I don't usually put a note at the start, but I think this one's important. I'ts just answering to a question.

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shypunk: Thanks for your support! :D

And you're right! Raynare IS a two-winged Fallen... In Canon, that is.

I forgot that I can't actually put a 'AU' or 'Canon Divergence' Tag (It's in the description now), and most of the changes I made were minor (like genderbending), but this one's a bit more drastic.

In chapter 8, right at the end, we see Raynare taking orders straight from Kokabiel, and him mentioning she's a Fallen of FOUR wings, not two. So, yes, I don't know if Raynare took orders from Kokabiel in Canon (I thought she believed Azazel gave the orders) but here she DOES, and she's also stronger.

That's all. Enjoy the chapter!

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The sound of shattering glass resonates through the now-empty classroom as I go through the second-floor window. [Reinforcement] covers my entire body as the chain around my neck changes into the newly unlocked and upgraded Agaras Spear.

Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, FUCK!

How the hell did this shit happen?! There wasn't even a single event previous to this!

No, a better question would be; Why the fuck did I believe that something had to happen before the damn fallen angels tried to snatch or kill all the Sacred Gear users?!

it's quite obvious I can't avoid being seen by everyone in the school. It was lunch period, after all.

''Whoa! What's that?!'' A girl with pigtails shouts as I zoom past her and through the courtyard.

''Is that a person-'' And a black-haired dude with his group of friends saw me dash through the school gates.

Fuck me both sides. I'm sorry for the extra work, Sona, but this is urgent!

Still, that's not enough reason to just let the whole town find out about powers and whatnot. I cast [Stealth] and [Shadow Step] in quick succession to make me as unnoticeable and fast as possible.

How strong will the Fallen even be? Should I just go all out and try and blow up the church? No, that would endanger the three people I'm trying to save!

''It's not time to panic, Partner.'' My eyes widen as Jinzui's voice speaks to me once more after a week-long absence. Even just her presence makes my nerves calm down slightly.

The rooftops and concrete from the street are replaced by a greenery scene as I finally exit the habitable part of Kuoh and delve deep into the thicket of Kuoh's forest. ''You're right.'' No more words are exchanged, but I can feel her reassuring presence, and that's enough for me.

While avoiding stray branches and roots, I can finally drop [Stealth] and be more mindful when casting [Shadow Step]. It won't be good to run out of MP before I get there.

A window opens in front of me as I check my inventory, and I allow a smile, no matter how dire the situation seems.

Suddenly, pink and blue armor with mismatched pieces covers my entire body. The fancy Crystal Armor is equipped, and its bonus? Applied.

After a dismissive thought, the armor seems to disappear. It's still on me, but also not? It's weird.

The elegant Raven Coat also covers my form, but this one sticks.

Now, I just need to call Sona or Rias to-

Asia Argento: Deceased.

One of the names in the Objective's list gets greyed out.

My grip on Jinzui tightens.


-Sona Sitri POV-

What was supposed to be another regular day of school turned to Satan-damn chaos.

Students were murmuring and running around talking about a glowing black-haired guy who broke down a window from a second-floor classroom and immediately dashed through the gates in an unknown direction while covered in a magical orange glow.

''Kaichou!'' Momo's voice cuts through the silence in the student council's room and I turn to look at the white-haired girl.

My Bishop's face is stone-like serious. It seems even she can make a face like that, hm?

''Report.'' My hands find their way under my chin as I look directly at her. If somehow there's a video of this event online…

''Between the rest of us and Rias-Sama peerage, we are quickly rounding up the alumni who saw Fumigami-Kun to safely apply a dose of hypnosis.'' Relief fills at having my fellow King's help in the matter. ''We're also trying to spread out a rumor about a rival school's student infiltrating the premises with the excuse of 'putting us in our place' by breaking the institution's property.''

Haah… That should be enough. It was a lot more believable than one of our own students glowing like a lamp and breaking a window, anyway.

That leaves another problem; what is Fumigami thinking?

He knows that the supernatural can't be revealed to regular people, so what made him somehow amp his physical attributes and run out of school as fast as possible-

Ring… Ring… Ring…

A call? Now of all times?

I grab my phone ringing on the table, and the ID of the call makes me frown in slight annoyance.

I pick the call up and immediately prepare a scolding for this delinquent. What could be so important to risk an entire school- No. The whole town about learning of the Supernatural? ''Fumigami-San, I find it quite distasteful that you-''

''Sona, not the time!'' My eye twitches at his interruption, but he continues before I can say anything. ''There's a situation! Two students possessing Sacred Gears have been kidnapped by Fallen!''

It's as if a bucket of ice was emptied directly on my back. Whatever nagging I was going to put Fumigami through instantly disappeared.

''Are you 100% certain?'' I don't doubt him. Even with all his fooling around, I know he can be serious when the time requires it. Yet, the implications of his words…

The angry and worried tone of his voice is something that worries me greatly.

There's a sound of running and foliage getting pushed aside. While I wait for his answer, I look towards my Bishop, and with a quick check on the attendance list from the first class of the day, it's confirmed that neither Issei Hyoudou nor Sachi Genshirou had come to school today.

There's not even a call from Hyoudou's parents informing us of any possible sickness.

Both of them were regarded as possible Sacred Gear users. Rias even had her eye on Hyoudou because of a really faint 'dragon-like' scent that Koneko picked up.

''Yes! They've taken them to the abandoned church in the forest, the closest populated place to it it's the market district!'' I see. That makes sense but- Wait a minute…

He's not planning to engage unknown enemies all alone, is he?!

''Fumigami! Even if the situation is dire, you can't just engage an unspecified number of enemies!'' I can feel my worry for him spike and I get up to try and immediately prepare the magic circle for teleportation.

''No time! You have to trust me, if I don't go, both of them will die and their Gears will be stolen!'' Stolen?! How is that even possible?! And why does he keep dropping bombshell after bombshell?!

''I know there will be a bunch of stray exorcists. One of them is quite dangerous and all kinds of crazy, and there's four fallen with two wings each!''

How does he- No, there's no time for that, let's just focus on the problem at hand.

The magic circle on the floor glows momentarily… before the brightness fizzles out and deactivates altogether.

I can't put the coordinates in the magic circle.

Damn it! They must have put a barrier around the area to impede sudden teleportation!

The closest I can put the circle in, it's an unmarked area close to the shopping district. Before I can inform the almost suicidal teen, my sudden panic is interrupted by the same dark-haired student's voice.

''I need you to send reinforcements. I will even make a contract,'' He suddenly speaks in a calm voice.

My eyes widen, and before I can answer he finishes the sentence. ''I'll become your servant, in exchange for help. Please, Sitri-Senpai.''

What is this tight feeling in my chest? It's painful, but it also isn't.

Stupid Kouhai… I would've helped you either way.

''Teleportation is being interrupted, but we will be there as fast as we can.'' I can't hide the hint of worry in my voice. My nails scrape slightly against my palm as my hand clenched in a storm of emotions. ''Don't you dare die… Zatren-San.''

''Won't dream of it.'' The answer that comes back is filled with reassurance and sudden amusement. ''I still have to beat you at chess, after all~''

Why is my face burning all of a sudden?

You really are a stupid Kouhai…

The call ends and I turn to my silent Bishop, who even in this situation has a shit-eating grin on her face. ''Shut it, and call Rias immediately!''

''I didn't even say anything~'' Even with the teasing tone, she rushed to her task at once.

Satan damn it.


-Fallen Angel Mittelt POV-

A glowing orb of green light brightens up the basement of the abandoned church, and my eyes linger on it before our leader steps up.

Raynare grabs the recently extracted Twilight Healing from one of our supposed allies, a blonde girl who is… was an ex-communicated nun, and shoves it inside her chest with a satisfied sigh.

This is a bit fucked up… Isn't it?

I can see my fellow Fallen; Dohnaseek, a middle-aged dude with short, black hair, dressed up in a trenchcoat (weirdo, it's a sunny day), staring greedily at where the Sacred Gear previously was.

Then, a cocky smirk widens across his face while looking at the brown-haired student's unconscious form. The boy was strapped to a machine very similar to his fellow Sacred Gear Users.

The Sacred Gear Extractor. I still can't believe this thing actually works. Still, no matter how incredible the invention is, hearing the screams of that nun was… something.

Whatever. I'm just following Fath-… Azazel-Sama's orders. If he thought this was the best course of action, then so be it.

''Let's hurry this up alreadyyyyy. Not everyone has all day, you know?!'' A young man with silver hair and red eyes, dressed in exorcist clothing spoke with an annoyed tone.

Ugh, right, this guy is here too.

Freed… Whatever his name was. I would prefer to be as far as possible from him if I could, but Raynare said the slippery rat has his uses. So, even if he's disgusting, I have to tolerate his existence.

''Patience, Freed. No matter how marvelous, this equipment is still in the prototype phase and needs to be handled carefully.'' Raynare spoke calmly while sending a stare to the stray exorcist. Fortunately, he just rolled his eyes and huffed instead of starting another rant.

It seems that no matter how crazy he is. He won't challenge four fallen, one of them a four-winged one, over this triviality.

''Fine, fine…'' His eyes darted to the body of the blonde girl… Asia. Right, she did tell me her name. Then, a lustful glint entered his eyes, while a disturbing smile crossed his face. ''Just don't throw the nun's body right away… It would be a waste; you know?''

I don't think I'm the only one who gave him a disgusted look at that.

I'm resigning from this group the moment I can get back to the Grigori.

The now-activated extractor hummed with energy. Then, the brown-haired student woke up and screeched.

Red and green sparks shone all over his body as he shouted his throat raw. The sheer pain generated from the machine is something else, but its utility is unmatched. No wonder the project was under wraps.

It's tearing his soul apart if I remember correctly. Not like I cared much for the explanation of how the machine exactly works if we even got a full explanation, that is.

''HAHAHA! Look at him squirm like a maggot!'' Freed had a full belly laugh, and I could even see the bimbo-bitch Kalawarna grinning while liking her lips. How did I end up in this group again?

While I admit I enjoy a little suffering here and there like anyone else, this is just… bland, in my opinion. Where even is the fun in this? Haa…

''AHHH! STOP IT!'' The boy screamed once again, and I could a little spark of sympathy. You're not at fault here, but orders are orders. If you want to blame someone, blame the one that gave you that Sacred Gear in the first place.

''Ahh! I can't die without touching a soft pair of Oppai!'' And moments after saying that, the machine stopped humming and his eyes rolled to the back of his skull. The spasming body of the boy suddenly went still.

Finally, a red and green orb came out of his chest.

You know… Maybe I don't feel that bad about him anymore.

Dohnaseek stepped up to the glowing orb. He took a glance at Raynare, and when he received a nod, he shoved the Sacred Gear into his chest with a shudder.

A red, fingerless gauntlet with a green gem and two yellow fang-like spikes sprouting on the sides appeared on my fellow Fallen's arm… and I couldn't help the snort that came out of my mouth.

''Aha… Ahihihi~'' The face of pure disappointment on his face is hilarious, and I'm not wasting the chance of making him know! ''Really? A measly Twice Critical? Bad luck, old man.''

Even Freed was laughing mockingly at him, and Kalawarna had a smirk across her face, maybe because the boy was her first pick but the old geezer got impatient. Meanwhile, Raynare looked in exasperation at the mostly useless Sacred Gear.

Don't get me wrong, doubling your power sounds good on paper, and there's no useless Sacred Gear, but for a low-level mook like Dohnaseek? No way in hell~

''Oh, shut up Mittelt!'' The oldest fallen in the room's voice said in anger, his fist clenched while his face contorted in rage. Ahihihi~, suck it you bag of bones. ''At least I'm not a walking piece of jailbait.''

Huh?

''Managed to attract a man who's not over 140kg and doesn't live in his parent's basement yet?'' The cocky smirk on his face gave me pause.

What did this fucking fossil say to me?!

''You piece of-'' The sound of someone clearing her throat is what interrupts me from tearing Dohnaseek a new one, double power be dammed, and I turn to look at Raynare who just shakes her head as if she was dealing with troublesome children.

''Stop it, the both of you, before I have to beat you senseless… again.'' Her no-nonsense tone makes me back down.

Damn uppity bitch, acting all bossy just because you're a bit stronger than me? Of course, you are! You're an old hag that actually fell from heaven!

She keeps speaking, unaware of me cursing her to hell and back. ''We still have one more to go. Also,'' This time she looked at Freed with a scoff and a glare. ''What are you even doing here?''

That makes the crazy exorcist turn his head mockingly, as if not understanding the question. ''You're supposed to be patrolling the outsides among the other exorcists. What if the devils smarten up and come barreling through here?''

That… was a bit of a concern, and while Kalawarna readied the last machine to commence the extracting once again, Freed spoke up. ''HAAH?! You really think I'll just waste time up there? Besides, with that stupid barrier that shuts off devil magic circles up and working, it doesn't matter if some pests notice us. They will be waaaay too late.''

The uncaring tone of his voice made even my eye twitch. Does this dumbass not remember that this town is managed by TWO of the SATANS little sisters?!

Goddamnit, I hate working with idiots.

Raynare seems to be about to beat Freed black and blue, but he makes a calming motion with his hands to try and placate the angered leader.

''Oi! Boss lady, don't worry. Those dumbasses make way too much noise. I can bet you can even hear some of them talking smack riiiiight now. So, if there's an intruder, we'll get notified right away!'' That must be the dumbest and, sadly, smartest thing Freed has said since I met him.

The room is covered by a veil of silence. Interrupted only by the hum of the extractor ready to function…

Why is it so silent?

A murderous glare is given to Freed by none other than the 'Boss Lady' herself for daring to lie to her, and even the exorcist seems surprised by something.

Wait, was he telling the truth? Then, why-

My eyes widen in realization, but way too late.

''[Meteor Thrust III]!'' Heads turn in the direction of the shout. It wasn't from the main entrance, but from the emergency exit!

And then, the room is covered by a blinding whitish glow.

-Zatren POV-

A scream of pain and a loud BOOM resounded in the room as the beam of light from my Hero Skill soared through the spacious room.

Fucking damn it. Those exorcists were a pain in the ass to deal with. I'm not going a stealth build; you know?!

Good thing there was a back entrance… Or exit? Whatever.

Once the blinding light dims, I can see the result of my attack in a slowed perception by my sudden activation of [Thought Acceleration]. It won't do to get skewered by light spears when I just arrived.

The attack had torn part of the Sacred Gear Extractor that was about to activate and kill gender-bent Saji. Fortunately, it seems two of the fallen were also caught in the crossfire.

A buxom, blue-haired woman with a tight-fitting red dress who screams 'cougar' just at first glance (Why are the baddies always evil?) was missing an entire arm, and a middle-aged dude was in a hole in the basement wall.

Ah, he must have been at the very end of Meteor Thrust, but it's a shame the cougar and the machine ate most of the power behind the strike.

Fuck, I still need to see some info on these guys, but I can't spam [Observe] while in this state.

Whatever, I'll go for the two most dangerous and problematic; Raynare and Freed.

Raynare.

HP: [-100%-]

MP: [-100%-]

Age: 36.

Race: Fallen Angel (Four Wings).

Sacred Gear: Twilight Healing (Unstable).

A four-winged Fallen into the direct command of one of the Grigori's leaders. She knows that this order didn't come from Azazel, but from Kokabiel himself, and she doesn't care.

She hasn't informed her group about this. Maybe you can take advantage of that.

She has stolen Twilight Healing from Asia Argento and you won't be able to take it back if enough time passes.

Stats:

STR: E(+)

DEX: E(+)

CON: E

MAG: D-

SPI: F-

LCK: F(+)

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Freed Sellzen.

HP: [-100%-]

Race: Human (Artificial).

Age: 25.

Once a prodigious exorcist turned a crazy murderer by his own hand. He is an artificial human created with a gen pattern of the original Siegfried. He has absolute disgust for Devils, Monsters, and even Humans. He is a master swordsman and has really good aim.

He follows Kokabiel's and Raynare's orders because it's convenient, and helps him enable his disturbed tendencies.

You may be able to gain the advantage by making him irritated.

Stats:

STR: D-

DEX: D

CON: E(+)

MAG: F-

SPI: F-

LCK: E-

I'm saving whatever the 'Siegfried' is for later. There are some massive plot holes in my head I need to fill up.

That settles that. If Raynare has Twilight Healing and four wings (What the fuck is up with that?!), she's by far the bigger threat, but I can't just fight her head-on with someone like Freed present, and that's not taking into account the other 3 Fallen.

The exorcist first, then.

My Skill deactivates and with a use of [Shadow Step], I'm already on melee with the white-haired man. My weapon moves in a quick and smooth motion to pierce the distracted exorcist's chest.

A clang resounds through the room, as a wide-eyed Freed intercepts my strike with a glowing white light sword that looks strangely similar to a lightsaber.

''Oi, Oi! Who the fuck is this damn brat?'' An angry smile crosses his face, and not a moment later my 'surprise' attack is parried and made null. Shit!

I can't even try again as I move sideways to evade a rain of light spears that threaten to turn me into a fish kebab. Courtesy of an angry-looking Raynare.

''Watch it! Almost hit me with that one!'' I mock with a smirk, but inside I feel a great bout of nervousness. I don't know if I can handle all of them on my own, but I have to try at the least.

''HAAGH!'' An angry screech warns me of the next attack, a much slower yellow light spear is thrown by the snarling baddie that I now identify as that one Fallen that got her clothes torn apart by Issei.

A Reinforced side step is all I need to dodge, and with a [Dash], I suddenly appear right behind the angry Fallen. She's pretty tall, huh?

My hand lights up in [Electrokinesis] sparks, and with a touch, I give her a good shock. She screams once more before I cut the energy and use that hand to firmly grab her midsection. Her twitching and slightly smoking form doesn't resist as I put the tips of my spear near her neck.

I can see the sudden hesitation on Raynare's face, and that other fallen with blonde hair tied in twin tails dressed in some… skimpy maid/nun uniform with long, white stockings…?

I repeat; why are the bad ones always hot?

Freed looks like he couldn't care less about her supposed ally, as he immediately draws a gun from his belt. He doesn't even bother to aim for my head! Just directly at my torso, which is covered by the blue-haired woman.

I tense in anticipation to ditch my captive, but the leader interrupts before Freed can make a drastic move. ''Hold it, Freed. Even crippled, Kalawarna can still be useful.'' Zero compassion, huh? Not like I expected some from a bitch such as Raynare.

''Better listen up Kiddo.'' I make a show of looking at him, then my eyes widen in 'surprise'. ''Oh, sorry. You were so short I thought you were a middle-schooler. My bad.''

''The fuck did you say to me you limp-dicked brat?!'' And he immediately explodes. That was easy. But before he can take aim once more, a glare from Raynare makes him clench his fists while his face contorts in rage.

''Human, why are you here, and why are you meddling in our business?'' The leader of this rag-tag group tries to get some information from me, but by her twitching hands, I can tell that she's ready to shower me with more light spears at a moment's notice—her ally's safety be dammed.

''Huh? You can't be that dumb, right?'' I smirk at the angry expression on her face, is that a vein bulging on her forehead? ''You kidnapped Kuoh's Academy students, and even if your head is way too far up your ass, you should notice I'm a student too.''

It's a good thing this girl is tall. With both her and my body, I can cover up the water I'm building up behind us with [Hydrokinesis]. I'll just have to buy a bit of time.

My taunt seems to irritate her further, and I can see Freed's hand twitching. Did he feel insulted too, even if I was talking to his boss? Hilarious.

It seems I'm not the only one having fun with this, since even though the fear I can see in the nun/maid Fallen's face, there's also a hint of hidden amusement at her boss's rage.

''Tsk… No matter.'' Raynare speaks up, and then a sadistic smile splits around her face. ''You're no match for me, and much less to all of us. So, release Kalawarna and I may consider giving you a painless death.''

Oh? This bitch is for real, huh? Good thing that, no matter how strong you got in this reality, you're still as dumb as in the series~

''Oh don't worry about little old me. I'll be fine. After all…'' A new wave of [Reinforcement] washes over my form as the timer resets and I give my best shit-eating grin, my eyes glinting with a mocking twinkle.

''You're weak.''

I don't give them even a second to be indignant about it. Water suddenly spreads in bursts, as a single word is uttered.

''Lacerate.''

-Raynare POV-

''You're weak.'' This damn human brat! How dare he call me weak?!

The moment I prepare to unleash a storm of light on this insignificant maggot's face, a chill goes down my spine. Then, a concentration of water explodes from behind Kalawarna and the punk's body, making my eyes widen in shock.

It was a trap-! ''Lacerate.''

My ears are filled with noise, as I can see the building around us almost crumble apart. Dozens of thin and thick blades made of water cut and tear everything around us and- What is that fucking noise?! How can water magic be this loud?!

No, wait… Those are… Screams?

The noise is screams of pain, from Freed, which has multiple bleeding gashes all across his body. Minor injuries at worst, he is a slippery bastard, after all.

Some are from Mittelt, who I can see is panicking at the blood coming from her arms, chest, and face. Will she be able to survive that? She's pretty weak, after all.

But there's one more sound. Me.

Touching my stomach, I can feel the huge gash that tore away my flesh. The wounds on my arms and, by the blood dripping in my vision, my face.

This. Damn. Pathetic. BASTARD!

Turning my head to the black-haired human position with torture in my mind, I can feel the power of DOZENS of light spears answer my call. So what if he kills Kalawarna? So what if I kill her in the damn crossfire?!

The bitch was useless anyway!

The moment I can see the smug face of the teenager, my blood boils even hotter, he's still holding on to the unconscious body of that weak bitch- SHIT!

Before I can even try to impale the bastard, Freed decides to dash to him in a frenzy. His crazy laugh echoed through the now disorganized and destroyed room. ''Now it's my turn to slice you to pieces, you smug, dumb-fuck of a mage!'' I grit my teeth at the sheer incompetence, but this is a good chance to recover if anything.

The glow of Twilight Healing surrounds my hands as two rings appear on my middle fingers. The healing glow covers the wound on my stomach first, and I feel a relieved sigh escape my mouth.

''Oh, thank god, I was getting tired of holding this one.'' The boy's voice makes my eyes widen in realization, as he throws Kalawarna's unconscious body at Freed. ''She'- sorry, was rotten to the core either way.''

''Freed, MOVE!'' The stupid exorcist tenses and goes to bat away the woman blocking his path, but that moment of hesitation is enough for that brat to strike.

The previously cold and slightly wet room seems to suddenly heat up, as the strange spear the mage's holding lights up in scorching flames.

The brat has a Sacred Gear, too?!

The dozens of spears I summoned are throws at lightning-strike speed. I don't care if I hit ANY of these weaklings, what use is there for dumbasses that can't follow orders?!

But before the spears reach him, I can see his smirk widening in hidden glee. He makes a thrusting motion with his weapon.

''[Combustion Burst II].'' And the figure of Freed and Kalawarna's body, along with most of my attacks is covered by a torrent of fiery destruction.

I'm going to put this brat 5 meters underground.

-Zatren's POV-

Shit!

I hide my groan of pain and exhaustion behind a confident mask. Even if I engulfed most of the spears with the fire, some of them got past and grazed me at the sides.

Not enough to pierce through the Raven Coat or the Crystal Armor, not at all, but the sting is still there. I have to admit; the bitch carries a heavy (magical) punch.

Kalawarmer or whatever she was called is dead. Not only I left her with less than half hp before, she also took that fiery inferno at point-blank.

(+)2106 Weapon Experience.

(+)4 Hero Skill Points have been earned for defeating 'Fallen Angel Kalawarma'!

Right, Kalawarma. Doesn't matter. She was fucking rotten. The bitch had a really disturbing description when I hit her with [Observe].

I take what I can get, and my burst of flames gets a good cloud of steam all over the room. I focus on the machine Sachi is placed in and tear it open with a heavily reinforced kick.

Inside the capsule-like machine is a tomboyish girl with the Kuoh's academy uniform, short blonde hair, and a pretty but roguish face that compliments her quite well.

I do my best to carry her with one arm. If I had to bet, Freed is frothing at the mouth, and Raynare is taking the time to heal herself up, but I can't risk unleashing more attacks here.

Issei and Asia can be revived by the Evil Pieces if I manage to convince Rias and Sona of the potential of both Sacred Gear users, but for that, their bodies need to be whole.

If I take the remaining Sacred Gear from them, that should be enough to make them follow me into the open.

''Come on! Follow me, weaklings!'' The laugh behind my words is genuine, as I make a dash through the back entrance. ''You don't want to lose another gear, do you?!''

My taunt is weak, but the moment I'm out in the open, with the abandoned church and the forest around me. I can take a moment of respite, if only slightly.

The girl I'm carrying suddenly starts to stir, and my eyes widen as I put her down. The girl with blonde (kind of orange?) hair opens her grey eyes. Then, she suddenly gets up, and a small dark glove manifests in her hand.

It looks like a deformed lizard, (or more like an axolotl?) and has purplish eyes with a slightly open maw.

''Who are you? Where am I?! I swear if you did something to my brothers…!'' Shit, the anger in her voice and the twitching of her hands tells me this can go extremely bad if I say something wrong.

I take a more serious approach; my face is stone-like, and my voice is strong as I speak. ''Calm down. I'm here to help you.'' Her eyes furrow in distrust. This is not a good moment for this!

''I'm a Kuoh student, like yourself, see?'' I open my coat a bit, revealing the school's male uniform hiding underneath. Confusion seems to fill her gaze before sudden recognition replaces it.

''You're Fumigami-San! The 'Delinquent Prince' from school!'' The way that she said that with a bit of excitement annoyed me greatly, but I'll take what I can get!

I nod at her and try to explain what happened in the shortest amount of time I can. The fallen that kidnapped her, the other people who got their powers stolen, and the enemies that are still close by, ready to stab us to death.

Is that smoke coming out of her ears? Maybe that's way too much information I'm trying to pack here.

''Wait, what do you mean by powers?!'' The unbelieving tone and shocked face don't surprise me, so I simply point to the glove in her hand. That seems to give her another shock.

''That is a Sacred Gear. It's a powerful gift given to humans upon birth by the God of the Bible. Yes, he's real, but I don't have time to explain all of it to you.'' My authoritative tone seems to shut her questions up, and she clenches her fist repeatedly as if to get a feel for the weapon.

''From what I know, it allows you to send a transparent thread from its mouth and connect it to another living creature. You can steal their stamina and mana with it to debilitate them.'' I think that's as far as my knowledge goes, but she seems to take it in stride. ''There are still three more fallen to deal with, and a crazy strong exorcist.''

Her eyes fill with fear, but before she can say anything else, I speak. ''Those two, our fellow student and the blonde nun, I know they can still be saved, but I'll need your help. Can I count on you to help me save them?'' I give her the protagonist's talk, and no matter how corny it sounds, I can see her body stiffen and her gaze narrowing in determination.

''Count on me, Boss!'' She adopts a brawling stand. Also, 'boss?' I guess I did act in charge when speaking to her, and she's kind of a delinquent, right? Maybe she's thinking this is like a gang type of thing…

Whatever, I don't have time to explain this, as two figures come rushing from the abandoned church. The already dilapidated main door was destroyed by a single lance of light, and an angry but completely healed-up Raynare stepped out for round two.

Beside her, is Freed who looks a bit worse for wear with his exorcist get-up burnt or in pieces. He also has a Burned Debuff, but his HP bar is not as empty as I would like. Is he that resilient or did Raynare heal him?

Lagging behind the two, I can see the petite Fallen who looks like shit, with bruises and cuts still bleeding, and her dress is pretty torn up. She has ragged breath and a pissed-off look, but her eyes are filled with fear for the most part.

Sachi at my side tenses up, but her determination doesn't falter. I don't think she can take anyone except the weakened Mittelt, but if I can make an opening so one of her lines reaches Freed or Raynare. This is absolutely winnable.

That, and the clock is ticking in our favor. It's not much longer before Sona arrives with reinforcements. We just have to play the long game!

I take this sudden standstill to check the weakened fallen with [Observe].

Mittelt.

HP: [- 34% ]

MP: [-90%-]

Age: 17.

Race: Half-Fallen (Human).

Debuff: [Bruised]. [Bleeding]. [Fear].

One of the many children of Azazel. Mittelt never stood out among her peers. Not by magic, light control, or 'looks'. She has a heavy complex over this that she covers up with a cynical façade. She enjoys seeing those who insult or underestimate her suffer.

She's tired of the treatment she has to endure in the Grigori, and from her current leader and allies.

Can you take advantage of that?

Stats:

STR: F(+)

DEX: F(+)

CON: F

MAG: E-

SPI: F-

LCK: F-

Oh? What do we have here…

A smirk crosses my face, which Raynare takes as another bout of arrogance. Oh, how wrong she is…

''What? Scared that out in the open, you would get demolished?'' She tries to get arrogant and cocky herself, but I can see her MP bar being lower than half. It must take a lot of energy to use recently stolen gear, right? ''Is that why you tried to rope an even more pathetic human to help you? HA!''

Four black wings are spread as she takes flight. Another volley of purple-colored light weaponry appears in the air, as Freed smirks with a light sword and gun in hand.

Finally, Mittelt seems to have found some resolve in not dying, and she summons her own pink spear of light, even if its glow and power are weaker than Raynare's by far.

A full belly laugh is heard in the forest. The one responsible? Me.

''Don't delude yourself now…'' My eyes glow with power as the presence of my Mana is unleashed onto the three opponents. My spear shines with energy as I speak. ''I just gave my junior here the theoretical crash course. So, I have to set a practical example now, don't I?''

A crooked smirk splits my face as the MP in my bar drains by a good amount once more. ''The battle will be over way too soon if I don't!''

Thunder crackles from my weapon. The clash of wills starts anew.

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Author's Note:

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faearwen: Thank you! :D

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Kolt999: Sorry if that was confusing. No, they don't know he's half mermaid, BUT Koneko is starting to have suspicions that he's not entirely human. (He does way too much weird shit to be just a mage).

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professorpoopypants00: Mayhaps. Also, I lived! (Didn't die on October 23rd)

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Koncor the great: I understand what you mean, but changing Electrokinesis for Electromancy will be quite annoying, and at max level I don't think it will only be Electromancy anymore.

I'll consider the character Gacha. Maybe I can put some funny moments or interesting Quest because of it.

As you can see, I like Mittelt too! I don't think Kalawana or her were THAT bad. (I did kill the former in this chapter. So, ehe), but BOTH of them literally only appear in the anime and have around 5 MINUTES of screen time. AND THAT'S IT.

Screw that. Let's redeem the sadistic and cynical (and petite) Fallen!

He can probably get another Familiar, but It's not going to be in the near future.

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Lamont: I mean, one 'dragon type' sacred gear got extracted alright.

Also, I don't want to be 'that' guy, but I always took (and the wiki supports my opinion) the Boosted Gear to double 'power' in general.

If that's physical trength, then sure, but if that's magic power? It could also do it. (I don't think it can multiply Mana reserves, tho).

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The immortal lake man: Yippeeeee!

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Shadowlord1332: Am I the only one who went to a shitty Highschool then? :c

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Penis: Maybe.

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Ok guys, I really want to answer all of you in every chapter. I like to give public responses for Questions and all, but I think I'm going to only answer important/interesting questions in the Author's note. Because the word count is going waaay too high, and this makes it seem Clickbaity. I'll answer you in Private if you want, tho.

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Here we go! Canon starts with a bang!

Zatren had a whole 'death flag' ending to his conversation with Sona, but he's MC, nothing will happen to him, right?

So, the reason the Devils can't just TP in is because there's a 'Barrier that fizzles out Demonic Power' (Strong enough Devils could just say 'that's cute lol' and TP in anyway). Since MC's not a devil, he just passed through. How does this exist? I don't think it should be that hard, right? Sona's crew could MOSTLY contain Kokabiel with a barrier (I think?).

Anyway. We get some perspective from Mittelt. Kalawana bites ZA DUSTO, and Raynare's about to pop a vein.

Dohnaseek is taking a nap, and Freed is... Doing Freed shit, idk.

Zatren: You're too weak! *Laughs in Gojo*

Fallen: *Confused (and angry) screaming*^

Jinzui: Here we fucking go again.

Also, if you guys want, I can put Zatren's Stats and Skills at the end of each chapter for reference. I have the list, but maybe some of you want to see the progress (If there's any) chapter by chapter without having an 'X Skill leveled up' window each time.