"Tell me Dohanseek. What is the important information that you have gained that prompted you to contact me when I had given strict orders to not do so?"
Inside the abandoned church of Kuoh, a person spoke these words addressing the now identified Dohanseek.
" I am extremely sorry my Lord but things have developed in such a way that I believe we cannot move forward with our old plan".
The being named Dohanseek looked like a middle aged man who did not take care of his body. While he did have a good looking face, a trait most of the fallen shared with him, his body destroyed any semblance of attractiveness that his face held.
"Ho? Do tell what such an important revelation is" The shadowy figure asked with curiosity in his voice although Dohanseek knew his master well enough to catch the hidden annoyance in said voice.
"Raynare is dead my lord" He informed.
"Is that so? Do we know how she died? Did those pesky little things interfere?" The figure was clearly annoyed now.
"We are not sure my lord. Raynare was tasked with the job of eliminating the Sacred Gear user but she didn't report back again. Mittlet got annoyed with this and searched for her using her magic but we could only find her dead body".
In a way, Dohanseek knew that this was the truth about the life and death of low level fallen like him. Here they were, talking about the death of one of their comrades yet he couldn't feel an ounce of grief coming from the man opposite him. Even though Raynare was new to their group, her death had still created some grief among them. But he supposed that those at power rarely cared about the fate of the foot soldiers.
"Do we know how she was killed?"
"That is the problem my lord. We have no idea what killed her. Her body is in perfect condition. There isn't a trace of any form of physical or mental damage on her. In fact if it wasn't for the fact that we confirmed that she is dead, she could pass for as being unconscious". He informed the problem that had perplexed their squad.
"Hmm. Perhaps it is the work of an instant death spell? Tell me Dohanseek, have you heard about instant death magicians?"
"No my lord. I haven't been fortunate enough to do so".
"Well. They are human magicians that use a spell that kills their target instantly without dealing any damage to them. They were thought to have gone extinct after the war but maybe it's the descendant of one of them."
" Isn't such magic too dangerous my lord? "
Dohanseek asked.
" Truthfully, they are pretty much useless against opponents that are stronger than them or have more mana than them. Since Raynare was killed, it means that this magician should be stronger than her. However, humans have a limit on how much mana they can hold and as such, they aren't much of a threat even back in the day. You should find out who this magician is without alerting them so that I can send someone strong enough to deal with them. Also, since Raynare is dead, kill that nun girl that you guys ordered from Italy. She's useless to us now. "
The figure ordered.
" It will be done as you say my lord. " Dohanseek bowed as the shadowy figure disappeared and the oppressive aura in the room lifted.
" An instant death magic huh. I wonder what kind of a person uses it. "
" *Achoo* "
Inside the Occult research club room, a sneeze echoed.
" What was that Takatou-san? " Rias asked.
" I don't know. Someone must be talking about me or something. But still, did you just say that you guys were devils? " Takatou asked.
They were currently sitting inside the Occult Research Club room after Rias had made her dramatic revelation. Issei was looking like he had seen a ghost and was pretty much speechless.
" That we are Takatou-san. Perhaps you could do with a little explanation of the circumstances regarding us. "
What followed was a lengthy explanation on the inner workings of the supernatural world and how the three Biblical factions came into existence and had a power struggle between them with other smaller factions spectating or sometimes even joining in.
"Now that is not something you hear every day.. But then again, I suppose it does make sense for the supernatural to exist. "
Takatou was not someone who was a firm disbeliever. Hell, some of his own circumstances could be counted as supernatural in a sense.
"You are a level headed person aren't you? Look at poor Issei. He looks like his head is melting from the information overload."
Akeno pointed towards the flustered perv who looked like his life had ended already.
"I guess you could say that Himejima-san. It's not like I had anything against supernatural beings existing in the first place. By the way Gremory-san, you did say that everyone in this room is a devil except for me right? Does that mean Hyoudou is one too?"
"You are a sharp one. And yes, Issei became one of us last week. How he did so is not something I need to inform you, am I wrong? "
"I guess it has got something to do with how he was healed right? I mean I was sure that he would die in that park."
Takatou was uninterested in the inner workings of devil society. If they had the power to transform regular humans into one of them, he guessed that it must be magic.
" And how do you know about that?" Although it was subtle, he could feel a bit of iron in Rias's voice. The air around them changed as he could feel some subtle hostility from the others barring Issei.
"I was there when that woman killed or rather tried to kill Issei." He informed honestly since he didn't have much to fear from these devils.
"Then how did you survive? I am pretty sure that a fallen wouldn't take too kindly to being interrupted." While he was not an expert in fighting, Takatou could tell that Rias was alert at the moment.
" Well, I kinda killed her since she didn't want to let me go. " He admitted.
" You killed that fallen?! How?!"
" That is none of your business Ms Gremory. Now if you'll excuse me, I believe it's time for me to take my leave. " He said as he stood up only to find that the Prince of all people was blocking his way out.
" Did you really think that you can leave this room without my permission? This Town is currently under my jurisdiction so you can only leave when I tell you that you can leave. Are we clear Yogiri-san? " Rias spoke with authority.
Without heeding to her warning, Takatou walked towards the door after passing Yuuto who looked towards his leader for confirmation to apprehend him. However, just as Rias was about to nod, a feeling of dread overcame her.
Of the many abilities possessed by the devilkind, precognition was one of the more obscure ones. It gave the wielder a feeling of death when he/she tried to do actions that would lead to certain death much like an animal's survival instinct. However, it was regarded as useless since it held no use during battles which was the main cause of death for devils.
However, for the first time in her life Rias's precognition woke and it was telling her that ordering Kiba to capture Yogiri Takatou would lead to her death. She was half tempted to disregard the feeling as garbage but her brother's advice to always trust her instinct made her to cease from taking any action.
She gave a signal to her peerage to stop moving as Yogiri made his exit. He turned around to look at them just before he exited and once he was gone, Rias left out the breath that she didn't know she was holding in.
"What happened Buchou? Why did you let him leave?" Kiba was the first to speak and Road could see Akeno and Koneko looking curiously at her. Even Issei, who had somehow regained his composure, looked at her puzzled.
"I don't know." She replied helplessly. "My instincts as a devil was screaming at me not to obstruct his path. I don't know why."
Before any of them could reply, the room suddenly brightened as Issei's right hand started glowing. After a few seconds the light died down and there was a blood red gauntlet in his arm.
"You have done well Devil. I thank you for not getting us killed." A voice was heard from the gauntlet.
"What the hell is this?!" Issei screamed.
"Calm down boy. I am sure that the devil over there will explain things in detail to you." The voice commanded.
"Excuse me sir. But who might you be?" As someone who respected power, Rias was respectful towards the clearly ancient being.
"My name is Ddraig. I suppose your kind knows me as the Red Dragon Emperor." The now named Ddraig spoke.
"The Red Dragon Emperor?! Does this mean that Issei has the Boosted Gear?!" Rias was salivating at the prospect that obe of the Longinus wielders were now under her control.
"Can someone please explain to me what is going on here?!" Issei once again shouted.
And so, Issei was given a brief explanation on how Sacred Gears and Evil pieces worked. He was informed by Ddraig about how The Boosted Gear could double his power every ten seconds.
"I don't get it but basically I can now become strong and become a harem king right?" The perv's mind was easy to understand.
"Yes Issei. If you become strong enough, then you can get as many girls as you want. Who knows, maybe even I could become a part of your harem." She gave a flirtatious wink as she said this. The perv was floored by this as he went into a dream world on his own.
"Anyhow, Lord Ddraig, what did you mean when you thanked me for not getting us killed?" She asked.
" I thanked you because you refrained from antagonizing that thing." There was a shudder in Ddraig's voice as he mentioned the 'thing'.
" If you had pissed it off, all of us would have died."
" Surely you must be kidding. Yogiri Takatou is just a human according to all the data that we have collected." Rias explained.
" I don't know why that thing is parading around as a human but it definitely isn't one. He reeks of death. My instincts were screaming at me to run away from here even though he shouldn't be able to sense my presence. "
" Do you have any idea what he could be Lord Ddraig? Like some kind of a death god? " Rias asked.
" I do not know. Most of the so called gods are far weaker than me. But I can't say with confidence that it isn't the case."
" Thank you for the information Lord Ddraig. Akeno, inform my brother about the situation at once."
" Sure Buchou. Should I inform Sona-sama as well? "
" Do it. "
For Takatou, the next few days went by rather uneventfully. Asaka-san was shocked to hear about the existence of supernatural beings but something about her reaction told him that she already knew. She started spending more time away from home in the office so the time he could spend with her was limited.
School was also normal since the Devil's stopped talking to him altogether. Even Issei kept his distance and avoided speaking to him, something he didn't expect.
To be honest, this was a pleasant surprise to him as he didn't think Rias was the type to back down so easily. His limited time with the devil princess had made him believe that she was a rather spoilt person. Her mannerisms projected an aura of superiority complex which was one of the last things he wanted to deal with.
But, she had yet to even try to get in contact with him and he wasn't too sad about it.
The week passed by rather quickly and it was Friday evening. He was walking home from school when he met a rather strange person.
The person in question was a blonde haired woman wearing a nun outfit and looked completely out of place in the Japanese surroundings. She was frantically trying to ask something to anyone who was passing by close to her but none of them could give an appropriate response. Since he was curious, Takatou decided to talk to the woman.
"Hello miss, can I help you?" He asked. The woman suddenly turned towards him and as he took a closer look at her, he could see that she was what one would consider a beautiful girl.
'Grazie molte. Potrebbe per favore dirmi dov'è la chiesa?' (Translation: Thank you so much. Could you please tell me where the church is?)
She said in a language that he didn't know. Takatou was not an expert in the art of linguistics as he had spent the entirety of his life in Japan.
"Sorry miss but I can't understand you." He said, waving his arms around to signal his intention to her.
"che cosa?" (what?) It appeared that the girl opposite him had no grasp of Japanese either which begged the question on how she came to Japan in the first place but he decided not to ponder on it.
Then, in a sudden stroke of genius, Takatou pulled out his phone which had one of the greatest creation of mankind in it.
Google.
He turned on speech translation and passed the phone to the girl and made gestures asking her to speak. Luckily, she understood his meaning and spoke again before handing him the phone. On the screen it read "Thank you so much. Could you please tell me where the church is?"
According to Google-sensei, the girl was speaking Italian.
'There is only one church in this Town but it is abandoned. Are you sure that you were supposed to go to the church? '
He typed in the phone in Japanese which was translated into Italian before handing the phone over to her. She read the message quickly and after looking at him, typed something before handing him the phone again.
'I was told to go to the church regardless. My new employer was supposed to be there. ' I read.
' It's fine then. You just need to go straight through Kuoh Park which is about a kilometre to the East from here. The church is in the Southernmost point of the park . ' He typed and just as he was about to hand the phone over to her, he saw Issei in his field of vision.
The perverted boy was handing out some sort of flyers to strangers walking by.
"Hello there Issei." He greeted the boy.
"Wha-?!" Issei was a bit surprised at suddenly being called out but his surprise turned into shock as soon as he saw Takatou. By the looks of it, Issei was just about to make a run for it when his eyes landed on the girl near him.
The boy blushed a bit before calming his nerves and walking over to them. "What do you need Yogiri?" He asked.
"Nothing much. You were avoiding me at class so I thought it would be fun to see if you would do it outside class as well. " He spoke.
" Well, I was ordered by Rias-Buchou not to speak with you. I don't know why though. "
" Heh! That's pretty interesting but I suppose I might have scared her or something. Anyways, I need to give directions to this girl to the church so I suppose you can be on your way now. " He said but the next moment, something unexpected happened.
The girl next to him spoke something in Italian which Issei heard and somehow replied back.
" You know Italian Issei? " He was pleasantly surprised. The perv didn't have the best of reputations and he didn't look like one to study different languages.
" Oh yeah. Buchou said that all supernatural beings can understand every language in the world for some reason. "
" That's sounds like a good power to have I guess. So how about you guide this girl here instead of me? "
" Huh? Sure. " The boy perked up at the mention of being left alone with the blonde. While Issei was a perv, Takatou knew that the boy wouldn't do anything unsightly since he lacked the courage. He bid farewell to the pair and made way to his house, leaving the two alone.
*Issei POV*
In a way, I have always been treated as a joke by people. Ever since I had that fateful encounter in the park with that wise old man who taught me and my two friends the way of oppai, most people have stayed far away from me as long as they are able to do so.
I didn't understand why people have to behave that way for most of my life. I mean everyone is more or less perverted in their hearts, we just shows it outside instead of hiding it.
Middle school and Junior high passed by rather quickly and I thought my dream of building a harem was about to become true when I got admitted into Kuoh Academy, an academy that used to be strictly female only until then. I was one of the first men to step foot in the Academy and with a male to female ratio of 1:25, I thought that it would be easy to find a girlfriend.
However, fate is a cruel mistress indeed as my perverted nature was apparently unattractive for the girls here much like it was in during my Junior high days.
The year went by quickly as me and my only two friends Matsuda and Motoyama continued to get into trouble with the girls of the Kendo club and before we knew it, we were already second year students.
I was content in the monotony of our daily routine until in that fateful day, everything changed.
It was a normal day for me for the most part. We had already received our routine beating from the Kendo club and the day was about to be finished. I was taking a walk in the school backyard when a girl walked towards me. I had first thought that she would just go past me since girls weren't that keen to be caught talking to me but this girl actually spoke to me.
"Excuse me, you are Issei Hyoudou-senpai right?" She asked.
"That would be me, yes." It appeared that the girl opposite me was a first year. For what she needed me, I had no idea.
"Please go out with me Senpai". For some reason, I was being asked out. The first thought that came to my mind during this fiasco was that this girl probably lost a punishment game or something.
She was beautiful, a little bit too beautiful to be interested in someone like me. Her luscious black hair, purple hair and curvaceous figure all translated into an ability to find partners that far outclassed me.
However, I did end up agreeing to her since I didn't want her to suffer the embarrassment of being rejected by the school's premier pervert. Perhaps her penalty game extended for one date I had believed.
As such, we decided to go on a date on the next Saturday and that date ended up being the most important day of my life.
Now don't get me wrong, the date itself was pretty fun and we went to all sorts of places like the amusement park and the even had lunch together in a family restaurant.
Yuuma, Amano Yuuma was her name and she was a nice girl. She was extra attendent towards my needs as opposed to being disinterested. We even had a few topics in common to speak about and before I knew it, it was already evening.
She took me to a secluded part of the park in the middle of the town. For a moment I was hopeful that this could lead to something but I crushed that foolish hope since I believed that she would say the truth about our date.
In a way, I was correct in my assumption that the date was nothing more than a farce but at the same time, I was fatally off the mark as well. Quite literally so.
"It was a fun date Issei-senpai. Now I need you to do me a favour and die for me." I had expected a lot of things but being asked to die was not one of them.
In the first place, what did she mean by that? Did she want me to die because she was forced to go on a date with me? Did she mean it figuratively? Did she mean it literally?
However, my doubts were answered when the girl opposite me started shining like one of those magical girls we see in anime and the end product was just as supernaturally seductive as a magical girl.
Gone was the innocent looking first year high school girl and in her place, a seductive enchantress wearing a dominatrix costume stood there. She looked more ferocious now.
Still, I was unable to speak to her as the next thing I knew was that there was a spear that looked like a lightsaber in my stomach.
Crushing pain assaulted me as I lost all ability to utter a single word. I knew that I was about to die soon and that there was nothing I could do about it.
In my fading consciousness, I saw the figure of one of my new classmates walking away from us. Yogiri Takatou, I believe his name was. The guy was one of those good looking guys you would see in a slice of life anime but his sheer lack of interest in girls kept most of Kuoh's female population at bay.
He was also one of the few people who associated with me and my friend publically since he appeared to not care about his reputation. I couldn't blame him for wanting to get away from a murder scene to preserve his own life but I suppose I was a little salty that he didn't try to help. Don't blame me for that, it's a basic human nature. Soon, my consciousness faded and I wholeheartedly embraced my end.
I guess it's a bit sad. I did want to find love.
The next thing I knew I was waking up in my
bedroom and there was no hole in my stomach. Everything was almost like yesterday didn't happen at all. However, Saturday did happen and I did infact almost died.
My first guess was that I had become some sort of an anime protagonist with superpowers but nothing about me had changed. I didn't feel any new powers nor was there any changes to my body. I desperately wanted answers but there was no one who could provide them.
The next day at scool was strange to say the least. Overnight, Yuuma's existence had been erased from everyone's mind. When she had asked me out, I had introduced her to Matsuda and Motoyama as my new girlfriend although I had informed them about the punishment game possibility as well. However, they acted as if such a thing never happened. Even the first year teachers had agreed that a student named Amano Yuuma did not exist.
All I had was questions that seemingly had no answers. Then I remembered about Yogiri who was my last lead and to my relief, he knew about her. I did complain to him about leaving me to die but it's not like I could blame him. Apparently, he didn't have any idea who or what she was either nor did he know how I was alive.
We were both perplexed when Yuuto Kiba, the school's Prince arrived to and asked us to accompany him. Now contrary to general belief, I did not hate him that much although I tend to get a little bit snappy around him I mean who could blame me. The dude literally had wo en worship the very air he breathed but showed no interest in dating anyone.
I mean, I guess he couldn't be blamed for not wanting anything to do with the gold diggers that were the girls of our school but still, he should be able to find at least one good person right?
Anyways, he led us towards a building that was separated from the main school building which he introduced as the Occult Research Club. It was a club that I had never heard about but then again, Kuoh had hundreds of such unknown clubs.
What I did not expect was the fact that all four of the school's most popular students were part of the club.
Koneko Tojou was the school mascot with her petite frame and catlike appearance. She was what one would call a loli in appearance and she appeared to be disgusted to be in the same room as me partly due to my appearance and partly due to my actions towards the other person in the room aside from Yuuto. and Yogiri.
Akeno Himejima was widely regarded as one of the two most beautiful girls in Kuoh, a title she lived upto quite easily. She had a figure that would put supermodels to shame and a face to match. However, her breasts were something else entirely. How something could be so large yet be so unaffected by gravity was something I found myself wondering about. My eyes, as one would expect of an adolescent boy going through hormonal changes, was glued to her chest, an action that didn't escape the sight of the room's other occupants.
Then I heard the shower running in the room next to us and was informed that Rias Gremory, the other girl in the most beautiful list was bathing in the next room.
My attempt at peeping was unsuccessful but Rias-senpai walking out with her hair wet was a reward by itself.
Afterwards, we had a long chat about how the supernatural world was real and about how there were Angels and Devils and Fallen Angels fighting each other across the world.
To be honest, most of this escaped me as I was too busy contemplating the meaning of my existence but by the end of it, it appeared that Rias-senpai and Yogiri were at each other's throat, figuratively of course.
When Yogiri left, my arm started suddenly glowing and before I knew it, there was a cool looking red gauntlet in it. A voice was heard from it which introduced itself as Ddraid, the Red Dragon Emperor. It was an awesome title but Ddraig and Rias-senpai started speaking about Yogiri and I didn't understand much about their conversation other than the fact that Yogiri could possibly be a Death god. It sounded cool but I was told to not associate myself with him anymore.
Being a devil was far different from what I thought it would be. We usually handed out flyers to people who could then summon us to grant them their wishes, those that we were capable of doing anyway.
My first summoner was a hulking 500 lb man woman called Pi-chan who wanted to become a magical girl. At first, I was scared out of my skin but soon I understood that he/she was a good person.
Aside from handling flyers and granting small wishes, I had to start physical training as well as magic training which I could use a bit now.
Everything was going smoothly until one day, I ran into Yogiri who was speaking to a girl. I wanted to walk away but he called out to me. Ddraig told me not to ignore him and so I walked upto him to learn that he was apparently helping the girl opposite him to find the way to the church.
The girl was a beauty with long blonde hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a nun outfit which looked like the real deal. I learned from Yogiri that she was Italian and that she couldn't speak Japanese only for my devil ability of understanding every language to kick in. Yogiri was more than happy to leave her in my care and I found myself engaging in a conversation with the girl.
Asia Argento was her name and she apparently was here to take a job in the church in Kuoh. We talked a lot and I discovered that Asia was a sheltered child who knew nothing about the world. She had no idea about the fun things the world had to offer so I decided to help her to have some fun.
We went to a lot of places and had a blast and I found myself attracted to the innocent young lady. She was the purest person I had the pleasure of meeting, untainted by the evils of the world and I wanted to protect her.
However like all things in life, our time together was cut short by the arrival of dusk.
"Thank you Issei-san." She said to me as she hopped towards the abandoned church building. I had been warned by Rias-Buchou not to enter the church at all costs so I couldn't accompany her there.
I soon left the place, not knowing the dangers that I had placed Asia in.
"Oh there you are Issei." Rias-buchou said as I entered the ORC building. "What took you so long?"
"I was helping someone out." I informed her.
"Is that so? Does it has something to do with a nun?" She asked pointedly.
"Yes Buchou. I did help a nun." Coming clean was better here. Even so, I wondered how she found out.
"Didn't I ask you not to involve yourself with the church Issei? You should know by now that they gate us devils."
"But Buchou, Asia isn't like that." I argued.
"How would you know that? Remember what happened last time you went with someone you don't know? I can't always be there to save you. You know that right?"
"I am sorry Buchou. But I just dropped her to the church in the park. I wasn't in any danger."
"The Church?! You went to that church?!" Rias exclaimed. It was the first time in the entire conversation that her voice was raised above normal.
"Why? What is the problem Buchou? Didn't you tell me that the church that is abandoned pose no threat to us?" I asked, confused by her sudden change.
"You should count yourself lucky Issei. The comrades of the fallen that killed you are currently holed up in that church. In fact, me and Akeno was deciding what to do with them. "
" The fallen? Does that mean Asia is allied with them? " I asked. I couldn't see her being allied with the fallen angels, she was far too religious for that.
" I wouldn't know. But if she isn't... let's just say that the fallen aren't exactly known to be kind." Rias said.
However this was enough for me as I didn't want the innocent Asia to get hurt. I asked Buchou to help but she said that she couldn't risk any of our wellbeing for an unknown girl. I pleaded to her to help Asia but she was cold. I couldn't take it anymore so I decided to go and help her myself.
When I was about to head out to the church, I suddenly remembered the talk about Yogiri being a possible god. So I decided to get help from him. I didn't know if he would help but he was my last hope.
Finding where he lived was easy enough but getting there was anything but. For some reason, the guy lived outside the city itself on top of a hill. There wasn't any transportation available so I decided to risk being caught and flew there. It took me five minutes to reach his house which was quite frankly ginormous.
The house itself was single storied but it was spread across a vast area of land that reminded me of those Yakuza houses seen in Television dramas and such. I reached the front door and rang the front bell.
It took a minute or so but I soon heard footsteps and a voice accompanied it.
"Who might you be?" A woman's voice was heard through the intercom. However, there was something off about said voice. It sounded almost mechanical.
"Ah hello. My name is Issei Hyoudou. I am a classmate of Yogiri Takatou-san. Could I please have a word with him?" I asked.
"Please wait a moment while I speak with master." The voice said before leaving.
" You sure you want 'his' help partner?" Ddraig asked.
" It's not like I have the option to choose. If only I was stronger. "
After a few minutes, the footsteps returned and soon the sound of the door unlocking was heard. I entered through the unlocked door to find Yogiri with a young lady wearing a traditional maid outfit.
" Yo brings you here." He greeted me quite lazily but as I had no time to waste, I hastily explained the situation to him.
"Let's go then." He said which was a pleasant shock to me. I was prepared to beg him since he had always seemed a bit aloof.
"Then let's go." As the saying goes, never look a gift horse in the mouth.
*POV returns to normal*
It took both of them over half an hour to reach the outskirts of the church. Pixie had driven them there and was ordered to be on standby.
They walked towards the building and soon the church came into view. For a former holy building, the abandoned church of Kuoh was anything but godly. Abandonment and age had turned the building into what looked like a haunted house. There were a few bats flying around near the bell tower and towering creepers were spread all across the church walls. It all combined together to give Issei a bone-chilling feeling, although his companion was largely unaffected.
They decided to enter through the front doors since stealth was not their strong point. The door opened with a creak that echoed through the hall but there wasn't anyone around it. They walked towards the backroom of the church but as soon as they reached it's vicinity, a pungent smell of iron assaulted their nasal cavity.
"What is this smell?!" Issei asked while covering his nose.
"This should be blood." Takatou answered. While his powers didn't cause bloodshed, Takatou had been around enough bloodshed to be familiar with said smell.
"Wait! Do you think?!" Issei didn't complete his sentence before he dashed towards the next room leaving him behind. He chased behind the boy but it was evident that the devil physiology was far superior to a human's.
He eventually caught up to the boy only to find him standing there frozen .
"What happened Issei?" He asked as he entered the room only to find a shocking scene. The girl that they came to rescue was laying in a corner of the room, a bloody mess. It appeared that she did not receive the easiest of deaths if the cuts on her stomach was any indication.
"Oya? We were not expecting guests. Who might you be?" Takatou offered a silent prayer to fallen girl before turning his attention to the other occupants of the room.
There were around twenty people aside from them but three of them were different. They had wings like the woman who tried to kill him and Issei indicating that they were fallen angels. One of the fallen was a middle aged looking man with a fat body and bald head. The other two were females with one looking like a child and the other a bodacious woman.
"Who killed her?" Issei growled.
"What was that you filthy devil?!" Someone taunted.
"I asked WHO KILLED ASIA?!" Issei roared.
" That would be me. " A crazy looking man walked out to the front, his smile stretching across his face. " She was supposed to be a test dummy to see if we could take her sacred gear but since that stupid Raynare ended up killing herself, we disposed her. It was fun to watch her squeal."
The man however, couldn't finish his sentence as Issei's right arm glowed before he crashed into the man taking him through a wall and into the next room. That left Takatou alone with remaining.
" So anyways, nobody move or else you die. " Takatou said casually.
" What? " The fat angel was confused.
" Say, aren't there too many people in this room. Let's do something about that first. Ten of you in the back, die. " Takatou said and as soon as he said that, ten of the people dropped like a sack.
" What just happened? " The fat man however couldn't catch a break as some of the remaining guys rushed towards the fallen bodies only to drop dead casually.
This cycle continued until only the three fallen angels were left. They looked horrible to say the least with the childlike one already on her knees, begging to spare her.
"So you three must be the leaders. Could you please give me an explanation as to what you are doing in devil territory?" Takatou asked. He had already taken a seat in a nearby chair and made himself comfortable. The sounds from the other room indicated that Issei was not done.
And so, the three fallen who identified themselves as Dohanseek, Miltett and Kalawarner spilled everything about their situation. Apparently, Azazel the leader of the fallen had ordered them to monitor Issei and try to take him in but Kokabiel, one of Azazel's subordinates ordered them to kill him. They were currently working under Kokabiel who wanted to restart the war between the three factions by killing Rias and Sona two devil princessess.
They didn't know how Kokabiel planned on achieving this since they were only foot soldiers but he supposed something was better than nothing.
"I guess we are done here." He said, standing up from his chair. The sounds from the next room had died down and he wanted to find out the result.
"Then you'll let us go right?! We told you everything. We can do anything for you!" The mature looking one, Kalawarner begged. She even tore off her dress to prove her point however Takatou was uninterested.
"You guys served your purpose well." They perked up at that. "I guess you can die now." He said and shock spread across their faces.
"You monster!" One of them uttered as soon after, life left them leaving him as the only living person in the room. He was feeling a little sleepy since he killed so many but he decided to think about it later.
He covered up the girl's corpse and closed her eyes for her. Although it left a bad taste to see someone so innocent looking dead, it was not like he could do anything for her.