She twitched her eyebrows, and her mouth has a shape of a triangle. She looks cute, but she’s acting weird. Did I say something wrong? After thinking for a bit. “…………… …………..If Senpai says that, then I don’t mind………”
She answers me like that! To be expected from Koneko-chan! “So it’s like that, Ravel. Koneko-chan will be-”
“……..Hetare Yakitori-hime.”
Talking over me, Koneko-chan says that. ……………..
A moment of silence. Veins appears on Ravel’s forehead. She then says it with a trembling voice! “R-Right now, what did you just call me……?”
“……Hetare.”
Koneko-chan answers without any pause! W-What is going on!? Both of them started arguing while leaving me who still hasn’t got a hold of this situation behind! “Y-Y-You! To talk to the daughter from the house of Phoenix in such a manner……!”
“……Since you talk in such manners, don’t you become a hetare at crucial times? I thought you came to the human world with a strong resolve……. For you to trouble Ise-senpai…… Clueless Yakitori-hime.”
SNAP! I heard something snap from Ravel! Ravel who is emitting a creepy aura! Her rolled-hair is starting to tweak! Koneko-chan also doesn’t back down and is glaring back with a cute face! “Mmmmmmmm! I…..I didn’t do such a thing to trouble Ise-sama…….! T-This Nekomata…..!”
“……Yakitori!”
I..It seems like a cat and a fire bird are glaring fiercely behind both of them! “Auuuuuuuu…….I….I’m scared~!”
Gasper became frightened by the two girls, so he hid behind my back! I’m also scared! “He-hey both of you! Why are you two suddenly glaring at each other!? Get along! You two are in the same class after all!”
I stood between both of them, and tried to stop them….. But I was frightened because of the battle between a cat and a bird! But I have to stop them. Both of them are my precious juniors. “Now now, calm down Koneko-chan, Ravel. I’m not being troubled. So you two can talk to me as much as you want.”
“ “Whose side are you on! ?” ”
They asked me unanimously. E-Even if you say that…. “……..You sure are kind, Ise.”
Buchou slips that from her mouth next to me…..
“Ah.”
Then one of the first-year girls comes and passes us, and dropped a load of sheets on the ground! Ah, you dropped them because you were looking elsewhere. I tried to pick it up, but Ravel helped her quicker than me and started picking up the sheets. “Are you okay? If I remember, you are from the same class as me? Your name is….. I still haven’t asked you yet.”
“T-thank you very much…… So you recognise me, Phoenix-san. My name is Murota.”
“Ravel is fine. Murota-san.”
Oh, you are being kind, Ravel! The reason why she naturally helped out is proof that she is a kindhearted girl. More than that, remembering the face of your classmate as soon as you transferred made you gain extra points, Ravel! Even the other girl is emotionally moved! Then Koneko-chan and Gasper helped her out. Koneko-chan and Ravel’s eyes met while picking up the sheets. “ “Hmph!” ”
My two juniors look away from each other…..
………………….Hahaha, this is totally unheard of. This is something I heard afterwards, but it seems like Ravel opened up to her classmates because she helped out in picking up the sheets. I also heard that Koneko-chan is looking after her. I feel that Ravel’s school life started with a good start. “Now then, we will start the preparations.”
[Yeah!] After school. Buchou orders us, and we reply back to her energetically. We, the occult research club, began preparing for the school festival after Ravel’s introduction of joining the club. The ‘thing’ that the occult research club will be presenting is…… “Occult Mansion”! It was decided that we will be using the whole old-school building, and present lots of entertainment. There will be an Obake-yashiki, a fortune-telling room, a café, and report revelation on occult research. So like that it was decided to use all the ideas our club members suggested. The occult research club was given charge of the whole old-school building, so it was decided that we won’t hold back and use it to the fullest. There are rooms which aren’t used and rooms which were turned into storage rooms. Using them we can do a ghost-house, fortune-telling, and a café. Just like that we are in the middle of customising the old-school building for the school festival. We can do the changes quickly if we use demonic-powers, but Buchou said she wants to make it with our hands as much as possible. All of us agreed with her opinion so we got ready to do the work. This is the base of the Gremory group, but it is also a part of the school, and we are students. If we have to use it for school circumstances we want to do this as normal students. The girls are mainly making costumes and changing the interiors of rooms. They are making costumes for the café and the ghost-house, while others customise unused classrooms for personal use. For Ravel ,who just joined the club, this is her first time participating so this will be new to her. She is quite shocked although she is working very hard to help out. Kiba and I are doing building procedures as we are the only man-power. We cut and put together wood and such by using a hammer and a saw. Well, the girls are also devils so they will have more strength than humans and would be able to do these tasks as well. But since we are doing this as students, we try to follow these procedures as much as we can. So we, the guys, are sweating a lot while hammering and cutting the wood. “Ise-kun, hold over there.”
“Okay.”
Just like that, Kiba and I are working with wood. Azazel-sensei and Rossweisse-san are at the teachers meeting which takes place after school. It seems the minor parts of the school festival haven’t been decided yet. Though I think they are mostly discussing about important points for the student guardians. My parents will also be attending the festival. Well, they are coming to see Asia though. It was like that for the sports festival, so I wonder if Buchou’s parents will be coming as well? We won’t be able to cope with Sirzechs-sama and Leviathan-sama at the same time.…. Looks like we need to leave them to the student council. While we are cutting the wood with the saw, Kiba speaks. “By the way Ise-kun. Do you know Diehauser Belial?”
He brings up a name of someone. That name certainly sounds familiar. There were times when Buchou and Akeno-san were talking about that person, and Buchou has been researching about him by watching videos of him. “Just his name. He’s the champion right? Of the Rating Game that is.”
Kiba nods at my answer. “Yeah, he’s ranked first in the official Rating Game. The current champion. The Diehauser Belial. He is the head of house of Belial, and the first monster since the house of Belial was formed. He is the real King of the game who has been standing at the top for a very long time. –The person who is called Emperor Belial.”
-Emperor, Belial. Emperor huh. That’s an amazing title for someone who isn’t a Maou. Kiba speaks while continuing his work.