"So I slept in Senpai's house. We had sex all night long of course." I'm lying to my best friend right now. It is a beautiful lie, one that will come true one day.

Shiki sighs. "That's bullshit, we both know it's bullshit. By the way control yourself around others, we aren't talking alone." I know, it's so weird!

Satsuki, Shiki's friend, covers her mouth in shock. "You're certainly super... super about this sort of stuff Yuta." Don't call me super two times in a row.

I shrug. "Yeah, that's what happens when you are a rizz machine. Don't worry though, I won't aim for you unless you decide to become important." There's just something about Satsuki that screams faceless mob, and so I'm not interested in her.

She glares at me with tears in her eyes. "Hey who goes around saying stuff like that! And if you really want to badmouth someone, then badmouth Arihiko!"

The red head in question glares at me. "Don't even think about it Okkotsu." He calls me by my last name, I guess he doesn't want to acknowledge me as close.

To be honest both him and Satsuki aren't, but since Rika has been acting calmer and calmer with time I decided that I could now hang out with people. So I went to see Shiki and his little social clique, thankfully I can get along just fine with Satsuki, but Arihiko is another story.

I grin, smugly looking at him. "Is that a challenge? Well, I'll pass on it. I already badmouthed you enough to a last a lifetime." Wow, look at me. An adult bullying a teenager, truly I am an honored member of the church.

He growls, and looks down. "Whatever, I guess you're not as bad as she was... And I can't be mad at her." He's talking about Rika of course. He thinks she's dead for real, so he can't hold onto a grudge. "And you already apologized anyways."

Shiki nods. "Yeah, it was surprisingly mature of you Yuta. Did hanging out with Senpai already change you that much? I thought for sure you were going to punch Arihiko or something."

I shrug. "I've always been this mature, but being with Senpai did indeed change me... I discovered glasses girls are the best." I want to cum in her glasses wearing face.

Arihiko giggles, it sounds super weird coming from someone like him. "On that we can agree on..." He then glares at me. "I can't believe you get to live in her house. Honestly now I'm thinking about burning my own to the ground."

My eyebrow twitches. "Please don't joke about the massacre... The accident that happened in my neighborhood." Not when Vlov is still around and could cause another at any moment.

Arihiko gives me a serious look. "Who says I'm joking? I would do anything to be with Senpai..." He starts smirking. "So how is her room like?"

Satsuki puts her hands up. "Hey! Don't go asking about that! A girl's room is full of private information! And I know somebody like you would definitely abuse it, so you can't know!"

She shifts her glare from Arihiko to me. "And you definitely can't betray her trust and tell him Yuta! She let you stay in her house, so you basically owe her your very own soul!"

Well, it's not like there's too much to say about Ciel's house, it's a pretty bland place. She's definitely a frugal person, but it almost looks depressing to be honest, I wish I could living it up a little.

I chuckle. "I won't tell anything, don't worry... That said, a boy's room is full of private information too, you know? You see, Shiki actually..."

Satsuki gives me an interested look, sadly Shiki cuts me off. "Sorry, but this is a far as you go. I can't quite remember if I ever had something embarrassing in my room, but I just know you will spin a story that makes me look like a clown."

Satsuki gives Shiki a big smile, it reminds me of Rika, and yet it's not aimed at me... How strangely refreshing. "Don't worry! I'll always think of you as super cool, there's no way you could ever be cringe." Don't say cringe like that, it scared me.

Shiki cringes at her cringe comment. "Thanks? I'm just glad I have more soldiers to throw at meat grinder called Yuta Okkotsu..." I don't want these soldiers, Satsuki is way too generic and Arihiko is always mad at me.

He gives me a serious look. "By the way Yuta, you definitely need to go visit my house soon, or I might be murdered..."

I raise an eyebrow. "Why? Is everyone still worried about me? I didn't realize I made such a big impression on Akiha." I'm glad I did though, since she will one day be my wife. Shiki and I will become true brothers!

He shakes his head. "It's not Akiha... It's Kohaku for some reason, she's been, well... Everytime I mention you she glares at me with the strength of a thousand suns."

He continues. "Like I said over the phone, I think she hates you now. But it's that type of worried hate, so please come see her already..."

I sigh. "Sorry I can't." I motion my head towards the direction of Noel, who's napping on her desk... Truly a model teacher. "I'm busy with stuff of the neighborhood variety."

That is to say, after school I'll immediately go out to hunt Vlov, accompanied by my teacher and Ciel. And speaking of Noel, she has been awkwardly staring at me throughout class... I feel like she isn't a good spy.

Shiki immediately gets the message. "I see... That's understandable, please come see us when you have the time. Specially since Kohaku is now recommending me some strange medice, and I'm pretty sure she's trying to get revenge on you through me."

He pushes his glasses up. "The only doctor I trust less than her is that woman... I'm happy you didn't meet her."

I raise an eyebrow. "Meet who? If it's a woman I'm interested." I nod to myself. "Well, as long as she's not like Satsuki."

Satsuki glares at me. "What's with your casual bullying! I thought you were supposed to be mature!?"

Arihiko nods. "Nah, I get what he's saying... You're the type of girl a guy makes his best friend, not the type he makes his wife."

Satsuki looks at the ground. "That's just not fair! What if I want to be someone's wife!? Yuta before you said boy's rooms were the same as girl's. Well, the same applies to the pursue of relationships! I want a boyfriend!"

Shiki grins. "Don't worry, I think you're cute." Casual Shiki rizz!? And it seems it's working, because Satsuki is blushing up a storm.

I put a hand on my brother's shoulder. "Man, aim higher." I feel like Shiki could even try for a harem if he so wanted. So if he wants to date mob girl, then she should at least be just another member in his harem.

Satsuki slaps my hand alway from Shiki's shoulder. "Please don't interfere on this Yuta!" She then looks at Shiki. "And please keep aiming low Shiki!"

My bro chuckles. "There's nothing about you that's low... So please don't let Yuta destroy your self-esteem." I don't think she has much for me to destroy, but ok.

He pushes his glasses up. "Anyways, the woman I was talking about is my family's doctor... She's a creep for sure." He sighs. "There's some other people you didn't meet as well, but don't worry about them."

I give him a thumbs up. "I won't! As long as they are a man of course." That said, if Shiki is hiding some aunt of his I will be mad!

Shiki sighs. "Why are all my friends weirdos? There's your obsession with girls, there's Satsuki's obsession with alleyways, and Arihiko exists."

The red head glares at Shiki. "Hey, why didn't you specify when it comes to me!?" He points at Satsuki. "Also why is she obsessed with alleyways!?" What does tha even mean!?"

The girl in question blushes. "It's just Shiki being mean, I used to take a shortcut home, but Shiki found out about and scolded me."

Shimi nods. "Of course I scolded you! You're a teenage girl! And we school ends it's almost night time, getting home earlier isn't worth entering a scary alleyway at night!"

Well, I'm glad Shiki found about it and put a stop to it. Can you imagine what could have happened to Satsuki if she kept using that route to go home?

The city is full of vampire after all, thankfully she seemingly never met one. She could have died, or she could have been turned into a dead apostle... Satsuki doesn't have the swag of one, she should remain as a normal human girl.

Noel gives me a peace sign. "Let's make sure to get along Okkotsu! Well, I already think you're a good student."

I nod. "Thanks, I'll try my best to learn from you. Oh, but if anything troublesome comes up, feel free to hide behind me."

Noel sighs. "Hey, didn't you start like... yesterday, it's you who should hide behind me if nothing else."

I chuckle. "That's true, so I guess we can both hide behind Rika." That's my classic battle strategy after all.

I continue. "By the way, do people get to customize their church clothing? I kind of want to make something special with mine... Once I eventually get it." I'm asking that because Noel's clothes look super different from Ciel's.

Noel nods. "Yep! As you can see my one looks way better than Ciel's!" It really does, mostly because you're showing a lot more skin.

I nod. "Yeah, by the way Noel, how do you feel about marriage?" I will stake my claim upon this executor early! Before Japan remember that having a woman with a big butt riding you is a good thing.

Noel looks down. "Please don't bring up that cursed word ever again. Even a mature woman like me will get hurt by it... By the way please go back to calling me Noel-Sensei, I miss the respect."

I smirk. "Sorry, but I won't go back to calling you Sensei..." She looks down at that. "By the way, let's go on a date one of these days."

She instinctively nods. "Yeah, yeah..." And then she notices what I said. "Wait! For real!? You aren't playing with my heart right!?"

I smirk. "I'm not. So are you free on the weekends?" Honestly, I might not be free on the weekends depending on how vampire hunting goes.

Noel starts hopping. "I am, I so am! Let's go on a date! Teacher and student! No, coworker and coworker!" Don't be so excited about bagging a seventeen year old.

Honestly I'm surprised Rika is still being so nice and quiet... Does she still not see Noel as a threat!? Is Noel that pathetic!? Actually considering she looks like she just won the lottery because she's going on a date with a high schooler, Rika might be right.

Before we can continue with our shenanigans we hear steps, I turn around and see Ciel, but she's wearing different clothing. One that includes a mini skirt for some reason. She also happens to be carrying a bunch of weapons.

I give her a thumbs up. "I approve Senpai, but I'm wondering why the outfit change." I think I like this one more than her normal church outfit.

She nods, her face is serious... She's not on glasses mode basically. "I appreciate the compliment, and this is my battle attire." Battle attire!? What you're wearing definitely looks like a sex thing... Which is hot.

She hands me one of the weapons she was carrying. "Here Yuta, this is an enchanted Katana. Take care of it." Wow, I'm already getting weapons huh?

I swing the weapon around a little, to test its balance... And also because I want to swing a real weapon around. "Wow, this feel pretty nice." It's certainly better than a wooden one.

Ciel nods. "Good, but don't try to clash against anyone Vlov own weapons with it. By the way do you have the black keys I gave you? And how is your magic going?"

I smile. "I have the keys of course." They're awesome. "And I can do all basic stuff you showed me, like structural analysis, projection and reinforcement."

Ciel's eyes widen. "You already learned reinforcement? That's pretty amazing... Please be careful to not reinforce the Katana however, your..." She looks at Noel, and then back at me. "Unique qualities will probably destroy the enchantment."

I nod. "Got it, I'll stick to reinforcing my own body." Now I can move at super speeds too, even if I'm not fast enough to clone myself like Ciel.

Speaking of her, she gasps. "Reinforcing your own body!? Didn't I tell you to not do that!? It's super dangerous."

I shrug. "Eh, it's fine... I managed to do it on my first try actually." It's pretty simple, you just fix the impurities in the body.

Ciel's jaw hits the floor. "I am so glad we got you before the association did." Then she shakes her head. "But whatever, I'm happy you're so ready for our raid."

Noel raises a hand. "Excuse me? But what's this about Okkotsu's reinforcement? Also... Raid? You look like you're about to go to war Ciel."

Ciel grins, it's surprisingly bloodthirsty for her. "It's because I really am going to war... And don't worry about Yuta's magic. You should worry about your poor reinforcing instead."

Noel immediately nods. "Yes Ma'am! But please elaborate on the war thing!" It must suck to be the subordinate of someone ten years younger than you huh? Also stop sounding so scared! You're a veteran executor!

Ciel nods back. "Very well, tonight we will be raiding Vlov catacombs beneath the city, hopefully today is the day we catch him..."

Noel steps back. "Oh, so we're going to be fighting a Dead Apostle Ancestor... Oh no, I'm going to be fighting a Dead Apostle Ancestor..."

I also have my own doubts. "Wait a second! Catacombs!? Beneath the city!? And we apparently just know where Vlov is is!?"

The grinning Ciel responds, first she looks at Noel. "Don't worry, you and Yuta should focus on ghouls... I'll handle the Dead Apostle Ancestor, it won't be the first time I kill one."

She then looks at me. "And yes, we know where Vlov's hideout is, the only problem is that he normally sees us coming and just runs away."

She continues. "But tonight Aoko Aozaki and Arcueid Brunest are each hunting on a different part of the city, west and east, so hopefully he will decide to fignt us instead of them."

She shrugs. "He will die either way... Unless he manages to slip out somehow, if any of you two encounter him, please run away immediately by the way." I won't, but I hope Noel does.

I sighs in relief. "So Arcueid is okay huh?" I was super worried for her for some reason... Oh my god, am I the clingy boyfriend type!?

Ciel nods. "I don't see why she wouldn't be... Though I wouldn't trust her if I were you. She's a vampire after all, a monster." Oh boy, convincing you of the harem will be hard huh?

She continues. "That said... Apparently Arcueid has been acting strangely, she's causing more collateral damage than usual." Maybe it's because she's unused to her nerfed strength?

I shrug. "As long as she isn't hurting anyone it's fine." Though I would choose her over some normies anyways. I'm the type of person that picks the person he likes above all others.

Ciel sighs. "Well, I do agree that it's better to deal with her than some ghouls, even if she's not really our ally. My enemy who also happens to be the enemy of my enemy is a neutral party when my enemy wipes out cities." That's not how the saying goes!

Noel smiles, it's shaky. "I'm just glad you will be the one dealing with the Dead Apostle Ancestor. You're invincible Ciel, so it's your duty." Her tone sounds weirdly bitter.

My Senpai nods. "Yes, just leave those monsters to me like always... And Yuta, make sure to stay close to Noel. Your potential is much higher than me, so it would be a shame to lose you."

Noel plays with her hair. "I don't know if having a super strong ghost counts as potential. Though it's better than a filthy dead apostle." She spats the last words out.

I'm guessing she has some dark backstory with then... Honestly half the church probably does, they wouldn't be risking their lives otherwise.

Ciel shakes her head. "I'm not talking about Rika. I'm talking about Yuta's own potential, he's a genius who makes someone like me look like a joke."

I give her a peace sign. "Don't worry Senpai, I for one think you're amazing! I don't see myself surpassing you anytime soon."

Ciel smiles at that, Noel however... Glares at me? "Well, hopefully you will hone your talent all the way~." Her tone sounds weirdly spiteful.

Ciel nods. "Yes, anyways... I'll give both of you a map of the catacombs, I know it's super confusing, but try to not get lost. Oh, and also take a picture of it."

So even the church uses cellphones!? "So should I call you if something bad happens Senpai?" Like me encountering Vlov for example.

She shakes her head. "There won't be any signal inside of the catacombs... So run away if you encounter something you can't face."

"I will." I won't.

AN: How is Shiki's theme so fucking good!? Mystic Eyes Awakening is genuinely better than Emiya, like holy shit, please give me a million remixes of it instead.

By the way, if you want a theme for Yuta, just listen to Scrapper Sky High from Under Night In-Birth.

Music is cool.