I am a Knight that is supposed to support the girls but I cannot save a single girl from our group…..
That’s why I’m thinking of protecting them by wielding my sword. That is the best thing I can currently do for the girls. We arrived in front of the door where Akeno-san is in and I knock on the door. There is no response from the inside. Barakiel-san and I open the door and enter. There was no light inside and it is dark. Akeno-san is sitting on the sofa located in the corner of the room with hollow eyes. Barakiel-san took a step and shakes his daughters shoulder. “…..Akeno.”
Maybe it is because she heard the voice of her father but she finally responds for the first time. “…..Tou…..-sama……”
She mumbles while confirming her father’s face. Barakiel-san just nods silently and hugs Akeno-san. “I heard the story.”
Hearing that, Akeno-san got her emotions back and puts her face on her father’s chest. “Tou-sama…….I…..”
Her voice is mixed with tears. Barakiel-san gently pats his daughter’s head. “You can cry right now. Your father will be here until you stop. But you are the Queen of the Gremory group, which is turning into a representative of all the young Devils. You have to use that power for the Underworld soon.”
“……Sob…Ise…..Why…..”
Akeno-san cries within his arms. ….......If Barakiel-san is here then Akeno-san might recover a bit. I will be a nuisance if I stay any longer. Sensing that, I quietly left the room. While returning to the floor I had been on before, I passed someone I knew. “—Saji-kun.”
“Yo, Kiba.”
“What brings you here?”
“Well, Kaichou came to see how Rias-senpai is doing. So I came to escort her. We met with people from the house of Phoenix on our way.”
“I see. Thank you.”
So Kaichou also came to see Buchou’s well being. I then walk along with Saji-kun. He then says it with resolved eyes. “Kiba, I’m planning to participate in this case. I’m going to protect the civilians living in town.”
-! It looks like the Sitri group also stood up for the Underworld’s crisis. Youths with power are being summoned. There is no doubt that the Great-King Bael group and Archduke Agares will be dispatched as well. It wouldn’t be weird if the Sitri group were to be dispatched as well. Naturally we will also have to participate as youths that have power. “We are also planning to join with you afterwards.”
I say that but Saji-kun asks me with concern. “…..Are Rias-senpai and the others able to fight?”
…..It will be natural to feel that way knowing the situation of Buchou and others right now. He knows it. He knows that we won’t be able to fight properly with the current situation. Even so, we must go. “We have to fight. All the Devils that have powers are summoned to it. We are Devils who have powers. ---We have to do it.”
“Yeah you are right.”
Saji-kun puts on a smile but then puts on a serious face. “Do you know the one who killed Hyoudou?”
Saji-kun asks with eyes full of intensity. “I do, but he’s no longer in this World. -He must have been defeated by Ise-kun.”
Yes, there is no way that Ise-kun couldn’t finish off Shalba. Even if he received the poison of Samael, he definitely must have eliminated Shalba. I believed that without the slightest of doubts. Saji-kun’s eyes shake for a moment with my answer. “Yeah. Striking back when getting hit. No. There’s no way he would lose. He died after winning, right? There’s no way he would lose! ?”
Saji-kun had lots of tears flowing out of his eyes and he seems really mortified. Saji-kun says it with a vigorous expression. “So the guy who killed him is already gone. Then I just have to beat the Khaos-Brigade, which was the group that the guy who killed him belonged to.”
“Saji-kun. You…..”
“He was my aim. I was able to work this hard because of him. I was able to do well in the match against Agares as well….! I was able to endure any type of hard training because he was also the same “Pawn” as me who was nearby!”
……He has been running after Ise-kun’s back. For Saji-kun, Ise-kun who became a Devil at the same time as himself was a big existence to him. Saji-kun then spits out words of hatred. “I won’t forgive those guys who took away my aim and killed my friend! I will burn all of them with the flame of Vritra….! My flame is a cursed black-flame that won’t disappear even if I die. I will take down their lives even at the cost of my own…..!”
Saji-kun is emitting an intense aura from his body. He is keeping down his power which seems like it will explode now. “I will be troubled if you die, Saji.”
When I turned around Sona-kaichou is standing there. “Kaichou.”
“Saji. I can understand you becoming emotional but I will be troubled if you die. ---If you are going to do it, burn your opponents while you stay alive.”
Saji-kun wiped his tears with his sleeve at her words and then nods his head. “Yes!”
Sona-kaichou then looks at me. “We will pardon ourselves here. We were given an order from Serafall Levithian to go to the capital of Maou territory, Lilith, to protect the city and evacuate the civilians.”
Since strong people with the power of Ultimate-class Devils are being dispatched to take care of the gigantic-monsters, the governments are making the skilled youths evacuate civilians and protect the cities. “So have you met with Buchou?”
She nods slowly at my question. “She’s keeping herself in her room. She won't respond even if I talk to her.”
……So it was no good even with Sona-kaichou who is her best friend. “But I called someone who is the most suitable at a time like this.”
“Most suitable?”
I asked her doubtfully but she makes a shallow smile. She doesn’t tell me who that person is…….. Who did she call? When I returned to the floor, the television was showing the circumstances of the capital. They were continuing the evacuations. Lots of people are being lead to safety by the soldiers. Then the children at the capitals were shown. The woman reporter asks one of the children. [I’m okay! Oppai-Dragon will come and defeat that monster for us!] The child answers the question with a big smile. He is holding onto a toy of “Oppai Dragon”. Then lots of voices and energetic faces appear on the screen. [Yeah! Oppai-Dragon will defeat them!] [Oppai! Oppai!] Without showing any anxiety, they just believe that the Oppai-dragon will come to save them. [Come quickly Oppai-Dragon!] Seeing them in high spirits, I covered my mouth……to desperately stop the feeling I am keeping within me. ….Can you see, Ise-kun? The appearance of the children who are waiting for you…… They aren’t even showing a single thread of anxiety. They believe that you will come and save them…… Then you have to come back……! You have to be here……! Why can’t you go to them…!? You are their hero……! Please answer them Ise-kun. You can’t betray them……! “The children of the Underworld are stronger than we think.”
-! A sudden voice. That man is already standing next to me. “You are! ?”
“Hyoudou Issei has put something very precious inside the children’s hearts.