High School DxD:Volume 1 Life 0

The same colour as that person's hair. That's what I thought while I looked at my hand covered in blood. Red Crimson red hair which is more brilliant than strawberry-blonde. Yes that person's long and beauti!ul crimson hair has the same colour as the colour my hand is covered in.

Life.0
"youdou Issei that is my name. #y parents and guys at school call me $Ise%. I&m a second year high school student who is currently e'periencing the time o! his youth. There was a time when a student who I'd never met be!ore said $Isn&t that Ise(% so I really don&t know )ust how much my name is known to others. I'm une'pectedly popular you say( *o that isn&t the case. +!ter all I'm so !amous !or being really lecherous that I even got accused o! peeping inside the ,irls -endo Club's changing room. I won&t do such a shameless thing as peeping into the girls' changing room.. I&m sorry. I was at the scene. I was in the storage room ne't to the -endo Club. I was trying to peep !rom the hole on the wall in the -endo Club&s storage room. /n!ortunately I couldn&t have a look. That&s because #atsuda and #otohama wouldn&t get away !rom the hole. 0eriously those guys.. I couldn&t calm mysel! down when those two idiots said things like $1hhh2 #urayama seriously has big tits2% and $+hhh -atase sure has nice legs%. 1! course I wanted to have a look2 3ut there were guys approaching the storage room so I ran !rom the scene. "owever something really bliss!ul happened to a guy like me who would be doing all sorts o! perverted stu!! every day. $4lease go out with me.% + con!ession !rom a girl2 I !elt what it was like to be a youth. 5or a guy like me who didn&t have a girl!riend it was like a dream come true. The name o! my girl!riend is +mano Yuuma-chan. 0he is a girl with silky black hair and a slender body. 0he&s so cute that I !ell in love with her at !irst sight. 6on&t you say $1-% right away i! some beauty comes up to you and say $"youdou-kun2 I love you2 4lease go out with me2%( That will be like something out o! a dream !or a guy like me whose age e7uals the number o! years I didn&t have a girl!riend.

It won&t be weird i! someone says $6hat bishou)o game did you get that !rom(% but it seriously happened2 + miracle certainly did occur2 I was con!essed to2 5rom a beauti!ul girl2 I actually thought it was a prank. I even thought several times that it was the result o! a penalty game and that her !riends were looking at us !rom elsewhere. That can&t be helped. /ntil then I believed that I was a guy born to be unpopular with girls. 3ut ever since that day I became a guy with a girl!riend. The world around me changed. I don&t know how to e'plain it but my heart was at peace. I wanted to say $It&s my win2% to every guy I walked past. I started to !eel sorry !or my two buddies #atsuda and #otohama who didn&t have a girl!riend. That&s how con!ident I became. 1n our !irst date a!ter we started dating I was ready to use the plan that I had made a while back. 5u!u!u I&ve brushed my teeth do8ens o! times since yesterday night. There is not a single place I missed. I even bought new pants. You can&t tell what will happen a!ter all. I arrive to the date spot with the attitude o! a super virgin guy. I arrive at the meeting spot three hours be!ore Yuuma-chan did. I counted up to a hundred girls who wore glasses walking pass in !ront o! me2 9uring that time I received a suspicious lea!let !rom a weird person handing out lea!lets. It was an occult-looking thing with a weird magic-circle and a sentence - $Your dream will be granted2% - written. ......I want to throw it away but I decide to put it in my pocket since I can&t throw it away now. 6hen Yuuma-chan arrived I said this. $9on&t worry I also )ust got here.% 3ullseye2 I was able to say it. I always wanted to say that2 Then we walked while holding hands. I was really touched. To have a date while holding hands with my beauti!ul girl!riend2 I was so moved that I was about to burst into tears. I shouldn&t rush it. It&s not the time to panic yet. +!ter that we en)oyed our date by going to a clothing store and having a look at decorations !or our rooms. 5or lunch we ate at a !amily restaurant )ust like how a normal high school student would and Yuuma-chan was eating her chocolate par!ait deliciously. #y stomach was !ull )ust by looking at her. Yeah I !elt as i! I understood how other teenagers !eel when they go on a date. I !elt as i! I was alive !or the !irst time. #um thanks !or giving birth to me. 9ad I was worried that I wouldn't be able to continue our !amily line but it looks like you don&t have to worry about that any more. +s I was thinking about all those sorts o! things it was already a!ternoon. It&s the clima'2

-iss2( + kiss be!ore going home2( #y head got hyped )ust by thinking about that2 1h maybe we will go even !urther2 That&s what a horny male high school student like me is thinking. 6e are at the park that is away !rom the town. There is no sign o! people and no one is here besides us. Thanks to that my erotic imaginations builds up. I should have read a book that teaches you to do even more naughty stu!!2 Yuuma-chan already let go o! my hand and she is standing be!ore the !ountain. $It sure was !un today.% Yuuma-chan smiles while having the !ountain behind her. -uu2 9amn she&s cute. The sunset which is behind her gave a good atmosphere. $"ey Ise-kun.% $6hat is it Yuuma-chan(% $There is something I want to do to celebrate our !irst date. Can you listen to my wish(% 1h yeah. It&s here2 This is it2 This must be it2 The smell o! my breath2 Checked2 #y mental preparedness2 "mm2 #y heart is beating so !ast:2 $6-6hat is the w-wish you want(% +aaaagh. The tone o! my voice is deep. 0he will !ind out that I&m thinking o! something idiotic2 I made the dumbest mistake a!ter coming this !ar.. 3ut Yuuma-chan )ust smiles at me. 0he then says it to me clearly. $6ill you die !or me(% ............ ......;h( 6hat was that( $......;h( That is......huh sorry can you repeat that again( I think there's something wrong with my ears.% I must have heard it wrong. That&s what I thought. That must be it. 0o I ask her again. 3ut...... $6ill you die !or me(% 0he clearly says it to me again. 6hile laughing. "er words didn&t make any sense. The moment I was about to say $That&s so !unny Yuuma-chan% with a smile...... 5<+4 3lack wings appear !rom her back. 0he then starts to !lap her wings. The black !eathers !loat in the air and then drops down to my !eet. 6hat is that( ;h( Certainly Yuuma-chan is cute like an angel but..

+ngel( *o there&s no way that can be true. Is it some kind o! acting( #y beauti!ul girl!riend who is !lapping her wings while the sun sets behind her. It looks like a scene !rom a !antasy story. 3ut there is no way I can believe something like this. "er cute looking eyes change into cold scary eyes. $It was !un. The short time I spent with you. It was like playing house with a little child.% Yuuma-chan&s voice sounds very cold. "er tone is like an adult's. "er mouth is !orming a cold smile. 3/== + sound much heavier than the noise that a game console makes vibrates in the air. It&s making a lot o! bu88ing noise and it appears in her hands. It looks like a spear. Is it glowing( It seems like it&s a bulk o! lights or something.. +ctually that is a spear. "Y/ The sound o! the wind. + nasty noise !ollows a!ter it. 91*2 The moment I thought something gra8ed my stomach the spear which was in Yuuma-chan&s hand pierces my stomach. 0he threw that at me...... 3ut rather than that why( I tried to pull the spear out o! me but it disappears. The only thing le!t was a huge hole in my stomach. +nd blood which is !lowing out !rom it. 3lood. 3lood. #y head got di88y and my eyesight became blurry. I was already lying on the ground and by the time I realised it my legs lost their balance. 5ootsteps close in on me while I&m on the ground. + small voice vaguely reaches me. It&s Yuuma-chan. $0orry. You were a threat to us so we decided to get rid o! you early. I! you want to hold a grudge then hate the ,od who put the 0acred ,ear inside you.% ......0acred what......( I can&t even ask her a 7uestion and I&m in a state where I&m down on the ground. "er !ootsteps get !urther away !rom me. +t the same time I started to lose my consciousness. The hole in my stomach. It must be !atal. I don&t !eel any pain. 3ut I realised that I was in a seriously bad condition because I could !eel that I was about to lose consciousness. It must !eel nice i! I lose consciousness now as i! I&m going to sleep. 3ut i! that happens I will certainly die. +re you serious......( +m I going to die at this age( I haven&t even lived hal! o! my li!e yet2

"ow can I laugh i! I die because I was stabbed by my girl!riend at this weird park2 -u.. #y consciousness starts to !ade away while I was having such thoughts.. It !eels like many things inside me are disappearing...... 1h yeah I wonder what&s going to happen at school tomorrow( 6ill #atsuda and #otohama be shocked( 6ill they cry !or me( *o way not them...... #um 9ad.. I haven&t done anything to please them yet as their child...... Rather......it&s not going to be !unny i! they !ind those porno maga8ines I was secretly hiding a!ter my death...... ......6hy the heck am I only thinking o! these kinds o! things when I&m about to die..( #y hands......can still move...... I touched my stomach and brought it in !ront o! me. Its red...... Crimson red. This is my blood. #y whole hand is red. This is all my blood. Then she came into my mind. The one who I&m imagining is that one girl. The beauty with the crimson hair. ;very time I saw her my eyes was drawn to her crimson hair. ......I! I was going to die I wish it was inside the arms o! a beauti!ul girl like that...... I started to !eel like I am cheating on my girl!riend Yuuma-chan because I am having these thoughts. "old on that Yuuma-chan was the one who killed me...... ......3ut i! I was to die I want to die a!ter groping Yuuma-chan&s oppai...... "aha my perverted illusions don't stop even be!ore I die...... +aah my eyes got even more blurry...... Is it !inally the end !or me......( 9amn it was really a boring li!e...... ......I! I was to be reborn I want to be...... $0o you were the one who called me.% 0uddenly someone appears in !ront o! me and she talks to me. I can&t tell who it is since my eyes are blurry. $<ooks like you are dying. Your wound......oh my looks like something interesting is happening to you. 0o it&s you.. This truly is interesting.% 0he&s laughing as i! she !ound something interesting. ......I wonder what's so !unny...... $I! you are dying then I&ll pick it up. Your li!e that is. 5rom now you will live !or me.% 3e!ore I lost consciousness I saw brilliant crimson hair in !ront o! me.

Life.1 I Quit Being a Human

Part 1
>6+-; /42 6+-; /42 I5 Y1/ 91*'T 6+-; /4 I&# ,1I*, T1 ---I00 Y1/..? $../mm.% It&s an alarm clock which wakes you up with a tsundere voice but it doesn&t have a !unction to wake up its owner !rom his bed. That owner !ell to the !loor and has )ust seen a nightmare. That's me. ..It's the worst way to wake up. I had that aw!ul dream again. <ately I&ve been having that same dream. The dream where I was killed by Yuuma-chan. 3ut since I&m here alive it has to be a dream. $6ake up2 Ise2% #um&s voice comes !rom the stairs. @ust like every morning. $I know2 I will get up now2% +!ter giving a reply like that I pick mysel! up !rom the !loor. "aa.. #y day is o!! to a bad start again. I !eel so down.. I put on my uni!orm while making a deep sigh.

Part 2
$I&m o!! then.% I yawn as I leave the house. 9uring the walk to school I can&t help but close my eyes due to the sunlight. +aah it's so bothersome. <ately I've been starting to !eel weak under the sun. It !eels like the sunlight is piercing through my skin and I can&t stand it. +nyway the morning sunshine is no good to me. I can&t wake up in the morning at all. 0ince I haven't been able to wake up lately my mum has been coming to wake me up every day. 1n the other hand I become more active at night. There is something inside my body that rises up and makes my tension go high. I&ve completely become a night person. It&s weird. 0omething is wrong. I o!ten stay up late but it's a miracle i! I'm able to even stay awake till A o'clock. 3ut now I can easily stay awake till B or C o'clock. I've been going to sleep a!ter the sun rises lately and that has been my daily routine. I&m not addicted to on-line games nor am I addicted to night shows.

..6hat&s happening to my body( Is my brain trying not to sleep so I don&t have to see that dream where my girl!riend kills me( ..6ell that&s what I !eel personally so that can&t be it. It&s natural !or the body to !eel the need to sleep. The !eeling I have at night I think it&s something completely di!!erent !rom be!ore. I don&t know how to e'plain it but my body !eels pumped and I have a !eeling something mysterious is rising !rom the depth o! my body. 0o I went out at night to test it. The walking pace o! my !eet increased and my heart shook with )oy when I blended in with the darkness o! the night. I dashed out at night on a whim and to my surprise it gave me incredible speed. I! I )oin the track team I can easily become the main runner. +lso I don&t run out o! stamina. I have so much stamina that I can do a !ull marathon as i! I&m )ust )ogging. I became over-con!ident and when I sprinted during the day it was so horrible that I thought my stamina at night was a dream. *o it&s an average speed !or a high school student but there's a huge di!!erence when comparing my night-self and my day-self. I become weird at night. It might sound like a phrase coming !rom a weird person saying it like this but the !eeling I have at night o! being unleashed and the e'citement I have is changing me into a di!!erent person. /ggh..like I thought the sunlight is giving me a hard time.. /nlike at night I become totally weak during the day. *o matter how much I think about it something is de!initely wrong with my body. I can't help but think that my body changed ever since that day I went on a date with Yuuma-chan.

Part 3
+ private school. -uou +cademy. That&s the school I go to. It&s a co-;d school right now but since it was a girl&s school until a couple o! years ago there are more girls than boys. +s the grade goes down the number o! boys increases but there are still more girls than boys overall. I&m a Dnd year high school student and the ratio o! girls and boys in my class are E to B. 5or Brd year students it&s F to D. ;ven now the girls have a much stronger authority than boys and the ma)ority o! the students in the 0tudent Council are girls and the 0tudent 4resident is also a girl. It&s a school where boys can&t stand tall but I still )oined this school. It&s a simple story. This place has more girls. That alone is a wonder!ul thing2 The reason why I was able to pass the entrance e'am !or this school which is said to be really hard is due to my perverted guts. I want to study while being surrounded by girls5or that reason alone I am currently attending this school.

6hat&s wrong with that2 6hat&s wrong with being a pervert2( It&s my li!e2 I won&t let anyone argue against me2 I&m going to build a harem at this school2 +nd so that was my mission when I !irst entered this school. 3ut now I !eel depressed. I was naGve !or thinking I can make D or B girl!riends at this school where the ma)ority o! students are girls. 1nly one group o! good looking guys are popular and girls don&t even look at me. To be more precise they ignore me like trash lying on the !loor. 0hit2 This wasn&t in my plan2 *onsense2 In my plan I was supposed to get my !irst girl!riend straight a!ter I entered this school2 +!ter that I will have broken up with her and started dating a new girl and by the time I graduated heaps o! girls were supposed to !ight over me in a 3attle Royale2 +-+t this rate my ob)ective will end in a dream2 6ait is that already a dream2( 6hat was wrong with it2( The era I was born in( The law( 1r..is there something wrong with me..( /waaaaaaah2 I don&t want to even think about it2 Those are the things that go through my mind every day. I arrive at my classroom while making a big sigh and sit down on my chair. $"ey buddy. "ow was the 9H9 I lent you( It was some good stu!! wasn&t it(% The bald head guy who spoke to me is my buddy number A #atsuda. "e might look like a sportsman but he is a pervert who makes se'ually harassing comments every day. "e was a sports-boy during his time in )unior high school where he broke many records but he&s in the 4hoto-Club now. "e is really open about his ambition o! wanting to take photos o! every part o! the girls' bodies through the camera lens. "is nickname is the $4erverted 3aldy% and the $0e'ual "arassing 4apara88i%. $5u..the wind sure was strong this morning. Thanks to that I was able get a good view o! the girls& panties.% The guy with the glasses who is trying to act cool is my buddy number D #otohama. "e has a special ability called 0couter that lets him get the numerical values o! the girls& measurements through his glasses. +long with a special body where his power level plummets down when he takes his glasses o!!. "is nickname is the $4erverted ,lasses% and the $Three-si8e 0couter%. These two are my evil buddies. 0eriously seeing these two !aces in the morning really makes me !eel down. I !eel sick. $I got some nice stu!!%. #atsuda opens his bag and tips out the things inside his bag without any hesitation. The books and 9H9s which are being piled up on my desk have suggestive titles. $"ee2%

+ small scream comes !rom a girl !ar away !rom us. 6ell o! course she will react like that. +!ter all something like this is happening in the morning. 6hat I hear ne't !rom the girls are discriminating comments like $You guys are the worst:% and $9ie !ilthy brats%. $0ilence2 This is our entertainment2 ,irls and kids should look away and keep away2 1r else I will rape all o! you inside my head2% Your words are vulgar as always #atsuda-kun. *ot long ago I would have said $6ow where did you get these treasures !rom2% with sparkling eyes at the things piled on my desk. 3ut since I've been in a terrible state every morning lately I&m not in the mood. #atsuda sighs while looking at my dull !ace. $"ey hey hey. 6hy do you have a !ace like that when there are so many treasures right in !ront o! you(% $You haven&t been in the mood lately. 6eird. It&s de!initely weird. You aren't the same as be!ore.% #otohama also says that while poking his glasses as i! he !inds me boring. $I also want to say $6ow2 6here did you get these !rom2( +re you trying to turn me into a monkey2(%. 3ut I&ve been lacking energy lately.% $9o you have some kind o! illness( *o it can&t be. There is no way that you the mani!estation o! all se'ual desires would !all sick.% #otohama makes a rude comment about me. "e really is a rude guy. Then #atsuda makes a gesture with his hand as i! he realised something. $1h is it that( Is it the side e!!ect o! that hallucination about the imaginary girl!riend you have( Yuuma-chan was it(% $..9o you guys seriously not remember Yuuma-chan(% 3oth o! them look at me with sympathetic eyes at my 7uestion. $<ike we said be!ore we seriously don&t know her. You should really get a doctor to check you. Right #otohama(% $Yeah I&m going to repeat this again but we weren&t introduced to a girl called Yuuma-chan.% ..They always act like this every time I ask them about Yuuma-chan. I thought they were )ust teasing me. 3ut a!ter talking to them seriously I !ound out that wasn&t the case. I de!initely remember introducing Yuuma-chan to them. They said things like $"ow come a beauty like her is Ise&s girl!rieeeeend2(% and $There must be a system error happening in this world... Ise you haven&t done anything illegal have you(% and kept on making rude comments. I remember I was getting cocky and said $You guys should get a girl!riend as well%. I remember that time very clearly. 3ut they don&t remember it. *o what they don&t even remember is Yuuma-chan. It&s as i! +mano Yuuma never e'isted. It&s as i! the time I spent with Yuuma-chan never happened. <ike these two said it !eels like it was )ust my imagination.

<ike these two proved there is no record o! Yuuma&s mobile number or mail address in my mobile phone. 6as it deleted !rom the memory( 9id someone delete it( That can&t be2 There&s no way I would delete it so who did2( I called the number that I memorised in my head but that phone number wasn&t currently in use. 0o does that mean she doesn't e'ist( 6as it all my imagination( 0omething cra8y like that isn&t possible.. I want to deny it but apart !rom my memory there is no evidence to prove that she e'isted. I! I think about it I don&t know her home address. 0he was a student !rom another school. I !ound the school where they wore the same uni!orm as her. 0o I asked the students !rom that school about Yuuma-chan. 3ut there wasn&t a student !itting her description. 0he wasn&t there. 0o who was my girl!riend( 6ho was I dating( 0o the dream I&ve been having is )ust a !antasy that I made up( 6as I talking to #atsuda and #otohama about my dream as i! it was all reality( 6hat am I a pervert( I clearly remember her !ace you know( ..There&s something wrong about all o! this. <ike the strange strength I get at night. 0omething is de!initely wrong. 3ut what is it( 6hile I&m thinking about the past incidents #atsuda rests his hand on my shoulder. $6ell we are in the middle o! our youth so something weird stu!! like that can happen to us. 1kay then you guys come over to my place a!ter school. <et&s watch my secret collection together.% $That&s an e'cellent idea. #atsuda-kun you should de!initely invite Ise-kun as well.% $1! course I'm going to invite him #otohama-kun. 6e are high school boys who move with se'ual desires. I! we don&t do anything perverted it would be disrespect!ul to our parents who gave birth to us.% The two o! them smirk lecherously. 4erverts. *o matter how you look at them they are )ust some perverted creeps. +nd sadly I am one o! them. 6ell never mind. I also live !or these kinds o! things. $1kay then2 Today we won&t hold back2 6e&ll get some !i88y drinks and chips while watching porn 9H9s2% I say because I can&t be bothered to think. $1h2 Yeah that&s it2 That&s de!initely the Ise we know2% $That&s the spirit. 6e need to en)oy our youth even more.% #atsuda and #otohama are getting all e'cited. I will leave the incident about Yuuma-chan on hold. I need to take a break sometimes as well2 Today I will !orget about that incident and get hooked into

porn like how a boy in our age does2 It happened a!ter we made the plan !or the a!ternoon. There was a crimson colour that caught my attention. + brilliant crimson colour The school yard can be seen !rom the classroom window. I have my eyes glued towards a certain girl. The girl with crimson red hair. 1ur school idol whose beauty is beyond a normal human's. "er slim proportions aren't the shape o! a @apanese girl. 1! course. 0he isn&t @apanese a!ter all. I heard people say that she is !rom *orthern ;urope. It seems like she is attending a @apanese high school due to her !ather&s work. +nyone will get their heart taken by her a!ter witnessing her beauty. Rias ,remory. 0he is a Brd year student o! this school. 0o that makes her my senior. 6hen I realise it everyone including me is looking at her as well both boys and girls. #atsuda and #otohama are also looking at her. This happens every morning. ;veryone looks at her when she walks past them. 0ome people stop walking. 1thers stop talking. ;veryone turns around to look at her. The wind gently blows her crimson hair while every student in this school watches her. "er long crimson hair which comes down to her hips makes her surrounding look like it&s coloured in crimson as well when the wind blows her hair. "er beauti!ul skin which is white as snow is remarkable. 3eauti!ul. That&s the only word to describe her in one word. That&s the only word you need to describe her. I was also !ascinated by her beauty and noble atmosphere. I'm so !ascinated by her that I always stop what I'm doing every time I see her. 3ut lately the way I see her has changed. 0he is de!initely beauti!ul. 3ut she is too beauti!ul. I start to !eel a little bit scared o! her beauty and !ear her !rom the bottom o! my heart. I don&t know why I start to !eel like this. 3ut I've started to !eel like this ever since Yuuma-chan&s disappearance. Then her eyes move. "er clear blue eyes grasps hold o! me. 2 I !eel as i! my heart is being grabbed by her. 6hat is this !eeling( It&s that !eeling you get when someone who is more superior to you is standing in !ront o! you.. 0he narrows her blue eyes and it seems like she is smiling. Is she looking at me( It can&t be. I don&t have any connection to her. Then I suddenly remember something !rom the dream I had.

+t the end o! the dream there was a person with crimson hair who spoke to me. The person who seems to be gentle but also cold. 6hile I'm comparing her with the person !rom my dream she is already out o! my sight.

Part
$I seriously want to grope some tits2% I&m hugging #atsuda who can&t stop crying while all o! us are watching the last video !or our porno 9H9 marathon. +!ter leaving school we started watching porno with high spirits. 6e were all happy and e'cited when we started watching porn straight a!ter school but as we watched more porn we started to get depressed instead because the 7uestion o! $6hy don&t we have a girl!riend(% came into our discussions. I !elt like crying a!ter we discussed it seriously. #atsuda hasn&t stopped crying since B movies back. #otohama is trying to act cool but there are tears !lowing !rom his eyes behind his glasses. Thirty minutes ago #otohama said this with a low voice $..I was asked to come behind the gym by a girl... That was my !irst time getting mugged by a girl..% so even I was about to cry a!ter hearing that. I wonder what three boys who are all glum while watching porn look like( 1bviously the answer is three unpopular guys. 9amn it. I !eel like hating this world a!ter thinking that there are guys o! my age who are having se' with a girl right now. 6hile thinking about it the last !ilm ends and it is already dark outside. 6hen I look at my watch it&s already AI o&clock. I already told my parents that I&m at #atsuda&s place but they will worry about me i! I stay here any longer and I will also be late !or school tomorrow. $+nyways I&ll get going now%. +!ter I said that all o! us stood up and got ready to pack up. $0ee ya.% +!ter we split up with #atsuda at the entrance #otohama and I headed towards home. $It&s a beauti!ul night. 0ince it&s a good night it's normal to !eel like watching porn.% #otohama said some weird crap while looking at the sky with a big sigh. "e looks really down. 6ell by tomorrow both #otohama and #atsuda will return to their usual selves. $0ee ya tomorrow.% $Yeah have a nice dream.% I split up with #otohama on my way home but he doesn&t seem energetic when he&s waving his hand to me. I will probably send him a te't message a!terwards to cheer him up. + !ew minutes pass by a!ter splitting up with #otohama. I&m walking towards home but the energy !lowing within my body is rising.

It&s a symptom o! the $over!lowing with power at night% thing. <ike I thought there is de!initely something wrong with my body. This isn&t a normal phenomenon. #y eyesight improves along with my other !ive senses. #y eyes and ears became especially good. I can even hear conversations !rom other people&s houses and see the street even though it&s night. This is really weird since I can even see clearly at places where there are no street lights2 It !eels like this strength is getting stronger day by day. That&s because the chills I&m !eeling all over my body right now is the real deal2 I can !eel I&m being watched by someone !or a while now. +nd the chills I'm !eeling. I can !eel a mysterious atmosphere ahead o! me. #y body is shaking insanely. The shaking gets stronger. It&s a man. There is a man wearing a suit glaring at me. "e is glaring at me with !ierce eyes. It !eels like my body will !ree8e )ust by looking into his eyes. Isn&t this what you call killing intent( I can de!initely !eel hostility !rom him. *o this is something more dangerous. This is de!initely killing intent2 The man walks closer silently. "e&s walking towards me2 0o he is a!ter me2 + pervert2( + dangerous person2( +m I in trouble2( This is bad2 That&s because my body hasn&t stopped shaking2 6hy did I have to encounter some dangerous guy on my way home2( $This is rare. To meet someone like you in a place like this.% ....( 6hat is he saying( *o no it isn't weird i! cra8y people like him talk nonsense. 0o he is a dangerous guy a!ter all2 1h shit2 6hat should I do i! he takes out a kni!e2( I don&t know any sel! de!ence martial arts nor have I ever had a !ight be!ore2 I-I know2 #y strength which powers up during night2 That&s it2 I can use it to run away !rom here2 6alking backwards I put some distance between us. The guy who is releasing a perverted atmosphere starts to walk towards me. $Trying to run away( 6ho is your #aster( It must be a person with a very low rank or with a weird hobby to choose this place as a territory. 0o who is your #aster(% I don&t even know what the heck you are saying2 0T;42 I turn around and sprint to the place I came !rom at !ull speed. 5ast. I&m insanely !ast. It&s weird !or me to say this but the speed o! my legs during night is insane. I )ust continue to run while going through di!!erent streets at night.

I keep on running and go into un!amiliar streets. I haven&t lost my breath yet. I can keep on running. I! that&s the case then I&m going to run until he can&t catch up to me2 +!ter around AJ minutes I come into an open area. It&s a park. I stop running and walk instead. I walk up to the water !ountain while inhaling some air. I look around the park under the street lamp. 0omething !eels mysterious about this place. I know this place. I remember this park.. That&s right. This is the last place I visited on my date with Yuuma-chan2 #an what a coincidence or should I call it a miracle( 9id I come here unconsciously( That can&t be.. C"I<<0 I !eel chills on my back. 0omeone is behind me.. That&s what I !eel. I turn around slowly and a black !eather drops in !ront o! me. Is it a !eather o! a crow( *o this isn&t. $9id you think I&d let you escape( That&s why lowly beings are a pain to handle.% The person who appeared in !ront o! me is a man wearing a suit and he has black wings growing out o! his back. It&s the suspicious guy !rom be!ore. .+n angel( *o no this isn&t a !airy tale so that can&t be2( Is it cosplay( It looks too real !or cosplay. +re those r-real wings( *o way2 $Tell me the name o! your #aster. It&s a hindrance to get bothered by your kind. 5or that we will.. 6ait are you a $0tray%( I! you have no #aster then that will e'plain the worried e'pression on your !ace.% The suspicious guy is mumbling to himsel!. 9on&t make up stu!! on your own2 The situation is serious but I suddenly remember the incident I had in my dream. The dream about that date. +t the very end o! that dream I was killed by Yuuma-chan e'actly in !ront o! this water !ountain. Yeah by the Yuuma-chan who had black wings growing out o! her back. +nd there is a guy with black wings in !ront o! me. .Is this the thing where a dream becomes reality( "ey hey how did a hot chick turn into a guy2( *o that&s not important2 6hat&s important is the situation I&m currently in2 I! this is going according to that dream then the ne't thing that will happen to me is $"mph. I don&t !eel any presence o! your #aster nor your comrades. I don&t see anything that is trying to hide its presence either. +nd there's no magic-circle appearing here. +ccording to the

current situation you are a $0tray%. 0o it won&t be a problem i! I kill you.% The guy who )ust said some scary stu!! raises his hand. *o matter how you look at it his hand is directed towards me2 I can hear a noise. I know this phenomenon. 0omething that looks like light starts to gather in his hand. "old on a sec this !antasy stu!! should )ust stay in the dream2 The light then shapes itsel! into something resembling a spear. + spear 0o it is a spear2 I was pierced in my stomach by that thing in my dream and I went through hell2 I&m going to get killed2 3y the time I realise it it has already pierced my stomach. Then something comes out !rom my mouth. ,ough. <ots o! blood comes out o! my mouth !ollowed by intense pain. It hurts. It hurts so much2 I !all down on my knees on the spot. I can !eel my insides getting burnt. The pain spreads throughout my body and it hurts so much that I can&t stand it. Intense pain..doesn't even start to describe this pain2 I try to pull out the spear with my hand but the pain spreads to my hand as soon as I touch it. It&s hot. It&s e'tremely hot. There are burn marks on the places that touched the spear. $,uu..aaaah..% I start to whine. It hurts. It hurts so much2 0ince my hand is in this state is the spear burning my insides( 6hen I thought like that the pain increased. 0o this is how it !eels like to get your inside burnt( #y tears aren&t stopping due to the intense pain. 0tep step. Then there is the sound o! !ootsteps coming towards me. I look up and the mysterious man makes another spear in his hand. $It must hurt. <ight is poisonous to beings like you. ,etting hit by it will result in !atal damage. I thought this weakened spear would be enough to kill you but your body is tougher than I thought. 0o I will hit you with it again. 3ut this time I will put a bit more strength into it. *ow you are done !or.% Is he trying to !inish me o!!2( I'll be killed i! I get hit by that thing again2 +s I'm thinking I start to look back on the dream I had. Crimson. The brilliant crimson colour will.. *o there is no way she will help me. That was a dream. 0o is this also a dream then( I! it&s a dream then please help me. ;ven i! it&s a dream I don&t want to be in this situation2

"Y/ 6hen I thought I heard the sound o! the wind an e'plosion materialises in !ront o! me. 6hen I look up there is smoke coming !rom the palm o! that man&s hand. There is blood spilling out o! his hand. $9on&t you dare touch him.% + woman walks past me. Crimson hair. I can tell who it is even )ust by her back. It&s that person I saw in my dream I wasn&t able to see her !ace in that dream. 3ut now I&m certain that she was the person !rom my dream. $..Crimson hair.. You must be a woman !rom the "ouse o! ,remory..% The man glares at the woman with crimson hair with eyes !ull o! hatred. $#y name is Rias ,remory. "ow are you doing 5allen +ngel-san( I! you are trying to hurt this boy then I won&t hold back. $ Rias ,remory. Yes she is the senior student at my school. The beauty with crimson hair. $..5u!u. 6ell well. 0o this boy belongs to you. 0o this town is also part o! your territory then. 6ell then. 5or today I will apologise. 3ut I advise you not to let your servant loose. 4eople like me might slay him while having a walk.% $Thanks !or the advice. This town is under my surveillance. 0o i! you get in my way then I won&t hold back.% $I will say the same to you heiress o! the "ouse o! ,remory. #y name is 9onaseek. I hope we won&t meet again.% The man spreads his black wings and his body starts to !loat. "e then !lies up into the sky. The man glares at Rias-senpai and me once and then disappears into the sky.>A? 0o it&s sa!e now..( I !eel a bit relieved but my eyes get blurry and it !eels like my consciousness is disappearing. #y eyes blurs. "uh( Isn&t this bad( This is de!initely bad isn&t it( $+ra are you about to !aint( This is certainly a !atal wound. It can&t be helped. "ey where is your house% 0enpai speaks to me while I !all down but I can&t hear what she is saying. Then my consciousness cuts o!!.

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>..I 6I<< -I<< Y1/ I5 Y1/ 91*&T 6+-; /4 ..Y1/ 6I<< 3; C/T I*T1 4I;C;0 I5 Y1/ 91*'T 6+-; /4? 6hen I woke up it was morning. 6hat is the meaning o! this( ..9id I have a bad dream again(

That has to be a dream. 3ut it looks too real. *ow I&m here sleeping in my bed. I was woken up by the alarm clock with a yandere voice. <ooks like I was dreaming a!ter all. This time it wasn&t Yuuma-chan but a weird guy who was chasing a!ter me. 3ut they both had black wings. I shook my head. 4ull yoursel! together me. 6hy do I keep on seeing those kinds o! dreams( I! I remember correctly I went to school yesterday as usual and it was normal as usual. +!ter school I went to #atsuda&s house and had a porno marathon with him and #otohama. Then I returned home. 1n my way home I was attacked by a weird person with wings Then I realised the unusual state I was in. I&m naked. I didn&t have anything on me. 6hat the heck is this( I don&t even have my underwear on2 I&m !ully naked2 I don&t remember it. I don&t remember coming home. +m I losing my memory at this age( I also don&t have a habit o! sleeping naked either. $../nnn% 2 I heard a sweet voice. Then I care!ully looked beside me. $..0uu:suu.% There is a crimson haired girl sleeping beside me. +nd she&s naked.. "er snow-like white skin is too bright !or my eyes. "er skin looks very smooth and it&s very bad !or my eyes. .... *o matter how you look at her it&s 0enpai. 1ur academy&s Idol. "er crimson hair scattered over the pillow looks e'tremely beauti!ul. Rias ,remory-senpai. .... "uh( "uh "uh( Calm down me. 1h yeah at times like this it&s good to count prime numbers to calm down. D B J E AA AB AE AK DB.. 9aaaah22 I can&t2 I can&t calm down2 6hy am I sleeping with Rias-senpai2( 6hat happened2( 6hat happened2( *o what did I do2( 9id I do something2(

I don&t remember2 I don&t remember one bit2 6hy2( I have to remember what I did2 *o2 6hy am I in this situation2( 9id I have se' with 0enpai2( ;h( 9o people lose their virginity like this2( Impossible2 That&s impossible2 Remember me2 Try to remember valuable memories me2 6hat did I do2( 6hat kind o! stu!! was I able to do2( #y head is about to e'plode because my head is getting con!used but I get cornered in the ne't moment. $Ise2 6ake-up2 It&s already time !or school2% $1kaa-san is Ise still in his room(%>D? $1tou-san his shoes are in the entrance so he came home. ,ee82 0taying at a !riend's house so late2 1n top o! that being late !or school2 That I won&t !orgive2%>B? The conversation between my parents on the !irst !loor can even be heard up here. Then it was !ollowed by !ootsteps coming up the stairs. The !ootsteps carried the sound o! anger. It&s di!!erent !rom her usual !ootsteps. #um&s on her way2 6ait2 "old on a sec2 I! she sees this situation then it will be really bad2 $6ait2 I&m already awake2 I will get up now2% $,ee82 I won&t !orgive you any more2 6e need to have a little talk about this2% #um&s pissed2 0he&s coming2 #um is coming to my room2 There is no way I let her see the situation I am in2 $/nn.. Is it morning(% 2( 0enpai is wiping her eyes beside me2 0he woke up2 0he woke up2 ,+TC"+2 The door bursts open. +t the same time 0enpai also li!ts her upper body up. #y eyes and mum&s eyes meet each other. 0he looks mad. 0he looks very mad2 $,ood morning.% 0enpai greets my mum with a smile. #um&s eyes moves !rom me to 0enpai. Then mum&s !ace !ro8e. 0he moves her eyes to me again. I avoid eye contact. $..,;T R;+9Y L/IC-<Y.% 6hile using a machine like voice she closes the door slowly.

+!ter a moment I heard the loud noise o! her !eet heading down the stairs. $1 1 1 1 1ooooo2 1tou-san2% $6hat&s wrong 1kaa-san( You look like you )ust saw a ghost( 6as Ise doing something perverted in the morning again(% $0eeeeeeee se''''''''''22 Ise did~2 6ith a !oreigner:22% $2( 1-1kaa-san2( 1kaa-san what happened2(% $Internationaaaal:2 Ise did22% $1kaa-san2( 1kaa-san2( Calm down22 1kaa-saaaaan2% I can only cover my !ace with both my hands. It's easy to imagine what&s going on downstairs. "ow can this happen( There&s de!initely going to be a !amily discussion a!ter this2 6hat kind o! e'cuse can I use to e'plain the current situation I am in2( $Your !amily is 7uite lively in the morning.% 0enpai got up !rom my bed and went to pick up her uni!orm !rom my desk. + naked 0enpai. The naked body o! a beauti!ul girl. ../mmm you know I can see a lot o! things.. "er small hips. "er long white legs. "er thighs. "er nicely shaped butt. +nd her oppai which are 7uite enormous.. I can even see her nipples clearly2 6hy aren&t you hiding them2( 6hy aren&t you showing any sign o! hiding them2( I! I had #otohama&s $Three-si8e 0couter% I could have easily gotten her measurements accurately. Right now I&m regretting the !act that I don&t have that ability. 3ut I know one thing. I have seen lots o! women's naked bodies !rom maga8ines and videos but the beauty o! 0enpai&s body is much greater than them. "ow should I put it( +rt( + body with a per!ect shape and curves. It looks like one o! those nude body paintings or statues shown at the museum. 4er!ect. The only thing I can say is that $the beauty was still ama8ing a!ter she stripped her clothes%. 3ut staring at her is making me !eel bad. I can&t become a complete pervert. $0-0enpai2% I can&t help but say it. $6hat is it(% $1-1ppai..I can see everything2% I said it while looking away !rom her. I want to see it but that&s that. I have to endure it. $I! you want to see it then go ahead.% 0enpai says that daringly while putting on her uni!orm. 0he&s putting on a smirk. 22 @apanese words like that e'ist2(

+n electric shock went through my body2 Tears are !alling !rom my eyes because o! the phrases you can never learn about at school. I&m deeply moved by the beauti!ul phrase. $Is your stomach all right(% 0enpai asks me. 0tomach( I touch my stomach while watching 0enpai get dressed. $You were stabbed yesterday.% 2 6ith that statement I was !ully alert. ..That&s right I was stabbed by a guy with wings at the park yesterday. I was stabbed by a spear that looked like it was made up o! light. 3ut there aren&t any marks le!t on my stomach. I was sure there was a hole.. It&s not a kind o! wound that will heal in a day. There was so much blood coming out o! it. That wasn&t a dream( 1r was it a dream( $3y the way the incident !rom yesterday wasn&t a dream.% ..0enpai says it as i! she read my mind. $I-I was sure I was wounded..% $I healed it. It was critical but thanks to your tough body it was healable with my power in a night. I shared some o! my demonic powers with you by embracing you while we were naked. I was able to do it because we are !rom the same clan.% 6hat is..this person saying( "uh( "ugged each other while naked( .... ;eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh2 6ait does that mean..2 $It&s all right because I&m still a virgin.% 0he says it as i! she read my mind again. +h is that so. 5or some reason I was relieved. 1r should I be relieved( $9on&t make such a weird !ace. This world is surrounded by more mysterious things than you can imagine.% 0enpai approaches me while in her underwear. 0he starts to pat my cheek with her slim !ingers. #y !ace gets red. It can&t be helped i! my !ace gets red since a beauty like her is doing it. $I am Rias ,remory. I am a 9evil.% -9evil( "uh( + )oke( I&m not really sure.. $+nd I am your #aster. *ice to meet you "youdou Issei-kun. Can I call you Ise(%

..but her devilish smile looks real.

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$Itadakimasu.% To my grandpa in heaven. Right now in our home a beauty is drinking miso-soup ne't to me. $These are very delicious 1kaa-sama.% $Y-Yeah. T-Thank you very much.% 3oth my parents who are sitting across !rom me have weird e'pressions on their !aces. ,randpa how am I able to !i' this weird atmosphere( It&s my !irst time eating break!ast in this weird atmosphere and I&m not sure what to do in this situation. $Ise it&s the meal that 1kaa-sama made. ;at it.% 0enpai says it with elegance. 0he&s acting like an older sister. $Y-Yes2% I replied 7uickly and started to throw the !ood into my mouth. $9on&t eat it in such a vulgar way. ;at slowly so you can taste the !ood. This is the precious !ood that 1kaa-sama made !or us.% 0enpai wipes my mouth with her handkerchie!. 6hat is this( 6hat kind o! situation am I in( $I-Ise..% 9ad spoke to me with a trembling voice. You look 7uite nervous 9ad. 0o am I. $6-6here did this lady c-come !rom(% +!ter hearing that 0enpai put her chopstick down and bows her head. $..1h my I apologise !or not introducing mysel!.. I brought shame to the "ouse o! ,remory. 4lease allow me to introduce mysel!. 1kaa-sama and 1tou-sama my name is Rias ,remory. I attend the same +cademy as "youdou Issei-kun. It&s a pleasure to meet you all.%>J?>M? 0enpai smiles. 9ad responds with a weird !ace. $I-Is that so.. T-That&s ama8ing. "ahaha2 +re you !rom a !oreign country( Your @apanese is very good.% $Yes. 9ue to my !ather&s work I have been living in @apan !or a long time.% 1h. <ooks like dad is convinced. 3ut it seems like mum who is sitting beside him isn&t. $Is Rias..-san correct(% $Yes 1kaa-sama.% $6hat kind o! relationship do you have with Ise(% 2 That&s a good 7uestion it can answer the whole situation !rom earlier.

#um is curious !or her answer but 0enpai )ust continues to smile. $6e are )ust a senior and a )unior who are 7uite close to each other 1kaa-sama.% $That&s a lie2% #um re)ects the answer immediately. 1! course she would. That e'cuse won&t work 0enpai. 0ince she saw that situation that e'cuse won&t work2 $3e- be- bbbbbbbecause2 1n the bed2% $Ise said he has nightmares so I was )ust sleeping with him.% $@ust sleeping together2( 3-3oth o! you were naked2% $*owadays people sleep naked when they sleep together 1kaa-sama.% That&s a big lie. You are ama8ing 0enpai. 3ut mum becomes 7uiet at her words. $I-Is that so..( 0o people sleep together naked lately.% 1kaa-sama2( Is that all right2( You are okay with that2( Then I realise that mum&s eyes look weird. They look empty as i! she was possessed by something. +!ter that 0enpai whispers in my ear. $..I&m sorry. It looked like it would become troublesome so I used my power.% 4ower( Then I remember what she said earlier. I am a 9evil. ..9evil. Then this is also because o! a 9evil's power( 0enpai resumes eating her break!ast. 6hen I checked dad also had hollow eyes. 9id she use her power on him as well..( + 9evil. 6hat is going on(

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#orning walk to school. I&m walking towards school but I&m having a hard time because o! the way other students are looking at me. That can&t be helped. *e't to me is our school&s idol ,remory-senpai. +nd I am walking like her servant because I am carrying her bag. $6hy is someone like him..% $6hy is someone vulgar like him ne't to Rias-oneesama..% I can hear the screams o! both boys and girls !rom every direction. There are some students who !ainted because o! the shock. Is it that bad2( Is it that bad !or me to walk besides 0enpai2(

6e walk through the school gate and I split with 0enpai at the entrance. $I will send someone to get you. <et&s meet again later.% 0he says that while smiling. 0end someone( 6hat does she mean( I&m not 7uite sure but I walked towards the classroom. 6hen I open the door everyone stares at me. 6ell that's be normal since I was with Rias-senpai. 3+*,2 0omeone hit my head !rom behind. 6hen I turned around #atsuda is standing there. #otohama is beside #atsuda as well. $,ive me an e'planation2% #atsuda shouts while crying. 5rom his e'pression I can guess what he wants to say. $/ntil yesterday we were the $/npopular +lliance% comrades2% $Ise !irst o! all e'plain it to us. 6hat happened a!ter we split(% /nlike #atsuda who is !urious #otohama is acting all calm while !i'ing his glasses although his eyes are really sharp. 3oth o! you are scaring me. 3ut I laugh and then ask them with a con!ident voice2 $,uys have you ever seen real tits be!ore(% 6ith that one sentence both o! them tremble in !ear.

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+!ter school. $"i. "ow are you doing(% I look at the male student who came to see me through hal!-lidded eyes. The guy in !ront o! me is our school&s number A best looking prince -iba Yuuto. "e captured the hearts o! the girls in our school with this smile o! his. 3y the way he&s in the same year as me. Though he&s !rom a di!!erent class. You can hear girls screaming with )oy !rom the classroom and the corridor. 0hut up. It&s so damn noisy in here. $0o what business do you have here(% I reply to him in a dismissive tone voice but -iba responds without breaking his smile. $I came here by the order o! Rias ,remory-senpai.% 2 6ith that one statement I immediately understand why he is here. I see so he's the person 0enpai told me she would send. $..1- 1- so what do you want me to do(% $I want you to !ollow me.% *122

This time it&s the girls' screams. $*o !or "youdou and -iba-kun to walk besides each other2% $You will get in!ected -iba-kun2% $I won&t agree with the -iba-kunN"youdou pair2% $*o maybe its "youdouN-iba-kun pair2(% They are saying some weird crap. 0hut up. 0eriously shut up. $+h all right.% I agreed to !ollow him. I will say this be!orehand. I hate good looking guys. I !ollowed -iba who is already walking ahead o! me. $"-"ey Ise2% #atsuda shouts my name. $9on&t worry !riend. I&m not going to have a !ight.% That&s right. You don&t have to worry about me pal. $6hat are you going to do with this 9H9 $#e the #olester and the /don%2(% #atsuda says it out loud while holding the 9H9 up high. I then look out the window. I !ollowed -iba and the place we end up at is the back o! the school building. In this place which is surrounded by trees there is a building called the old school building. +pparently it was used a long time ago and there is no sign o! people here. It&s so creepy that it is listed in one o! $the seven wonders o! school%. The building looks very old and is made !rom wood but there aren&t any broken windows and it&s hard to tell i! there are any broken parts !rom its appearance. It&s old but it isn&t that bad. $3uchou is here.% -iba says. 3uchou( Is he talking about 0enpai( "uh( 3uchou( 9id 0enpai belong to a particular club( 9oes this mean he is part o! that club as well( It&s getting even more mysterious. 1h well as long as I !ollow this guy I will be able to meet with 0enpai. 6e entered the two story high building and went up the stairs. 6e went !urther into the building. ;ven the corridor looks clean. It seems like even the rooms that aren&t used don&t have a single speck dust in them. 6hen you think about old buildings you e'pect it to be !ull o! insects spider webs and dust. 3ut I haven&t seen any yet.

0o they must be cleaning this building 7uite o!ten. 6hile I was thinking about these kinds o! things we seem to have reached our destination. -iba stops in !ront o! a particular classroom. I was shocked by the sign on the door that read >1ccult Research Club? 1ccult Research Club2( @ust reading that name makes me wonder. I&m not saying that the club sounds weird. 3ut thinking that Rias-senpai is the member o! the 1ccult Research Club is.. $3uchou I have brought him.% -iba waits !or the approval through the wooden door. Then 0enpai replies. $Yes come in.% <ooks like 0enpai is inside here. -iba opens the door and I'm shocked when I !ollow him into the room. There are weird signs and words in every area o! the classroom. The !loor. The walls and the ceiling. They are all covered with weird signs. +nd the one which stands out the most is the circle drawn at the center o! the room. It looks like a magic-circle that takes up most o! the space in this room. I can !eel something creepy and weird !rom it. There are also a couple o! so!as and desks in the room. "mm( There is someone sitting on one o! the so!as. It&s a girl with a small build.. I know her. I know that girl2 That&s the girl !rom Ast year Tou)ou -oneko-chan2 0he&s !rom Ast year but she looks like an elementary student because o! her childish !ace and small body2 0he&s 7uite popular amongst a certain groups o! guys. 0he&s popular amongst the girls as well and is treated as a mascot !or being cute. 0he is eating youkan 7uietly. 0he always has a sleepy e'pression. I! I remember correctly she is said to be $very% emotionless. 0he realises we entered and our eyes meet. $This is "youdou Issei-kun.% *e't -iba introduces her to me. Tou)ou -oneko-chan bows her head. $+h nice to meet you.% I also bow my head. +!ter the greetings she continues to eat her youkan. "mm. It&s )ust like the rumour says. #aybe she is a girl who doesn&t talk much. 0"+This is the sound o! water !lowing coming !rom the back o! the room. Is it the sound o! a shower( Then I realise there is a shower curtain at the back o! the room. There was also a shadow on the curtain.

It's the shadow o! a girl. There is a girl taking a shower. "uh2( + shower2( This classroom comes with a shower2( -Y/ Then there is the sound o! the shower stopping. $3uchou take this.% "uh( There is someone else besides her( I hear a girl's voice that doesn't belong to 0enpai. $Thank you +keno.% <ooks like 0enpai is changing behind the curtain. I start to blush a!ter remembering what happened this morning. 0enpai you sure had an impressive body. <ooks like I won&t be needing porn !or a while. $..6hat a lecherous !ace.% 0omeone mutters. 6hen I look in the direction o! the voice it&s Tou)ou -oneko-chan. I look at her but the little !irst year student is )ust eating youkan. ..Is that so. 0o I have a lecherous !ace. I&m sorry then. @Y+Then the curtain opens. The one standing there is 0enpai in her uni!orm. 0he looks seductive with her wet hair. 0he looks at me then smiles. $I&m sorry. I couldn&t take a shower last night because I stayed the night at your place so I took a shower now.% +h is that so( 3ut what&s bugging me is that there is a shower in this room. Then I look behind 0enpai. There is someone behind her.. +re you serious2 I&m so shocked that I lose my words. 3lack-hair in a ponytail2 The ponytail which is said to be nearly e'tinct2 The person who is said to be the last person with a ponytail at our school2 That pretty !ace which is always smiling2 The person with a @apanese atmosphere2 The one who is called Yamato *adeshiko even though she is a student and also one o! our school idols "ime)ima +keno-senpai2>K? The person who along with Rias-senpai is said to be one o! the $Two ,reat 1nee-samas%2 The person who is idolised by both male and !emale students2 $+ra ara. "ello my name is "ime)ima +keno. 4leased to make your ac7uaintance.% 0he introduces hersel! politely with a smile. "er voice sounds !ascinating. $1-1h. #y name is "youdou Issei. *-*ice to meet you too2% ;ven though I&m nervous I greeted her. +!ter Rias-senpai con!irms that we !inished introducing each other she starts talking.

$<ooks like everyone is here. "youdou Issei-kun. *o let me call you Ise.% $Y-Yes.% $6e the 1ccult Research Club welcome you.% $;h ah yes.% $+s a 9evil.% 2 9ad and #um. <ooks like I&m in !or something big. $"ere&s your tea.% $+h thank you.% I&m sitting on a so!a and "ime)ima-senpai has made tea !or me. I drink it 7uickly. $It tastes good.% $+ra ara. Thank you very much.% "ime)ima-senpai starts laughing very happily by saying $/!u!u%. -iba -oneko-chan Rias-senpai and I are sitting on the so!as surrounding the table. $+keno you sit over here as well.% $Yes 3uchou.% "ime)ima-senpai sits ne't to Rias-senpai. Then everyone looks at me. 6-6hat is it.. I&m getting nervous i! everyone looks at me in a small place like this.. Then Rias-senpai speaks. $I will get to the point right away. 6e are all 9evils.% Y-You de!initely did get to the point right away. $Your e'pression says that you don&t believe what I am saying. 6ell that can&t be helped. You did see the man with black wings last night didn&t you(% 0he&s right. I! that wasn&t a dream then I did really see that. $That&s a 5allen +ngel. They are !ormer +ngels who served ,od but they are beings who have !allen to hell because they had evil intentions. They are also the enemy o! us 9evils.% 0o now we are talking about a 5allen +ngel. <ooks like we are entering a !antasy genre. $6e the 9evils have been at war with the 5allen +ngels since ancient times. 6e have been !ighting over the possession o! the /nderworld which is also known as "ell in the human world. The /nderworld is split into two areas one !or 9evils and one !or 5allen +ngels. The 9evils !orm pacts with humans and receive their sacri!ices and increase their strength. The 5allen +ngels on the other hand control humans to eliminate 9evils. +t this point the +ngels come in to destroy these two races on ,od's orders which creates the three !orces. This has been going on since ancient times.% $*o no 0enpai. That kind o! story is hard to take in by a normal student like mysel!. Is this what

members o! 1ccult Research Club do(% 0o this conversation has been the club activity then. $1ccult Research Club is )ust a camou!lage. It&s my hobby. It&s actually a gathering place !or us 9evils.% .."old on this is part o! the club activity right( $+mano Yuuma% "earing that name I open my eyes in shock. 6here did she hear that name( $That day you were on a date with +mano Yuuma right(% $..I! you are )oking around then can you please stop now( I don&t want to talk about this here.% There is anger in my voice. That&s because that topic is like a taboo to me now. 6hen I talked about it be!ore no one believed me and no one remembered her. ;veryone said it must have been a dream. That it was my hallucination. *obody believed me and no one remembered her e'istence. I don&t know where she heard the story !rom but I won&t accept it i! she says that it is all occult. Instead I will be mad. $0he e'isted. 5or certain.% Rias-senpai says that clearly. $6ell it looks like she tried to erase all o! the evidence around you.% Rias-senpai clicks her !inger and "ime)ima-senpai takes out a photo. I am speechless a!ter seeing who is in that photo. $This is her right( +mano Yuuma-chan.% Yeah the person on the photo is my girl!riend who I wasn&t able to !ind anywhere. I had taken a picture o! her with my mobile phone but it had disappeared. The photo is a clear picture o! her and there are black wings growing !rom her back. $This girl is..no this is a 5allen +ngel. 0he&s the same kind as the one that attacked you last night.% ..+ 5allen +ngel( Yuuma-chan is a 5allen +ngel( Rias-senpai continues. $This 5allen +ngel came in contact with you to accomplish a certain goal. +!ter she accomplished it she got rid o! any record and evidence regarding hersel!.% $,oal(% $Yes. To kill you.% 2 6-6hat the hell22 $6-6hy did she have to kill me2(% $Calm down Ise. It couldn&t be helped...... *o you were )ust unlucky. There are possessors who

weren&t killed..% $6hat do you mean unlucky2% Is she saying that I was )ust unlucky to be killed by Yuuma-chan that day2( "uh..( -illed( 3ut I&m still alive( I&m still here like be!ore. $That day you went on a date with her and then went to the park where you were killed with Spear of Light.% $3ut I&m still alive2 #ore than that why was I targeted2(% Yeah. There aren&t any reasons !or me to be targeted by her. 6hy do I have to be targeted by the 5allen +ngels2( $The reason why she approached you is so she could check i! there is a dangerous thing inside you. 0he must have received a weak response !rom it. That&s why she took her time checking you. Then she con!irmed it. That you were a human who possessed a 0acred ,ear -% 0acred ,ear. I was !amiliar with that term. 0orry. You were a threat to us so we decided to get rid o! you early. I! you want to hold a grudge then hate the ,od who put the 0acred ,ear inside you. That&s what Yuuma-chan said at that time. 0o there&s a 0acred ,ear inside my body..( -iba then speaks. $0acred ,ear is an irregular power that is bestowed to certain humans. 5or e'ample most o! the people whose names are recorded in history are said to be possessors o! a 0acred ,ear. They used the power o! their 0acred ,ear to record their name in history.% $4resently there are people who possess 0acred ,ears within their bodies. You know those people who play an important role worldwide( #ost o! those people possess a 0acred ,ear.% "ime)ima-senpai continues a!ter -iba. Rias-senpai then continues to e'plain. $#ost o! the 0acred ,ears have !unctions that are only usable in the human society. 3ut there are e'ceptional 0acred ,ears that are a threat to us the 9evils and 5allen +ngels. Ise raise your hand.% ;h( I have to raise my hand( 6hy( $9o it 7uickly.% Rias-senpai urges me to do it. 0o I raise my le!t arm. $Close your eyes and imagine the strongest thing that comes to mind.% $0-0trongest being..( 0on ,oku !rom 9ragon 3all..(% $Then imagine it and imagine that person in a particular pose where he looks the strongest.% $....% I imagined ,oku when he is shooting his -amehameha. Is this alright(

$<ower your arm slowly and stand up.% I get up !rom the so!a and lower my arm. $*ow mimic the pose o! that person. You have to imagine it strongly okay( You cannot hold back.% Crap. There are people around me and I have to copy ,oku doing -amehameha at this age2( I&m too embarrassed to do it2 @ust because I&m closing my eyes doesn&t mean that no one will laugh at me2 $"urry and do it.% Rias-senpai urges me again. 1oooooi2 +re you serious2 9o I seriously have to do it2( 0hit2 Then look2 It&s "youdou Issei&s !irst and last time doing -amehameha2 $-amehameha2% I said it while I had both my opened hands stuck together and pushed them !orward at chest height. This is the -amehameha pose. $*ow open your eyes. In this place which is !illed with demonic power the 0acred ,ear will be able to appear more easily.% I open my eyes )ust like Rias-senpai tells me to. 5<+0"2 #y le!t arm glowed. 6haaaaat2( 6hat is this2( 6hat is this2( Can I pull o!! -amehameha now2( The light starts to take !orm and covers my le!t arm. +!ter the light disappears my le!t arm is covered in a red gauntlet. It&s e7uipped with a !lashy looking ob)ect. It looks like a very !ine and realistic cosplay item. The part that covers the back o! my hand has a gem-like ob)ect embedded in it. +ctually it looks more like a )ewel instead o! a )ust a gem. $6hat the hell is thiiiiiiiis22(% I screamed. I&m really shocked. 1bviously2 6hat is this2( I thought I did a -amehameha but instead I got an item on my arm that looks like something Henshin Heroes use2 /waah what is this2( $That&s a 0acred ,ear. +nd it belongs to you. 1nce it appears you can use it anywhere and anytime as you will.% 2 T-This red gauntlet is a 0acred ,ear..( ;eeeeeeh.. I still can&t believe it. I shot a -amehameha and I..I..

$The 5allen +ngel +mano Yuuma saw your 0acred ,ear as a threat and there!ore killed you.% ..0o the thing about Yuuma-chan and the 0acred ,ear was all real. Then the part where I was killed by her was real too.......( 0o how am I alive( $You called me when you were on the verge o! death. I was summoned through this paper.% Rias-senpai pulls out a single lea!let. I know that lea!let. 6hen I was waiting !or Yuuma-chan at the meeting spot one o! the people giving out lea!lets gave me one. It&s a lea!let with a weird magic circle and a catchphrase that reads $6e will grant your wish2% I! I look care!ully the magic circle on the lea!let is the same as the big magic circle on the !loor. $This is one o! the lea!lets we give out. This magic circle is used to summon us 9evils. These days there aren&t many people who would draw this circle to summon us. 0o we give these lea!lets to people who look like they would summon 9evils. This magic-circle is sa!e and easy to use. That day one o! our !amiliars was disguised as a human and was handing them out in the business district. You got it at that time Ise. +!ter you were attacked by the 5allen +ngel you called me while you were on the verge o! death. You wished so hard that it summoned me. /sually my servants like +keno and the others would be the ones to be summoned.% That time I was impaled by the Spear of Light..so I wished really hard. 6hen my hand was covered in blood the thing that came to mind was crimson. I strongly craved !or the girl with crimson hair Rias ,remory. 0o then the person with red hair that appeared at the end o! that dreamno the one that appeared at the end o! that incident really was 0enpai. $6hen I was summoned and saw you I knew right away that you were a 0acred ,ear possessor and that you were attacked by a 5allen +ngel. 3ut there was a problem. Ise you were on the brink o! death. *ot )ust 9evils but humans also die i! impaled by a 5allen +ngels spear o! light. Ise you were in that kind o! condition. 0o I decided to save your li!e.% 0ave my li!e( 0o 0enpai was the one who helped me( 0o that&s why I&m alive. $+lthough as a 9evil. Ise you were reborn as a 9evil o! mine Rias ,remory&s servant. +s my servant 9evil.% 4+2 +t that moment wings sprout !rom the backs o! everyone around me. They're di!!erent !rom the black wings o! 5allen +ngels their wings are like bat wings. 4+2 +nd with that I also !eel some kind o! sensation on my back. <ooking over my shoulder I see the same black wings protruding !rom my back. ..+re you serious( I&m a 9evil( 9id I 7uit being a human(

$<et's introduce everyone anew. Yuuto.% -iba smiles at me a!ter Rias-senpai calls his name. $#y name is -iba Yuuto. +s you already know I'm a second year like you "youdou Issei-kun. /mm I&m a 9evil too. *ice to meet you.% $..5irst year. ..Tou)ou -oneko. 4leased to make your ac7uaintance. ..I&m a 9evil too.% Tou)ou -oneko-chan bows her head. $#y name is "ime)ima +keno and I&m in third year. I&m also the vice-president o! this 1ccult Research Club. *ice to meet you. ;ven though I&m like this I&m also a 9evil. /!u!u.% "ime)ima-senpai bows her head very politely. <astly it&s Rias-senpai. 0he waves her crimson hair and says it very directly. $+nd I&m their master as well as being a 9evil !rom the "ouse o! ,remory Rias ,remory. #y house holds the rank o! a 9uke. <et&s get along !rom now on Ise.% <ooks like I&m in a really unthinkable situation.

Life.2 I Start a% a De&il

Part 1
$/ooooooooooooooo2% It&s midnight and I&m pedalling my bicycle at !ull throttle. The reason is simple. I&m handing out the lea!lets. They have an easy to use magic-circle on them. 6hen humans with strong greed take these in their hands and wish !or what they want then we the 9evils will be summoned be!ore o! them. I then look at the portable machine in my hand. The monitor is displaying the map o! the town I&m currently in and there are red lights !lashing on it. I&m heading to those areas pedalling my bicycle. 6hen I arrive at the !lashing point which is the house belonging to someone I put the lea!let inside their mailbo'. Then I move towards the other !lashing points nearby. I keep on repeating this procedure. 1ver and over again. $5uuuuuuuuuuuuuuck2 It can&t be helped2 This can&t be helped2 +!ter all I&m a 9evil2% I&m pedalling my bicycle while screaming out loud. I think back to the day I !ound out I was a 9evil. The day I !ound out I was a 0acred ,ear possessor when I !ound out that Yuuma-chan is a 5allen +ngel and when I !ound out that Rias-senpai is a 9evil. 3y the way my 9evil wings disappeared immediately a!ter that. +!ter all they're something that will become a hindrance to my daily li!e. +pparently the wings can be used to !ly i! I get used to them. The !eeling o! having wings is really gross..

It was a bit o! a shocking e'perience to have wings grow out !rom my back. $I! you work under me your new li!e might become very bright you know(% Rias-senpai says this to me with a wink while I'm looking down a!ter learning I&m a 9evil. +pparently in e'change !or being reincarnated as a 9evil by Rias-senpai I have to live on as her servant. It seems like that&s how it is. Those who get reincarnated as a 9evil !rom being human have to become the servant o! the 9evil who reincarnated them. #ore like this is the rule o! the 9evils. 6hat( I&m her servant..( It might not be that bad to become the servant o! a beauty but still I can&t agree with it. $3ut you know there are ranks among 9evils. It&s something called peerage. I also have one. The place o! your birth and your !amily background plays a big role in it but there are also 9evils who have risen up. ;veryone starts o!! as a novice !irst.% $Could you please stop talking like this is a recruiting commercial2( 3ut are you serious( I still can&t believe it.% 0enpai starts whispering into my ears while I'm complaining. "er crimson hair smells so nice. It !eels like my brain will paralysed. 1h is this also demonic power( $3y the way you might be able to start a li!e where you can become popular with girls you know(% 2 Those words started going around my mind. $"ow2(% 6ords came out o! my mouth be!ore I tried to think about it. #y perverted guts it&s 7uite remarkable i! it&s this bad. 6ait this may be the work o! the demonic-power 0enpai cast onto me. ;ven I think I have a high tension than I usually do. $#a)ority o! the pure 9evils were killed in the war that took place long time ago. 3ecause o! that 9evils started to desperately gather servants. 6ell 9evils don&t have the strength or the in!luence they originally had when they leaded their armies. ;ven so we need to keep on increasing the number o! the 9evils. @ust like humans the 9evils split in genders o! male and !emale and are able to give birth. 3ut even with normal birth it will take a lot o! time to get back to the same population as be!ore. +!ter all 9evils have a very low birth rate. Then we won&t be able to stand up against the 5allen +ngels. 0o we !ind humans who seem to have potentials and make them into 9evils. +s our servant that is.% $0o I&m servant a!ter all.% $1h don&t make a !ace like that. *ow I will get to the point. 0ince this only increases the number o! servants it doesn&t increase the number o! power!ul 9evils. 0o the 9evils decided to give chances !or power to reincarnated 9evils those who were reincarnated !rom a human. They decided to give peerage to reincarnated 9evils as well as long as they are power!ul. 3ecause o! that there are many 9evils in humans& society. There are also numbers o! 9evils like mysel! who came to humans& society as well. Ise even though you haven&t realised it I&m sure you have passed through some 9evils in this town.% $0o 9evils were always nearby then2(%

$Yes. Though there are humans who can distinguish which ones are 9evils and those who can&t. + person with a strong greed or a person who wants to get help !rom 9evils usually can distinguish us strongly. 6e are usually summoned by the ones who can distinguish between them through the lea!let with magic-circle that we give out. There are people like you Ise who can distinguish 9evils but don&t believe in our e'istence but ma)ority o! them usually believe it i! they see our demonic-powers.% 6hat2( 0o the reason I summoned 0enpai was because I had a strong greed2 <ooks like there is change in the 9evils society as well2 It must be a di!!icult thing but that doesn&t matter now. The important thing is that there is also a chance !or me as well2 $T-Then2 That means I can also get a peerage with how I do things2(% $Yes. It&s not impossible. 1! course it would take a lot o! time and e!!ort to achieve though.% $/oooooooooooooooooooooooooh22% I shout. Inside this clubroom. $+re you serious2( #e2( I&m able to make my own harem2( I-I can have se' with them as well right2(% $Yes. I think it&s !ine i! it&s with your servants.% + thunder strikes my body. Impossible. 0omething like that is actually possible2( In the real world and also as a human it&s really hard to build your own harem. There&s no way you can gather herds of girls i! you are )ust an ordinary human. That&s because the situation I am currently in is bad. I don&t even have a single girl!riend. 6ell I did but I was killed by my e'-girl!riend. It&s di!!erent now2 *ow I can..2 $/ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh22 3eing a 9evil rocks2 "ell yeah2 I can&t calm mysel! any more2 I can probably throw away my porn maga8ine that I am secretly hiding% I stopped what I was about to say and then started thinking about the decision I&m about to make. $*o. *ot the porno maga8ine. *ot that. I can&t throw that away. That&s my treasure. I could still use that until my mum !inds out about it2 This and that is a di!!erent issue. Yeah. It&s a di!!erent issue2% $5u!u. This boy really is !unny.% Rias-senpai is laughing as i! she !inds me really amusing. $+ra ara. It&s )ust like you said 3uchou. "e does make me !eel like $I think I have a very idiotic brother now%.% ;ven "ime)ima-senpai is laughing while saying $/!u!u%. +haha she is kind o! saying bad things about me. $+nyway Ise. You are all right with being my servant right( I! you have potential then you will eventually stand out. +nd then you might be able to receive a peerage.% $Yes Rias-senpai2% $6rong. You will have to call me O3uchou&.%

$3uchou( Can&t I call you Onee-sama(% I got carried away and ask her. I always wanted a $1nee-sama%. It&s not even a yuri situation but all o! the guys have a desire to call an older beauty a $1nee-sama%. Rias-senpai thought about it seriously !or a while and then shook her head. $"mm. That also sounds wonder!ul but since I operate mainly in the school being called Buchou has a better ring to it. This is 1ccult Research Club a!ter all and everyone here also calls me that.% $1kay2 Then 3uchou2 Teach me how to be a Devil2% +t my words3uchou puts on a devilish smile. It seems like she is truly happy. $5u!u!u good reply. ,ood boy Ise. 1kay I will change you into a man.% 3uchou starts to touch my chin with her !ingers. 1-1nee-sama2 It&s my 1nee-sama2 I will awaken as a 9evil while serving under her !rom now on2 *o I will rise up2 This should be !ine2 +!ter all I can&t revert back to being a human any more right( Then I will )ust have to walk straight ahead2 I've already accepted the situation I am in. It might sound stupid but its !ine I guess. I have already convinced mysel!. It&s more like my perverted guts are !unctioning to the #+P2 It&s also because my tension is high too. I&m relieved that I'm a guy who works !or his ambition towards se'2 Rather than thinking about the new world I stepped my !oot in I will )ust en)oy my current li!e. $I&m going to become a "arem--ing2% I! I think back calmly about that day I may have been tricked into this situation by 3uchou&s demonic-power. 6ell that&s okay I guess. 6e are talking about a harem here. 3eing able to create a harem is ama8ing. 6ith this I became a member o! the 1ccult Research Club. 5ew days have passed since I became a 9evil. I&m )ust peddling my bicycle like cra8y in the middle o! the night. 0ince that day I've become Rias-buchou&s servant and I have been working a lot. 5irst we gather at the old school building at night. This is because we 9evils can use our power more su!!iciently at night. The unknown phenomenon that happens to me is the power o! a 9evil. 0ince I&m a 9evil my power increases during night time. It&s such a wonder!ul thing. 3ut the reason why I !eel weak in the morning is also due to me being a 9evil. 9evil hates light. It seems the stronger the power o! light is the more lethal it becomes to our bodies. <ights are poisonous

That&s what I was told by 3uchou. It seems like the 5allen +ngels and the +ngels who uses light as their weapon is the natural enemies o! 9evils. I was told to run away i! I ever encounter them. 3ut once you get used to it it seems like you will be okay under the sun. The reason why I&m weak in the morning is because I was resurrected as a 9evil recently and my body can&t stand the morning light. It seems like I will get used to it a!ter a while. The reason why I was le!t alone when I was resurrected as a 9evil was because she wanted me to realise the changes in my body by mysel!. 0he was planning to tell me the truth and was waiting !or the right time. That was the day when I was attacked by the guy wearing the suit so I certainly !eel like it was destiny. +nyway I&m working hard as Rias ,remory&s 0ervant 9evil. 0ince I )ust became a 9evil I was told to study about the 9evils& society and how it works. I was ordered to give out these lea!lets at night so I can get used to it. I thought my parents will get worried i! I was gone every night but 3uchou said this to me with a smile. $That day I did all the necessary things when I met your parents so it&s !ine%. Certainly my parents didn&t get mad when I come home late a!ter !inishing my work. They )ust say $6elcome home%. "mm 3uchou&s demonic-power is ama8ing. 0peaking about ama8ing I was really ama8ed how much authority 3uchou have in the academy. The academy we go to is 3uchou&s territory. That&s why she is like the controller o! the academy behind the scene. It seems like the person in the highest position in our academy have ties with the 9evils and there!ore can&t oppose the people !rom the "ouse o! ,remory. In other words the academy is basically 3uchou&s personal belonging. That&s also the reason why we are able to enter the school at night. +nd now back to my current work. ;very day I go around on my bicycle posting a lea!let which can summon Rias ,remory&s group inside the mailbo'es by using a mysterious device. It seems like the device I&m holding onto is a secret machine developed by the technology o! the 9evils. It has a shape o! those current portable game devices. There&s a screen and it has buttons. It&s a touch-pen type device. 0o it comes with a touch-pen. +nd I&m using the device the way I was told to. The monitor displays the map o! the town I live in Q 3uchou&s territory. ;ach 9evil is given a certain territory in the human world and they can only do their )ob within their territory. 1ur )ob in other words we get summoned we then make contract and then we grant their wish.

+s a price we receive an award !itting !or the particular wish they make. It can be money an ob)ect and at times even their li!e. 6ell it seems like there aren&t any contractors who will go !ar to use their li!e to make a wish. ;ven i! there was a person like that it usually gets cancelled since the price doesn&t match up with their wish. +ccording to 3uchou $4eople&s values aren&t e7ual%. Yup it&s harsh. +nd the light !lashing on the monitor shows the houses where people with a lot o! greed live. 0o I go to these areas to hand out the lea!let which comes with a magic-circle. +s long as there are lights !lashing on the monitor my work isn&t !inished. 3ecause I turned into a 9evil other people and even the police don&t pay attention to me. 0ince I&m already active as a 9evil humans don&t realise my presence when I&m working. I have been pedalling my bicycle every day but the light displayed on the monitor never disappears. That&s how much humans are being with strong greed. 1nce you make a wish it apparently becomes an addiction to keep on wishing !or other ones. #aking a contract is basically limited to occur at night. That&s because 9evils are only allowed to work at night. The daytime is a time !or the +ngels and ,od. That is the part that I still don&t understand. The lea!lets can only be used once so once they use it then I will have to hand it out again. In other words my work will last !orever. 6ell thanks to that Rias-buchou and the others can continue to be active and we never run out o! )obs. 0o we are certainly increasing our point as being a 9evil. It seems like we get acknowledged by the -ing o! 9evils i! we keep on making contracts and granting the wish o! a human. I see. 0o i! I continue working like this then I will be able to receive a peerage !rom the -ing2 0o it&s better to take on bigger )obs. I want it2 I also want to make a contract2 $/oooooooooooooooooooh2 I want to be surrounded by girls soon as I caaaaan2% 3ut right now I have to be patient and keep on doing these simple tasks2 3ut how long do I have to continue doing this..

Part 2
1n a certain day a!ter school. I went towards the old school building a!ter splitting apart !rom my two mates. To begin with it seems like my )ob o! handing out the lea!lets was originally a )ob assigned to 3uchou&s !amiliar. 0enpai changes the !orms o! the mouse and the bat that she owns into a !orm o! a human and makes them hand out the lea!lets like I did. 0he says they do this both day and night. The reason why I was assigned to do it was because 3uchou wanted me to know what kind o! )ob

9evils have to do !rom the beginning. This is something -iba and the others did as well. -iba Tou)ou -oneko-chan "ime)ima-senpai are all 0ervant 9evils o! Rias-buchou. 0o they are my senior. 0o they all have e'perience in doing the work I did. 0o each person has a history o! doing it. +h they aren&t persons but 9evils. It may not be important but I got an approval !rom Tou)ou -oneko-chan and "ime)ima-senpai to call them $-oneko-chan% and $+keno-san% respectively. <ooks like I got one step closer to getting along with them. 5u!u!u I called them by their name in !ront o! #atsuda and #otohama on purpose. The e'pression on their !aces was the best. I haven&t told #otohama and #atsuda about me. They won&t believe me even i! I did and I also think it will be really dangerous !or them to step !oot into this world. I also did die once so I can&t drag them into this. 3y the way I still call -iba -iba. 9ie handsome. I will never call you $-iba-kun%2 +nd so today I was called over to the clubroom. I went inside the old building that I&m getting !amiliar with and head towards the room on the second !loor. $I&m coming in.% 6hen I went inside a!ter saying that everyone is already there. 1h am I the last one( The room is dark and the window is covered to block the light !rom entering. The only light in the room is !rom the candles spread variously on the !loor. $0o you came.% +s soon as 3uchou con!irms that I&m here she gives an order to +keno-san. $Yes 3uchou. Ise-kun please come to the centre o! the magic-circle.% +keno-san tells me to come by using her hand. + beauty is waving her hand at me2 Thank you very much2 That alone is a reward !or me. I walked to the centre o! the circle. 0o what now( $Ise your work o! giving out the lea!lets is over. 6ell done.% 3uchou is smiling. I see so I&m done with handing out lea!lets. $*ow I will have you do the actual )ob o! a 9evil.% $1h2 *ow I can make contracts2(% $Yes that&s right. Though since it&s your !irst time it&s going to be a contract with someone who wants to make a small wish. There&s two reservation contracts with -oneko. 0ince it&s hard to do both I will leave one to you.% $..4lease help me out.% -oneko-chan bows her head. 0o I&m going on behal! o! -oneko-chan. That&s okay. I was getting tired o! handing out the lea!lets.

/ne'pectedly peddling a bicycle every night and handing out the lea!lets made me lonely. The other members are outside the circle. +keno-san who is inside the circle is casting something. Then the magic-circle starts emitting blue and white lights. $/-/mm..% $-eep 7uiet Ise. +keno is currently inserting your carved seal into the magic-circle.% 3uchou says. #y carved seal( It seems like the magic-circle inside this room represents the $,remory%. I was told that !or us 0ervant 9evils o! 3uchou it&s something like a !amily crest. 0o !or people who are trying to summon us and !or people who want to make a contract with us this sign represents our symbol. 0o the activation o! the so-called demonic-power is related to this. -iba and the others have these signs on their bodies in di!!erent si8es and it operates whenever they use their demonic-powers. That&s what I was told. I thought about getting engraved with the same signs but it seems like you have to learn how to control demonic-powers when you !irst become a devil and then using demonic-power which creates natural phenomenon by coordinating it through the magic-circle a!ter that. 6ell that&s what I thought. $Ise put your palms towards here.% I put my le!t hand towards 3uchou )ust like she said. 3uchou writes something on my palm with her !ingers. Is she writing a charm( It !eels like she is drawing something like a circle.. Then my palm glows. There is a circular symbol a magic-circle engraved in my hand. It&s glowing in blue and white. 6ow a magic-circle2 $This allows you to transport to the client's place instantly by making you go through the teleportation-type magic-circle. +nd when the contract is done it lets you return to this room.% 1h I get it now. 0o it has that kind o! ability. $+keno are you ready(% $Yes 3uchou.% +keno-san steps out the magic-circle. $*ow stand in the centre.% I stand at the centre o! the magic-circle like she urges me to. Then the magic-circle starts to make a stronger glow. 0omehow I can !eel power coming !rom it. 6hen I&m touching this magic-circle the power inside me is !lowing out. 0o is this the trait !or being part o! the group( $The magic-circle is responding to the client. You will be teleported to that location now. You already have the manual !or what to do a!ter getting teleported right(% $Yes2% $,ood response. *ow get going2%

I have my tension rising up2 #y !irst )ob2 I&m de!initely going to accomplish it sa!ely2 The magic-circle starts to glow even stronger. It looks like I&m getting teleported there instantly. There are many lights which are covering my body. I closed my eyes because o! the brightness. *e't time I open my eyes I will be at the client&s place2 -uu2 I&m looking !orward to this2 +nd then I Instantly Teleported .... .... "m( "mm. "uh( "ave I teleported( Is it done( I open my eyes timidly. .... I got speechless because o! my surroundings. It&s the club room. "uh( 6hat about the instant teleportation( 6here&s the client( 6hen I look 3uchou seems to be troubled and is putting her hand on her !orehead. +keno-san is saying $+ra ara% with a disappointed !ace. The bastard -iba is making a sigh. "e pisses me o!! but did something happen to me( $Ise.% 3uchou calls my name. $Yes.% $It&s un!ortunate but it seems like you can&t use the magic-circle to get transported to the client's location.% "uh( 6hat does that mean( I put on a pu88led e'pression and 0enpai e'plains to me. $#agic-circle re7uires certain amount o! demonic-powers.. It doesn&t re7uire that much demonic-power. *o it&s a !eat that could be done by any 9evil. ;ven children. Transportation through the magic-circle is the !irst and the easiest step o! being a 9evil.% 6-6hat does that mean..( $In other words Ise your demonic-powers are below that o! children. *o it&s so low that the magiccircle can&t respond to it. Ise your demonic-power is incredibly low.% 6ha-2 6haaaaaaaaaat2 $6-6hat the heeeeeeeeeeell2% I was speechless. ;eeeeh2 0o that means that I can&t use the magic-circle to teleport to the client&s location because I

don&t have demonic-powers2( +ren&t I a 9evil( I&m a 9evil right( $../nsightly.% -oneko-chan says it e'pressionlessly. That is a severe hit -oneko-chan. $+ra ara. 6e are in trouble. 6hat should we do 3uchou(% +keno-san also has a troubled !ace and asks 3uchou. /ggh. #y debut as a 9evil starts !rom a rough start.. Then 3uchou says it clearly to me a!ter thinking !or a while. $0ince there is a client we can&t let him wait. Ise.% $Yes2% $This never happened be!ore but you will have to go there on your own !eet.% $3y mysel!2(% I&m in shock. I wasn&t predicting that 3uchou-sama2 $Yes )ust like how you handed out the lea!let you will have to go to the client&s house by bicycle. This can&t be helped. You don&t have any demonic-powers a!ter all. You will have to make up !or that with your own body.% $1n a bicycle2( I will have to go to the client's place on a bicycle2( +re there even 9evils like that2(% 4oint2 -oneko-chan points at me silently. -oneko-chaaaaaan you sure like to make me !eel miserable huh.. $"urry and get going2 It&s a 9evil's )ob to make contracts2 You can&t make humans wait2% 3uchou urges me. 0he has a serious !ace. /gggh my goal !or getting a peerage starts !rom a bumpy road2 $/-/waaaaaah2 I will do my best:2% I le!t the club room while crying.

Part 3
It&s midnight and I was peddling my bicycle at ma'imum speed. #y eyes are covered with tears. I&m crying. Yeah I&m crying. + 9evil who can&t get summoned through a magic-circle. That will be me. +pparently this is the !irst case ever ladies. Thanks to that my tears aren&t stopping. 6hat does she mean that I don&t have demonic-powers2( 9ammit2 6ill I actually be able to get a peerage at this rate2( /sing the 9evil&s portable device I&m peddling my bicycle towards the person who called me. It&s an apartment located DI minutes away !rom the school. The client is in one o! those rooms. I! it&s a delivery service customers will get mad because o! the late delivery.

It&s usually instant teleportation. 3ut I made the client wait !or DI minutes. I! you are working in a store then your manager will be mad at you. #y manager was troubled when I did that. 9id I leave a bad impression on him( "mm living as a 9evil sure is hard. I knock on the door. $,ood ;vening2 I&m an errand !rom the 9evil ,remory-sama2 ;'cuse me but this is the house that summoned us right(% It should be okay with this. 9evils can only be sensed by humans who want to make contracts. ;ven i! I do something like this at middle o! the night the neighbours won&t know what&s going on. It seems like only the client can hear what I )ust said. 9uring the time when we are doing our )ob as a 9evil a special demonic-power gets activated and it won&t cause trouble to those who isn&t involved in it. That&s what 3uchou told me. $6-6ho&s there2(% 6hat I heard is a voice o! panicked man. $/mm I&m a 9evil. I&m a newbie and I came here because I was called by you.% $9-9on&t lie2 There isn&t any 9evil that knocks on doors2 9evils come out !rom this lea!let2 That&s how it was !or the past summoning2 +nd the one I called !or is -oneko-chan2% Yeah he&s right. I will apologise !or that. I&m sorry. It&s also an une'pected incident !or me and the others. $+h I&m sorry. It seems like I don&t have enough demonic-powers so I can&t appear !rom the magic-circle.% $You might )ust be a pervert2% I got pissed o!! as soon as he said that. $I&m not a pervert2 +nd how should I know2 I! I could I also wanted to appear through the magiccircle2 6hat kind o! loner would peddle their bicycle through the town in middle o! the night2(% $6hy are you the one getting pissed you super pervert2% $0uper pervert2( 5uck you2 I&m telling you that I&m a 9evil2% $,o home2% The client opens his door. The client complains. "e&s a skinny man. "e looks unhealthy. "e looks angry but as soon as he looks at my !ace his e'pression so!tens. $..+re you crying(% $;h( #e(% 6hen I put my hand on my cheek tears is on my hand. I&m crying. $Is that so( 0o you were shocked to !ind out that you can&t teleport through the magic-circle..% $<ooks like it.%

I was allowed to come into his room. "e even made tea !or me. The incident about the teleportation and the argument earlier crushed my heart more than I e'pected and unconsciously I was crying. 1! course I want to cry. The client #orisawa-san who saw that allowed me to come inside his room a!ter !eeling sorry !or me. "is room looks clean. It&s a tidy room !or a single guy like him to live in. "e told me that he works !or the government during the day. #orisawa-san does his )ob seriously but he was craving to get in touch with other people so he ended up summoning 9evils !rom that lea!let. $0o it&s not -oneko-chan..% "e !ell in love with -oneko-chan at !irst sight who was the !irst 9evil he made contract with and since then he has been summoning her. $I&m sorry but apparently that girl is popular with other clients as well. It seems like she is in charge o! the $cuteness% department.% 6hen you summon a 9evil you can wish !or which 9evil to summon by calling out that 9evil&s name. 6ell that&s how it was e'plained to me. +nd today -oneko-chan&s )ob was passed to me. There are cases when the 9evil they chose can&t be summoned so another 9evil goes as their substitute. $I wished !or a 9evil !rom the cuteness category when I used the lea!let..% $I&m a cute newbie so can you be okay with that(% $"ahaha2 You talk o! something impossible2 I! I had a silver sword with me I would have stabbed you2% 1nii-san you are laughing but your eyes looks serious. $3y the way what were you going to wish !or when you tried to summon -oneko-chan(% That is my 7uestion. #aybe I can also grant that wish o! his. 3ut that is instantly shattered when #orisawa-san took out a certain thing !rom the corner o! his room. $I wanted her to wear this.% 6hich girl&s school uni!orm is that !rom( I think I have seen it somewhere be!ore. 1r maybe I haven&t. $It&s the uni!orm o! *agato Yuki.%>A? $*agato..ah2 5rom 0u8umiya "aruhi.% ;ven I know it. 0u8umiya "aruhi series. It was a popular anime last year.>D? $9evil-kun do you also like *agato(% $*o I&m more o! an +sakura Ryouko !an.%>B? $+nd your reason(%

$"er breasts.% $2% #orisawa-san lost his word when he heard me reply without a second thought. +sakura Ryouko a regular character !rom 0u8umiya "aruhi series and a beauti!ul girl with a glamorous body. $0o you are a big breasts lover(% $Yes oppai are packed with dreams. That I am very sure o!.% I then imagine 3uchou&s naked breasts bouncing. 3uchou I've !allen in love with your oppai at !irst sight. I was too embarrassed to say it in !ront o! you but I will de!initely protect your oppai 3uchou. #orisawa-san makes a lecherous e'pression while smirking. $You have good eyes. 0eems like you have an e'tremely high passion towards oppai. I see so you have an opposite !etish as me. I like small breasted girls.% $I can understand that. I have a !riend with the same taste.% The guy that appears to my mind is my evil buddy who wears glasses #otohama. "e is a genuine pervert. That I am very sure o!. $Yes. 9on&t you think she -oneko-chan looks similar to *agato( 5or e'ample her atmosphere. Though she&s a bit short.% 6hen you say it like that -oneko-chan has a small body she shows no e'pression she has a body with no curves her hair is short and so they do seem similar. *agato Yuki is also a character like that. $That&s why I wanted her to wear this. I really wanted her to wear it2% #orisawa-san shed tears o! regret. "e sure is regretting it. "e really wanted her to wear it huh( $I&m sorry about it. 1kay then. <et me wear it% $I&ll !ucking kill you bastard2% #orisawa-san turns down my kind o!!er while shouting. 4lease don&t get mad while crying out that much. It&s a )oke. I Om )ust kidding. #orisawa-san tries to calm down a!ter whipping o!! his tears. "e takes a deep breath and calms down. $6ell never mind. 0o what is your special skill( You are a 9evil so you should be good at something right( 0omething like using a mysterious power. @ust to tell you -oneko-chan has e'treme strength. 0he carried me like a princess.% #orisawa-san says it with pride. 6here has your pride as a man gone o!! to( Yeah there must be people who get all high by being li!ted up by a girl. 3ut my special trait( "mm. I crossed my arm and then say it seriously. $#y special skill is -amehameha.%>C? $,o kill yoursel!.% $6hat2 6hat&s with that response2 You shouldn&t say that right away2 +nd your words had so much

killing intent in it2% $1! course I am2 In what kind o! world is there a 9evil that has -amehameha as his special skill2(% $"ere2 Right h:e:r:e2% I said it strongly while pointing it mysel!. $Then do it2% $I will2% $I! you can shoot it then shoot2 9on&t look down on us the generation who grew up with 9ragon 3all2 6hen we were in )unior school all o! us practiced doing -amehameha during break every #onday. 6e even tried to collect spirits so we could use the genkidama though nothing happened2 9on&t look down on our generation2%>J? >M? $0hut up2 0o who cares i! you were raised while watching 9ragon 3all2 I have all o! the manga volumes2 I even bought the special cover version in !irst print as well2 #e and my mates also played $"ide and seek by using ki%2% I talked back to all o! his argument. I&m pissed2 Yeah I&m really pissed2 Then I&ll show you2 "youdou Issei&s version o! -amehameha2 I activate my 0acred ,ear2 5irst I close my eyes and then put my le!t arm upwards. I then imagine 0on ,oku in my head.. and put my arm down while making a pose o! doing a -amehameha.>E? I put all my energy in it2 0hit2 Take this you 9ragon 3all generation2 This is my ultimate attack2 $-amehameha2% 5lash2 Instantly my le!t arm glows2 The 0acred ,ear a red gauntlet appears while covering my le!t arm. "ow&s that2 This is my 0acred ,ear2 5<16 I then look at #orisawa-san and he is crying hard. "e then grabs volume A o! 9ragon 3all !rom his bookshel!. "e grabs my hand and we e'changed a passionate handshake. $<et&s talk about it2% 5<16 Tears are also !lowing out o! my eyes. That&s enough to understand what he is trying to say. +ny 9ragon 3all !an will understand what he is trying to say. $Yes let&s talk about it2% 0o the long night starts. $"ahaha. #e too. I also think it was good that 6akamoto-san voiced Cell as well.%>F? >K? $Yeah. It sounded )ust like how I imagined it to be.% +!ter he got his manga we&ve been laughing and talking !or the past D hours. +s we talk we !orgot the age gap between us and have already became !riends.

5u!u!u. "e had a bad !irst impression but when we started talking we realised we can get along. $1kay2 #aybe I should make a contract with you as well(% $Yeah2 4resident2 Thank you !or the contract2% Yes2 Yes yes yes yes2 I&ve gotten my !irst contract2 #y road to getting a peerage has started2 #y legend starts !rom here2 $1kay it might be a standard wish but can I wish to become rich(% I see. That is indeed a normal but a popular wish people would ask. $1kay. I&ll check.% I turned on the portable device !or 9evils and operated it. 6hen I input his wish the answer appears. $+h umm in your case !or you to !ul!il that wish your price would be your li!e. 0o you will die.% $9ie2(% $Yes in the 9evils& world they say that $Individuals li!e isn&t e7ual%. I&m sorry. 0o !or you to wish becoming rich #orisawa-san you would have to die.% $It !eels like I )ust got my heart ripped out but that&s okay. +nyway i! I make that wish where will I die(% $/mm. +h you will die as soon as the money starts dropping !rom the sky. <ooks like you can&t even touch it. This is aw!ul.% $,uha2 0o I can&t smack the money onto your !ace then2(% $"ey don&t try to hit me with it.% Yeah I )ust witnessed someone&s dream getting crushed. I see. <ike I thought making a wish like that is basically near impossible !or #orisawa-san. 0o this is what 3uchou means that people&s value isn&t e7ual. 6hat an un!air world we live in. $T-Then how about a harem( "ow about wishing !or lots o! girls in a sumptuous !east2(% 1h. 0o you will go there huh2 I&m a bit moved. "e&s a guy a!ter all. 1! course he will wish !or something like that. $#orisawa-san2 I also love harems2 It&s every man&s dream a!ter all2 +ma8ing2 I think I can en)oy drinking alcohol with you one day2 ;ven though I&m a minor2% $I don&t care about that so what does it say(% I input his wish in the device. 1h my that&s a harsh answer. $6ell it says that you would die as soon as the beauti!ul woman and girls come into your sight.% $I&m going to die )ust by seeing them2(% $*o it says as soon as they come into your sight so you won&t be able to tell whether they are beauti!ul or not. That&s harsh. Isn&t it better to walk past beauti!ul girls in the city(% $/-/waaaaaaaaaaaah2% 0uddenly #orisawa-san who is an adult starts to cry. $0o I was a human who didn&t have much worth2( /ggh I can only say I&m sorry !or being

born..% I pat so!tly on #orisawa-san&s shoulder. $<et&s continue talking about 9ragon 3all till morning. You want to battle-play 9ragon 3all( I will be ,oku and you can be 5ree8a. Is that okay(% #orisawa-san nods his head while crying. <ike this my !irst contract became invalid because I have to take care o! my client.

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*e't day a!ter school. $....% 3uchou is angry. 0he&s li!ting her eyebrow and she didn&t say a single word. I&m standing in !ront o! her and my !ace is pale. Yesterday I was playing 9ragon 3all with my client and !inished the night with it. 1h yeah -iba said something like this with a bitter smile earlier. $This kind o! case has never happened be!ore.% $..Ise.% The tone o! her voice is deep and scary. $Yes2% $You talked with the client about manga and what happened a!ter that( 6hat about the contract(% 0he came straight to the point. I have sweats coming out o! me. $T-The contract became invalid.. 6e battled-played a certain manga till morning2% $3attle-play(% $Y-Yes2 You act as a character !rom that a speci!ic manga and then start an imagination !ight2% 6hy am I e'plaining something like this so seriously( ;'plaining this to her is making me want to cry. $I-I know that as a high school boy I should be embarrassed no as a pro!essional 9evil I should be also embarrassed2 I-I&m regretting it2 I&m very sorry2% I bow down my head while apologising. 0eriously what on earth was I doing till morning( $..+!ter the contract we ask the client to !ill in the 7uestionnaire on the lea!let we gave them. 6e ask the client $"ow was your contract with a 9evil(%. The 7uestionnaire which is !illed appears in this lea!let but..% 3uchou shows the paper with the !eedback !or the 7uestionnaire to me. 0o there&s a thing like that huh. 9evils )ob are more comple' than I thought. $..>It was !un. It was my !irst time having a good time like this. I would like to meet with Isekun again. I hope I can make a good contract with him ne't time?.. This is the 7uestionnaire !illed by the client.% 2 #y chest became hot.

#orisawa-san.. I wasn&t able to do anything but you.. $This is the !irst time I received a !eedback like this. I wasn&t sure what to do !irst. That&s why I put on a weird e'pression because I didn&t know how to react to this.% 3uchou isn&t mad( 3ut it&s true that I didn&t make a contract.. $To 9evils what&s important is that we actually make a contract with humans who summoned us. 6e then receive the price !rom them. That&s how 9evils have lived !or a long time ago. ..I didn&t know how to react because this is the !irst time I encountered an incident like this. You might have !ailed as a 9evil but the client was happy with you..% 3uchou has a pu88led e'pression but she then smiles. $3ut it&s interesting. That is certain. There wasn&t any 9evil like you but you really are an interesting boy. You might become the number A 9evil !or une'pected things. 3ut remember to do the basics. You make contracts with the clients you grant their wish and then you receive the price. 1kay(% $Yes2 I&ll do my best2% 3uchou !orgives my actions. That alone makes me so happy that I !eel like dancing. 3uchou ne't time I&ll de!initely do it2

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+t night a!ter I made a vow. 1nce again I&m doing my )ob. I&m on !ull throttle peddling my bicycle towards the client&s house at night. This time I&m heading towards a mansion that is BI minutes away !rom the school. It took me BI minutes to reach even though I was going at !ull speed. The client isn&t pissed right( I stand !ront o! the door and rang the bell. + 9evil who has to ring the door bell truly is saddening. I also want to get summoned through the magic-circle soon. Then a!ter a short time there is a reply through the inter-phone. $It&s opened. Come in-nyou.% It&s really a thick voice. It&s a guy. "uh( $*you%( 9id he )ust say $*you%( *o it must be my ears. I open the door took o!! my shoes at the entrance and walk timidly into the mansion. The moment I open the door I became speechless. $6elcome-nyou.% + humongous body. +nd an overwhelming presence. It&s an enormous guy with incredible muscles wearing a gothic-lolita out!it. I! I look care!ully the buttons on the out!it looks like they are about to !all o!!. There also some places in his out!it which looks like it&s about to get ripped. #ore than that his eyes are !illed with overwhelming killing intent Q-but his eyes have a glow o! a pure innocent person.

*o the most unusual thing is his head. "e has cat-ears. I swallow down my spit. + single sweat drops !rom my cheek. #y hands are shaking because I&m getting nervous. This isn&t a man. "e is a man among all man2 +n overwhelming presence and the sense o! being in danger. I have a hunch. + hunch that I will be killed in an unreasonable death. $/-/mm..a 9evil..did you summon a 9evil !rom the ,remory group..(% I ask him timidly. 5<+0"2 The man&s eye glows while making sound e!!ect. It !eels like there is intense battle spirit between us. I&m going to get killeeed2 "ii2 ;ven though I&m a 9evil I changed my posture to protect mysel!. $That&s right -nyou. I called 9evil-san because I want to make a wishQnyou.% /ne'pected words came out !rom his thick mouth. "is ends his sentence with $nyou%2 Impossible..is he even allowed to do that( $I want you to make #il-tan a #agical ,irl Qnyou.% $4lease teleport to another world then.% I give him my answer right away. It&s impossible. That&s really impossible. 0eriously. I hold my head down because o! his wish is something beyond what I e'pected. #il-tan2( 6hat the heck is #il-tan2( This man&s words starts to con!use me. 6ith that body o! yours you can go to another dimension and return back here alive2 You can probably de!eat 0atan as well2 $I already tried that Qnyou.% $You actually tried it2(% $3ut it was impossible -nyou. There was no-one who would give #il-tan magical powers Qnyou.% $6ell you can say that this situation is kind o! magical..% $The only option le!t is to ask my arch-enemy 9evil-san -nyou.% I already have mysel! treated as his enemy without realising it... 3ut I won&t say anything to him. $9evil-san:2% The voice released by this man #il-tan shakes the whole room. 6hat is this2( 0ound magic2( $4lease give #il-tan a !antasy-like powers -nyoooooou2%

$9on&t worryR you look !antasy-like enough2 I&m the one who !eels like crying2% I start to cry !or real. 9ammit2 "ow come all the clients I&m in charge o! are bunch o! perverts2( 6hat&s the meaning o! this2( $#il-tan2 #il-tan calm down2 I will listen to what you have to say2% 5irst things !irst I think I need to calm this man down and listen to his story. #il-tan puts on a big smile with his scary !ace a!ter he wipes his tears. $Then let&s watch $#agical ,irl #ilky 0piral E +lternative% togetherQnyou. The story about the magic starts !rom there Qnyou.% #y long night has begun.

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It&s already the ne't day and I&m on my way home a!ter the regular club activity ended. "aa. I made a sigh. ;ven today 3uchou put on a weird e'pression. #y contract became invalid twice in a row. 3ut I got the best !eedback. 3uchou became con!used again because she encountered an incident that she never has e'perienced twice in a row. I&m sorry !or getting involved in a weird situation. I !eel bad but it seems like my road to getting a peerage will be harder than I thought.. <ast night I watched the anime 9H9 till morning with #il-tan. +t !irst I wasn&t serious in watching it but I got hooked to the #agical ,irl anime due its hot actions and the story which made me cry so I ended up watching till morning. 3esides that why are all o! my clients a bunch o! perverts( $+haha "youdou-kun must have a demonic-power that attracts people like that.% -iba said something like that to me earlier with his re!reshing smile. 9ie handsome. I hear that the chances o! him being summoned by beauti!ul older woman is high. 9ammit2 6hat kind o! contract does he have with them2( Is it se'2( 1r se' related2( @ust thinking about it makes me want to murder him. 0hit2 9amn you -ibaaaa2 $"awaau2% "mm( + sudden voice. +t the same time I heard the voice !rom behind me there is also a sound o! something dropping on the ground. 6hen I turned around there is a 0ister who is on the !loor. 0he is spreading her arms wide open and has her !ace on the ground. That certainly is a clumsy way o! !alling down. $..+-+re you okay(%

I approach the 0ister and give her my hand so she can stand up. $+uu. 6hy do I keep on tripping over.. 1h I&m sorry. Thank you very much:.% @udging !rom her voice she is young. Is she the same age as me( I take her hand to li!t her up. Wind blows The 0ister&s veil !lies o!! because o! the wind. "er blonde hair which is hidden underneath !alls down onto her shoulders. "er straight blonde hair is sparkling with light because o! the sunshine. Then my eyes move towards her !ace. 2 #y heart is taken by her instantly. + blonde hair beauty is standing !ront o! me. 3oth o! her green eyes look so beauti!ul that it !eels I will be sucked into it.. .... 5or a while I was ga8ing at her. $/-/mm..is something wrong..(% The 0ister looks directly into my !ace with a worried e'pression. $+h. 0-0orry. /mm..% I can&t say it. There&s no way that I can tell her I was !ascinated with her. Rather this girl is it. Yeah I&m talking about that. Yes that. 0he looks e'actly like my ideal girl S3londe beauty versionT2 1! course I would be attracted to her2 It !eels like I need to continue talking to her2 Is this is a flag2( I&m thinking something sel!ish like that. Then the travelling bag she is carrying on her shoulder appears to my eyes. I! I think about it it&s a rare occasion to see a nun in a town. It&s my !irst time seeing one. 3e!ore that I need to pick up her veil. <uckily it landed nearby. $T-Traveling(% $*o that&s not it. I was appointed to the Church in this town.. You must be a resident o! this town. It&s a pleasure to meet you.% 0he bows her head. "mmm. ,etting placed in the Church o! this town. 0ta!! reassignment( <ooks like the Church is also having a tough time. $I have been in trouble since I got here. /mmm..I can&t speak @apanese that well..I was lost and other people couldn&t understand what I was saying..% 0he holds her hand together in !ront o! her chest and looks really sad. ..0o that means this person can&t speak @apanese. The reason why she can speak with me is because this is the power o! a 9evil. That&s what 3uchou

told me be!ore. $6hen you turn into a 9evil one o! the uni7ue ability you attain is $<anguage%. The moment you turn into a 9evil everyone in the world can understand what you are saying. 4eople listening to you will hear it in the language they are most !amiliar with. I! they are +merican then they will hear it in ;nglish. I! they are 0panish then they will hear it in 0panish. +nd also the opposite. I! they speak in a language besides @apanese you will hear it in @apanese.% Yeah its happening )ust like 3uchou said. 9uring the ;nglish lecture I heard everything in @apanese. I was shocked. 6hen I was told to read an ;nglish paragraph by the ;nglish teacher I somehow read it and all o! my classmates looked shocked. 1! course they would. 0ince I can speak ;nglish naturally now so obviously my classmates will be shocked. ;ven the teacher !ro8e because o! it. 6ell the letters and vocabulary didn&t change to @apanese because it&s limited to sound only. 3ut that&s good enough. It&s too ama8ing i! I can e'change language anywhere in the world. @ust like that I turned into an $international% high school student without any re7uirements. $I think I might know where the Church is.% I think there is an old Church in the outer part o! this town. I think it&s that Church. 3ut is that Church still even used( $Y-You do2 T-Thank you:2 This is all thanks to ,od2% 0he smiles at me with tears !lowing !rom her eyes. This girl is really cute. 3ut when I look at the Rosario glowing !rom her chest it gives me an e'tremely negative reaction. 6ell o! course it does since I&m a 9evil. 0he is the type o! human that I shouldn&t talk to or get involved with. 3ut I can&t leave a girl in trouble alone. <ike this I took this 0ister to the Church. 1n our way to the Church we went past a park. $/waaaaaah2% 6hat I heard was the cry o! a boy. $+re you alright Yosh-kun(% "e will be !ine since he is with his mum. It seems like he )ust tripped over. 3ut suddenly the 0ister who is walking behind me walks towards the park. $"ey.% 0ister went inside the park and went towards the boy who is sitting down and crying. I also !ollowed the 0ister. $+re you okay( 3oys shouldn&t cry with a minor in)ury like this.% 0ister pats the boy's head gently. The boy probably didn't understand what she is saying. 3ut the 0ister has a very kind e'pression. The 0ister put her palm where the boy has in)ured himsel!. *e't moment I was in shock. + green light orb appears !rom the 0ister&s palm and is !lashing onto the boy&s knee.

6hat&s that( 9emonic-powers( 3uchou said that it can only be used by 9evils and someone related to 9evils so it can&t be. 6hen I look care!ully the boy&s in)ury starts to disappear. Is the light !rom her hand healing the boy&s in)ury( 0omething appears on my mind. 0acred ,ear. + special power which is bestowed upon certain people. I think that&s what -iba said be!ore. I somehow !eel this is it as well. <ooking at that light makes my le!t arm ache. This has to be related. 9id my 0acred ,ear react with her 0acred ,ear( Is it responding to it( 6hen I look again the boy&s in)ury is gone and there isn&t even a trace le!t. +ma8ing. This is also the power o! a 0acred ,ear.. There are so many di!!erent types o! it. The boy&s mother is in shock. +nyone who sees unimaginable things will have a similar reaction. $"ere your wounds are healed. The pain should be gone now.% The 0ister pats the boy's head and looks at me. $I&m sorry. 3ut I had to.% 0he laughs while sticking her tongue out. The boy&s mother who was shocked be!ore shook her head then grabs the boy's hand so they can leave 7uickly. $Thank you 1nee-chan2% The boy&s words. 6ords o! gratitude. $"e said thank you 1nee-chan.% 0he smiles happily a!ter I translated !or her. $..That power..% $Yes it&s the power to heal. It&s a wonder!ul power that ,od gave me.% 0he looks a bit sad even though she&s smiling. 0omehow it seems like she has some dark past or something. I probably shouldn&t get too deep into it. It&s not the atmosphere where I should say $+ctually I have a 0acred ,ear as well2%. It&s an unusual power and maybe some people may su!!er because o! it. ;ven I didn&t !eel happy when my 0acred ,ear was covering my arm. Instead I was really shocked. I still didn&t know how to use this 0acred ,ear there!ore I wasn&t happy at all. The only thing I can use it !or is to mimic -amehameha. The conversation ends there and we continued walking towards the Church. 6e reached an old Church a!ter walking !or a !ew minutes. Yeah the only Church I know is this. It&s )ust as old as I remember. I never heard that this place is still being used but you can see the light inside the Church so that means that there are people inside.

C"I<<0 C"I<<0 C"I<<0 I have chills and sweats are coming out o! my body. It&s been like this since be!ore. I knew it. I&m a 9evil so the Church which belongs to the ,od and the +ngels will be an enemy's territory !or me. ;ven 3uchou said that I should never get close to a Church or a shrine very strongly. $Yes this is the place2 I&m so glad.% 0ister shows a sigh o! relie! a!ter having compared our location with the map she has. 1h so this is the right place. That&s good. I shouldn&t stay here any longer. It&s getting dark so I should be going now. It&s a waste to say good bye to a beauty like her but I&m a 9evil and she is a nun.. <ove between di!!erent sides may sound romantic but this would be a di!!erent case. That&s because I&m getting really scared o! the Church. #y whole body won&t stop shaking. This sign o! !ear must be a special trait !or 9evils. It !eels like I&m a !rog being watched by a snake. *o rather I&m a !rog who doesn&t know what to do a!ter being !ound by the snake. $Then I&ll be on my way.% $4lease wait2% I say my !arewell and tried to leave but the 0ister&s words stops me. $I would like to make you some tea as a gratitude !or taking me here% $1h I&m in a rush so I have to get going.% $..3ut that&s..% 0he&s troubled. 0he probably wants to make me some tea to show her gratitude but drinking tea here will be dangerous. It&s a shame but I have to re!use. $#y name is "youdou Issei. ;veryone around me calls me Ise. 0o you can call me Ise as well. 6hat&s your name(% 6hen I give her my name she responds with a smile. $#y name is +sia +rgento2 4lease call me +sia2% $Then 0ister +sia let&s meet again.% $Yes2 Ise-san I will de!initely come and see you2% +sia bows her head down. I le!t the place a!ter waving my hands towards her. 0he watched me until I was out o! her sight. I understood that she is a good girl. +nd this was our !ate!ul destiny and our !irst meeting.

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+t night. $9on&t ever get close to the Church again.% I&m being scolded by 3uchou in the club room. 3uchou&s e'pression looks more serious than usual.

#ore like she is really mad at me. $To us 9evils the Church is an enemy's territory. @ust stepping into it can cause a ri!t between the 9evils and ,od. 0ince it was an act o! kindness by taking the nun to the Church they didn&t harm you but the +ngels are always on the lookout. You were in a situation where it wouldn&t be strange !or them to hit you with a spear o! light.% ..+re you serious( 6as I in such a serious situation..( I! I think about it the chills I !elt be!ore wasn&t normal. I only !elt !ear at that time. 0o that&s what it means to detect danger. 0o my instinct as a 9evil was telling me that it was a dangerous situation. $9on&t get involved with people !rom the Church. ;specially the ;'orcists who are our biggest enemy. They could easily eliminate us because their powers are supported by the prayer o! ,od. #ore so i! it is an ;'orcist with a 0acred ,ear. That would be the same as standing on the boundary o! death Ise.% 3uchou looks at me directly with her blue eyes while waving her crimson hair. "er eye is serious so she isn&t )oking. $Y-Yes.% $You could avoid death as a human by being resurrected as a 9evil. 3ut 9evils who are e'orcised become completely terminated. They return to nothing. *othing. There is nothing le!t and you !eel nothing. 9o you know how serious that is(% ..*othing( To tell you the truth I don&t. 3uchou shakes her head a!ter seeing my con!used !ace. $I&m sorry. I got too heated. +nyway be care!ul !rom now on.% $Yes.% #y conversation with 3uchou ends there. $+ra ara did you !inish lecturing him(% $1waa.% +keno-san is standing behind me and I didn&t even realise it. 0he is smiling like usual. $+keno did something happen(% +keno-san&s e'pression changes a!ter 3uchou asks her. $6e received an order !or a hunt !rom the +rch 9uke.%

Part $
--0tray 9evils. There are beings that are called as such. The 9evil who was turned into a 0ervant 9evil o! a 9evil with a peerage but who betrayed or killed its master. Cases like that rarely occur. The power o! 9evils are enormous. You can&t even compare it to the time when you were a human. 0o there will be those who choose to use that power !or their own sel!-interests. Those 9evils leave their master's place and cause destruction at di!!erent location.

That is a $0tray 9evil%. The 5allen +ngel 9onaseek who wore a suit mistook me !or a 0tray 9evil. In other words a stray dog. 0tray dogs create troubles. 6hen !ound the master or the other 9evils are ordered to eliminate them. That is the law o! the 9evils. 1ther beings such as +ngels and 5allen +ngels sees them as threats and they will eliminate the 0tray 9evils whenever !ound. There is nothing scarier than a 9evil who does not abide by any rule. I went to the unused building located at the outer part o! the town along with 3uchou +keno-san -iba and -oneko-chan. ;very night a 0tray 9evil is luring humans to the building to !eed on them. +s such there was a re7uest !rom the "igh-class 9evil to hunt them. >0ince it has escaped to the territory o! Rias ,remory I would like to ask you to eliminate it.? +pparently this is also one o! the )obs o! a 9evil. ;ating a human.. There are evil 9evils like that as well.. *o naturally 9evils are like that. 0o the only reason they are 7uiet is because they abide by the law.. Yeah they are 9evils a!ter all.. It&s midnight. It&s a world o! darkness. There's lot o! tall grasses surrounding me and I can see the unused building !ar away !rom here. It&s one o! the 9evils& traits to have a clear view at night. "mm having a clear view o! a creepy place like this isn&t so good.... $..0mell o! blood.% -oneko-chan covers her nose with her uni!orm a!ter she says that. 0mell o! blood( I can&t smell anything. 0o it means -oneko-chan has a good sense o! smell. It becomes 7uiet. I can !eel the presence o! an enemy nearby and its intent to kill us isn&t normal. #y legs are shaking. I&m really scared. I! the others weren&t here I will have escaped. 3uchou who is up at the !ront putting her hands on her hips looks very reliable2 $Ise it&s a good opportunity to e'perience what it's like to !ight.% 3uchou says something reckless. $6ait are you serious2( I&m positive that I won&t be o! much use2% $Yes. It&s still impossible now.% 0he says it straight at me. I kind o! !eel sad. $3ut you can watch what a 9evils' battle is like. Today )ust concentrate and look at how we !ight. 1h yes. I will also e'plain the traits the servants have.% $;'plain( The traits servants have(% I put on a con!used look but 3uchou continues.

$9evils who are the master give traits to those who will become their servants. ..Yes it&s probably about time I e'plain about it and also about the history o! 9evils.% 3uchou starts to e'plain about the current situation o! the 9evils. $<ong time ago there was a three sided war between the 9evils the 5allen +ngels and ,od with its +ngels !ollowers. +ll three sides had a large army and they !ought !or almost eternity. +s a result all three sides lost most o! their troops and the war !inished several hundred years ago with no side winning.% -iba continues a!ter 3uchou. $The 9evils were no e'ception. 3ig 9evils with peerage who commanded about DI or BI troops lost most o! their underlings because o! the war. They lost so many that they couldn&t even !orm new armies.% +keno-san continues on !rom there. $I heard that most o! the pure 9evils passed away in that war. ;ven a!ter the war there are still problems between the 9evils the 5allen +ngels and ,od. ;ven though the 5allen +ngels' and ,od's side also lost most o! their troops we are still in a position where we can&t let our guard down or else we will be in trouble.% Then 3uchou speaks again. $Then the 9evils decided to use a system to !orm a small group o! soldiers. +nd that is the >;vil 4iece?.% $;vil 4iece(% 0eems like it&s going to get complicated but it looks like I have to listen to it seriously. $9evils with 4eerage decide to use the traits o! the human&s game $Chess% to their 0ervant 9evils. It was also sarcasm because most o! the servants are 9evils that were reincarnated !rom humans. 0ince then Chess became a popular game in the world o! the 9evils. 6e&ll leave that aside. 9evils who are masters are a >-ing?. In our case that is me. 5rom there they created J special traits that consist o! >Lueen? >-night? >Rook? >3ishop? and >4awn?. 0ince they couldn&t make an army they decided to have a small number o! 9evils and give them enormous powers. This system was made in the past !ew hundred years and this une'pectedly became popular amongst 9evils with peerage.% $4opular( You mean the Chess rule(% $They started to compete against each other. 5or e'ample like $#y -night is stronger2% or $*o my Rook is stronger2% +s a result "igh-class 9evils started to play a game like that o! Chess against each other using their 0ervant 9evils. 6e call it the $Rating ,ame%. +nyway this game became very popular amongst the 9evils. *ow there are even tournaments !or it. The strength o! their >4ieces? and also how strong they are at the game a!!ects the 9evils' social position and their peerage. There is a thing called >4iece Collect? where they gather humans with talents and make them into their >4ieces?. It&s very popular recently. Talented servants become their status.% I see. 0o being strong in that game means that you are a splendid 9evil. It also becomes your pride then. ../mm so 0ervant 9evils are !ormer humans and they !unction by becoming the >4ieces? in the game. I !eel it's complicated. 0o will I be someday !orced to !ight in that game( $I&m not a matured 9evil yet so I can&t participate in the o!!icial tournament. ;ven i! I could there are things that I need to go through or else I can&t play. In short Ise and my other servants here won&t be participating in a game !or a while.%

$0o does that mean that -iba and the others haven't played in that game yet(% $Yeah.% -iba answers my 7uestion. The world o! 9evils is strange. I used to imagine them being evil and scary but it looks like my imagination is incorrect. 1r maybe I !eel like that because I&m still ignorant o! the ways o! the 9evils' world. 3e!ore that there is something that is bothering me. Yeah my position is a >4iece?. $3uchou what is my role and traits( +nd what piece am I(% $Ise you are% 3uchou stops there. I also know the reason why. I can !eel chills all over my body. That&s because o! the presence o! the enemy and its intent to kill became much stronger. There is something approaching us2 ;ven a guy like me who )ust turned into a 9evil knows it. $I can smell something disgusting. 3ut I can also smell something delicious. Is it sweet( 1r is it sour(% + low voice which is coming !rom below the ground. This weirdness isn&t normal. @ust hearing its voice scares me. $0tray 9evil Hai8or. 6e are here to eliminate you.U 3uchou says that. $-etaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketaketa..% The abnormal laughter echoes around us. +h I now clearly understand. This isn&t a laugh o! a human. It&s also not a laugh o! a 9evil that I know o!. *ggh.. + topless woman appears !rom the shadow. 3ut the woman&s body is !loating. *o. 0T;4 + heavy !ootsteps. The ne't thing that appears is the body o! a gigantic beast. It&s a grotes7ue being with an unnatural !orm having a woman&s upper body and the lower body o! a monster. It&s holding something that looks like a spear in both o! its hands. The lower body o! the monster has !our !at legs with sharp claws. Is it a snake tail( 6ow2 The tail is moving on its own2 5rom the si8e o! it it&s de!initely more than J meters tall. I! it stands on its hind legs won't it be much taller( ;ither way it&s a monster. Is this also a 9evil( 6ell duh since 3uchou called it a $0tray 9evil%. #an there are things like this as well2( I con!irmed it again. 9evils are scary2

$<eaving your master&s side and rampaging as you please de!initely deserve death. In the name o! 9uke ,remory I will gladly eliminate you2% $You are cunning !or a little girrrrrrl2 I will rip your body and colour it in red )ust like your haaaaaaair22% The monster barks but 3uchou )ust laughs with her nose. $,runts sure do speak in a stylish manner. Yuuto2% $Yes2% 0woo!2 -iba who was near me sprints ahead as soon as 3uchou gives him an order. 5ast. "e&s insanely !ast. I can&t even respond to it2 $Ise I will continue !rom the lecture be!ore.% 3uchou says. <ecture( The thing about ;vil 4iece&s traits or something( $Yuuto&s position is >-night?. Its trait is speed. Those who become a >-night? have their speed increased.% @ust like 3uchou said -iba&s speed increases and eventually I wasn&t able to !ollow his movements with my eyes. The monster is using its spear to attack but it didn&t seem like it will hit. $+nd Yuuto&s ultimate weapon is swords.% -iba stops and suddenly he is holding onto a ;uropean sword. "e took it out o! the scabbard and the drawn sword is re!lecting the light o! the moon. 0/2 -iba suddenly disappears again. *e't moment the scream o! the monster echoes. $,yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah2% 6hen I looked both o! its arms are cut !rom its torso along with the spear. 3lood gushes out o! its wound. $This is Yuuto&s power. 0peed that you can&t !ollow with your eyes and sword skills o! a pro!essional. 3y combining these two he becomes the !astest -night.% There is a shadow near the monster&s legs.. 6ait2 That&s -oneko-chan2 $*e't is -oneko. 0he is a >Rook?. The trait o! a Rook is its% $9amn inseeeeeeeeect2% 0T1#42 The enormous monster tries to stomp on -oneko-chan2 ---oneko-chan2 "ey she&s in trouble 3ut the monster&s !oot didn&t hit the ground. It wasn&t able to stomp completely. ,ugugu.. The girl with a tiny body is li!ting up the monster&s !oot. $The trait o! a >Rook? is simple. +bsolute strength. +nd also very high de!ence. It&s impossible !or a 9evil with that calibre to stamp on -oneko. It can&t crush her.%

<I5T2 -oneko-chan completely li!ts up the monster. $..5ly% -oneko-chan )umps high and punches into the monster&s stomach very sharply. 3+*,2 The enormous body o! the monster gets thrown backwards. I then remembered the word o! the client that loves -oneko-chan #orisawa-san. -oneko-chan has e'treme strength. 0he carried me like a princess. It&s not something you call e'treme strength2 That enormous monster went !lying with )ust one punch2 Yeah I will make sure not to mess with -oneko-chan. I will probably get killed )ust by getting poked by her !inger. 0uper-human girl. 0cary indeed. #orisawa-san who !ell in love with her is also scary. $<astly +keno.% $Yes 3uchou. +ra ara what should I do(% +keno-san is laughing while walking towards the monster that is on the ground a!ter being hit by -oneko-chan. $+keno is a >Lueen?. 0he&s the one who is the strongest a!ter me. 0he is the unbeatable Hicepresident o! our club who has all the traits o! >4awn? >-night? >3ishop? and >Rook?. $,uuuuuu..2% The monster stares at +keno-san. +keno-san makes a !earless laugh a!ter seeing the monster&s ga8e. $+ra ara seems like you still have some energy le!t in you. Then how about this(% +keno-san puts her hands towards the sky. 5<+0"2 *e't instant the sky sparkles and a lightning bolt strikes down the monster. $,agagagagagagagagagagagaaa2% The monster gets electri!ied violently. Its entire body gets burnt and smoke are coming out !rom it. $+ra ara looks like you still have some energy in you. <ooks like you can take more.% 5<+0"2 +nother lightning bolt hit the monster. $,yaaaaaaaaaaaaaah2 The monster gets electri!ied again. It already sounds like its dying. ;ven so +keno-san strikes down the third lightning. +keno-san's !ace while striking down the lightning bolt looks scary and cold even though she is smiling. /waah. That person is en)oying it.. 0he&s laughing a!ter all. $+keno e'cels at attacks using demonic-powers. 0he could use natural elements like lightning ice

and !ire. +nd most o! all she is the ultimate sadist.% 3uchou con!esses it like i! it&s nothing. + sadist2( That&s not something you call a sadist2( $/sually she&s very kind but once the battle starts she won&t stop until she calms down.% $../uu I&m scared o! +keno-san.% $You don&t have to be a!raid Ise. +keno is very kind to comrades so it&s not a problem. 0he even said that you were cute. *e't time get spoiled by her. 0he will de!initely hug you kindly.% $/!u!u!u!u!u!u!u. "ow much o! my lightning can you take( Right monster-san( You still can&t die yet okay( The one who !inishes you o!! will be my master. 1hohohohohohoho2% ..3uchou I&m getting very scared o! the person in !ront o! me who is laughing very loudly.... I thought she was the one with the most common sense.. 0he is a 9evil a!ter all. That has to be it. + 9evil I tell ya. 0o they will be scary. 5or a !ew minutes +keno-san&s lightning attacks continues. +!ter +keno-san calms down 3uchou con!irms it and nods her head. 3uchou approaches the monster that has already lost its will to !ight. 3uchou put her hand towards the monster. $+ny last words(% 3uchou asks. $-ill me.% That&s the only thing the monster says. $Then disappear.% + cruel reply. 3uchou&s voice gave me the chills. 91*2 + gigantic black mass o! demonic-power is shot out !rom 3uchou&s palm. It&s so big that it can cover all o! the monster&s body. The mass o! demonic-power devours the monster&s body. 6hen the demonic-power disappears so did the monster&s body. @ust like 3uchou said it disappeared. Con!irming that 3uchou makes a sigh. $It&s over. ,ood work everyone.% 3uchou says it to the club members. ;veryone returns back to their usual sel!. 0o the $0tray 9evil% hunt is over huh( The !ate !or the 0tray 9evils. I don&t know what to say. That thing also le!t its master&s side because it had something in its mind.. 0o this is the battle o! a 9evil.. It was a !ierce !ight. +long with the 0tray 9evils there are still many things in this world I am un!amiliar with. 0o I have to aim up high !rom here.. #aybe I have to think in decades.

Then I remembered the problem. The thing about position o! ;vil 4ieces !rom earlier. 0ince I&m a servant o! a 9evil with peerage then I should have a certain >4iece? too. $3uchou there is still a thing that you didn&t tell me.% $6hat is it(% 3uchou responds with a smile. $#y 4iece..more like what is my role as a servant.% To tell you the truth I already predicted the worst case. #ore like I knew it is that. 3ut I still have a naive hope. There are two >4ieces? le!t since +keno-san is a >Lueen? -oneko-chan is a >Rook? and -iba is a >-night?. The >3ishop? and..the >4awn?. I was hoping !or it but it gets shattered instantly. The crimson-hair beauty smiles at me and says it clearly. $You are a >4awn?. Ise you are a 4awn.% I&m the lowest.

Life.3 I 'a(e a )rien(

Part 1
$"aa.. The road to achieving a success!ul career sure is hard.% I&m in my room looking at the ceiling and making a !uss. 4awn. That&s my trait and role. + 4awn that&s the lowest role. 0o I have to aim up !rom there.. #y road to getting a peerage starts by getting onto a rough road. #y road to become a proper 9evil is !ull o! troubles. 3y the way there is someone else who is 3uchou&s >3ishop?. 0he told me this on the same day when I !ound out my role as a servant. $#y >3ishop? already e'ists. 3ut that >3ishop? is not here. The >3ishop? is at a di!!erent place !ollowing a di!!erent order working !or me. I! there is a chance then I will introduce the >3ishop? to you.% That&s what she said. 6ho is that person( #aybe I could meet that person soon. I hope it&s a girl. 0o I was chosen as the le!t over >4awn?. I have many di!!iculties to overcome. 6hen I think about it was I actually okay with this( I was killed by a 5allen +ngel because o! the -amehameha e7uipping device the 0acred ,ear. 0he also used my !eelings o! love. Then a!ter that I was turned into a 9evil. I was picked up by a beauti!ul 9evil who said to me that I was her $0ervant% and then was deceived that $I can make my own harem i! I rise up%. I work my butt o!! every day as 3uchou&s servant.

"anding out lea!lets. +nd making contracts. 3ut my demonic-power is low so I can&t use the magic-circle to get teleported to the client&s place. 0omething like this has never happened be!ore the worst 9evil ever. That&s me. 3R;+T";0 I*. I inhaled some air. I! I think about it I never had any special !eatures even be!ore I turned into a 9evil. I tried a lot o! things to become popular with the girls but a!ter all I can&t win against good looking guys. I also didn&t have any dreams be!ore I turned into a 9evil. 6ell maybe that&s a good thing that I turned into a 9evil because I have a dream now. 6ait is turning into a 9evil even a good thing( 6ell i! I haven&t been saved by 3uchou back then my li!e would have been over. @ust like this I don&t have time to en)oy my youth. 6ell it&s kinda..!un. I&m surrounded by a bunch o! bisho)ous and everyone is kind. 6ell !or a 9evil that is. Rias-buchou is beauti!ul and +keno-san is okay as long as I don&t piss her o!!..I think. -oneko-chan also isn&t a problem as long as I act normal. -iba pisses me o!! but he talks to me normally even though he&s a good-looking guy...... "e&s actually a good guy. 9amn good-looking guy. You really can&t )udge people by their appearance. <ooks like my imagination o! a good looking guy is changing. Then I remembered about the beauti!ul blonde 0ister +sia. 0he was a beauti!ul girl. I! I was to have a girl!riend..I stop there and covered my !ace. 6ait I )ust went through that rough unre7uited love. 9amn it playing with my !eelings.. Yuuma-chan I actually loved you. 0hit. 6hy is my li!e always controlled by someone else( #aybe that's how li!e works. + lot o! mysterious things happen around me so I have a !eeling that I was dragged into it. +sia..0ister huh. The person who is standing on the opposite side o! me. I probably won&t meet her ever again. That girl will walk her own path and I will walk my own path. 6e )ust happen to be the servant o! a 9evil and the servant o! ,od. 6e )ust met by chance. 6e probably shouldn&t see each other again. It might lead us to an un!ortunate destiny. @ust like that I&m thinking something cool. $+aaah yes yes I&m )ust a weak >4awn?. There&s nothing good about me so can I even get a peerage..( "ow about it #aou-sama( 6ell it&s probably useless discussing this with the #aousama anyways.% I laugh bitterly at mysel!. I&m going to have a goal. That&s it.

5irst o! all my goal will be to use the magic-circle to get transported. This will be my !irst step. Yeah this is it. Yup2 I&m getting !ired up. 0obbing time is over. I&ve turned into a 9evil. That can&t be changed. Then I will have to live on as a 9evil. +nd I will make my dream come true as a 9evil. ;ven i! I can&t working hard to achieve it will be my li!e goal. Yeah2 I can do it2 I&m going to do it2

Part 2
It&s late it night and I&m on my bicycle heading towards a particular house. *ot a mansion or an apartment but )ust an ordinary house. It&s my !irst time so what shall I do( 0ince the client isn&t living alone won&t the client&s !amily see me( +!ter all I actually have to visit the house to make a contract. I was told be!ore that ordinary human can&t detect me but does it apply to this situation as well( I&m worried but I realise it when I'm about to push the bell. The entrance door is open. ..0eriously leaving the door open in the middle o! the night. ";+RT3;+T I suddenly !elt uneasy. 6hat is this( I have a really bad !eeling. 3ut I&m already walking into house. I look inside !rom the entrance. There are no lights in the hallway. There is a staircase that led to the second !loor but there are no lights on. There is only one room at the end o! the !irst !loor with some lights on and it&s a !aint light. ..Yeah there&s something de!initely wrong. I !eel no presence o! any human. +re they sleeping( Impossible. Then I won&t be !eeling this uneasiness. I take my shoes o!! at the entrance and carried them in my hand. I walk into the room without making a sound. I&m a 9evil not a thie!. I&m thinking o! an e'cuse like that. I look into the room !rom the door that is slightly opened and the brightness is due to the candles. $.."ello. I&m a 9evil !rom the ,remory&s household.. /mm is the client here(% I ask 7uietly but there is no reply. It can&t be helped so I enter the room. It&s a living room and there is a television a so!a a table and such. It looks like an ordinary living room. Then I stop my breath. #y eyes are glued to the wall. + wall. There is a corpse nailed to the wall. It&s upside down.

..+ human. It&s a male. Is he the person who lives here( 3ut why..( The corpse has been cut viciously. 0omething that looks like a giblet is coming out !rom the wounds.. $,ough.% I vomit out the thing inside my stomach on the spot. I didn&t vomit when I saw that monster but my body reacted to seeing this corpse. I can&t endure looking at this corpse any more. The corpse is attached to the wall with screws making the shape o! a cross upside down. There are big and thick screws screwed into the palm o! each hand into the !eet and at the middle o! its torso. This isn&t normal. *ot normal at all2 You can&t kill a person like this with a normal mind2 There is a puddle o! blood on the !loor !rom the drips o! blood !alling !rom the corpse. There is writing on the wall. $6-6hat is this..(% $It&s written as $4unishment !or those who did bad deeds2%. I )ust borrowed the sentence !rom someone important.% 0uddenly the voice o! a young male comes !rom behind me. 6hen I turn around there is a man with white hair. "e seems to be a !oreigner and he looks like he&s still a teenager. "e&s dressing up like a priest. "e&s also a bishounen. 0eeing me the priest makes an evil smile. $"mm hmm. 6ell well i! it isn&t a 9evil-kun2% "e seems to be really happy. Then the thing that 3uchou told me comes back to my mind. 9on&t get involved with people !rom the Church. ;specially the ;'orcists. They are our biggest enemy. They can easily eliminate us because their powers are supported by the prayer o! ,od. "e&s a priest so he&s related to the Church. This is bad.. "e even knows that I&m a 9evil so am I in the worst situation there is again( $I&m a priest:V + boy priest:V I cut down devil-like people: and I laugh at them:V I cut the head o! you 9evils and receive my meal:V% The priest starts to sing. I-I don&t get it. 6hat is wrong with this guy2( $#y name is 5reed =el8an. I belong to a certain ;'orcism organisation. +h )ust because I introduced mysel! doesn&t mean you have to. I don&t want to remember your name in my memory so please don&t. It&s okay since you are going to die soon. I will make sure o! it. It might hurt at !irst but later you will !eel so good that you will cry. *ow let&s open the new door - !2% I&ve never met someone like him be!ore. "is words don&t make any sense. 0o this guy is an ;'orcist. I&m in trouble now.

3ut there&s something I want to say to him. I swallowed down my spit and ask him. $"ey was it you( The one who killed this person(% $Yes yes. I killed him. 3ecause: he was a regular criminal who has been summoning 9evils so I had to kill him.% 6-6hat kind o! an e'cuse is that2( $"uh( +re you shocked( +ren&t you running away( That&s weird( Really 6eird. I mean humans who make a pact with 9evils are scum. 0cum indeed. Can&t you understand that( *o( Is that so( 6ell you are a scum 9evil a!ter all.% This guy is cra8y2 You can&t even have a normal conversation with him2 3ut I will say what I have to2 $"ow can a human kill another human then2( +ren&t you only supposed to kill 9evils(% $"aaaaa( 6hat the !uck is that( + mere 9evil like you is lecturing me( "ahaha. I will laugh at this. You probably could get a reward !or being !unny. 1kay then listen care!ully you shitty 9evil. 9evils also use humans' greed to survive. Relying on a 9evil proves that you are no longer a human. It&s the end. That&s why I killed him:. I make a living by killing 9evils and those that are contracted to a 9evil. That&s my )ob.% $;ven 9evil&s won&t go this !ar2% $"aa::( 6hat are you talking about( 9evils are trash. 9o you know they are a shitty e'istence( 9o you know this is common sense( 9idn&t you know( 0eriously you should start your li!e back !rom a toddler. 6ait it&s useless to tell this to a reincarnated 9evil like you. #ore like I have to kill you2 "ahahaha. It&s awesome isn&t it( It&s the best isn&t it(% The priest pulls out a sword that had no blade and a gun. 3111#. + sound vibrates in the air. The sword that only has a handle turns into a thing like a beam saber. 6hat is that( It looks like a beam saber !rom "undam. $You kind o! irritate me so can I cut you( Can I shoot you( Is it 1-( 1kay then. *ow I&m going to stab your heart with this blade of light and I&m going to blow your head with this cool looking gun2 #an I&m seriously going to !all in love2% 06I5T2 The priest came sprinting towards me2 "e slashes his blade o! light at me. 1h crap2 I )ust dodged it but intense pain runs through my leg. There are smokes coming out o! the priest's gun. 6as I shot( 3ut I don&t hear any gunshots. Then suddenly I !elt another shot o! pain on my leg again. $,uaaaah2% I !ell on my knees while moaning. This time I was shot on my le!t cal!2 It hurts2 3ut I know this pain2 $"ow is it2( The special bullet made !or the ;'orcists the bullet of light2 +nd it doesn&t make any sound. 0ince its bullet o! light. This situation turns both o! us on doesn&t it(%

The pain o! light. Yeah this is the pain o! light. To a 9evil light is poisonous. 1nce hit the pain goes through your entire body. $9ie die 9evil2 9ie 9evil2 Turn to dust and disappear2 This is all !or my entertainment2% The priest is laughing madly and is about to !inish me o!!. $4lease stop2% Then there is a voice o! a woman I am !amiliar with. The priest !ro8e his posture to where he was about to attack me and looks towards the direction where the voice came !rom. I also look to the same direction. 2 + girl is there and I know her. $+sia.% Yes the blond 0ister is standing there. $6ell i! it isn&t my assistant +sia-chan. 6hat happened( 9id you !inish putting the barrier(U $2 *-*oooooooo2% +sia screams a!ter seeing the corpse that is nailed to the wall. $Thank you !or the adorable scream2 1h yeah this is your !irst time seeing a corpse like this isn&t it +sia-chan( Then look care!ully. 6e have the humans that are entranced by a 9evil die like this.% $..*-*o..% 0he then looks at us and gets shocked to see me. $..5ather 5reed..that person..% +sia looks at me directly. $4erson( *o no. This shit here is a 9evil. "ahaha what are you misunderstanding(% $2 Ise-san is a..9evil..(% 0he seems to be shocked to !ind out the truth and didn&t know what to say. $6hat what( You guys know each other( 6ow. *ow this is a big surprise. Is it the !orbidden love between a 9evil and a 0ister( 0eriously( +re you serious( % 5reed the priest looks at both +sia and me. ..I didn&t want her to know. It should have stayed like that. It's better that she didn&t know. I didn&t plan on seeing her again. I )ust wanted her to think o! me as a kind high school student who lives in this town. #an I don&t know what to say. 6hat a rotten destiny. +sia&s eyes are making me !eel bad. I&m sorry. I&m sorry !or being a 9evil. $+haha2 9evils and humans can never coe'ist2 ;specially humans !rom the Church and the 9evils are the biggest enemies2 +lso we are a group o! heretics that was deserted by ,od. +sia-tan and I are humans that can&t survive without the support o! 5allen +ngels-sama.% 5allen +ngel( 6hat does he mean( 9on&t priests and nuns work under ,od(

$6ell now leaving that aside I need to kill this trash here or else I can&t !inish my )ob so here I come. +re you ready(% The priest thrusts his sword toward me again. I! I get stabbed by that in my chest I will be killed.. ;ven i! I do survive I will end up like that the client who is nailed to the wall and then have my body slashed. 5eeling o! !ear controls my body when I think about it. This is bad. This situation is really bad2 I will be killed without being able to move my body2 6hile I was thinking about it the blond 0ister walks between the priest and I. 0he stood in !ront o! me with her arms spread as i! she is protecting me. The priest puts on a stern look when he sees this. $.."ey hey. +re you serious( +sia-tan do you know what you are doing(% $..I do. 5ather 5reed I beg you. 4lease !orgive this person. 4lease let him go.% I became speechless a!ter hearing her. +sia( +re you protecting me( $I can&t stand it any more.. You can&t kill people )ust because they are entranced to a 9evil and you also can&t kill 9evils. It&s wrong2% $"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah2( 9on&t talk shit bitch2 You also learned that 9evils are trashes at the Church2 0eriously is there something wrong with your brain2(% 5reed now has an anguished e'pression. $There are good people even among 9evils2% $There aren&t idiooooooot2% $T-That&s what I thought until recently.. 3ut Ise-san is a good person. That !act doesn&t change even a!ter I !ound out that he is a 9evil2 -illing someone is un!orgivable2 This kind o! act2 ,od won&t allow such acts2% 0he saw the corpse and she !ound out that I&m a 9evil so she should be shocked. 3ut +sia isn&t backing down to speak her belie!s to the priest. 6hat a strong willed girl. This girl is ama8ing. 3+-I2 $-yaa2% The bastard priest hit +sia to the side with his gun. +sia !ell to the ground. $"ey +sia2% I went to +sia who was struck away. ..There&s a bruise mark on her !ace. That bastard actually hit her. $..The 5allen +ngel girl told me very strongly that I can't kill you. 3ut I&m getting a bit pissed. 0ince I can&t kill you than can I rape you or something( I! I don&t I won&t be able to heal my heart. 3ut be!ore that I need to kill that trash over there.% The priest points his blade o! light at me again. ..I can&t run away while leaving +sia here.

I can&t leave her here with him who )ust talked about doing scary stu!!2 I! I&m running away then it will be with +sia. 0o I have to !ight.. Can I !ight using my 0acred ,ear( ;ven though I don&t know its e!!ect( I&m also the weakest 4iece >4awn?. I have a slim chance o! winning. 3ut I have to.. $I can&t leave a girl who )ust de!ended me. 0o come2% I made a !ighting posture in !ront o! the priest. The priest whistles and seems really happy. $;h( ;h( 0eriously( 0eriously( You are going to !ight me( You will die you know( You will die with a lot o! pain( I have no intention o! killing you painlessly okay( *ow then. <et&s see i! I can make a new record !or the smallest minced-meat2% "e&s talking something creepy again. 3ut I can&t act pathetically !ront o! +sia2 The priest )umps up high then the !loor glows in a blue and white colour. $6hat is this(% The priest becomes suspicious when the !loor glows. The blue light starts to !orm a shape. It&s a magic-circle. +nd I have seen this be!ore. The magic-circle o! the ,remory household2 I-Is it..2 5<+0"2 The magic-circle that appeared on the !loor shines. Then the people I know appear !rom it. I mean 9evils. $"youdou-kun we came to rescue you.% -iba smiles at me. $+ra ara. This is aw!ul.% $..4riest.% +keno-san and -oneko-chan2 Yes my comrades. -uu2 They came to rescue me2 I&m so moved that I !eel like crying2 ,reat2 0omething like this actually happens2( $"yahou2 "ere&s a present !or a group o! 9evils2% The priest starts slashing his sword. -+,I*2 The sound o! the metal echoes through the room. -iba blocks the priest's attack with his sword. $I&m sorry. "e&s one o! us2 6e can&t let you lay a !inger on him2% $1h oh2 + mere 9evil being concerned about their comrade( 6hat are you guys( 9evil 07uadron the 9evil Rangers( That&s nice. I can !eel the heat. I&m getting turned on2 0o how is it( +re you one the sticking it in and is he the one bending( 0o are you guys in that sort o! relationship(%

They are e'changing swords but the priest is getting cocky and sticking his tongue out while he is shaking his tongue and his head. That guy is completely looking down on us2 ;ven -iba has an anguished e'pression. Yeah that guy is de!initely disgusting. $..6hat a vulgar mouth. It&s hard to believe you are a priest.. 1h that&s why you are a $0tray ;'orcist% right(% $Yeah yeah2 I&m vulgar2 0orry about that2 That&s because I strayed away2 I was kicked out2 That&s why screw the Hatican2 I&m all right as long as I get to cut 9evils whenever I !eel like it2% 3oth o! them are still e'changing their swords. -iba has a calm e'pression but his eyes have already captured his !oe. The boy priest 5reed is still laughing and en)oying the !ight. $You are the type that is the most hard to deal with. 0omeone who !eels like they are living by cutting 9evils..the one who causes the most harm to us.% $"aaaaah2( You know I don&t want to be told o!! by a 9evil( I&m trying to live now )ust like other people2 I&m not in a position where pests like you can talk down to me2% $;ven 9evils have rules.% +keno-san is smiling but her eyes are serious. 0he is showing a sign o! will to !ight and hostility towards 5reed. $*ice. I like those passionate eyes. 1nee-san you are the best. I can !eel your urge o! wanting to kill me. Is this love( *o. I think it&s a killing intent2 0uperb2 This is great2 I love the !eeling o! intending to kill and getting intended to kill2% $Then disappear.% The person who appears on my side is the crimson-haired girl Rias-buchou2 $Ise I&m sorry. I never e'pected that a 0tray ;'orcist will visit this client&s house.% 3uchou who is apologising to me narrows her eyes a!ter seeing my wounds. $..Ise. 9id you get wounded(% $+h sorry.. I was shot..% I try to deceive her by laughing. +h looks like she will yell at me a!terwards. 0orry !or being weak 3uchou. 3ut 3uchou didn&t say anything to me and gives a cold e'pression to the priest. $<ooks like you have been looking a!ter my cute servant(% "er voice is low and sounds scary. 6ow 3uchou is pissed. +m I the reason( $Yes yes. I have been playing around with it. I was planning to cut his body all over but I was interrupted and it !inished as a dream.% 31*2 + section o! the !urniture behind the priest is blown away. It&s 3uchou. 3uchou shot out a ball o! demonic-power. $I make sure I never !orgive those who harm my servants. I especially can&t !orgive a lowli!e like

you damaging my personal possessions.% "er intensity causes the atmosphere to !eel !ro8en. "er killing intents lurk around the room. There is a thing that looks like waves o! demonic-power surrounding 3uchou. $2 3uchou there seems to be !ew 5allen +ngels heading to this house. +t this rate we will be at a disadvantage.% 0eems like +keno-san detected something and in!orms us. The 5allen +ngels are approaching( Those guys with black wings( 3uchou gives another stare at the priest. $..+keno we will return to our head7uarters once we retrieve Ise. 4repare !or teleportation.% $Yes.% +keno-san starts to cast a spell as soon as 3uchou urges her to. Teleport( +re we running away( I then look at +sia. $3uchou2 6e have to take her as well2% I say it to 3uchou. $It&s impossible. 1nly 9evils can use the magic-circle to transport. +lso this magic-circle can only teleport me and my servants.% *-*o.. #y eyes and +sia's eyes met. 0he )ust smiles at me. $+sia2% $Ise-san let&s meet again.% That was the last words we e'changed at this place. *e't moment +keno-san !inishes casting the spell and the magic-circle on the !loor starts to glow blue again. $<ike I will let you escape2% The priest came slashing at us but -oneko-chan threw the so!a against him. 3y the time the priest smacks away the so!a with his sword we were already teleported to the club room. I don&t have the time to think about the impression o! my !irst teleportation through the magiccircle and I only remember the smile +sia gave me last.

Part 3
$There are two types o! ;'orcists.% I&m listening to 3uchou&s e'planation while having my legs heal. $The !irst are the ;'orcists who receive the blessing !rom ,od to per!orm e'orcism in the name o! )ustice. This group o! ;'orcist borrows its power !rom ,od and +ngels to eliminate 9evils. +nd there is another one. $0tray ;'orcists%.% $0tray(% 3uchou nods at my 7uestion.

+gain with that $0tray%. $;'orcism is a holy ceremony that is per!ormed in the name o! ,od. 3ut sometimes there are ;'orcists who starts to en)oy the act o! killing 9evils. They are beings who have !ound killing 9evils as )oy and as their purpose o! li!e. 0o they get kicked out !rom the Church without e'ception. 1r they get erased !or being !ound guilty.% $;rased..so they get killed.% $3ut there are those who survive. 6hat do you think happens to those ;'orcists( It&s simple. They go to the 5allen +ngels.% $5allen +ngels are the ones with black wings right(% $Yes. ;ven though 5allen +ngels are beings that were kicked out !rom the heaven they still have the power o! light the power to eliminate 9evils. The 5allen +ngels also lost a lot o! their comrades and their men in the previous war. That&s why they started to collect servants )ust like us.% I understood the situation as soon as she told me that much. $0o the 5allen +ngels who !inds the 9evils a nuisance and the ;'orcists who wants to kill 9evils have the same ob)ective right(% $Yes. That&s why they are called $0tray ;'orcists%. 0o the dangerous ;'orcists who became addicted to 9evil-hunts started to attack 9evils and the humans with connections to 9evils by borrowing powers !rom the 5allen +ngels. The boy priest !rom earlier is e'actly that. "e&s a $0tray ;'orcist% who belongs to an organisation with the support o! the 5allen +ngels. They are not proper ;'orcists but they are still dangerous like the proper ones. *o since they have no restrictions on them they are much harder to deal with than the actual ;'orcists. It&s not smart to deal with them. 0o the Church you went to be!ore does not belong to ,od but to the 5allen +ngels.% ..I knew they were a threat. I realised how dangerous they are when I was !ighting that shitty priest. "e is really evil. "e only thought about !ighting and has )oy in killing 9evils. ,etting involved with the group where more shits like that e'ist is dangerous. I know that. I really do. 3ut. 3ut2 0o I have to say it to 3uchou. $3uchou I need to save that girl +sia2% $It&s impossible. "ow will you !ight them( You are a 9evil. +nd she is a servant o! 5allen +ngels. It&s the two kinds that cannot coe'ist. 0aving her means making the 5allen +ngels your enemies. ..I! that happened we would also have to !ight.% $....% I couldn&t say anything back to her. I will cause trouble to 3uchou and others due to my sel!ishness. I compared +sia with 3uchou and others. 3ut I can&t !ind the answer. 6hich one is more important( That..that will be.. I realised what a small man I am because I can&t !ind the right answer. I can&t save even a single girl. I am too weak.

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$"aa..% *oon. I've skipped school today and I&m currently sitting on a bench in a children&s park while making a sigh. The wounds I received !rom the priest on my leg yesterday haven&t completely healed. +ccording to 3uchou $The 5allen +ngel who gave its power to that priest must have a dense power o! light% so it seems like they will be troublesome !or us 9evils since light is poisonous to us. 6ith this leg I can&t do the 9evils& )ob !or a while so I was told to take a break by 3uchou. 3uchou probably has already talked to the teacher so it should be !ine. That&s because 3uchou controls the school !rom the shadows. ,//: #y stomach rumbles. *ow that I think about it I haven&t eaten since morning. I have been thinking about +sia and my career as a 9evil the whole time. "ow can I save +sia( 3e!ore that does +sia even like her current situation( That I don&t know. 3ut I have made my own assumption that she won&t en)oy working in the same place as a psycho priest who will hit her. /mm. I! I do things on my own it will cause a lot o! trouble to 3uchou and the others. ..I want to get stronger. That&s the only thing in my mind right now. There are many things that are possible to do only i! you are strong. In my short li!e as a 9evil that is the only thing I&m sure o!. It seems like I have to be stronger in order to achieve my dream. 0ince then I've learned how to make my 0acred ,ear appear whenever I !eel like. 3ut since I don&t know how to use it it&s a waste. 3ut maybe relying on the 0acred ,ear makes me a weakling. +ll right. 1nce my wounds heal I&m going to start building muscles2 I&m also going to ask 3uchou and +keno-san how to use demonic-powers. ..I&m not happy but I&m might ask -iba to teach me how to use sword. +nyway I have my plans now. I&m going to get stronger than that shitty priest. *o I need to be strong enough to run away !rom the 5allen +ngel on my own. I&m a >4awn? but I can do it as long as I work hard. I want to believe that. Yeah since I have a new plan I&ll buy lunch somewhere and go home2 6hen I got up !rom the bench the colour gold appears to my eyes. 6hen I look care!ully there is a blond haired girl that I&m !amiliar with.

0he also notices me. 3oth o! us are shocked at this meeting. $..+sia(% $..Ise-san(%

Part !
$..+uu.% It&s a strange sight. + 0ister is getting con!used in !ront o! the register. $6-6hat would you like to order..(% ;ven the employee doesn&t know how to handle this situation. Its lunchtime and I took +sia to a !ast !ood restaurant at the business district. It seems like +sia never came to this kind o! place be!ore so she is having a hard time choosing her meal. I o!!ered my help but she said proudly $It&s !ine I will manage it somehow% so I have been watching her the whole time.. Thinking care!ully you can&t speak @apanese. 0eeing the chance I help her. $0orry. 0he will have the same order as me.% $1kay.% The employee takes the order. +sia on the other hand is shocked. $+uu I&m ashamed. I can&t even buy a single hamburger by mysel!..% $6-6ell !irst you need to get used to @apanese.% 6e head towards the empty table as soon as we got our meals while I encourage +sia who is !eeling down. 6hile we are moving inside the restaurant most o! the male customers are looking at +sia. It&s because she is a nun but also because she&s really cute. 6ell any guy will look at her i! they saw her. 6e sat opposite each other but +sia is taking a really good look at the hamburger and isn&t eating it. Rather does she even know how to eat it( 6ow what a strange development. $4rincess you can eat this by taking the wrap o!! like this.% I showed her how to do it while smiling. $T-There&s actually a way to eat like that2( +-+ma8ing2% ..6hat a new reaction. You are seriously cute +sia. $You also eat the !ries like this.% $1h my2% +sia is looking at me eating the !ries with very keen eyes. $*o no you also eat +sia.%

$Y-Yes.% 0he takes a small bite o! the burger. 0he starts eating it. $9-9elicious2 This burger is very delicious2% This girl is saying it while her eyes are shining. 6hat does she normally eat( $You never ate a burger be!ore(% $*o. I have seen it o!ten on television but it&s my !irst time eating it. I&m moved2 It&s delicious2% $1h. 0o what do you normally eat(% $#ainly bread and soup. I also eat vegetable and pasta !ood.% 0uch simple !ood. Is Church like that( $Is that right( Then eat it care!ully so you remember the taste. $ $Yes. I will eat it with )oy.% +sia starts eating it deliciously. 3ut why was she at that park( 0he said she has time o!! but it seems like she is running away !rom something. 6hen she saw me she seemed relieved. I wanted to ask her but that might been a thoughtless 7uestion. I probably should wait till she !eels like telling me. I will help her any time. There is also the thing about 3uchou and the others. 3ut I can&t tell her that. It&s so irritating. 1h well since she is en)oying eating her hamburger I !eel bad asking her something that will make her depressed. Yeah that&s it. @ust !or today we shall !orget about everything. That was the answer I got. $+sia.% $Y-Yes.% $6e will go and have some !un now.% $;h(% $<et&s go to the game centre.% $The legendary !astest downhill driver Ise2% 3ooooom2 I put my !oot down on the accelerator and 7uickly change the gear around the curve2 I then went past both cars2 $5ast2 You are so !ast Ise-san2% 5u!u!u are you watching me +sia( *ow !all in love with my driving handling techni7ue2 @ust like that I was playing a racing game at the game centre. ;ven though I look like this I didn&t )oin any school club be!ore )oining the 1ccult research club.

The three o! us #otohama #atsuda and I went through all o! the game centres nearby. Racing game or not I can beat any games2 >6I*2? The sign that shows my victory appears on my screen. Yeah looks like I made a new track record again.. <ike that I was !alling !or mysel!. Then I lost sight o! +sia. 6hen I looked she is standing in !ront o! the crane game. $6hat is it(% $"au2 *-*o.. I-It&s nothing.% 6hen I ask her she tries to hide it. $Is there something you want(% 6hen I look inside the crane game there is a doll o! $Rache-kun% inside. It&s a cute mascot based on a mouse. I! I remember correctly this character came !rom @apan but it&s popular worldwide. 0o that&s why +sia also knew it. $+sia do you like Rache-kun(% $;h( *-*o t-that is..% +sia&s !ace gets red and she nods her head shyly. $1kay. I will get it !or you2% $;h( 3-3ut..2% $It&s okay I will get it.% 0trike while the iron is hot. I put the coin in immediately and started controlling the crane. ;ven though I look like this I&m pretty good at crane games you know( 6ell that&s what I thought but I had a hard time getting it. 1n my !irst try I dropped the doll on a good location and on my second try I totally missed. 1n my third and !ourth try I missed it as well but when +sia became worried on my !i!th try I !inally managed to get it2 $Yeah2% I made a victory pose and took Rache-kun which I )ust dropped out. I then give it to +sia. $"ere you go +sia.% +sia became so happy that she held the doll to her chest. $Thank you very much Ise-san. I will take care o! this doll.% $"ey hey i! a doll like that makes you happy then I&ll get you more ne't time.% That&s what I said to her. but she shook her head. $*o this Rache-kun that you gave me represents the wonder!ul day I met you. 0ince today is the only day I met you I will take good care o! this doll.% .."er words makes me shy. 3ut when this girl says it it actually seems natural. 6ell never mind2 $1kay2 6e haven&t started yet2 +sia we will play !or the whole day today2 5ollow me2%

$Y-Yes2% I took +sia&s hand and went !urther into the game centre.

Part "
$+h we played a lot today.% $Y-Yes..I&m a bit tired..% 6e are walking on the street while laughing. It&s already evening. "ahaha I've skipped school today and had !un till dusk. 6e are lucky that we didn&t get caught by the police. I! we did then I will have been taken into custody right away. I ended up being tired. 3oth +sia and I. It was !un to see +sia&s reaction when we went to the game centre and other shops. Rather I !eel the dating plan that I had made !or Yuuma-chan has proven to be o! good use. You really can&t tell what will happen in li!e since I never e'pected to become use!ul. $1h.% I almost tripped over because o! the uncom!ortable !eeling on my leg. $1uch.% Then I !elt a bit o! pain as well. It&s the wound !rom yesterday. The place where I was shot by that shitty priest still hurts. <ooks like the day when it gets healed will be 7uite !ar !rom now. $..Ise-san are you in)ured( Is it !rom yesterday..% +sia&s e'pression gets cloudy. I think I messed up. 6e were having a good time but I made her remember something pain!ul. 3ut +sia bends down and starts to check my in)uries. $Can you please li!t your trouser up(% $0-0ure.% I li!t my trousers to have my cal! e'posed. The bullet mark is still there. +sia then places her palm there. + warm and gentle light shines on my cal!. It really is a warm light. It&s a green light. It&s like +sia&s eyes and it looks so beauti!ul. It !eels like her kindness is inside her light. $"ow is it(% +sia stops her light and she urges me to move. I move my leg a bit. 1h( 6ow. This is ama8ing2 $This is ama8ing +sia. I don&t !eel uncom!ortable anymore2 I don&t !eel any pain at all2% I run around a bit.

+sia smiles happily when she sees me. $You are ama8ing +sia. The healing power it&s an incredible power. ..This is a 0acred ,ear right(% $Yes it is.% @ust like I thought. $To tell you the truth I also have a 0acred ,ear. Though it&s not much o! a use. Right now that is.% +sia puts on a shocked !ace a!ter hearing my con!ession. $Ise-san you also have a 0acred ,ear( I didn&t realise it at all.% $"ahaha I don&t even know its e!!ect. +nd to compare it +sia your power is ama8ing. This can heal humans animals and also 9evils like me right(% 0he put on a complicated e'pression then a sad !ace. 0oon a!ter a single drop o! tear !alls !rom her eyes. Then more tears starts !lowing out !rom her eyes. 0he then got down and starts to cry. I don&t know what to do so I took her to a spot where we can sit. 6e sit on the bench on the roadside. Then she told me a story about the girl who was once called the $"oly #aiden%. In a certain region in ;urope there was a girl who was discarded by her parents. 0he was raised in a Church nearby by a nun along with other orphans. The girl who was a strong !ollower o! the Church received a special power at the age o! F. 0he healed a wounded puppy and a person !rom the Catholic Church witnessed it by chance. 5rom there on her li!e changed. The girl was taken to the main Catholic Church and she was symbolised by many as a $"oly #aiden% because o! her healing power. 0he used her power to heal many believers and they were told it was a power o! divine protection. Rumours brought rumours and she was respected as a $"oly #aiden%. ;ven without her approval. 0he had no dissatis!action !or how she was treated. 4eople !rom the Church were kind and she didn&t hate healing people. 0he instead was happy that her power was o! use. The girl was thank!ul to her power which was bestowed to her by ,od. 3ut she was a bit lonely. 0he didn&t have any !riends she could open up to. ;veryone treated her nicely and was nice to her. 3ut there were no one willing to become her !riend. 0he understood why. 0he knew that they were looking at her power as something irregular. They didn&t look at her as a human but as a creature that could heal humans. 3ut one day it changed.

3y coincidence there was a 9evil nearby and she healed it. + wounded 9evil. The girl couldn&t ignore it. 0he thought that even i! it was a 9evil she had to heal it i! it was in)ured. It was her kindness that made her take such an action. 3ut that changed her li!e !orever. 1ne o! the people !rom the Church saw that incident and noti!ied others o! the Church. The ministers o! the Church were shocked about it. $+ power that can heal 9evils2(% $0omething absurd like that cannot happen2% $The power o! healing can only heal the !ollowers o! ,od2% Yes there were several people who had the power to heal. 3ut the power to heal the 9evil was out o! the 7uestion. The people o! the Church thought it was common sense that the power o! healing doesn&t work on 5allen +ngels and 9evils. +pparently a similar incident had happened in the past. The power to heal 5allen +ngels and 9evils that were not protected by ,od. 3ut that was !eared as the power o! a $6itch%. 0o the people saw her as a heretic. $9amn witch that heals 9evils2% The girl who was respected as a "oly #aiden was then !eared as a $6itch% and the Catholic Church abandoned her. 0he didn&t have anywhere to go and the organisation o! $0tray ;'orcists% picked her up. In other words she had to get divine protection !rom the 5allen +ngels. 3ut the girl never !orgot to pray to ,od. 0he also never !orgot to thank ,od. ;ven so the girl was abandoned. ,od didn&t save her. 6hat shocked her the most was that there was not even a single person in the Church that was willing to de!end her. There was no one who cared about her. $..It&s because I didn&t pray enough. It&s because I&m clumsy. I&m so stupid that I can&t even eat a burger by mysel!.% The girl +sia wipes her tears while laughing. I didn&t know what to say to her. I didn&t know what to say a!ter !inding out her devastating past. @ust like she showed be!ore she is a 0acred ,ear possessor that has the power to heal even 9evils. $This is also a trial that the lord gave me. 0ince I&m a clumsy nun the lord gave me this trial. 0o I have to endure it.% 0he was laughing as i! she was talking to hersel!. You don&t have to say anything any more..

$I&m sure I will make lots o! !riends one day. I have a dream. I want to go buy !lowers with a !riend buying books and..talk..% 0he is !ull o! tears. I can&t look at her any more. 0he must have been enduring it the whole time. 0he has been waiting !or ,od to save her the whole time and has been hiding her !eelings all along. "ey. "ey ,od2 6hat&s the meaning o! this2( 6hy don&t you save this girl2 0he has been longing !or your help2( 0he has been respecting you more than anyone2 6hat are you doing2( 6hy aren&t you doing anything2( I don&t know a single thing about you and I also don&t believe in any religion. 1n top o! that I&m a 9evil2 3ut even a 9evil like me can talk to her2 6eren&t you the one that gave us the 0acred ,ears( This2 This is wrong2 +h I know. This is what I&m going to do2 6atch me ,od2 I took her hand. I say it to her while looking directly to her eyes which is wet with her tears. $+sia I will become your !riend. *o we are already !riends.% +sia stands there looking pu88led. $I&m a 9-9evil but it&s all right. I won&t take +sia&s li!e and I won&t take any price2 You can call me whenever you !eel like it2 +h and I will also give you my mobile number.% I put my hand inside my pocket to get my mobile phone out. $..6hy(% $It&s not why2 +sia you played with me !or the whole day right( 6e talked right( 6e laughed together right( Then you and I are !riends2 + human a 9evil or ,od doesn&t matter2 6e are !riends2% $..Is that a pact with a 9evil(% $It&s not2 +sia and I are going to become actual !riends2 6e will put other things aside2 6e will talk when we want to we will play when we want to and yeah I will also go shopping with you2 6hether its books or !lowers we will go shopping much as you want2 1kay(% ;ven I think that I suck at conversation. It&s not even romantic. -iba probably knows the right thing to say at a time like this. 3ut +sia put her hand on her mouth and once again starts to shed tears. Though this time her tears didn&t seem sad. $..Ise-san. I have no common sense.% $6e could learn by going around the city2 I! you go around looking at di!!erent things you would learn eventually.% $..I can&t speak @apanese. I also don&t know about its culture.% $I will teach you2 I will even make you speak using a proverb2 <eave it to me2 6e could even go to museum to look at @apanese national treasure2 0amurai2 0ushi and geisha2%

$I also don&t know what to talk about with a !riend.% I hold +sia&s hand tightly. $You talked to me normally !or a whole day. That was !ine. 6e were already talking like !riends.% $..6ill you become my !riend(% $Yeah so let&s get along !rom now on +sia.% 0he nods her head and smiles. Yeah with this it&s 1-. +sia and I are !riends2 3ut this situation sure makes me blush. I will probably tremble with embarrassment once I go to bed a!ter this. 3ut it doesn&t matter. I! +sia will smile then it&s okay. The incident !rom her sad past. I won&t know how pain!ul it was. 3ut I&m positive that I can keep her smiling !rom now on2 ;ven a human and a 9evil can be !riends2 I thought it was impossible at !irst but I don&t care any more. I am de!initely going to see her !rom now on as her !riend. I won&t let anyone get in our way2 I will protect +sia2 $It&s impossible.% + voice which re)ects all my thoughts. 6hen I look towards the direction o! where the voice came !rom I become speechless. That&s because the person I am !amiliar with is standing there. + slender girl with silky black hair. +mano Yuuma-chan is standing there. $Y-Yuuma-chan..(% 0he laughs o! amusement when she hears my trembling voice. $"eh. You survived. +nd as a 9evil( 0eriously that is the worst.% "er voice isn&t the cute voice o! Yuuma-chan and she sounds more like that o! a bewitching adult. $..Raynare-sama..% +sia calls her by that name. Raynare( Yeah that&s right. I totally !orgot. +mano Yuuma is a 5allen +ngel. That&s right. I almost !orgot about that. I see so it&s the 5allen +ngel Raynare. 0o that&s her real name. $..6hat does a 5allen +ngel like you want(% 0he sneers when I said that to her. $I don&t want a !ilthy low-class 9evil like you talking to me.% 0he stares at me as i! she is looking at something very disgusting. $That girl. +sia is our personal belonging. Can I have her back( +sia you know it&s useless to run

away(% Run( 6hat does she mean( $..*o. I don&t want to return to that Church. I don&t want to return to the people who kill other people. ..+lso you people did things to me..% +sia replies back with disgust. 6hat happened( 6hat happened inside that Church( $4lease don&t say that +sia. Your 0acred ,ear is essential !or our plan. 0o please come back with me( I also took the time to look !or you. 9on&t make trouble !or me.% Raynare approaches us. +sia hides behind me. "er body is shaking with !ear. I take a step !orward to protect her. $6ait. Can&t you see she doesn&t want to( Yu- no Raynare-san what are you going to do with her a!ter taking her back(% $<ow-class 9evil don&t call me by my name. #y name will get !ilthy. 6hat&s between us doesn&t have anything to do with you. I! you don&t go back to your master&s place 7uickly you will die you know(% Raynare gathers light in her hand. Is it the spear( I was killed once because o! it. I need to make the !irst move2 $0-0acred ,ear2% 6hen I shouted towards the sky loudly lights cover my le!t arm and !orms into a red gauntlet. Yeah2 It&s a success2 <ooks like secretly practicing on how to make my 0acred ,ear appear without making the posture paid o!!2 0eeing my 0acred ,ear Raynare shows a shocked e'pression !or a moment and then starts to laugh. $I was told that your 0acred ,ear was a dangerous one be!ore !rom the higher-ups but it looks like they were totally wrong2% The 5allen +ngel starts to laugh as i! she !ound it amusing. 6hat( 6hat&s so !unny( $Your 0acred ,ear is one o! the common ones. It&s called the >Twice Critical?. It doubles the power o! the possessor !or a temporally time but having you double your power is not a threat to me. Truly a !itting ob)ect !or a low-class 9evil like you.% The ability that doubles the possessor's power( Is that the power o! my 0acred ,ear( +nd she said it&s one o! the common.. 3ut that&s good enough !or now. I need to shake Raynare o!! somehow and run away with +sia2 3ut where to( The school( I can&t. I can&t cause trouble !or 3uchou and others. #y house( "ow shall I e'plain it to my parents( ..9amn it. ;ven though I&m her !riend I don&t know where to take +sia2

9amn2 I will think about it later2 5irst o! all I need to beat this 5allen +ngel in !ront o! me2 0hit2 It&s the worst case that I have to !ight my e'-girl!riend2 6hy do I always get into this mess( $0acred ,ear2 +ctivate2 You can double my power right2( Then activate2% Then the )ewel on the gauntlet starts to glow. >3oost22? + sound is made. *e't moment I !elt power !lowing into me. Is this what it means to double my powers2( Yeah2 6ith this2 0T+3 + nasty sound. 0omething stabs my stomach. The spear o! light. 0he threw at me again. $;ven i! your power is doubled you can&t even evade this small spear I made. ;ven i! the power o! A is doubled it&s only D. You can&t narrow the power gap between us. 9o you understand now lowclass 9evil-kun(% I !all down. This is bad. <ight is poisonous. It&s poisonous !or a 9evil. +nd I was hit in my stomach. This is I prepare mysel! !or the intense pain which will be !ollowed by certain death but I don&t !eel any pain at all. That&s because a green light is enveloping around my body. 6hen I look +sia is healing my wound. 0he is putting her hand on my stomach and is healing my wound !or me. The spear o! light gradually gets smaller and it eventually disappears. I don&t !eel even the slightest pain. Instead I can !eel +sia&s warmth. $+sia. I! you don&t want that 9evil to be killed come with me. Your 0acred ,ear is essential !or our plan. Your power the >Twilight "ealing? is a rare 0acred ,ear unlike the 0acred ,ear o! the 9evil over there. I! you don&t come with me I will have to kill that 9evil.% Raynare gives a cruel order. I&m the hostage2( <ike hell I am2 $0-0hut up2 I can de!eat you% $Yes I understand.% 6ithout hearing me +sia accepts the 5allen +ngel&s order. $+sia2% $Ise-san. Thank you !or today. It was really !un.% 0he makes a big smile. #y stomach has completely healed. +!ter she con!irms it she walks towards Raynare. $,ood girl +sia. That&s it. 4roblem solved. 6ith today&s ritual you will be !reed !rom your su!!ering.% Raynare put on a lecherous smile.

0hit2 0he doesn&t look anything like the Yuuma-chan that I know2 +lso what does she mean by ritual2( It only sounds like something bad2 I then shout towards +sia. $+sia2 6ait2 6e're !riends aren&t we2(% $Yes. Thank you !or being !riends with someone like me.% I promised to protect +sia. $I-I have to protect +sia2% 0he turns around but she is still smiling at me. I become !ascinated with her smile !or a moment. $,oodbye.% 0he says her !arewell. Raynare covers +sia with her black wings. $<ow-class 9evil looks like you were saved because o! this girl. I! you get in my way again I will de!initely kill you. ,oodbye Ise-kun.% The 5allen +ngel who sneers at me !lew up high while holding +sia. They disappear into the sky. The only thing le!t is me black !eathers and Rache-kun that +sia has le!t behind. I couldn&t do anything. $I will protect +sia%. 6hat a laugh. I got on my knees and started punching the ground. I bite my teeth hard and I cry out with !rustration. 9amn it. 9amn it. 9aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamit2 $+sia..% I cry out the name o! my !riend towards the sky. There&s no reply. $+siaaaaaaaaaaa2% 5or the !irst time in my li!e I cursed mysel! !or being weak.

Life. I*m Sa&ing '+ )rien(,

Part 1
0<+42 + sound echoes in the club room. The sound came !rom my cheek. I was slapped. 3uchou slapped me on my cheek. 0he has a serious e'pression. $"ow many times do I have to repeat mysel!( *o is no. I can&t allow you to save that 0ister.%

I visited the school a!ter I couldn&t save +sia and reported the story to 3uchou. ;ven a!ter I reported what happened I proposed to go to that Church. 1bviously to save +sia. 3ut 3uchou on the other hand said that she wouldn&t get involved in this matter. I wasn&t able to agree with her decision so I tried to convince her even though I knew it was rude. That&s why she slapped me. The !irst slap I ever received in my li!e hurts more than I thought. ;specially my heart hurts. I have been continuing to betray 3uchou who holds high e'pectations !or me. 3ut still there are things that I can&t give up on. $Then I will go by mysel!. I&m worried about the ritual thing. The 5allen +ngels are doing something !rom behind the scenes. There&s no guarantee o! +sia&s sa!ety.% $+re you really that stupid( You will de!initely be killed i! you go. You won&t be able to come back to li!e anymore. 9o you understand(% 3uchou tries to talk calmly but she is talking to me as i! she is warning me. $Your actions will a!!ect not only me but also the other members2 You are a 9evil o! the ,remory group2 You need to be aware o! that2% $Then let me out o! this group. I&ll go there as an individual.% $I can&t do that2 6hy don&t you understand(% I think it&s the !irst time I&ve seen 3uchou this enraged. I have been causing a lot o! trouble !or 3uchou. 3ut there are things that I can&t back down !rom. $I became !riends with +sia +rgento. +sia is my important !riend. I won&t abandon my !riend2% $..That&s a wonder!ul thing. I think it&s ama8ing i! you can say that !ace to !ace. 3ut that is di!!erent than what we are talking about now. The relationship between a 9evil and a 5allen +ngel is not as simple as you think. The two sides have been glaring at each other !or hundreds and thousands o! years. I! you show them a single gap o! weakness they will come and kill us. They are our enemy.% $6asn&t blowing away the enemy the ,remory&s way o! doing things(% $....% 6e glare at each other. I didn&t back o!!. I look straight into her eyes. $That girl was originally !rom ,od&s side. 0he is a person that we cannot ever coe'ist with. ;ven i! she went with the 5allen +ngels it doesn&t change the !act that she is still the enemy o! us 9evils.% $+sia isn&t our enemy2% I denied it strongly. + kind girl like her can&t be our enemy2 $;ven i! she isn&t she has nothing to do with us. Ise you have to !orget about her.% ;ven i! she says it like that there&s no way I can !orget about her2 Then +keno-san comes and whispers into 3uchou&s ear. 6hat is it( 9id something happen( +keno-san also has a serious e'pression. 3ut it looks like it isn&t because o! 3uchou and my discussion. 3uchou who is listening to +keno-san makes a serious !ace.

@ust as I thought something de!initely happened. 3uchou looks at me and then looks at the remaining members. $I&ve got an urgent thing to do now. +keno and I will go out !or a bit.% 2 *-*o2 $3-3uchou2 I haven&t !inished talking% 3uchou put her inde' !inger on my lips. $Ise there are a couple o! things I need to tell you. 5irst one. You think that a >4awn? is a weak piece right( +m I right(% I nod 7uietly to her 7uestion. $That&s a big misunderstanding. >4awn? has a special ability that no other pieces have. That ability is the >4romotion?.% 4romotion( 6hat is that( $@ust like the actual chess game >4awn? can change into other classes i! they reach the opponent's base. They are able to promote to any other piece besides the >-ing? piece. Ise when you step !oot in the location I acknowledge as $;nemy's base% you are able to change into any piece besides the >-ing?.% 1h man2 0o I can promote to -iba&s >-night? class -oneko-chan&s >Rook? class and also even +keno-san&s >Lueen? class2( $0ince it hasn&t been that long since you became a 9evil there are restrictions so it&s probably still impossible !or you to be promoted to the ultimate piece a >Lueen?. 3ut you could change to other classes. I! you wish strongly !or >4romotion? within your heart then there will be a change in your ability.% +ma8ing2 @ust listening to it gave me a lot o! in!ormation2 I! I add the promotion with my 0acred ,ear then I might be able to beat that priest2 $+lso one more thing. It&s about the 0acred ,ear. 6hen you use your 0acred ,ear )ust remember this.% 3uchou starts to stroke my cheek with her hand. $9esire. 0acred ,ear is driven with the power o! desire. +nd it also determines the power !or it as well. ;ven though you are a 9evil your will to desire hasn&t been lost. The stronger you desire the stronger your 0acred ,ear will respond to you.% 9esire. The power o! desire will activate the 0acred ,ear.. 0o i! I strongly wish !or it this will activate. $There&s one last thing you should never !orget Ise. ;ven a >4awn? can take down the >-ing?. This is basic in chess. This truth also applies !or the 9evils& chess pieces. You can become stronger.% +!ter saying that she teleports to some other place through the magic-circle along with +keno-san. The only ones le!t are me -iba and -oneko-chan. +!ter I take a deep breath I was already determined to go and was about to leave. $"youdou-kun.% -iba calls me.

$+re you going(% $Yeah I am. I have to go. +sia is my !riend a!ter all. I&m the one who has to save her.% $..You will get killed. ;ven i! you have the 0acred ,ear and even i! you use >4romotion? you can&t take down a group o! ;'orcists and 5allen +ngels by yoursel!.% <ogical answer. I already know that. I&m very aware o! that. $;ven so I&m going. ;ven i! I die I will set +sia !ree.% $,ood determination that&s what I would like to say but it&s still reckless.% $Then what am I supposed to do2% I shouted at him but he says it straight at me. $I&m going too.% $6ha..% I lost my words a!ter hearing something une'pected. 1! course. I )ust heard something that I wasn&t e'pecting. $I don&t know much about +sia-san but you are my comrade. ;ven though 3uchou said that there&s a part o! me that respects your decision. +lso I personally don&t like 5allen +ngels and priests. I detest them.% ..This guy probably has some kind o! past as well. 3ut to hear the word $comrade% !rom him.. $Remember what 3uchou said( $6hen you step !oot in the location I acknowledge as $;nemy's base% you are able to change into any piece besides the >-ing?%. 0o isn&t she indirectly telling us that $I acknowledge that the Church is the location where the enemy o! Rias ,remory is%(% $+h.% I !inally realise it. I see so that&s what she meant. That&s why she told me the in!ormation about >4romotion?. $3uchou indirectly approved you to go. 1! course I think she also means that I should support you as well. 3uchou may have some kind o! plan. I! not she would have stopped you by locking you up somewhere.% -iba laughs. ..3uchou thank you very much2 I have witnessed how gracious 3uchou is once again and thanked her !rom the bottom o! my heart. I! I come back sa!ely I will work harder2 I&m thanking 3uchou who isn&t here silently and a small build girl approaches me. $..I&m going as well.% $6ha- -oneko-chan(% $..I !eel uneasy !or only having you two go.% -oneko-chaaaaaaaan2 I can&t tell what&s going in her mind since she doesn&t show any e'pression but I !eel like I )ust witnessed her kindness hidden in her2

$I&m touched2 Right now I&m so deeply touched -oneko-chan2% I became emotional with this girl&s word. $"-"uh( 3ut I&m going as well..(% -iba puts on a sad smile. I know -iba. Thank you. I thought that a troubled handsome is a bit cute. +ll right2 6ith this it&s possible2 6e can do it2 $Then let&s go !or a rescue mission with the three o! us2 6ait !or us +sia2% <ike this the three o! us headed towards the Church.

Part 2
The sky is already dark and it&s already time !or the street lamps to be on. The three o! us -iba -oneko-chan and I are e'amining the Church !rom a place where we can see it. There is no one entering or e'iting the Church. 3ut the closer we got to the Church the stronger I started to have a bad !eeling. I&m sweating !rom all over my body. 6hen I ask -iba he says that $5rom this presence it&s certain that there is a 5allen +ngel inside%. 0o the enemy&s boss is inside. $"ere look at this map.% -iba spread out the map o! the building on the road. The map o! the Church. 6here did he get i! !rom..( $6ell it&s basic when you are going into the enemy&s territory.% The good looking guy makes a smile. 6ow what swi!t support. I didn&t even think about it and was trying to get in head on. I realised how naive I am once again. $3esides the sanctuary there is also a dormitory. The sanctuary looks suspicious.% -iba points at the sanctuary. $0o we can ignore the dormitory then(% $#ost likely. #ost $0tray ;'orcist% groups usually make some alteration to the sanctuary. They usually per!orm suspicious rituals under the sanctuary.% $6hy(% I told him my doubt. -iba makes a bitter smile. $It&s the place they used to respect as a holy place and by doing something that re)ects ,od there it makes them satis!ied because it&s an insult to ,od. 3ecause they loved ,od because they were re)ected by ,od they purposely cast evil spells under the sanctuary as a representation !or their hatred.% They are insane. *o even the ,od who cast away his !aith!ul believers is at !ault. Right now I hate ,od because o! the incident with +sia. That&s why I think that way.

$The sanctuary is located right behind the entrance. I think we can go straight in. The problem is to !ind the door to the basement once we get in the sanctuary and also i! we can de!eat the assassins waiting !or us.% +ssassins.. 6hen I heard that word I start to have a bad premonition. 6e look at each other in !ront o! the Church while the moonlight lit our !ace and then we nod to each other. 6e are set2 *ow we only have to enter2 6ait !or me +sia2 6e passed through the entrance and went straight !or the sanctuary. The 5allen +ngels will have noticed our intrusion by this point. 0o the enemy knows that we have entered their territory. There&s no going back. The only thing le!t is to head straight in2 6e open the door and stepped inside the sanctuary. There is an altar and long chairs. It looks like an ordinary sanctuary. The candle lights and the interior lamps lit the sanctuary. ..1h there is something that didn&t seem normal. The statue o! the person on the cross. It has its head destroyed. 6hat a creepy site. C<+4 C<+4 C<+4 C<+4 Then a clap echoes through the sanctuary. 0omeone who looks like a priest shows up !rom behind the pillar. 0eeing his !ace I become disgusted. $#eeting2 It&s a reunion2 0o emotional2% It's that white haired shitty 4riest2 I think his name is 5reed. It&s him. 0o he&s the so-called assassin huh. "e sure has a weird smile like always. $6ell I never met the same 9evil twice be!ore2 You know since I'm super strong I cut 9evils into pieces when I !irst meet them2 1nce I see them I cut them up on the spot2 I then kiss the corpse and say goodbye2 That&s how I used to live2 3ut since you guys ruined my style I&m so lost2 That&s no good:. It&s not good to inter!ere with my li!estyle:2 That&s why:2 You guys piss me o!!2 I hope you guys will die2 +ctually die2 You trashy 9eeeeeeeeeeeevils2% +!ter showing his )oy and sadness he is in a rage now. "e takes out the gun and handle-only sword !rom be!ore. 3111#. The blade o! light appears. It will be a troublesome to get cut by that sword. That gun is also troublesome. 3ut it&s di!!erent !rom be!ore. It&s B against A now. $You guys came to rescue +sia-tan right( "ahaha2 9evil-samas are big hearted !or coming to

rescue a bitch like that who would even heal 9evils2 6ell )ust being entranced to a 9evil should make that 0ister die2% 9ie( 6hat does he mean2( $"ey2 6here is +sia2(% $6ell there is a hidden stairs under that altar. 5rom there you can go to the place where they are doing the ritual.% That guy spilled out the location o! the hidden basement by pointing at the altar. 9oes he even know that he has to stop us( 1r did he spill it out because he's con!ident that he can kill us and it will solve the problem( $0acred ,ear2% 0ynchronised with my shout a red gauntlet appears on my le!t arm. ;7uipping the 0acred ,ear completed2 1kay2 -iba draw his sword !rom the sheath and -oneko-chan "uh2 I&m so shocked that my eyes are about to pop out. ,1,1,1.. -oneko-chan is li!ting up the pews that are several times bigger than her. $..,et smashed.% -oneko-chan throws the pews at the 4riest2 0uper ,irl that is totally an une'pected method o! attack2 $6ow2 1h yeah2% The 4riest did a small dance and cut the chair in hal! with his blade o! light. The chair that is cut in hal! hits the ground. $There.% 06I5T. 6hen I thought -iba went ahead he has already disappeared. "e&s so !ast that I can&t see him2 ,II*2 There are sparks between -iba&s sword and the 4riest&s blade o! light. 0o it&s solid despite being made !rom light huh. +!ter all even i! -iba slashes straight at him I can hear the sound o! two metals colliding against each other. $"mmm2 "mmm2 0uch a pain2 6hy are you guys so noisy2( I&m super very bad2 I&m sorry !or talking in a death language2 5orgive me a!ter you die2% -iba dodges the soundless bullets with his legs he is proud o! while continuing to attack his enemy. -iba who is dodging all o! the 4riest&s attack is ama8ing. 3ut the 4riest is also something because he can !ight on par with a 9evil. #an he stopped -iba&s slash again2 I can&t catch -iba&s movements with my eyes but the 4riest can. 0o that shitty 4riest is not an opponent that I can take on by mysel!. -iba and the 4riest then start to battle head on. 3oth o! them are glaring at each other. $Impressive. You are 7uite strong.%

$+haha2 You too2 + >-night? huh2( *ot even a single blind spot2 This is great2 Yes yes this is what I&m talking about. <ately I haven&t had an awesome battle like this2 I was about to cry because o! it2 "mmm2 "mmm2 I&m going to kill you2% $Then maybe I should also !ight seriously !or a bit then.% -iba is going to !ight seriously( 6hat is he going to do( $;at this.% <ow pitched voice. I can&t believe its -iba&s voice because it has some intensity in it. Then some black stu!! comes out o! -iba&s sword. It starts to cover the whole sword. 9arkness. I! I have to describe it that will be it. The darkness covers the sword. *o it&s more like the darkness is shaping into -iba&s sword. The darkness sword that is clashing against the 4riest&s blade o! light starts to e'pand and is devouring the blade o! light. $6ha what the hell is this2(% The 4riest seems con!used. $>"oly-;raser? a darkness sword that devours light.% $Y-You are also a 0acred ,ear possessor2(% 0acred ,ear2 -iba too2( I mean darkness-sword looks awesome2 9ammit2 0o good looking ones get a good looking weapon as well2( The 4riest&s blade o! light is completely devoured by -iba&s sword and it can&t maintain its shape a!ter having the lights devoured. *ow2 This is my chance2 I went straight at him2 $0acred ,ear2 +ctivate2% >3oost22? + sound comes out !rom the )ewel and the power !lows into my body. #y target is the shitty priest. The priest becomes aware o! me. $I&m keeping on telling you2 You are annoying2% "e points his gun that is loaded with bullets o! light at me. The bullet is shot without making any sound. "ere2 $4romotion >Rook?2% 3+0"II*2 The bullet o! light didn&t pierce through me and instead returns to nothing. $-2 4romotion2( + >4awn?2(%

The 4riest seems to be in shock. Yeah I&m a >4awn?2 The >4awn? who is going to bash you2 $The traits o! a >Rook?2/nreal de!ence and-2% #y le!t !ist hit the 4riest&s !ace. That&s what I thought but I !elt something hard on my !ist. ;ven so I punched as hard as I can2 The 4riest gets pushed !ar back2 $Ridiculous attack strength.% I laugh while breathing hard. $That&s !or hitting +sia that time. I !eel relieved that I hit you once.% The 4riest is on the ground but gets up slowly and spits his blood onto the ground. "is right cheek is swollen. @ust that( I promoted to >Rook? but looks like I still don&t have -oneko-chan's attacking power. *o i! I look care!ully his handle only sword is smashed up. 9id he use that as a shield )ust be!ore getting punched by me( 0o that&s the hard thing I !elt. "e has a !ast reaction. $.."mm ..1h man not only I got punched by a trashy 9evil but he&s saying some weird crap to me..9on&t !uck with me.% The 4riest makes a howl. $9on&t !uck with me22 You shiiiiiit2 + mere 9evil shouldn&t act cocky with meeeeee2 I&ll kill you2 9e!initely2 I&ll de!initely kill you2 I&m going to cut you into pieces you shiiiiit2% The 4riest takes out his second sword which only has its handle. "e still has it2( "ow many does he have2( 3ut the three o! us me -iba and -oneko-chan surround the 4riest. The 4riest notices it and he looks around. "e begins to smirk. $6ow wow. Is this what you call a crisis( "mm !or me getting killed by a 9evil is a no-no so I !eel like retreating. It&s a shame that I can&t e'orcise you guys but I also don&t want to die2% The 4riest takes out something round and smashes it on to the !loor. Instantly our eyes are blinded with a shining light. 0hit2 + smoke screen2( 6hen my eyes healed I looked around but the 4riest is gone. Then the 4riest&s voice comes !rom somewhere. $"ey. The grunt 9evil over there..Ise-kun was it( To tell you the truth I have !allen in love with you. 0o I will de!initely kill you. 9e!initely okay( I won&t !orgive a shitty 9evil who punched me and gave me a lecture okay( Then bye-bye.% 6hen my eyes are healed completely I looked around again but the 4riest has vanished without leaving a trace. .."e escaped. "e even le!t some parting words..

I was thinking about it and realised that I had no time to waste on him. -iba -oneko-chan and I nod at each other and went towards the altar&s hidden stairs.

Part 3
The three o! us walk down the staircase under the altar. It looks like the electricity works even in here. 6ith -iba in !ront o! us we walk ahead. +!ter the stairs there is a single passage. 0ometimes there are doors in both side o! the wall. 0o this is a basement huh. -oneko-chan points to the !ar end by saying $4ossibly at the end o! this passage.. I can smell that person..%. 0o +sia is there. Then my spirit pumped up. 6ait !or me +sia. I&ll be there soon2 6hen we went !urther in a big door appears. $Is that it(% $4ossibly. I&m sure there are groups o! ;'orcists and 5allen +ngels inside. +re you ready(% -oneko-chan and I nod at -iba. $1kay. Then we&ll open the door% 6hen -iba and I were about to open the door the door opens by itsel!. 6hile making a large noise the inside o! the ritual place becomes visible. $6elcome. 9evils.% The 5allen +ngel Raynare spoke !rom the end o! the room. The room is !ull o! priests. They all have a sword handle that makes the blade o! light in their hands. I looked at the girl who is attached to the cross and shout. $+siaaa2% +sia noticed my voice and looks at me. $..Ise-san(% $Yeah2 I&ve come to save you2% I smile at her and a tear drops !rom her eye. $It&s a touching reunion but it&s too late. The ritual is about to !inish now.% The ritual is !inished( 6hat does she mean 0uddenly +sia&s body starts to glow. $..+aah iyaaaaaaaaaaaa2% +sia screams. 0he looks very pain!ully. $+sia2%

I tried to reach her but the priests surround me. $I won&t let you inter!ere2% $9amn 9evils2 I will destroy you2% $#ove2 0hitty priests2 I don&t have time to bother with you all2% 3+*2 + big sound. 6hen I looked -oneko-chan punched one o! the priests away. $..4lease don&t touch me.% -iba also draw his darkness-sword. $<ooks like I will have to go !ull throttle !rom the beginning. I hate 4riests. I! there are this many then I won&t hold back to devour your light.% -iba's eyes become sharp and I can !eel chills !rom him. The darkness is showing a very dense killing intent. This will be an all-out war. $Iyaaaaaa..% +t the same time a large light comes out o! +sia&s body. Raynare takes it to her hand. $This is it2 This is the power that I craved !or a long time2 0acred ,ear2 6ith this I will be loved2% 6ith an e'pression o! ecstasy Raynare hugs on to the light. Then the bright light envelops the ritual room. 6hen the light stops there is a 5allen +ngel emitting green coloured light !rom her body. $/!u!u. +hahahahahaha2 I !inally have it2 The supreme power2 6ith this I can become a supreme 5allen +ngel2 6ith this I can payback all those who were looking down on me2% The 5allen +ngel makes a big laugh. I didn&t pay attention to her and went straight to +sia. The priests are trying to stop me but -iba and -oneko-chan support me by blowing them away. -iba&s sword devours the light o! the priest&s sword and -oneko-chan hit the priests who has lost their weapon with one mighty hit. The combination o! these two is remarkable and it&s obvious that it isn't the type o! combination possible with a !ew days o! practice. $Thanks you two2% +sia who is attached to the cross. 0he looks li!eless. *o she should still be okay2 I untied the things on her hands and legs and hold her in my arms. $..I-Ise-san..% $+sia I came to take you back.% $....Yes.% "er voice is very small when she replied and it didn&t sound lively. "ey hey2 0he should still be !ine right( 0he won&t.. $It&s !utile.%

Raynare makes a smirk as i! she is re)ecting my thoughts once again. $4ossessors whose 0acred ,ear is taken away !rom their body will die. That girl is going to die.% $2Then give the 0acred ,ear back2% I shout at her but she )ust laughs. $There&s no way that I will give it back. You know I even deceived my superiors to get my hands on this( I will kill all o! you and erase all evidence.% $..0hit. You are nowhere close to the Yuuma-chan that I remember.% "earing that she starts to laugh out loudly. $5u!u!u it was pretty !un. The time I dated you.% $..You were my !irst girl!riend.% $Yes watching it was very cute. It&s !un to play around with guys who have no e'perience with a woman.% $..I was serious about taking care o! you.% $/!u!u yes you did take care o! me. 6hen I was in trouble you managed to take care o! it right away and made sure I didn&t get hurt. 3ut did you know that I did all o! that on purpose( 3ecause it was !unny to see your !ace when you were in panic.% $..I made sure I planned our !irst date care!ully. To make sure it would become a great date.% $+hahaha2 Yeah2 It was an ordinary date2 Thanks to that I was very bored2% $..Yuuma-chan.% $/!u!u I chose that name so I can kill you at 9awn. 6onder!ul isn&t it( Right Ise-kun(% #y rage past its limit. I then shout my anger at herW $Raynareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee22% $+hahahahaha2 I don&t want a rotten brat like you calling my name2% Raynare makes a sneer. I have so much hatred within me that my gut is turning black. I don&t know anyone who is a bigger scum than her. 0he is truly the one who is !itting to be called a devil. $"youdou-kun2 1ur !ormation is at a disadvantage while we are protecting that girl2 0o go upstairs at once2 6e&ll make the path !or you2 *ow hurry2% -iba says it while taking down the priests. "e&s right. There are still a great number o! priests le!t so there will be a limit to !ighting this 5allen +ngel here while protecting +sia. I glared at Raynare and then le!t the place carrying +sia. $-oneko-chan we will make an escape path !or "youdou-kun2% $..+!!irmative.% The two o! them starts to take down the priests who are trying to get in my way. Thanks to their support I&m able to get to the entrance o! the ritual room right away. $-iba2 -oneko-chan2%

$You go ahead2 6e will handle here2% $..4lease go 7uickly.% $3ut2% $@ust go2% 9amn2 -iba2 -oneko-chan2 3oth o! you are showing o!! too much2 3ut now I will have to rely on them. #y senior 9evils. There&s no way they will die in a place like this2 $-iba2 -oneko-chan2 6hen I get back call me $Ise%2 9e!initely2 6e are comrades2% That&s what I said to them. It !eels like the two o! them smiled. I le!t the place and went straight to the passage at once.

Part
I went up the stairs holding +sia and came out to the sanctuary. There&s something wrong with +sia. "er !ace is pale. I laid her down on one o! the pews. $@ust wait a bit2 You will be !ree soon +sia2 You will be able to play with me !rom now on2% +sia makes a small smile at my words. 0he then takes my hand. I can&t !eel any strength or warmth !rom her hand. $..I was happy that..I had a !riend..even !or a short while..% +sia is smiling even though she is in pain. $..I! I were to be born again will you become my !riend once more..(% $6-6hat are you saying2( 9on&t say that2 <et&s go somewhere to have !un2 I will drag you even though you don&t want to2 6e will go to karaoke2 ,ame centre2 <et&s also go bowling2 +lso other places2 +lso to that place2 +nd there2% I can&t stop my tears !rom coming out. I&m supposed to be talking to her with a smile but I can&t stop crying. I know it. I already know it. This girl is dying. 0he is going to die. ;ven so I want to deny it. That this has to be a )oke $6e are !riends2 +lways2 Yeah that&s right2 I will introduce you to #otohama and #atsuda2 They are a bit perverted but both o! them are good guys2 They will de!initely become your !riends2 9e!initely2 6e will have !un together2 6e'll have !un until we can2% $..I! I was born in this country..and went to the same school as you..% $<et&s go2 Come to our school2%

+sia&s hand pats my cheek. $..You even cry !or someone like me..now I can..% "er hand that is patting my cheeks drops slowly. $..Thank you..% Those were her last words. 0he passed away smiling. I lost my strength. I )ust stood there looking at her !ace. #y tears won&t stop. 6hy( 6hy did this girl have to die( 0he was a good girl. 0he was a kind girl who would heal anyone in)ured. "ow come no one became her !riend( "ow come I was never by her side( $"ey ,od2( You are there right ,od2( 9evils and +ngels e'ist so you do e'ist as well right ,od2( You were watching right2( You were watching all o! this right2( I shouted at the ceiling o! the Church. I don&t know who will answer me. 3ut I )ust wanted to scream towards the ceiling. $4lease don&t take this girl away2 4lease2 I beg you2 0he hasn&t done anything2 0he )ust wanted a !riend2 I will be her !riend !orever2 0o please2 I want this girl to smile !orever2 "ey please2 ,od2% ;ven though I screamed towards "eaven no one answers me. $9id this happen because I turned into a 9evil2( 9id you abandon her because I&m a 9evil and her !riend2(% I bite my teeth with regret. I have no power. I didn&t have any power at all. I! I have more power as a 9evil.. I! I have the power to at least save +sia.. ;ven i! I regret it now she will never smile again. $+ra a 9evil is repenting in a place like this( 1r were you wishing !or something(% The voice I heard !rom behind me is that o! Raynare. 6hen I turned around there is a 5allen +ngel smirking at me. $<ook at this. This is the wound I got !rom the >-night? boy while I was coming here.% Raynare places her hand on her wound. The shallow green light starts to heal her wound. $<ook. 6onder!ul isn&t it( I can heal any kind o! wound. To us 5allen +ngels who lost the protection o! ,od that child&s 0acred ,ear was a wonder!ul present.% "ey. That light belongs to +sia. 6hy are you using it( +re -iba and -oneko-chan sa!e( I start to wonder. $#y status will rise since I will be a 5allen +ngel that can heal 5allen +ngels. I could be o! help to

the great +8a8el-sama and 0hemha8a-sama2 There is nothing more wonder!ul than this2 +aah +8a8el-sama.. #y power is all !or you..% $<ike I care.% I glared at Raynare. $I don&t care about that. 5allen +ngels ,od and 9evils.. Those things had nothing to do with this girl.% $*o it did. 0he was a chosen human that possessed a 0acred ,ear.% $..;ven so she could have lived 7uietly. 0he could have lived normally2% $0he couldn&t. Those with irregular 0acred ,ear would be le!t out o! the world and groups. 3ecause they possess a power!ul ability. 3ecause they have a di!!erent power than others. You know humans hate those things right( ;ven though it&s a wonder!ul power like this.% $..Then I would have protected +sia as her !riend2% $+hahahaha2 It&s impossible2 3ecause she died2 That girl is dead you know( It&s not the matter o! whether you protect her or not. You couldn&t protect her2 You couldn&t protect her back at evening and even now2 You really are a weird boy2 It&s so amusing2% $.... I know. That&s why I can&t !orgive you. +nd mysel!% I can&t !orgive everything. #ysel! who couldn&t protect +sia. Raynare who killed +sia. Then 3uchou&s words come into my mind. 9esire. 0acred ,ear is driven with the power o! desire. +nd it also determines the power !or it as well. $,ive her back.% ;ven though you are a 9evil your will to desire hasn&t been lost. The stronger you desire the stronger your 0acred ,ear will respond to you. $,ive +sia baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack22% >9ragon booster22? The 0acred ,ear on my le!t arm activates as i! it responded to my shout. The )ewel in the gauntlet makes a bright shine. 0ome mysterious mark appears on the gauntlet. +t the same time power !lows into my body. 5rom my le!t arm e7uipped with the 0acred ,ear to my whole body. I went ahead while having my body over!low with power. I thrust my !ist towards the 5allen +ngel !ront o! me who is smirking. Raynare dodges it easily. +s i! she&s dancing. $I will e'plain it so even a dummy like you can understand. It&s a simple power di!!erence. I have a power o! AIII. You have a power o! A. You can&t shorten the gap between us no matter what. ;ven with the ability o! that 0acred ,ear the power doubled is only D. It&s !utile2 "ow can you win against me2( +hahahahahahaha2% >3oost22? +nother sound !rom the )ewel. The mark on the )ewel o! the gauntlet changes !rom >I? to >II?. ";+RT3;+T

+ second change happens to my body. The powersomething to beat down the enemy in !ront o! me is increasing. $/oooooooooo2% I went charging at her while concentrating my over!lowing power to my !ist. I&m already promoted to a >Rook?. $"eh2 9id your power increase a bit( 0till it&s not enough2% #y attack is dodged again. *e't moment lights gather to Raynare&s hand and it !orms into something. $I put a lot o! power in it2 ;at this2% =/91*2 The spear o! light pierces both my legs. It went deep into both o! my thighs. ;ven with the de!ence o! a >Rook? it wasn&t able to de!end against it. $,uaaaaaaaaaah2% I screamed. #y body goes through intense pain but I can&t get on my knees !or something like this. I grab onto the spear immediately. 3/R*0. $,uaaaaaaaaaah2% The sound o! my !lesh burning. "ot2 It&s burning hoooooooot2 Is it because it&s made up o! light2( The palm o! my hand that is holding onto the spear gets burned. There are smokes coming !rom my hand. +lso !rom the wounds on my thighs. It&s burning my hand and legs violently. Raynare starts to laugh at me a!ter she sees me trying to pull out the spear. $+hahahaha2 + 9evil trying to pull that spear out is !oolish2 To 9evils lights are intense poison. @ust touching it will make you burn. That is the ultimate pain that 9evils can taste2 5or a <ow-class 9evil like you it&s% $*ugaaaaaaaah2% I made a scream which you can&t describe in words but I tried to pull out the spear o! light slowly by gripping strongly onto it. The intense pain caused by the spear that is piercing my legs. The intense pain that is in!licted on me by the power o! light. Those things are causing me so much pain. I&m about to lose consciousness because o! it. It !eels like I will die i! I don&t bite my teeth hard. 0o what about it( 6hat about it2( $This2 That girl2 This is nothing compared to what +sia went through22% I pull out the spear slowly while my tears and drool comes out o! my !ace. It hurts. It huuuuuurts dammit2 3ut this2 6hat about this2 =uryuu8uryuu. The spear is being drawn out !rom my legs while making horrible noise.

6hen I got the spear out !rom both my legs I dropped it !rom my hand and it disappears be!ore hitting the ground. 0plash. +!ter losing the thing that was blocking the holes on my legs blood starts to !low out !rom the wounds. ;ven though I took out the spear the pain still remains. >3oost22? ;ven i! I was pierced by the spear and stopped my attack the gauntlet on my le!t arm continues to make a sound. It hurts. It really hurts. I&m crying a lot and I have so much drool coming out !rom my mouth. 0lip. I slipped onto my butt a!ter I lost some strength in me. I don&t have the strength to stand up. 0hit I don&t have any strength in my legs. *o I don&t have any strength le!t in my whole body. +m I in a bad condition( $..Luite remarkable. + <ow-class 9evil pulling out the spear o! light made by a 5allen +ngel. 3ut it&s !utile. #y light isn&t !lashy but has a high killing ability against 9evils. The density o! the light is strong. 0o strong that it is used as the blade o! light priests uses. ,etting hurt even once will be hard to heal even !or a #iddle-class 9evil. 5or a <ow-class 9evil like you this is the limit. 5u!u!u you can&t look down on the damage caused by the power o! light you know( ;specially my light.% <ike always she is talking long about something I don&t understand. $The light circulates around your body and cause damages to your whole body. I! you are late at healing it you will die. *o normally it won&t be weird to die with that damage. You really have a strong build don&t you(% +h is that right( 0o !or a trash like me who )ust became a 9evil this wound is lethal huh. @ust like I thought. I can !eel pain even !rom inside my body. It&s not the pain o! getting hit but something worse. It !eels as i! my muscles and bones are melting because o! the heat. The pain is transmitted directly by my nerves so letting my guard down even once will !eel like it&s going to screw my head. I will probably die i! I don&t get healed soon. 3ut. I can&t )ust sit here. 3ut I don&t have any strength in my legs. 9amn. Is this the end !or me( Then I look at +sia. + girl who is sleeping 7uietly. I&m sorry !or being noisy. Yeah I&m all right. I&m seriously !ine. I&m 7uite strongly built. 0o it&s not a problem. 0ee look( I&m going to ease some o! the regrets you have le!t +sia. $+t times like this are we supposed to pray to ,od(% 0uddenly that slipped out o! my mouth without realising it.

$(% Raynare seems pu88led. 3ut I continue to talk. $3ut ,od is no good. "e didn&t listen to me be!ore and he didn&t even help a good girl like +sia at all. "ahaha such a useless ,od.% $I wonder what you are trying to say. 9id you !inally break(% $Then him. #aou-sama will you listen to my wish( You e'ist right( +re you listening( I&m also a 9evil so will you listen to my wish(% $.."e's totally lost it. This boy is talking to himsel! in a place like this.% $I&m going to bash this shitty 5allen +ngel in !ront o! me so please make sure no on inter!eres. I seriously don&t want anyone to inter!ere. I also don&t need any back up. I will do it mysel!. +nd my legs are !ine as well. I will get up on my own. 0o make it a one on one !ight. It&s a good situation. #y anger is so high that I think I can handle this pain. Q@ust one hit is enough. ..4lease let me hit her.% #y legs can move. I have already lost the sensation in my legs. @ust moving it by a millimetre gives me intense pain. 3ut it can still move. #y butt leaves the !loor. #y body hasn&t stopped shaking. ;ven so my body gets up slowly. It hurts. #y whole body hurts. 3ut I can move. I can still move. I )ust have to endure it until I hit her once. $2 I-Impossible2 Your body isn&t in a condition to move2 3ecause o! the damage o! light% I approach Raynare slowly who has a shocked look on her !ace. +nd I stood up. Right in !ront o! her eyes. 6ith my !eet shaking and lots o! blood !lowing out o! me. $"ey ;'-girl!riend. I&ve been through a lot because o! you.% $..There&s no way you can stand2 + <ow-class 9evil shouldn&t be able to stand up with those wounds2 The lights are burning your insides !rom within your body2( + <ow-class 9evil who doesn&t have the demonic-power to ease the e!!ect o! light shouldn't be able endure it2% $Yeah it hurts. It really hurts. I&m even close to losing my consciousness. 3ut you know my hatred towards you is so great that I can endure this.% I glared straight at my opponent without even blinking. #y ne't hit will be my last blow. I! I use it I will !all down. That&s why I have to !inish it with my ne't hit. I can&t look away !rom my target. $"ey my 0acred ,ear. You still have the power to punch this thing in !ront o! me right( Then let&s !inish it.% >;'plosion22? The sound !rom the )ewel made )ust now sounded especially strong. The )ewel shines even brighter. 0uch a bright light. It&s da88ling. 3ut unlike the light o! a 5allen +ngel this light didn&t give damage to me but instead it gives me peace. @ust getting touched by this light !eels like I am over !lowing with power. It&s similar to the light o! heal that belongs to +sia.

0o there is a light that doesn&t cause harm to 9evils. I take a step !orward. The blood splashes onto the ground !rom my wounds. I also coughed some blood. <ooks like I&m in a critical condition. There is no stopping to the pain I&m !eeling right now. It even reaches up to my brain. 3ut it&s okay. I can still move. ;ven now my gauntlet is !lowing power into me. 6hen I was against Raynare at evening I was scared o! the power di!!erence between us. #y instinct as a 9evil instinct grasped hold o! the overwhelming power di!!erence between us and my body didn&t stop shaking because o! it. That time I thought that I could never beat her. 3ut it&s di!!erent now. The power I&m receiving !rom this gauntlet is insane. I somehow know. It&s possibly because I&m the 0acred ,ear possessor. This power won&t last !orever. This power is one time only. I! I use it against my enemy even once then it will end there. ;ven though the 0acred ,ear isn&t telling me verbally it&s telling me physically. I made a posture to punch. I have no e'perience in !ighting. 3ut it will be okay i! I hit her once. #y target is the shitty 5allen +ngel that is in !ront o! me. I&m de!initely going to hit her. I&m absolutely not going to miss it. $..Impossible. 6hat is this( 6hy is something like this happening..( Isn&t that 0acred ,ear supposed to be the >Twice Critical? which doubles the power o! the possessor( ..It can&t be. It&s not possible. 6hy has your power surpassed mine..( This wave o! demonic-power I&m !eeling...... is that o! a #iddle-class..no that o! a "igh-class 9evil..% #y power is that o! a "igh-class 9evil( Is it because o! my 0acred ,ear( "ey hey weren&t you supposed to be a 0acred ,ear that )ust doubles my power( 3uchou is the only "igh-class 9evil I met so it means that I&m currently about the same strength as her. $<ies2 This is all lies2 I am the 5allen +ngel that has attained the ultimate healing power2 I turned into a superior being by obtaining this >Twilight "ealing?2 I received the right to be loved by +8a8el-sama and 0hemha8a-sama2 I wouldn&t lose to some low-li!e like you2% Raynare once again has a spear o! light in both her hands. 3//*. I hit it to the side with my !ist. The spears o! light disappear easily. 0eeing me hit away her spears with ease Raynare&s !ace gets even paler. $*-*o2% Raynare is !lapping her black wings and is about to !ly away. Is she trying to run away( "ey hey you were looking down and laughing at me till a !ew seconds ago. You run away as soon as you !ind out that you can&t win( 6ho do you think you are( 3ut I won&t let you escape. <ike hell I would2 T+4

I went up to her at the same time she&s about to !ly and I grabbed her arm. I have unbelievable speed. + speed that even the 5allen +ngel can&t react to. The arm I&m holding onto !eels unreliable and it&s so small that she looks weak. I pulled her arm towards me. I de!initely won&t let her go. $I won&t let you get away !ool.% $I&m superior2% $3low away you shitty +ngel2% $9amn yoooooooou2 <ow-class 9eeeeeevil2% $/oryaaaaaaaa2% The gauntlet released all o! its energy. +ll the strength gathered in my le!t arm and I concentrated them on my !ist. I used that !ist to punch straight and accurately at the !ace o! the enemy I detest. "IT22 The hard sound echoes. #y !ist is dug into her !ace and I pushed my !ist even !urther2 Raynare went !lying backwards with my punch. ,+0"++++++++*22 The 5allen +ngel crashes into the wall while making a very loud noise. The wall broke and there is a big hole in the wall. 9ust starts to spread everywhere. 6hen the dust disappears there is nothing le!t in the direction I punched Raynare towards. The hole continues till outside o! the building where Raynare is on the ground. 0he isn&t moving. I can&t tell i! she is dead but she won&t be able to move !or a while. I'd !inally paid her back. $0erves you right.% I&m smiling !rom the bottom o! my heart. That&s my true !eeling. That punch !elt so good. 3ut soon tears are !alling !rom my eyes. $..+sia% 0he won&t smile ever again.

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+!ter punching the 5allen +ngel I was about to !all down a!ter using my whole power.. Ton. 0omething supports me !rom my shoulder. 6hen I looked it&s -iba. $,ood work. You actually beat a 5allen +ngel.% "e&s carrying my shoulder with a smile and is supporting me. 6hat the even -iba is torn. $Yo you are late Casanova.% $5u!u!u 3uchou told me not to inter!ere.% 3uchou did(

$That&s right. I believed that you were able to beat the 5allen +ngel Raynare.% 6hen I turned around to the direction where the voice came !rom Rias-buchou is walking towards me smiling while wavering her crimson hair. $3uchou( 6here did you come !rom(% $5rom the basement. I !inished my business so I used the magic-circle to come here. It was my !irst time transporting to a Church so I was nervous.% 3uchou makes a sigh while talking to me. I see. 0o that&s why she came !rom downstairs with -iba and the others. Then all o! the ;'orcists are annihilated. 0ince they had 3uchou as their opponent they had no chance o! winning. Then -oneko-chan walks past me. 6here is she going( 3uchou stands !ront o! me. $<ooks like you won sa!ely.% $3uchou.. "ahaha I won somehow.% $5u!u!u e'cellent. @ust what I e'pected !rom my servant.% 0he taps on my nose. $+ra ara. The Church is in a mess. 3uchou is it alright(% +keno-san has a troubled !ace. $..Is something wrong(% I ask 3uchou timidly. $Church's belong to ,od or religions related to him but there are cases like this where it is used by 5allen +ngels. In cases like this i! we 9evils damage the Church there will be times when we get targeted by assassins. 5or revenge and payback.% 2 0-0eriously( $3ut it won&t happen this time.% $6hy is that(% $This Church was originally an abandoned one. 0o a certain group o! 5allen +ngels had come here to use it !or their own greed and we )ust happened to have a !ight in a place like that. 0o we didn&t step !oot on the enemies' actual territory to have war. 0o it&s )ust a small !ight between a 9evil and a 5allen +ngel. This happens every time. That&s what happened.% I see. 0o it&s a matter o! !act o! how you sum it up. $3uchou. I&ve brought it.% The one who appeared while making a sound o! dragging something is -oneko-chan. 0he appeared !rom the broken wall and what she is dragging is a black wing 5allen +ngel Raynare. 0o -oneko-chan is dragging the unconscious Raynare whom I had punched away. 3ut she said she $brought% it.. 0he uses uni7ue words !or a small girl.

$Thank you -oneko. *ow then let&s wake her up. +keno.% $Yes.% +keno-san li!ts her hand up. Then water appears up in the air. Is that the power o! a 9evil( +keno-san splashes the water created in the air on Raynare. 04<+0"2 Raynare coughs a!ter the splash. The 5allen +ngel wakes up and opens her eyes slowly. 3uchou looks down on her. $"ow are you doing 5allen +ngel Raynare.% $..The daughter o! the ,remory clan..% $"ello my name is Rias ,remory. I&m the ne't heir o! the "ouse o! ,remory. It will be !or a short while but nice to have your ac7uaintance.% 3uchou greets her with a smile but Raynare glares at her. Then she sneers. $..You think you&ve got me but too bad. This plan was kept secret !rom the higher-ups but there are other 5allen +ngels with me. I! I get in danger they will% $They won&t come to help.% 3uchou says it clearly to re)ect Raynare&s words. $That&s because I already eliminated all three o! the 5allen +ngel -alawana 5allen +ngel 9onaseek and 5allen +ngel #itelt.% $<ies2% Raynare re)ects what 3uchou said while sitting up straight. 3uchou takes out three black !eathers. $These are the !eathers o! those three. You can tell them apart since you are the same kind as them right(% 0eeing that Raynare&s e'pression darkens. <ooks like 3uchou is speaking the truth. $6hen I met with the 5allen +ngel 9onaseek who attacked Ise be!ore I predicted that there were a !ew 5allen +ngels plotting something in this town. I ignored it because I thought it was a plan that involves the whole 5allen +ngel. ;ven I&m not !oolish enough to take on all o! the 5allen +ngels. Then I heard that the 5allen +ngels were moving around secretively so I went to talk to them taking +keno with me. 6hen I met them in person they blurted that it was their own plan. 3y helping you they said they would get promoted to a higher status. <ow li!e that move around secretively !or their purpose usually brag about their plots.% 3uchou smirks. Raynare is biting her teeth with !rustration. $They must have looked down on us because it was )ust two girls who approached them. 0o I asked them as a parting gi!t. 5u!u!u they were !oolish 5allen +ngels who didn&t know who was going to die. 0ince they were willing to help in your pathetic plot they themselves were low beings.% 0o that&s why. The $thing% 3uchou needed to take care o! was that.

0he took down the other remaining 5allen +ngels.. 3uchou was thinking about this whole incident as well.. 6ithout knowing it I said so much bad things about her.. Crap. I&m so emotional that I !eel like crying. $,etting hit by a single shot won&t even leave a trace. The princess o! the 9uke who has the power o! destruction. 3uchou is a power!ul 9evil who is called a genius among the group o! young 9evils a!ter all.% -iba makes a comment to praise his master. $0he is also called the $Crimson-"aired Ruin 4rincess% you know(% +keno-san says it while smiling. R-Ruin 4rincess.. 6hat a scary nickname.. 0o that makes me part o! the Ruin 4rincess& group. T-Terri!ying.. 3uchou looks at my le!t arm. I think she&s looking at my gauntlet. $..Red 9ragon. /ntil recently there wasn&t a mark like this.. I see so that&s what it is..% Is it me or does 3uchou's eyes look like as i! she's a bit shocked( $I !ound out the main reason why Ise was able to beat a 5allen +ngel.% 3uchou says it 7uietly. $5allen +ngel Raynare. This boy "youdou Issei&s 0acred ,ear isn&t a regular 0acred ,ear. That&s why you lost.% Raynare has a pu88led !ace a!ter hearing 3uchou. $>3oosted ,ear? a 0acred ,ear that is said to be the rarest o! the rare. The Red 9ragon mark on the gauntlet is the evidence. ;ven you have heard o! that name be!ore right(% +!ter listening to 3uchou Raynare puts on a very shocked e'pression. $3-3oosted ,ear.. 1ne o! the ><onginus? .. ;ven though it&s !or a temporarily time it&s said that it has the power to surpass #aous and ,od.. +re you telling me that hate!ul power is possessed in a boy like this2(% $I! it&s )ust like the legend is told then the ability o! the >3oosted ,ear? can double the power o! the possessor every AI second. ;ven i! his power starts !rom A it doubles his power every AI seconds and it can reach the power o! the leader-class 5allen +ngels and "igh-class 9evils. +nd by mastering it he could even kill ,od.% +re you serious 3uchou2( I can de!eat ,od2( .. 0o that&s the power o! my 0acred ,ear. There is a mark o! a Red 9ragon carved into my gauntlet. 0o the reason why it kept on saying $3oost 3oost% is because it was doubling my power. 0o that&s why my power kept on increasing inside me. 0o the reason why Raynare was scared o! me is because I had attained a power that surpasses her without realising it. 6hat a power!ul 0acred ,ear.. I looked at the 0acred ,ear on my le!t arm !ear!ully. 3oosted ,ear. #y 0acred ,ear. This is an incredible 0acred ,ear.

+h does this mean I can leave a legend as a 9evil( $6ell no matter how power!ul it is 0acred ,ear which needs time has a big risk. There aren&t any enemies that would wait !or the user to get stronger. 0ince the opponent was taking it lightly this was the outcome.% /gh. 3uchou nails it. C-Certainly there aren't that many enemies that will wait !or me to get powered up. 0o my 0acred ,ear is power!ul but it has many weaknesses. 3uchou approaches me. I can smell something nice !rom her crimson hair. 4at-pat. 3uchou starts to pat my head. $3ut it&s interesting. @ust to be e'pected !rom my 0ervant-kun. @ust like I thought Ise is an interesting boy. I&m going to adore you even more.% 3uchou smiles at me. It&s a nice smile but it looks a bit scary.. $3-3uchou(% $6hat is it(% 3uchou is smiling. I bow my head down because I !eel guilty. $I&m sorry. 6hen I said I was going to save +sia I said rude stu!! to you because you wouldn&t help.. 3ut you were helping us behind the scene and..% I )ust want to apologise. I thought that 3uchou was a cold hearted 9evil. 0o I kept on being rude to her. 0o I needed to say how sorry I am. 3ut 3uchou is still patting my head. I was crying without noticing it. Yes I wasn&t able to accomplish my goal. $3-3uchou..I couldn&t..protect +sia..% $You don&t have to cry. 0eeing you right now there is no one that will blame you.% $3ut..but I..% 3uchou wipes my tears with her !ingers. $It&s okay. You )ust weren't e'perienced as a 9evil yet. That&s all to it. 3ecome strong. I&m going to make you work hard !rom now on so be prepared. #y 4awn Ise.% $Yes.% I will work hard. I will de!initely become stronger. I promise. $*ow then I&ll !inish my last work.% 3uchou&s eyes become sharp and it looks ruthless. 3uchou got close to Raynare. The 5allen +ngel becomes scared. $I will have you disappear 5allen +ngel-san.% It&s a cold tone. It&s !illed with killing intent. $1! course I will retrieve that 0acred ,ear back as well.%

$Y-You can&t be serious2( This healing power is !or +8a8el-sama and 0hemha8a-sama% $To live your li!e !or love is beauti!ul. 3ut you are too tainted with dirt. You have no elegance. +nd I don&t allow that.% 3uchou aims her hand towards Raynare. <ooks like she will kill her in one blow. $#e here.% Then a shadow appears !rom behind the broken wall. The 4riest 5reed =el8an. It&s that shitty 4riest2 "e came back despite running away once2 $6ow2 #y superior is in serious danger2 0o what&s going to happen now2(% Raynare screams at the appearance o! the 4riestW $0ave me2 I! you save me I will give you a reward or anything you want2% 5reed makes a sadistic smile. $"mm hmm. I received a wonder!ul order !rom an +ngel-sama. ;h( 0o I can have se' with you( To me having se' with an +ngel-sama is like the best honour and it will become a good social status !or me.% $-u.. 9-9on&t !ool around and save me2% The 5allen +ngel&s e'pression is !illed with anger. It also seems like she&s in a rush. *o she is in a rush. 0he probably thinks that $+ mere human won&t betray me%. $+rarararara you know that I&m actually serious.. I mean something simple like that should be all right isn&t it +ngel-sama( 0o it&s a no( Is that so( Then I will take my leave now. *o matter how you look at it I&m at a disadvantage so I will )ust take o!!.% 5reed says it in a !unny tone while curling his body. $Y-You are a 4riest aren&t you2( You are supposed to save me2 I&m an all mighty 5allen +ngel2 I% $I don&t need a superior who loses to trashy 9evils. You are pretty but you lack plans and you are hard headed. The only thing you are use!ul !or is masturbation. 0o )ust die away already. 6ell a 5allen +ngel who is abandoned by ,od won't go to either "eaven or "ell but goes back to nothing. #aybe the e'perience o! turning into nothing will be help!ul( +h that&s impossible. 0ince there will be nothing le!t. It&s impossible. 0o namusan. 6ait that&s 3uddhism. +h I&m a !ormer Christian2 I&m such a naughty boy2% +!ter saying that he moves his sight elsewhere as i! he has lost interest in Raynare. 6ith that Raynare put on an e'pression o! despair. 0he looks miserable. Is this the !ate o! the 5allen +ngel who sought !or power and causing a rampage( 5reed makes a big smile at me. ;h( #e( $Ise-kun Ise-kun. You have such a wonder!ul ability. I&m getting more interested in you. You are so worthy to kill2 You are de!initely in my Top J !or the $9evils I want to kill% so be prepared okay( *e't time we meet let&s have a romantic !ight to the death okay(% Chills. I !elt something cold running through my back.

That guy is smiling but has an e'treme killing intent. + challenge directed at me. *o an advanced notice !or killing me. $0ee ya then2 3ye-bye2 Remember to brush your teeth2% 5reed disappears immediately !rom the scene a!ter waving his hands at us. "e&s 7uick. That guy )ust le!t like that. 3ut somehow it !eels like I will meet him again. It&s not a premonition but something weirder. $*ow 5allen +ngel Raynare who was abandoned by her own servant. #iserable.% 3uchou didn&t have the slightest sympathy in her tone. Raynare starts to shiver. #aybe the reason why I !eel a bit sorry !or her is because she was my e'-girl!riend $Yuuma-chan%. 6ell that was also part o! her dirty plan. Raynare then looks at me. 0he then makes sorrow!ul eyes at me. $Ise-kun2 4lease save me2% "er voice is that o! Yuuma-chan when she was my girl!riend. $This 9evil is trying to kill me2 I love you2 I love you so much2 That&s why let&s de!eat this 9evil together2% Raynare once again acts like Yuuma-chan and begs !or help to me while crying. I was stupid !or !eeling even a bit sorry !or you Yuuma-chan. *o shitty 5allen +ngel. $,oodbye my love. 3uchou I&m at my limit.. 6ill you please..% "earing that the 5allen +ngel&s e'pression !ro8e. $..9on&t try to !lirt with my cute servant. 3low away.% 91*2 The demonic-power shot by 3uchou le!t nothing o! the 5allen +ngel. The only thing le!t is the mysterious !eeling I have and the black !eathers !loating around the Church.

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+ green light is !loating in the sanctuary. It&s +sia&s 0acred ,ear. +!ter Raynare was de!eated it got released. The warm light shines at me. 3uchou takes the light to her hand. $*ow let&s give this back to +sia +rgento-san.% $3-3ut +sia is already..% Yeah +sia can&t be resurrected anymore. +!ter all I couldn&t save her. I promised to protect her2 I promised to save her2

;ven though I de!eated the 5allen +ngel it was pointless to come here i! I couldn&t save her.. *o that would be an insult to my comrades. They !ought !or me and +sia. They didn&t even get a single bene!it !rom it. $..3-3uchou everyone thanks !or !ighting !or me and +sia. 3-3ut still even with all your help +sia is..% 3uchou takes something out !rom her pocket. Crimson It&s a red colour like blood and it&s a chess piece that has the same colour as 3uchou&s hair. $That is(% $Ise this is a >3ishop? chess piece.% $"uh(% I made an idiotic voice because o! the sudden answer. $I&m late in telling you this now but a 9evil with a 4eerage receives AJ chess pieces in total made up o! F >4awns? D >-nights? D >3ishops? D >Rooks? and A >Lueen?. 0ame as in an actual chess game. I already used one o! my >3ishop? but I still have another one le!t.% 3uchou then walks towards +sia while holding the crimson chess piece in her hand. 3uchou places the crimson >3ishop? chess piece on the now deceased +sia&s chest. $The >3ishop?&s role is to support the other members o! the group. This girl&s healing power could be use!ul as a >3ishop?. It never happened be!ore but I will reincarnate this girl as a 9evil.% + crimson demonic-power surrounds 3uchou&s body. $I order in my name Rias ,remory. You +sia +rgento. I resurrect you back to this soil as my servant and have you reborn as a 9evil. You my >3ishop? be delighted with your new li!e2% The crimson chess piece glows and goes inside +sia&s body. +t the same time +sia&s 0acred ,ear goes back inside her body. 3uchou stops her demonic-power a!ter con!irming that the chess piece and the 0acred ,ear went inside +sia&s body. Then 3uchou makes a sigh. I )ust look at her in a da8e. +!ter a short while +sia opens her eyes. 0eeing that I wasn&t able to stop my tears !rom coming out. $"uh(% +sia&s voice. The voice that I thought I can never hear again. Rias-buchou gives me a warm smile. $I resurrected her because I wanted her power that can even heal a 9evil. 5u!u!u Ise !rom now on you'll protect her. 0ince you will be her senior 9evil.% +sia raises her upper body. 0he looks around and !inds me. $..Ise-san(% I hugged +sia who looks pu88led.

$<et&s go home +sia.%

-e. Life.
Part 1
>Y1/ "+H; T1 6+-; /42 4/T 01#; 04IRIT I* IT2? ..I got up !rom my bed a!ter getting woken up by the alarm clock with a boyish-girl&s voice. I set the alarm one hour earlier than usual. I needed to go to the club room at all cost even i! I have to scratch out my eyes2 I le!t the room a!ter getting into my uni!orm.

Part 2
$+ra so you came on time.U 6hen I arrived in the club room 3uchou is the only one present. The school hasn&t started yet. I came here early in the morning because last evening we were told that we will have a meeting in the morning. 3uchou is sitting on the so!a drinking green-tea elegantly. $,ood morning 3uchou.% $Yes good morning. <ooks like you have gotten used to the morning.% $Yes thanks to you.% 0he then looks at my legs. $"ow&s the wound !rom the 5allen +ngel(% I had my thighs pierced by the spear o! light !rom the battle !ew days ago. $Yes it&s completely healed thanks to that healing power.% I answered her with a smile. $Is that so( It seems like that girl&s healing power is something you can&t ignore. I can see why a single 5allen +ngel would desire it even by keeping it a secret !rom her superiors.% I sit on the so!a opposite 3uchou. There are several things I want to ask her. $/mm 3uchou( I! there is the same number o! >;vil 4ieces? as in chess itsel! then it&s possible to get E other >4awns? besides me right( 0o will there be a day when another >4awn? besides me will )oin us(% Yeah )ust like in the real chess there should be the same number o! >4awn? pieces. 0o it&s possible to get more >4awn? pieces besides me. I asked her thinking it will turn out like that one day. 3ut 3uchou shakes her head to the side to my 7uestion. $*o my only >4awn? is you Ise.%

2 ;h( 0hould I be happy( Is it a con!ession( 0omething like $Ise is the only one I want2% or something like that( $6hen reincarnating a human to a 9evil we use the >;vil 4ieces? but depending on the ability o! the person being reincarnated more >;vil 4ieces? will be consumed.% ..0o it&s not a con!ession.. "uh( 4iece consumption( $There&s a saying like this in the world o! chess. Lueens have a value o! K 4awns. Rooks have a value o! J 4awns. -nights and 3ishops have a value o! B 4awns each. <ike this there are standard values that also apply to the ;vil 4ieces. + similar phenomenon happens to those reincarnated. I! there are those who can only be reincarnated with D -night pieces then there are also those who need D Rook pieces to be reincarnated. There&s also the compatibility with the pieces as well. You can&t use D separate 4ieces to give them di!!erent roles so it&s important to think how to use the pieces. 1nce you use it 9evils won&t be given a new >;vil 4ieces?.% $"ow is that related to me(% $Ise I used all o! the >4awn? pieces when I resurrected you. I! I hadn't I couldn&t have made you into a 9evil.% +ll2( 0eriously( 0o do I have a value o! F >4awn? pieces then( $6hen I !ound out I decided to de!initely make you into my servant. 3ut I couldn&t !ind the reason !or a while. 3ut now I&m convinced. The 0acred ,ear that is said to be supreme. 3ecause it was you Ise who possess the >3oosted ,ear? which is said to be one o! the supreme 0acred ,ear the ><onginus? there!ore it had that much value.% I look at my le!t arm. The red gauntlet. + insane embodiment o! power which doubles my power every AI seconds. 9epending on how you use it it&s said that it can even kill ,od. This 0acred ,ear is something which is too good !or me but it can&t be helped since its residing in me. $6hen I was trying to reincarnate you the only pieces I had le!t were A -night A Rook A 3ishop and F 4awns. To make you into my servant I could only use all F pieces o! 4awn. +nd your compatibility with the 4awn was also good. The other pieces didn&t have the power to reincarnate you. To begin with the value o! >4awn? is still a mystery. +lso including its >4romotion?. That&s why I gambled on that possibility. +s a result you were the best.% 3uchou smiles happily. 0he pats my cheeks with her !ingers. $1ur matching is also great since its crimson and red $Crimson-"air Ruin-4rincess% and >3oosted ,ear?. Ise !irst o! all aim to become the strongest >4awn?. I! it&s you you can de!initely do it. +!ter all you are my adorable servant.% The strongest >4awn?. It sounds so great. 3uchou brings her !ace closer when I was thinking about it. Close2 You are too close 3uchou2

Then 3uchou&s lip touches my !orehead. $This is a good luck charm. ,et stronger.% -iss on the !orehead.. ,ura. I became unsteady because o! what )ust happened and my !ace turns red. /wa. /wa. /ooooooooooooooooooooo2 0omething triggers in my head2 I am so happy that I&m about to dance2 1h man2 1h man2 #y !irst kiss !rom a girl2 It wasn&t a kiss on the lip or cheeks but there&s nothing happier than this2 I&m about to cry because o! the )oy2 I2 I will work harder 3uchou2 I promise with this kiss2 I de!initely will2 $I probably should stop adoring you here. The new girl might get )ealous o! me.% @ealous( 6hat is she talking about( $I-Ise-san..(% Hoice came !rom behind me. I have heard this voice be!ore. 6hen I turned around the blond girl +sia is trying to smile. $+-+sia(% ;h( Is she mad( 6-6hy( $It has to be.. R-Rias-buchou is very beauti!ul so even Ise-san will also like her.. *o no. I can&t think like that2 1h lord. 4lease !orgive my sin!ul heart.% +sia made a prayer but she then screams $+uu%. $I have a headache.% $1! course. I! a 9evil makes a prayer to ,od o! course you will receive damage.% 3uchou says that normally. $/u that&s right. I turned into a 9evil. I can&t !ace ,od any more.% +sia seems a bit troubled. +sia please don&t make a sad !ace like that. $9o you regret it(% 3uchou asks +sia. +sia shakes her head. $*o thank you very much. *o matter what situation I am in I&m happy as long as I am with Isesan.% 2 #y !ace starts to turn red because o! her embarrassing reply. T-This is something which makes me happy. 5or a guy it&s the ultimate praise.

"earing that 3uchou also smiles. $I see then its okay. 5rom today you will also be my servant and I will make you work along with Ise.% $Yes2 I will do my best2% +sia replies very energetically. 0he will have to do the lea!let handing !irst but I wondered i! she will be all right( I !eel uneasy. Then I realised the change in +sia. 6hy didn&t I realise it until now( $+sia that uni!orm..% Yes +sia is wearing the school uni!orm o! our school. -uou +cademy&s girl uni!orm. $9-9oes it suit me..(% 0he asks me shyly. 1! course2 +nother +ngel have descended to our school2 I can already hear the guys in our school talking about it. You look great in it2 $It&s the best2 <et&s take a photo with only the D o! us.% $;h y-yes.% 0he was troubled with how to react but it's true that she looks cute in it. +aah my school li!e is becoming glorious2 $I decided to make +sia attend our school. 0ince she is about the same age as you she&s also in Dnd year. I also made her in the same class as you. Today will be her !irst day so make sure to look a!ter her.% 3uchou says that to me. +re you serious2( #y class2( +sia will be in my class2( $I will be in your care Ise-san.% +sia bows her head. I start to imagine introducing +sia to #atsuda and #otohama already. I can&t stop laughing thinking about how )ealous they would get. $Yeah. I will introduce you to two o! my pals.% $Yes I&m looking !orward to it.% 5u!u!u #atsuda and #otohama looks like I&m getting closer to becoming an adult. 4als my li!e as an unpopular guy is over2 6hile I was imagining that -iba -oneko-chan and +keno-san enters the room. $,ood morning 3uchou Ise-kun +sia-san.% $..,ood morning 3uchou Ise-senpai +sia-senpai.% $"ow are you all doing 3uchou Ise-kun +sia-chan.% ;veryone greets us.

;veryone called me $Ise% and acknowledged +sia as a member. It&s great. There&s nothing better than this. 3uchou stands up. $0ince everyone is here shall we start the party(% 0aying that 3uchou clicks her !ingers. Then a big cake appears on the table. 6ow is this also demonic-power as well( $It might be good sometimes to gather in the morning to do these kinds o! things right( 0-since we got new members I made some cake so let&s eat it together.% 3uchou says it shyly. 3ut handmade cake2 I will gladly eat it2 3uchou !irst o! all I will aim to become the strongest >4awn?. I will work hard along with 3uchou +sia -iba -oneko-chan and +keno-san. +!ter making a promise to mysel! I got ready to do kamehameha to rise up the mood !or this party. The last boss o! this book is the $9ragon--ing o! 9arkness 3lack 0atan% who holds a grudge against the main character. It&s going to end with a !ierce !ight where the main character uses his ultimate techni7ue $Chaos o! 0hot% and the last boss uses $9ark 3reath Type I% where the last boss gets de!eated. +t the end the main character and the heroine !ly up the sky heading !or their love. This is how this book will be. "ahaha I spoiled it !or those who read the a!terword !irst2 It&s a lie. I&m sorry. *o one like that will appear in this book. I got carried away because there are those who read the a!terword !irst. +nd I&m not regretting it. "ello it&s Ishibumi Ichiei. "ow was $"igh 0chool 9N9% also called $9N9%( I&m !eeling nervous because it&s been two years since I last published a book. 4ossibly due to being nervous my hand started shaking so the a!terword begun with a suspicious introduction. 5or those who are reading my book !or the !irst time may think $6hat&s wrong with this author( 1ppai oppai2 6hich 1ppai-planet did you come !rom2(%. +nd !or those people who had read my work previously will be like $"uh( This is written by the horror author Ishibumi right( 6hat happened to him Qoppai(% so it may have been a shocking book !or some o! you. #any things happen to adults you know. 6ell please think that I changed my writing-style. This time the story will be very lively and eroticoverall. That&s because the editor in charge said $<et&s make the main character into a lecherous guy%.. It was !un writing it2 I was also having !un doing it. The main characters o! harem series are usually the skinny ones or guys with a strong sense o! )ustice but who lack in these departments so I made the main character into a guy who loves girls and is really stupid. The story is also !rom Ise&s perspective so I made it in a way where the reader will be like $*o. That&s wrong. Think a little bit%.

Ise isn&t smart like all o! you so he is super dumb so please watch over him with warm eyes. 6ell it seems like there are a !ew more pages le!t !or the a!terword so I will talk about the outline o! this series. "igh school 9'9&s genre is school-li!eXlove-comedyXbattleX!antasy and it's about how "youdou Issei rises up. It&s long but I&m sure those people who have read this already know the names o! the genres. The main character is Ise. The secondary-main character and the main heroine is Rias-buchou. +nd +sia is the other heroine. It&s a story about the main character and the two heroines. 3asically this story will revolve around these three where -iba -oneko-chan and +keno-san causes destruction. The 1ccult Research Club members the servant-9evils o! Rias ,remory uses the -uou academy as their base and does their )ob as 9evils while they make a slapstick !ighting +ngels and 5allen +ngels and getting in contact with legendary beasts and items2 6ell that&s the plan. The concept o! this series is that $love dream and battles are also part o! being a youth2%. 9evils and +ngels are the main theme so during the story names o! those !rom myths and legend will appear but this series is written where it won't be restricted by them. In other words the events written in the bible and non-!iction books are )ust used !or re!erences and the author that is me writes it !reely with an original story. @ust think that the ma)ority o! things related to +ngels and 9evils are made up in 9N9. 6ell there&s no way that the word >;vil 4ieces? will appear in the bible. The war between the three !actionsW 9evils ,od and 5allen +ngels has ended !ew hundred years ago and the story revolves around the 9evils and +ngels a!ter that war. It starts o!! !rom where most o! the !amous +ngels and 9evils have already passed away. 6ell there are other things in my mind. 5or e'ample bringing stu!! !rom *orse mythology and also !rom @apanese youkai. 3asically it&s a setting where anything is possible. I&m sure that there are those who hold both doubts and hopes !or Rias-buchou&s servants a!ter reading this volume. 5or e'ample who is the other >3ishop? that 3uchou already has( I have already decided with my editor to make that person appear as the story progresses so I&m sure that person will appear i! this series continues on. +lso will the other $4ieces% be !illed up( 3uchou has A >-night? and A >Rook? piece le!t. 0imilar to the >3ishop? I will !ill this in i! this series continues. "uh( It&s not e'plained well( *o no. I already have them prepared so I )ust need the support o! everyone. The release o! volume D will be decided on the sales o! volume A but $"igh school 9'9% will get more erotic i! it goes on. #ainly Rias-buchou and +sia. In volume D I&m planning to do a really ama8ing part. I mean ama8ing. 3ut it might end in a dream. 0o please support me i! you are looking !orward to 3uchou&s oppai. *ow to my thanks. To my !ormer editor in charge who brought this discussion to me --sama. +nd to the current editor in charge who has been by my side the whole time "-sama. Thank you very much !or looking a!ter

me. Thanks to that $"igh 0chool 9'9% has been released. I want to say it to the both o! you again. Thank you very much. To #iyama-8ero-san who did the illustrations. Thank you !or the beauti!ul illustrations. I was moved because 3uchou and +sia were drawn )ust like I imagined. 0orry !or making you really busy with the designs o! the uni!orm and the appearance o! the characters. +nd to the authors who debuted at the same time as me2 I have really made you guys worried2 Thank you !or cheering me up every time we went drinking2 Thanks to that I&m back in action2 +nd to my !riends2 0orry !or troubling you guys2 I somehow managed to release a book2 Thanks !or cheering me up last year2 <et&s go out to eat ne't time. #y thanks ends here. Thank you to my editor the authors and my !riends2 Thank you very much. I will work hard so this series will continue on. 1h and I also do a blog. I started it last year so please !eel !ree to visit any time. 6ell I only talk about 4okemon and ,undam..... 6ell I&m thinking that it will be good i! I can sometime talk about 9N9. Ichibumi Ichiei&s blog $SIchibuiT%. httpWXXishibumi.e'blog.)p <astly there&s something I want to say to a certain person. It&s only !ew lines so please !orgive me. To my !ather who passed away when I was preparing !or volume A. 9ad I was able to release my book sa!ely. 0orry !or making you worry. Ishibumi Ichiei