I won’t allow it to end with them looking at me with those scornful eyes. After having my back washed away with hot water, Ravel asks me. “Ise-sama……h-have you decided about your future servants?”
“Servants? Ah, you mean when I become a High-class Devil? No, I still haven’t decided yet.”
You can have 15 servants at most with Evil Pieces right? I might end up using several of them depending on the person. “Asia and Xenovia are saying that they will follow me, so there is a talk about having a trade with Rias, but even doing that isn’t decided. When I become independent, taking Asia and Xenovia with me will allow me to take actions right away, and it will become easier to do our job. But that will mean that 3 members will leave from Rias’s group right? How to fill those missing holes, even those parts aren't clear yet.”
I then have a thought after saying that much. That having Ravel remaining as my manager even in the future will be a strong support. Ravel says it as if she responded to what I was thinking. “……I want to continue being Ise-sama’s manager.”
“Yeah, I’m happy. That will sure be reliable.”
It happens when the atmosphere became good. Splash! There is someone who got out from the bath! “I, went under for 30 minutes.”
……It’s Ophis. Dragon-God-sama got out from the bath. And did you go under there for 30 minutes!? And Ophis’s clothes weren’t in the changing room, you know!? Did you perhaps come from your room fully naked!? Give me a break, Dragon-God-sama! Being naked inside the house isn’t also allowed! You are a former Uroboros Dragon after all~! “Fufufu, I can never win against Ophis-san.”
Ravel is also laughing. You are right. We sure are no match against our Mascot-sama, also known as Ophis-chan. “How is the final confirmation with the stray magicians?”
“There’s no problem. It seems like they will enjoy themselves as well. That’s why they were exiled from the association.”
“Hahaha, we are magicians who are placing ourselves among the terrorists, so we aren’t in a situation where we can say that. —Anyway, is our leader really serious about doing this?”
“If that is the will of the ones at the top, then it can’t be helped.”
“This is crazy. Shalba and Cao Cao were also crazy, but the thing we are about to do this time is also insane.”
“The things that we always do are insane. We can’t turn back anymore.”
“The leader called and said that the preparations are set. Well, if they weren’t here, not just the organisation but even we would have been finished. So we can only follow them. —We can’t have a proper life. Then we have to enjoy it to our liking.”
“I’ve felt fate since we have encountered Vali and his group in the places we go to.”
“Dragons that is said to gather strong foes. Then they should just dance with each other. —Among Dragons that is.”

Several days have passed since the Vampire guests came. It’s planned for Rias to leave Japan late at night today. I hear that their destination is deep within the mountains of Romania. After finishing school, I thought of doing muscle training in the training room located in the basement of the Hyoudou residence until Rias finishes packing. I thought I should train even a bit when I have time. The girls will be helping Rias to prepare her things, so that will make me a nuisance since I’m a guy. Since I became bored, I’m thinking of doing some training. The joint training I had with Kiba and the others got halted ever since the meeting with the Vampires. Since the situation turned out like this, it got even harder to proceed with the selection of the magician’s resume. ……Man, we really are busy. On top of that we still have school during the day. We have a hard schedule. But I should at least do some muscle training so I won’t get dull. Actually, I’m thinking about training my familiar as well. The magical airship which is flying around me, Skithblathnir! I gave its name just recently. Fufufu, you know I gave it a cool name? And, when I entered the training room, Kuroka and Le Fay are already there before me. Both of them are sitting on the floor, and have thick books opened out. “What the, you guys were here?”
I say. These two really have been showing up sometimes at the Hyoudou residence ever since that day. She opens the fridge without our permission and has been drinking our milk and such! Mum gets shocked, Rias gets mad, and it turns into a mess all the time…… Every time Kuroka does as she likes, Le Fay always bows her head down desperately and apologises. “Hello, we have excused ourselves in here.”
Le Fay, who can greet people properly, is a good girl! “Nyahaha, we have excused ourselves in here -nyan.”
It isn’t nyahaha…… My house really is a nest place of the dark residents. There are so many varieties of races which include different-types of Devils, an Angel, and the Dragon-God-sama. It’s too much of a chaos…
I approached both of them, and what I observed was the books that are open, and there’s a diagram of a human body which has its hand emitting what looks like an aura. “What is this?”
When I ask, Kuroka says it while smiling. “It’s a book regarding life. It has things about aura, senjutsu, touki, and such.”
Hmm, so it’s a book like that. But why is she reading it? Kuroka is an expert at those kinds of things, so isn’t it pointless reading those things now……
I tilt my head and Le Fay says it while giggling. “She’s researching so she can teach her so-called sister more efficiently.”
Oh, what was that! So she’s doing her role as the older sister! Kuroka says it while stroking the book’s cover. “The basic of senjutsu is to understand the ways of your own self, others, and the nature’s ki. First of all she needs to concentrate her mind, making a zazen posture quietly to release her ki, and then confirm the surrounding ki. It’s the most basic of basics, and this is the best way to develop further. That’s why I’m having her make a zazen posture first~.”
“I thought you would make her do things which don’t make any sense since this is you that we are talking about, but you are doing it more seriously than I expected.”
When I teased her, Kuroka makes an unpleasant face. “Boo, you are so rude –nya. I’m a woman who does things seriously at proper times.”
“Look who’s talking, since you tried to take me and Koneko-chan down with a poison mist before.”
Her evilness was quite the thing when I first met her in the Underworld. She tried to defeat me, Rias, and Koneko-chan, without any mercy. Kuroka makes a wink at my claim, and she tries to avoid it by acting cute. “You know, I just became naughty because I was happy with my reunion with Shirone♪ Oops, lick, nyan♪ You know how you would get a heartbeat when a vicious person shows their kindness to you? Now then, has Sekiryuutei-chin got a heartbeat from me~?”
……I won’t deny it, but it’s certain that you are a bad cat! And it isn’t “Oops, lick, nyan”…… You know that you had so much murderous intent back then? No, the thing is, telling this to her is useless.