Hello again!

After much pondering about the situation that I last left Adrien in, I realized that I felt unsatisfied with where I left the story and the process of how we got there. I felt like I could have put in more effort and maybe even flesh a couple things out more.

Which brings us to here.

I hope that whoever ends up reading this finds this entertaining.

ENJOY!

I do not own Highschool DxD

I stared at the letter in front of me. I went to sleep last night in my bed, I definitely remember going to sleep in my own bed, and yet I found myself on a bed that definitely wasn't mine. I had only really recognized that when I had opened my eyes and said that the room, I was in currently looked nothing like the disaster zone that is my room. The walls were different colors, I could see an open doorway leading to a bathroom, and when I looked down, I saw that the bed was different as well.

My first reaction had been to state "What the fuck" before frantically searching the area around me for anybody. This was followed by vaulting out of the bed and trying to find some clothing besides my underwear. If I am going to meet my kidnappers, I was not doing it in my underwear.

I got dressed and shortly after that, I left the room. Pausing to see if I could hear anybody downstairs or otherwise, I heard nothing. The house was silent, something that I am still not sure if it made me more relieved or more anxious.

I crept down the stairs, my socks dampening the noise that my bare feet would have made on them. I took another quick look around before finally moving towards the kitchen I could see from the stairs, trying to be as quiet as I could. I couldn't afford to be caught off guard.

It was there that I found the letter that I stare at now, the flimsy piece of paper that laid on the table addressed to me. I made sure that nobody was around again, before snatching the letter off of the table and rushing up to my room and locking the door behind me. It was getting less and less likely that I was kidnapped, but I had no other real explanation about what had happened to me.

It took me a bit as I opened the envelope carefully making sure not to damage whatever was inside of it. Eventually I got it out, and I started to read.

[Congratulations, Adrien Matthews! You were selected as one out of countless others to live in a different world!]

I had to stop there. How could I not? The multiverse was just a theory and these situations are the type of things that happen in fanfictions. Why would I of all people be selected for this and for what? If I just assume things based off of what I have read, anything could have really happened, I personally thought that my reason for being selected was for entertainment purposes. Not the best situation, but there is a clear end goal. However, how the hell would my life be entertaining? I was a normal person for the most part.

[In order to allow you to survive in this world we made changes to you]

That is not good. What the fuck happened to me. How had I not noticed this before! I toss the letter onto the ground and begin to feel my body. I was missing several pounds of fat as I no longer had a gut and gained several pounds worth of muscle as there are now abs in its place.

I hadn't really been paying attention because of the whole, I might have been kidnapped situation, but was I really this oblivious at times?

...Well yes, but that was mostly for social situations.

That was not an excuse though, I should have noticed when I was putting on clothing, or before that when I only had my underwear on. If I am to build off of my earlier assumption, maybe I was forced to not pay attention to the changes to my body until I read the letter.

It sounds stupid though, who would put that much effort into doing something like that. I took a deep breath before making my way into the bathroom and looking into the mirror. Gone were my hazel eyes and brown hair, and in their places are blonde hair and vibrant dark green eyes. Both of which were luckily the most concerning changes. My face was thankfully much the same as beforehand, maybe a bit slimmer.

I need to read more; I doubt that this was the only change made to me by whatever entity brought me here.

[You are now an Angel! Halo and all! We even managed to get you a good amount of leeway when it comes to how you can act! So, feel free to cuss openly and scream fuck into the uncaring sky without worry!]

This was a bit more worrisome as I was no longer human, I was barely holding myself together at this point, the whole situation has just been one bombshell after another and I was not meant to handle this amount of drastic change.

I wasn't human anymore. I am an Angel and all that implies, like there being fallen Angels, like there being gods of some sort, like magic being real, like there are things out there that can change me on such a personal level without me knowing.

I took a deep breath and set the letter down and made myself comfortable on the ground, I needed to calm down, the panic had been building up in my chest and it was currently on the verge of breaking out.

I closed my eyes and tried to do a bit of meditation, it was something that my therapist had always recommended to me, and after doing it a couple of times, I understood why. Sadly, I never got into the habit of meditation though.

After about 10 minutes of meditation, I opened my eyes and grabbed the letter again. I need to finish the letter so that I could figure out what the hell was going on.

[At the end of the letter, you will receive the necessary knowledge needed to survive in this world and other knowledge that we have decided to give you]

Again, something that I find concerning. How are they going to give me the information? What knowledge will they be giving me? Is the knowledge even trustworthy?

I pressed on, I need to finish the letter, the sooner the better.

[We have given you two holy swords one is Ascalon and the other is Excalibur Nightmare]

I know what Ascalon was, but Excalibur Nightmare was not the name of a mythological sword. Well Excalibur is, but not the Nightmare part.

The name is familiar though. I had seen it before. I pondered for a second, going through various books and shows in my head before the situation bonked me on the head.

Excalibur Nightmare is from Highschool DxD. It was the only show that I know of that has a sword with that name. I wasn't sure if I was just receiving an anime sword or if it is the original sword and I was in DxD, but honestly that didn't matter.

I need to start training immediately, once I figure out how to train properly at least. I actually am in DxD, then there are so many things that can easily squash me like a bug. Issei, the protagonist himself, is only so powerful because he has a literal god slaying weapon that works as a bullshit power multiplier!

I have nothing even similar to that, I assume that being an Angel already gives me a huge boost in baseline ability compared to a normal human, but I have no idea how much the boost is in comparison.

There are people from every faction that can kill me with the amount of effort it takes to breath. I need to train, and I need to train a lot.

[We have also given you a house, which is the building you are in at the moment, and a letter that when given to the Heaven Faction/Angel Faction will allow you to formally join.]

I am extremely grateful for that. A letter of introduction to a major faction is a god send. While I don't know the exact timeline, the three biblical factions all ally together eventually. Meaning that I will not be on the opposing side of the protagonist, and that as part of the faction, I will get some protection.

The fact that at this point in time I have no other responsibilities, I can train and eventually join my faction with hopefully little issue.

[You are also enrolled in Kouh as a second year, your age has been modified as needed, you start on Monday]

And like that my plan has been crushed. I have to go to school, again! That wasn't even the worst part! I have to go to Kouh! Something that both confirms that I am in DxD but is also where the protagonist goes to school and the first couple of issues happen, like Phenex, Kokabiel, and the peace conference.

The place is the playground of the younger siblings of two satans. I was but an Angel in devil territory, without the peace treaty, when both of our factions are in a barely holding ceasefire. I was utterly fucked.

I continued to read the declaration of my doom

[Suppressing your magical nature and signature is included in the knowledge we are giving you as it would be suicidal to not give you such]

I sigh. Never mind then, the entity has decided that I am not to die today. Huzzah. I really am glad that I will not be the cause of a globe spanning magic war!

I sigh again.

[Enjoy your all-expense paid life in another world!]

I pause. How am I going to get the knowledge they promised me? I looked back to the letter and saw what I could only guess to be a magic circle rise out of the page and throw itself at my face. A task that it was successful in doing.

As soon as it touched my head, I got a searing headache. My hands try to rush to my head in order to cradle it between them, but instead nothing happens. I would have screamed if I could, but from what I could tell, I am paralyzed. I cannot move, I cannot speak, I cannot blink.

What I did notice is that I suddenly knew things like they were seared into my brain.

There was no learning process, the knowledge was just there. First came the knowledge of magic. The complexities of two separate systems of magic along with a basic understanding of the spell components for spell creation. What followed is knowledge of my new body and my abilities as an Angel. Then came the knowledge of how-to stealth myself so that I don't cause another war. What came last was the creation of magical items, specifically focusing on the creation of holy weapons.

"Hehehehe" I began to laugh "hehehEHAHAHAHAHAH… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" I was going to abuse the shit out of my ability to make holy weapons, it would be a pain, but the sky's the limit!

After a couple of minutes both my headache and my laughter ended. I immediately suppressed my wings and halo along with my mana. I felt like an idiot for not doing that immediately, but it is what it is. As far as I know, I wasn't found out.

I decided to explore my house a bit before venturing into the world just outside of my door. I found that whatever entity put me here was nice enough to give me decent enough furniture, but all in all, it is lacking personal effects. I didn't have any food either. When I went back to the master bedroom, which is my room now I guess, I found that there is a phone on the nightstand.

I powered it on to find that there wasn't a password, and for the most part was unused. The only thing that really stood out of place was a banking app. I clicked on the app in curiosity and it led me to an account that had a surprising amount of money in it. I guess that is what the entity meant by an all-expense paid life. I wasn't sure if I will be receiving more money in the future, but if I was smart, this money would last me a long time

In my closet, I found a small assortment of clothing along the lines of what I usually wear. There wasn't a school uniform, which is interesting, but I am just glad that I have some clothing.

The lack of a uniform made me realize that I haven't seen any other school related things around the house. I looked around more and found that I was also lacking in school supplies as well. I would have to get that and some food while I am out.

I moved towards the last place that I haven't looked at yet, the garage. Upon opening the door, I was greeted to the sight of a mostly empty garage. The only thing occupying the space was a new looking bicycle, there was a basket on both sides of the back wheel, probably for me to carry stuff in. I guess that this will have to do.

I lock up my house and push my new bike out of the garage. "Look out world," I grin "Here I come!" I push off, firmly in my seat and begin my exploration of the town.

It was only hours later that I returned back to my house with several things in my baskets and in my new backpack. I put away what groceries I got and stored my new books in my room. I made a trip to the nearby hardware store and got myself some protective gear and some other things that I would need for smithing. I would get some metal later, for now though, I am just going to be setting up my forge.

Overall, the whole entire trip was uneventful, I didn't run into anybody that I could recognize from the plot, which is good as I know nothing about combat, magic, or things generally supernatural. If my concealment method isn't working as advertised, I would be dead by now though, which is something, I guess.

I took an hour break after setting up my forge before changing gears towards magic. The magic systems were interesting as one was based off of runes and the other was based off of equations. I knew exactly what I could do with the systems I have, but none of the skills needed to pull off even half of what I knew. I could easily construct a basic flame spell mentally, but I have absolutely zero practical experience in casting anything using mana. Well, maybe some experience considering what was currently saving my ass.

It took me well over an hour before I could even get my first spell to stabilize and actually work. The whole entire process was just frustrating because I knew exactly what to do, but my body simply wasn't responding. I had wanted to give up a couple of times, but I managed to persist. The end result was a candle sized flame floating over my index finger. It wasn't much, not by a long shot, but I was getting a handle on manipulating my mana in order to cast the spells that I know and come up with.

The last thing I was going to try tonight was something that is honestly risky, I wasn't sure how much the sensory abilities of Devils can sense, but I want to try and form at least one light spear so I can at least get used to the sensation of channeling my own light.

I sighed and focused on forming a spear of light, and it easily formed, it was instinctive, natural. It was as if I was just using a limb that has been with me since birth. Which is a bit unsettling all things considered.

I quickly extinguished the spear and decided to call it a day. If someone sensed it and is coming to investigate, there is nothing that I can do about it now. I made my way to my kitchen where I got out some ground beef that I had gotten for dinner and searched around for a pan, which luckily, I did have. I was going to make myself a cheeseburger.

After dinner, I took a quick shower and began to browse around on my phone about Kuoh and for things to read. I eventually got bored and decided to try and sleep. It would take a couple of hours as my situation finally began to really sink in.

I was alone, for the first time in my life, I am completely and utterly alone in this world.