Life 1. The Sin of Sloth

Part 1

Tenshi-kun led us to Osaka, where his King is currently living in. Hearing the accent from the people living here… this truly is Osaka.

"So, Tenshi-kun, where is your King exactly?"

Before Tenshi-kun can answer, we hear voice coming from behind us.

"Itsuka, nice to see you're back. Come here."

Tenshi-kun goes with a white haired man with blue eyes. He has many white wings coming out of his back, so he must be an Angel.

"It's always nice to see you. Rito-kun and company, this is my King, the High-class Angel Sachiel-san."

Sachiel. I never heard his name before, so he has to be a minor Angel.

"I can feel from your auras that you're Devils… except that girl over there. Who are you and what are you doing with those Devils?"

"My name is Mikano Fukumoto, and this handsome man is my boyfriend."

Mikano says that while hugging Mint, her small breast pressing against his head. Sachiel looks somewhat confused by her words.

"Man? I don't want to question you, Fukumoto, but he doesn't look older than 13 or 14."

"Hey! I know I look like a kid, but that's the rule for my race!"

Mint seems somewhat angry at Sachiel, but we cannot focus on that. We need to find the White Dragon Emperor.

"I'm sorry to interrupt this nonsensical talk, but, we need to ask you something, Sachiel."

"Who are you and what can it be?"

"My name is Rito Yuma, better known as the Devil of Grigori, and I want to know about the White Dragon Emperor."

Sachiel relaxes his stiff look after I say that.

"Oh, so you came for Shirogane? He isn't here at the moment, but he'll come back soon, so you can stay and wait."

His stiff personality from just a moment ago disappeared. I was because I mentioned the White Dragon Emperor?

"Sachiel-san is an Angel known for the extremely high density of his light, but his fame has increased since he reincarnated Tatsuya-san, the current White Dragon Emperor, as his Queen."

Tenshi-kun adds that information about Sachiel. Just the idea of having the White Dragon Emperor as an opponent makes me shiver, but, thick light? As a Devil, that's the most terrifying thing you can tell me.

"Just how dense can it be?"

"It is said that, unless it is a legendary Devil, even Ultimate-class will be evaporated by a direct hit."

That dense?! It doesn't sound possible at all! I can understand how he became the High-class Angel who reincarnated the White Dragon Emperor with that thickness.

When I look around, I can see Mikano and Mint sat down on the floor, talking about romantic stuff. It appears they turned this into a date already.

"I think we should rest and wait until that Tatsuya comes."

Ram says that, so we just lie on the floor while Sachiel… plays a violoncello?! I don't understand this Angel.

Part 2

We were relaxing normally on Sachiel's villa when we felt an immense energy close to us. It's a power that goes beyond that of an average Ultimate-class Devil; no, there are two powers, each going beyond that.

"… I make my entrance. I'm the Sin of Sloth from The Seven Deadly Sins and I came here for the White Dragon Emperor."

The Sin of Sloth! This was the only member of the Seven Sins I hadn't seen, and he's in front of me right now. However, what is creepy about him is that he shows no emotion on his voice, and what's that skull-like thing on his head?!

And other one beside him is Satanael, the second greatest traitor on the history of Grigori, who is wielding a sword.

"A Devil and a Fallen Angel… my natural enemies are here, so I must fight in the name of God."

Sachiel, who returned to his stiff self, declares that. Tenshi-kun, who has his pair of wings extended, flies close to him.

"I'll fight the Devil from the Seven Sins; Itsuka, you must fight the Fallen Angel."

"Understood."

Wait, so Tenshi-kun is going against Satanael?! Sachiel going against Sloth sounds reasonable, but why is he sending a Low-class Angel against a former Cadre of Grigori?!

"So a simple kid is going against me, huh. Who do you think I am? I'm Satanael, a former Cadre of Grigori. My power cannot be compared to a simple kid."

"And I'm Tenshi Itsuka. I'm just a human reincarnated as Sachiel-san's Ace, but if it is in the name of God, I'll fight any opponent I'm ordered to."

While I was despaired because of Tenshi-kun's opponent, Jin and Mikano take a step forward. By the way, before stepping forward, Mikano took out a staff.

"Tenshi is a nice kohai, so I'm willing to protect him."

"Yo, Fallen Angel, I'm going to help her to show you the power I have! Promotion, Queen!"

Mikano and Jin are going to protect Tenshi-kun?! It feels like their decision came out of nowhere, but it's convenient to us, so I'll take it.

"Huh, do you think you will intimidate me with just two more kids?"

Satanael summons an immense light-spear close to him. Since he was a Cadre of Grigori, the power of that spear must be immense as well…

"This is it! Light-based weapons! Seal your power!"

After shouting that, Mikano's staff gave a mysterious glow and captured Satanael. Satanael is surrounded by the creepy light. Once the light fades away, weird marks appear on his body. His light-spear… disappeared!

"What is this? I cannot use my light… your staff did this, right?"

Mikano, who looks extremely tired, explains the situation.

"… Sealing your opponent's ability temporarily… by consuming a large amount of my stamina… that's the power of my [Sacred Gear], [Trick Vanish]…"

"Well, it's unfortunate that I can't use my light, but it isn't like it was my only power."

After saying that with a calm tone, Satanael takes out a sword with an ominous aura. Wait, I know that sword. I saw it in books many times; it's the legendary Holy Sword-

"Demonic Sword Aroundight. The legendary sword wielded by Lancelot is mine."

Yes, I knew it was Aroundight! However, Demonic Sword? If I remember correctly, it was a Holy Sword…

"Don't think a stupid sword will make me fear you! Let me show you my most powerful technique!"

Jin summons all his Familiars around him.

"Manifest, violent beasts which devour the gods' flesh and blood. Let me cut the cloudy heavens, [Fusion]!"

Jin turns into huge monster with red skin, long hair and fangs! That's his [Ultra Beast Mode]!

Jin charges towards Satanael! He's so fast I can barely follow his movements! Jin punches Satanael right on the face, sending him flying!

"Come back here, sissy! Are you afraid of a 10 feet tall monster that moves at 125 miles/hour?"

I need an imperial-metric system converter, since I don't know how much he said.

"Well, that was a good attack. However, I heard you can't hold that much power for long, so I just need to prolong this battle as much as possible."

Satanael flies to where Jin is, and starts exchanging attacks with him. Despite being much tinier, his fast and powerful slashes are able to keep up with Jin's [Ultra Beast Mode].

Since it's clear they're going to keep up doing this for quite a while, I turn around to see what Sachiel is doing against the Sin of Sloth.

"… Stop, you're attacks are futile."

"I won't give up on fighting a Devil!"

Sachiel creates an immense light-spear and launches it right towards Sloth! Taking into count the density of Sachiel's light, this must be a critical hit!

However, a barrier is formed around Sloth, and when the spear hits it, it gets returned back to Sachiel! Actually, Sachiel appears to be considerably injured while Sloth is unscratched.

"… I told you already, my special ability [Counter] will send back any attack that hits my barrier."

That's his special ability! I can confirm it now, every member of the Seven Sins has one!

Since Sachiel is being so firm on continuing this battle, it's clear he won't win unless he finds a way to counter [Counter].

I'll look back to what Satanael and Jin are doing. They're keeping their exchange, however, Jin clearly reached his limit already, so he's about to lose his power.

"And now, I can deal the final blow!"

Satanael slashes right on Jin's torso, making him go back to normal! Satanael is somewhat injured, but it's clear he hasn't lost yet.

"Mikano-senpai, Jin-kun, thanks for your help. However, I have to fight now."

Tenshi-kun steps towards Satanael, holding a light-made sword with his left hand (he's left-handed, after all).

Tenshi-kun slashes Satanael many times, even cutting a few feathers from his wings. After that, Satanael strikes back, cutting Tenshi-kun with Aroundight.

They exchange slashes at high speed, with both Tenshi-kun and Satanael suffering substantial damage. However, the more Tenshi-kun gets hit, the more he's able to stand the attacks.

"Wait, how is Tenshi standing those attacks? I understood at the beginning, since he was at full strength, but even after these many attacks, he's able to stand?"

Haruka seems somewhat confused because of Tenshi-kun's ability. For said reason, I explain him.

"That's because of his [Sacred Gear], [Sturdy Saint]. The more he's attacked, the more his defences rise."

Yes, Tenshi-kun's [Sacred Gear] allows him to stand attacks to a great degree, and combined with his sword abilities, it's no wonder how he got reincarnated as an Angel.

"So both he and María are believers who own [Sacred Gears], huh. Every time I feel less and less special…"

Haruka says that in a somewhat depressed tone. Yeah, since he lost [Darkness Knight Fang], he's feeling useless, and the fact he's only able to train with us if he uses one of María's Holy Swords only makes him feel even worse.

Going back to Tenshi-kun, he's sturdy like a rock after these many attacks, but the injuries over his body are going to be a clear problem.

"Don't you understand? A simple light sword it's no match against the legendary Aroundight."

He's right; we need to find a way to help Tenshi-kun!

"Ham, shall we do it?"

"Sure, Mint."

Ham and Mint get close to each other. It's clear what they're going to do. Ham declares the words to active that power.

"[Balance Break]."

Unexpectedly, Ham, who is surrounded by [King's Spear], and Mint (original size), who is flying in front of his chest, appear unchanged.

"Oh, it didn't work. That 50% chance of failure it's going to be bothersome."

So they tried to active [King's Armour], but it failed… well, at least there are some of us who can fight anyway.

"Get away from that enemy, Tenshi. I'm going to take care of him."

Suddenly, a deep and extremely manly voice says those words. When I look to the sky, there's a black haired youth with blue eyes, having 8 white wings coming out of his back. However, only 6 of those wings are feathered, the other 2 are glowing wings of splendid light.

"Who are you?"

After I ask that, the youth answers something unbelievable.

"My name is Tatsuya Shirogane, I'm Sachiel's Queen and the one known as the White Dragon Emperor."

When this deep voiced youth, Tatsuya Shirogane, proclaimed his true identity as the White Dragon Emperor, everyone was shocked.