Welcome to the next chapter of The Magic Knight, before starting the story. Let's answer some reviews:

altajir95: Thanks.

Clarent excalibur: Everyone loves Kuroka, a flustered Le Fay is always adorable to read about especially whenever she does things around people she likes.

Wacko12: During the meeting between the Three Factions.

Guest 36: There are several things in DxD that make someone strong and weak. And I still don't know why you're comparing the Lancelot now to future events of High School DxD, which I haven't even come close to getting to. Wouldn't you focus more on your human side if that's how you've been fighting since losing your memories? You're also mistaken since there are no "Knightly Powers" in The Magic Knight, it only has auras and weapons, which is other beings can use.

Several people in High School DxD has unique powers that are either inherit or gained through training. Several animes and fiction uses knights as identification for their characters. In canon, a lot of people who uses magic alongside swordsmanship are referred to as magic swordsmen. So, I called him the Magic Knight due to his heritage.

It was due to the review from someone else that I was able to redo The Magic Knight, which is considered and thought about and I'm grateful that Houki Minami spoke her honest opinion. I don't rely on Wikipedia whenever I research characters and use other sources all said that "God is my Strength".

There wouldn't be much of a story if the character just underwent a sudden development without a single occurrence that stirs it on, which is the same as wanting something to happen without a trigger for it. And a human is a magician because they can use magic, so anyone can be a magician. There are several stories in an anime or manga that uses the ideas of other stories as a reference as well.

- There is no reason to complain about his name being Lancelot.

- Xenovia wasn't forced onto Lancelot since neither of them had much reasons to be against it especially since they've gotten to know one another unlike Riser (who was well pretty obvious why Rias didn't like him aside from the fact that she wanted to find someone she loved) and Vidar (who didn't want to marry Rossweisse, to begin with, and was planning on having it voided). Xenovia tried on multiple occasions to have children in canon with Issei.

- There are has never been much revealed in canon about the blood relationships of the angels and fallen angels as a person can be created by the same person yet not share the same blood. Like how all of the devils that Hades created weren't all related by blood. And DxD uses the real-life religion and legends as a reference not a complete replica of the original.

- There hasn't even been anything revealed about what occurred in the past with them and there wouldn't be a reason for Lancelot to dislike Gabriel. Gabriel hasn't done anything that would even be deserving of him being that way and if I had gone that route, then there wouldn't be any build-up to it. The only person who hates Gabriel for some reason is Serafall (at least in some FanFictions).

I don't know if you are going to read this response, but let me just say this. All writers write things at a certain pace and don't reveal anything unless there's an appropriate time for it. And I don't know if you will take this the wrong way, but whenever someone leaves a comment like what you did, it's essentially the same as rushing them. Such as stating that Lancelot is weaker compared to people who're within the most recent timeline, which compared to the current arc isn't even halfway there. I said this before, but a person's strength is due to what they focus on such as Sairaorg who focuses on physical training, which granted him monstrous strength and touki. And Issei in the Azazel Cup has the three powers of Ophis, Great Red, and Ddraig granting him higher firepower compared to the people who you are saying is at a higher level compared to Lancelot now. I had wanted Lancelot, Kazuki, and Kensei to get stronger using their methods and focusing on their specialties and not just using raw firepower to win a battle, like Issei who could potentially destroy the world if he's reckless.

I tried explaining all of this to you before in a normal manner and in the end, you were the one that took it negatively.

ericsofly2: I apologize for the delay, I was focused on other stories.

Preparation for Battle

The next morning and the Lancelot, Gremory, and Sitri Teams was taking a break from Kuoh Academy to rest for their eventual fight against the evil god. All of them planned on having familiars go in their place, while Lance had used spirits to go in the place of those who didn't have one yet. Most of the members weren't happy about them missing out on school rather enjoying their normal lives, most of which being Sona, the student council president.

"Hmm, to fight against a god and his son."

Lance thought as he remained standing in the hall belonging in the Hyoudou Residence, while those from all the different teams were talking among themselves about the current plan against the current threat.

"Norse magic seemed to do the most damage against him compared to others since that was the magic that I added in that initial and last assault. Ise's boosted dragon shot could also damage him, but if he had the Mjolnir Replica, then he will be able to transfer more power to it and damage him. If both Vali and Ise were to attack in tandem as I back them up, then we could deal damage to him before using it. Based on type alone, Loki appeared to be a more Magician oriented fighter. Befitting a god, he's also more durable than either of us since an initial hit from the Durandal didn't result in much damage, while a hit from Boosted Gear affected him."

He continued to think about the upcoming fight, as well as the previous fight. As he continued to think about their fight both Azazel and Rossweisse had arrived via magic circle, with the latter holding what looked like a hammer in her hands, but it had unique designs on it that appeared to be from the norse faction. After realizing that there is one thing that it could be, Lance walked toward them.

"This is the replica of the divine hammer, which the Thunder God, Lord Thor wields, Mjolnir. It has the lightning of a god running through it."

Rossweisse stated as she held it out pointing it toward Issei who stared back at it.

"The replica of Mjolnir. Jeez, to think that geezer was hiding this thing."

"Yes, Lord Odin said that he will lend this replica to the Sekiryuutei."

"Wouldn't it be better if Lance used this thing?"

Issei questioned.

"I think that it would be better if you wield it," Lance replied making it toward them. "Aside from it being a powerful item against Loki, it would be even more effective continued with both your Boost and Transfer abilities. That'll be an attack that even more than Loki can handle. Besides, if I used it, then I may end up doing something insane."

Lance had explained causing Issei to question that last part in his hand while reaching his hand out to retrieve it and held it in his hand. In his hands, it felt almost light befitting the current size of it, but Rossweisse once again spoke informing him about something.

"Please send your aura through it."

After hearing that, Issei inserted his demonic power into the Mjolnir replica without thinking to cause a red light to cover the small hammer.

"I don't think she meant…."

Lance tried to warn him after noticing that the hammer was getting bigger and before long it had transformed into an enormous hammer that exceeded his height. The three who remained nearby stared at the height, then out of reflex, both Azazel and Lance who grabbed Rossweisse moved out of the way as the full-grown hammer came in contact with the ground causing the entire hall to shake. A large cloud of dust was kicked up causing the people around them to cough from the smoke.

"*Cough* *Cough* I didn't expect that."

"I tried to warn him."

Rossweisse and Lance said as the smoke cleared causing them to stare at the enlarged manner, which was dug into and noticed that Issei couldn't even make it budge.

"He can't lift it now, but it could be possible if he entered balance breaker."

"I see, but…huh?!"

Rossweisse questioned as she finally looked down and noticed that Lance's hand was draped around her waist after he had moved her away from the epicenter of Mjolnir falling to the ground. Her face started to turn red after feeling the grip that he had on her waist, which caused her to stammer.

"Huh? Oh, s-sorry."

Lance said after noticing that he was still holding onto Rossweisse and removed his hand.

"I-It's fine."

Rossweisse said in an embarrassed manner, which caused Azazel to smirk toward them.

"Well, if you two are done flirting," his comment caused both Lance and Rossweisse to blush, the former glanced toward him with narrowed eyes. "You should be able to wield it in balance breaker. Despite being a replica, this has power close to the real thing. In a normal situation, only gods can wield a weapon like this, but with the help of Barakiel, we were able to make it so that even devils can wield it for a temporary amount of time. Also don't do your usual attack methods when wielding this, okay. The entire area around this place will vanish if the lightning from this hammer is released."

"S-Seriously."

Issei was something shocked after hearing that from Azazel and even backed away for a moment.

Moments later, Vali had due to being attracted by the impact caused just minutes ago holding what seemed to be a magic book in his hand. Seeing him caused Azazel to glance toward him with a slight smirk on his face.

"Vali, how about you talk with geezer Odin? Maybe right now, he might give you something special."

That question alone caused different ideas to pop into the heads of both Lance and Issei, but the former knew he wasn't the kind of person who would take that request.

"I don't need anything like that," Vali said as he put on a fearless smile. "What I plan to do is master the Heavenly Dragon's original power, so I don't need an extra weapon. I seek something else entirely different."

Lance wasn't surprised by the words that came from Vali, but Issei felt as if his heart had just been pierced by the words from his mouth. There was still a wide difference between him and Vali, as well as being certain things that he still couldn't outclass him in. All of them soon noticed that Bikou also joined his leader to see what was going on over on their side, but he glanced in the direction of Lance who stared back.

"Yo, Lancelot could I get some of the snacks that are in…."

"No."

Lance replied plainly as he stared at Bikou with an almost blank look.

"Huh? Why's that?"

"If I were to give you permission to go inside of our snacks, then you'll end up eating all of them."

Lance answered, which caused both Vali and Azazel to agree with him without saying a single word.

"While we're on the subject of Bikou," Azazel pointed out. "I received a message directed to you."

"Huh? To me? From who?"

After hearing that from Azazel, Bikou turned toward him with a skeptical look on his face since there weren't that many people who would try to make contact with him using Azazel.

"It goes, 'Fool. I will punish you as soon as I find you'. It comes from the first-generation Sun Wukong," the words that came from Azazel caused Bikou to sweat as if his worst nightmare had come true. "It seems as if he's been looking for you alongside Yu-Long."

"T-That shitty geezer is… So he found out about me being a terrorist. On top of that Yu-Long too!"

Instead of his usual joking manner about the situation, Bikou had shown that he was terrified about the idea of him dealing with his ancestor.

"Bikou, should we go to your homeland once," Vali questioned with an honest look that seemed almost interested in the encounter. "Meeting both Yu-Long and the First Generation Sun Wukong sounds interesting."

Lance didn't know if Vali was being funny or not, but it did cause him to chuckle after noticing the expression that Bikou noticed.

"…Don't do that, Vali. Putting Yu-Long aside who seemed to have retired already, the first-generation geezer is a real monster who's still considered to be active. He's mastered senjutsu and youjutsu completely so he is really powerful…."

Seeing how frightened Bikou who fought against Tannin, an Ultimate-Class Devil who's fire breath equaled a meteorite without being scared, only meant that Sun Wukong was even more of a monster compared to that of a former Dragon King. After letting out a bit of laughter after noticing the reaction from Bikou, Azazel glanced in the direction of Lance who remained standing next to them and recalled the fight against Loki.

"So, could you explain what happened during that fight against Loki?"

"Eh, which part are you talking about?"

Lance questioned back, knowing what Azazel was talking about, but the former continued to feign ignorance.

"I'm sure you know what I'm talking about," Azazel replied letting a slightly annoyed sigh to escape his mouth. "In that previous battle, I realized that particular formula used a multitude of high-level equations that originates from the norse factions, but there was some had a different code that I recalled before I 'fell'. I was some that God had used from time to time."

"Huh?!"

That last comment alone caused different reactions from the people around him, most of which was confusion, which originated from Issei, while others like Rossweisse was more impressed. Vali as always seemed to be far more interested in seeing what it could do in a fight.

"I thought about it during the summer break," Lance said as his right eyes shined right causing what seems to be a magic circle inscribed on it. "Because of Rossweisse, I was able to improve it to a great extent and even based it off of the magic eye that Odin uses. I believed that this would make things more efficient whenever I use magic since I won't have to use a magic circle for most magic and I can even add it into my swordsmanship. Since I did base it on Odin, I can even scan the magic circles of others and even hack into them to negate them."

"Ah, that's brilliant. That explained how you broke through Loki's barrier."

Rossweisse added with her eyes glittering from excitement.

"Yea, but I won't be able to break through most difficult ones without it taking too much time. So, in the next fight, it may be a little more difficult. I had added in the codes from the journal that I received from my mom to improve it, but I can't use most of them to the fullest yet. If I do, then there should be several more things that I can do not just in a fight."

"I see," Azazel said with an interested tone as he rubbed his chin. "It sounds like him to come up with something like this in combat, it sounds similar to the Kankara Formula that Ajuka uses, but it's a far cry from being able to the things that Maou can perform. But, with this, fighting against his grandfather might not be a pipe dream."

Azazel though as he smirked a bit, then turned toward all the people who started to gather at the appointed time that he had asked all of them to arrive. After noticing that all of them had gathered close enough to hear him.

"I'll be reconfirming our strategies," Azazel said out after clearing his throat. "First, we'll wait for Loki to arrive at the meeting will be held, the Sitri Team will transfer the rest of you with Loki and Fenrir to a different location. The location in question will be a demolished stone pitting site. Lance, Issei, and Vali will be fighting against Loki. And the rest will fight against the members of the Lancelot, Gremory, and Vali Teams. After Fenrir is captured with the magical chains, gleipnir and after that, I will eliminate it once it's fully subdued."

Azazel re-explained to all the people who had gathered around him, most of them nodded their heads recalling all the roles that were explained to them prior.

"Don't forget, Fenrir that has fangs that can crush a god, which mean we can't let him get close to Odin no matter the cost. Even if Odin is the Chief-God, he will die if he's bitten and we can't let that happen no matter what."

[Right!]

Seeing that all of them knew about the plan and were all prepared for it, Azazel nodded his head and continued.

"Good. Since we left the chains to the elder from the Dark Elves, we just have to wait for them to be completed. Now, since that is out of the way…Saji."

After hearing his name being called Saji became confused about it but stepped forward from his group.

"What is it, Azazel-sensei?"

Saji questioned, which caused Azazel to give a smirk that was shown whenever he talked about sacred gears.

"You're also important for this plan since you do have one of Vritra's sacred gears."

"Pl…Please hold on a second," Saji became more confused and concerned about his addition, in the plan when up against the two new heavy hitters. "I…I don't have insane powers like Lancelot, Hyoudou, and Hakuryuukou! I won't be able to put up a fight against either Loki and Fenrir with them! I thought that I would just have to transfer everyone to the with Kaichou and others."

No one could blame Saji for being afraid of facing off against a god-class being and monster who had surpassed even their parent. It was true that his Absorption Line was a perfect counter against power-type fighters based on the situation as shown in their previous Rating Game, but this fight was different and could result in their death.

"I know. I won't make you fight on the front lines with them, but I will have you support your allies using the power of Vritra more uniquely."

"S-Support."

"There is something that I want to plan, it will be short training that can prove beneficial. If Sona will let me borrow you for a moment."

Saji glanced toward Sona hoping that she would disagree with that request, but his hope was shattered.

"That's fine," hearing that from his King caused his heart to fall. "But to where?"

"I plan on taking him to Grigori."

Azazel replied with a smile that caused memories of his training ideas to pass through the mind of Issei, in which he was forced to fight against the former Dragon King for the summer. In response to that, said the former victim had placed his hand on his friend's and new victim's shoulder with a look that displayed pity.

"Saji, Sensei's training is hell," Saji let out a tearful shout. "I almost died during the summer training as well. And on top of that, you're going to the institute. You are dead."

"Hahaha. Then let's get going, new test sub…Saji."

As soon as those words escape from his mouth, Azazel had grabbed his shirt collar without consent from his new 'test subject'.

"Seriously?! Did you call me a new test subject?! H-Help meeeeee! Hyoudoooooou! Kaichoooooou!"

Despite hearing his calls for help, everyone waved their hands at him with Yuuma letting out a slight sigh.

"I'm going to make sure that Tou-sama doesn't do anything excessive to him."

"Don't worry Saji, I'll fix anything weird that he does to you."

"Your all horrible!"

Those were the last words from Saji as he and Yuuma had teleported away using a magic-circle.

"Lance-kun what does Azazel plan on doing what Saji?"

Sona questioned as she glanced toward him slightly worried about her pawn.

"Well, there is an idea that comes to mind. And if things go as planned, then he'll get a major boost in his abilities. All I can say is that it has something to do with Vritra, which stirred awake after Saji took in some of Ise's blood."

After saying that out loud Issei glanced toward his left arm and started to talk with his partner.

"By the way Ddraig. Aren't you going to talk to Albion?"

[No, there isn't anything to talk about…. Right, White One?]

Ddraig spoke out loud enough for everyone around him to hear his voice.

[…Don't talk to me. I don't have a rival called Chichiryuutei.]

[W-Wait! It's a misunderstanding! The one who is called Chichiryuutei is my host, Hyoudou Issei!]

[This is so horrible that I want to cry, Red One.]

[I also wept! My tears never stop! Uooooooon!]

[Sob. How did this happen…? We were supposed to be the prideful Two Heavenly Dragons…. Do you know how I felt when I saw a hero television program which portrayed my rival as 'Oppai Dragon'? …Sob.]

Both of the Heavenly Dragons started to cry at the mention of Issei being referred to as the Oppai Dragon, which caused the people around them to feel complicated about hearing both dragons cry. Issei started to feel glances from the people around him started to turn their glances toward him.

"…Albion, are you crying again? You were weeping before we watched the television program which portrayed Issei Hyoudou."

Vali felt complicated after hearing his partner crying about the fact that his rival was now referred to as the Oppai Dragon, which caused him to glance toward Issei as if he didn't know how to react.

"I'm sorry, Issei Hyoudou. At a time like this, how should I comfort him."

"Well, you're officially the first host to make both Heavenly Dragons cry."

After hearing the responses from both Vali and Lance, Issei's face started to turn red after hearing the comments from his rival and friend.

"Like hell, I know! Don't ask me! I'm sorry! I am an Oppai Dragon after all!"

Issei shouted as he glanced toward them with anger radiating from his eyes.

"Okay, calm down."

Lance laughed as he patted his childhood friend on the shoulders in an attempt to calm him down.

Afterward, he found himself sitting in one of the comfortable seats located in the library located in his home with both his arms crossed. There were still a lot of preparations that were needed for the upcoming fight against Loki and Fenrir, those in his team were also going through several talks among themselves about strategies. Lance will join them later to talk about the ideas that they had planned and assist them with anything.

[Well, this is a surprise. I didn't think that there would come a time when you would be this serious.]

"Well, I have my moments. But, in most situations being nonchalant is just how I cope with different things."

Lance replied as he placed both his hands behind his head as he glanced toward the room. Around him, there is also some magic books based around norse sorcery.

"Besides, this isn't the kind of situation where I can take this anything but seriously. A single mistake could result in the death of someone important to me and I won't let that happen even if I go against an order from those guys from the Chivalric Order."

Avon could tell that Lance was being more serious compared to normal, which caused him to laugh a little.

[Well, in a fight against god-class beings though I've never encountered one before. Not putting all your effort into the fight will result in zero damage against the opponent you're facing off against and could even result in death. But, I believe that you lot will be able to pull it off.]

"That's some confidence that you have toward us. Well, we have the two heavenly dragons cooperating for the first time albeit both of them are going through some personal emotional problems as of now."

[Yea, I would to if I were referred to as the Oppai Dragon. Dragons are prideful beings who put their all into what path they decide to follow. For Ddraig who's a dragon who holds a greater deal of pride in being the Welsh Dragon and continued to have battled against Albion, who he proclaimed as his greatest rival it's even worse on his end.]

"Well, I believe that he will be able to get through this recent incident."

As both Lance and Avon continued to talk with each other, the door that opened revealing a familiar silver-haired foreign woman. It was Rossweisse who entered the library holding different magic books in her hands, smiling in the direction of Lance who she noticed was still sitting in the library.

"Ah, Lancelot. I just came to return some magic books that I borrowed from here."

"That's fine. I was just brushing up on some things before the big fight."

Lance said as Rossweisse placed the books on the table with the others that Lance had brought out himself.

"I believe that the Lucifer's Queen is now conversing with both Issei and Rias about the inner working of wielding the Mjolnir Replica against Loki. As you mentioned before, alone the replica yield as much power as the original, but combine that with the abilities of the Sekiryuutei then that power can be magnified even more."

Rossweisse added as she took a seat across Lance who smiled and sat up to face her knowing that she was still desiring to talk about the current battle.

"Without a doubt, Ise does have direct power that will be able to break through most barriers of normal magicians but lacks magic expertise. And for him to face off against someone like Loki with undeniable magic expertise and power would be suicide. That's why Vali and I are added in the eventual battle against Loki since we have a high amount of demonic and magic power respectively, who will be able to deal with Loki's magic. Plus, Vali has also started learning more about norse magic for the fight."

"I see, I believed that you would be able to think about the fight to this extent. If all three of you gather together, then being able to defeat Loki won't be impossible. I was also impressed by how you were able to utilize that new Avalon Syntax in combat."

As both of them continued to talk with one another about the future fight against Loki, the conversation started to go toward different things outside of the fight. It was then they realized that they were turning more and more into friends and close allies.

Several minutes as all of them were still preparing for their fight against Loki, but Azazel had advised them that it would be best of all of them took a break for a while. Among those people was Lance and Irina, the latter asked if he could join her on a date much to the ire of the other girls who wanted to. For the occasion, Irina was dressed in a light blue blouse that shows a black strap on her shoulders, worn under a blue jacket, green plaid skirt, black leggings, a beret that matches her blouse and black shoes.

"I finally get to go out on a date with Lance-kun."

Irina sang out in an ecstatic tone while hugging onto his arm and carrying around a purse with her.

"Yea, but I believe that we're going to get an earful after returning home," Lance replied as he smiled, which soon turned into a nervous one. "Based on the looks that they had their face, I kinda don't want to go back."

"Well, I don't care as long as I get to spend time with Lance-kun."

Once those words left from her mouth, Irina strengthened her grip on his arm causing her abundant breasts to be pressed against his arm, which he noticed. As soon as their eyes locked onto one another, the smile adorned on her face brightened as pink started to dust her cheeks.

"Let's go around and have some fun."

"Yes."

Having agreed, Lance and Irina started strolling around town with a lot of the people around them immediately thinking that the others were a couple due to how close the two were. The first place they had gone was the gaming center in town, where most their age would go and like they had done as kids. A lot of the games being played were popular fighting games.

"You're not beating me Lance-kun!"

"Hahaha, you've never been able to beat me before!"

Both Irina and Lance taunted one another as they continued to work the controls on the gaming console in front of them. In-game, their characters continued to fight and launch special attacks and combos at one another with their hp going down at an equivalent level to one another meaning that the fight could go either way. Irina caught the attention of the male gamers inside of the center due to neither of them expecting a beautiful girl like her will be this into games even on a date.

"I must be dreaming."

"No, I believe this is a reality."

"There is a beautiful stacked girl with a subtle butt playing a fighting game."

Some of the other gamers inside the center made various vulgar comments towards Irina who remained blissfully unaware, while she continued to bounce in front of the console. Lance ignored them and continued to play the fighting game alongside Irina as his character started winning.

"Uuuuu," Irina began to complain as her character started to get beaten. "Come on, Lance-kun! You're being too brutal to your date!"

"Hahaha, I won't let you won even if you be adorable like when we were kids."

"Humph."

Irina puffed up her cheeks pouting at the comment that Lance had made, before smiling in a mischievous (at best as she could) manner.

"Lance-kun~"

Chu.

Without warning, Irina pressed her soft lips on his cheek causing him to lose focus for a moment, which gave her enough time to use her character's ultimate and won the match. Lance faced the screen with shocked eyes as it displayed 'Player 2 Winner' several times.

"Huh?! That was cheap, Iri-chan?!"

"Tee hee."

Irina stuck her tongue out in a cute manner while bonding herself lightly on the head. Seconds passed as the two of them locked eyes with one another as a similar competitive glint appeared in their eyes.

""Rematch!""

Both of them smirked in the same manner as they restarted the game and started fighting again.

This continued for several minutes with both of them going around playing different games aside from just the ones based on fighting. Irina played a solo on a karaoke game that also involved dancing around while holding the mike in her hand as she moved around in front of the screen. Lance was almost entranced by the angelic voice that came out of her mouth as she continued to sing various songs as several other gamers gathered to watch. A lot of them looked as if they had just fallen in love and others glared at Lance from behind for being with her. But, a single intimating glare silenced a good portion of them.

After leaving the gaming center, there were some others places that they had gone such as clothing stores where Irina tried on several cute outfits in front of Lance who purchased them for her placing them inside of dimensional storage until they returned home.

"Lance-kun, do you remember the first time we met?"

Irina questioned as both of them walked down the streets with a vanilla ice cream cone on her hand, Lance who had just finished the chocolate ice cream cone he bought.

"Hmm, of course. It was at the park that we had just walked passed, right?"

"Hehehe, of course, you'd remember. But, I recall what first attracted me to you."

"H-Huh, well what was that."

Lance said in a more embarrassed tone as he turned toward the side, which caused Irina to laugh again going in a heroic pose pointing her hand toward the sky.

"'Hahaha, I am the greatest hero this world has ever known'," Irina said in a chipper manner as she laughed after recalling that. "Hehehe, it wasn't that you shouted that out loud, you jumped onto the top of the jungle gym. Most of the parents there thought that you were going to fall after you started doing different poses and laughing."

"Yea," Lance laughed wryly recalling that clearly after hearing Irina point it out before laughing honestly. "Then a certain cute tomboy walked up and asked if those lines came from a popular tokusatsu. If all of the parents there looked concern at just that, you should've seen their faces after I flipped off the bars and landed in front of you."

"After that, we started to play hero around the park, then you even introduced me to Ise-kun and we realized that all of our parents knew each other," Irina said after laughing a little. "Aside from my parents, you knew that I was a girl when we first met, even Ise-kun didn't know and was shocked after finding out. And after that, I started to…fall in love…."

Once those words slipped out of her mouth, Irina blushed a bit but didn't pay attention to her ice cream for one moment as some dripped inside of her blouse and slipped into her bra causing a chill to run across her body.

"Iyaaah! That's cold."

Irina squealed in an adorably as she panicked for a moment, causing some more to drip into her blouse.

"Come here for a moment, Iri-chan," Lance said placing a hand on her shoulder and pointing toward the alleyway next to them. "I'll put up a barrier so that no one can see you getting cleaned up."

"O-Okay."

Irina agreed with him and walked inside of the alleyway after finishing the ice cream in her hand, reaching inside of her purse for something. At the same time, Lance had placed a barrier around a portion of the area around the two of them, which would keep whatever what occurred in the barrier hidden from sight. After he finished putting up the barrier, the three gamers who were inside the center walked in front of the alley entrance, but couldn't see either Lance or Irina.

"Huh? Where did they go?"

"Didn't they just walk in here."

"I thought that they walked in here."

Lance who stood at the border of the barrier stared at the three of them and sighed a bit while crossing his arms.

"Are most of the high school male students I run into here perverts? I can't believe that they were going to try and spy on two of us."

He spat out as he leaned against the wall, but then his attention started to wander toward Irina who pulled down her blow and bra so that she could wipe off the ice cream that had spilled inside her bra, which let him get a good clear look at her white skin. Lance soon turned back noticing that the three gamers had left after not being able to see them causing him to uncross his arms.

"Alright, I'm finished."

Irina said as she fixed her bra and blouse throwing away the wet wipe that she had used to clean herself up.

"Alright, I think that it is about time that we returned home."

Before Lance could remove the barrier, Irina reached out and grabbed his wrist causing Lance to glance at her in a confused manner.

"Eh? …what's wrong?"

Lance questioned as he noticed the distraught look on her face and felt the slight shaking from her hands as she grabbed onto his wrist.

"I'm concerned about the next battle against Fenrir."

"Ah."

Irina was among the group fighting holding off Fenrir until Gleipnir arrived; while him, Issei, and Vali faced off with Loki until the final blow was delivered using the Mjolnir Replica. Those involved with holding off Fenrir who power outclassed that of even his parent and fangs, which could even pierce the scale mail. A single mistake fighting off a monster like that without armor could end up dying in a single bit.

"I don't have a holy sword-like Xenovia and the others anymore. It is also the first time that we're fighting against a god and a beast such as Fenrir. Whenever we talked about fighting against them during our meetings with one another I couldn't help shivering each time."

Lance listened to the usual cheerful Irina speaking her mind about the current situation, while her grip on him had started to become stronger by the moment.

"I'm supposed to be Michael-sama's Ace. So, I'm supposed to be brave right, but now, I can't help shaking at just the mere thought of the next battle in front of us. How can I remain next to Lance-kun, if I can't…."

"Iri-chan."

Lance said in a comforting tone as he tightened his grip on her hand just enough to catch her attention.

"You're not the only one who's afraid, I can promise that everyone else is afraid of fighting against Loki and Fenrir as our next opponents. Even I'm a little scared of facing off against Loki in a head-on fight despite it meaning that I can test out spells that I wanted to try out on someone. Based on what I've seen, the only ones looking forward to this next fight without fear will be the Vali Team," Lance explained holding up her hands with a genuine smile. "Believe me, none of us are going to call you a coward or anything for being scared of fighting against a monster who can be classed as being one of the strongest beings. Besides, all of us our friends and teammates are going to be there to support us."

Irina caused at Lance for a couple of seconds as a smile started to adorn her beautiful face, being reminded for the second time why she fell in love with the man in front of her.

"You're right. I'm sorry, I just wanted to get my feelings out in the open and can now feel myself calming down."

"Besides, since you're worried about a holy sword."

Lance said causing a magic circle and pulled out a familiar object, which Irina wasn't able to forget.

"Mimic?!"

Irina stared at the holy sword as if she was staring at her long lost child as her eyes brightened again.

"I was repaired over the summer break by the alchemists and a friend of mine. I thought that it would be a useful weapon for the former wielder," Lance said as he handed Excalibur Mimic to Irina who took it off his hands. "The guys from the exorcists didn't even let me finish my sentence before agreeing. I almost thought he was going to have a heart…."

"I love you, Lance-kun!"

Irina shouted as she wrapped her arms around him after placing Excalibur Mimic in storage and she pressed her lips against his in an emotional manner.

He was shocked for a moment due to the suddenness, but smiled and started kissing her back and he placed his hands on her waist. The two of them remained in the position for a minute before separating from one another in an attempt to catch their breath.

"Should we go home?"

"Not yet."

"Huh?"

"I gotta pay you back for what happened in the gaming center."

Irina questioned back in a confused tone, but her heart started beating faster after noticing the smirk on the face of her date, childhood crush, and lover.

"Uh, Lance-kun."

"A kiss for a kiss."

Lance said as he pressed his lips against Irina who just started to melt into it as her body started to fall back into the wall behind her with Lance also stepping so that he was pressed against her. Their kiss started to become far more heated as he started to slip his tongue into her waiting mouth.

"Nnnn~ Chuu~ Chuu~"

Their tongues started to wrestle against one another as noises from their kissing started to echo in the enclosed barrier as their minds started to forget about the battle. Lance started to become more daring with their kissing as his hands started to wander downward passed her waist and groped her sizable butt.

"…haah."

Irina moaned as she felt Lance groping her rear end a forceful yet gentle manner. This session continued for a couple of minutes until he reached his hand out and groped even more impressive breasts, while their kiss also continued to progress.

"…Aah, mmm…haah."

Once both of them separated from each other, a thin trail of saliva, which linked their tongues broke apart as Irina started to breathe heavily.

"Ah, Lance-kun that was amazing."

"Yea, let's go home."

"Hmmhmm."

Irina said as she hugged onto his arm, then started walking outside of the alleyway after breaking the barrier. Both of them now had the former anxiety that had been within them due to the upcoming battle and was now in a calm state of mind about the battle against the God-Killing Wolf and Evil God.

A/N: And there goes chapter forty-three of The Magic Knight, it was a long time since I last updated this and I apologize. There is something else that I want to say, but that'll be said in the end. In this chapter, there was the meeting that everyone was having when fighting against Loki using the Mjolnir Replica and there was even an explanation about the Avalon Syntax. Lancelot later had individual moments with both Rossweisse and Irina, the former he had talked about magic and the former he had gone on a date with.

On an unrelated note, in my personal life, things have been a little stressful, which have impeded a lot of the time that I had to work on some stories like usual. In the end, I decided that I would mainly work on rewriting The Twin Dragons and updating DxD – The Last Amagiri most, but there would be some update in The Magic Knight, not just as frequent as the other two.

If I were to ever post another new story in the future, I've decided that it wouldn't be another High School DxD one. I was thinking about writing either a Rakudai Kishi no Eiyuutan, Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha (this one is kinda unlikely) or RWBY.

One last thing, I recently received terrible news about someone important to me in my family and will be taking a break from the site for a little while.

So, until next time later.

Lancelot's Harem: Yumi, Jeanne, Irina, Xenovia, Le Fay, Sona, Serafall, Rossweisse, Valarie, Seekvaira, Kuroka, Yuuma, Griselda, Yasaka, Lavinia, Liu Bei, Tiamat.

Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Asia, Ravel, Isabel, Kunou, Kiyome Elmenhilde, Reya.

Lancelot's Brave Saints:

King: Lancelot Du Lac

Queen: Xenovia Quarto

Jack: Lint Sellzen

Ten: Martha Strada

Nine: Himari Kirigakure

Eight: Chelia Ashker

Seven: Rossweisse

Six: Ariel Light

Five: Alex Grimm

Four: Percy Mycenae

Three: Le Fay Pendragon

Two: Jeanne d'Arc

Ace: Yumi Kiba

Joker: Valerie Tepes