Hahaha, what are you misunderstanding?”
“—! Ise-san is a……Devil……?”
She seems to be shocked to find out the truth, and didn’t know what to say. “What, what? You guys know each other? Wow. Now this is a big surprise. Is it the forbidden love between a Devil and a Sister? Seriously? Are you serious? ”
Freed, the priest, looks at both Asia and me. ……I didn’t want her to know. It should have stayed like that. It's better that she didn’t know. I didn’t plan on seeing her again. I just wanted her to think of me as a kind high school student who lives in this town. Man, I don’t know what to say. What a rotten destiny. Asia’s eyes are making me feel bad. I’m sorry. I’m sorry for being a Devil. “Ahaha! Devils and humans can never coexist! Especially humans from the Church and the Devils are the biggest enemies! Also, we are a group of heretics that was deserted by God. Asia-tan and I are humans that can’t survive without the support of Fallen Angels-sama.”
Fallen Angel? What does he mean? Don’t priests and nuns work under God? “Well now, leaving that aside, I need to kill this trash here or else I can’t finish my job, so here I come. Are you ready?”
The priest thrusts his sword toward me again. If I get stabbed by that in my chest, I will be killed…… Even if I do survive, I will end up like that the client who is nailed to the wall and then have my body slashed. Feeling of fear controls my body when I think about it. This is bad. This situation is really bad! I will be killed without being able to move my body! While I was thinking about it, the blond Sister walks between the priest and I. She stood in front of me with her arms spread as if she is protecting me. The priest puts on a stern look when he sees this. “……Hey, hey. Are you serious? Asia-tan, do you know what you are doing?”
“……I do. Father Freed, I beg you. Please forgive this person. Please let him go.”
I became speechless after hearing her. Asia? Are you protecting me? “I can’t stand it any more…… You can’t kill people just because they are entranced to a Devil and you also can’t kill Devils. It’s wrong!”
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!? Don’t talk shit, bitch! You also learned that Devils are trash at the Church! Seriously, is there something wrong with your brain! ?”
Freed now has an anguished expression. “There are good people, even among Devils!”
“There aren’t, idiooooooot!”
“T-That’s what I thought until recently…… But Ise-san is a good person. That fact doesn’t change even after I found out that he is a Devil! Killing someone is unforgivable! This kind of act! God won’t allow such acts!”
She saw the corpse, and she found out that I’m a Devil, so she should be shocked. But Asia isn’t backing down to speak her beliefs to the priest. What a strong willed girl. This girl is amazing. BAKI! “Kyaa!”
The bastard priest hit Asia to the side with his gun. Asia fell to the ground. “Hey, Asia!”
I went to Asia who was struck away. ……There’s a bruise mark on her face. That bastard actually hit her. “……The Fallen Angel girl told me very strongly that I can't kill you. But I’m getting a bit pissed. Since I can’t kill you, than can I rape you or something? If I don’t, I won’t be able to heal my heart. But before that, I need to kill that trash over there.”
The priest points his blade of light at me again. ……I can’t run away while leaving Asia here. I can’t leave her here with him who just talked about doing scary stuff! If I’m running away, then it will be with Asia. So I have to fight……
Can I fight using my Sacred Gear? Even though I don’t know its effect? I’m also the weakest Piece, [Pawn]. I have a slim chance of winning. But I have to……
“I can’t leave a girl who just defended me. So come!”
I made a fighting posture in front of the priest. The priest whistles and seems really happy. “Eh? Eh? Seriously? Seriously? You are going to fight me? You will die, you know? You will die with a lot of pain? I have no intention of killing you painlessly, okay? Now then. Let’s see if I can make a new record for the smallest minced-meat!”
He’s talking something creepy again. But I can’t act pathetically front of Asia! The priest jumps up high, —then the floor glows in a blue and white colour. “What is this?”
The priest becomes suspicious when the floor glows. The blue light starts to form a shape. —It’s a magic-circle. And I have seen this before. The magic-circle of the Gremory household! I-Is it……! FLASH! The magic-circle that appeared on the floor shines. Then the people I know appear from it. I mean, Devils. “Hyoudou-kun, we came to rescue you.”
Kiba smiles at me. “Ara ara. This is awful.”
“……Priest.”
Akeno-san and Koneko-chan! Yes, my comrades. Kuu! They came to rescue me! I’m so moved that I feel like crying! Great! Something like this actually happens!? “Hyahou! Here’s a present for a group of Devils!”
The priest starts slashing his sword. KAGIN! The sound of the metal echoes through the room. Kiba blocks the priest's attack with his sword. “I’m sorry. He’s one of us! We can’t let you lay a finger on him!”
“Oh, oh! A mere Devil being concerned about their comrade? What are you guys? Devil Squadron, the Devil Rangers? That’s nice. I can feel the heat. I’m getting turned on! So how is it? Are you the one sticking it in, and is he the one bending? So are you guys in that sort of relationship?”
They are exchanging swords but the priest is getting cocky and sticking his tongue out while he is shaking his tongue and his head. That guy is completely looking down on us! Even Kiba has an anguished expression. Yeah, that guy is definitely disgusting. “……What a vulgar mouth. It’s hard to believe you are a priest…… Oh, that’s why you are a “Stray Exorcist”, right?”
“Yeah, yeah! I’m vulgar! Sorry about that! That’s because I strayed away! I was kicked out! That’s why, screw the Vatican! I’m all right as long as I get to cut Devils whenever I feel like it!”
Both of them are still exchanging their swords. Kiba has a calm expression, but his eyes have already captured his foe. The boy priest, Freed, is still laughing and enjoying the fight. “You are the type that is the most hard to deal with. Someone who feels like they are living by cutting Devils……the one who causes the most harm to us.”
“Haaaaah!? You know, I don’t want to be told off by a Devil? I’m trying to live now just like other people! I’m not in a position where pests like you can talk down to me!”
“Even Devils have rules.”
Akeno-san is smiling, but her eyes are serious. She is showing a sign of will to fight and hostility towards Freed. “Nice. I like those passionate eyes. Onee-san, you are the best. I can feel your urge of wanting to kill me. Is this love? No. I think it’s a killing intent! Superb! This is great! I love the feeling of intending to kill and getting intended to kill!”
“Then disappear.”
The person who appears on my side is the crimson-haired girl, — Rias-buchou! “Ise, I’m sorry.