Throughout my life I've been through a lot. Traveling to other dimensions, leaving my humanity to become a hybrid monster, but now, a demon? That explained everything, my magic was adapting to the new power that now lives in me and I don't know what consequences there will be, what changes my abilities will have or if there will be a way to control the power of my abilities.
After the revelation, Rias and everyone were in the main room where I had my tea party with the girl. Now I was looking at my reflection in the mirror observing my new limbs in silence.
"I know it's a lot to take in." I turned to see Rias who was calm.
"Take this off me." I said in fear but the girl shook her head.
"I'm sorry Benja, but I can't do it." Hearing that broke me. I didn't know how Reinhardt and Ana were going to react, or worse, how everyone in Metropolis was going to react.
"How could you do this to me? What did I do to make you do this to me?" I asked in a broken voice but the girl raised her hand.
"Please Benja, relax. If you let me explain, I'll answer all your questions." Rias pointed to the chair and I sat there silently.
"I know this must be shocking for you two. But now listen, I'll explain everything in detail so I want you to pay attention." The red-haired girl sounded serious so Issei and I nodded.
"In the world, there are a huge number of factions ranging from mythologies to religions. The Nordic faction, the Greek faction, for example, but there are three factions that are the most important of all. The faction of the angels, fallen angels and the devils." Rias touched the coffee table with her hand and I saw how a magic circle appeared, from the circle came a huge scroll that the red-haired girl grabbed before making the circle disappear, when the scroll unrolled I was very surprised to see that there was a painting. The painting showed devils, angels and fallen angels in a wild and violent battle.
"What happened?" I asked surprised looking at Rias while the girl drank some tea before speaking.
"The earth was once an uninhabited place, humans did not exist at that time so it was a no man's land. You might wonder where the fallen angels went when they were banished, the answer is that they were banished to the underworld with the demons but they were rebellious and relentless, they did not obey anyone other than their leader at that time, Azazel."
"Azazel? But, isn't their leader called Kokabiel?" I asked curiously but Rias shook her head.
"You'll find out later. When the three factions saw that the Earth was an empty and lifeless place, a brutal carnage broke out for total control of the Earth. The fallen angels wanted the Earth for themselves and to create their own civilization with their own rules, the demons were looking for the same thing while the angels refused to hand over the Earth by order of the biblical god, that was when the slaughter began and the three factions attacked mercilessly against each other with the intention that the Earth would only belong to one." What the red-haired girl said surprised me a lot and I stared at the drawing.
"And who won?" I asked with fear looking at the girl.
"After years of violent and fierce slaughter, the angels and demons decided to use their last resort, it was then that the biblical God came down from the heavens and the four great Satans emerged from the eternal fire, it is said that the battle was so wild that the earth was about to be destroyed. That battle was a tragic moment, because the god of the angels and the four great Satans died in that fight." Hearing that left me in shock and I stood up in disbelief.
"God is dead!?" Suddenly I felt a strong blow to the head as if a stake had pierced my skull and Issei seemed to go through the same thing.
"I advise you to stay calm, Benja." Rias said as Kiba helped me sit back down and Akeno served me a cup of tea.
"What was that? I felt like my head had been hit with a hammer." I said in pain touching my forehead.
"Demons are extremely sensitive to any prayer, religious object or weapon. And even holy water will be like acid to you." What the red-haired girl said made me slightly angry, I was still serious and wanted to know why Rias had done this but then I sighed to calm down.
"What happened after the great devils and the creator of the bible died?" I asked seriously looking at Rias.
"After that battle a meeting was held in the heart of hell. There was Michael, the leader of the angels, Azazael, leader of the fallen angels and Sirzechs Lucifer, leader of the devils. The tension was palpable, they did not trust each other in case someone committed an attack in the meeting, but after hours of dialogue a decision was made that would change the fate of the factions, and of the earth forever." Rias said before touching the scroll, the image changed and now showed the three leaders and the people of their respective factions, but not fighting, but in peace.
"They achieved peace." I said amazed making the girl nod.
"At that meeting, a peace treaty was made, in which they swore to share the land and live together in harmony for the good of the factions that were affected, among them, the demon faction, us, was the most affected, so a peace treaty was like our salvation." The red-haired girl grabbed the scroll before putting it away in the magic circle again.
"Many pure-blooded devils died in that war, countless families perished, but when Sirzechs achieved peace it was for the better for everyone. From that day on, none of the three factions have direct contact with each other due to what happened in the war, but now we live in peace where we can come and go from Earth as we please, although of course, the ones who use this the most are the devils and the fallen angels, the angel faction does not visit Earth due to the rules that the father created the heavenly father in his days of life, but they visit other factions from time to time." Rias said looking at Issei and me.
My mind was a hurricane at this moment. I met one of the factions thanks to Diana, and just hearing that all the other factions, not just religious ones, but mythological ones as well, existed was a shock, the war of the factions, and the fact that God had participated and died in that battle, was a lot to take in.
"I need air." I couldn't take it anymore and left the room to clear my mind but then I choked when my wings hit the frames which almost made me break.
"Fucking wings!" I left the room on my last legs as I walked outside.
I wanted to fly away, get out of here and look for help or anyone who could give me the answers to all this. Right now I was there, at the entrance of the occult club hugging my legs in silence while trying to calm my mind and heart. I'm a devil now, the features, everything Rias said made it sound like it was the most normal thing in the world, but for me, I felt like my head was going to explode at any moment.
"Is everything okay?" I turned to see Rias approaching me but I stood up in anger.
"Okay, okay!? You think I'm okay!? Look what you did to me, look at everything around you. Do you think this is easy for me to take in!? How can you think I could deal with something like this, why did you do this in the first place!? What did I do to deserve you doing this to me!?." I yelled at Rias in anger and despair while the girl lowered her head a little.
"Protection." I stared at the red-haired girl as she approached me.
"The reason I decided to turn you into a devil was to protect you. You're my friend, and when Koneko told me that the fallen angels were now after you, I got really scared." The girl slumped against the wall before staring at me.
"My family is one of the most affected in the war, because we are the last pure-blooded devils left. We managed to save ourselves with great difficulty thanks to Sirzechs, but not everyone was so lucky. My family and I saw many of our loved ones being brutally murdered and others who had to go to the battlefield only to hear later that they had died in combat." Rias wiped a few tears from her eyes before looking at me in pain.
"Do you have any idea what it's like to see the people you love die in front of you, and to hear that you and your family are part of a weak handful of people who managed to survive such an atrocity?"
Seeing Rias in tears made me feel bad, the red-haired girl had taken an action that although I did not consent to, she was only looking for protection.
"I'm sorry if what I did was cruel to you. But I want you to know that for me, my friends are the closest thing to a family that I have here on earth, and by transforming you into a demon, I'm giving you power so that you can survive everything that is to come in the future for you. Because I will never forgive myself if I see my friends die, and I did nothing to save them." Rias said staring at me making me look into her eyes.
I remained silent listening to everything she said without knowing how to react, although I was angry, that anger slowly faded away. She was like me, she worries about every person she cares about and fears losing them.
"Benja..."
Rias's words got stuck when I hugged her tightly, the girl was very surprised since she did not expect this and did not know what to say.
"I understand you Rias, believe me." I separated before looking the girl in the eyes.
"Reinhardt and Ana, they are the most important things to me in my life, but not the only ones." When I said that, Rias' attention was drawn.
"Really?" At that moment I grabbed my phone before showing a picture of me and all my people at Monster High.
"This is my real family." Rias' eyes widened in shock as she saw everyone.
"All of them?" The red-haired girl's question made me laugh.
"Yes, all of them. Each one is an important part of my life, I love them so much that the mere thought of losing them gives me so much pain, I would never forgive myself for failing them, that's why I train every day, to be stronger and always protect them, but I also don't neglect doing what I like." I said smiling but the girl noticed something.
"Wait, you look different in the photo." I looked at the photo and tensed up, accidentally showing a photo where my Kitsune limbs were coming out.
"It's a camera error, back then my cell phone was failing." I said before saving the photo.
"But, I also saw a two-headed girl." Rias said making me laugh shyly.
"I'm sorry Rias, but I promise that one day I'll tell you everything about myself. Now, my head hurts a little from everything you told me." The red-haired girl looked at me with a raised eyebrow before nodding.
"Alright, let's go back to the others. I have an errand for you and Issei." The girl said before starting to walk while I followed her from behind.
"Wow, wow, president, Benja looks better now. Were you flirting with him behind our backs?" Akeno asked in a flirtatious tone making me blush while Rias didn't seem affected, in fact she laughed at that comment.
"Please Akeno, we've only been together for two days." My face now turned red as an apple when I saw that the red-haired girl instead of defending us, supported the black-haired girl's joke, all of this was seen by Issei who didn't seem happy.
"Very well, now that everything is settled. Benja, Issei, please come closer." Rias said as she stood behind her desk, the brown-haired boy and I approached curiously looking at the girl but then we saw that she made a magic circle appear and a huge amount of pamphlets appeared on the table.
"Listen. Now that you are devils it is normal for you to have new abilities and even improvements in both hearing and physical, but to gather more power you need to make contracts with humans." Issei and I were surprised to realize that we were about to make demonic contracts but then I thought of something.
"But, naturally if someone wants a contract, shouldn't they summon us? Why are demons suddenly offering that service?" I asked curiously making the girl laugh.
"Easy, humans have already left behind the classic summons. All that blood pacts, sacrifices and rituals are a thing of the past, now we distribute these pamphlets with summoning circles to any possible contractors." Rias said with a smile before pointing at the pamphlets.
"Since you two are just rookies, your mission now will be to distribute the flyers in search of anyone interested in a demonic contract, a simple task don't you think?" I stared at the pamphlets in silence, it really was an easy task, but internally I wasn't prepared to make contracts.
"Don't think this will be permanent, normally our relatives are the ones who do these tasks, this will be for guidance." Rias said as Issei and I began to pack the pamphlets into our backpacks.
"Work hard, and you might have servants very soon." What Rias said surprised me just like Issei, only the perverted brunette was more excited.
"My own servant!?" The red-haired girl nodded at Issei's sudden burst of happiness.
"Yes, it will all depend on the effort you put into it." That simple statement was like adding fuel to the fire because Issei seemed to be immersed in his fantasies.
"If you are my servants, you will have to do everything I tell you, right?" When I felt Issei's perverted aura I stepped back with an expressionless look without realizing that she now had the same face as Koneko.
"Exactly, down to the smallest detail." Rias said nonchalantly, that was like literally pouring gasoline on the fire because now the aura was worse.
"And I can do with them whatever I want!?" Issei right now seemed extremely immersed in his thoughts that he practically forgot about all of us.
"Without a word." Right now that was like throwing dynamite, the brown-haired boy was currently fuming.
"Even perverted things!?" Issei shouted with a huge smile while Rias remained unconcerned.
"Of course, after all they are your maids."
Suddenly I saw how the brown-haired boy put a huge amount of pamphlets in his backpack and even took out of my backpack what surprised and annoyed me.
"Hey, tone down your shit a little!" I shouted annoyed before stopping him but Issei was faster and when I saw my backpack now I only had a single and sad pamphlet.
"Alright, calm down. Now, listen." Rias stood up before taking out two artifacts from her desk.
"What is this?" I asked before grabbing the device.
"That's a tracker, we usually use it to find people who want to have a devilish contract, when someone wants to summon them or when a client requires you. This way it will be much easier for you to look for a possible client." Rias said with a smile looking at us.
"I'm going to try hard, President, for you and my future maids!" Issei shouted before running off, making me sigh somewhat annoyed.
"All he cares about are the maids, he's really a nuisance." I said irritated, if I had to see Issei every day at the club I'd rather be a psychologist for Bane and Killer Crock.
"Welcome to my world." Koneko said with a blank look before eating an ice cream.
"Since Issei took most of the pamphlets, Benja, I'll give you something on the side." I turned to look at Rias curiously.
"It turns out that Koneko had two contracts at the last minute, but she has to go home now so she can only do one of those two contracts, which means that the remaining one will be for you." The red-haired girl said with a smile looking at me which surprised me.
"I'm so sorry for the inconvenience." Koneko said before bowing in apology.
"No, it's fine, Koneko. But what I'm worried about is what am I supposed to do? It's my first job, I can't mess it up." I said worriedly but Rias showed me a smile.
"You just have to stay calm, remember, you're a rookie so don't be surprised if you don't get a contract on the first try, there are times when clients can be very demanding, so don't get depressed." I smiled a little at Rias's words and nodded.
"Yes, I promise I'll do my best." I said smiling looking at everyone.
"That's the attitude, Benja." Kiba said smiling.
"I'll see you all later." Just as I was about to leave, Rias stopped me which caught my attention.
"Rias?" I looked at the girl surprised while she laughed.
"We don't go around knocking on doors, Akeno. Please show Benja how we do it." The red-haired girl said making the other girl laugh.
"Gladly." Akeno walked to the center of the room. Suddenly I felt a huge amount of magic and looking at the floor I could see how the same magic circle I saw before appeared in the center.
"We devils use a teleportation magic circle to go faster from one point to another, now Benja, give me your left hand." Rias said as I obeyed, the girl took my hand before using her fingers to caress my palm as she whispered a few words, I watched in amazement as a seal appeared on my palm.
"This is a carved seal. It serves as a form of proof that you belong to the Gremory house." I looked at the seal still taking everything in. Right now as a devil, I was about to carry out a contract.
"Benja, ready for some fun?" Akeno asked with a smile making me look at her.
"Yes, ready." I said a little more seriously.
"I'm glad to hear that, please come closer. I'll explain what you should do." Akeno said with a smile before we both changed places now being the one in the middle of the magic circle.
"Very well now listen, you must keep your mind calm and your body relaxed, think about the place where you have been summoned and appear there. All you have to do is let go of your body and stay calm." The black-haired girl said making me nod but worried.
"Exactly, what will happen next?" I asked with doubt looking at everyone.
"The magic circle feeds off of the energy and power of the demon standing in the center, just relax and let it all out." Rias said with a smile.
I looked at everyone with concern, but seeing their smiles made me relax. I closed my eyes to concentrate and sighed to relax my body.
"If my energy is needed, then let's do it." I said quietly as I let my body free itself.
Rias noticed that the circle was glowing as my hair slowly began to float, the boys were surprised when my body began to give off electricity, my veins darkened and my hair changed to a magenta tone, roots grew under my legs while a strong breeze whipped the place.
Rias and her friends were surprised but then they saw how a cloak of darkness covered me completely and I suddenly disappeared along with the magic circle.
"Wow, wow, that was interesting." Akeno said as Rias approached the place where the magic circle used to be.
"Benja, what else are you hiding from us?" The red-haired girl asked herself as she looked at the place where everything took place.
This was completely different from traveling through the shadows, I could feel all my magic running through my body from top to bottom, I felt like practically my entire being was at peace and harmony, was this what Zatanna felt when she used her teleportation spell? Now I understood everything, this was simply relaxing and fun.
When I felt my feet touch the ground I opened my eyes and saw that in front of me there was a young adult who was looking at me with surprise.
'I have to make a good first impression, Rias trusts me.' I said in my mind before bowing.
"Greetings mortal, My name is Benjamin and I come from the Gremory house to..."
I couldn't finish my introduction because the man hit my head with a giant fan.
"What kind of way is that to enter my apartment!? Look what you've done!" The man shouted angrily. When I turned around I was scared, what was surely a clean, tidy room full of anime figures was now all chaos.
"Look what you've done, you better clean this up!"
"Yes, sir. Excuse me sir!"
Cleaning the apartment wasn't difficult. Sweeping, putting the anime dolls in their corresponding place under the strict order of the client and tidying up everything that was upside down or lying around. After cleaning, I was now on my knees while the young adult gave me a cup of green tea.
"I'm really sorry about this, it's my first day." I said embarrassed before grabbing the cup.
"Koneko never did that when she showed up every time I called her." The man said before sitting in front of me.
"Now explain to me where she is?" The young man asked with curiosity and a bit of seriousness.
"Koneko couldn't come because she had another pending contract, so she asked me to make this contract as a favor." I could see that the man seemed slightly annoyed by what I said.
"Well, if you're a demon you must have talents right? What can you do?" The man asked now visibly bored.
"Well. I can play instruments, knit, create clothes, cook..."
"Wait, wait, did you say create clothes? Like, anime or movie costumes?" The man asked in surprise, looking at me.
"Umm, yes. Why do you ask?" I could see the man smile, but I recognized that smile, it's Issei's smile.
"I'll tell you this, I usually call Koneko for two simple things." I watched as the young adult searched through his things before pulling out a costume.
"Dressing up as a princess and carrying me in his arms!" The man shouted holding the costume. My body was now as pale as my hair upon hearing that.
"That's all?" I asked with doubt. The white-haired girl was tired or did she really want to avoid this contract.
"Well, why else would I do it? Tell me, and do you think you can make all the designs I want?" The man asked with a perverted smile making me laugh although it was a little forced.
"Excuse me, but the thing is that normally no one asks me for this kind of things, so I left my sewing kit at home." I said with a smile as the man seemed to return to his bored state.
"Ah, I understand. Well, what else can you do?" The man asked, staring at me.
"Well, it's a lot of things, and even drawing and such." I said looking at the man.
"Drawing? And tell me, how good are you at drawing?" The man asked curiously making me smile.
"Give me a paper and a pencil." The young adult raised an eyebrow before giving me what I asked for, I grabbed the pencil before starting to draw.
The man's expression slowly changed, going from boredom to amazement as I finished the drawing.
"I'm done." The young man grabbed the sheet and could see that it was a picture of Koneko holding him in her arms.
"Those strokes, the outline, it doesn't even have any spots. It's amazing." The man said looking at me in surprise.
"It's what you have years of practice in design and modeling." I said smiling remembering the girls from Monster High.
"Mmm, very good. I think you and I can come up with something." I watched as the man stood up before approaching a shelf.
"You see, as you can probably tell by now, I'm passionate about anime, I love anime. Romance, adventure, action, it doesn't matter what genre, but what I've always wanted to do is publish my own manga." The man sat down in a chair before turning on his computer and showing a folder with many files.
"What you have in front of you now, are years of my life. When I was 17, I started writing the scripts for my own manga, and I even thought of the title. I spent entire years of my life writing each one of those paragraphs on my own until today." The man said seriously, which caught my attention.
"But, if you tried so hard, why didn't you send it to some publisher or anime company?" The young adult seemed offended by what I said.
"And sell them my story!? Never, for years I tried to create my characters as I wrote them, but I have no talent for drawing, and my salary barely gives me enough to pay for my apartment and my bills, but now." The man turned to look at me.
"You can teach me how to draw for real, that's a good deal don't you think? If you were a pretty girl I wouldn't hesitate to ask you what Koneko does for me every day, but that doesn't matter. So what do you think? You share your talent with me, and I'll sign the contract for you." Hearing this made me very happy to see that I got my first contract.
"Consider it done." I said as the two of us shook hands but then I saw a red glow cover the room and I could feel a bit of energy in my body.
"So, that's how it feels. It's not much but, it's impressive." I said surprised looking at my hand where Rias had put her seal on me.
"Okay listen, tomorrow I have to go to work, is it okay if I see you on Sunday?" The man asked curiously making me nod.
"Yes sir, we'll see you on Sunday." I said before standing up.
"Sure, but. You won't come back like you did a while ago, please use the door next time." Hearing that made me laugh shyly, I didn't know how much power I used to get out, but the chaos in the room told me that the energy was too much.
"Yes sir, see you later. Thank you for hiring the services of the Gremory house, I promise I won't disappoint you." I said smiling before walking out the door. When I left the apartment I noticed my backpack was shining, suddenly the pamphlet I had left over began to float before sticking to one of the walls that led to the apartment, I could see how another stamp shined along with mine before disappearing.
"That must be Koneko's seal. So when someone makes a contract with you, the summoning seal is engraved in the house of the person who made the contract, that way the orders can arrive, how ingenious." I said smiling before starting to walk.
"Should I fly? It's already night, no one could see me." I took a deep breath before taking a big leap, I was afraid of not being able to transform but when I suddenly felt my arms change into wings I smiled with joy.
"I can still, I can still do it!" I shouted happily but I was shocked to see that my wings instead of being like a bat, were now my demon wings, I couldn't help but feel bitter, upset and sad before starting to fly.
How was I going to explain it to Draculaura? No, how was I going to explain it to everyone!? That was the real question, now I had to explain things to Reinhardt and Ana but this would only make everything worse.
A part of me blamed Rias for all of this, but the other part of me was understanding of the red-haired girl's attempt to protect me, but now I didn't know how to deal with this.
"Now what am I going to do?" I asked the void with anxiety, torn between the truth or hiding everything.
Suddenly I stopped dead in my tracks as I felt a cold run down my back and energy coming at me. When I turned around I could see that the sky had changed again in the same way that Raynare had tried to kill Issei, which scared me.
"Issei, damn it, not again. That energy, yes, I have no doubt, is from him." I closed my eyes to concentrate before opening them suddenly.
"Revelation." I suddenly released a magic sling that showed me all the people inside their homes, leaving me surprised.
"The spell is now more powerful." I looked around until I saw Issei not far away and another silhouette that I quickly recognized, it was Calawana.
"I must hurry!" I shouted before starting to fly as fast as possible.
Issei was on the ropes in every way, in front of him was Karawaana and it was more than clear that she didn't seem happy at all, in fact, her expression was pure anger and hatred.
"This time you have nowhere to go, you little shit, and that son of a bitch won't cover your back again." The woman said with venom in her voice looking at the brown-haired boy.
"A fallen angel!" Issei dropped his bike in fear while the other woman made a spear of yellow light.
"This time I won't fail, die!" Karawaana threw the weapon of light causing the brown-haired boy to dodge it but the woman was surprised to see a seal on Issei's hand.
"Impossible, the seal of the Gremory house!?" Karawaana shouted with shock before becoming more serious.
"Shit, am I going to die again!?" Issei was terrified and his body paralyzed by fear.
"Now I have one more reason to kill you, you damn piece of shit!" The woman shouted before attacking the brown-haired boy.
"No, no. I can't die, I don't want to die. I'm a demon, I need to." Issei was frozen watching as the fallen angel was getting closer.
"Issei!" I shouted worriedly as I launched myself faster to try to prevent him from dying.
Everything was in slow motion for the brown-haired boy, he couldn't believe he was going to die for the second time, he didn't want and wouldn't allow that to happen, if he was a demon now, where was his power? Where was his magic?
"Power. I need Power!" Issei stretched out his hand to stop Karawaana, if something was going to come out of his palm, let it come out right now.
"Granted."
Suddenly a strong green glow flooded the entire place while a gust of wind pushed Karawaana back, when I saw that I stopped dead as I felt Issei's power increase in a violent way. The brown-haired boy's wings came to light while an emerald gem appeared in his hand, suddenly the boy's arm was covered by a crimson red gauntlet with golden details. With nothing to lose, Issei lashed out with a punch, but when he did that action, a powerful burst of energy shot out from the gem, hitting the fallen angel and causing the woman's clothes to tear from the immense power.
Issei was now surprised, the boy looked at his arm and could see the gauntlet that covered part of his arm leaving his palm and fingers exposed.
"Impossible, that's it, it can't be. Is that the Sacred Gear!?" Karawaana was shocked looking at Issei's gauntlet with fear but that fear turned into seriousness and anger.
"Shit, first I'll go report this, and then I'll finish you off!" The fallen angel screamed before disappearing into the night sky while everything returned to normal.
I was just as surprised as Issei, neither of us expected something like this to happen but internally we shared the same feeling of relief seeing that it managed to save the brown-haired boy's life.
"Sacred Gear?" Issei looked at his gauntlet with confusion. I was also confused but at the same time between curious and serious. Karawaana's expression was one of pure terror when the gauntlet appeared, if that's the power Kokabiel wants, right now I was wondering why he wants it?
"Yes, this is the Sacred Gear."
Issei and I returned to the occult club to report everything that happened to the red-haired girl and also to find out what was so special about this power.
"That's the same thing Karawaana said when she saw the gauntlet." I said seriously but noticed that Issei seemed upset.
"You were there!? Why didn't you do anything!?" The brown-haired boy shouted angrily which bothered me.
"I was looking for your trail, besides, when she attacked I was just getting to where you were before taking out that gauntlet." I said annoyed looking at the boy.
"Please calm down both of you." Rias intervened before looking at me seriously.
"Benja, do you know that woman?" The girl asked making me nod.
"Yes, she was there when the man attacked Issei, only there was also another girl named Mittelt. I faced those three but I didn't realize that the man named Dohnaseek took the opportunity to attack Issei." I said seriously but now the brown-haired boy really seemed angry now.
"Are you saying that you faced those three but you let the man who killed me go!?" The boy shouted looking at me with venom and hatred.
"Enough Issei." Rias looked at the boy seriously.
"Koneko told me everything about that battle, and she said that when Benja finished fighting he went to look for you but it was too late, he fought to heal you and threatened those fallen angels who wanted to kill you." The brown-haired boy remained silent while the red-haired girl sighed.
"Let's get back to the topic. Issei, what you did was awaken your inner power, that power that the fallen angels desperately seek to have, now that you activated it, you can make it appear and deactivate it as many times as you want." Suddenly we all saw a green glow cover the gauntlet before it disappeared.
"I was worried that it would stay like that forever." Issei said with a relieved smile looking at his arm.
"Rias, why do the fallen angels want that gauntlet?" I asked curiously while the woman walked to the desk before sitting down.
"That's the other issue that worries me, and it's going to be a serious headache." What Rias said caught a lot of attention, she seemed very serious and at the same time worried.
"Now that the fallen angels know that you are still alive, and that you are still a devil. I have no doubt that they will not rest until they find you and take away your power." Rias said seriously while Issei now seemed nervous.
"We can't blame him, Issei was in a critical situation, if the gauntlet had not appeared, he would be seriously injured right now and I would be struggling to heal him. The fallen angels may now know about this, but we should be glad that that gauntlet allowed him to live one more day." I said seriously looking at Issei.
"It's fine. But in the meantime, Issei, you can't use that gauntlet until you learn how to use your power properly, tonight you managed to scare away a fallen angel, not defeat it. And Benja." I turned to look at Rias.
"I'm afraid you're not ready to use magic circles yet until you better measure your power, look." The redhead pointed to the spot where I teleported and saw that the ground was burnt.
"Sorry, I'll be more careful next time." I said with a nervous smile.
"Alright. Benja, Issei, you may leave now. Tomorrow there will be more pamphlets and more contracts to be made." Rias said with a smile.
"Yes president, see you tomorrow." The brown-haired boy said before leaving while I was lost staring at the burnt ground.
"Benja." I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard the red-haired girl speak.
"You can go now, I'll see you tomorrow for tea?" The girl asked with a smile making me smile, but my smile wasn't genuine, but fake.
"Yeah, sounds good, I'll bring pastries for everyone. See you tomorrow." I said before leaving silently.
"Benja seems to still be assimilating everything." Akeno said looking at the door.
"He really seems to be going through a grieving stage, Rias. Don't you think it would have been better to talk to him about it before making this decision? It really seems like this weighs heavily on him." The red-haired girl lowered her head slightly and looked at the place I accidentally burned.
"I know. But I couldn't waste the opportunity, he has an immense power that he's hiding from us, what happened when he used the magic circle, I feel like it's a small fraction of his full potential." Rias said seriously making Akeno laugh.
"Wow, wow Rias, you really seem really interested in him, do you like him in another way too?" The red-haired girl blushed at what Akeno said but coughed into her fist to compose herself.
"It's getting late, we better get ready for tomorrow. Today was a night full of surprises, and we have a lot of things to do." All of Rias' friends nodded before leaving the room leaving the red-haired girl alone in the room.
The girl remembered the talk we had a while ago after saying everything about the factions and devils, Rias stood up and walked until she left the room before reaching the entrance where the two of us had the talk.
"Okay, okay!? You think I'm okay!? Look what you did to me, look at everything around you. Do you think this is easy for me to take in!? How can you think I could deal with something like this, why did you do this in the first place!? What did I do to deserve you doing this to me!?."
"The reason I decided to turn you into a devil was to protect you. You're my friend, and when Koneko told me that the fallen angels were now after you, I got really scared."
Rias remembered the photo I showed her of my entire family, remembering the expressions of happiness and the expression of melancholy and sadness when I left the room moments ago.
"All of them?"
"Yes, all of them. Each one is an important part of my life, I love them so much that the mere thought of losing them gives me so much pain, I would never forgive myself for failing them, that's why I train every day, to be stronger and always protect them, but I also don't neglect doing what I like."
An expression of anguish appeared on the red-haired girl's face before pinching her nose in annoyance.
"Telling him the truth will only make him angry, I must wait. When the time comes, Benja and Issei will be my best pieces." Rias closed the door behind her before walking to her room.
Upon arriving, the girl stripped off her clothes and underwear before lying down on the mattress in silence.
"Tomorrow will be an interesting day." That was her last thought before falling deeply asleep.
When I got home I stood there staring at the door. How was I going to explain everything to Ana and Reinhardt? If I told them the truth, they would tell the whole base. The mere sight of seeing everyone terrified, worried, angry or devastated made my heart ache, but lying to them wouldn't help the wound either.
"I can do it." I reached out to grab the doorknob, but when I was going to open it, I saw the door suddenly open and I saw Ana with her uniform and gun ready.
"Ana?" I remained silent when the veteran woman dropped her gun and hugged me tightly. My heart only cracked more when I felt her tears fall.
"Benja!?" I heard heavy footsteps and when I raised my head I saw Reinhardt. The man had part of his armor on and when he saw me, the German man ran out before hugging me tightly.
"Where the hell did you go!? Not one call, message or even turn on the communicator! You almost killed us, kid!" Ana shouted angrily and fearfully like a real mother, something that didn't help me at all.
"You had us very worried, we thought those fallen angels had kidnapped you, kid, don't ever do something so irresponsible again!" Reinhardt shouted in the same way as Ana, a scared and happy father.
When I saw them in that state I couldn't help but hug them tightly. This was what I was afraid of, the simple fact that they would get scared and scared so much because of me, if everyone else found out about this, I wasn't worried about the chaos they would make, but it would affect me psychologically how they would see me.
"Forgive me, Rias invited me to have tea, and by accident we started watching a movie that took hours, I forgot that the communicator was off, I'm so sorry." I said with a smile as small tears fell from my eyes, Ana dried my tears with a soft smile.
"The important thing is that you're safe now, let's go, you must be hungry, today I prepared Koshari for dinner." The veteran woman said before entering while Reinhardt laughed.
"Your specialty, Ana." The two adults entered while I did the same with a smile before closing the door behind me.
"I'll go change." I said before going up the stairs to my room.
When I got to my room I needed to check something, I approached the mirror before taking off my clothes leaving me in my underwear. I took a deep breath before letting my tails, ears and fangs come out, when I opened my eyes I felt a deep calm when I saw that my demon wings did not come out, something positive for me in all this.
"It's good that they don't come out, maybe it only works when I'm with Rias and the others." I said looking at myself in the mirror.
"I can't let anyone know. I have to find a way to soften this." I sighed bitterly before putting on normal clothes.
"If that even exists for something like this." I said annoyed before relaxing and leaving the room, but I didn't notice a shadow that was on the roof of a building observing everything before flying away.
The person was flying through the night sky in silence looking down on everything with seriousness.
"Did you manage to find him, Mittelt?" The person turned to look at Karawaana.
"Yes, let's go report this to Mr. Kokabiel, how is Dohnaseek?" The blonde girl asked curiously but the other woman seemed upset.
"I don't want to talk about it, now let's go, Kokabiel wants to see us." Mittelt nodded before leaving with the other woman.
The two girls began to fly at a higher speed in such a way that no one could see them, slowly the two began to fly up to the night sky before extending their hands to the sky, suddenly a magenta magic circle appeared and the moment they crossed it, Mittelt and kalawaana appeared in a gloomy and deplorable looking city, cities that extended from above where the sky had no stars or even a moon.
"Come on, Kokabiel seemed upset when he called us." Kalawaana said seriously.
"What does he want with us now?" Mittelt asked disinterestedly.
"And how would I know? Let's just go and be done with it, ever since Raynare came back empty-handed, that bastard became more irritable than ever." The woman said angrily as she and the blonde-haired girl continued their journey until they reached a huge gothic-looking mansion.
"Let us pass, Kokabiel calls us." Kalawaana said to some serious looking guards, the two men moved their spears allowing the two girls to enter.
The marble hallways looked like they had seen better days, some walls had marks and scratches while others were broken. Mittelt and Kalawaana walked to a huge room, the place was huge and in the front there were two dais and in the middle there was a throne where there was a person, the appearance of the being was disturbing with blood red eyes while six wings rested on the sides of the throne.
"Great Kokabiel, we have come to you as you requested." Kalawaana said before kneeling down with Mittelt.
"Kalawaana, I hope you were successful in killing that brown-haired boy, because you did finish him off, right?" The woman now seemed terrified and nervous by Kokabiel's cold voice.
"Sir, what happened was that..."
Suddenly the woman was lifted off the ground by the man on the throne, who quickly grabbed Kalawaana by the neck and lifted her up without any difficulty.
"Are you telling me that you failed!? That bitch Raynare failed me because some meddling son of a bitch intervened, that faggot Dohnaseek is crying like a little girl over his arm and you're telling me that you failed too!?." Kokabiel shouted in a tone so dark and evil that it scared the two girls and all the guards.
"Sir, let me explain..." Kalawaana was having trouble breathing and her face was getting paler.
"I found the boy who prevented Raynare's mission from finishing!" Kokabiel now focused his attention on Mittelt while he let go of the woman letting her breathe.
"Speak, Mittelt." Kokabiel said seriously which made the blonde haired girl nervous.
"I found him in an apartment complex a few minutes from Kuou Academy, he lives with his parents, a woman and an older man. But, I discovered something, and that is that he..." Mittelt had trouble saying the last thing, something that made the leader of the fallen angels impatient.
"What, Mittelt? Speak!" The man shouted angrily and impatiently.
"He's a Kitsune!"
The room was filled with the deepest silence, the guards had their eyes wide open from the shock and nerves while Kokabiel didn't lose his serious expression.
"A Kitsune? Are you aware of what you're saying, Mittelt?" The man asked seriously while the girl was more nervous.
"Well, Raynare and Dohnaseek said that he transformed into a bat, is he also a vampire?" The girl backed away when she saw Kokabiel advancing towards her with an angry look.
"But I promise I'll find out!" Mittelt shouted when Kokabiel grabbed the girl by the hair and lifted her up with a cold look.
"You and Kalawaana will move your asses, and with Dohnaseek you will bring those two sons of bitches to me, I don't care if you have to kill them, I want them here!" The leader of the fallen angels shouted seriously almost stunning Mittelt.
"We can't, sir." Kokabiel turned to see Kalawaana, the woman was slowly recovering from the squeeze on her neck.
"What did you say, Kalawaana?" The man threw Mittelt to the ground before approaching the other woman, that caused fear in Kalawaana.
"I meant that now that perverted boy belongs to the Gremory house, he is no longer human, he is a demon!" The woman shouted before covering her face with her arms but saw that Kokabiel stopped walking.
"A demon you said?" Kokabiel asked without abandoning his serious tone.
"Yes, and if that boy named Benja is protecting him, that could mean that he is also part of the Gremory house, sir." Kalawaana said staring at her leader.
The silence seemed to be almost eternal, Mittelt and Kalawaana were sweating in fear of their leader's silence until he opened his wings, something that scared the two girls but then they saw their leader fly to his seat.
"I want you to continue watching those two, but especially that Benja guy, we have to get that nuisance out of the way if I want that Sacred Gear in my hands, keep that son of a bitch under surveillance and find out more about him, understood?" Kokabiel asked coldly as the two girls came back together.
"Yes sir, we will not fail him." Kalawaana said seriously looking at her leader.
"You better, Raynare made a grave mistake by opening her big mouth, if you two dare to fail me. Your wings will be hanging on the door of this mansion, now get out!" The two girls bowed in fear before silently leaving the room.
"Bring Raynare to me." Kokabiel looked at the guards in silence, the two men nodded before leaving the room.
After a few moments, the guards returned with Raynare, the girl had her body full of wounds, from cuts to burns, once they entered the room, the guards threw the girl to the ground in front of Kokabiel.
"My lord..."
"Silence." Raynare was terrified, and even more so now when she heard Kokabiel's cold tone.
"Listen to me very well, Raynare. The only reason you're still breathing is because you told me about this boy named Benja, now it turns out he's a vampire Kitsune and belongs to the Gremory house." What the leader of the fallen angels said shocked the girl who looked at everything in disbelief.
"Mittelt and Kalwaaana will take care of everything right now, I have a task for you, and you better not fail." Kokabiel said as the girl with difficulty knelt in front of her leader.
"That son of a bitch, he has no decency for the ladies." Mittelt said angrily brushing her hair as she walked with Kalwaana.
"Don't complain so much, at least they didn't cut off your air supply." The woman said angrily.
The two fallen angels were walking through some run-down looking streets, the streets had a desolate almost apocalyptic look, there were bodies of people in the streets, they weren't dead but the bottles made it clear that they had drunk too much, street fights were taking place in alleys and some fallen angels were robbing one or another store.
"We finally arrived." Mittelt said looking at an apartment complex, the walls were covered in graffiti and when they went up the stairs they looked with disgust at a fallen angel sleeping at the door of his home.
"Son of a bitch, go sleep somewhere else!" Kalawaana kicked the man angrily causing the sleeping fallen angel to quickly fly away leaving behind a handful of feathers.
"Ugh, I'll sweep that up tomorrow." Mittelt said angrily before entering the apartment with the other woman.
The interior was clean and tidy unlike everything else outside, while Mittelt sat on an armchair before turning on a radio, Kalawaana was in the kitchen looking for something to eat. Jazz music could be heard throughout the apartment as the eldest fallen angel put a kettle on the fire, while on the other hand, the blonde haired girl fixed her hair that had been damaged by Kokabiel's scolding.
"Turn that shit off!" A voice shouted from the other side of the wall.
"Go swallow a dick, bitch!" Mittelt shouted angrily looking at the wall.
"Stop fighting with the neighbors and come eat." Kalawaana said as the blonde girl stood up before walking to the table, her expression turning more bitter when she saw that dinner was instant ramen.
"Again?" Mittelt asked angrily looking at the cup of ramen while Kalawaana grabbed her own cup.
"Be glad we have something to eat today, so shut up." The blonde girl sighed in annoyance before grabbing her own cup and eating the ramen in silence along with the other woman.
"We should have followed the same example as Mr. Azazel." Mittelt said angrily but that made Kalawaana very serious.
"Don't mention that name at the table." The woman said coldly but that made the blonde girl angry.
"Open your eyes already, damn it! Since Azazel left, this whole place went to shit in every sense of the word, we barely survived and that son of a bitch Kokabiel treats us like we were his whores, don't you care!?" Mittelt remained silent when Kalawaana hit the table in anger causing the ramen cups to almost fall to the floor.
"Enough already, Mittelt. Azazel made his decision and abandoned us, end of story and end of topic." Kalawaana said venomously. The other girl wanted to continue talking, but she remained silent and just nodded.
"Go to sleep, tomorrow we have work to do. The less time we spend here the better." Mittelt just nodded before standing up with the other woman.
Both girls walked to their respective rooms in silence.
Mittelt's room was like a little girl's room but it looked run down. The walls were a pink color that was now worn out, the wooden floor had broken parts and the curtains had holes, probably from moths, the only normal thing about that room were many stuffed animals that were in the room, some had one or another defect like a missing button or a missing eye, but they were all intact.
"Hey, I found another one." Mittelt pulled an old doll out of her coat before putting it with other dolls.
"Did they behave while I was gone?" The girl sat on her bed in silence before letting herself fall on the old mattress while her eyes saw the moldy and almost destroyed ceiling above her.
Mittelt searched under her pillow until she found an old photograph, the girl looked at that photo in silence before putting it back and lying down in her bed in silence.
"Someday." Mittelt whispered to herself before falling fast asleep.
All of this was seen by Kalawaana, the woman watched everything in silence before going to her room. Once she arrived, she took out a bottle of wine from her cupboard.
"Praise Azazel that Mittelt didn't see it." With that thought, Kalawaana filled an old wine glass before drinking it in one gulp. Once she finished she turned off the light before lying down on the old mattress in the room as she slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next day I woke up feeling better than yesterday, as I sat in bed I thought about everything that had happened so far, this mission had gotten out of hand and now I was part of a demon clan.
"I have to talk to Giovanni, he'll know what to do. But for now it's better to find Raynare or any of his friends, the faster I can get information on Kokabiel's whereabouts, the sooner we can think of a plan of attack." I said seriously before standing up to start changing.
After putting on my uniform I went down to have breakfast with Ana and Reinhardt, but when I got to the kitchen I saw a plate of pancakes but I didn't see the two adults.
"Reinhardt, Ana?" I looked around until I saw a sheet of paper on the table, I grabbed it before reading it.
"Hello Benja, sorry I'm not here so we can have breakfast as a family, but the principal had a teacher meeting, that means classes are going to start later than usual. Ana cooked some delicious pancakes for you and I made the bacon, we'll see you very soon. With love, your temporary father, best friend and mentor, Reinhardt Wilhelm."
I couldn't help but laugh a little at the last thing written but I smiled before sitting at the table to eat breakfast.
"I'll have to tell them, but until then, it's better to save this until that day comes." I said in my mind before putting on some Jazz and continuing to eat breakfast enjoying the extra time before class started.
After breakfast I left the house heading to the academy, I wanted to know more about the fallen angels and devils mainly, but then I remembered the gauntlet that appeared on Issei's arm when Kalawaana tried to kill him.
"Sacred Gear. What can it do?" I asked in my mind but then I heard someone fall, when I turned around I turned red in embarrassment.
In front of me was a nun, but that wasn't the problem. The poor girl had accidentally tripped causing her butt and panties to be exposed because her skirt had ridden up to her head.
"Why is this happening to me?" The girl asked in an embarrassed and sad tone.
"Are you okay? Let me help you." I said nervously before dropping my backpack and running to where she was, I couldn't leave her like that in the middle of the street.
"Thank you so much, you don't know how sorry I am about this." When the girl stood up, I could see that her hair was blonde and her eyes were a beautiful emerald green.
"Don't worry, you didn't hurt yourself right?" I asked curiously but the girl shook her head with a smile.
"No, thank you so much for worrying." Suddenly the wind blew and we saw how the clothes in the girl's suitcase were being dragged which scared us.
"Oh god, help me please!" Despite feeling a pain in my head I noticed that it was not intense now, but mild.
"Could it be that my demon part is adapting to my Kitsune and Vampire part?" I asked myself but then noticed that the girl was having difficulty grabbing her clothes.
"Wait for me, please, I'm sorry!" I shouted before following her.
Fortunately the wind wasn't stronger, the blonde girl and I managed to catch all the clothes that were about to be carried away by the wind.
"I'm so sorry for the inconvenience." The nun said as she nervously bowed her head holding the briefcase with the clothes ready in her hands.
"No, it's okay, helping is my thing." I said smiling looking at the girl, she smiled back at me in a radiant way that made her look adorable.
"Blessed be God for creating someone so noble of heart." I blushed a lot and laughed shyly at the compliment.
"It's not necessary to say that, but, it's nice of you. Umm, sorry, what's your name?" I asked with a smile while the girl was very embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry, I forgot my manners and didn't introduce myself. My name is Asia Argento." The girl said with a smile looking at me.
"Asia, what a nice name. My name is Benjamin, it's nice to meet you." Asia blushed at my compliment but I tensed up.
"If the girls find out they'll lock me in my room forever." I said in my mind imagining what the girls of Metropolis would do to me if they heard me say that Asia has a nice name.
"Umm, Benja." I left my thoughts to look at Asia, the girl seemed embarrassed.
"Excuse me, I know this is very sudden and all but, could you help me get my bearings? I just got lost, but. I'll understand if you have things to do." The blonde girl said with a shy smile making me smile.
"Don't worry Asia, I'll gladly help you, besides. I'll enter the academy later, it won't be a problem." The girl was happy to hear me and her smile grew bigger.
"Thank you very much Benja, really. Thank you very much. God bless your huge heart." I felt that annoyance again, but a little stronger.
"I think I can hear it in a limited way." I said in my mind with a shy smile before starting to walk Asia through the streets.
"So, are you on a trip?" I asked curiously but the girl shook her head.
"Not exactly, I was assigned to the church in this city." What the girl said left me a little confused. Normally, Japanese people practice Buddhism and Shintoism, so for there to be people who practice the Catholic religion would be something I had never seen or heard of.
"I'm very glad to have met someone like you, I'm sorry but it's just that, no one has been so sweet to me before, aren't you an angel that God sent to help me?" Asia asked with a smile making me laugh shyly.
"Asia please." Suddenly we both stopped when we heard someone crying, when we turned we could see a school boy crying.
"Poor thing." The girl ran to where the boy is while I followed behind her.
"It's a superficial wound, surely a scrape from a fall, the bleeding is at least not serious." I said looking at the boy's knee while Asia leaned in front of him.
"Please don't cry anymore, he's a strong boy, it's just a scratch you'll be fine." Asia placed her hands on the boy's wound and watched in amazement as a faint green glow appeared on her hands and slowly the boy's wound healed until there was no trace left.
"It's similar to my magic." I said in my mind in amazement as I watched the girl stop healing the boy.
"Look, the wound is gone. You're better now." Asia said with a smile making me smile before approaching her.
"You were a very brave boy, here, you earned it." The boy raised his head to see me give him a lollipop making him laugh and smile.
"Thank you very much!" After saying that, the boy stood up before running away just as a bus arrived, the boy got on before waving to us as he left.
"I'm so sorry if I made you wait, habits never change." Asia said with a smile making me laugh.
"Don't worry, I understand that feeling." I said as the girl grabbed her suitcase again.
"Shall we continue?" I nodded at the girl's question before the two of us started walking again.
"Sorry if what I did scared you." I turned to look at Asia but shook my head.
"Are you kidding? I've never seen anything like that, what you did was amazing and sweet of you." I said smiling making the girl smile shyly and blush.
"Thank you very much, it's power that God granted me. A wonderful power." I was surprised to hear the last part with sadness, the girl had just shown great happiness and suddenly she looked like that, it made me feel bad.
"Asia..."
"Look there, it's the church!" The girl shouted looking ahead. When I looked I could see a church that was meticulously hidden in the city's forest.
"Maybe I never saw it because I was so focused on looking for Issei, I should explore this city better." I said in my mind with some seriousness, I could swear that I never saw that church.
"I want to return the favor, do you want to accompany me? We could have tea together." Hearing the proposal worried me a little, now being a demon I was scared of the fact that being in the church was going to bring problems to Asia, but seeing the girl smile so sweetly and warmly, made it impossible for me to reject the invitation, it was when Umbrella wanted me to take her to the candy store.
"Yes, I would love to." I said smiling looking at the girl as the two of us started walking towards the church.
During the course of the trip, Asia and I started talking about common topics as we slowly arrived, but my expression turned doubtful and serious as I saw the state of the church. The place seemed to have seen better days, most of the windows were broken and the wood was moldy.
"Asia, why were you sent to this church?" I couldn't help but ask seriously looking at the girl.
"Well, it's because I was sent to help in the reconstruction of this church, before this place was occupied by many Catholic people who came to Japan, but over time it was forgotten, so my mission is to rebuild the house of God no matter what." Asia said with a smile as the two of us reached the entrance.
"Allow me." The girl took out an old looking key from her pockets before approaching the door, but when she tried to open it, it was stuck.
"Umm, I'll help you." I said timidly but Asia was pushing with all her might.
"No, you're my guest, I can do it." Suddenly the door gave way and ended up breaking causing the girl to fall to the ground which scared me.
"Asia, are you okay!?" I quickly approached and turned red when I saw that the girl's skirt was over her head again leaving the whole lower part exposed again.
"Like never before." Asia said in pain as I helped her stand up.
After helping her I could see the place better, everything was moldy, broken and out of place, the paint was old and worn, the smell of mold and humidity was strong and part of the seats were broken and rotten.
"Wow." I said surprised by how the place looked in ruins, Asia was also surprised.
"Holy god, this is a mess, our father who art in heaven, please forgive people, it was not their fault to abandon and neglect your home like that." The girl said fearfully putting her hands together to pray. This time the headache was normal.
"When was this place created?" I asked curiously as I looked at the church.
"I don't know, the father who assigned me this task wasn't very detailed in this, but something tells me that getting the church back to how it was before will be very difficult, but in the name of God, I won't give up." Asia said with determination making me smile.
"I'll help you." The girl looked at me surprised and with a pink tint on her cheeks.
"Are you serious? But, I feel like I'm dragging you, we just met today and you offer to help me? I don't think it's right." The girl noticed that I smiled and approached her.
"Are you joking? We're friends, and I always help my friends." Asia's blush became more noticeable when I said that making her heart beat faster.
"Are we friends? Really?" The girl asked in surprise making me laugh.
"I know it sounds sudden, but you're a very kind and big-hearted girl, you proved it when you helped that child and the simple fact that you're proposing something like this shows your great performance and your kindness, I think the real angel here is you." I said smiling but then I got scared when I saw that Asia had teary eyes, I didn't expect this reaction, I just wanted her to smile.
"Asia.."
I was speechless when suddenly the girl hugged me tightly taking me by surprise.
"God brought us together on this path, I've never met someone so kind and sweet, I feel like I'm not alone anymore." When I heard that last thing I was very surprised, although it was a whisper, that whisper was full of sadness and pain, I tried to speak but suddenly I saw that the girl separated with her face red with shame.
"Forgive me, please forgive me! I got carried away, I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable!" Asia shouted completely nervous while she bowed, I could see a rosary swinging on her chest calling my attention but then I smiled shyly.
"Don't worry Asia, it's okay, it was nice of you to hug me." The girl smiled embarrassed as her nerves only shot up
"Forgive me, I'll go put the kettle on right now!" Asia shouted before running away leaving me behind.
Once the girl left I decided to check something, I opened my uniform looking for burns but I could see that my chest was unharmed.
"It's strange. Demons always get hurt when they touch a religious object." I said seriously, looking at everything with curiosity, suddenly a scream caught my attention making me run to the kitchen and without hesitation, I destroyed the door with a kick.
"Asia, here I am, what's going on!?" I shouted seriously but then I saw the girl on top of the stove in panic.
"Rats!" I looked at the floor and saw a bunch of rats running around the floor until they hid.
"I'm sorry Benja, did I scare you a lot?" The girl asked embarrassed as I helped her down.
"No, I'm glad you're okay." I turned around and blushed in embarrassment when I saw the door destroyed.
"Sorry about the door." Asia giggled as she shook her head.
"Okay, sorry, but I don't think we'll be able to have tea. I forgot that this place was abandoned for a long time." The girl said with her head down. At that moment I looked at my phone seeing that I had an hour before school starts.
"If you want, we could go have tea in the city. I still have an hour before going to school, it's on me." Asia was very surprised to hear what I said and also blushed.
"Don't worry Asia, you're new in town, please let me do this for you, okay?" I asked with a smile making the girl nod.
"Yes, thank you very much Benja." We both left the room just in time, because when we left the kitchen the ceiling collapsed making us both quickly get out before the place would collapse.
When we got to the city the first thing I did was take Asia to a coffee shop, after ordering some coffees I let the girl order whatever she wanted, and shyly and embarrassedly, the girl ordered a small cake.
"How's your coffee, Asia?" I asked curiously while the girl took small sips.
"Yeah, still, I'm sorry you had to pay all this for me, I swear I'll make it up to you someday." The blonde girl said embarrassed but I shook my head.
"Don't worry about that, enjoy your cake." I said smiling while she shyly began to eat the cake I gave her.
"A cake for the gentleman, courtesy of the house." I turned to see a black haired girl, wearing a red outfit with a white skirt and a pair of fake bat wings.
"Umm, thank you very much miss." The girl bowed before leaving while Asia and I enjoyed the pastries, without realizing it, the girl who came earlier entered the broom closet secretly.
"Did you find him?"
"Yes, and he's talking to a nun."
"A nun? Mm, thanks for telling me, keep an eye out if anything happens."
After having coffee, Asia and I left the cafeteria heading to the church again, I felt very sorry to have to leave her in such a horrible place.
"Are you sure you want to stay here? The structure is unstable and honestly this place doesn't give me much confidence." I said worried but Asia shook her head.
"No, it's okay. Soon people will come because the father of my old home contacted some people who will help with the reconstruction of the church, don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Asia said with a smile making me sigh.
"Okay, but I won't just leave here. Here." The girl saw that I gave her a piece of paper with my phone number.
"If something happens, please call me, okay?" Asia smiled and kept the number in her clothes.
"Yes, I promise." Hearing that made me feel calmer and I smiled a little.
"It's okay, I liked spending time with you Asia, I hope to see you soon." I said smiling before grabbing my bag while the girl bowed.
"Yes, and I promise that when that happens we will have the tea I promised you." I couldn't suppress a giggle before nodding.
"Sounds good, see you later Asia." I started walking while the girl waved, a gesture I returned.
As I walked to school I couldn't help but feel worried when I remembered the power Asia showed when healing a child, when I remembered that I felt more tense.
"The fallen angels, if they find out about her powers." An image came to my mind that was Asia being pierced by a spear of light which made me angry.
"No, I can't allow that." I said seriously but then another memory came to me, Asia's cross that hung on her chest.
I stopped short before touching my chest remembering that when the two of us hugged, I could feel that crucifix, but instead of feeling like it was burning or something, I didn't feel anything. But what did affect me was when Asia was doing her prayers where I felt slight headaches unlike yesterday that were horrible.
"I need to study this, it's impressive." I said before continuing to walk to Kuou Academy.
"Could it have to do with my magic or my monster parts? Maybe they cause an effect that prevents the pain of any religious object." I entered the academy still thinking about everything but then I felt a presence.
"Benjamin." I turned to see Rias, the girl didn't seem to be happy in the least which worried me.
"Rias, is everything okay?" I asked nervously but the girl didn't answer and instead, she started walking to where I am until she ended up in front of me.
"You and I, in private, right now." Those words surprised all the students who were nearby but the most surprised was me.
"Rias but.."
"Don't argue!" I was surprised when the girl grabbed my arm and started pulling me until we both reached an empty classroom where the girl pushed me roughly before closing the door.
"Rias, what's wrong, what's going on?" I asked now more worried while the girl blocked the door.
"Sit down." Rias said seriously.
"Rias..."
"Now!" I was scared by her outburst of anger and without saying anything I obeyed and sat down on a chair.
"I'm going to ask you a question, and I want the whole truth. Do you understand?" I could only feel the girl's demand out of fear.
"Who is that nun?" Rias said seriously leaving me in shock.
That's it for today's chapter, I hope you liked it and I also hope you're enjoying the story so far. I felt very inspired to write this and I couldn't help but start writing it until I finished it.
Reading the comments I saw that one user hopes Mittelt is still alive, that gave me ideas for future chapters so I think I'll be busy for a bit because of the new inspiration, I guess I'll continue releasing more chapters until I can think of something for the others. But don't be scared, once the DXD marathon is over Danganrompa and KND will continue.
I hope everyone has a good day, afternoon or night. I'll see you later, bye Dattebayo.