Volume 1: Phenex of the Occult Research Class

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I'm Rito Yuma, a second year high school student at Okoma Academy.

Since last year, the school have been undergoing through some changes with the incremental entrance of Angels, Devils and Fallen Angels.

Yeah, that's right; all kind of supernatural beings are entering the school.

Since the "end of the world" in 2012, the Three Factions revealed themselves before of humanity. So now that these supernatural beings are starting to being accepted by the human society, schools have undergone changes to include them.

One of these changes was the creation of the Occult Research Class, where we are taught about the matters of the supernatural.

"Ok everyone, I'm going to be you Occult Research teacher for your second year, I'm the Valkyrie Edelross."

As Edelross-sensei introduces herself to the new students, I notice many new faces. The one that caught my attention the most was a silver haired girl who was looking at me.

"Today's class is going to be about Grigori. So, who knows what Grigori is?"

The silver haired girl raises her hand, but she continues looking at me.

"Grigori is an organizations led by the Fallen Angels, with their main goal being to collect Sacred Gear users."

"Good answer, you are… Ram Phenex… you're a Devil, right?"

"Yes, I'm the heiress of the Phenex clan."

"Oh, so you're one of our new students, I hope you feel comfortable here."

"I hope so too."

Edelross-sensei continued her class about Grigori, but I didn't need to pay attention, after all, I'm a member of Grigori.

10 years ago, my mom met a Fallen Angel, and felt in love with him. Now, he is my stepfather, so as soon as he found out I possess a Sacred Gear, he enlisted me there.

"Well class, that is all for today. Your homework is about the [Evil Pieces] used by the Devils, so to those who aren't Devils, I would recommend to work with one."

Work with a Devil… that is something you aren't told every day. In fact, I'm used to be told to stay away from Devils as much as possible, but now I'm told I can defend myself against them.

The silver haired Phenex got close to me, and told me the words I expected her to say.

"Can I work with you?"

I don't know much about the Phenex Devils, but if she tried to do something to me, I knew perfectly what to do.

"Sure."

"Ok, we'll meet at the park at 6 o'clock."

It sounded somewhat late, but since Devils work better at night, I didn't protest.