Talking over lunch that day, in which Baraqiel and Raynare also participated, it was decided that the girls would move into the new building, which was a replica of Drako's previous ho, while the boys would live in the apartnt building. The exception to this was Drako, who also slept in the new building.
Drako could not have been more grateful to have his imperial-sized bed back. Kuroka, Valina, Akeno, and Shirone slept with him daily, and even Mordred had joined the night group. In one of the continuous rooms, Natsu and Lavinia slept, and in the other Valerie slept.
Kouki Sajima had been released from the hospital five days later, so he was back in the apartnts. To that day, he was the only one living there. He had not yet fully recovered from his injuries and depended on crutches for his daily life. In a short ti, it was said that he would return to his normal life.
Drako was quick to offer him a position at Akatsuki, which Kouki accepted without hesitation.
He knew that he could no longer live a normal life, and it would not be long before he would be haunted again unless he obtained sothing or soone to back him up.
"You were safe, Ikuse!"
Ten days had passed since the "final battle" against the Utsusemi Agency.
Tobio, who had just returned to the apartnt building after being discharged, was being jokingly beaten by Kouki's crutch. Next to him was his childhood friend, Sae Toujou. Like Kouki, Sae had not fully recovered and was still using the wheelchair.
"That you didn't choose to leave those mories behind... although it would usually be the nicest choice. Isn't that hard?" Natsu talked to Sae.
Unlike Sae, Natsu and Sajima's friends had been sealed off. They were still unconscious during the progress, so it had been the decision of the now mbers of Akatsuki to erase their mories of the incident.
Thus, of the forr second-year students of the Ryoukou School, except for those with Sacred Gears, Sae was the only one who was aware of the truth of the entire affair.
"Uh-uh- After all, Jin-chan is so cute."
Sae responded as such, as Jun, who had transford into a big dog, was licking her cheeks. For Jin, who had undergone such major changes, it was not that he had beco more emotionally attached to Sae instead of Tobio, but rather that it was only an illusion caused by the fact that he had allowed himself to be spoiled by her.
Unlike the transford Jin, the Sacred Gears of Natsu and Kouko - Griffon and Byakusa - had once again taken on the appearance of a hawk and a cat, respectively. They probably adopted their previous forms for convenience in everyday life.
Seeing that Natsu had arrived, Kouki smiled bitterly.
"However, you cannot possibly say that with that appearance, can you?"
As for what Natsu was wearing, it was a uniform supplied by Azazel's organization, Grigori.
Using blue as its basic shade, the design took so small deviations when compared to the typical high school uniform.
This was the sa uniform that Raynare wore when she first t Drako. The dragon had also seen Akeno wear it when she trained with Baraqiel.
"It can't be helped, can it? Since I go to school prepared by the Governor-General, I was told to wear this." Natsu said as she looked at her own appearance.
That is correct, this was Nephilim's uniform.
Just as Azazel promised Drako, he was going to allow Akatsuki mbers who were unfamiliar with the supernatural world to train on Nephilim.
Upon hearing Natsu's words, Sajima's facial expression changed to one of complete boredom.
"Seriously, is the school uniform a joke?"
"I think it's better not to complain about this school's uniform since you haven't seen Akatsuki's uniform design. I wonder if Drako the one suffering from Chūnibyō, and not Valina." Natsu sighed.
According to Drako, the Akatsuki mbers had to wear long black capes with red clouds, a red interior, and a collar at chin level. He had even gone so far as to add a straw hat to hide the face of the mbers, but that idea had gone beyond the limit of what most could accept.
During the al with Baraqiel and Shuri, Drako inford Natsu that the fallen angel was to be his teacher. They were to train with Raynare and Akeno, with whom they ford the "Baraqiel Class".
"So you don't like my design?"
A dull voice sounded from behind Natsu, sending shivers down his spine.
"Eeeeeh! That's not what I ant, Drako-kun!"
"Well, never mind. You only have to wear the uniform when you have an official mission, to have sothing that distinguishes us. I want when soone sees us to say, "Akatsuki's guys are here" or sothing like that."
Drako walked past Natsu as he explained the reasons for this uniform. There was one more reason, but he wasn't going to say it was because he was a fan of a certain show in his previous life.
"I agree with you, Boss."
Kouki gives Drako a thumbs up.
"Boss?"
"We work for you now, don't we? That's why I have to call you Boss, Boss."
Drako decided to ignore Kouki for the ti being.
Today, everyone had gathered at the apartnt building. Specifically, in the sa room where they had seen the video about the Utsusemis. Lavinia had been the one who had asked those who had been active in the whole Utsusemi Agency affair to form the eting.
That is, those who were present were: Drako, Tobio, Sae, Kouki, Valina, Natsu and Lavinia.
Seeing that they had all arrived, Lavinia again told the reason why they had been asked to et here.
"The reason we have gathered here is that I want to be able to explain why I cooperated with everyone."
That is, what was the reason for Lavinia to participate with them against the "Four Fiends Project" implented by the "Utsusemi Agency".
Her search for that magician, the one who had cooperated with the Utsusemi Agency, how she had started in the first place. Those magicians had disappeared sowhere without inviting the survivors of the agency.
Lavinia explained.
"This is sothing from a long ti ago. I belonged to an association of magicians, another one different from Grauzauberer, one that was divided into two due to a certain event. The remaining half on Earth has not had a change of direction until today. However, as for the other group, using the original barrier magic, they built a unique territory in the "Dinsional Gap" that extends on both sides of the borders between the worlds."
Lavinia took out a book. This was... a picture book. Most likely, it was a book that she wanted to show everyone...
"This book is..."
Lavinia kept talking as she took the photo book in her hand.
"Appearing inside this book is the proof behind the reality of this world they created. The author realized these worlds by chance, and it's certainly the territory they had created in the Dinsional Gap."
Lavinia then said it clearly.
"These wizards... are the Wizards of Oz."
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As expected, all mbers found this information surprising. Only Valina accepted everything without being disturbed.
Drako was also surprised, but for different reasons. That a childish story is real was no reason for Drako to be surprised. What was surprising was that he knew nothing about them, nothing at all. They are not even ntioned in the DxD story, although they probably changed their na to Hexennacht.
Drako could connect the dots as he recognized Walburga in this vast underground chamber when he went to check on Lavinia. The adult witch should be her teacher and predecessor.
"I... Grauzauberer along with Grigori has been pursuing the wizards who had infiltrated from the magical domain known as 'Oz' since they allied themselves with a traitor to Grigori, the fallen angel of the Cadre Class Satanael."
This was sothing Drako already knew, but Tobio and the rest didn't.
Now, it was Drako's ti to intervene.
"From now on, Akatsuki's job is to investigate and neutralize this alliance. But that is only secondary, as Grigori and Grauzauberer are going to be our allies and take care of the hard part. Our main objective is to ensure the rescue of the two remaining Fiends."
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That evening, Drako accompanied Natsu and Akeno to the underworld. Natsu was greatly surprised to see that the building's elevator could take them to the underworld.
Once in Grigori, he accompanied them to where Baraqiel should be training Raynare. It did not take long for them to arrive at the place where the two of them were waiting.
Raynare, like Natsu and Akeno, wore the blue uniform of Grigori.
"I brought you the girls, Baraqiel. Please be gentle with Natsu, it's her first ti."
Drako greeted Baraqiel that way.
"M-M-M-My first ti... What are you talking about! Pervert! Ecchi! Hentai!" Natsu blushed at Drako's words.
"What are you talking about? I'm saying it so you won't die of exhaustion later. Your physical condition is even worse than Raynare's when she started training with Baraqiel, and it wasn't long before she died. It's obvious you won't be able to handle the training if he has no rcy on you."
"E-e-ehh..."
Natsu seed to want to say more, but Drako had already marched on Raynare.
"We have work to do," Drako said to the fallen angel.
"I will be in your care today." She leaned in slightly.
Drako had promised Raynare to help her with her training, so that was the reason he was here. Drako's goal was to help Raynare unlock her Sacred Gear and her hereditary ability.
With Raynare's current ability, she should be able to use her Sacred Gear with no problem. However, she's unable to manifest it, so she probably can't do it because of ntal issues. Drako was gonna try to do what he could to fix that.
The sa goes for her Sacred Flas, which she should be able to use, but she doesn't.
Drako had no doubt that this was related to the incident she had as a child, in which her parents died due to Raynare's flas. He was sure that sothing else should have happened, but Raynare probably did not rember or was too young to notice.
Drako had his work cut out for him.
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