A/N: So Chapter 4. Thanks for the 1k views! I really appreciate it, since it is my first story and all. So, read and review.
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Chapter 4
"Here's your tea."
"Ah, thank you."
I sat on the opposite side of the sofa where Gremory-senpai -er Buchou and Himejima-senpai were sitting in. I was currently drinking the tea Himejima-senpai had made.
"It tastes very good."
"Ara ara, thank you very much."
Himejima-senpai giggles quietly by saying "Ufufufu!" Truly, a modern day Yamato Nadeshiko!
It was then that everyone looked at me.
I started to sweat, as everyone's gazes bore on to me.
"Ise." Gremory-senpai er.. Buchou suddenly says. "What do you want to know? You could ask me anything."
What are your three sizes?! Is what my mind came up in an instant, but I know I have more pressing matters to attend to, especially with that reveal earlier.
"We are all devils."
"We welcome you, Ise, as a devil."
"Buchou." I started to say, making her beam with joy, I guess she really likes to be called Buchou. "How did I become a devil? For how long I was a devil?"
Buchou suddenly looks a bit sad for a moment before continuing.
"You know what happened to you a few days ago? When you were in that abandoned building outside of town?"
As soon as she said that, my mind flew to that place, where I was supposed to be eaten... Could it be?
"It wasn't a dream?"
"No, it's not. Everything you experienced there is real."
My hands were shaking at that point.
"So you were saying...?"
"Yes, you're injuries were too severe that day. You were supposed to be dead."
My breath left my body. My arms slumped and I couldn't focus on anything except on what she said.
"I... was supposed to be dead?"
"Yes." She said grimly, a serious look graced her beautiful face. "It was a Stray Devil that suddenly popped into this town. We immediately took action after we have heard of it, tracking the devil and sealing the place around. And then when we were about to eliminate it, we saw you..."
I looked down. So I was supposed to be dead that day, but...
"If you say that I was supposed to die that day, how come I'm still alive?"
"It's because I saved your life by turning you into a devil."
Save my life?
So Buchou is the one who helped me?
Silence permeated the room as Buchou sipped her tea. She then continued.
"You have experienced quite a lot this past few days like unexplainable resistance to the sun, and boosted strength at night, isn't it?"
My mind wandered to the past few days. I-It's true that I have experienced those things... So they're all symptoms of being a devil?!
"Yes." She nodded quickly. "I would've left you a few days more to explore its effects and your body adjusting to its new structure before telling you, but circumstances happened."
"Wait!" I said as a recent memory I dismissed as a dream comes to mind. "You mean... that church?"
"Correct."
"So that shitty priest..."
"Yes, he's telling the truth."
My body slumped further into the sofa. So I'm a Devil now, huh... Wonder what my parents would say if they found out? What if Matsuda and Motohama found out? What would they say? Would they still accept me, for what I've become?
"I'm sorry." Buchou suddenly says, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Eh?"
"I'm sorry for suddenly turning you into a devil. I had no other choice that time."
"Eh?! Eh?!" What did she mean by that?
"You becoming a devil is something that should've never happened. If only we were faster, we could've..."
"Buchou, stop it." Himejima-senpai said as she grabbed Buchou's shoulders. "The Stray Devil has employed different spells that managed to fool us. It was all due to luck that we even managed to save Ise-kun!"
I could only look at the sad Buchou and the stern looks that drew the other members' faces.
Is that what happened? It was only by luck that I was saved?
"Then I'm grateful to you, Buchou and everyone." I suddenly said without thinking. Shit! I didn't meant to say it, but there's no turning back! I have to say on what's on my mind!
"Eh?" It was Buchou's turn to be startled by my words.
"It was because of Buchou and everyone that I am standing here today, with you guys! If you guys didn't come, I would be eaten right? For that, I thank you! Especially you Buchou, for saving my life and giving me another chance to live!" I bowed before Buchou for as low as I could. "Thank you very much!"
"Then I'm glad." Buchou suddenly says as she looks kind of relieved, so did Himejima-senpai, Kiba and Toujou-chan.
Silence lingered in the room for a few seconds before Kiba suddenly spoke.
"So, you've now accepted that you are a devil?"
"Yeah." I replied as I relaxed a little. So I'm a Devil now. Great, now what?
"You were reborn as a Devil of mine, my servant devil. Are you okay with that, with me being your master?" Buchou says as she looked at me.
Me? A servant of Rias Gremory's?
"Come on, Ise! Thrust harder! You can't satisfy your mistress like this! Move faster!"
Buchou, who wore a dominatrix suit beats me with a whip!
"Yes! Anything for you master!"
If it's t-that kind of servant, then I would've no regrets! Uehehehehehe...
"Ara ara." Himejima-senpai's voice reaches my ears. "Looks like Ise-kun here is imagining a different kind of servant-master relationship."
"He's a cute one, isn't he?"
"...hentai."
"Yare yare."
It took a while, but Buchou explained to me everything that happened to me. According to her, the one who tried to eat me was a Stray Devil who is notoriously wanted that the Archduke of the Devils commanded her, who is the master of the area where the stray devil fled, to eliminate the said devil.
Oh yeah, apparently Stray Devils are reincarnated devils like me who ran away from their masters. While I wondered who would run away from their master, Akeno-san said that not all high-class devils are as caring as Buchou and the Gremory family.
By the way, I can now call Himejima-senpai, "Akeno-san" and Toujou-chan, "Koneko-chan" after I asked them. Since we are now in the same group, we could call each other informally. I can't wait to rub this in Matsuda and Motohama's faces next time we meet. Uhehehehe… I can only imagine their faces when I get close to the women of their dreams! (Actually, mine too. But I succeeded! Uhehehe.)
It was just bad luck that I was targeted by the stray devil and lured me with the combination of my desires and hypnosis; it shaped into the perfect lure and reeled me in. W-Well… who wouldn't be baited by that?! I really wanted to discard my virginity! I want to be a man!
But because of that, I managed to be with Buchou, Akeno-san and Koneko-chan! I regret nothing!
The next thing we discussed is about the priest. Apparently, he is an exiled exorcist who now works for one of the devil's mortal enemies, the fallen angels. I've heard that the devils went to war with the angels and the fallen angels a long time ago. After the war, the devils were so few in number and have ridiculously low birth rate, they managed to invent a system where they would be able to reincarnate other species as devils. As the result of that system, all of us servants of Buchou have been turned into devils. W-Well, being a servant of Buchou sounds a nice thing if the others say is true.
And then we went to the current topic.
"Buchou." I said as I familiarized myself with the term. If I would continue my life being a servant of hers, I must be able to abide with her requests! "There is a weird part in my memory with the priest."
"Really?" She asked amused. She must be expecting this. "What is it?"
"W-Well…" I started as I tried to remember the events of that night. "I managed to make the blade of that priest disappear by just thinking about it. What is that?"
"I think it's a Sacred Gear."
What? Sacred Gear? What is that hero-related sounding term?
"Sacred Gears are an irregular power that is bestowed to certain humans." Kiba explained to me. "For example, most people who have their names carved in history like King Arthur and Oda Nobunaga are said to be possessors of a Sacred Gear."
"Presently, there are people around the world who possess Sacred Gear within their bodies. You know those people who play an important role worldwide? Most of them are Sacred Gear users."
Akeno-san continued Kiba's explanation.
"Many Sacred Gears have functions that are only usable in the human society. But there are also Sacred Gears that are a threat to us devils and fallen angels." Buchou added to the explanation. "Ise, stand up."
Eh? Why do I have to stand up?
"Do it quickly."
I quickly stood up from the sofa.
"Close your eyes and imagine the strongest being that comes to mind."
S-Strongest being…? The only one that comes to mind is Son Goku from Dragonball… Is that okay?!
"Then imagine him. Imagine that person in a particular pose on where he looks the strongest."
"…."
I imagined Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan for the first time.
"Mimic the pose of that person. Imagine it strongly okay? Do not hold back."
Shit.
Do I have to do it?! At my age?! It's too embarrassing!
"Hurry up and do it!"
Buchou urges me. Shit! Are you serious?!
Uoooooohhhhh!
Then look! This is Hyoudou Issei's last gambit to become a Super Saiyan!
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
I screamed with all might! I can feel my power expulsing!
*Bump* *Bump*
I could even hear the sound of my beating heart.
I could feel the energy revolve around me.
Is this it?! Did I become a Super Saiyan?!
I then opened my eyes.
What greeted before my eyes was the sight of Buchou and Akeno-san tilting their heads with Kiba sipping his tea and Koneko-chan eating her snacks.
W-What happened?!
"Even with the demonic power present in the room is still not enough to awaken Ise's Sacred Gear…" I heard Buchou mumble to Akeno-san.
"Maybe he doesn't have a Sacred Gear after all?"
"But it doesn't make any sense! He costs 8 pawns, 8! While I don't regret using those pawns on Ise, I still wonder why he costs much to be transformed into a devil…"
"His power could be different than those of a Sacred Gear's…"
"…Or he is a part of a heritage we, and maybe him, doesn't know about."
Uhmmm… Suddenly Buchou and Akeno-san where talking things that I don't know anything about. What happened to me anyways? I could literally feel the power revolving around me that time…
"Sorry about that." Kiba said as he tapped me on my right shoulder. "I don't think we would be able to continue with those two talking like that."
I then looked at Buchou and Akeno-san who seemed to be too deep in their conversation to notice us.
"Look." Kiba said as he touched his chin. "If you want to, I could teach you the basics of being a devil. It's not that hard if you have dedication, and I'm sure you could find your motivation sooner than you would expect."
I looked at Kiba, who smiled honestly at my direction. To tell you the truth, I'm still skeptical about the whole deal with the damn handsome, but I suppose it couldn't hurt to be under his tutelage for a while. But to think a member of his kind would willingly help me, maybe his a bit different than those other handsome guys in the academy.
"…I'll help too." Koneko-chan suddenly said as she put on a guts pose behind me.
Uwo! When did she get on my back! And wait… did she said she wanted to help me?! Is this a dream? To be helped by a bishoujo is like a dream come true!
And with the motivation of being with Koneko-chan, I agreed to be under Kiba's tutelage for now.
I sighed as I sat on a bench in the park.
It's already been a week since I was officially inducted in Buchou's peerage. By the way, peerage is the ranking system of the devils. In terms of the rankings, all of us reincarnated devils are low class devils while only Buchou is the high-class, since she is a pure-blooded devil and born under the noble house of Gremory.
Kiba told me that there are cases where low-class devils has risen up in their ranks. Yes, that's what I aim for! To rise up to the high-class position to receive a peerage of my own! I learned that high-class devils receive their own peerage as soon as they are of age, or have reached the rank. That's my goal! To become a high-class devil, receive a peerage, make girls my servants and have sex with them!
I could hardly control my motivation when I think of that, so I asked Buchou on what should I do.
For almost a week, I delivered leaflets with an easy-to-use magic circle in them.
When humans with strong greed take those leaflets and wish for what they want,we , the Devils, are being summoned by them.
At least, that's how I understood it.
With the help of a Nintendo DS like machine that can detect humans with strong greed, I delivered the leaflets on their mailboxes for a week.
Yes! It can't be helped! I'm a newbie after all!
Koneko-chan said that all of them except Akeno-san and Buchou herself had done this kind of job. It does make me feel better that the damn handsome had also done this stuff.
Surprisingly, my parents have accepted on the reason that I come home late at night is because of club activities. While Buchou have said that she had arranged everything when she took me home that night, it was still surprising that my parents will only say "Welcome home!" and not make a fuss about it.
Hmm... Could I also do that? Imagine if I could do hypnotism and hypnotize some girls at the Academy... It will be like the same situations as those doujins! Ufufufu... I can't wait until they train me to do it!
Kiba also explained to be about the contract-making. He said that when a devil is summoned, there will be a negotiation for the contract and then grant their wish.
Koneko-chan added that contract making is kind of like an "equivalent exchange". For every wish, we must take something from them. It can be money, or a car, or anything as long as the item we would take would be equal to the wish we would grant.
Kiba also said that there are cases where a person throws their life for a wish. But those are usually cancelled since the wish doesn't match up to the price.
As somebody used to say... "Life is not equal." It's harsh, really.
Also, we are recognized by the Maou if we keep on making contracts and grant the wishes of humans.
Yes, for me to be able to rise up and get my own peerage, I have to be able to make lots and lots of contracts!
To become the Harem King, I'll do whatever it takes!
Then yesterday, Buchou had me started on contract-making.
My first client is a guy named Morizawa. Supposedly, this is Koneko-chan's client but she was being called at the same time, so the other one will fall to me, the newbie, since Akeno-san and Kiba already left to do their contracts.
Buchou said that many clients have their own preferred devils. For example, Akeno-san is mostly requested by men and old ladies, Kiba by young and middle-aged ladies and Koneko by young and middle-aged boys.
Shit! Just thinking about what Kiba is being summoned for makes me jealous! I wish I would be summoned by a bishoujo!
When I asked Buchou on why she didn't make any contracts, she said that only wishes that were strong enough could summon her. So far, I didn't see Buchou being summoned by a wish.
So, I was supposed to teleport to Morizawa-san's place using the magic circle, but sadly, I couldn't because my demonic power is incredibly low.
In fact, Buchou says, that my power is lower than those of a children. This is crazy! I'm weaker than kids?!
And the disaster doesn't stop there.
I arrived at Morizawa-san's place using a bike. When I told him I was a devil, he didn't believe me. Of course, he didn't! I wouldn't too if I were in his place. But he was actually convinced when I told him all what happened.
What happened next is an unusual situation even Buchou couldn't react to.
To make a long story short, I tried to make a contract, Morizawa's wishes couldn't be granted because he wouldn't be able to enjoy his wishes, and then played Dragon Ball with him all night long.
Even I couldn't believe it, but that's what happened.
While Buchou seemed disappointed that I failed to make a contract, she was bewildered that I got one of the best feedbacks she had seen.
Since we have another meeting later that night, I spent my free time here resting, and free my mind.
"I'll try to do better this time! I will not allow myself to be swallowed by my client's pace!"
Yeah, that's what I promised to myself.
"So... devil-kun. We meet again." A familiar voice reaches my ears.
I immediately snapped and looked at the person in front of me.
The white hair, the priestly clothes, and that insane smile. If Buchou is to be believed, then I know this guy...
"It's me, Freed Selzan. How're ya doing since last time?"
Buchou, I'm sorry, but looks like I will be late for the meeting.