I’ll let you hear my hypothesis once we receive an official report from Ajuka.”
……I wonder what’s hidden in that floating island. —Then Griselda tells all of us once she took a look at the clock. “First of all, we will take all of you to Heaven after this. Our plan once we get there is to have a discussion about the content of the project—which is confirming what’s inside the presents, and receiving Michael-sama’s greetings before the New Year.”
—! It’s finally here! We are finally entering Heaven! Devils going to Heaven—something unreal like that is going to happen! Oh man, I can’t thank the peace treaty between the Three Great Powers enough! I was curious about it. Since the Underworld was like that, then how will Heaven where Angels reside be like? It sure has been on my mind! Just what kind of world exists above the sky!? “Alright, then give my greetings to Michael.”
Sensei simply waves his hand at us and showed no sign of coming with us. “Aren’t you going to Heaven too? —Oh, I guess it’s more appropriate to ask if you are not going back.”
Sensei sighs. “You think I can just return to that place now? Well, I don’t mind going if they allow me to destroy my old institute over there.”
Sensei leaves after he simply says that. “Alright, let’s head to Heaven using the magic-circle in the basement!”
At Rias’s command, we move down to the basement of the Hyoudou residence—
Now then, Heaven here we come! What was drawn in the teleportation room of the basement wasn’t the usual magic-circle written in Devil’s symbols. Irina and Sister Griselda start to chant something you would find in a Bible while making a posture as if they were praying. ……Hmm, seeing that all the Devils here including myself are getting headaches shows that it may be a phrase from the Bible……
We receive a halo, limited to DxD members, beforehand just in case so we can move within Heaven. When I put the halo above my head—it starts to float and shine. Wow, it feels as if I’ve become an Angel! With this, even if other species besides the Angels move within Heaven it won’t affect the “system” left by the God that much. It would be troublesome if those who know about the absence of God or someone who would give bad influence to the system walks past the gate. You are able to lessen that from happening by putting on a halo quite a lot. Our ID and such are registered in our halo. So its one and only. I need to make sure I don’t lose it……
Its thanks to the sharing of technologies by the Grigori and the Devil’s side that they were able to have such a major change in their technology. If the peace didn’t happen, then an item such as this which allows us to enter and exit Heaven wouldn’t have been made. You could also say that it indicates that there wouldn’t be people like Asia who will experience unfortunate fate. ……Yeah, we can’t repeat a tragedy like that any more. The ones that are acting happy by putting this halo on are—Asia and Xenovia. “Asia! I-It feels like I’ve become an Angel!”
“Yes! It’s such an honour!”
Yeah, the two of them are pure followers and they look up to Angels. So these halos are something they couldn’t resist. They have such bright expressions. Irina then tells the two. “So then. Let’s do our prayers with the three of us to celebrate this occasion before we enter Heaven!”
“Yes!”
“Yeah!”
They do their usual pose they do with the three of them! While putting a halo above their head that is! “ “Ah, lord!” ”
The Angel Asia huh. I’m sure it would suit her……! Just imaging it makes my face grin. ……But an item that allows the DxD to enter Heaven huh. That means that they prepared it beforehand just in case something happens in Heaven. ……So it means they are concerned about the possibility of the Heaven being attacked. While that was going through my mind, a huge door appears in the teleportation room. It looks so magnificent and it appears as though it is made from chalk. The door opens while making sound. “Here, please come in.”
Sister Griselda urges us to pass through the door. Irina enters before us. “Hurry! Everyone! This is an elevator for the Angels! Don’t hesitate and come in!”
Irina who has high spirits. She’s taking this Christmas project more seriously than any of us. It seems like she’s really happy about being able to serve everyone in this town as an Angel and also appears to have pride in doing so. Once the rest of us pass through the elevator door, a white space appears in front of us. Then the golden symbol below our feet glows! I suddenly feel my body float! I experience a sensation where it feels like I have my whole body thrown up! That instant, the scenery around me changes and a very bright light dims upon us. When I look around—we find ourselves above the clouds! When I look up, a large, white, and bright ceiling is above us! ……Did we get teleported from the Hyoudou residence’s basement instantly? It means that we came up here in the elevator at the same time the symbols below our feet glowed. Rias and Akeno-san look calm compared to me and Asia who are astonished at this. The giant gate opens before we can get surprised by it! Sister Griselda and Irina then tell us while facing their back towards the opening gate. “ “Welcome to Heaven.” ”
The giant gate—when we passed through the front gate of Heaven, what lay behind it was a white stone paved path, buildings that are aligned which are made from stones, buildings that are floating in the sky, and Angels that have pure white wings that are moving within! How should I put it? It’s so bright! It’s also due to the fact that the sky is glowing in white, but it doesn’t stop me from feeling as though the Angels, the buildings, and even the path we are walking on are glowing! There isn’t even a speck of dust on this path. The Angels that walk past us looks at us as if they find us curious. If there are those that realize our identities, there are also those that don’t. Sister Griselda who is leading us gives an explanation to us. “There are total of seven levels in Heaven. This is the first floor—the place which is called the First Heaven. The highest floor, Seventh Heaven, used to be the location where God resided. What remains there now is just the “system” that represented God. The Sacred Gears “system” is over there as well.”
I certainly heard that from Irina beforehand. The First Heaven is the place where the Angels work and it’s pretty much like a front-line base. Irina and Sister Griselda also mainly work here. I’m guessing they come back to this place when they have to return to Heaven. Irina then says it while pointing at the building that’s floating in the air (It’s built on top of the clouds!). “Ah! That building! That’s the place where Michael-sama’s Brave Saints gather! I also show up there quite often!”
Hmm, it’s quite fancy to have a building that’s floating in the air as your quarters. Irina then gives us a further explanation. She points directly up. “Michael-sama and the other Seraphs are at the Sixth Heaven.