She may warn people a lot and she may give strict opinions, but there are rarely students that oppose her and take her opinion seriously. It seems like she is getting looked after by her senior teachers, and other teachers regard her highly since she is someone who can give her opinion to Azazel-sensei who is so strange. Speaking of teachers…… I then speak the thing that goes through my mind. “Will you take up Sona-kaichou’s offer?”
Yes, Rossweisse-san has received an offer to become a candidate for a teacher in the future at the school that was established by Sona-kaichou. She wants Rossweisse-san as a magic teacher. “I’m still thinking about it. Obviously this isn’t something she’s asking me to decide just in a year or two…… First of all, since we are going to that school soon, I’ve decided to think about it as I observe there.”
Well, I guess so. It will be rude to change her mind after she takes the offer light heartedly. It’s certain that she needs to decide this after she observes the school with her own eyes. But she did also get asked to become the magic teacher from Sairaorg-san, so it proves how high people rate her. “I still don’t know what I am capable of doing, but teaching is something I like doing. No, I came to like it. That’s why I’m looking forward to the upcoming event where we will be helping them.”
Rossweisse-san says that while she smiles. Certainly a lot of things did happen in her life, but it seems like she’s trying to look towards the future as she currently is. “I will also come and discuss with you if something happens. So please feel free to discuss anything with me even if it’s some complaints you have.”
“Then I will have you tag along with my shopping again. Doing 100-yen shopping with you wasn’t bad at all. And it will also become a good excuse towards my grandmother.”
Ahahahaha…… 100-yen shop again, huh…… No, that’s okay. I think it won’t be a bad idea to go watch movies or go somewhere for sightseeing. Oh well, since it seems like she’s enjoying herself, maybe this is okay too? “—There’s not a single thing in which you are inferior to your grandmother.”
—! ……A voice of another person. When I try to look for the one who said that with my eyes, I sense the presence of someone sitting on the chair behind me. ……He came behind me and I didn’t notice him. This feeling clearly doesn’t belong to someone against whom I can let my guard down. Rossweisse-san also becomes alert instantly. When I turn around, the person who is sitting behind me is—a young man with silver hair. A man in a suit with a handsome face. I know him. After all, he’s someone whom I fought in Romania. The man—Euclid Lucifugus, greets us as he smiles. “How do you do, Hyoudou Issei the Sekiryuutei, and also the former Valkyrie Rossweisse.”
……Why on earth is he here!? He showed himself in Tokyo during noon! I want to activate my Sacred Gear, but there are people around me. I can’t start a fight here. I glare at him while being cautious of him. He then chuckles. “I haven’t come here today to see you, Hyoudou Issei. I have business with the person next to you.”
Euclid looks towards Rossweisse-san. He then says it while he put his hand forward. “I will be straightforward. —Rossweisse, will you come to our side?”
—! W-What the heck……! Is he recruiting her!? In a place like this!? And why Rossweisse-san!? Why is he only recruiting Rossweisse-san at a time like this? I have so many questions—and Rossweisse-san’s face turns pale. ……Does she have enough reason for him to recruit her? “—Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is a number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six.”
…………666? Euclid says it while putting his hand on his forehead. “It’s a line from the Apocalypse. ……It sure does give a headache to a Devil if you say the line found in the Bible……”
……Even I got a headache simply by hearing that. A Devil shouldn’t read something like that all of a sudden! Apocalypse…… The one from Book of Revelation that also cites about Great Red huh. Oh yeah, the Trihexa is mentioned there too. He continues while looking at Rossweisse-san in her eyes. “I hear that you wrote a certain essay during your time as student in Asgard. And the title of your essay was “Regarding the Beast of Apocalypse”. ……Seriously? So Rossweisse-san wrote about such things when she was a student back over there huh. —! I then became convinced. It then links with the news of Rossweisse-san being seen at the library that Matsuda and Motohama mentioned. Rossweisse-san was reading books related to the Holy Bible. ……So that’s the reason huh. She most likely remembered about her essay when she heard the name of Trihexa in Romania. Rossweisse-san then says with a shivering voice. “I-I got rid of that because I couldn’t write a proper conclusion. What I submitted was a different essay. ……But why do you people know about it……?”
He puts on a disgusting smirk to her question. “We are the ones that are gathering every single piece of information regarding Trihexa. Even if it’s an essay that had been disposed of in the past, we will go and pick it up even if that place is at the end of the earth.”
Rossweisse-san shakes in fear hearing that. “……I'd spoken a bit about the content of that essay to my roommate back then. Don’t tell me you……!”
He shrugs his shoulders to Rossweisse-san’s question. “We helped ourselves to search through her memories but we only obtained a fraction of the information. That’s why we changed our method to recruit you to our side directly.”
Rossweisse-san puts her right hand forward hearing that. Her eyes are already filled with the will to fight. “……So you people assaulted her? You scum, I will take you down right here—”
Euclid laughs with his nose and looks around the place with his eyes. There are many of those that are looking at us with keen eyes due to us causing some ruckus. ……Fighting here will be a bad idea. Rossweisse-san puts her hand down reluctantly. Yeah, that’s the right decision. If we attack him first, then he won’t hold back on fighting back while dragging the people around us in it. Euclid gets up from his seat and bows his head down to the people around us. “I’m sorry for causing a scene. I will be on my way now.”
As he walks past us, he mutters. “……She’s safe. We didn’t take her as a hostage. Except—”
Euclid strokes Rossweisse-san’s hair with his hand. “I want your ability. You are exceptional. More than you think. —And this beautiful silver hair. It’s exactly like……”
—! My hands move towards him without thinking. Euclid dodges my hand swiftly. “Farewell, Sekiryuutei, Rossweisse. Let’s meet again. Please decide on the answer before then.”
Saying that, Euclid Lucifugus disappears into the crowd of people. I……contacted Rias as soon as I took a breath—. Rossweisse-san and I returned to our house. Its evening and the members of ORC gathered in my room. “……For him to appear in Tokyo.