“T-That’s true. Even I was excited and couldn’t sleep the first time I slept together with Buchou and Asia. Having boys and girls of the same age sleep in the same room does that, you know?”
“I-I see. So this is natural, huh? But, Asia is amazing. She seems to be sleeping so peacefully.”
“It’s because Asia…is always sleeping with me and Buchou at home. She was embarrassed at the beginning, but now she’s used to it. Having Asia lying down next to me gives me great peace of mind.”
“…Ise-san, please don’t leave me…Munya…”
Asia murmured in her sleep…
“Fufufu, I understand the reason why Ise and Buchou think that Asia is cute.”
Xenovia said that while giving a wry smile. Right? Asia’s cuteness is the best. And then, before I knew it, my consciousness also slipped away…and I gave myself into the night. It was the evening of the next day and I was wearing the summer uniform of Kuou Academy while waiting in the parlour. Because today was the night of the party, after all. I had slept for a full half-day today. Thanks to that, I felt like I had greatly recovered from all my built up fatigue. It had been a long time since I had last worn this uniform. That's because until recently I had only worn my jersey. It really did fit quite nicely. Just in case, I also wore an armband that had the Gremory pattern inscribed on it. With this, it seems like I was okay for the party. The girls had been taken away by all the maids, saying that it would take some time for them to get ready. Hmm, Kiba and Gasper had also gone off somewhere for some kind of business…
“Hyoudou?”
When I turned to look towards the familiar voice—Saji was there. Why was Saji here!? “Saji, why are you here?”
“Ah, Kaichou will be going to the meeting place along with Rias-senpai and I followed her here. So, Kaichou went to meet with senpai and after that I inevitably ended up wandering aimlessly around the mansion, until I arrived here.”
This main residence really is wide inside as well, after all. So he arrived here after losing his way. Saji took a seat a little bit away from me and spoke while wearing a serious expression. “The game will be taking place very soon now.”
“Yeah.”
“I trained.”
“Me too. I was chased around by a dragon on a mountain every day.”
“I-Is that so? You’ve had a hard lifestyle as usual. Well, I also did an extremely hard menu.”
I see. He also put forth great effort in his training. Naturally, it will affect our masters’ victory or defeat. I also had a strong fighting spirit. Saji spoke while scratching his cheek. “Hyoudou. Do you remember the time when the young devils gathered a month ago?”
“Yeah. What about it?”
“We were serious then….M-My…d-dream is to become a teacher!”
All of a sudden, Saji said that with a red face. “Teacher? What will you teach?”
Even though he was flushed red, Saji answered my question sincerely. “Kaichou is trying to establish a Rating Game specialty school in the Underworld. It isn’t an ordinary school. It’s an open school for anyone and that accepts devils regardless of whether they are high-class or low-class, aristocrat or commoner. I heard from Kaichou that things like discrimination and traditions have been softened in the devil industry little by little, but there is still a part at the root of it all that refuses to accept these changes. That’s why the current Rating Game School only accepts high-class devils from aristocratic families. The games have to be equal for everyone—. This is what the present Maou-samas have decided. Though it’s equal, the path of the games is far for low-class devil commoners. That’s strange, right? Though even a non-aristocratic devil may be promoted to a high-level devil depending on the method. The possibility shouldn’t be zero!”
Along with being surprised, I also admired the serious opinions of Saji. This guy looks seriously towards the future in his own way, huh. “Kaichou has told me that she wants to do something about that. That she wants to teach so that even low-class devils can participate in the games. That’s why she’ll make a school that anyone can enter in the Underworld! Kaichou is even studying in the human world as well for the sake of that! To give a chance to the ones who never got into the spotlight! Even if it’s just by 1%! Even if it’s almost zero! As long as it’s not zero, one might be able to become a high-class devil! Hyoudou! Even we believe in that possibility and try to become high-class devils, right?”
“Yes, that’s exactly it.”
That’s right. I had set my sights on becoming a high-class devil. Even if the possibility is zero, I have the fighting spirit to make it 100%. Saji made a declaration while raising his fist. “T-That’s why, I will work as a teacher there. I’ll study a lot, fight in a lot of games, and store up various things. I’ll become a teacher who teaches about [Pawns] with that. Kaichou also said that she wants to help me. Even someone like me may be able to become a school teacher…I-I’ve only done stupid things in the past. I've also caused trouble for my parents and was disliked by the people around me. But, if it’s Kaichou, I can see a dream! I will stay by Kaichou’s side and help her for life! Kaichou’s dream is my dream!”
Saji spoke while feeling embarrassed. “Hehehe. I kept the fact that I became a devil secret from my mother, but even so she cried when I told her about my future dream. [You, become a teacher!] She may have said that because it doesn’t suit me. But, it wasn’t bad, the relieved face of my mother.”
So that was Saji’s dream. It’s a different path from me. Since we’re the same [Pawns], I had thought we might be the same, but people really are respectively different after all. He has his own dream. I wanted to become independent of my master in the future and had set my own goal. He intends to serve his master his whole life. Even if we became devils at the same time, the paths we aim for are truly different. I felt that there was something a little miraculous about such a simple thing. “I think that’s a wonderful goal, Saji. Become a good teacher.”
“Yeah, it’s also for the sake of that goal that we have to beat you guys this time!”
“Ah, I see. Then, it’s no good. Since we’re the ones who are going to win!”
“No, it’s us. Since we acted so stupidly before, we have to prove ourselves with our results.”
Though we laughed at the same time, his eyes were serious. He won’t back down. However, a teacher, huh? I suddenly remembered Azazel-sensei, but… well; this guy would never be like that, as expected. “By the way, Saji.”
“What is it?”
I poked the air with my finger. “It seems a woman’s nipple is like a buzzer when poked.”
“…W-What’s with that?”
Oh, Saji was listening with apparent interest. As expected, he really is a lewd person just like me! “I heard about it from Azazel-sensei, that the possibilities of breasts are infinite. It might not be good to go on to the next world with not only lacking the experience of rubbing them, but also of doing other things like poking them.