He protects, he attacks, but most importantly: His name is Hyoudou Issei. He was killed on his first date by a rampaging fallen angel. In order to come back to life, he becomes a devil and began gathering his own servants to become a harem king. He has countless days left. However, this is not that story.
In a dimension far away from where this story takes place, he is still the same hot-headed pervert we all know to love. The universe started diverging when he foolishly accepted a deal from his friends and realized he couldn't get away from it.
Hyoudou Issei is desperate.
Desperate to prove himself worthy to be called a man by friends and parents alike who are starting to lose hope on him. For a second-year high school student who should be experiencing the time of his youth, he is unexpectedly popular.
If he is popular especially among the female students of his school, why didn't he got himself a girlfriend already? Let's just say it wasn't the one kind of fame that gets one praised and liked by other people. In other words, he is infamous.
All girls who know him looked at him with disgust and tends to avoid him mainly due to his reputation of being really lecherous. It would take a miracle for one to tolerate his presence. He couldn't remember the last time he had a decent conversation with them.
And so, he resorted to believing in the supernatural and asked a higher being for some help. The moon is full and the preparations are all taken care of. Either the ritual was written inside the dusty tome he found in the attic the other day worked, or he gets to find another method to get a girlfriend which is doubtful, to say the least.
"This should work, I don't want to live in the streets." He gulped, his parents said they will disown him and forget he even existed if he doesn't get a girlfriend before the designated time limit.
"Et ad congregandum eos coram me."
He hoped he doesn't screw the incantation as it was the most important part of the ritual. He doubted if he could gather all of the materials before the summoning, but here he is. At least the manual didn't ask for virgin blood that is nigh-impossible to acquire these days.
"To Zamiel, granter of wishes. Come, almighty eternal devil!"
Nothing happened. He knew it wouldn't work. Maybe he should have used his own blood instead of chicken blood to draw the pentagram. The devil wouldn't be pleased about this. This will not happen if the manual is more specific in asking the required materials. Whoever wrote it must be retarded.
Issei looked at the manual once again, and it did resemble a passage from a cookbook. Has he been deceived? The tome is a hundred pages long, but everything is empty safe from the first page containing the manual and guide to summoning the devil called Zamiel.
In the end, he decided to call it a day and go to sleep. This isn't working at all. That was what he thought until the summoning circles glowed with harsh intensity and a hooded figure in a black cloak materialized before him.
"Haha! Somebody who wants to strike a bargain! Tell me, mortal. What is it that you desire?" The figure spoke in an unearthly voice that echoed through the room, Issei had no idea what lies behind the blackness surrounding it.
Its gaze strips him naked to his soul, looking to the devil's eyes was like looking into the subterranean pits of a red hot volcano where hot coals burn. Issei wanted to run away and forget this ever happened, but there is no turning back now.
He just needs to say his wish and listen to what the devil said. If it wanted his soul in exchange, so be it. Issei has no objection if the devil wanted him to be its slave for an eternity or something.
"I want a girlfriend."
The devil was silent for a moment after he said his wish until it made a voice Issei thought devils aren't capable of making. It giggled like a school girl and the blackness covering it started to lose its form.
"Fine, your girlfriend is here."
Issei's jaw dropped. He didn't expect the devil to take the form of a beautiful girl with a slender body and long dark hairs. She was dressed in Issei's school uniform and observed him with a curious expression on her face.
"I am impressed. You have the power of a dragon and you only wanted a girlfriend?"
"I only need a girlfriend right now. What is the payment?"
"Just let me use your power whenever I want to. I am not my father who likes human sacrifice so much. Besides, you never used your power before isn't it?"
The devil in human form keeps talking about the power Issei didn't know he has. As far as he knew, he was just a normal human without any memorable traits to make people interested in him. Just what is this power of a dragon Zamiel speaks of?
"My apologies, human. It seems like we haven't introduced ourselves. Don't know, don't love, they say. My name is Zamiel the second. My father is the first. Maybe if we are lucky enough, our child will be the third."
"Hyoudou Issei." He only needs to say his name, right?
"I will be in your care starting from now, then. I need a human name to go along with you. Are you okay with Mieru?"
"Anything is fine."
After hearing her contractor's agreement, Mieru then happily explained the term of their contract with him. First, he should treat her like a queen. Second, his soul belongs to her. Third, he should not tell anyone the terms of their contract. It was simple and easy to remember.
"And now, let us finalize our contract. Come closer, I don't bite."
Issei followed what the beautiful creature said and doesn't regret it when she suddenly pulled him into a kiss. The kiss was brief and he longed for more, still feeling the sensation of his lips meeting with hers. He could have asked more, but couldn't find himself to do so after he accidentally locked into the devil's demonic red eyes again.
She blinked, and the color shifted from blood-red to deep brown. The devil doesn't like it when a human looked into her eyes and wet themselves out of fear. She still couldn't understand why her father loved scaring human to death with those eyes.
"You are beautiful. I am glad to have someone like you to be my girlfriend." He blushed, having a full body view of his girlfriend for the first time since summoning. Having said that, he is sure Mieru wouldn't lose to the top girls on his school when it comes to appearance.
"Save the compliment for later, it's getting late. We should go to your house."
"Yeah, let's introduce you to my parents. I wonder what they will say about this."
They walked from the deserted summoning place to the Hyoudou's residence, holding hands along the way. Some of the passersby gave them a weird look, questioning the girl's sanity to get so close with someone as notorious as Hyoudou Issei. A certain disguised fallen angel hiding in the shadows looked in disdain at the sight of Issei finally having someone on his side.
"There goes my plan down the drain, time for plan B."
To be continued...