What kind of experimental ingredient is my junior getting changed into!? And he said horrifying things like cutting, pasting, and crushing!”
What kind of experiment is he going to start……? No, I shouldn’t ask. I’m sure it’s something which is beyond my imagination…… Gya-suke, I will come for you when we leave from here! “Now then. You two are looking for Barakiel right? First, let’s move to the location where he may be at.”
We then went further into the institute while having Sensei lead us. The place that Sensei took us into is a conference room which is meant to be used by the leaders. There is a round table, and there are two people that are sitting on chairs. ……I haven’t seen them before. One of them is a man with blond hair. He is tall, and he is wearing a robe with so many ornaments. He is also wearing a circlet on his head. And the other one is a woman! She has eyes that look strong and long purple hair! Just from her appearance, it makes me think that she is a strict woman with charm! More than that, her oppai are huge! “……Ufufufu, your gaze is a bit lecherous, Ise-kun.”
When I was looking at that Onee-san with lecherous eyes, —I started to feel a mysterious pressure from Akeno-san! It looks like her usual smile……but I think her intensity is stronger than before! The blond man says it as soon as he sees Sensei. “Azazel. The institution is functioning without a problem.”
“Yeah, it seems like it, Tamiel. Rather, I didn’t expect you two to be here.”
“Yeah, we came here for observation.”
He’s speaking to Sensei casually. Is this man perhaps……
I somehow started to get an idea of who this man is. This time, the woman looks at me and Akeno-san, and asks Sensei a question. “Ara, this young couple……I’m sure I have seen them before.”
“Yeah, of course you would have. It’s the Sekiryuutei and Barakiel’s daughter, Penemue.”
Hearing Sensei’s words, the woman—Penemue, smiles. “Hmm, don’t tell me the reason why these two young ones came here is to tell Barakiel, “Please let me marry your daughter”? Barakiel will surely cry!”
Oh, I don’t know why, but she started teasing us! Rather, this woman speaks in a lighter manner than she looks. This is new, since she looks like a calm and collective beauty on the outside, but is actually easy going on the inside. Sensei then introduces the man and the woman to Akeno-san and me. “These two are Tamiel and Penemue. They are also leaders just like Sahariel from before. Tamiel is in charge of the businesses department and Penemue is the chief secretary.”
I knew it! Both of them are also leaders, just like the man wearing glasses from before! Oh, this will make them the 2nd and 3rd ones I met today! And they happen to be the ones where one of them is in charge of the businesses department while the other one is the chief secretary! Looks like I came to an unthinkable place today. “Geez, having all the leaders gather here will decrease the manpower of the headquarters.”
Sensei complains to Tamiel-san and Penemue-san with his eyes half closed. Penemue-san replies while laughing. “You sure can talk despite being a Governor who has been standing at the front-line. You really should give your thanks to Shamhaza who is acting as the Vice-governor.”
Yeah, please tell him off even more! I also think the same! Akeno-san who is standing beside me is also nodding her head while smiling. Right! Without listening to his comrades, Sensei:
“I always tell him everything, so there isn’t any problem.”
He says something like that. ……Please understand the rough times that Vice-governor Shamhaza-san is going through even a bit. Tamiel says it after collecting his documents. “Since we finished our business, we were about to leave from here. There won’t be any problem if Armaros and Barakiel stay here after all.”
“Oh yeah, where are those two, Tamiel?”
“Those two are probably looking after the possessors right now.”
Sensei and Tamiel-san then started a conversation. They started discussing about complicated matters such as this institute, other research laboratories, and many more. —Then Penemue-san waves her hands to us. Oh, am I being called over by a wonderful woman!? That’s what I thought—. “I’m interested in Barakiel’s daughter. Come here for a bit. You seem to have the potential since you are the daughter of the human that Barakiel fell in love with.”
“?”
Akeno-san goes to Penemue-san while having doubts, and they start to have a discussion. After Penemue-san tells her a few things, Akeno-san also starts to listen to her while taking interest in what she was being told, and replies back by saying ”What do you mean by that?”. ……I don’t know why, but Akeno-san is showing a glimpse of her S side face…… What are they talking about? I was the only one left aside, so I didn’t know what to do……but something appears to my eyes which draws my attention. There is a painting hung on the wall of this room. ……It’s a painting which is a portrait of someone. Several of them are hung on the wall. Sensei looks at me, and then asks. “Something wrong?”
“No, I was just looking at the picture hanging on this wall. I was wondering who the people on these paintings are.”
Sensei’s gaze moves to the painting, and replies back with an expression of looking back at old times. “Yeah, it’s a picture of our comrades.”
“So, are these people that are on the painting working here as well?”
“……No, those guys have already died from the old war and such.”
—! I didn’t know how to reply back to Sensei after hearing that. So the ones in the paintings are Sensei’s comrades who had already passed away…… Sensei continues. “The leaders who are still alive among the members of Grigori since its creation are the seven of us consisting of, me, Vice-governor Shamhaza, Barakiel, the glasses from before, Tamiel who is standing over there, Penemue, and Armaros.”
“……That idiot Kokabiel was sent to the Cocytus after all.”
Penemue-san says it depressingly while poking her cheek. ……Even that Kokabiel who did so many evil deeds must have been an important comrade to these leaders who fought alongside him for centuries. “I also prepared this for Kokabiel as well.”
Tamiel-san takes out a photo of Kokabiel and hangs it on the wall. Seeing that, Sensei takes out a bell used by Buddhists, and makes a sound with it. “We sure have lost capable men.”
He says something like that! No, no, no! “Making a ring while using the photo as a portrait of a dead person! Aren’t you following a different religion!? Isn’t everyone here including Sensei supposed to originate from the Bible! ?”
It’s weird to see the leader of the Fallen Angels ring a bell for the dead people like Buddhists! Rather than that, are you going to continue to hang photos and ring that bell every time a leader dies!? Sensei then says it while laughing loudly. “Forget the simple stuff. Anyway, I have to talk to these guys, so you two can head to the place where Barakiel is. There’s a place called the training space, so head over there.”
“Now then, Ise-kun.