Though I am called a weirdo along with my brother.”
Le Fay made a bitter smile like that and goes to another room along with Xenovia and Irina. But Ex-Durandal that will have all of the Excalibur in it! Until now it was only equipped with 6 of them! Even I can’t imagine how it will turn out! Sensei then knocks his knees. “Now Rias. We will think about the plan to escape from here. Our aim is to escape from here along with Ophis and having all of us get out of here alive.”
“Yes. That would be obvious.”
The two tacticians smiled and it became strategy time. Yes. We will definitely escape from here with all of us still alive! While Rias, Sensei and Akeno-san make a plan in the room I was in before, I’m on my way to Kuroka’s room to see how she is doing. Her wounds have healed but she’s still resting on the bed. According to Le Fay, Kuroka was on the lookout to make sure nobody would be after Ophis so she has been on alert this whole time. Because of that, her stamina and mind were drained much more than she thought. That’s why she hasn't fully recovered even though her wounds were healed. Right now, Ravel is looking after Kuroka. Naturally it should be Ravel, who is a guest, that should be escaping from here first. But she chose to stay here because she was worried about Koneko-chan and Kuroka. “I’m also a member of the immortal house of Phoenix. I won’t die that easily.”
That’s how she responded. That’s why it ended up being Xenovia and Irina escaping from here. As expected from someone from the immortal family. She sure has guts. That’s also why we need to protect this girl along with everyone else. “…..How is it?”
I asked Kuroka who is laying down on the bed. Kuroka put on a naughty smile. “Ara. Sekiryuutei-chin. You are so kind to come and see me –nyan.”
“Well you did save my comrade, Koneko-chan after all.”
“It was just a coincidence –nyan.”
That coincidence was an action taken before you shouted your sister’s name out. She saved Koneko-chan from danger by risking her life. Next to the bed, Koneko-chan is sitting on a chair looking down. “……Why?”
Koneko-chan mumbled and then suddenly got up and shouted. “Why did you save me!? I was supposed to be like a tool to you, right Nee-sama!”
“I wonder. I don’t quite understand –nyan.”
“Please don’t play with me! ……That time you left me behind. Do you know how many horrible things the people around me said to me……. Even during the party in the Underworld you tried to take me away by force……”
Koneko-chan who usually didn’t speak that much was releasing all the things she had built up inside her. “I can’t understand you Nee-sama………!”
Saying that, Koneko-chan leaves the room! “Koneko-chan!”
I tried to go after her but Kuroka stops me by pulling my sleeve. “Rest assured. I will go after her.”
Just saying that, Ravel went after Koneko-chan. I have been making Ravel take care of many things, but I think there are things only she can do because they are in the same class. I sat down on the chair where Koneko-chan had been sitting before and then asked Kuroka. “……Hey Kuroka. What happened at your previous master’s place?”
“Nothing. I just killed him because he was a detestable bastard –nyan.”
Saying that, Kuroka stopped smiling and put on a serious face. “Nekoshou….. He became a nuisance because he took too much interest in our powers. Putting me aside, if my previous stupid master were to have asked Shirone to use sennjutsu, she would have used it without hesitation and her powers would have gone berserk. –She is an honest girl after all.”
Kuroka who just said that has some kindness in her eyes right now. “Anyway he was focused on increasing the ability of his servants, and made us go through things forcefully. Having his servants go through that is one thing but he also tried to forcefully strengthen his servants's family –nyan.”
The reason why Kuroka became a wanted person. That’s because she killed her master. Why did she do that. That’s because……..
“…..Did you save Koneko-chan from him? The reason why you tried to take her away at the Underworld forcefully is so she could get away from “power”. ……It’s because I’m a Sekiryuutei who attracts powers…….”
She has evil intentions. She has the heart of a naughty child. I can tell she is someone who does the things she feels like doing. But I started to think that that isn’t the only side of her after spending time with her for the past several days. “……I like fooling around you know? I also like using my powers. I also love entertaining things. I am a stray cat after all –nyan. It’s better to wander around how I feel like with comrades who I can relate to. But Shirone is different. She suits being a house cat. That is why Sekiryuutei—chan.”
Kuroka says it to me with serious eyes. “I don’t care even if you become a mass of powers, but I want you to become an idiotically honest Heavenly-dragon just like Vali. If that happens, that girl will also become idiotically happy.”
……I see. It can't be helped that you are a naughty cat. The bad cat of the Vali team. There are parts of you that like being drunk with your own sennjutsu power. And you probably also love fighting too. But your little sister…… You also like Koneko-chan like before as well, right? “……. You are more clumsy than me.”
When I said that with a bitter smile, Kuroka made a weird face and looked to the side. “I don’t want to hear that from a power idiot like you –nyan. Even if I look like this, I am a Wizard-type that consumed 2 Bishop pieces you know? –Well this discussion is over. I’m going to sleep –nyan. Or do you want to do baby making with me right now –nyan? You are a horrible Heavenly-Dragon who wants to forcefully try to make love to a woman who is injured nya.”
“I would love to! No, that’s not what I mean idiot! Get some rest. Now is not the time for it.”
I will have her rest until the battle starts. Kuroka’s ability will become very useful for the upcoming battle. I got up from the chair and tried to leave the room. “……..Thank you, Sekiryuutei-chan.”
I turned around after she said that, but she is acting as if she didn’t say anything and is sleeping. After checking Kuroka out, I was walking towards the room where “that” guy was resting. When I got inside the room, Vali had his upper body up and was laying down. His wounds are healed thanks to Asia, but his face looks awfully bad. He is breathing violently and he seems to be enduring great pain. The curse of Samael must be circulating throughout his body. ……It is my first time seeing him like this and I don’t want to see him like this either. “……I never thought you would take that much damage from one attack.”
When I said that, he makes a bitter smile. “Seems like I showed something unpleasant. I came here to take down Cao Cao. But I ended up like this.”
“It means that that’s how insane the Dragon-Eater Samael’s curse is. I didn’t think you would go down without doing anything.”
There seriously wasn’t anything we could do.