Chapter 52: Days

I was sitting on a bench in school, relaxing at the great outdoors. Stretching my arms up high, I let out a small yawn. My neck is now pristine thanks to my base healing factor which became faster than when I was human, wasn't even that big of a mark either. With Azazel gone for who knows how long, I'll enjoy every second I can get to not bother myself with that perverted old crow. Should've called the vice-governor earlier.

My little tranquility was interrupted when a group of girls approached me, "Good morning Daisuke-san, do you know where Kiba-kun went?"

"Yuuto? Haven't seen him today, maybe he went for club activities."

They were visually disappointed, "Aw, we really wanted to talk to him. The way he smiles at us makes us feel warm and giddy."

"You know, giving him some space might be a good idea to make him notice you."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you all go to find him often so it could be getting repetitive. Add something opposite to let him know something's missing. I bet he'll be even livelier the next time he talks to you."

"That does make sense." The fangirls exchanged glances, nodding their heads in agreement after a silent conversation, "Daisuke-san, you are close friends with Kiba-kun right? You are even on first name basis with him."

"Well the concept of first name basis doesn't exactly exist in my home country so my clubmates normally call me by my first name too. But yes, we're close."

"Do you know who Kiba-kun likes?" I could hear their synching gulps of anticipation, "Is it one of the Two Great Onee-samas? Kiba-kun does spend a lot of time with them during club activities right?"

"No need to worry about that, Yuuto thinks of them as older sisters. He doesn't have a girl he likes as far as I know."

Sighing in relief, "Thank goodness, we would never stand a chance if that was the case. We were really shocked about you on such friendly terms with Rias-senpai and Himejima-senpai yet happy because they might not be in the competition anymore."

"I'm dating Miho actually."

"We know, Asahina-san is really beautiful too, but be sure to treat our senpais nicely okay?"

"Don't worry, I already know that."

"Oh, and one more thing..." Unusually, the fangirls blushed nervously, "Are Kiba-kun... and you... and even Hyoudou..."

"What about Yuuto, me and Issei?"

Their actions were confusing. After hearing my honest answer, their blush disappeared though quite a few were dispirited, "It's nothing. Thank you for your time Daisuke-san."

Politely waving them goodbye, I went back to my relaxing.

...

"Okay Yuuto, you can come out now."

The bushes rustled and out emerged the blonde Knight smiling sheepishly, "(￣ 'i ￣;) Thank you for your help Hanwei-kun."

"You know you can just get a girlfriend and stop hiding from fangirls. Or you can just lie and pretend that you have a girlfriend."

"That is a good suggestion though I would like to not lie if possible. It is not virtuous to deceive them when they approach me with sincere thoughts."

"And so is following you everywhere and bombarding questions when you need a bit of alone time."

He scratched the back of his head restlessly, taking a seat next to me to catch his breath, "I suppose that has some truth, though I feel like needing a bit of seclusion for today. After yesterday's..."

"Azazel's crazy machine mass producing an army of Riases?"

"A blunt way of putting it, but yes. How is Buchou last night? She may appear fine though anyone would be mentally devastated by what transpired."

"She was definitely not her normal self." It was a bit tense, Miho was watching her like a hawk while Akeno and Koneko had to assure the pinkette that Rias wouldn't go crazy. And I was hugging and patting the red head until she calmed down and then we went to sleep together as usual, "But she's fine now, I'm making sure of that."

"Thank you Hanwei-kun. I know it can be awkward for you to be around her sometimes, yet I still believe you are the best person to be by her side."

"I'll do what I can." Getting up, I decided to head back to class, "Enjoy your alone time, see you at the club."

Welp, today I just learned that even the Prince of Kuoh can get bothered by his fangirls. Wonder if they will go away if he acted cold and emo... Nah, Sasuke couldn't pull that off either.

The moment I returned, Miho brightened up and strutted to my left, hugging my arm, "Welcome back, you are later than usual."

"Sorry, had to help Yuuto with something."

Motohama and Matsuda grinded their teeth, glaring daggers at us with seemingly enough pain to cry tears of blood, "Fuck it all! Why do you have to torture us so!?"

"Thought you two would've gotten used to this by now. You idiots are hopeless." Kiryuu snickered, sitting on a desk different from mine. She started doing that since Miho transferred here, and also stopped measuring me with her special ability, "It's pretty apparent since they're dating. At least Daisuke doesn't gloat about it unlike you idiots would do if you somehow miraculously got girlfriends."

"Don't remind us." Motohama slammed his fist dejectedly, "Why do ikemens always get the babes!? Miho-san's three sizes keep-"

"Ahem."

A cough escaped from the pinkette's mouth, layered with ironically cold icy murderous intent aimed at the perverted four eyes. He stiffened up, stammering out in dread while avoiding looking at her, "I-I mean, Miho-sama k-keeps getting more beautiful e-every day."

"You know, I don't think anybody would blame me if I poke your eyes for always checking out my girlfriend."

"Why us!? Why not Issei when he's doing the same!?"

"Because recently he's been having fun with his own girlfriend. And Miho already established fear into him."

They turned to the leader of the perverted trio who nodded fearfully, "X﹏X Miho can be really scary when she wants to be."

""Gah!""

They created a commotion which is the usual occurrence, even our classmates ignored them after spectating the first few times. Due to their failures of getting a girl's attention, they held their heads in frustration and repeatedly cursed all the normies (and Issei).

"Still, you two are more lovey dovey than usual." Kiryuu remarked, smirking mischievously, "Did something special happen? There's no need to hide anything from your love consultant, feel free to tell."

"We went on a date."

"Oh come now, there are more expressive ways to tell it right?"

"Well we..." Miho blushed and fidgeted, "And we had..." Her smile broke out wider, "Then we did..." Although she recalled what we did, she didn't described what actually happened. Don't know whether the pinkette is doing this on purpose, yet her happy meter was escalating very quickly. It was at this point that she squealed and buried into my chest, rubbing her face adoringly.

"I swear you two are doing this on purpose! Can't you see that we're already despairing over not getting a single girl!?"

"This torture mocks us everyday yet you flirt whenever you want! You evil bakappuru!"

In case anybody doesn't understand what bakappuru means, it's the combination between baka and couple. In other words, Miho and I are a pair of stupidly happy couple doing embarrassing couple stuff in public. It's definitely cringey to do this at first though I got used to it, a happy Miho is worth it.

Xenovia had a finger under her chin in thought, deciding to sit on Issei's lap and wrapping her arms around his neck. The weirdest part was her determined straight laced visage, "How is it Issei? Does this make us a bakappuru?"

"Xe-Xe-Xenovia!? I can feel your op-oppai on me!"

"No, you can't sit on Issei-san like that Xenovia-san. It's not fair that you go first."

"Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah! Xenovia, that's too much. Or is it? Oh Michael-sama, what should I do in this situation?"

Flustered, Asia called out the bluenette with timid yet firm resolve. The Pawn was more shocked than happy about the Knight's forward advancement whereas the reincarnated angel was torn between remaining pure and growing envious.

"Seems that you two aren't the only people growing closer. Asia's finally getting serious." Observing, Kiryuu spoke with a curious tone, "I only saw Hyoudou's girlfriend from afar during the Sports Festival but damn, she's too good for him if you ask me."

"That's what you say about every girl going for him."

"Details details." She waved it off easily, "You think Asia has a chance to become the number one girl?"

"Knowing Yuuma." I'm stating her alias name in public, the fallen is conducting herself as Japanese after all, "Hard to tell, though I'm sure it'll be a happy ending for all of them."

"Die die die die die die die-"

"Go to hell go to hell go to hell-"

Disregarding the two perverts, the glasses wearing brunette continued, "By the way, have you joined a group for the school trip yet?"

"Huh, no..." More so because I was busy figuring what to prepare for the Kyoto arc, the normal school trip part slipped out of my mind.

"Then how about grouping up with the Perverted Trio? Miho's in a group with those three, you can pair up with them."

I almost frowned from the deviation compared to canon, "What about you?"

"With Murayama and Katase, we already discussed and agreed. I can't imagine Asia going with a different group other than Hyoudou's. She's too pure, and I'm sure the idiot won't screw up in protecting her at least."

"Oi!"

"Other than that, you're the actual bodyguard if something happens and you also get to pair up with your girlfriend. Think of it as an apology from your love consultant after analyzing you again and again."

"How many times was it again?"

This time it was Kiryuu who stiffened up from the salamander's killing intent, "Ju-just a few times."

Raising a brow at my mate, "You didn't overdo it right?"

"Mmm, I was only marking my territory." She replied innocently.

"In that case, Issei can I join your group?"

"Oh uh..." The pervert fumbled, trying to maintain his balance with Xenovia sitting on his left lap while Asia was sitting on his right and Irina curiously observing/stopping the development, "S-sure, it's okay with you guys right?"

"Flags, I will break them with my hammer!"

"God is cruel! What do we have to do to get bishoujos!?"

"I'll take that as a yes."

"Then it's decided." Kiryuu gently swinging her legs up and down, "Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji and other spots are waiting for us. Lots of places and events are waiting to be explored, so make sure you guys show the girls a good time."

"You want to watch us as a live rom-com show, don't you?"

"What? Did you really think I'll let this slip after missing out so much?"

Rolling my eyes from Kiryuu's antics, I threw books directly at the two idiots' faces for ogling at my mate again.

In the clubroom, everyone didn't do anything, not a single thing. We simply sat and enjoyed the silence. Akeno hummed while making treats with Miho's assistance, Rias was at her desk drinking tea, and I sprawled on the sofa, melting into the comfort.

Looking strangely at us was everyone else. With nothing to do, they tried to relax as well only to feel uncomfortable from the boredom after a while. Yuuto hesitantly raised his hand, "Buchou, should we not begin club activities?"

"Maybe in another ten minutes Yuuto."

"Why are you-"

"Issei shhh." A finger raised from my hand before slowly returning to me limply, "Knowing that perverted genius, he'll escape soon and the same trick won't work twice. Let us have this temporary peace."

Despite closing my eyes, I could feel their deadpans boring at us yet they didn't protest further. After we had our fill, our leader began, "If I remember correctly, second year students will have their field trip soon."

"You two went to Kyoto too right?" Shaking my neck to get rid of the kinks, "Bet buchou had a really fun time."

"Ufufu, you don't know the half of it. Buchou wanted to visit all the popular sites but couldn't during our trip."

"Meals and transportation have to be taken into consideration for time management. Three days and four nights really aren't enough."

"This will be super exciting." Irina has a cheerful glee, "Kyoto is a capital city and there's definitely lots of places to go. Not just buildings but amazing sights of nature, there's definitely a lot more of the traditional atmosphere compared to England."

"Ara ara, buchou was as energetic last year. In fact, she stomped her foot on the way home when we couldn't visit them all."

"Akeno! You promised you wouldn't tell anyone."

While the Queen was having fun teasing her best friend, Koneko and Gasper deflated slightly, "How nice, we want to go too."

I patted their heads, "Don't worry, your trip is next year. I'll bring back some souvenirs."

"There's also the School Festival correct?" Xenovia pointed out, "Second years are busy with consecutive events, though it really is fun."

Everyone was psyched up for the consecutive events. The Sports Festival already brought a lot of fun for everyone, especially for the foreign transfer students. It's kind of hectic around this time yet it keeps our minds away from the stressful stuff and gives us new memories. Koneko and Gasper also get to go all out since they'll finally get their School Festival in highschool.

"Oooooo!" Holding her hands close together, Irina squealed, "This is so exciting, I can't wait. Transferring during this time of year was very timely."

"Ah I have heard about a variety of activities, such as a maid cafe. Do the maids act professionally or more informal?"

"More on the latter Miho, mostly to attract people who like to watch girls in maid uniforms serving them with 'moe'. What did you guys do last year?"

"A haunted house, we are the Occult Research Club after all." Pride oozed off of buchou, "We hired real ghosts and it became quite the attraction last year."

Issei did a double take, "What?"

"A-amazing." Asia sparkled in surprise, "I didn't know there are real ghosts."

"Didn't the rules say only the school staff can entertain the guests?"

"Ufufu, it was never explicitly stated. We wanted to show everyone the occult and real supernatural world Daisuke-kun. Besides, the ghosts were unemployed back then and gratefully accepted our proposal."

"However, Sona-kaichou became angry for recklessly bringing the supernatural." Sheepish, Yuuto continued, "That bit aside, it was a huge hit and many students enjoyed the scare."

Koneko had a small mischievous grin, "Some guys even peed themselves while trying to act brave in front of girls."

"That explains Motohama's and Matsuda's weird rambling last year."

The Two Great Onee-samas giggled, reminiscing last year's festival as second years themselves, "We gave Sona an excuse that we were a little short handed since it was just me, Akeno, and Yuuto. Now we have more members and can prep ourselves better."

"We do have a vampire in a box." Issei suggested much to the socially awkward dhampir's unease, "A lot of people gawked at Gya-suke going through the entire obstacle course inside his box."

"Perhaps we can try something new this year."

"Should we not discuss this with Azazel-sensei?"

"Not a good idea Asia."

Tilting her head in confusion, "But isn't he our club advisor?"

"Knowing him, he'll either come up with something stupid and demeaning like opening a host bar with the guys wearing half dressed clothes to pour wine for underaged girls to drink. Or he'll bring over his crazy inventions to make a light show with at least half of the explosions coming from actual smoke bombs. And I wouldn't be surprised that he'll be orchestrating as the main lead while introducing us as his sidekicks."

"Come now Hanwei-kun, are you sure you are not exaggerating? Azazel-sensei has enough integrity to be a proper teacher."

...

"My apologizes, I am just convincing myself at this point."

"So we all agree that Azazel must be far away from our club preparations as possible?"

"Yes."

A ball of something crashed through the windows, spilling shards everywhere. The ball then proceeded to roll to the center of the room, revealing to be a curled up Azazel as he smiled brazenly, "Did somebody say my name?"

The ORC groaned in unison.

"So your way of sensing ki isn't related to life force?" Koneko asked while doing push ups with a boulder on her back. If you look from a bigger picture, the white haired Rook's entire body was shifting up and down, and not solely because of her doing push ups.

"Not entirely true." I'm also doing push ups with an even larger boulder on my back, "It is because of life force that the body can move around, my version of sensing ki is more like sensing movements. Breathing, pulses, gazes, killing intent, all these help me predict what they'll do next. Shishou said it's more like nature energy given off by people when they move."

"Why did Second-san call it ki? It's different from term I know."

"It branched out from the usual ki sensing, close enough to derive from it yet sub-classified into a different aspect. It's a defensive technique created a long time ago along with focused breathing, back then when humans had to keep up with the supernatural when they suck at magic. You don't necessarily have to learn the latter though it does help sharpen your senses. Theoretically, you can do it too if you hone your senjutsu more on a cellular level."

"I'm more of a punching person than a reading person, wrapping ki around my fist is easier for me." Her up and down motion beneath her hastened, "You think I can do focused breathing too?"

"Wouldn't recommend it. When Miho and I started out, our heads ached and ears rang from the blood rush. You got to have the body strong enough to match your lung capacity and oxygen blood level. Shishou crammed months worth of training into one, he had to keep dousing us with Phoenix Tears whenever we blanked out during training."

She turned her vision to my clones. Ten were cutting a waterfall vertically up from bottom to top, six more were breathing fire to said waterfall, and another four were holding their breaths while sparring underwater. Her vision was then switched to Miho flame dancing on top of water without showing strain of her fire extinguishing from the large amounts of ambient moisture.

"How did Second-san learn it?"

"He said he got pointers from Souji-san, he was a human way back from the shogunate period, though Yuuto didn't learn focused breathing. Not everyone can learn it with only hard work, that's why it got less popular once magic became more accessible."

"Miho-senpai really powered up with focused breathing, but you seem different senpai."

"Because she and shishou have innate fire power born in their physiology."

As much as it makes me self aware of my own body, I'm genuinely happy for my mate to come so far. Miho and Second already have higher body temperature so it's easier for them to excite their blood and inhale more oxygen and quicken their heartbeat. They have their own ways to breath and Miho only needed a few adjustments before making it her own.

And I'm still stuck with trying to figure out how to adapt it to my body. Shishou said I'll get better with more practice but Miho's almost ready to continuously do focused breathing 24/7. Even with Susanoo, we're evenly matched in an all out spar if I don't use my spacetime powers. I seriously need to step up my game if I want to be strong enough to protect her.

However, the problem is that I'm a human from a different universe. My body can't learn any powers besides my Sacred Gear and demonic magic, and the only reason why I got them is because they've been integrated into my soul. Any other form of power is impossible when I asked Akeno for help with learning normal magic, which means I can't get Touki either regardless of how hard I train.

Focused breathing theoretically works on normal humans if our bodies can handle it since the biological mechanism is similar to hysterical strength. The fact that I can do it proves it. There was this guy who increased his lung capacity in Naruto Shippuden but demonic magic doesn't affect our internal organs like that, or at least it doesn't have an effect of that magnitude. I've been using All Boost to augment my lungs but it still won't improve my skill to naturally breath in large amounts of air.

If I want to get stronger fast to face our future enemies, my best option is to completely understand how my body works and how to adapt my breathing patterns accordingly. My sealing magic isn't getting much improvements either, devils never had a deep interest or history in making intricate patterns. Besides Ajuka Beelzebub's hobby of creation, they have more pride in their own innate powers.

Long story short, there aren't any real shortcuts and I need to find my own way of getting stronger as an otherworlder, "298... 299... 300. Alright Koneko, I'm done warming up."

Removing the boulder from her back, she got off of the boulder on my back. The order went like this from top to bottom, big boulder ➡ Koneko ➡ bigger boulder ➡ me. Assimilating my clones' experiences, I got onto the battlefield with Issei standing on the other side. He had this invigorating smirk, almost befitting to mistake him as a battle crazed warrior, and I couldn't help but reciprocate that smirk ( •̀ ω •́ )✧.

Rias stood as the referee, "Okay, this spar is to show how strong Issei currently is with his new Balance Breaker. Daisuke, don't end the match too early and see how much you can push Issei. You two can go all out but if I find anything too dangerous, the duel will be stopped immediately. Understand?"

"Got it."

"Yes buchou."

The red head went to join the spectators. Forcuis and Raynare come by sometimes to train though this is the first time for Alicia. Nervous, the silverette maid was restless, "I have heard how powerful Daisuke-sama is from rumors, yet it is hard to imagine whether he can defeat someone who possess the power of a legendary dragon. Can he win?"

"Definitely."

"No question."

"Issei-senpai doesn't stand a chance."

She sweatdropped, "Those are such... swift answers."

"Ufufu, Daisuke-kun can be rough with his enemies though he has much control over his abilities. Although it is quite fascinating to see him dominant so easily."

"Those two have been rivals shortly after they have reincarnated as my servants at the same time. However, Daisuke has always been abnormal and in terms of potential, Issei has the best chance to keep up him excluding Miho."

"Ever since Issei-kun unlocked his subspecies, he has been very eager to try it out on Hanwei-kun. This was supposed take place yesterday but..."

"Hundreds of sex crazed thots traumatized him and I comforted him with cuddles."

Rias gave a pointed glare to Raynare who was grinning cheekily as Akeno tried to hide her snicker. A sigh escaped her lips, "Well, seeing is believing. This will be an interesting clash."

"Just so you know, I'm not gonna hold back. I'll get at least one punch to your face." A glow later, the Pawn donned his Calamity Mail. Compared to Scale Mail, it's got slightly more humanoid feeling and the yellow lines across his armor are a nice touch.

I brandished Dream Sword, no gear or magic, giving him the 'come at me' gesture with my fingers, "Bring it on."

He didn't hesitant to charge at me, meeting his fist with my blade. He followed with a kick upwards a moment later. I dodged by stepping back and retaliated with two rapid left and right swings. An uppercut went for my gut yet it collided with the sharp edge of my sword. Adjusting to the direction of his punch, metal glided down before I rotated for a heavy horizontal swing.

His body was pushed back from blocking the impact. I closed the distance for a downward slash, the Sekiryuutei jumped back and jabbed towards my temple. A small tilt of my head avoided the blow, though he kept up the pressure. His intent tells me that he's aiming at my vitals yet I simply back stepped or side stepped away from them. A right hook went for my torso, I intercepted it with my forearm and thrusted my pommel to his gut.

Jumping back, the Pawn rushed back at me with a jumping knee strike which my left palm held back though he wasn't done. Issei promptly chained with a downward haymaker. At the last second I was about the lean back, his claws suddenly extended and grazed my chin. A small drip of blood flowed. Using my gear, I healed the nick and canceled out the tinges of holy element from Ascalon.

"Not bad Issei, not bad at all. How about we take it up a notch?" Tenkugan flared while the gems on his armor gleamed, and we dashed. One accelerated with Shunpo and the other with thrusters.

As we resumed our fight, Alicia gawked at the intensity, "U-unbelievable, Issei-sama has already surpassed Diodora after consuming Ophis' snake, yet Daisuke-sama is keeping up without his New Longinus- no, without his Sacred Gear."

"True. Issei has gained exponential strength." Forcuis commented, observing the fight despite how fast the battle is going, "Although he is unable to properly use the Sekiryuutei's power, he is compensating with the subspecies' abilities."

"Daisuke-senpai's just toying with him for now," A clang was produced as metal made contact with metal, bringing the nekoshou's attention back to the spar, "he does seem to be having fun."

"I would too to be honest. Fighting Issei-kun with his bladed gauntlets would be a new experience for me."

"Not only that, Hanwei-sama looks happy to fight who he considers as a rival. He once said he could feel Issei's burning desire to catch up when they exchange fists."

"Ufufu, he always does have a small side as a battle freak compared to the much larger side as a training freak."

Issei circled around to attack my back, I backflipped and propelled midair to return the favor. The closed shells formed his shield, blocking my surprise slash. A backhand punch knocked away my blade as he threw a straight to my face. Placing a foot to his chest, I kicked him away to gain some distance and spat a fireball bigger than his body.

An explosion boomed as the fireball made its mark on his shield. Out from the smoke, my clone emerged to his right and made a forward slash. The Pawn caught it in between his claw-like blades whereas I came to his left.

"How many times do you think I'm gonna keep falling for that!?" With the sword still stuck, Issei swung his entire arm to bash me with my own clone, sending me rolling along the ground.

He was smug until a second clone prepared an overhead slash with a Getsuga ready above him, "A couple more times actually!"

The sharp wave of demonic magic cleaved through his armor and made a wound down his torso, not deep yet not exactly shallow either. Issei cried in pain, fixing back his armor, "Ow... Should've seen that one coming."

Wiping the blood from my forehead, we had our own smirk and finally let loose.

"Promotion: Queen! [Boost][Boost][Boost]"

"Double up x4!"

A barrage of Dragon Shots sped towards me. Not minding the numbers, I dived into the fray, evading and slicing the energy projectiles. Issei attempted to sneak attack me while I was busy dodging until I unleashed Kaiten, deflecting the force back. I Shunpo to his back but he expected that and fought back. We proceeded to trade blows, weaving around each other's onslaught.

When I fired three Getsugas at him, he dodged the first two and barely Transferred the third to angle the direction away from him. Seems like the upgraded Transfer can only transfer energy. Ducking under a left hook, I shoulder crashed him and stomped the ground. By the time he saw me, boulders were pulled from the ground and flew, aided by air pressure generated from Senpu.

Issei smashed them with his clawed fists until he felt the weight of a boulder colliding him, I was behind said boulder using it as a battering ram after all. The Sekiryuutei killed the momentum by activating his back thrusters, panting and bruised yet I sustained mostly minor injuries.

"Should I be happy about finally landing a hit on you, or pissed that you don't need your Balance Breaker to beat mine?"

"Meh, you can go for both. I did enjoy our little bout though, you still have a lot more room to grow."

"You say that as if you don't." Issei got the word from our King, grunting and readying himself, "Alright, let's see how you're gonna handle this!?"

A turbulent air pressure gusted off with the Sekiryuutei in the center, stocking up as many Boosts as he could. Breathing deeply, I could feel the force brushing along my skin. Entering a stance to give me more stability, I waited for him to finish, deciding to take whatever he's gonna throw at me.

"Eat this! Dragon Shot!"

Coming at me was a massive sphere of energy, strong enough annihilate the path as it travels. Tensing my leg muscles, I bolted forward while holding Dream Sword horizontally to my left with my right arm bent. The moment before I touch the sphere, I positioned the flat side of my blade perpendicular to its underside.

"Double up..."

Getsuga coated my weapon, and I spun.

"... x10!"

The Dragon Shot was forcefully diverted upwards, pushed away as it sailed behind me harmlessly. I continued spinning, gripping the handle with both hands and swung down. This time a huge arc of blue energy cleaved through the earth, heading straight to Issei fast.

"[Trans-] Guh, too strong! [Shield]"

Unable to Transfer, the Pawn went with the next back option and deployed his defense. The Getsuga crashed into him, burying him into the stone wall further and further. Once he was dug into at least ten meters of solid rock, the Getsuga vanished and left a smoking Issei with parts of his Calamity Mail crumbled.

"Issei, you okay?"

An echo was heard from the crevice, "... No."

Raynare let off a healing arrow to her boyfriend. After I safely cut the rock and pulled him out, Asia joined in providing treatment. There wasn't anything too serious on him so he'll be fine. The last Dragon Shot obliterated a good part of a cliff, spilling debris everywhere, "Well you've definitely reached upper-tier High-class, your technique and reflexes could use some work but they're better than before. All in all, you've improved a lot."

"A good fight you two." Rias gave her own input, "Issei, can you still use your Boosted Gear?"

"Sorry buchou, no. I put everything I had and now it needs to recharge for the rest of the day."

"I see. You've worked hard, take a break." She wrote down her notes and instructed everyone to continue our own training, "Asia could you-"

"Ex-excuse me buchou-san, but I would like to stay with Issei-san a little longer until he's better."

"Trying to steal some alone time with him?" Raynare teased the blonde who pouted and firmly stayed, much to the fallen's amusement, "Try not to have too much fun without me."

She gave a kiss to Issei before participating with the others. Rias shook her head, "Yare yare, she is sometimes worse than Akeno. Asia, you can stay, remember to work on your stamina."

My eyes would've rolled if Miho and I weren't this flirty too. Strolling to the astounded Alicia, I grinned cheekily, "So, what do you think?"

It took her a couple seconds to register who she was serving again, "I think... the rumors regarding you were very justified."

"Still tired?" I threw a bottle of water which the Pawn caught, he finished a few reps of sit ups, "Thought you would be up and running again by now."

"It's only been an hour, not everyone can handle their Balance Breaker the way you do." He commented in annoyance as he watched me covered in minor burns after I was done going against Miho, Supra Burst still on, "How do you managed to keep yours up so long? You were even able to use Susanoo for over half an hour."

"Wasn't easy, I have to be careful not to waste any more stamina than necessary. Besides, I'm taking a short break." Sitting down cross legged, I breathed to circulate my blood better.

"Easy for you to say, you don't become dead weight without yours." Issei lifted his left arm, examining in dismay, "My body feels heavy and my mind gets hazy from exerting so much. You got any advice?"

"Imagine your Balance Breaker as an extension of your body. Similar to how toddlers learn to walk, you'll naturally accustom with practice."

"Ugh." He slumped onto the floor, "You think I'll ever use Ddraig's full power to it's fullest potential?"

"Not likely, your body doesn't have the same specs as a Heavenly Dragon. Ddraig and Albion were in the top 10 strongest during their glory days the last time I checked. At least for now, you'll draw out more in the future."

"And I'll be sure to kick your ass for good. A few wounds are good enough for now."

"Don't make me wait too long, I want to have an all out fight with you someday."

He sat back up to face me, "... Hey Daisuke, do you ever think about going back to your own world?"

Melancholy washed over me, though not to the same extent as before, "Almost everyday, why?"

"I... I don't even know what to say. You helped us out with a lot of shit and we can't even figure out a way to send you back."

"Can't blame you, most of my ideas are hopeful at best. Heck, I don't have so much as a clue as to why I'm here in the first place, and I refuse to believe something stupid like Truck-kun had isekai'd me."

"Who the hell is Truck-kun?"

"There's a recurring theme back home that people get sent to another world and live in their power fantasy. Nonetheless, my gut says Supra Burst could be a key component to return where I come from. You guys don't have go on a wild goose chase that much, I've seen you and the others sometimes trying to learn more about the universe in your free time."

"O-oh, so you noticed." The Pawn scratched the back of his head, avoiding eye contact.

A lopsided smile spread across my face, "Thank you, I'm really happy to be a part of the ORC, to have great friends. But now's not the time for heavy topics, how are you and Asia doing?"

"Asia? Well..." Furrowing his brows in confusion, "I don't know. After the Sports Festival, she got a lot bolder and I'm starting to see her as a woman. That can't be right, I'm supposed to be protecting her as an older brother. You think she likes me or something?"

"Took you long enough to notice."

"Wait what!?" Dumbstruck, he nearly jumped, "She does? How come I've never noticed when I'm so close to her."

"You seriously need to look in a mirror the next time you call me dense. Pretty much everyone except you know about that."

"Come on, she's sweet, pure, and adorable. How can I stare at her oppai when she's too nice for me to do that?"

"What about the first time you met her? I remembered that you had a good view of her underwear when she tripped."

"Erase that memory you asshole! How much have you seen anyway!?" He tried punching my arm, only to inflict pain on his own fist, "Ah! Fucking Rook defense!"

Snickering, "Thank you Rook piece. So why not just stop playing onii-chan and you can start a harem?"

He grumbled, "It's not that simple, she's had a shitty past because of that Diodora fucker and I don't want anything else to happen to her. Asia has the little lamb atmosphere that should never be defiled. I've been protecting her as a brother for a long time now, seeing her as a girl immediately is really weird."

"Despite the fact that she's throwing herself at you?"

"My heart's not ready. And you got no right to lecture me either when you're not making a harem with buchou and the others."

"Unlike you, I have no intention to form a harem. I want to spend the rest of my days with my wife cuddling and loving each other."

"Same with me and Yuuma-chan, she pretty much teases me before we get lovey dovey. I try not to bother her by asking to touch her huge oppai every time, and life with her is pretty satisfying." A realization hit the Pawn, "Say, you think I've been perving less lately?"

I paused, "Now that you mention it, you don't have that lewd expression that often anymore."

...

"(⊙_⊙;) Should I be worried about this?"

"Uh..." Scenes of the pervert powering up by poking nipples appeared in my mind. I started sweating, "I'm... I'm sure you'll be back to normal once you grab some tits, the higher number of them surrounding you at once the better."

"Again, I don't think groping Asia goes well for me. Who else can I ask?"

"You really are a dense idiot."

"Why!?" He yelled indignantly before recovering, standing up with a finger pointed up, "Doesn't matter, I'll become a High-class devil someday and become the Harem King. I can't let you, my greatest rival, stay ahead of me forever. Oppai is truth and justice."

With that kind of enthusiasm and horniness, I'm sure he'll be fine, "Hmph, you need to at least have better control over your gear if you want to beat me."

"That too, but I wasn't talking about in a fight."

"Then what are you talking about?"

"You're my greatest rival in becoming the Harem King of course. You may have top class babes with magnificent oppai, it still won't deter me from- Daisuke, why are you looking me with eyes of a dead fish? Hey where are you going? Come back! I still need to proclaim my determination and respect for you as a future harem owner!"

"Okay." With a final stroke of my finger, I finished making a newer version of the paralysis seal. Now I'm capable of making them with raw magic instead of a pen or chalk. It was originally meant for against Vali a couple months ago though I never had much time to work on my finer skills since learning under the Ultimate Rook's teachings, "Let's see how this one will go."

"Ara ara, I wonder who you are going to test this on?" Akeno had the pretense of searching for a testing dummy, yet the masochist's actions screamed 'choose me!'.

Rolling my eyes, I produced a clone and slapped it on him. The matrix glowed light blue and activated, restricting his movements by locking the muscles. The principle is based on rigor mortis where no ATP can untense the muscles. Considerable strength was needed before the clone broke free with Double Burst, popping from exertion.

My Sacred Gear began to integrate more deeply. Previously my clones are unable to utilize my gear until one of them got frustrated and activated by accident. Anyway, low to mid-tier High-class aren't a problem, though it would be difficult to restrain anything stronger than that.

I groaned, "Paralysis seal mark III isn't gonna help much, it's not that better than what sellers have in stock. The healing tags aren't progressing further either."

Akeno has a gentle visage, placing a hand on my shoulder, "Please do not be so hard on yourself, demonic complex matrixes were never properly developed compared to other religions. It's already quite impressive to reach this far."

"Understandable." Wind gathered onto my palm, "It's so much easier to use your imagination to conjure what's best for you instead of creating brand new sealing arrays. My next best option is to learn Norse magic, its one of the most famous and best out there."

"Norse? Will you ask Azazel-sensei for help?"

"Already did, and I can't even manage elementary level." A certain Valkyrie popped into my mind, "I know a Norse magic expert from the storyline, hopefully she can change that if I can make a deal with her."

"Ara ara." The Queen strutted, almost invading my personal space, "Are you going to replace your Akeno-sensei with another woman?"

"Come on, you're the first person to teach me about magic. I'll remember what you've taught me when I have new teachers."

"Ufufu, your first woman."

"Teacher."

"Thinking back, we did share a bed when you arrived in this world. You are also the first man to witness my bare body."

"And you were the one who joked about me getting you pregnant." I stared at her blankly, until I realized something from recalling our initial meeting, "Sorry if I'm being rude but, did you already have feelings for me way back then?"

She didn't reply, simply smiling and gazing at me, "There are some things boys should discover about girls by themselves, Daisuke-kun."

Great, I've become too flustered to maintain eye contact, eliciting giggles from her. Akeno covered her mouth with a hand, situating her body to present the most innocent blush any simp would fall for, "Ara ara, did your heart skip a beat?"

"No comment."

"Such a shame, I would love to have an affair with you. Doesn't the thought excite you? Already having a wife yet hiding sexual relations with another woman, to never get tired of sex by meeting a different-"

"I'm gonna go sword training with Yuuto."

My back was tightly held, two soft mountains pushing onto me, "~(=^‥^)ノ Aw, don't leave. I was merely teasing you."

"Could you give it a break at least until training is over?"

"Ufufu, your wish is my command. I actually need advice concerning my Holy Lightning."

Since the Queen is still traumatized about her fallen half, guess she really trusts me and is serious about improving her inherited abilities, "Okay, let go so we can start."

Akeno took a deep whiff of my scent before complying, channeling her lightning onto her palm. The holy aspect made my devil instincts spark light warning signals. She started molding the electricity into a spear similar to how Azazel does it, albeit in an imperfect shaped , "In truth, I used to summon Holy Lightning before becoming a devil. After beginning to accept my fallen blood, I needed time to relearn from scratch."

Throwing at a boulder, it pierced through before detonating with sparks flying, "Is it possible to create Holy Demonic Lightning similar to Yuuto-kun's Balance Breaker?"

"Theoretically yes." Tenkugan analyzed and my mind broke down the possible components based on multiple principles, "However, it doesn't feel the same as a holy demonic sword. One hypothesis is probably that your fallen side isn't as untainted as a normal angels which allowed demonic energy to blend into your Holy Lightning. Another would be because Yuuto has a middle agent, namely his Balance Breaker, for those antagonistic elements to synergize. The latter sounds more likely considering what happened to Azazel's cloning machine."

"On the other hand, it's possible to create Holy Lightning solely with your fallen powers and use your demonic magic to augment it in different methods. such as shaping it into a net, or maybe cloak it in fire."

Whether she's happy about my suggestion to improve her fallen powers, Akeno didn't show any changes to her usual smile. It was almost forced in fact, "You did mention dragons made of lightning, though I still cannot accomplish that. What about condensing lightning into my hand similar to how you create your tornadoes? I was somewhat successful with that against Shalba."

"It is a good idea. You're better at emitting than condensing, and also not a physical attacker. It's more of a defensive tactic to make your enemies stay away from you." Scanning the damage again, that lightning spear had more explosive than penetrative property, "The same could be done by emitting lightning around your entire body. I know a technique where lightning's used to stimulate the cells, bolstering speed and other stats."

"However, it's not a good idea for a wizard-type like you unless you want to cook yourself- don't even think about it you masochist." She closed her mouth before she could speak. "Still, you already have a solid skill in emitting, good enough to handle both close range and long range opponents of the same level. The ground can conduct electricity pretty well if you can direct it forward below you. Combine that with thunder clouds, enemies will be fried from both up and down if you can master that."

"Ufufu, a place where no one can escape and be electrocuted at my mercy, that is quite a fun technique." Hesitation is still holding her back, behind that fake smile showed that she hasn't fully overcome her trauma. Just talking about it must be emotionally taxing.

Scratching the back of my head, I breathed out and enveloped Akeno in a hug, greatly startling her.

"Ara? Da-Daisuke-kun, what's with you suddenly?"

"Giving support." My hand went to pet her head, "Better?"

"Warn me first before you do." Her face was red, unable to maintain eye contact and shyly viewing downwards. What was supposed to be a confident onee-sama turned into an embarrassed innocent girl. Fuck this is not good for my heart. The fact that she can hear my heartbeat made her more red, "So-sorry, for making you do this."

"You're fine with teasing and seducing me yet you couldn't take a simple hug?"

"I-I didn't expect you would actually act first." Akeno buried herself deeper into my chest, "Pet me more."

"Yes yes."

"Hmmm." Humming into my touch, she temporarily ignored her trauma and returned back to herself, "Ufufu, you always do have a soft spot for a damsel in distress."

"... Say, our next big encounter will remind you of your past. Do you think you can endure it?"

The ravenette stiffened, "Will you be there for me?"

"Of course, me, Rias, and everyone will always be there for you."

"Then yes, I will be fine." She relaxed once again, "As long as you are with me, I feel like everything will be alright."

"... Okay, can I let go now?"

"But you made me horny. Can we have se-"

"No."

"Finger-"

"No."

"Deep ki-"

"No."

"Your sweaty shirt for me to masturbate? A little treat for your Akeno-sensei please?"

"... Fine, but I better not see any stains on my shirt."

"Ufufu, deal Daisuke-sama~"

"So that's how I ended up with lending Akeno one of shirts." I explained to my mate about what happened earlier, doesn't sit right with me that I was so close to another woman, even if I didn't have any romantic intentions, "Are you mad?"

"Slightly miffed." Miho leaned onto my arm, resting her head onto my shoulder, "Regardless, you did it to ease her troubles, the same as you have always done for me and the others. How can I be angry? On the contrary, I love that pride and kindness."

Wow, the pinkette's really fine with me around other girls, the old her would have asked for compensation like headpats. Giving her a smooch, I'm really glad that I have an understanding mate, "Thank you Miho, you know you're my favorite girl."

"It is a part of who you are, it would be too much of me to stop you. We should, however, be prepared for the time when she and the others would finally surrender to their impulses."

"I don't think they'll cross the line but better safe than sorry. For now, let's check out the show."

We entered the cinema in our hotel, spotting Takazuchi-san and Haru waiting in anticipation, the latter waving at us with lots of exuberance, "Daisuke-nii! Miho-nee! Over here!"

"Hey Haru, good evening Takazuchi-san, sorry for making you come here this late at night. Azazel can be very eccentric."

"Oh, it is no trouble at all." She hurriedly denied, not used to the environment, "We are grateful to come to such a luxurious hotel. Grand Wing is better than what Azazel-san says, are you sure we don't need to pay for tickets? Or perhaps I could bring a gift?"

"Of course not ma'am, you contributed much to the production of the Aoi Arashi show so it's only natural for you to watch free of charge." The Governor General assured professionally in contrast to his usual insanity we have to suffer. 'Grand Wing' is the name of the hotel, signifying unity of 'wings' in the Three Factions.

By the time everyone is present, Haru darted his head around, "Are Sirzechs-san and Millicas coming?"

"I'm afraid not Haru-kun." Rias responded apologetically yet gently, "Onii-sama has work to do though he promised he and his family will watch it in the Underworld around the same time as us."

"Cheer up Haru." He was somewhat sad about not watching with his new friend he made during the Sports Festival, "I'm sure you two can meet again someday, if not video call each other."

"... That sounds great I guess."

Patting his head, we passed the popcorn and watched it unfold. The opening song came and we got the first episode, as it aired at the same time for the entire devil population to view. The plot starts with me as the main character waking up and having breakfast with his parents. As the perceptive guy that he is, he knew that he was adopted considering that only he has superhuman abilities as well as giant bat wings that can sprout out from his back, except it didn't matter to him. They showered him with unconditional love as with any other normal parents. Of course, he kept his status a secret from everyone, including his family.

Walking to school, he was greeted by his human friends and saw the most popular girl by the gate, Rias Gremory. She has a minor role as an seemingly ordinary school girl for now. He continued his mundane life, doing some shopping on the way back home until an explosion shook the place. A little boy and his mother were about to be crushed by rubble until his body moved on its own, revealing his wings and rescuing the civilians.

From the center of the blast revealed Oppai Dragon as a villain, he has a fetish for boobs and crave for them whatever the size.

"You're a pervert!" My character shouted in annoyance.

"It is truly pitiful of you to judge someone so quickly. You see, my little sister has moderately sized oppai and got bullied by those high-class aristocrats with bountiful oppai, that's why I will spread the oppai wonder of all shape and sizes."

"When you put it that way, that makes you slightly honorable."

"That's why I'll harvest all oppai, big or small, and love them without discrimination! But I still love big ones the most!"

"So you are just a pervert! And didn't you say no discrimination!?"

Once he gave a tsukkomi, he put them in a safe place before continuing dodging, noticing the amount of attention he's getting, "If you want boobs so much, why are you after me!?"

"Guess you really do have no idea who you are, Ancient Devil. This will make my job easier then."

'Ancient Devil?'

"Playing the villain feels weird, it's like telling the world that perverts are inherently bad."

"It is." Issei hunched over in dejection from Koneko's sharp verbal jab.

The show proceeded with a decent amount of fighting. Nothing too brutal, mostly bruises and some bleeding without showing real injuries. Kids are also part of the audience after all. Once my character outsmarted him by luring Oppai Dragon to a fire hydrant and sprayed him with pressurized water by punching the top open towards him, taking the opening to land decisive blows to the weak points.

Haru cheered in amazement at this scene.

Realizing the armored pervert underestimated him, he retreated with the promise of finishing the battle. My character saw the collateral damage and ran before the police could arrive, but not before finding the son thanking him and calling him a hero.

Bewildered, my character smiled and went back home, 'I always knew I was different and made sure to hide my wings. I don't want to get into life threatening fights, nor do I want anything to disrupt my normal peaceful life. But seeing that kid smiling so happily... maybe it's not so bad to show off once in a while.'

Out in the corner, Rias' character grinned from observing the fight, her eyes fixed on the running boy before disappearing into the shadows, 'Fujimiya Daisuke, how interesting.'

And that concluded the first episode, everyone had a great impression on the first episode of the Tokusatsu show, especially the red head since she got her theatrics at the end.

Azazel clapped his hands together, showing his laptop with numbers rising without stopping, "Congratulations everyone, the Aoi Arashi Tokusatsu is a major hit and we received numerous praises."

"Ufufu, you sure had fun playing the mysterious heroine Rias."

"How can I not? The timing of that short yet deep line of thought was perfect."

"I am more interested in this 'Ancient Devil', and it seems Oppai Dragon did not have the clear intention to fight, a scout perhaps? Or was he acting on his own?"

"Focuis, no spoilers!"

"This is quite a bigger success than I thought." Although Takazuchi-san was a bit overwhelmed, she beamed jovially with everyone else, "Thank you all."

"No no Takazuchi-san, thank you. Without you publishing your book, we wouldn't get the idea of launching a Tokusatsu Show." The Governor General stated firmly before sneaking to her side, bringing out a certain familiar erotica from his shirt pocket, "Speaking of books, I have written a special literature-"

I body tackled him before he could corrupt the innocent human.

HalflingRunner: Thanks, hope you're doing well at work.

AN: Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄❄ Sorry about the late update, been super busy with school since the schedule is so packed with practical work and minor tests. I wanted to write but was exhausted after school and got occupied with some light novels. Hope everyone stays safe. Please leave a review and tell me what you think.

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