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Devils, Fallen Angels, and even Dragons —they’re all my comrades. It’s wonderful, isn’t it.

And I — [Oppai Dragon], am both a Devil and a Dragon.

I’ll defeat everyone who dares to put the children in danger!

Welsh Dragon & Crescent Circle Dragon

—It happened during the match between team [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] and team [Rias Gremory].

The Legendary [Welsh Dragon], Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig, was up against his equal, the Legendary Evil Dragon Crom Cruach. They moved to a place quite distant from the Kuoh Academy replica where both the [Kings], Rias Gremory and Hyoudou Issei, were supposed to be at the moment. Both of them spread their wings and flew through the sky as they glared at each other. In contrast with Ddraig whose body was that of a gigantic Dragon, Crom Cruach stayed in his human form. Ddraig flashed back and thought, ‘In the distant past, Crom Cruach would have faced me in his magnificent Dragon form’. However, he must’ve learned that his current form was the best as he had been watching over the human world for a long time. Crom Cruach then said as if realising the same thing,

“Would it make it easier for you if I return to my original form?”

Ddraig was surprised by his words as he put up a smile on his big mouth.

[You sure do say wonderful things, Legendary Evil Dragon.]

Both of them continued to glare at each other while staying in the sky. They’d finished saying their names, which meant the only thing left to do was—. Both of them charged at the same time and collided with each other in the sky of the Kuoh town replica. Ddraig and Crom Cruach — headbutted each other!

—BOOM!

The shockwave was so strong that it even reverberated through the skies and even reached the houses below them. The roofs and the window panes of the buildings were blown off and destroyed as they head-butted each other.

[Here I go, Evil Dragon!]

“Come, Heavenly Dragon!”

Their bout developed from headbutt into a vigorous exchange of fists without losing any momentum. Even though Ddraig punched him with his fist which was as big as Crom Cruach’s human body — the Legendary Evil Dragon was unscathed. He didn’t falter, retreat or even get blown away as he fought on, completely fine. Crom Cruach didn’t even shudder upon taking the punch of the strongest Heavenly Dragon. He was simply enjoying it as he smiled in thrill horrifyingly and punched back. Following the punch of the humanoid Evil Dragon that got onto the giant Dragon Ddraig’s face, a pleasant sound along with a powerful shock took place.

Right cheek, left cheek, nose, mouth, eyes, forehead, jaws, both of them threw out terrifying punches to those parts of each other’s faces! [Boost]—The ability of the Longinus [Boosted Gear]. Ddraig, who was the origin of that ability, used that every time he threw out a punch. The Heavenly Dragon was really moved by the sight of Crom Cruach, who was unshaken and just punched back even after taking his punch endowed with that ability. Considering his broken left arm due to his previous fight against Fafnir, the punches he threw out were as if he was unscathed. The violent shockwaves created by the rush of plain punches thrown by the two Legendary Dragons made the sky tremble and destroyed the buildings on the ground.

[Hahahahahahaha!]

Ddraig laughed in the middle of their bout.

“Heh, you’re enjoying it! But of course, this is fun after all!”

Crom Cruach also felt happy as he quivered in response to the straight punch that he took head-on. Both of them started to gush out blood from their nose and mouth. Ddraig then grinned upon flashing back to his golden time before being sealed into a Sacred Gear. At that time, in that distant past, it was true that the Evil Dragon before him was a strong one, but he was still weaker than him. However, during the time Ddraig was sealed, Crom Cruach blended into the human world as he observed them and changed, strengthened, and developed himself. As a result—. Ddraig grabbed Crom Cruach’s body with his giant hand and planned to throw him down—.

“Hmph.”

Crom Cruach put up his strength in an instant and pried open Ddraig’s fist. Even Ddraig was astonished by his ridiculous strength . This Legendary Evil Dragon had obtained the strength that enabled him to surpass himself! Ddraig then tried to do a headbutt once again! However, Crom Cruach evaded Ddraig’s headbutt and kicked Ddraig’s gut.

Boom, Whack!

The kick of the Evil Dragon pierced deeply into Ddraig’s gut. Ddraig’s face showed that he was in agony as he curved his body due to the impact. Crom Cruach followed by flying up and headbutted Ddraig in his jaw. Following that, Ddraig’s head moved upwards as he almost lost his consciousness.

This is bad—. If I lose my consciousness now, it’s going to go like Crom Cruach intended!

Ddraig, whose body was trembling as a result of the concussion, clenched his teeth to regain his consciousness. Ddraig then clenched his fist one more time and punched Crom Cruach. The Evil Dragon made a cross out of his arms and tried to guard against it—However, upon the moment of impact, the shockwave didn’t harm his hands, but the very core of his body instead.

“Gaha!”

Crom Cruach spouted blood and breathed heavily because of the brutal attack.Upon the moment of impact, Ddraig had used the [Penetrate] ability. It was one of the special techniques of the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig. He transferred the shock from the opponent’s hands so the damage went to the very core of his body instead. This technique would inflict a fatal injury to most of his opponents within the first attack. However, Ddraig had to keep his guard up as his opponent at the moment was a supernatural being which suffered only a little amount of damage despite the fact that it hit.

I will release it at the best timing—when the enemy shows a slight opening as he’s about to attack!

Crom Cruach hadn’t forgotten about [Penetrate]. Rather, he attacked Ddraig and even felt a response. And that’s exactly why [Penetrate] got in contrary to Crom’s expectations. In a fight, feeling a response makes opponent drop his guard a bit. [Penetrate] was effective precisely because it came unexpected to the opponent. That’s what Ddraig learned from his countless battles. Following his attack, Ddraig inflated his stomach and charged the fire throughout his whole body. Ddraig then breathed out the flame towards Crom Cruach all at once! But of course, the Evil Dragon didn’t just stand and let it happen. Crom Cruach quickly composed himself from the damage due to [Penetrate] and changed his right hand into that of a Dragon’s whilst enshrouding it in a big amount of aura.

“I won’t let you!”

He lively swept his arm which was enshrouded in aura sideways. The powerful flame that Ddraig breathed out was mowed down by Crom Cruach’s gigantic arm. This time, it was Crom Cruach who inflated his stomach and tried to breathe flame. On the other hand, Ddraig also responded by trying to breathe fire one more time!

Gooooooooooooooo!

The hellfire-like flames that the [Red Dragon], one of the two Heavenly Dragons, and the Legendary Evil Dragon Crom Cruach breathed out were so powerful that they set the whole area ablaze. Their flames’ power was equal—. No, Crom Cruach’s was indeed more powerful as it slowly forced Ddraig’s flame back!

—A fighting style that only uses one’s own stamina, aura, and fire. With just those things, he is able to stand against me, the one who was called the Heavenly Dragon. Not only that, the strength of his fire is superior, and I even already used my [Boost] ability. The only thing I can say is, I am surprised.

Both Sacred Gear users, Hyoudou Issei and Vali Lucifer, had once fought against Crom Cruach in the past. He had fought against the Heavenly Dragons for several times. It’s only natural that he had gotten stronger. Ddraig then thought, ‘If that’s the case’ and then used his [Penetrate] ability and heightened its penetrating power, resulting in Ddraig’s flames getting closer to Crom Cruach’s body whilst going through Crom Cruach’s flames. However, it seemed like Crom Cruach had predicted this, for he quickly stopped his fire breath and tried to evade it. On the other hand, Ddraig continued to breathe out flames and chased the Evil Dragon with it. The flames that Crom Cruach evaded rained on the buildings on the ground and set them ablaze. The flames of the Heavenly Dragon melted the buildings and even the ground was greatly gouged—.

While Crom Cruach kept evading by flying over the sky with high-speed, he was in fact also looking for an opening as he had already prepared a mass of aura which he threw upon finding an opening. Ddraig evaded the concentrated mass of aura while still breathing out his flame, but as he did that, the aura bullet that he evaded went straight to the ground and made a big explosion. If that thing were to be fired to the ground several times, even this solid game field would be damaged greatly. The mass of aura that fell onto the ground created a giant crater. What was worse was thatit wasn’t only just one, as the numbers of the craters created kept on increasing after that. What would come out first, either one of them getting defeated, the game field getting destroyed, or…the match between Rias Gremory and Hyoudou Issei being settled?

Ddraig closed his mouth and stopped breathing fire upon seeing that his attacks made little progress and only destroyed the game field. He rammed Crom from the front while using [Penetrate] and sent him to the ground. Ddraig chased after him soon after and tried to trample down Crom Cruach who was sent onto scorching ground vigorously. Crom Cruach got up by jumping to his feet and took a distance from Ddraig’s feet. The sky-cutting diving kick of Ddraig. Without any delay, Crom Cruach then leaped off and landed a kick with a dense aura to Ddraig’s right arm. Ddraig responded by taking a guarding stance, but—.

Crack…

Ddraig could feel a displeasing sound. Just now, his right arm must’ve been broken. However, he had no time to care about his arm! Ddraig also released a crimson aura bullet from his hand similar to the Dragon Shot that his partner Hyoudou Issei used. That being said, using aura bullets were normal to Ddraig during his lifetime. Crom Cruach deflected it with his right arm. As he did that, the deflected shot went up to the sky. Ddraig didn’t mind that as he kept releasing aura bullets over and over, and while Crom Cruach tried to deflect all of them with both of his arms…as expected, due to the injury on his left arm, there were times when he lagged a little bit, resulting in the aura hitting his body. However, the Evil Dragon didn’t flinch from being hit by the aura. In fact, Crom Cruach closed his distance with Ddraig whilst deflecting the aura bullets. Ddraig’s deflected aura bullets flew all over the place, creating big explosions everywhere and changing the shape of the ground. For Ddraig they were mere aura bullets, but for the ground they were the embodiment of destruction. They were powerful enough to blow a bunch of High-class Devils away. Plus, Ddraig sometimes used the [Penetrate] ability on some of his bullets while continuously releasing the normal ones. He did it naturally so the enemy didn’t know. And with that—. Boom—a bursting sound could be heard.

“Sh-!”

The Evil Dragon breathed heavily in response to the powerful attack. The aura bullet endowed with [Penetrate] successfully reached Crom Cruach. Mixing the ability to one of the aura bullets when he fired a bunch of normal aura bullets proved effective. However, the experienced ones would be able to tell the difference from the air, power and the opponent’s bodily movement. That was how good of an observing ability the strong ones had. That’s why Ddraig did it naturally as if he was throwing out his usual aura bullets. If one was an amateur, he would be seen through by a skilled opponent due to exerting his strength, eye movement, shining of his pupils or a flow of an aura from his body when using the ability. His partner, Hyoudou Issei, had yet to master all of these, because he exerted his strength and leaked his aura quite a lot when mixing [Penetrate] in his aura barrage. Although small fries wouldn’t be able to tell, it’s a different story when it came to Crom Cruach and other supernatural beings. Mixing the [Penetrate] ability in one of the aura bullets released naturally, making it look like a normal aura bullet. However, for Ddraig it was a given. Crom Cruach had a hard time with the aura bullets that were mixed with [Penetrate], but…he was finally able to dodge one of them. That was not by coincidence, as he kept dodging another one, and another one of the aura bullets that were mixed with [Penetrate], despite the fact that there was no change in Ddraig’s hand movements and aura. —Crom Cruach was able to dodge Ddraig’s [Penetrate]-infused aura bullets. And finally, the number of dodged bullets were greater than the number of hits!

“….!”

Ddraig couldn’t help being shocked. He was moved by Crom Cruach’s ability to adapt and respond. There was a possibility of him knowing Ddraig’s attack through instinct and adjusting his movements with it. But even if he asked Crom Cruach, it’s not something that could be explained, as he would probably reply with ‘my body just acted on its own’.

—The sense he had since birth.

I see, so he went up to the Heavenly Dragon level.

That’s what Ddraig felt. In this case, even the genius Vali Lucifer wouldn’t be able to defeat him, as this guy would keep improving his senses while fighting—. The Evil Dragon whose face was covered in blood then screamed happily.

“You’ve warmed up, Ddraig! How is it? I am fine even if you use your [Blazing Inferno of Scorching Flames]!”

That was Ddraig’s forbidden blaze capable of burning everything. Once it rained on one’s body, the flame wouldn’t be able to be extinguished as it would burn them into ashes. Ddraig himself also never used it unless it was really necessary since it would greatly damage other things that had nothing to do with him or his fights. The Heavenly Dragon then smiled and said,

[I don’t mind using it on a dumb fool that I hate! But that isn’t something to be used in a fair-and-square battle!]

Crom Cruach laughed upon hearing that.

“Hah! So you don’t hate me! I guess I’ll take it as a compliment!”

[Yeah, you are just a dumb fool!]

Crom Cruach then laughed from the bottom of his heart.

“Hahahahaha! I can’t deny that one!”

Crom Cruach laughed like a child. The Evil Dragon who usually didn’t show his emotions laughed like a child in a battlefield. Whilst doing that, Crom Cruach then instantly closed his distance and punched Ddraig’s face despite being rained by aura bullets! Several fangs that Ddraig took pride on were broken and he spit them out along with blood. Ddraig responded by moving his arm upwards and smashed it down on Crom Cruach’s head. Although the Evil Dragon was stuck on the ground, he stood firm and didn’t fall over. But it looked like Crom Cruach had also lost his fangs as he spat them along with blood to the ground. —Despite that, he was calm and even quivered in happiness. Crom Cruach then threw his black coat aside and said,

“Though I don’t want to destroy the field, we still need power in order to fight.”

If they didn’t care about their surroundings at all, they would be able to fight more freely. Plus, if they were truly serious in fighting someone and were to do it in the human world or the Underworld, there would be able to easily destroy the city. An enormous amount of aura being released from either of their hands or mouths would instantly turn a large area into ashes. However, it didn’t mean that both of them cannot fight without destroy the field, as the two of them were doing it right now.

[Well, we just have to enjoy this while trying not to destroy the field.]

As Ddraig breathed his flames out, Crom Cruach responded by charging through the flame and attempted to tackle Ddraig. —Dragon, the strongest living being on earth. The two of these great monsters, who even amongst Dragons were near the top, found an equal enemy and continued their fierce fight—. From that point on, Ddraig and Crom Cruach continued their fight consisting of tackles, flames and auras—

[Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

It was when the two of them were about to punch each other.

<<The retirement of team [Rias Gremory]’s one Bishop and [King] has been confirmed! As such, this match—is won by team [Sekiryuutei of the Blazing Truth]!>>

The announcer’s voice echoed throughout the field. It happened right before Crom Cruach and Ddraig’s arms hit each other’s face. The two of them then silently pulled their arms back. The report just now was to announce his partner, Hyoudou Issei’s victory. Crom Cruach said.

“…We lost, huh?”

Crom Cruach took a deep breath.

“Regardless of whose team wins or loses, the fight against a Heavenly Dragon has to stop here, huh?”

He said so, while also referring to the battle against the team of White Dragon Emperor Vali Lucifer. The fact he’s registered to a team and participated in the tournament meant that it didn’t matter if he’s still unharmed, as the match was completely concluded by the loss of one’s [King]. Still, both Crom Cruach and Ddraig were severely injured. Even if they can still fight, they suffered quite the damage. Both of them had cracked and broken bones, as well as holes in their wings. It had also been a while since Ddraig had run out of breath. Although his overall body was in fierce pain, his heart was beaming. Crom Cruach’s strength was not a joke. He was also one of the strongest among all participants in terms of raw power. After seeing the fight between the greatest Dragons, would the Gods and other lower beings participate in the next tournament? Crom Cruach then picked up his coat and asked.

“That is not mature yet, is it?”

The Evil Dragon looked towards the place where the fight between his partner—Hyoudou Issei and Rias Gremory took place. That was referring to Hyoudou Issei. Crom Cruach continued.

“That kid is a miracle caused by the combination between Ophis’s and Great Red’s power, a miraculous creature. However, it seems like only Ophis’s power has manifested.”

[And do you still want to fight against that miraculous creature?]

The Evil Dragon smiled boldly in response to Ddraig’s question.

“Yes, I want to fight him. — However, I also have a feeling of wanting to watch over him, which must be an effect from you guys.”

Ddraig swayed his head.

[No, other strong people are also consciously or unconsciously aroused by partner.]

Starting from Azazel, Ajuka Beelzebub, First-generation Sun Wukong and even Sakra—. Those strong people wanted to watch over Hyoudou Issei’s being and growth with great interest. Upon hearing that, Crom Cruach said,

“If I were to take him on, I’d do it after he awakens the thing that is still hidden within him. Help him awaken Great Red’s power.”

As he said that, Crom Cruach left that place.

Ddraig asked.

[What are you going to do after this?]

Crom Cruach then said without looking back.

“I am indebted to Tannin, the Princess of Gremory, and Fafnir’s master. I’ll show up if there’s anything.”

Upon hearing that, Ddraig thought carefully.

—Partner’s women look like they have something that attract other strong people like himself. Plus, Ddraig also thought pleasantly, for the strongest Evil Dragon to be indebted to several people.

Life.0

“Ise-kun, ish it owkay if you spoil me a bit before we go to Kyoto…?”

On a certain night before our trip to Kyoto’s other side and before the premiere of the [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] show in Kyoto’s Youkai World I was lying on my giant bed and—what a thing happened! Rossweisse-san with her clothes in disarray suddenly got close to me! Her unbuttoned shirt showed her big breasts as they swayed before my eyes! While I would usually gulp and become aroused, Rossweisse-san on the other hand was…

“Isheee-kuuunn! I’ll beeeee loonely shif we getsh separatedddd!!”

She was really drunk as she latched onto me! Despite her boobs’ extra soft sensation all over my face, I could also smell the liquor coming from her…! It seemed like during one of her Devils’ Jobs, she received a brandy cake as a reward…and after she finished her job and got home, she took a bite, and had no memory of what happened after that. Rossweisse-san then smiled widely and said,

“It was a vheeery good cake!”

Judging from her drunken state…I think she continued to drink alcohol even after eating the brandy cake… The ‘get separated’ thing, Rossweisse-san was talking about was that, unlike last year, this time I was going to Kyoto for an event, while Rossweisse-san would be the guide for the current second-year students like Koneko-chan and the others. I said to Rossweisse-san.

“But we’ve discussed that we’ll meet at Kyoto, right? Rossweisse-san, you are my servant, and I’ve also said that we’ll be able to meet outside the field trip tour.”

“But it’s going to be lonely!”

She was laughing and crying while being drunk. She was one troublesome onee-san… Well, she’s cute, so I don’t mind. As I sighed, Rossweisse-san responded by kissing me! I was totally unprepared for it, and she completely went down with it as a result! I was happy, but the smell of the alcohol… Rossweisse-san was in a very good mood after she stopped kissing me.

“Ehehehehe, you dropped your guard.”

Though she had become this bold due to her being drunk, I think she was quite cute this way too! Suddenly, Rossweisse-san started to undress, and even tried to remove her panties.

“This is normal. Now that we are engaged, let’s do erotic things together!”

As she said that, she created a small magic circle on her hands and then cuffed both my legs and arms! Uwaaah, I was completely restrained on my bed! Following that, Rossweisse-san got closer and tried to embrace me. Her boobs then swayed sideways. Rossweisse-san was smiling like a perverted old man with her eyes having turned into the love symbol!

“Uhehe, you can’t run anywhere now. It’s okay even if this is your first time. I’ll make you feel good soon~. Uhehe.”

She’s saying perverted old man lines now! Despite that, even Rossweisse-san herself was a virgin! Wow, drunk Rossweisse-san was both erotic and scary at the same time!

“Now, become the papa of our children!”

Rossweisse-san embraced me! N-No, I’ll become a father! A couple of things then flashed across my mind. —Well, even though I had to say that I was grateful for the erotic things, the fact that both of us were reincarnated Devils could mean that we might not be able to have kids soon. Plus, I already said to everyone who were engaged to me that “I’d have my first experience with everyone”, but I guess it didn’t matter anymore (as there were girls like her who didn’t care about the rules)!

As Rossweisse-san tried to quickly remove my clothes, I made a resolve and thought ‘If this is meant to be, then so be it!!! Suddenly, I could hear someone’s voice.

“I see…so this is the approach I must take in order to have a child with the Red Dragon Emperor-dono.”

I’d heard that charming voice before! Being restrained on the bed, I turned my head and looked towards where the voice was coming from! A golden-haired beauty with a white attire was sitting on top of the bed! There were also nine tails coming out of her bottom!

“Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Yasaka-san!?”

I was surprised and called her name! She was Yasaka-san, the head of the Youkai clan of Kyoto, the nine-tailed fox, as well as Kunou’s mother! I didn’t expect her to come to my house! Or was this an illusion caused by Rossweisse-san’s magic!? You know, maybe the screws on her head were loosened a bit because she was drunk! However, Rossweisse-san herself also looked surprised although she was drunk. She then wiped her eyes and asked.

“Your venerable leader Kyuubi!? …Ah, maybe this is a hallucination. I might’ve drunk too much.”

Yes, you were right on the drunk too much part. … However, this meant that Yasaka-san was not a hallucination and was really present in my house! Yasaka-san covered her mouth with her hand and let out an elegant laugh.

“Ohohoho. Kunou and Red Dragon Emperor-dono are coming to Kyoto after all. So I rushed here despite my age. I came using the transportation gate that Kunou also uses.”

Are you serious!? It’s true that there was a special room in the third-level basement of the Hyoudou Residence where a giant transportation circle was deployed… But I didn’t think that she’d come using that! W-Well, considering that it also was connected to the base of all Youkai of Kyoto, the Urakyoto1, it should be possible for her to come using that, but…I was surprised as Yasaka-san never came alone by herself! Yasaka-san then looked as if she was very interested in me, who was chained down to my bed.

“So these are the kinds of things the Red Dragon Emperor-dono likes…”

—! She thought that me being chained down was part of an erotic play! No, no! I am a normal person! … But I had to say I did want to try doing these kinds of things with not only Rossweisse-san, but also Akeno-san in the future. Still, I am a normal High School Student! Yasaka-san nodded her head and said to Rossweisse-san,

“Valkyrie Teacher-dono. Please don’t mind me and continue, as I’ll stay here and learn”

L-Learn! I would be watched by Kunou’s mama while doing the bondage play with Rossweisse-san! But well, erotic things sure were the best! My heart was pounding upon thinking how Rossweisse-san would approach me—.

“… I drank…too much… I… I…”

After mumbling with a mix of her dialect , Rossweisse-san then collapsed on the bed! She might have switched from her sexy mode to her sleep mode upon realizing that she drank too much and thinking that she saw Yasaka-san’s illusion. Yasaka-san then said upon looking at that scene.

“Wow. Seems like teacher-dono went to sleep.”

Yasaka-san looked a bit disappointed. Although I was also a bit, no, quite disappointed, I didn’t know what drunk Rossweisse-san would have done to me, so I think this was for the best. … That being said, I was still chained down though. As I sighed in relief— Yasaka-san tried to undress before my eyes!

“I don’t have a choice. Red Dragon Emperor-dono’s holy child making ceremony was left undone because of me. As the compensation, I will have to be your partner.”

Her white skin came into view from under her clothing as her giant boobs came into sight! While Yasaka-san was getting closer to me, she said,

“—I’ll have you share the Heavenly Dragon’s child.”

Gulp! I drank my own saliva! Yasaka-san’s lips got closer to me…! It was at that time! Bam! —Suddenly, the door opened and the small fox princess—Kunou appeared! On top of that, Rias also followed behind her. Kunou was surprised and looked really mad upon witnessing the extraordinary sight of me, Yasaka-san and Rossweisse-san (who had passed out)!

“Mother! W-What is the meaning of this!?”

She jumped on the bed and climbde on Yasaka-san’s back, who was on top of the bed. Yasaka-san then replied with a happy tone,

“Hohoho. I want to give Kunou a little sister or a little brother.”

“Mother, you are too bold! Also, you’re being rude to the people in this house!”

“I see, it’s exactly like Kunou said.”

Yasaka-san then comforted Kunou and looked at Rias. Rias’s expression showed that she was unsure of how to react and sighed.

“… Good evening, your venerable Leader Kyuubi. Why don’t we go downstairs and have tea ?”

Yasaka-san then fixed her clothing and came down from the bed in response to Rias’s words before turning towards me,

“Red Dragon Emperor-dono, legal wife-dono, I apologize for the actions that I did tonight. It has been several years since I had free time in my job. That’s why I came here. Hohoho, I am still young.”

Kunou added,

“That’s right! Mother is still young!”

Yasaka-san continued on while patting Kunou’s head.

“I can’t say for Kunou though. Now, I guess I’ll have a cup of tea with the legal wife-dono and go back to Kyoto”

As she said that, Yasaka-san left my room along with Kunou. After that, I said to Rias, who was guiding Yasaka-san.

“R-Rias… can’t you do something about these shackles?”

Rias then smiled wryly and said,

“Geez, deal with something like this yourself. Probably because Rossweisse was drunk, the spell by which those were made is quite rough, you know?. Also, you are a [King], right?”

That’s right! It’s exactly like what she said! It’s only natural that I undo these things because I was Rossweisse-san’s [King]! On the other hand, Rossweisse-san herself was—

“…zzz… Ise-kun…you’re perverted… Just see, I’ll make you a father…”

It seemed like she was flirting with me in her dreams … Did she have a wish to make me a father that bad…? As we approached the [Oppai Dragon] event in Kyoto, I experienced something that troubled, yet made me happy at the same time in my bedroom. …Now, I wonder if we could spend our days in Kyoto peacefully this year?

Urakyoto= Reverse side of Kyoto, it’s indicating the Kyoto where the Youkai lives

Life.1 Yeah, Let's Go to Kyoto This Year Too

Part 1

The day after Yasaka-san’s sudden visit (She had left for Kyoto after enjoying a cup of tea with Rias and the other girls living in my house), We, the members of Occult Research Club had a meeting after school, to decide the programme we would be doing during the autumn event, the school festival, as it was the next event that came after the school trip. Vice-president Kiba, who was standing in front of the whiteboard, said to the members who were sitting on the sofa.

“—And with that, I would like to decide what we’ll be doing during the school festival because the time is short.”

Irina raised her hand and said,

“Why don’t we re-do our last year’s Occult Mansion? It was quite popular too.”

Xenovia, the current head of Student Council, responded to this,

“However, doing the same thing for two years in a row feels boring.”

Irina responded back to Xenovia’s words

“The head of the Student Council sure is strict.”

“Of course.”

Xenovia then folded her arms and bowed her head. She had made time from her Student Council head schedule to show up at the ORC meeting. The [Occult Mansion] that Irina referred to was the programme we did during the school festival last year, using the whole old school building as the venue. It was a programme where all of the Occult Research Club members participated, consisting of a cafe with girls wearing cute waitress attire, a haunted house with me, Kiba and Gasper cosplaying as the monsters, and a fortune-telling corner by Akeno-san and Koneko-chan. The programme that the ORC did was so successful that the tickets were selling like hot cakes. I mean, we sold an absurd amount of them. That was the reason why Irina thought doing the same thing would be prominent.

Although Rias and Akeno-san had graduated and went to college, we were still quite popular as we were full of beauties, and we also had Kiba and Gasper, the handsome guys who were popular among the girls. Plus, we also had new members who were beauties like Le Fay, Bennia, Tosca-san, Kunou (spare member), as well as Ingvild. We also had more people than last year. However, like Xenovia said, doing the same thing for two years in a row felt boring. If Rias was still the president, she’d also say ‘I don’t want us doing the same thing for two years in a row’. I twisted my neck and said,

“If we want to surpass last year’s programme with other things, the difficulty suddenly rises.”

After that, we asked everyone’s opinion with the conditions said just now, ‘It shouldn’t be the same as last year’. For example,

“What about a play?”

That was Gasper’s opinion. But there’s already the drama club, so it would overlap with them… Also, even though we had some people who already had experience performing at [Oppai Dragon] events, what kind of play would the ORC do…? Next was Koneko-chan’s opinion.

“… How about cooking?”

“I’ll help you with cooking.”

So said Tosca-san, who had her white hair braided.. There were also other clubs who would do cafes or food stalls. Plus, we already did a cafe last year. Although this was the regular thing, Asia then told her opinion.

“Then how about presenting a research theme/subject?”

I’m not sure about pictures demonstrating lifestyles of Devils, Angels or Youkai, but it’s a solid idea. However, it wouldn’t be as attractive as last year’s. Then came Le Fay’s opinion.

“Why don’t we make a movie with an occult theme?”

However, as there was also the movie-related club which must be doing a movie as well this year, it’d overlap again…

<<What about the popular Grim Reaper Cookies from the Netherworld?>>

The female Grim Reaper Bennia suggested… She’s the [Knight] of Sona Sitri-senpai’s peerage, the daughter of an Ultimate-class Grim Reaper Orcus, as well as a human – Grim Reaper hybrid. Even though I was really interested in Grim Reaper Cookies…it seemed like ingredients were dangerous. The fox girl, Kunou, then raised her hand.

“What about a haunted house with real Yokais? …Is it not good?”

As we toned down a bit, there came such an opinion. Yes, apart from Kunou, we all had many connections to supernatural beings, people with superpowers and monsters…. Despite that, dealing with them at the school festival of this place, which is a normal school on the outside, would be hard.

“…”

As for Ingvild, she became half-asleep in the middle of the meeting. Of course, she’s still receiving treatment for her sleeping disease, but probably her drowsiness reached it’s peak due to relaxed atmosphere of the meeting. Despite the whiteboard being full with various programmes, there was none on which we could decide on… That being said, we couldn’t afford to ask the previous president’s (The OG, Rias) opinion, as her charismatic words might consolidate everyone’s opinions.Rather than that, with our current president Asia in the lead, we think that the programme of the present ORC should be decided on by everyone. On top of that, if we were to ask Rias questions about these issues, I am sure she would reply strictly with,

“Think about it yourself.”

The time for club activities had almost come to an end, and we had not found an idea that was accepted by everyone. Kiba put on the cap of his pen and said.

“Seems like we won’t come up with anything, doesn’t it. Well, let’s end it here then.”

“Everyone, please think about the programmes until our next meeting.”

As Asia said that to everyone, the club members replied with “Understood”. After that, Kiba looked at Xenovia and said,

“I’ll let everyone know that the Student Council will be nagging at us if we don’t decide soon.”

Xenovia nodded.

“That’s right. I’ll pecking at you without any mercy. But of course, I’m also thinking of an idea.”

—As club activities had ended, I asked Ravel about my schedule after this.

“Well, before we start doing our Devil’s Job...we have that first, huh.”

“That’s right. Rias-sama also seems like she will come.”

Ravel and I had somewhere to go before doing our Devil’s Job. Xenovia responded by saying,

“Are you talking about that?”

I nodded.

“—That’s right, it’s Ryuuteimaru.”

The place Rias, Ravel and I were going to visit was — one of the establishments in the Underworld owned by the Fallen Angels’ association [Grigori]. It was a dock where research about mobile weapons, as well as analysis on tanks and aircrafts that humans created was done in order to create their own aircrafts and special vehicles. And we went towards a certain deck in that place. The deck that we visited was originally a place where big aircrafts were carried in, which was why the place was quite spacious. The thing that was stored there was — my magical ship-like familiar—Ryuuteimaru, the Skíðblaðnir. Skíðblaðnir was an extraordinary magical ship created by the Ivaldi family of the Norse Mythology (they were also the ones who created Thor’s Mjolnir). It was something that I received from Surtr Second-san, the [Rook] of Rias’s brother, Maou Sirzechs Lucifer.

At first, the ship looked like a small plastic model, but it was also called a living ship, which got its name as the ship would grow using the master’s aura as a source. Plus, depending on its master’s aura, it could grow into various forms and could even evolve. When I was able to do Dragon Deification, it transformed into a giant ship that could fit all of my team members easily. The shape also looked like a Dragon. However — there was another change that began in Ryuuteimaru. What stood before our eyes was a ship enveloped in a thin red membrane. My Ryuuteimaru was suddenly enveloped in a cocoon-like membrane. A lot of researchers were present near Ryuuteimaru as they were helping me identify the reason behind the change that occured to my magical ship. I discovered this when I was training with my team members for the upcoming tournament. We were discussing to see if we could use Ryuuteimaru in one of our strategies, and when I summoned it , it was already in this state which surprised everyone. After that, I quickly contacted the Grigori and asked them to analyse my Ryuuteimaru. And today, we were going to check its condition which was stored in this place. I looked upon Ryuuteimaru which was in its cocoon state. The size of it had shrunk down compared to the time when they took it in! It had shrunk so much compared to the time it was a giant ship!

“…It has shrunk down quite a bit.”

That was what Ravel said. I was quite shocked as Ryuuteimaru had been steadily growing, and it suddenly shrunk down so much! While looking at Ryuuteimaru’s cocoon state, Rias said,

“… But, looking through its cocoon state, the insides might also have changed as well.”

Yeah, we could see the insides a little bit from the thin red membrane… And its shape had changed a lot. …Rather than a flying ship…

“Hello, everyone.”

We were greeted by someone. As we turned our heads — the current governor of Grigori, Shemhazai-san, was standing there. Shemhazai-san also took part in Ryuuteimaru’s investigation. As I looked on, I asked Shemhazai-san,

“How is it?”

“Inside this cocoon-like thing it is surely changing the interior.”

“…From a flying ship, what do you think is it trying to become?”

I directly asked Shemhaza-san.

“About that, it might be better if you ask the expert…the girl over there that insisted to be a part of the research team.”

As Shemhaza-san looked towards the room, a beautiful girl with long and pale green-tinted blonde hair, Seekvaira Agares-san, appeared! She was the next head of the Agares family, as well as one of the promising young Devils, the [Rookies Four], along with Rias, Sona-senpai and Sairaorg-san! Seekvaira-san then smiled while glistering with her glasses.

“Good day, Rias-san, Hyoudou Issei-kun and Ravel Phoenix-san.”

As we greeted each other, I asked Seekvaira-san,

“Seekvaira-san! So you joined the research team!”

“Yeah. I heard some interesting things, you see.”

Following that, Seekvaira-san then started to walk.

“Anyway, please come here.”

We then followed Seekvaira-san and went towards the side of Ryuuteimaru. Seekvaira-san then pointed her finger.

“I believe that you have already realized it from the thin cocoon, but thruster-like protrusions have appeared there, there, there, there and on its back. I believe that they would pump out demonic power…aura and increase the speed.”

Indeed, like Seekvaira-san said, we could see from the thin cocoon that thruster-like protrusions had appeared. Although there were also things that were used to pump out demonic powerattached on the various parts of the ship previously, the size of the thrusters was bigger this time…

“… What’s happening? Or rather, the flying ship…is turning into something different from a ship…?”

Seekvaira-san then responded to me.

“I believe that the ship…has the ability to fly. However, it seems like it’s becoming more of a flying unit instead of a ship.”

“What is this guy trying to be?”

I had no choice but to mumble that. …A magical ship. The ship part, as well as the flying ship shape, were already changing… Also, the ‘Ryuuteimaru’ that I had written on the sail had disappeared along with the sail?

“Let’s go to the second floor of the deck.”

We followed Seekvaira-san who had started walking again.I somehow felt that Seekvaira-san was happy about this… Considering that she liked robots and mechanics, I guess it was inevitable as this was her specialty. Or rather, her hobby. Once we arrived at the second floor, Rias, Ravel and I looked at Ryuuteimaru in its cocoon state from the top. Seekvaira-san pointed with her fingers and started explaining to us.

“There are also cannons appearing on both sides. They must be able to release a big amount of aura.”

Seekvaira-san took out her tablet and showed us the things that occured to Ryuuteimaru within its cocoon in 3D. As she tapped her tablet, the 3D model of Ryuuteimaru moved, showing the cannons which appeared on both sides of the ship clearly. Seekvaira-san then tapped on all parts of Ryuuteimaru on her tablet.

“There are passages that open and close on all parts of the body. I’ve also discussed this with the people from Grigori and concluded that they might be storing weapons.”

… Giant thrusters, cannons, and weapons on all over its body… Rias and Ravel said,

“It’s quite the offensive form.”

“… If it keeps growing this way, I guess it’ll be able to defend our base on its own.”

…It was full of weapons, huh. Ryuuteimaru, just what in the world are you thinking—? Seekvaira-san then pointed at a certain part. Following that, everyone then focused on that. There…was something like a hole. Seekvaira-san then zoomed in to that part and explained.

“There is a cave-like hole in the middle of it. Its size exactly fits for one person. The fact that this is your familiar means that this cavity is—”

It was at that moment, before Seekvaira-san could finish her words. There was a voice that interrupted Seekvaira-san’s lines.

“…Amazing.”

As we turned our heads, there was a gothic loli girl — Ophis standing there. Beside her was her other self, Lilith. Both of them were holding hands. We were bewildered by the sudden appearance of the Dragon God sisters. I mean, that’s because the two of them, who were always at the Hyoudou Residence, suddenly came to a Grigori establishment! It’s only natural to be surprised!

“Ophis! Why are you here!?

Ophis replied,

“I felt my energy, Great Red’s energy, and Ise’s energy being mixed. That’s why I came here.”

There were something thin and long covering each of Ophis and Lilith’s necks. The thing that was releasing a rainbow-colored light was — a snake-like Dragon with a long body.

“Hey, Ophis, is the thing on your neck an immature Spectre Dragon?”

That’s right, we were asked by one of the former Dragon Kings, [Blaze Meteor Dragon] Tannin-ossan, to keep the egg of the uncommon Spectre Dragon until it hatched. The egg safely hatched into twin baby Dragons. …The babies were quite small compared to the egg’s size. Also called the ‘Rainbow Dragon’, the scales of these Dragons shined in all seven colors. They were very beautiful Dragons even though they were still babies. It seemed like they were attached to Ophis, who had been looking after the egg until they were born. Ophis patted the body of the baby Dragon who curled around her neck.

“They say that they came to play because they’ve gotten a little bigger”

… I still think that they’re quite small. Well, their fully grown form is said to be far bigger than this, so I believe they would start growing from now. Also, the Dragons sometimes put their tail in their mouth, forming the symbol of Ophis the Ouroboros—of the infinity. Was this because of Ophis? — Well, while being interested in the baby Dragons are good, let’s go back to the thing Ophis said just now. I asked Ophis.

“Hey, is it utilizing Ophis’s…infinity and Great Red’s flesh that became my body?”

“Ise’s black armor, the strongest form. Now all you have to do is to get more experience and increase your own power and just by doing that you will be quite strong. But —, it will be a different story if you have the embodiment of the similar power outside of yourself —The power of Infinity and Dreams is going to be even stronger.”

Ophis made her hand in the form of gun and directed it at Ryuuteimaru. — It was the same movement she did when I first met Ophis and Great Red. Ophis showed a small smile and said,

“— Great Red’s power, it’s the manifestation of that answer.”

—.

…Great Red’s power… The one that resides within me, it’s answer, manifestation…?

“Hey, Ophis, do you mean—”

When I tried to ask Ophis that, Shemhazai-san came up to the deck and talked energetically.

“Ooh, Ophis, what a good chance. Is it okay if I ask your opinion? Something that represents the Book of Revelation-like thing that appeared on that side—”

Shemhazai-san researcher’s heart was burning and started to talk so fast. It might be because he found Ophis in this kind of place. That part of Shemhazai-san was really rare. However, the higher-ups of the Grigori were mainly researchers. Even the previous Governor Azazel-sensei liked these kinds of things, so it couldn’t be helped if the current Governor Shemhazai-san was also the same. I said,

“If Azazel-sensei were here, we might be able to hear a more detailed explanation… However, the things that Ophis told us can be a good hint too.”

“Yeah, you’re right. Too bad that Azazel-sensei isn’t present here. Also, has Beelzebub-sama been informed about this?”

Ravel replied and asked Seekvaira-san.

“Yeah. If he discovers something, I believe that Beelzebub-sama’s assistant will let us know.”

Although we still didn’t completely understand Ryuuteimaru’s condition, I guess we could rest easy if the Grigori and Beelzebub-sama were continuing with the investigation. After all, I didn’t know anything about this. I looked towards Ophis who was bombarded by Shemhazai-san’s questions. …Dragon God’s black armor was the manifestation of Ophis’s power of infinite. And then, the change that occured to Ryuuteimaru was Great Red’s…

My body was once destroyed due to the poison of Samael, the strongest Dragon Slayer, the [Dragon Eater], when the Underworld was attacked during the [Demonic Beast Riot]. I was then able to regain my body after borrowing Ophis’s power and a part of Great Red’s flesh. As a result, my body became something unbelievable being constructed using the same thing as Great Red’s body while having the power that I borrowed from Ophis residing within me.

[Apocalypse Dragon] Great Red, [Ouroboros Dragon] Ophis. The powers of those two Dragon Gods were florart 2 g in my body. Beelzebub-sama had also told me previously that Great Red’s power was still sleeping within my body. Once that was released—did that mean I’d level up…? I looked at my own hands and thought about that.

Part 2

“Talking about Kyoto, the [Aoi] Japanese Restaurant is a must, right? The steamed sea bream is really good.”

“Ara, but the chicken cooking of [Ooraku] Japanese Restaurant was also great. It’s also a place that Serafall-sama recommended.”

“I’ll introduce you to an interesting place where the people of Urakyoto go to secretly!”

The night before their departure to Kyoto. The two Onee-san, Rias and Akeno-san, who had already finished packing, were talking about Kyoto along with Kunou in the living room. …Rias and Akeno-san had completely turned into travel-mode as they planned where and what to eat while looking at a travel magazine. Kunou was also excited as she was going to return home. Well, even though we’d be going for an [Oppai Dragon] event, it’d be somewhat like a trip that we hadn’t had for a while. Especially for Rias, who really liked Kyoto. That being said, there were also times where she’d go to Kyoto for little events and whatnots. For example, this year’s first shrine visit of the New Year and the graduation trip in spring. And for Rias to be this happy must mean that she really liked Kyoto. Well, actually, she liked all the tourist destination in Japan. However, being able to go with everyone might also be the reason why she was several times happier, as everyone was busy with their own things and we couldn’t really go together with all the members… On the other hand, Koneko-chan was checking the school trip guidebook while sitting on the sofa in the living room.

“Koneko-chan, what’s your first destination?”

“…It’s Uji.”

Oh, Uji, huh. So it means that, right?

“Are you looking for matcha sweets?”

Koneko-chan unexpectedly nodded in response to my question.

“Yes. I’ve talked with Ravel and plan to eat japanese matcha sweets while visiting the Mimuroji temple.”

Ravel planned to team up with Koneko-chan and go around Kyoto. Ravel, who was in her pajamas, had just finished taking a bath and said,

“We also plan to visit the must-see places like Kiyomizu-dera and Kinkakuji, but I think we’ll do it on our last day. Because, unexpectedly, we’ve seen the main places during events, festivals or long vacations.”

Indeed. We also went to Kyoto for our first shrine visit of the New Year and spring holiday too after all. We, the members of ORC, travelled to Kyoto pretty often. — Suddenly, Ravel’s expression changed as she started to look worried.

“…However, I am worried. While Ise-sama, Rias-sama and the others are doing the show on the event, is it okay for me, the manager, to be traveling when I’m not needed…”

That’s right, the four days and three nights school trip of Koneko-chan, Ravel, Ingvild, Gasper, Nakiri and the second-year students basically had the same schedule as our [Oppai Dragon] event. That being said, our schedules were not so tight, and the time for both the event and the school trip had been distinctly set, enabling us to take a rest as well as go sightseeing at various places. That’s why Ravel, while managing our schedule, was also able to enjoy her trip. Koneko-chan also planned to make her appearance as [Hellcat] on the [Oppai Dragon] show in Urakyoto while also enjoying her school trip in Kyoto.

Hearing Ravel’s words, Rias said with a smile.

“It’s fine, Ravel. You should also enjoy your trip. This is your only trip in high school, you know? The show’s preparation is already completed and the show will go smoothly without any delays. Rest easy.”

Akeno-san laughed as she went “Ufufu”.

“Ravel-chan, don’t hold back and please just enjoy your trip with Koneko-chan, Gasper-kun, Ingvild-chan and others. We also plan to enjoy Kyoto ourselves when we are free.”

I also added,

“That’s right, Ravel. This is your precious high school trip. Have fun with Koneko-chan and Gasper-kun. I also want to leave Ingvild, who hasn’t gotten used to Japan, to you. Also, this is an order from your [King].”

Since Ingvild became a part of my peerage, she became a second-year student in Kuoh academy. However, she hadn’t really gotten used to Japan, and because of that, I was really worried about her going to an unfamiliar place. That’s why I wanted to entrust Ingvild to Ravel and Koneko-chan.

“Fufu. Oh, Ise-sama, I guess it can’t be helped. I’ll have to obey my [King]’s order. I won’t be able to help you if you can’t find your handkerchief or even check your schedule as I’ll be travelling around Kyoto with Shirone, Ingvild-sama and the rest.”

“Hey, I am not a child!”

Suddenly, Kunou jumped into the conversation.

“Leave Ise to me! Kyoto is like a garden to me!”

Ravel nodded pleasantly in response to the words of the one who was born and raised in Kyoto.

“Ufufu, I’ll leave him to you. Ise-sama, if there’s anything, please contact me ASAP.”

“Got it.”

I spoke to Ingvild, who was sitting in the corner of the room.

“Ingvild, enjoy your trip in Kyoto. You don’t need to worry about anything as long as you follow Ravel and Koneko-chan.”

Ingvild smiled in response to my words.

“Yes. I’m looking forward to Kyoto. Ravel-san, Koneko-san, I’ll be in your care.”

““Leave it to us.””

Ravel and Koneko-chan cheerfully responded in sync to Ingvild’s wish. —In the middle of our conversation, suddenly–

“What, are you serious!?”

We could hear Rossweisse-san’s surprised voice from the dining room. As I looked over that way—. Surprise! Roygun Belphegor-san appeared with a white gown and miniskirt! Her dazzlingly white legs peeked from between the slit of her mini skirt! She even wore glasses, making her look like a real female doctor! Rossweisse-san asked Rias.

“R-Rias-san, you knew that Roygun-san is going to be a temporary medical staff member in Kuoh academy, did you not!?

—! Even I was surprised by Rossweisse-san’s question! What!? Roygun-san is going to be a part of our school’s medical staff!? I mean, yeah, Kuoh academy was owned by the Gremory household, so if a Devil were to become a staff member, Rias should also know that. As expected, Rias seemed to know this as she answered Rossweisse-san.

“Yeah. It was a sudden decision. Well, it’s a long story, you see. Although it’s temporary, Roygun-san will be a part of our medical staff.”

T-That’s—-very nice! For Roygun-san, a beauty, to become a medical staff member in our school! I’m sure that those bastards at school would make a ruckus about this… I might even get myself injured on purpose to go to the school infirmary! Roygun-san then put her hand on my back with a bewitching expression as if knowing what’s in my heart and said to me erotically.

“If there’s anything, please come to my place. I’ll look at everything. I can also heal a virginity, you know?”

Are you serious!? By all means, please cure meeeeee! By the way, was virginity a disease!? W-Well, let’s not worry about the details.

“Ehem.”

It was Rias’s cough. Oh dear, a warning from my girlfriend. Rias then continued.

“By the way, I apologize for this sudden request just after you got hired, but you will be going as an infirmary staff member along with the students to Kyoto as well.”

Ah, I see. She’s going with the students to Kyoto, huh. Roygun-san smiled.

“I’m looking forward to Kyoto.”

Rias then added ‘Also’.

“Roygun-sama, don’t forget about your horns.”

That’s right, there were horns in Roygun-san’s head. She wouldn’t be able to show herself in front of the students with those things on.

“Oh yeah, that’s right.”

Roygun-san flicked her horns with her fingers and—the two horns on her head disappeared. With this, she now looked like a glamorous female doctor no matter how you looked at it.

Still, for Roygun-san to become an infirmary staff member in Kuoh academy…! In the second term of my third year, huh! Shit! I want to spend another year in there!

That’s what I thought. —Suddenly, from my back,

“We’ll visit Kinkakuji in Kyoto once again. Come with us, Lint! It’s a very beautiful place!”

“Got it, Xenovia-paisen!”

“Oh, Xenovia, you really like Kinkakuji, don’t you?”

“It shines gold after all.”

“I wonder if it’s fine for a pure-blooded Vampire to go sightseeing around the temples in Japan.”

The Church Trio, Xenovia, Irina and Asia, along with Lint-san and Elmenhilde-san— were fantasizing about Kinkakuji and Kyoto. After that, we talked about how we’d spend our time in Kyoto —.

—Thinking about it now, this might be our most peaceful time.

Part 3

Departure day—.

We, the people who’d attend the [Oppai Dragon] event (I, Rias, Asia, Akeno-san, Xenovia, Irina, Kiba) and those who accompanied us (Elmenhilde, Lint-san), as well as Kunou, who’d be returning to her hometown, had gathered in Tokyo station. We went to Kyoto a day before those who went on the school trip (Koneko-chan, Ravel, Ingvild, Gasper, Nakiri, Millarca Vordenburg-san, as well as Nimura Ruruko-san of the Sitri peerage). Koneko-chan, Ravel, Rossweisse-san, Ingvild, Gasper, Nakiri and Roygun-san saw us off. Kuroka and Le Fay went to the Vali team, so they weren’t there.

As we were going to meet with Ravel and the rest in Kyoto anyway, it would be good to go there together at the same day, but decided not to do so.

Everyone thought that riding a Shinkansen to Kyoto along with other students is a must. And I agree. After all, that’s how a school trip starts. His Eminence Strada and Bova didn’t come here today, as we had them stay in Kuoh town in order to protect it and Hyoudou household while we were gone. And with that, we, the people who’d be attending the event, used the Shinkansen from Tokyostation. By the way, this was Rias’s suggestion. She believed that going to Kyoto with the Shinkansen was the best. Rias then spoke to the School trip group, Koneko-chan, Ravel, Ingvild, and Gasper.

“Well, we’re off first. You guys enjoy your school trip to your heart’s content.”

““““Okay!””””

I said to Rossweisse-san, Nakiri and Roygun-san.

“Well then, contact us if there’s anything, starting from tomorrow.”

“Right.”

“Understood.”

“All right.”

The three of them nodded. I then whispered to Rossweisse-san’s ear.

(…Go easy on the alcohol.)

As I said that, Rosweisse-san’s face turned bright red in response.

“I-I know!”

There were last year’s incident, as well as yesterday’s incident. It would also be inconvenient if she drank too much and puke again… I also said to Ingvild,

“Enjoy your trip.”

“Yeah.”

Next was Nakiri.

“Well, I’ll go to Kyoto first.”

“Okay. …By the way, I am from the Nakiri household, so Kyoto is a familiar place to me…”

Nakiri smiled bitterly. Nakiri must’ve a deep bond to the old capital of Japan, being a part of the Five Principal Clans. Kyoto was Japan’s strongest power spot, as well as a vast magical town. I smiled a bit.

“Damn, I have too many friends who have connections to Kyoto.”

“Everyone with supernatural abilities, as well as monsters who live in Japan, have connections to Kyoto, you know?”

Nakiri continued.

“It’ll be great if nothing happens this time. I’ve heard about last year’s incident from you people and…the Five Principal Clans’ side.”

Well, last year was really troublesome. We were attacked by the Hero Faction, and Yasaka-san was also abducted. — Suddenly, I realized something from Nakiri’s words and asked.

“The Five Principal Clans are cooperating with us this year because of an emergency, right?”

Last year, during the Hero Faction’s assault, the people from the Five Principal Clans who were in Kyoto and its surroundings didn’t directly cooperate with us. Although it looked like they cooperated indirectly… Nakiri nodded.

“That’s right. Because of the [Khaos Brigade] going on a rampage and the Three Factions having just formed an alliance, the Five Principal Clans also thought carefully on what they were going to do from now on. Everyone and the Youkai side were also in the middle of forming an alliance. …Well, the retired people of the Five Principal Clans were stubborn and were against cooperating with that, which was quite troublesome…”

…Considering that they were families with traditional customs, I guess the fact that they couldn’t come up with a conclusion in response to the Hero Faction’s assault was true. I am sure that Akeno-san’s cousin, the current head of Himejima family, Suzaku-san was also having a hard time… Cao Cao and the others were also on our side now, so I think there’s no need to worry about that kind of thing. As we talked about those things—.

“Great. It seems like you guys haven’t departed yet.”

“It looks like we barely made it.”

The [Slash Dog] team that Ikuse-san led, as well as Cao Cao along with the rest from the [Hero Faction] team, gathered on the Shinkansen platform.

“Ikuse-san! Cao Cao too!”

I raised my voice! What a surprise! I was thinking about the Himejima family and the Hero Faction, and the implied people (Ikuse-san’s grandmother is a Himejima, so he’s the second cousin of Akeno-san) suddenly came! Ikuse-san and Cao Cao walked towards me. I asked,

“What is it, you two?”

Ikuse-san said,

“We’ll be acting as your escort this time. Plus, we also have some personal things to take care of in Kyoto. So, we’ll be going together with you.”

Cao Cao answered.

“I was entrusted with Kyoto and — Urakyoto’s security.”

I see! So they’re our escort as well as Urakyoto’s protectors! Recently, there were some suspicious Unknown Devils from the alliance of the Rulers of Hell attacking us after all. There’s no guarantee that they wouldn’t appear in the event’s place at Urakyoto. Especially if people like the Goddess of Night Nyx came to attack us. If that happened, it’d create a lot of trouble for us. — Suddenly, Kunou’s eyes met Cao Cao’s.

“…”

Kunou had complicated expressions. …Last year, because of that incident, there was still an awkward atmosphere between them. Even though it seemed like Kunou held no strong hatred towards him… However, it’s inevitable that Cao Cao and the Hero Faction were hated as they did such things. As if grasping the situation, Cao Cao then said to me loudly so Kunou could hear.

“Also, I want to formally apologize to princess Yasaka and the princess over there.”

—.

…I see, so he also got the chance to formally apologise. After all, being part of Mount Meru meant he couldn’t even do a personal conduct such as apologising. Sakra or the First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan must’ve considered his feelings. [I’ll talk with the others, so quickly apologise to her] — or something like that. After such things happened at the platform—.

[Soon, the train going to Kyoto will be departing.]

The announcer’s voice announcing the train’s departure could be heard. Rias then said to the departing group.

“Let’s go.”

With this, this year too, our trip to Kyoto began—.

Life.2 Kyoto and the Reverse Side of Kyoto

“We’ve been waiting for you.”

As we arrived at Kyoto station, we were soon greeted by the people from Urakyoto. The people who greeted us were Onee-sans wearing suits! Although they didn’t show their ears as they were in their human form, they were actually spirit foxes. As such, we were then guided to an isolated area where a torii was built.

“Please go on. Yasaka-sama and the others are waiting for you.”

We passed the gate as instructed by the girls. As we did that—. The world around us completely changed at once. The scenery of Kyoto in the afternoon vanished and changed into a dim world. The buildings looked like the ones from the Edo period, and there were Youkais, peeking out from windows and doors while there were also some on the streets who looked at us . Onee-sans with a long neck and kimono, a giant monster raccoon dog, a one-legged paper umbrella, and many other Youkai residents that appeared in stories welcomed us—.

[Wooooooow! It’s Oppai Dragon!]

They welcomed us happily with cheers! All of the Youkai gathered around us with glittering eyes! Last year, they merely gazed at us with curiosity, however we didn’t receive such a warm welcome!

On the other hand, Kunou was also welcomed enthusiastically.

“Welcome back, Princess!”

“Kunou-sama, you’ve grown. Have one hundred years passed?”

“Kunou-sama, a souvenir, a souvenir!”

Kunou smiled bitterly in response to the Youkais’ voices.

“Stop it, guys! We just met during the summer break..”

Kunou was happy to have a talk with the people in her hometown. Now, while we were surrounded by the mass of Youkai—.

“Hey, hey, calm down.”

A voice of someone controlling the crowd could be heard while clapping her hands. As we looked over that way—Yasaka-san appeared with her attendants! The Youkai turned into silence and created the passage for Yasaka-san’s appearance. Yasaka-san who stood before us then greeted us.

“I greatly apologise for my sudden visit yesterday. And also, once again, welcome to the Urakyoto.”

I was really surprised by her sudden appearance yesterday, but…as expected, the scenery of Urakyoto did match Yasaka-san very well. Kunou jumped into Yasaka-san’s breasts.

“I’m home… Well, we just met not long ago though… Still, Kunou is home!”

“Umu, umu, welcome back, my beloved daughter. That being said, we still meet from time to time though.”

A moving reunion between parent and child… Or not, I guess. These two already met not long ago. Plus, Kunou also came back during the summer holiday. Yasaka-san then looked at each one of us.

“Well then, everyone, please come with me.”

Yasaka-san along with her attendants with fox ears started walking. We followed Yasaka-san and the others while also waving our hands to the crowd. Urakyoto — the world with a dim sky. That’s right, once we passed the buildings, we crossed a certain small river and got into the woods… Wow, this was nostalgic. Exactly one year ago, we also walked the same path as this one. Once we got through the woods, we could see a giant red Torii before us. Behind the Torii, there was a giant traditional mansion, which must be the place where Kunou and Yasaka-san — the leader of Urakyoto, Leader Kyuubi, lived. Yasaka-san said to us upon passing the gate.

“Actually, there are already some visitors who are waiting for you.”

Visitors? Upon hearing that, I remembered the things that happened one year ago. At that time, Serafall Leviathan-sama came to Kyoto and was here before us due to the alliance matter. I think Azazel-sensei also came before us. The people waiting for us in the mansion were —a person with an elegant Kimono who looked like Akeno-san, as well as a small old man who looked like a monkey wearing a vestment as well as cyber sunglasses. The beautiful girl was Akeno-san’s cousin, the current head of the Himejima household — Himejima Suzaku-san, while the small old monkey wearing a vestment was the Victorious Fighting Buddha, First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan! Well, once again, this was a surprising pair… First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan then let out tobacco smoke from his smoking pipe.

“It has been a year since meeting you guys at the Imperial Capital, Kyoto.”

The other visitor, Himejima Suzaku-san, even though we were acquainted greeted us politely.

“Hello everyone. I’ve been waiting for you.”

Akeno-san took a step and smiled.

“I didn’t expect Suzaku-neesama to be here.”

Suzaku smiled wryly in response.

“Ufufu, well, there are some things, you see.”

Yasaka-san then stood along with those two and explained to us.

“Suzaku-dono came here as a representative of the Five Principal Clans. The Victorious Fighting Buddha-dono…came here as he wants to tell us something.”

…The First-gen Sun Wukong was smiling like usual, but…I felt like his smile actually meant something else. And with such members, we were about to have a meeting in our first day in Kyoto — the Urakyoto.

The people who gathered in the reception hall inside the mansion were Rias, me, Akeno-san along with Yasaka-san, Kunou and the head of Tengu, as well as Himejima Suzaku-san and First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan, and last but not least, leader of the [Slash Dog] team, Ikuse Tobio-san.

The people who weren’t present here were resting in the guest rooms prepared. Our accommodation during the [Oppai Dragon] event in Kyoto/Urakyoto was this mansion, which was kindly provided by Yasaka-san. This place would also be our base during emergency times. Being the mansion of the leader Kyuubi, the mansion was equipped with strong barriers. Now, on to the meeting—. …Cao Cao didn’t show up to this meeting as he was already watching the mansion’s surroundings. It seemed like he’s going to apologise after this, so…it seemed that right now they were still on bad terms. After the greetings, everyone started to report to each other. First, it was Himejima Suzaku-san — from the Five Principal Clans.

“Regarding the Gremory’s show in Urakyoto, we, the Five Principal Clans of Nakiri, Himejima, Kushihashi, Shinra and Doumon, hereby declare our full support. …That being said, we basically can’t do anything, however we won’t interfere with your show.”

The Five Principal Clans — the group of supernatural ability users that had been protecting this country from the shadows since a long time ago obviously had some influence in the former capital. It seemed like their representative promised us their support and that they wouldn’t interfere with the [Oppai Dragon] show. Suzaku-san looked puzzled.

“… I am sorry that it sounded like some orders from higher-ups …It’s more of a tradition…For the time being, there are still noisy people who were telling me “Go tell them this”.

Suzaku-san continued as everyone laughed upon hearing Suzaku-san’s friendly words. “However, the support is real. We, from the families will provide guards to Kyoto and Urakyoto. Well, that’s all we can manage though.”

Yasaka-san then said.

“What are you saying. I couldn’t even dare to imagine about receiving such a proposal from Five Principal Clans. They really were changed by the current heads. — Understood, we’ll happily accept the Five Principal Clans’ assistance.”

Kunou added.

“I heard that the special ability users from the Five Principal Clans often used to fight against the people from Urakyoto.”

“Kunou.”

Yasaka-san unconsciously raised her voice in response to Kunou’s unnecessary words. Kunou jolted upon receiving the warning. On the other hand, Suzaku-san, who was the target of those words, let out a small laugh. I asked Suzaku-san.

“Did the Five Principal Clans move during the Hero Faction’s assault?”

Suzaku-san nodded.

“Yeah…they did in the real world… The Kyoto where humans live. We protected the town in our own ways so that ordinary humans there wouldn’t get hurt …As a result, we couldn’t offer back-up during the situation happening over here(Urakyoto) though. That’s why we persuaded the retired ones/elders to offer full-scale cooperation this time.”

First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan replied pleasantly upon hearing that.

“But this time, I heard that those geezers and hags were forced to yield.”

Suzaku-san then coughed ‘Ehem’.

“We just persevered in telling them to leave things to the younger ones.”

…W-Well, they were a bunch of traditional households, so they’ve been through a lot… After receiving the support from the Five Principal Clans, Rias asked Sun Wukong-jiisan.

“So, what’s your report, First-gen-sama?”

Everyone then turned their attention to First-gen Sun Wukong-jiisan along with those words.

“Fumu. So, it seems like there are weird magic spells being put on the temples in Kyoto and its surroundings.”

“Weird magic spells…in temples?”

First-gen-jiisan replied to Rias’s puzzled question.

“The spells weren’t put at random temples either, as only temples that worship King Enma have been affected by the spells. The spells are currently being investigated, but one thing that’s clear is that they were placed in order to make King Enma mad.”

Ikuse-san responded to this.

“King Enma didn’t join the Rulers of Hell alliance that Hades created after all. So I guess Hades or the others must have some kind of plan.”

I spoke my opinion.

“…They’re sly.”

For them to make a ruckus on the temples just because he rejected the alliance. Sun Wukong-jiisan laughed boldly in response to my words.

“Kakaka! What are you talking about, Gods are, unexpectedly, beings who get jealous easily, and are also the kind that never forgets their grudges, you know?. Especially the Olympian Gods, who tend to be lively, irrational and dogmatic.”

Rias seemed to be hooked up on something from First-gen’s words.

“… If they’re from the Olympus, then the magic system is…”

First-gen-jiisan nodded as if knowing what Rias was thinking.

“Yeah, that’s right. It’s old Olympus magic. Well, I’m sure this is one of their primordial Gods’ doing.”

Rias put her hand on her chin and let out a sigh. I also covered my face with my hands. …Primordial Gods, huh. We just fought against the Goddess of Night, Nyx, during Ingvild’s incident. And now, we were going to fight another God-class being again. …W-Well, there were also some God-class beings in the tournament though… Ddraig, who was inside me, said.

[I believe I’ve said this before, but this means that you and your friends have leveled up to the point where Gods pick up fights with you. During the time with Loki it might’ve been an accident, but this time they even came to the same place.]

…Truth be told, my comrades and I were only trying to protect ourselves. Damn, living peacefully was really hard for us. Ikuse-san said,

“King Enma, who’s part of both Hinduism and Buddhism, isn’t a being of Japan only. Despite that, they chose Japan’s Kyoto and its surrounding area on purpose to make him mad. Because [DxD]…the alliance of Three Great Powers was made in this country—“

Ikuse-san narrowed his eyes and continued.

“It really seems like they’re actually trying to make us mad as well.”

[…]

Everyone’s faces turned serious upon hearing Ikuse-san’s words. Yasaka-san, whose face turned uneasy, patted Kunou’s head and said,

“I believe that this place (Urakyoto) isn’t an easy one to be infiltrated, but it’s a different story if the enemy is a God. I’ll order the security guard to raise the security level.”

I’ve heard that Urakyoto wouldn’t be invaded unless in extreme circumstances. But to think that the enemy was a God-class being… Taking into account the fact that they would be able to break the whole barrier if they did come and attack, even Urakyoto would be… Ikuse-san said,

“Because of that, our team, the special ability users of Five Principal Clans, the Victorious Fighting Buddha team and Cao Cao’s team will act as security.”

Akeno-san said with a worried expression.

“That’s quite the lineup.”

Ikuse-san answered.

“You see, the Rulers of Hell also have their bothersome underlings. Plus, Kyoto is an important town for this country in terms of its history, culture, economy and spirituality. Depending on the circumstances, even our current numbers might still not be enough.”

…Well, they had a bunch of High-class Devils prepared using Lilith, the mother of Devil after all… Even if they were individually weaker than us, their numbers were threatening and very hard to deal with. First-gen-jiisan laughed and said,

“Don’t worry, you guys here can enjoy your [Oppai Dragon] show. We’ll protect Kyoto while doing some sightseeing. This old man will kick the bad guys’ asses with his Ruyi Bang. You can rest easy, little girl.”

That’s what First-gen-jiisan said to Kunou.

“It is reassuring to hear such words from Sun Wukong-dono.”

Kunou responded to First-gen-jiisan’s words with a smile and those words. Yasaka-san then asked me, Rias and Akeno-san once again.

“The [Oppai Dragon] program is also being aired here in Urakyoto. It’s really liked by the children here. Everyone’s expecting this show. Despite this disquieting news, I hope you’ll do the best for the show.”

I threw my chest out and said this,

“Understood! I’ll work hard so everyone here can enjoy themselves! Plus, whoever it is that comes at us, my comrades and I will protect Kunou, Yasaka-san and all the other Youkai!”

Upon hearing that, Kunou—

“Umu. I’ll leave it—“

Yasaka-san suddenly interrupted and continued.

“In your care, huh.”

Kunou looked a bit unsatisfied as her words were stolen by Yasaka-san. Yasaka-san said,

“I’ll guide you to your venue later. It’s an open square that is used for festivals and the like here.”

According to what I’ve heard, the staff (people from the Gremory side) had already arrived at Urakyoto and finished preparing the stage, sound and special effects. — Now that the conversation had calmed down, First-gen-jiisan suddenly said “I guess it’s time” and looked over the Fusuma[1].

“Come in, now.”

As everyone followed First-gen-jiisan’s eyes and looked over the Fusuma—it was suddenly opened and showed all the Hero Faction members starting from Cao Cao, Georg, Jeanne and others waiting while sitting in zen position. First-gen-jiisan said.

“Your Venerable leader Kyuubi. These are the idiots who made a ruckus last year.”

First-gen-jiisan then said to Cao Cao.

“Go on, you have something to say, don’t you?”

Cao Cao who was scolded then kneeled down on the ground.

“…We really caused you so much trouble last year, and therefore we would like to apologise once again. Please accept our deepest apologies.”

Following Cao Cao who lowered his head, all of the core members also kneeled on the ground as Cao Cao did, showing their intention to apologise. It was a good time for them to apologise as the ones who had suffered the most damage, Yasaka-san, Kunou, the head of Tengu, as well as Suzaku-san from the Five Principal Clans and us that protected Kyoto were here …Being the same Indra’s — Sakra’s vanguard as Cao Cao, First-gen-jiisan must’ve paid attention and provided the opportunity to apologise for them. In the past, Sakra also showed his intention to apologise in regard to the bad things that Cao Cao and the others did. However, they must have wanted to apologise personally. The atmosphere turned somewhat heavy. I said to Yasaka-san and Suzaku-san.

“I don’t think he’ll be doing the same thing again. And even if he tries to pull up something weird, I’ll give him a beating. I believe that it’s safe to leave the mission of protecting Kyoto to them.”

I wanted to add more, but I held myself back. There were many of my comrades who used to be my enemies. As a matter of fact, Xenovia, one of the people whom I was engaged to, was my enemy during our first meeting. The same goes for Ophis, who was now living together with me despite the fact that she used to be the leader of [Khaos Brigade]. Using the examples above. I felt like saying [They are now my comrades, and the same goes for these guys! That’s why I’d like you to forgive them!]. However, they were the ones who would decide to forgive or not. If they felt [Because the Red Dragon Emperor asked us to forgive them, I guess we don’t have a choice…], it’d become somewhat, you know…. That’s why I held back on my thoughts on Cao Cao and the others. I looked at Rias and Akeno-san for a bit and they nodded as if saying ‘That was a nice follow-up’. Yasaka-san responded to Cao Cao while patting Kunou’s head.

“Understood. I will receive your apology.”

“…”

After that, Cao Cao raised his head and looked really surprised in response to his apology being accepted so easily. The other Hero Faction core members also had a surprised expression.

“It’s true that you caused a lot of trouble in Urakyoto and Kyoto. If your wish were to come true and the Red Dragon God Emperor did appear, what would happen next is unimaginable. However, I also know what you guys did after that…the fact that you guys fought alongside Red Dragon Emperor-dono and Victorious Fighting Buddha-dono against malice. Above all, we are comrades who fought together against Trihexa (666).”

It’s true that when Trihexa came to Japan, we, the ORC members, Yasaka-san with the other Japanese Youkai, as well as the special ability users from the Five Principal Clans led by Suzaku-san gathered and dealt with it together. Suzaku-san dauntlessly said,

“If the one who was harmed the most, Yasaka-san, forgives you, then we’ll also do the same. However, we’ll monitor your movements here, as there are some who won’t be satisfied unless we do so.”

Yasaka-san nodded in response to this.

“Umu. Even though we’ve forgiven you, there are still some Youkai who cannot. You have to bear that in mind. And now that I’ve said it, I entrust the protection during the event to you.”

Cao Cao bowed upon hearing that.

“Of course. We’ll protect this place with all our body and mind.”

Ooh! Yasaka-san and Suzaku-san had forgiven them! Ikuse-san, who was watching silently, also let out a small smile.Yasaka-san asked kunou.

“Kunou, what about you?”

Kunou said,

“Due to last year’s incident, I am still somewhat bitter towards the Hero Faction. However, I’ve seen them several times in the Hyoudou Residence, so it’s also too late to say no.”

Kunou got closer to Cao Cao and said this.

“I want you to protect Kyoto and Urakyoto with Ise and the others if anything happens.”

Upon hearing the small princess’ request, Cao Cao replied seriously.

“—Understood, princess. I promise that I’ll fight alongside Oppai Dragon and the others.”

“Umu! I’ll leave it in your care!!”

Yasaka-san teased Kunou, who said it energetically, with ‘Seems like you were able to get it out this time’

Everyone laughed in response. Nice, Cao Cao’s apology also ended safely. After that, we confirmed together with Cao Cao and the rest of his group on our movements until the D-day and finished the meeting. Following that, we rested for a bit at the mansion and headed to the venue of our event. Now, I wondered what the Primordial Gods were planning here (Kyoto).

Part 2

“Wow, this is beautiful. Look, Asia.”

“Wow, it’s a very nice folding fan.”

“All of the fans have a glamorous oriental side to them.”

“However, their prices are also quite high.”

Rias, Asia, Xenovia and Irina, who were in an old fan shop in Kyoto, were looking at Kyoto’s fans with excitement. Once the meeting in Urakyoto had ended, we saw the venue for our event and had some free time after that. I accompanied Rias and the others to Kyoto. It seemed like they had ordered something from the old souvenir shop, and today, we were here to get that. The members were me, Rias, Asia, Xenovia, Irina and Kiba, who acted as our bodyguard, as well as the one who held the shopping bags. …Well, I was also the same in terms of holding the shopping bags. Akeno-san on the other hand seemed to have somewhere to go with her cousin Himejima Suzaku-san, so she separated from us. The place that we visited was a traditional Japanese building with its first floor made into a shop. The owner, who had a businessman nature, then came out and talked to Rias.

“Wow–, Gremory-san really patronizes me a lot.”

This shop didn’t accept first-time customers. Rias had used various ways and became familiar with the shop. Rias had become a regular with a number of shops in Kyoto that didn’t accept first-timers. I heard that she ordered something from those shops matching it with our trip, and Kiba and I were assigned to accompany her. Asia and the others on the other hand were interested in what Rias bought so they went along as well. The thing that Rias had ordered was a fan that was inspired by a special flower that could only grow in the Underworld. Once the crimson fan was opened, you could see a glamorous flower being drawn on its side. After checking the item, Rias admired it.

“As expected. Seems like mother will be very happy too”

Oh, so she planned to give it to her mum. Rias then turned to Asia and the others.

“Why don’t you guys buy one as well?”

Asia responded as if holding herself back upon being ushered by Rias.

“All of them are pretty, but… The price is a bit…”

Irina nodded her head.

“Taking our wage into consideration, we wouldn’t be able to do anything anymore if we buy this.”

Xenovia continued.

“It seems like we’ll have to hold back on our eating tour during the holiday.”

Under such circumstances, Rias looked at me.

I understood what Rias meant and thought “Ah, you’re right”, and then said to Asia, Xenovia and Irina.

“Go on, pick the one that you guys like. I’ll pay today.”

Xenovia and Irina became so happy that they almost jumped in response to my words. On the other hand, Asia held herself back modestly and asked.

“I-Is it really okay?”

I replied with a smile.

“It’s okay. Please let me at least do this much. I’ve received a credit card that I can use at crucial times from the Gremory’s side, as well as the OK from Ravel.”

I took out a red credit card from my wallet. Putting it simply, this was a [Harem Credit Card] that was created by Grayfia-san, who managed my finances, and the Gremory household who owned the brand [Oppai Dragon]. It was a card that could be used for my future brides’ sake. Of course, it was linked to my bank account in the Underworld (the one where the [Oppai Dragon] money got saved at). Though I wonder what category do presents for my fiancées fall in? Is it entertainment, or expenses? … I guess it’s better to ask the Gremory’s tax counsellor… W-Well, anyway, let’s buy the Church Trio some fans. —However, I guess I should by one for Rias as well.

“What about you Rias, is there something that you like?”

Rias shrugged.

“I’m fine this time. Just buy the ones for Asia and the others.”

…Was she just trying to make the atmosphere so that I could buy them as presents to Asia and the others? I suddenly remembered Ravel’s words.

[As your legal wife—Rias-sama has to act as the leader of your more than ten fiancées—brides. You could also say that she must consider all the other girls’ feelings more than Ise-sama does. Plus, she also has to balance out her husband’s feelings towards each of the wives.]

Ravel emphasized that the legal wife had much more burden to shoulder than me, the husband himself. And my future legal wife, aka Rias, then advised me with a low voice.

(You don’t have to buy the other girls’ presents now.)

(Eh, really?)

(You see, for girls, the things given only to certain people like these are really precious. It serves as something like their special time with you, you know? You should buy the presents for the other girls when you spend time with them.)

I-I see… As expected of my girlfriend and my master. That’s a handy advice. And with that, I bought the fans for Asia, Xenovia and Irina. Next to me was Kiba who also bought one for Tosca-san (she’s staying at Kuoh town). While we were at that, we suddenly heard a familiar voice.

“Haha-ue! Ise and the others are here!”

“Umu. It’s only natural that you’d pick this place.”

As we turned back — Yasaka-san with her celebrity-like long one piece dress along with Kunou wearing a blouse (her top was sweatshirt) and skirt were there! They felt like a celebrity mom and child walking around Kyoto! Anyway, I was taken aback for a moment as this was my first time seeing Yasaka-san wearing western clothing. It was a different story for Kunou though, as I often saw her in clothes other than her Miko uniform in the Hyoudou Residence… Kunou said,

“I heard that Ise and the others are walking around the town, so we thought we’d also follow you guys!”

That’s what Kunou said while puffing her chest with pride. Yasaka-san greeted the shop owner.

“Are you doing well?”

“Of course. Yasaka-sama also looks like usual.”

It seemed like Yasaka-san and the shop owner were acquaintances. Kunou continued.

“Haha-ue has known some of the old shops since a long time ago.”

Really! So this was one of the shops that received the seal of approval from the Leader Kyuubi, huh… Rias asked Kunou.

“Kunou, are you also going shopping?”

“After hearing that Ise and Rias-dono are out on shopping, Haha-ue and I decided to also tag along.”

“—Or that’s how she wants to make it look like. She was being noisy and said that she wanted to go with Sekiryuutei-dono at the mansion, so I brought her here.”

Kunou’s face turned red at once upon Yasaka-san’s explanation.

“H-Haha-ue! I-It’s not like I…”

“It has been a while since I saw Kunou battering tatami with her hands and feet. It was quite funny.”

“H-HAHA-UE!”

Kunou screamed at her mom as her face turned super red. It was funny so we also laughed. Rias smiled and said.

“Well then, let’s go shopping with everyone.”

With this, we, along with Kunou and Yasaka-san, continued our shopping.

“As expected, the Matcha Café here is the best!”

Kunou scooped the matcha parfait with a spoon while looking delighted. After the fan shop, we continued to browse some old shops selling hairpins, combs and other Japanese goods. Once the bought goods were delivered to the Hyoudou Residence using a transportation magic circle, we decided to visit a Matcha sweet specialty café to take a break.

“Sweets after shopping is the best.”

“Mhm.”

“Yeah, it’s so good.”

Xenovia, Irina and Asia also seemed to enjoy their matcha sweets.

I also had a matcha zenzai and hot matcha milk. Having a dairy product after accompanying the girls’ shopping was really the best. My body condition changed every time I had a power-up that’s triggered by breasts or its kind, and eating breast-based products somehow recovered me. My power returned to me just by eating my mom’s passed-down stew, Rias’s cream pasta, and Kiba’s cheesecake. Kiba then said as if he read my thoughts.

“I’ll try to make a Matcha cheesecake for you next time.”

It seemed like the cooking boy knew something about me. After we took a rest at the café, everyone left that place and—

“…Kunou, Yasaka-san.”

I gave Kunou and Yasaka-san each a long and flat parcel that was wrapped in paper. Kunou and Yasaka-san were dumbfounded. I continued.

“These are hairpins/kanzashi. I secretly bought them when we went to the store before. I chose this based on my taste, so I don’t know if you’ll like them or not…”

I said mildly. I mean, it’s also the time where everyone’s going out on shopping together, plus, I’ve also been in the care of Yasaka-san and Kunou. Kunou’s face was brimming.

“T-Thank you!”

I’d be embarrassed if you were that happy even though you haven’t checked the insides, you know! Yasaka-san on the other hand was—

“….”

She was totally dumbfounded as she didn’t expect this outcome. Kunou also found it weird and peeked from below.

“H-Haha-ue, what’s wrong?”

Yasaka-san came back to her senses in response to the daughter’s question.

“N-Nothing! Nothing’s wrong! Hohohohoho!”

Yasaka-san tried to cover it with her laugh, but — I felt like her cheeks turned red, or was it just my imagination. Rias said,

“Now, let’s move to the other places.”

After I finished giving my presents to Kunou and Yasaka-san, I ran for a little bit to Rias’s side. Now that everyone’s gathered, we continued to do some sightseeing to various places after shopping. Me and Rias were walking side-by-side.

Rias then suddenly let out a small, yet meaningful laugh.

“There’s me, Akeno, Rossweisse, Roygun-sama and finally Yasaka-sama. Perhaps, you are the type that is liked by older women..”

“…Did you see?”

As I asked about when I gave Kunou and Yasaka-san a present, she nodded amusingly.

“I’ve also said it before, right? That I’ll always be watching you. It seems like you still don’t know your girlfriend well.”

Ah–. So she saw it… I covered my face with my hands. That being said, I really was only planning to give it to Kunou and Yasaka-san. It’s not like it had any hidden feelings or something… Rias then continued as if knowing what I was thinking.

“It’s a sign of gratitude, right?”

“Yeah. They’ve been taking care of us after all. Even this time.”

“Still, you handed those items creating a [special time]… So you really put the lecture I gave into practice so soon, huh.”

Yes, you’re right on point. From the bottom of my heart, I felt like I had no choice but to prostrate before her. …I’m no match for her… Rias then put his fingers on her chin and seemed to be thinking.

“…Is it because of my teaching that my boyfriend became a playboy? But it’s too late to be thinking about that…”

It seemed like Rias was thinking about something….

Suddenly, Akeno-san appeared!

“Ara, ara, even Yasaka-sama and Kunou-chan are here.”

“Wow, Kyoto is full of sightseeing spots!”

“……Because of the power here, it gets rougher the more you walk during daytime.”

Lint-san and Elmenhilde-san were also there. Rias asked Akeno-san.

“It seems like your job is done”

Akeno-san then let out a sigh.

“…It’s good that I was able to step inside the mansion of the Himejima household, but the fact that I had to follow its traditions was…really tiring.”

I was happy that she was acknowledged as one of the Himejimas, but it seemed like it had its own challenges… Following traditions from now on must suck. After reuniting with Akeno-san, Elmenhilde and Lint-san, Rias said,

“Anyway, today is the sightseeing before the event. Let’s go to the next place, as we are able to finally go around my beloved Kyoto.”

My hand was pulled by Rias and we continued to go around the town along with Akeno-san, the Church Trio, Kiba, Kunou, Yasaka-san, Elmenhilde and Lint-san—.

After that, we had fun doing the sightseeing after shopping. We went around the town, while getting taught of the several back streets known only to a select few by Yasaka-san. We also went to Nishi Honganji[2] temple related to Kiba’s master — Okita Souji’s Shinsengumi[3]. My happiness was doubled just by being able to spend time with Rias and Akeno-san this year, because last year we couldn’t spend it together. Plus, there was also Yasaka-san! I somehow felt like the attack by the Hero Faction last year was now even. While we were doing sightseeing in Kinkakuji—,

“Lint, Elmenhilde, look! This is Kinkakuji!”

“Wow! The gold is shining! It’s so good!”

“As expected, the color gold is special in all countries, huh.”

Xenovia, Lint-san and Elmenhilde were excited once again. By the way, being a pure-blooded Vampire, Elmenhilde always seemed to be scared whenever she was about to enter a temple. Rias and I found that really charming. It seemed like everyone was enjoying Kyoto in their own ways. However the sky grew dusky as if trying to tell us that the fun time is over.

“We’ll meet up here before dinner.”

[Understood]

Under Rias’ order, everyone was divided into two groups and did the last shopping. I went shopping along with Rias, Akeno-san, Kiba, Kunou and Yasaka-san, while the Church Trio, Lint-san and Elmenhilde-san temporarily separated from us. Kunou said,

“Hey, it’s about to get dark! There are many places where spirits would often gather because of that, you know!”

Yasaka-san then added to Kunou’s words.

“We shouldn’t disturb the Youkai. There’s also a feast already prepared for the visitors in the mansion at night.”

“I see! I’m looking forward to the feast!”

I found the sight of Yasaka-san and Kunou holding hands really cute.

I’m glad that we were able to save Yasaka-san last year.

It was when I had such thoughts.

—.

Suddenly, we could feel a pressure! We were being watched by someone!

As I turned my head — there was someone looking at us from the sidewalk on the opposite side of the shore. It was wearing a hood so I couldn’t see its face, but…we could tell from its aura filled with hostility that it was not a human! Its frame was also quite big. The pressure was felt not only by me, but also Rias, Akeno-san, Kiba and Yasaka-san. Everyone then looked over the guy wearing a hood in the opposite shore.

“…Who are you? I feel like you’re a threat.”

Yasaka-san said that while keeping her guard up. The guy wearing a hood suddenly stepped from the sidewalk to the roadway! He didn’t care that a car might be passing and continued to walk this way! He started to release an aura filled with the intention to fight from his body! Once he approached the opposite side of the road, a passing car was about to hit him — yet he simply reached out his hand and stopped the approaching car by force!

Boom! A crushing sound echoed throughout the area. The person with a hood was unscathed, while the car’s front part — the bonnet was entirely crushed! That person didn’t stop even after stopping the car by force as he continued to come to us! Shit! There were many people in this road, and the visitors in this place also looked at this way due to the ruckus just now!

—We can’t let ordinary humans to be involved in the fights of monsters and supernatural beings! We shouldn’t even let them see it in the first place, but there were already people taking pictures with their smartphones! Rias said to everyone with a grim look.

“We can’t use our power yet. …There are many people.”

Kiba who was our bodyguard also couldn’t make his swords appear. Though originally, he couldn’t afford to do it in this traffic… This also rendered me unable to summon my Boosted Gear, but… I had to do it if push came to shove. It’s better than letting my comrades or ordinary humans get hurt. We prepared ourselves, and… I could also feel another pressure from our back all of a sudden! As I turned back — someone who was also wearing a hood extended his hand while sitting inside a restaurant.

—There’s another one!?

The new hooded guy didn’t even consider the fact that there were other customers and just started to gather aura in his hands! This was bad!

“Everyone, behind you!”

Everyone realized the presence behind them thanks to my alert! The new hooded guy shot out a lump of aura! His attack was spontaneous and without any hesitation. The aura attack came to us whilst destroying the restaurant’s tables and sofas! We couldn’t afford to dodge it! If we did, the aura would hit the civilians instead!

“What is he doing!? Shit!”

I was frustrated at him! As the strong aura broke the restaurant’s windows, I responded by quickly summoning my gauntlet and deflected it to the sky with a left hand uppercut! The deflected aura then exploded in the sky! The surrounding people started screaming in response to the explosive sounds and blast wave. Shit! I was forced to use my gauntlet! Although it might be seen by ordinary people, it’s still better than having someone hurt! Oh yeah, what’s the situation inside the restaurant!? Looking from the outside, it seemed that the interior was messed up due to the attack just now, but…luckily, no one died. The moment I sighed with relief, the big hooded guy kept getting closer from the destroyed car and stood before Rias and Akeno-san. As he did that, he suddenly tried to punch with his fist that’s covered with a malicious aura! Upon realizing the danger, Rias and Akeno-san released the aura from their body while still being in the middle of the road!

“I won’t let you!”

Kiba couldn’t endure it anymore and supported the fight by — making the blade part of his swords appear from the below the ground in the sidewalk where the hooded guy was standing on. However, the hooded guy’s punch easily broke the blades that Kiba created! Although it was an emergency stopgap, we didn’t expect the swords that Kiba created to be destroyed easily!

“Geez!”

I leapt forward while applying aura to my kick and landed a hit to his face, but…the hooded guy seemed to be taking no damage despite the fact that he received it directly! —The moment my feet touched him, I somehow managed to grasp the power level of the hooded guy! He was at the very least an Ultimate-class Devil!

I fixed my stance and prepared to protect Kunou and Yasaka-san. Rias and Akeno-san also had to be protected as well, but Kunou and Yasaka-san were my current priority. If I were to protect Rias and Akeno-san first, they’d be mad at me instead. —Suddenly, a raindrop fell on my cheek, and was then followed by rain. There was a sudden downpour even though the sky was clear.

“Sunshower…?”

That was what Rias said. Everyone then looked at Yasaka-san. She was forming a seal with her hands whilst releasing Youki from her whole body. Yasaka-san explained.

“I’ve deployed a barrier that excluded ordinary humans.”

Once I checked the surrounding—the ordinary humans in the area suddenly disappeared. The car which was destroyed just now had also vanished. It seemed like we were thrown into another dimension as there was not even a single human even though the scenery stayed the same. Kunou said,

“A Sunshower is also called [A Fox’s Wedding][4] after all. Above all, bewitching people is our forte.”

I see! So she sent us into another space with the same scenery by making rain with her supernatural ability, huh! So this might be what they call ‘being spirited away’! Yasaka-san said while still doing the seal with her hands.

“This is a space that I created in a rush. It won’t last long.”

Still, I was grateful as it lowered the chance of causing casualties to humans! And above all, it seemed like we were able to use our power and fight back with this. I tried to confirm with Yasaka-san by creating an [∞] symbol with my finge