New Life.

"And thus, I hope you can take care of her. I'm going to talk about some things with Lucifer-kun, so good luck!"

Azazel-sama finished his call as he said that. Who he was talking about was-

"Please take care of me."

"We'll do it without a doubt, Ellice."

Yes, Ellice Valeribe, daughter of the Magician King Caspar Valeribe, was assigned to us by Lucifer-sama. According to him, she could be in danger if she stayed with her father, so it was better for us to take care of her.

"Caspar-san would now be staying on the Underworld alongside the other Magician Kings, this way they can stay close to the [Great Satan] they made a pact with."

Just as Ram said, while Caspar made a pact with Lucifer-sama, Balthazar made one with Asmodeus-sama and Melchior with Leviathan-sama.

"Just for you to know, I was informed of this beforehand, so I made a pact with Ellice."

So Ram made a pact with Ellice herself! Having her close to us may be good for her.

"It is only a 2 years pact, so she'll be enrolled on Okoma Academy. She'll be a third year, so greet your new classmates."

Ellice was waving her hand shyly, so the third years of our group (Mint, Rina and Haruka) wave back. Well, we're still in the middle of May, so someone new joining them won't be much of a problem.

"By the way, as you should already know, our [Rating Game] with Silverage was postponed because of the matter involving Beliaruin."

Yeah, we were meant to have our [Rating Game] with Silverage today, but because of Beliaruin's attack, it was decided to change it to this Friday. So we have 3 more days to prepare…

"On the other hand, the results of the game between Seila and Tiffania have already been revealed."

Since neither of them was involved on the attack, they could have their [Rating Game] as it was planned.

"Seila Bael ended up winning the [Object Break] match. With this, the scores so far are 1 point for Tiffania, 1 point for Seila, 1 point for Silverage and 2 points for us."

Now that Seila and Tiffania just had their last game, it was impossible for either of them to win. However, it didn't matter if we had advantage; Silverage is an opponent you cannot take lightly.

"As we all know, his chances of defeating us are extremely high. In that case, we'll have to bed everything on the tie breaker match."

In case of a tie, a 1 on 1 tie breaker match will be held. Who picks the participants of this match depends on a coin. If you pick the side that appears on the coin, you'll be able to pick the participants of both teams.

"If I win the coin flip, then it'll probably be either Mint or Ham against Yami. However, if Silverage wins… he'll go against you, Rito."

Yes, Silverage has told me he wants to fight against me. The reasons of it aren't clear to us, but that'll obviously be his selected pairing.

"As a [Longinus] wielder, I'll accept the challenge of another [Longinus] wielder without a doubt."

Yes, I don't fear Silverage. Maybe he possess one of the 20 [Longinus], but I also do it. This will be a match between a first generation [Longinus] and a recent one, so I'm sure Azazel-sama would enjoy it.

"Well, it's better to go back to our work."

As Ram said that, we decided to continue our homework about Magicians with help from Ellice.

Boss x Boss

I, Azazel, finished my call with Rito. First he's pursued by the Seven Sins for being a servant of Ram, and now Beliaruin is also after him. That kid must be going through a hard time.

I entered a really spacious office with a really big desk on its end. Lucifer-kun is sitting on it while Caspar is standing on his right.

"Azazel, come here."

I sit down on the chair in front of Lucifer-kun's desk. Caspar seems to be working on some magic formulas.

"So, you proposed this meeting with the intention of signing peace with us, right?"

"That's right."

"As you should know, Beliaruin is an extremely big threat to the world, and we don't know what his son was about by taking Ram's blood, so finding him is top priority."

"I guess that's what Caspar is doing, right?"

"Indeed, that is the case. Caspar and the other Magician Kings are trying to find a way to locate them."

So that's the formula he's working on. Since Beliaruin's son is an expert in magic, his camouflage techniques must be really advanced. However, the Three Magician Kings are also extremely talented, so they may be able to find them.

"Well then, where is the contract?"

"Lucifuge, bring the contract here, please."

As Lucifer-kun said that, a light coloured haired man appeared from the door. I recognize him very well.

"Long time no see, Lucifuge Rofocale-kun"

"I can say the same about you, Governor General of Grigori Azazel-san."

Lucifuge-kun has been Lucifer-kun's right hand since ancient times, as well as his Queen piece and, of course, the founder of the Lucifuge clan Silverage belongs to.

"Take the contract, Lucifer-san. It has been redacted in a way that both sides would find compelling."

After Lucifer-kun reads it, he hands it to me. It is truly compelling, just as Lucifuge-kun said. I put the contract on the desk and hand it back to Lucifer-kun.

"You did a really good job with redacting it, Lucifuge-kun. Before you leave, can you tell Satanachia-chan that I want to meet her again?"

"I will, but I doubt Satanachia would like to see you, Azazel-san."

After saying that, Lucifuge-kun just leaves the place. I see Lucifer-kun signing the treaty, so I'm truly happy.

"There, with this, Devils are willing to cooperate with the Fallen Angels."

"I'll only sign it with one condition."

"As the one who proposed the treaty, it's pretty ironic for you to ask for conditions. Very well, tell me your condition."

Now that the moment has come, I'll speak with my true feelings to Lucifer-kun.

"I ask you to stop protecting The Seven Deadly Sins."

As soon as mention that, Lucifer-kun puts on an unpleasant face.

"I know they're descendants of the Seven [Great Satans], and Pride in particular is a descendant of yours, so you're stopping any anti-terrorist team from going after them. However, the chaos they have caused in the last month has been critical, so we have no choice but to stop them before they can cause more troubles."

Despite his unpleasant face, Lucifer-kun soon changes to a slim smile after hearing my explanation.

"… Not having kids must be a pleasure, Azazel. Very well, it doesn't matter what my relationship with Pride is, I'll accept to refrain from stopping anti-terrorist teams from attacking them."

Lucifer-kun… you truly are way more comprehensible than that Devil King. I see why he has no power on political decisions now.

I sign the treaty and show it to Lucifer-kun.

"Well, then I'll create my own anti-terrorist team to fight against The Seven Deadly Sins and Beliaruin."

"Let me guess the members: Ram's peerage, Silverage's peerage, Caspar's daughter, Seila and her Queen, the current Yellow Dragon of the Nakiri clan and the Demonic Valkyrie."

"Hahaha, it was that obvious? Well, Ram and Silverage's peerages are going to be the core of the team, the rest were selected because of being close to them."

"That means that they can add whoever they want to the team, am I right?"

"Yeah, the more the better, especially against their opponents."

"And so, what is going to be this team's name?"

"[Team Morning Star]."

After all, Lucifer-kun can be considered the leader of the team, so I wanted to appeal to him.

"It's clear you're appealing to my nickname, but I accept; from now on, you and I are leaders of [Team Morning Star]."

And so, [Team Morning Star] and the great alliance between the Underworld beings were born…

[Special report regarding the treaty signed on Monday 12 of May of 2014. This treaty was signed between the representatives of the Underworld beings, Governor General of the Fallen Angel organization Grigori Azazel and leader of the Seven [Great Satans] Lucifer. From this point onwards, disputes between Devils and Fallen Angels are prohibited with the ideal of cooperation. This is the first step on Azazel's goal of peace between the different factions.]