[I want to enrol in this school!] There are innocent wishes written there. Symbols and pictures I can’t even call good. They must have drawn what they thought while they experienced the experience day. ……I can’t keep back my feelings when I see this. It makes me feel that I need to protect this place even more. It feels as if everyone’s spirit has increased by seeing this. Then I sense several people approaching us. Men that are wearing soldiers' armour walk in front of us. Judging from their faces, they don’t seem like soldiers. Don’t tell me they are……
Kiba then says. “……They are the children’s fathers and brothers.”
Yes, they are the children’s dads. Everyone looks like they have resolved themselves. The dads take a step and say —
“We too will fight.”
“There are only few people of this town that can fight and I also heard that soldiers aren’t stationed here.”
“Having even a single more person must be better. There must definitely be things where we can also contribute besides fighting.”
“There may be residents that haven’t escaped yet.”
Like they said, we are the only combatants. So we won’t be able to take that much action. And if there really are residents who have yet to escape to safety, then it makes me wonder if we can even handle that as well. Koneko-chan who uses senjutsu said that it became harder for her to sense delicate presence ever since the cross of fire surrounded the town. Koneko-chan said that maybe those purple flame pillars are interfering with her ability to search…… Because of that, there may be residents she couldn’t find. Rias says it with a stern look. “However, even if our opponents are mass-produced enemies, they are still Evil Dragons. They are not enemies we can take lightly. The legendary Evil Dragons will also be here. —This will be a battle to the death.”
She’s right. Our enemies are the terrorists. On top of that, they are the wicked herds of Evil Dragons—. We can’t guarantee our lives. We are going to fight while having our lives on the line as well. Their will to fight doesn’t even waver after they heard Rias, and instead, they smiled. “Even so, please allow us to fight, Princess Rias.”
“Mere Devils like us possibly can’t say something bold like we will protect Agreas and this town.”
“That’s why we will fight with one thing in our minds which is to protect this school.”
“This school which is like the children’s dream became our hope as well. That’s enough reason for us to risk our lives.”
……They are planning to put their lives on the line. For their children’s dreams. For their family’s hope. They are saying they will fight while risking their lives for them. —While they put on a great smile. Rias keeps down her feelings and puts on a strong smile. “……Looks like you won’t listen even if I say anything. Fine, but you have to promise me one thing.”
Rias looks around and says it strongly. “All of you absolutely can’t die. All of you need to watch over your children’s future. That’s the reason why this school was built.”
“ “ “ “ “ “Understood!” ” ” ” ” ”
The dads roar with high spirits. If they are willing to do this much, then we must protect this school at all costs. No, this is the obvious thing to do. We will defend this place without having a single casualty……! We—then prepare for the battle to defend in a do-or-die spirit. What we see in the sky is a herd of black creatures. The black Evil Dragons continue to stay in the air as they surround the town. So those guys will attack all at once when the time comes huh. I can only feel chills when I think about it. More than a hundred of them. The number far exceeds the number of mass-produced Dragons that showed up in Romania. They destroyed the town back then while having way less numbers of them. Even the brave dads are pushed back after seeing the herds of Evil Dragons. We exit the school campus, and we have a final confirmation before we head to our position. Sona-kaichou who came up with the plan takes a step forward and then says. “From here, we will have this school as the centre point and spread out to all directions just like in the plan. Please stay in pairs most of the time and take down the enemies.”
We will scatter while having the school as the centre point to take down the Evil Dragons that are flying. These are the pairings. “King” Rias + “Knight” Bennia. “Knight” Kiba + “Queen” Shinra-fukukaichou. “Knight” Xenovia + “Rook” Yura. “Queen” Akeno-san + “Knight” Meguri-san. Ace Irina + “Bishop” Hanakai-san. “Rook” Rugal-san + “Bishop” Kusaka-san. “Pawn” Saji + “Rook” Koneko-chan. “Pawn” Hyoudou Issei (Me) + “Pawn” Nimura-san. It’s basically firepower + defending or supporting. It’s formed in a way where both the vanguard and rearguard are active. Sona-kaichou and Gya-suke will take base at the school’s courtyard. Gasper will turn into darkness-mode while mass producing his beasts and the plan is to send them to all directions under Kaichou’s command. We will have the reinforcement dads go around the houses and have them check if there are any residents left behind. Of course they will have to withstand to some degree the Evil Dragons' onslaught if they attack them. Though we are trying our best to have them not overdo it. In terms of battling, they are much inferior compared to us. It will be better to have them not battle as much as possible and instead avoid it. Kaichou then says it to me. “Ise-kun, please bring it out.”
I nod and make my familiar appear. My familiar—Skithblathnir. It originally was the size of a model toy—but what appears from the magic-circle is Ryuuteimaru which is the size of a boat. Rias then tells Asia. “Asia, you will get on this to move around the battlefield.”
“Yes!”
The current Ryuuteimaru has quite the speed. It isn’t as fast as Kiba, but it’s possible to close the distance instantly if its a short distance. “A Healer that moves through the battlefield will become an easy target, so like we planned, the one that will guard her is—”
Rias looks towards Rossweisse-san. Rossweisse-san takes a step forward. “Yes, it will be me. I will support everyone from the rear and attack while becoming Asia-san’s shield.”
She’s fit for the role. She will guard Asia by using defensive magic, and if she is going well, she can attack the enemy by doing a long-range attack from the top of Ryuuteimaru. Since she doesn’t need to move herself, she can use her stamina for attacking instead. “…………”
Kiba who is putting on a hard expression appears in my sight. ……He still doesn’t have full control of Gram. He’s still yet to try out the method of covering it with the holy-demonic sword. If that happens, this guy might overdo it. He isn’t someone who will listen to what we say. I then whisper in Shinra-fukukaichou’s ear who is Kiba’s pairing partner. (Fukukaichou, Kiba may overdo it, so please be alert and watch over him. He may wield Gram while trimming away his life. If it becomes serious, can you please stop him?)