Timeline - Volume 4
A Double Date with the Sitri Sisters
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Japan, Kuoh
Skyward Household
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Jin Skyward's Soliloquy
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It's been a few days since I came back from my visit to the Shinto Realm. I promised to go on a date with Serafall, and of course, she forced Sona to go with us, although I also asked her out. Therefore, she kind of accepted, I think? My match is in a few days, so I also have that to worry about, but I should be fine.
"Jin? Are you heading somewhere?"
I turned around to see Rias there. I was changing into more appropriate clothing for it. My usual clothes would be a bit too much, and my Peace Conference clothes are a bit too formal in my opinion. Therefore, I was just wearing a white and black shirt, with blue jeans, black and white sneakers and a watch.
"Yeah, I am. I got a double date with Serafall and Sona."
"Sona? How did you manage to convince her?" Rias asks a bit surprised by it. I laugh again and tell her how it all happened and she just sighed at me.
"Leviathan-sama even after all this time still does things at her own pace. I kind of envy it. I wish I could do that too," she said with a bit of envy.
I strolled over to her and hugged her. She reciprocated and I said, "Oh? Are you taking your role as heiress this seriously already? Very commendable, Gremory-sama."
To which she lightly slapped my back with her hand. "Stop…but I do need to start taking it a little more seriously…I mean we're graduating this year, right?" she said with a bit of unease.
She already told me that she had planned out most of her life. However, seeing her like this and her saying that does put a bit of anxiety in me. However, I'm sure we'll be fine in the long run. I mean we have everyone else there to support us, and us supporting them.
"You worry too much, Rias. Let's take it one day at a time," I told her and she just made a cute sound while rubbering her head on my chest. "But I do need to go…" I laughed and she huffed.
"When's my date?" she asked after separating from me.
"Soon, I promise…I just have a few others to get through first." I finally finished getting dressed and looked at myself in a mirror one more time. "Anyway, I'll get going now. I should be back by or before dinner," I told her and left the room.
"Mmm, good luck!"
I heard her say behind me as I left the room.
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I made my way through Kuoh as it was the weekend and a lot of people were out. I could also sense Najima and Kouta being out. Nevertheless, I decided to avoid them for the whole day, otherwise they would complain to me the next time I saw them.
Thud!
I caught a ball that was thrown my way and I looked towards the source of the shouting. To my surprise it was a group of young kids that were playing basketball.
"Onii-san! Sorry about that. Could you throw the ball back?" one of them asked. I didn't have a problem so I threw it back to them and got a thanks.
'Basketball, huh? I wonder how the team is doing so far. I hadn't been to the clubs too much since I'd been caught up in a lot of things…' I thought and then continued on my way.
Bzt!
|Jin, we're here and ready! So-tan looks cute today~!|
I took out my phone and saw that Serafall had texted me, and apparently Sona would look amazing today, can't wait, so I quickly texted back—
|Well, I look mediocre so don't expect too much.|
|Dress to impress~!|
Before I could put my phone back in my pocket, Serafall immediately texted me back and also added a selfie of her and Sona. They were both wearing one-piece dresses, Serafall wearing a pink one, and Sona wearing a matching light blue one. Of course, Sona was being shy and didn't look like she wanted to get her picture taken.
'What a forceful older sister,' I thought and put my phone away. However, I sped up my pace and quickly arrived at the spot we promised to meet up at. It was Kuoh Park, the place where I slapped Darcel a few months ago.
As expected, both sisters attracted many stares from the people there, especially from single men and even from those in relationships. However, that didn't end well since the girlfriends started shouting at them. I walked up to them and put my hand up.
"Hey, sorry for the wait," I said to them and they both turned to face me.
"Hey Jin~!" said the Satan Leviathan before hugging me. Sona on the other hand approached us meekly while blushing.
"You both look great by the way," I said while looking at them both.
"Flattery won't get you anywhere, mister! But thank you~!" Serafall then started to rub herself against Sona, which obviously annoyed her.
"Onee-sama, please don't act in such a manner while we're in public…!" she whisper-shouted at her older sister.
Serafall just turned around and stuck her tongue out at Sona, angering her even more. But she just gave up, sighed, and stood beside me. She then looked at me and said, "Well? Aren't we heading somewhere? Unless you didn't plan ahead…" she glared at the end.
"I do have a plan, Sona-chi! Just follow my lead," I declared and winked at her. But she just gave me the same serious expression she always wore while at school.
However, before I could move, Serafall dragged me, and in turn I grabbed Sona by the hand and she was pulled along with us. Serafall just pulled us to a random shop. I'm pretty sure this is a—
"A 100-yen shop…?" I muttered.
I knew that we had some in Kuoh, but I never really ventured into them. I mean, I knew Rose would sometimes go into them, but…she hadn't really brought me to them, I guess? She doesn't go to these as often as her canon counterpart, but she still does—probably out of habit or something.
But what surprised us was—
"Rose? You're here too?" I asked. We saw Rossweisse there, in a tracksuit, plastic bag in hand and she was acting like I don't give her a hefty sum of money every month…
She heard me and turned around looking shocked. I was with Serafall and Sona after all, and they both stared at Rose.
"Rossweisse-sensei…why are you here? Doesn't…" Sona looked at me and continued "he pay you enough…?"
I felt Sona squeeze my side and I chuckled. Rose turned red and both nodded and shook her head…which is it woman?! Because I know I pay you quite well! Why are you here?! …I know I said I would help you make 100-yen shops in your hometown, but this is just…
"N-no, you're w-wrong, h-he does, b-but this is just out of habit! The same for my clothes…!" she defended herself before walking over to Sona, pulling her phone out and showing her the amount of money she had in her account.
This obviously confused Sona, so she asked, "So may you explain why you're…here and dressed like that? I really doubt it's just out of habit…" and she looked at Rose again.
'Let's be honest, Sona…Rose looks mighty fine in that red tracksuit…' I thought to myself. I wouldn't say this out loud, and to Sona of all people, she'd just look at me like I was scum or something…
"I-It is just a habit, but I'm trying to fix it…but…" she looked at me pleadingly.
You know, if you look at me like that, it makes it quite hard for me…I sighed and told Sona my promise with her, both the 100-yen shop thing, and the restaurant, and that yes, Rossweisse is trying to kill this habit of hers. Although I didn't tell her about anything else.
"I see, my apologies for assuming the worst," she said and bowed.
"N-no, it's my fault too," said Rose and she also bowed.
Rose said a few more sorry's, then walked up to the counter, paid and left. Well, so much for having a somewhat normal date. But, I glanced at Serafall who had been silent the entire time.
"Jin, did you do it with her yet?"
"Wha—?! Onee-sama?!"
Sona was obviously shocked and stared at her sister in disbelief. I just laughed and earned another pinch from Sona.
"No, not yet," I answered nonchalantly, and Sona stared back at me equally shocked.
Did Serafall feel competitive with Rose? I wouldn't know why though; women are strange creatures…
[Like you're one to talk.]
'I am the one speaking, Ddraig,' I quipped back and he just snorted back at me. "By the way, how did those cheap 100-yen magical girl wands you bought a few months back do for you?" I asked Sera.
"They already broke…" she said with displeasure.
"Well, they were 100-yen. If I had to convert that to the euro, it'd be like 70 cents. No wonder they broke so easily."
"But they look so good!"
Did they…? As I looked through my memories, I found that they were poorly made, unless she just remembered her fondness for them? I just shrugged at her.
"Ah!!"
We heard behind us and we turned around to see…Najima and Kouta. 'Fuck, was I that distracted by this that they somehow sneaked up behind us?!' I glanced at Sona. She was shocked, albeit briefly.
"Classmates of yours?" the Leviathan asked.
"Yeah, they're—"
""Skyward-sama!!!!""
They both screeched surprising even Serafall. She looked at both Sona and I. We just shrugged. They're always like this, regardless if I was for some reason spending time with a plant that was vaguely shaped like a human woman.
'Are you alluding to something, Jin?' asked Rudra.
'No?' I said back confused. What the hell was he talking about?
[Plant porn.]
{…please for all that is holy, shut up.}
"That's my name, don't wear it out," I told them and gave them a strange look.
"Najima-kun? Kouta-kun?" Sona called out their names and fixed her glasses.
Upon hearing this, they froze. Sona was back in her 'Student Council President Mode' as I dubbed it.
"Today is our day off, and we're in a public space…I would appreciate it if you didn't scream our classmate's name like that," she said sharply and glared at them.
"Y-yes ma'am! We're sorry! Excuse us!" they both said in unison, glared at me then ran off.
After they left, Sona sighed tiredly, but I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and pulled her to me. "As expected of Gigachad So-tan, always reliable in these types of situations." I grinned at her and she sighed.
"I don't know what 'Gigachad' is, but I feel insulted by it."
Although she didn't seem convinced, I told her, "It's a compliment, take it." But I was interrupted by Sera pulling on my arm and walking around the store.
I saw many items that were cheaply made, but could probably last you a few weeks, or even months if you're careful enough. But as mentioned previously, they're cheap, and cheap things can be destroyed without much effort.
'Hmm?'
I stopped moving as soon as I saw something that caught my interest. It was a dumb-looking bird on a stand. Maybe I should get it for Ravel…no she'll probably be insulted, right? Should I take a risk like that and get her something cheaply made? No, I can just create it…yeah that makes sense.
'I'll model it after the mythical bird, the Phoenix, just like her clan. It should be a cool little gift for her...I mean she's been quite diligent with make human friends. She's been getting along with Shirone and learning a lot back home, and also training in the [Training Facility].'
I nodded to myself before letting Serafall drag us off again.
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"I found so many wands~!"
Serafall had let go of my arm and was playing around with the plastic wands she found in the store. She bought all of them from the store. The owner was confused but welcomed the sale, so she didn't complain at all. But…I glanced to my side and saw that Sona had shifted from holding my wrist to hugging my arm. I believe she started doing that halfway through our time in the 100-yen shop.
'I'll tease her a little bit.' Seeing as how our hands were nearly touching, I intertwined my fingers with hers. Sona had a confused expression on her face, but it slowly dawned on her on what was happening.
She looked at herself hugging my arm, and our hands together—she immediately turned red and pushed me away.
"Sona, I'm hurt~" I said teasingly to her, but she just glared at me while still red.
"Fufu, I was wondering when So-tan would catch up to what her body was doing. Hey, hey, how did her chest feel, Jin?" Sera asked playfully, and Sona looked mortified.
But I feel like her feeling like that was for different reasons since she looked at her own chest and frowned. Don't worry, Sona…once I take you and your peerage to the [Pocket Dimension] you'll grow in lots of places…
'Pervert,' said Velgrynd.
'I love you too, Velgrynd,' I told her and I heard a snort of disgust.
"Hey, hey, Jin, can we go to that arcade? I heard from Sirzechs-chan that he enjoyed himself there before the Peace Conference started!"
"I don't mind, it's not too far from here."
I grabbed Sona's hand from beside me and pulled her with me. Once we were close to Serafall, she just latched herself back onto me. Sona tried to fight it at first, but quickly gave up and just put her head down while blushing.
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"Die!!" Serafall screamed as she played the same shooting game as Sirzechs.
Sona also joined her also she was reluctant at first, but she was now playing it as seriously as her sister, but a bit quieter. They were slowly closing in on the score that both Sirzechs and Kuroka made, and a crowd had gathered around us.
"Onee-sama to your left," Sona said to her sister.
"Roger!"
Listening to Sona's instructions, Serafall quickly dispatched their enemies on the left and the two were coming to the last level when—
"Ah!"
Serafall strayed a bit too far ahead and was instantly killed, leaving Sona alone to defend herself but she got quickly overwhelmed. Serafall lunged at Sona and started to apologize.
"I'm sorry, I got us killed!"
"I-It's fine, Onee-sa—"
[Losers!] the screen said and it made Sona's lips twitch.
"Again," she muttered.
"W-what?" asked Serafall, but Sona just repeated herself, so they played again.
I did not consider Sona to be very competitive in gaming. I can understand the Rating Games, but video games…? Color me surprised then. So for the next few minutes, they played the game again, and got to the same part. This time Serafall kept focused and didn't do anything to compromise them until—
[Winner!] the machine shouted and the crowd that had become even bigger cheered for them.
Sona suddenly pumped her fist, and Serafall hugged her. She then looked at me, smiled and gave me a peace sign. I also do it to her back, and Sona also does it reluctantly, but then notices the huge crowd and becomes even more embarrassed.
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"Thank you, Onee-san!" A young child thanked Sona and Serafall as they gave away their ticket.
Serafall wasn't in it for the tickets or the prize. She just wanted to beat Sirzechs' score, so she put 'AAAAAAAAAAA' as part of her name, so it made it to the top. However, she refused to put her name down since both Sirzechs and Kuroka listed theirs down as S&K.
I wanted to call her petty, but didn't have the heart to do it. So I left it be, however, we were now wandering around the arcade to just check it out since both of them hadn't been in one before.
They tried other ones as I also played with them a few times, but strangely enough Sona enjoyed herself, but for Sera? Well, that much was obvious. Soon after we decided to go have lunch since it was coming to that, but—
"We don't need to go somewhere to eat, Jin. I made lunch! So-tan helped too, and I forced her to follow the recipe so she wouldn't make it super-duper spicy~!" said Serafall and winked.
I looked at Sona and she blushed. I guess she really was forced to follow it, huh? I mean I doubt I would, you know, die of food poisoning since I'm immune but damn…
We quickly reached the same park we had met up in earlier in the day. We found a suitable spot, and Serafall brought out a large blanket and laid it out. Once that was done, they discreetly summoned a basket and put it on the ground.
Serafall opened it and there was an assortment of food, from sandwiches to some kind of cake, some kind of dish from the underworld, and a few other items. It was... colorful to say the least. However, it was quite obvious which one was made by Serafall and which Sona made...although I will admit that they still both looked amateurish. But I won't actually say that out loud, unless I want to annoy them.
When I looked back up at the two of them, they were clearly waiting for me to say something. I'll be both kind and realistic. I think Sona does want to be a good cook, but…yeah, she'll need a lot of work.
"They look great, edible," I started, and they looked a bit disheartened, but I continued "but I can see that a lot of effort went into making them, so I'll definitely eat them and enjoy myself. I mean, not a lot of people can say that YOU two cooked something for them."
Smack~ Smack~
Serafall blushed and said, "Flattery won't get you anywhere, mister! Now try them~" she then cut a bit of the cake and put the piece in my mouth.
A strange way to start. You'd normally eat that dessert last, but sure, why not? I opened my mouth and accepted the food that Serafall gave me…well, as I said it was edible, and had a bit of a unique flavor to it, but not bad.
"Good, a bit better than I expected," I told them my honest thoughts.
Serafall grinned and looked at Sona. "We did it So-tan~" said the Satan before forcing her little sister to high-five with her.
"Oh, you both made this?" I asked.
"Yep~ although I had to stop So-tan from adding her own unique twist to them! It was a hard-fought battle!" Serafall clenched her fist as if remembering some kind of grand battle had occurred when they made this. Sona obviously was just blushing beside her.
"O-Onee-sama, i-it wasn't that bad…" Sona tried to defend herself.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, So-tan." Serafall waved her finger at her and shook her head, then said, "you tried to add oysters and training supplements to the cake. Even an Underworld exclusive red bell pepper that's the 7th spiciest thing in the Underworld!"
"W-what? Why?" I asked shocked and looked at Sona.
"I-I thought it would give nutritional benefits!"
"…Sona, please, if we get married in the future, I beg you, just follow the recipe and not add anything else…I fear for our future children's safety."
"Ufufu~"
Serafall crawled over to me and started to rub against me for some reason. I gave her a strange look but all she did was point at Sona and I saw her even redder than earlier. Well, I mean, I did say that to her and the fact that she's blushing may indicate she has some sort of interest in me.
'Wow, look at him, getting a bit smarter,' said Velgrynd.
'Love you too, sweet cheeks,' I quipped back, which she just scoffed at.
[Love is in the air, especially for the Scorch Dragon.]
{Do you want to die…?}
'Unalive yourself, [Drool Dragon].'
[…]
'Come on now, be nice,' I reprimanded her, but got another scoff. Velgrynd will be a work in progress, but I'll try to get her to change a bit when we go to—
"I-It doesn't matter, j-just eat!" she shouted, then summoned a fork, stabbed it into the unknown dish and shoved it towards my mouth, and I reflexively opened it.
"…"
I ate it and swallowed it…this tastes like lasagna. It had a different color (purple) and did not look like how lasagna would look like…but it tasted just like it, and I kind of liked it. "This is pretty good," I said and grabbed my own fork to try more.
"Ara~? It seems like he enjoyed it, So-tan~"
Sona had a troubled face and looked away, while Serafall laughed at her little sister. I can conclude that Sona may have been the one to make this.
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"I'm full…" muttered Serafall as she used my lap to rest her head. Sona was sitting beside me with a book out, reading it.
"Yeah, but that took us a while to finish since you two reacted to every single thing I said," I muttered and got a snort from Serafall.
"We wanted a future chef's opinion after all~ and I learned a lot, thank chef~"
"I don't know how to feel about being called that…"
Even if I am going to be one for a little while, I'm probably going to be doing the managing rather than the cooking down the line, and even then…in the far future that probably won't be happening.
"You are starting a restaurant, right? Maybe I can ask our father to help you too? I mean, the Gremory's aren't the only ones with businesses in the human world you know?" Serafall said and came closer. "I'm also a Satan, maybe I can have other families help you~?"
"Onee-sama, that's taking advantage of your position and power. I would advise against that. However, we don't know if father or mother will—"
"No, no~ So-tan~ mom and dad will definitely do it~ you do know that mom loves anything to do with cooking, and dad loves eating mom's food anytime she makes it herself~"
Serafall winked at Sona and she nodded. "That is true…however, they don't know if Jin can create delicious food. So I believe we should—" however, Sona is cut off again by Serafall.
"That's why we'll take him home with us and he'll have some food ready! It's a sure-fire way to convince them! Aaaand maybeee he'll give both families some permanent discounts…~~?"
After saying that, Serafall looked up at me with puppy-dog eyes. 'How am I supposed to answer that? I mean, any help would be appreciated, but still…'
[It's not a terrible idea, Partner, just accept it.]
'I wasn't going to say no, I was thinking of asking other devil families like the Sitri and maybe the Bael's more specifically, Sairaorg to help out. If he can, that is…' I told the dragon, but got no response.
I then felt Serafall poke my chest in a strange attempt at convincing me. I finally sighed and relented. "Fine," I said, "but please tell me any specifics they might like, so I can—"
Chu~ Chu~ Chu~
Serafall didn't let me finish and just shower me with kisses, and I just sighed. However, Sona put her book down and started listing off her parents' favorite dishes, and surprisingly enough, the Underworld lasagna, or any lasagna was their favorite 'couple' food as they put it.
"I'll make some special lasagna then," I said to them and they seemed to agree with me.
Serafall finally sat up and then pulled me up with her. "Let's finish this date then~" so we then walked out of the park.
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For a little we went around a few clothing shops per Serafall's request. I didn't mind since I had to do this a lot with the girls, but Sona didn't seem that interested. We were in a particular store. Sona and I were standing around in front of a certain aisle waiting for Sera.
"You sure you don't want anything?" I asked her.
"Yes, I am fine, Jin. I am not that interested in buying too many clothes. The ones I have are enough, and please don't assume anything in that kind of manner. I am a growing woman, and yes I am interested in clothing, but I am not that invested in them to constantly buy them at every opportunity," she said in almost a rant.
I just smiled and nodded along. Honestly, it's the first time that I agree with her outside of official business, or supernatural stuff. While I'm forced to buy or create clothes that will suit me in some settings, I'm generally a slob with what I wear. Although Cúntóir does help with my selection of clothes from time to time.
Cúntóir: Answer: Heh!
'Don't go being too proud there…' I told her, but got a proud 'hmph' instead.
But Sera suddenly came out while still in her underwear and then pulled Sona into the room. There were still a few embarrassed shouts coming from it, mostly from Sona, but then they eventually came out…
"…"
Both of them were wearing kimonos and they looked gorgeous in them. I didn't really know what to say at the moment.
"Ufufu~ look at him, So-tan, he's speechless," Serafall whispered to her little sister.
The kimono that Sona was wearing was black and white with a white leaf pattern while Serafall's was pink, blank and with flower patterns. But what made me nearly cough was when she pulled Sona's kimono up a few inches, exposing her thighs. Obviously, she freaked out and smacked Serafall on the head.
"Ow?! Sona-chan?! Why did you hit your Onee-chan?! I was just showing our future husband something he could look forward too!" the Satan protested and tried to defend herself, but—
Sona ignored them. She turned red and kept on hitting her.
Smack~ Smack~ Smack~
"Ow~! Ow~! Ow~! Jeez! Jiiin!! So-tan is bullying me~~!"
Serafall left Sona's side and hugged me. She then looked back at Sona and stuck her tongue out and winked. Sona's lips twitched and she seemed ready to blow up again.
'I swear these two sisters are a handful in their own right'
I softly chopped Serafall on the head and calmed Sona down and asked, "Do you both want to buy those?"
Serafall immediately agreed but Sona was a bit reluctant but relented in the end. We went up to pay for it and the cashier, a guy looked at both the women I was with, looked at me and gave me 'the' nod, and I nodded back at him. Both women were confused by this but…they don't need to know.
[The approving bro nod. He got you Partner.]
{…what?}
[Read up on it, Albion. You'll understand once you do.]
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A few hours later
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The day was ending, and we had been to a few different places, and enjoyed our date. However, near the end we were buying ingredients since Serafall somehow convinced Sona and I to go to the Sitri territory. This was to let their parents try out my cooking today of all days.
We were on our way to Sona's home because I'm going to be cooking there. We had to skip the last part of our date because of the thing the lasagna I was going to cook. It wasn't anything too crucial, but the date in the amusement park. But if we did get time later, then we'd circle back to it.
"It hasn't been that long since I was here," I said to myself as I entered Sona's home.
Once we were in there, Tsubaki welcomed us but was surprised to see me.
"Do you wish for a soundproofing barrier?" she asked her [King] and Sona turned red.
"Tsubaki?! W-what are you talking about?!" she asked a bit flustered.
However, Tsubaki pointed at me and Serafall and said, "I meant for them, Sona-sama." But that didn't really help as Sona looked mortified at her own [Queen].
"Nah I'm just here to cook then we're off to the Underworld, Tsubaki." I showed her the bag we had.
She nodded and said, "I see, if you wish for any assistance then I'm more than available to help." And then followed us to the kitchen.
"Then can you help with just the prep and washing? I'll do the actual cooking myself."
She agreed and we got to work. I instructed the other two to just sit there and watch, otherwise they're free to do what they want. Tsubaki and I worked diligently, and when it was all left to me, I got right to it. As I diligently worked, I heard others coming into the kitchen.
"Hmm? Oh, Jin-senpai, is he here for a request?" I heard Saji ask behind me.
"No…he's here to cook for President's parents," said Tsubaki.
"W-what?! S-Senpai! A-are you seriously putting the moves on—"
Slam!
"Ugh…R-Ruruko-chan…" Saji muttered.
I could hear from behind me that he was slammed to the ground by his ever-so-fierce girlfriend. I do wonder if he'll get that harem he wanted. After that, I heard the rest of Sona's peerage coming here, so I decided to make another batch, so they could eat some lasagna too.
Using magic, I sped up the process, so it didn't take long and when I turned around to look at them...both Saji and Ruruko looked ready to devour the food.
"I made a second serving seeing how these two wolves look like they're ready to die if I don't feed them," I said to Sona and placed the large serving of lasagna on the table.
"As expected of Jin-senpai, always reliable…" Saji said while his mouth watered.
"Mmm-mmm~" Ruruko agreed with him and immediately grabbed a fork.
"Thank you, Jin…" Sona said tiredly. The rest of her peerage was eager to eat. So they went right at it, and immediately burned their tongues.
"It's hot…come on, guys…"
"Ih hill guud, ell heep eahin!" (It's still good, I'll keep eating!)
Saji…the rest aren't likely to put themselves—
"…"
I stared a bit dumbfounded as most of them, with the exception of Tsubaki and Sona, ate and burned themselves. 'Why is the fucking Satan Leviathan eating too?!' I shouted in my mind as Serafall was also eating and burning herself.
I facepalmed and sat down in a free chair. I'll just wait for Serafall to be ready…
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"Carry me…I'm stuffed…and my mouth hurts…" Serafall complained to me and I sighed at her.
"I did warn you not to eat it while it's still piping hot…"
She didn't have the energy to argue and just held her arms up asking me to carry her and I relented. If most of the devils in the Underworld could see this now…they'd question their current leaders.
I mean, the Siscon Lucifer and Siscon Leviathan...if this was public knowledge, they might have a stroke. However, they know that Serafall is a magical girl. She has her own show after all. I don't know if they are aware of how attached she is to Sona though...they might just see it as normal sisterly love or affection.
"Alright, let's go," I said to Sona as I carried Serafall.
I already had the container with the lasagna in my [Inventory] and the rest of the peerage had gone somewhere else, well…most of them. Saji and Ruruko were too full to move and fell asleep in their seats.
"Let's go~!" Serafall tried to say in her usual tone, but cringed as her mouth still stung.
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Underworld
Sitri Territory
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"L-Leviathan-sama, S-Sona-ojou-sama a-and J-Jin-sama, welcome!" the guards shouted and saluted us…they're still like this?
I shrugged and we walked past them, but I didn't want to take too long, so I grabbed Sona and appeared in front of their door. She just sighed at me and we entered. Thankfully we came across a maid and Sona told the maid to get her parents, Lord and Lady Sitri.
'It's been a while since I last saw Cyril and Isolde Sitri. I wonder if Cyril is anywhere near getting the same sleeping disease as Ingvild and Misla? I'll have to wait and see…'
I didn't have to wait long since they both came from the same hallway, on the right side of the entrance hallway. Once they saw both their daughters they smiled, but they did give Serafall a strange look, but Sona explained to them and they sighed at her.
"Serafall, you must act more like someone in your position. I know you're on a day off, but…" her mother started, but the Leviathan in my arms just waved her arms.
"Ish fine…ugh…" she tried to speak, but gave up.
Cyril sighed and said, "So why are you two here? It's nighttime in the human realm, is it not?" He looked at me, and as I was about to say something, Sona answered ahead of me.
"Actually, we're here on business, mother, father…it's about Jin's—"
Sona continued to tell them why we were here and what I had brought for them. Cyril placed a finger under his chin and thought about it, but Isolde seemed all for it for some reason. She hurriedly came over to us and asked.
"What kind of dish did you bring?"
"Just some lasagna. I heard from these two that you two liked them," I told her, and she looked at Serafall who gave her a silent thumbs up.
"Hmm…we are very strict with our lasagna, Jin. As you know, it's our favorite food, but that also means we keep it to a very high standard. Are you confident in your own cooking?" she asked, and I nodded.
"Yes, I'm confident in my own cooking. I believe it will live up to your standards," I told her.
"Very well, follow me. You too dear."
Cyril didn't really argue and we all followed Isolde through the hallways of the Sitri mansion. While on the way there I saw many paintings and sculptures of what I believe to be past Sitri heads, and prominent people.
Like many devil homes, the place was quite extravagant as the carpets, walls, floor, ceiling and lights were all quite lavish. But at the same time, it was strangely simple. I kind of liked it. But we eventually arrived at a large door and two maids opened it. Once we were in there it was a large, very large dining room.
'Holy fuck, this place could take up at least all of my home's 1st floor, what the hell?' I looked around the room, and in the center was a large circular table and above it was a very large, bright and sumptuous chandelier.
I stood there until Sera poked me and pointed in front of me and I saw that they had moved, and were waiting for me. I arrived and stood beside Cyril and Isolde as I took out the container and presented it to them. It was still hot and when they smelled it, their eyes widened.
The maids came with a plate and cutlery, so the two of them proceeded to get their own portions, and we all stood by as they silently ate it...now I was expecting some kind of foodgasm like in Food Wars or Shokugeki no Soma, but nothing like that happened. But they eventually finished eating. They didn't really give much of a reaction during all of that.
"Jin," Isolde called out to me and smiled. "This is wonderful, dare I say, the most delicious lasagna I have had in a very long time.
Beside her, Cyril agreed with her silently, even opting for a second serving, and so did she after complimenting me. I feel strangely proud about it, but I am glad they enjoyed it.
Poke~ Poke~
"Look at you, they enjoyed it," Serafall said in a teasing manner.
"…yeah."
So, after that, they invited me to sit down, and I had to put Serafall down and we spoke about my restaurant, my plans and everything about it. I also told them that Zeoticus and the Gremory's were also helping me with it. Therefore, they only had to provide me with temporary staff or help me find future places to expand in the human world.
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"Hmm, I will speak to Lord Gremory about this then, Jin. We'll collaborate and come up with something. However, perhaps we can have a meeting between all three of us, unless you wish to speak to the Sairaorg Bael about this too?" Cyril asked.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I'll get back to you on that, but the three of us speaking should be fine," I told him and he agreed.
"Very well, until we meet again." After saying that he and Isolde left.
"So I'll be taking both of you back?" I asked them. This marked the end of our date, but I wanted to make sure, but to my surprise Serafall shook her head.
"I-I kind of put off some work to go on this date…teehee~" she did a weird pose and both Sona and I sighed.
"S-so I have to go back to work~!"
Bonk!
"You're an idiot. I could upgrade that fairy for you then if you really need that kind of help."
"Really?! I-I don't have it with me right now, but I'll bring it to you as soon as I can!" she exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Sure thing."
She gave me a peck on the cheek before leaving. Saying something about dedicating something to me in her show. I would rather not have that. I already have the Oppai Dragon show to deal with, even if I send my avatar to do the acting in my place. I don't have the heart to do it personally.
I looked back at Sona who was still sighing and said, "Shall we get moving then?" She only responded with a silent nod, and I grabbed her hand and pulled her closer. She said nothing though.
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Japan, Kuoh
Sitri Household
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Once we got back, it was quite late, but we didn't have school tomorrow so it was fine. The only one left in the peerage here was Tsubaki and to my surprise Reya. We were in the entrance hallway, and I could see Tsubaki was still in the living room while Reya was outside for some reason.
"Well, I'll see you when school starts, Sona," I said to her and started to leave, but she grabbed my hand, so I turned back to look at her.
"Thank you, Jin. Today was fun, although I wasn't expecting it to be," she said with a sincere smile.
"Hmm? Oh yeah, no problem, I enjoyed myself too." I grinned at her and said, "does this mean I got some affection points from Miss Sona Sitri?"
I meant that as a joke, but what she said next kind of surprised me.
"Maybe…anyway, good night," she said quickly before pushing me out of the front door.
"Maybe, huh?" I repeated what she said and laughed. Then I saw Reya and greeted her. It looked like she was waiting for me. "Hey, Reya, fine evening, huh?"
"Good evening, Jin-senpai and yes, it is," she said and waved at me, so I quickly joined her.
We started to walk away, and I asked her, "Why were you out here?"
She tilted her head and said, "Because I was waiting for you?" The look that she gave me was like 'this is a very obvious answer, why are you asking this?'
"May I ask why?"
"Hmmm…" she put a finger under her lip and said, "I wanted to?"
Sheesh, lady, at least try to work with me here! "Really? Alright then, Reya-sama, I shall bring you home then since you waited for me so earnestly~!"
She giggled and to my surprise wrapped herself around my arm and looked up at me. "I'll take you up on that offer then, J-i-n-s-e-n-p-a-i~"
I have no idea where this is coming from, but I'll take it. After that, we just spoke about what happened while we were gone. Apparently, Saji has still not given up on Sona, so in a way, he sees me as a love rival to her or something.
I wish you luck, Saji-kun.
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Timeline – Volume 5
Daily Life of a Fallen Angel 2
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Raynare's Soliloquy
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I, Raynare am currently living in Jin's home. I recently moved into it and it's very lively. A different kind of lively than back in Grigori. It's a strange feeling…I was also invited to meet with Akeno Himejima's family, and I overheard him proposing to Akeno. Honestly, I was in shock that day…
However, my own heart also sped up since I imagined myself in her shoes instead…I know it's a possibility, I know it is! I-I mean he wouldn't have let me live with him, r-right…?
"Nyahahah~"
The former stray Kuroka and one of his lovers were currently causing chaos in his home, but it was fun...a life like this would have been unimaginable back then. I was obsessed with growing stronger, getting power to impress Azazel-sama. At the time, if I got stronger, he would surely notice me, right?
Maybe even get promoted as a cadre or one of the top people in our organization. I won't lie that I still wish to get stronger, but…it's not my top priority anymore. I have a lot of things to do. I'm essentially immortal, so I have all of the time in the world…
However, I am training in his [Training Facility] any chance I get and I am growing in power which I'm happy with. However, when he revealed his real identity...I was shocked to my core...we never stood a chance against him. Not then, and certainly not now, and I'm glad he spared me and my former subordinates so we could live these lives.
Outer God? Are you kidding me?! What kind of horror came to our world? And the fact that there are an infinite number of alternate universes, timelines and thinking about it…is exhausting…
However, I've heard a lot about the [Pocket Dimension], and I briefly heard about it from Aaron, but I haven't been there. I think he's planning to take us there soon. Another place to get stronger, but until then…I can just live life and wait.
However, I wanted to talk to Kuroka about something. I heard from Asia that something happened between them a few months back, and she—Kuroka, had her own worries regarding Aaron and how their relationship would move forward at the time.
So I made my way over to her and called out her name. "Kuroka, can I…talk to you for a second?"
"Nya? Sure thing," she said and came over. "How can I help ya, Raynare-chin?" she asked while tilting her head.
I gestured for her to go over to a more…private area and so we walked over there. I took a deep breath and sighed. "Um…I heard from Asia that you and J—Aaron had problems a few months back? If you don't mind telling me about it? I have my own concerns…"
"Fufu~ you're pretty honest with your feelings, Raynare-nya~ but sure, I don't mind. So—"
Kuroka then proceeded to tell me about her past regarding her own...virginity. She told me how she lost it and how she was worried that Jin wouldn't love her because of it, but he assured her he didn't care about it. He then said...he didn't do anything to her and she got frustrated and did a childish thing.
But he apparently got scolded by Ddraig, and then they finally made up and did the deed...once she was done telling me, I was both relieved and panicking…!
"Raynare-chin, why do you look so pale? Don't tell me you have the same problem as me?"
I nodded to her question.
"But I already told you—"
I cut her off and said, "I-I…I've been alive longer than you, and to get power and go up higher in certain groups and organizations I was in, I had to…" I didn't say anything further as she put a hand on my shoulder.
"I get it. You slept with them, right? I'm going to assume they were consensual, right?"
I shook my head. "I mean…most of them, yeah, but…some were…well to put it bluntly, they r—ped me. But I wanted to move up so I let it happen and didn't really fight back." To my surprise, Kuroka hugged me and I awkwardly hugged her back.
"You don't need to worry about that. Aaron's probably going to hunt them down and kill 'em," she said with a smug grin.
"Er…they're all dead at this point, that was years and years ago…but I guess the thought counts, I guess?"
"Nyahaha~ is that so? Well, if you're worried about it, just ask Aaron about it. I really doubt he would care." She looked to the side and sighed, "anyone that calls people—especially women, 'used goods' are scum. Some have to do it to live, or they might die…in some of your cases, you were sexually assaulted…"
Well, she said some…but yeah, I get where she's coming from.
"Also, it's a double standard. If a man can sleep around, they'll call him king or a player, or just praise him, but if women do it, they're called whores? Yeah, alright asshole, bye! There are some double standards in our society that are really annoying, you know?"
Kuroka was getting a bit heated since her power was rising and I was a bit horrified by it. She noticed this and stopped. "Sorry, nyahaha…anyway, just tell Aaron and talk it out. Don't do what we did. I know he'll understand your circumstances. Anyway—"
"Kuroka!" Come here for a second!" someone shouted from another room…I'm pretty sure it was Grayfia-sama, and Kuroka's face paled.
"I-I have to go! Just talk to him or anyone else!" she said quickly before running out of the room.
"Talk to him about it, huh…? I hope he doesn't think less of me…" I muttered to myself and touched my stomach.
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It's been a few hours since my talk with Kuroka and Aaron was back home. He seemed tired, and he headed up to his room to sleep. No one went with him, so I was on my way up there to speak to him about this…
Knock~ Knock~
"In. Come. You. Do," I heard her say behind the door…
'What?' I was confused, but just shook my head and pushed the door open.
"Hmm? Oh Ray, need something from me?" he said while he sat on his bed. He then tapped the area beside him and I walked over and sat on it.
"Um…so…" I took a deep breath and told him about my conversation with Kuroka, and how I was a bit scared of how he would think of me differently.
I swear if the me of now and past me met, she'd probably cringe at the way I'm acting…but I don't care, I can beat her up since I'm stronger, and also fuck her…
"Hmm…"
I heard him say and he was just staring at me. "So, what's the problem? If they're dead...I can just revive them and have you kick the ass for a short while, how about it?" He grinned at me and put a hand on my head.
"Ray, I don't care, and honestly I wanna revive them just to kill them again, but that takes effort and I'm lazy right now…also, is this an indirect confession on your part?" he asked.
"…"
Pomf!
I felt my face go red and he was grinning at me…I-I…d-did I…?!
"Raynare…"
He caressed my cheek with his left and started to come closer!! Aaaaahhhh!! What's happening?! I just wanted to speak to him, but now it's turned into this…!! A-are we going to have sex?! But to my surprise, he hugged me instead and pulled me further into the bed.
"I'm tired…let's talk about this kind of thing another time, and about your confession, alright? But…let me sleep with you like this…" he muttered, and his breathing became steady…
'Jeez…don't just fall asleep instantly, Toole…' I thought to myself then wriggled my way around to face him, and— "Ah…"
He was still awake, grinning at me!! He was waiting for me to do this! What a sly dragon! What is wrong with him?! He's playing with my feelings, you ass—
"…Mmm?!"
My eyes widened as he just leaned forward and kissed me! W-w-w-what…? Why are you…even if you forgave me…I…I...…tongue?! He inserted his tongue into my mouth! D-don't get cocky, I have experience too—
But he stopped and then just kissed me on the forehead before actually closing his eyes and going to sleep...he instantly fell asleep too…! This damn dragon…! But before I noticed…I also wrapped my arms around him and snuggled up to him before drifting off to sleep.
Damn you, Toole…I love you…
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Next day
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I fell asleep…and didn't wake up and missed dinner! Oh my god…! I also messed up the schedule for everyone! But they didn't really mind so I'm thankful for that!
"You sure have guts, Raynare," said the Queen of the Land of Shadows. She pointed her spear at me and gave me an evil smirk. I felt my whole body shiver. "I was meant to sleep with him last night, but you took that away from me…so I will be training you even harder today…!"
"W-wait, p-please, Scatha—hiiii?!?!" I couldn't finish my sentence as she threw her spear past my face. It barely grazed my cheek. 'She's seriously trying to kill me…!!' I screamed in my head and started to run away.
"What's wrong?! I won't call this training, Raynare!!" Scathach screamed behind me.
"I don't want to dieeeee!!!" I shouted back.
It's his fault!!
Toole!! Aaron Toole!! Jin Skyward!!
Boom!
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
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"Raynare-san, you look exhausted. Are you okay?" Asia asked me with concern all over her face.
"Y-yeah…I'm good…" I replied and slumped back in my chair.
I was tortured by Scathach during my entire time down there. I somehow started to dodge a lot of it, but I feel like she started to hold back and calmed down so that's probably why. But I didn't think she was the type to get jealous easily…I still need to learn more about everyone here. I still mostly spend my time with Akeno, Asia, Penemue-sama, and Jin himself.
I'm still unsure of the others, but I do want to get along with them.
"Then will you go out shopping for ingredients? If you have energy that is," she said and gestured to Inaie, Raiko and Grayfia.
I've been curious about Inaie. She's a Tengu and Fallen Angel hybrid, and apparently her father was Kokabiel. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but I do feel sorry for the girl. A piece of shit like him wouldn't even have 'love' in his vocabulary.
"S-sure, I don't mind…" I replied to her. I wasn't that tired…just my soul…
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"W-why are there so many people…?" I asked no one in particular.
"I think there's an event happening…ah, here it is!"
Asia brought out a flier and it showed some sort of amateur band was scheduled to play, and it was free of charge to watch. We were currently in the mall and as I mentioned, there were a lot of people. We were going to the indoor marketplace and then afterwards we were going to check on the ones outside.
I glanced back and could still remember the past, how I tried to trick him—however, my thoughts were stopped as Asia pulled me by the arm and we went into the store. She let go and joined Grayfia and Raiko, so I was left with Inaie. 'Isn't this a chance?' I thought and looked at Inaie as she was also busy looking at the store.
I heard of her circumstances, but not in detail, but she still seemed like a child still experiencing a lot of things. I could ease into it…
"Hey, you knew my dad, right?" she asked me out of nowhere.
"I-uh, um, yes…?" I stuttered out.
"Can you tell me anything about him? I don't miss him or anything like that, but…I want to try to understand why he did what he did…just for my own sake, and probably my dead mom."
Inaie didn't look at me while she said that, she kept on looking forward. I wonder what kind of life she led before meeting him and everyone? According to Asia, her adopted parents are the two rulers of the Tengu in the Shinto realm, so at least she has parents.
"Sure, I don't mind, but most of it is pretty horrible things."
"I'm fine with that, shoot."
I nodded and told her everything I knew about him. From the first time I met him, to when he became one of the leaders of Grigori, to him defecting, and us meeting, and working for Azrael, to the horrible things he did, and in turn the horrible things I also did. But Inaie just listened and didn't judge.
"—And that's about it…" I finished my tale and waited for her to respond.
"…well, here's mine. I know you've been curious, and since we're fellow Fallen Angels, we might as well get to know each other, right?" she said with a small grin.
"Yeah," I said back to her, and she told me about her own past.
Honestly it was quite run of the mill with Kokabiel being the most interesting part, followed by her adopted parents being a gay couple. I didn't expect that, but it's more accepted in this day and age, so who am I to judge? No, that's not right. Past me would definitely have said those hurtful things…did I change?
No, why am I asking that? I did change, I did so I wouldn't go back to that life…
"Raynare-san, Inaie-san, how about some vegetable soup and Irish stew for tonight? Grayfia-san learned from Aaron on how to make it," she said happily.
"He gave me the recipe, Asia, but yes…I think it would be a good change of pace. We also need to restock for the month since our food expenses are the most expensive. This is mainly due to Inaie, Kuroka and Shigune." Grayfia looked at Inaie and she blushed before looking away.
I did expect something like that from Kuroka, but…I didn't expect it from Inaie or Shigune from all people. I saw Shigune a few times back in Grigori but we never interacted. Our worlds were too different.
"I-I can't help it, but I'm trying to change…!" Inaie said with a huff, but Grayfia just smiled at her.
"I know…now then, let's go get these," she said and handed all of us a piece of paper with an absurd amount of items. "Everyone here knows of our food expenses, so don't be embarrassed by it, they'll accommodate you…now, go!" she ordered us and we scattered.
I looked over the list—what the heck is this?! 170 to 300 pieces of bacon? 20 to 35 bags of rice? 350 packets of spices?! H-how much do we consume in a single month…?! I-If Aaron wasn't who he was, we'd be very poor or strapped for money!
'Are we single-handedly keeping this place from going out of business or something…? How much does this cost altogether…?'
I was way too shocked, but got on with it.
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Skyward Household
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"You eat too much, you fat cat!" I shouted and pointed at Kuroka.
It had been around 20 minutes since we came back from shopping. We had to help unload everything in the kitchen and once done, I immediately marched into the living room where Kuroka was.
"Nyat?!" (What?!)
She instantly got up and pulled her obi up! Revealing that she wasn't wearing any panties or bra!! What the hell is wrong with you?!
"I am perfectly fit! Do you not see this sweet, sweet tummy with some abs?! Aaron loves them nya~!" she then proceeded to smack it a few times.
How would I know what his interests are?! I still need to speak with him more! "Do you know our food expenses? I mean, monthly? I can only theorize about the yearly one, not including special occasions!"
"We're basically rich, why do you care?" Kuroka asked a bit confused.
"I mean, yes, we are! But that's not the point?! What if they run out of stock because of us? Won't they ban us or something?!"
After I said that, Kuroka wore a shocked and horrified expression. Her cat ears were twitching rapidly while her tail was also wagging from side to side a lot.
"Shigune-chin!!! We need to cut back on eating!!" She turned to face Shigune who was back from her mission and she also looked pale.
"B-but…" she said a bit teary-eyed.
"Ugh…what's with all the noise…?" a tired and groggy Aaron came out of…Ingvild's skirt?! What are you doing down there?!
Kuroka then told him about the food expenses and he just gave us a tired look. "I can just summon or create those…Grayfia just insists on doing it to not look too suspicious and also to not rely on eating items created by…well, me," he said and then put his head back under Ingvild's skirt.
The woman in question was blushing quite hard but didn't stop him…i-is this the privilege of harem kings…? Just shoving their heads into his harems skirts any time he feels like it? W-wait, will I have to do that in the future…?
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"Ray come here…I need my Fallen Angel pillow again."
"Eh?"
I was yanked into his room again and we cuddled. I-I don't know how to feel about this…doesn't he have Akeno for this? Or even Penemue-sama? But maybe he—
"Ufufufu~"
"Aaaarrroooonn~"
I heard both Akeno and Lavinia's voices and felt Aaron freeze…had they been following us…?
""I can be that pillow too!""
They both shouted and pounced on him. I saw him struggle a bit as each woman shoved his face into their chest. He looked like he was in heaven…I looked at my own chest, and it wasn't that big, well, compared to theirs…m-maybe I was just a few cm short…?
Yank!
"Kill him with our chests, Raynare~"
Lavinia pulled me towards them and my chest also hit Aaron, and he was still quite happy with his predicament...even if he didn't say it out loud. He's a massive pervert. Very fitting for his moniker 'Oppai Dragon'.
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