《In High School Dxd With Powers Of Nanatsu No Taizai》 Chapter 1 - Genesis When Leo opened his eyes, all he could see was darkness and when he tried to move he discovered that he did not feel his arms or his legs. After a few minutes of panic he discovered a light in the shape of a person who was sitting looking at the floor, he had no face and the only thing that could be seen was his mouth, when he felt his gaze, the light lifted his head and smiled. "The truth". It''s the first thing Leo thinks when he sees the "person" in front of him. Seeing how Leo looked at him, the person suddenly stands up and looks at him as if he is seeing his worst enemy and screams. "I''m not the truth, because every person that comes confuses me with that thing." While screaming, he starts insulting and changing colors like a rainbow. While Leo looks at the "person" who was ignoring him, he says: "You can read my mind". He asked with a look of amazement Interrupted by Leo, the "person" stops and responds: "Yes, I can read your mind and if I could not continue to know what you think, you are not the only person who believes that I am the truth". At the end of speaking the "person" stops and as if he remembered something and continues. "It seems that I have not yet presented myself, I am Genesis, the God of everything and nothing and the reason why you are here is that you have died". When he has finished speaking, he returns to his initial position as if nothing had happened. Listening to his words Leo starts trying to remember what happened to him "I died, if I remember correctly, I was crossing the street when I saw a girl who was going to be run over by truck-kun, try to stop her, but it did not work." I sigh "At least I died saving someone and not in a stupid way". Leo mutters to himself, after accepting his death Leo asks "What will happen to me?" He says with an expectant look. "Well you have two options, one is to be reborn and the other is to live in Nybyn." When you finish talking about Genesis, you move your hands and two doors appear behind it, one golden and the other white. "The first door will lead you to be reborn, in it, you can live a new life in your world, but you will not keep your memories but your soul will be cleaned so you can start from scratch". He says as he points to the golden-colored door. "The second door will take you to Nybyn, which is a land of dreams and in this, you can keep your memories." Point to the white door Listening to genesis, Leo stops to think until his face lights up and asks. "Nybyn is a land of dreams, so where exactly will it take me?" "Nybyn will not get you anywhere, you choose where you want to go. As I told you, Nybyn is a world of dreams where innumerable worlds are found, all these worlds are free and are created by innumerable beings, both human and non-human. Here you can choose a world of your preference and you will have 3 wishes. " Genesis responds with a smile. "So, where do you want to go and how do you want to be? Leo "Genesis says that Leo responds immediately. "I want to go to the world of Highschool Dxd. as I wish I want 1- Being a high ranking demon-like in Nanatsu no Taizai. 3- I want to have unlimited magic energy " Genesis is surprised to hear Leo say everything he wants as quickly as possible as if he wanted to prevent him from changing his mind, so he waits for it to end. After finishing Leo impatiently awaits the answer of Genesis. Seeing that he has finished speaking Genesis thinks for a moment and then responds "Your first request is possible, the second one also, but because it is the world of HS Dxd, it will take the form of sacred gear and once you believe it will be connected to your soul, the third wish is not possible as it goes against of the rules " Upon discovering that his third wish is not possible Leo thinks for a moment until he has an idea "As my third wish is not possible, I would like to have an unlimited capacity for magical growth and if possible I would like to be born into a human family seventeen years before the original plot" "Your third wish and your request are possible since you have asked for all your wishes it is time for you to leave". Answer Genesis After finishing speaking Genesis moves his right hand toward the banking door to what is shining and opens showing multitudes of universes within it. After observing the door Genesis looks at Leo and tells him "I hope I do not see you again in next eons." Without waiting for an answer from Leo Genesis moves his hand and Leo is su?k?d through the door, once this is done he moves his left hand and the doors disappear and he returns to his original position. Chapter 2 - Nanatsu no Problems [Flashback] After a long time, Leo tries to open his eyes, to discover that he can not, try to move. When he feels his arms and legs he breathes a sigh of relief and in doing so he feels something sticky enter his mouth so he closes it and tries to open his eyes. When he opens his eyes, the only thing he can see is a kind of water. When he checks again, he realizes that he is submerged. He tries to swim to what only a wall stops him. After touching the wall, he hears the voice of a woman. "Suezo, come fast the baby is moving." The woman says with great joy "Satomi, you do not have to get excited every time the baby moves." Suezo answers "In agreement". Satomi answers with a pout. [Flashback end] Genesis made me reborn as a fetus, I heard for my mother (do not ask how) I have eleven weeks. In these eleven weeks, I have been constantly with a sensation of swimming and it is also rare when you feed on the umbilical cord, apart from that everything is good since all I have to do is eat and sleep. So I only have to wait a few months to be born. A week later Today after twelve weeks of life, I have faced the greatest crisis of my short existence. [Flashback] "Well Satomi-san, do not move so we can see how the baby is doing." The doctor instructed Satomi while applying the gel to her stomach. Satomi and Suezo waited. "Congratulations, it''s a boy." The doctor says with a big smile while listening to the sounds of a heartbeat. "Hahaha, we are going to have a child, A CHILD!" While Satomi and Suezo celebrated they begin to hear the sound of several beats simultaneously. "Badum" "Badum" "Badum" "Badum" "Badum" "Badum" Listening to the beats, the doctor''s expression was filled with astonishment and she checked the monitor where the baby is seen. At the sight of the doctor''s expression, Satomi was filled with curiosity. "Doctor, what''s wrong? There''s something wrong with the baby." While Satomi speaks, watch as the doctor''s expression changes from amazement to disbelief "Well, so it seems they''re not going to have a single child." The doctor explains with a stiff face while I look at the screen. "At the beginning, you can hear a single beat, but there are more than one." Turning to give a smile that is not known if it is condolence or grief. Upon hearing the doctor''s words Satomi''s body tenses and Suezo can not believe what he is hearing. "How many," Satomi and Suezo ask in unison. "Five or seven ..." The doctor answers with a bigger smile. "Congratulations" Satomi: "..." Suezo: "..." Leo: "..." Why did this have to happen to him? (TT_TT) Chapter 3 - Solution In the house of the Tomika "Seven babies," Suezo mutters as he looks at Satomi. After a long time looking at Satomi, forcing a smile, sucks a breath of air and. Finally, he continued. "Hahaha we''ll be fine, there are only six more. Only seven children ... I''m sure we will not notice the difference " "Only six more, like you will not have them" Satomi gives a cold look to her husband. Unaware of Satomi''s gaze, Suezo continues "Satomi I know you can, if you can leave one, why not six more? besides ... "Feeling the cold look of Satomi, Suezo keeps silent "Yes, you do not want to sleep on the street, you better shut up" Satomi warns before going to prepare dinner. -------- Completely oblivious to the discussion of his parents, Leo was thinking of a solution for himself. "What am I supposed to do, I do not want to be born and be taken to a laboratory as a guinea pig and even less to believe that I am a monster." (Even though I am a demon) Think for yourself After reflecting for more than ten minutes, Leo gets a solution "Maybe I could create my sacred treasure with the Jitsuz¨­ Bunshin ability and create seven clones, and eliminate them later" After thinking about it for a moment, Leo dismisses the idea "Thinking about that, it is problematic. The simplest thing would be to use magic so that they can not feel the other hearts " By choosing what to do, you can see the determination in Leo''s eyes as he concentrates on meditating to feel the magical energy. At first, he concentrated on having his mind blank, as time went on he became impatient. Twenty minutes One hour After two hours, Leo wakes up from his meditation. "@ # @ * ~ # ¡¤ $" "Why can not I feel anything, in all the cultivation novels the protagonist only has to meditate to feel the energy around him" Arriving here Leo sighs and tries to keep his mind blank. ------ "I''ve been trying for more than six hours, but I do not feel anything, what am I doing wrong?. Why can not I feel the magical energy from the outside. Wait, outside? "Realizing his mistake, Leo''s baby body begins to tremble with anger. "@ # @ * ~ # ¡¤ $, HOW CAN I BE SO STUPID!" At the end of his mental tantrum, he takes a breath with a little placenta and calms down. "As I am inside my mother''s w?mb I can not feel the magical energy from outside. I do not know why, but I do not feel anything, it''s as if I''m isolated from the outside. So I need another method to connect to the outside and absorb the magical energy " "If the only thing I need is to be connected with the outside, I think you''ll serve me, friend" He says as he concentrates on perceiving the magical energy from the outside by the umbilical cord, with the passage of time, he felt calmer and he invades a comforting feeling, and for a moment his mind went blank. Feeling faint that something warm was flowing through the umbilical cord, something arose in his mind, and instantly afterward, he could feel innumerable points of light that were currently on the outside and travel up the umbilical cord to his interior and a few surrounded him. What are these points of light? Although he did not open his eyes, he could feel them. Could this magic energy be? At that time, Leo was excited. Eight hours. After eight hours, he could finally feel the magical energy. Among the points of light, some were tiny spots, while some were grouped, and all danced in the air around their mother. As if they were alive, some of them were even a little cheeky and approached her, lightly brushing her cheeks, as if they were showing their affection for her. The spot of light varied in color, and between them, there was a kind of magical energy with a small dark spot, to which he felt extremely intimate. "They must be the particles of devil magical energy that I need to absorb." Leo suppressed the emotion in his heart and tried to absorb the magical energy. Using his heart to feel the silver points of light, he concentrated his thoughts so that they entered his body. Just when he started thinking about that, those points of light They seemed to have been affected by some kind of guide, and with a twist in the air, they flew towards their mother as they hurriedly made their way towards him. Before Leo could feel happy about it, like an open bottle, the stream of magical energy stirred as they threw themselves into his mother''s body until they reached Leo, and they were uncontrollable. In just a few seconds, they had already filled all the tendons of his body. However, the magical energy particles did not stop and continued to flow into his mother''s body and pierce his body trying to get deeper more. By absorbing so much magical energy, Leo suddenly felt an unbearable pain that passed through his body. And Immediately afterward, he seemed to have heard a m??n of pain coming from his mother, it sounded as if something had been broken, and the particles of spiritual energy that had previously been hindered flowed incessantly in his body once more. He continued to fill his mother''s body, and then, his body. When feeling so much magical energy covering his body so much that of his mother, he tried to stop him, but no matter how hard he tried, he did not receive an answer. After trying to guide the magical energy and fail, Leo panicked as he did not know what he could do. As time went on he felt as if his still undeveloped body was going to explode, feeling as much pain as he had ever felt in his life, he began to lose consciousness. Before falling unconscious Leo hears the m??ns of the pain of his mother. Realizing that his life is in danger because of his fault, Leo tries with all his might to remedy it. Before he can finish he feels that something comes out of him, black energy spreads through his body and cuts off his connection with the magical energy. "Dark matter" It''s the first thing Leo thinks about. Controlling the dark matter as best as possible, Leo manages to travel through the umbilical cord until it begins to notice a black spot that moves covering the body of his mother forming a cocoon of dark matter isolating it from the magical energy. Once the cocoon was formed, the magical energy disperses even faster than it met. In the middle of the night, in the room of Leo''s parents, all you can see is a cocoon in the middle of the bed accompanied by silence Chapter 4 - Leviathan Elsewhere, located 15 km from the Tomika''s house, in a traditional Chinese house. You can see a woman in her teens sitting at a desk dressed as a mah¨­ sh¨­jo. The young woman had black hair, tied in two pigtails and blue eyes. Near the young woman, you could see a woman wearing a black maid''s outfit, carrying a cup of tea towards the young woman. "Serafall-sama, it''s time for you to take a break." At the end of speaking, the maid placed the teacup on a table near the desk. "Thanks, Linet-chan, I thought that when I came to the human world I would have free time. Who would have thought that Sirzechs-chan would send me so much work? " She sighs, as she goes to the table. When she reaches the table, she sits down while picks up the cup of tea. Picking up the teacup, Serafall goes to Linet and asks. "Linet-chan, where will we go after leaving the human world? We can not just go back home, the only thing I do here is work and nothing else but work "Serafall answers in a low voice, sigh. "I miss Sona-tan so much. If I do not see her soon, I''ll die because of Sona-tan deficiency !! "Serafall adds with a pout. "Serafall-sama, no, as one of the 4 great Maou who has the title of Leviathan, will not die because of the" Sona-tan deficiency ." So do not throw a tantrum and continue your work like any responsible Maou would do it "exclaims Linet with a frown upon seeing Serafall''s attitude. "But I''m not a Maou. I am the unique and unmatched mah¨­ sh¨­jo in the show. Miracle Leviathan " She says while performing her presentation as mah¨­ sh¨­jo. Silence. Silence. After a moment of silence, Serafall forces a smile and tries to negotiate "I''ll go back to work later, okay? First, let''s go see Sona-tan to recharge my energy" Cold look "So, just let me see it for a transmission" Cold look "I''ll settle for just hearing his voice" When she does not get an answer, Serafall lowers her head with a pout while playing with her hair "Since your tantrum ended, it''s time to go back to work. As your servant, I can not let you fail in your responsibilities. You know that I have been personally hired by Lucifer-sama to verify that he fulfills his duties and does not cause problems. Did Leviathan-sama understand me? .... Leviathan-sama? " When she does not receive an answer, Linet turns around only to discover that there is no one. Linet: "..." (Lucifer-sama is going to fire me) ------ In the middle of the night, it is possible to observe a girl dressed as mah¨­ sh¨­jo while carrying a cane in her hands. " So bad is Linet. She won''t even let me see Sona-tan, I haven''t seen her in over a week, the last time I saw her I could talk and walk. And as she said to me onee-sama, love you." Enjoying her moment of happiness, Serafall keeps flying until suddenly she feels that the magical energy of the surroundings gathers at a specific point. Feeling curious, she goes to the point where the magical energy gathers. Upon reaching the point where magical energy meets, Serafall is surprised that all she can see is a normal house without any barrier that gathers the magical energy of the surroundings and much less a defensive barrier. "What''s going on here?" Serafall feels curious since it is not normal for so much magical energy to gather at a single point and much less in the human world. Where the amount of magical energy is much less compared to the underworld. When preparing to enter the house, Serafall stops to observe a person lying on the ground outside the door. Snore. Ignoring his snoring. Serafall verifies the house and upon discovering that there are no magic barriers or more people inside, she goes to the second floor where she feels the greatest amount of magic is concentrated. While it is halfway there suddenly feels as it disappears what was absorbing magical energy and the particle of magic that before rushed to the point had disappeared completely. Rushing into the place, the only thing she can see is a bed that has a black cocoon. When seeing the cocoon, it invades a feeling him of familiarity reason why it approaches to touch it. After touching it, it discovers that it is soft when it touches with softness and that it is felt hard when she uses the force, who she doesn¡ät know what is inside. She trying than her perception between the cocoon is the account that can not enter. And much less knows what is inside. "So that you can not even feel that there is within this substance what is composed is very strange, I do not know what it is, but I feel it very familiar. I do not know what this is and I do not know what''s inside either, so it''s better to inform Sirzechs-chan and take action on the matter "Once she decides what to do, she getting ready to goes." Releasing the cocoon, she goes to the exit. Until it''s, she discovers an account of the black substance slips through her hand preventing her from releasing the cocoon. When she discovered that it can not be released, try using more force, but the black substance is like a glue. Realizing that it does not work, the force, she tries uses magic to try to freeze the cocoon. Feeling the magical energy that comes from the Serafall''s body, the cocoon repels it. Once the magical energy disappears, the black substance tries to go deeper into the arm of Serafall. Before the black substance, pass their forearm, the body of Serafall disappears from the room. All this is foreign to Leo who was unconscious. ---- Linet is nervous and does not know where Serafall has gone so she prepares to go out and look for her. Before she even leaves the house, Serafall suddenly appears. Upon seeing her return, Linet is surprised and begins to scold her. "Leviathan-sama, because it''s gone suddenly. What do you think a Lucifer-sama could say? Please do not cause me more problems "exclaims Linet angrily. Ignoring Linet, Serafall stops to watch his hand as if hypnotized. After a few moments of contemplation she finally comes out of his stupor and responds: "It''s time to go back to the underworld" Without waiting for an answer Serafall goes to the transport matrix and disappears. Chapter 5 - Born again ~ In the underworld ~ In a rudimentary office, you can see a man with long hair Crimson Red, wearing a violet robe with gray edges and gold decorations, and below, a white suit with gray edges and a violet belt. He was doing the paperwork until he was interrupted by a woman''s voice. Without even looking up, Sirzechs sighed and replied. "Serafall, I thought you were in the human world. So, what are you doing here? "Sirzechs exclaims with a smile that is not a smile. Serafall who has just entered sits on a sofa that is near the window and responds. "I came here because I missed you Sirzechs-chan" "If you miss someone, it would be to Sona instead of me. So tell me, what''s so important to make you come looking for me instead of going to visit your little sister? "Asks Sirzechs, noticing the seriousness in his voice. "Well, what happened was like that ..." Serafall answers and tells what happened. After hearing what happened, Sirzechs stops to think and says: "Lately we have received reports that a faction of fallen angels has been very active. I have already talked about this with Azazel and it turns out that he is not related to them, although it may be one of his experiments... We do not know what that black substance is, apart from being able to isolate the magic, it is very resistant and can change shape freely. "He sighs as he massaged his temple. "I will bother you to take care of this matter since you have been in contact with "that ", you will be able to act better depending on the situation." Sirzechs smiles while looking at Serafall. While Serafall listened to Sirzechs the corners of her mouth contracted "It seems I can not refuse" "No, you can not," Sirzechs exclaims with a bigger smile. ------- On the morning of the next day after the incident in which Leo could not control the magical energy. Leo gradually regains consciousness until he awakens completely, once awake, Leo verifies his condition from the head to the feet and upon checking that it is okay, he examines the condition of his mother. - Somewhere within the vast and unlimited universe, a certain God feels that someone calls him. Genesis: "..." (who is talking about me?) The soul who has just died: "..." (Why do I suddenly stop talking?) --- "It seems that the cocoon has already disappeared, the condition of my body is stable but it is better to stop playing with magic. Until I''m born." He thought to himself before going to sleep. ~ After the accident of uncontrol, the days and weeks passed. Until my mother had another revision, although I had agreed not to practice with magic, I practiced, since the check needed to be normal. And my practice paid off because when I arrived at the hospital the doctor checked several times if there were more babies but when he did not discover anything, he told my parents that this sometimes happened and that they did not feel bad. But contrary to the doctor''s expectations, my parents cried with joy knowing that I was just a baby. After solving the multiple baby incident (that''s what I call it) everything was normal, so I decided to practice magic moderately although I could not do much inside my mother. Spending the days in peace, I just had to wait to be born. Then the days, weeks, and months went by until it was my time to be born. My birth had no complications since I used magic to get out faster, you think it was not necessary? but believe me, it was. Having the sensation of going through a v???n? and repeating it over and over again for more than ten hours and having the doctor try to grab your head, is not at all comfortable, so I can understand why those babies cry at birth although I did too. What? since I go out as a baby it is better to act as one so as not to worry my mother. When leaving, I could finally move freely but to my disappointment, I could not see more than twenty centimeters away. So I could only see spots of colors. Once I was handed over to my mother''s arms I could see her blue eyes that looked at me with affection. So, at last, I was able to relax after a strenuous birth so I fell asleep. Chapter 6 - New life and skills A few weeks after I was born, I began to get used to this new body and my new family. At first, I wasn''t used to acting like a baby, but if I didn''t, my parents would start to panic. So I couldn''t be calm. And because I''m still growing, it''s hard to move, I get tired very quickly, and I''m hungry all the time. So being a baby is boring. And if we talk about my daily activities are just sleeping, crying, shitting and repeating. That''s right, that''s all my activities. But it''s not all bad things, there are a lot of good things. Like being able to sleep all day, I don''t need to walk, etc. But what I like most about being a baby is br??stfeeding. Yes, I know it can be strange, but it''s one of the things I enjoy the most. At first, it may taste sour, but then it starts to taste better. If I compare it to something, it''s like when you first start smoking. The first time it tastes bad, but over time you get used to it and start liking it. As time went by, I started talking. The first words I said. Were... "Sate, sate, sate" Yeah, those were my first words. The first time my parents heard me speak, I could see the disappointment written all over his face. Well, they had spent many days arguing about which one I would call first, Mom or Dad. But if you ask me, was it worth it? It was worth every damn second! ¡­ From then on, I devoted myself to practicing magic. Since I had never been in contact with magic before, I found it difficult to manipulate it at first, so ninety percent of the time I couldn''t control it and would need to use dark matter to control it. Even so, I didn''t give up and tried to practice with more effort, but for the dark matter, it''s quite the opposite. For the dark matter, I don''t need to work hard at controlling it, because acts like an extension of my body so it doesn''t take much effort to control it. Besides that, I also discovered that it is capable of absorbing a certain percentage of magic so it can be very useful and I can change its weight at will as long as my body supports it. In addition to being able to use dark matter, I can use other abilities such as the purgatory fire and some others that I have in my head, but I don''t know what to use these abilities. And once I discovered this, I was surprised, but I came to understand that these must be my innate skills as a demon. Chapter 7 - Descubierto Since Serafall had to find out what that black cocoon was and what faction was behind it, Serafall stayed in the human world for several months to find out which faction was responsible for the incident. "Linet-chan, can not we go back already? We have been observing the area and nothing abnormal has happened, so it''s time to go back. Surely Sona-tan misses me a lot "exclaims Serafall with a pout. When observing the aptitude of Serafall, Linet rubbed the temple and comments. "If it were not for a certain person who can not remember where the house was, it would not be necessary to stay in the human world for so long," Linet exclaimed. "I''ve already told you several times, I did not look where I was flying, I just let myself go until I felt the magical energy was gathering and once I teleported, I did not have enough time to leave a mark." Serafall frowned. And reflect. Serafall does not speak anymore. She spread her wings and grabbed Linet''s hand to pull her behind her back as she flew in a particular direction. "What happened Serafall-sama?" Linet asked as they flew. "Remember when I said that the magical energy was gathering in the house?" Serafall asked. "Do you know what kind of magical energy was being absorbed? Linet frowned and reflect. "Was it absorbing a specific type?" "At the moment when the magic energy began to be absorbed, it came together in a single point at a remarkable speed, but not all of it was absorbed, but only one specific type. And the remaining energy was immediately dispersed due to the black substance." Responds Serafall "But we do not know what kind of energy was being absorbed." This, we knew from the beginning, but how would they know what kind of magical energy was being absorbed? "We may not know, but if I use my devil energy in the area and mix it with the environment, we can know what kind of energy has been absorbed depending on the amount that reacts to our energy. Although it has been several months, we can know it because the amount of magic in the human world is scarcer than in the devil realm. The energy that was absorbed, will not recover fast enough and more if you have continued to absorb the same type of energy," explained Serafall. "But if we do that, twill alert those behind this," Linet added. "I''ve already thought about this, because if I use my devil energy. It will alert those responsible, but if I mix it with the environment and use small quantities, we will be able to discover where is the house depending on where my magic goes" Serafall finishes explaining and prepares to expel her magic energy. She gestured with her hand and a magical circle appears that begins to expel her devil aura in small quantities that extends throughout the area and as if it had come to life, the devil energy begins to move to a specific area. Serafall, seeing this stops and follows where the energy goes. Once they reach the point where the magical energy meets, It can be seen, the house of the Tomika. "It looks like this is the place, and the devil energy here is scarce, so it had to be the work of devils, but what faction will it be?" Linet asked. Once inside the room, they search around the house until they are interrupted by a voice. "Excuse me. Who are you?" Seeing two strange women in her house, one dressed as a magic girl and the other as a maid, Satomi was at first frightened, but seeing her outfits, she looked at the two women with a strange face. (Are they perverted thieves?). Watching Satomi, Linet stands up and looks into her eyes. "We''re just visiting, there''s nothing weird here, you can go" Looking into Linet''s eyes, Satomi feels dizzy and lightheaded. "Yes, there''s nothing wrong." Finishing her speech, she leaves. Seeing Satomi leave, Linet nods with satisfaction and heads to Serafall. "There seems to be nothing strange about the house, maybe those responsible for the incident hypnotized the humans who live here to use the house as a temporary base." " Yes..." Serafall responds with a weak voice as she looks towards where Satomi disappeared: "It''s time to go back, it seems the house was a bait to distract us." Seeing Linet leaving the house, Serafall makes some hand gestures and a magic circle appears on the floor, observing the mark, Serafall nods and gestures with her hand to what the magic circle quickly disappears, After verifying that there are no marks, Serafall follows Linet. All this in less than a second ---- That same night at the Tomika house, a magical circle appears accompanied by a figure. "What it took me to get rid of Linet. Sirzechs-chan is careful, putting her to watch my movements" Murmurs Serafall to herself. At the time Serafall appeared, the Tomika family who was having dinner is surprised by her sudden appearance in the middle of the room. "You must be joking," Leo thought to himself, who was sitting on his baby table. "Sorry, who are you? and how did you appear?" asked Suezo while Satomi ignored her as if there was nothing strange. Looking at Suezo, Serafall uses her hypnosis on him. "There''s nothing strange here, I''m just visiting." Leo: "..." (WHAT ARE YOU DOING? It''s Leviathan, one of the four Maou is not someone you should invite to eat). While Leo mentally insulted his father. Serafall reflects for a moment and sits down to eat. After she finishes eating, Satomi begins to pick up the plates and Suezo loads Leo while patting him on the back. "Did Satomi-chan help you carry the dishes? Serafall asked with a smile. Leo: "..." (This must be a dream) (-_-) Listening to how Serafall calls it, Satomi smiles and answers: "Serafall-san is not necessary. You''re a guest so you don''t have to worry." Listening to his mother, Leo rolled his eyes. He had seen how since she started calling her "chan" his mother changed her attitude immediately. "Well, you don''t have to help me. Honey, can you come to help me?" "All right." Giving Leo, Suezo heads to the kitchen. "Well, it looks like we''re finally alone Leo-chan" "Da da da da da" (I didn''t want to be) "Jejeje, so cute you are Leo-chan. For a moment I was not sure since you were a little far away. But now that you''re close to me, I''m sure it was you who gave me the same feeling of familiarity as that black substance." "Da?" (What black substance are you talking about?) "But the weirdest thing is that you weren''t even born Leo-chan. Did your Sacred Gear manifest itself because it detected that you were in danger? Then why was it absorbing demonic energy?" While Serafall was talking to herself, Leo was in Shock. She knew about the incident of "decontrol" and the "black substance" is dark matter. Now, what will I do? I asked to reincarnate into a human family to avoid contact with the devil factions, to have more freedom to move and not to know about my powers until I could protect myself. "Well, what should I do with you, Leo-chan?" Listening to Serafall, Leo begins to feel his sweaty back. "Da da da da daaa!" (Please don''t use me as an experiment). Wait. Wasn''t Serafall a sis-con? Then the only thing that can save me... "Onee-chan," Says Leo trying to act as cute as possible "As you said Leo-chan, repeat Leo-chan. Come on." Excited, Serafall says the last sentence with a begging voice. "Onee-chan, Daisuke" Repeating in a clear voice, Leo uses his baby charm at its maximum power. "Ahhh, so cute" Listening to Leo, you can see the hearts in Serafall eyes. "DA!!" (No) "Serafall-san, will you come to visit us another day?" asked Satomi who had left the kitchen. Going out of her thoughts, Serafall answers: "Yes, I will come back another day". "All right, remember, you''ll always be welcome." "All right." Receiving her approval, Satomi returned to the kitchen with a big smile. "Well Leo-chan, it would be sad for you to be separated from your parents so I''ll come back later. But don''t say anything to Sirzechs-chan, he''ll be very upset. OK" "Daabu!" (You can count on me) Chapter 8 - Future Ten years passed in an instant. However, contrary to Leo''s expectation, nothing unusual had happened since the day Serafall appeared. Since the appearance of Serafall for the first time, she had come back regularly to visit and with time, Leo got used to it. Every time she appeared, she always sought to play with him. And over his first three years, Serafall tried several ways to see if Leo could use dark matter at will or not. When he turned six. Leo, who could not endure her persistence, a term used the dark matter, only for Serafall to become even more interested and ask him to know, what else he could do with it, which Leo accepted in exchange for her teaching him magic. Along with the effort and time, Leo learned magic, the growth of his strength was good enough for someone who had never been in contact with magic. Also, he discovered the difference between magic and devil energy and that using magic was not easy at all. All this because devil power requires the power to use your imagination and the power to create, as well as having a good sense, while magic is only knowledge to control equations, that is, to use your head and do calculations. So while they may seem similar, they are very different from each other. In addition to this, Serafall also told him about the various types of techniques such as: The Youjutsu, which would be a unique skill only for Youkai that allows them to cast offensive and defensive spells. They also create and control illusions and produce a poisonous mist that is only effective against specific races such as Youkais and the devil. The Touki is one that can be used by those who are trained in Senjutsu by creating an aura of life force that they will carry around their body, increasing their attack, defense and speed tremendously. Another method to obtain the Touki is to train the body to the most extreme limits, gaining control based on life itself. And it even allows the user to counter magic attacks. ¡­ Time never waits for anyone, while Leo was still practicing magic and trying to use a particular type, two years had passed and now he was twelve years old. In the Tomika courtyard, you can see Leo holding a branch and Serafall on both sides of the courtyard. "Are you ready? Leo-chan" Question Serafall "?Yes!" Responds Leo with determination. listening to Leo, Serafall moves her hand and a ray appears. Once it appears, as if it had come to life, it heads for Leo. "Full Counter" Leo shouts as he swings the branch toward the ray. "It seems that I need to practice more to be able to dominate it completely" Murmurs Leo to himself. "You don''t need to shout Leo-chan. You can use the technique even if you don''t." Explains Serafall. "It''s necessary. I cry out for the dreams and d?s?r?s of every man in the world" exclaims Leo proudly. When Serafall listens to Leo, she rolls her eyes: "Okay, Leo-chan, now, what kind of magic is it that you used?" "Jejeje, secret" Responds Leo with a smile "Come on, don''t be mean." Before Leo''s refusal, Serafall begs her with tearful eyes. (Really, who would think she would be so childish?) "I''ll tell you, but on one condition." "What condition?" asks Serafall feeling suspicious. "No." (You''re just gonna cause trouble). "I promise I won''t cause any trouble," answered Leo as he moved the branch back and forth. "It''s not no, you know I can''t take you. If Sirzechs-chan finds out, he''ll do nothing but bother. And he''ll try to stay with you, so I won''t let you meet him." "Are you afraid of Sirzechs? And I thought Nee-chan was the strongest" Sighs Leo with regret. "Since you say no. Then I will surrender," he says as he slowly begins to walk away. The corners of Serafall''s mouth contracted as she rolled her eyes again. "I know what you''re trying to do Leo-chan. But it won''t work, maybe I''ll think about it if you offer me something else." Serafall replied with a cunning smile. Leo, listening to Serafall, slowly turns around and looks at her with puppy eyes. "I have nothing more to offer," Leo says with regret "I''ll take you if you show me what more you can do with dark matter," Serafall said with a business smile. "All right," "Didn''t you hear me well? I said I accept," repeated Leo with a smile. "E, I mean..." She regained her composure and looked at Leo with a suspicious look. "Thinking better, I think I need to ask for more" I won''t let you go so easily. "The negotiations are over, I hope you don''t go back to your words. Nee-chan." Serafall: "..." (He played me) "And then, when do we leave?" Leo asked ahead of time. (Sigh. I seem to have no choice but to carry him) "In a month I will go to the underworld. I''ll tell you when to get ready." "All right." Stopping to think for a moment, Leo adds, "Since you want me to teach you what else I can do with dark matter, I''ll need an opponent to fight. So if Nee-chan can find one I will gladly teach you." "Then this was your plan," Serafall says with a smile that is not a smile. "I don''t know what plan you''re talking about Nee-chan" Leo replied with an innocent smile. Chapter 9 - School After the successful negotiations with Serafall, we agreed that she would call me once she finds some devil that is causing trouble, for me to take care of them. And the trip to the underworld will be after a month or two since Serafall has been doing work in the human world. And even when she tried to move forward, she flatly refused. And even when I tried to advance the trip, she flatly refused. "Nee-chan, I want to go as soon as possible, I do not think I can wait a month" "I know you can. Besides, were not you going to visit your new school? " "Yes, but ..." "But nothing. Leo-chan, you''ll go to school or I''ll tell your mom" Interrupt Serafall. "Eh ... Please do not do it, she''s terrifying." Frightened by her threat, Leo gives up. "I''ll go, but you can not go back to your words" "Trust me" (What little confidence do you have for me) "Well, I hope you do not do anything wrong when I''m gone" Once she finishes speaking, Serafall disappears. "I WILL NOT DO IT!" Leo yells to where Serafall disappeared. --- In a large school building, you can see a child of average height, between twelve or thirteen years of age, short dark black hair and blue eyes, walking through the halls to stop in front of the classroom and wait a moment. until a middle-aged man appears. "You must be the new student that arrived today. If I remember correctly, your name was Tomika Leo, right? " "Yes, that''s me. And you? "Leo asks "I am Nakazawa Munemori and from today I will be your new teacher." Munemori replies. "Well, Tomika-kun, you should have expected enough. Let''s go in." Opening the classroom door, the teacher enters and tells Leo to come in. Once inside, the teacher goes to his desk and says: "Well, as you all know, today we will have a new student. You can introduce yourself. " Approaching the board, Leo begins to write his name. Once it''s over, he turns and says: "I''m Tomika Leo. I like to play sports and my favorite color is a red great p???sur?. " "Well, Leo-kun you can choose an empty seat." Nodding, Leo looks at the classroom until he finds an empty seat. Looking at him, Leo smiles "Hi, I''ve already introduced myself. And you are?" Leo asks with a smile "Hyoudou Issei" Issei responds with a smile. Before they had continued speaking, the teacher continued speaking. "Well, now that everyone is calm, we''ll start with the class." After he finished speaking, he began to teach the class. Once the class is over, Leo quickly approaches Issei''s seat. "How are you Hyoudou-kun" "I''m fine" "You can show me the school, if I go alone, surely, I get lost." Leo says with a smile "You will not have any problems, right?" Once they go out into the hall. Issei guides him around the school. While they walk, Issei asks. "Tomika-kun, why did you change your school?" "Because I was looking to make new friends," Leo says without looking back. "My previous school was very boring, and I think that here, in the future things will be more fun." Looking Issei in the eyes, Leo smiles maliciously and adds. "I hope we get along" Feeling intrigued by Leo''s smile, Issei responds "Equally" Chapter 10 - Devil In the next few days, Leo spent his time quietly. Apart from going to school and playing with Issei, most of his time was spent practicing magic and improving his control over the dark matter. At first, he thought of continuing to recreate skills from other NNT characters, but since he had a lot to improve in the use of Full Counter, he decided to take it easy and practice until Serafall finds someone to fight with. Who would have thought Serafall would call him after half a month... And at the time, he was upset about Serafall''s proposal. "Why am I supposed to do this?" Looking at the documents Serafall gave him, Leo frowned. When he asked her to find someone to fight with, he was sure she would find some servant or even some stray devil. But somehow, he did not expect the opponent Serafall would find. "My proposal is very good." Satisfied, Serafall exclaimed: "Ever since you asked me to find you, someone to fight with, this is the best option! Not only will you be able to face low-class devils, but also a middle-class devil! "No, this is too much! I wanted an opponent, not a whole faction! And what about this faction of light devils? This is beyond simple combat!" Leo left the papers on the table and looked at Serafall with a resentful look. The devils of light. A faction of devils conformed by several rebel clans which supported the previous Maou who after their defeat hid and began to gather forces to oppose the current Maou. After several years of hiding and gathering forces, they began to cause several conflicts and problems with the anti-Maou faction. At first, they only sought support from the various factions, but after a while, it was discovered that they were trying to develop a method for devils to be immune to the effects imposed by the biblical god. They began experimenting with stray devils and human devils, but once discovered they moved to the human world where their location was hitherto unknown. "You don''t have to act like this. It''s just a branch of the faction, plus they''re just lower class devils, oh and the leader, even if he''s middle class, you don''t have to worry". It wasn''t that Leo hadn''t thought of this before, but... "They may be just lower-class devils and a middle-class leader, but I''ve never fought anyone." "You''ll have to trust yourself. The best process of learning is practice," replied Serafall. Having said that, he collected the documents and quickly passed them on to Serafall. As for Serafall, since she was not willing to let him go, she collected the papers and handed them to him again. "Don''t be a coward... Your magic capacity is terrifying, you have good control and you don''t even need a magic circle to use magic so you don''t have to worry. If something goes wrong you just have to use the dark matter and I''m sure you''ll be done with them in less than a second." "It''s not that I don''t want to, just..." "Leave the excuses!" Interrupts Serafall irritated. Looking at Leo she says: "It won''t just be you, various factions of the devil have been intimidated by them. I will go and face the main force so you don''t have to worry about anything else, just take this as training. At Serafall''s insistence, Leo surrenders and decides to follow his plan. "I''ll go... Oh, I don''t want other factions to know about this." "Yes, they won''t know. I''ll put a barrier around it so no one will bother you and remember, don''t get too complicated and finish quickly because once I put the barrier in place, I''ll be busy dealing with the main force. "All right." Once the conversation is over, Serafall leaves to make the preparations. Seeing Serafall disappear, Leo goes to train. Chapter 11 - Its bad to talk too much Once Serafall finished with the preparations, she immediately sought Leo to begin the journey. The next morning, first thing in the morning, Leo was at the airport of Hachijo-Jima, an island located in the south of the country. Approximately 287 kilometers south of Tokyo. "Yeah, what do you think of the place Leo-chan?" Serafall exclaimed cheerfully as she jumped happily around the place like a bunny. "Fine, but there was no need to travel by plane. You could just teleport us here and we''ll avoid wasting so much time. Once Serafall returned home, she decided to start the trip, but instead of teleporting, she wanted to travel normally. Upon learning of this, Leo initially wanted to refuse, but in the end, he found no reason to refuse, so he reluctantly accepted. "No, no, no... Of course, it''s necessary, nothing is more exciting than going on a trip with Leo-chan!" "Not even going on a trip with Sona?" Looking at Serafall with doubts, Leo added angrily "You only say it because she''s not here, I could never beat your Sis-con complex". "Ara... Leo-chan, are you jealous?" Serafall stuck out of her tongue playfully as she smiled from ear to ear, like a naughty child. Leo, who saw how Serafall presumed, could not help but give in to her charm, much less her clothing. Her dress somehow seemed a bit small compared to other occasions. It was not only her thin waist and the curves of her body that were completely exposed by the tight dress, but even her skirt was also much shorter than before. The area between her skirt and her black stockings exposed more than she should and her shirt was also a bit shorter, exposing the light, snowy skin of her waist. Wow, now that I notice, doesn''t your dress look smaller? no, no, it must just be my imagination, there''s no way your dress gets smaller, right? "Leo-chan, what do you think of the place?" Looking at the wonderful landscape, Serafall comments with a radiant smile. "The view is undoubtedly wonderful, nothing is better than going on a trip to enjoy the great wonders of Mother Nature. Look at the sea, it''s relaxing and the air is so clean that it feels wonderful! What was before her eyes was a vast expanse of forest. The lush green color spread everywhere, with its cliffs and surrounding mountains forming a great contrast to the sea surrounding the island and the sea shining in the sunlight looked as beautiful as a gem. Sea, sky and earth, God''s three creations were together in harmony, forming a beautiful image that no artist could paint. After admiring the scenery, Serafall and Leo left the airport directly to get a taxi. "So, where are we supposed to go now?" Leo asked as he tried to find a taxi. "The first thing we''ll do is look for a hotel, Sirzechs-chan is on the way with a legion of devils, just wait for them arrive and we''ll be ready." "Sirzechs will come in person? Isn''t that too much? According to their strength, you alone could finish them off. I see no reason to bring so many". "Of course it is necessary, they may be weak, but against rebel factions, it is better to be well prepared. one can incite others and they can cause a domino effect and we don''t want this to happen, so we have to end the problem from the root" Serafall did not lie, seriously speaking, as several devils who survived the war were hiding in the shadows waiting for the opportunity to resurface. Faced with the opportunity to join a new rebel faction or be exterminated by the anti-rebel faction, the choice would not be difficult. "That''s why we take the matter so seriously, one false step and it can cause a disaster. "I''ll make sure nothing goes wrong." Leo is serious. Faced with the possibility of a second war, Leo had to take things seriously. Sighing, Leo left those thoughts for the moment and decided to concentrate on the battle to come, and will take care of the problems that come later ... after deciding what to do, chose a taxi and helped Serafall get the luggage. Seeing Leo act so thoughtful, Serafall nodded inwardly. Although young, his good mana handling plus his control of dark matter allows him to fight with a middle-class demon without problems. Looks like I''ll see something fun! Although Serafall''s estimation was correct, she was unaware of Leo''s other abilities that allow him to fight a middle-class devil on an equal footing and fight a high-class devil, it would be difficult for Leo to defeat him as he is still young as well as not having his sacred treasure and little battle experience he cannot show his full potential. Unaware of Serafall''s thoughts, Leo, who had just organized the luggage, boarded the taxi "To the nearest hotel please" said Leo to the driver. When the taxi driver heard Leo, he looked at him strangely and looked at Serafall again. When he saw Serafall, the driver was amazed at how beautiful she was and continued to look at her body ?ustfully. Watching, Serafall ignored him as she coldly ordered: "To the nearest hotel". Listening to Serafall, the driver reluctantly stopped looking at her and started driving. As Leo watched the driver act, he felt that a vein was going to explode. Fuck, I''d beat the shit out of you if it wasn''t for Serafall being here! You should be more careful, people like you don''t live long. Thinking inside, Leo felt more and angrier. "Quiet Leo-chan..." Encouraging Leo with a playful smile as if she didn''t care about the driver''s attitude, Serafall placed her hand on Leo''s shoulder to calm him down. In a short time, the driver took them to one of the tourist hotels known for the area. Serafall who was very excited, could not wait any longer, rushed out of the car "Pay you Leo-chan" Without waiting for an answer from Leo, Serafall went straight to get the luggage. Turning his eyes to Serafall, Leo paid the driver and quickly got out of the car. "Kid, don''t you know how to count? it''s 3400 yen, and you gave me 1400 yen. You have to pay 2000 yen more!" shouted the driver to Leo. While he gave a deadly look "No, it''s the payment you deserve, I don''t need to give you more, right," Leo said with a malicious smile. He gathered parts of his aura and threw it at the driver. Suddenly, a heart-wrenching scream could be heard. "What was that scream?!" "It came from that area that''s passing by." "I don''t care what it is, let''s see what happened." Even Serafall was surprised by the sudden scream, and she left the luggage on the dazed floor and looked at the driver''s seat. The people who rushed to the scene were stunned. Their faces were full of disbelief, they couldn''t believe what they were looking at. For some reason, the grumpy driver was huddled in a fetal position like a puppy that had been harassed. His head was facing down, and the groans of help involuntarily escaped from his throat. Impressed by his attitude, the passers-by attempted to console him. while the responsible entered the hotel accompanied by Serafall. "What happened to him?" "He doesn''t seem to be feeling very well," said Leo, smiling shyly. Seeing Leo, Serafall decided not to ask any more questions and entered the hotel. Once they arrived at the hotel, Serafall chose one of the hotel suites. The room was a bit luxurious, but nothing more than normal, with two rooms, a bathroom, a spacious living room with a few pieces of furniture and a television set that gave a simple but luxurious style. "Well, it''s not that bad." Once Serafall saw that everything was in order, she said to Leo: "First go leave things in the room, we have to go over the plan before Sirzechs-chan comes." Nodding, Leo headed to the room to drop off the luggage. Chapter 12 - The attack begins Once Leo was finished organizing the luggage, he went to the lounge to talk to Serafall. Serafall, who was waiting for Leo''s arrival, quickly gestured for him to hurry." You took a lot Leo-chan, come on and sit down" Seeing Leo, Serafall told Leo to sit next to her. Leo, following her directions, sat on the couch while he quickly asked, "Tell me, what''s the plan?" Seeing how to direct Leo was, Serafall took no longer and used her mana to emulate a hologram from the enemy base. "This is the place where the enemy base is, it''s a hotel. abandoned that hasn''t been visited in a long time, has a barrier that isolates the whole area from the outside." Moving the hologram so that Leo could see the whole area. Hachijo Royal Hotel, a hotel abandoned a long time ago. The building looked like an imposing milky white castle, surrounded by weeds as far as the eye could see. Once Serafall saw that Leo saw everything, she stopped the image in a warehouse near the building. "This is where you''re going to defeat them." Finishing explaining, Serafall made the hologram disappear and prepared to leave. Looking at Serafall with doubt, Leo asked: "Where are you going?" That won''t be the whole plan, right? You''ve done nothing but show the enemy base. To Leo''s question, Serafall answered with an innocent smile "I''m going to sleep, tomorrow we have to go meet Sirhcez-chan" Looking at Serafall with a strange expression, Leo commented: "If you''re going to explain something, do it seriously!" I don''t know why I thought I could be serious. "I''m done, you just have to go to the warehouse and make sure they sleep forever." Listening to Serafall, Leo felt he was going to release a breath of blood THAT KIND OF PLAN IS THAT "Leo-chan, don''t get angry" You''re very s?ns?t?v? "Let''s just go to sleep, you have to be rested by tomorrow" Rolling his eyes, Leo didn''t pay attention to Serafall and went to his room. ______________ The next day, Serafall and Leo were waiting on a nearby hill near the abandoned hotel. Serafall was dressed in her usual magical girl dress and Leo wore a black robe that covered his entire small body, waiting for Sirhcez''s arrival. Once the sun had finally risen, the place that once was Silent and deserted, it was filled with devils all over the area and began to emit an oppressive aura. Looking at all the devils that were gathered, Serafall smiled, "It looks like everything is gathered. Looking closely, you can see about a hundred devils in a triangular battle formation, all well equipped with golden armor ready for battle. "No news Sirhcez-chan. There has been no activity recently, Linet-chan has taken care to verify that the information that we receive is correct and according to your report, the information is true, moreover, they do not wait for our arrival". Nodding, Sirzechs stopped and looked at Leo. "And he is?" "A companion, perhaps a possible member of my devil pieces," Serafall exclaimed proudly. Listening to Serafall, Leo rolled his eyes. Who is supposed to be part of your pieces? Surprised by Serafall''s answer, Sirhcez found himself more curious about his identity and why Serafall helped him so much to hide it, so he tried to inspect his body, but ended up being stopped by Serafall. "There is no reason to rush Sirhcez-chan, he is very shy and doesn''t like others watching. You''ll know who the and I can ?ssure you it''s not ?ssociated with the rebels." Being stopped, Sirhcez did not attempt to continue "If you say so, it seems I will have to wait to meet someone whom you value so much as to be part of your diabolical pieces." At the end of the talk, Sirhcez turned to the devils that followed him "Make sure no one escapes, the north zone will be taken by the first squadron, the south zone by the second. The third squadron will be in charge of extracting the subjects with which they have been experimenting". Nodding with satisfaction, Sirhcez changed his gaze to Serafall. "Serafall, I''d like your partner to be with the third squadron in case something unforeseen comes up." Listening to Sirhcez, Serafall looked at Leo to find out what he was thinking. Feeling Sirhcez''s proposal was reasonable Leo nodded to Serafall. As Leo had easily accepted, Serafall replied to Sirhcez "No problem Sirhcez-chan". Once Serafall accepted, Sirhcez did not want to delay any longer, so he decided to leave immediately. "It''s time to get going." When he had finished speaking, Sirhcez ordered the devils to move forward as he flew towards the hotel. Following Sirhcez''s order, the devils went to their respective areas. Seeing how they were leaving, Serafall quickly spoke to Leo. "Be careful not to get hurt. If you think you can''t beat them, You can always run away, you''re still young so don''t overdo it." "If I can''t even handle a few simple low-class devils, I might as well get poisoned." Leo said confidently as he shook his little sleeve, "Still, you''re the one who brought me here so you don''t have to act as you care about me." "Aside from the devils, are there still poisons that affect you?" Serafall asked in a dubious voice. "Uh... I''m sorry, I was just worried about you..." Serafall said as he played with his pigtails, "I just... I didn''t want you to lie to me and you''ll end up poisoned." "Oh well, it doesn''t matter. I don''t think any devil is as shameless as you." I can''t stand you anymore, either because Sona can''t stand you. It turns out that after Leo bragged about his great physique as well as being immune to the poison, Serafall didn''t believe him so he decided to check if what Leo was saying was true or not. So she ended up poisoning her food. But because of fate, Leo was not the one who ate it and the poor person who ended up poisoning his food. ended up eating the poisoned food, was none other than his father who after a single bite almost died but for Serafall Even so, Serafall was scolded and as punishment Leo forbade him to enter his house for a week. "Anyway, you have to be careful." Stopping for a moment as if she had discovered something she quickly corrected. "Forget what I said, you don''t have to be so careful. If you die I''ll revive you!" After listening to Serafall, Leo lost his balance and almost fell. "Get lost and give me back my good feelings." Chapter 13 - Attack 1 *Read the author thought* At the end of their conversation, Serafall led Leo to meet with the third squad, they could not waste too much time since the other squads were already ready to leave. Along the way, Serafall kept insisting that he be careful and that once they crossed the barrier he would be alone. "This is bad, it seems that Serafall sees me only as a small child who has enough potential. As she sees it, it would be to cultivate a talent for her evil pieces ... this is problematic, it seems that it is time to demonstrate what I am capable of. "Leo thought to himself as he contemplated how to proceed with his relationship with Serafall. Either now or in the future, Serafall''s siscon complex was more than known in the anime. Her obsession with her sister reached points where it was embarrassing, because of this, Leo thought of taking advantage of his age in his favor to get closer to her. But apparently, their relationship was not going in the direction he thought. "Well, I''ll think about that later." Determined to focus on dealing with the devils first, fixing his relationship with Serafall could wait. "And that''s what could happen if you don''t take care of your injuries properly ... Hmm Leo, are you listening to me?" "Ah? Eh yeah. "Leo answered quickly leaving his thoughts aside. ?Sigh! "Do what you want, if you die, just make sure you''re close to me, there are bad devils that steal children to turn them into their evil pieces, so be careful. If that happens you will make me look bad faced with Sirhcez-chan. Good children do their missions correctly, okay?" Seeing how Leo was distracted and didn''t hear anything of she said, Serafall decided to annoy him a little. Rolling his eyes, Leo decided to ignore her joke since they had arrived where the third squad. Although she couldn''t see Leo''s face, Serafall knew him enough to know what his expression was. Laughing at this, she considered bothering him later. "Who among you is the leader?" Once they arrived, Serafall asked the closest person by the squad leader. "Leviathan-sama!" Surprised by the appearance of Serafall, the soldier quickly rose to show his respects. "Yasuo, you have to be more attentive to your surroundings, Leviathan-sama doesn''t even try to hide her presence. you will die quickly if you keep your guard down." An irritated voice shouted. "YES, SIR!" Yasuo replied embarrassed. "Excuse him Leviathan-sama, he has been promoted recently and isn''t used to this environment, but can be sure of his abilities." Nodding at his explanation, Serafall did not give importance to the matter and introduced Leo to the squad. "Gacus, I''ve come to introduce you to your new teammate. His name is Leo and his fighting style is that of a knight if you compare them to a devil he would be in the Mid-class. Although he is not of high class he is strong and will be useful as support." Listening to Serafall, Gacus could not but be surprised, not only because Leo was not a devil but because he would be as strong as a Mid-class devil, even though Yasuo was a newly promoted soldier, he was already a top-class devil and not only Yasuo but all the devils that were selected for this mission were Top-class devils. "Even if he is a Mid-class devil, there must be a reason for Leviathan-sama to present him personally." Gacus thought "As you know, I''m Gacus the squad leader and the tower, including you there are five members in the squad. Once they introduce up we will leave. We have already wasted too much time " Gacus gave a brief presentation. Unlike Yasuo, Gacus had an experienced warrior aura, adding his ninety meters tall and sturdy physique, which made him seem imposing. "My name is Toshiko, and I am a bishop" "My name is Nara and like Toshiko, I am a bishop" Giving only their names and a presentation and their piece. Currently, they wear a uniform similar to the others in the squad. Although unlike Yasuo and Gacus full body armor, her uniform consists of a black shirt and pants. In addition to this, they had a golden armor that only covered around their ?h?st, shoulders, and legs. Seeing the armor of Toshiko and Nara, Leo could not help but be delighted with her dress although they lacked little to be a bikini armor. "Well, you met. It''s time for me to leave. Besides, it''s almost time for what they have to be prepared for. " Seeing Serafall leave, Gacus walked to Leo "Once we enter the barrier, we don''t know what awaits us inside. Be ready" While Gacus warned them, Leo concentrated on examining the barrier. Although Leo was not a magic expert, Serafall taught him a lot about magic so he could still know how the barrier works. How the runes were organized and their configuration was unique, everything was perfectly designed to optimize its effectiveness. The barrier function was to isolate the area from the outside but the only drawback was that there were more runes added to this configuration and they did not know what it was for. After Leo finished examining the barrier, he waits for Gacus to finish his speech and he follows inside the barrier. Once they crossed the barrier, everything changed. Looking around, they saw a forest instead of a brush and cliffs as before. In the distance, what was once a building in disrepair, became a sinister castle surrounded by several magical formations. "On the move, there is no time to lose." Nodding towards Gacus, they entered the forest. Chapter 14 - Attack 2 In the great hall inside the enemy base, there was a man and a woman watching the entrance of the legion by a transmission. Sitting on the throne was the man, his appearance was difficult to discern because it was hidden in a kind of shadow. Unlike him, the woman showed a more m?tur? appearance, her eyes had a dark and evil tone. Her clothes consisted of straps around and under her br??sts, gloves that ran up to her arms with small chains that hung from them, and shoulder protectors with three large spikes that sprouted from her right shoulder and black heel boots to the th??hs. "How is the situation?" The man asked in a dominant voice Accustomed to his attitude, the woman approached him and explained the situation. "Lucifer and Serafall have already crossed the barrier, they will arrive approximately in fifteen minutes. Their soldiers were divided once they entered to cover the north and south, while a team of five soldiers heads to where the hostages are. " "Looks like it''s time. Raynare activates the barrier, we must avoid that Lucifer and Serafall are free we still need time to evacuate" Listening him, Raynare went to a table in the center of the room and pressed her fingers against the surface of the table, once this was done, numerous magic circles appeared that were part of the formation of the barrier, sliding her fingers towards an area empty, created a magic circle that was integrated with the formation activating the barrier. "Are you sure? Do you think the barrier will be able to resist two Satans?" Raynare asked doubtfully. "I am very sure, the barrier is specially designed to resist them. Besides, neither Lucifer nor Serafall should get out of the barrier. " "What do you mean?" "Lucifer and Serafall can get rid of the barrier seal easily, but they won''t and that is why we have something they want." "The hostages" "Exactly, they can''t move until they have the hostages insured. Some of them are important members of families of the 72 pillars." "I was ready to use them as an experiment but from that useless house Nefarius was killed by that Nekomata, Sirzechs managed to get information from us and we got in his sights. So it was necessary to keep them intact, we don''t need to anger two Satans." The man replied with a certain irritation. "Sigh¡­ gather some devils and head towards the area where the hostages are. I doubt Sirzechs leaves this mission to simple soldiers." "Do not forget ..." "I will not forget, I''ll give you the Twilight Healing user information in addition to not intervening with what you do." The man answered. "I hope so" Spreading its wings, Raynare took flight and left the place. ___ While the group was on their way, they were stopped by Toshiko. "Hey" "Oh? then this will be faster" Toshiko added. "What''s up?" Yasuo asked curiously. "Enemies are approaching" Nara replied. "How many?" Gacus asked. "I can''t determine your number exactly..." Toshiko replied with a frown. "Be more specific!" Gacus ordered "Many ... I can''t determine their numbers exactly because there is some kind of interference" Toshiko replied while creating a magic circle. Once the magic circle was created, white energy particles gathered around it causing it to become unstable "Magic of light!" Yasuo exclaimed with surprise. Without knowing the exact number the team was at a disadvantage. There were only five and the greater the number of enemies the less chance of winning they will have. "Did we intercept their ambush here or attack them?" Nara asked. They needed to hurry and not knowing their number they didn''t have enough time to deal with them. "Here? No, that won''t work." Gacus denied. "So we could go deeper into the forest?" Yasuo proposed. "No, neither," Gacus denied once more. "What if ...?" If more ideas, Yasuo tried to find another solution. "It seems that there are also enemies behind. In the worst case, there is the possibility that we are surrounded" Nara interrupted. "In that case, we could separate. One group will be in charge of protecting the rearguard while another will continue "Gacus proposed Before the proposal of Gacus, Leo decided to intervene Listening to Leo, the team was surprised because Leo had not spoken all the way. Observing their expressions, Leo could not help but shake his head, it was not that he did not want to speak, but because his voice still sounded childish he decided not to do so to avoid questions, so he was always trying to use magic so that his voice will sound less childish. Because who would want a child in the army? "Although staying together is the easiest option, we cannot defend forever..." Refute Nara. "We cannot defend ourselves and if we separate we will be vulnerable to their numbers. But even so, someone must take care of the rear while the others continue."Yasuo proposed. "Are you suggesting someone as bait?" Gacus asked with a frown. "That''s right," Yasuo said. Listening to Yasuo, the others did not know what to answer. "And since I have been the one who proposed it, I will do it, I can deal with a few hundred easily. Besides, they won''t wait for us to decide." Yasuo smiled. Knowing that they were approaching the enemy, the others decided not to continue the discussion. Nodding towards Yasuo, the team continued on their way. With the enemies approaching, they decided not to continue the discussion. After a few minutes, you could hear the battle signs from a distance. "It seems that it has already begun," Leo muttered to himself. "Enemies!" Once the enemies were in sight, Leo could see the group of devils that the hundreds could count, some armed with swords and others seemed to be magicians. "Toshiko! Nara! thin out the numbers" Shouted Gacus. Once Toshiko and Nara listened to Gacus. As if the demonic energy were suddenly stimulated he gathered towards the two forming numerous magic circles. At the time this happened, the magic circles came to life while numerous chains shot out chaining the devils. While this was happening, explosions stormed the formation of the devils causing chaos. Surprised Leo could not help but shudder, the barrier is supposed to interfere with his spells but they were still capable of causing so much damage. Although the barrier caused some interference with their spells, Toshiko and Nara could still use their magic only that it would be less powerful. Nodding Toshiko and Nara, Gacus took the lead and charged towards the horde. "HAA" Gacus shouted as he drew his spear and swept toward the nearest enemy. Not wanting to be left behind, Leo transformed his arm into a sword and went inside the horde BOOM!!! Separating the head of the devil, Leo continued on his way while searching for his next target. Turning his body to avoid an attack, he turned his arm and transformed it into a claw to protect himself. BANG BANG BANG! Being bombarded by several attacks, Leo was forced to defend himself. Dark nebula Once he used the skill, a dark aura enveloped his body as it rapidly expanded, destroying the attacks that approached him and the surrounding devils. Having time to breathe, Leo jumped and sank his sword into the neck of two devils who managed to escape. At the same time, a magic circle spread across the battlefield creating a new set of chains that prevented all devils from attacking Leo and Gacus. Seeing how Toshiko and Nara controlled the horde of devils preventing them from attacking them, Leo smiled. Turning his body he held two devils and smashed them to the ground. "Although Toshiko and Nara are doing a good job, they can''t control so many devils. The first thing is to reduce their numbers. "Leo thought to himself. Dark snow Several snowflakes began to fall around the entire area. Everyone who came into contact with snowflakes was wrapped in a dark substance killing them instantly. The devils paled when they saw this. While the chains enveloped the devils limiting their movements and were totally at the mercy of the black snow. Some of the devils tried to protect themselves with barriers but still, the snow destroyed their defensive spells, and the black substance covered their bodies at a visible rate. All this happened in a matter of minutes and half of the horde of devils had disappeared. Chapter 15 - Attack 3 ''This has been harder than I thought,'' Leo thought. What was before the legion of devils had disappeared, a multitude of corpses piled up in the area. Sighing, Leo felt better, although he was not used to killing he knew he had to do it and yet he felt nothing. To test his skills, Leo did not want to use his magic much and decided to focus on close combat but to his disappointment, the devils were too weak and that he had not even used his mark ''Well, at least I know that all that training with Serafall served something, although it would be good to improve my hand-to-hand combat skills a little more,'' Leo thought to himself. With the horde of devils exterminated, the group quickly arrived where the hostages were. In the place where the hostages were located was a rustic building two stories high, with the n?k?d eye you could see several formations drawn in its structure. "We kill enough and still more come" Leo muttered as he looked at the sky. "Toshiko, Nara. you rescue the hostages, we will take care of the devils that come I doubt they will give up easily "Gacus ordered. Nodding towards Gacus, they entered the building. "We have to defend the area until they have evacuated the hostages" With enemy reinforcements on the way, Gacus decided to let Toshiko and Nara evacuate the hostages. "Don''t you think it''s too reckless to let them go alone?" Even knowing their abilities, Leo couldn''t help doubting since they couldn''t use all their power due to the interference of the barrier, although it wasn''t much. "Relax, they have been in this kind of situation before so they are used to it, we just have to worry about what we have in front of us," Gacus replied. "How is your condition, can you continue?" Gacus asked. Smiling satisfied at his response, Gacus can''t help feeling curious by Leo. His attack power was great, although his melee combat skills were not polished enough, he was still quite skilled. Moreover, his abilities were quite lethal either the snow or that black aura, Gacus was not sure of leaving unharmed. "There is no doubt that it is quite powerful, as expected of someone recommended by Leviathan-sama," Gacus thought. At first Gacus was not sure of the success of the mission and adding the fact that the rescue of the hostages was of vital importance could not help feeling insecure, his team was originally made up of Toshiko and Nara but at the last moment they included Yasuo that He was a newly promoted soldier and Leo was a taciturn hooded man. For a moment he came to think, is this a joke? but everything turned out better than I expected, Yasuo turned out to be quite determined and Leo was like a reaper once he reached the battlefield. Spreading his wings, Gacus flew over the building. "They are worse than rats" Gru?o Gacus. compared to before, there were even more so many devils that filled the horizon. "They are only cannon fodder, only a few are worth it" Leo replied. ''For now, it''s not necessary to use my brand,'' Leo thought to himself. Forming two wings, Leo headed to Gacus. "Gacus, get ready" Leo shouted. ~ Dark snow ~ As soon as the snowflakes began to fall, the devils did not panic, everyone took distance from their partners taking without damaging their formation, Unlike before, they had learned how to avoid their attack as anyone who came into contact with a snowflake was abandoned to their fate. Once they had time to reorganize themselves, the devils created numerous magical circles that filled the entire sky. Seeing this, Leo couldn''t help cursing, he had just dealt with a horde of devils and now he was going to be bombed again. All the attacks pointed towards the duo and without Toshiko and Nara supporting them, they had to deal with the enemies themselves. Positioning himself in front of the attacks, Leo transformed his arm into a sword and pointed it in the direction of the attacks. ~ Full Counter ~ ~ SLASH ~ With a flash, a torrent of magical energy shot toward the horde of devils. ~ BANG! ~ The attack hitting the horde of devils except for some devils who managed to avoid it and created barriers to protect oneself. ''What is that¡­? ?It''s only been for a moment and all the attacks disappeared!." Gacus thought, his eyes widened in shock. Of course, Gacus I had seen several strange techniques from devils but had never heard of any technique like the one Leo used. Remaining still in place, Leo watched the horde of devils to catch any suspicious movement. ''What are they supposed to do?'' Leo thought to himself. Since they had entered the barrier, everything was too strange, the enemies were weak and the only problem was their numbers, they had already finished with a lot of devils and yet Yasuo had not returned, other than that, everything was too easy. Leo thought. When he realized that this meant that as long as the enemy had the hostages Sirzechs and Serafall they couldn''t do anything. But what if they weren''t preventing them from taking them? ''No wonder, they are just trying to save time. They know that they cannot keep the hostages and without these Sirzechs and Serafall, they will go with everything so they are only trying to gain time to escape so once the hostages are free they will start the real battle.'' Leo thought "I refuse to get out of here until I have found someone to fight with," Leo thought as he headed for the horde of devils. He wanted to put all his skills into practice or he would be trained so hard for anything. Entering the front line, Leo quickly avoided all incoming attacks while stretching his arm Shattering a nearby devil. By quickly transforming his arm into a claw, Leo used it to break the barriers with which some devils were protecting themselves. The barriers were nothing more than air, as he easily shattered them. Flying forward, Leo used his wings sweeping the enemies. Sending flying to the devils, Leo didn''t waste much time while continuing his attack without giving them the having chance to recover. ___ Within a space isolated from the barrier, Sirzechs and Serafall was watching Leo on some kind of television "Soon ... and when will you tell me where you got this boy?" Sirzechs asked as she looked at the screen. "Would you believe me if I told you that I found it by chance?" Serafall asked with a smile. "You''re telling me that you found someone who can slaughter a legion of Mid-class devils like nothing. By chance?" Sirzechs looked at Serafall with doubt. "Hehehehe, Leo-chan has many secrets and our relationship is to give and take, in exchange for teaching he magic, he agreed to come. Even so, in all my life I had never seen someone with those skills, and you? " "Nor have I seen anyone like him, much less someone with that black substance," Sirzechs replied with a sigh. "Dark matter, it seems, is very powerful. I don''t know its characteristics by adding his great control over it more its talent for magic and its physical abilities make it terrifying." Serafall added with a frown. "More powerful than the power of destruction?" "Eh ..." Serafall exclaimed in amazement. "I do not know. As I have told you, it has never let me analyze it more closely so I cannot ?ssure you anything but in my opinion, I do not believe I as powerful as with the power of destruction."Serafall replied with a sigh, as Leo had not allowed him interacting with dark matter, she didn''t know very well what his composition was made of, she only knew that I could repel magic in a certain amount, more what I had seen Leo use in this battle. "We only have to wait to know what he is capable of. Are you still going to take him to the underworld anyway? "Asked Sirzechs with some doubt. "I have promised, and soon the ceremony will take place to give the evil pieces and I hope that Sona manages to return it to one of her evil pieces." Serafall smiled expectantly. "I would also like him to be one of Rias evil pieces" Sirzechs replied with a smile "Come on Sirzechs-chan, Leo-chan continues to refuse to become one of my evil pieces but that does not prevent Sona from having a chance and if Rias-chan can make him one of her evil pieces I will not object. Besides, hadn''t you already got two possible candidates? if I''m not mistaken." Serafall replied calmly. "Yes, the girl from the Himejima clan is currently with Rias and the Nekomata will be with her once we finish here, as I promised her sister. So once Rias performs her ceremony she will make them part of her evil pieces."He replied. "Hehehe¡­ we''ll see which one of them is capable of achieving it. For now, it is better to end what we have in hand."Responding. Serafall pointed her finger towards the transmission, in this one could see Leo killing the devils, shaking her finger, the transmission changed and showed Toshiko and Nara coming out with the hostages. "The hostages are now free. It''s time to get out of here." Finishing speaking, Serafall created a magic circle and lashed out at the barrier. BOOM! As if it were made of glass, the barrier collapsed after the attack. Without stopping for a moment, Serafall and Sirzechs spread their wings and coming out of the barrie Chapter 16 - Attack 4 Once Toshiko and Nara rescued the hostages, it was the beginning of the chaos. At the same time, Leo and Gacus ended all the surrounding devils. Making sure that none had escaped, the duo met with Toshiko and Nara to check the status of the hostages. Seeing the arrival of Gacus and Leo, Toshiko and Nara sighed in relief. "Just in time, we managed to rescue them all. There were some complications but nothing we could not deal with." Nara greeted with tiredness. Checking the hostages, Gacus asked: "Someone injured" "No, we make sure to protect them all, which caused the rescue to be more difficult" Nara replied. "Good job. Our mission is already over, we just need to take the hostages to a safe place. "Nodding satisfied, Gacus sighed in relief. Since he had finished his mission. Gacus decided it was time to return, since the longer they will stay, the more likely they were to be involved in the crossfire. Before they could continue their conversation, a voice rang calling the attention of the team. "You don''t have to worry, I''ll take care of them," Serafall interrupted as she descended near the group. Leo looked at Serafall lazily: "Ohh ... until you finally decided to come" Leo said. "Jejeje Leo-chan, I''m glad to see you too. I MISSES YOU SO MUCH! "Serafall exclaimed with a smile. Ignoring Serafall, Leo simply looked where he could feel a sudden burst of magical energy. In the distance, several beams of light could be seen accompanied by a huge snake, the huge snake spitting its long scarlet tongue as it lowered its head and let out a thunderous roar. ''Ohya? It seems that Sirzechs-chan has already begun. It shouldn''t take long.'' Serafall thought as she walked toward the hostages. Before she reached the hostages, she stopped and looked into the forest. When Serafall finished speaking, Yasuo slowly emerged from the trees. "As expected from Leviathan-sama her senses are very sharp" Okita replied calmly. As he walked, a dim light covered his body. His appearance changed to that of a man in his twenties, clothes in a light blue haori with sleeves adorned with light mountain stripes and a hakama over a traditional kimono. Seeing Okita, Leo felt that his clothes reminded him of someone but could not remember who. "You have already complied with supporting the rescue team so that it doesn''t have any complications. So it''s normal for me to take care of it now." Serafall replied with a smile. "I just do my duty." Okita smiled friendly. The team excluding Leo who tried to remember who he was, was quite surprised. "Are you Soji Okita?" Gacus asked even more astonished. "Who is he?" Nara asked as she looked at Gacus in confusion. Once Leo heard him it was one of the evil Sirzechs pieces, he remembered who he was. Soji Okita was the gentleman of Sirzechs and also a very important character in the original story since he was the master of Kiba and the reason why Rias became so interested in Japanese culture. "Now that the presentations are over, it''s time for me to leave." Once he finished speaking, he headed towards the huge snake. "As always so dedicated," Serafall muttered to herself. "Well, it''s time to leave." Serafall formed a magic circle that covered all the hostages and the other team members. "Aren''t you coming Leo-chan?" Serafall asked when she noticed that Leo was not moving from her place. Leo looked in the direction Soji went, the huge snake was still wreaking havoc. "You can get ahead, I''ll stay a little longer," Leo said. "Eh ..." Serafall exclaimed in confusion. Serafall stopping for a moment, Serafall searched her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "When you finish you just need to circulate your magical energy and it will take you where we are" Serafall said as she handed her the paper. Storing the paper, Leo didn''t take too much time and headed towards where the snake was. At his speed, Leo quickly arrived where the huge snake was. Up close, it was even more imposing, its black scales reflected the moon giving it a spooky glow, the huge snake had half its body underground. Its entire body, including Its underground body, emanated black gases that surrounded the entire battlefield! At this time, the huge snake opened its jaws as it rammed the surrounding devils. Seeing the huge snake, Leo asked solemnly: "Soji ..." Soji who was around him replied calmly: "If you want to take care of the snake, you can do it, therefore, do what you have to do. Hurry up, it won''t wait forever. " A black aura left his body and spread throughout the area in a single burst! As his aura increased, dark matter spread throughout his body gathering on his forehead, a claw-shaped mark appeared in his left eye. Once the brand appeared. His iris changed from light blue to pure black, his black eyes were like an infinite void that only harbored darkness and the end could not be seen. Suddenly, the dark matter ran down his arm forming a sickle. Raising his hand, his aura rose violently as he gathered his magical energy in his left arm. Balancing his arm with all his strength! Slash The sickle moved as it shattered the air and created a devastating cut on the snake''s back. Clank Without stopping his strike Leo landed on the ground, planting his legs on the ground, exerted force and the ground around his legs sank. With all his strength, he held the snake''s body and pushed it with all his might. I sound a hiss. The huge snake was unearthed from the ground! Leo stabilized and swung the sickle in front of him, ready to attack again. Ahead, the huge snake collapsed in the forest and raised clouds of debris and dust. Half of the snake''s body shook and shattered the surrounding trees by firing the debris in all directions. Some of the rubble even killed several devils! The debris splashes were even scarier than the magical attacks, as they shot through the air with great force. ~ Dark Snow Dark matter particles gathered in Leo''s hand. His previous move had been extremely heavy as he gathered all his strength in digging up the snake, so he decided to use his entire repertoire of skills. The longer he used his skills, Leo gained more experience in the course of the battles so that he devised new ways to use his attacks to make them even more lethal. The violent blows rained when numerous snowflakes collided with the scales of the snake causing cracks in the scales of the snake. The huge snake exploded in rage knowing that his body had been damaged and could not react in time to stop the strike of attacks so he reacted immediately by opening his wide jaws and bit into Leo! Rafagas of wind flew furiously in Leo''s face. Without delay, the sickle in Leo''s hand-cut forward. However, the snake knocked him down with a growl. With a heavy blow, Leo shot out, knocking down the trees in his path! Before Leo could get up, he saw the snake sliding towards him at a terrifying speed while emitting a bloodthirsty aura. In the distance behind the snake, Soji stayed there quietly and paid no attention to what was happening. His magical energy circle through his body. Calming his breathing, he used all his concentration on the huge snake. In front of him, Leo felt that everything had been restructured. The forest, the snake, everything had become extremely clear. Every action that the snake performed could easily capture it. Moving quickly, Leo evaded the snake''s attack by at least a few centimeters and stabbed with his sickle the eyes of the huge snake that had flown past him. Flying through the sky, Leo managed to avoid the sweep of the snake''s tail. With the injured left eye, the snake screamed and immediately threw itself on Leo, who was flying. After this, everything suddenly darkened before the other eye that was stabbed by Leo. The huge snake suddenly stopped moving. Leo also stood still without making any movement. The two were only a few meters away from each other. In the moment of silence, the scales of the snakes changed color turning red. The huge snake moved instantly and with its huge mouth open, it pounced at Leo. Chapter 17 - Attack 5 The instant the snake moved, Leo jumped forward without realizing that the snake''s tail was heading towards him. ~ SLASH The snake''s tail moved taking advantage of the opening and cut his arm, without stopping, the snake continued its attack leaving Leo on the defensive. ~ CRASH The sickle and tail collided continuously. At the same time, the snake and Leo moved from side to side destroying the entire forest. Being cornered, Leo continued to defend himself with his only arm while trying to separate from the snake. When the snake realized that Leo was trying to escape, it growled and turned towards Leo with its jaws open. Smiling at its action, Leo moved even faster to where it was and swung his shoulder in the direction where his arm had fallen. The dark matter moved over his shoulder, like a spider web, dark matter joined his amputated arm and returned to its original position. Once he joined his arm, Leo formed a huge sword and swung his sword toward the snake''s jaw. The snake did not remain inactive and at the moment when Leo recovered his arm, he formed a barrier to protect himself. ~ BOOM Unlike the barrier of the devils that Leo faced before, it was more resistant, so once his sword hit the barrier he could not easily cross it. Turning on itself, the snake formed more magical circles around it bombing Leo in all directions. "Full counter!" Followed by a great flash, Leo countered all snake attacks. Heading towards the snake, Leo reinforced his sword with more magic and cut towards the snake horizontally continuing his ?ssault. A single cut in his current state was able to push back the snake while creating a bloody wound on its body. Before the snake could fight back, Leo approached it and turned his sword to protect himself from snake attacks. Some attacks were close to brushing him but Leo dodged each time without stopping and continued to hit the snake. While it was true that the scales of the snake were quite resistant, the longer the battle was going on, the snake received more damage and its scales were not able to protect it from Leo''s ?ssault. ~ CLANK CLANK CLANK Watching Leo who was accelerating slowly, the snake was enraged and a red aura came out of her in a single burst. Leo was not dissuaded however, instead, he increased his speed. ~ BANG! CRACK! Blocking one of Leo''s blows, the snake growled when Leo broke its scales creating a superficial wound on its back. ''The reason I can''t penetrate its scales is not that its scales are too hard, it''s because it uses magic to distribute the damage that it receives throughout its body. Its ability is like a mantle that covers its scales and if this mantle breaks, it has its scales to protect it.'' Leo thought to himself. However, to use that skill with its body, it would have to spend a lot of magic. Even Leo couldn''t do the same, even with his monstrous reserve of magic for his age. While there was also the option of limiting the area of ??effect of the skill, it was not a good solution since its huge body also served to distribute the damage by a large margin. Not to mention the fact that once it received too much damage it would be vulnerable to attacks if its scales were not able to protect it. To make matters worse, the damage would accumulate in the mantle and expel the excess as before. While it wasn''t a perfect skill, Leo still found it quite useful. ''Huh? What would happen if I used Dark Nebula as the snake does? that would be interesting ... '' Leo thought to himself. While he was not so competent in the use of magic, Leo could still make several changes in its ability to work with dark matter. For skills like that, he needs to have great control of his magic because he would have to create a mantle that covers his body at all times which would increase the expense of his magic reserves, but the power released at the very end would far exceed that of the snake and would be able to exterminate everything around it with the dark matter. Once he discovered how its ability worked, he continued attacking the snake without giving it time to expel excess magic. Continuing with his offense, Leo smiled when he discovered that the snake could no longer keep its protective mantle. leaping backward, Leo gathers the dark matter in his hand. The snake went on guard, but it was too late since Leo had already appeared behind her. "HAA!" A beam of dark matter emerged from Leo''s hand, shattering the scales of the snake, like paper. A black aura covered him and numerous black spots began to appear around him. Scattering into several hundred snowflakes, they fell towards the snake surrounded it in a storm of snowflakes. "Wow..." Okita muttered seeing the black dots that surrounded the snake and attacked it from all directions. One of the flakes had even managed to pluck a large piece of meat. Grunting, the snake decided to withdraw. "As if I was going to leave you!" Being stopped by Leo, the snake opened its jaws trying to swallow Leo. Arriving in front of the snake, Leo gave it no chance to escape and cut the area closest to its head. ~ CHII CHII Blood splashed everywhere. The snake''s head, which was as wide as a house, was separated from its body but continued to fly towards Leo. Seeing at the head of the huge snake that was about to reach him, Leo jumped over the snake''s head and kicked hard down, sending the snake''s head to the ground. "This has been harder than I thought¡­ I should come back now, I want to test that ability as soon as possible." Leo sighed as he stretched his body. Once he finished stretching, he took out the paper Serafall had given him and tore it. A magic circle appeared under his legs covering the area where he was. ~ Swoosh! At that moment, Leo felt a sudden burning in his left arm. Looking at his arm, he found spear embedded in it. Not only that. The spear was made of light! "Tsk, if you try to kill me it takes more than just a spear or you will end up like the snake" Leo muttered raising an eyebrow. As he was a demon, the light-based attacks caused him considerable damage. But the spear did not cause him much harm, which meant that the angel who attacked him was weaker than him. Looking in the direction in which the spear came, he could see a fallen angel who was quite familiar to him. Raynare was quite far from Leo and surrounded by several devils that protected her. When Raynare realized that her surprise attack failed, she immediately retired along with the devils that protected her. "That was close, a little more and you would be headless." Okita said as she looked at Leo''s wound. Once the spear was out, the wound began to heal at a visible speed but slower than it should. ''Although the blow did not cause me much damage, it slowed my healing it doesn''t matter how resistant it is, the light energy will affect me negatively.'' Leo thought to himself. "Before you go, I would like you to give Serafall a message from me" Okita said calmly. "What is it about?" Leo asked after a brief pause. As he was busy dealing with the snake, Leo could not observe what Okita was doing, but he knew that he was watching him at all times while killing a few hundred devils. "Just tell her this: ''In Tokyo, they are hunting foxes'' and was his obligation to take care of the problems in Tokyo and not mine." He said. "No problem, I will tell her" Leo replied. When Leo finished speaking, the magic circle was complete and brightness intensely as disappeared Leo. "Well, it seems I have to deal with this first." Okita muttered looking at the huge castle. Chapter 18 - Tokio ~ Inside a room in an unknown place. Serafall was sitting at a desk looking at the person in front of her. "Serafall-sama, we have already sent the hostages to the command center to check if they have any abnormalities. After the medical check-up is over, they will be taken to their respective families." Gacus gave a brief report on the situation in which the hostages were. "Make sure everyone has been analyzed correctly, we cannot afford to send them to their families and it turns out they were used in some experiment," Serafall said with a sigh. If it turned out that anyone had been a victim of the experiments, their families would not remain idle and with the situation in which the underworld was, they would cause chaos. "I will personally check the results of their tests," Gacus said resolutely. While they were arguing, a magic circle appeared in the center of the room. The person who appeared as a man of medium stature covered in a tattered black robe but still managed to hide his appearance. "Okay, you can leave." Once Leo appeared, Serafall fired Gacus. Nodding towards Leo who had just appeared, Gacus didn''t delay any longer and left the room. Returning the greeting, Leo waited for Gacus to leave the room. Once Gacus left, Leo took off his robe, his short jet black hair, blue eyes, a childlike face were exposed. Looking curiously at the room, Leo asked, "Were are we?" "In a hotel in Tokyo," Serafall replied. ''Apparently, Okita already knew where I was going ''Leo thought to himself. "How was your fight with the snake?" Serafall asked with interest. "The fight with the snake gave good results, helped me practice my fighting skills and also gave me several ideas to improve my skills. And what did you think of the fight with the devils? "Leo asked with a smile. "It was quite interesting, dark matter is even more powerful than I had imagined. I had never expected you to have so many skills, you are a box full of Leo-chan surprises," Serafall replied with a smile. "I''m sure you have more skills, what are they?" Serafall asked as she rested her elbows on the desk. Leo just smiled without answering. "By the way, Okita told me what to give you a message, ''In Tokyo foxes are being hunted'' and that this was your job, not his, what is it about?" Leo said changing the subject. When Leo heard Okita, he had several doubts. As the plot of the original story, I never name when the events of the story happened chronologically before Issei was killed and only the events were vaguely named. Leo never knew when some important events in history would begin, and from what he remembered, an event related to the hunting of Youkais was never named, he only remembered Yasaka''s kidnapping but was not related to what was currently happening. When Serafall heard Leo her face paled. "No, it was just a job I had to do and when I found you, I wasn''t attentive to the job," Serafall responded awkwardly. "You''ve forgotten, right?" Leo asked with a contraction in his face. "Of course not Leo-chan, I am a responsible devil and I would never forget my duties" Serafall replied avoiding Leo''s mortal gaze. "Oh ... I just remembered that I have to solve some issues, Leo-chan you can leave, your parents have also come to visit so you should go with them, they are in room 310." Serafall said as she disappeared quickly. Leo went blank looking where Serafall was. ___________ ~ Knock knock Opening the door, Leo''s mother received her son with a smile. "Leo, how have you been? Mom has missed you so much. Have you eaten well? Did you sleep well? Have you been cold? it''s pretty cold so you have to get warm" Satomi bombarding Leo with questions. Without allowing him to reply, she continues. "I hope you didn''t cause Serafall-san problems. She takes care of you a lot and even brought you to visit Tokyo, thankfully she was so kind as to invite us too, if it wasn''t for your dad who was working, we would have come much sooner "She sighed Satomi with regret. "Okasan, I''ve already apologized for that," Suezo replied with a grievance. Ignoring her husband''s pitiful look, Satomi she continued talking to Leo. Once Leo finished answering all of his mother''s questions, he got ready to go to his room to try to replicate the snake''s ability. "Where are you going, Leo?" Looking at Leo who was heading to his room, Satomi asked doubtfully. "Eh? I''m going to my room," Leo replied, surprised by her question. "No, it''s still early so don''t think about locking yourself in your room. It is a wonderful day and we are visiting Tokyo for a few days so we have no time to lose, get ready we will go sightseeing, not every day we can visit Tokyo" She said. Since Leo was struggling with the legion of devils, it hadn''t been too long for what was still late. "But I''m tired," Leo replied. "In five minutes we will leave, I hope that in those five minutes you are ready and if you are not, you will be punished" She threatened. "But..." "But what?" Satomi Gave Leo a stern look. Without saying anything else, Leo looked at his mother pitifully and went to change. Since he could not put his new ideas into practice, Leo continued to think of various ways in which he could improve his skills and the things he should improve. Since Leo was born, the manipulation of dark matter became as common as breathing for him, whether changing his form, using it to strengthen his body, it was quite simple although when he gathered it, he needed to concentrate to prevent it from dispersing. Besides that, there was no problem being able to control it. On the other hand, with his magic it was different, although he could use it without any problem, he could not control it completely. Adding to the fact that his reserves of magic increased continuously, it was almost impossible for him to use his magic efficiently without wasting it. Once Leo was ready, the entire Tomika family left the hotel. ___ The sun had already set and the Tomika family had returned to the hotel after visiting the most famous places in Tokyo. Leo sighed wearily. He had spent the whole day touring the city with his family. Throughout the trip, he discovered that it was better to face a horde of devils than shopping with his mother. At the time they were visiting the city, their mother lost no opportunity to buy clothes and Leo turned out to be the victim who had to try a multitude of outfits that her mother liked. "Leo-chan you seem very tired" A voice rang when Leo opened the door of his room. Once Leo entered the room, the first thing he saw when he entered was Serafall lazily lying in his bed while she eating a package of cookies. "Tsk ... I don''t want to hear that from someone who doesn''t do anything all day," Leo said as he left the bags on the floor. "Of course not!" Exclaimed Serafall. "I have been working all day, we just dealt with a legion of devils and it turns out that here, they have already been making their move taking advantage of the opportunity that we were busy with the rebels," Serafall said as she sat on the edge of the bed. "By the way, What is that about fox hunting," Leo asked. "Ohya, Leo-chan, are you curious?" Serafall asked playfully. "Not at all, I just wanted to verify you did your job correctly. You also don''t have to tell me what it is about " "Always, I do my job correctly. And since you''re so curious to know, I''ll tell you." Serafall said. "It turns out ..." Serafall explained the situation in which the Youkais were "And I imagine your job is to make sure no devil was involved," Leo concluded. "Yes, since some rebels began experimenting with devils and some stray devils, it is possible that they were also trying to experiment with Youkais," Serafall said. ''It seems that the Hero Faction has begun to use interest in the Kitsunes.'' Leo thought to himself when he discovered why the Hero Faction was so sure that they would invoke the Great Red if they used Yasaka and that was because they were already testing with other Kitsunes, only that they needed someone as powerful as Yasaka to succeed in the invocation. "But there is nothing to worry about, this issue is not related to any of the three factions. So the Youkais will solve the matter for themselves." Serafall said. "The three factions are not planning to help?" Leo asked. "This matter is not related to us and although we want to help them, we have enough rebels to take care of to have time to help the Youkai''s. As long as the matter does not go to extremes, we do not interfere, "Serafall said as she stretched her body. "Now that I remember, in three days we will leave Tokyo and head to the underworld so prepare yourself," Serafall added. "three days? I thought it would be within a month when we would go to the underworld " Leo asked surprised. "Jejeje¡­ in three days it will be the ceremony in which the evil pieces will be given to the devils of this generation and I thought it was a good opportunity to take you," Serafall said wich a smile. "Sigh ... I''ve told you so many times, I have no interest in being part of someone''s evil pieces and that includes you." Leo said knowing his true intentions. "Who knows, maybe you change your mind," Serafall said as he left the room. Leo could only sigh, he knew what she was trying to do but as much as he refused she kept insisting. "It seems that I only have to wait until he surrenders." Leo thought in dismay. Chapter 19 - To the underworld In Leo''s room, his magical energy gathered around him slowly forming a mantle over his body, when the mantle had covered the lower half of his body the mantle became unstable and quickly disappeared. ''I can''t go on¡­ this is harder than I thought.'' Panting heavily, Leo sat on the bed and sighed wearily. Since Leo talked with Serafall, about six hours had passed. Leo was resting for approximately three hours, after three hours Leo was in perfect condition so he began his experiments to replicate the snake''s ability. The more he tried to replicate the skill, he discovered that it was not as simple as he had thought. With the absorption of energy, one could dissolve the various powers exerted on the body. If the power could not exceed the support limit of the ability, the power would be absorbed and transformed into his power. This caused it to be resistant to physical attacks and ineffective for attacks that could not exceed its absorption threshold. To deal with the absorption of energy, magical attacks that exceeded their absorption capacity was the best option. The supported limit of this type of skill naturally depended on the level and strength. In general, the support limit of the ability would always exceed the combat capacity of the same level. And once the energy to be stored at the level where it overflowed it was necessary to expel the excess. That would cause a large explosion depending on the level of power of the user. If Leo listed the important points of the skill they would be: 1- It required great control of his magic. 2- Should be able to control the mantle completely so you can redirect the energy throughout your body. 3- It would act as a second layer of skin so it had to be very thin to maximize its effect The skill had its complications but Leo could imitate it, he had imitated Full Counter. So this ability would be easier to replicate, right? "I can easily solve magic control. Mantle control should not be a big problem, and creating such a thin layer to act as another layer of skin was difficult but not impossible. The only problem is mixing it with dark matter," Leo muttered to himself. Thinking for a few minutes, Leo realized that it was not necessary to worry so much about fusing skill with dark matter. ''First I will imitate her with magic and then I will think about how to make it work with dark matter.'' Once he decided what to do, Leo set out to practice. _________________________________ Over the course of the two days, Leo immersed himself in his self-learning, sometimes he went out with his family to tour the city but always managed to take time to practice and after numerous attempts, on the third day Leo was already able to replicate the ability of the Snake just in time to travel with Serafall to the underworld. Stretching his body, Leo left his room. "Leo-chan, are you ready?" Seeing Leo leave his room, Serafall who was waiting asked as she rose from the couch. "Yes, are we leaving now?" Leo asked. "Where are you going?" Satomi asked curiously. "Eh¡­ I wanted to take Leo to visit my family, there shouldn''t be any problem if he took me for a few days, right?" When Serafall finished speaking, her eyes emitted a faint glow. Seeing how Serafall hypnotized his parents, he made Leo feel uncomfortable. He didn''t like the idea of ??hypnotizing his parents but he knew that if Serafall didn''t do it, he couldn''t go to the underworld. ''Just for this time, I shouldn''t let him hypnotize them anymore'' Leo thought to himself. As it was Serafall who hypnotized his parents, Leo had no problem since he trusted her but if it was another devil he didn''t trust he would cut off his head immediately. "Sure, there is no problem," Suezo said monotonously. "What do you say, honey? Leo has to go to school. Remember that when we changed school Leo insisted on being in a lower grade. So we should not let him miss more class." Undeterred from Serafall''s gaze, Satomi scolded Suezo. "Huh?" Leo and Serafall exclaimed in unison. "I''m very sorry Serafall-san but Leo can''t go with you, summer vacation will start in a few months so you could take Leo with you but now he can''t miss classes," Satomi exclaimed. Looking at Satomi with surprise, Serafall tried to hypnotize her again. "I understand you Satomi-chan but I have talked to my sister about Leo and she wants to meet him" This time, Serafall''s eyes shone even more intensely than before. Undeterred, Satomi continued. "I don''t think it''s possible. Leo has to study more, he is not yet able to write the Kanji perfectly and still has problems with classic Japanese. What would others think if they knew that they can speak Spanish, English, and Italian But they are not able to speak Japanese correctly? At first, I thought my son was a genius but it turned out that you were teaching him Serafall-san. So it''s time for Leo to be more independent of you." Satomi exclaimed resolutely. Listening to his mother, Leo felt ashamed, he was able to speak Spanish and English from his other life and Italian had been learning it recently, but Japanese was too complicated so he still had a hard time pronouncing it and writing it but curiously he was able to Understand it perfectly. Genesis Note: (As I am a great god, I gave you the ability to understand it but learning to write and speak it is your job, I already have enough work translating you readers. ??so praise me!!!) "Eh ..." Not knowing what to say, Serafall looked at Leo and said quietly: "What have you done to your mother Leo-chan, hypnosis does not work with her" Shaking his head, Leo was also as confused as she. "I haven''t done anything to him ... Will she have become immune?" Leo asked trying to find an answer. "I don''t think so, she is supposed to be a normal human so she shouldn''t be able to resist if I hypnotized her, Leo-chan. Is your mother the same as you?" Serafall asked as her intrigue increased more and more. "You should know better than me that my parents are normal humans" Leo replied with a snort, he already knew that Serafall had checked if his parents were human or not. "Jejeje... that''s a thing of the past Leo-chan, instead of thinking about that, you should think about how to convince your mother." Serafall said trying to change the subject. "Tsk. You saved yourself for this time." Leo snapped his tongue in annoyance. "Jeje" Serafall laughed awkwardly. Looking at his mother, Leo turned his brain around to find a credible excuse but he couldn''t think of anything so he decided to improvise. "Mom, the trip will only be for two weeks ..." "No" Satomi refused before Leo could finish speaking. "But..." "No, be a good boy and don''t argue with your mother," Satomi said as she looked coldly at Leo. Before Leo could keep talking, Serafall intervened. "You should let him come to my house Satomi-chan, he can study at my house" "I know you care about Leo Serafall-san per¨® ..." Before Satomi could finish Serafall continued. "My younger sister can help him study, she studies hard and I can make sure she is as smart as Leo. And I think she will help Leo delighted," Serafall suggested. Contemplating her proposal for a moment, Satomi didn''t think it was a bad idea. Leo was surprisingly intelligent, he never studied and but he had good grades and although he had problems with his Japanese, he was able to speak three languages. What 12-year-old boy was able to speak four languages ??without being considered a genius? Even so, she wanted Leo to learn to try harder and stop being so dependent on Serafall. So maybe knowing someone his age that wasn''t so different from him will help you be more independent. "Okay," Satomi agreed after thinking carefully. Leo felt strange when his mother accepted so easily after listening to Serafall. "Hurry Leo-chan, before your mother changes her mind." Serafall decided not to waste any more time and leave before her Satomi changed her mind. "Sigh ... now that I have free time I should go take a bath" Satomi muttered to herself as she headed to her room without noticing the small black spots around her. Chapter 20 - Underworld After Leo and Serafall left the hotel, they boarded a train to the underworld. On the outside of the train, the only thing that could be seen as a mixture of iridescent colors. "Surprised?" Serafall asked with a playful smile when she saw Leo look outside with interest. "A little" Leo admitted. "Normally we could teleport immediately but this time we can''t," Serafall said as he looked at the second train car. "Serafall-sama, we''ll get to the underworld in an hour" A butler interrupted. "Okay, keep the guests in good condition and remember that none should get out of the wagon" Serafall ordered. The butler nodded and quickly left. One of the reasons why Leo and Serafall were traveling by train was precisely because they had to escort the hostages to the underworld. How they managed to kidnap all these devils from prestigious families. Leo didn''t know. Even so, most of these devils had not yet received their evil pieces so once they reach the underworld, they prepare to receive their evil pieces. After the butler left, as they had nothing to do. Serafall and Leo were talked about trivial things to kill time. ____________ While Serafall and Leo chatted. A voice interrupted their conversation "Soon we will reach the Sitri clan" The voice informed from the interlocutor. "We''re here," Serafall said as he made a small jump. "Now. I welcome you to the Sitri clan." She smiled and gestured toward the window. A mass of clouds separated to reveal numerous hexagonal fields, lakes, and mountains as far as the eye could see. Unlike other territories, the territory of Sitri was known for its natural reserves and is said to have most of the natural reserves present among the few territories of the other clans. The Sitri clan was also known for being one of the few territories that have advanced medical facilities with one of the most famous hospitals in the underworld. "Soon we will arrive at the terminal and there is where the hostages will stay. I will leave the hostages and I''ll be right back. So wait for me here until I come back" Serafall said before they reached the terminal. "No problem," Leo nodded. Upon arriving at the terminal, Leo looked outside with interest. It was something similar to a giant palace that had banners hanging on the sides. Also, it had multiple tracks where trains were parked while the devils entered and exited. In the middle, a giant tower connected the other buildings with bridges for easy access. Naturally, the largest tower would have the largest flag, showing the emblem of the Sitri family. The emblem consisted of a kind of necklace enclosed in a circular shape, both blue. Once they were at the terminal, several devils uniformed approached to the hostages. "All of you follow me. I will take you to another place to divide you into your respective groups to be examined," said one man as he wrote on a form. "Excuse me, we have been examined before coming, why do we have to be examined again?" Asked a young man. the man didn''t bother to look at him and without taking his eyes off his form he replied. "The exams that were done before coming were to verify the condition of your bodies, now we will examine them more thoroughly," Said the man. "Any more questions?" The man asked. Seeing that no one spoke, the man left with a group of people. "I''ll be right back Leo-chan," Serafall said as she followed the group. After she left, only Leo remained on the train. About fifteen minutes later, Serafall returned to the train. "Everything is already fixed, I will show you where you will stay Leo-chan" Serafall smiled and grabbed Leo by the hand. Upon leaving the terminal, Serafall along the way presented him with the most famous places of the Sitri clan until he reached his home. How they flew, they didn''t take long to get to the Sitri residence. Once they arrived, Serafall gave him a brief tour of the mansion while explaining that they were the different places of the mansion. "You are free to visit most of the rooms in the mansion. As for the one in the center of the mansion, that''s something you can''t know" Serafall said with a smile. "Okay" Leo nodded in compression. Taking Leo to one of the many rooms in the mansion, Serafall knocked on the door softly. ~ TOC ~ TOC After a few moments, a voice rang from the room. "I don''t see why you have to touch, Oneechan. You never do" When she heard the voice, Serafall smiled and entered the room. "Jeje... but this time is different because I bring visit Sona-chan," Serafall said with a smile. Upon entering the room, Leo could see a double bed, a large desk and a door that led to what appeared to be a garden. But what attracted the most attention was the person sitting at the desk. Short black hair that reached her shoulders and violet eyes, that was Sona Sitri, the next heiress of the Sitri clan. After a few moments, Leo realized that she was not wearing her characteristic glasses. ''It must be because she is still young. In any case, is it necessary for her to wear glasses in the future? She''s supposed to be a devil, shouldn''t she be able to see well?¡­ wait, it''s not time to be thinking about that.'' Leo thought to himself as he scolded himself internally. "And he is?" Sona asked as she was curious about who her sister had brought. Before Serafall had time to respond, Leo stepped forward. "I am Tomika Leo, a friend of your sister. You must be Sona, right? Your sister has told me a lot about you." Leo said with a smile. "Onee-san, you should stop that habit of talking to strangers about me" Sona rebuked her sister while massaging her temple. "Leo-san, I''m sorry for the inconvenience my sister has caused you. Sometimes she is ... as I say "Unique" would be the right word" Sona says while leaning slightly. "Sona-chan, you shouldn''t talk like that about your sister. With so much that I love you" Serafall says while pouting. "So, why is your visit Onee-san? You were supposed to be working in the human world. Don''t tell me you ran away from your job again" Sona says changing the subject. "?Of course not!" Exclaimed Serafall. "I have already finished the issues that I had to solve in the human world. This time I have come for your ceremony Sona-chan and..." Before Serafall could continue, she was interrupted by a maid. "Serafall-sama, were you calling me?" Seeing the maid, Serafall smiled. "Linet-chan, you''re finally here. Take Leo to his room," Serafall ordered. "As you order" Finishing speaking, the maid looked at Leo before leaving the room. Serafall seeing that Leo did not move, she urged. "What are you waiting for Leo-chan? first, go see your room and then you can come to play with Sona-chan" Leo looked at Serafall before following Linet. ''I''ve been with her to the mansion so when did she call her?'' Leo thought to himself. After Leo left, Sona looked at her sister. "Onee-san, who is he?" Sona asked with intrigue. "He is someone I found in the human world. Although he is not a Devil, he is at the level of a high-class Devil," Serafall says as she sits down. "Sona-chan, have you already chosen who will be part of your evil pieces?" Serafall asked. Surprised by her question, Sona thought for a moment and answered. "I already have a candidate in mind. her name is Tsubaki Shinra. she has a special quality of calling abnormal beings through a mirror. " "So that''s what you''ve brought Leo-san for," Sona added when she discovered what her sister was thinking. "Sigh ... I can''t hide anything from you," Serafall said with a sigh. "I have known Leo for several years. At first, I intended him to be part of my team, but he refused. So I decided to bring it for you to try to take it to your team" "If he didn''t want to be part of your team, why would he want to be part of mine? according to what you have told me, he may be stronger than me" Sona said. "Right now I don''t have time for these matters, the delivery ceremony will be next week and I still have to deal with my commitment" Sona added with a sigh. Serafall, seeing her sister could not help her heartache. Sona was still young but there wasn''t a trace of immaturity in her. Since she taking office as Leviathan, her sister held the position of the heiress of the Sitri clan and was strictly educated from an early age to occupy the position of heiress and at that same time, her parents decided on a compromise which she was forced to accept. As an older sister, she wanted the best for her sister but her position did not allow her to intervene in the affairs of the Sitri clan so she could only see how her sister was forced into a commitment that she did not accept, without being able to do anything. Sighing, Serafall looked at his sister and said softly. "Do not worry, even if it is necessary to leave my position as a leviathan, I will not let you marry against your will," Serafall said as the ice spread across the room. Looking at her sister, Sona felt warmth in her heart. She knew that her sister loved her very much and had not objected to her commitment because she hoped to find another solution, but she knew better than anyone that if the commitment was made, her sister would not stay idly by. Chapter 21 - Nothing is better than enjoying nature The next day, Serafall left to continue the preparations for the ceremony so she left Linet in charge of Leo. How was a week left for the ceremony, Leo continued to practice his control over his mantle since he still had to control it to the fullest. Since the battle against the devils of light, Leo had made significant progress with his mantle manipulation. During this time, he was able to concentrate all his magic in a small area to create a stronger clash, one that would allow him to damage the enemies even more. Of course, all this was achieved because Leo was practicing the control of his magic continuously. Unfortunately, there was one aspect in which Leo could not progress no matter what. The circulation of damage. If the first attack by the enemy landed on his mantle with enough force, the mantle would break quite easily. One way to avoid this would be to circulate the damage it received throughout the mantle to reduce the pressure on it. But to his dismay, when he formed the mantle, all his attention was focused on creating it around his body, so he could not let the damage circulate the mantle. And when he focused his attention on circulated the damaged, the mantle would become unstable. Leo thought of several ways to avoid this but found no solution. "Hais ... so troublesome," he murmured as he lay in bed. ~ Knock Knock When he opened the door, Leo saw Linet with a small smile. "Leo-sama, breakfast is ready," She said with a smile. "Linet-san, you don''t need to call me that. I''m not a young teacher," Leo said with a grievance. Since Serafall left, Linet began addressing him as Leo-sama and as much as he asked her not to call him that, Linet flatly refused to do so. "As a servant of Serafall-sama, I cannot afford to be rude to her guests," Linet said solemnly as he looked at Leo. "Fine..." Leo said in dismay. Finishing the brief discussion, Linet took Leo to the other side of the house where she had breakfast prepared. As Leo followed Linet, he felt that the road was familiar. ''Sigh¡­ I should have expected it from the beginning." Leo thought to himself. After a few minutes, the two arrived at Sona''s room. Linet knocked on the door and waited for the answer. "Come in" When Linet opened the door, Leo saw Sona sitting at a table with a tray. "Good morning Linet-san, Leo-san" Sona greeted as she indicated that Leo to sit down. "Good morning" Leo replied to Sona while Linet just nodded. "Sona-sama, do you need me for something else? if not, I will leave now," Linet said. After all, Serafall organized this so that Leo and Sona would interact more. "No, if we need anything else I will call you. Thank you," Sona said with a smile. "Fine" Excusing himself, Linet left the room. After Linet left, Leo sat down where Sona told him and they started eating. "How was your stay?" Sona asked. "Well ... this mansion is very large and if it wasn''t for Linet, I would have missed a long time ago," Leo said with an awkward smile. He knew from the beginning that Sona was a serious person and had imagined that the young Sona would be something similar. But it was even more serious than he had imagined. "Maybe it''s because she doesn''t know me enough," Leo thought to himself. "I see ... if you want, then I can give you a tour of the mansion" "Don''t worry, Serafall already showed me the mansion when we arrived" Leo replied. "Hum ... she will have shown you the mansion but not the most interesting part, there are several places that you will love" Sona said with smiled. Once they started, Leo and Sona continued talking. But what Sona was most interested in was in the human world. "There are many more interesting things. For example, the phones" Leo said while taking out his phone. "With this, you can take pictures, record videos, call other people and even watch videos uploaded by other people." Leo showed her the various tools on the phone. "Oh ... is it like Devitube?" Sona asked curiously, she had never visited the human world so these things were new to her. "Yes, it''s something like that" Leo smiled when he saw her. ''Now she looks like a young girl,'' Leo thought as he continued to show her several photos of his trip to Tokyo. They continued talking for quite some time, at first they only talked about common things in the human world but over time they talked about more things. Their conversation lasted for a few more hours until Sona interrupted. "Well ... it''s time to go" Sona smiled brightly as she stood up. "Where?" Leo asked curiously, Sona had already told him she would give him a tour but she never told him where. "Surprise," Sona said. Shaking his head, Leo could only follow her to discover where they were. The two walked at a steady pace as they continued with their talk. After several minutes, the road began to change from concrete to earth and finally, they reached a field of grass. Little by little they moved away from the mansion and entered a forest. After the brief walk, the two arrived at a waterfall. It was fifteen meters high and about thirty meters wide. The waterfall was small and not as striking as others. However, it was so thin and long that the surface of the water reflected the sky shining dazzlingly. Also, in the basin, the fallen water created a small white fog and mist. Behind the waterfall, you could see a rainbow that was wrapped around the waterfall. When they reached the waterfall, Leo couldn''t say a word. As soon as they reached the base of the waterfall, Leo was able to feel it. Magic Around the waterfall the concentration of magic was enormous. And the closer they were able to feel it better. Leo inhaled deeply and enjoyed the sensation. "How are you feeling?" Sona asked as she enjoyed the feeling. "Hais... quite well, so well that I don''t even know how to explain it" Leo replied. "Come on, it''s still not enough to be surprised," Sona said while she entering into the waterfall. Leo said nothing more and followed her. Chapter 22 - Incomplete Skills "Wow," Leo exclaimed. Inside the waterfall, there was a huge room with several furniture. But what most caught Leo''s attention was shelves that were at the side of the room. The shelves were full of several books with strange formations and runes that were unknown to Leo. "What do you think? This is where I usually come when I want to read quietly. Although when my sister is in the house, I can''t be calm. "Sona said with a sigh. "I understand you ..." Leo said with a sigh. Sona looked at Leo with a sympathetic smile as he nodded. "Do you want to look at the books? My sister told me that you were quite interested in magic." Sona asked. "Yes," Leo nodded. Although he had been with Serafall for several years and had learned several things from her, her teachings on magic were too strange ... "Hum¡­ Nee-chan is a very bad teacher. When she came to the underworld, she always tried to teach me but I couldn''t understand her magic classes. I don''t know how you could learn anything from her." Sona looked at Leo as if he was a monster. "To tell you the truth, I''ve only been able to learn the most basic things about magic" Leo was sincere. His dominance over spells was scarce so he simply used demonic power to (Note Genesis: I remember that magic and demonic power are different. Magic is using calculation while demonic power is using imagination. This is how Leo was able to recreate skills such as the snake''s mantle or Full Counter.) "Hum ... my parents got me a personal teacher to teach me magic so I''ve been learning spells from him but I''m only able to use three spells at the moment still can''t control it very well ..." Sona said as she went to the bookshelf and picked up a book. "Here!. I imagine you want to start with the basics. Look at it now, I am sure that many things will be new to you" Sona gave him a book entitled [basic concepts about magic] although the typography of the letters made the title look like a magic circle. "Thanks." Leo took the book and went to the couch expectantly, he was quite excited so he couldn''t contain the urge to read the book. Sona also did not stay behind and took another book from the bookshelf and sat on a sofa near Leo''s. The two were reading in total silence enjoying the sound of nature. ______________________________ Although he spent most of his time training with spells, out of curiosity he tried to recreate some skills that demons used with magic. Exactly a skill created by Monspeet one of the ten commandments. Gokuencho (Hellfire bird) At first, Leo tried to create it with magic but without realizing it he used Hellblaze to create the bird with the fire of purgatory instinctively. The result was a mini bird the size of a hummingbird formed with black flames. But that was not what caught his attention. What caught his attention was his memories of the skill. At the time he used Gokuencho it was as if memories about the use of the skill rained in his mind. But to his dismay, it wasn''t as he imagined. Instead of having the complete ability, only part of the incomplete ability came to his mind. Not only that, curious, he inspected his memories and what he found completely surprised him. At first, Leo thought that all the memories he had were his innate abilities as a demon but it wasn''t just that, in his memories, it also included enchantments like Hellblaze he used before and countless abilities. They were all different abilities that some character of Nanatsu no Taizai use. And Leo could not relate these Skills with his innate abilities as a demon. But even if all the skills were different, they all have something in common ... they were incomplete. The reason for this was something that Leo did not know and he had been trying to find an explanation for this for a long time but he did not find an answer for this, so he could only resign himself and set it aside. But even so, while practicing magic, he occasionally tried to find a reason for incomplete skills. ~Bang Closing the book, Leo sighed and leaned back. "Are you done yet?" Sona asked, several days ago Leo was immersed in his self-study and from time to time he would ask for help while they talked. "Yes¡­ I''m done with the basics. The more advanced books are a more complicated one, so I don''t think I will finish them in a short time." Leo said as he kept the book on the bookshelf. Thanks to his memories of his other life, it was easier to study the basic level magic books but the more advanced ones would take longer. "Little time? These days you have read more than twenty books over and now you tell me that the most advanced books will take you a little longer?" Sona said as she rolled her eyes. "Okay, okay... even if you complain, I''m sure it only took you a few more days to finish the basics," Leo said while massaging his eyes. "But I''ve been learning since I was little, so it''s not uncommon for this to know," Sona said. "Your sister also taught me since I was little so ..." Before Leo could finish, Sona interrupted him. "My sister doesn''t count" "I know she is a bad teacher but still ..." "She is not a bad teacher, she is the worst teacher in the underworld. When she tried to teach me how to create a fireball, his explanation was simple: You only have FIUM, BANG you move your hand with until you feel itchy and you have TAM and that''s it." Sona said while imitating the sounds and attitude of Serafall. ''So cute'' Leo thought as he watched little Sona imitate Serafall. While Sona and Leo were chatting, they were interrupted by a magic circle that appeared nearby in Sona ear. "Excuse me Leo-chan, I have a call" Sona excused herself. "Take your time," Leo said. Moving away from the cave, Leo stood at the base of the waterfall while enjoying the sensation of the wind. After a few minutes, Sona left the cave. "Leo-san!" Sona exclaimed happily as she left the waterfall. "It''s time, it''s time" Sona continued jumping until she got where Leo "Is it time for what?" Leo asked curiously. "The ceremony! Onee-chan just called me to tell me the ceremony will be tonight, "Sona said with a smile as she looked at Leo with an expectant look. "Hum" Leo nodded avoiding Sona''s gaze. "Won''t you change your mind?" Sona asked as she used her Skills [Puppy Eyes] "No, I have not changed my mind. I''m still not interested," Leo said with an apologetic smile. "Fine.." Sona said with a discouraged face. Looking at Sona, Leo sighed. At one point these days, Sona invited Leo to be part of her peerage but like Serafall, she was rejected. Since arriving in the Dxd universe, Leo never had in mind joining someone''s Peerage. The reason was simple: It was useless for him. Ajuka Beelzebub was the creator of the system of the evil piece, this system was created to allow reincarnating any supernatural being or not as devils. Over the years, Leo was raising his hypotheses about whether he was able to have his evil pieces. The conclusion was a big NO, he didn''t know if he was able to have evil pieces in the first place but if by any chance he was able to get his pieces of evil. How would they reincarnate? And the option of joining someone''s nobility was a resounding NO. Leo was a high-ranking demon, his physique and his amount of magic were superior to that of the devils. As a demon, Leo was weak before the powers based on light and nothing else, he could pray and even drink holy water. With all those qualities, reincarnating like a devil would be stupid. He will acquire more weaknesses but even so, Leo was tempted several times to accept Sona offer because although they were all disadvantages, reincarnating as a devil brought a great benefit. His life expectancy. As a demon, Leo''s life expectancy was 3000 years while the devils were immortal. This was one of the reasons why Leo rethought numerous times join or not join any peerage. ''I''ll find a solution for this...'' Leo thought to himself. These were problems for later. Chapter 23 - Starting with the basics Faced with Leo''s refusal, Sona quickly recovered. She had already tried numerous times to convince Leo but he always refused so she had already waited for his response. "Come on. Linet-san is waiting for us. "Sona took Leo''s hand as they headed for the mansion. Leo got carried away by Sona while he enjoying her smiling face. In the days when Leo was with Sona, it was rare for her to act like a little girl. But sometimes she lets her guard down and let herself go. "Sona-sama" Linet called as soon as she saw them arrive. "Linet-san. Has Onee-chan called you? the ceremony will be tonight and I have to prepare myself" Sona said with a smile. "Yes, I have already spoken with Serafall-sama so you have nothing to worry about. I have already sent the maids to prepare your dress" Linet smiled. Before Sona left with Linet, she stopped and looked at Leo. "Leo-san, will you come to the ceremony with me?" Sona asked. I was so excited that he completely forgot about Leo. "Will Leo-sama accompany Sona-sama? Serafall-sama told me that it was your choice if you wanted to go to the ceremony or stay." Linet asked since she didn''t know what Leo wanted. Sona looked at Leo expectantly. Although she would deny it if her sister asked, she enjoyed the days she was with Leo. As a high-class devil, it was really strange for her to interact with other devils of her age, so she had few friends, one of those friends included Rias she hadn''t seen for several days and Leo she met recently. "Sure, why wouldn''t I go?" Leo replied with a smile. Sona nodded with satisfaction, wanted to introduce Leo to Rias... or maybe show off? She didn''t want to lose to Rias that she already had Akeno who would be her future queen, while she had no one. "It seems I have to work harder to convince Leo ..." Sona thought to herself, there was still enough time for Leo to change his mind. She didn''t want to waste the opportunity to have someone as capable as Leo as a member of her peerage but if he kept refusing, she would have no choice but to give up. "If you are going to attend the party, you can''t go dressed that way," Sona said as she looked at Leo from head to toe. Short black shirt combined with gray shorts that reached to his knees and sports shoes. He did not look bad but it was not suitable for a ceremony. "I agree with Sona-sama. But you don''t have to worry, I had already prepared for this type of situation so I also ordered the maids to look for a set of clothes for Leo-sama." Linet said with proudly. "Mn ... Kimono or a Suit?" Sona asked curiously. "We prepared several sets. Casual Kimono, fighter Kimono, and even a Montsuki, as well, we have a great variety of suits. Chaqu¨¦, double-breasted and a dinner suit" Linet listed the types of sets that they had prepared. "Hmm¡­ a Montsuki is too much, it''s not a wedding. The Chaqu¨¦ is for the day so you have to change it for a Frac and the dinner suit is not a good option... I will leave the choice to your liking Linet-san" Sona discarded the outfits that were not suitable for Leo. but still, she could not decide among everyone so he decided to trust Linet who was an expert on these issues. "Oh! as expected from Sona-sama" Linet praised. "Serafall-sama asked me to get a Montsuki and a Chaqu¨¦ for Leo-sama. According to her and I quote ''I would love to see Leo-chan with a Chaqu¨¦ and Montsuki would surely he look so cute''. so at her request, I prepared these outfits for Leo-sama" Added Linet with a smile. Leo could only see both of them in silence. Chaqu¨¦? Fac? What was that? you can eat it? ''The two likes to dress people up huh?'' Leo sighed internally. After a few minutes of discussion, Sona and Linet reached an agreement on what Leo would wear. His opinion? They didn''t care. "Leo-sama. let''s go to the room so you can get ready." Linet didn''t take long and took Leo. Once Linet and Leo entered the room, Leo sighed wearily and made a mental note of having clothes for next time. "Linet-san, I''m going to bathe. You can put the clothes on the bed. when I come back I will put it on" Leo said and went to the bathroom. Leo was in no hurry. Since his reincarnation, he had learned to value bath time so he took his time to shower and sat in the bathtub. "Ahhh!!!... this is life" Leo muttered as while diving into the bathtub. Faced with the feeling so refreshing, Leo closed his eyes and enjoyed the bath. After bath. Leo felt renewed so he went to his room to change. In the room, Linet was waiting for him. At first, Linet wanted to change Leo personally but Leo refused and forced her out of the room to be able to change. "You can pass" Leo called Linet when he finished changing. "Then, let''s start," Linet said after entering and she told him to sit down. They had already wasted enough time and she wanted Leo to be ready as soon as possible. It wasn''t just because she wanted to dress Leo... Although she tried to hide it, Leo could still see how her eyes shone with emotion. "Now, I need Leo-sama to stay still." Linet smiled. "Hmm," Leo replied as he sat down. Linet did not take long and took the set of clothes that he liked the most. Several candidates had not passed their selection since there was a multitude of perfectly folded clothes near where they were. After adjusting Leo''s appearance, Linet nodded satisfied. "Perfect" Linet said with a proud smile. The outfit that Linet had chosen for him was a white long-sleeved shirt, a dark blue suit vest with two silver bu??ons, the vest had gold-colored embroidery and the Sitri clan symbol on his left ?h?st. For the pants, Linet selected rudimentary dark blue ones that perfectly matched his vest. Looking in the mirror, Leo had to accept that he looked like a character from a Shoujo manga. "Leo-sama looks good," Linet said as she approached to accommodate Leo''s hair. ''If I keep it up, I don''t think I can get dressed again alone.'' Leo thought. Once Linet finished, he looked at Leo and nodded again with satisfaction. I was happy since Leo looked better than she had thought from the beginning. "I''m sure Serafall-sama will love it..." Linet thought. "If you excuse me Leo-sama, I will go to help Sona-sama. In the meantime make sure you don''t get dirty." Linet warned. she did not want her work will spoil. "Sigh... Fine" Leo agreed. He knew very well that he wouldn''t get anything if he argued with Linet. As there was still enough time and Sona had not finished getting ready, all Leo could do was continue her self-study until it was time to leave. Taking a book he had brought, entitled [Basic Teleportation Concepts], Leo sat down and created a mantle around his body. Leo decided to study while trying to keep the mantle on him to get used to perform several tasks simultaneously. Since he already mastered the basics of magic, Leo wanted to learn teleportation magic although the concepts taught in the book were only to teleport through a magic circle something that all the children in the underworld had already learned. In the end, Leo concentrated on keeping the mantle while immersing himself in his study. Chapter 24 - It is not a chapter Here the author. The novel has recently received a lot of support and that makes me very happy. As one of my first works, I had thought it was something fast and there were times when I thought about dropping the novel, but thanks to the support they give me I have encouraged me to continue. I make this chapter because recently, several problems have arisen. My plan for the novel is to make it fun and crazy things do not happen, for the personality of the character is something I still struggle with and I plan to solve. For plot errors, I hope you forgive me. Several years ago I read the novel and I do not remember several things, so I have begun to reread it. Since I said what I wanted to say, it''s your moment to shine. Who wants me to be in the harem? I had planned a few. Xenovia - IT IS NOT NEGOTIABLE TO REMOVE IT Sona - I love her more as I write more about her so she stays Yasaka Ophis - the ?du?t version Akeno Koneko Serafall Gabriel - A reader recommended it to me and made me think about it. People like Rias wouldn''t be, but I can promise a lemon from her Do not suggest characters like Grayfia do not enter Issei promised to change his personality, I will not kill him or know how to continue the story and I will not take away his Longinus. He will have his harem of a few. In a few days, it is possible to make a massive launch of about 3 or 4 chapters. I am in exams so it will not be easy for me to write those chapters but if they support the story I will be forced to do so Chapter 24 - If a problem is not enough, then 2? * Fuuu Leo exhaled as he stretched his neck and closed the book. He had finished the book in a short time because the concepts were quite easy but still, the book had some quite interesting concepts. Looking at the time, he saw that it had been two hours since he began studying. During the last two hours, he dedicated himself to maintaining the mantle while continuing his studies. At first, it was not so complicated to keep the mantle but the more he concentrated on studying, the faster he lost control of the mantle. "For the moment I can keep it for three minutes if I don''t get too confused ... but the big question is if I can use it in a fight," Leo muttered. Compared to before, I could currently keep the mantle longer but could I use it in a fight? the answer would be a great NO! but Leo wasn''t worried about this, he had more than enough time to perfect the skill. "Leo-sama, Sona-sama is ready," Linet said as she entered the room. She was helping Sona prepare and with all the time they had taken, it was almost time for them to leave. Leo nodded towards Linet and followed her to the living room of the house. "Leo-channn !!!" Once they arrived. Leo heard the voice of Serafall that was heading towards him like a bullet. Before Serafall could approach Leo, a hand got in her way * GAH Serafall ?r??n?d when Linet caught her head in flight. "Serafall-sama! I have taken the time to fix Leo-sama so please, don''t mess it up." Linet scolded Serafall as she stood in front of Leo defensively. "Linet-chan. Are you implying that I''m dirty? "Serafall asked with a pout. "I would never say such a thing" Linet smiled. "E¡­ Linet-chan. You didn''t say it, but you thought it, right? ... Leo-chan, tell her ..." As she spoke, Serafall froze when she looked at Leo. Looking at him from head to toe, Serafall smiled as she looked at Leo like a predator looking at his prey. Before she had not been able to see Leo well, but now that she looked at him carefully, she could only describe him with a word! "So cute!" Serafall exclaimed with an ecstatic face as she pulled out a camera of doubtful origin. Simultaneously, Serafall positioned herself in numerous angles accompanied by the sound of the camera''s trigger. "Linet-chan, you''re on the road!" Serafall shouted as she pushed Linet and continued her photoshoot. "* Sigh * What am I supposed to do with you Onee-chan?" Sona asked as she looked at her sister. When Serafall listened to Sona, she turned slowly and looked at Sona with hearts in her eyes. A white short sleeve blouse with white lace and a black ribbon on the neck. Also, she wore a black skirt that reached her th??hs along with a pair of white socks and black shoes. "Sona-chan!" Serafall ran and pounced on Sona just like she did with Leo. As before, Linet arrived just in time to grab Serafall and keep scolding her. Leo only looked at his outfit for a second as he was more attracted to her face. Exactly, her violet eyes that seemed even lighter than usual and her pink lips had a light layer of lip gloss that made them shine. "Wow. Sona, you look fantastic. "Leo could only say a generic compliment while looking at Sona impressed. "Thank you." Sona smiled brightly. "It is time to leave. Onee-sama, stop wasting your time and hurry up or we''ll leave without you. " "Wait for me Sona-chan!" Serafall exclaimed as she ran after her. Upon leaving, a carriage was waiting for them at the entrance of the mansion. Leo, Sona, Serafall, and Linet got into the carriage and left immediately. Because the carriage was traveling at a constant speed, it took an hour for the group to reach the place where the ceremony was held. When they arrived at the entrance of the place, there were several carriages with the banner of their respective clans above them and several young people coming out of them. As soon as the carriage was parked, the group got out of the carriage and headed to the main hall where the ceremony would take place. "Sona!" When they entered the room, a voice called near where they were. The voice caught the attention of the duo and they looked where it came from. Celestial blue eyes almost greenish and a characteristic crimson hair that reaches the th??hs, with a single strand of horse protruding from the top of her head. Beside her was a girl with black hair and violet eyes. Her hair was tied in a long ponytail that reached her waist. "Rias, Akeno!" Sona responded immediately when she recognized Rias''s voice and looked in her direction. The duo quickly approached the two. "Sorry for the delay Rias" Sona apologized. Many devils were eager to get their evil pieces as soon as possible so they arrived in advance of the meeting. "No problem. We arrived here recently like that even though someone was more impatient than me to arrive" Rias said with a smile as she looked at Akeno. "Fufu¡­ Rias-sama, you don''t have to lie. We have been here waiting for an hour because Rias-sama was quite excited to meet again with Sona-sama" Akeno said playfully. "Pft" Leo could not contain his laughter. Seeing how the Loli version of Akeno tried to act like an older sister, it was too adorable for Leo. Leo''s laugh caused the girls'' attention to focus on him. * Cough * Leo coughed awkwardly. "It seems that I have not presented myself correctly. I''m Tomika Leo, a guest of the Sitri clan, "Leo said with a smile. Rias and Akeno looked at Sona with doubts while Sona ignored her gaze as if nothing had happened. "I am Rias Gremory and she is Akeno Gremory my future servant" Rias introduced herself while Akeno who was at her side was bowing slightly. After the presentation, the group continued speaking. Although in the course of the conversation Sona ended up presuming that Leo was from the human world which caused her to be bombarded with questions by Rias. Time passed quickly and the room that used to be almost empty quickly filled up over time. "Hou¡­ Who do we have here? if it''s Rias." A voice rang interrupting the group''s conversation. The voice came from a tall, handsome young man with short blond hair and dark blue eyes. "Riser!" Rias said angrily. With the appearance of Riser, the whole room was silent. All these devils knew that it was better to stay apart and enjoy the function as public. "What a coincidence, I didn''t think I''d find you here," Riser said with a smile. Looking at Riser''s sudden appearance, Leo was surprised for a moment. I didn''t expect to see Riser in these conditions, although he did connect the threads, there would only be one reason why Riser would come to this place. Noticing Leo''s gaze, Sona thought Leo was curious about what was going on. "That''s Riser Phenex, Rias'' fiance," Sona said while the last part was almost inaudible, but still, Leo could hear her. Leo, who was watching the whole fight, did not move a millimeter from his place, this was a matter between two great clans of the underworld so he couldn''t interrupt recklessly ... for the moment. "Riser! I already said it before! I''m not going to be part of your nobility and I''m not going to marry you either!" Rias said. "Yes, I''ve heard that before. Even if you refuse to be part of my peerage, that will not change the fact that you are my fianc¨¦e, so why do you refuse? You know it will be beneficial for our families that you are in my peerage" Riser said with a dominant tone. "I''ve told you before Riser. You may be my fiance but that gives you no right to order me" Rias said as her little body trembled and the magical power around her became chaotic. "That''s right. You are free, but as the next heiress of the Gremory clan, I know you will make the right decision" Riser said calmly. "You ...!" Rias tried to speak but was stopped by Akeno. "Rias-sama, you can''t lose control," Akeno said while holding Rias''s hand and trying to reassure her. Riser looked at Akeno who was holding Rias''s hands with greed. Recently in the underworld, the rumor about Akeno''s abilities became increasingly known for what Riser wanted to have her in his peerage if possible. "If it is for your maid, you have nothing to worry about. You can bring it, I ?ssure you that I will take good care of her as well as you." Riser said. "Riser-san, it is not appropriate to interrupt the ceremony in this way. Also, Rias has already made it clear that he does not want to be in your peerage so please, desist, we do not want more problems to arise today." Sona intervened while helping Akeno reassure Rias, she knew it was not convenient for Rias losing control in this kind of situation and Riser was taking advantage of this to take her to its limits. "Sona¡­ it seems that you have misunderstood my actions, I just want my fiancee to be in my peerage so that we can deepen our ties as a couple just like Sirzechs-sama and Grayfia-sama. Although if you want it too, you can join my peerage. I will accept you with open arms and if necessary I will take care of your fiance" Riser said with a smile. "Will you take care of who?" A voice rang out in the classroom. Chapter 25 - Im afraid thats not possible Simple outfit, black hair that reached her shoulders and violet eyes. Leo looked at the man from head to toe. He couldn''t remember someone like him in the original story, so most likely he was someone who didn''t appear in the story and at a time like this, Leo could easily guess his identity. Sona''s fiance. "So these two had the same idea ..." Leo thought to himself as he looked at Sona who, unlike before, was down and had a complex look on her face as she looked at the man. "Hahaha Who would think that you of all people would come to look for your fiancee? Did you get bored of being in the Vassago clan?" Riser burst out laughing as he looked at Bane. "Riser ... You''re still as annoying as ever," Banet said indifferently. "Hahaha" Riser laughed without responding as the flames appeared around him. Bane looked coldly at Riser as unleashed his aura "I didn''t come here to fight you, Riser" Bane said as he looked at Sona. "Tsk" Riser clicked his tongue in annoyance, his main objective was Rias and it was not time to fight with Bane. He had little time to convince Rias before the Maou''s arrived. Sona upon seeing this, looked at Bane as she sighed. "Bane, you too?" Sona asked with a frown. She had anticipated that Riser would appear, with his personality, she knew it was very likely that he would try to convince Rias to be part of his nobility but I never expect Bane that had the same intention as Riser. Sincerely, although she was engaged to Bane, their interactions with him were minimal. Be it his tastes or his peerage, she knew nothing about him and whenever they met he had an aura of mystery surrounding him. "Yes ... you don''t need to be here Sona, like my wife, your place is to be with me," Bane said without emotion as he walked towards Sona and tried to grab her hand. Before Bane could take Sona''s hand, one hand grabbed his wrist. "Bane right? you''re going too far "Leo said while holding Bane''s wrist. Turning, he looked at Riser and said: "You two, you should be more aware of your position and the fuss they are causing" "Leo, no ..." Sona tried to persuade Leo but was quickly interrupted by Leo. "It''s okay. Besides, I don''t think you can convince these two with words. "Leo whispered to Sona. He had already meddled fully in this conflict and did not intend to back down. Before Sona could reply, Riser''s murderous intent exploded throughout the place as he looked at Leo with a smile that wasn''t a smile. *Boom At the same time, the magical energy surrounded Bane as he looked at Leo. "Let go of me," Bane said indifferently as terrifying pressure filled the entire place. "Clear. Just remember ... Sona is your fiancee, not your wife" Leo said as he unleashed his aura. Auge! Like a volcano that suddenly came into life, a terrifying pressure filled the entire place causing everyone to look at Leo with surprise, they would never have thought that the child who accompanied Sona was so strong. Not only were the spectators, Sona also looked at Leo with surprise. She had been with Leo for a week and she knew from her sister that he was quite strong but never expected him to be at the level of a top-class devil. "Hehe¡­ who are you? Even if you are a slave of Sona, I will turn you into ashes if you don''t take care of your words. "Riser said, and the flames began to surround his body and small pieces of these danced around him, this caused the temperature throughout the room to rise rapidly. "* Sigh * you were wrong. I am no slave to anyone, I am a guest of the Sitri house and friend of Sona. My name is Tomika Leo, nice to meet you bird-kun" Leo smailed. "Then slave-kun is just a servant of the Sitri house," Riser said. He was angry, Leo not only showed no respect for him but even called him a bird if it wasn''t for him being in the residence where the ceremony would take place, he would have killed him the moment he opened his mouth. "Even if you are a guest of the Sitri clan, this matter has nothing to do with you, so step aside," Bane said with annoyance. "I''m afraid that''s not possible," Leo shook his head. "Then, I will have to force you slave-kun," Riser said as the flame around him danced violently. At the same time, Bane looked coldly at Leo and his aura became more chaotic. Given the pressure emanating from the three, the atmosphere before heavy, became even heavier which caused everyone in the room to shut up. Over time, Riser began to get impatient, the ceremony would begin shortly and once this happened he would lose all the opportunities to get Rias and Akeno in their nobility. Before Riser could launch his attack, Bane moved. Moving his hand, a violet magic circle appeared in his hand. Leo did not sit still. Raising his arm, a black flame appeared in his palm and slowly expanded to form a bird half his size. Sona looked at all this in horror. If the three started a fight at this time no one would come out unscathed. Before Sona could stop the trio, the sound of the footsteps echoed throughout the place causing everyone to focus their attention on newcomers. * Tap ... Tap ... Tap ... Sirzechs and Serafall interrupted in the room accompanied by Grayfia who was dressed in her usual maid dress. Seeing Sirzechs and Serafall, the three stopped their actions immediately. "Looks like they''re having a lot of fun," Sirzechs said as he watched the trio. Looking at the trio, his gaze stopped on Leo, exactly the bird of fire that was next to him. ''Interesting ...'' Sirzechs thought to himself. On the outside, it just looked like it was a normal firebird except for its black color. But if he concentrated, he could feel a terrifying amount of magic coming from that bird. "You two have already received your evil pieces so why are you here?" Sirzechs asked as he looked at the duo. "I am very sorry for the inconvenience Sirzechs-sama, I just wanted to see my fiancee. The fact that I can get her evil pieces is a special occasion and I wanted to support her personally but as I have already done my job, it is time for me to leave, "Bane said as he leaned down and left the room. "Like Bane, I also came to see Rias and was about to leave" Riser followed Bane''s example and bowed before leaving the room. Neither Serafall nor Sirzechs tried to stop the duo, if they did, they could not guarantee that they would leave the place alive. "Now, since everyone is gathered, we can start the ceremony," Sirzechs said and headed to the center of the room. When he reached the center of the room, a magic circle appeared in his hand. The circle shone brightly and a monument shaped like a piece of the king appeared in the middle of the hall. "Once I called them they will come here to receive their pieces," Sirzechs said with a smiled. Chapter 26 - Sparring The ceremony continued normally without any mishap. Soon it was Rias and Sona''s turn to receive their pieces. Leo, I watch the whole process with curiosity. From the moment they touched the monument until they received their evil pieces, except for the brightness emitted by the monument, everything was too normal ... Leo could not feel anything coming from the monument but even so, he was able to feel the magic of the person who touched the monument for a brief moment but once he came into contact with the monument any trace of magic disappeared completely. But Leo was not demotivated so he took his time to analyze any changes in the monument. "So it worked like that ..." Leo thought to himself. After examining the changes in the monument, Leo managed to get a superficial idea about how it worked. ''Once they touch the monument, it emits a small pulse of demonic energy towards the person who is touching it, this causes the receiver to respond with their magical pulse to the monument, then the monument will receive it and emit another pulse that it is the fusion of its demonic energy and the demonic energy of the person who is touching it'' Leo thought to himself. He could only discover it''s functioning up to that point, later, he was not able to feel anything for which he speculated that the monument created a different pulse of magical energy for each person to "communicate" whit that person. "But, for what?" Leo thought without being able to explain why the monument would want to communicate with the person. ''How complicated ...'' Leo thought to himself. Although he was quite intrigued to know how the monument worked, he could only retain his curiosity. "Leo" Sona called, she had just picked up her evil pieces. "Mn" "I''m going to accompany Rias home, she wants to include Akeno in her nobility as soon as possible ... Are you coming with us?" Sona said with a small smile. Since she and Rias had already received their evil pieces, she had no reason to stay longer. "Sure, no problem" How Rias was in a hurry, the group did not take long and they went to the Gremory clan. When they approached the Gremory family''s mansion, Leo could see a woman who was familiar to him. When they approached the Gremory family''s mansion, Leo could see a woman who was familiar to him. "Welcome home Rias," said the woman with a smile. The woman was Venelana Gremory the mother of Rias. As in the anime, Venelana had short linen hair and violet eyes, compared to Rias when she was older, her figure made the men drool. "I''m back," Rias said with a smile. "Venelana-sama" Sona greeted while bowing slightly. "Ara ... Sona, it''s been a long time without seeing you" Venelana responded to Sona. Sliding her gaze to Leo, Venelana tilted her head curiously. Noticing Venelana''s gaze, Leo stepped forward. "Nice to meet you Venelena-sama, my name is Tomika and I am a friend of Sona." Leo bowed slightly as did Sona. "Ohya ... what a lovely boy" Venelana smiled. Listening to her, Leo could only smile awkwardly. "Laughs how was the ceremony? I heard Riser was there too. "Venelana asked carefully. She knew very well the rejection that Rias had towards Riser so she always avoided the subject but at this moment, she was quite worried about Rias. "Nothing happened," Rias said with a forced smile. Turning, Rias looked briefly at Akeno and then at his mother. "Well ... Akeno seems to feel quite impatient so I apologize." Rias didn''t want to take any longer, after all, she didn''t want to discuss the wedding issue with her mother. Looking at her daughter running away from her, Venelana sighed regretfully before leaving. Upon reaching the courtyard of the Gremory family, Leo saw the girls who were quite discouraged. Knowing it wasn''t "Looks like I''ve made you wait," Rias said as he looked at Akeno. "You don''t have to worry about Rias-sama," Akeno replied. Without further delay, Rias took a chess piece from his pocket, exactly the Queen. Like her hair, the piece was color red, blood-red. Walking towards Akeno while holding the chess piece in his hand, Rias placed the Queen piece on Akeno''s ?h?st, at the same time, a crimson flow of demonic energy surrounded Rias''s body. Once the piece touched Akeno''s body. The red piece began to glow and entered her body. After a moment, a bright crimson glow illuminated the place and the devil''s wings appeared on Akeno''s back. Leo who was watching this, let out a sigh. As with the monument, he was not able to feel anything coming from the chess piece. ''For now, no matter how hard I try, I will not be able to discover anything about the system of the evil pieces.'' Leo thought to himself. Ignoring the master and servant duo that they were discussing something Leo didn''t know. Leo looked at Sona curiously. "Sona" Leo called. "Huh?" "Are you okay? You look quite discouraged." Leo looked at Sona who was decayed, with concern. "I''m fine ..." Sona said with a forced smile. "Sona t ..." Before Leo could finish, Akeno interrupted. "Leo-san ... I was thinking about testing my skills and was wondering if you could help me," Akeno said. "E ... ok" Leo said awkwardly, never expected Akeno to ask to fight him. ''I''ll have to talk to Sona later, she looks pretty discouraged since we arrived,'' Leo thought as he looked at Sona who looked even more decayed than when she met whit, Bane. Focusing his attention on Akeno. Leo examined her from head to toe. "So, she wants to get used to her powers as a devil ..." Leo thought to himself. As a fallen angel, Akeno was surely quite strong in itself but surely she didn''t know what her abilities were like a devil. "I''m very sorry for the inconvenience Leo-san ... Akeno insisted that you were the most suitable person to help her," Rias said apologetically. "Nothing happens. Besides, I would be happy to test the skills of the famous priestess of thunder." Leo smiled. Listening to him, Rias sighed in dismay. "If you want to fight him, they will have to do it away in another place, I don''t want them to ruin the garden," Rias said seriously, he didn''t want to damage her mother''s plants. "So what are we waiting for? let''s go" Sona said. Her d?s?r? to see Leo showing her abilities surpassed her. Leo shook his head when he saw Sona who was previously discouraged, cheer up magically. The group headed to the training rooms so that Akeno and Leo could play without destroying anything. As soon as they arrived, Akeno spread his new wings and flew awkwardly to the center of the training camp. "Leo-san, I hope he doesn''t hold back against me and..." Akeno said as soon as he reached the center of the field but stopped when he discovered that Leo was not with Rias and Sona. Examined the field, Akeno found Leo on the other side of the field looking at her with a smile. ''Fast'' Akeno thought to herself. Not only was Akeno. Sona and Rias were also surprised by Leo''s speed. A moment ago I was with them and now I was on the other side of the field. Smiling before his reactions, Leo looked at Akeno who was frozen in the air. "You don''t have to worry about that... So, let''s start?" Leo said with a smile as he stretched his body. Chapter 27 - Mure ''Because of his speed and his mastery of magic, he is surely a hybrid fighter. For people like him, keeping a distance is crucial.'' She thought when a magic circle appeared on top of her and at the same time lightning struck her body. *Boom A great flash accompanied the lightning strike and after a few seconds, Akeno could be seen dressed in her usual priestess costume while lightning crackled around her. ''More'' She thought. * Chi ~ Chi ~ Chi The lightning multiplied around her as they danced around her body violently like a fierce beast that had been released. Feeling the little control she had over lightning, Akeno inhaled as she tried to get used to her new power. ''Amazing¡­" Leo thought as he looked at Akeno. Once she invoked the lightning, she noticed that she was losing control over them so she stopped immediately to adapt to her demonic energy. Observing Akeno that she was getting used to her powers as a devil, Leo waited patiently for her to be ready since the purpose of this fight was for Akeno to get used to her powers. "Prepare yourself, Leo-sama" Akeno smiled as she raised her hand to the sky. *Flash Immediately, numerous lightning appeared in the sky and if they headed towards Leo. Looking at all the lightning that was heading towards him, Leo slid his hand up. *Boom Suddenly, the flames burst around Leo destroying the lightning that was heading towards him. "Ara ara, Leo-sama is quite powerful" Akeno smiled as she created more lightning. Destroying the lightning easily, Leo looked at Akeno who was ... enjoying. ''Is she already a sadist?'' Leo wondered Jumping back a little, the flames began to gather around him. Raising his hand in front of him, "Gokuencho" Leo whispered. * Boom! Leo''s body radiated a terrible amount of demonic energy, the flames began to gather around him taking the form of a bird. But unlike before, the bird was smaller. * Swoosh! The bird flew towards Akeno destroying the lightning that was in its path. Noting that the bird was still destroying her attacks and was heading towards her, Akeno''s body blinked and quickly flew flush to the ground to avoid the bird. Looking back, Akeno opened her eyes in disbelief when she saw the bird change its direction to her. Since she couldn''t get rid of the bird, all she could do was block its path. Stopping, Akeno descended to the ground while bending down slightly. Sliding her wrist across the floor, a huge magic circle appeared beneath her. * KRR !!! Huge pillars of ice shot out of the ground blocking the bird path. * BOOM !!! But before the bird collided with the ice pillars, the bird exploded destroying most of the pillars that protected Akeno. Glancing at the pillars that were heading towards her, Akeno''s body blinked as she quickly dodged the huge pillars. Looking at the destruction caused by his attack, Leo sighed with relief. As he did not know if Akeno would be able to resist the attack that he did not know how much damage Gokuencho could cause with exactitude, he decided to detonate the bird before. looking at the great cloud of fog, Leo tried to find Akeno''s position. Leo quickly dodged to the side avoiding the ice spear that passed by his side. Turning his body in the direction from which the spear came, Leo shook his wrist and created several fireballs and sent them to Akeno. Before the fireballs could reach their goal, several ice pillars blocked its path, but this time the pillars were smaller. Feeling a fluctuation of magic, Leo looked his left and his right and noticed two lightning approaching him from the sides. Jumping away from the range of lightning, Leo couldn''t relax before another batch of lightning and ice spears headed towards him. Turning his body, Leo created more fireballs to obstruct the rays while dodging the ice spears. "Don''t think you can hide forever" Leo shouted as he dodged the other ice spear. Grabbing the spear, Leo used the momentum of the spear to spin faster and threw it back at Akeno. ''In a confrontation, I can easily overcome her but if I only use magic, we are almost in equal terms'' Leo thought to himself. If it wasn''t for his outrageous amount of magic, he would be in equal terms with Akeno or maybe she would get over it. For that reason, he decided to use the same amount of magic that Akeno used. `It''s time to end this.'' Putting his hands together, Leo opened them a few seconds later to reveal numerous fireballs shaped like birds. [Gokuencho: Mure] Around twenty birds flew out. All with the same goal ... Akeno. In the meantime. "I can''t go on like this" Akeno thought as she away from Leo''s position. Although it seemed she had dominated the situation, she knew very well that Leo was holding back. Besides, since it was just a training session, it didn''t matter who won or who lost, but if I had to choose ... she would rather win. But before she could devise a strategy, her attention focused on the many red dots that were approaching her quickly. "Eh ..." Looking at the horde of birds that were heading for her position, Akeno''s complexion paled. Concentrating all her magic, a huge magic circle covered the area. Instantly, a huge pillar the size of an iceberg emerged from the magic circle. The birds did not take too long to approach the huge pillar, but unlike before, the birds did not explode. * Slash Cutting off the ice pillar as if it were a piece of paper, the birds quickly traversed the pillar leaving a trail of flames and melted ice to theirs passed. "Impossible ..." Akeno looked at all this terrified. The birds were not only fast but they will also follow her no matter how much she tried to flee and destroy everything that got in her way. Clenching her teeth, Akeno established a barrier to receive the impact. * BOOM !! The effects of the explosion caused a disaster in the training camp. The debris flew and huge chunks of ice shot out in all directions. "Akeno !!" Rias shouted in shock when she flew to the field in search of Akeno. * Cough Akeno coughed while trying to stand up and check her condition. While trying to stand up, a hand helped her up. "Are you all right?" Leo asked as he helped Akeno up. "I''m fine, you don''t have to worry Leo-sama," Akeno said with a smile. Although the birds easily destroyed her barrier, the damage it caused was minimal. The only thing that was damaged was her clothes that were burned in several parts and some strands of her hair. "I''m glad" Leo smiled. "Akeno ... Are you alright?" Rias approached the duo and looked at Akeno with concern. "Fu fu Rias-sama I''m fine," Akeno said with a playful look. "Akeno is not the time to play. It would be dangerous if you were not careful. And you didn''t think about what would happen if Leo-san had not contained himself? Although you have great control over your magic, you still have to get used to your powers as a devil." Rias scolds Akeno. Looking at Rias who was scolding Akeno, Leo couldn''t help smiling. "she loves her," Leo thought as he looked at the duo. Noticing Leo''s gaze, Rias turned and looked at Leo. "Leo-san, thank you very much for helping Akeno," Rias said while bowing slightly. "Don''t worry, it also helped me test my skills." He smiled. "As I imagined Leo-san. You always accept when it is related to improving your skills, "Sona said. "What can I say? it''s quite fun. I can always improve more of my skills and create variants of my skills, that it''s something I like" Leo shrugged. After the brief training and after she fixes her clothes and takes a short break, the group continued their walk through the Gremory clan. Occasionally, Akeno asked Leo about the Gokuencho and as Leo didn''t care much, he offered to teach her the skill but on the condition that she taught him to use the rays, to which Akeno accepted delighted. A few hours later, Sona and Leo were ready to leave. "Make sure you see me again," Rias said as he looked at Sona seriously. "* Sigh * I don''t think I can come back in a few days, I still have to find possible members for my nobility" Since I had received his evil pieces, Sona planned to find potential members for his nobility as soon as possible. "Hmmm, what do you think if I''m going to visit you next week? So Akeno can adapt to her powers and be ready to learn with Leo" Rias proposed. "What do you think of Leo?" Sona asked. "It''s fine for me." Leo saw no problem. He also wanted to learn to use lightning as soon as possible. "Then I''ll visit you next week," Rias said with a beaming smile. After planning the next meeting, Sona and Leo left the Gremory mansion and climbed into their carriage. "You''re pretty amazing Leo-san" Sona suddenly spoke. Surprised by his words, Leo thought for a moment and said. "Well ... I don''t think I so amazing," Leo said as he looked out the window. ''Everything that makes me special was given to me by a god ...'' Leo thought as he sighed internally. Chapter 28 - Questions The next day after his visit to the Gremory mansion, Leo continued his daily routine. Walking through the mansion, Leo decided to look for Sona who was behaving strangely since yesterday. When he reached the courtyard of Sona, he stopped for a moment. Looking at Sona who was staring into the void, Leo couldn''t help but frown. "Sona" Leo softly called Sona. "Huh?" Sona looked at Leo without spiritless. "You''re good? Since we left the Gremory clan. You''ve been more discouraged. Did something happen?" Leo asked uncertainly. "No, I was just thinking," Sona said. "In what?" Leo asked curiously. "Secret" Sona said with a small smile. Looking at Sona, Leo could only shake his head. ''I think I''m thinking too much'' Leo thought to himself. "Emm Leo-san, have you finished the book?" "Yes, it wasn''t very difficult, it must be because it was the basics. Although I will have to practice the teleportation and for the moment I am far from being able to do it without a magic circle" Leo said with a frown. After finishing the book, he tried several times to teleport through a magic circle but still did not fully master the method. "Well, it also cost me a little bit, but after a day I discover how it worked, so I think it won''t take you long to completely master it," Sona said with a smile. "Hmm," Leo nodded. ''Now that you mention it'' "Sona, comparing yourself to Akeno, how strong are you?" Leo asked curiously. From his duel with Akeno, he couldn''t get that matter out of his head. Her reaction speed, control of her magic and the time in which she activated the spells were too fast. "I think I''m a little stronger than her. Because she is not used to her powers as a devil, she did not give 100% of her power" Sona said after thinking for a moment "Wow ... You''re quite strong" Leo smiled. Watching Leo''s reaction, Sona raised her ?h?st proudly "There is no reason to be surprised. When it comes to the handling of magic, she is under the tutelage of Grayfia-sama so it is normal for her performance to be so amazing. But aren''t you weirder? Although we are the same age, I''m sure you''re more powerful than me." Sona explained and looked at Leo. "What happened?" Leo asked, due to the sudden silence. "Leo-san. What are you?" Sona said since this matter intrigued her a lot. Since Leo''s arrival at the mansion, Sona had several doubts about his identity. At first, she thought he was a normal human because of what her sister told her, but after what happened at the ceremony and at the battle yesterday, she was sure that he was not human. Listening to Sona, Leo thought for a moment. After a few seconds, Leo could only sigh. "Even if I told you, you wouldn''t believe me." Leo looked at Sona seriously, although he had no problems with his identity, he knew that even if he said so, she wouldn''t believe him. ''Well, like you, I am a devil, although you could consider me as a variant that was born magically in a human family to avoid problems and to form a harem but still, I ended up meeting Serafall and then in hell. Funny isn''t it? "Shaking his head, Leo decided to forget his line thoughts. Listening to Leo, Sona felt satisfied knowing that her theory was true. "Don''t worry, no matter what you are, I won''t judge you," Sona said seriously. "Hmm ... I''ll tell you" Leo said after contemplating it. "Really?" Sona looked at Leo with doubt. "Sure, you just have to beat me in a fight and I''ll tell you." Leo smiled. Looking at Leo who was smiling, Sona could only give up. "As if I could beat you" Sona muttered to herself. She expected him to refuse but not to use such dirty tactics. "Well, then I think you''ll have to endure your doubts." Ignoring his mockery, Sona continued her questions. "Since you don''t want to tell me who you are, at least you could tell me what that skill was, I''m sure my sister didn''t teach you that." Although Sona continued her interrogation, Leo did not feel upset and continued to answer her questions. "It''s something that I created myself, although the skill is quite simple, it requires a lot of control" Leo replied while creating a small bird of fire. Since fighting with Akeno, Leo instead of using Hellblaze, he decided to use normal fire magic since it would be too much to use Hellblaze. even she had created several spells, only not all created spells will work perfectly and required improvements. "Why did you only use that spell?" "I wanted to practice. I still don''t control the ability completely." Leo replied. "Interesting" Sona muttered to herself as she thought about the different uses of the skill. "Have you finished your questions?" Leo smiled. Feeling ashamed of her behavior, she responded: "Go ahead ... Ask what you want," Sona said as she sighed. "It''s not necessary, I have nothing to ask." Leo shrugged. "Eh?" Sona exclaimed. "It''s not that strange, besides, it''s more fun to find out for me," Leo explained. "Haha, Leo-san, you''re so strange." Sona couldn''t help laughing. Leo could only console himself. ''I''m not strange, I''m just looking for a funny second life'' Leo thought to himself. While Leo comforted himself, Sona opened her eyes in surprise. "Huh, then he finally did it" Sona muttered to herself with a smile. "Who did what?" Leo asked doubtfully Hearing Sona''s murmur. *Flash With a flash, a magic circle appeared below Sona. At the same time, Serafall appeared in the yard. "SONA!" Serafall exclaimed when she saw the magic circle beneath Sona that was getting brighter. "You don''t have to worry Nee-san, I''ll be fine," Sona said trying to reassure her sister. Turning to look at Leo, Sona said with a smile "Leo-san, don''t let my sister do something stupid." After finishing her words, a beam of light enveloped Sona and disappeared. Chapter 29 - Queen In a small room, a girl was squatting in a corner of the room while looking at the strange circle that appeared in the room. She didn''t know how it happened but a strange circle appeared in the middle of her room, but the strangest thing was the intense glow that emanated from it. She was used to the beings that appeared through the mirrors around her, so she had no mirror in her room, but something like that strange circle had never appeared. Looking at the circle, fear became evident in her eyes. Clenching her fists tightly, the girl gathered courage and moved slowly to the center of the room to examine the strange circle. The circle was not too big but due to the size of the room, it occupied almost all the space of the room, leaving only the free corners. But that was not what caught the girl''s attention. What caught her attention most were the strange patterns that formed the circle, the girl felt that she had already seen it but was not able to remember where. While examining the circle, the brightness of the circle became even more intense. Moving quickly to the corner of the room, she picked up a lamp from a table near her and held it with her trembling hands. "Whatever you are, I''m not afraid of you!" Tsubaki shouted, pointing the lamp toward the magic circle, taking a threatening stance while trying to stay as calm as possible, but her trembling legs betrayed her words. The brightness of the circle intensified and a flash filled the entire room and if it were not because the room had no windows, the brightness would have reached the outside. "Are you the person who invoked me?" Sona asked as she examined Tsubaki from head to toe. "Q ... Who are you ..?" Tsubaki asked with a shaky voice. "Nice to meet you, my name is Sona Sitri and I am a devil from the Sitri clan" Sona introduced herself with a smile. Looking at the strange girl who had appeared in her room, Tsubaki increased the force with which she grabbed the lamp and looked at Sona more cautiously. "What do you want and what do you do in my room?" Raising the lamp, Tsubaki asked cautiously. She had already heard from some elders of the clan about the devils, but this was the first time she had seen one personally. "Don''t panic, keep calm" Tsubaki muttered trying to maintain composure. Although she was quite scared, she didn''t know if it was because of Sona''s appearance, she didn''t feel so intimidated but still, she didn''t let her guard down. "You should know. You are the one who invoked me" Sona replied with a friendly smile. "I ... I haven''t invoked you ... You were the one who appeared in my room " "Hmm ..." Sona looked at Tsubaki carefully to know if she lied. ''Strange'' Sona thought as she continued to examine the room. When she tried to find candidates for her peerage, coincidentally Linet discovered Tsubaki''s existence and informed Sona. A member of the Shinra clan who, due to her strange abilities, was isolated by the members of her clan. Upon hearing this, Sona thought about trying to reach Tsubaki but because she was a member of the Shinra Clan, she didn''t know how to do it so she wanted to come up with a way to get to Tsubaki. "I don''t want anything, but what do you want?" Sona asked as she looked at Tsubaki. * Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap "So-tan is taking too long," Serafall said as she continued to touch the table with the fingertips. "Calm down, I don''t think it takes too long." Trying to reassure Serafall, Leo shook his head, getting rid of the ice chunks in his hair. Looking at Leo, Serafall tried to calm down. ''Trust Sona, I''m sure she''ll be fine'' Serafall tried to convince herself. Although she wanted to run to where Sona was, she had to contain herself, this was something Sona had to do alone. Breathing deeply, Serafall looked at the small magic circle in her hand and sighed in relief. "If you keep looking at it so intensely, it will end up activating," Leo said when he saw Serafall''s actions. * Crack The ice spread across the table creating small cracks on the surface of the table. Noticing Serafall''s attitude, Leo could only sigh. ''Well, she has already contained more than I expected'' Leo thought to himself. "You don''t have to worry, I''m sure Sona will be able to take care of herself. She is your sister so you should trust her more. She has worked hard as the heiress of the Sitri clan so trust her." Leo said at the same time that he was breaking the ice sheet around his body. "Mn" Serafall nodded. "After Sona arrives, I think it''s time for me to go home." Feeling the heavy atmosphere Leo decided to change the subject of the conversation before Serafall froze the entire patio. "Ah" She exclaimed surprised. "What surprises you so much?" Leo asked curiously. "You had insisted so much on coming to the underworld so I thought you would want to stay longer," Serafall replied. "Well, I don''t plan on leaving so fast. I will surely go next week." As he still had to meet with Akeno and Rias next week, he couldn''t leave before. "How bad you are Leo-chan. You use me and then you leave." Serafall looked at Leo with a grievance. "You''re not the right person to say that." Leo rolled his eyes. "Hehehe" Serafall smiled awkwardly. The duo continued their conversation while they waited for Sona''s arrival. Serafall was quite interested in discovering the reason why Leo was going to leave so she tries to find out the reason for his decision, at the same time, Leo kept dodging the issue. After a while, a magic circle appeared in the center of the courtyard. *Flash Accompanied by a flash, Sona appeared in the patio. "Sorry for the delay," Sona said with a smile. The duo looked at Sona''s position, exactly at the girl who accompanied Sona. A girl with straight black hair that reached her waist and a dark blue dress that reached her knee. But what most caught the attention of the duo were her heterochromatic eyes, her left eye was violet eye and her light brown right eye. Noticing the duo''s gaze, Sona stepped forward. "She is Tsubaki, my queen" Sona introduced Tsubaki to the duo with a radiant smile. "Ohya?" Rising, Serafall trotted towards Tsubaki. Stopping in front of her, Serafall inspected her from head to toe. "Mn" Nodding satisfied, Serafall looked at Sona. "You got a good queen. Well done," she said as she stroked Sona''s head. "Nee-san!" Sona replied to Serafall''s action but still, she did nothing to stop her. "Sona ..." Tsubaki said with an almost inaudible voice. Taken out of her stupor by Tsubaki, Sona quickly regained her composure. "Sorry for the delay Tsubaki, she is Serafall my sister, and the person who is sitting there is Leo, a friend" Sona pointed to the duo successively. "Nice to meet you," Tsubaki said as she bowed slightly. Chapter 30 - Her dreams Several days passed and the time for Rias''s visit to the Sitri Clan had arrived. During that time, Tsubaki adapted as best he could to her new life as a devil. At first, interacting with her was quite complicated. She didn''t leave her room, she didn''t speak unless someone started a conversation with her and even if she was hungry she wouldn''t ask for food. But what worried Sona the most was her panic at the mirrors. Due to her experience in the Shinra clan, Tsubaki avoided mirrors as if they were a plague. Naturally, Sona explained that she no longer had to worry about strange creatures appearing since her ability had become her Sacred Gear and that with practice, she will learn to use her Sacred Gear. Although a bit skeptical at first, Tsubaki could do nothing but trust Sona''s words and try to overcome her fear even though she was still avoiding mirrors and any reflective surface. On the other hand, Leo was more surprised by Sona''s performance than Tsubaki. Not only had her mood improved dramatically, but she also acquired an air of security and as a good teacher, she patiently guided Tsubaki in her learning about magic and helped her overcome her fears and insecurities. ______________________ Standing in front of Sona''s patio, Leo looked at the master and servant duo. Tsubaki was sitting in a meditative posture with her eyes closed. And Beside her was Sona watching her closely. "Focus on feeling the magical energy around you. Remember her shape, her movement and try to gently draw her towards you "Sona explained slowly. As Sona didn''t want to push Tsubaki too much, she decided to postpone her training until she got used to it but since Tsubaki learned about her Sacred Gear, she insisted on starting her training. Leo did not dare to interrupt so he stayed at the door so as not to damage the atmosphere. However, to his dismay, Sona had already noticed his presence and nodded slightly to him before returning his attention to Tsubaki. "Do not hurry. If you force the energy towards you, you can''t control it. Let it flow and slowly take it to your body, not too fast or too slow." Sona explained patiently. Following her instructions, Tsubaki relaxed her body and slowly guided the energy to her body. At first, guiding the magic particles to her body was quite difficult for her. No matter how much she tried to guide them to her body, the magic particles kept running away from her, feeling annoyed, she kept trying. "Enough, that''s all for today, tomorrow make sure you come back at the same time to continue. I am sure that you will soon be able to absorb the magical energy of the environment" Sona had already noticed Tsubaki''s mental state, and if she continued like this, it would be increasingly difficult for her to absorb the magical energy. Nodding, Tsubaki got up and prepared to leave. "Tsubaki, do you want to join us for tea?" Sona asked with a smile. "No thanks ... I want to continue training on my own" Tsubaki replied and left quickly. Sona could only sigh with regret. "How is it?" "We progress slowly, still not able to interact perfectly with people, just thinking about relating to a person generates anguish and deep discomfort and avoids it at all costs." "It''s normal, she facing an environment she isn''t used to and her new identity as a devil. Also, she has been exiled by her clan and is afraid of her powers, it won''t be easy for her." Leo warned. "I don''t know if it will be easy, I don''t know if when she could accept me as her king, I don''t know how long it will take to earn her trust. But I know that I must be the best master for her, I know that my efforts will give results and I know she will be great, "Sona said proudly. "Why do you think that?" Leo asked uncertainly. "Because she is my queen" Sona said with a small smile. _____________________________________ "Akeno, are you sure you want to train with Leo? You''ve been very busy training with Grayfia. "Rias asked Akeno. As a result of Akeno becoming his queen, Grayfia increased the intensity of Akeno and her training. "I am sure, I have already committed to training with Leo-san, and it will only be a quick meeting," Akeno explained briefly. While the two girls were chatting, a servant moved the carriage curtains. "Rias-sama, we have reached the Sitri clan" The servant informed. "Hm" Rias nodded slightly. After a few minutes, the carriage stopped and the door opened. "Rias, Akeno" Sona greeted the duo with a smile as he invited them in. "Hm" akeno and rias nodded in unison before following Sona. ___________________________________ "Are you okay? you don''t have to force yourself to do this." Leo exclaimed as he looked at the girl sitting in front of him, shaking slightly. "I''m fine" Tsubaki gave an almost inaudible murmur. "Just think of something else, if you are still determined to make a good impression, Sona will be angry" "will she get ... mad?" Tsubaki asked with concern. "Eh? Of course not, Sona cares about you and she is happy while you are happy. "Leo corrected quickly. ''What did Sona tell her to behave like that?'' Leo thought to himself. "Good ..." Tsubaki muttered under her breath. At that moment, Tsubaki felt guilty. Because of her nervousness and hesitation, Sona would be in a bad place. The training she did was not only to control her powers, nor to have fun. It was to prove to herself that she could change! that she was no longer that girl from the Shinra clan now she was a new person and she was going to show that she could be strong by herself. I''m not that girl anymore. I have dreams too! __________________________________ In Sona''s yard, Leo took time to cheer on Tsubaki, while trying to talk to her without feeling uncomfortable. "I''m back" Said Sona Chapter 31 - Cute bird "I''m back" Sona greeted the duo. Seeing at Sona who has just arrived, Leo sighed with relief. It was not easy for him to have a conversation with Tsubaki. Noticing Leo''s expression, Sona covered her mouth with her sleeve to hide her smile. Turning to Rias, Sona sketched a radiant smile: "Rias, she is Tsubaki, she began to be part of my peerage as queen a few days ago and still has a hard time adapting to her new life," Sona said while pointing at Tsubaki. Before the unknown people, Tsubaki rose from the chair, gathered all her courage and spoke while bowing slightly: "Nice to meet you, Rias-sama" Although she was new as a devil, Sona personally took charge of teaching her all the basics about the underworld to Tsubaki. Rias looked at Tsubaki and said with a smile: "Likewise Tsubaki-san. Sona has already told you about me " "HMm" Tsubaki nodded shyly. Laughing softly, Sona looked at Rias and shook her head slightly. Noting Sona''s action, Rias was curious. "Rias, could you come with me for a moment? there is something I want to show you "Sona said ignoring Rias'' curious look. Noting her intention, Rias quickly excused herself. "Akeno, stay here and practice with Leo-san and Tsubaki-san. Sona and I will be right back" Rias explained before leaving with Sona. "Do you know what she plans?" Leo asked as he rose from the table and walked to the center of the courtyard. "I don''t know. Understanding what Sona-sama is thinking is complicated, you should know better than me. "Akeno replied while shaking her head. "Right" Leo sighed in resignation. "Well, I''ll ask her later." Stretching his body, Leo looks at Akeno with a smile: "You are ready for training." Leo said and gestured with his hand for Akeno to approach. "Hehehe" Akeno laughed softly and headed towards Leo. Looking at the duo, Tsubaki felt that the duo''s attitude strange but she decided to ignore them and continue her practice. ______________________ After leaving the courtyard, Rias followed Sona to a room far from the rest. "What do you have planned Sona?" Rias asked curiously. Ignoring Rias''s question, Sona walked slowly across the room examining the windows and closets. Still unsure, Sona examined the outside before nodding in satisfaction. "Sona? What happened?" Rias asked curiously about Sona''s attitude. "Ah? no¡­ I was just making sure they didn''t spy on us" Sona answered quickly. Walking to the couch, Sona sat down and indicated a Rias to sit down. "Spy on us, who?" Rias asked before sitting next to Sona. "Tsubaki ..." Sona whispered as if she was afraid someone would listen to her. "Wait. I don''t understand anything you''re saying, explain yourself better." Rias complained. "All right. Just don''t laugh at what I''m going to tell you. "Sona demanded. "Okay, just tell me now," Rias said exasperatedly. It wasn''t a lie if she said she was getting more and more interested in what Sona was planning. "To celebrate Tsubaki''s arrival, I planned to have a welcome party for her after she got used to living here but my sister told me a few days ago that Leo would leave after you came, so I intended to do it today" Sona explained. Listening to Sona, Rias couldn''t help laughing: "Hahaha" "What is so funny?" Sona asked with a frown. "Sona, if someone told me before you would be so excited to have a party, I would think that person is crazy," Rias said while holding her stomach. Listening to Rias, Sona''s cheeks blushed noticeably. "Don''t make fun, what kind of devil would I be if I don''t take care of my servants?" Sona avoided Rias''s gaze and quickly explained. Although her crimson cheeks betrayed her thoughts. _______________________ The flames danced around the courtyard forming a bird of fire. With the appearance of the bird, the surrounding temperature gradually increased. "No. Once the bird has materialized do not cut your connection with it and establish a mark with the objective." "For the umpteenth time, how?" Akeno asked a little irritated. "Eh?" "You don''t know how to create it? right" Akeno said indignantly. "Yes, I know, but I don''t know how to explain it" Leo responded with shame. "Sigh ..." Akeno sighed in exasperation. "Hehehe" Leo smiled awkwardly. After a few minutes trying to explain how a brand was created, he realized that he could not explain how his ability worked and much less teach it to someone Every time he used Gokuencho, he simply thought about the skill and formed naturally but he was not able to explain it. Explaining his ability was as difficult as if he tried to explain how to breathe, It was something I knew superficially how it worked but he did not know the whole process behind it. "Forget it, it''s better if you feel it yourself" Rising, Leo held Akeno''s hand and said with a smile: "He will feel a little strange at first but resist it." When he finished speaking, Leo sent a pulse of his magical energy to Akeno. "Wait ..." Before I could finish. As a prey unleashed, Akeno felt how Leo''s magical energy ran through every muscle and cell in her body. The feeling was pleasant, like floating in the middle of the sea or being in the most comfortable bed in the world. She tried to resist at first but every part of her being felt extremely comfortable which resulted in a failed attempt. "I would like to be like this forever." Akeno thought to herself. Concerns, problems in even her thoughts vanished before this new feeling. "Are you okay?" Leo asked when he notices her strange behavior. "Humm" Awakened from her stupor, Akeno breathed heavily trying to recover from the strange sensation. "Can you feel it?" Leo asked before releasing his hand. "Feel what?" "The brand" "What brand?" Akeno asked with glassy eyes. Listening to her words, Leo rolled his eyes. ''Forget it, I''ll wait for her to recover'' Leo sighed internally. After a while, Akeno slowly recovered from her stupor. "Akeno" Leo called softly. "Yes?" Akeno''s body tensed slightly. she turned to Leo slowly but avoided looking his in the eye. "How do you feel?" "Better, my magic reserves are full, co ..." Before she could finish, she looked at Leo in amazement. "You already noticed, right? I used my magical energy to guide your energy to form a mark on me, it is not too complicated. Once you get used to it you can mark your goal without my help" Leo explained. Finishing his explanation, Leo moved away a few meters from Akeno. "Now, try to attack me" "Okay" Akeno responded quickly. Taking a breath of air to calm down, Akeno turned her full attention to recreating the skill. ''don''t have to use too much magic, once the bird forms, I have to keep my connection with it and link it to the target." Akeno thought to herself. Slowly, a flame appeared in her hands. The size of the flame was that of a lighter, it was small but at least it could withstand the wind. After a few moments, she slowly increased the size of the flame until its size was that of a tennis ball. "This is my limit." Akeno thought to herself when she noticed that she was slowly losing control over the flame that now looked more like a fireball so she decided to stop. Positioning her hand to parallel to each other, she slowly shaped the fireball. Wings, beak, head and claws, little by little the fireball was acquiring a more vivid form although several parts of its body were poorly formed, so it could b?r?ly pass as a bird. When she finished, Akeno sighed in relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her free hand. She was not so skilled with the magic of fire so it took a long time to shape the fireball. ''Huh!? Why do I have to change its shape? I could just make a fireball instead of going through the tedious process of shaping it. ''Akeno thought with a grievance. Burying her thoughts, she will consider complaining later. sliding her hand, the bird left her hand and flew slowly towards Leo. Yes, the bird flew slowly towards Leo. Seeing the bird, Leo thought it was quite fun to see how the badly formed bird beat its deformed wings trying to reach Leo as quickly as possible. Leo: "..." (How much do I have to wait?) Akeno: "..." (Come on little bird) After several minutes, the bird arrived at Leo, well, what was left of him ... Before the bird can touch him, Leo took two steps to the right. Noticing Leo''s movement, the bird slowly changes its direction where Leo moved. * Pu The bird collided with Leo''s ?h?st without causing any damage, just leaving a small mark on his clothes. "Fuu ... I thought it wouldn''t arrive" She sighed relieved. "Let''s rest for a while, although this ability is not complicated, it causes a great burden on your mind," Leo said and headed to the table. "Yes," Akeno said while rubbing her temple. After a short break, he went to the table. After she sat down, Akeno looked at Tsubaki thoughtfully. "Tsubaki-san, do you want to train with us?" Akeno suggested. "No thanks. I still can''t use magic so I don''t want to be a nuisance to you" Tsubaki thought of the bird of fire that Akeno created, making her feel increasingly ashamed of herself. "What''s up with that? We can help you a little. With our help, I''m sure you can use magic in a short time." Leo said with a smile. "Yes, we all go through the process of feeling the magical energy. And different points of view can help you feel the magical energy faster, "Akeno said quickly supporting Leo. "But¡­ " "You have no excuses so accept your destiny," Akeno said with a smile. "Fine ..." Tsubaki reluctantly accepted her fate. After convincing Tsubaki, the trio rested a little more before continuing with their practice, only this time Leo and Akeno took turns teaching Tsubaki how to feel the magical energy only that Leo was the least participant at the time of Teach Tsubaki, this caused Akeno to label him as bad to teach people. Once they dealt with Tsubaki, it was Leo''s turn for Akeno to teach him a lesson about her lightning magic. Chapter 32 - Eureka "That''s OK?" "No, it has to be lower" "You said that half an hour ago" "Just put it in its place!" * Clak The room door opened slowly "What are they doing?" Leo asked curiously to see Rias standing on a chair holding the edge of a banner while Sona was standing next to her holding the other side of the banner "Heh !?" Sona and Rias exclaimed in unison when they noticed the group that was at the entrance of the room "Surprise ..." Rias forced a smile. * Pam With a big noise, the banner fell from Sona''s hands. "Pft" Akeno covered her mouth with her sleeve trying to contain her laughter. "Hou" Tsubaki looked curiously inside the room trying to understand what was happening. "Well ... We''ll be back later" Leo said as he slowly closed the door. ___________________ "So you were planning a surprise party," Leo smiled after hearing Rias''s explanation. "So you were planning a surprise party," Leo smiled after hearing Rias''s explanation. "If they hadn''t taken too long, the surprise would have been a success. What were they doing all this time? We were training for more than two hours." Leo looked at the duo curiously. "It''s because of Sona, she insisted that everything had to be perfect" Rias complained. "Huh" Sona snorted. "Don''t worry Sona, the intention is what counts. Although for the next one, you should calculate the time better, "Leo said with a smile trying to comfort Sona. While Leo continued to comfort Sona, Rias and Akeno separated a little from the group. "How was the lesson?" Rias asked. "I think was Fine ..." Akeno thought for a moment before answering. "Something happened?" Noting Akeno''s uncertainty, Rias asked worriedly. "Hmmm, how should I say it? his ability is a little peculiar " "Peculiar?" "Yes, the ability itself is not too complicated. You have to have good control of demonic energy and you must mark the target. The hardest thing is to create the brand but with the help of Leo-san, I could create it quickly although I still can''t create it by myself" Akeno gave a summary of how Leo''s ability worked. "It seems quite simple, is it so difficult to create the brand?" Rias asked she had never tried something so strange. "Yes, it causes a lot of stress and the further the target is, the demonic energy expenditure is higher" Akeno replied "Hm" Rias nodded and decided not to continue with the subject, she may be interested in Leo''s ability but for the moment, she wanted to enjoy the party. After the brief talk, the duo joined Leo and continued to annoy Sona. Tsubaki, on the other hand, tried to keep her distance with the rest but the others did not allow it and tried to include her in the group, although at first, she refused, over time Sona''s persuasion proved effective. With the inclusion of Tsubaki, the party continued normally and without them noticing, Leo''s departure time had arrived. ___________________ Once the party was over, Sona and Rias met in the lounge to say goodbye to Leo. "Are you ready?" Serafall asked. She had already prepared a magic circle to teleport Leo to the human world only this time Serafall would not go with him. "Wait a moment, Serafall-sama." Before Leo could answer, Rias interrupted. "What happened Rias?" Leo asked. Before answering, Rias fumbled in her pockets for a few seconds and pulled out a piece of paper that had the Gremory clan symbol drawn on it. "Take," Rias said and gave the paper to Leo. "This paper will allow you to invoke me or Akeno when you want them, and we can fulfill any wish you want as long as you pay the right price" Rias explained. "Oh, I would be delighted to be the first person to form a contract with you." Leo smiled and put the paper in his pocket. "Do you know about contracts?" Rias asked surprised. "I know one or two things about the contracts. But I still don''t know what to wish" Leo replied. "Well, you have enough time to think about it, there''s no hurry," Rias said quickly, she was a little excited since Leo would probably be the first person with whom she would make a contract. Noticing the emotion on Rias''s face, Leo shook his head and turned his gaze to a certain person who was staring at him. "Sona, don''t you want to give me something?" Leo looked at Sona and asked sweetly. "I have nothing to give you, just leave." Sona looked at Leo with annoyance and gestured for him to leave with her hands. "Are you sure you''re not interested in forming a contract with me?" Leo asked surprised. "Do you want to be part of my peerage?" Sona asked sarcastically. Leo said nothing and fell silent "That''s your answer" Sona responded to Leo''s silence. Leo looked surprised and did not answer, and after a few seconds, Sona approached Leo while holding a paper in her hands. "Take and go" Sona handed him the paper and walked away as fast as she approached him. Leo quickly put away the paper and went to the center of the magic circle. "I''m ready," Leo told Serafall. "By the way, Sona, you''re as bad acting as doing surprise parties" Leo sneered before quickly disappearing. "YOU!!!" Sona gritted her teeth in anger. "It seems your plan didn''t work," Rias said with a small laugh. "Huh" Sona snorted. "Hehehe" Looking at the two girls, Serafall laughed softly. "It seems she had a lot of fun." Serafall thought to look at the smiling Sona who was arguing with Rias. _____ In a dark room, several people were dressed in lab coats. All these people were sitting at a large table around an old man who seemed to be in his 50s dressed in a priest suit, wearing small black glasses without a rod that was usually used for reading, his hair was black with some gray strands. "What were the results of the experiment?" The old man asked. Listening to his question, one of the researchers holding some papers got up. "As in the previous attempts, we failed to transfer the light attribute from one user to another but thanks to this, we have obtained valuable information that will help us improve the chance of success," replied the man after giving a brief look at papers. "How much the possibilities have increased?" The old man asked again while in his eyes a trace of emotion could be seen. "Approximately 30% we need more tests to improve the results but for now, we will continue with the tests after deciding how to continue the experiment" The man responded quickly. "Hahaha WONDERFUL! Keep up the experiments, make sure you get all the possible information from the failed experiments." The old man laughed maniacally with emotion. "Remember, every failure is a step towards success" Chapter 33 - Easy "I''m home" Leo yelled once he entered his house. Without delay, he made his way to the living room. In the living room, his father was reading the newspaper and his mother was in the kitchen humming an unknown song while preparing food. Looking at his mother, Leo thought her attitude was a little strange. If it were a normal day, his mother would make a simple dinner or order the dinner at the usual restaurant since she did not like to cook and she wasn''t good at cooking either. "Welcome back" Satomi greeted with a smile. "Ah ... hello, mom" Leo returned the greeting rigidly. Looking at his mother who continued what she was doing, Leo walked towards his father. "What''s wrong with mom? she doesn''t normally like that" Leo asked. "Oh¡­ nothing happens, it seems like she had a good day. By the way, how was the trip? I hope you will not forget the promise with your mother, if you forgot her, she will get very angry" Suezo reminded Leo. If Satomi got mad at Leo, sooner or later her anger would come to him. "Nice" "And?" "Of course, I did not forget it, I am a very obedient son." Leo joked. Although most of the time he was in the underworld was spent studying magic, he spends a bit of his time studying Japanese. "Also, her Japanese is not that good so I''m sure she won''t want to compete with me" Leo puffed out his ?h?st with pride. His mother was a foreigner, so naturally, her Japanese was not that good. Sometimes Leo even joked about this with his mother but stopped doing it after he had to prepare his food for a week. ''What parents in their right mind would let their 9-year-old son cook for himself?'' Leo mentally complained after he remembered what happened that day. Although he complained a lot about his parent''s attitude, the main culprit was himself. "As long as you don''t make her angry, that''s fine" Suezo nodded satisfied. Listening to his father, Leo couldn''t help but shake his head. This was his father, the typical Japanese who only cared about living calmy but still struggled to be a good father and to please his mother. But still, Leo kept wondering how it was that he managed to conquer his mother, he just had to take a look at his mother to notice the incongruity, blue eyes, pale white skin and blonde hair the appearance of any man''s dream woman. But with his mother''s personality being somewhat "intense" it would be difficult for her to find someone as receptive as his father. ''Their relationship is perfectly balanced, as everything should be,'' Leo thought to himself as he looked at his mother who was carrying a large pot. Smiling, he hurried to help his mother. "Are you thinking of stealing the chicken from me?" Suezo asked with narrowed eyes after Leo left the pot on the table and watched as he quickly picked up his plate and tried to serve himself. "Of course not, I''m serving you" Leo replied quickly as he increased the speed of his movements. Noticing his movements, Suezo hurried to stop Leo. "Don''t worry son, you just returned from a long journey, let me pamper you a little" Suezo smiled warmly. Leo looked at his father and his smile twitch. Father and son did not need to exchange more words or look at the other dishes of food prepared by Satomi, they knew what the other thought. ''The Chicken is the only edible thing'' Looking at the duo, Satomi smiled brightly and nodded in satisfaction. "Maybe I''ll prepare bear meat for the next one," Satomi muttered under her breath. Leo: ''I think it''s time to go back to the underworld'' Suezo: ''It seems that I will have to do extra hours'' (|¡¥| _ |¡¥|) __________________ Over the next few days, Leo continued his normal routine of going to school and practicing his spells and when the weekend came he took a break from his daily practice and decided to spend a little time with his family although his family plans did not go as he thought "Sigh" Leo sighed with boredom. Since it was the weekend, he thought his parents would stay home but to his dismay, they headed to a party with their friends. Slowly emerging from the kotatsu, Leo shuddered as a shiver ran through his body. "I''m feeling cold" Leo muttered and went to the closet to pick up a blanket. Winter has just started and it was colder than normal and although it was physically strong it was not immune to the cold. After picking up the blanket, Leo went to his desk and picked up two pieces of paper. Holding the papers carefully, he returned to the kotatsu. "Who should I invoke?" Leo muttered to himself before the image of a certain girl passed through his mind. *Flash Accompanied by a flash, a magic circle appeared where the paper was, revealing a Sona with her usual expressionless face. "Hello, Leo-san" Sona gave a simple greeting. "You shouldn''t say something like" I''m here to fulfill your deepest wishes "that would be a great entry" Leo joked before returning to the kotatsu. "It is not my style to say such strange things," Sona replied seriously, it was too much for her to say those embarrassing lines. Leo did not continue his mockery and motioned for Sona to enter the kotatsu. "Now why have you invoked me?" Sona asked as she settled into the kotatsu. "I was bored ..." Leo said resting his chin on his hands. "I imagined it." Sona sighed trying to understand Leo''s thought process. "What do you want me to do? Besides going to school and studying some spells, I have nothing else to do. Now that I remember, how''s Tsubaki?" "She''s fine. She can now socialize with me normally though strangers are still too much for her." "At least she tries and that''s what matters" Leo smiled as the image from a scared Tsubaki image flashed through his mind. "Hm," Sona nodded in agreement. "Well, if you have no intention of forming a contract, I will have to go." Since Sona knew that Leo would want nothing, she decided not to waste time and continue with her affairs. "Hey? How cruel you are Sona. " Leo complained and took out a box from a drawer that was located at the bottom of the Kotatsu. "You don''t have to hurry up. don''t go yet and play a game with me," Leo proposed when he opened the box and took out several chess pieces, setting the pieces aside on the table and opening the box further to take the shape of a chessboard and unhurriedly, he proceeded to put the chess pieces in place. "Are you sure you just want to play chess with me?" Sona asked uncertainly. "At the moment, I can''t think of asking for anything else. By the way, what would the cost be? " "I don''t know" Sona answered frankly. "Eh?" Leo exclaimed in amazement. "You are the first person with I make a contract so, I am not sure what the contract payment would be. I''ll think of something while we play " "Hmm, aren''t you being too arrogant?" I may not be a genius but I''m sure I have a chance to beat you" Leo said smugly. Sona only smiled and did not reply. ____________ With all the time in the world, the duo completely relaxed and they played relaxed without restrictions. Well¡­ Sona was quite relaxed, but Leo didn''t share the same feeling. "15 losses - 0 victories" Sona gave a brief count of the games and the result was simple. A crushing defeat for Leo. "The next time I want to play against you, remind me I should never do it again," Leo said the moment he heard Sona. At first, he thought he had a chance to win against Sona but after the first three losses, he realized the difference between the two. "Don''t worry, I''ll remind you," Sona replied with a smile. "Oh wait a minute Leo-san" When she finished speaking, a magic circle appeared in her ear. Leo simply nodded silently and turned his attention to the chessboard on the table. He had to find out why he lost. "Leo-san, say hi," Sona exclaimed suddenly. "Huh?" Leo exclaimed curiously and as soon as he looked at Sona, he froze. "Rias, Akeno. What is the reason for the call? " Leo asked when he noticed a transmission circle in Sona''s hand where Rias and Akeno could be seen. "It turns out that Rias came with Lucifer-sama to the human world and wanted to brag but she didn''t expect me to be in the human world," Sona summed up her conversation with Rias. "Cough... That was not my intention Sona, I was just trying to convey my joy with you" Rias coughed awkwardly. "What more macabre intentions" Leo stared at Rias and scoffed. Unable to hide her embarrassment, Rias avoided eye contact with Leo. "Hmph, forget it," Rias said a little annoyed and continued. "Sona, since we are both in the human world. Why don''t you come with me to visit the human world together? " Rias proposed with a smile. "Hmm, not a bad idea, but where are you?" Sona posed a big problem. "Wait a minute," Rias said and quickly sent her location to Sona. Looking at the map with Rias''s location, Sona looked at Leo and said, "Leo-san, you know where is this place?" Leo looked at the map for a moment before taking out his phone and searching for the location. "It seems like it''s not too far. It''s a 30-minute trip if you fly to the place" Leo said after checking the location online and casually the location happened to be close to his home. ''What was it that drew Serafall and Sirzechs to this place?'' Leo thought. "You already heard Rias" "Yes, I will be waiting for you. Don''t take too long."Once Rias finished speaking, the transmission circle instantly disappeared. With everything planned, Sona quickly went to the window and called Leo: "Leo-san, come on. If we don''t hurry, we''ll be late" "Wait, when did I agree to go with you??" Leo asked. "Since you agreed to play chess with you. Don''t worry if you can''t fly, I can carry you and before you say anything else, I''m stronger than I seem," Sona said as she flexed her right arm. "It is not necessary," Leo said with a smile when two wings of dark matter appeared on his back. Looking at the sudden wings that appeared on Leo''s back, Sona''s mouth formed a large O but noticing that Leo was going to come out, Sona hastily stopped him. "What do you think you''re doing? if you go out like this, it will be chaos" When she finished speaking, she quickly moved her hand and a cloak wrapped them both. Leo was going to tell him that he had already used magic to hide his presence but decided not to. Once Sona was certain that the spell was complete, the duo left for Rias''s location. Chapter 34 - Its not that easy The duo''s journey went smoothly and in less than thirty minutes, they reached Rias'' location. "It looks like it''s here," Leo muttered when they reached a hotel. The facade of the building was completely normal but what stood out the most from the building was the large forest behind it. Without delay, the two went to the hotel reception and once they obtained Rias''s room number they went to look for her. "Room 312. It''s here," Leo muttered as he checked the room number. After he was sure it was the right room he approached, but before he could knock on the door, he could hear screams coming from the room. "Rias-sama, you can''t put yourself in danger just by a hunch." Leo heard Akeno''s voice yell from the other side of the door. "I''m just going to watch. But if you don''t want to come with me, I won''t force you" Rias shouted. ''Why are they fighting?'' Leo thought. But before she could hear more, Sona knocked on the door. After Sona knocked on the door, the discussion on the other side of the door stopped. "Leo-san, Sona. They came pretty fast" Rias greeted once she opened the door. "The ride was pretty quick," Sona replied with an awkward smile as she noticed the tension within the room. Leo followed Sona into the room and looked at Akeno who was standing in the center of the room. "Akeno" Leo gave a brief greeting with a smile. From her expression, you could tell she was not in a good mood. "Leo-san" Akeno replied with a smile and looked at Rias who was talking to Sona. "Rias-sama, I hope you don''t try to run away," Akeno said with a smile that it wasn''t a smile. "Rias, I think Akeno is right," Sona said after hearing Rias''s explanation. "Sona ..." Rias said with grievance while she proceeded to argue with Sona. "What happened?" Leo asked Akeno. "A few minutes ago, we felt a magical pulse near here and Rias-sama wants to go find out what caused it" Akeno explained quickly. "I just want to take a look" Rias complained. Rias continued to argue with Sona and Akeno until he was finally able to convince them on the condition that he would not attempt anything dangerous. "Will you come with us Leo-san? Akeno can carry you" Rias asked and she indicated to Akeno to help Leo. "Of course I''ll go and you don''t have to disturb Akeno," Leo said before with a smile spread his wings made of dark matter. Noticing Leo''s wings, Rias and Akeno looked at him in amazement. They both looked at Sona for answers "Don''t ask, I don''t understand how he did it either and I don''t think he''s going to respond" Sona said while shaking her head. Reluctantly nodding, the group left for the place where Rias felt the pulse of magic. With the speed at which they were traveling, it took them only a few minutes to reach the area but they stopped when they noticed a small figure running through the forest. "Rias-sama..." Akeno called softly when she noticed the small figure covered in blood running through the forest. Leo looked in the direction Akeno pointed and he noted the small figures in the distance that was b?r?ly discernible. If it wasn''t for she pointed them out, he hadn''t noticed the group of people. ''Could it be some ability?'' Leo thought as he looked at the Akeno eyes that emitted a brief glow. Although his senses were sharp, he still had trouble seeing the group that was quite far away. "Rias-sama. Although I share your feelings, it is not safe to go help him and the group is chasing him" Akeno said. Leo also noticed that the group was approaching the boy''s address. They didn''t move too fast but it still seemed like they could reach him. Further, the boy couldn''t keep running any longer. "Akeno is right, it is too dangerous to go help him without knowing the situation and also, there is a possibility that it is a trap," Sona said after considering possible options. Leo looked at the group in the distance and thought about what to do for several seconds. ''Surely the group that is chasing Yuuto are exorcists'' Leo doubted what he should do. Looking carefully, I try to count the number of people who were part of the group. ''They are approximately 6 people. If they''re normal humans, they shouldn''t have any problems'' Leo thought. Also, there was something he wanted to try. "I''ll try to get some time. In the meantime, take the boy to a safe place" Leo said before flying to the exorcists. A man dressed in an exorcist robe stared at the ground for a few seconds before he indicated the direction of the group. "Here," The leader said after seeing the action of the scout. "Do we need to follow it? a day has passed since he escaped and even if he manages to escape, the poison will kill him" Said another man who was close to the leader. "That''s right, but recently scouts have reported that devils have been active in the area. If by chance some devil finds the boy, the archbishop''s plan can be discovered" Said the leader. Before the man could reply, another man quickly approached the leader. "Sr. They want us back to base, a test subject woke up his Sacred Gear and caused a huge fuss, it''s only a matter of time before the devils discover the base." The man briefed the leader quickly. The leader looked at the man and clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Those bastards can''t do their job well," said the leader. Looking at the scout, he quickly ordered. "Forget the boy, it''s time to go back" "It will be difficult to find his trail again if we leave." The man said without looking at the leader. "So ..." * PAM Before the scout could finish speaking, a black claw pierced his ?h?st. *BANG! Leo looked at the man and before he could say anything, he suddenly heard an explosion followed by a burning sensation in his left arm. He quickly rushed his arm out of the man''s ?h?st but before he could do it, the man held his arm and with his free hand pulled out a dagger and stabbed his right shoulder. This all happened too quickly and Leo was unable to react properly. But after feeling the pain in his left shoulder, he forced his arm and managed to break free of the man''s grip with ease. Once she managed to break free of the man''s grasp, she backed away quickly. "Argh" Leo screamed under his breath when he felt the pain in his shoulder and arm. Since he had the dark matter gathered in his arm, he was not able to use it to heal himself and without it, he was not able to suppress the pain. Gathering the demonic energy in his hand, a small spark appeared in his hand. * Bang Hearing the shot, the group leader quickly ran towards Leo and cut diagonally towards his neck. Leo looked at what appeared to be a lightsaber heading towards him and deftly leaped back and transformed his left arm into a sword before slashing at the man. Noticing his action, the man stopped abruptly avoiding the cut. * Bang Again an explosion resounded in the forest and immediately, Leo felt a stab of pain when he tried to put his right leg on the ground, causing him to lose his balance. The man seized the opportunity and moved quickly towards Leo and without stopping, stabbed Leo in the abdomen. "Gah" Leo ?r??n?d in pain. Quickly turning on the ground trying to distance himself from the man and he immediately tried to get up but collided with a nearby tree. The man saw all of this and continued his ?ssault. ''I can''t continue like this,'' Leo thought to himself as he continued to dodge the man''s cuts. Taking a distance from the man, Leo kicked the man but the man managed to dodge it. * BANG His kick impacted a nearby tree and breaking it in half. Taking advantage of the momentum of his kick, he turned his body and kicked at the man again. ''I can''t dodge it in time'' The man thought and quickly tried to lessen the impact of the kick by jumping backward and shrinking his body into a ball. * PAM The man flew out a few meters and after a few seconds he got up quickly. "It''s pretty strong, avoid a direct hit ... Also, that black substance can bind to your limbs and form a weapon and it also helps him heal," the leader yelled. As an exorcist, he had fought many devils and although he was not able to defeat a devil by himself, he was confident that with his team they could defeat him. ''To have a child sent¡­ it seems they underestimate us'' The leader thought with a smile. The more they underestimated them, the more opportunities they had to kill more devils. The man''s thoughts were interrupted by the trembling in his arms. ''If it had been a direct hit I would have broken my arms. Damn, all devils are monsters but a boy is still a boy.'' The man sighed with relief. Since they were dealing with a child, they could take advantage of his inexperience "Ha ... ha ..." Leo gasped trying to get air to his lungs. It was only a few moments but the brief exchange of blows was quite intense. So much so that he was not able to think of what to do and simply tried to defend himself and attack as he could. "This won''t be as easy as I thought," Leo muttered to himself as he looked at the exorcists running towards him. Chapter 35 - Fair play *Read the author''s thoughts* With his eyes narrowed, Leo took a deep breath and thought about what he should do. His enemies had experience dealing with stronger opponents and his numbers presented him with two big problems. The first was the fact that he couldn''t pay attention to what they were doing at all times so he couldn''t focus on attacking a single person. The second problem was the shooter. Every time he tried to use a spell, the shooter would interrupt him, how did he do it? it was something Leo didn''t know. Also, every time he engaged in melee combat the shooter would shoot to his limbs which was a great annoyance. If it wasn''t for the fact that every time he fired he was hiding quickly and he wanted to practice, he would have killed him immediately. ''I can fight with them for 5 minutes. Afterward, I will be able to kill them freely and once I''m done with them I''ll have to rush to their base. Maybe I might find something interesting.'' Leo thought about what to do since surely Rias would have informed Sirzechs of everything that had happened and it was only a matter of time before he arrived so Leo wanted to make the most of his time with the exorcists. Leo had not trained in any melee techniques. Likewise, his combat mode was mainly based on using brute force and some spells but now that he would get several souls from exorcists from which to learn martial arts he did not want to stop and wanted to experience for himself their techniques and how much he was able to fight against them only in his base form. Although he would limiting his strength a bit or he could accidentally kill them, but neither he couldn''t contain himself too much or it would allow them to finish him. ''Tch, if I didn''t react in time, I have would have a hole in my head'' Leo cursed in his mind and quickly tried to find the shooter but it was too late, his moment of distraction gave the shooter the perfect opportunity to hide again. The exorcists did not sit down and waited for Leo to prepare. Quickly, an exorcist took his fighting stance. His movements were fluid when he lashed out with his sword at Leo. Leo did not have a fighting position so he simply took advantage of the moment when the exorcist adopted his posture to relax and be prepared for any attack. He knew that if he did not remain calm, he would fall prey to the exorcists'' continued attacks without having the opportunity to defend himself. Leo exhaled deeply as dark matter gathered in his right arm and took the form of a sword. Then, he took a big step toward the exorcist and directly encountered his lightsaber. His strength gushed from his entire body to his right hand and cut toward the man. The cut moved with the wind. The exorcist only noticed that a black blur was heading towards him so he could only adopt a defensive posture. Taking the hit, he backed up a few meters just like his team leader. When their "swords" collided, the exorcist was overwhelmed and realized that he could not engage in a direct fight against him. For opponents who relied on the brute force like Leo, their strategy was simple. Dodge and take advantage of your opponent''s openings to brutally punish them. While the first exorcist was on the ground, the remaining two exorcists headed towards Leo. They took into account the indications of their leader and the experience of their partner and entered into a skirmish fight. A few exchanges of blows went by but the exorcists gave Leo no chance to hit them thanks to their years of training and experience. Over and over again, they managed to dodge Leo''s attacks. Finally, Leo noticed how one of the exorcists was a little slower to withdraw. ''Well, I''ll have to get a little more serious,'' Leo thought as he transformed the sword into a fist and lunged at him. * Bang The bullet traveled directly towards Leo''s wrist but once it collided with his dark matter coated wrist, it was unable to continue on its way. * Crack The exorcist flew like a kite without a rope until a tree stood in his way. His arms as bent in an unnatural position while his ?h?st was sagging with a visible mark. The sound of bones breaking and their partner''s condition made the exorcists tremble. A hit A single hit was enough to kill anyone of them. Leo didn''t stop and quickly hit the ground. His fist hit the ground and caused the cracks to spread like a cobweb. Because of his blow, an exorcist collapsed and staggered backward. But he didn''t panic and to avoid Leo''s attempts to launch another blow, he threw himself to the ground and rolled to one side. Seeing him rolling on the ground, Leo was excited. He quickly scooted closer and intended to kick towards him. At that very moment, the exorcist grabbed some dirt with his left hand and threw it at his face. It was a complete surprise for Leo. He acted instinctively, closed her eyes, and covered her face with her left hand. Things happened too fast. When the dust entered his eyes, Leo felt the pain and irritation caused by the dirt trails and couldn''t keep them open. The only thought in his head was the pain he felt and in his confusion, his head was empty without knowing what to do. * BAM !! Leo felt the pain in his back caused by a strong blow. Then, he lost his balance and staggered forward, about to fall. The situation led to chaos but he quickly forced himself to calm down and concentrated on the energy running through his body forming a cloak that completely covered his body like a second layer of skin. During his training, Leo understood that his mastery over the dark cloak did not allow him to use it in combat but if he was able to focus entirely on creating and maintaining it, he could use it to defend himself. Slowly, he staggered a few steps until he regained his balance. He concentrated on maintaining the cloak, his mental state was not ideal and this was noticed in the brief moments when the cloak did not form anywhere in his body but continued with his strategy since it was the only solution what he could think. After a few seconds of resisting the blows, shots, and cuts. His feet finally stabilized, but her eyes still ached. The tears ran down his face as if he were crying, he tried to open his eyes several times but the pain prevented him from doing so. Surrounded by nothing but darkness, Leo had no idea of ??the direction of the next attack, forcing him to take a defensive stance. Calm Calm! Leo focused on controlling his breathing, he would like to use the mantle blast but that was something he was not yet capable of. Cursing under his breath, he quickly focused on maintaining the cloak when he was again shot in his right shoulder. ''Damn shooter,'' Leo cursed mentally but at that moment, an idea flashed in his mind. ''If I can feel where it comes from when I touch the cloak, I will be able to defend myself'' Leo thought for a moment and he even forgot what situation he was in when he continued to study his idea but unconsciously continued to maintain the mantle. Incomplete, but kept it. Determined to try it, Leo concentrated on the cloak and increased its thickness. He didn''t have to wait long when he felt a brief ripple in the cloak on the side of his left arm and at that moment his body moved immediately and deftly stretched out his hand forcing the sword to deviate. Holding the exorcist''s wrist, Leo quickly transformed his arm into a sword and cut towards exorcist''s arm. * Slash "Argh" With a cut, the exorcist''s arm detached cleanly from his body. Hearing the scream Leo smiled to himself. If he was able to increase his reaction time, this ability would be even more useful. "I knew it was a good idea to fight with you guys" Leo muttered. His earnings rewarded his injuries. Chapter 36 - Coincidence? After a few minutes, Leo was finally able to open his eyes normally even though he still looked like he had been crying. Quickly wiping the tears from his eyes, Leo looked at the remaining three exorcists. ''With two out of the game, all that remains is to find the shooter¡­'' Leo thought with a smile. With two fewer exorcists, the pressure on him decreased significantly. ''Also, you can''t shoot and hide at the same time.'' Slamming his palms to the ground, a wave of flame erupted and engulfed the area he was in, forcing the trio approaching him to back off immediately. Quickly, he pierced the circle of fire and his leg slipped like a whip against the first person he saw. Before his kick could land, an exorcist stopped his attack by hitting his leg causing him a big injury to the leg. "Shit!" Leo muttered with a frown. Supporting his hands against the ground, he pushed his body and slid back. Adjusting his posture, he wrapped the dark matter around his leg to heal the wound. After a few seconds, he stomped on the ground with his injured foot to make sure it was healed and returned to the attack. The group leader looked at Leo and thought of a plan but as he examined his body, he noticed a wound on his right shoulder and looked back at his body that was full of wounds. "Maybe ..." The leader muttered and an ?ssumption formed in his head. If he could use that strange dark substance to heal himself, why didn''t he heal all of his wounds? Each wound on his body was not lethal and the strangest thing was that none was bleeding, some were deeper and had traces of blood but the bleeding had already stopped. Not only that, the wounds on his limbs and those that could hinder his mobility were immediately healed. This was all too strange, his healing and most importantly. Why did not he withdraw? if he knew he couldn''t win it was stupid for him to stay unless he was expecting something ... ''Withdrawn'' The leader signaled with his hand to a close partner, he did not want to risk falling into a trap. "Their teamwork is a nuisance," Leo muttered as he looked at an exorcist but in that brief moment, he noticed the signal from the leader followed by the other exorcists positioning themselves in a strange formation. Frowning, he decided not to give them time to finish what they were planning and he lunged for a nearby exorcist. But before he did this, he focused his attention on the group and tried to form a spell. He had already learned from his previous mistake, this time he was not distracted and made sure not to hit randomly. After all, who in their right mind would let someone charge an attack without doing anything? * BANG The usual shot rang out accompanied by the same trail of light only this time, Leo protected himself in time with his right hand that was covered in dark matter. "I found you," Leo said with a big smile. A wave of dark matter exploded outward when small dark circles could be seen surrounding him and the area where the shooter was located. "You have been a great nuisance. I wanted to try this with your team members but you wouldn''t let me try it so you will be the first" When he finished speaking, he transformed his arm into a claw that reached out to the man. The man tried to back away but when he did, one of the flakes formed of dark matter touched his robe and it was immediately consumed. The man stared at all this in horror and quickly took off his robe and his action allowed Leo to easily catch him and drag him towards him. Before the exorcist could fight, Leo touched his ?h?st and the man felt a great su?k?n? force. Sweat trickled from his face when he tried to scream but instead of a scream, the only thing that came out of his mouth was a small luminescent ball. Leo looked at the ball with interest. He slowly brought the ball of light to his mouth and tasted it for a few seconds before swallowing it. * Glup The sound echoed in the forest. The remaining two exorcists only reacted after hearing Leo swallow and saw their partner''s body drop to the ground like a lifeless rag doll. On the other hand, Leo was in his world enjoying the warm sensation that ran through his body. There was only one word that came to mind DELICIOUS, EXQUISITE, EXCELSIOR. It was sweet but at the same time salty, it was crispy but at the same time, it was not. He tried to compare it with something but he could not, he had never tasted something so delicious. Leo''s body trembled briefly and after a few seconds of enjoying the sensation, a claw-shaped mark appeared in his left eye. As if alive, dark matter moved through Leo''s body and healed his wounds at a visible rate. "Playtime is over," Leo said coldly as he licked his lips. The exorcists did not sit down and waited for Leo to kill them. As soon as they saw his partner''s lifeless body and how as Leo''s wounds disappeared, they fled without hesitation. Smiling, Leo transformed his arm into a sword and attacked. * Slash Like an octopus, his arm moved quickly and slashed the exorcist''s arms and legs. "AHHH" The exorcists could only see a black blur and before they could react, his limb disappeared. ''Damn monster'' the leader thought as he fled, he didn''t know if it was luck or skill but he managed to dodge Leo''s attacks. Leo paid no attention to the leader. Approaching the exorcist without limbs, he placed his hands on the exorcist''s ?h?st and extracted his soul. "I can get addicted to this," Leo murmured with a sadistic smile. Once he released the body of the lifeless exorcist, he looked at the bloody man who was crawling on the ground, was missing a hand and had a large wound on his leg. "Don''t worry, I have not forgotten you" Leo said before extracting his soul Inspecting his surroundings, he fixed his gaze on the man who was leaning on the tree. He slowly walked towards him but as he got closer to the man, he could hear his ragged breathing. "I didn''t expect you to be alive," Leo exclaimed in surprise. "Damned!" The man exclaimed in anger. A few moments ago he was just a boy and in an instant, he transformed into a monster. "Do you think you are invincible? you''re just a child who has power he can''t control. "The man screamed with difficulty. "Mn. You are right, outnumbered me, you were more experienced and your teamwork was pretty good. If only you had been a little stronger, you could close the gap between us" Leo commented as he reflected, he felt that everything he said was true. Although they were human, they could fight the devils and even kill them. After he finished speaking, Leo held the man by the neck and, as with the others, extracted his soul. "What will it taste like?" Leo muttered with a smile as he played with the small ball of light, unable to suppress his d?s?r?s, he quickly swallowed it down. * Crack Before he could enjoy his newly acquired food, the sound of a snapping branch caught his attention. Looking towards the sound source, Leo waited a few seconds before giving a big sigh: "Sigh ... You didn''t have to come" Leo muttered to himself before disappearing. A few seconds later, Leo appeared a few meters from his original position. "Well... Akeno. what are you doing here?" Leo asked. Chapter 37 - The beginning of change "L ... Leo-san" Akeno stuttered. "What are you doing here? You should be with Rias," Leo asked after removing his mark. "Rias-sama and Sona-sama went to seek help for the boy. So Rias-sama ordered me to help you," Akeno explained. "Mn. You don''t have to worry about that, I can take care of them alone. " Leo concluded. Her excuse was not credible, but now he had no time to find out her true intention. "But..." "Sorry, if I take longer he can run away," Leo said quickly and immediately closed his eyes. ''As much as you escape, I have you marked.'' Leo thought as he concentrated on the mark he put on the leader of the group of exorcists. "Fuuu I hope this works," Leo muttered. "Leo-san, Leo-san !! ..." "I''ll talk to you later" Leo replied before disappearing. "Ha .. ha .. ha" The leader gasped as he kept running. After running for a few minutes, he managed to get to the exorcist base. "Kusunoki, what happened? Where are the others?" An exorcist asked noticing Kusunoki''s condition. "Dead, everyone is dead. We meet a child, he killed them all by extracting a strange sphere of light, I managed to escape but surely he is following me. How many people are left at the base?" Kusunoki replied. "Few, most have evacuated." "Gather them all" "Everyone? most are helping investigators to evacuate bringing them all together just to deal with one child is not necessary," The exorcist refuted. "I don''t care, that boy is very dangerous. If it''s fast, it will take about five minutes to get there, that gives us enough time to prepare and set up some traps," Kusunoki explained quickly. But before the exorcist could respond, a voice that Kusunoki didn''t want to hear intervened. "I don''t think it will take too long. Although it may not seem like it, I am a great hunter " * Puchi Kusunoki had no time to react when an arm pierced his stomach. Leo withdrew his arm from Kusunoki''s ?h?st and quickly swallowed his soul. Taking a step forward, he quickly approached the other exorcist and extracted his soul. "Now it only remains to explore the base" Looking around cautiously, he placed his hand on the ground and sent out a pulse of demonic energy. He waited a few seconds for his demonic energy to locate the base. Fortunately, he didn''t have to wait too long before he can feel a great pulse of magic. "What is that?" Leo muttered in surprise. What he just did, was something he usually wouldn''t do since when he used demonic energy to examine the area, his position would be discovered but he didn''t care. "Hmm ... it''s about twenty exorcists." Leo muttered. Heading for where the base should be, he paused for a few seconds to make sure the path was correct. Once he made sure the path was correct, he continued walking to a partially empty area. "Well ... this seems to be the entrance," He muttered. Transforming his hand into a huge claw, and hitting the ground with all his might, opening a large hole in the ground, exposing a metal door. And when he removing the door, it revealed a huge hallway. After forcing his entry, he continued to walk down the long hallway for a few minutes until he reached what appeared to be offices. ''Tch'' Clicking his tongue, Leo narrowed his eyes as he examined his surroundings. The room was small but quite messy. The papers and furniture were scattered throughout the room chaotically. "I don''t think I can find anything of value." Shaking his head, he continued his walk around the base. For the next few minutes, all he found at the base were more and more offices in the same condition as the first, but it didn''t take long before he found a companion. "It took too long," Leo muttered. Looking at the group of exorcists, a smile appeared on his face. _____ "There is no doubt, souls are the most delicious" Leo smiled as he brought the soul of the last exorcist to his mouth. Finishing his meal quickly, he continued on his way to where the remaining exorcists were but stopped when a huge door caught his attention. Walking towards the door, he transformed his hand into a sword and created an opening for him to pass but before he could enter, a rush of gas left the room. When he breathed in the strange gas, he felt a brief numbness in his body followed by a burning sensation in his throat. The feeling only lasted a few moments before it completely disappeared. "Poison," Leo muttered as he entered the room. But what was inside, left him stunned. The bodies were piled up in the room, every one of them belonged to small children but the worst was the deplorable state in which their bodies were, malnourished and bruised. Leo closed his eyes trying to calm down and after a few seconds, he opened them again and looked at the room again, only this time, he could see the souls that were in the room. If seeing the multitude of bodies scattered on the ground wasn''t enough, what he was seeing right now was much worse. Light The souls in the room were so many that they lit up the room as if it were daytime. He did not need to count them to know that there were at least hundreds of souls. His hands trembled slightly, that was what he feared. It was too late, the resentment of these souls was so much that they abandoned their conscience and anchored themselves in the room unless they were forced to leave the place by force, they would not leave this place. "I killed them too fast ..." He thought before stomping his foot. As if called, the souls stirred violently before scattering around the room and leaving the place. Once he was sure they left the room, he waved his hand and a black flame appeared in the palm of his hand and shot out into the room. Letting the flame go wild, he quickly left the room and made his way to the location of the remaining exorcists. *BOOM!!! Just as he had left the room, the flames exploded and began to spread throughout the entire base. The fire fighting systems were activated and the water began to spread throughout the room but even so, the flames were not extinguished. As the flames began to consume the place, Leo had already reached where the remaining exorcists were. "Co ..." A man exclaimed as soon as he saw him. * Slash Leo didn''t give him time to speak before cutting off the man''s head and extracting his soul and summoned a small black nail-sized flame that spread across the ball of light. "Only you two are useful, the others are not necessary," Leo said coldly as he looked at the two men in lab coats. Upon completion of his words, dark matter gathered on his arm and branched out into several spears that pierced the remaining exorcists and burned their souls. With the exorcists out of the way, he looked at the two remaining investigators but before he could get close to them, the investigators began to convulse and foam at the mouth. Leo watched all of this unhurriedly and when their lifeless bodies fell to the ground, he quickly caught the souls trying to escape. "Don''t think you can escape so easily" As if they could understand his words, the souls trembled and moved violently as if trying to flee. "Now, what shall I do with you?" Leo muttered as he looked at the small barrier. Approaching the barrier, he could see a small figure within it. Inspecting his memories, Leo tried to remember something related to the strange barrier but could not remember what it was. Thinking of what to do for a few seconds, Leo touched the barrier before disappearing. _____ After Leo left, it wasn''t long before a squad of devils appeared around the enemy base. "Sirzechs-sama, we have only been able to find five dead exorcists a few kilometers from here. There were also clear signs of battle in the area "A devil reported. "Mn. Give the order to retreat," Sirzechs ordered as he looked at what was once a forest. Chapter 38 - Shall we start? "Fuu ... finally, home" Leo muttered once he appeared at his house. "Mom, Dad," Leo yelled. He waited for an answer but when he didn''t hear an answer, he used his demonic energy to inspect the house and sighed with relief: "Sigh ... They haven''t arrived yet" Walking with heavy steps to his bed, Leo leaped onto the bed. Before he could fall asleep, he looked at the barrier at the side of her bed. "I can''t leave it there, can I?" Leo muttered wearily and reluctantly got out of bed. Opening his hand, a magic circle slowly formed in his palm and after a few seconds, the magic circle was fully formed. Waving his hand, the magic circle covered the barrier. "I hope this is enough," Leo muttered wearily before going back to bed. Although his body was in perfect condition, mentally he was at his limit. ___ The next morning, once his father and mother left for work, Leo forced himself to get out of bed even though he wanted to enjoy his weekend quietly, the barrier that was on the edge of his bed would not let him rest easy. But before examining the barrier, he wanted to finish his most recent investigation. Forming a magic circle in his hand. Leo examined him for a few seconds. "Hmm. I can still improve the speed with which he dialed a target and the distance, "Leo muttered. The principles of teleportation consisted of using magic circles as a means, knowing this, he slightly modified Gokuencho''s spell so that instead of using the normal mark, he would use a mark to teleport to the designated target. Very simple, right? Although most were advantages, the great disadvantage of this technique was that once he gets away from the mark, he misses the connection with it and could no longer teleport. Also, after yesterday''s tests, he believed his limit was about 20km. With that in mind, he spent the next two hours researching ways to improve the spell''s efficiency, but after many hours he couldn''t think of anything to improve it. With that in mind, he spent the next two hours researching ways to improve the spell''s efficiency, but after many hours he couldn''t think of anything to improve it. Resigned, he could only postpone the investigation. With the investigation of the teleportation spell postponed, Leo focused his attention on the barrier but was presented with another problem. "Where do I start," He muttered as he examined the barrier. After examining the barrier for a few minutes, he couldn''t understand absolutely anything about the composition of the barrier. The formations were made up of smaller formations which in turn was made up of thousands of smaller formations. "As I thought, it is too complicated" Leo concluded. Since he couldn''t decipher the barrier, he could just as well try to break it. Transforming his arm into a sword, Leo cut towards the barrier. * Crash His "sword" collided with the barrier and only left a small cut. Seeing as his attack did nothing, Leo moved his "sword" even faster short toward the barrier. "Mn ... It''s quite resistant to physical attacks" Leo thought as he looked at the barrier. The barrier was almost intact except for a few small cuts on its surface. Curious, Leo moved his hand and a small flame appeared in the palm of his hand. Placing his hand on top of the barrier, Leo slowly increased the size of the flame until the barrier was completely consumed by the flames. "It is also resistant to spells and is capable of regeneration. You must be kidding right, this damn thing is almost impenetrable" Leo murmured. Even after a flame bath, the barrier was still in perfect condition and even the small cuts caused by his "sword" had disappeared. "Nothing works against this thing and trying to analyze it is impossible with my current capabilities but if magic and physical attacks don''t work against it, it''s time to take out the heavy artillery," Leo thought with a while rubbing his chin. Waving his hand, a black flame appeared on his finger. Bringing his finger closer to the barrier, he watched how the flame slowly melted the barrier before the barrier would light up and attempt to regenerate. "Even the purgatory fire is not capable of destroying it," Leo muttered in shock. The barrier did not seem to want to give up and continued trying to regenerate but after a while, its brightness dimmed and its regeneration visibly slowed down. "If I leave it like this, it will be long before I can destroy the barrier," Leo muttered. So he let the little flame do its work as he tried to figure out how the barrier was able to withstand his dark matter attacks and even the fire from purgatory would take quite a long time. Also, Leo had an idea of ??who the person inside the barrier was and that made everything quite troublesome. "Oh ... I almost forgot. I have not yet examined the memories of the exorcists." As he was investigating the teleportation spell and the barrier, Leo completely forgot to examine the memories of the souls he ate. Debating whether or not he should look at the memories, he finally closed his eyes and resigned himself to seeing the memories even though he knew that he would not like what he would see. Inside his mind, he navigated his mental passage until he reached an area made up of various points of light. Before it entered the exorcists'' memories, he looked at a small sphere of light that was very close to several strange symbols. ''It should be time for me to build my sacred treasure.'' Leaving those thoughts behind, Leo''s mind wandered for a few seconds before refocusing his attention on the souls of the exorcists. "It''s the moment" After an unknown time interval, Leo was finally able to see various scenes, most of the scenes were from the daily life of a child but since he was not interested in the childhood of some random exorcist, he skipped that part. "Yachi !! Ryo-chan is here, hurry up" Chapter 39 - Thoughts Leo''s thoughts will be written between [] Los pensamientos del exorcistas esta escrito entre '' '' ___ "Sigh... it''s still difficult for you to get up early." She said. Listening to Ryo, Yachi smiled awkwardly. Yachi, she was a pretty attractive girl, her hair and eyes were black. She was taller and slimmer than any other woman he had ever met, wearing a classic Japanese school uniform consisting of a dark blue sailor-style ??pel top, with a red bow and a skirt that matched her ??pel. It had been a year since she moved into her neighborhood and Yachi still couldn''t help but be impressed by her beauty. Also, since they were neighbors, it became normal for Ryo to pick him up to go to school together. ''Ha¡­ she''s so beautiful'' [Mn .. Who spoke?] Leo was surprised, he was sure that neither of them was speaking. "Yachi, the graduation ceremony is today, are you nervous?" Ryo asked. ''Nervous? having to stand in front of all those people is scary '' "I''m well. Maybe I am happier not having to go to class" Yachi replied with a smile. "Although also, deep down I will miss going to classes" Yachi added. "That doesn''t make sense," Ryo replied. "I know, it''s a love and hate relationship" "Haha ... That''s so common of you" Ryo smiled. As the couple continued to chat, Leo was quite surprised by what he had discovered. [Can I also hear his thoughts? that ... that''s pretty amazing. He would never have thought that was possible] Leo thought, never in his deepest dreams, he would have imagined that his ability to observe memories had this plus included. Leo continued to listen to the duo''s conversation and at the same time Yachi''s thoughts, something that was quite annoying for him. The problem was not hearing his thoughts every five seconds about random things, the problem was hearing how his mind could be so full of thoughts about Ryo. ''Did her left eye always have that blue stain? Blue? What would her eyes be like if they were blue? I''m sure she would look even more beautiful, but ... I think if her eyes were green it would look even better.'' [Please someone stop him] It didn''t take long for the duo to get to school and on the way, they met an acquaintance. "Yachi, Ryo. Good Morning" "Ohh Bigi-san, how are you?" Yachi asked. "Good, but not as well accompanied as you" Bigi hissed. "Well, I''m leaving. We still have to put the finishing touches on the decor," Ryo said before leaving. [Bored] Before he could skip this part of the memories, he hears something interesting. "So when do you plan to confess?" Bigi asked with a smile. [Hoo?] "Confession? To who?" Yachi asked awkwardly. "Don''t try to play ignorant, the whole class knows that you are in love with Yachi" Bigi smiled. "Well ... I''m going to do it but... I want to find the right moment" Yachi scratched his cheek embarrassed. "Forget it. Knowing you, when you are in front of her, you will back down " "Lie, I just want everything to go well" "You said that the last three times." [Three times? I imagined it, I am sure that she would reject him] Instead of skipping this part of the memories, Leo decided not to, as he had a lot of fun but deep down, he just wanted something to distract himself with. He didn''t want to think, he didn''t want to remember what he saw at the exorcist base. But his wishes would not be fulfilled _____ In the Sitri mansion After the exorcist incident, Sona had to deal with her sister and in the end, she was angry enough to forbid her to go to the human world without her permission. On the other hand, they were able to stabilize the child''s condition and he was currently resting in a hospital within her territory. "What happened to Leo-san?" Sona muttered worriedly. The last thing he knew about Leo was that he went to the exorcist base since her sister prevented her from going to look for him at his house, she was not able to know what her situation was. While Sona was deep in thought, a person entered the room. "Sona-sama" Linet called. "Mn" "Bane-sama has come to visit," Linet reported. "Bane ... is it related to what happened yesterday?" Linet asked with a frown. (NA: Bane is Sona''s fiance) "No, Serafall-sama and Sirzechs-sama made sure that this incident did not spread," Linet replied. "Okay, where is he?" "In the guest room and he''s accompanied," Linet reported. Serafall nodded and walked to the terrace as slowly as possible but still, it didn''t take long for him to get to the guest room. Inside the room. Bane was sitting on the sofa in a relaxed way, next to him was a pretty beautiful woman sitting with her legs intertwined. Noticing Sona, the woman gave a small smile. Sona nodded slightly at the woman in greeting. "Bane-san" Sona greeted. "Mn. Sona, how have you been? " Bane asked. "Perfectly, thanks for asking," Sona replied with a friendly smile. Walking to the sofa, Sona sat in the corner. "Which is the reason for your visit?" Sona went straight to the point. "Straight to the point as always," Bane muttered with a smile. "Hm?" Sona exclaimed in surprise, Bane seemed a little strange, he seemed ... Happy. "First of all, I want you to know that my intention in coming here is that we can discuss our commitment, even if we don''t want to, we are committed and it is something that we have to accept and that is why I want to improve our relationship" He smiled. Sona listened to Bane patiently, from the moment she entered the room, her attitude was strange. "I also think it is time to talk about our commitment. But I think we both have different thoughts so I think you should say what you want once and for all" Sona concluded. Bane looked seriously and inhaling deeply, spoke. "I want to introduce you to someone." Bane pointed to the woman next to him and said, "She is Ruriko, my girlfriend." Chapter 40 - Marriage "I want you to accept Ruriko as part of my harem," Bane responded a bit annoyed at Sona''s attitude against Ruriko. "I see ..." Sona murmured, his request was something she already expected. "Ruriko-san, by chance your master is not bunce-san?" Sona asked suddenly. "Does Sona-sama know my master?" Ruriko asked in surprise and looked at Bane''s askance. "I don''t know him personally, but I''ve heard a lot of rumors about him. He has no intention of improving his strength and only uses his evil pieces to revive women and add them to his harem." Sona explained with a smile, it was natural for her to know about these things. Listening to Sona, Ruriko could do nothing but nod her head. The rumors will always remain rumors but both she and Sona knew it was true. "I imagine your master has tried to get you to join his harem, why haven''t you?" Sona asked. "People like my master who only see women as possessions are not to my liking," Ruriko explained. "I understand you, there are very few devils who do not allow themselves to be carried away by their ?ust when it comes to forming their peerage. To revive them and add them to their peerage is like saying: "I gave you another chance to live, serving me is your payment" "Sona added. "Well ... my master may not be the best man in the world but he respects my decision not to be with him and strives for us to adapt to our new life, he is not the best teacher but at least he tries not to be the worst" Ruriko replied. She also had similar thoughts about her master but still, deep down she was grateful for her new life and indirectly thanks to him, she was able to meet Bane which caused her complaints about him to decrease, so listening to someone else insulting him did not like. "Excuse me for speaking ill of your master and case my question offended you, I want you to know that that was not my intention at all" Sona apologized as she bowed as a sign of apology. Surprised by his gesture, Ruriko replied quickly. "Apologies are not necessary, I understand Sona-sama position" Sona nodded, dedicating a small smile to Ruriko, Sona refocused her attention on Bane "So, back to the main point. Although we are committed, I am not obliged to accept your relationship with Ruriko but you know that very well. So, why would you come to introduce me to your girlfriend giving me the option of using this as an excuse to break our commitment? " Sona said while rubbing her chin. Bane saw no need to respond to Sona''s words. Having a harem in the underworld was not too complicated but everything became more difficult when it came to dealing with women like Sona who had the backing and intelligence to impose their will. "I know you wouldn''t be so stupid unless ... you have no other options. The first thing you surely did was go to the Shax clan and try to exchange Ruriko for one of your pieces but a person like Bunce-san would not give in so easily. Furthermore, you have no authority to involve your clan in a personal matter and your sister would not allow it either," Sona explained patiently. When she finished speaking, she picked up a cup of tea that had been on the table for so long that it had even cooled, she was so focused on her talk with Bane that she forgot to drink her tea. ''Tastes good. Later I will ask Linet-san to prepare a little more,'' Sona thought as she took a small sip. Instead of interrupting Sona, Bane took advantage of the little time they gave him to rethink his plan. "Was I wrong about something?" Sona asked after setting the cup down on the table. "You are right, so I have a proposal. Once we are married, our relationship will be in name only and I will not intervene in anything you do, even if you do get a partner in the future I will not object. All I want is to be with Ruriko" Bane said while stroking the hand of Ruriko with love. "It''s not a bad idea but that''s not what I want." Sona refused. "What do you want?" Bane asked although he already knew the answer. "Cancel our commitment" Sona responded immediately. "No" Bane flatly refused. Instead of answering immediately, Sona picked up the cup of tea again and took her time to enjoy it. After a few seconds that seemed like years, Sona looked directly into Bane''s eyes and broke the awkward silence. "Then I have no choice," Sona muttered regretfully. As things were going, Sona was sure they would not be able to reach an agreement then, it was time to fight back. "I want you to play a game of chess with me. I will only marry someone who is smarter than me and this is not a proposal " "What?" Bane exclaimed confused. "You''ve already listened to me unless you show me that you are smarter than me I will not accept our commitment" "You can''t do that," Bane replied. "I can, I have already spoken to my father and he agrees with me." Not only Bane, but Ruriko was also just as confused as him. At what point did they change the subject so quickly? "Unlike many, I value intelligence over physical strength more. I don''t want to marry a man who is not able to use his head and whose only good thing is their strength and nothing else." Sona said before finishing drinking her tea. "What you''re asking for is stupid," Bane interrupted. "We are already committed, the least you can do is show that you deserve to be my husband" Sona "If that''s your answer, we have nothing more to talk about," Bane said annoyed and along with Ruriko prepared to leave. He had finished everything he had to say, all he could do now was talk to Sona''s father. Sona watched all this without knowing what to do. As he had said, no matter how hard they tried to reach an agreement they would only be going round and round without reaching anything. Glancing at Ruriko and Bane, doubts filled Sona''s head. Do I press too much? Did I play me cards too fast? "The next time you come, there will be no negotiations." Sona gave the ultimatum. Chapter 41 - Dit it? "It seems it didn''t work" Linet muttered ruefully. Shaking her hand, she undid the spell that she put in the room to listen to Sona''s conversation. She was aware of what Sona was planning but there was nothing she could do to help her. Also, with the events that happened, Sona would have to go talk to her father about her idea of ??playing a chess game with Bane, which her father would surely refuse. Sighing, Linet adjusted her position and waited for Bane to come out. She may not be able to help Sona but could accompany and cheer her on. As she had calculated, it wasn''t long before Bane left the room accompanied by Ruriko, and unlike before, Bane and Ruriko looked noticeably more relaxed than when they first entered the room. When he passed Linet''s side, Bane nodded to Linet in greeting and walked as fast as he could towards the exit. In the same way, Linet saluted Bane and with light steps crossed the doors of the room. Upon entering the room, she found Sona sitting in a corner of the sofa at the end of the room, without saying a word, she approached her and wrapped her small body in her arms. Sona was surprised but before she could complain, she heard Linet''s voice. "Take it easy, normally things don''t work out the way we want but that''s why you shouldn''t give up," Linet mumbled loud enough for Sona to hear her. Hearing Linet''s words, Sona felt a weight disappear from her ?h?st. *Sniff "I ... tried" "Yes" "I tried hard to learn" "I know" "I tried to show that I can be a good heiress" "You always were a good heiress" "So, why does everything have to be against me?" Sona murmured as tears slid down her face. She had strived to be better, to show that even if she didn''t have the terrifying talent for magic like her sister, she could be just as powerful. She believed that demonstrating what she was capable of would make her father change his mind about her commitment, but all her efforts were useless, her father did not change his mind and her mother did not support her. Even so, she didn''t give up, she tried even harder, she trained harder, she tried to learn everything she could but all her effort went overboard and it was all her fault. If she had not asked the last question, Bane would not have noticed her despair and would not go to speak to her father to corroborate if what she said was true or a false that was a lie. Seeing Sona cry, broke linet''s heart she was so used to Sona''s m?tur? attitude that she forgot that she was still young, she forgot that just like everyone her age, she had complexes, fears, and insecurities. "Don''t give up, Sona-sama. We all make mistakes, stupid mistakes that can change everything, but the important thing is to learn from them so as not to repeat them. Learn that we are not perfect, that we shouldn''t have afraid of making mistakes, we must be afraid of not knowing how to correct them" Linet''s voice echoed in the room, her words were full of confidence, and experience. Those were the words Sona needed to keep going, not to give up, to learn. "Thanks," Sona murmured, still not sure what to do but would not sit idly by. "Come on, you still have a lot to do" Linet encouraged her with a smile. "Hm," Sona nodded as she wiped the tear tracks from her eyes. She still wasn''t sure what to do but the longer it took to come up with a plan the fewer opportunities she had to break her engagement so she had to get down to business. For her part, Linet looked with a smile at Sona who ran out of the room, she was sure she was still depressed but she tried to hide it. Sighing heavily, Linet felt useless, as a maid there was nothing she could do to help Sona but she knew who could. Holding her hand to her ear, a magic circle slowly formed at a few her fingers. "Serafall-sama, we have to talk" ----- (NA: Yachi is the exorcist and Ryo his childhood friend) The graduation ended without complications, the entire auditorium resounded with the joy of parents and peers alike, this was the moment that many students expected in their lives, to be free, fulfill their dreams and be happy. This was the moment that many longed for but few knew the turning point that this moment represents in their lives. Leo continued to watch silently, even if he didn''t want to, this brought back memories of his first life, just as they, he was happy but from that moment, instead of his life getting better it only got worse. Stopping his line of thought, Leo decided to leave those memories deep in his mind. "Yachi, are you ready?" Bigi asked with a smug smile. (NA: Bigi is Yachi''s friend. I leave these notes because some complain that they have forgotten what the story was about) "Y ... yes," Yachi stuttered. "Good luck" Bigi tried to cheer him up. Yachi mechanically nodded towards Bigi and went to look for Ryo. Student 1: "You think this time he can do it?" Student 2: "I don''t think so" Student 3: "I think yes, the fifth time is the right one. Or was it the sixth time?" Teacher: "I bet it won''t" The student who is the teacher''s boyfriend: "I double your bet" "Please, it is not polite to bet among yourselves the possible rejection of my friend. We have to make it official first! COME AND MAKE YOUR BETS" Bigi exclaimed as he pulled out a notebook. * Behind the school It didn''t take long for Yachi to find Ryo, as always, he took her behind the school. She already seemed used to it so she accompanies him without asking anything. ''Tell her what you feel, be honest, praise her but not too much, I don''t want her to think I only love her for her physique. you can Yachi '' [You''re going to forget everything, it always happens] "So Yachi, what did you want to tell me?" Ryo asked with a mischievous smile. [She already knows¡­ he''s screwed] "I ..." Yachi stuttered. Ryo waited patiently for Yachi to finish speaking, but over time he grew impatient. ''Say it'' Ryo thought. [he doesn''t gonna a say it] Yachi looked at Ryo and doubts began to fill his mind, he no longer felt so safe and he no longer wanted to. But¡­ he didn''t want to back down anymore, now was the time, he had to take a risk. "Y ... you eh, do you want to be my girlfriend?" "Yes," She replied immediately. Yachi: "Eh?" "Did you not hear me? Yes, I want to be your girlfriend" Ryo said with a smile. Yachi: '' I did it?'' Students and teachers observing from the class: "He did it?" Yachi: ''I did it!'' Chapter 42 - Its hard, to tell the truth I am sorry for the delay in the previous chapters; I have had to resolve some personal issues. Also, I couldn''t bear having to translate this chapter ... I felt that I could still improve the translation, but I didn''t know-how. Still, I hope you enjoy the chapter. I think I have to hurry in the development of characters but I think for now I am doing a splendid job with Sona in a few chapters it will be Leo''s turn. ----- The windows of the church were wide open, allowing passersby to observe the ceremony taking place inside. "Kusunoki Yachi, do you accept Ryo as your wife?" The priest asked. "I agree," she said. "Itami Ryo you accept Yachi as your husband" "With the power that the church gave me, I now pronounce your husband and wife" [10 years for them to marry] Leo wiped away his imaginary tears. He didn''t know at what moment he was so immersed in the couple''s history. He also couldn''t deny that at first, it was all very boring but after looking at 25 years of memories of a random person; he started having a little fun, everything was like a movie, it had drama, suspense and it was relaxing. Leo did not forget the reason he observed Yachi''s memories so he concentrated on learning everything he could and learned useful things, for the first time in his two lives he learned how to pay taxes, how to avoid paying taxes, real estate information and more. "Yachi" "Yes, dear" "Awake. In an hour we will go to the laboratories" She exclaimed. "Huh?" "I know, you don''t have to remind me I don''t want to see that lunatic." Still reluctant, Yachi reluctantly got out of bed and went to the closet to change. The woman looked at Yachi and nodded, she did not like going to that place but it was her superior''s order and she could not refuse. "Come on, the sooner we leave the faster we can return." She sighed. Leo observed all this and still did not understand what was happening. [Is it some kind of protection? no, I don''t think anyone will be able to seal the memories of souls and if someone had such an ability, they would not use it for useless memories like those of their wedding] Leo contemplated. Leo was thinking for a few seconds before the scene of memories will change again. The place where they were now was a huge room quite dark and gloomy, the only thing in the room was six rows full of hospital beds. Every one of them had a white veil that made it difficult to discern what was inside. "You know what you have to do, the new patients are ready and I need you to help me secure their transfer to the clinic," A man in a doctor''s gown said as he read a sheet of paper. "No problem." The woman who accompanied Yachi replied with a friendly smile. [What''s going on?] Leo thought with confusion. For the next fifteen minutes, fragments of memories filled Leo''s mind. At first, he only saw one single memory at a time but as time went, the number of memory fragments he saw increased to the point where hundreds of scenes overlapped making it impossible for him to understand what was going on. This confused him quite a bit, even he did not know what was going on so he did the most sensible thing he could do. Stop Opening his eyes, Leo awoke slowly from his stupor and surveyed his room carefully. Stopping his gaze in the right corner of his room where the clock was located. "It''s only been an hour..." he muttered in amazement, what to him was about 20 years of memories was only an hour in reality. Still feeling strange about the state of Yachi''s soul, Leo decided to put that aside for now, he would have time for his investigation. As his thoughts wandered, he caught a gleam out of the corner of his eye that caught his attention. He had been so focused on the exorcist''s memories that he completely forgot about the barrier. Its brightness was dim, the formations that formed the outer layer had disappeared, exposing the inner layer of the barrier. Although inside he was dying to examine the barrier, unfortunately, lacked the necessary knowledge to do it. If his memory didn''t fail him, Tosca''s Sacred Gear can create shields and barriers that could last for years. As a side effect the time inside the barrier stopped. That was the only thing he remembered about her, also if it wasn''t for Yuuto he would have completely forgotten about her. "Well, I still have quite a few souls left," Leo muttered. ''If I start now I could probably finish looking at all the memories at the end of the day.'' _____ In one of the Sitri clan hospitals, Sona walked quickly through the waiting room. The seated people instantly recognized her, some looked at her in surprise and intrigue, others were curious to know what she was doing in a place like this while, others simply waited for the doctor trying not to die from the pain. Sona ignored the looks accompanied by the murmurs and continued on her way calmly. Her recent conversation with Linet made her think, she still didn''t have any plans in mind, she chided herself for this several times, still, she couldn''t find a plausible solution in this short time. Knowing this, she decided to clear her mind and go visit the boy she had found in the forest. After going through the reception and getting the boy''s room number, she headed to her destination. *Fuu Sona exhaled before opening the bedroom door. The room was small, the space was just enough for two people to be inside at the same time. On the front wall, two tables were equipped with numerous devices typical of a hospital. At the table of the left, a vital sign monitor continuously displayed data on the screen, next to it, an EKG machine continuously checked the condition of the patient''s heart. All of these machines were monitored by a nurse but this did not matter to Sona, the moment she entered the room, her gaze was drawn to the large glass that allowed her to observe what was happening in the next room. "Sona-sama" The nurse greeted, her mood was not the best but she tried hard not to show it. "How is he?" Sona asked focusing her attention on the nurse. "Bad" replied the nurse. "Didn''t the treatment work?" Sona asked worriedly. "It didn''t do what it was supposed to do" "What do you mean by that?" Sona asked again even more confused than before. "he''s dying" "Wh... but he will improve, right?" At her words, the nurse shook her head. "How long?" Still disturbed, Sona asked again. "We don''t know exactly" "One year? A few months? " Sona spoke slowly until the last sentence became a whisper. Sona''s words made the nurse''s expression break: "Less than 24 hours" "He knows?" "No, you are the only one who is allowed to receive information about your condition." "Sigh... why?" Sona questioned. "Serafall-sama ordered it." The nurse replied. "How bad is his condition" "He came to the hospital with an infection, but it was too late to treat it." "What kind of infection?" "It doesn''t matter, I know whatever this kid went through was the worst thing they could do to him. They destroyed the part of his body that was fighting the infection. When we found out, it was too late, the infection had spread to his heart," The nurse explained patiently. "And the medications? I am sure we have many that can be used against infections. Also, there must be other treatments with which we can treat your disease," Sona asked quickly. "Antibiotics work with the immune system but his immune system no longer exists, it is true that we have discovered treatments for this type of case but there is a problem... he is not a devil. His body will not be able to resist the treatment and as he is a human the effects of the treatment will be significantly reduced." The nurse answered her question. Hearing her words, Sona tried to process all the information. "If it''s his heart, can''t he have a transplant?" Sona asked after a few seconds. "A transplant would not do, the infection has spread and there is nothing that can help it." "But... " "I''m so sorry Sona-sama but there is nothing we can do," The nurse muttered under her breath. * Sigh Sona sighed regretfully and looked back at the nurse: "Does he know?" "No" The nurse quickly denied. "Why hasn''t anyone told me?" Sona asks. "It''s an order" The nurse explained regretfully. "My sister ... right?" "Yes, she considers that her mental state is not indicated to know that he is going to die" "Hm ..." Sona had nothing more to say, what the nurse said was true. The boy''s mental state was not the right one but she believed that he had a right to know his condition, she believed in that more than anyone. "Are you going to tell him the truth? "Hm" Sona nodded silently. "Sona-sama, with all due respect. I don''t think I''ll be able to deal with the situation." The nurse spoke with a smile. "I can do it" "Can you tell him that after all his efforts to survive he will die? The moments when he struggles to resist the pain, when his body was unable to move but he forced his body to do it. He passed all those moments hoping to survive, can you destroy his hopes? " "I... I can do it" Sona stuttered, the hesitation showed in her words. Hearing her words, the nurse sighed. She also went through the same thing, at first she believed that she could do it and that over time she would be less affected by what happened to the patients but she was wrong. "No, you can''t do it" Sona bit her lip in frustration, she was right but still considered it necessary to tell him. In his opinion, each person should be able to decide for himself and in this case know the truth. "I''ll try to do it" "Will you do it no matter what I say right?" The nurse said with annoyance. "Yes," Sona affirmed, she was determined to do so. The nurse sighed once more. If she continued like this, she felt that he was going to expel her soul through her mouth. "First of all, stop thinking that you can minimize the pain. Many people fear the word "death", you gotta get straight to the point, he won''t read your mind" The nurse suddenly said. Surprised by her directions, Sona quickly nodded "I get it" "No I don''t think so. When you look into his eyes, you will feel the instinct to postpone it, eliminate it. So, give him time to process the news, let him know that you will be with him during the process, don''t be scared if he shows rejection towards you, it''s normal, you just have to give him his space." The nurse explained while examining the monitors. "Good luck" "Hm" Sona nodded and quickly went to the room where the boy was. Standing in front of the bedroom door, Sona exhaled deeply trying to prepare herself for what was to come. Holding the door handle, she slowly opened the door fully prepared for what was to come. Inside the room, she saw the same thing that she saw through the large glass. his body was in a serious state of malnutrition, his chapped lips tried to utter a word but the only thing that came out was a dry m??n. Unable to speak, his eyes locked on Sona. His drooping eyelids threatened to close at any moment but he forced himself not to, his glassy eyes looked directly into Sona''s eyes without avoiding eye contact he might be tired and drugged but he was already used to it. Sensing his gaze, Sona''s mind went blank, she forgot all the words that what the nurse said to her and did not know what to say. She had noticed his condition through the mirror but it was different to be in front of him, to hear his erratic breathing, the constant sounds of the machines, the dripping of the serum, and feel the child''s fixed gaze in his eyes made her unable to think. A lump formed in her throat and she observed the state in which the boy found himself with watery eyes. "You are dying" Chapter 43 - Clan In previous chapters After leaving the underworld, Leo, Sona, Akeno, and Rias met Yuuto who was fleeing death. Unlike the canon, Sona and Rias found him before he died and could save his life. At the same time, Leo tested his skills and "train" with the group of exorcists who were chasing Yuuto and after consuming the soul of the exorcists he was training with, he found a strange barrier that according to memories of Leo was Tosca who had activated her Sacred Gear. After discovering this, he left immediately. The next day after the previous events, Sona''s fianc¨¦ Bane met her at the Sitri mansion to introduce her to his girlfriend Ruriko. Hearing this, Sona gave him the ultimatum he had to play a game of chess with her since she would marry no one who is less intelligent than her. Linet, the trusted servant of the Sitri clan upon learning this. All she could do was contact Serafall. Meanwhile, Leo continues to observe the memories of the exorcist Kusunoki Yachi but on the day of his wedding with Itami Ryo, the memories fragmented and preventing him from seeing more of these. Sona for her part after her conversation with Linet went to visit Yuuto in the hospital where they informed him that the boy was dying. (NA: The next scene is for practice ... not for my satisfaction. Don''t judge me. Also, I''m trying a new concealer) ----- In the Tomika''s house, exactly in the bathroom attached to Leo''s room. * Splash The sound of water resonated in the bathroom, accompanied by a sweet voice that hummed a song of unknown origin. "Laralala ... Lara la~" Water droplets ran down her body. Her porcelain-white skin was soft and dazzling. Her beautiful, slender white legs disappeared below the surface of the water, but her most sacred place could be observed. A sigh escaped her lips, drawing a very attractive curve on them. * Drip Rising slowly, the water droplets traveled down her body, sliding down her br??sts, grooving down her abdomen until they reached her toes. After leaving the bathroom, Serafall went to a corner of the room where the ?h?st of drawers was. She rummages for a few seconds between the drawers until she found a blue shirt and black shorts. The owner of the shirt and shorts was naturally Leo. This set was a gift that she gave him for his tenth birthday, although he could only use it once until she completely took over her. Serafall continued humming her song as she removed the towel from her head. Thus, she could get dressed easily. Once dressed, she rolled the towel around her head again and headed for the kitchen. "Huh? Serafall, how long have you been here?" Satomi asked as soon as she noticed Serafall. (NA: Satomi is Leo''s mother) "I arrived an hour ago, I was bathing in Leo''s room," Serafall said as she rummaged through the counter drawers until she found a bag of potatoes. ''Bingo'' Serafall thought with a smile. "Satomi-chan, are you going out?" Serafall asked when she noticed Satomi''s outfit. "Yes, Suezo and I have to work," she replied. "Did Leo say anything about going back to school?" Satomi asked, concern showing in her voice. "He has said nothing but doesn''t worry, I''ll talk to him," Serafall replied with a smile. "Okay," Satomi nodded, a little relieved. Serafall nodded and returned to Leo''s room. In the room, she went to a corner and created a small chair with her ice magic followed by cushions made of water magic. She created all of this in seconds. She was already used to doing it. With a smile, she sat down on the sofa and created a magic circle shaped like a television. "Sigh ... that''s better." Serafall sighed with satisfaction. Since the exorcist base was found, she had plenty of work, plus Sirzechs was already taking over most of the work so she could escape cough ... finish her job earlier than planned. Remembering the work, she returned her gaze to the sleeping Leo. He burned the entire exorcist base and pick up that strange barrier. Since arriving at Leo''s house for a brief break, she found this strange scene, Leo sleeping and next to his bed a strange barrier that is surely the origin of the magical pulse that Rias felt. Not only that, but the room also had an illusion barrier that made everything seem normal. Thinking about this, she waved her hand and created an ice "stick". The stick slowly grew until it reached the barrier and the moment it touched the surface the black flames instantly engulfed the ice "stick" and after a few seconds, the flames disappeared. "Tsk" Serafall clicked her tongue in annoyance. She wasn''t upset that the barrier had protection; she was upset that he altered the spell she taught him. In all these years, she only taught him one offensive spell and a few more spells like creating illusions, barriers, and entry-level elemental magic. But he always altered them and create variations. The barrier he put in his room was an obvious example of this, he combined the barrier with illusions, something that seemed simple but was not. Sighing, she continued to eat her potatoes and watch television. She should thank Satomi. Although she was reluctant to take off her dress, she had to accept that being like this was very comfortable. As she enjoyed her brief break, a magic circle appeared in her ear. "Serafall-sama" Linet''s voice sounded through the magic circle. "I swear I was working," Serafall blurted. "It has nothing to do with work, Lord Sitri has already arrived from his journey," Linet replied in exasperation. ''She''s avoiding her job again.'' She thought a little annoyed. "Okay," Serafall replied. Serafall already knew what happened to Sona''s fianc¨¦. She initially planned to go immediately to confront her father, but he was not in the mansion at that moment. Now that she was sure her father was in the mansion, it was time to confront him. Quickly changing into her mah¨­ sh¨­jo outfit, Serafall prepared herself to teleport. Immediately, Leo''s eyes widened as his mark formed rapidly. Confused, he fixed his gaze on Serafall. "Serafall, what are you doing here?" Leo vocalized slowly, for the first time in his life, his body felt slow and he couldn''t think too well. "First, can you tell me what that is?" Serafall asked pointing to the barrier. Slowly, he made his demonic energy run through his body, and at last, the strange sensation disappeared. It was something he learned after his first time. "It''s something I found at the exorcist base." "I know that, but why didn''t you tell me about this?" Serafall asked with a pout. "I have no obligation to tell you everything I do," Leo replied. "Still, we don''t know if it''s dangerous. Better let me take it with me to the underworld to examine it," Serafall said, a little surprised by Leo''s attitude. "I picked it up, it''s my problem," Leo said with annoyance. ''Why is he angry?'' Serafall thought. It was easy to deduce that he was not in a pleasant mood and the claw mark on his forehead made the job even easier, it was usually open leaving a gap between his eyes but now the gap was minimal. She said nothing, she just kept silent * Sigh "Sorry but I have something to do," Leo said. After a few seconds, his mark had already disappeared, and he was calmer. Serafall wanted to ask more, but she held back, she had many questions but no matter the answers she got she couldn''t do almost anything, her position as Satan limited her a lot and she didn''t want to do it either. "Sigh ... whatever you do, don''t do something stupid," Serafall said, she might as well let Leo guard the barrier, it was better than dealing with those old nobles. "Don''t worry, I won''t do anything stupid" Leo said trying to reassure her. He could never know what she thought. "You better remove that protection spell. That black flame is not a joke" She knew very well what that flame was capable of, her ice spells were ineffective and that bothered her a lot. "Protection spell?" Leo muttered in confusion. He never put a protection spell on it. "Also, stop playing ignorant. Your parents worry that you will not class and that you do not interact with children your age," Serafall said before a magic circle enveloped her and disappeared. Leo just shook his head, he knew he was right, but he didn''t want to worry about it right now he was more confused by the first thing he said to him. Looking at the barrier, he slid his hand across the surface of it, and nothing happened. Leo sighed, a little frustrated. He would have to wait long before he could see the person inside. But all things had to follow their rhythm. First, he had to go to a specific place. According to the memories of the exorcists and researchers, Valper was evacuating the bases where experiments with children the devils, the church, and the angels were hot on his heels, so, he decided not to move the bases too fast. That was something that surprised Leo. At first, he thought it only existed in the laboratory where Yuuto was, but there were more exactly four. In these four places were test subjects who had had a "successful" result. Some could carry holy swords, but the state they were in was unstable. The data from the "successful" tests subject a reference to continue the experiments and after using exactly one hundred and fifty children, it slowly got better results. Besides all this data on the sacred sword project, he got a certain understanding of the political/social state in which the different factions found themselves, but not too much, what the researchers knew came from Valper''s own words, so his understanding was too lazy but could answer questions that had been on his mind for a long time. Some of these questions were simple but very important. First, the church was in a coalition with the angels trying to expand the influence of the church in Japan. Second, the devils were in chaos, Ajuka''s system of evil pieces and rating games worked, but some nobles felt threatened. Third, the fallen angels were in a deplorable state, their numbers were few, they had traitors among their ranks; they had radicals among their ranks, and their leaders could not solve this since their wishes differed from those of their companions. He did not know whether to believe Valper''s words, but if everything was as he said then all three factions were in terrible shape. "For now, I should first go to the nearest base," Leo muttered as he searched for the address where the exorcist base. After finding the address, he immediately went to the place. Chapter 44 - Church I am very sorry for not being able to upload chapters, I have had to resolve some personal issues, and honestly, when the day ends I cannot find the motivation to write, edit, translate and re-edit. From now on I promise that I will try to keep the chapters to one every week and by the way, thank you very much for reading this story, I know it is not the best but I try to improve learn from my mistakes and improve as much as I can. If you forgot what has happened in previous chapters, the previous chapter has a summary. _____ After leaving his home, it took Leo about an hour to reach his destination. He was currently in a park and front of him, a great church stood in all its glory. The style of its structure was the same as any other church, simple and without too many decorations. "It looks the same," Leo muttered. Everything looked the same as his memories, he had never been in this place but now it felt like he had been in this place many times. It was time, he already had a plan in mind and knew what to do once he was in church. Along the way, Leo thought of various plans as well, he obtained all the information he needed from the exorcists'' memories. In short, the church was located in a distant town, added to this, only older people came when mass was celebrated, so in the church, there was only the priest and some exorcists who served Viper. This was the perfect place for a base where illegal experiments were being conducted. "The first one I will meet will surely be the priest," Leo muttered as he walked to church. It only took a few seconds for him to enter the church. Inside, he sat down to wait in one of the benches located in the first row. "16:20, there''s still ten minutes to go" Leo checked the time on the large church clock and muttered before closing his eyes, he needed time to prepare, a long time. In his mind, Leo began to prepare his spell. He was in a church and did not want an angel to interrupt him, it might be unlikely but according to exorcist memories, it was not impossible. Ten minutes passed in an instant, through one of the doors behind the altar, a priest in a long white robe left and walked to the altar. "What are you doing here?" The priest asked as soon as he noticed Leo''s presence. The moment his question ended, he felt something grab his neck and lift him. Leo stared at the priest in his clutches for a few seconds. "This continues to surprise me ... I think it will be difficult to get used to this," Leo muttered while looking at the priest. Feeling that you know a person when in fact you do not know him is rare. After fifteen seconds, the priest felt short of air and struggled to free himself from the great black claw that held him; he was desperate; he needed air if this continued ... he would die. Many things went through the priest''s mind, but what hurt the most was the fact that a stranger would kill him. "Ah ... ah ... Help" The priest ?r??n?d in pain. "Don''t bother asking for help. They won''t listen to you, both you and I know that the room is soundproof" Leo interrupted the priest''s pleas. "How do you know?" The priest said after panting. "I still haven''t mastered it so don''t go crazy," Leo said. The moment he finished his words, he gently touched the priest''s forehead with his index finger, and immediately the priest''s struggle stopped. "I think this should work," Leo muttered as he looked at the priest closely. For three minutes, the priest remained inert, which caused Leo to start worrying about his mental health. But after a few more minutes the priest stared at Leo and said: "Hurry, we don''t have all day" * Sigh... Leo sighed in relief, not yet in control of mind control. Manipulating the mind was quite complicated, people''s minds were fragile and mishandling could leave the person a little confused/disoriented for a few hours while in the worst-case scenario, they could go crazy or their mind would collapse leaving them alone an empty body. He still did not know how the devils could do it in such a simple way, but according to his memories of the spells of the demons, it was necessary to control the soul of the person. His memories of demon abilities were too many, so many that he didn''t know how to use his time to learn them all, and even worse, he needed years just to achieve basic control. ''I don''t think I can learn them all, there are too many skills,'' Leo thought as he followed the priest. The priest walked to a wall behind the altar and placed his hand on the wall. Seconds later, the wall clicked before a passageway opened. Leo followed the priest down the passageway, continually looking at the wall. ''No formations,'' Leo thought. *Pam Pam Leo came out of his stupor when he heard the priest knock on the enormous door was in front of him. A few knocks later, a man opened the door. "What''s going on?" The man asked. "The Dr has a new patient" The priest informed the man. "Extra patient? They killed all the test subjects. Where did this child come from?" The man asked. "He is one survivor. He could survive because of some mutation." The priest replied. "Mutation? that would interest the doctor..." The man muttered before opening the door. "Come on," the man ordered. Leo followed the man and again had to walk down a long hallway. The hallway was so long that he didn''t know if it was still inside the church or outside, so he resumes the creation of the spell. The priest returned to the altar, picked up the cup on the ground, and sang while cleaning it with a cloth. "Child, you must eat everything," the priest murmured and walked to the altar. ___ The tunnel tour ended, and the duo arrived in a room with several beds covered by a white veil. Although the beds caught Leo''s attention, he momentarily ignored them, he already knew what was in those beds so he followed the man to a door at the end of the room. "Come in," the man ordered. Inside the room, there were several machines and surgical instruments and to one side, a metal chair with strange chains made of the same material rested waiting for its next patient. "Sit down," the man ordered as he made his way to a corner of the room. Hearing his words, Leo followed his order and sat down in the chair. "If you don''t sit down, I will have to make you do it," The man said without looking back. Holding a machine, he turned to Leo and was surprised to see him sitting on the chair. Normally he had to force the children to sit, so it was strange that they were so submissive. ''Have they brainwashed him?'' The man thought. It was usual that while they experimented with the child''s the investigators put strange ideas in the head of these children. Some of them couldn''t stand the experiments that were carried out, so eventually, they mentally collapsed, giving free passage to manipulators like Valper. "Tobei" The man screamed. A few seconds later, a teenager entered the room. "Sir?" Tobei asked. "Take care of the boy, he''s submissive so he won''t give you any trouble but just in the case, tie him up," The man motioned to Tobei before leaving the room. Tobei nodded to the man, approached Leo and said: "Don''t worry, they won''t hurt you. The doctor will examine you to make sure that your body does not have any abnormalities" Holding the chains that were glued to the arms of the chair, Tobei gently tied Leo''s hands. "It might be a little tight, hold it," Tobei said as he tightened the chains. After chaining him, Tobei picked up a face mask usually used in hospitals to anesthetize patients and gently applied them to Leo. Now he just had to wait for the anesthesia to take effect. The methods may have been very abrupt, but they were necessary, some young people could not control themselves and hurt themselves, there was also a patient who could not feel pain, so dealing with her was quite a problem, so it was necessary to sedate her. Leo felt numb for a few seconds before his mind cleared. But immediately, everything went black. This surprised Leo. Since the exorcist lab incident, he discovered that his body could quickly get rid of the effects of poisons and toxins, but it works faster in his body. ''What''s going on?'' Leo thought, exalted by the strange change. "Did you get the location of the bases?" "Yes, 1 is in Japan and the others are located abroad. I couldn''t get its exact location" ''Are these the memories of Kusunoki?'' Leo thought after hearing the voice that was known to him. "What will be the location of your transfer?" "Japan" "Okay, once you get to Japan I''ll try to get back in touch with you. If I cannot contact you, leave Valper and follow the orders of the church until further notice" "Mn" ''...'' Leo thought. If Kusunoki''s peripheral vision did not fail, what he saw out of the corner of his eye was a magic circle with a structure similar to the circles created by devils. ''Is he a spy?'' Leo thought even more confused, he saw Kusunoki''s life since he was a child. He saw how he grew up, he fell in love and married, but he did not see what happened next. In the beginning, Leo expected the typical story where the wife was killed by a demon and because of that, he would join the church, but it would not be so simple. (NA: Yes, those chapters were not just filler) As various conjectures formed in his mind, Leo forgot what happened on the outside. Inside the room "It''s already ready?" An old man in a doctor''s gown entered the room and asked the man who led Leo into the room. "Yes," The man replied before returning to his post as a guard of the door for him it was rare to see the old man but for the words of the priest, it was worth the old man to examine him. Normally the elder was only in charge of monitoring the status of the "successes" and recording his data, the data collected by the old man would be sent to investigators and used in the test subjects. The process is repeated repeatedly. In this way, slowly the results of the experiments improved but the number of "successes" that died increased. "Tobei, go prepare Koichi for the routine exam," The old man said with a smile as he walked to a nearby table with medical equipment on it. "Mn" Tobei nodded before leaving the room. Chapter 45 - Isaiah [In the Sitri clan] "Sigh ... I can''t let you go." "Linet-san please," Sona pleaded. Linet looked at Sona and replied, "It is impossible, Serafall-sama gave direct orders not to allow you to visit the human world again." "But ..." Sona grumbled. "Linet-san, you don''t have to worry, Akeno and I will accompany Sona" "Rias-sama," Linet called. "Yes?" Rias replied shyly. "I would appreciate it if you stopped supporting Sona. You two know that it was very dangerous to go alone to the exorcist base and now do you want to return?" Linet said as her gaze swept over the duo. "We promised Isaiah that we would take them to the exorcist base so he could say goodbye to his deceased friends before he died and happens, we are sure we can defend ourselves," Akeno spoke suddenly. Sona had already told them about her talk with Isaiah and Rias offered to accompany her, so naturally, she would also go with them. (NA: Isaiah is a Yuuto) "Akeno, a training fight does not compare to a proper one. You may feel that it is not dangerous but you are wrong, the situation can become chaotic and any accident that they may suffer would lead their brothers to chaos," Linet replied exasperated. "Linet-san, you don''t have to worry. I will accompany them." A person burst into the room and his voice interrupted Linet''s sermon. "Souji-sama" Linet greeted as she bowed slightly. "As I was saying, Sirzechs-sama asked me to accompany them so ..." "No," Linet immediately denied without letting Souji finish speaking. "Serafall-sama left me in charge of Sona-sama therefore, her safety is my responsibility also, she may not return to the human world until further notice," Linet explained. The discussion continued for a few more minutes before both sides came to a standstill to where Sona was already resigned to not being able to go. "We have already wasted a lot of time. Sona-sama, remember you have to continue with Tsubaki-sama lessons," Linet said. When she finishes talking, someone knocked on the door, drawing the group''s attention. "What happened?" Linet asked the maid who has just entered the room. "Linet-san ..." The maid approached Linet and whispered something in her ear. "Okay, thanks for letting me know." Linet thanked the maid, looked at Souji, and said, "I will accept that Sona-sama travels to the human world, but I hope Souji-sama can take care of Sona-sama." "Eh?" Sona and Rias exclaimed in confusion. "Don''t worry, I''ll take care of her," Souji ?ssured Linet. Souji felt strange about Linet''s attitude but didn''t have time to find out why her change of heart was so radical. So he left quickly followed by the group. After the group left the room, Linet waved her wrist, and immediately a magic circle appeared in her hand and brought it to her ear. "Serafall-sama" "I swear I was working" Serafall shouted from the other side of the magic circle. "It not related to work, Lord Sitri has returned from his journey" "Mn" Linet only had to wait for a few minutes before a magic circle appeared in the center of the room, accompanied by a flash and Serafall. "Where is he?" Serafall had required. There was no trace of her usual teasing attitude. "In the main hall," Linet replied. _____ Somewhere in the Sitri hospital, a nurse carried Isaiah in a wheelchair outside the hospital. Isaiah tried not to move as much as he could, his body did not have enough energy and the pain got worse the more he moved As the journey continued, he recalled his conversation with Sona. "You are dying" Isaiah heard the words of the strange girl who looked like she was about to cry without interest and instead of being surprised by the news, he was silent. Sona looked at Isaiah uncomfortably without knowing how to continue. She had already told him what she had to say and had not got the answer she expected. There was no trace of frustration, fear, or pain. "What happened to them?" Isaiah whispered. "Huh?" Sona exclaimed in confusion and after a few seconds understood what he meant. "Unfortunately ... there were no survivors" "Hehe... so. They could not escape" Isaiah muttered as tears streamed down his face. *Sniff "Liars," Isaiah whispered as he tightened the sheets in frustration. There was only one question in his mind. Why did they risk it for him? Why did they sacrifice themselves for him? Why him? Sona analyzed Isaiah in silence without knowing what to do or say. "You ..." Sona muttered. "Isaiah ... my name is Isaiah, that''s what they called me," Isaiah said as he wiped away the tears. After he finished wiping, he looked at Sona and asked, "I will die?" Hearing his words, Sona struggled internally without knowing if she should tell him the truth, but she chose the most painful option. "Si," Sona muttered as she bit her lip in frustration. "Mn" Just like before. Once Isaiah finished speaking, the room was silent again. At this, Sona sighed and said: "I can help you, your condition is critical but there is a method, with this method you will stop being human but ..." "I''m fine" Isaiah interrupted Sona. No matter what, he didn''t want to be used for experiments again. The discomfort increased even more after Isaiah''s words "Do you need anything else? If you want something else, you can ask for it" Sona asked. She had a lot of questions, but she didn''t think this was the right time. "I would like to visit their graves," Isaiah replied after thinking for a few seconds. Sona looked at Isaiah in surprise, expected something simpler, and never expected anything of this magnitude. "It is impossible, right?" Isaiah said dejectedly. "I will try that you can visit their graves," Sona said after looking at his face. "Mn" Isaiah nodded to Sona. Sona no longer had anything else to do, so he left the room, still had problems to solve with his fianc¨¦, and now another one was added. After Sona left the room, Isaiah settled into bed and thought about what to do next. He had nowhere to go and nowhere to go, but all he knew was that he had to run away. At first, he didn''t expect Sona to consider his request, but that wouldn''t change a thing. He didn''t know what she wanted, but he would not give in so easily. Although Isaiah wanted to run out of the room, her body was not in condition, but she didn''t care. First, he had to find an escape route and find out how many people were watching him. While Isaiah thought about how to escape, the nurse entered the room. Isaiah watched as she approached him and pulled out a syringe. He already knew what the syringe contained, so he lay back on the bed. He would sleep for a few hours. After injecting the tranquilizer, the nurse returned to the monitoring room. In the room, the nurse sighed wearily. Sona underestimated Isaiah''s condition. The boy had lost something very important, confidence. "Sona-sama, you won''t have it easy," the nurse muttered as she sat down in the chair. She had to continue supervising the boy. It would be bad if he committed suicide. _____ After the girls left the Sitri clan, they made a brief stop at the hospital to pick up Isaiah and headed to the human world. The group was in the hotel where Rias and Akeno stayed for a few hours. While the girls chatted, Sona looked at Rias "Thanks." Sona smiled. "Why?" Rias asked curiously. "If it weren''t for Souji-sama, I couldn''t keep my promise to Isaiah" "It is thanks to my brother, he convinced my parents and asked Souji-sama to accompany me," Rias replied, returning the smile. The group continued walking for a few more minutes until they reached what was previously the exorcist base. By the time they arrived, Sona felt that everything was strange. There was nothing and no one, not just the surrounding area, the exorcist base was deserted, not a person, not a single tree. The overall view was not what Sona expected. "Was it like this before?" Sona asked Isaiah. "I don''t remember, I was too busy running away," Isaiah replied. At his words, an awkward silence spread throughout the group, and nobody dared to speak. They were afraid to touch on a delicate subject. The nurse studied her surroundings, oblivious to what the group was saying. The group continued to walk toward what was once the exorcist base, but they did not dare enter. "Any news on your engagement?" Rias asked. Since they were a few meters from Isaiah and the nurse, Rias considered it appropriate to ask about Sona''s progress regarding her engagement. "No ... everything remains the same" Sona replied with a smile. She still didn''t want to rush and tell Rias about her current situation. She wanted to talk with her father first. Rias nodded, as they were in the same situation. She was even more interested in what Sona would do about their engagement and also wanted to help her as much as possible. "By the way, Sona-sama, what happened to Leo?" Akeno can''t contain her doubts any longer and interrupted Rias. "Leo? I don''t know, I haven''t seen him since the incident." Sona replied. "What are you doing here?" A voice interrupted the group''s conversation again, only this time it came not from an acquaintance. Chapter 46 - Drop Hello, this is the author. After so long I finally managed to get a job YEAH!! Because of this, I lack time and I am physically and mentally exhausted, so due to this, I can no longer continue with this story ... It was a p???sur?.