"I see. So the two of you...failed."
("H-have mercy, o Great One! The great gift you have imparted upon us still needs more time to be accepted by our weak mortal form. I-I'm sure the next time we meet the bearer of the Imagine Breaker, we shall-")
"Alright, you can stop there. To be honest I never really expect much from two feeble worms in the first place. Therefore... I have a new order. Fail this, and I'll personally make sure that the Abyss will have its toys returned. You know what will occur if that happens, right?"
A lone figure stood alone in the dark hall of a church, observing the coordinate of a certain area within the island of Japan.
"Well Aleister, I think it's nigh time I take your Queen piece for my own~"
"W-where am...I?" A certain spiky-haired boy slowly roused from his slumber, scanning a rather unfamiliar bedroom. The room's design had a rather spartan style, without any particular decoration. But to him, it also didn't look like a hospital room either.
"I remembered...that fight...and then...enter a strange magic portal...and- ugh...my head..." Kamijou held his aching head, cringing.
"Well well, our wonder boy has awakened." He snapped his head to the wooden door, and saw an old man with a dual-colored hair of black and blonde. He wore a normal yukata while holding a stack of papers.
"W-who are you?"
"Who, me? Just a concerned friendly neighbor who just saw a drowning high school boy last night. I was looking for a legendary fish but then I got you instead."
"Legendary what?" This old man barely spoke any sense at all. Thought Kamijou.
"Details, details. More importantly.." The old man walked closer to his bed. "I found a rather...fascinating discovery from your right arm."
"!" His nerves flared in alert, and his body went rigid when he heard the old man's words.
"Now now let's not be cranky here. I'm just simply saying that your right arm could be an interesting research subject. It's not like I'm THAT interested on cutting off your arm and-"
"don't do it."
The old man was a bit startled after he heard the single phrase that came from the boy. It looked like the strange old man didn't expect such...feral tone from a young boy.
"*sigh* Do you even understand what the word "joke" mean?"
"I-I'm sorry, it's just that suddenly hearing you want to cut my arm off kinda...unnerves me."
"Yeah yeah, sorry for the morbid joke. Now... as a reward for saving you from being fish fodder..."
"Just how petty you are, old man?"
"Nothing is free in this world, boy." The annoying grin from the old man made the spiky-haired boy groaned.
"Spill out the juicy details of your right arm. That strange right hand of yours almost made one of my assistant fall into deep frenzy seconds after his body make contact with it."
Kamijou was certain that his morbid misfortune had a hand in this, as usual.
"*sigh*...Before I give my answer, please just tell me one thing. Am I in the Kuoh Town?"
"...A rather odd question, but yes. Or at least, partially. This place is precisely at the border between Kuoh and its neighboring town."
Well, at least I don't have to walk thousands of miles.
Human...
A lone miniscule figure sat on the edge of a window, staring the reddish hue of rising sun. She had sat motionlessly during the entire night, pondering where her most treasured person had ended up. From the story of that black-haired bimbo, she told her that the mysterious portal he had used is quite unstable, opening up several...unpleasant scenarios that could befall to the spiky-haired boy.
Abyss...Great Dweller...
She had recognized those terms. During her time as the Supreme Norse God Odin, she had noticed an unknown phase separated from the prime world and all other phases. Untouched even by other magic gods, the phase remained one of few mysteries that even she couldn't unravel.
The fact that they couldn't even beat a lowly devil like that bimbo means that their power isn't that potent from the moment they got it. And they mentioned an ascension...? Ascension could mean rise of power, elevating one existence to a higher plane, or... She fiddled with the hat at her lap.
"Something's wrong here. Just what's so special about this world that it wants to make its ascension here? Logically speaking, the prime world should be the perfect place to begin a new Aeon. This world is still at its primordial stage, so why..."
"Othinus-san." She heard a call for her name from behind. The kind peach-haired girl looked at her with a worried expression.
"Kamijou-kun... Have you already found him?"
"...No. He could be anywhere, really. With his luck, I won't be surprised if he got himself accidentally tackled by a polar bear right now."
"T-that's-"
"But don't worry. Whatever happens, I'll find him. Even if he's somewhere in a poisonous volcanic area, I'll get him back. Even if he's somewhere at the Mariana Trench, I'll dive down and drag his ass back" She smiled mirthfully.
"I see..." Othinus could clearly see that she isn't fully convinced by her words. She turned her body back to the outside scenery.
"He'll be fine. That boy... is the strongest person I ever know. And believe me, that is saying something." She could hear a cute sound of giggling behind her.
"So you don't need to worry about him. Kamijou Touma is an individual who always have a penchant for bringing the brightest outcome out of desperate situations.
He knows that if he ever gets himself in trouble around here, people like you and your sister will be worried for him." She turned back again, facing the peach-haired girl with one of her rare genuine smiles adorned on her face.
"So that's why, he will definitely come back to you. To us."
Katase couldn't help but widen her eyes. While she had grown fond of the tiny goddess as well, she's still quite nervous whenever she had to talk alone with her due to her reserved attitude and stony face. But right now... I never realized it, but she's truly beautiful.
"By the way, you should go, girl. It's almost time for your first class, right?"
"Ah right. I guess you'll go out search for him today?"
"Naturally."
The two woman smiled at each other, hoping for even the tiniest amount of luck to lend its power to them to help them find their lost boy.
"So, your power is called Imagine Breaker...and it's able to negate any form of supernatural power, am I correct?."
"Pretty much. To be honest not even I fully understand this power."
After introduced himself as Azazel without revealing his status as the Governor of Fallen Angels, he proceeded to present a series of question and experiment to the strange human boy. He conducted several experiments to test his power, ranging from a ball of light to even himself, much to the spiky-haired boy's utter dismay.
Interesting, while his power could immediately negate a direct spell, it seems to have trouble with spells that were continuously fed by external energy source. And for his power against supernatural creatures... if I were Raynare, I would definitely rolled in agony right now. Azazel was quite impressed to put it lightly. He's an ardent researcher of Sacred Gears and their unique powers. Sacred Gears were gifts bestowed by God himself specifically for humanity so He could showcase His miracles to the believers. The power resided on each and every Sacred Gear was different from each other.
Mental manipulation.
Weapon creation.
Enhancement to one's physical body.
Healing and Regeneration.
But amongst all those gifts, there were 13 Sacred Gears that stood above the rest of them. They were known as Longinus Sacred Gears. a group of sacred gears that had enough power to kill even God. He already found two of them, with one being his disciple.
But Imagine Breaker was something different. There was no guideline for him to assist him draw a hypothesis from it. This power... was an entirely new horizon that dared anyone to try their hands in unravelling whatever elusive secrets it possessed.
And Azazel, being the borderline maniac he was when it comes to researching, couldn't simply walk away from it.
"This power...just how come I never notice its presence? Boy, just how long have you been in Kuoh?"
"U-uhm...I just moved in recently so it's not really that long, I guess."
Azazel could see that he isn't being entirely truthful to him, although he didn't really put much care about it.
"I see...then let me tell you one thing."
"?"
"This power of yours...will make you an enemy of all factions and myths around the world."
"Yeah...I think I've heard someone already said similar thing to me."
"And that's why I would present you an offer; I would have you under my protection and in return, I would perform extensive research of your right arm. Don't worry, there won't be any unethical experiments on you. Hopefully."
"...Just who are you, old man?"
Kamijou could see nothing but a cryptic smile from Azazel. He considered the offer, but it didn't take too long for him to make his decision.
"Have to admit that it's a nice offer, but I'm sorry I can't accept it. I already have a deal with someone else, and I prefer not to add more."
Azazel didn't seem really surprised by his answer. In fact he looked like he already expected it.
"So, Gremory or Sitri?"
"!?"
"Don't underestimate my resources, boy." He grinned to the spiky-haired boy.
"..."
"It's alright if you don't want to tell me about it. Knowing that you already allied yourself with one of the two heiresses is well enough for me."
"So...what now?"
"My offer still stands. You don't need to have a formal alliance with me. In fact, I don't really care if you already affiliated yourself with a devil family. But think about it, having allies from more than one faction should be a fascinating prospect. And you're a human, a neutral species." Azazel took his cup of coffee and drank from it.
"..."
"Don't worry, I'll give you some time to think, at least until you have fully recovered. For now, just rest for a while. Whatever shit that just happened to you last night, it made your body weakened considerably."
"Is that so...? Then I'm really thankful for your kindness."
Katase-san, I'm sorry I didn't come back for our sightseeing. He felt guilty that he just broke a promise with her to go visit her parent's grave together.
Othinus... I hope you're alright. Please be safe. He dived back into deep slumber while imagining the worried face of a certain former magic god.
"Buchou, please allow me just this one time. I don't want something terrible to happen to her."
"I'm afraid Issei, but I really can't do that. Intruding into the affairs from other faction will spell nothing but conflict."
One could clearly see the palpable tension emitted from the ORC's clubroom. A certain brown-haired boy insisted on his desire to rescue his nun friend.
"Issei-senpai..." The white-haired rook was throwing a slightly worried glance toward the perverted boy. She might hate his over-the-top perversity, but she understood that deep down he was a decent guy.
"This friend, must be really an important person for him." The resident handsome prince also concerned for his only male friend in the club.
Said boy clenched his fist in frustration. He hated the fact that he was too powerless to save a dear friend. Seeing that there was nothing he could do to convince his President, he wordlessly walked out from the room.
"*sigh* This is really tiring. Koneko, Kiba." Rias saw his two subordinates looked at her. "The two of you, I believe you know what to do, right?"
"...Yes, buchou." They spoke in unison before they excused themselves as well.
"Akeno."
"Yes, Rias?"
"Looks like we get our workload increased for tonight."
"Buchou does have a point, but..." Issei looked at his left arm, being reminded that currently he had no way of manifesting his Boosted Gear.
"Now I'm starting to hate that guy... well whatever. I need to save Asia no matter what." Resolution burned in his eyes, ready to face whatever opposition he would met.
But it seemed fate decides to tip its scale on his favor.
"Issei, wait!" He heard a boy's voice behind him. He saw Kiba with Koneko at his side walked to him.
"Let me guess, you still want to go to that church?"
"...Yes. I'm sorry, but I really can't just leave her alone."
"Then you would need some helping hands, right?"
"Eh?" His eyes widened, since he didn't expect anyone from the club would even bother helping him.
"...You may be a pervert, but you're still one of us Issei-senpai. It would be...terrible to lose you. For all of us." Even with her usual stoic face, Issei could see a genuine concern for him from the petite girl.
"Koneko-chan..."
"Then let's not waste any more time, Issei-kun. It's almost midnight."
"...Right, let's go."
He could feel parts of his burden lifted from his shoulder as he ran toward the abandoned church, fully prepared to save a certain girl.
Beneath the moonless night, a small figure of flying humanoid could be seen soaring around the black sky.
"Is he really not in this town anymore? Damn it." The figure, Othinus clicked her tongue in frustration. She had spent a whole day scouring every corner of Kuoh Town looking for her close confidant. She thought that with his luck, it's only a matter of time before a conflict arose within the town and he would be in the center of it. But so far no such thing had happened and it really annoyed her.
Until she felt the sudden change in the air flow.
"What...it's coming from...that place again?"
It could be those worthless devils again. Thought Othinus. At this rate the probability of Kamijou Touma is out of Kuoh Town was getting higher and higher. And involving herself with Rias's peerage was something she is not really fond of.
"But..."
"You shitty devils again!? Would you just fuck off already!? Or do you guys really want me to cut your heads off so bad!?" The mad priest, Freed Zelzen brandished his sword and gun to greet his uninvited guests.
"Where's Asia!? Let her go, you fucking bastard!?" Issei roared at the silver-haired exorcist.
"Issei, I detect signatures of Fallen Angels from below this church. See that door over there? It should leads to the basement of this place." Spoke Kiba.
"Nu uh uh sorry, you wretched creatures. But none of you will fucking go to the basement!"
"Issei, go with Koneko. I'll deal with this guy."
"Kiba, are you su-"
"There's no time, Issei. Who know what will happen to your friend if you don't interfere now."
Issei looked at Kiba for a few seconds before nodded his head.
"Be careful, Kiba!"
"Same goes to you. And Koneko, please look out for him."
"...Will do, Kiba-senpai." The boy and the petite girl ran as quickly as they could to the door.
"Did none of you listen to me, you shitty devil-" He sensed an attack aiming for his neck before his sword-holding hand raised itself and blocked the attack. He saw a black-reddish sword clashed with his.
"Your opponent is me, exorcist scum." Kiba snarled at the mad priest.
"Then I'll fucking kill you and parade your corpse on that devil slut you call a Master, shithead."
The clash of steel between two young swordsmen had begun.
In the middle of night, a spiky-haired boy was woken from his sleep. He heard the sounds of loud footsteps from outside his room.
"Did..something happened?" Feeling much better after a full day of sleep, he rose from his bed and walked outside. He could see Azazel was staring at a piece of paper with a concerned face.
"Azazel-san, is something wrong?"
"Oh Kamijou-kun, you're awake. Unfortunately yes, something's just happened." The old man ruffled his unruly hair and grabbed a cup of coffee.
"I just found out that some of my subordinates is making a secret affair with some church exorcists."
"Oh, is that supposed to be a bad thing?"
"Normally I wouldn't bother too much with it, but the exorcist in question is not exactly a good news." Azazel showed the contents of the paper to the spiky-haired boy.
"Freed Sellzen. A young excommunicated exorcist, extremely talented with the art of swordplay and an adept practitioner of holy spells. But due to his unhinged mindset and unnatural tendency to inflict violence, the church deemed him to be dangerous and cast him out from their faction."
"So, I guess this exorcist has made a deal of some sort with your subordinates?"
"Exactly. Not to mention that...nevermind. Right now I have to stop whatever ritual she's planning for tonight. But because of my status, my appearance will trigger unnecessary tension with the devils involved, mobilizing a group of fallen angels would take a while and today is just have to be the day where that brat is wandering off again. Sheesh..." The old man grumbled and threw the piece of paper.
"So, what is this ritual exactly?" Asked Kamijou.
"Sacred Gear extraction. It basically forcefully removes a Sacred Gear from a person.*sigh* I might have an obsession with gifts of God but I won't trade a life for it."
"And...that person will..."
"Yes, they will die. Sacred Gear is directly tied with the lifeforce of its user so removing it would extinguish their life."
Kamijou tensed. Tonight, a life would be lost if someone didn't do something to prevent it. He gritted his teeth and hardened his gaze toward the fallen angel.
"Azazel-san, who are these subordinates of yours and where is the ritual's place?"
"What's the matter, bimbo? Tired already?" A certain cheeky petite girl with blonde hair was trading light spears and lightning strikes with the queen of Gremory's peerage.
"Ara-ara, assuming too much? Why don't you look at your two partners right there?"
"What do you-" Her blood ran cold when she saw the state of her two partners, or whatever left from them. The ground was turned into a big crater with marks of scorching flames.
"I-Impossible, a young devil brat like he-" Before the petite fallen angel could finish her word, a bolt of lightning pierced her stomach.
"Ara-ara, look who's talking."
Damn it, I was distracted! "Ugfh..." Instantly dropped to her knee, she vomited a red liquid and desperately held her stomach.
"A slow death huh, not a bad option. You just insult my King afterall." The black-haired sadist glared at the dying blonde before her.
"Y-youu...uuuffgh..."
"Now then, I guess Rias is already on her way. I guess I should do the same now. Farewell, you little worm." Akeno flapped her devil wings and flied into the dark forest.
It had been almost an hour since she was left alone in the woods. Mittelt was one of those who rarely thought that death is a possible outcome from her missions, especially with strong people like Raynare and Dohnaseek.
Infiltration.
Assassination.
Extortion.
She was satisfied with just being in a group of powerful associates and surfed her way through the ranks of Grigori with any accomplishments she could get. Morality wasn't something that held any importance in her mind because her line of work didn't allow her to entertain the thought.
But now...
"Dam...it...I don't...wanna...die..ju.." Her eyelids fluttered weakly. She couldn't even feel the pain from her pierced stomach anymore.
"Som...on...hel..." Was this what they called karma? She didn't know whether she deserved to be saved or not. She had killed plenty of people those who deserved it, and those who were not. But still, her stained heart still desired a selfish salvation for her, and only her.
And the last thing she remembered before her eyes surrendered to the darkness was the soft touch of a hand on her cheek.
"Your little friend can't save you right now. And you really irritate me for the last time, Hyoudou Issei." A black-haired fallen angel with a rather skimpy outfit was stepping on the face of a downed brown-haired boy.
"G-get off, Raynare! Let Asia go!" He shouted desperately to the cruel witch stepping on him. From his narrow sight, he could see Koneko was standing in hesitation after seeing that he was restrained by the fallen angel.
"The process is almost complete, Issei. Soon, your blonde-haired nun will be laying cold in the floor. There's nothing you can do." Raynare coldly replied.
"N-no!" God- ugh, Satan, anything out there. Please, just please... The boy closed his eyes and gritted his teeth in desperation.
And it looked like once again, he received yet another help from the one person he didn't expect to come. A sound of explosion could be heard throughout the entire hall, struck the leftside of Raynare.
"Gaahhh!" She let go of her feet from Issei's face, and searched for the offender.
"Who the hell did that!?" She roared, scanning the entire room before she spotted a certain flying figure in the air. It had the figure of a small...woman. She wore a witch hat, an eyepatch on her right eye and a rather revealing outfit with a black cape on her back.
"Well well well, what kind of trouble did you involve yourself in this time, worm?" Issei snapped his head at the source of the voice.
"O-Othinus-san!"
"Here I am, looking around for my dear companion the whole day. I thought I have my first clue and guess what I found? Two insects fighting each other." The one-eyed witch smirked arrogantly, and for some reason it didn't bother Issei that much.
"I-Insect!? How dare you a pathetic midget human like you insult a fallen angel!?"
"Ah yes fallen angels, once a creature of pureness and idealism, now stained by worldly desires and petty selfishness. Even without my insults, your kind is already pathetic enough."
That does it. Now Raynare was trembling with the most primal of rage she had ever felt in her entire life. This...this wretched magician, DARE TO INSULT MY KIND!? Her hand started to form a spear of light with as much power and intensity she could muster. She intended to wipe off the very existence of the pathetic tiny mage herself.
"DIEEEEEEE!" The enraged fallen angel threw the huge bolt of light toward Othinus with all her might.
Alright, this could be bad. Seeing the incoming assault, she concentrated on the form of spear that had been thrown, analyzing every single inch of it.
And she snapped her fingers.
In that instant, Issei watched yet another phenomenon he saw from her fight with Freed yesterday. At several points on the spear of light, he could see invisible bubbles forming around them before they exploded with varying intensity.
"What the-" The whole room was enveloped in an intense ray of light and powerful shockwaves, knocking everyone across the room.
"Agh!" Issei was thrown all the way back, hitting a wall. The light was subsided and he saw Raynare was standing in one knee.
"*pant* Y-you! How did you-"
"Don't move, bitch. I'm really pissed off right now, and you don't want to have dozen of invisible explosion marred your pretty face and wings, right?" Othinus motioned her hand in ready for another fingersnap. She wasn't sure if she could create many more of her explosions after her stunt. I guess I have to do 'that' some time later. Having to rely solely on these feeble explosions is not an enticing prospect for the future, especially in a world like this. Thought Othinus as she glared at the downed fallen angel.
"J-just who are you!? How do you manage to explode my spear just like that!?"
"I am many things, fallen angel. Being weaker than a lowly fallen angel is not one of them." The air of arrogance exuded from the one-eyed goddess.
Raynare curled her fist, but she noticed something at the altar before she smirked. She flapped her wings and jumped to the altar, where Asia was shackled in submission. She was unconscious and a beam of green light shone from her chest. The fallen angel approached her and extended her hand to the chest area.
"Hahahaha, at last! Twilight Healing is in my possession! And right now-" However her victory fell short after she was struck with a lightning bolt.
"Buchou, it looks like we're a bit too late." The newcomer, Akeno spoke while she observed the hall. She could see Issei trying to stand up and Koneko was preparing her fists to charge at the fallen angel. What she didn't expect was the sight of a floating tiny witch inside the room. She had thought that the tiny witch was extremely pissed at their group at the moment, seeing how furious she was before leaving the ORC room and wouldn't even bother to help them should any of them got in trouble.
"Othinus-san?" The person in question only looked at her with slight apathy before she turned her head back.
Rias tried to ignore the witch for the time being, before flying across the hall to the altar.
"So we meet again, Raynare."
"G-Gremory..." The fallen angel snarled in reply.
"Your pathetic exorcist already left you behind, your companions are dead and I doubt these zealots would possess any threat to my peerage. Return the Sacred Gear right now." The red-haired princess folded her arms and stared at Raynare.
"N-no! I worked my ass off for this! All of this! I do this for Azazel-sama, and I won't let it go to waste!"
Rias wordlessly formed a miniature ball of destruction and shot it at the weakened fallen angel, piercing one of her arms. The green orb in her hand was thrown in the air before Rias dashed and grabbed it.
"D-damn you...!" Raynare was almost done. She had foolishly spent most of her energy at the wicked witch in fit of anger. And right now, she almost had none left to spend with.
Fuck this, I have no choice. She instantly flapped her wings and shot towards the exit door before she had one of her wings struck by the same spell Rias had used.
"AARGH!" She crashed on the door. Another spell shot through one of her legs.
"GYAAAAAHHHH!" Raynare screamed in agony, desperately crawling her way out of the hall.
"Issei." The brown-haired boy could hear his name being called by the beautiful red hair.
"What do you want to do with her?"
"Eh?"
"She killed you before. She had deceived your heart and mind. What do you want with her?"
"I..." He didn't know. The thought of revenge had flashed in his head several times after knowing that Raynare is going to kill Asia and steal her Sacred Gear. But right now, he could only see the face of the first girl that had confessed to him, not the fallen angel that had killed him before.
"...Do what you want, Buchou." He forcefully squashed the image of Yuuma Amano, replaced it with the sinister person called Raynare.
"I see. Too bad, Raynare. End of the line for you."
"N-noo...please don't..." Seeing that there was zero chance of escaping out, the fallen angel desperately begged down for her life.
The only reply she got was a swirling sphere of destruction atop the head of the red-haired heiress.
"Die, fallen angel."
N-no... She desperately crawled to the outside with every inch of power she had left. And seconds after, the executioner's blade was dropped.
But all of them could hear the sound of running steps approaching the hall. Not long after that, they could see a certain figure stood in front of the crawling fallen angel and extended their right arm toward the sphere of destruction. A glass-shattering sound was roaring across the silent hall.
"Y-you!"
"Sorry, but I have a deal with someone to rescue her, and-" The figure, Kamijou Touma was struck with a human-shaped bullet that was Othinus.
"O-Othinus? Why are you-"
"Human..." She hugged his head with a desperate grip, as if she feared that she was about to lose the only anchor to her sanity. Seeing this, Kamijou couldn't help but close his eyes in smile and had his left hand stroke the tiny figure tenderly.
"Kamijou-kun... you're safe." He heard another voice of woman called him, who came from the black-haired sadist she had met yesterday. She smiled warmly at him.
"It's good to see you as well, Himejima-san."
"Kamijou Touma." He looked at the red-haired figure. She narrowed her gaze on him.
"Why do you save that wretch? She had violated several rules from my territory and almost killed my servant again. Don't tell me that you're allied with her."
"N-no, I can ex-"
"Allow me to do that, Kamijou-san." They looked at another newcomer, a long-haired female fallen angel with a stoic expression.
"Who are you?"
"I'm just a personal assistant of the Governor of Fallen Angel. And I would prefer if you leave this one alive."
"What? Know your place, fallen angel. Who do you think you are?"
"A person who wants to save her fellow kind. If you're concerned about punishment for her transgression against you, then don't worry. The Governor already instructed me to investigate their crimes. They are also suspected of helping a dangerous fugitive from our own as well. Depends on the outcome, they could be thrown to the Cocytus itself."
"C-Cocytus!? Please no! Anything but that!"
"You think I would buy that?"
"I don't know, and I don't care. She's too valuable to be killed in a petty act of revenge for now. I'm sorry but I can't let you kill her."
"You bastard! How dare-"
"Rias." She heard a stern voice called her. Her queen, Akeno looked at her with a concerned expression.
"We didn't lose anyone, and the ritual has been stopped. We shouldn't provoke another fight with fallen angels."
"But Akeno-"
"Look Rias, I hate their kind more than anyone in this world. I loathe them with every fiber of my being" Especially that man snarled Akeno inwardly. "But I could see the point from that woman. Besides, Kamijou-kun is helping her so I think her words could be trusted, at least for now."
"What? What is Kamijou Touma have to do with this?"
She only threw a glance to the confused spiky-haired boy and grinned in amusement.
"I trust him. That's all I can say for now." She told her best friend confidently.
"Akeno..." Rias was unsure what to make of this situation. While she knew that her queen had met with the strange boy yesterday, she didn't exactly know the exact detail of their meeting. What happened between those two yesterday?
"...If you say so." She turned her attention back to the floating fallen angel.
"But know this, fallen angel. If she or another fallen angel violated any rule within my territory again, I won't hesitate to destroy them. This is my promise."
"Acknowledged, Rias Gremory." The stoic fallen angel carried the unconscious form of Raynare and faced the spiky-haired boy.
"Kamijou-san, thank you for your cooperation. I will let him know that you already paid back for his help."
"That would be nice. Thank you and...oh yeah, let him know that I don't want him to chase me all over my place so he can just sneak another weird equipment on my right hand."
"*giggle* Acknowledged, Kamijou-san. Until then, I bid you farewell." The fallen angel flew into the depth of night, leaving the devils and the spiky-haired boy.
"Human... I think you owe me an explanation."
"Later Othinus, we can do it in our room."
"Ara-ara, I was right afterall. You two do have that kind of relationship. But I wonder how the play will be...must be interesting to say the least."
"W-what!? What are you talking about, Himejima-san?"
"Oh shut up you bimbo devil."
"Ufufufu~"
Rias only watched the exchanges between her queen and the strange duo in silence, and wondering just how much she hadn't known about them.
After getting Asia resurrected as a devil, Kamijou and Othinus already excused themselves out first. And as soon as they arrived back at Katase's house, he was greeted with a slap from the elder sister and a hug from the younger sister. He apologized for worrying the two sisters and promised to tell them the whole story on the next day before retreating back to his room with the tiny witch.
"Othinus, do you think those magicians are..."
"Possibly. Abyss and Great Dweller, I recognized those two terms, and they're not a good sign. I'm starting to suspect that our arrival in this world is more than just a bad joke. Someone from our world must also have a hand in this."
"But who...?"
"I don't know. Kamisato Kakeru's power wouldn't send us to this world if he had secretly used it on us. No other magic gods remained both in our world and their golden cage, and..." Realization dawned on the witch's head.
"Of course, why didn't I think of that one before?"
"What?"
"There's another person who could possibly behind this whole damn thing."
"And that person is...*sigh* you really need to stop with your flair for dramatics, Othinus." She replied with a kick to his cheek.
"Your damned General Superintendent of course, Aleister Crowley."
====END CHAPTER====
Special thanks to EpidemicBear for the beta.
Well, I know Azazel isn't that prominent in this chapter but he will have a major role in the next story, which will start in the next chapter.
And just a semi spoiler; Kokabiel Invasion will be the last canon story in this fic. Starting from its end, there will be major divergence from the original DxD.
Next chapter : World's Greatest Magician and Dragon God