The next day, inside Kuoh Academy.
At a certain flower bed.
"Huh? Issei, you must still be half-asleep. Where would you get a girlfriend?"
"Exactly. Even we haven't found partners yet, and you're already thinking about it."
Matsuda and Motohama looked at Issei with strange expressions.
Issei had been asking them all day if they had seen his girlfriend, and even claimed he was killed by his girlfriend. Had he gone crazy by staying single for too long?
Issei saw the suspicious look in his best friends' eyes and grew anxious.
"I really do have a girlfriend, named Yuuma Amano."
"Right, you have a girlfriend."
"I..."
"Alright, don't think so much. I found something good. Let's go check it out together."
"That's right, fantasies are no good. It's better to be down-to-earth and face reality."
Matsuda walked in front, holding a disc, while Motohama pushed Issei towards their secret base.
Looking at his friends, Issei felt like he was dreaming.
Did he really not have a girlfriend?
Issei was half-pushed, half-dragged forward by the two, but he still felt uneasy.
Inside the Occult Research Club.
"Rias, Sona, these are my Rook and Queen."
"Huh?"
"How are we supposed to play this Rating Game?"
Sona and Rias couldn't help but complain as they looked at Grayfia and Elsha standing next to Abel. They didn't know who Elsha was yet, but her aura was certainly not weak.
But who was Grayfia?
She was a contender for the title of the strongest female devil.
You want us rookies to fight against veteran devils?
Is this for real?
Rias and Sona wished they wouldn't have to face Abel. If they did, they'd surrender at the start.
Abel just smiled and didn't speak.
If these two knew that Elsha was the strongest female Red Dragon Emperor in history...
Last night, after Abel resurrected Elsha, he successfully converted her into a devil. It was quite smooth, actually.
At first, Abel thought he would have to use all his mutation pieces, but the special treatment Ajuka gave him was quite generous. It only took three pieces to complete the devil conversion.
He was a little excited to see Ajuka's expression when he sees his peerage.
After Elsha became his peerage, the system rewarded him with a "Boosted Gear," a gauntlet without Ddraig's soul. Abel gave this gauntlet to Elsha, as she was the strongest female Red Dragon Emperor after all.
Because of this reward, Abel didn't need to expend a large amount of demonic power to create a new one.
While Abel was drinking tea and chatting, a certain little devil was working like a dog.
Knock... Knock...
"Is anyone ho... Huh?"
Miko, making her first house call, knocked on the door, but it seemed to be unlocked.
She cautiously peeked inside. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the faint sound of a blade piercing flesh, and at the same time, smelled a bloody odor.
Miko's heart skipped a beat, and various terrifying thoughts instantly flashed through her mind. She hesitated for a moment but still bravely walked in.
In the living room.
A white-haired priest was maniacally stabbing a person lying in a pool of blood with a knife, while a blonde nun next to him watched the scene in horror.
These two were the perverted stray priest Freed Sellzen, and the lovely nun Asia Argento.
Perhaps feeling it wasn't enough, Freed turned to Asia and said, "These guys who believe in devils all deserve to die. Sister Asia, you take a stab too."
Asia shook her head repeatedly. "No... no!"
"Hmm?"
Freed grabbed Asia and said fiercely, "Do you want to be kicked out of the organization?!"
Asia was so frightened that tears welled up in her eyes, but she still shook her head firmly. Even if she was to be kicked out of the organization, Asia didn't want to harm anyone.
Freed, who was originally going to continue forcing Asia to stain her hands with blood, suddenly twitched his nose and then sharply looked behind him.
Miko, who had witnessed everything, was startled by Freed's sudden movement.
"Look, what have I found? A cute little devil."
Freed revealed a maniacal smile, and with a clench of his hands, a pistol and a light saber appeared in his hands. Then, he slowly walked towards Miko.
Miko's face turned pale with fright, and her legs felt weak. She wanted to run but couldn't move her feet. At this moment, she remembered Abel's words.
Beware of the perverted priest who hunts devils.
She had just encountered him on her first day of work. What kind of luck was this?
Just then, Asia ran over and stood in front of Miko.
"Sister Asia, get out of the way!" Fried roared, looking at Asia blocking him.
Asia tightly closed her eyes, her voice trembling yet firm. "No, I can't let you hurt her."
"She's a devil!"
"You're the devil! The Lord will surely punish you!"
Freed was enraged by Asia's words. He raised his light saber and was about to stab Asia.
At this critical moment, Miko pulled Asia and instantly activated teleportation magic, teleporting them outside the house, causing Freed's light saber to miss.
Freed laughed angrily. "Hahahahaha! Little devil, Asia, want to play hide-and-seek with me? Then you'd better hide well."
He said with a gloomy face, "Don't let me catch you, or else... you'll suffer greatly."
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On the other side, Issei walked out of the trio's secret base alone.
He found that he had no interest in Matsuda's collection today. And he had a different feeling towards his friends with whom he watched videos. And today, even the handsome Yuuto, whom he usually disliked, seemed very pleasing to the eye when he encountered him.
He had a feeling that while heterosexual reproduction was for continuing the family line, brotherhood was true love.
Hiss...
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll go for a walk.
On the street, Issei walked alone with his hands in his pockets.
The matter of Yuuma kept circling in his mind.
No one knew Yuuma.
Even his best friends didn't know her.
But he remembered what had happened last night very clearly. He clearly remembered dating Yuuma yesterday, and it was a very happy time but his Yuuma-chan suddenly grew wings and he seemed to have been killed by her.
A long spear was thrust into his abdomen, and it even made a big hole, but why was he still alive?
All his wounds had disappeared.
And he had even seen Abel.
Was he dreaming?
But the memories from yesterday were so clear.
Issei unconsciously walked to the entrance of the suburban park from yesterday. Looking at the entrance, he wondered if he should go in.
After thinking for a moment, he lifted his foot and walked in. He wanted to know the answer.