It’s not a problem. I got my hands on a ticket to go to the hall.”
“I’m going too!”
Asia said it without a second thought. She has a serious face. Oh man……
“You can’t. You stay here Asia.”
“I don’t want to! I can fight along with you, Ise-san! I learned how to use my demonic-powers! I don’t want to just be protected any more!”
Asia grabs my hand. It feels like she is saying that she doesn’t want to be away from me. No, that’s what she must mean. “No. You will stay, Asia. I will bring Buchou back. You know, Boosted Gear expertise for something like this. It’s all right. I will beat up Raiser easily and—”
“It isn’t all right!”
Asia raises her voice. Her voice is mixed with her cries. There are tears that are coming out from her green irises, and she has a very sad face. “……You will get bloody, battered, and mushy again…… Are you going to go through all that pain again……? I don’t want to see Ise-san in that state ever again……”
I received critical injuries when I took Asia back from the Fallen Angel and the group of Stray Exorcists. I also got battered in the battle against Raiser. I probably would have died if I didn’t get healed by Asia. I can even imagine Asia crying while healing me. I will probably continue to make this girl go through sadness even from now on. I imagined a bit about the future like that. While putting on a big smile, I grabbed Asia’s hand. “I won’t die. Absolutely. I promise. Remember how I was alive when I saved you? That’s why I will be okay. I will not die. I will live, and will stay with you even from now on.”
Asia nods while wiping her tears. “……Then please promise me one more thing.”
“Promise?”
“Please definitely come back with Buchou-san.”
Asia says that to me with a smile. “Yeah, of course.”
When I answered her like that, Asia smiles really happily. Oh I remember now. There’s something I want to ask Asia. “Asia, the truth is—”
When I told Asia the circumstances I’m in, she agrees to it and went to her room to bring a certain thing. Now, the only thing left is…… I close my eyes, and talk within my heart. (Oi, come out if you can hear me. You are there, aren’t you? Welsh Dragon Ddraig! If you are there, I need to talk to you. Come out!) Shortly after I called out to him, a creepy laugh echoes within me. [Yeah, what is it brat? What business do you have with me?] SHINNNNNNNNNE……
I teleported to an unfamiliar place with the magic-circle Grayfia-san gave me. I thought that I couldn’t transport because I lack in demonic-power, however it seems like it worked, possibly because this magic-circle may be special. I look around the place I appeared in. It’s a very spacious corridor. On the wall there are rows of candles that is lined up till the end of the building. Oh, there is also a huge portrait of a man with crimson hair on the wall. Is it Buchou’s relative? Oh, I don’t have the time to be wasting here. I walk towards the direction where I can hear noises. Then there is a gigantic door that is opened. There are huge engravings on the door. ……Is it a model of some kind of mystical beast? Well, that isn’t important right now. When I looked inside from the door, there are lots of Devils who are dressed up and are having a good time. These kinds of things are similar to the high society parties of humans. Well, I had never been in one though. Somehow, I imagined it to be like this. I look at the Devils slowly to try and find familiar faces. However, it certainly is a spacious hall. Isn’t it bigger than the school field? The ceiling is really high up. The enormously gigantic chandelier is also amazing. So this is the hall people from Buchou’s household organised. Oh my, rich people sure are amazing. I want to get my peerage quickly and become someone important. When I was thinking something like that, a crimson colour appears to my eye. A woman who has her crimson hair tied up—. She is wearing a red dress. I knew it with a single glance. Of course. That’s because, she is the person I admire——. “Buchooooooooou! !”
By the time I realise it, I had called out to Buchou so loud that it echoes throughout the hall. It gathers the attention of the Devils around me, and Buchou also looks towards my way. That moment, I didn’t miss the glimpse of Buchou who opens her eyes wide and shed a single drop of tear. I also realise that she moves her lips saying “Ise”. The bastard Raiser, who is next to Buchou, also notices me. That jerk is trying to show off by wearing a fancy tuxedo! I then declare it after taking a big breath. “To all the High-class Devils here! And Buchou’s brother, Maou-sama! My name is Hyoudou Issei from Kuou Academy! I have arrived to take back Buchou, Rias Gremory-sama!”
The hall becomes even noisier. Without any care about them, I walk towards Buchou and Raiser. “Hey, you! Do you know where this——”
A person who seems to be a guard comes to stop me. However, there are those who comes in to stop the guards as well. “Ise-kun! Leave this to us!”
It’s Kiba. It’s Kiba who is wearing a white tuxedo. “……You are late.”
A small build girl who is wearing a dress comes in to stop the guards as well. “Ara ara, so you finally showed up.”
Akeno-san who is wearing an expensive looking kimono is also present. All of them are stopping those who are trying to get in my way. “Thank you.”
I thanked them quietly and went towards Raiser confidently. When I faced him upfront, I say it straight at him. “Buchou—Rias Gremory-sama’s virginity belongs to me! !”
“…………! !”
Raiser makes a face that you can’t explain with words. “What’s the meaning of this, Raiser?”
“Hey, Lady Rias. What’s the meaning of this?”
Relatives and authorised people are making unsettled faces and they are panicking. So the Devils, just like humans, gets confused when they face unexpected things huh. “It’s an event that I organised.”
That moment, a man with crimson-hair who was sitting at the far back walks towards us. It’s the person who was drawn in the portrait at the corridor. He seems to resemble Buchou……
“Oni-sama.”
Buchou called this man that. Wait, Oni-samaaaaaaaa!? T-Then this person is…… M,M,M,M,Maou Sirzechs Lucifer-sama!? “I wanted to see the power of the Dragon, so I asked Grayfia.”
“S-Sirzechs-sama!? You can’t do something irresponsible like this!”
I don’t know who’s relative he is, but a middle-aged man is panicking. “It should be fine. The [Rating Game] from last time was very entertaining. But it was a bit disadvantage for my little sister who had no game experience to face off against Raiser-kun who is a prodigy from the House of Phoenix.”
“……So Sirzechs-sama, you are saying that the last game wasn’t fair?”
“No, no, not at all. If a Maou such as myself says such thing, then I would be making the old nobles look bad. The connection between the High-class Devils is important after all.”
Maou-sama says it with a smile. From the way he spoke, is he aiding Buchou? “Then, Sirzechs. What do you want to do about it?”
A middle-aged man with crimson hair asks Maou-sama.