–It’s in five days.”
The day finished there, and Diodora went home. Don’t come to the club-room ever again! With a new resolve, I got heated up for the upcoming game. The official information about the game which came from the Maou reached us several days later. “High-class devil huh……….”
The devils work late at night. I have finished a single request and am pedaling my bicycle because I am on my way heading home. Thanks to the training in the Underworld, I am able to transport using a magic-circle. But my regular customers think that “I = Riding a bicycle”, so when I showed up using the magic circle once, they felt let down. Because of that, I returned to my old ways of riding a bicycle. Even though I’m able to transport using a magic circle, it has no use. But I can’t betray the expectations of my regular customers. And I think the number of requests will increase if I become a “bicycle devil”. I also have to say that riding a bicycle is good training. …..Training with guts has been put into my body strongly now…. And so I was thinking while pedaling. It’s about the High-class devil. I experienced it in the Underworld, but noble devils tend to look down on other devils below them. Buchou and her parents won’t do that. But just like the incident with Raiser and also with Diodora, basically the High-class devils from the old families don’t have a good opinion towards the reincarnated devils and Low-class devils. It’s unfair! It’s easy to think like that, but if I think carefully they are devils with a long history so they won’t think well of those who suddenly show up and expand their authority. Those kinds of things are hated by the ones who have been present since long ago. I really don’t understand them though. I’m a reincarnated-devil and a Low-class. So I desperately work hard to have myself acknowledged. “Buha! Sports drinks taste good.”
On my way back, I took a break in front of the vending machine. But I took a step back at the sudden presence! ~! Who is it! The one who appears from the darkness is…….a guy wearing rough clothes! “It’s been a while, Sekiryuutei.”
“Bikou! Why are you here!”
Yes, it’s the refreshing smiley faced Sun Wukong! This time he isn’t wearing Chinese armour, and he appears dressed up like a flashy young person. I mean, why is this guy here! “Well, I came to accompany my partner.”
Bikou looks back. -Don’t tell me it’s……! And the one who appears is……
“It’s been two months, Hyoudou Issei.”
Vali appears wearing a white shirt! “Vali!”
I put my alert to the maximum and made a stance on the spot! Shit! Why are these guys here!? “I hear that you reached the complete Balance-Breaker? It makes me happy.”
I became a bit peeved at his smile. He sure does look down on me like always. “Yo, the genius Hakuryuukou. Do you want to continue from where we left off here?”
I try to activate my Boosted Gear, but he just laughs. “You are quite aggressive today, Hyoudou Issei.”
“For me, you are a big hindrance to my future plan.”
“To become a High-class devil? –Even if you don’t worry about it, I think you will become a High-class devil in a few years time.”
To have been complimented by the Hakuryuukou sure does make it likely. In my case, I don’t think it's that easy so I’m desperately trying to achieve higher. “I didn’t come here to say that today.”
“Then why did you come?”
“I hear that you will be having a Rating Game? And your opponent is the next heir of the House of Astaroth.”
Where did he hear that from? Well this guy is the boss of a special team of terrorists. He might have many individual connections…. “What about it?”
“You should be careful.”
While not losing my stance, I ask Vali with a doubt. “……What do you mean?”
But Vali just shrugs his shoulders. “You saw the recorded video, right? The match between the House of Astaroth and the princess from the Arch-Duke.”
Just like Vali said, after Diodora returned we, the Gremory group, watched the recording of the match between Diodora and that sis from the House of Agares. The match was Diodora’s victory…… But Diodora’s power was overwhelming. Only he showed abnormal power during the game, and he defeated the Agares sis and her servants. Diodora’s servants just supported him, and the [King] fought by himself and showed the power of an ikkitousen. Diodora is a wizard-type who specialises in demonic-powers. He oppressed the Agares by showing a powerful demonic-power that surpasses Buchou. And we all became suspicious after seeing that. We didn’t pay attention to the game, but Diodora himself. That’s because he suddenly got a power up. Before that, that Agares sis had the advantage. Was he hiding his true power till the last moment? Sensei saw the match live, but he had doubts because of the intense power up of Diodora compared to the data he was given before the match. Buchou also had the same opinion. “Diodora wasn’t a devil who was that strong”. Both of their opinions were the same. Diodora was plenty strong enough before the power up. He was a High-class devil who had demonic-powers a bit lower than Buchou's. But during the match, Diodora showed a power which made everyone get astonished. Everyone was like “Can you really become that strong in such a short time?”. But this match also became a battle between the Kings at the middle. Do all of the Youth devils have the wrong idea that the opening and the mid game should be about strategies and the end-game should be a direct fight? Each of the VIP’s from each faction who were observing the matches are enjoying seeing new types of battles though…….. Especially the battles between [King]’s seem to get heated up. “Well, it won’t get through the skulls of those High-class devils if it’s coming from my mouth. But I thought that it might be okay for you to know it.”
…….Should I say thank you or what? And it happened when I was having mixed feelings. A shadow appears. Vali and Bikou also didn’t anticipate it so they also looked that way. Who is it!? Nuu…….. The one who appears from the darkness is…… A big build “daughter born from a man” who has an unbelievable amount of muscles and is wearing gothic-Lolita clothes…….! And he’s wearing cat-ears on his head like always! -Mil-tan!? My regular customer! Did he come to pass by!? But for him to come past me while I am doing my job as a devil, some unknown power must be behind this Mil-tan! The moment he appears, Vali looks at him twice. He probably can’t believe what he is seeing. “Nyo.”
He raises his hand and greets me and comes up to me. I also raised my hand and greet him with a smile I forcefully made…..
“Judging from it’s ears, is he a Nekomata? Even I couldn’t sense him until he came closer. Is it senjutsu?”
Vali asks Bikou with a serious face. That’s not it! I made a comment at Vali within my head. “No, that is……. Isn’t it some type of Troll? …….Cat-Troll?”
Bikou also bends his neck and is troubled at how to answer. I’m also troubled at how to answer, so don’t ask me as well!