing out of my eyes suddenly. [You have to accept the holy-sword.] [It’s not scary.] [Even if God is watching.] [Our hearts are always…]
[ONE.] Their spirits went up into the heaven and they turned into a big light that fell down to Kiba. [Partner.] Then Ddraig spoke to me. What is it? In an emotional situation like this! [That “Knight” has reached it.] I’m asking what do you mean! [Sacred Gears change and evolve while using the feelings of the possessors as a key. But there is a different territory to that. When the feelings and the wishes of the possessor does a dramatic change that it changes the flow of this world, the Sacred Gear reaches it. Yes. This is……]
Ddraig made a laugh of enjoyment. [Balance Break.] The light that split the abyss night looked as if it was giving blessings to Kiba. I just wanted to live. I escaped from the research laboratory by myself and that was the only thing I thought about while vomiting out blood and running. I got out of the forest and met a little girl, a high-class devil, while the light of my life was disappearing. “What do you desire?”
The crimson haired girl asked while she held me, who was on the verge of death. I just mumbled one word while my vision was blurring. “Help”. My life. My friends. My future. My friends. My power. My talent. My…
I just wished while having all of these thoughts. Those were my last words as a human. “To live as a devil. That was the wish of my master, and also my wish. I thought that, it was fine. But…… I couldn't forget my hatred towards the Excaliburs and my comrades’ vengeance…… No, I could have forgotten about it. I…”
I have the best comrades now. Ise-kun and Koneko-chan. They helped me, who was driven by vengeance. I thought about it while searching for the holy-sword wielder. There are comrades who would help me. I thought that “Isn't this already enough for me?” But if my former comrades’ spirits are wishing for their vengeance, I can't let go of my demonic-swords that carry their hatred. But my thoughts were just released. [Don't worry about us. At least you live.] My former-comrades weren't wishing for me to deliver their vengeance. They weren't wishing for it! “But it's not like everything is solved.”
Yes, it hasn't ended. If I don't take down the evil thing right in front of me, there will be a repetition of the incident that happened to us. “Balba Galilei. As long as I don't kill you, there will be those who would suffer the same fate as us.”
“Hmph. It's been said for a long time that research always comes with sacrifices. Haven't you realised that yet?”
You certainly are evil! “Kibaaaaaaaa! Cut down both Freed and Excalibur!”
……Ise-kun. “You are the “Knight” of the Gremory group and my comrade! My friend! Fight Kibaaaaaaa! Don't waste their feelings and spirit!”
"You have helped me. Even if you won't profit from it. Even if you might have received punishment from our master……”
“Yuuto! Do it! You have to finish this yourself! Surpass Excalibur! You are the servant of I, Rias Gremory! My “Knight” will not lose to a mere Excalibur!”
“Yuuto-kun! I believe in you!”
Buchou. Fuku-buchou[1 6]……… Rias-buchou! Akeno-san! “……Yuuto-senpai!”
Koneko-chan. “Please do your best!”
Everyone. “Hahaha! Why are you crying? You were singing with joy with the ghost-chan. It's really a nuisance. It's totally the worst. You know I hate that song. Just listening to it makes the hair on my skin crawl! I don't want to hear it any more. I'm totally at my limit! I'm going to cut you into pieces and calm myself! With this ultimate Excalibur that has merged 4 of them!”
Freed Zelzan. My comrades’ spirits reside within you. I can't allow you to do evil deeds with them any longer! These tears I have are tears of determination. “……I will become a sword.”
My comrades. My comrades who have merged with my spirit. Let us overcome it together. The feelings we couldn't say back then! The wishes we couldn't fulfil back then! Right now, right here! “I shall become the sword of Buchou and my comrades! Please respond to my feelings now! Sword-Rebirth! !”
My Sacred Gear and the spirits of my comrades mixed. It started to align and formed a shape. The demonic power and the holy power were combining. Yes, this sensation. My Sacred Gear is………my comrade is telling me--that this is sublimation. It was giving out divine light and an ominous aura. What appeared in my hand was a single sword…… It's completed, everyone. “Balance-Breaker “Sword of the Betrayer”. You shall receive the power of this sword that has both the power of light and demonic powers with your own body.”
I ran towards Freed. My trait as a “Knight” is speed! | text_3 |
Freed tried to grasp my movement with his eyes, but I got out of his sight by doing a few feints. GINNNNNNNNNG! Even so, Freed blocked my strike. Seriously. You are quite a skilled, exiled-exorcist. But the aura that was covering his Excalibur was being erased by my sword. “! That sword surpasses the originator of holy-swords! ?”
He said in a shocked voice. “If that was the true Excalibur, then I could not have won against it. But that Excalibur cannot cut the feelings of me and my comrades!”
“Chi!”
Freed clicked his tongue, and stepped back after he pushed me back. “Stretccccccch!”
His Excalibur started to twist as if it were alive! It moved randomly and came towards me with intense speed! The ability of “Excalibur Mimic”! I see. It has four of the abilities. Then his sword split into two at the tip of the blade, and started to come at me with god speed. This is the ability of “Excalibur Rapidly”. If I remember, its trait was its velocity. It accurately tried to pierce me from every direction, but I blocked each strike. Your killing intent is easy to read. If I know which direction the killing intent is coming from, parrying it is very easy. “Why!? Why isn't it hitting!? You are supposed to be the unrivalled holy-sword-sama, aren't you!? Weren't you supposed to have lots of legends of being the ultimate sword! ?”
Freed shouted. I could see that his expression was filled with both enjoyment and impatience. “Then! Then I have to add this as well!”
The tip of the holy-sword disappeared. Transparency pheromone? This is the power of “Excalibur Transparency”. The ability to make the blade transparent. But if he doesn't change the direction of his killing intent, even if I can't see the blade…
GIIN! GIN! GIN! GIIIN! The transparent sword and my sword made sparks. I was parrying all of his attacks. “…!”
Freed narrowed his eyes and made a shocked face. “Yes. Keep him there like that.”
Xenovia suddenly intruded. She held the holy-sword in her left-hand, and put her right-hand in the air. “Saint Peter. Saint Basil the Great. Saint Denis. Holy-mother Mary. Please hear my voice.”
She started to chant something. What was she trying to do? I was in doubt, but the space in front of me got distorted. Xenovia put her hand in the middle of the distorted space. She put her hand in, and pulled something right out of the dimensional gap. What appeared was a single sword that gave out a holy aura. “In the names of the saints whom reside within this blade, I will release it. Durandal!”
Durandal!? It’s a sword that is so famous that it is on par with Excalibur. And I have it that, in terms of slashing, it is the ultimate sword. Why does she have it? “A Durandal! ?”
“You were not the wielder of the Excalibur! ?”
Not just Balba, even Kokabiel couldn’t hide his astonishment. “Wrong. I was originally the wielder of Durandal. I was also chosen as the holder of the Excalibur. That’s all.”
Xenovia made a stance with Durandal. Two-sword style along with the Excalibur. “Absurd! According to my research, we haven't reached the stage where someone can wield Durandal! ?”
“Of course. Even in the Vatican, they haven't made someone who can wield Durandal artificially.”
“Then why! ?”
“Unlike those common artificial holy-sword wielders like Irina, I'm a natural born wielder.”
Balba became speechless at her words. Unlike us, Xenovia was someone who was blessed to naturally wield the holy-sword. “Durandal is a sword that ravages beyond what people can imagine. It cuts anything it touches. It doesn’t even listen to me most of the time. That's why I have to keep it in another dimension, otherwise it would be dangerous. Even I, the holder, has a hard time with it. Now, Freed Zelzan. Thanks to you, we can have the decisive battle between Excalibur and Durandal. Right now, I'm shaking with enjoyment. Don't die in a single strike okay? At least use the Excalibur to its fullest!”
The blade of Durandal started to give out more holy-aura than the Excalibur Freed held. That aura! It had more power than my Holy-demonic sword! “Is that even allowed!? It became a situation like this! You shitty bitch! I don't need any of that for this setting!”
Freed shouted and moved his killing intent to Xenovia. I couldn't see with my eyes, but he probably slashed his transparent sword towards her. GAKIIIN! With a single side slash, the Excalibur shattered. Because of the pressure given by the swing of Durandal, there was a big hole in the school field. “So it's just a broken holy-sword, huh. It can’t even compete with my Durandal.”
Xenovia made a sigh while looking bored. What an incredible power. It can't even be compared with her “Excalibur Destruction”. “Are you serious!? Are you really serious!? The legendary Excalibur-chan is shattered into pieces!? Horrible! This is really horrible! Kaaaa! Was it wrong to use something that was broken from the start? The shallowness of humans. The foolishness of the Church. I want to grow up while taking a glimpse of it!”
His killing intent became weak, and I went right at him! He also couldn't respond to it! Checkmate! He tried to block my Holy-demonic sword with the remnants of his Excalibur but……
BAAAKIIIN! A shallow shattering sound echoed. The sound of the Excalibur crumbling. “Did you see it? Our powers have surpassed Excalibur.”
I cut down Freed as soon as I shattered the Excalibur. Freed fell down while blood came out of the wound I made from his shoulder to the side of his stomach. I won…
We surpassed the Excalibur. I gripped the Holy-demonic sword hard and looked up to the sky. Rather than an inexpressible feeling, it felt like losing my aim was greater. It felt like the only reason I was living………the only reason I was allowed to live……disappeared. “Ho…Holy-demonic sword……? Impossible……… The polar opposite of two things cannot merge……”
Balba Galilei made a strong expression. That's right. It hasn't finished yet. As long as I don't defeat him, the tragedy will continue. We cannot allow other people to meet the same fate as us. “Balba Galilei. Prepare yourself.”
I pointed my Holy-demonic sword at him and tried to slash at him. Now my comrades. Let’s finish it with this! Let’s finish everything! “…I see! I understand now! Holy and demonic. It will be an explanation, if the beings that represent the two become unbalanced! Then not only the Maou but the God has also……”
STAB. A spear of light pierced through Balba's chest, who seemed like he realised something. This is! GOUGH! Balba went down after throwing a solid amount of blood. I went up to him to confirm his state. And he had already passed away. “Balba. You were remarkable. The reason you went up to that conclusion proves that. But, I don't mind whether you are with me or not. I could have done it by myself from the beginning.”
Kokabiel who was up in the air was sneering. The one who killed Balba was Kokabiel. “Hahahaha! Kahahahahahahahaha!”
Kokabiel laughed loudly and landed on the ground. An overwhelming pressure. | text_3 |
The leader of the fallen-angels finally stood in front of us while sending out an intense aura and confidence. While smiling fearlessly he said,
“Increase the power of Sekiryuutei and transfer it to someone else.”
He made an order full of confidence, and Buchou got enraged. “Are you trying to give us a chance!? Don't mess around!”
“Don't mess around? Hahaha. You guys are the ones who are messing around. Do you guys think you can defeat me?”
Just being stared at with those eyes felt like my body would get pierced. My whole body was controlled by fear…… This is the pressure of the fallen-angel that has been recorded in the bible since ancient times. There was sweat coming from my hand that was holding onto the Holy-demonic sword and the cold feeling continued up to my finger tips. This shivering couldn't be compared to the one I had in the battle against the house of Phoenix. …Battle to the death. You couldn't stand in this place unless you were prepared to die and you had to accept the fact that it wouldn't be weird to lose your life. I have to change my motivation. Even if my grudge disappeared, the battle hasn't. My comrades wished for my survival. I need to live on. I will go through this battle. I will live on as a devil, and as a part of the Gremory group! Please lend me your strength. The Holy-demonic sword created by me and my comrades' feelings! “……Ise. Activate your Sacred Gear.”
Ise answered Buchou’s order. [Boost!] Along with the mechanical sound, a red light emanated from his Sacred Gear. A few minutes from then. We couldn't move a single step. We were waiting for Ise-kun’s boost while not moving an inch. We could have gone towards the fallen-angel if he let his guard down. But the fallen-angel didn't show a single chance while he just stood still. I could only imagine getting countered by him if I went against him. So we couldn't make a fatal move. Most likely, everyone here was in the same situation. I could only wait for the power of Sekiryuutei to increase while swallowing my saliva and trembling. “…It's here!”
Ise-kun’s gauntlet emitted a brighter light. The boost had probably reached the limit. “Now. Who will you transfer it to?”
Kokabiel asked with an interested voice. The one who put their hand up to Kokabiel’s question was……Buchou. “Ise!”
“Yes!”
Ise-kun started to transfer the power at Buchou’s call. Both of them held onto each other's hand. From their clasped hands, I could feel the aura of trust and the unspoken love they had towards each other. The light on the jewel passed onto Buchou, and the red-aura that covered her body increased drastically. ! I felt the great amount of aura from her with my skin, and an enormous amount of power was created within her hand. An amount that seemed like it wouldn't even leave a single speck of dust. If you were hit by that, the majority of people would perish. But her opponent was…
“Fuhahaha! Good! That flow of demonic power! The demonic-power I can feel right now is that of an ultimate-class devil. A little bit more then you would reach that of a Maou, Rias Gremory! Looks like you have a talent equal to that of your brother’s!”
The fallen-angel leader laughed as if he was truly enjoying it. His expression was coloured in ecstasy. He was feeling……pleasure for War! “Blow awaaaaaaaaay!”
From Buchou's hand, the highest amount of the block of demonic power was shot out covered in the power of destruction! GOOOOOOOOON! It made a shock wave that felt like it shook the ground, and the powerful shot was heading towards Kokabiel. With his hand…… No, with both his hands put in front of him, he tried to deflect it. “Interesting! Interesting indeed, Maou’s sister!”
On Kokabiel’s hand, the energy of the fallen angels, the power of light gathered. DOOOOOOOOOOOON! Kokabiel took Buchou’s shot head on. His expression surpassed that of a normal one and looked dreadful. “Nuuuuuuuuuun!”
Buchou’s shot started to get pushed back, and started to lose its shape! He couldn’t be defeated even with that amount of demonic-power!? But Kokabiel also wasn’t uninjured. His black robe was tattered in places, and his hands were bloody. But his ability to block demonic power certainly decreased. Possibly because of the attack she just performed, Buchou's breathing was ragged. It would be impossible to shoot out the same attack. Also, because of the amount of demonic-power she just used, shooting another one would be…… What was left was for Ise-kun to boost his powers again and transfer it to another person, but who could beat Kokabiel? Akeno-san? Xenovia who held the Durandal? Even I, who had reached Balance-Breaker could only give him a minor injury. It might have been a different story if I was used to this Balance-Breaker a bit more. But for me who just achieved Balance-Breaker…… No. It's not the time to say that. I cannot allow Buchou or any of my comrades to die! I will fight till my body perishes! “Lightning!”
Akeno-san sent the lightning towards Kokabiel who was concentrating on Buchou’s attack. But her lightning dissipated with a single movement of Kokabiel’s wing. “Will you stand in my way!? The one who inherited her power from Barakiel! ?”
“……Do not put me in the same group as him!”
Akeno-san widened her eyes and got enraged. She continued to use lightning but they were all deflected by Kokabiel’s wings. Barakiel is the leader of the fallen-angels. A thunder user who has the alias “Holy-Lightning”. In terms of basic fighting ability, he is said to be on par with the Viceroy of the fallen-angels, Azazel. And Barakiel is Akeno-san’s…… Kokabiel laughed loudly after nullifying Buchou’s attack completely. “For you to become a devil! Hahaha! You have pleasant servants, Rias Gremory! Sekiryuutei! The left-over of the Holy-sword project who reached Balance-Breaker! And the daughter of Barakiel! You have weird tastes, just like your brother!”
“I won’t forgive you for insulting my brother…our Maou! More than that, the insults you made to my servants will require your life!”
Kokabiel laughed with his nose at Buchou’s anger. He then said provokingly,
“Then try to destroy me! Maou’s sister! The owner of “Welsh Dragon”! Crimson-hair Ruin Princess! The one whom you are up against is someone who has been an arch-enemy of the devils since a long time ago! If you don't see this as a chance, then your reputation will be looked down on!”
Kokabiel. I don't know how much my Holy-demonic sword can go against him, but I have to do it! STEP! It seemed like Xenovia, who was behind me, moved. When she went past me, she muttered. “We will attack at the same time.”
After hearing that, I also moved ahead. I put strength into my sword, and went on slashing at Kokabiel with Xenovia! The one who slashed at him was Xenovia. Kokabiel created a sword of light with his hand, and blocked her using one hand with it. “Hmph! Durandal huh! Unlike the Excalibur that was already broken once, that light is the real thing! Buuuuut!”
“…!”
BOOOOOOM! | text_3 |
The air shook, and there was a buzzing in my ears. Kokabiel emitted an air wave from his other hand and made Xenovia’s body float. Then Kokabiel kicked Xenovia’s stomach. “Gaa!”
Xenovia flew back with an anguished cry. “It depends on the wielder. Girl! You still can't control Durandal! The previous wielder was someone who had unrivalled strength!”
Xenovia adjusted her stance in the air and landed on the ground. She then went on slashing towards him once again. I also continued slashing towards him at the same time! “Kokabiel! I will eliminate you with my Holy-demonic sword! I'm not allowed to lose anyone any more!”
“Ho! Attacks at the same time from a Holy-sword and a Holy-demonic sword! Interesting! Good indeed! Come! You can't defeat me unless you do that much!”
Kokabiel created another sword of light with his other hand, and clashed with our swords! My holy-demonic sword. Xenovia’s Durandal. He was taking on our attacks as if it was nothing. Ku! Even in terms of swords, Kokabiel was above us! “There!”
Koneko-chan thrust her punch from behind him…
“Naïve!”
His black wings turned into sharp blades and cut up Koneko-chan’s body. Her body fell down to the ground, while blood came out of her body. “Koneko-chan!”
“Hey, looking away while fighting will easily get you killed!”
I let my guard down because of the damage Koneko-chan took, and Kokabiel’s sword of light came at me. GIIIIN! “Wha…!”
A crack appeared on my Holy-demonic sword! Ku! The strength of the solidness depended on my thinking. If I lost my concentration for a moment, then for that period of time, the hardness of my sword will go down as well. He grasped into that slight instant. DON! Xenovia and I were helpless against the shockwave created by Kokabiel’s body, which sent us flying. I somehow fixed my stance…… But Xenovia and I were breathing hard. ……We can’t win. That’s what went through my mind. The power difference between us is absolute. Even though I reached Balance-Breaker, there is still this much difference. The leader of the fallen-angels. He’s this strong!? No! I have to put that thought aside! We have to win! We can’t survive unless we win! I will win and live on! Asia-san and Ise-kun went to Koneko-chan’s side. Asia-san’s Sacred Gear activated and started to heal Koneko-chan’s wounds. That’s a relief. With this, Koneko-chan’s life will be safe. “Kokabiel! It’s not over yet!”
I put strength into my Holy-demonic sword and stood up again! The crack on my sword disappeared and I went forward slashing towards him with no flaws! “Hahaha! You still come at me? All right! Come!”
“Holy-demonic sword.”
ZAN! I surrounded the fallen-angel by making swords covered with holy and demonic aura. With this I made my opponent stuck in that position. The only thing left was to attack then! “You think you’ve captured me with this?”
The 10 wings of Kokabiel, who was smirking, started to become like swords and began breaking the swords around with ease. Ku! It didn’t work! I went forward slashing at him from the front. But the fallen-angel didn’t flinch at all, and he stopped my Holy-demonic sword with just two fingers! “Is this it?”
Kokabiel sighed. My Holy-demonic sword that had been stopped couldn’t be moved at all! I created another Holy-demonic sword but that was also stopped with his other two fingers…… It’s not over yet! I opened my mouth wide, and imagined to create a Holy-demonic sword around my mouth. The third one! I held the grip with my teeth, and moved my neck to the side roughly! It seemed like he didn’t think of the third strike. He let go of my swords and stepped back. Did he receive damage from that attack just then? When I checked Kokabiel, there was a single scratch on his cheek. There was a bit of blood coming out of it. Even with that attack, I could only give him that much damage. So this was the power of one of the top echelons of fallen-angels…… Everyone here was making expressions of despair and breathed violently. Only Kokabiel who was at an advantage was smirking. “But. Seeing that even after losing the masters you serve, you devils and followers of God can still fight, huh!”
Suddenly Kokabiel spoke. What was he trying to say? “……What do you mean?”
Buchou asked with doubt. Kokabiel started laughing aloud as if he found it truly amusing. “Fuhaha, fuhahahahahahahahahaha! That’s right! I totally forgot! The truth wasn’t revealed to you lower guys! Then I will tell you. In the war between the three sides, not only the Yondai-Maou but also God died.”
……! ……Wh…what…… What did he just say……? Everyone here was shocked and couldn’t believe what he just said. “It’s normal for you guys to not know about it. Who can say that God has died? Humans are an incomplete bunch. Without God, they cannot control their hearts and obey the laws, you know? Even us, the fallen-angels, and devils couldn’t tell this to those below us. You won’t know where the information about God will be leaked from. Even among the three-powers, only the people at the top and certain people know about it. Though it seems Balba noticed it earlier.”
……God didn’t exist any more? No……that couldn’t be…… It was impossible……… Then what did we believe in while living in that institute……? “After the War, what was left were the angels who had lost their God, the devils that lost their Maou and the majority of high-class devils and the fallen-angels who lost most of the fallen-angels apart from the leaders. So it wasn’t a mere exhausted state. All of the factions fell so low, that they had to rely on humans to continue their generations. Especially the angels and fallen-angels that could only continue their generation by mating with humans. Fallen-angels can increase if the angels fall. But pure-angels can’t increase their numbers after losing God. Even pure-devils are rare, right?”
“……Lies………it’s a lie………”
Slightly further away from me, Xenovia seemed like she started losing strength. She had a panicked expression that was too unbearable to look at. The active believer. God’s servant. A person who lived by serving God as her mission. If the existence of God was rejected and she lost the means to live, it would be natural to become like that. Even I…… I would be biting my lips thinking what my life meant. “The truth is that another big war wouldn’t happen unless you do it on purpose. It means that all three-sides went through hell in the past war. Everyone decided that it was meaningless to continue having a war if the start of it all, God and the Maou, were dead. Even that bastard Azazel declared that “there is no second war” after losing the majority of his men in the war! It’s hard to bear! It truly is hard to bear! To lower your gun once you already shot it!? Don’t fuck around. Don’t fuck around! If we continued on from there, we could have won! Even so, he...! Is there any value in fallen-angels who can only live by inviting humans who possess Sacred Gears! ?”
Kokabiel declared his argument strongly. His face was expressing anger. | text_3 |
The real truth made an impact on us more than we thought. Asia-san covered her mouth with her hands, opened her eyes wide, and her whole body shook. Even if she turned into a devil, her belief didn’t disappear. “………God doesn’t exist? God……is dead? Then the love we were given by him is………”
Kokabiel answered Asia-san’s doubt with a laugh. “That’s right. It’s normal that there is no love from God and no divine protection from him. God is gone already. Michael is certainly doing well. He’s taking the place of God and is taking care of the angels and humans. Well, if the “system” used by God is operating, then the prayer to God, the blessing to God, and exorcism would function. But if you compare it to the time God was present, the number of believers decreased. That Holy-demonic sword brat over there was able to create the Holy-demonic sword because the balance between God and the Maou broke. In reality, Holy and demonic powers cannot merge. If the ones who rule the power of Holy and demonic powers, God and the Maou, disappear, then lots of unique phenomenons occur.”
Then the reason why my Holy-demonic sword was created was no coincidence. It turned out like that because God didn’t exist any more. What sarcasm. Hearing Kokabiel’s words, Asia-san dropped onto the floor. “Asia! Pull yourself together, Asia!”
Ise-kun held her and called out to her. It wasn’t weird for her to get shocked. The majority of her life involved serving God. She sacrificed her life because she thought God existed. A lot of things must be happening inside her. Even if I did rebel against God, the majority of my life also involved believing in God. Even my comrades…… I felt complicated…… Ignoring us, Kokabiel put his fist up in the air. “From here on out, I will start a war! I will take your heads as a gift! Even if it’s only me, I will continue from where we left off! I’m going to show Sirzechs and Michael that we, the fallen-angels, are the ultimate beings!”
……Lucifer. Michael. Both of them were enormous existences as recorded in the bible. Kokabiel was trying to take on something like that. He had that much power. We were trying to fight someone like that. …We couldn’t win. He was totally in a different league from us. His motives were totally beyond us. He was someone who we shouldn’t have tried to take on in the first place… Even so… I tried to go towards him after griping onto my sword. But there was a bright red light that came into my sight…… It was Ise-kun. “Don’t mess around! I can’t let you destroy my town. My comrades. Buchou. And Asia. Just for your selfish motives! And I’m going to become a Harem-king! I would be troubled if you get in my way!”
You might be trying to look cool, but that’s not it, Ise-kun. “Kukuku. Harem-king? Is that what the Sekiryuutei desires? Then do you want to come with me? You can become a Harem-king right away! I will snatch beauties as we walk past. You can make love to them as much as you want.”
“…………………”
Ise-kun froze there on the spot while trying to make a cool posture. “I…I won’t be deceived by sweet words like that!”
Wh…what was that pause just now!? No, it can’t be!? Ise-kun!? “Ise! Geez! Wipe your drool! Why are you like that even in a situation like this! ?”
Buchou also got angry. Of course. What are you doing, Ise-kun! “…So…sorry. It seems like I’m really weak against the word “Harem”……”
“If you like girls that much, then I will do a lot of things for you after we return home alive!”
“Are you serious!? Th…then even sucking on oppai! ?”
“Yes! If you can win against that, then it’s a cheap bargain!”
FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH! The jewel on the Boosted Gear glowed brighter than before! “Fufufu. Suck. I can suck it. I can suck them!”
Ise-kun started smirking. “Right now, I can even punch God. Ah, God doesn’t exist any more. Hahahaha!”
An intense red light that made me blink. I could feel an enormous power coming from his Sacred Gear. “Yooooooooooooooooshaaaaaaaa! I’m going to beat you down to suck Buchou’s nipples, Kokabiel!”
With a reason like that!? The Sacred Gear increased the power by answering the thoughts of the possessor. The Boosted Gear responded to Ise-kun’s lecherous thoughts and was trying to release its power. Was that seriously okay, “Welsh Dragon”!? Buchou also had red cheeks and seemed embarrassed because he said it loudly. I truly felt sorry for her. “……It’s the first time I saw a Sekiryuutei who releases its power just by the mere thought of sucking a woman’s nipples……… What are you? Who are you?”
Kokabiel asked while narrowing his eyes. Ise-kun said it up front with his chest put forward. “I’m the “Pawn” of Rias Gremory’s group! Hyoudou Issei! Remember that, Kokabiel! I’m the possessor of a Boosted Gear that lives with ero thoughts and my hot blood!”
Until a moment ago, this area was filled with despair. But after hearing Ise-kun’s shout, it mysteriously gave me energy. It truly was absurd. Since I got involved with Ise-kun, I started to get strength from weird places. I was not a hot blooded character. But that was also okay. Buchou, Akeno-san, Asia-san and Koneko-chan who were supposed to be injured but everyone made a stance against Kokabiel. We could fight. We still hadn’t lost. Yes, it was not like we couldn’t win yet! Everyone’s feelings became one. Then……
“Fufufu. Interesting.”
The sudden voice came from the sky. It was not from anyone here. The first one to realise it was vice-president, Akeno-san, who was strong at reading different kinds of energy flow. She suddenly looked up. The next one to realise it was Buchou. Both of them looked up to the dark sky at the same time. I was in doubt but I soon realised it after that. SHIVERS……
An unknown fear and nervousness ran throughout my whole body. That thing fell from the sky while overwhelming us with its presence and the power difference, which made me despair. FLASH! It descended while cutting the abyss sky by sending out a white light. If it came down at that velocity, it would shake the ground and make a crater. It would spread dust for sure. But that didn’t happen. There was a white thing in our sights. A white thing was glowing, which didn’t even have a slight shadow in this dark night. It was floating off the ground by an inch. A white plated armour. There were jewels across various locations on the armour. It also had armour on the face so we couldn’t see the expression of this person. The eight wings of light growing from the back were giving out a divine glow in the dark night. But I was familiar with the person covered in white armour. It had a different shape and colour, but it was similar…… It was identical to the “Boosted Gear Scale-mail”. Possibly everyone aside from me who was at that place at that time must have thought the same thing. So all of us understood at the same time. We understood what the thing in front of us was. “………Vanishing Dragon.”
The first one to say that was the leader of the fallen-angels, Kokabiel. Just as I thought. | text_3 |
The one opposite to the “Welsh Dragon”, the “Vanishing Dragon”. My whole body trembled. The feeling of my heart being grasped by it stopped me from moving. At the same time I was fascinated by the white appearance that emitted a mysterious light. Beautiful. My heart was taken by it instantly…… Kokabiel made a sound with his tongue by the presence of the white armour. “One of the Longinus, “Divine Dividing”…… If you are already in armour mode it means that it’s in the Balance-Breaker state. “Divine Dividing Scale-mail”. Just like the “Boosted Gear” it truly is an annoying thing.”
……Vanishing Dragon in Balance-Breaker form. “…So you were attracted to the “Red”. Vanishing Dragon. If you get in my wa......”
Before Kokabiel finished his sentence, his black wing went up into the air. Then there was blood coming out of him. “It’s like the wing of a crow. It has a disgusting colour to it. Azazel’s wing is much darker and has the colour of everlasting darkness you know?”
I couldn’t catch his movement with my eyes. I was certain that a white object attacked Kokabiel. The Vanishing-Dragon had a black wing in his hand. From his voice, was the Vanishing-Dragon a young man? “Y…You! My wing!”
Kokabiel became enraged because his wing was plucked off, but the Vanishing Dragon laughed quietly. “It’s a symbol that you have fallen. There’s no need for wings for those who stooped down even below the earth, right? Are you still planning to fly?”
“Vanishing-Dragon! Are you opposing me!”
Kokabiel created a countless number of spears of light in the sky, but Vanishing-Dragon wasn’t intimidated by it and said clearly,
“My name is Albion.”
[Divide!] I heard the sound, and the aura around Kokabiel got reduced immediately. Half of the spears of light in the sky also vanished. “One of the abilities of my “Divine Dividing”. It halves the power of those I touch every 10 seconds. Your power will become my power. You don’t have time! If you don’t defeat me quickly, you will become so weak that you can’t even beat a human.”
…Just like in the legend. The ability of the Sekiryuutei[1 7]doubles the power of the possessor and can transfer it to others. The ability of the Hakuryuukou[1 8]takes the power of their opponents and make it theirs. With the remaining wings, Kokabiel tried to go towards the Vanishing-Dragon, Albion. But he couldn’t catch him because he wasn’t able to keep up with the movements that could be said to be as fast as the speed of light. Then one of the echelons of the fallen-angels who was overwhelming us was being played around with. [Divide!] “Damn you!”
He tried to attack Albion with a spear of light and a sword of light, but Hakuryuukou swung his arm to the side and vaporised them. While Kokabiel was having a hard time fighting, his powers were getting halved. [Divide!] After a few sounds, Kokabiel’s movement fell so low that even I could take him on with ease. Albion sighed. “……Already the power of a middle-level fallen-angel, huh. Boring. I thought I could have a bit more fun……"
Albion disappeared from my sight and went towards Kokabiel while creating tracks of light. THRUST! Albion’s fist went deep into Kokabiel’s stomach. Kokabiel’s body bent a lot and he vomited on the ground. He didn’t even have a trace left of the overwhelming opponent from before……
“…I…Impossible…… me……”
“What? You said a common phrase of a grunt. “Impossible? Me?” What’s after that? “This can’t be?” Is it?”
Albion laughed as if he found it truly amusing. “I was told by Azazel to take you back even if by force. You acted a bit too much.”
“You! So that’s how it is! Azazel… Azazeeeeel! I……I……!”
THRUST! Albion’s punch hit Kokabiel’s face. SLIP……
Kokabiel crumbled down and fell onto the ground. The fallen-angel who had 10 wings went down…… Albion put the defeated Kokabiel on his shoulder. “Looks like I have to carry Freed as well. There are things I need to ask him. We will deal with him after that.”
Albion walked to Freed who was on the ground and carried him with his arm. He then tried to fly up while spreading his wings of light after retrieving the two. [Are you ignoring me, huh, white-one.] A voice I heard for the first time. The voice came from Ise-kun. His gauntlet was glowing. [So you were awake, red-one.] Albion’s armour jewel was also glowing white. Were the ones residing in the jewels communicating? [We finally met, but in a situation like this.] [That’s all right. It’s our destiny to fight one day. Things like this happen.] [But white-one. I can’t feel the hostility from you like before.] [Red-one. Your hostility is incredibly low as well.] [Looks like both of us have things that interest us more than fighting.] [That’s how it is. We should be having fun by ourselves for a while. It’s not bad like this sometimes, right? Let’s meet again, Ddraig.] [That would also be fun, huh. See you then, Albion.] The conversation was between Sekiryuutei and Hakuryuukou. Both of them gave a farewell, but Ise-kun stepped up and seemed unsatisfied. “Hey! What’s the meaning of this!? Who are you and what are you doing!? Because of you I can’t suck Buchou’s nipples! ?”
Ise-kun made an angry face……… Hey, hey. Was that the part you were mad at? The possessor of the Vanishing-Dragon left, saying such a thing,
“You need strength to understand everything. Get stronger, my rival-kun, I will fight you one day.”
He turned into a white light and flew up. Everyone became speechless at the outcome no one had predicted. The magic circle of destruction that Kokabiel spread had already disappeared. ……It finished. Even if someone intruded, this town was saved. Then the corpse of Balba got into my sight. Maybe it hadn’t ended yet……… Because there was someone who took over his research at the Vatican headquarters. When I confront that person, what will I do with this Holy-demonic sword…… I still don’t know. But now…… Yes, just for now……
KNOCK. Someone hit my head. When I turned around, it was Ise-kun who smiled. “You did it, Casanova! Hmmm. So that’s a Holy-demonic sword. It looks beautiful since the white and black thing is mixed.”
He was looking at my Holy-demonic sword with interested eyes. “Ise-kun, I……”
“Well, let’s skip the complicated stuff for now. Anyway, we can say that it ended for now, right? Also the thing about your comrades.”
“Yeah.”
Thank you, Ise-kun. You thought and acted for someone like me. “……Kiba-san. We can do club activities together again, yes?”
Asia-san asked me with a worried face. She was worried about me, even though she should be having a hard time after the existence of God was rejected. I really thought that she was truly a kind girl. When I was about to say “I’m okay”……
“Yuuto.”
Buchou called my name. Buchou welcomed me with a smile. “Yuuto. I’m glad you returned. Also to reach Balance-Breaker. I am proud.”
“…Buchou. I…… To everyone in the club……… Most of all, I betrayed you who saved my life once…… I can’t find the words to express my apology……”
Buchou’s hand patted my cheek. | text_3 |
Buchou always comforts me like this. “But you have returned. That is enough. You can’t waste the feelings of your comrades.”
“Buchou…… I will promise you once again. I, Kiba Yuuto, will protect you and my comrades for the rest of my life as the “Knight” of Rias Gremory's group.”
“Ufufufu. Thank you. But you can’t say that in front of Ise, okay?”
When I looked, Ise-kun was glaring at me with eyes filled with jealousy. “I also want to protect Buchou by becoming a “Knight”! But there isn’t anyone who can become Buchou’s “Knight” other than you! So take responsibility, and finish that task!”
He said it with a shy face. “Yeah. I know, Ise-kun.”
“Now.”
VOOOM. Buchou’s hand was covered in a red aura making a dangerous sound. ……Ummm. What’s happening Buchou? Buchou smiled at me while I was in doubt. “Yuuto. It’s a punishment for acting by yourself. 1000 spanks.”
The reinforcements from the Maou arrived thirty-minutes after everything ended. During that time, I was spanked while Ise-kun laughed on the ground. It was really painful, but it felt like I really came back. A few days after the incident with Kokabiel. Asia and I who came into the club room were shocked at seeing a foreign girl sitting on the sofa. “Hey, Sekiryuutei.”
The girl with the green mesh, Xenovia, is there wearing Kuou Academy's girls uniform. “Wh……..why, are you here! ?”
I couldn’t hide my unrest and pointed my finger at her. PA! Then black wings grew out of Xenovia’s back! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!? It’s the wings of a devil! What’s the meaning of this!? “I found out that God is gone. So I turned into a Devil as a self-abandonment. I received a “Knight” piece from Rias Gremory. It seems like I’m not that great, while Durandal is. So I was able to become a devil with 1 piece. And I was also placed in this school. From now on, I’m a 2nd year student and also a member of the Occult Research Club. Lets get along, Ise-kun.” Xenovia says, while breathing with her nose. “……Don’t make such a cute sound with a serious voice.”
“I copied Irina, but it looks like it’s not easy.”
“But reincarnating!? Buchou. Is it all right to use such a valuable piece?”
Yes. She has found out the truth that God doesn’t exist. Even so, that’s too quick! “Well. Having a Durandal wielder feels reliable. With this, it’s a birth of the two-swordsmen, along with Yuuto.”
Buchou seems like she is enjoying it. Hey, is that alright? But not thinking about small stuff seems like Buchou. But certainly having a swordsman who wields a legendary holy-sword, Durandal, feels reliable. Even for the Rating Game, our opponents would be devils, so the holy-sword would release its fury against them. The Gremory group would become even stronger! “Yes. I’m a devil now. I can’t go back. No, maybe this was a good thing. Hmmm, but since God is gone, my life was a failure. But serving under a devil who was once my enemy is….. Even if she is a sister of a Maou…….”
Xenovia starts to hold her head down while mumbling something. Ah, she’s receiving some damage because she prayed just like Asia. I’m not in a position to say it, but she’s also weird. “By the way, where’s Irina?”
Why is she here and Shidou Irina? “Irina returned to headquarters along with the corpse of Balba and the 5 Excaliburs including mine. The “fragments” that act as the cores were retrieved in that state. So the mission of retrieving it was accomplished. If they have the cores, they can use alchemy to make the holy-swords again.”
Kiba and Xenovia destroyed the Excalibur made from four of them. But the fragments of the original Excalibur are safe. “Was it alright to give them your Excalibur? More like, was it okay for you to betray the Church?”
“I have to give them the Excalibur back just in case. Unlike the Durandal, there are other wielders that could be chosen. Having Durandal is enough for me. When I mentioned the absence of God to them, they became silent. So I became an outsider for knowing the absence of God. The Church hates outsiders and heresy very much. Even if that person is the wielder of Durandal, they will cut them off. Exactly the same way as the incident with Asia Argento.”
She laughed at herself……. Does the Church usually go that far to get rid of those people seen as heretics? They are quite extreme. “Irina was lucky. Even if she wasn’t in the battle because of the wounds, she ended up not knowing the truth. She has a stronger belief than me. If she found out about God, I don’t know what would have happened to her.”
The more modest the Christian is, the more painful it would be if they found out the truth. In the worst case, it means that their whole life was rejected. If that happens, you won’t know what would happen to humans. “Except, she was really disappointed that I became a devil. I couldn’t tell her that it was because of the absence of God. It was an awkward farewell that we had. Maybe we might be enemies the next time we meet.”
Xenovia said it while narrowing her eyes. How did Irina feel when she returned home…..? Buchou confirms that all the club members are here. She then says. “The Church made contact with us devils. More precisely, the Maou talk about this incident. They said, “We would like to make contact with you because of unclear and dishonest actions of the fallen-angels even though we feel unsatisfactory about this”. They also apologised about Balba because it was their mistake for letting him escape in the past.”
……So they feel unsatisfied. Well, we are enemies anyway. Well maybe we should feel satisfied because at least they apologised about Balba. “But this school is truly terrifying. Because there’s another sister of Maou attending this school.”
Xenovia says it while making a sigh. There’s another sister of Maou? Wait….is it perhaps…… There are only two high-class devils attending this school. Then it would be…….Kaichou!? When I looked at Buchou, she nods her head to confirm it. Hawawawawa…….. Something intense like that is true? Oh yeah. The gym and the school ground destroyed by Kokabiel was repaired by people related to Maou-sama. I have to admire the power of devils for fixing it in just over a night. To think about it, they can create a replica of the school in another dimension. It must be a piece of cake for them. But to have the support of a Maou…... Seriously, what’s going on with this school……. “The truth about this incident was sent to the God-side and the devils' side by the viceroy of the fallen-angels, Azazel. The theft of the Excalibur was an action taken by Kokabiel only. The other leaders didn’t know about it. He planned to break the tension between the three sides. Because he tried to start another war, he was put in the Cocytus for eternity in a frozen state.”
Buchou explained it to us. Then Kokabiel won’t be ever coming outside then. That’s good. I don’t want to see that wild guy ever again. He was certainly a stupid war-freak fallen-angel. “Though it ended with the intervention of “Vanishing Dragon”. | text_3 |
They stopped the rampage done by one of them by sending someone from their organization.”
That time, the “Vanishing Dragon” was already in its Balance-Breaker form when it descended from the sky. It’s not an incomplete one like my own. A perfect Balance-Breaker……. At this point I am much weaker than him. An existence that I would be facing one day. Hakuryuukou (White Dragon Emperor), Albion. I don’t know his actual name, but I want to shorten the gap between us until I meet him again…...
“There would also be a meeting between the representatives of the angels, devils and Azazel. Apparently there is something Azazel wants to talk about. I heard that maybe Azazel would be apologizing about Kokabiel then. Though it’s suspicious if Azazel would apologise.”
Buchou says it with disgust while she shrugged her shoulder. So the Governor of the Fallen-Angels is someone with a huge ego huh. But isn’t it something big that the representatives of the three sides would be gathering? I don’t know what they would be talking about then, but it seems like it would affect the future of the world…..
“We were also invited to that meeting. We have to report about the incident at the meeting because we were involved.”
“Are you serious! ?”
I wasn’t the only one who got surprised by Buchou’s words. Everyone had a shocked expression on their faces. Well obviously. Anyone would get surprised if they were told to stay in the place with the big important people! What’s going to happen? To our world that is…….. Ah, that’s right. I ask Xenovia something that has been bugging me the whole time. “………The “Vanishing Dragon” belongs to the side of the Fallen-Angels, right?”
“That’s right. Azazel is gathering Sacred Gear possessors who has a “Longinus”. I don’t know what he is thinking, but it’s definitely something not good. The “Vanishing Dragon” is the top fighter among them. I heard that he is the fourth or fifth strongest out of all the strong people there including the leaders of Grigori. At this point, he is far stronger than you, who is his rival.”
Fourth strongest!? ……That’s why he was able to defeat Kokabiel who we couldn’t even stand up against. Looks like we are in a serious situation. Isn't it, Ddraig? Xenovia then looks at Asia. “……That’s right. I will apologise to Asia Argento. Since God didn’t exist, then his love and help didn’t as well. I’m sorry, Asia Argento. Hit me much as much as you want.”
Xenovia bows her head down. The Japanese way of apologizing. Her expression didn’t change so I can't tell if she means it or not. “……….No, I don’t intend to do something like that. Xenovia-san, I’m enjoying my current lifestyle. Even though I’m a devil now, I met someone…… people who are important to me. I am happy because of the place I live in now and the people I have met.”
Asia smiles like the Virgin Mary and she forgives her. Aaah, Asia is truly a good girl….. Your brother is deeply moved! Her psychological state was at danger after hearing the rejection of God, but because Buchou and I were with her she returned to normal. “……. So only you and I are the only Christians that found out about the absence of God. I won’t be able to say something like a divine punishment to you now. So a heretic huh? I was a holy sword user who was admired, but now a heretic huh. I can’t forget about how their eyes and attitudes changed when they saw me.”
At that moment, it felt like I saw a glimpse of sadness in Xenovia’s eyes. “Then I will be leaving. There’s a lot of things I need to know about before transferring to this school.”
Xenovia tries to leave the room. “U..umm!”
Asia stops Xenovia. “On the next weekend I’m going to go out to play with everyone. Would you also like to join, Xenovia-san?”
Asia says it with a smile. Xenovia had widened her eyes in shock and then gave a bitter smile. “Next time then. This time I’m not interested. Except…..”
“Except? Xenovia then says it with a smile to Asia. “Can you take me around the school next time?”
“Yes!”
Asia also answers with a smile. Hmmm, I hope they become friends. It’s hard to understand her, but Xenovia doesn’t seem like a bad person. “I will swear it in the name of my holy-sword, Durandal. I also would like to have a battle with the holy-demonic sword user over there as well.”
“Alright. I won’t lose next time.”
Kiba also replied with a smile. After confirming that, Xenovia leaves the room. I can feel something strong from Kiba’s body along with confidence. That time in that place, that incident changed something inside him. CLAP! Buchou claps her hand. “Now. Since everyone has returned again, let’s start the club activity again!”
[YES!] Everyone replies with an energetic voice. That day, all of us laughed again. [Let’s grasp it~♪ Dragon ball~♪]
In the karaoke room. I'm singing an anime song while holding the microphone in one hand. “Yo! Dragon ball idiot!”
“Damn it! You should just be with Asia, you damn brute!”
Motohama and Matsuda continues to boo at me. Asia also seems like she’s enjoying it. Though Koneko-chan isn’t participating in singing and is eating ice cream and pizza. The glasses-girl, Kiryu, is still choosing her song. Kiba is-drinking coffee elegantly. Chi! That good looking guy even shows off in a place like this, huh. Is that right? Using the day off, just like we had planned, started to play for half a day. We met up at the front of the station. Motohama, Kiryu and I beat up Matsuda who came thirty minutes late and went straight to bowl! We wasted our stamina by playing four games of bowling and then went inside the Karaoke Box. And we have been singing endlessly since then as the song changes. Asia and Kiba haven’t sung yet, but I will make them do so afterwards. Actually, I want to sing in a duet with Asia at least once! Singing in a duet with a blonde beauty will surely be the best! Also, Asia is wearing a gothic-lolita outfit today! She’s too cute! That was Kiryu's idea. How do I say it? So the “master mind” can even make Asia, who was a former Christian, look god in such outfits! “I'll start with reciting some prayer hymns.”
Asia seems like she will say that, but if she does that, then Kiba, Koneko-chan and I who are Devils will die so please don’t. I invited Saji but he declined it while crying and saying “Kaichou forbids me from playing with the opposite sex”. He must have wanted to come! It must be strict being a servant of Kaichou. I drink a sip of a juice to clear my dry throat after singing. I sure did sing a lot. Buchou and Akeno-san who haven’t come today are enjoying shopping together. Previously, I received a photo via message that had “Currently picking a swimsuit. I will choose the one that you will like” with a heart mark. It was a photo sent from the changing room so blood burst out from my nose on the spot. Hahaha, my Onee-sama sure is erotic. Gufufu. Oh yeah, the pool is about to open soon. According to Buchou, we can use the day off to play as much as we want at the pool. Apparently she will show me her swimsuit then. | text_3 |
Akeno-san as well! Uhyoooooou! An erotic-swimsuit worn by two Onee-sama’s with erotic bodies! M-My drool isn’t stopping! Ah, come quickly, summer! “......Ise-senpai. There is blood dripping from your nose.”
Koneko-chan says that with a reproachful look. Oh, is that right? A nose bleed. “......You were thinking something lewd, right?”
Ouch! Koneko-chan is right on the spot! “Oya? The size of the thing in your crotch is......”
Oooooooi! Kiryu! Don’t use your glasses to measure my thingy right now! “......Were you thinking about Buchou-san?”
Asia says that with an unpleasant face. Lately she is starting to become really sharp......
“Hahaha, it’s nothing! I-I have to visit the wash room for a bit!”
I stand up from my seat and left the scene! As I was exiting after wiping off my nosebleed, I see Kiba who is sitting on a nearby chair. “Oh. Did something happen?”
“Yeah. Something did.”
I also sit on the chair next to Kiba. “Aaah, I’m so tired. I got too carried away.”
“Seems like we were too excited in the first bowling game.”
“That’s also a part of it.”
Both of us laugh at this normal conversation. Then Kiba speaks with a serious face. “Ise-kun. I wanted to give you my gratitude. Thank you.”
So this guy was waiting in front of the wash room to say this......
“......It’s all right. Your comrades also forgave you. Buchou and the others also forgave you as well. That’s why it doesn’t matter.”
“......Ise-kun.”
Ugh. Don’t call out my name with teary eyes! Y-You’re scaring me! “T-Then should we sing my favourite song?”
“Hmm, so you have a favourite song, Ise-kun?”
“Leave it to me. I can sing Dragon Ball’s intro endlessly for twenty-four hours.”
“L-Looks like I need to be prepared for that.”
“Who cares. Let’s do a duet between the [Pawn] and the [Knight] of the Occult Research Club.”
“Yes, yes.”
We return to the karaoke room while talking about casual stuff and take the microphones immediately. We then perform a burning duet. -That time I witness Kiba’s true smile. Later that day, the photo of the duet between me and Kiba that was taken by Kiryu got spread around the whole school. The rumour of me and Kiba being gay increased even more. Give me a break! | text_3 |
Good day, everyone. I am Hyoudou Issei. I started as a devil in the spring; it’s summer now. The seasons feel like they are moving by fast... I was trying to stop the blood from gushing out of my nose with my fingers. “Ara, Asia your skin is beautiful. I am jealous.”
“N-No way. Buchou, your skin is white and the texture is smoother.”
“Ufufu, your words make me happy.”
While speaking in front of me, the crimson and golden haired bishoujo were standing and washing themselves, covered with foam from the body soap. Yes! Buchou and Asia were naked! Right in front of my eyes! These two girls! Is this Shangri-La? Or is this an illusion? This dreamy situation was occurring right in front of me. I felt like tears would come out from my eyes! No, in reality tears were coming out. I couldn’t be happier than this! A situation in the bath! I knew that there was no God in this world, but how could there not be a God there? What am I thinking? This is a gift from the heavens themselves! No no, this situation is a gift from Maou-sama. Wait...Maou-sama is Buchou’s big brother! To better explain the situation, when I went to the shower, I met Asia while she was in the middle of undressing. “Sorry!” After apologising, while I was trying to go outside…
“Ise, you’re going to bathe as well? Ara, Asia as well?" I met Buchou who was trying to enter the bath. “Since you two seem like you want to bathe together, it would be much faster if all three of us entered”
…Was Buchou’s unbelievable proposition. And just like that, we entered the bath. Normally this would be an impossible situation. However, even after I stared at their naked bodies, they didn't seem to be embarrassed. It was a progress that was like a miracle and a dream combined together. Even I, who had been called the incarnation of a pervert, was disturbed about how to handle this fortune of good luck in front of me! I tried as much as possible not to stare at them. In reality I wanted to see! I wanted to look at them! I wanted to engrave their bodies into my eyes and brain! I wanted to use them for my personal fantasies in the night! However, if I did that, my nose bleed would keep gushing forth until the bathtub would become dyed red. I don’t want suspicious things like that to happen in this situation! I wanted this atmosphere to continue as much as possible! Even though looking at them straight in the face was a deadly poison, I didn't feel that atmosphere in this bathroom! I wanted this to continue as much as possible. This situation is definitely precious! Even if I just have to hear the two girls' conversation! While staring at the ceiling of the bath, after having made my decision, I heard the voice of someone entering into the changing room… With a splash I heard something entering. [Clack]
Weight was pressing on my body and the finest, softest sensation was stimulating my skin. Fearfully trying to confirm it…Buchou was inside the bathtub leaning on my body. Uooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! I-I w-was in the bath with girls, and to top it off I was in contact with their bodieeeeees! “I wanted to enter the bath with Ise like this once”. With a smile on her face, Buchou was pressing her body even more! Uoooooh! From Buchou’s hair the smell of shampoo was coming out! The touch from Buchou’s body is too stimulating and my brain has reached its limit! Uggh! It can’t catch up with this situation! “Hey, Ise. Do you hate entering the bath with me?”
“That’s not the case! It’s the best!”
However, it’s also true that my body cannot withstand it! I am extremely happy but, at this rate, I’ll die from excessive blood loss! No wait, isn’t that the deepest desire as a man? Looking at Asia, she seemed to be working on washing her body, but sometimes she would send sharp glances towards me. Is Asia mad? “Just by hearing that I am happy. I want to bathe with Ise-kun like this everyday.”
As if spoiling me, Buchou presses further onto me! Uoooh! Gush! A bit of blood gushed out! I won’t be able to hold it in like this! “But it seems like your body won’t be able to withstand it. Everyday seems impossible. How about once every 3 days? Or once every 5 days? I won’t like it if it's only once a week.”
Bu-Buchou is selfishly trying to rewrite my schedule! I feel Buchou is selfish! Thank you very much! Crap! Since Asia is here as well, I can’t make bold movements! If only I was more courageous and had a more perverted nature, then I would…
“Do you want to attack me?”
Buchou spoke as if she had seen through my heart. As usual it seemed like my thoughts were easy to read. “If Asia wasn't here, I may have been attacked… seems like during our time alone…”
[Open]
While Buchou was saying that, something vigorously entered the bathtub. Squeeze! Something was embracing me! I remember this soft sensation! Looking at it, Asia was embracing me! “I hate being left out! E-Even though I want to enter the bath together as well!”
Asia? What big things you are saying! Uooooh! I am being caressed by two girls in the bathtub, help meeeee! Buchou’s face changed into a sharp expression. She raised her eyebrows. “Get away Asia; since it’s this situation, I will say it clearly. This boy is mine. My family and my servant. He’s my Ise. Understood?”
That’s right. I am Buchou’s servant. For Buchou, I exist solely as a pet. Just as one would for a pet, she puts in quite the effort. Though, it might be that all devil girls are like this. Above all, Buchou hates her things being touched by others. She may forgive another devil for touching me on the outside, but on the inside, I have heard that she can’t bear it, especially if it is a girl. It goes above her limits. I guess I am just part of her best collection. Since I possess a power beyond rare, she probably wants to treat me preciously. It seems like she used to treat me more like a pet but now…It must be my imagination. Yeah. Because I want to think like that, I feel that way. “That may be true. But he’s my Ise-san as well!”
Asia adored me as well. When I was taking an afternoon nap in my room, without me realising it, she sneaked in and slept soundly next to me. When I woke her up and told her “Go back to your room and sleep”, she said with a sleepy face “Carry me to my room…”. That's how much she adores me. I thought I was going to die at that time! Yes, I carried her to her room! However, while I am talking to other girls, she often puffs out her cheeks. I guess it’s because she doesn’t want her Onii-chan to be taken by others. In manga and anime there are characters with attitudes like that. The problem is that it is difficult for it to escalate to a love relationship. Well, I swore to protect Asia as my mission, so I don’t want that to happen anyway. I am more than happy by being spoiled like this by her! Ah, it’s awesome being adored by a golden haired bishojo! Upon hearing Asia’s words, Buchou narrowed her eyes. Onee-sama, I am scared! Weren’t they intimate friends until just a moment ago! | text_4 |
Why did it have to become like this! The small bathtub was becoming a war zone for the two girlsss! “Asia it’s because you’re normally adored by Ise. At least hand over these times to me. I am healed just by being with Ise. It takes away my daily exhaustion too.”
Buchou was trying to slightly separate Asia from me but Asia was stubbornly clinging to me! Uwaa, Asia’s boobs are soooo soooooooooft! “No, No! I am holding it in too! I also want to be with Ise-san!”
Asia shook her head sideways and hugged me tightly! Ah, Whatever! No-Nose bleed…! Asia looked at me with hazy eyes as if she wanted to tell me something. Don’t look at me with those eyes. I will only want to care for you even more. “…”
Even though she didn't say anything, Buchou’s face twitched. Suddenly she took my hand and…
[Boing]
She placed my hand on her boobs. My fingers and palm felt an extreme softness! While my hand was asleep, it was massaging her boobs, but Buchou wasn't complaining! “Has Asia done such a thing? Mine and Ise's relationship is such that we can do these things.”
Scary! While speaking in a plain manner, Buchou was hiding thorns in her words! Wait, Buchou’s boobs. Boobs. Booooooobs! While watching this scene, Asia's whole body was shaking. Her cheeks swelled and puffed as her temper reached its limit! Asia also took my other hand…
[Boing]
She placed it on her breasts too! Asiaaaaaaaaa? What a wonderful person you are…. No, you are doing something that you shouldn't! What a perverted girl you have become! This must be Buchou’s and Akeno-san's influence without a doubt! Even though you were such an innocent girlllll! T-To have grown this much! “Ise-san, between mine and Buchou’s, whose breasts are better? I lose in size, but I won’t lose in anything else!”
“Ara, Ise loves bigger ones. He has said many times that he loves my breasts, right Ise?”
While I held my hands on their breasts, those two were sending sparks off at each other. ……. *Drip* It’s impossible. From within my nostrils, it felt like something had ruptured. Drip drip drip. ….And that was it. A lot of blood was spilling out of my nostrils, and the bathtub was becoming dyed red. With blood everywhere, I started losing consciousnesses. “Hey, Ise!”
“Ise-san, hold on!”
… I am satisfied. However my body could no longer withstand it. If these girls don’t remember how to stop the bleeding soon, I am going to die! I want a resourceful person! The next day, I was hurrying towards a client on my bicycle late in the night performing the duties of a devil. I was in the middle of great work! During the day, my blood was low and that was problematic. My life with Buchou and Asia was fun, but the stimulation is too much. If I had been more like a playboy, I would have satisfied them both at the same time and place. But those two came from worlds with different values from each other. The developments during that bath might have led to sex. If I had laid a hand on them with sexual motives, I think the household would have been destroyed and there would have been no traces of our descendants. Buchou likes to attend to me like she does to her servants, and Asia must think of me as her family… and she adores me like an elder brother. I shouldn’t lay my hands on family living under one roof! But abroad they’re more progressive towards matters of body relations. However the stimulation is way too strong… If I can't even get used to this, then I'll never be able to make a Harem! In this situation, I won't even be able to dream of becoming a Harem King! The dream is still far off! Meh, it’s fine. Right now I have to work innocently for my job! If I keep doing my job, I will increase in rank! Let’s first get a position! I’ll work hard, aiming to be a upper class devil! Right now I am moving by bicycle, but I have gotten used to the devil business like this, and my service to the customers is going well too. “Yo, Devil-kun. Sorry for today as well.”
After looking at the client, I let out a sigh. The client was a black haired man with a "bad guy" appearance. Looking at him, I would have guessed that he was around 20. Ah, this person is a foreigner so I can’t tell what his true age is. Even though he is a foreigner, he's wearing a yukata. Meh, it’s been hot recently. I think he’s a handsome guy. Maybe his face is more attractive than “The Handsome Prince” Kiba. However, the atmosphere from his entire body feels like a "bad guy", which is definitely different from Kiba’s, but girls who like bad guys would fall for him at first sight. And, I am summoned by this person everyday. Right now I am in his room inside his mansion. And the person he decided upon was me. Somehow he seems to like me. I don’t know why he likes me and even though he never has large requests, he calls me everyday. Yesterday he made me go buy bread in the night! And before that, he said “Let’s go fishing” and had me accompany him to a nearby fishing spot! And before that….! I don’t want to remember it any more! Wait, is it that big of a thing for you to even call a devil? No, our business is to fulfil human requests. I shouldn’t be complaining. My master Rias Buchou would scold me, and in order to fulfil my goal as Harem King, I will have to live through this strict business! “Devil-kun, would you play a game with me? I bought a racing game in the afternoon, and I'm lonely without an opponent.”
Heeeeey! It's that sort of request again! Wait, complaining is bad. “Yes, I would love to.”
Honestly, this is a good customer for contracts. He gives back more than what we demand. He started from a painting that looked high class, and then jewels, and then even gold nuggets. Even Buchou and the others were surprised. Thanks to him, it’s no doubt that my value is growing as well! Well, I guess I am thankful to him for that. All right, let’s handle this easily today as well and go one step further on the road to becoming Harem King! The client was setting up the game. Oh yeah, he hasn't even told me his name yet. Maybe I’ll be his favourite customer from now on as well. Learning his name is obvious then. “All right, I have set up the game. It’s great to have so many items to waste time on in Japan. It isn’t a bad place. Here, take the controller.”
“Ah, thanks. You know I am good in these types of games.”
“Heh, in that case it’s going to be fun. I am a beginner so please go lightly on me.”
Yes, I am good at racing games. Top speed legend Ise. I have played at every game centre! Fufufu, I’ll show him! The power that I honed in the war zone known as the game centre! “GO!”
And although I started off well, my lead began to fall short as the races continued. In the beginning, I had developed my overwhelming advantage but…
“I briefly remember now. I should be catching up to you soon.”
What crap was he sprouting while thinking that…
“Uoooh, no way!”
My car was slowly being surpassed! What an unbelievable situation! To be beaten like this by a beginner! “WIN!”
He easily made it to the goal! | text_4 |
He must have been a master in short races! “Seems like it’s my victory, Devil-kun.”
“Not yet!”
“Oh! Your fighting spirit seems to be growing. Want to do another race, hm, Devil-kun… no, Sekiryuutei.”
…….Eh? ………….. J-Just now, what did he say just now…..? The words that came out of the man’s mouth. Upon hearing that, a chill went down my whole body. This guy, who the hell is he…? Why does he know that….? He's not human? I swallowed and fearfully asked him. “….Who are you?”
The man only opened his mouth a bit. While watching the TV, he revealed...
“Azazel, leader of the fallen angels. Nice to meet you, the Sekiryuutei, Hyoudou Issei.“
“WIN!”
Far away from the goal, the man’s car easily caught up with my stopped car and went past the goal while in his second lap. That instant, 12 jet black wings expanded from the man’s back...
“This isn’t a joke!”
The crimson haired bishoujo-sama had her eyebrows raised with an angry expression on her face. Rias Gremory Buchou. She is my master and an upper class devil onee-sama. At school, she is the president of the Occult Research Club. She is a very strict yet also very kind person. She's just what I longed for! And, that bishoujo-sama that I longed for was giving me a lap pillow… As usual, Buchou’s lap pillow was soft, and it made me emotional just like before! By the way, we have changed into our summer uniforms, and they're short-sleeved. It is a wonderful season when we are lightly dressed! “Indeed, even though it was decided that the meeting of the leaders of the devils, angels, and fallen angels would be held in this town, to think that suddenly the Governor of the fallen angels would intrude in my territory and interfere with our business…. !”
Buchou was trembling with rage. Ooh, she was scary…
A few days earlier, because of the event that occurred in this city between devils, angels, and fallen angels, the relations between the three factions had been affected to a certain extent. As a result, the leading members of each faction would gather together and discuss the future. We got involved in that incident... but to top it off, we would have to be present at that meeting and report on the details of the incident. Before the meeting date, Azazel suddenly contacted us. Yes, he too was my contract client. He hid his identity and presence when he came into contact with us. It's correct to say that it was an interference in other peoples’ business. Not to mention, since it was the governor of the fallen angels, the topic escalated to an entirely different level. It wouldn't end with just mischief. However, Buchou’s family seemed like they weren’t bothered by the event. “And to top it off, to try and lay a hand on my cute Ise, the price is death! I had heard that Azazel was extremely interested in the Sacred Gears. It’s definitely because my Ise possesses the Boosted Gear that he came in contact with us… It’s going to be all right Ise. I will definitely protect you, Ise.”
Buchou said that while patting my head. Buchou is an upper class devil that adores her servants and treats them as a part of her family. She hated for her possessions to be touched or hurt by others. Especially because Buchou treats me quite adorably, she is overly sensitive towards that sort of story. I'm happy, but it’s kind of complicated, because I yearn for Buchou, but Buchou probably doesn’t think about me the same way. It’s a master-servant relationship between devils, right?… The owner and the dog. Haa….If Buchou gets a boyfriend, then she’ll probably lose interest in me and throw me away…
If I don’t become a Harem King before that, I’ll be lonely. “Seems like Azazel is eyeing my Sacred Gear after all. He's the Governor of the Fallen Angels, right?”
I let my worries out. If I am caught by Azazel, what will happen to me? I am scared beyond my imagination… After hearing about my worries, the other male member of the club, the handsome prince Kiba opened his mouth. “I heard from someone that Azazel has deep knowledge about the Sacred Gears. I also heard that he’s gathering capable sacred gear holders. But it’s going to be all right.”
As he continued, Kiba looked at me as if he was going to lose me. “I will protect you.”
…Kiba, that feels disgusting. “…No, um, I am happy but…how should I put this... if I hear such things from a man with a straight face then I’ll be troubled on how to respond…”
“It’s obvious that I’ll say that with a straight face. You saved me. You’re my precious comrade. If I can’t save a comrade from crisis then I can’t call myself a Knight of the Gremory household.”
Yeah, I understand that but... you know. Your tone isn’t to be used towards a comrade, a friend, and not to mention the male me. It’s obvious you said that to a heroine. Without caring about that, Kiba continues. “ There’s no problem. My sacred gear that attained balance breaker and Ise-kun’s boosted gear, if we combine these two, then I feel we can surpass even a dangerous crises. …Fufu, I wasn’t the type to say such things before. After hanging out with you, my readiness for comrades also changed as well. But I don’t know why I don’t dislike that… It’s hot around my chest region”
“…D-Disgusting. You… Don’t come near me! Don’t touch me!”
Seriously, leave me alone! You and I are just gonna be spreading around indecent rumours among a particular group of girls. I don’t want to be any more involved with you and the development of BL! And anyways, this guy, after the episode of the invasion of the fallen angel leader was resolved, his attitude towards me has been weird! What do you plan on doing by sweetening me! Do it with your clients! “N-No way, Ise-kun…”
You sure get down easily, unnecessary feelings are bad for you! And, why do you really want to be here? “However, I wonder what happened… Besides not knowing their movements, it’s difficult to move here as well. The other side is the Governor of the fallen angels. We can’t even come in contact with him." Buchou is pondering. We can’t break down the relationship between devils and fallen angels any further on our whims. Since Buchou is quite strict about that topic, if there is no big movement from their side, then we won’t move as well. “Azazel has always been like that, Rias.”
Suddenly, we heard a voice that belonged to nobody among us. Everybody looked at the direction the voice came from and… a crimson haired male was smiling pleasantly. I remember this face. Wait, Akeno-san and the others were kneeling in their places, Asia and I were the only ones having trouble coping with the situation. The newcomer, Xenovia as well had a confused expression. Bam! Ouch! While dropping my head, Buchou stands up. “O-O-O-Onii-sama!”
She let out a surprised voice. Yes, he is Buchou’s onii-sama and the current Maou of the devil society, ‘Sirzechs Lucifer’-sama, he’s that person! Ooh, to meet Maou-sama again at a place like this! “Azazel won’t do anything like Kokabiel did a few days ago. He may do a prank like last time, though. | text_4 |
The Governor will come earlier than the planned date.”
Is what Maou-sama said. Behind Maou-sama there was the silver haired Maid, Grayfia-san as well. It’s obvious since she’s Maou-sama’s 'Queen'. I also hurriedly, like Akeno-san and the others kneeled down. After looking at my actions, Asia also copied it. “Please relax, I came for private business today.”
Raise your heads, it’s okay to not be so respectful, is what he was suggesting. Everyone obeyed that and stood up. “Hey, my little sister. This room seems like a murder scenery. I wonder how it is possible for this place to be full of magic circles even though young girls gather here.”
While surveying the room, Maou-sama is giving a bitter smile. Meh, it’s indeed true. I got used to it but this really is a weird room after all. “Onii-sama, w-why are you here?”
Buchou asked doubtfully. Well, that was a given. It was not really possible for the Maou-sama who carries the devil society to show up in the human world in a school’s club room. After she said that, Maou-sama handed over a unfilled printed form. “What are you saying. Classroom visits are coming soon, right? I am also thinking to participate. By all means I want to see my little sister working hard in studies from up close." Ah, now that you mention it, the school’s visit was really close. My father was also in high spirits, so much that he was even planning on taking a paid leave to come visit. Whatever, he seems to want to see Asia’s class life more than mine. After getting a daughter, my parents have been making a ruckus like it’s a festival every time something occurs. “Grayfia, right? You’re the one who told Onii-sama?”
Wait a minute, Grayfia-san responds to the troubled looking Buchou immediately. “Yes, the reports from the school come to me who has been entrusted with the schedule of the Gremory household. Of course I am Sirzechs-sama’s Queen as well, thus I reported it to my master.”
After hearing that Buchou sighed. Huh? Buchou isn’t interested in the class visit? Does she dislike her family coming to look at her? “Even if my Maou duties are hard, even if I have to take a day off from my work, I wanted to participate in my little sister’s class visit. Don’t worry. Otou-uewill come over as well”
Oooh! Buchou’s Otou-san as well! I have looked at his face once before. In the previous engagement party when I jumped in. He seemed like a dandy devil. “T-That’s not true! Isn’t onii-sama the Maou? To leave your job and come here! The Maou can’t treat a single Devil in a special way!”
I see, since Buchou’s Onii-san is the Maou, no matter if they are blood relatives, she can’t take it nicely that she’s being treated specially. However, Maou turns his head sideways. “No no, this is my work as well, Rias. Actually I thought about conducting the conference between the 3 factions in this school. I came to inspect the meeting place.”
W-W-Whaaaat? Seriously? I couldn’t hide my surprise. No, not only me, everyone looked shocked. You’ll do it here! In this school, Devils, Angels and Fallen Angels, you’ll hold their meeting here? “…Here? Really?”
Buchou has her eyes wide open as well. Well if you hear that you'll try and confirm once more. “Ah, This school somehow seems to have fate tied to it. My little sister, you, the legendary Sekiryuutei, the holy devil sword user, the holy sword Durandal’s wielder and Maou Serafall Leviathan’s little sister are attached to this place, Kokabiel and Hakuryuukou attacked this place. This is a phenomenon you can't label as coincidence. Strong powers keep mixing in, it’s like wave motion. I think the person accelerating this wave motion is Hyoudou Issei-kun---the Sekiryuutei.”
Sirzechs-sama glances at me. If Maou-sama looks at me then I'd get nervous…
“Are you the Maou? Nice to meet you, I am the one called Xenovia.”
The one who intervened in the conversation is the girl with her hair in green mesh, the newcomer Devil, Xenovia. At first glance she’s a real beauty, but she’s not just all looks, she’s the wielder of the legendary holy sword, Durandal, Buchou’s newest family member and her other Knight. “Good day to you, Xenovia. I am Sirzechs Lucifer. I got the report from Rias. The holy sword wielder of Durandal got reincarnated as a devil, and not to mention becoming my sister’s family… Truth be told, I was doubting my ears when I heard it the first time.”
“I also didn’t think that I would become a devil. To be reincarnated into the side I kept on killing, even if I say so myself, I sometimes regret it and that it was quite a bold move. …Yeah, that’s it. Why did I become a devil? Desperation? However, at that time, truthfully, anything was fine… But, was it really fine to be a devil?”
…Ah, she’s once again thinking deeply with her head in her arms. This girl says bold things but she ends up regretting it later on. She’s a hard to understand girl like always. “Hahaha, it’s great that my little sister’s family has a lot of interesting people. Xenovia, since you were just reincarnated you won’t understand your own way but I want you to support the Gremory household as Rias’ family. I’ll be counting on you.”
“If I am asked by the Legendary Maou written in the Bible to do it, then I’ll have no choice but to do it. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to do but allow me to do whatever I can in my capability.”
After hearing Xenovia’s words, Maou-sama smiles. That smile was exactly the same as Buchou’s. “Thanks.”
After hearing Maou-sama’s thanks, Xenovia’s cheeks also became a bit red. “Now then, let’s continue the difficult conversation somewhere else. Hm, however, even though I came to the human world, it’s night time. Would a lodging institution be open right now?”
What would a lodging institution be …It may be open but it would take time to search for such a thing. Hm, then…the thing I was thinking in my mind, I raised my hand and said it. “Ah, if that’s the case then…”
“I see. I am relieved that my sister wasn’t causing you any trouble.”
“No way, Onii-san! Rias-san is a really good girl.”
“Yes, Rias-san is such a wonderful girl that Ise doesn’t deserve it.”
In my house’s living room, the legendary Maou-sama and my parents were exchanging greetings. Buchou was besides Maou-sama. Behind him was Grayfia-san waiting on standby. After that, I gave a suggestion. “If that’s the case, would you stay in my house”… is what I said. At first Maou-sama was circling his eyes but maybe after remembering that Buchou was living in my house, “That’s fine with me. I wanted to greet the couple whose place my sister was boarding in,” is what he said and readily consented. “No! No!” Buchou was resisting cutely but there’s no way you can stop both Maou-sama and Grayfia-san; after the devil business was completed, we came here to the Hyoudou household. Your red face is so cute. You would naturally be scared of what your brother, who's also the Maou, would say. | text_4 |
For the time being, regarding Sirzechs-sama's personal info, we made it that he’s Buchou’s Onii-san, and is the heir to the company Buchou’s father runs. He’s Sirzechs Gremory. After using the name he threw away long ago once more, Sirzech-sama seemed to be having fun. “The maid-san over there is…”
“Yes, she’s Grayfia.”
Maou-sama answers my father’s question. “Actually she’s my wife.”
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh?”
Everyone except Buchou let out gasps, but Grayfia-san was expressionlessly pinching Maou-sama’s cheek. “I am the maid, Grayfia. I apologise for my master speaking such boring jokes.”
“It huwts, It huwts, Grayfia.”
The angry yet quiet Grayfia-san and the teary eyed smiling Maou-sama. Buchou who was beside them covered her face with her hands from embarrassment. Ah, Buchou’s family seems to be interesting. Who would have thought that the Maou-sama would say jokes like this. Since Grayfia-san seems to be accustomed to this as well, Maou-sama must be doing mischief frequently. “Well then, Gremory-san, would you be attending the class visit as well?”
Mother asks Maou-sama. Without shame, her cheeks were dyed red. Mother, were you fascinated by Maou-sama’s beautiful face? Well it’s a given since he’s Buchou’s male version, he would be cool. I can’t say anything after seeing him rubbing his cheek where he was pinched…
“Yes, I have taken a break from work, so I thought I could use this chance to see my little sister’s school and also how she looks in class. On the day of the visit, my father should be coming as well.”
“Ah, Rias-san’s Otou-san as well.”
“Father helped in the establishment of Kuou Academy, like me, it seems this was a good chance for him to come visit as well. Although frankly speaking I think he just wanted to see Rias’s face.”
“Gremory-san! Would you like some sake? We have some delicious sake of Japan.”
Otou-san brings out a treasure-bottle-like-sake from the kitchen. Heey! Otou-san! Suddenly taking out the sake! Isn’t that rude! However, in response to my anxieties, Maou-sama let’s out a smile. “That is excellent! Let’s drink it by all means! Since Japanese alcohol goes down well with a capable mouth! Maou-sama was much friendlier than you would imagine. “No-No way… I can’t sleep together with Ise?”
The fun party was over, and it was time to sleep. In front of my room, Buchou was approaching Maou-sama with a strict face. “I wanted to talk with him a bit while being on the bed. Sorry, Rias, but just for tonight lend me Hyoudou Issei-kun.”
I see. Maou-sama wants to sleep while talking with me, he’s already placed the futon for guests in the room. Buchou who sleeps with me every night in my bed. She seems to be completely sad from not being able to sleep with me. Yeah, like her love to her servant ends here. It seems like it’s mean to Buchou—like a little girl’s stuffed doll which she uses when sleeping gets taken. It’s too cute. There’s something Akeno-san said to me. It seems Buchou’s degree of dependence towards me is increasing by the day. She said I am really cute to her, however, on the other hand I am scared whether I myself will be able to answer to her expectations or not…
By the way, even now I am sleeping with Buchou and Asia together. Every night we slept like the kanji for river. But you know, if we 3 sleep together every time, strangely I have become relieved. I understood it as husband and wife always sleep together. If I had an elder and younger sister, would it be like this? I get used by Buchou as a hugging pillow, Asia too not wanting to be defeated hugs me as well, I have been making wonderful memories every night but… beyond that it hasn’t developed… Maybe because it feels like it’s family love? Buchou says that she has an illness, that if she doesn’t sleep with me she’ll die. Asia says if she doesn’t have me by her side like usual she gets sad and hates it. Does hugging me feel good? That reminds me, recently Matsuda told me, amidst shedding tears,
“I smell Asia-chan's scent from Ise! What’s the meaning of this?”
Well that’s a given. Because we sleep together everyday. It’s not strange even if I give out Asia’s scent. I reply ambiguously to that but, wouldn’t strange rumours be spreading amongst some boys? Fufufu, no doubt the boys from my class think I have graduated from my virginity. It’s best you think that! It isn’t bad that they think that! Though I haven’t been able to graduate! If this was Kiba or some other guys, would they have already slept with Buchou? No no, that’s not true! Even though it’s this wonderful situation, there is a proper order for things. For me to skip the order and attack Buchou is…
[If you look at it from guts, you’re not the Red Dragon Emperor but the Red Virgin Emperor, Partner.] Suddenly, the one who says that is Ddraig. Shaddup! Leave me alone! In the meantime I will do ecchi things with Buchou and you just keep on looking from there! “Ise…”
The one who hugs me is Buchou! Uoooooh! I am happy but in front of two people having this done, I am seriously embarrassed! At school she’s the cold and cool Buchou but, recently at home she’s like this. It resembles an office lady who can accomplish anything calmly but when she goes back home, in front of her pet she becomes like a kid. “Can you sleep alone? Are you alright with me not being beside you? I am not alright though. Just by you not being beside me…”
“Ojou-sama, now let’s return back to our room. I will be there in your room as well. Well then, Sirzechs-sama, good night.”
Grayfia-san takes away Buchou who was saying something. Buchou went away from my body. “I know, Grayfia…”
Buchou’s shape seems as if she’s regretting it. That scene looks like a scene where the parent and child have to get separated. “Ah, Um, Ise-san, good night. I also think it’s unfortunate but tonight I’ll sleep in my room.”
Slightly bowing her head, Asia headed off towards her room while keeping her smile on. The only two left were me and Maou-sama. “Now, shall we enter inside?”
“Y-Yes!”
Just by him entering my room I am nervous! Maou-sama’s posture is elegant, the aura surrounding demons is quiet around him but even an amateur like me can sense the terrifying concentration of magic power in my skin. Probably just by concentrating a bit of his power I would be reduced to dust. But I can feel his splendour. Because this person is at the highest of the devils, we can continue on our devil jobs with peace like usual. This is the Maou...
Just by inhaling the same air as him you can tell that he is of an entirely other class. While I was trying to prepare myself to sleep together with him while having never had a proper conversation before, the lights were switched off and I was beside him. “I heard you met Azazel.”
Maou-sama said that to me. “…...Yes.”
I acknowledge to that obediently. “I hear he did nothing to you but did he say something to you?”
“…'I'll meet you again next time,' is what he said.”
“I see. …... Azazel has a strong interest in the Sacred Gears. | text_4 |
Your boosted gear is no exception. Actually, same as you, a person possessing the Longinus has gathered alongside him." “…..For what purpose?”
“I don’t know that. But, Azazel is the Governor of an organisation with the power to affect Heaven, Underworld and the human world. If he uses that, it will span a lot of digression. However, he doesn’t like war like Kokabiel does. It’s because of that that the fallen angels were the first to withdraw from the great war of the past.”
Yeah, to be honest, I don’t want to have another owner other than Buchou. I mean, I can’t even go to that place. If I get forcibly brainwashed, then what will I do…
As if realising my concern Maou-sama speaks in an enjoyable tone. “Don’t worry. I guarantee your safety. Finally the legendary dragon came to the devil side so I’ll have them give you a good treatment. ----And also my little sister treats you dearly. I've never seen Rias have so much fun, even in the underworld. I am sure she must be having fun everyday. I feel that it is thanks to you.”
This person must really care for Buchou from his heart. I felt his words just now were overflowing with deep affection. “Hyoudou Issei-kun. Take care of my sister, of Rias, from now on too.”
“Yes.”
That’s obvious, Maou-sama. I will protect Buchou from now on as well. Always. Even if I become alone, it won’t change the fact that I am Buchou’s family. Even if I become the Harem King, if Buchou gets in trouble I will come rushing to her. “I… no, I am Buchou’s… Rias Gremory-sama’s pawn.”
“Thanks. ----Oh yeah, Hyoudou Issei-kun. Is it all right for me to call you Ise-kun like my little sister does?”
“O-Of course! It’s an honor!”
“I see. Then, Ise-kun, won’t you call me by my name? Onii-san is fine as well.”
O-Onii-san? W-What are you thinking, are you my onii-san…? I don’t get it but I think it’s a very high honour. “It’s rude after all is what I feel, would calling you Sirzechs-sama be alright?”
“Then, let's do it that way. Yeah, however, it’s a pity. I wanted to be called Onii-san by the legendary dragon….. Meh, it will become that before long, so it should be fine with this for now.”
“? H-Huh….”
Seems like Sirzechs-sama somehow came to a self conclusion. I don’t get what he’s thinking but since he’s the Maou-sama it must be a high level anguish. “By the way Ise-kun.”
“Y-Yes?”
“The boosted gear can transfer the increased power to someone else.”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“The topic’s different but you seem to like the big breasts of girls, right?”
“Yes! I love them!”
Ah, I affirmed it in a loud voice in front of Sirzechs-sama! What a rude thing! I am so embarrassed! However, I sure am obedient to my desires! “Even as her brother I think that Rias’ breasts are bountiful.”
“Yes, Buchou’s---Master’s breasts are the best is what I feel!”
Onii-san! Buchou’s boobs are the best! They really are the best! Thank you very much for raising them up! I'm giving thanks from my side as well! “This is a ‘what if’ question but….. if you transfer your increased power from your boosted gear to Rias’ breasts, what will happen?.. Meh, don’t worry about it.”
“-----------?”
That moment, a shock never before felt in me was born. ……Use boosted gear on Bu-Buchou’s boobs…..? No way, that thing….. is possible…..? No, but! That concept wasn’t present! Gift to boobs! To transfer the power of Sekiryuutei on boobs! Th-That is, what exactly would happen if that occurs? I can’t imagine it! I can’t predict it! Dammit! Maou-sama’s thought level is far above mine! What conceptualising power! …..Would the size simply increase? It can’t be, that beautiful pair would be able to even wrap around national treasure level items? No no, would they shine while stretched? Uh,uhhhhh! I don’t know! My brain was howling as if my expanding thoughts were raging. Over here, I’ll rotate my head so much that it’ll be the largest rotation done in recent times. Both of my hands’ fingers were twitching unconsciously facing the sky like they were squeezing boobs. M-My eyes are becoming clear! Not good! I can’t sleep! I can’t sleep! If I gift it to Buchou’s breasts, what will happen? “Good night, Ise-kun.”
While Sirzechs-sama went to sleep beside me, I was endeavouring the whole night with my delusions without getting an answer. Several days after Sirzechs-sama’s visit. Sirzechs-sama and Grayfia-san left my house the day after they stayed over at my place. Seems like they are investigating the city but if you look at it from my perspective who attended to Sirzechs-sama for several days, you could only think of it as sightseeing…
No, since it’s Maou-sama, no doubt he’s perceiving it from a point of view I could never imagine! He competed with me in game centres (seems like he wants to establish game centres in the underworld), at the hamburger shop we tested out all the flavours (he said he wanted to open chains of restaurants in the underworld…), we went to the Shinto shrine (with Maou-sama’s absolute demonic power the shrine’s holy power was driven away, so we could go inside. Maou-sama is capable of anything! ), even though at first glance it seemed his actions were all travel and enjoyment, I feel he was serious in everything. I am a devil lacking in training to even think of that! By the way, if I give the gift to Buchou’s boobs then what will happen, I haven’t got an answer to that yet… Might as well ask her? No, I can’t ask for that! “Buchou! Can I use boosted gear on your boobs?”
Idiooooooooooot! You can’t say this stupid line! But, it bothers me! What will really happen? Buchou’s boobs…
While thinking that since the morning, the holiday became a work day. “We’re leaving.”
We three go to school from the house. Today is a holiday but, because there is something to do, we head towards the school. Guuh! This is the most awaited day of all days! Ah, my heart is dancing! My heart’s beating loudly! Drip drip drip, my drool kept coming out one after another. A person calls to me who had a lowly smile on her face. “Morning.”
The one meeting us in between is Xenovia. She is living alone in an apartment near my house. She who became a devil under various circumstances doesn’t want to go back to the land of the Vatican. For that purpose she started living in this city, but seems like she didn’t like sleeping in the old school building so she rented an apartment. Although that apartment also has an aura of devils hanging about. She lives in our neighbourhood because her master, Buchou and same as her, Asia both live in my house. If there’s something she doesn’t understand while living there, she can come to our house easily since it's close by. Meh, if she suddenly starts living in a different culture and living standard, there are a lot of things she won’t understand. Oh yeah, Asia and Xenovia as well were both surprised at the opening of umbrellas during rainy days. Seems like over there they don’t open their umbrellas even on rainy days. | text_4 |
After looking at the vinyl umbrellas and getting extremely scared, the impression would be deep. Really, their culture is different. “Asia, were you able to finish last night’s homework?”
“Yes. What about you, Xenovia-san?”
“Well, I don’t know some things that are in Japanese. Would you teach me?”
“Yes! Please leave it to me!..... But, Kanji is still a bit…”
“Me too. It’s really scary that the Japanese learn these complex characters. I am catching a glimpse of a part of a major economic power.”
The two chatting are Asia and Xenovia. Initially when they met it was really bad but somehow the fact that these two were disciples of Christianity was probably the main reason their relationship deepened. Even among the boys, “The quiet Asia”, “the energetic Xenovia” are calling the two foreign bishoujo by those names. “I see. This is also the Lord's guidance.”
“Yes, it is the Lord's guidance.”
“Amen… Ouch!”
Like this, while doing something they pray, and at the same time both of them take damage. “What the hell are you two doing…”
How many times have I done this straight man act. While chuckling in a low voice, Buchou says. “Well then, you all. It will be the opening of the restricted use pool.”
Yes! Today is pool! The day I have been waiting for the most, the pool day! Us Occult Research club members were ordered by the Student Council to clean the pool. It’s already summer and the school has to open the pool. Buchou already gave her consent to cleaning with the condition of us having the very first use of the pool, thus we eagerly took out the moss leftover from taking out the water. A few days ago, Buchou bought a swimsuit. She showed us how it was in the house but even though she wasn’t wearing it, just by looking at it my nosebleed wouldn’t stop. Because, it’s amazing! It was ecchi! “I’ll show it to you when we go to the pool this time,” Is what Buchou said, I waited eagerly for this day! Ah, I have been living for the sake of this day! I may be exaggerating but maybe I can become skilful in this year’s summer! The lonely summers till now were probably for this day! If you talk about summer vacation, it’s the season where a lot of boys graduate from their virginity. I too, in this summer…
Guuah! Unlike last year, this summer I will be surrounded by girls! If I have my first sexual experience with Buchou, it’s gonna be the best! No, Akeno-san is good too! I can’t bear it! I am burning with just my delusions! I will enjoy Kiba’s share as well who can’t come today due to some work. “Ise-san, are you thinking some perverted stuff?”
Asia pulls my cheeks with teary eyes but she couldn’t stop my frightful face. Dear Grandfather in heaven. It’s the beginning of summer. The shining sun is giving us warm sunlight. I can’t stop my tears in front of this scenery before my very eyes. My tears are worth it is what I feel. “Hey, Ise. How does my swimsuit look?”
Puh! Blood is spilling out from my vigorous self’s nose. Buchou’s white skin! Her swimsuit design is showing too much!" The small red fabric that is her brasserie! Her B-Boobs! This is not just a level where you can see the lower part of her breasts! The captivating leg lines are wonderful as well! “Ara ara. Buchou, you sure are fired up. Ufufu, you really wanted to show it to Ise-kun. By the way Ise-kun, how does mine look?”
With that Akeno-san enters as well! Unlike Buchou, she’s wearing an extreme swimsuit of pure white! Like her the cloth is small! Aah, if the two onee-sama with erotic bodies wear that, a lot of young boys will start slouching! “Ise-san. I-I came after changing as well.”
After turning around I saw Asia standing while fidgeting. Asia is wearing the school swimsuit. Yeah, if a blonde haired bishoujo wears a Japanese swimsuit then you will feel an incredible power! The name ‘Asia’ written on her breast is wonderful as well! “Asia, you’re looking cute! Your onii-san is deeply moved! It suits you really well!”
Asia lets out a smile and is in a good mood. “Ehehe. I am happy that Ise-san said that. Koneko-chan is wearing a school swimsuit as well.”
Ooh! Koneko-chan’s wearing a swimsuit like Asia, huh! The name card ‘Koneko’ is cute and wonderful as well! Yeah, it’s the birth of the lovely mascots! “…Not being looked at by obscene eyes is also a bit of a complex feeling I am getting.”
It seems like she’s grumbling with a disappointed feeling…..? Huh? Buchou places a hand on Koneko-chan’s shoulders, and while letting out a smile says,
“With that, Ise, sorry but...”
“Yes?”
“Yes, 1, 2. 1, 2.”
I was holding Koneko-chan’s hand and helping her out with feet pedalling exercises. After coming to the pool the first thing I was made to do was teach Koneko-chan who couldn’t swim. “Ise, help Koneko out by being her partner.” Is what Buchou ordered me to do. The person in question Koneko-chan is taking small breaths in between with a “Puwa-“ sound and pedalling her feet with her utmost effort. Somehow, seeing her trying her best is cute. “Keep it up, Koneko-chan!”
Asia is cheering for Koneko-chan from the side. By the way, Asia can’t swim either. I have to help out in Asia’s swimming practice as well. Wait, I am not that good in swimming either. Yeah, for me, I just want to stare at Buchou’s swimsuit and worship her figure swimming in the water. I feel like while Buchou is swimming in the pool her boobs will sway and something amazing will happen! “Puwa-. …. Senpai, sorry for making you help me out….”
Koneko-chan says it in an apologetic manner. “No no, it’s fine. Helping out with a girl’s swimming practice is fun, I don’t really mind.”
It’s true. I would rather help out with a girl’s swimming practice than to practice with a brat. And especially if the partner is the cute Asia and the kouhai Koneko-chan, then I’ll do it for the whole day. “Oops, we have reached the end.”
Completely pedalling for 25 metres and still having energy left, Koneko-chan collides with me. Even though it was a coincidence, the general perception would be we’re hugging each other. Awaawa, if it remains like this then as usual“…. Please don’t touch me.” I might get hit with a punch like usual! I was being vigilant, but Koneko-chan’s reaction was different. “….Ise-senpai, you’re unexpectedly gentle. Even though you’re a pervert.”
…I don’t know whether I was being praised or not. Is it just my imagination that Koneko-chan’s cheeks seem a bit red? “W-Well, I also want to do something for my kouhai. I am always causing trouble for Koneko-chan so in such times I definitely want to help." I say it while patting Koneko-chan’s head. I tried what Buchou does to me a lot. If you look at it from the point of view of a person below, I would be happy when something like this is done to me by a senpai of the opposite sex. Wait, I don’t know if Koneko-chan is fine with being patted on her head or not. Splash! I hear the sound of someone jumping in the pool. In the other course Buchou was swimming elegantly! Uoooooh! This is my chance! | text_4 |
I dived hurriedly into the water, and activate my boosted gear! I put the gauntlet on my left hand to my face, and transferred the power that was doubled. [Transfer!!] Power flows in both my eyes, my eyesight suddenly increased! My field of vision increased. I caught a sight of Buchou swimming far away! I believe that my Sacred Gear is meant to be used in such times! Facing the water resistance, with bouncing movement Buchou’s boobs are swaying uniquely! Ah, this is it, this! The resistance born in water! And the swaying of boobs born from that! I yearned for this! That voluptuous bust was moving freely in the water! What a whimsical method of swaying! Shit! Buchou! Thank you very much! Those things of yours today are too bountiful! Alright, after going back I’ll do it 5 times!..... storage in the brain, memory storage. Guh, inside of my head unforgivable shock is being inflicted. Guh! My breath is escaping inside the water! Suddenly looking up, I found Koneko chan having her hand in the form of a chop. “……Won’t you look at Asia-senpai’s swimming next?”
Koneko-chan seemed to be sullen. On the side Asia was teary eyed. “Uh, even I, even I…..!”
Ah, somehow even Asia looked sullen. While I was coughing, I once again said to Asia. “Alright, next is Asia. Are you ready?”
“…..Yes. I’ll be under you care.”
Like this, we moved next onto Asia’s swimming lesson. “…..Aaaaaah, I am tired.”
By the poolside Asia was going to sleep on the vinyl sheet spread out. I helped her out with pedalling practice by grabbing her hand but maybe because she was pumped up beyond expectation, we completed the course many times. Pool exercises require more energy than ground exercises after all. For Asia who isn’t really good at exercise, it must have been exhausting. Koneko-chan is also by the poolside under the shadow resting while reading a book. Fuu. I also let out my breath and sat down beside Asia. I thought that after becoming a devil my physical strength improved quite a bit, but this time I was tired. Practising on your own and helping out in another person’s practice are like two different things after all. Not to mention the partner was a girl. [z….zzz….] Sound of sleeping? Looking at the side, Asia was sleeping due to being tired. Man, that’s a cute sleeping face. I definitely won’t send her for marriage. A red bat comes flying towards me who is being healed by Asia’s sleeping face. It’s Buchou’s familiar bat. After suddenly feeling someone’s gaze on me, I turned my head around, on the other side of the pool was Buchou. There was something that looked like a small bottle in her hand. Is that----oil? Cream? While smiling, she was beckoning me. Her mouth moved silently. ---Come here. Uooooooooooooooooooooh! I-It can’t be! Feeling something by intuition, I ran towards Buchou’s side with God like speed! There was only 1 thing that I was expecting in my mind! That’s it, right! There’s nothing except that! --Oiling in mid summer! I-It can’t be anything else other than oiling Buchou’s body! You can even say that the oil massage is what you imagine in your dreams! For the unpopular me it’s like an illusion! To think that I can use both my hands on Buchou’s soft body as much as I want! Uoooh! Just by my delusions blood is gushing out from my nose! “Hyo-Hyoudou Ise has arrived!”
Looking at the excited servant who appeared in front of her, Buchou showed a surprised expression for a moment but immediately smiles strangely. “Sheesh, you really are. I just beckoned you here, you know?”
“Wh….”
My heart was seen through by her. I immediately blushed. Uwaah, I am embaraaaaaaaaaased! I-I was certain that she would say that I oil her! This is a bit sad. No this doesn’t do. Since I was called by Buchou, I want to accomplish some order of hers. Since I am Buchou’s pawn. …..But, oiling……
“Don’t make such a face Ise. The reason I called you is just that.”
“Huh?”
My voice came out in the pause. Which means? “Devils won’t be sunburned. But, sunlight is a foreign enemy.”
Buchou handed me the small bottle in her hand. “That’s a special beauty oil. Would you apply it on my back?”
“Yes! With pleasure!”
I replied without even a hairs breadth! That’s obvious! My brain understood the situation in just a moment! I did it! Oiling exists! I thought it was a situation that was in my dreams but it really existed after all! My tears won’t stooooooop! “Then, shall we get ready immediately?”
Gently. Without any hesitation Buchou removes the bra of her bikini in front of me. Purun! As the thing holding them wasn’t present, the naked boobs showed themselves! Good afternoon! How many times does this make it that I have contacted these boobs-sama ? Wait, that’s not it! Buchou! Is it really alright to remove your bra without hesitation in daytime in front of me who’s a boy? The stream of blood that’s pushing down. By pressing my nose I somehow managed to stop it but maybe because of my perverted nature, my gaze is concentrating on the boobs! Aah, Buchou! Those are some pretty pink nipples! “Bu-Buchou! If you remove your bra without hesitation like that then even my heart’s readiness would be…! Wait, at this place! In front of a boy! Is it alright to remove it?”
“Yeah, since there’s no other boy other than you here, I am alright with it.”
Buchou answers back with a smile! Aah, if you say it like that, I am deeply moved! Wait, does she think of me as a boy? I am a boy but it’s alright since I am her servant? Uh, I don’t understand. But looking at the situation it’s a big reward! Buchou lay with her front on the vinyl sheet, moved away her crimson hair and had her back faced towards me. Aaaaaah, that white skin is dazzling! Since she was front side down, those voluminous boobs were spreading out through the sides. Awesome! I want to press my fingers on those boobs that have spread out! Wait, if there’s a chance won’t I be able to use my boosted gear’s double power and transfer it!? “Now, go on.”
P-Permission to touch Buchou’s body just came out! It’s alright to touch that soft white skin with my hands! Maybe I was born for this day! Mother, Father, thank you very much! I am once again going one step ahead! Matsuda, Motohama! I am climbing the steps to adulthood more and more! You guys can crawl on the ground! I am going to fly today! By touching Buchou’s body my wings will grow out! After obscenely moving the fingers of both hands, I went to touch Buchou’s white skin. Uwaah, it’s amazing, it feels soft and slippery…. I am sure if I rub it, it would go boing boing…
I put the special formula oil of the devils on my hands, and rub it on my hands many times. Now, towards the mystery of the female body! Pito, nyuruuuuuu. After touching her, while spreading the oil I try and spread it on her entire skin. Ah! Damn! Buchou’s skin is amazing after all! After slipping so much my hands feel that even they would become slippery! Not to mention on touching, everywhere is so soft that it would stretch in my hands! | text_4 |
While pressing her skin with my fingertips, the nerves in my fingertips feel like they are overjoyed by having the upper class elasticity between them! Applying uniformly on the back, I am doing it thoroughly enough to be called futile! I couldn’t touch the side boobs because I was lacking in courage! While saying my hand slipped if I touched them, if it’s Buchou she would forgive me. But, thinking about the feelings of guilt that would be born from doing that, I couldn’t do it. Uh! I want to touch those boobs that have been spread ooooooooooooout! Although I plan on running my fingers on Buchou’s back to such an extent that it had no meaning behind it, but if I do it too conspicuously, she’ll probably get mad. But, I want to touch Buchou’s skin forever! “Hey, Ise.”
“Y-Yes!”
“On my body, there’s no place that you haven’t touched now. Somehow this body seems to be controlled by Ise.”
“-------!”
With Buchou’s stimulating and fascinating line my brain got beaten! Why can Buchou speak such Japanese that can tickle a pervert’s heart?! “Do you want to rub oil on my breasts as well?”
........
Buchou’s beautiful Japanese is penetrating my ears! My tears started overflowing! “Y-Yes! Of course! B-But is it alright?”
I asked to confirm once but Buchou responded while smiling with a nod. “It’s fine. Do it carefully later. Ufufu, Ise really likes girl’s breasts right?”
“Yes! I really love them!”
I affirm it while tears are flowing down! I really like them! I really love them! It’s the thing that I love the most in this world! Boobs are justice! I want to rub them! I want to suck them! Ah, my Onee-sama! I am being really spoiled by Buchou! It’s the best, Master! “Ise-kun ♪, would you apply oil on me as well?”
[Squeeze]
Something soft, elastic is sticking to my back! T-This feeling! I remember this! After turning back my head, unexpectedly Akeno-san’s face appeared over my shoulder. Nuaaaah! A-Akeno-san! When did you! Squeeze. She spreads her arms around my body even more, and is hugging me from behind! Uwaaaah! The sensation of her boobs hitting my back is being conveyed from skin-----. Wait, cloth-----there’s no sensation of a swimsuit coming from my back?! I-It can’t be…. direct touch?! Akeno-san, did you take of your swimsuiiiiiiiiiit!? “Ara ara, it’s unfair that it’s just Buchou.”
Akeno-san says to Buchou as if she’s criticising her. While pressing her boobs against my back! On my back the soft object is moving as it wants! Kuh! It’s purposeful! She’s pressing it purposefullyyyyyyy! Wait, it’s not just the pointed tip, this stiff swelling feeling as well! My hands stopped without doing much! Naturally! If you have this done to you, even if you’re in the middle of your heart’s desire of applying oil, you will stop! Aaaaaaaaaah! Akeno-san’s boobs, the elasticity is good, the softness is good, I am feeling a definite existence, it’s really amazing! Just by having big boobs being pressed on your back, you can feel the difference in thickness and heaviness! “H-Hey, Akeno. You know my oiling isn’t over yet? A-And also I told you not to tempt my Ise like that, right?”
Buchou just lifts up her upper half, her eye balls were looking fierce. It’s clear that she’s displeased! Wait! Bu-Buchou! If you lift your upper half while your bra was off…. It’s completely visible! I can see everything of your boobs! In front of my eyes, her nipples are swaying in mid aiiiiiir! Amazing! Just by Buchou moving a bit they shake in small cuts! [Pita]
Akeno-san places her face on my shoulder. Just like that, our cheeks stick with each other, and rub each other! In my whole body something unknown races around! “Hey, Ise-kun. Buchou is scary. I normally run around and get tired out, I just want to release the built up thing in my cute Kouhai.”
God. Guh! I am being bitten on the ear by Akeno-san, meeeeeeeee! Akeno-san is too erotic, as expected I couldn’t even quiver! This person is really erotic, I am an erotic devil so my movements are being sealed! I want to try to make sure that my nosebleed doesn’t start gushing out! But it’s strange! Drip by drip from my nostril it sometimes leaks out! “Really, Ise-kun is cute. Buchou, won’t you give Ise to me? In the future, when I am standing under Buchou’s orders alone, I want to take this boy along with me after all.”
“No! That boy is mine! I definitely won’t give him to you!”
“There’s no other boy as wonderfully cute as him. ----Then, it’s alright for me to be affectionate to him with ecchi ways occasionally, right?”
“That’s prohibited! I don’t want the Ise of right now to know any girls other than me. W-Well, if it’s Asia then it can’t be helped but….. But, if the partner is you, Ise will really become a beast.”
“Ara ara, that’s an extreme way of saying it. Don’t you think that boys are best when they’re beasts? While Buchou is hesitating….Ise’s chastity, I’ll—”
“I won’t give him! That isn’t a joke!”
Uoooooh! It’s a struggle between the King and Queen for me who is a pet! Aaaaaaah, I am fine being a pet! Please call me a vulgar cur! Princess, Queen-sama! “By the way, Ise-kun.”
Akeno-san! Don’t speak close to my ears! Her breath is hitting------me! Don’t blow upon me! Why is this person so erotic!? “Did you suck Buchou’s breasts?”
“N-No, I couldn’t suck them!”
“Ara ara, poor you. Really Buchou, even though you pamper Ise but those points of yours, your guard is really stiff.”
Akeno-san says it challengingly. While talking to me, she is actually directing her words towards Buchou! Buchou’s facial expression also gradually starts changing down towards a grim look! S-scary! “If that’s the case, in replacement I will let you suck m-i-n-e.”
…….. In that instant, my thoughts flew away. ……Eh? Just now, what did you say……? Before even coming to an understanding of Akeno-san’s words, Erotic Queen resumed her sensual temptation. “Right now, the thing that’s sliding on Ise-kun’s back, I’ll allow you to hold it in your mouth. Is what I said, right? Do you get it?”
On my back Akeno-san’s nipples are dancing! I understood that my whole body cheered up. No matter how much Akeno-san teases her kouhai, me, i-if she does this…..
“While moving your tongue, rolling around the pointed tip, you can suck it like a kid, suck wildly with your instincts as an animal….. It’s my first time having a boy suck my boobs so I can’t imagine what might happen…..”
Maybe it’s because of Akeno-san’s rough breathing, it’s attacking close to my ears! I-I am being attacked by wordsssss! Is this Akeno-san’s S side? It’s too stimulating that my mind’s blown away! Hyu! Bon! Something passes beside me, in the back I hear something crackling to pieces. Fearfully looking back, one of the pool’s diving boards had disappeared. Taking a glance at Buchou’s direction, in the palm of her projected hand is an aura of demonic power! Did you destroy it?! Facing this direction?! “Akeno. Aren’t you going too overboard? You, aren’t you forgetting that you’re my servant?”
Buchou lets out a voice that worked on DOS. | text_4 |
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