Welcome to the next chapter of The Magic Knight, before starting the story. Let's answer some reviews:
Hellspam: Thanks. There will be more time for Odin to be Odin.
King0fPowers: Sup, King! Well, it would be kind of difficult to switch it up without upsetting the plot and development for both teams. I know, she would be a terrifying opponent when it comes time for her to compete in the actual games and when her peerage grow stronger. You're right, I think he wanted to state the differences between both peerages and their kings (One relying on Power the other relying on Technique). Correct those two were great additions to their peerage to make up for the power gap, while Saji became an important piece. Sona is someone who seeks precision and not overwhelming power like Rias (whose peerage are filled with pure attackers except for Kiba and Van). Even Sona admitted that they didn't need a plan or even a strategy, they just needed to charge in at full power and they might still pull out a win. I was thinking about adding someone new into her peerage in later chapters (since Rias' Team who appears in the Azazel Cup is essentially the very definition of OP). The difference is its direct destructive power, but compared to Senjutsu it causes both destructive internal and spiritual damage to living beings. That only qualifies when it comes to using it in hand-to-hand combat, so he would be in trouble when faced against a Senjutsu Specialist like Bikou not Kuroka. Yōkai are beings who can potentially unlock it, what most people believe that it is exclusively for Yōkai, but anyone can use it if they train. It was even stated that Sennin (Sage aka Humans) were the original ones to use it. Also I think that it would take time to recover stamina and power unless you're a master like Sun Wukong. Touki is another form of Senjutsu, which is just a large amount of ki released as a mass of aura. Since it's just basically using your life-force into a clad aura, if you train beyond your limit then you could unlock Touki. Now that you put the topic on the table, the idea of using three descendants or the actual Evil Yōkai sounds like an interesting idea and too good to pass up. Same here, I'm still waiting to read the rest of the volume as soon as I can. (For the earlier comment: Welcome to the site officially).
Guest: It was the same for Kiba who gained the light element from his dead comrades along with his second sacred gear, Black Blacksmith. Van is a Half-Devil, but he gained the same light element as Kiba. Yea, it would be difficult to tell who he might root for. He might root for Sona while wishing that Asia and Gasper would put up a good fight.
DdraigTrueEmperor9: Thanks. Well, Sona putting up a good fight against her would make them all realize that it takes more than power to win in the Rating Game. Plus, it was important to the Plot of the Light Novel and it would be difficult considering their remaining line up. You could say that the differences in their dreams. Don't forget that Van was a Half-Devil before being reincarnated and gained the light element from one of Kiba's companions. The old devils would root for Rias' and the other three's dream more than they would Sona's dream of opening a school that lets anyone in. Considering the Young Devils who are going to be taking over and since the next head of the Bael would be Sairaorg's younger brother, her dream will most likely come true. I highly doubt that someone would mess with any children of theirs (especially considering that one of them is a Maou, the sister of a Maou and the awesome calamity known as Lancelot). Yea, I was thinking about them training more under Christian, since in the Light Novel it didn't really show the Sitri even training a lot it was just Saji in the later chapters. Yep, the progressing friendship between the Beautiful Silver-haired Valkyrie without a boyfriend (I still kind of find that weird considering how beautiful she it). I really don't like doing the same thing for stories a lot, it's kind of a bad habit of mine so I may just make that for Lance's peerage. I kind of thought to have her remain as a pure Dragon since there are little number of legendary dragons out there in the world (besides it would be weird considering that she would have to be around Issei/Ddraig most of the time. And considering their past, she may try and kill them).
Guest 2: I already have an idea of what to do for it. Thanks for the ship.
Gremory vs. Sitri (Part 2)
—It had been several minutes after the fight between Issei and Saji began.
Despite their exchanging of punches with one another, it was devastatingly clear that Issei had the advantage. Saji was already too ragged from the powerful attacks that he received from Issei, as it was shown by his clothing. To defend against the punches sent by Issei, Saji wrapped up the lines of his Absorption Line around his arm and somewhat blocked the full brunt of the attack.
Though their skills in hand-to-hand were somewhat on par with one another. But, Issei's scale mail armor both his offense and defense had risen to the point where you couldn't compare the two of them anymore. Due to the rule of the rating game rule, Issei couldn't use the full force of his true power—however.
Saji stood up on his feet, but his knees were shaking as he continued to stand up. From the looks of his hand, they looked to be broken and covered in blood. As their match continued, Saji tried to fire off another line at him, but it was blown away by the aura of the Sekiryuutei. Despite this the line that was connected to his right arm wouldn't come off. What was it connected to? He would use Ascalon to cut it off, but there were reasons as to why he couldn't use it.
With every attack that was launched against him, he felt as if both his mind and body begun to shake with every attack that Saji threw. Issei could also tell that his body was swelling from under his armor despite the attack not reaching him.
"…I'll win…. Today, I'll defeat you…. I'll take the first step towards my dream…"
Issei could barely recognize the person who stood in front of him. Was this really Saji? As he wondered that, a conversation that he had with Tannin entered his mind.
—Kid. Listen carefully. The most fearful attack is a "Heavy Blow".
—A Heavy Blow?
—Yeah, the Rating Games that you'll be fighting in from now on will have various people fighting with various feelings. For the sake of one's desire, for the sake of a hobby, for the sake of one's family, for the sake of a woman, for the sake of wealth, and for the sake of a dream. Various thoughts and feelings mix together. Among these, there are even people who have invested their lives into the games. Among the participants in this hellish iron pot, there is an attack that must be feared the most. That is the "heavy blow".
—Is that a special final move? Or a Sacred Gear? A magic technique?
—No. Kid, grasp your fist. What is being grasped inside your hand there?
—…I don't know.
—It is "filled" with something. A dream, or a soul. One's life is "put into" that fist. This is, above all, dangerous. If one has time to prepare other attacks, this blow can be dealt with to a certain extent one way or another. But, just that is not enough. The "heavy blow" reaches to the core of the body. This is effective. It is frighteningly effective. Even in the Underworld with its magic and science, the damage of that blow can't be expressed clearly. But, the ones who had been hit with this blow understand. Yeah, this is bad, they think. An opponent that can release this blow is an unmistakably, genuine strong enemy. You must never go easy against them. If an opponent can release that blow even if he is a lower level than you, that is a different story. If you receive that blow, the battle situation will change completely. It pierces you. No matter what defense you use against it, it will reach the core of your body.
I understand now, Ossan. Saji's blows were piercing me. They were passing through my armor and reaching my body!
[This spirit. Is the "Prison Dragon" that sleeps in his Sacred Gear responding to Saji's feelings?]
Dragon-type Sacred Gears are scary, Ddraig. I couldn't understand what was happening!
Again, he realized that Dragon-Type Sacred Gears were a great asset in a fight, but was a pain to deal with in a situation like this.
"Hyoudoooooooooooooooou!"
Despite the gap in power between the two of them, the terrible reality before him. Saji continued to fight on for his dream.
"Let me ask you one thing! What is like?! To fight with an unrivaled power that gains the attention of everyone around you?! To just charge in without any worry of losing?! To have everyone's hopes with you?!"
Issei was shot a look from Saji one that was burning with jealousy and envy.
Using this chance, Saji fired off a line and connected to a bench behind him. With all his strength, he pulled on the line and along with it the bench. Anticipating it, Issei crossed his arms and blocked the attack with the bench breaking into pieces.
"What was going through your mind?! Damn iiiiiiiiiiit!"
Saji extended multiple lines to the furniture store and hauled over a ton of furniture into the air. Each of them was aimed at Issei. Reaching his hand out Issei gathered demonic power in his hand and begun to fire off retrained dragon shots at them. However, he found it a bit difficult to adjust his power accordingly. Each of the attacks erased the large furniture without much of a trace.
Dogoh!
Soon Issei felt an object hit his back. When he looked back, Issei realized that Saji had changed the trajectory of a dresser and smashed against his back. Just like before, the pain transmitted throughout his body.
"You don't know how much I've prayed for strength like that! And yet you gained it like it was no big deal!"
The next hit that Issei launched knocked Saji onto the ground, but he immediately stood back up with the same resolve in his eyes.
"But, Hyoudou! It isn't strength that I want the most! It's to be a teacher! A teacher! I will become a teacher! Can't I become a teacher! Why did we have to be laughed at?!"
Saji cried out not to Issei, but to the many people who were watching.
"We didn't declare our dream for the sake of being laughed at—!"
"I'm not laughing! It's impossible to be able to laugh at you when you're risking your life like this!"
Issei declared as he launched another punch that made contact with Saji, but it wasn't enough to put him down. Again, and again, again and again. Saji continued to stand up even after taking hits like that from Issei in his balance breaker.
"Today! I will! Surpass you!"
Saji shout, which resounded all the way through his armor. Despite the horrendous injuries that covered his body, Saji continued to stand up. To fight for his dream.
"Hyuh…Hyuh…."
His left eye was completely shut from the swollen, blood was dripping from his mouth, his fingers were all bent the wrong way and his body begun to shake all over.
"Come, Saji. Come! Sajiiiiiiiiiiiii! You won't let it end here, right!? You don't intend to let it end like this, right!? Weren't you going to do the things that aren't possible for idiots like us and run swiftly forward!?"
Hearing that from his friend and rival, Saji continued to walk forward with the same glint in his eyes and he reached his hand forward slowly. The punch that he launched was so slow that Issei didn't need to make any unnecessary movement.
"Saji, I'm going to beat you."
Issei spoke out in a somewhat sullen tone, as he launched his fist forward smashing against his face perfectly. This last attack caused Saji to fall backwards seemingly unconscious, but he reached his hand out and grasped Issei right hand as a light covered his body. Such a grand level of resolve. There was no way that he could take his eyes off of him as he vanished.
[One of Sona Sitri-sama's Pawns, retired.]
"Koneko-chan."
Issei spoke out as his mask came undone revealing his face as he looked towards Koneko with his hand held out.
"Could you hold my hand?"
"…Senpai?"
"This is the first time I knocked down a friend. I understand it. I understand it, but…."
Hearing the shakiness in his voice, Koneko reached her hand out and grasp his hand, while smiling brightly.
"You were cool. A senpai to be proud of."
Koneko spoke out happily in a tone different from her usual ghost-like one.
After the match against Saji was over, Issei tore open a nearby vending machine and gulped down a bottle of water inside along with Koneko. No matter what he did he couldn't get rid of the shakiness that he felt. Sure he received damage in their fight, but it wasn't to this much of an extent. Issei remembered the announcement that he heard from Grayfia and their side currently had the lead…but it wasn't without loss.
"…Ise-senpai."
He looked towards Koneko as he pointed at his right arm. Even though Saji vanished, the line that he attached to his right arm remained. Issei thought that activation of his balance breaker would remove it, but it remained there. The thought of how much emotions Saji put into this line made him shake slightly.
As they stood there, their communication devices sounded.
[Offense team, can you hear me? We're advancing towards the enemy base as well.]
They got the order from Rias and realized that they started to move out. He realized that the end game was upon them. Taking one big breath, Issei looked towards Koneko.
"Let's go."
Hearing that from him Koneko nodded in agreement.
The place where they met was the central plaza in the center of the shopping mall, a place that is surrounded by a circular bench with a clock pillar in the center of it. Making it there, Issei stopped moving as he saw Sona standing right before his very eyes.
"How do you do, Hyoudou Issei-kun, Toujou Koneko-san. I see, so that's the appearance of the Sekiryuutei. I do feel a terrible wave of power from you. It's only natural for everyone to consider it dangerous."
Sona spoke in a calm and composed tone.
In front of him, Sona stood inside of a barrier being generated by both her Bishops. One of them, Momo Hanakai, a beautiful white-haired second-year student. And Reya Kusaka, a slim brown-haired second-year student exactly like her. Both were the same age as Issei and he somewhat knew both. Issei looked at the line, which was connected to Momo and thought that it was the same one connected to his right arm.
Eventually, their vice-president, Tsubaki showed up one the scene and arriving after her was Kiba then Van who was running behind him at a slower pace. From what Issei could tell, the injury on his shoulder kept him from running at his usual best.
"…Sona, you're quite bold. To have come right to the center."
Issei heard the voice of his king heading behind him, with Asia and Akeno walking along with her.
"Haven't you yourself, the King, also moved personally as well, Rias?"
"Yeah, since we've already reached the final stage either way. Though it seems to have turned out quite differently from what I expected…"
The look on Rias' face was rigged. Their original plan was for both Kiba and Van to take out Sona, while Issei was being used as bait. However, they were being completely read be Sona.
As Issei was wondering of the results of the game, his consciousness begun to fade and he was incapable of forming a single thought. Soon enough he fell to his knees. Looking towards him with a look of worry was Rias.
"…Ise?"
Asia activated her twilight healing with a gentle green aura covered his entire body, a refreshing feeling went throughout his body. Despite the pain eventually vanishing, the dizziness in his head wouldn't vanish. Seeing that Rias attempted to use the Phoenix Tears that she was given at the start of the Rating Game, but if Asia's sacred gear didn't work on him then nothing else would. But the question of what was affecting him entered their minds.
"Neither Asia-san's Sacred Gear nor the Phoenix Tears will have any effect. Rias, I saw the video records of how the battle with Raiser was finished. What I understood from that was that Hyoudou-kun is a boy that won't give up in battle, to the point of being frightening. For the sake of his comrades, for himself, and above all for Rias—"
Sona explained, with a small smile on her face.
"We may not be able to defeat him with just damage. No matter how many times we knock him down, he'll just get back up. To us, your so-called "guts and spirit" is just as astounding as the power of the Sekiryuutei. Yes, if you don't give up and keep on standing up, you believe that you'll eventually defeat your enemy. That willpower connects directly to the power of the Sekiryuutei and increases your power by several times as well. That is the greatest weapon for Hyoudou-kun."
Issei and the others paid attention to what Sona was saying.
"That's why we had no choice but to beat you with a different method."
Sona directed her attention towards her white-haired bishop, Momo pulled out a pack. Its interior was filled with a red liquid. Seeing the contents caused his eyes to widen out of realization.
"It's your blood. You are a reincarnated devil that is a human at your base. It's lethal if a human loses half of the blood coursing through their body. You know that, right? The rule of the Rating Game. When a devil reaches the point of being unable to fight during the game, they are forcibly transported to the medical room."
Issei's eyes widened after hearing that, the thoughts of his battle with Saji came back to him almost as if he were hit by a truck. Making a sudden noise with his tongue, Van drew his Masamune and cut apart the line that was connected to his arm. The red blood that was stuck mid-drain begun to spill out from the line. Van let out a pain out of grunt, signaling Asia to head towards him and head his injury.
"It's too late. You've already lost enough blood to be transported to the medical room."
While healing Van, those cold words came out from Sona's mouth.
"Sona. You—!"
Rias ran up to Issei with her expression being wrapped up in impatience.
"That's right, I used Saji's Sacred Gear to suck out Hyoudou-kun's blood little by little. Until he entered a dangerous state. In order to continuously use a Sacred Gear, whose original ability is to suck out the energy of the target, to suck out their blood instead, considerable training and precise control was necessary. But, Saji managed to accomplish it."
Sona continued with her explanation, the several incidents of the rating game begun to pour down on them.
"Hyoudou-kun. You are close to retiring. You should only be able to do one or two attacks now. The reason is blood loss. Your armor is solid. Your offensive power is great. However, when I searched for ways to defeat you, there were many. Even if we can't physically defeat you, the game rules will consider you unable to fight."
Even though he won the fight against Saji, in the end, it was him who ended up losing. Despite having overwhelming power, it was precision and control that lost them the match.
"Rias, what are you willing to bet on this battle? I'm willing to risk my life. My dream is a very difficult one. If I don't destroy the obstacles one by one, I can't cut open a path of solution."
Sona spoke out as she directed her sights at her.
"Rias, I will destroy your pride and estimation."
Hearing those words from Sona caused Rias' expression to turn sour almost as if she had eaten a bug. She was completely outsmarted in this Rating Game. Just how far did she calculate this entire match. Sona then shifted her gaze towards Issei.
"Saji. He was always saying that he would surpass you. To Saji, you are a fellow Pawn, a friend, and a rival he wants to surpass."
He fully understood her words.
"However, you have a legendary dragon inside you. With just that, he possessed an inferiority complex towards you. I wanted to convey to that child that he could fight while crying over such a thing. And that was conveyed to him. The line didn't disappear even when Saji was worn out. He filled it with that much intense feelings. I'll say this to you who is about to disappear from this battlefield soon. Just as you were aiming only for the top, Saji was running towards the objective of defeating you. You aren't the only Pawn that has a dream and lives earnestly! The one who beat you was Saji Genshirou!"
Today! I will! Surpass you!
The words of his fellow pawn echoed in his head, he couldn't help but compliment him. During their entire battle, he continued to stand back up even after being punched down by Issei in his Balance Breaker. Saji didn't give up in the end. And it was because of that, that he didn't want to give up. Sona read out their plans with just pure tactics and countered them, eventually pushing them into a corner. Issei knew that she was smarter than him that also included Lance too, so he couldn't figure them out on an intellectual level. So, he was left with only one last option.
Mustering up the strength that he had left, Issei stood shakily back up to his feet with everyone's attention being aimed at him. What was he planning? He soon stood up and begun to walk towards the middle of both the Gremory and Sitri.
"Before I retire…I think I'll disappear after I've done this once…."
The move that he was about to perform would drain the remaining strength that he had left. The technique that he desired entered his mind as a mass of red aura begun to cover his entire body.
"Raise my Insight! Unleash my personal boundary!"
Focusing on the power of the Sekiryuutei, Issei began to raise his power to even greater heights and the aura spread out to the point where everyone could feel it on their skin. He didn't need to focus on anything unnecessary senses, he just what he needed to know.
"Spread out, the world of my boundary!"
Instantly, a mysterious space expanded and unfolded with everyone else being drawn into it. This technique didn't deal any direct damage, but it came him exactly what he needed to know. He then turned his sights towards his king, Rias. He could feel the red aura that was a part of her being.
"Let me hear your voice!"
[Ise, are you okay…? If you do such a thing, it'll affect your health.]
He heard a cute almost girly tone coming from Rias, it was something that he was slightly yet not so shocked about.
"…Buchou, you're worried about me right now, aren't you? That I'll hurt my body by doing something strange…."
Hearing that from him caused Rias to look at him with an astonished look.
"Ise! H-How did you know that…?"
He then directed his attention towards Sona who was making a confused look on her face.
"What are you thinking about right now?"
[Hmm~ Hyoudou-chan? Could he have developed a technique to hear the voice of people's hearts~? So-tan, that's troubling~]
Issei was somewhat shocked by what he heard. The tone of voice resembled that of her older sister, the magical girl, Serafall Leviathan. He didn't expect that from the usual strict Sona.
"Sona-Kaichou, you just thought that my new special technique could let me hear the voices of people's hearts, right?"
Hearing that from him caused her expression to become seriously surprised.
"You're somewhat close, but it's not quite it. I wanted to hear it, the inner intentions of those around me by reading their auras—no by going even deeper than that!"
Issei declared his new technique with a proud tone.
"My new technique, Bilingual! My new technique that lets me hear the inner voices of people by their auras. …Haa, Haa. When I ask a question, the answer comes out without any lies! …Haa, Haa. It's the strongest technique that lets me understand the heart of the opponent! Though now, I think it only works on woman. Ugh, I don't have enough blood…."
Using this technique with much blood let caused his mind to become dizzy. Knowing that he didn't have much time left he continued.
"Hey! Reya-san, what are you thinking?!"
Issei called out, but for some reason, after hearing that question her cheeks started to turn red from as great deal of embarrassment.
"N-No, don't listen!"
To protect herself from having her mind read, Reya covered her ears with a look belonging only to a girl her age.
[Oh! Ise-kun! I'm so happy to be standing on the same battlefield as Ise-kun! He looks so cool with his armor!]
He heard a more girly inner voice, it was something that caused both to blush slightly and caused them to look away from one another. Issei didn't know that she felt that way about him. And how could he, neither of them had actually spoke to one another before. Taking note of his expression, Rias and Akeno to look towards him with a suspicious look on their face.
""What did you hear?""
"Nothing!"
Issei immediately answered, after hearing the tones that he got from them.
[We know you're lying!]
He heard the jealous tone that came from both their inner voices.
"S-Sona-Kaichou! Please tell me what kind of strategy you intend to use now!"
[This special barrier made by the two Bishops is a decoy~ Only my spirit has been placed in the barrier, and my body is just a holographic image~ Since my spirit has come here, it's possible to make the presence of my body disappear and to make it look like my aura is inside the barrier~ My true body is on the roof~ It's a strategy to make you attack the me inside the barrier and weaken you guys even a little~]
Hearing the explanation from her still in the tone of her older sister, Issei turned towards everyone.
"Everyone, the Kaichou in that barrier…is a decoy. She's just a holographic image created by the two Bishops inside the barrier…. Their strategy is to make us wastefully attack the barrier here and weaken us even a little…. The real Kaichou is on the roof! It seems that only her spirit has been moved into the hologram…. That's also why Koneko-chan's enemy detection couldn't find the Kaichou on the roof. But, because her spirit came here, Dragon's Insight also worked and let me hear the holographic aura, is that it…?"
After communicating that to them, Issei collapsed.
"Ise-san!"
Asia ran to him with a look of worry, but she was stopped by Tsubaki. Seeing her path being stopped, Asia then struck a pose of prayer and her body begun to shine brightly. Asia expanded the area of her twilight healing. This was the result of her training. Even though this would be ineffective, she couldn't help seeing Issei in pain.
"I was waiting for that!"
Momo called out after she undid the hologram and barrier. She soon stepped into the healing area of her sacred gear and placed her hand forward.
"Reverse!"
Soon the green healing aura being released turned into red giving off a dangerous red aura.
"Ah."
Asia's body begun to shine and begun to disappear the very same as Momo.
"…The reverse of healing is damage…. Argento-san's healing ability is immense…. If that is reversed…."
The look on her face was satisfied even with her vomiting blood, she then looked upwards with a smile on her face. She wasn't looking at the ceiling but passed that to the roof where her King was standing.
"…I beat the Gremory's healer…Kaichou…."
Issei made an annoyed look on his face after seeing Asia taken out, but was stopped as his body was wrapped in the same light.
[One of Rias Gremory-sama's Bishop, retired.]
[One of Sona Sitri-sama's Bishop, retired.]
[Rias Gremory-sama's Pawn, retired.]
Rating Game—VIP Room
One of the leaders looked at the screen with a look of shock on their face after seeing what had happened. Not only were they shocked that the underdog team the Sitri were able to take down Issei, but also that he could develop a technique like that on the spot. Neither of them could say that Sona didn't lead her peerage well despite not having the same power as the Gremory Group.
"…So this is the current Sekiryuutei."
"…They were able to take out the Sekiryuutei."
Rossweisse spoke out with an astonished look on her face.
"Well, I can't say that I would have thought of the same thing. The holographic image was one thing, but draining his blood using Saji's sacred gear was something that I couldn't have predicted or thought of doing."
"Yo, Lance didn't that technique seem familiar to you?"
Azazel asked with an interested look on her face.
"Yep, that was definitely a lot similar Naomi-san's technique."
"What are you two talking about?"
Rossweisse wondered out loud, looking between both Lance and Azazel.
"Among the Chivalric Order where I was trained as a kid, we're trained to be capable of manifesting our own auras, the manifestation of our spirit to perform a number of feats. Using our aura we are able to use it for defense or defense, some are able to even use it to heal their injuries. There are a group of Knights who can make unique adjustments to their auras to create an original technique of their own. Since the start of the Chivalric Order, the number of those techniques being recorded is rare causing them to be called—Heroic Arts," Lance explained gaining Rosswiesse's attention. "The one that Ise just uses is similar to the one used by Naomi Shirogane, the Sword Queen called Dream Sword. It forms a special field that expands outwards increasing her perception and letting her gather information about her surroundings and those in the field letting her predict what her opponents will do next. Not only did they possess almost monstrous aura, but their control was top-tier."
"Devising a dangerous technique like that right off the bat, I can tell why Vali has a great deal of interest in Ise," Azazel responded, with a slight smirk on his face. "Dragon truly are beings who can cause odd phenomena to occur."
"Yea, but you should probably have that Reverse ability banned from the Rating Game."
Lance suddenly spoke out loud to Azazel. It was something that he fully understood since it was the Grigori who developed that magic. It was still in the stage of being researched so they didn't know the full ramifications of using it and there were issues since it wasn't used for their personal use. Using it could affect a person's own life and their own abilities, so it wouldn't be weird that it would be banned. Though it did truly show their determination. Seeing how the match ended, Odin couldn't help but let out a laugh of enjoyment.
"What a good devil. The Pawn of Sona Sitri. You should take good care of that one. He'll become strong. The achievement of beating the Sekiryuutei kid is huge. Watching the Rating Games of devils is fun because of this. The weak change in the middle of a match. This is what a true match is."
Odin proclaimed with a look of enjoyment on his face. The God of the Norse enjoyed the fight that Saji put up against Issei the Sekiryuutei. It was something that most would dream of hearing from a god of his stature. The lesser known legendary dragon who wasn't as famous as the Welsh Dragon was would become known around the underworld as the one who took down the owner of the Longinus.
"Now there's only one question left to answer."
Lance spoke out with an interested, as he continued to watch the match.
"What would that be?"
"Will the Gremory Group fall or rise?"
Upon witnessing the fall of the linchpins of their team, the Sekiryuutei along with their both of their bishops. They only had five of their members left; Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Van, and Koneko. This game where they had the overwhelming difference in strength, they lost three of their members and were overwhelmed by the Sitri's tactics along with their teamwork/trust. She easily predicted their movements and even took into account their separate abilities. Their former estimation would surely fall after seeing this match.
Rias who watched the fall of her beloved pawn remained calm and looked towards the roof of the building.
"Koneko, can you feel her spirit?"
"Yes. I couldn't detect it before, but now I can sense Kaichou's spirit on the roof. I think that the barrier from before was a false illusion that made it look like Kaichou was inside it, and also a special decoy that made anyone unable to perceive the actual person's spirit and location."
Koneko answered with her cat ears moving timidly.
Seeing that his underclassmen's fighting spirit hasn't fallen Kiba decided that he couldn't look bad in front of her. He repaired his sword and pointed it towards the opposing team's queen.
"Now then, how shall we do this? As two blade-users, shall we decide it by the blade?"
"That is also fine. In chess, when a pawn is promoted, in most cases they become Queen. However, the battle situation changes if they promote to Knight instead depending on the setting. There are a lot of differences between actual chess and the Rating Games, but this will be a good match."
With the matchups being decided, Van decided to point his sword towards the only remaining bishop, however—
At the very same moment, Akeno entered the sights of the two knights as they were preparing to fight. Her entire body was giving off a crackling golden aura covering her body. Such a dangerous sensation was being released from her entire body that it shook both the knights, but they could see that there were tears in her eye.
"…Even though I tried to show Ise-kun my determination…."
Akeno spoke out in a cold tone.
"…Even though I tried to overcome it…by using this hateful power in front of him…"
Akeno slowly raised her hands in front of her, which were crackling with lightning.
"I won't forgive you."
She showed her sadistic side, a state that everyone in both the Gremory and Sitri group could tell that she couldn't be touched.
"Disappear."
After saying that in a tone filled with anger, a great mass of thunder sprung forth from her hands and went towards their final bishop—Reya.
"Reverse!"
Sensing danger to her body, Reya held her hands out and attempted to use Reverse. Though it failed, her entire body was wrapped in thunder and releasing a violent amount of golden thunder. After the attack ceased, Reya's clothing was singed from the attack and her body was wrapped in a bright light.
"It seems it was useless. She tried to reverse the thunder, but what I shot just now was lightning. Thunder and light. The reverse of the light portion wasn't enough to reverse it all."
[One of Sona Sitri-sama's Bishops, retired.]
"The power couldn't be overturned when the power being reversed was changed."
After saying that, Akeno turned her sights towards the battle of the Queen and Knight. Due to the shock of losing Issei, she aimed her next attack towards both of them. Knowing the dangers of taking on that attack, Tsubaki jumped away from the path of the attack.
"Kuh!"
Seeing the opportunity to attack, Kiba charged at her tapping into the speed trait of his knight piece. Creating a holy-demonic sword in his hand, he made a stab at her, while preparing for the appearance of her sacred gear. His sword made contact with her naginata. She soon reached into her pocket and pulled out a bottle of phoenix tears. Throwing the bottle towards him she used the edge of her weapon to cut the bottle in half. The liquid inside spread all over Kiba.
"Reverse!"
Tsubaki shouted. Taking note of the attempt, Kiba quickly altered his holy-demonic sword into a sword of water.
Bishah!
The water spilled on his body clearing away the phoenix tears and canceled both of their effects, after seeing this opening Tsubaki attacked.
"If an opening is made even just a little!"
Tsubaki called out, as she turned the edge of her naginata towards Kiba. However, anticipating this attack Kiba summoned a large number of holy-demonic swords bloomed all over her. Though she dodged the attack her weapon was destroyed by the attack.
"The current me has no openings."
Kiba soon fired off another number of swords towards her, Tsubaki called out her counter-type sacred gear. Anticipating what was about to happen next, Kiba weakened the sword that was about to hit the mirror as much as possible.
Barin! Booooooooo!
The mirrors broke and the attacks rebounded against him. Kiba had endured the attack that made contact as much as possible. Clenching his teeth, Kiba held his hand out and the space next to him began to warp until a tear opened. He reached his hands inside and grasped the hilt of an object that was inside of it. Kiba began to pull it from outside of the dimensional storage and Tsubaki could sense the dangerous aura being released.
"No way?! That's—!"
The item that he took out was a legendary holy sword, the Ascalon. Clenching the hilt of the sword in his hand, Kiba slashed the sword at her releasing a powerful holy aura. Due to being imbued with both the powers of a dragon-slayer and the power of the Sekiryuutei, it changed into a strong weapon with enormous power.
"It was Ise-kun's suggestion. He gave me it before the start of the match."
"However, your holy demonic aptitude is—"
Tsubaki said with a look of confusion, which Kiba answered with a determined look.
"I had no past. Because of that, I saw hell, but…I'm different now. Thanks to attaining Balance Breaker, it seems I can also handle Ascalon like this."
"This is outside of our calculations, Sona! Even more than Hyoudou-kun…! Their True Ace is…! The servant to pay attention to is…Kiba Yuuto!"
Tsubaki left just those parting words and disappeared from this place.
[Sona Sitri-sama's Queen, retired.]
"It's because I aim to surpass Ise-kun, no, the Sekiryuutei."
Kiba went over the incidents that happened and in each of them they had to rely more on Issei, in each of them he could barely be helpful in either of them. That was the reason why he decided to train himself from scratch with his sword teacher.
"More than anything else, I hate it seeming like the only servant is the Sekiryuutei."
Kiba declared as he begun to head to the rest of his comrades, their only remaining enemy left would be the King herself.
Everyone headed to the roof of the department store, the sky above them was white and empty of anything. Standing in front of them was Sona Sitri, the Kaichou of Student Council. Sona gazed towards them with a bitter smile.
"Sona, why on the roof?"
"The King must survive until the end. That is the duty of the King. If the King is taken out, the game would be over, right?"
"…Yes, I didn't question the profoundness of that."
"Rias, Saji won against the Sekiryuutei. Neither Ise-kun nor you made any mistakes. Please don't make light of that child. You aren't the only ones that are desperate."
"Yes, I could sense it with my body. Now then, let's settle this, Sona."
Declaring that, Rias began to step forward towards Sona to settle this in a one-on-one match.
"If I sense danger, I'll enter to help immediately. I won't listen to your selfishness."
Rias didn't respond to her words, but she understood them. If the king was taken out, then the match would be over and their efforts the entire time would be for nothing. It was at that moment that the battle between Kings began.
An aura of water gather around Sona and soon gradually formed into something. This was no ordinary water, everyone could tell that the water that was all over the department store began to gather around her. This was the Sitri Clan's specialty—Water Magic. While Serafall specialized in Ice Magic, this was Sona's specialty.
Likewise, Rias gathered a destructive aura around her body, her own inherent ability that she gained from her mother the—Power of Destruction. A special energy that disintegrates anything that it comes in contact with. Rias fired off several softball sized attacks towards Sona, the purity of magical power that came from each of their attacks.
Everyone could tell that her attacks were being restrained, due to the rules. Holding her hand out, Sona skillfully manipulated the water and made a dense water wall. The wall of water stopped the attack, while also being annihilated on impact. Though due to her using water from around the department store, Sona had access to an unlimited supply of water.
"Now then, Rias. I shall thoroughly display my water techniques to you."
Sona declared as she transformed the large volume of water using magic, turning each of them into several hawks that flew into the air, serpents that silvered on the ground, valiant lions, wolves that herded together, and several huge dragons as well. Just looking at what she was capable of they could tell that in terms of magic skill, Sona surpassed Rias.
"Just as I wished for, Sona!"
Smiling fearlessly, Rias piled up a compression of the power of destruction and made countless bullets of destruction. If no one had enough power, then there would be no way that they could survive an attack like this. Clearly, Rias was showing off the results of her training. While Sona trumped her in terms of skill, Rias had the advantages in terms of power. Both stood ready and launched their attacks at one another.
[Resignation confirmed. It is the victory of Rias Gremory-sama.]
It was the end of the rating game with the victory going to the Gremory Group, in the medical facility most of the members were there in the hospital room. Despite winning the match against the Sitri, it left a somewhat terrible taste in their mouths. Originally their estimation was high, due to their superior power.
The higher-ups who viewed the rating game had them lowered after seeing them almost pushed into a corner. The comments from the higher-up didn't really help either. But Kiba who shown the skills to be the Ace of the Gremory Group received a great achievement.
And then there was Saji who was awarded a medal by Sirzechs himself for him fighting against then defeating the Sekiryuutei. He even heard that he was praised by the God of the Norse, Odin himself. Saji currently sat in his hospital room just staring at the medal that he was given with a slight tear forming in his eyes.
Knock Knock
Saji heard a knock coming from his hospital room door, quickly wiping away the strain tears that begun to fall from his eyes.
"C-Come in."
Saji said out loud.
The door opened, revealed it to be Chris who wore his usual modified white suit, black tie, and loafers. Saji was somewhat shocked by his sudden appearance.
"Christian-sensei? What're you doing in here?"
"Saji, I just wanted to come and see how you were doing?"
"Shouldn't you look up on Asia-chan?"
"I already went to talk to her before the game ended," Chris answered, as he calmly took a seat near Saji's hospital bed. "She was ashamed of herself that she couldn't do much for Rias and the others. Though I told her that she shouldn't be ashamed, there were and are possessors of Twilight Healing who wish to achieve what she can do. And eventually, will achieve in the future. Though, what I want to know ask is…why do you still look sad? Being complimented by a god of Odin's stature is something that a hero would desire."
Saji heard the question that came from his mouth and caused him to look down in disappointment.
"I know that Sirzechs-sama said that I should be thankful for my achievement, but deep down there is still a part of me that hoped that I could have won on my own. I wanted to prove that our goal shouldn't be one to laugh at by defeating the Sekiryuutei."
"Saji do you believe that power alone will be able to solve everything?"
"Huh?"
"In both the Rating Game and Life living in the most people believe that power alone can solve anything. Most are the Old Devils and young High-Class Devils who neglect their training and rely purely on their own demonic power, not their experiences or training. Just now in the Rating Game, Sona proved that it also takes many tactics and planning. That was the original meaning of the Rating Game. There are many ways for a person to achieve their own power whether it's with technique or magic. The dragon who inhabits you is a prime example of that, with just techniques he achieved great power and became one of the Five Dragon Kings. His powers were also a force to be reckoned with and ones to be feared."
Saji listened intently to what Chris had told him.
"There is enough time to grow stronger before the next rating game." Chris started, before a smile soon formed on his face. "And I'm actually happy to say that I will enjoy seeing my new students fighting in the games. So, stop crying. Become someone who the members of the Sitri can rely on and become someone that your future students can look up to."
Hearing that from him caused Saji to wipe away the tears that formed in his eyes and regained his usual demeanor.
"Right! I won't let you down!"
"I know that you won't, but now I think that there are two people who want to talk to you."
"Huh?"
Chris silently got up out of his seat and stood next to his hospital. He reached for the door and opened it wide open, spilling into the room were two people who Saji immediately recognized. It was the white-haired Bishop, Momo Hanakai. And the brown-haired pawn, Ruruko Nimura. Both of them soon looked up with a nervous smile on his face.
"Did you girls need something?"
"S-Sorry, Christian-sensei! I just wanted to talk with Genshirou-senpai."
"No, I wanted to talk with Gen-chan first, but YOU got in the way."
Momo spoke out with a slight sigh of annoyance, hearing that comment from her caused Ruruko to pout angrily at her. Seeing the looks that were on their face, Chris walked passed them and he began to walk outside of the room.
"Well, I'll just leave you guys to it."
"Uh, Christian-sensei," Momo called out, causing him to stop. "I just wanted to say that I'm—"
"There's no need to apologize, every battle in the rating game is a learning experience no matter what happens. It showed both sides what more they needed to work on before going into actual battle against the Khaos Brigade." Chris answered. "I won't hold it against you and neither will Asia. I don't think she has it in her to hate anyone."
Those were the last words that he had before walking outside of the room leaving both girls alone with Saji.
"So, Gen-chan. How're you doing?"
"Pretty good now that I talked with Sirzechs-sama and Christian-sensei."
"Genshirou-senpai, I'm sorry about losing and leaving you back there."
After saying that Ruruko made a saddened look on her face, but was stopped after feeling Saji pet the top of her head.
"It's alright, there are things that we both need to work on," Saji stated, with a smile forming on his face. "So, as the only pawns of the Sitri, let's get stronger together."
"Y-Yes!"
Ruruko answered shyly while blushing. Seeing both of their interaction caused Momo to look at them both with a somewhat angry look on her face.
"Well, why don't I help Gen-chan get better," Momo said, while his arm into her breasts. "So, why don't we use our usual methods~?"
"A-Actually, I think I'm already fully healed."
"You can't do that Momo-senpai!"
"Why don't you leave us alone, Washboard-chan?"
Ruruko glared angrily at Momo after that comment. Seeing both were glaring at one each other, Saji looked between both of them with a nervous smile.
Standing in front of a vending machine inside the hospital was Lance, seeing his money go into the machine. Resting inside the holster on his right pants was a small palm-sized compact objected that looked like a sword with colors of; gray base color, a blue hilt mixed with gold. Another sound came and two drinks came from the machine. Lance reached into the dispenser and pulled out two canned coffee. He then walked towards Sona who sat down in one of the chairs that were inside the hospital, but was also currently empty of people.
"Sorry. I know this is a bit weak 'Good Job', but it's all I got at the moment."
Lance said as he took a seat next to her. Sona, however, shook her head as she took one of the canned coffee from his hand.
"No, it's alright. Thank you, Lance-kun."
A snapping noise came from the canned coffee and both took a sip from the contents. Quenching the thirst that they had, Lance sighed out of relief and looked towards her.
"You did an excellent job during the rating game Sona-chan."
Lance started with a smile on his face, it was something that caused Sona to smile out of apparition and she looked down at the canned coffee in her hands.
"Thanks, Lance-kun. I can just hope that I can do a better job. Everyone in my peerage was all looking forward to training to make sure we win next time."
"I would love to see that rating game. I mean, anticipating them using Issei as bait to lure in the rest of her peerage was a great move, then using Tsubaki-san's counter-type sacred gear to reflect Van's attack was a great move." Lance said out loud. "What truly got to me was how you used Saji's sacred gear to suck out Ise's blood. I would not have thought about doing that. Possibly since members of the Du Lac family tend to be a bit more direct."
Lance laughed out with a smirk on his face, with Sona joining in on the laugh. She felt flattered about him complimenting her about her tactics.
"Well, the higher-ups won't be doubting your dream anymore."
"Why is that?"
"When they saw the Gremory Group being pushed back by your tactics, their mouths hang open," Lance answered as he leaned back in his chair. "I was serious, I really will help you build your school when you're ready. Don't forget we specialize in more than just beating up bad guys."
"Yea, I know." Sona sent the brightest smile that anyone would every see, as she shuffled towards Lance. "I really would enjoy working with you, Lance-kun."
Both Lance and Sona smiled at one another before they knew it they begun to move closer to one another.
"Hohoho. Truly a playboy, making a move on not only Serafall Leviathan but also her sister. That's a dream most people would enjoy having."
A familiar voice came to the scene, turning towards his direction. It was Odin who was stroking his beard with an enjoyable look on his face. Seeing him approach them Lance stood up from his seat and looked towards him.
"Did you need anything, Odin-sama?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to speak with Serafall's sister for a moment. I sensed her here so I just followed."
"Me? About what Odin-sama?"
Sona asked in confusion, the elderly god looked towards her with a slight smile on his face.
"I just wanted to congratulations for raising such a wonderful peerage, especially your Pawn. They may not have been as strong as the Gremory, but they did work well together and battled splendidly. In this day of age, you'd hardly ever witness a battle fought with just pure tactics."
Hearing the compliment come straight from the King of the Norse Gods caused Sona to feel a bit more elated. Sona stood up next to Lance and bowed her head.
"Thank You. It means a lot."
"Odin-sama! You can't just keep running about without me!"
Rossweisse came running towards him with an almost impatient look on her face but softened after seeing that he was talking with him.
"Hello, Lancelot-san."
"Hey, Rossweisse-san."
Lance returned the greeting, seeing the look on her face Odin looked at her with a smirk on his face. One that she really didn't like.
"I've actually noticed that you've been getting rather close with the Knight, Rossweisse. Have you already planned on…?"
"S-So what if I have?! It has nothing to do with you, Odin-sama!"
Exclaiming that Rossweisse glared at Odin with an annoyed look and soon turned away from him in a huff.
"Well, since I have a meeting to attend to about the countermeasures against the Khaos Brigade with the Angels, Devils, Fallen Angels, Zeus of the Greece, Indra of Mt. Sumeru," Odin explained. "Though there was something I wanted to say to the Knight."
"About what?"
"The world is filled with trials, there are many fun things as well. Advance forward while both enjoying and suffering through it all. Despite the level of your intelligence, you're still a youngster and people your age can only grow by being reckless. This means a lot for someone like you, considering who you are and who your family is. I'm sure that there a lot of people who would be interested in the grandson of the God of the Bible, it would be either as an ally or enemy."
Those were the last words that Odin shared with him before walking away along with Rossweisse who bowed before following Odin. After seeing that both Odin and Rossweisse was gone, Sona turned towards Lance with a slight smile.
"So, I should probably get back to my peerage. Are going come as well?"
"Nah, I need to head back to Avalon where everyone else is. So, if you see Sera-tan tell her I said see you later."
"Right. So, Lance-kun?"
Sona asked with a somewhat nervous look on her face.
"Hmm, is there something wrong?"
"Since there are two weeks left before the summer ends and the second term starts. So, I was wondering if we could go out on a-a date."
Sona stopped in anticipation of wondering what his next answer would be, while he looked at her with a slight look of surprise. Instead, he smiled and nodded his head.
"Sure thing, let's go out on a date."
Lance answered happily. Seeing the look that showed on his face, Sona couldn't help, but step forward and press her lips on his cheek. Something like this surprised him since he would never have except Sona doing that. Both look at one another with a slight hint of red dusting their cheeks.
"S-So I will see you later, Lance-kun."
"Y-Yes, see you later Sona-chan."
Immediately turned her heel and begun to head off in the opposite direction, leaving Lance there with a flustered look 0n his face.
[You sure look flustered.]
A familiar voice spoke out, Lance reached for his holster and held the compact sword in front of him so he could speak.
"Look, I didn't her to just kiss me on my cheek. Avon."
There was without a doubt that the object in his grasps was indeed Avon in a compact form.
[I can't really blame you, besides how did you think about doing this?]
"I had to make some modifications, your actual form can't be put away anytime like Ise's Boosted Gear or Vali's Divine Dividing. And I don't think you would like just staying at my house all the time." Lance stated. "Compared to you and Jin, I could at least make the excuse that he was just a normal dog. And I don't think that I can make the excuse that you're a stuffed animal."
[Well, I guess that makes since. So, should we go?]
"Sure thing."
He held his hand out with a distortion appeared and he pulled out Secace from within it. Though it remained invisible to the naked eye. Gathering a subtle demonic power near its tip, slashing it forward he generated a tear in space and stepped through it.
Avalon Island, Tomorrow Morning
Everyone who was on Avalon met on the sandy beaches carrying their belonging in their hands and Elaine standing in front of them with a smile on her face. She sensed the denser yet quiet aura that covered Yumi, Jeanne, and Xenovia. The progress that they made during the summer break caused her to form a bright smile on her face.
"You guys have done an excellent job during the summer, each and every one of you have made great strides to master your own weaponry and abilities. To truly test the results of your training is through future combat against those of the Khaos Brigade." Elaine declared, but then stared at each of them. I won't tell you all to win every fight, all that I ask that you fight with the best of your abilities and survive to improve yourselves even further."
"I enjoyed training with you, Elaine-sama."
Xenovia said, while bowing her head.
"So, are you going to remain here?"
Yumi added in as she looked towards her.
"Only for a while before heading back to the Chivalric Order. I still need to organize Knight there and there is still the matter of finding people who can replace the remaining six spots for Paladin."
Elaine answered with a wondering look on her face. As the current Head Paladin, there was still the matter of finding capable individuals who can fill in the spots left behind by the deceased Paladin.
"I'm sure that you can find some people."
Lance stated with a smirk on his face, while resting Secace's blade on his shoulder.
"You're probably right about that, there are some capable people amongst the Knights. I will inform you when I find some of them."
"Well, I think that we will see you later. Elaine." Lance said as he prepped Secace. "There is an opponent that one of us will find difficult back."
Lance turned his body slashing Secace diagonally opening a hole in space and allowed all four of them to enter it at once. The four of them began to step through the large tear in space, while carrying all of their belonging with them. Seeing that they were gone, Elaine sighed slightly before turning her head.
"I know that you're here, Nimue-chan. Or would you prefer Lady of the Lake?"
Elaine looked around with a wondering look on her face, though she felt some weight being pressed on her shoulders and someone looking down at her. Sitting on her shoulders appeared to be a young girl around the same height and age as Koneko, her hair was a shiny blonde, her eyes seemed to be sapphire blue albeit her pupils seemed to be slit and a lighter shade of blue. She wore a blue dress without shoes and there seemed to be a metallic halo that hovers around her neck. Though she seemed to be like an adorable loli, the aura around her body seemed to be full of mystery and beauty.
"So, that the child who bears the same 'Lancelot' and inherited the blood of Merlin." Her voice sounded to be that of a young girl, but it had the allure of an older woman. "He certainly does take after both, I can't wait to see his development in the future especially with his war god state. And you know I always prefer to be called Nimue."
"Yea yea, but I got to ask. Why did you take the appearance of a Loli?"
"I'm just like Ophis in a way, but where she can take any form and gender she desires. I can only manipulate my physical appearance to whatever I like not my gender." Nimue answered, with a bright smile forming on her face. "Also, how else would I be able to ride on your shoulders like this?"
"You know you should show yourself in front of him next time. Knowing him he would find meeting you very interesting."
"Maybe, but I have to say that you really did a number on this place again Elaine."
The tone that came from her mouth was somewhat angry, but not too mad. The training that she put them through did cause a bit of damage to certain parts of Avalon. Taking note of her tone, Elaine began to let out a slightly nervous laugh.
"I know, I know. I'm sorry, but you can just fix the place up?"
Hearing her response, Nimue rose her hand into the air before...
Bang!
"Ouch!"
"Of course, I can fix it anytime I want. It is my home, but that isn't the point. You talk about the Xenovia girl not controlling her power when you yourself can't stop yourself from messing up Avalon whenever you start training here."
"Okay, Okaa-saaan…ouch! Swop twat!"
Nimue stared down at Elaine with a deadpanned look, while pulling on both sides of her cheeks using her hands.
"I see that you haven't changed that attitude of yours. You're still the same little girl from before."
This situation was almost like a child being disciplined by an adult. Elaine even began to frantically wave her hands around like a child and even began running around. Her sudden movement caused Nimue to fall off her shoulder, however, she regained her balance and began to float in mid-air. As Elaine begun to run around the island with Nimue flying after her at high speeds.
"Stop treating me like a child!"
"Then act your age! Seriously you're almost—!"
"Stop it! You know I'm sensitive about my age! How would you feel if someone mentioned how old YOU are?!"
Elaine shouted back in a somewhat annoyed tone. Hearing her response caused Nimue to cross her arms and let out a slight sigh. She almost felt like a mother who had to deal with a rebellious child.
"What am I going to do with you?"
"This is truly my most terrifying opponent!" Xenovia shouted. "With all the training, I forgot about my homework!"
Inside Lance's room, Xenovia who wore nothing but a normal tank-top and shorts. She sat down in front of the table inside his bedroom with her hands placed on the top of her head. The look on her face was that of panic. Placed in front of her on the table was the homework assigned to them before summer. Sitting down in front of her was Lance who was spinning his pencil around his finger with a slightly amused look on his face. Xenovia lied back down with an almost impassive look.
"Oh, come on Xenovia it's not that bad."
Lance responded with a smile on his face.
"Yea, Xeno-chan!"
"You should always take your homework seriously."
"I don't want to hear that from you two!" Xenovia shouted back as she turned on her stomach while sending an intense glare at both blondes. "You two are playing games!"
They were, in fact, sitting down on his bed that could fit almost ten people and in their hands, were two handheld controllers. Currently, both were playing Dragon Ball Xenoverse on the new gaming system on the new model flat-screen TV that he was given after the renovations were done. Yumi and Jeanne played as customized Saiyan characters that they created at the start of the game. Their characters were currently fighting against one another in a one-on-one match.
"Hahaha, got ya Jeanne-chan~!"
Yumi declared as her character; Mariah knocked down Jeanne's character; Joan flying into the air using a combo, but stopped after hitting the barrier. Seeing get Joan knocked onto the ground caused Jeanne pout. After getting back up Joan charged at Mariah and continued their bout with one another.
"Just look at those two."
"You know if you're having trouble with your homework, you could just ask."
"Really? Are you sure I wouldn't be a bother?"
"I don't mind Xenovia, I can't really have one of my brave saints struggling. Especially, if that person is my Queen."
Hearing that from him, Xenovia had become slightly more upbeat after hearing that.
"Oh, this is truly a blessing from God. Oh, Michael-sama."
Xenovia prayed a bit, her body begun to glow bright and two pairs of wings sprouted from her back along with a halo that appeared over her head. On the back of her right hand a red glowing symbol that represents the Queen of Hearts appeared. Before the end of the summer break, Lance chose the suit of Hearts as his Brave Saints. Lance looked as she enjoyed the sensation of being an angel especially the part of being a part of his brave saints. Once her wing and halo vanished, Xenovia walked over and immediately took a seat on his lap.
"Wh-What're you doing?"
"Well, sitting like this would allow me to hear you better."
As Xenovia sat there, she moved around to get a better look. Lance could not only feel her soft thighs and butt, but she was also moving against his crotch. In response to that certain stimulation, it took everything in him to control himself. He would accuse her of doing this on purpose, but he didn't see anything on her face that indicated that.
"Argh, how could I lose?! My poor Joan-chan."
Jeanne complained with teary eyes at the sight of her character lying down on the ground defeated. While Mariah stood over Joan floating in the sky, Yumi let out a victorious laugh.
"I'm Lance-kun's Ace after all."
Yumi answered in a teasing tone, the mark of the Ace of Hearts shone on the back of her right hand.
"This declaration of war won't go unanswered! As Michael-sama is my witness." Jeanne declared as she stood on Lance's bed while pointing at Yumi. "Yumi-chan as a member of Lance-kun's brave saints. As his Ranked Two, I shall defeat you!"
The mark of the two of hearts shone on her right hand. Hearing her declaration, Yumi chuckled to herself and met her glance.
"Ufufu, fine me and Mariah shall accept your challenge."
Yumi declared as he put both her hands on her hip, the aura that covered both blondes became visible. A bright gold aura surrounded Jeanne, while a sky-blue aura surrounded Yumi. While Lance continued to tutor Xenovia in her subjects as she continued to sit on his lap….
BEEP BEEP BEEP
Lance's phone begun to beep signaling that he got a message. Picking up his phone, Lance looked and noticed that it came from Issei. After seeing the message sent by him, he let out a notable sound.
"Did something happen?"
"Apparently, someone named Diodora Astaroth just tried to propose to Asia-chan!"
[Wait, what?!]
Xenovia, Yumi and Jeanne let out a voice of shock from their mouths.
A/N: And there goes chapter twenty-seven of The Magic Knight, well the ending of the Game between both Sona and Rias went just as everyone thought it did. Though they prove that they could be just as strong with teamwork and tactics, but they will only get stronger with training from Christian. I added a moment between Saji, Momo, and Ruruko (Since he deserved it after his match against Issei). I decided to make the ending part of the chapter a bit different from the light novel since it was kind of the same thing most of the time. I decided to let Issei keep this signature technique, but made some changes to it.
Just below I added some of the people that I thought about adding to his Brave Saints. As for who will be his Joker, I'm crossed between adding Leonardo or someone else.
Lancelot's Harem: Yumi, Jeanne, Irina, Xenovia, Le Fay, Sona, Serafall, Rossweisse, Valarie, Seekvaira, Kuroka, Yuuma, Griselda, Yasaka, Lavinia, Liu Bei, Tiamat, Kiyome.
Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Asia, Ravel, Tsubasa, Aika, Isabel, Katase, Murayama, Mira, Kunou, Elmenhilde, Bennia, Reya, Karlamine.
Lancelot's Brave Saints:
King: Lancelot
Queen: Xenovia
Jack:
Ten:
Nine:
Eight:
Seven: Rossweisse
Six: Ariel Light
Five:
Four: Percy Mycenae
Three:
Two: Jeanne
Ace: Yumi
Joker: