The servant to pay attention to is…Kiba Yuuto!”
Shinra-senpai left just those parting words and disappeared from this place. [Sona Sitri-sama’s “Queen”, retired.] “It’s because I—aim to surpass Ise-kun, no, the Sekiryuutei.”
Mortifying. It had been mortifying for me. The loss against the Phoenix family. Ise-kun, you weren’t the only one who was filled with feelings of frustration and mortification back then. —Since Rias Gremory’s true [Knight] was taken out without being able to protect my master. Even though I had finally attained Balance Breaker, the power of me and my comrades couldn’t connect with Kokabiel, and I couldn’t enter the battle against the Hakuryuukou either. I hadn’t been helpful at either of those times. Mortifying. It was mortifying for me, Ise-kun!! That’s why I trained from scratch under my teacher. Truly from scratch. I learned from the sword basics again. Perhaps telling myself that I wasn’t like you, I also kept doing straightforward training to the point of foolishness. If I simply prided myself on attaining Balance Breaker, that will be where I degenerate into weakness! “—More than anything else, I hate it seeming like the only servant is the Sekiryuutei.”
You may be aiming at Vali. But my only goal was to be my master’s sword, and stand as a partner next to you, my comrade. Rias Gremory had not only the Sekiryuutei, but also the “Kiba Yuuto of the Holy Demonic Swords”. Because I wanted to say that, I—. “—I’ll also promise the same as you promised. I will never make my master Rias Gremory cry again.”
The only remaining opponent was—the [King], Sona Sitri-kaichou. The roof of the department store. The sky outside was white, empty of anything. Because it was within the space of the game. Our remaining four members had gone there. In front of us was Sona-kaichou. Kaichou turned her gaze towards us and smiled bitterly. Buchou asked. “Sona, why on the roof?”
“The [King] must survive until the end. That is the duty of the [King]. If the [King] is taken out, the game would be over, right?”
“…Yes, I didn’t question the profoundness of that.”
“Rias, Saji won against the Sekiryuutei. Neither Ise-kun nor you made any mistakes. —Please don't make light of that child. You aren’t the only ones that are desperate.”
“Yes, I could sense it with my body. —Now then, let’s settle this, Sona.”
Buchou took a step forward. Does she intend to do this one-against-one? She was a person that wouldn’t listen even if stopped. In that case—. “If I sense danger, I’ll enter to help immediately. I won’t listen to your selfishness.”
“……”
Buchou didn’t react to my words, but she should have understood. If Buchou was close to losing, I wouldn’t pay attention to her protests and enter to help as well. If the [King] was taken down, it was over. I can’t let you get taken out, Rias-buchou. Then, the battle between best friends started—. An aura of water gathered around Kaichou, and gradually formed something. This was no ordinary amount of water. Looking at it, the water seemed be collected from everywhere within the department store. As expected of the Sitri family whose specialty is water magic. I had heard that the older sister’s specialty was ice, while the younger sister’s was water. In her magic, Buchou carried the power of destruction. An attack that destroys the opponent. Without hesitation, Buchou fired magic bullets at her friend Sona-kaichou! The number of bullets was endless like that of a machine gun! The bullets were only about the size of a softball, but I could feel magic of high purity in each shot. It seemed that the results of Buchou’s training were also coming out. That she wasn’t attacking showily was because of the rules. Zabun. Zabaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. Sona-kaichou manipulated the water and made it into a wall, stopping Buchou’s attacks. The instant that Buchou’s magic hit, the water was also annihilated at the same time, but because she was gathering it from the entire building, it was unlimited. “Now then, Rias. I shall thoroughly display my water techniques to you.”
Kaichou transformed a large amount of the water with magic, turning it into many hawks that flew in the air, serpents that slithered on the ground, valiant lions, wolves that herded together, and several huge dragons as well. So she can make this many different things at once! Her magic skill surpasses that of Buchou! “Just as I wished for, Sona!”
Smiling fearlessly, Buchou piled compression upon compression of her power of destruction and made a countless number of magic bullets in the air. Those without enough power would vanish from just one of those shots. To have condensed that many of them, it seemed that Buchou had built up her magic power fairly well in her training. Both excelled in the quality of their magic, but looking at it like this, Buchou stood out in power while Kaichou stood out in technique. Both of them stood ready. Then, the two of them—unleashed their attacks at each other at the same time. [Resign confirmed. It is the victory of Rias Gremory-sama.] After the game had ended, I woke up within the medical facility. I was on a bed. That’s right, this is the first time I’ve ended up here. My case this time had been more a matter of blood loss than injuries. It seemed I had been given a blood transfusion immediately after that and could now move like this. I had gone outside and was drinking juice by the vending machine. We had won. However, half of us, consisting of me, Xenovia, Asia and Gasper, had been taken out, and the Gremory group which had been said to be overwhelmingly superior before the game had our estimation lowered. Our estimation seemed to have particularly lowered because of how Gasper had been lost so quickly right at the start and how I, the Sekiryuutei, had been taken out. As the natural result hadn’t come about, the evaluation of those at the top was harsh. Buchou—appeared completely mortified. There were also the achievements of Kiba, who displayed ace-class strenuous effort and the fact we had achieved victory in the end, but—. It seemed that the end had been won by a direct confrontation between the [Kings]. This had been our first victory…Somehow, we hadn’t been blessed with a complete victory. We had certainly gone through a tough battle. Even though our group had enormous power, we were far away from a perfect victory. Yeah! This situation was bad! Shaking my head, I decided to change the mood and to go to Saji’s hospital room. His injuries had also been completely cured already. In the game we were enemies, but once it had ended, we were friends as usual. Well now, I’ll go boast about Buchou’s breasts again. “Please take this.”
I heard Sirzechs-sama’s voice from Saji’s room. I could see inside the room from the slightly open door. Inside were Sirzechs-sama, Kaichou, and Saji on his bed. Saji was receiving something from Sirzechs-sama. He was holding an expensive-looking small box in his hands. “U-Umm…This is…?”
Saji was nervously trembling.