Life 1. Those who use the Light
We, the Phenex group, alongside Akai and Yami are on the school's infirmary. Normally, Silverage would come as soon as he hears his fiancée is on an infirmary, but Yami told me he's busy right now, so he won't be able to come.
"Who are you?"
Akai asks the bleeding boy we found in front of the school. He's fine right now, but I wonder how and why he got in that state.
"My name is Haruka Sorami, and I think I'm a Stray Exorcist right now."
A Stray Exorcist! That means he's one of the Exorcists who are labelled as heretic by the Church.
"What do you mean by "I think"?"
"I was working doing research on the Holy Swords, but I committed a taboo that labelled me as a heretic and a dangerous individual to the Church."
"What did you do?"
He takes out a sword from his back. I feel a really weird aura from this sword. In some way, it looks like a Demonic Sword, but it also gives me the repulsive feel from a Holy Sword…
"What is this?"
I ask out of my curiosity, but the answer is something I didn't expect…
"This is Holy Sword combined with a Demonic Sword; I call it a Holy Demonic Sword."
Holy Demonic Sword?! A sword that is both Holy and Demonic?! What kind of abomination against nature is this?!
"How is that even possible?! The God from the Bible and the Devil King maintain the balance between holy and demonic, it should be impossible to combine them!"
"Well, it's impossible to have both holy and demonic energy on the same blade, so I took a Holy Sword and a Demonic Sword and forged them with secret alchemist magical seals so they won't repel. Even then, they can be counted as a single sword despite being two blades blend together."
That sounds so reckless… I don't even wonder why the Church labelled him as a heretic.
Akai takes the sword and makes some movements with it. I always forget that he learned swordsmanship before awakening his [Sacred Gear]. Maybe is it because he never uses a sword?
"I may be a little bit rusty, but this feels like a solid sword."
Haruka then puts on a smile after hearing Akai's compliment.
"I feel uneasy to ask this, but are you Devils?"
"Yes, how did you notice it?"
"The Church taught me how to distinguish Devils from humans just by feeling them."
Haruka then bends on his knees and starts begging to Akai.
"My sins cannot be forgiven, please turn me into a Devil! Only by becoming a being of evil and darkness I can move on with my life!"
… While I was really harsh against Devils before becoming one, even I think he went too far.
"Well, that isn't something I can do. I'm just a Pawn after all. You should ask my King about that, but since he isn't here right now, you'll have to wait if you want to become a Devil."
Ram then starts coughing. She clearly wants our attention.
"You have a King right here."
Haruka's eyes are full of bright now. Is he really that desperate?
"I, Ram of the Phenex clan, will turn you into my servant."
"Thank you so much! ... Wait, Phenex? As in the Devil of the same name?"
"Well, yes, he's my ancestor after all."
"So I'm going to become the servant of the descendant of a legendary Devil? I cannot be more thankful towards this dark and evil society I have been trying to exterminate my whole life."
Ok, this guy is really weird. Do we really have to work with him from now on?
Ram extends a Knight piece. If I remember correctly, this is her last Knight since she used the other one with Ham.
"I really sorry, Michael-sama, Gabriel-sama, Raphael-sama, but I'm going to travel through the path of darkness from now on."
Haruka takes the piece, so a pair of Devil wings appears on his back. He is our comrade now, huh.
"Just wondering, how old are you Haruka?"
"I'm 17, 12 of which were dedicated in body and soul to the Church."
"Ram, how can I enrol him into the academy?"
"Why do you ask that so suddenly, Rito?"
"He was an Exorcist, so he must know everything there is to know about them."
Yes, I'm planning on using this guy as my third year companion!
"Uh, guys, I heard there was someone hurt so I came here."
Suddenly, someone comes into the infirmary. It is the blonde Angel of my class, Tenshi-kun.
Haruka's eyes are full of bright again. Thinking it for a moment, Tenshi-kun has both his halo and wings out, so maybe it's because of that he's like this.
"An Angel! Oh, I who has become a being of darkness am not worthy of being able to see your angelical body! But please, you great Angel, have piety to this follower of God who has felt on the path of the Devil King!"
Tenshi-kun is utterly confused by Haruka's words, so I go close to him and explain the situation.
"He's Ram's new Knight who used to work for the Church, so he has a big view on Angels like you."
Now that Tenshi-kun understands, he asks Haruka to stand up.
"You don't have to pay such respect to me. I'm just a reincarnated Angel after all. I lived my whole life being dedicated to God and received this blessing of being able to meet the Angels I learned about on books. But you don't have to worry, one of the main things God asks to his Angels is comprehension, so I don't care if you're a Devil now, you once worked for God and that alone makes you someone I owe respect to."
Haruka starts to cry after hearing Tenshi-kun's moving words.
"Since I'm going to be on third year of this school, I'll help you with that exposition about Exorcists! Working with a follower of God who became an Angel is a pleasure I never thought I would have!"
Stupid Church… I first hated you for disrespecting the Fallen Angels-sama, later for being the natural enemies of Devils, and now for this…
"Akai-senpai… let's work together…"
I start crying after seeing this discouraging scene.
Church
I'm María Hernández, a Guatemalan high-class Exorcist. I'm currently on a Japanese airport, with me there is a group of both middle-class and low-class Exorcists being led by blonde haired man.
This man is no other than a famous ultimate-class Exorcists, Spadaccino Nero. He's a famous Exorcist that, with the help of his legendary Holy Sword, has been able to kill thousands of middle-class Devils and managed to defeat a high-class with much effort.
"This person we're targeting… he must be really dangerous if someone like you was called."
"He used alchemist to create an abomination of nature that goes against God's will. Our mission is to kill him. He even went as far as to kill other low-class who were sent to capture him."
So someone who did that was able to become an Exorcists… oh God, please forgive this poor boy's soul, he doesn't know what he's about to go through.
Nero-san then stops to warn us of something.
"This town is territory of the Devils, specifically those who descent from Phenex. You must be careful since this man probably allied with them."
Phenex is one of the 72 Pillars of the Underworld. If we're on their territory, we must be extremely careful, especially with such a dangerous criminal on the loose.
Nero-san continues walking in front of us. As a high-class Exorcist, I have the deed to help my master Nero-san on this mission, all in the name of God.
Seven Sins
I, the leader of The Seven Deadly Sins, the sin of Pride, am playing a game of chess with my second in command, Wrath.
"Hey, both of you. Have you heard the news?"
The one who came in is Greed, who seems as active as always, and asked us a rhetorical question.
"Well, the ultimate-class Exorcist Spadaccino Nero is going to Japan. Can you give me permission to kill him? It would be a great attack to the Church."
Nero is indeed a famous name. They said he was barely able to kill the heir of the Agares clan while wielding a legendary Holy Sword.
"We must be stronger than that Agares, so you have the permission."
Greed seems pretty happy, but his smile fades away when notices "that" on our table.
"Why is there a Fairy with you?"
He points out at the Fairy sitting on our clock, so I explain why he is here.
"His name is Lavender Borrow, and Envy brought him here after he was exiled from his kingdom. I just see him as a pet, but Envy seems to have taken a liking towards him."
"You know I can hear you, right?"
Lavender says that while putting a bitter face.
"Come on, little. Who is a good Fairy?"
I say that while moving my index on his head, so he puts a happy face. I spoil him a lot.
"Well, I'll go to Japan, good luck with your game!"
After saying that, Greed leaves the room.
"Checkmate."
"You won again, Pride. You're really good at this."
"Let's just say [Rating Games] taught that you need to think 5 steps ahead of your opponent."
I said that while I keep spoiling Lavender with my finger for his compliment, while Wrath seems to be mad for losing again.
