—…Because I’m always dragging behind, I want to help Ise-san a bit, so all I can do is practice like this. —… Whether or not I’ve become a good buchou, I always feel uneasy…. —Rias-oneesama had her own style as buchou. —Ise-san also hasn’t followed Rias-oneesama’s style of work, you’ve found your own way to perform your Devil’s job. — My good friends and the person that I like already have such notions, so I too — should set that as my goal. The ball that Asia threw drew out a beautiful arc in the air as it went into the hoop, and we scored. I — couldn’t help but give her a thumbs-up. G-G-G-Gooooooooooooaaaaal! !>>
The announcer excitedly yelled out. Wow! W-Who would have thought! At a time so close to the end like this, the Sekiryuutei team was able to score! These three points are extremely valuable! A comeback victory is becoming extremely promising here! No one knows who’ll be standing as the victor in the end, it’s still up in the air!”>>
Cheers could be heard from the venue. I moved closer to Asia and pat her head. “Well done, Asia!”
“Yes! I scored!”
After nearly catching up to them in terms of score, the Angels were probably clenching their teeth in regret. The score was now [144 – 146], a difference of only two points! Although there wasn’t much time left, there was still a hope of winning! I said to Dulio
“You didn’t mark Asia. Don’t underestimate us, Trump Card of Heaven. Our team—”
I looked at my own team and declared
“All of them are trump cards.”
“…You sure can say that.”
Dulio panted as he smiled bitterly. “…I’m sorry, Dulio.”
The Angels who forgot to mark Asia apologised to Dulio, but he shook his head. “It’s fine, it’s also my fault. —Asia-chan also went through that tough year. It’s my mistake for not marking her.”
While we spoke to each other, the announced asked another commentator for their opinion
Fafnir-san! Your master, Asia Argento-senshu just scored a goal! With this, we still have no idea about what could happen in the game…>>
The person in question, Fafnir, appeared to be crying. Uuh, as expected of Asia-tan! That is Asia-tan’s secret technique, Pantsu Shot! I’m so glad to be alive!>>
What! The shot just then had that kind of a name!? ‘Pantsu Shot’! What a strange name…but precisely because of this, the Sekiryuutei team is holding onto the last thread here!>>
That stupid dragon…! He actually gave Asia-chan’s emotional shot such a weird name! All of those feelings have been ruined! —But, I no longer had the energy to get angry at that dragon anymore. The time remaining — was roughly two minutes. We had finally arrived at the last moment. And then, the location of the final goal was projected from the device. “Ise-sama, it’s A1.”
Ravel reported. I also saw it with the device on my wrist. The very last one had actually appeared in a far corner! Holding the ball, we rushed towards the goal. Chasing closely behind us were Dulio and the others. Dulio controlled the weather to blow violent and heavy gales of wind against us! Our weary bodies were blown off the ground by the wind, but we used what was remaining of our strength to move towards the goal! …I was incredibly tired right now, my body was drenched in sweat, and my stamina was at its limit, I didn’t know what else I could do…. Before I even realised it, the edges of my mouth had curled up. For some reason, I was feeling in high spirits despite the situation. Perhaps we would lose like this, or perhaps the ball would be taken from us, but even so, I felt as though I could accept all of this with certainty. It was because none of the people facing me had ‘malice’, and the enemy that I was fighting against was not ‘evil’. No one had to die, and no one was at risk of death. Even though I was clearly so exhausted both physically and mentally, and even though the reincarnated Angels were keeping their eyes on the ball, the closer we got to the goal, the more excited I grew. That’s right, under these circumstances, and in this match, ‘I was enjoying it’—. In the very instant that I realised this. In my mind — I could hear a voice that was singing. This singing voice…I seemed to have heard it somewhere before. It wasn’t the voice of just a single person either. There were two people, two people were singing. I listened to the singing voices of the two people. —Hmm. …Say, Ddraig. This song reverberating in my chest…what is it? In my mind, some kind of lyrics seemed to appear, a song, I could hear the voices of the two people that sung the song…. That’s it, it was the tune that I had heard Ophis and Lilith humming to in the bath. [Yeah, I can also feel it. This is — from Ophis and Lilith in the bath…. No, it’s not just that. Great Red…? Are you there as well?] Yeah, I see. That is—. This was the song that the two of them had performed—. My current self seemed to understand something. And the man standing in front of me — the Trump Card of Heaven blocked my path. “Ise-kun, are you having fun?”
“…Seriously, I wonder why. …Running around back and forth like this…even though I’m dead tired…I’m enjoying it!”
I did a partial Dragon Deification of my left arm, and thrust it towards Dulio! Dulio countered back with a huge ball of fire and a giant spear of ice. “…Hehehe, I see, this might be the first time that I’ve seen Ise-kun make this kind of expression when fighting. Because we haven’t known each other for that long, I could be wrong about it though…”

I used Solid Impact in combination with my left arm that had undergone Dragon Deification to unleash a red and black aura which crushed those! A loud explosion ricocheted across the entire venue, but I didn’t mind all of that as I continued
“I’m enjoying this! From the bottom of my heart, I’m enjoying this battle and this game!”
“Me too! It’s nice to do this occasionally! A serious battle without a single regard for life or death!”
We both used offensive attacks, and then entered a melee battle! Dulio’s twelve feathered wings shone with a golden light, and the golden halo above his head quadrupled! The aura of light enveloping Dulio’s body grew thicker, and colossal spears of light appeared everywhere! The spears of light shot towards me, and in order to respond, I used Crimson Blaster and — my left arm that had undergone Dragon Deification released an enormous Dragon Shot to counterattack! [Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost!!!!!!] [Fang Blast Booster!!!!] The massive attacks that were released by me and Dulio collided in the sky above the empty white space, causing an explosion to erupt in all directions! Remnants of red and gold aura scattered above us in the air! But I didn’t believe that Dulio would give up with just that! “Ooooooooooooohhh!”
The instant that the explosion finished, I charged towards Dulio with no hesitation—. “Haaaaaaaaaaaahhh!”
I didn’t expect that Dulio would also charge straight towards me from the front!