I will lend you guys my Dragon's power. Then can I call my partner for this cooperation, then?”
I got my phone out and called Kiba. “……I understand the situation.”
Kiba put his mouth on the coffee after he made a sigh. We called Kiba to the family restaurant. [I’m with those two Excalibur wielders. I want you to come here as well Kiba.] When I said that, he came here without any complaint. “To tell the truth, I feel unsatisfied when the wielders of the Excaliburs are giving me the permission to destroy it.”
“That’s a rough way to speak. If you were a “Stray-Devil”, I would have cut you down without any time to spare.”
Kiba and Xenovia glared at each other. Hey, hey. Let’s not fight before the co-operation strategy. “So you do hold a grudge regarding the “Holy-sword Project”. Against the church and the Excaliburs.”
Kiba sharpened his eyes at Irina’s words. “Obviously.”
He replied with a low and cold voice. “But Kiba-kun. Thanks to that project, the research on holy-sword users showed results. That’s why it created people like Xenovia and I who can synchronise with the holy swords.”
“Do you think it’s a forgiving act to kill all the test subjects because the project was thought to be a failure?”
Kiba looked at Irina with eyes filled with hatred. Certainly killing them is cruel. It’s too cruel. I think that it’s an inhuman act for those who believe in God. Even Irina didn’t know how to respond. Then Xenovia spoke,
“That incident also became one of the worst cases among us and people felt disgusted about it. The person in charge of that project at that time was said to have a problem with his belief. So he was charged with heresy. Now he’s one of those people on the Fallen-Angels side.”
“On the Fallen-Angel’s side? What’s the name of that person?”
Kiba took interest and asked Xenovia. “……Balba Galilei. The man who is called the “Genocide Archbishop”.”
Balba. So that’s the name of Kiba’s enemy. “………If I go after Fallen-Angels, then can I reach him……”
Kiba’s eye had the colour of a new determination. Just knowing his target was a big step for him. “Then it looks like I have to share information as well. The other day I was attacked by a person who had the Excalibur. At that time, he killed a priest. The one who was killed is probably from your organisation.”
[!] Everyone became surprised. Obviously! I never thought that Kiba would have been involved before us! So why was he quiet about it the whole time? I’m sure that he had something in his mind. “The name of that person is Freed Zelzan. Does this name sound familiar?”
Freed! That shit priest! I remember him very well. He’s the crazy priest from the previous incident! He was still in this town!? Xenovia and Irina both made sharp eyes at Kiba’s words. “I see. So it’s him.”
“Freed Zelzan. Former exorcist of the Vatican. The genius who became an exorcist at the age of 13. He had lots of big achievements because he kept on eliminating Devils and mystical beasts.”
“But he overdid it. He even killed his allies. Freed never had any beliefs towards our God from the start. The only thing he had was fighting instinct and killing intent towards monsters. And an abnormal obsession for battles. It was a matter of time that he’d be charged for heresy.”
Aaah. So you guys also have had problems with him. I understand that feeling. “Is that so? Freed used the Excalibur he stole to kill our fellow followers. For us to pay the price because the disposal group couldn’t take care of him that time.”
Xenovia said it with hatred. Freed sure is hated by lots of people. Well obviously. “Anyways, let’s move onto the cooperation strategy.”
Xenovia took out a pen and used it to write on a memo pad. She gave us her contact details. “If something happens, call this number.”
“Thanks. Then we should also……”
“We already received Ise-kun’s number from oba-sama.”
“Are you serious!? Mum!? She gave it without my permission! ?”
She told her son’s number without my permission. [Why don’t you call him?] She probably gave her my number like that because we are childhood friends! “Then that’s it then. I’ll repay you for the meal another time, “Sekiryuutei” Hyoudou Issei.”
Xenovia got up after saying that. “Thanks for the meal, Ise-kun! Treat me again next time as well! Even if you are a Devil, God will allow it if it’s Ise-kun who treats me to a meal! It’s okay if it’s food!”
Irina thanked me while giving me a wink. Is it alright for your religious belief to be like that? We sent the two of them off, and we all gave out a deep breath. Fuuuu. It somehow went smoothly. I thought it was a reckless plan, but it was easier than I thought. I felt chills when I thought that I might have gotten cut down by the Excaliburs if I’d failed in the negotiation. It could have been the trigger for the war between the Devils and people from God’s side…… That was quite a bold move for me. “……Ise-kun. Why did you do this?”
Kiba asked me quietly. He was certainly wondering why I was helping him out with his revenge. “Well, we are comrades. And we belong to the same group. And you helped me out before as well. It’s not like I’m trying to repay you, but I thought I would give you a hand this time.”
“If I act by myself, then I would cause trouble for Buchou. That’s also the reason, right?”
“Of course. Buchou would get sad if you were to go around in a rampage. Well, the fact that I made this plan by myself will cause trouble to Buchou as well. But it’s better than you becoming an “exiled”, right? Well it turned out to be a success, since we made an agreement with those guys from the Church.”
Kiba still didn’t look satisfied. Ummm, he’s quite hard to deal with. Then Koneko-chan spoke. “……Yuuto-senpai. I would get lonely…if senpai disappeared.”
Koneko-chan put on a sad face. She is usually unemotional, so the sudden change had a lot of impact on all the guys here. “……I will help you……that’s why please don’t go.”
…Koneko-chan’s appeal. Oh crap. Even if she wasn’t saying it to me I felt my heartbeat go up. Aaah, I definitely can’t betray our group. If a kohai (junior) says that to me, I definitely can’t rebel! Kiba seemed troubled, but then put on a smiley face. “Hahaha. I give up. If Koneko-chan says that to me, then I can’t do reckless things. Okay. I will work with you. Thanks to Ise-kun, I know who my true enemy is. But since we are doing this, we are definitely going to defeat the Excalibur. “
Oh! Kiba was eager to do this as well now! Koneko-chan smiled because she felt relieved. Crap! You look so cute Koneko-chan! I felt my heartbeat go up even though I’m not a lolicon! “Okay! Now we have formed the group to destroy the Excalibur! Let’s defeat the stolen Excalibur and that shit Freed!”
I was all pumped! Okay! We are going to go like this! I think we can do it if it’s me, Kiba and Koneko-chan! No, we can do it! Wait for us Excalibur, Freed! But there was one guy who wasn’t that eager to do it. “……Ummm, do I have to do it as well?”
Saji asked us while he put his hand up.