Chapter 0: White Field By The Seaside
Rias Gremory - that is my name. And I'm a Devil.
I'm the current heir to the Gremory Clan, one of the 72 pillars living in the Underworld.
The other night I gained a new member in my peerage.
A nun to be exact.
Strange isn't it?
Who would've thought that a Devil like me reincarnated a dead nun as her [Bishop]?
Even in my entire life, I never heard someone in the Underworld doing the same thing that I did...
Maybe I could be wrong.
But seeing my only [Pawn] crying, as their [King] I need to help them.
Though most Devils back in the Underworld saw their peerages as mere servants, It wasn't the same for me.
I treated my peerage like my own family.
That aside something piqued my interest these days.
That interest is no other than the man sitting beside me - Hakuno Kishinami.
A transfer student. An enigma to be exact.
If I would describe him, he's a silent, cool type of a guy.
With piercing eyes, it made every girl in the entire school swoon over him.
Much to every male's loathing.
Even my [Queen] Akeno would lick her sultry lips everytime she would stare at him.
As if she wanted to devour the man whole in her sadistic fantasies.
Which bothers me to a certain degree.
My bestfriend, Sona Sitri find Hakuno a rare find.
I could tell that she wanted him in her peerage. That flicking glasses habit of hers tells me so.
Sorry Sona, but I will claim him!
Ever since this man entered Kuoh, I could feel something odd about him.
It was like I am staring at someone who probably possessed a Sacred Gear.
If that happens to be true, I'm sure lucky!
But there's one problem.
"Good morning, Hakuno-kun~!"
"..."
He's always avoiding me!
Every time I tried to make a conversation with him, he would always turn his head away from me.
One time when I waved at him at the hallway, he made a complete 180 turn from me as if he saw a monster and walked away from me undeterred.
It's so frustrating!
Is their something on my face that he find odd?
Maybe he could sense that I'm not human. Is he aware that I'm a Devil?
If that's true then his a rare item!
I need him in my peerage!
Yes I'm desperate. Desperate to gained my wings from the clutches that my parents decided to me upon birth.
Arranged marriage.
Though I don't hate the idea itself, I find it disturbing that I would be sealing my fate with that man.
Riser Phenex.
Ugh! Remembering just his name just give me a headache.
He's not the man that I'm looking forward to marry. I have the right to choose the man whom I would give my life to.
I don't get it why my family always pressured me on this matters.
Though I understand that their intentions are to keep the pure Devil blood untainted.
But with the expense to their daughter's happiness? That's unfair and so...
Wrong.
I will prove to them that I'm not some bargaining chip or a tool to preserved pure blooded Devils.
After school I followed my target walking inside the woods-
I need to make sure that he's worthy joining my peerage.
Concealing my presence as much as I can, I walked slowly tree to tree within a safe distance.
Hakuno-kun stopped as he placed his bag on the ground, right beside his feet.
Hmm? Why did he stopped? Could it be that he found out that I was tailing him?
"Come out. I know you're there."
Well, talk about my luck. Maybe I should reveal myself to him.
Sudden shivers came down to my spine like electricity.
What was that?
BZZZ
Five black orbs appeared out of nowhere yet I could not sense anything from them.
Are those demonic energy balls?
From those black orbs creatures that I have never seen before materialized, surrounding Hakuno.
SHUN
From his hand, a red blade emerged.
It was so elegant! The curvy features it displayed made an impression that it was some sort of imperial regalia.
The scarlet colored sword remembered me of my hair, which made my heart flatter in excitement.
I ogled at its outstanding design with a devilish smile on my face. I was right all along.
My Hakuno-kun is a Sacred Gear user!
That's were I realized that something's wrong in this picture...
He was in danger!
Oh no! My poor Hakuno-kun! This is bad I need to help him.
Making my presence known, I quickly cast my [Power of Destruction].
Pointing my finger, I mentally fired the trigger only for my power to dissipate...
...Eh? What did just happened?
DON
Pain began to surged all over my body. Looking down, five sharp things covered in black shade pierced my body.
My legs, my arm, my chest... They are all have been marred. As the black shade edges disappeared, all that was left were nothing but holes.
So much for a High Class Devil, I didn't feel the attack approaching me. I coughed blood as my chest and lungs shrunk like it was being compressed with a strong force.
THUD
My head got dizzy as I slumped on the ground. But I realized that I was in a seriously bad condition because I could feel that I was about to lose consciousness.
Trying my best, I gather my magic in healing my wounds. It wasn't enough as my strength were being sucked from me.
I never felt so hopeless in my entire life.
Is this the feeling when death marched on your doorstep? Is this how everyone in my peerage felt before I reincarnated them?
I don't want this. I hate this kind of feeling!
But then again my senses are getting numb.
Are you serious...? Am I going to die at this age?
But maybe this is better than marrying that Phenex guy.
It feels like many things inside me are disappearing...
"Gremory-san!? Crap, hang in there!"
Suddenly, someone appears in front of me, and he talks to me.
I can tell who it is just by his voice.
"Damn... To think that they got the Gremory heiress... Curses!"
So she knows about my true identity, huh... interesting.
...But I'm sorry Hakuno-kun though I wanted to know you more better, it looks like my time is up...
"I'm sorry Gremory-san. I don't want to do this but... I have no choice. From now, you will live for me. "
Before I lost consciousness, I saw a white field by the seaside in front of me.
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