She didn’t seem to like the fact that I tried to run away after I saw her face. So she was not leaving in terms of observation. I think she's holding a grudge against me because I stripped her naked a few days ago. The reason why I called Saji. That is… I coughed once, and told both of them. “I’m going to ask Shidou Irina and Xenovia to give me permission to destroy the holy-sword Excaliburs.”
Not only Saji, but Koneko-chan also became really shocked that they had circle eyes. “Nooooooooo!! I’m going home! !”
Saji was screaming and trying to run away. Koneko-chan held onto him and didn’t let him go. When I suggested the plan to destroy Excalibur, Koneko-chan thought about it and agreed. [I will help as well. It’s about Yuuto-senpai, right?] As expected of Koneko-chan! Saji on the other hand turned blue and tried to run away immediately. And Koneko-chan caught him. “Hyoudou! Why me!? It’s your group’s problem, right!? I belong to the House of Sitri! I shouldn’t take part in this! Not at all! !”
Saji argued while crying. “Don’t say that Saji. The only Devil that I know who seems willing to help me is you.”
“Bullshit! There’s no way that I will help youuuu! I’m going to get killed! I’m going to get killed by Kaichouuuuu! !”
Oooh, the fear you have towards Kaichou is appearing on your face. Kaichou must be really scary, huh. “Your master, Rias-senpai, might be strict and kind! But you know what! You know Kaichou!? She’s strict AND strict!”
Yeah. Buchou is strict but also kind. Is that right? So Kaichou is strict, huh. That’s good for you. After I made up my mind, I went looking for Shidou Irina and Xenovia inside the town with Koneko-chan and Saji. “Hey Koneko-chan. You know that Kiba is a victim of the “Holy-sword Project” and also harbours a grudge towards Excalibur, right?”
Koneko-chan nodded at my question. “When Irina and Xenovia came to us, they said this.”
[The Church decided that it would be better to eliminate all the Excaliburs rather than letting them be used by the Fallen-Angels. Our minimum objective is to get the Excaliburs away from the Fallen-Angels.] “So in other words they have to destroy the stolen Excaliburs or retrieve them, right?”
“……Yes. That’s right.”
“That’s why I thought we could help them retrieve those. By making Kiba the main person. Three swords were stolen, so they won’t mind if we retrieve or break one of them.”
“……You want Yuuto-senpai to overcome Excalibur and to fulfil his wish, right?”
That’s right. I nodded my head with a smile. If that happened, then Kiba would accomplish his revenge and everything would be okay. Then he would continue doing the Devils' job with us with a smile. That’s what I thought. “Kiba wants to win against Excalibur and accomplish his and his former comrades' revenge. Xenovia and Irina want to retrieve the Excaliburs from the Fallen-Angels even if they have to destroy them. We have the same aim then. What’s left is to see if those two will listen to the words of us Devils.”
“……It seems hard.”
“Hmmmm yeah.”
It was just like Koneko-chan said. To tell you the truth, the possibility of it happening wasn’t that high. And also……
“……It’s a secret from Buchou and the other members.”
Yeah. It was just like she said. We couldn’t let this to be known by Buchou and Akeno-san. Buchou would definitely disapprove. [Even if it’s for Yuuto’s sake, we can’t put our neck in the problems involving Angels.] That’s what she would say. She is a high-class Devil after all, so she would be strict about this stuff. When I went to rescue Asia, she was against it. I also had to keep it a secret from Asia. She’s the type who can’t hide things. She’d be bad at lying as well. “……When we go and talk to them it might lead to a fight and the tension between us and them might get even worse.”
It would be the end if that happened. I would have to do something even if I had to risk my life. Uoooo. I might die then……
“That’s why you can leave, Koneko-chan. Saji. You can also run away if it gets dangerous.”
“Let me run nowwww!! That’s the worst! I’d get killed by Kaichou if I do something like destroying the Excaliburs without her permission! She will definitely torture meeeeee!”
Now now. Don’t cry and stick with me. You can run away if it gets dangerous. “Maybe the negotiation will be a success. If that happens, then I want you to help me.”
“Uwaaaaaa! That’s so irresponsible! I’ll die! I’d definitely get killed! !”
You are right. But there aren’t any other male Devils that I can talk to. I’m depending on you, Saji. “I won’t run away. It’s for our comrade.”
………Koneko-chan said it to me with eyes filled with strength. This girl… No matter what she says, she’s always burning inside. She was also in high spirits in the match against Phoenix. I think her feelings towards comrades are very strong. Twenty minutes after looking for them in the town. It wouldn’t be easy to find two women wearing white robes in an undercover mission……
“Please give blessings to the lost lamb-“
“Please give charity to us on behalf of the father in heaven!”
We found them easily. There were two girls wearing white robes, praying on the road. Wow. They were standing out. It was easy to find them. It looked like they were quite troubled. People walking past them were giving them odd glances. “How can this be? This is the reality of the developed country of Japan? That’s why I don’t like countries that don’t have the smell of our beliefs.”
“Don’t say that, Xenovia. We lost all the money we had. So we have to rely on charity from these heretics or else we can’t get food, you know? Aaah, we can’t even buy a single loaf of bread!”
“Hmph. It all happened because you bought that fake looking painting.”
Xenovia pointed at a painting of a saint that was drawn really badly. What the heck was that? Did they get cheated in a fake exhibition? “What are you saying? This painting has the drawing of someone who looks like a saint! That’s what the person in the exhibition said as well!”
“Then do you know who the person in the drawing is? I certainly don’t.”
The person in the picture certainly looked like a foreigner and was wearing poor clothing and had something on his head. There was also a baby Angel on the background with a trumpet who was floating in the air. “……I think it’s……Saint……Peter……?”
“Don’t mess around. Saint Peter wouldn’t look like this.”
“No, he must have looked like this! I’m sure about it!”
“Aaah, why did my partner have to be someone like you……God, is this also a trial?”
“Hey don’t hold your head down. You really get depressed when you are down, don’t you.”
“Shut up! That’s why the Protestants are called heretics! You guys have different beliefs than us Catholics! Show more respect to the saints!”
“What! What’s wrong, it is Catholicism where they still abide by the old law!”
“What did you say, heretic?”
“What did you say, heretic! ?”
Those two started to argue by banging their heads against each other……
RUMBLE.