Volume 4 – Chapter 1 – Part 2 – Not a Rating Game, Balance Break and Kaijus*

Japan, Kuoh

Skyward household

Jin Skyward

Clang! Kachhiiinng!! Tang!

A few more days have passed since our interview and nothing much has changed. I was sent a copy of that stupid song I had to sing and… Aaahhh… I'm a terrible singer. I listened to it and forced the two dragons to watch and listen. They cried a lot. If I had to suffer, so did those two…

I was in the training facility at my house as I watched three women clash. One of them was Lianne, the other was Scathach and finally the third was…

"Ha-ha-ha! Another monster comparable to Lianne. I do not know where you came from or how Jin found you but… I got another rival. I am satisfied with this. Aurelia Le Guin."

Aurelia has long silver hair and purple eyes. Aurelia wears a blue jacket and red cravat in place of her white one, and a long white skirt that is split down the side. She has a blue cape with golden epaulettes now, with violet lining on the inside. She has white high-heeled shoes.

Aurelia uses the great sword 'Arcadia' in combat. It has a golden hilt embedded with a green gem, and a wide silver blade with red designs down the side.

"Hmm, I did not expect for things to be this way, however, it's a welcomed change. Come."

Lianne smiled at their interaction and joined in their battle… I'm not sure if I should label all three of these women as battle maniacs… I also made two other beings… Though they're quite large and… They're in the Dimensional Gap along with Bellion and Kamish…

Bang!!!!!

…

"Huuu…"

It was early in the morning… Like really early so I had time to do things by myself. There was no one else up... Only those three battle maniacs were left, and their quick sparring match had just ended a few minutes ago. I was roped into their fight so I was a bit dirty. I was in the kitchen getting a glass of mango milk. Yes, I like it, bite me.

I made my way to the second-floor bathroom and put a sound-cancelling barrier around it. I didn't want to wake anyone else up. Never mind someone else was up. Whatever, I won't try to stop them from coming in here…

Slide ~

I snapped my fingers and wrapped a towel around me as the doors opened. I turned around to see Lianne, Aurelia, and… Xenovia. The younger girl was blushing as it looked like she was forced to join the other two, probably by Aurelia.

"Where did Scathach go?"

"I offered for her to join us, but she declined. You will need to work on raising her romantic affection, Jin."

"Is that so?"

Aurelia answered the question and they started to walk towards the large open bath. I joined them as Lianne sat beside me— The other two across from us.

"You're up early, Xenovia."

"Yes… I am just restless since our Rating game is in a few days… I have gotten up early the last few days to get in some extra training, so my senses do not dull. Today I was planning to do more after school."

Hmm, I see. Cúntóir did tell me about Xenovia getting up early, the same could be said for the other girls of the Gremory peerage. While it wasn't every day, they did wake up to train from time to time.

"Consistency is key to keeping your senses sharp, Xenovia. Good job."

Aurelia praised her and Lianne agreed beside her. The room fell silent as we enjoyed a quiet early morning bath. I could feel Aurelia's gaze on me. I turned to look at her and she had a smirk on her face.

"What?"

"A male at your age would take this opportunity to procreate with us, Jin. Why haven't you acted upon it?"

On cue, Aurelia let her towel down, and her breasts were in full view for me. Xenovia replied with a 'Yes' and took off her top. The two of them looked at Lianne who shook her head but—

She also took off her towel, and hugged my arm while closing her eyes and smiling.... What the hell do I do here?

"I didn't create you guys just so I could have something to stick my thing into you know…"

"Hmm, I understand that, Jin. However, your lower half is a lot more honest than you."

I and everyone else looked down towards my crotch and yes, I was erect, it pointed towards the heavens and threatened to pierce it… My own feelings and how Jin junior reacts are two different things…

Aurelia reaches over and removes the towel covering my member. When she did, Xenovia blushed. This is not the first time she has seen it since I have been invited to the girl's side a few times and a few incidents have occurred. In the majority of instances, Akeno and Kuroka were involved, and my... 'Harem', both official and unofficial, were aware of the size of my member and already saw it.

…

Lime Start

"Would you like help with that?"

"No, I'm fine. Thanks though."

"Hmm."

Grip ~ Stroke ~ Stroke ~

Ignoring my answer, Aurelia gripped my member and started to stroke it. She was terrible at it, though it made sense since she had never done this sort of thing.

"I am aware I am not well equipped for this, please bear with me."

Aurelia scooted closer to me and got a better grip on my member as she experimented with strength and speed. The other two were looking at her doing it. Xenovia was clearly fascinated by it… Even though it wasn't the first time…

"Jin."

"Hmm?"

Lianne called my name and I turned to her. Once I did, she captured my lips. I was a bit surprised but kissed her back… Like Aurelia, it was her first time kissing me on the lips this intimately. We had kissed on the lips before, mostly normal ones. This was the first time she used her tongue, and she was a bit clumsy, but I found it cute.

"Xenovia, come here."

"Y-Yes…!"

Aurelia called for Xenovia and she crawled over. I glance at them and Aurelia orders Xenovia to touch me too. Even though she was hesitant, she eventually reached over and touched the head of my member. Unsure of what to do… She started to use her palm to knead it.

"Two amateurs trying to please you, Jin. Care to share your thoughts?"

"Well…"

Stroke ~ Stroke ~

I mean even if it isn't the most… Should I say, 'professional'? I mean, I've done it a lot with my lovers and… They've become experienced along with me so…

"It's fine, it's the thought that counts, I guess? I mean… I'll eventually ejaculate from this stimulation."

I stopped kissing Lianne to give them my answer. As soon as I did, she brought me back to it; this determined woman wanted to succeed at this. Is she like Grayfia? Does she like kissing?

"Hoho, is that so? Then, Xenovia. Your thoughts?"

"…It's hard and long… I'm more surprised that this thing managed to get inside them, but the man I'm interested in is feeling pleasure from my amateur technique, so it still makes me happy."

Grip ~ Boing ~

"Oh? Hahaha! As expected of the Ketsu Dragon, hmm, enjoy my butt for as long as you want, Jin."

With my free arm, I snaked my way to Aurelia's ass and grabbed hold of her butt cheek. It was well-rounded, soft and, yeah, I like it. She sported a small blush as she continued to stroke my member, she probably read my facial expressions and found the strength and speed that I liked. Therefore, she kept at it.

Meanwhile, Xenovia had started using both her hands. Aurelia mostly focused on the mid to lower half of my member. She took hold near the top and kept kneading my mushroom head. This combined with me kissing Lianne…

"I'll cum soon…"

"C-C—"

Stroke ~ Stroke ~

Upon hearing this, Aurelia increased her grip a little more while stroking me faster. Unsure of what to do, Xenovia—

Swallow ~ Lick ~ Lick ~

Lunged down and swallowed the tip of my member into her mouth. Still unsure, she started to lick me all over. She had no rhythm or reason, she just did what she thought would give me pleasure....and it did. Knowing that she was interested in me, and her doing her best with her… Tonguejob? It excited me even more.

"Nnnnhm, nnh….. Mhheelh…. More… Jin…"

On Lianne's end, our kissing was becoming more sloppy as she started to get the hang of it with my guidance. She had a really cute and erotic expression right now and it was quite irresistible.

"Haha! To think Xenovia had the guts to do such a thing… I will follow suit in the future."

Stroke ~ Lick ~ Stroke ~ Lick ~

Xenovia seemed to be looking for certain spots? I mean, she was looking at me intently while licking me down there, so she was trying to find where I felt it the most. She was doing a good job since I was about to cum. As I break my kiss with Lianne, she shows annoyance.

"Cumming…"

Splurt ~ Splurt ~

"Mmm?!"

Xenovia's eyes widened as I released my seed into her mouth, and, like a sadistic woman, Aurelia did not stop stroking me. Hell, she increased her speed even more. So, I kept on cumming and cumming… Xenovia couldn't swallow it all so she had to pull away.

"Pah! Aahh!"

"Haha!"

My seed flew everywhere, some splashing Xenovia on the face, breasts and thighs while some landed on Aurelia's hand, arm and breasts. Lianne was the only safe one but she had a look of envy while watching my seed erupt and cover the two other women.

"Haaa..."

Satisfied, I summoned my towel and wrapped it around myself. Aurelia looks at her cum covered hand and licks it. She nods to herself before licking it clean and giving me a very seductive stare… Haaa… What an aggressive woman. Xenovia was a blushing mess. She had no idea what to do.

Lime end

…

I quickly summoned water above Xenovia so it would all wash off her. This got her back to reality and she gave me a thankful look, but I could feel that she had a bit of regret. Perhaps I was too hasty?

"Let's just get this bath over with. I didn't expect that to happen."

…

Only one day before the rating game. It was clear there was tension in the air for the Gremory peerage, though I kind of shared it. They have no idea what to expect from their new opponent, and Diodora is locked up. What will happen then?

Smack!

"Man, what's up with your club today? Heck, even President Sona and Vice President Shinra are also tense. Do you know what's up?"

Najima and Kouta came over to me and inquired.

"Hmmm? Nah, they're just excited to taste a dish I made last night. I'm heading over to your place later, right? I'll bring some over too."

"Yes!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone jumped at Najima's loud cry, but he didn't seem to care and kept going. After school, I was planning to head over to his home. Well, I'll be stopping by the bakery section to sample their newest creation. Kouta was also tagging along, so they both were quite excited about it.

"Food ~ Food ~ Skyward-sama's food ~"

Although I had not made anything during the previous few weeks, I could recreate a dish that I had tried to make. It was from Latia's book she gave me. It was interesting but tasted good. I hadn't modified anything on it yet, it's basically Boeuf bourguignon but with ingredients from the Underworld.

"Yeah, yeah, calm down already, class is about to start…"

The idiot gave me an army salute and went to sit back down, the female devils gave me strange looks and I just shrug at them. I mean, I needed an excuse, so…

…

Lunch

Occult Research Clubroom

"You guys are way too tense. Relax…"

I covered the area with a calming effect and they immediately relaxed.

"Yeah, I agree with Jin. Being this tense won't do you any good you know…"

"I know, but still, it's our third game with an unknown opponent. We didn't even have enough footage of her. She and her peerage are complete unknowns. We only know that she is a Wizard-type who has two [Pawns], a [Knight], two [Bishops], and a [Queen]."

"Their match ended quite quickly too… They're quite powerful."

Rias answered followed by Kiba. Azazel sighs. I do get where she's coming from though. That's the extent of the information that they got from him so heading into this match with next to zero information about anything is cause for worry.

"Well, it's still being broadcast throughout the Underworld so make sure to perform to your full potential. We have one day left and no last-minute training. We need you guys relaxed."

They didn't argue but accepted what I said. Azazel also agreed. While unlikely— No, impossible, they won't injure themselves, but having a ready body and calm mind will still help them. I look at Gasper and smirk. He stares at me confused.

"Make sure to show off even more this time, Gya-suke. Coriana is watching again."

"W-W-W-W-W-W-What are you t-t-t-t-t-t-talking about, Jin-senpai?!"

It's not meeting new people or faces that gets him flustered now… It's Coriana, geez man. But I'm happy for him, he has something else to fight for— Even if they do end up fighting each other sooner or later.

Akeno looks at me with an amusing smirk, huh? Why?

"I can also ask you the same thing, Jin. Why did you speak with Sairaorg's [Queen] before we left? She has approached you several times already… Valerie told us about it."

I see, well it wasn't anything to keep a secret about anyway. As a result, I left it up to Valerie whether she wanted to tell them or not... Yeah, it was an interesting discussion.

Flashback

…

Underworld

Jin Skyward

"...Huh?"

The staff went wild. He just announced that in front of the entire Underworld… Why the hell… Sairaorg, you're not one to make these types of flashy announcements… Are the older fucks in the Bael putting you up to this…?

"I have no problems with sparring with you again, Sairaorg, but why make it… Well, this public?"

He looks at me and nods sagely. He closes his eyes and doesn't speak for a full minute. I glance at his peerage, in particular Regulus and Kuisha. They just shook their heads at me, so they didn't know either.

"I had no time earlier, so, when I finished my own interview, I just decided to ask you. I have no other reasons."

I didn't sense him lying… Though if I think about it, it's just like how Sairaorg does things. He's straightforward and honest about these things…. Now what do I do? I certainly don't mind but being on live broadcast…

[We're no secret anymore, Partner.]

I know that, it's just that anyone can see us, including those asshats in Khaos Brigade… Haaaa… Well whatever. I nod.

"Sure thing, Sairaorg. I don't mind."

"We'll talk about details at a later date, Jin. Goodbye for now."

Satisfied with my answer, Sairaorg left with his peerage. Kuisha looks back at me and I nod, she does too. I turn back to the staff and they have looks of excitement on their faces.

"So… Let's continue…?"

"Yes!"

They answered enthusiastically because they had more questions for me now.

…

"Let's get going Jin."

A few minutes after Ravel left, we were about to leave back to my home when—

"Jin-sama?"

We turn to see Kuisha Abaddon, Sairaorg's [Queen]. She stood there staring at me, the others were also looking at her.

"Kuisha… Abaddon, right? You're Sairaorg's [Queen]. Do you need something?"

Rias asks her and she nods.

"Ah yes, Rias-san. I'm here to speak with Jin-sama… W-We were planning on speaking about… Some personal matters."

"Yeah, you guys go ahead. I'll be speaking with her for a few minutes. It won't take long."

Akeno tried to say something but was pulled back by Rias and forced to teleport away…

"Ji—"

"….She's quite clingy, love her though, sorry about that. Anyway, what's up? Did this get better or something?"

"…N-No, they have… I mean… Sairaorg-sama has announced the start of his relationship to us with Silveteela Stolas. Misla Bael-sama is quite happy with it, and so are we… I'm happy for my master."

I could tell that she felt complicated about the whole situation. Happy, sorrowful, and everything in between. I don't know who Sairaorg's first piece was but… I would think it was her. He accepts people from any background, regardless of their race. If he sees potential in them, then that's good enough for Sairaorg. He does not discriminate.

"She's quite confident in her abilities and has started to train with Sairaorg-sama, so I think the Gremory peerage will have a challenging game."

I see, but I also doubt that…

"So, what are your plans now? Did you, you know, confess? Because I think he knows."

She shakes her head and sighs.

"I won't, but as you said. I am sure Sairaorg-sama knows of my feelings toward him. Yet I will discard it, as I will be his [Queen] and friend. Nothing more, nothing less… My goal was to stay by his side forever, however, I will work towards being independent for the future."

"Thank you for your assistance, even though it was sparse and brief, Jin-sama."

Kuisha smiles at me and bows. Huh, I didn't think it would turn out like this… She's a lot more mature and lev—

Drip ~ Drip ~

"Huh? W-Why am I-I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"

"…"

I guess getting that all off her chest opened the floodgates. She was involuntarily crying now and she was desperately trying to stop them, but more and more came. We know nothing about each other, but she decided to ask me for help. Not just because I was the Middleman but because I was her master's friend.

I grab her arm and pull her into a hug. After using a soothing effect to calm her down, the tears continued to flow.

"It's fine, Kuisha. It's okay to let it all out. Being strong for yourself and everyone else can take a toll on someone. So, just let it all go and then move forward."

[Are you speaking about her, or yourself, Partner?]

...….Who knows? I'm doing quite well for myself.

After I said that, Kuisha started to cry harder and buried her face into my chest. Was Sairaorg her first love? Who knows, but I have a feeling that he was. It took around two minutes for her to calm down and recollect herself. At the end of it she was blushing.

"I-I'm sorry for my sudden outburst."

"Don't worry about it. We all gotta move forward relentlessly, right? Can't dwell on past actions or mistakes forever… We should get moving. I can feel Sairaorg's aura is still here."

"Yes, thank you very much, until we meet again, Jin-sama."

She bows again before running off, a small smile on her face.

[Forward, relentlessly, huh?]

'Life— The world won't stop for you, or your silly opinions. You take what you have and move forward with it. You— We all know that.'

...Yeah.

Flashback end

…

After School

I was on my way to Najima's home. The Gremory peerage were doing their contracts, Ingvild was hanging out with her friends, though they were with us since they wanted to buy some stuff from Najima's bakery.

"Too bad we didn't win it all this year… You know, Koshien. If Jin didn't go back to Ireland, I'm pretty sure the baseball team would have asked for your help."

"They made it far, Kouta. Our school's male team is still young, but we made it to the top eight. That's something amazing you know."

We were walking there with the Ingvild and her friends— I had seen her try to hold hands with me but kept herself in check, more controversies would start if she did. The school was abuzz about Reni and Akeno. My rather dumb comment about having a harem was taken seriously by the males, and a few females.

"We still have the chance for the winter tournament though! Skyward-sama will surely help this time around…!"

"…I mean, if they ask for it, then sure."

It didn't take us long and we arrived at his family's store. It was medium in size, the outside had 'Shake it, Make it, welcome to Najima's bread shop'. We go inside and there were many shelves and a few tables with all types of bread on them.

"Wel— Jin-kun! Welcome! Ohhhh!! You're here to try out the brand-new batch, right?! Dear!!!!!!"

Najima's dad welcomed us as she screamed for his wife to come over. We heard footsteps coming quickly, the girls giggled at Najima's expense.

"As energetic as always, dude."

"Stop… They're embarrassing…"

Najima hid his face as he blushed—

"Jin-chan! Welcome! Please come over to the back and try them out… Those… Are girls, honey?! Did you bring a girlfriend home?!"

"W-W-What?! N-No! They're just classmates!"

Grab ~

Najima grabbed me by the shoulders and started to drag me back to the kitchen. Dude, you want a girlfriend, at least try to hit on one of them— Not Ingvild though, I'll castrate you.

"Your friends can come and try them too…"

The rest of them got an okay as Ingvild looked at me in pity. I can't go and kill normal humans; it would be too petty. Well, unless they're scumbags then… I can make some exceptions to scare the shit out of them.

"This is…"

I knew it would be interesting. I was dragged to the kitchen and in front of me was… Well, a piece of bread with octopus tentacles sticking out of it— Is that the head? D-Did they just shove this in together when they baked it…?

I'm no expert in baking since I only cook and not bake, but… What the fuck? I look at Najima's mother, and she had an expectant look. The father was giving me an 'I'm sorry' look. I guess I'll just truck through then…

When I bit into it, I chewed through it and swallowed… I mean, it tasted like octopus with bread… There's not much I can add to that.

"It's interesting, but… It's not on par with the others in your store, you may need to do a complete overhaul, ma'am."

I had to be kind with my words— Otherwise, she'd burst into tears. She nodded sadly but didn't take any offense, thankfully.

"A-Anyway, I brought some food with me. Najima should have told you about it, right?"

"It's here!!!!"

I took out the large lunchbox as Najima screamed again— He was hit by his mother. As mentioned earlier. The dish I was intending to bring was the Boeuf bourguignon. I had also prepared plastic forks; I gave everyone one and let them have at it.

"Mmm ~ as great as ever, Jin-chan ~"

"Haaa…. If only our son was a daughter… I wouldn't have any problems with you marrying into our family, Jin."

Najima glared at his dad who laughed at him— The others also joined in. Ingvild was used to my cooking so she took it in stride but—

"Heeeh… Jin-senpai can cook like this, huh? Hey Jin-senpai, you said you had a harem going. Can I join?"

The room froze after she said that, I could feel a certain Purple-haired Diva's emotions skyrocketing. I didn't like where this was heading.

"Er, I'm—"

"No! Jin's mine!"

Doom!

Ingvild, her weird jealousy of normal human girls… No, this is like for the majority of the girls, they have a weird rule, that if a person wanted to be in my harem, they had to be part of the supernatural… I can't understand where they're coming from but it's a bit extreme…

"You even have Ingvild?! Dude!!!!"

"...Dammit all….!!"

The two guys fell to their knees and cursed at me quietly. The friends of Ingvild cheered, while the one who asked me had a smirk on her face. Ingvild blushed and fell for their scheme.

"Hmmm ~ Jin-chan has a harem going…"

"Dammit, Jin! You're one lucky son of a— Ow, ow, ow, wait I'm jok— Ow, ow, I'm sorry!"

Najima's mother glared and pinched her husband's ear hard… I think she drew some blood… What a scary lady.

The rest of our time there was a bit calmer. This is because I shared some ideas with his mother about what and what not to use for some of the 'experiments'.

…

Jin Skyward

"It's about time."

Rias says that and then stands up.

The day of the match. We gathered in the Occult Research Clubroom late at night. Asia is in nun's clothing, and Xenovia is in erotic battle wear. And the others are wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform.

They had gathered around the magic circle located in the middle of the room, and are waiting to be transported.

Our opponent is Silveteela Stolas. Those who belong to the noble house where she hails from are unknown, and few know what they are capable of. But I do know that she's a diligent worker. I can only assume the same for her peerage. But the game will end when you take down the [King]! In their group, there are plenty of guys who won't lose with pure powers. If she comes at them like that, they'll just crush her.

But they also have learned other ways of fighting other than just using brute force. Sairaorg is a super power type. I would be in the same category as him if I were in the Rating Games.

I feel Asia hold my hand as she was hesitant to leave my side, I give it a squeeze and soothe her. I gave her a bit of encouragement that way, and then the magic circle glows, and they were teleported away.

…

Rias Gremory

"....Did we arrive?"

When our eyes recovered from the light produced by the teleportation, we opened our eyes.

We arrived at a spacious location. The place is lined with thick pillars. The ground is made of rocks. We look around, and we see a big entrance to a shrine in the distance.

It looks like those shrines that appear in Greek mythology; Jin has told us about his trip there.

At first glance, there are no broken parts, and it seems like it was just built. The sky is white like always. So this is our base, huh? Something felt off.

I think everyone else felt it too…. We also didn't hear the announcement of the arbiter no matter how much time had passed.

"…..This is weird."

I spoke out loud. As I became suspicious of this situation, others were also suspicious. Did something happen to the people in charge of the match? I was thinking such things, and then—

A magic circle appears on the other side of the shrine. The group makes their stances! But there isn't just one magic circle, there are many lights that had appeared, and they were surrounding us.

"...It isn't the symbol of Astaroth!"

Yuuto says that while making a stance with his sword. Akeno then says it while having her hand covered in electricity.

"....None of the magic circles are similar. Except…."

"They are all devils. But if my memory is correct…."

I look around with serious eyes while being covered in a red aura. The ones appearing were many devils! All of them seemed hostile to each other! They glare at us while surrounding us...

One, two, three... No, I'm ready to stop counting. That's because they don't just stop at ten or a hundred! There are several hundreds to a thousand of them, and we are surrounded by an insane number of people! The whole area is covered with devils that have just appeared.

"Judging from their magic circles, they're affiliated with the Old-Satan faction of Khaos Brigade."

~!?

Are you serious? The Khaos Brigade? Why did they interfere with the game of the young devils!? No, they are terrorists after all, but why our match?

"The blood relative of the annoying fake Satan, Gremory. I will have you perish here."

One of the devils surrounding us said that to me in a disturbing way! I was right: for the devils supporting the Old-Satan faction, the current Satan and the devils who support them must be an eyesore.

"Kyaa!"

A scream! This voice belongs to….. Asia! But—

Doooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Agghhh!!!"

We turned around expecting the unthinkable, but when we did…. Jin was there! The place that once was there was completely annihilated. W-What happened? All those devils just disappeared.

…

Jin Skyward

What a pain in the ass, how they managed to do this is beyond me. I had consulted Cúntóir earlier and we concluded that Nyarlathotep had planned for things in advance, or we speculated that one of her 'offspring' woke up. We weren't sure since we couldn't detect them, and I also didn't feel any disturbances in the barrier around the world.

I also got a distressing call from Kuisha and Sirzechs. The match was canceled since Khaos brigade randomly teleported into different places around the supernatural world and started causing chaos.

The thing that involves me, the Bael peerage, Rias, and, finally the Stolas heir.

"Jin! Silveteela, she—"

"Sairaorg-kun, please calm yourself… Jin, if I may? Silveteela Stolas, the heiress of her clan has been kidnapped by the Khaos Brigade. But by whom? We are not sure, but what we know is she's either in the game field or the Dimensional Gap."

Sirzechs interrupts Sairaorg and explains the situation…. Damn, she got kidnapped? Wait, what about Asia?

"Sairaorg, you have my word I'll get her back safe. Focus on whatever you're dealing with."

"....Alright, I'll leave it to you, my friend."

Just like that, the two communication circles disappeared. Kuisha lingered for a bit before—

"Stay safe, Jin-sama."

Heh, she's worried about me? Well, I'll think about that later. I had teleported to the so-called field where the game was going to take place in and killed the devils that appeared.

"J-Jin?! What's happening? Why is the Khaos Brigade—"

"Try that Odin and I'll rip your heart out."

"….Geez lad, I wasn't planning to!"

I didn't answer Rias as Odin had teleported in and tried to reach for Akeno's skirt and flip it. The group was shocked and turned to see the Norse God's leader.

"Odin-sama! Why are you here?"

Rias asks surprised. The geezer says it while stroking his long white beard.

"Hmm. It will be long if I explain it, but to put it simply, this game has been taken over by the Khaos Brigade."

"The game committee and those from different factions are cooperating to take them on. Actually, we know that Diodora Astaroth was allied with the Old-Satan faction behind the shadows. He must have received the 'red vial' from Azrael which resulted in his sudden power increase."

"The current Satans know your group is powerful, but they sent me to lend a hand. I'll deal with the mobs, while you chase after… Her."

"Her?"

They repeat and Odin looks at me. I sigh and explain what happened. They were all shocked by this.

"Why would they target Silveteela Stolas? What does she have to do with Khaos Brigade?"

"...Diodora Astaroth has escaped. No, he was rescued by certain members. He may be doing this or someone else, anyway. They are trying to get to the second strongest in the youth rating games."

—Sairaorg Bael.

"If they can cause him enough distress he may act rashly, no? If he does, they can take him out. That young devil has a lot of potential after all."

"That Astaroth boy also knows he can't hurt Jin or any of you. So, he chose this route. Enough talking, go."

"―Then how did you find your way here, Odin-sama?"

"When I gave one of my eyes to Mímisbrunnri, I became familiar with these types of demonic power, magic, and other spells. The same applies to barriers too."

"The enemy is the Chief God of the North! Our name will rise if we take his neck!"

Devils of the Old-Satan faction began shooting the demonic power blocks at once! The number of attacks was considerable. Odin-geezer hit his rod onto the ground once when we were about to take on the shots aimed at us.

Bobobobobobobobon!!!

The attacks coming at us get reflected away and perish! Geezer just laughs, 'Hohohoho', while stroking his beard. Even in his old age, he can still fight. The devils changed their expressions when he stopped the attacks. There are many High-class devils among them, but this meant nothing to a literal God.

"Normally, I can break the barrier with my power but I could only enter here….. Hmm, so what kind of enemy did this? Though I was told by that brat, Azazel, to give this to you. To be making an old man work this hard, what should I do with that brat afterwards?"

Odin… You sure do complain a lot….. What we received from the Old Norse God were small communication devices.

"Move along, leave this place to this old geezer, and hurry to the shrine. This geezer will be standing on the battlefield to protect you. This is a big privilege, you know?"

"You know, I could just wipe them all out myself."

"Let me have my time to show off you brat!"

He huffed and then Odin points his rod at us, a shallow aura enveloping us.

"That will protect all of you until the shrine. Now, hurry."

Literally not needed, these guys are… Haaa… Whatever.

"Are you sure your old brittle bones can fight them off for long enough?"

The geezer just smiles energetically.

"You threatened to rip my heart out and now you're worried about me? For a baby who only lived for a decade or so to worry about me… Heh, I must be blessed then."

Something which looks like a spear appears in the Geezer's left hand.

"—Gungnir."

He unleashed a powerful blow against the Old-Satan faction devils! Then—

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaanngggg!!!!

An enormous amount of aura is released from the spear and a sound that pierces through the sky echoes throughout the area. A single blow strikes straight to the end of the Earth, and it gouges the ground deeply! Dozens of devils have perished with that single blow. Heh, what a show-off.

"You know, Geezers need to work out sometimes too. Now then, terrorist devils. Come at me with all your might. This Geezer here is stronger than you can imagine."

We grin at each other before I turn back to the Gremory peerage.

The devils became even more nervous. There aren't any devils who would come at us like before to make their name famous anymore.

"Alright then Odin, I'll leave these weaklings to you."

I thank Odin and nod at everyone else.

"Let's go, we have a heiress to save."

We start to fly away— The battle between Odin and the devils started up again.

…

When we entered the shrine, we put the communication devices we received from Odin on our ears. Then we heard a familiar voice.

[Are you guys alright? This is Azazel. Looks like you received this from that geezer Odin.]

—It's Azazel.

[I know that there are things you want to say, but hear me out. This Rating Game has come under attack from the Old-Satan faction of the Khaos Brigade. The field you guys are at, and the special field where the VIP room is, are flooded with devils from the Old-Satan faction. But this is something we'd anticipated beforehand. Currently, all the factions are working together to defeat the Old-Satan faction.]

So the observers are also having a hard time as well, huh?

[Lately, those who are related to the current Satans started to die mysteriously. The ones who were behind it are the Old-Satan faction of the Khaos Brigade. It was told that the heir of the Glasya-Labolas died in an accident, but in reality, it was the Old-Satan faction who killed him.]

...So Zephyrdor's relative was killed by the Khaos Brigade. Was he targeted because he had the same blood as the current Satan?

[And the masterminds behind it are the descendants of Old-Beelzebub and Old-Asmodeus. As with the Katerea Leviathan that Jin tortured, the hatred of Old-Satan factions for the current devil's government is intense. Their first act was to terrorize this game by killing and displaying the dead bodies of those related to the current Satans in order to startle them. There has never been a better time to attack than this. We anticipated something bad ever since the match between Stolas and Agares.]

Then it means their match was already decided to be targeted by the Old-Satan faction from the beginning. The ones who are targeted are Satans and their relatives. In other words, Rias. And also, as the bosses of each faction who came to see the match. Then that geezer, Odin, was also one of their targets.

"Then the reason why Diodora's demonic power increased more than before is?"

Rias asks.

[He must have borrowed Azrael's blood. They also must not have thought that Diodora would have used that power during the game or Jin capturing him. That's why in the incident with Glasya-Labolas, we anticipated that something would happen in this match. But they didn't change their plan at all.]

[To them, as long as they can finish us off, anything is fine I suppose. Even for us, this is a chance we can't normally hope for. It's a good time to crush the Old-Satan faction who seem like they will have a negative influence on the World. Odin, Greek Gods, and Gods from Sakra's side are also planning to annihilate the terrorists.]

[We told the bosses of each faction in secret about the possibility of a terrorist attack occurring, and we asked them whether they would participate in this plan. They have all decided to cooperate and they are all thinking about winning. Right now, everyone is rampaging against the Old-Satan faction devils.]

[All of this was made easier thanks to Jin's efforts in uniting the supernatural, Zeus and Odin were all for it, it took a bit from the Sakra's side but they agreed in the end.]

"Well, whatever the case is, Silveteela Stolas has been kidnapped."

[I know, Sirzechs told me. Seeing as how strong you guys are now and Jin's with you...we'll leave the rescue operation to you guys. But be careful, alright?! We will eliminate the rest of the terrorists. This field is made by the Longinus possessor who belongs to the Khaos Brigade. With Jin you can enter and exit freely. That guy is an absolute cheat! So it seems reasonable to assume he can!]

[Anyway, the Longinus [Dimension Lost]. It exceeds among the Sacred Gear related to barriers and space, so even that geezer, Odin, who specializes in techniques can't destroy it. Anyway, their plan—]

"Means nothing, when absolute power is there, I'll eliminate it all."

[Geez, Jin… Fine whatever. I'll leave it up to you.]

…

The shrine had a spacious interior. There seems to be no end to the hall. There are just giant pillars inside the shrine, and nothing else is there.

When we go through the shrine, another shrine appears right ahead, so we go towards there. When we kept on repeating that, we felt a presence within one of the shrines! We stopped and made our stances. The ones who appeared are... Ten people with small builds who are wearing robes.

[Hey, Rias Gremory, Middleman and her servants.]

Diodora's voice echoed throughout the shrine. Good. I needed that. I don't always need your auras... I needed to find other ways... Found you, you little shit. Huh, Freed's here too, as well as Shalba and Silveteela. She seems unharmed, thankfully.

"Lianne, Aurelia, Silva, Zeno and Antares, come out."

The ones I called for came out of the ring. As I tapped my head, I sent out the information and the plan I wanted them to follow.

"Fufufu, I shall execute this mission perfectly, Jin-sama. Come you two."

"Hohoho ~ some real action."

"…"

Antares, Zeno, and Silva quickly left and started on their part. Lianne and Aurelia stood back, well—

"I shall stretch my legs, till then, Jin."

Dash!

Aurelia quickly left— Many screams and bangs were heard ahead of us. Lianne nods and stays in the same spot.

"Let's go."

Lianne will stand guard there. Anyone who tries to sneak past will be captured or eliminated. That's her role. Zeno and Silva will examine the entire shrine in order to see if Silveteela Stolas' peerage was also taken. I didn't feel them earlier, but if they were forced to take the vial, then…

In a nutshell, Antares supervised the entire operation. Since he is able to detect so many things, he was up in the sky giving out information to the others. The rest of us can make our way to the other side with no problems. Aurelia is the one that wanted to stretch her legs, so I let her go wild.

Doooooooooooooooooom!!!!!!

Freed's life force had vanished, and he was taken care of by Aurelia. We eventually reached the spot and could see the once normal human had been transformed into a chimera or cryptid.

"…"

[Aurelia, increase the pace, we'll be right behind you.]

[Very well.]

"Aurelia is preparing to go faster. Let's go."

A bit surprised, I increased my speed and ran in front of them. I caught up to Aurelia much to her surprise.

"End the rest, I'll confront Diodora. Keep his servants alive if you can."

"Understood."

Dwooosh!!

Why do I feel an oddly familiar aura? It wasn't human but… Something akin to a youkai… Whatever the case is, I'll get there before everyone else. I won't forgive myself if I let something happen to her after I promised Sairaorg.

…

Azazel

I, Azazel, have taken care of quite a number of devils from the Old-Satan faction in the Rating Game field. The rest of them should be easily taken care of by my subordinates.

I left the rest to my subordinates and flew up the sky heading towards a certain location —The jewel which has Fafnir residing in it is reacting towards this way.

With Odin's power, I immediately teleported here together with my subordinate and the jewel inside my stomach. When I saw a person at the corner of the field, the jewel increased its brightness.

Someone… A human? It takes on the appearance of a toned, muscular man. His dark orange hair is styled upwards, with the tips somewhat tinged and two strands framing the sides of his head. He has several red tattoos on his upper body, including flame-like ones on his face, a red sun that covers much of his left pectoral, and a tribal design that runs down his left arm.

He wears loose pants with a fur lining in the middle: the top is dark-colored while the bottom is light. He wears a wrap around his waist, with an apron-like cloth over his pants, bearing diamond shapes and an X-design. Bandages cover his right forearm, and his accessories include three triangular dangling earrings on each ear and a large gold chain with a cross-shaped pendant around his neck.

"Who are you?"

"Hmm? Oh, the leader of the crows. I didn't expect you to come here… Haaa… Father is still quite relaxed."

"Huh? Father?"

"Call me Ignia. The not-so-legitimate child of Jin Skyward."

H-Huh?! Child?! Does Jin have a kid?! What the hell?! I could see the man who called himself Jin's child smirk at me. He exudes power that's beyond anything that I've faced… However, it's still weaker than what Jin showed me that night…

"Maybe call me Ignia Skyward? Haha, who knows. Anyway, I'm a True Dragon God. Nice to meet you, weak crow."

"…Are you the one responsible for this?"

"This? Oh, you mean this mess…. Hmmm, no. While I am one of the leaders, I don't really contribute much to planning. I just want to meet my father and see what he's like. Mother had nothing but praises for him."

"Oh, don't mistake it— Mother created us, father had nothing to do with it. She's just… Obsessed with him. Though, he did do something to the world to prevent us from coming here initially, but mother anticipated this, so she gave us a little tool to come and go. It's also undetectable to him.... For now that is."

What is this guy spouting? Well, it won't be the first time that a woman falls for Jin, but to make 'children'? What the hell did you mix yourself up in, Jin?

"What's the goal of Khaos Brigade?"

"Goal? Like I said earlier, I don't know. Ask my other three siblings, we look nothing alike though. I'm just here for a good time, a good fight. You know, I'm a battle maniac, like Vali Lucifer."

"Then humor me, Ignia. What do you think your siblings want?"

He nods and answers.

"Originally, mother wanted to prank father, that's it. Though we are individuals with thoughts of our own. So, those three had other ideas, they just skewed the 'prank' part. Two males and one female. That's all you're getting from me. Someone is coming."

Shiiiing!

Ignia dismissed any more questions I had as he smirked and looked to his side. The one who appeared was a man wearing the clothes of a noble. That guy bows at me and puts on a smile.

"It's my first time meeting you. I am the one who carries the blood of the true Asmodeus. Creuserey Asmodeus. I came here to ask you, the Governor of fallen angels for a battle as I am the member of the True-Satan faction of the Khaos Brigade."

.....Hahahaha, look at what we have here.... It's the appearance of one of the masterminds. I couldn't help but scratch my cheek.

"Looks like the Asmodeus of the Old-Satan faction showed himself."

Don!

Before I confirm his identity, he had covered his body in demonic aura. The color is deep black. So this guy also received Azrael's blood.

"It's not the 'Old'! I am the blood inheritor of the True Satan! I will avenge Katerea Leviathan right here!"

She didn't die though? She's just imprisoned. Is he Katerea's man or something? Well, it doesn't matter. If I can defeat one of the masterminds of this attack, then I can't ask for anything more. So I'll take this challenge on.

"Fine then. Tannin. What will you do?"

"I'm not a rude guy who would interfere in a one-on-one. I will watch over this Ignia fellow, even if he's leagues above me."

I had brought with me one of the former Five Dragon Kings, the Blaze Dragon Tannin.... Haaaa.... This guy really is a warrior. It's a waste having him as a dragon.

"I leave it to you. It has gotten chaotic, but it's about time my students reached Diodora's place safely. Jin's with them after all."

"That fool… While his powers have been sealed, he is still useful. We have modified him, right, Ignia-dono?"

"We did something like that? I guess? Dio… Dio… Oh that guy? The one who r—pes maidens? I guess so, he's basically a chimera or cryptid now. Some Kangaroo idiot is with him too."

"―Hahahahahahahhahahahahaha!"

I laughed out loud at what Ignia just said.

"Well it doesn't matter, Father will eliminate them. I can see why the crow is laughing."

At least this guy gets it! The Gremory peerage is beyond the current Satans or myself in terms of raw power! The thing we have above them is experience, war tactics, and strategies!

The Ignia fellow turns to the descendant and says—

"Father is the same as mother. Nothing, not even she can keep up with him. In reality, he can just wipe us out if he feels like it. However, mother has stated that he has no interest in those. He just wants to live life."

Whoever this 'mother' is, she gets Jin. Though he did say she's obsessed with him… We— The leaders of the three factions have discussed this. We even thought of asking Jin in wiping Khaos brigade by himself...

But a question arose, what kind of compensation would he want? I know he doesn't ask me, hell he barely touches the money, what he likes is the info, even if it's mundane.

Serafall jokingly said that he may ask for the majority of women in our factions, truthfully...I can see it happening, that guy's lust and love are unhinged at times...

I took out Fafnir's jewel and made a stance with the artificial Sacred Gear.

"Now, Fafnir. I will have you tag along with me. Our opponent is Creuserey Asmodeus! Let's go, Balance Break!"

The next moment, I was covered with golden plate armor. When I was trying to show off like that, a magic circle intrudes us. That crest is…..

I see. So you will come out personally. And the one who appears from the magic circle is the Crimson-haired King, —Sirzechs.

"Sirzechs, why did you come?"

He narrowed his eyes at my question.

"As part of this plan, I got my little sister involved in the political issues that concern us adults. So I need to come forward as well. I thought it would be inappropriate if I left everything to Azazel every time something arose. I want to persuade Creuserey. If I can't even do that, then I won't be able to face my sister."

Man, this guy really is…..

"…..You are such a Mr. Nice guy. You know it will be a waste of time, right?"

"―Even so, I wanted to ask them directly as the current King of the devils."

I pulled away my spear. The moment he saw Sirzechs, Creuserey's expression turned to that of rage.

"….Sirzechs! The hated fake existence! To appear here personally! Because of you... Because of you guys, we....!"

Look, this is the reality. To them, your existence is the one they hate the most.

"Creuserey. Can you lower your weapon? If it's now, I can still prepare for negotiations. We had no intentions of driving the original and true descendants down to the depths of the Underworld, that was never our intention. We did not try to take the focus off of you."

"Even now I think 'Maybe there's still another way?'. I want to prepare negotiations with the descendant of the former Satans. More than that, I would like you to talk to the current Satan Asmodeus. Falbium."

Sirzechs's words are polite. That's why it ticked off Creuserey instead.

It's useless, Sirzechs. To begin with, your words as the current Satan won't reach these guys. You are naïve. Creuserey then gets even more enraged.

"Don't speak nonsense! Not only the fallen angels, but you have allied with the angels, so I don't want to hear that nonsense. You! You! Have become filth, don't talk to me about devils like that! Not just that, but are you telling me to talk to the impostor!? That is enough with your nonsense!"

I sighed and spoke to the angry descendant...

"Like you're one to talk. You guys are in that stupid little faction in the Khaos Brigade. You have gathered many outlaws, heretics, strays, and rogues of the Three Great Powers."

He smiles.

"We are not cooperating. We are using them. Angels and fallen angels are beings we use for our own purposes. Understanding each other? Peace? All existences besides devils must be destroyed. Why can't you understand who we Devils are!?"

"No! We, the Satans, are the ones who have to become the Kings of the World! By using Azrael's blood, we will destroy the world, and create a new World of devils! For that, you impostor Satans are in our way!"

Oh God, how cliché can you get? He's spouting crap that villains and bosses in books and games say. The devils are already in danger of making their own kind go extinct! What kind of nonsense are YOU spouting?

Sirzechs. You might have mixed feelings, but you are doing a better job as a King you know? Because the old Satans were like these guys, the devils were heading on the path of self-destruction. Their thoughts, their beliefs, did not match. The gap between both sides is big, and it will never get fixed. Sirzechs then says it with sad eyes.

"Creuserey. I just want to protect the seeds of devils. I need to protect the civilians, or else our kind will not prosper. I don't care whether you call me naïve. I want to lead the children to a better future. – We don't need War in the current Underworld."

"Naïve! More than that it's a foolish reason! Do you think that it will be the end of devils!? Devils steal the souls of humans, we lure them to hell, and we exist to eliminate God and angels! There is no need for negotiation anymore! Sirzechs! The fake King with fake kindness! — A fake Lucifer! A fake Satan!"

"We are beings who annihilate everything! Even though you have the [Power of Destruction], why don't you use it against the fallen angel beside you!? Like I thought, you don't have the right to call yourself a Satan! I, Creuserey Asmodeus, who am the true Satan will annihilate you!"

That was the end of the talking between them, it was like trying to have a conversation with a wall. Sirzechs then speaks to Ignia.

"And you are?"

"Ignia, Jin's not-so-legitimate son. Ask the crow about it, I won't be repeating myself."

Sirzechs nods and continues.

"...Are negotiations impossible with you?"

"Me? I don't mind, but my three other siblings don't care for it. Hell, the leaders of Khaos Brigade will probably just laugh at you."

He nods, it seems like he understands Ignia's dilemma, I guess? Sirzechs looks up and closes his eyes. When he opens his eyes…. His eyes are filled with coldness which gives me chills. After confirming that, Creuserey distances himself and creates large blocks of demonic powers in both of his hands.

"Yes! That's it! That is easier to understand, Sirzechs!"

Creuserey was hoping for this the whole time. ....Sirzechs, there was no way that your words would have reached him from the beginning. Even so, you still wanted to talk to him, huh? –Your thoughts. And the thoughts of the Underworld that is.

Sirzechs raises his right hand and points it upward. Demonic powers were gathering there. An irregular aura appears to emanate from Sirzechs' demonic power. –The [Power of Destruction]. Sirzechs spoke in a strong tone.

"Creuserey, I will eliminate anyone who becomes a threat to the Underworld as a Satan."

"You! Don't you dare use the name Satan!"

Creuserey releases huge demonic auras from both his hands. Sirzechs doesn't flinch and changed the demonic powers in his palms to several smaller spheres and then he shot them forward.

Bang! Guuuuuun!

Creuserey's demonic power perishes after it touches Sirzechs's demonic power as if it was grounded away. The demonic power released by Sirzechs moves as if it has its own mind and eliminates Creuserey's attack.

Sirzechs himself dodges or uses defensive spells for the attacks which couldn't be eliminated. One of the spheres of [Power of Destruction] goes into Creuserey's mouth.

Don!

Creuserey swells up once. When it calms down, Creuserey is also heavily damaged. Blood comes out of his mouth…

Sirzechs then says it.

"—[Ruin the Extinct]. While I can't get rid of the blood of Azrael within you… You aren't strong enough to make full use of it."

This obviously angers him even more, however, his confidence from earlier disappears and now he looks impatient. Sirzechs' attack. It's my first time seeing it.

One of the reasons why Sirzechs was chosen as a Satan. – Overwhelming [Power of Destruction]. It eliminates everything it touches. It doesn't even leave a trace. Absolute destruction. Even if it was small, it has outrageous power.

He didn't overuse the absolute [Power of Destruction], he didn't even increase its mass, he kept it in a small size, and he is able to control several of them like his own limbs. A technique that requires delicate control and a great level of talent. Sirzechs has those.

"Damn you! Just like you! And just like Vali! Why do those who carry the name of 'Lucifer' are blessed with powers, yet both of you clash with us!?"

Creuserey tries to release more shots while cursing.

Kuuban!

—But one of the spheres touched Creuserey's stomach, and it took away his whole stomach. Even in its smallest form, the [Power of Destruction] has enough power. The moment it touches it, it eliminates everything in its surroundings.

"…..W-Why…. Why does the real one have to lose against the impostors..."

While having blood coming from his mouth, Creuserey sheds tears of blood. Sirzechs closes his eyes and swings his arm to the side slowly. At that moment, Creuserey's whole body was eaten away by several spheres floating in the sky.

"Hah, what a pathetic thing. I'll admit those things look cool. Hey, try it on me."

The both of us were a bit taken aback. Sirzechs and I look at one another, a bit hesitant. I turn to him and tell him who this person is. I tell him what he had told me earlier before he had joined us. Upon hearing this information, he complied with Ignia's request.

The balls of [Ruin the Extinct] slowly made their way to the True Dragon God Ignia—

Kwshhh!!! Zwooom!!

""?!""

Ignia had put his hand out and burnt the balls of [Power of Destruction] into nothingness. W-What the hell? How can mere flames…!

"How can mere flames destroy the all famous [Power of Destruction], more specifically the famous [Ruin the Extinct]? Haha, who knows? You'll find out in the future. Crow, Crimson-King… There are three more at my level, and many more like my father, Jin. However, they are all sleeping, mother is trapped and the others… Well never mind."

Ignia grins at us one last time before vanishing into flames.

"What in the world is Jin? If that guy is a True Dragon God… Ahhhh… We won't get an answer out of him even if we try."

I sigh and shake my head— Sirzechs was just staring at the spot that Ignia vanished from.

"I can only hope that Jin is on our side… If what he's been doing is anything to go by."

"I believe in Jin-kun. He is… He won't change or betray us."

"Tch, you're just saying that because he's your unofficial brother-in-law."

Sirzechs smiles, he doesn't say it out loud but he agrees with what I said… Haaa what a fucking sis-con and now a future bro-con. I'm too old for this shit…

…

Jin Skyward

The place I had just reached was the shrine that was located in the deepest part of this place. The others quickly arrived behind me and we headed inside. When we got there, we saw what looked like a gigantic device.

It's a circular device which is carved into the wall, there are jewels located in various parts, and it also has mysterious symbols and letters in it.

….. Silveteela Stolas was tied to the device, beneath were two individuals…the one on the left was Diodora, or whatever the hell he became. I check and could see he had become a sort of Chimera or Cryptid. He had a manic grin on his face… The one beside him, he looked familiar…

I could tell nothing was done to her, which was good… For endangering my friend's lover, you— Neither of you will have a light death…

"…Middleman-san?"

"Hehehe…. Hahahahaha! You came Red Dragon Emperor!"

Silveteela Stolas looks up from where she was tied. I won't delay it anymore, sorry for the wait. I snap my fingers and freeze time within the vicinity. Aurelia looks at me in surprise. She probably didn't think I'd use something like this.

Flash stepping to where she was, I broke the shackles that bound her. I summoned clothes and covered her with them. Her previous noble dress was already badly damaged and torn. I quickly checked over her and… She was fine, mostly. A few injuries, probably from self-defense.

I flash stepped back and kept on carrying the heiress. I snapped my fingers again and resumed time, and when I did… The two of them had a look of shock. They looked back at the spot where Silveteela Stolas was supposed to be, but could see she was gone— She was in my arms.

"You. You're that kangaroo youkai from Asgard. Why did you join the Monkai Association?"

He blinks rapidly before going into a laughing fit. Diodora looks at his comrade with a weird expression.

"You! Because of you my life was thrown into shambles! I accidentally found the Monkai Association and they accepted me. I will have my revenge, Middleman."

"I forgot, I intended to go back and do it but you already spread the rumor and got yourself into that mess. If only you had a little more patience, then you'd be raking in cash right now. But I will admit, the first part of your pathetic backstory is my fault. The rest is yours."

He just kept on laughing. Any kind of talking or reasoning won't even reach him. It'll be a waste of time. All I wanted to do was explain myself, but whatever… It is what it is.

"Why? Why would you do this, Diodora-san?"

I had already explained the reasons to Asia in the few weeks before the second term started. However, I don't know if she's in denial or didn't want to accept it, but knowing how kind of a person Asia is…

"My taste in women. This rich boy certainly has great taste. My fetish for girls affiliated with the Church! Yes, the ones you call nuns!"

Diodora smiles sadistically.

"And the ones I prey on are the passionate and strong believers. Do you know what I am trying to say? My servant devils that Middleman-kun and others defeated just earlier are all former believers of the Church! The same could be said for the girls who are at my house!"

"All of them are famous nuns and Holy-maidens from various areas! My taste is really something, don't you think!? This devil-rich boy seduced the women from the Church and made them into his toys! Oh wait, that's why devils exist!"

He speaks with sweet words to the passionate Holy maidens and makes them fall for him… I guess that's what you call 'A Devil's whisper'.

"Then that means I..."

Diodora laughs at Asia's disbelief.

"The one who wrote the scenario of Asia getting kicked out of the Church is none other than me! Diodora Astaroth! The scenario goes like this. One day, a devil-rich boy who loves to have sex with nuns found himself his very ideal, Bishoujou Holy-maiden."

"He couldn't help but wanting to have sex with her ever since he saw her. But he thought it would be hard to take her away from the Church, so he used a different plan to make that girl his."

His grin becomes wider.

"You can connect the dots, can't you? Unless you're too stupid to ~"

Even the Kangaroo youkai looks at Diodora with disgust. I guess he has his own standards and morals even after siding with Khaos Brigade. I make Silveteela Stolas float over to Kiba and Gasper, I give them a nod, and they understood.

For added protection, Aurelia stands in front of the group.

"….Yeah, you're just a giant mistake, a failed abortion, Diodora Astaroth."

"Ha—"

Don! Don! Don! Goooooooon!!!!!! Boom! Boom!

"Ah— Eh…?"

I sent out a barrage of punches— Or should I call it Saitama's Serious Series: Serious consecutive punches? Regardless— Everything in front of me, and behind Diodora was obliterated out of existence…

I looked into his memories and mind one last time. If he was broken out, we can see how and who did it…

...

...

Disgusting. Having to see the parts of him luring and breaking the former holy maidens and nuns pissed me off. But it was mostly his talks with Shalba and other leaders that I was already aware of— Mainly the Old-Satan faction of the Khaos Brigade.

But the more interesting parts were…one of Nyarlathotep's offspring, her 'children' one of them looks like Ignia from Fairy tail. He was also the one who broke Diodora out along with Creuserey Asmodeus. But the other three 'children' of Nyarlathotep remain obscure, but Diodora has heard about them from the talks.

Two were males and one was female. Also, that Jibrail, Mīkhā'īl, and Isrāfīl were active within the organization. Azrael served his purpose… He's a glorified blood bag, so the entire organization can get the red vials from him to increase their power. So much for simping after your Goddess, huh?

"I… I can't… Die he—"

"[Hakai]."

I erase Diodora with the power of [Hakai]. I turn to the kangaroo youkai as he quite literally pissed himself. I will admit he reached Ultimate-class, and that's it. He was horrendously weak when I first met him. The blood made him a little stronger, but that's it.

"…"

"Dammit it!"

Don!

"Aarghh!!"

I punch him, he goes down. I reach out to read his memories?!— ...Suddenly a purple tentacle and dark red flames shot at me. I jump back and swat the flames away…. These flames… They were strong, just a rank below Aurelia and Lianne.

Cúntóir: Answer: Warning, one of Nyarlathotep's 'children' is here.

….In front of me was Ignia and…. A monster stepped through the circle that the tentacle came out of… She looked like Black Alice.

"Ah ~ Ah ~ Ah ~ I can't have you killing one of our newest members now, can I? He still has a lot of uses… Mainly more information ~"

Black Alice says with a wink, the tentacle she used to attack me quickly retracted back into her. Another one shoots out from her and grabs the kangaroo youkai. I quickly flash step towards him and grab for him—

"Not so fast, Father."

Don! Gang!

"Ugh….! Damn, you really pack a punch even while holding back, huh?"

"Hoho? ~ one of the leaders of Khaos Brigade is a son of the Middleman? ~"

"No, our 'mother' created us herself… She's just obsessed with father… So she started to call him our 'father' or 'papa' so we defaulted to calling him that."

Black Alice giggled at the explanation of Ignia— The shocked group behind me stared at Ignia. He grinned and quickly ignited his right foot and launched it towards me.

I avoid the attack and send a punch towards his gut—

Don! Bam!

He blocked it but was sent backward with great force… He had a pained grin on him— My idle state is now one percent Outer God… He's peak of Multiversal, the girls aren't there yet… I need to be careful.

Shadow Knights— On standby. Suddenly a communication circle appeared beside Ignia's ear. He scoffed but shook his head.

"Sorry, I— We gotta go, father. Till we meet again… A little tip, mother gave us tools to get past the barrier you have around earth… Heh, I knew we'd get along. I'm only here for a good fight, I won't hurt your lovers… But I can't say the same thing as the other three… Only time will tell."

I flash step back to her but Black Alice waves to me as she jumped back into the portal and Ignia vanished into a flash of flames… Those two— No three, are being hidden by her blood… I can't trace them. Tch.

"Hmmm? Where did everyone go?"

"…Who are you?"

Rias asks the man above the shrine.

"It's my first time meeting you, sister of the annoying fake Satan. My name is Shalba Beelzebub. The true successor of the Great True Satan Beelzebub. I'm different from the relative of the fake one you fought earlier."

He looks at the spot where Diodora Astaroth use to be and scoffs.

"Diodora Astaroth, I lent you the first batch of Avezza's artificial Sacred Gear. You lost that and got arrested, we broke out from prison, and look at the situation you are in. In the match against Agares, you used Ophis's snake without my authorization and had the enemy predict our plan. You are very foolish indeed."

He turns his gaze to Rias and Silveteela.

"Now, sister of Sirzechs as well as heiress of Stolas. It may be sudden, but I will have you die here. The reason is simple. That is to destroy every blood relative of the current Satan… If we kill Silveteela the Bael heir will be forced to act."

Shalba says it with a cold voice. His eyes are also filled with hatred. He must have a huge hatred towards the current Satans. Authority and nobility, and the seat of Satan was taken away from him, and they were pushed away to the end of the Underworld, so their hatred must be very deep.

"So you mean to kill Glasya-Labolas, Astaroth, and us, the Gremory."

Shalba narrows his eyes with Rias's words.

"That is correct. It is simply displeasing. We, the true successors, to be called the 'Old' by you people, the relatives of the current Satans, and it is something very hard to endure."

Shalba dramatically sighs.

"Our plan ends with this. It is our defeat. I never thought that a [Boosted Gear], a mid-tier Longinus, would win against the Dimension Lost, a high-tier Longinus. I can only say that this was something we didn't anticipate."

"Well, we got significant results for future terrorism, so I have to be satisfied with it. Creuserey died but it won't be a problem. –As long as I'm active, we can still progress even without Vali. The True Beelzebub is great. Now, as my souvenir, while returning…. –Sirzechs's sister, I will have you dead."

"You don't challenge the current Satan directly, but kill their relatives, what cowardice!"

"That's alright. I will kill the family of the current Satan first. It won't mean a thing if we don't have them taste despair."

Upon hearing all of this, Rias's aura raged! She kept on increasing it and the whole place started to shake— Shalba had a look of surprise.

"This power.... Hahaha! You reached the power of a Dragon God? This child?! Has this world gone insa—"

Boooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!

"?!"

"If you think I'll just stand here letting you spout that crap out, and not do anything— Then you're delusional. Shalba Beelzebub."

Ddraig… Albion… Let's show 'em something interesting.

{[Yeah!!]}

"Balance Break."

[Welsh Dragon!!!!]

{Vanishing Dragon!!!!}

{[Balance Breaker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]}

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The entire underground of the shrine— The entire area where the rescue mission took place was engulfed in a large white and red pillar of light—

....

Once the light faded the upper half of this place was no more, like my attack from earlier, it destroyed everything. Above us was just the sky of dimension lost. I had discussed this with Ddraig and Albion a few weeks back, but we didn't try it yet— Today was the first.

It was a combined [Balance Break] of both [Boosted Gear] and [Divine Dividing]. The Scale mail was unique. On the left side of my scale mail was the typical red and green jewels of the Red Dragon Emperor's scale mail— Behind it on the left side was a small lone white cape.

To the right side was the White Dragon Emperor's balance break scale mail. It was mostly white with its blue jewels. In the middle— The chest area, the two jewels fused, as both blue and green were present.

"Wh-What is that—"

Don! Dwooosh!!!!

I had appeared in front of Shalba and punched him in the stomach sending him high into the sky with a large shockwave destroying everything around us. The Shadow Knights had appeared and protected the Gremory peerage with a shockwave.

"Jin-sama!!"

Antares, Zeno and Silva flew over to me, they look at the paralyzed Shalba as he glared at us unable to do anything.

"We did not find any of Silveteela Stolas peerage, I believe she had sent them to safety before she was kidnapped… Or, they weren't near her when the abduction happened."

"Silva and I got rid of a few pests that came your way, young master, right?"

"Yes, they weren't much of a threat, however, the safety of your lovers and yourself is a top priority."

I retract my helmet and nod at them.

"Good job, be on standby for now… I will deal with this thing by myself."

They nodded and disappeared, I turn back to Shalba…. Interesting, I felt Bikou, Arthur, and Vali's auras enter [Dimension Lost]. They were making their way to me.

"Why can I not move?! Me! The original descendant of the True Satans! I even consumed two vials of Azrael's blood!"

…And that still didn't put you to the status of 'Super Devil' you're stuck on Satan-class… How trash can you be?

"Always saying 'True descendant this', 'I deserve the seat that'… How about you work for it, you giant waste of oxygen."

[Boost!]

{Divide!}

I boosted myself once and used divide on Shalba once, the guy looked visibly distraught with a lot of rage on his face.

[Heh, you made—]

{—The wrong choice, Devil.}

I cup my hands together and gather draconic energy between them— Yes, I was going to unleash a Kamehameha on this guy.

"Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Jin's doing the thing!!! He's doing the thing!!!"

I could hear Rias fangirling on the ground, a few awkward chuckles and acknowledgments from her peers had her calm down a bit…. I brought my hands to my side and charged up even more— Just then Vali's group reached me.

"…Jin?"

"Wow ~ look at that, the Red Dragon Emperor… He even has the Vanishing Dragon's armor!"

"…How curious."

Each of them made a comment, I could feel Vali's disbelief behind me and Arthur's curiosity.

"It really doesn't matter at this point… Just expect the unexpected when I'm involved… Right, Albion?"

The White Dragon Emperor's Light wings appeared on my right side—

{Yeah, that's right. Jin…. Hello there, other me.}

This left Vali and his Albion shocked. I could tell that much.

"…Sorry for the wait, Shalba. You die today."

I push my hands forward and released the charged up draconic energy forward—

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!"

"…."

I didn't say it, but Rias screamed it beneath me… She really liked Dragon Ball, huh?

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The red and white Draconic energy blast kept on getting larger and larger— Until it covered everything in front of me— The stream kept on going and going until it 'hit' something. When it did, it destroyed it and kept going— The barrier—the dimension around us didn't collapse— Yet. Thankfully.

My attack finally ended and I look at the destruction, it was like a giant hole of nothingness remained. Did I go a bit overboard…? Ah, fuck it, who cares? It's in a different dimension, in a Sacred Gear…

[It went beyond that you know…]

{Ddraig has a point.}

…I'll fix it soon, leave it. I turn back to see Vali with even more complicated emotions as he frowned at me.

"You have your own [Divine Dividing]?"

"Yeah."

"I see… I guess I need to compete with you on that as well."

"Yeah, you better hurry, I have two forms beyond [Juggernaut drive] with my [Divine Dividing], Vali."

"I see… Very well."

I had expected him to leave but… Oh right, this should be where Great Red makes his first appearance, but a lot of things have changed, and Great Red isn't a he, but a she… I did leave those four in the Dimensional Gap… I wonder if—

Just then we hear some sort of song coming towards us, we decided to land on the ground where the rest of them were. I quickly sent out a message on what to do for Antares, Zeno, and Silva. Once they received it they quickly went about doing it.

"What's that sound…?"

Kiba asked and looked around, he didn't get an answer though as it kept getting closer and then—

Azazel with Sirzechs and Tannin appeared…. He was blaring that stupid song I sang for them…. Ugh…

"O-Oppai…?"

Gasper repeated— Everyone looks at me and I facepalmed…

"That's what they made me sing back in the interview… Haaa…. I guess I gotta embrace that stupid thing now…"

"Oppai Dragon."

[Ugh!]

"Ketsu Dragon."

{Aaghh!!}

Both dragons were instantly defeated… How terrifying, the oppai dragon song is…

Vali look at me with another complicated expression and I just shook my head… Is this world trying to make me into a worse pervert than Issei or something…? Whatever I'll embrace it like him…

"Hahaha!! I didn't expect you to seriously sing it so passionately Jin! I've been dying of laughter since I've been listening to it. I gotta give Sirzechs props to it!"

Azazel slapped his knee while howling with laughter. He stopped and the Governor-General and Satan Lucifer look at Vali.

"Vali, why are you here?"

"I sensed that."

He points at me— I was still in my new [Balance Break] and they look at it in fascination. Vali goes on to say that I also had my own [Divine Dividing] and they just shook their heads.

"So this is this generation's Red Dragon Emperor…. Quite an interesting fellow."

[Hell yeah he is.]

I dismiss my Scale mail, but the [Boosted Gear] appears again and Ddraig answers Tannin himself— Then my [Divine Dividing] also appeared.

{It is quite fun being with Jin.}

"...…"

They all let out sighs and got on with it…. Eh? Did they just get over with all the surprises? Well thanks, I rather prefer this, actually.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

"Now what?!"

Gasper screeches as he seemed really annoyed by it all… The rest started to look around— A bit tense and ready to fight.

"Calm down… They're here."

Break! Break! Boom! Boom! Shatter! Shatter!

A gigantic hole appeared in the sky, even the ones that travel a lot were shocked— From it came… A giant moth monster, on its back, was a giant lizard, with a dragon and a knight-looking creature.

"Looks like they got them here too…"

"Hmmm, so you had Antares, Zeno and Silva fetch them from the Dimensional Gap?"

"Yeah."

Aurelia and Lianne joined my side as we all look at the sight in front of us. That's right… I created Mothra and Godzilla… If King Ghidorah was a thing in the Multiverse… I might as well have some of my own Kaiju, right?

"W-What the hell are those things?!"

"My subordinates… They'll land soon, just be patient."

Mothra's imago form overall bore a resemblance to a gigantic moth; with a hair-lined body consisting of numerous colors, feathery antennae 'varied-antennae', and four large wings which sweep or drag behind her body when they're not extended.

Her wings are patterned with black, orange, yellow, and blue colors and possess prominent eye patterns. When her wings are bioluminescent, they glow with a series of brilliant colors.

Her main body's hair is white and brown, and her head is stocky. She retains a facial resemblance to her larval form in the form of her mandibles, whilst her blue eyes are large and slanted, making them appear vaguely more insectoid. She possesses an abdomen shaped like a wasp with a large, retractable stinger.

She possesses three pairs of insectoid legs - a double-jointed front and middle pair (the latter pair are often kept tucked between and under the former) which she uses as blade-like offensive weapons, and a triple-jointed pair of hind legs.

This Godzilla's face is blocky, his neck is broad. His eyes are small with a golden-yellow color, and his teeth are also relatively small and nowhere nearly as straightly lined up as in previous Godzilla's. The head and neck tend to lean forward more and the nostrils are more separate, being located on opposite sides of the snout, creating a more reptile-like appearance.

Additionally, Godzilla this Godzilla is even greater in size, standing at 786 feet (240 meters) in height and 1164 feet (354 meters) in length. However, right now he was in a smaller form so he could fit on Mothra's back. He and Mothra have the ability to change sizes.

Doom!!!!!

They finally landed and the ground beneath us shook. Antares, Zeno, and Silva nod and return back to my ring, Godzilla and Mothra bow to me— The ones that were unaware, and that's the majority of them— Were gobsmacked at what they were looking at.

Bellion and Kamish also hopped down from Mothra's back and kneeled in front of me. They didn't expect to see another Dragon… Tannin was staring at Kamish with interest.

"No, no…. Jin, where is Great Red?! That was my goal in the first place, the reason for me joining Khaos Brigade!"

"…You…. You seriously are just a battle maniac, huh?"

I raise my brow and look at my necklace.

"Both Ophis and Great Red are in my necklace, Vali."

Boom!

Another revelation to the ones not in the know… Sirzechs gave me a strained smile while Azazel facepalmed hard.

"They're with me, so don't worry about it. If you want to fight either of them, you gotta get through me first."

"I give up. I'm going home— We still have the mess that Khaos Brigade made to clean up…"

Sirzechs and Azazel teleported away, leaving the Former Dragon King Tannin here with us. Ddraig and Albion had dispelled themselves and the two Kaiju were looking at me expectantly.

"…I'll come to visit you two later, go back to the Dimensional Gap for now with Bellion and Kamish."

They both nodded their heads and looked at Kamish and Bellion. A rare smile was on Bellion as they all hopped back on Mothra.

"…I can't fight any of them as I am right now… I need to get stronger… I will best you Jin, I promise you that."

Vali looked like he desperately wanted to do something but knew he couldn't exactly… Do them. So he reluctantly turned around and created a portal. Bikou and Arthur joined him. Bikou started to wave at us and Arthur turned to look at Kiba and Xenovia.

"Kiba Yuuto, Xenovia Quarta. I am Arthur Pendragon. A descendant of King Arthur, and the wielder of Excalibur Ruler. Let us clash swords in the future."

He summoned Excalibur Ruler and showed it to them. Both [Knights] eyes widen when they saw the sword, he quickly dismissed it and they all stepped through the portal…. Leaving us there by ourselves again.

"…Well, that's that…. Huh? Let's go home… I can just assume we won this… So the next match is…"

They'll be against Sairaorg, no doubt.

…

Vali Lucifer

"Vali, I received a message from the leaders. That guy, Shalba, is on the verge of death but survived. Seems like that Ignia guy lent him some life force to survive."

"I see, Bikou. Either way, Shalba rushed it. He was talking about resisting till the end, and our ancestors who were exiled by the current-Satans government rushed it too. – They destroyed themselves because they only acted with hatred."

"Those guys from the Old-Satan faction said they want you to become their leader. What will you do?"

"Tell them I'm satisfied with my current position. I don't want to increase my duty as the descendant of the former Satans any more than this."

"Aaaah, looks like the Old-Satan faction is basically done for. Looks like the other factions will start to rise up now."

"Katerea, Creuserey, and Shalba. –You guys had too much envy. If you chose to live as the prideful descendant of the former Satans, then you should have lived with pride like one."

"So, how are you feeling about that reveal from Jin? I mean the guy's full of surprises."

I smirk.

"It's even better, I can beat his subordinates in the future and him as well. I will ascend to become the White Dragon God Emperor..."

…

??? ???

"Shalba Beelzebub was defeated. White Dragon Emperor Vali also said he wouldn't stand at the top."

"I see. So that means the Old-Satan faction of Khaos Brigade is done for. Well, maybe it turned out like that because the [Dimension Lost] possessor from our group held back."

"As if. You ordered him to do that. So what now? Is it about time that we, the Hero-faction, which consists of the descendants of Heroes, act? Cao Cao."

"Now, what shall we do? –I was having fun gathering those with talents."

"Just like the original. But in the near future, we will have to act whether we like it or not. The thing which resides in you won't allow you to stay like that. That Ultimate Longinus...."

"—[True Longinus] huh. The direction this spear is pointing to. Is it domination? Or..."

…

A few days later

Jin Skyward

"Ugh…"

It's been a few days since then and as I guessed… The Rating Games will continue, and the final match was decided… It's between Rias and Sairaorg. The other match is Sitri versus Agares. That's also going to be big since the rules in that match are all about tactics…

"By the way, Jin-kun."

I was speaking with Sirzechs through a portal in my own home, I was at the top floor and was relaxing by myself…

"I'm coming up with a second song. Ufufu, when I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a musician. I'm happy that one of my dreams is fulfilled."

Can I punch him? It's possible for me to do so…

"Is that so? I'm glad for you…"

He then sighs through the communication circle.

"You're amazing, Jin-kun."

"Where's this coming from all of a sudden…?"

He chuckles at me and continues.

"The audience group with the least number for the Rating Game is… No, you can say that it is basically zero and that audience group is the children. For the children watching Rating Games among adult devils, it would be far from entertainment for them."

"The truth is, the only games which are popular among children are the ones with reincarnated devils like Tannin, dragons, Monsters, Youkai, and the match with those without human form. For the children, it would be like monster films with lots of impact."

Hahahaha, a monster, huh? Certainly, Tannin has the appearance of a monster.

"In the future, I don't mind if it is just during your sparring matches...or exhibition matches. – If possible, I would like children who will carry the future of the next generation to see your fights."

"So you are asking me to become the hero of the brats….. I mean the children during my little fights and sparring matches?"

"Yes. But I won't force you. It is just my hope."

...…

'That's the Oppai dragon!'

'Breast Dragon Emperor!'

'Harem King!!!'

'Butt Dragon!!!'

I then remembered the children who were thrilled to see me after the interview was broadcast. Somehow there was a side of me that was eager to do this. I never had someone become so happy to just see me because of a dumb little interview…

My interview and song had been shown to the Underworld. They also knew of Sairaorg's request to fight me, and that had become a hot topic, not just in the Underworld, but beyond—

But before I could answer, Sirzechs continued—

"You won't only be a hero to the children of the Underworld, Jin… But I fully believe in the entire supernatural world.... Haha, it's like you were born like this— Like the embodiment of kindness, as strange as that sounds."

I'm only doing this for my own selfish needs… Though at large it may seem noble but it's far from it… But I guess it's fine.

"It's not like it'll kill me, sure thing, Sirzechs. I don't mind. The first one is my fight with Sairaorg, right? …...Actually, I have to go… The sports festival is today."

"I know, I'm already here… Your year is looking for you, Rias is getting impatient."

Shit! I quickly change and leave my home; I shouldn't have been slacking like that!

…

Bang! Bang!

The sound of blank gunshots echoes in the sky. Then the announcements for the program could be heard.

[It is the three-legged race. People participating, please line up at the starting point.]

Holy fuck! It's just about to start! The place I teleported to was the forest near the old school building. I run towards the school ground quickly!

[Now the three-legged race for the class match for the third years is about to start.]

"Jin! It will be faster from here!"

Rias! So she came to find me! Ah! I see. It will certainly be a shortcut if I go through the tent!

"Jin-senpai! You are late! Hurry, go to Ingvild-senpai!"

Saji who is in the tent also gave me a cheer!

"Haha, sorry for being late! But sure, leave it to me!"

Ah, I finally found the lane!

Ingvild is... Found her! Aaaaaah, she is about to get her foot tied with another guy from my class and she looks sad!

No, no, no! I will be the one to run with Ingvild!

"Ingvild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Ingvild noticed my shout. She looks around and found me! She shouts with a smile and she's about to cry!

"Jin!!"

"The hero always shows up late!"

"Sasuga, Skyward-sama!"

"Go Harem king!"

Najima and Kouta do their usual bit— Even Ingvild's friends cheer me on, but what the hell is the new 'Harem King' title?!

As soon as I arrived, I spoke with them.

"Sorry dude, I'll run this one."

He then pats me on my shoulder.

"Of course! Go and run with Ingvild-san!"

He gave me a cheer! Yeah, just watch me! Ingvild and my combination that is! Using a rope, I tied my leg to Ingvild's.

"Jin, let's win this!"

"Of course, that's the only course of action!"

She had a very determined and excited look on her face. We'll win all of this, dammit!

"It's the next race!"

Then it was our turn. We hold each other's hips and made a posture to run anytime.

Bang!

The empty gunshot echoes through the sky. It started!

"Let's go!!!!!!!"

"Yes!"

We showed superb combination from the start and ran fast.

"Jin! Ingvild! Get first place!"

"You can do it!"

Rias and Akeno cheered us on.

"Jin-senpai! Ingvild-senpai! Win! Win! Win!"

"Jin! Ingvild! Goooooo!"

"Do your best both of you!"

Kiba, Xenovia, and Irina also gave us a cheer! Even Griselda was beside Irina waving at me. More motivation!!!!!!!!!

""Jin-senpai! Ingvild-senpai! Please do your best!""

"Go nya!!!!"

Gasper also shouted loudly! Even Shirone was in high spirits! Kuroka was also here!

"I won't let you off the hook if you lose!"

"Fighto!"

Like hell that will happen, Azazel! Beside him were Valerie and Grayfia, who were just waving at us!

"Go~ go~ Asia-chan! Jin!"

"Win!!!!!! Oraaaaaaa!!!"

I heard both Shuri and Baraqiel's voices, I turn to see them cheering us on along with Sirzechs and Asteri. All of them had bright smiles on them. As I predicted Baraqiel had his phone out recording or taking pictures!

I finally turn to Ingvild and speak.

"Haha, being alive and awake is great, huh?"

She gave me a strange look and smiled.

"Of course! Let's live this age and many more together, Jin!"

We slowly approached the finishing line—

Bang!

We passed through the goal tape!

"Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

We received the flag for the first position, and I made a weird Jojo pose, Gasper, Kiba, and Rias joined along, and we laughed. The rest of the sports festival was intense and had many sports played… Our class won quite a few due to Rias's competitive nature.

Baraqiel was brought with Akeno for a certain competition— The reason? 'Strict and loving person'. When he found out, we all had a laugh at his expense.

…

Nighttime

Skyward household

"...."

I was standing out at the back, alone. Now that these events were done… The next one should be… Loki. Since I helped Akeno and her relationship with Baraqiel before canon started… That part shouldn't exist.

But it looks like her children are awake then… They also have a tool to get past my barrier, tch, she really read me like an open book, huh? Haa… I'm not smart so that's the best I came up with.

Ignia, huh? I wonder who the others are? Two are male and one is female… I wonder what their personalities are like… Regardless I still have a bunch of things happening again. I should take this time to visit her Grandmother Göndul, maybe Rose's parents too?

….While I didn't ask… I don't think Asgard is just that one floating Island. I should try touring the place… Well, I guess I gotta let my Avatar take my place during school again.

"Haaa…."

Slide ~ Tug ~

I turned around and saw Asia had come out. She had a smile on her face as she beckoned me to her. I do so and—

Chu ~

She kisses me on the cheek.

"Jin-san."

"Hmm?"

"Please make love to me tonight."

...….Eh?

…