[141] Congratulatory Honeymoon? Or a Battle More Dangerous?
Chapter 141: Congratulatory Honeymoon? Or a Battle More Dangerous?
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Morning birds chirped overhead as I walked through the school gate with a frown of detachnt on my face. Ruby and Tsubasa walked beside , but they didn't bother . I was busy thinking, so I appreciated that.
I'm curious. How did they get in here?
It's one thing to get attacked, and another to get jumped so conveniently and abruptly as it happened with .
Goddess Amaterasu did say that not all of Japan was under the direct dictatorship of Shinto. If not, the devils and fallen angels wouldn't have been camping in Kuoh.
So land-related god politics were going on here that I wasn't aware of, nor did I care about, that was the cause behind this attack.
Obviously, it wasn't the Shinto Pantheon who let the three Nordic Gods inside their own country to wreak havoc, that'd ruin the entire purpose of Amaterasu telling about it from earlier.
It couldn't be the devil faction either. This region's devils are Rias and Sona, and the forr is too much in her female fantasy romance with to do sothing like this. There is a slight chance that it's Sona, but she'd have discussed such a big thing with her big sister first—and Serafall would've had to discuss it with Sirzechs first before proceeding with this since Rias also lives in this area.
I t Sirzechs just half an hour before the attack happened, where he saw my insane potential and power. He practically gave his sister's hand, he wouldn't have done that if he had set up Gods to assassinate half an hour later.
Which left only one candidate behind.
The Fallen Angels.
As I had expected back when Sona told about the Fallen Angel's odd pattern of behavior a few days ago, they have tead up with the Nordic Gods.
It is such a pity that they didn't try their luck to fight with besides the Norse. I'd have loved to eradicate their entire ranks last night. Now, they must be scared of instead. But where will they hide? For how long?
Azazel has made a big mistake this ti, and he should be ready to pay for it.
'It seems I need to skip the beginning classes today.' I walked into the school gate, separated from my sister and cousin, and headed to the Occult Research Club.
I found the door closed, knocking as I waited. Footsteps ca from the other side and the door opened a mont later; instead of the girls, it was Kiba Yuuto today.
He showed an amicable smile when he saw , "Ah, Aquamarine-kun. Fancy seeing you here this early, did the President summon you?"
"She didn't," I showed him a polite smile. "But I do have so business with her, as well as the Student Council President. It's about the Fallen Angels, as well as about the Nordic Invaders last night. I'm unsure if you guys know about this."
Kiba blinked and then frowned, "Co in, I'll call the president and bring Sona-san here." I'm glad he was quick-witted on the danger.
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When I finally sat down with Rias, her brother, as well as Sona's sister, joined us in this eting. As they should—being Satans in charge of this area, it's an insult to have an enemy faction co raid my house right under their nose.
"It's obviously the Fallen Angels," Sona fixed her glasses behind which a frown hid. "Issei-kun from my peerage has been dealing with Azazel of the Fallen Faction for a few months now. Ah, right," she looked at . "I'm assuming you don't know how we operate. As devils, we take commissions from human patrons to garner demonic energy by completing the tasks."
"And Azazel has been pretending to be a normal middle-aged man for the last two months," Serafall followed. She had her eyes on the smartphone in her hand, a frown of disbelief on her hand, before she showed the phone to Sirzechs beside her who took a look with surprised eyes. She let him take a longer look and turned to . "Sona told about it before, I told her to rest assured as he wasn't making any moves, he might just have been here for a vacation. Plus, we were not sure from the beginning if it was Azazel. I am sorry, we should have dealt with him from the mont we found out."
"No, it's fair to not engage him when he wasn't showing any hostility," I looked at her and said, "I hope to deal with him as soon as possible, however."
"We shall," Sirzechs put the phone on the table and looked at . "But before that, will you brief us on what happened last night with the Nordic Gods?"
"I wish to ask the sa thing," Serafall said. "Once again, it's our incompetence that we didn't notice Bifrost firing into our area, we had no idea about this incident until you told us about it today. But with your source to work with, I've confird that the Nordic Gods have indeed invaded Kuoh last night, but," she once again took a look at her smartphone, her eyes registering the text for a long while, before she looked up at , "Did you really... kill Odinson Thor?"
Every head in the room snapped to look at . To start, the room was filled with all of Rias' peerage, and a part of Sona's peerage. Issei Hyuudo wasn't here, so I failed to see his reaction, but the others' looks were pleasing enough. Despite how old I am and having experienced similar scenes a thousand tis before, this look of absolute surprise which shattered the idea of being the underdog in a situation still pleased my heart to this day.
But of course, it's an incredible feeling when the world recognizes your worth.
Rias' surprise turned into a happy grin a second later, won loved it when their man turned out to be greater than they showed, while Sona began to sweat. Sona and her little peerage had picked a fight with just a couple of days ago, she must feel lucky that I wasn't angry that day. Her Queen, Tsubaki Shinra, who stood behind her couch placed a hand on her chest and sighed in relief. She was glad for the sa reason Sona was scared—that her little mischief with hadn't caused the end of her peerage.
Of Sona's peerage, only one other reaction stood out. Loup Garou, the Werewolf. His fingers twitched, and due to his default expressionless face, I failed to pinpoint exactly why. I sensed excitent, fear, and a little rage? Odd.
Ah, and, while Issei wasn't here, his good friend Saji was. He, who was a part of Rias' peerage now, stood with his fists and jaws clenched, and head down. Nobody else but Koneko noticed it, and I let him be. I couldn't be bothered with a weakling at this ti.
"Aqua!" Perhaps Rias felt a need to show off as she got off her couch and jumped into my arms. I was wondering why she hadn't sat on my side from the get-go today, perhaps my serious expression scared her earlier. "I was so worried earlier when you ntioned the attack, but you killed Thor! That's incredible! Won't you tell what happened exactly?!"
I endured her attention-seeking behavior because she's cute, and nodded. "Well, after I left the Clubroom yesterday..."
I narrated the story briefly, though I didn't bother to ntion all the events, such as when I connected with two Icons at once. I finished the story with how Bifrost opened another ti to take away Baldur and Vidar back to Asgard.
I kept it short. There was no need to give them too many details; even the Shinto Gods who watched the battle from heaven yesterday didn't get to see everything. They caught the important events, such as connecting to two Icons, but that was not a harmful thing. It didn't damage to show off my extraordinary talents, at this point I had few things to hide.
"Aha," Sirzechs sounded impressed. "That's incredible. I congratulate you on your victory, it's a grand achievent. I think you can already guess, but don't worry about Norse coming to your tail anyti soon anymore. If they had the luxury to do so, they would have done it last night."
"That's what I thought," I nodded.
"This is incredible though, as he said," Serafall gave a seductive smile. "Now I'm starting to get serious about that marriage thing, I doubt I'll find a better husband. Do we hold a proper honeymoon to establish the marriage?"
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