We were all ready, and we planned to use the transportation magic circle underneath my house to travel over to Beelzebub-sama’s location. In order to calm myself down, I went upstairs to the first floor to drink some water. While sitting on the sofa of the living room, tou-san polished his fishing rod as he said to me
“Hey, Ise. I plan to go fishing, why don’t we go together? Kaa-san will come along as well. Call Asia-chan to come together with us too.”
Tou-san smiled as he invited me. …Fishing, huh. Along with Asia, the four of us going together? …Hm, although it wasn’t bad, it was just too unfortunate. If Asia and I went fishing in this situation, I would feel bad about everyone else. I apologetically rubbed the back of my head as I apologised to tou-san. “Sorry, tou-san. …I’m rather busy right now. It’s because there is something very important to do right now. How about we go together next time?”
Hearing my reply, tou-san — his expression became slightly lonesome as he gave me a wry smile and said
“…I see. Although I do occasionally want to go fishing with my children, you are also high school students, and you have your own priorities.”
“Sorry.”
“What are you talking about, it’s alright. We’ll go together next time!”
Although tou-san replied to me like that…I couldn’t tell him the truth. Although it was rather painful, it was also in order to prevent my parents from danger that I said that. After tou-san said that, kaa-san came over to my side and whispered. (For otou-san, he was really happy when he heard that you were going to start up your own company later, so he wanted to go fishing with you by the sea so that he could have an honest talk with you.) —Well. …So that was it. Tou-san truly was happy. That was why he invited me to go fishing. (…Ah — I see, but, it’ll have to be next time.) After hearing me say that, kaa-san made a bitter smile and pat my back as she said
(Okay, let me accompany otou-san today. You can go and finish what you need to do.) Kaa-san said that to me as she took the cup from my hand. (But you know, Ise. Your otou-san, he wants to have a good conversation with you as a father. You can’t forget this, okay?) …Have a good conversation with tou-san? I felt a little shy about a solemn conversation between just two people…. I was already a boy of this age, so having a conversation like that with tou-san seemed a little difficult…
(I understand.) After saying that, I returned downstairs—. It was time; the members of the Occult Research Club, the Sitris, Griselda-san and Azazel-sensei had gathered in the basement. Dulio was on guard duty in Heaven, and Ikuse Tobio was on a mission elsewhere so both of them couldn’t come here. The Vali team didn’t come either. Although we called Kuroka and Le Fay, it seemed like they were at Vali’s side…
“……”
Recalling what my parents just said, I was slightly distracted. I obviously chose to pick Ravel up to return here, but I was rather concerned about what my parents said…
“What is it, Ise?”
Noticing that I seemed a bit strange, Azazel-sensei curiously asked me
“Ah, sorry, it’s just something I’m a bit concerned about.”
Perhaps knowing what it was, Rias said
“Did anything happen with your parents?”
As expected of Rias, she really understood me. Sensei exhaled, and then continued
“I was wondering what it was; so you had an argument with your parents? Letting strange things worry you right now will be troublesome. Say it out and you might be able to relax a bit.”
Perhaps that could work. So I told everyone about what happened before. “It’s not a big deal. Although they wanted to go fishing, I declined. I declined because there were other things to be done.”
After hearing what I said, sensei held his hand up to his chin, and then eloquently said
“…Fishing, huh. And together with his son.”
Sensei said to me with a serious expression
“Listen carefully, Ise. Although you can’t do it today, you should go fishing together next time.”
“Eh? Well, of course. That’s what I was planning to do…. What’s with you all of a sudden, sensei?”
Sensei rested his hand on top of my shoulder. “Parents, they won’t stay by your side forever. Someday, they will leave you. So, while they’re still here, you should properly fulfil your responsibility as their child.”
“Ah, yes, I know…”
Rather abruptly, Akeno-san and I looked at each other — she returned a faint smile to me. …My parents won’t always be by my side? That is true; since I have both of my parents, perhaps it could be said that I’m one of the most blessed among everyone else. …I decided that as long as I had time, I would go fishing with tou-san. Occasionally, I also need to spend some quality time with my family! I once again made up my mind. Sensei looked at everyone as he said
“These words, you need to remember them as well Rias.”
“I understand them very well. But, isn’t it about time?”
In response to Rias who calmly answered, sensei sighed. “Really, that’s why I say you young people…you should all get ready.”
Azazel-sensei released light from his hands, and the large transportation magic circle below our feet then glowed. The destination was Ajuka Beelzebub-sama’s location — that was the only way that it could vaguely be explained. After a few seconds, we were surrounded by the light which was emitted from the magic circle, and then transported to our destination—. TN: Where I have dialogue within brackets such as [“WHAT! ?”], it is used to indicate the response of several people at once. When the light disappeared, the place we arrived at was — a sandy beach. That’s right, no matter how one looked at it, it was a beach. The sky above…was very dark. It was night time. The sound of rustling waves echoed over the quiet beach. …In the Underworld, seas didn’t exist. It was difficult to say that it was a huge lake too…. But the sky looked somewhat different from the Underworld. So, it was the human world then…? While I was thinking about that, I saw ‘it’ hanging in the air. —It was something which closely resembled the moon, and there were two of them. In the human world, only one moon was visible in the night sky from Earth. So where was this place…? Everyone noticed that this place was neither the human world nor the Underworld, and began looking around everywhere. “—This place is known as a field which is part of the reproduction of another dimension, [Another World].”
A voice was suddenly heard. Looking over at the direction where the voice came from — there was a man sitting on a chair on a certain side of the beach. It was a man with a bewitching atmosphere — Maou Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. Placed beside Beelzebub-sama was a bed. On top of it there seemed to be someone sleeping there. …The chair and bed which were sitting on the beach seemed rather out of place. Normally speaking, when coming to a beach, shouldn’t it be accompanied by a parasol and deck chairs? …The mysterious feeling really suited this Maou-sama’s unusual taste.