Kiryuu said in a high pitched voice
“We have picked Xenovia’s victory dress for the election!”
Everyone in the new Occult Research Club, all focused their attention onto Xenovia! “Hoo, cool right?”
Xenovia who was feeling cool, was currently dressed in fine clothing like that of the Medieval European aristocracy. But it was a man’s style! In other words, this was the man’s style beauty Xenovia! Although it looked good on her, it’s because Xenovia naturally leaned towards the boyish side…but, why wear this? Kiryuu seemed to have taken notice of my puzzled expression, so she adjusted her glasses and said
“A-Ah-Ahem, I want Xenovia to suit her new clothing, and besides, doesn’t it have the feeling of a President? If she were wearing this while standing in front of the school gates, the female students would all be screaming.”
…Uhh, I don’t understand cosplay…Xenovia was currently pretending
“Ah, should I be saying ‘André’right now, then carry Ise in my arms?”
“Mm hmm, there’s a saying that goes ‘clothes make a man just as a saddle makes a horse’, which would describe now!”
“…Irina-san, I think what you said is a little wrong…”
Asia (born overseas) gently corrected Irina (born in Japan). While watching the three of them, Kiryuu and I quietly conversed. “Ara ara, regarding that. If Xenovia were to use magic to bewitch everyone then she would be invincible.”
“Yeah, but you have to remember that Xenovia’s powers — hey, those powers cannot be used on normal students.”
I couldn’t help blurting that out. While Kiryuu made a mischievous smile like that of a child. “What you say is correct.”
““Ahahaha“”
I also laughed. ……. ……Eh? Eeeeh? U-Uh…. No no no. I carefully looked at Kiryuu from the corner of my eye. And next to her head was a [?] symbol…. “…Wait, wait a sec, hold on. Kiryuu, you, you just mentioned using magic or something?”
Just to be sure. Uhh, Kiryuu should be a normal student right…? That should be the case, she doesn’t know about the true identity of us…. “Hmm, I said that?”
Kiryuu calmly replied. …I was already speechless and turned to look at Asia, who paused for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realise my reaction, and nervously said
“T-That, the thing that probably hasn’t been mentioned to Ise-san…”
Xenovia then naturally continued for Asia and said
“Kiryuu is one of my regulars. Of course, she knows about our real identities.”
…………. ……Is that for real. I looked at the church trio with the expression of ‘is that for real?’, and the three of them nodded. “…Eh, Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ?”
I let out a cry of surprise! T-That was the reason! W-W-W-Why would Kiryuu know about our real identities!? A-A-A-A-And she was also one of Xenovia’s regulars?! I had no idea! I still don’t know! “W-When did this start? !”
I couldn’t hide me bewilderment and asked Kiryuu. Kiryuu recalled while saying
“It should be sometime back in December. I received a flyer near the station. Then I tried thinking about it, and summoned Xenovia. In the end, after talking to her, Rias-san also appeared so that’s how I know about the current situation.”
D-December…. That was last month. And it was around the station that she received a flyer…. Then not only did she summon Xenovia, but Rias also appeared…. Kiryuu continued while giggling. “Don’t worry. I haven’t told anyone, and I won’t tell Matsuda and Motohama. Because Rias-san and Asia are my friends, they asked me not to tell anyone. With these kinds of things, I’ll keep my lips sealed.”
…Really, that was good. I didn’t imagine, that this person would actually know about our true identities…. That is to say, last month, although Kiryuu knew that we were devils, she still continued talking to us as usual…. Kiryuu nodded. “But, you haven’t got it easy, Ise. I heard from Xenovia and Asia, that you hold the fate of the world in your hands right? Although, since you’re usually so perverted, it’s quite difficult to imagine.”
Kiryuu kept poking me with her elbow while saying “You guys, you guys.”…ah, but it was still surprising. Everyone else here, half of them were calm and the other half were surprised. In other words, some people knew the truth, but there were also some who were kept in the dark like me. Then again, as our leader, Rias did not feel that this was important. …Considering that she is a classmate of mine, it was quite unexpected. Well, maybe because we fought a tremendous battle last month, Rias didn’t want us to have any extra burdens on our mind. “Well, I think that Xenovia has no problems even without makeup, so there’s no need to wear strange costumes. If you think that there’ll be an obvious disadvantage then you could try this, or something like this.”
Kiryuu pretended to hold a camera, taking pictures of Xenovia. “I won’t lose. I’ll definitely win against Hanakai!”
“Yes, that’s the spirit, Xenovia!”
“Yes, that’s right! Although I can’t come to help you as I’m the President now, but I’ll still support Xenovia as a friend!”
“Ah, that’s the heart of friendship, my friends!”
“““Amen!”””
Xenovia, Irina and Asia linked their arms around each other’s shoulders, looking full of enthusiasm. Kiryuu then called out and spoke to everyone
“So, that’s why I said that I’ll assist Xenovia, you guys of the new Occult Research Club need to work hard.”
After saying that, she took Xenovia and Irina with her to leave, returning to the empty room in the Old School Building. It seems like they have more things to discuss. …Anyway, Kiryuu, she…. It was just the beginning of a new year, and something so extraordinary already happened. That’s not to say, there’ll be a lot of noteworthy things happening this year…. I, might even die three times this year…. After Xenovia’s commotion, and waiting until everyone had calmed down, Ravel raised her hand again. “Next, I’ll wait until after the Occult Research Club has settled down from its initial period, as I need to return to the underworld for a while.”
Hearing this, Kiba said
“Now that you mention it, Ravel-san needs to temporarily return as a member of her brother’s peerage.”
“Currently Raiser-oniisama’s peerage is not full. I was quite worried, so this time okaa-samatraded pieces again, and I’ll be back to join the game.”
That’s right, Raiser’s return to the game was previously determined. What’s more, his opponent is the current Champion, Diehauser Belial-san! Everyone was shocked, as they didn’t imagine that the first match upon his return would be against the Champion. Ravel’s participation in this game was already decided. It seemed to be because Raiser still had not filled up all the members in his peerage, so he asked his mother to temporarily lend Ravel to him on the day of the game. Because Raiser obtained Ravel by trading his unused [Bishop] piece with his mother, he was currently missing a [Bishop], last year he had a competition to see who would be his last [Bishop], and I also participated…but the new member hasn’t been decided yet.