Chapter 13
Wednesday and Thursday followed on from Tuesday in what quickly became an enjoyable routine. Mia would provide a top tier wake-up service, I would struggle to get her up in a reasonable time, and rush to school.
At school lessons were mostly fine, but honestly a not insignificant amount of my time was spent teasing and/or flirting with Momo. The way she switches from confident to flustered is still adorable.
At lunch I'd hang out with a few of the council devil girls, getting scammed out of my pancakes because white hair and sharp teeth are two of my biggest weaknesses and they are ruthless. Interestingly, now that I've actually asked Momo out she seems a lot less put off by Umeda paying attention to me. On Thursday, while I was talking with Nimura about some English grammar work she wanted a hand with, I'm pretty sure I caught Momo whispering to Umeda with a smirk, and Umeda with a small blush glancing at me. Could be wishful thinking because I want the shark girl, but a man can hope. I wonder if there's a tactful way I can ask if she does have a tail and is hiding it?...
Anyway, afternoon classes were much of the same, messing with Momo enough to get me through the more boring classes. I'm sure we were providing plenty of gossip fuel but most of it seems to avoid me directly or leave the spotlight in short order. I'm not sure if this is people doing so on purpose or some kind of mental magic stuff to get people to avoid any strangeness by the devils.
After class I head off to the ORC, after getting in a kiss or two with Momo that still make me feel giddy. I'm not sure if spending so much time together and kissing goodbye is normal for before your first date, but I'm an isekai and she's a devil so I'm not too bothered as long as she's happy.
After school I've spent a bit of time with the ORC, on Wednesday I finally got to meet Kiba properly, the 'Prince of Kuoh'. For all that I heard I don't know what I was expecting, but he seems like just a chill guy honestly. We did end up talking about fighting and training, and he offered to give me some points in sword fighting given that I can use my longest flight feathers for that. That should be pretty useful, may even earn me a ticket, and it's another chance to get to know them better.
Toujou also made an appearance each day, on Wednesday just arriving home as I was leaving. She stopped and looked up at me expectantly, luckily I was able to appease by telling her I had indeed left pancakes for her, which earned me a small smile.
On Thursday the entire ORC was about, so we spent the time all together, and somehow Rias convinced everyone to watch some of her anime. Which turned out to be a bootleg Mob Psycho 100. Unfortunately for me as a fan of the 'real' one, this did not hit the same. Fortunately for me, we finished the season which was only six episodes, and I got a popup for a 'Quest Feat' progress, watching 10 seasons of 'almost familiar' anime. It didn't say what I'd get at the end but it should be easy enough to complete.
All this time with them was technically training, since I got a couple tickets from it.
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Feat Achieved! Earn the friendship of the Occult Research Club +1 Silver Familiar Gacha Ticket
Feat Achieved! Give Rias Gremory Hope +1 Silver Random Gacha Ticket
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Rolling Silver Familiar Gacha Ticket
A Trash Familiar!
[Crow]
|Trash Familiar|
A very smart and loyal crow companion with intelligence on the level of a human, she can look for and fetch shiny things or do things a crow could otherwise do.
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Rude to call her trash. I haven't settled on a name yet, I was going to go with Nyx, but then, like she's real, and maybe wouldn't appreciate it. As yet unnamed crow has just been hanging out at home, getting little treats from Mia. I suspect she's training her to become a criminal alongside her, but who am I to judge?
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Rolling Silver Random Gacha Ticket
An Uncommon Trait!
[Iron Fist]
|Uncommon Trait|
Your fists are like iron, enhancing the power behind your unarmed strikes and fist-type abilities.
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Not something I'll make a lot of use of, but it's a generic boost, far from bad to have.
Back home in the evenings, I caught up with Mia and whatever combination of theft, shopping, and research she'd done during the day. If she'd behaved mostly she got pancakes, bacon, and some cuddles. If she hadn't behaved, well she got the same because I'm weak.
I also got in a bit of training, and discovered something fun that I probably should have thought of before. The detached feathers are still a part of me. So I could, for instance, send one of tiniest feathers off wherever I want, and then create a lightning spear out of 'nowhere'. I can't throw it, but I imagine even if it misses a big fuck off lightning spear appearing next to someone is gonna throw them off. I can also use it to cast Deafness without the obvious projectile while not being close.
I use my new method to Deafen Mia in the middle of one of her shows, leading to her leaping at me to smack me over the head, me fighting back by tickling, and a not insubstantial amount of damage to our sofa.
Friday was much of the same until I went over to the ORC, walking with Kiba this time which caused a new round of rumours, something Kiba was very used to by now apparently, he said he'd been shipped with a higher percentage of the guys in the school than the girls.
We sat for a bit with Toujou and Akeno, Rias apparently having something to discuss with Sitri. In a nice move for operation acquire cat girl, Toujou chose to sit next to me, though I have an ever so slight suspicion that it's because I've been trying to expand my baking repertoire and bought along some brownies to share. Mia still very much prefers the pancakes, but Toujou seemed open to them, maybe more of a chocolate fan?
That's where Rias found us when she entered, a somewhat concerned look on her face that we immediately picked up on.
"Everything alright Buchou?" Kiba asks as Rias takes a seat, grabbing a cup of tea and taking a big swig.
"It's not great. There's still concerns about some fallen in the area." And I don't miss the way she glances to Akeno, nor the way Akeno herself seems to both wince and get a stormy look on her face.
"Furthermore, Lady Serafall sent a missive, a dangerous stray is believed to be in our territory. They're said to be around mid class, but are one of the slightly rarer that have malformed and gained new abilities, while keeping their cognisance." Rias explains, and I see the rest of the devils focus up, paying attention to her every word.
"We've identified what we believe to be their 'hunting ground', the Northern industrial area. There have been five disappearances in the last month up there, but we believed it to be due to a wandering monster that was destroyed by Sona last week. An incorrect assumption given the latest disappearance on Wednesday. We've been tasked with investigating. Ideally this stray - 'Viser' - is to be taken in and returned to the underworld, to face her crimes and for study, but if need be complete removal is fine, she is almost certain to face death as she destroyed a Bune warehouse, killing a number of devils in the explosion."
Rias gives everyone a moment to digest her words before she turns to me.
"Haruto, I'd like to offer a contract, for you to join us on this, both so you can see what we do and how we handle these situations, and so we can see you in action - behave Akeno. It's kinda skewed to us since you'd be doing at least some of the fighting, we learn whatever you're willing to show of your abilities, and I get more of a chance to win you over, so what can I offer for this?" She asks, and everyone else's eyes turn to me as Rias lists out their benefits.
It's nothing crazy and I have no reason to try and wring everything out of this possible, but she's right that revealing what I can do in more detail is notable, so what do I want out of this? Other than the three devils under me but I suspect that's a bit far in the other direction.
Again, it's tickets and information. For the latter I can probably ask Rias questions for the general stuff, and anything higher I'm unlikely to be able to get via this contract that she wouldn't tell me otherwise.
So, tickets. I've got them for mundane tasks, combat, impressing people, and getting a blowjob. One of those is a lot harder sell for someone I've known for like a week, even with Helltaker's help.
"Honestly, the only thing I need that is more complex is power, which for me is charges for my abilities to grow. If you're willing, maybe some sparring or joining in on whatever training you guys do would suit me?" I propose, and honestly it doesn't seem that Rias has to think too hard about that, it's still pretty in her favour anyway.
"Yeah, I think that's fine! You know you could have asked for more right, and we would have let you join in anyway probably?"
"Mhmm, I'm sure we would have offered a lot more Shi-kun~" Akeno is quick to pipe up, prompting a "Pervert." from Toujou and a roll of the eyes from Rias, though it doesn't stop her lewd smile.
"Eh maybe, but the only other thing that I'm lacking is information about the supernatural as a whole, and I think for any random stuff I want to know I can just ask you." I respond, tactfully ignoring Akeno.
"Hmhm, you're not wrong Haruto, but you're just giving me more time to win you over you know?" Rias says with a little giggle, shooting me a wink, causing Toujou to let out another sigh.
I want these damn devil girls.
Anyway.
"Well, okay Haruto, consider our deal struck in the name of Gremory." Rias says with a smile.
"Alright guys, we'll set out in about an hour and a half, I want as few humans as possible around - present company excluded - so we should wait until after work finishes for most people."
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As we're approaching 6pm we gather in the entryway of the ORC building, the sun starting to sink below the horizon.
"So, Haruto, normally we'd teleport close. but devil teleportation can be very uncomfortable for humans unless they employ their own magical defences, so since we're so kind and lovely, we'll all fly over there, assuming that suits you?" Rias asks.
"Yeah, though it's still light up, do we not have to worry about people seeing?"
Akeno lets out a little laugh, "No Shi-kun, we use a kind of perception adjusting aura magic. Most factions have some form of it that they employ on a larger scale in any territory they own, as well as on their own persons. It's less effective on anyone who's aware of the supernatural or has their magic in use so it's not perfect, but we can expand it to you for this."
Well that's handy. And here I thought I was being sneaky when I'd fly to the edge of the forest before walking home.
"Works for me, where exactly do you want to start from?" I ask, slotting in my wings and stretching them out with a shake.
It's only a moment of silence later that I realise Toujou and Kiba haven't actually seen them, or any of my powers, before, nor have I shown what I can actually do with them.
Well, what's the point of cool powers if you can't show off to hot girls huh?
I detach four small feathers and float one to each devil, alighting them on top of their heads with a smirk.
"Just let me know when you're done being entranced by my wings." I chuckle, snapping them out of a mix of appreciation and consideration.
Toujou lets out a little huff, definitely not having been studying my wings, while the other three give a small laugh, and start moving past me to the door.
Outside, they let out their bat-like wings, and I must admit if nothing else I'm jealous they don't have to cut slits in their tops. Rising into the air alongside them Rias looks to Akeno and gives her a nod, before turning to me.
"Akeno will lead, since she's done a bit of hunting in that area before. We have a likely location but it'll be good to be aware as we approach in case it's not exactly where we suspect." She says, and I just give her a nod.
As a group we rise higher up and head North, little use for conversation as the wind buffets around us. Though I notice none of the devils are being affected more than just a little bit of windblown hair. Cheaters.
It only takes a couple minutes for us to coast over to the Northern industrial area, a space filled with a bunch of warehouses, building supply stores, and the like.
Akeno directs us down to the central courtyard and parking space of a handful of smaller buildings, half of them apparently disused. Once we're landed and nothing has immediately attacked us, Rias speaks up.
"So, Haruto, are you feeling up to this still?"
"Yeah, how do you want to handle this?"
"Well, firstly we need to find this 'Viser'. Assuming we're not immediately attacked I will give her the chance to return to the underworld and face her crimes. If she does not accept, as is likely, I would like to ask you to fight her, obviously we will provide backup if needed, but I'd like to see you in action." Rias says.
I don't get a chance to respond before Akeno interjects - "You hear that Shi-kun, Rias wouldn't mind some action from you hm~"
Rias rolls her eyes though is that the hint of a blush I see? Toujou 'lightly' smacks Akeno right on the tit, and that's lightly for a Rook. Kiba seems torn between chuckling and ignoring it completely. I feel for him being the only guy here most of the time.
Rias coughs, clearly moving on, "As Viser is a middle class threat per our information, if it goes to a fight she is to be eliminated, as it's unlikely for her to go down without being taken out. Any issues or questions?"
I take a moment, honestly again, giving a stray a chance to surrender? Yet more differences.
"Sure, that's fine, is there anything special to do? I've only fought one stray before and it exploded itself at the end?" I question.
I see Rias' eye twitch, oops, guess she's still not over my little light show.
Akeno responds after giggling at Rias' pain, "No, despite everything they are still mortal, a sufficiently deep poking should still do them in~"
Deep breath Haruto, she will be punished one day.
Rias and Akeno both get their chuckles out at my reaction, Toujou quietly muttering about the 'perverts' and Kiba, well honestly I think he's just glad there's a new target by the look of nigh serenity on his face.
Deciding I'm unlikely to get anything more out of various kinds of difficult devils, I shake my wings, detaching a couple dozen smaller feathers and sending them out around the immediate area, five or so per building, listening for anything that could indicate the presence of the stray.
The devils go mostly quiet at this display, the first time they've seen me using my feathers for anything more than showing off, not that I'm not also doing that now.
It takes five or so minutes before I get anything that stands out, in one of the unused building off to one side between two other empty ones, comes a scratching, screeching noise, like nails on a blackboard, or maybe claws on metal.
With nothing else to go on I direct most of the other feathers to that building, spreading them out and sending some inside through cracks and broken windows to triangulate the position best as possible. It seems to be coming from near the roof, at the back of the main open space, and I relay as much to the devils.
Slowly making our way over, there's no activity from anywhere else, and I'm still getting scratching noises from inside.
The large front double doors are locked by a chain that looks like it hasn't been touched in about five years, and even then was probably someone brushing by it accidentally.
Rias steps up, giving me a quick questioning look that I nod in response to. She grasps the padlock and I see a crimson glow erupt inside her closed fist, and as she pulls back the chain falls down on either side, no remnants of the padlock to be seen.
Toujou steps up, gripping the old handles, and yanking them apart, the untouched doors screaming as they move for the first time in who knows how long. Instantly, the noise I was picking up from inside falls silent, and we step into the darkened warehouse, the only illumination the last of the sunlight coming through dirty skylights. The dim interior isn't a problem for the devils but it's not something I thought of annoyingly.
Well, I guess that settles the abilities I'll be using. I slot in Fire Absorption for my second and immediately fuse, small embers now sparking from me as my wings beat slowly behind me.
Rias checks one final time that I'm good to go, and as I confirm she steps forward and calls out into the space "Stray devil Viser, surrender yourself and return to the underworld to face your crimes! If you do not you shall be put down in the name of Gremory!" and strikes a pose, her finger pointing out towards the back and a faint red glow surrounding her.
Has she practiced that in front of the mirror?
There's a moment of silence before a grating laugh comes from across the room, in the dark corner.
"Pathetic devil whore! Those bastards deserved everything and more, they tried to cheat me! Me! Viser!" a voice screeches out as a large shape detaches itself from the far ceiling, a smaller shape dropping next to it with a splat that I don't want to think about for now.
Stepping towards us the stray reveals itself, well to me since the devils could probably see it fine. A human from the hips up, large tits swaying with the movement pushes forward, though below it is a dripping maw on the front of a monstrous body. Human-like front arms and hands as front 'legs', but past the ribs of the 'body' it becomes chimera like, furry rear legs and a whipping snake for a tail.
That makes three mouths as far as I can see, which just seems unnecessary.
"Last chance Viser, or you will die here and now!" Rias calls out, unbothered by the appearance of the stray devil.
"Ha! I think not! I'm more powerful than I've ever been, and humans are such a delectable treat! Clearly you agree, you've bought quite the morsel, would you care to share before your death?" Viser asks, eyeing me up and down and licking her lips, only the pair on the human face thankfully.
I see Toujou scowl out of the corner of my eye, and both she and Akeno twitch forwards before restraining themselves.
Rias just sighs before taking a step back, "Very well stray devil Viser, you will meet your end here, I hope it brings your victims peace."
Viser lets out another cackle, and as I take a step forward away from the devils her eyes glint.
"Ohoh, are you here to offer yourself and beg? Or perhaps you want to switch sides hmm?~" Viser crows out.
"I'm afraid not stray, if you refuse to surrender I am to take your life." I say calmly, repositioning the feathers around the building, doing so slowly as to not let off flames or embers.
"Hehehehe~ how cute, I'll enjoy your little devil friends anguish when I devour you, or maybe I should keep you alive for a while, I'm sure I could find some uses for you!"
Viser pivots, letting her snake tail lash out towards me, but I'm already airborne, and it whistles below me. At the same time I pull ten of my feathers from behind her, aiming to impale her torso - the human one that is. Her turns makes a few of them miss but five strike true, each stabbing a couple inches in and making her screech before letting out a gout of flame, her voice going higher in pitch as she's burned.
She turns with a snarl, and hefting her boobs in her hands magic circles form over the nipples, and honestly despite the danger it's enough to give me pause.
She gives me a toothy smile as she fires beams of a sickly green liquid, my danger sense shaking me out of my bemusement as I duck and dive around the attacks, the acid scoring lines into the building behind me, one almost striking the devils as Viser's boobs bounce around.
I lose a few of my feathers, and get one splash onto my arm dodging too close the wall, making me let out a hiss of pain.
As she starts to run out of juice, the beams thinning, I bring in the other waiting feathers, sending them swirling around to build up speed and flame before streaking them in from all around.
Viser tries to choose which to dodge, jumping straight up to avoid the ones apparently going for her head, but her situational awareness isn't the best, as one of the largest strikes its intended target, her snake tail being sliced through with a burst of fire, causing another scream that's only amplified by a dozen hitting her monster body, leaving cuts and burns across her body.
Instead of reaching the ceiling she stutters in mid-air, falling back to earth with a cry, the impact cracking the concrete below us.
As she's still I detach two of my flight feathers, sending them through the shoulders of her front leg arms/arm legs which makes them fall limp, flames licking at her upper body from the impact sites.
Viser lets out a frankly pitiful groan from the floor, and I slowly lower myself a bit, bringing undamaged feathers back towards me. I position them over her like swords waiting to fall before turning back to Rias, "Is there not a need to take her back? Like I doubt she could fight much now?"
Rias looks a little conflicted as she responds "It's the way it works Haruto, once a stray chooses death like this, their sentence is set. I can finish it if you want, it's okay."
I guess it's not my place, at least yet, to call out devil processes and laws, and apparently Viser doesn't mind making it easier on me as she rasps up.
"Pathetic worm, even with your fancy wings! I'll rip your wings off and feed them to your little band of whores!"
Well, I tried.
I send the feathers straight down as hard and fast as I can, they pierce straight through human torse and I hear the concrete below crack and chip, Viser's body falling still as flames crackle up from the wounds.
Releasing a breath I let myself drift back to the floor as Rias walks up to me, hesitantly placing a hand on my arm.
"Are.. are you okay Haruto?"
"Yeah, it's okay, just the first time I've killed someone, at least that still have their mind. Just feels a bit different." I respond, looking over Viser's still form.
She squeezes my arm a little, making me turn to her.
"Viser hurt a lot of people, devil and human, you did a good thing today." She says gently.
I take a breath, turning fully to give her a small smile.
"Hm, thanks, Rias."
She nods before stepping past me as a magic circle flares up below the corpse. I pull my feathers out quickly, and a flare of crimson light encompasses her before her body disappears, presumably back to the Underworld.
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Feat Achieved! Defeat Viser without help +1x Gold Ability Gacha Ticket
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"Akeno, could you please go and make sure we didn't attract any untoward attention?" Rias asks, Akeno giving her a nod before heading back outside.
Rias herself heads towards what I'm trying to pretend isn't corpse of Viser's prey, leaving me, Toujou, and Kiba.
Kiba clearly notices I'm a bit off and subtly turns me, starting to talk about how he's been training with the Kendo club recently, and it works to focus my mind.
I'm further distracted as Toujou walks up to me, bumping her shoulder into my arm and grabbing my attention.
I notice her take a small sniff before she looks up to me, "Good job." She says quietly, leaning into me for a moment more before her eyes widen slightly and she moves away a step.
I'm a little surprised but I can feel the smile spreading on my face, "Thanks Toujou, I knew you cared more than just for my pancakes!" I reply.
In another win for operation acquire cat girl, I catch a small blush and a whispered "Idiot" from her that if anything just makes my smile brighter.
I notice Rias looking at us fondly, and not one to leave someone out I shoot her a wink, getting a small eye roll that does nothing to hide the grin.
It's a minute or so later when Akeno re-joins us, giving Rias a quick nod, and we leave back into the quiet Kuoh evening.
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A/N: Another chapter down, we get some more time with the devils, their first joint operation, and progress on operation cat girl. All around a good time is had! Except for Viser.
Chapter 14
I join the devils back to the ORC, where Rias goes off to another room to let Sitri know that the task was complete and how it all went down.
Toujou heads to the kitchen, clearly ready to raid the cupboards as her eyes are locked in right away. Kiba follows after her, also hungry but clearly having learned not to get between her and her chosen snacks. Frankly I'm lucky Mia is still reliant on me for her favourite food, I hate to think of the ways she could fuck with me otherwise.
Akeno guides me to the sofas, clearly still a little concerned for me, which isn't helped when she notices the angry burns on my arm from the acid splash.
"Why didn't you say anything about this Shi-kun?" She asks accusingly.
"Uh, it's fine really, it doesn't hurt too bad, I'll give it a good clean and stuff at home."
She scowls at me, instructing me to stay put as she goes into the kitchen, rapidly returning with a bowl of water and a cloth, as well as a first aid kit, taking a seat right next to me.
Kiba leaves the kitchen after her with a pack of flapjack bars, looks between us for a beat, then evidently decides not to deal with it and heads off into the rest of the building.
She pulls my arm onto her lap, and I tactfully ignore the intrusive thought to squish her thigh. She focuses on my arm, slowly dabbing the burns with lukewarm water and ensuring the area is clean. Once she's happy with it she puts some antiseptic cream on and wraps bandages around, before giving a nod.
It's really cute.
She turns to look at me with a small frown, "I expect you to be more careful in future." she instructs, and I can't help the smile creeping onto my face, at least until she squeezes my hand with a lot of strength.
"Owowow okay yes! I'll be careful I promise!"
"Hmph!" But I can see the corners of lips twitching up.
"Thank you Akeno, you're very sweet." I say, leaning into her slightly.
I feel her stiffen up and think I've fucked up, going to move away, but she grabs onto my arm still over her lap, holding me in place.
"Uh Akeno?"
She stays silent for a moment before squeezing my hand and turning to me, "Sorry Shi-kun, I'm okay, but I think I'm going to turn in for the night, will you be okay getting home?" and I can see a little shakiness in her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah I'll be fine, good night Akeno." I say, giving her hand a squeeze back before pulling away, letting her stand up.
She gives me a small bow before leaving quickly, and I give her a moment before I rise as well.
Toujou leaves the kitchen as I'm headed to the door, an assortment of snacks under her arms and some crumbs around her mouth.
"She's okay, just used to teasing, not so much the other stuff."
"Hm, right. Thanks Toujou, you're sweet too."
"Idiot pervert."
"Sweet and rude, interesting combo."
She somewhat lightly stomps my foot before leaving, and I have to limp for a few steps, but it still brings a smile to my face afterwards.
I'm almost out the the main room door when it swings open, almost knocking me back, Rias pausing and raising her eyebrow at me.
"Ahem, Akeno went to bed, Toujou and Kiba both took snacks somewhere, I promise I didn't do anything weird."
"Okaaay, I didn't think you did, though now I do. You heading back home?"
"Yeah, I was planning to, thanks again for everything Rias." I respond with a smile, getting another small blush out of her.
"Sure, have a good night Haruto." She replies with a smile.
As I go to step past her I have a thought.
"Oh, Rias do you have a minute to help me out with something?"
She blushes and glances down to my crotch, "Um Haruto, I mean I... We Shouldn't..."
"As much as I appreciate the mental image, that's not even close to what I was asking." I say, both eyebrows raised at her.
I didn't know she could make her face match her hair, but she does pull it off, letting out a low whine that lasts a good few seconds.
I can only chuckle while she recovers, and she coughs, still blushing ferociously.
"Um, right, how can I help?"
"Heh, well from everything I got a new 'charge' for my power, and I want to know if people would be able to sense when it grows, so I can be safe, or safer at least."
She gets a more serious look in her eyes, "Oh, yeah of course, go right ahead and I'll keep my senses out."
"Thanks Rias."
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Rolling Gold Ability Gacha Ticket
A Rare Ability!
[Sharpen]
|Rare Ability|
Allows you to sharpen objects you are touching, you can sharpen a blade until its blade is monomolecular or you can swing air and sharpen it to create razor sharp winds.
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Not bad, decent on it's own but the possibility for monomolecular feather blade storms is dangerous. It doesn't help me with magical defences but still.
Looking back up to Rias I see her brows furrowed, and shooting her a questioning look she stays silent for a moment before speaking.
"It's weird, I could sense fluctuations, like your power was jumping around by different amounts. If we say you before were at 100, one moment you were at 110, then 150, then 125 etc. Until eventually it settled. But yeah, it was noticeable I'm afraid."
Well, better to know than not.
"Thanks Rias, I'll have to be careful then. See you Monday." I say, giving her a wave as I make my way out, and she calls out "Bye!" behind me, not pushing to know my new change despite the obvious curiosity in her eyes.
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At home, I'm subjected to Mia's combination care and admonishment at seeing me injured, but once she's happy with the treatment Akeno provided I'm dragged to eat a late dinner, Mia having kept content with some dried meats in the fridge, and some fruit, and a pot noodle.
I do catch sight of my laptop with banking open, and once again I decide to leave Mia to it as there's at least one more digit than there was before. Thanks the gods that she can cover her own food budget.
I do play around and find a new Fusion Ability, though Mia is very firm about me not testing it until at least tomorrow night.
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Fusing [Fierce Wings] and [Sharpen]
[Bladed Feathers]
|Epic Ability|
Allows the user to grow wings that they can freely telekinetically control the feathers of that they can use projectiles, extra limbs or improvised weapons. All feathers, attached or not, can have their sharpness freely manipulated by thought, from blunt as training swords to a monomolecular edge. The user also retains the ability to affect anything they are touching, to the same degree of control.
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It's not long before I'm dragged off to bed, Mia saying I need to get a good nights sleep so I can be fresh for my date tomorrow, as she expects me to "Woo her and then do her" so... yeah.
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At about a quarter to twelve, fifteen minutes before we're meant to meet, I'm sat at the small fountain in the courtyard of the mall. I have no idea why I'm so anxious, well that's a lie, it's Momo, she's stupid hot and I really like spending time with her. And godsdammit I refuse to live my isekai life without at least a couple cute white haired girls.
I've gone with some slightly baggy black trousers, white sneakers, a plain white tee, that I didn't notice was one of the ones I've cut slits into until I was already out the door, and a thin dark green jacket over top.
Hearing some murmurs erupt around me I look up from my phone towards the entrance, and fuck.
Momo walks in, glancing around a little nervously, before she spots me and her face lights up, making my heart beat like crazy.
She's wearing a pale blue dress that ends just a centimetre above her white over the knee socks, white chunky trainers, and a blue handbag hanging by her side. She's stunning, and I'm still just staring even when she's already stopped in front of me, eliciting a giggle as she does a small spin.
"See something you like Haru?~" She says, looking up at me with a cheeky grin.
"Fuck."
"Hm, maybe if you play your cards right, now let's go!" She responds, pausing my brain again as she grabs my arm, pulling me into the mall.
I come back to consciousness as we enter the first store, or at least I hope this is the first and I haven't been blacked out for longer.
Momo seems to notice my eyes come back into focus as she laughs, leaning into me as we wander around the clothes shop. We spend about an hour going around, Momo gathering a collection of items for one of us to try on.
Eventually we head to the changing rooms, where she shoos me in first with an armful of items. What follows is a private fashion show, me putting on outfits, emerging, and getting them judged by Momo, either a yes, no, or partial. It's like I thought, she has good taste, and pretty much everything that gets the go ahead is something I like but might not have thought of for myself.
The final item however is just a pair of swim trunks, and I'm not shy, plus she's definitely winning so far today.
Stepping out in just the swimwear I think I can count a point for myself as she goes red, eyes trailing up and down before eventually settling on my amused face, a small 'eep' coming out making me snort.
"See something you like Momo?~" I ask, echoing her earlier question and taking a step towards her, not quite touching but very much in her space.
She takes an audible gulp, looking up at me and I can feel both my heart and my cock react.
She has every chance to step back, or hell she's a devil, she could manhandle me any which way if she wanted. But she doesn't, keeping eye contact as she slowly raises her hand to my chest. Taking the invitation I put my hands on her hips, and tightening my grip a little her eyes widen and her breath catches, her nails scratching me ever so slightly.
Our breath intermingles, and I know she can feel my heart beating.
Her eyes flicker down, and I take the invitation, pulling her towards me as I lean down, capturing her lips gently. I feel her melt into me, her chest on mine.
Squeezing her hips she moans lightly into my mouth and I take the chance to slip my tongue past her lips, deepening the kiss.
After what is probably too long but feels not enough we break apart, both panting, and looking at her flushed cheeks and hooded eyes I can't help but smile.
"We uh, we should probably stop huh? I managed to make sure we weren't disturbed for a bit but this probably isn't the place hm?" She mutters, though still not moving away from me.
I know she's right but fuck I want her.
Taking a shaky breath I manage to pull myself away, and she gives me a small smile but does nothing to hide the desire in her eyes.
It takes a minute to cool down as I change back into my clothes and set aside my 'buy' list, and Momo goes into the changing room to start her own fashion show, with a notably larger clothes pile than me.
I do my best to give good opinions, but I definitely don't know as much about fashion as her and it doesn't help that she looks good in everything, so I don't think I help her thin the pile much.
Eventually, she pops her head out giving me an impish smile before checking to either side.
I have no idea when she picked it up, but she steps out in a deep red lingerie set. Her boobs are almost spilling out while the rest of the top hugs her frame. Matching panties and garters decorate the lower half and I truly don't know where to look.
What I do know however, is what I want to do.
Pushing her back into the changing room I shut the curtain behind us and press her up against the wall, running my hands over her body as I claim her mouth in an intense kiss.
She hums in amusement, pressing her chest into me and her incredible ass into my hands, making me growl into her.
I can just about pull back, "Momo, I want you so fucking bad."
She lets out a breathy giggle, "Is that so? We haven't even had lunch yet Haru, but good to know how you feel about this set."
Taking a deep breath that I can see her smirking about I step back, but before leaving the changing room I stare her straight in the eyes, "Momo, if you keep this up I will marry you and ruin you, not necessarily in that order."
Her eyes widen but so does her smile, and the blush travelling down her chest almost matches the lingerie, though she recovers enough to gently push me out of the changing room with a small roll of her eyes.
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Making our way to a cafe, shopping bags in hand, I ask about her love of fashion and she reveals she wants to be a fashion designer, has done for ages just now it's for humans and devils.
She wants to eventually have her own fashion brand, and apparently that was part of her contract when joining Sitri's peerage, that she would get help to set that up once she's done with schooling and as long as she assists Sitri in her own goals. Apparently the Sitri have a lot of sway and a shop and some resources would be barely a drop in the bucket.
She also wouldn't be the first to have a business spanning both sides of the world, a fair few devils run or are involved with a number of the biggest corporations. Makes sense honestly. Momo admits she's probably too nice to grow all that big herself, but in an ideal world she'll hire someone ruthless to do that, and just do the fun stuff.
We talk about Sitri herself as well, and her dreams of a rating games school, accepting everyone which is admirable, though she explains that even with the changes to better support reincarnated devils as a whole, the rating game scene is still very much dominated by the upper class.
Even though the laws as a whole better support them, private business, groups, and the like can still keep to pillars or high class devils if they want. And that is a fact that almost every place or group that assist in training devils and their peerages for rating games make use of. It's one of the concessions the Satans made to get the reforms they wanted through. Momo doesn't know every single aspect, but political education is something Sitri insists on apparently.
We have a really nice lunch at this little Italian cafe, even if I lose the conversation a little a few times as she slides her foot up my leg, giggling every time she affects me.
I discuss a little more of my past, briefly touching on the loss of my parents in this life, which suitably brings the mood down - good job me.
Thankfully Momo is able to save it, asking me about living in Britain and the funny or annoying changes to living here. She also spends some time gushing about some of the festivals throughout the year that I obviously haven't experienced, which gives me something to look forward to as she promises to show me all the best ones near here.
With help from a sound barrier that Momo puts up quickly, we also spend a fair bit of time discussing the supernatural. She explains to me how she was approached by Sitri last year as a good fit. Her family has a few magicians in its history, notably including her aunt who is apparently known enough for Sitri to recognise the surname as working with a magician organisation.
I give her the same information I gave Rias, I very much intend for Momo to be mine for a long long time, and while I might omit some things, I won't keep everything about me hidden from her on the off chance of danger.
She gets deep in thought considering how it all works, her love of magic making her want to solve the mystery. We go back and forth and I am quickly on the back foot as I get to understand just how smart Momo is on magic, and her enthusiasm is infectious, I'm sure without the sound barrier we'd be really annoying, and I do notice a few strange looks as we're pretty animated with no noise coming out.
The odd looks send us into some giggles, I'm sure just adding to the concerns of those around us.
As we're wrapping up lunch, she also mentions that Sitri wants to speak with me on Monday, apparently now that I'm involved in the supernatural she wants to 'meet me properly', which is slightly scary.
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We took our time with lunch, but as the afternoon begins to wane we start making our way home, as much as I don't want it to end and hopefully she feels the same.
Evidently, that's at least not the only thing she's feeling, as we walk down a quiet residential road Momo pauses, looks around quickly, and then pushes me into an alley.
I barely have time to react before she's pressed up against me, staring me down and breathing a bit heavily.
"Haru-chan, I had a really nice time today, and I know that especially if you become a devil you're going to have multiple women after you, hell I'm pretty sure I know at least two right now."
Excuse me?
"So, I want to make sure you remember me, Sir~" She purrs, sliding her hand underneath my trousers and boxers, grasping my rapidly hardening cock.
"Besides, I got you pretty worked up earlier hmm?~ And it wouldn't be right to leave you, unsatisfied~" she whispers, fishing my cock out and starting to pump her hand up and down, maintaining eye contact as my breathing picks up.
Her hand feels so good wrapped around me, and she smears the beads of precum, teasing the tip with her thumb on every stroke.
"Shit, Momo!" is all I can hiss out before she leans up on her tiptoes and kisses me.
I have no idea how long she jerks me off as we kiss, but after a while I feel myself start to twitch and I break the kiss, murmuring into her "Momo, I'm close, fuck.."
"Mhmm~"
She pulls back slightly, still on her tiptoes, and pulls her dress over her tight stomach.
"I know Sir, and I know where I want you~"
She tucks the bottom of her dress under her chin, exposing her tiny white panties. She pulls the front of them forward, and I catch a glimpse of her pussy, a small strip of white hair on top, and she aims my cock into her underwear.
"Please paint my pussy, let me walk home with your cum in my underwear. Please~" she pants, her words pushing me over the edge as I grip her shoulders, letting myself go. My cum spurts out over the top of her pussy and into her panties as I groan.
She slows her strokes, only stopping once the final drops land on her fingers.
She gently lets go of her panties, and I can see the wet spot at the front from me, and underneath from her. She lets her dress fall before raising her hand to her face, glancing at the beads of cum on her fingers before winking and licking them clean.
"Fucking hells Momo."
She just giggle impishly before leaning up to whisper in my ear, "You'll be returning the favour before too long I hope?"
Letting out a slow breath as I recover, I can only mutter "Whenever and wherever.."
She gives me a beaming innocent smile which is very much at odds with the image of her jacking me off into her panties and licking her hand clean that is forever locked in my mind now.
She offers me her arm which I take with a slightly bemused face, and drags me skipping out of the alley.
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Eventually we reach her home, a nice house not too far from Kuoh Academy, and she stops us outside the front gates.
"I had a really nice time today Haru, I hope we can do it again? The date and the other stuff?" She asks with a blush.
I lean in and give her a soft kiss, "I'd love to Momo."
She surely knew the answer but her bright smile makes my heart skip anyway.
"Okay, yay! Umm, I'll text you later and see you Monday?"
"Of course, see you then." I promise, stepping back reluctantly.
She turns and enters her gates, I know she doesn't need protection, but I still wait until she's safely inside, giving each other a wave as I depart for home, the lovely ping the cherry on top of an amazing day.
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Feat Achieved! First date complete, good job Casanova! +1 Silver Random Gacha Ticket
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Rolling Silver Random Gacha Ticket
An Uncommon Skill!
[Intermediate Leadership]
|Uncommon Skill|
You are a leader, you know how to motivate, take charge of and lead people with decent effectiveness, instilling confidence into them and making them do what you want them to do. You are an effective leader.
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I could have rolled the ability to trip myself and it still would have been a good day.
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A/N: First devil date and devil lewd complete, I struggled a bit with this chapter but I'm happy enough with how it came out, and I've been raring to up Momo from just flirting.
Next time we'll get an oh so scary talk with Sona Sitri, and some more movement on the devil front. Until then! Like ReplyReport Reactions:Sypho.uad, Drew_The_Ghost, irontony9065 and 398 othersStBopsiNov 12, 2025Add bookmarkView discussionThreadmarks Chapter 15: Second time's the charm with Sitri New View contentStBopsiKnow what you're doing yet?Nov 15, 2025NewAdd bookmark#576Chapter 15
Arriving at school on Monday, it's a good day for me and maybe an even better day for the Kuoh gossip hounds as Momo is waiting for me in the courtyard, giving me a big wave when she sees me.
Apparently subtlety is out the window and then set on fire as we meet and she drags me down by my shirt into a kiss. I just barely hear the mix of gasps and whoops from the crowd as I focus on her. After a couple seconds she pulls back, grabbing my hand and interlocking our fingers before she pulls me towards the main building, not a care for those around us.
I do catch Akeno give me a thumbs up and a wink from across the way before she's pulled along by a blushing Rias.
I know we both have a small blush as we walk through the school towards homeroom, but I can't bring myself to care with her hand in mine and her body pushed up against me.
Our classmates offer a mix of "Finally!", "Congratulations!", and wolf whistles when they see us, but we just give them a small bow and go to sit down, finally separating our hands when Ikuta-sensei walks in.
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When the lunch bell finally rings Momo grabs me and heads towards the cafeteria, giving our schoolmates another chance to gossip and/or congratulate us. Their congratulations do make me realise something, and like with many of my decisions involving Momo I should stop being stupid and waiting, so as we sit down with our food - alone for the moment, I turn to her and squeeze her hand.
"Hey Momo, I know we've done things a bit out of order, but I wanted to ask you properly to uh, be my girlfriend?"
A very tiny "eep" comes out as her cheeks darken, but she bumps her shoulder into me, "Obviously yes, dummy." she says, and I can't help the smile on my face.
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Feat Achieved! Harem start! Get your first girlfriend +1 Silver Familiar Gacha Ticket
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The smile on my face obviously triggers some sort of sixth sense to my teasing apparently already developing, as I go to open my mouth she turns and kisses me quickly, effectively shutting me up.
Nimura and Umeda take this time to arrive at the table, Nimura letting out an over-exaggerated gagging sound and Umeda huffing in amusement.
Momo rolls her eyes as they sit, and she gently pushes me away as her and Nimura start rapidly discussing the date and our burgeoning relationship, giggles and glances coming at me across the table that I definitely ignore.
I just enjoy my lunch with my girlfriend and friends, occasionally sharing a look with Umeda when their whispering gets a bit louder and/or they say something crazy. When Momo starts talking about our walk home I almost choke on my food, but she skips past the specifics thankfully. Nimura seems to notice that and my reaction, promising to get the truth out of Momo one way or another.
Umeda, choosing to not be dragged into the discussion, leans towards me "Congratulations Shitara, take care of her or I'll bite you." She says, giving me a serious nod and flashing her teeth.
Unfortunately for both of us I find that hot, and clearly have an issue with self-control around hot girls.
"Don't threaten me with a good time."
Pause.
I just stare blankly at Umeda, thinking over my life decisions.
Momo and Nimura stop mid-sentence and turn to us, both surprised, but if I was paying more attention I might have caught the glint in Momo's eye.
Umeda's expression hasn't changed, but for I think the first time I see a dark blush on her cheeks. After a moment her eyes slowly slide down, thoughts racing behind her eyes. She shoots a glance over to Momo who just raises an eyebrow at her.
Umeda looks back at me, down to my hand on the table, and back to my face. Moving slowly with a face of what I can only describe as mortification mixed with anticipation she picks up my hand, brings it towards her face, and gently bites the side of my hand, leaving small pinprick imprints.
Probably luckily for everyone involved the bell goes for the end of lunch and Umeda shoots up, speed walking out of the cafeteria as I just blink after her.
Nimura lets out a slightly choked laugh, before getting up and giving us a wave goodbye.
Momo slides back over to me, grabbing me up, "Come on loverboy, back to class." She says with a chuckle, "and don't worry, I'm not mad or anything at either of you, honestly" her voice drops to a whisper "it was kinda hot hm?~"
With a smirk she raises my other hand, giving me a small bite before returning to her perfectly innocent face as we reach the classroom.
Oh she is so gonna get it.
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As school ends and people head for their clubs or home, Momo guides me towards the student council room.
We arrive a little later than intended, well sort of, since I very much intended to pull Momo into a classroom for a couple of minutes.
Momo enters first, to the amused stares of the rest of the student council as they see her slightly plumped up lips and untucked shirt.
"Ahem, Kaichou, I've bought Haru as requested." Momo says, a blush overtaking her cheeks as she staunchly refuses to look at anyone but Sitri.
I slide in behind her and stand to the side, closing the door behind me, and give a wave to the assembled devils.
"Thank you Momo, and I hear - and see - congratulations are in order." Sitri says with a small smirk, eliciting giggles throughout the room.
"Right! Thanks Kaichou!" Momo squeaks out, walking over to her small desk and sitting down, not looking around at all.
I give a quick glance around, this being the first time I've seen the entire council/peerage in one place, and give everyone a quick hello. Umeda doesn't quite meet my eyes but gives me a nod, something that a couple others apparently notice, Nimura letting out a little snort which draws a few eyes.
What is a surprise is that it's apparently not just beautiful school girls, as an incredibly sharply dressed man enters.
"Lady Sitri, my administrative tasks are complete, do you have any further need of me?" He says, with a small bow.
"No, thank you as always Curano, feel free to head home." She responds, getting another small bow, his eyes pausing on me before giving a nod to the rest of the group and departing.
Sona offers me an explanation before I can ask, "Curano is a butler of my family that was bought in as a very impressive extra-clan devil, and is my rook. Like we are here as students he serves as the vice principal of the school."
One of the girls I haven't really met pipes up before she can say anything else, "Don't forget that he's Tsubasa's big time crush!" she calls out, getting a loud noise that I'm hard pressed to describe from who I assume is Tsubasa.
"Anyway, thank you for coming Shitara-san, please, take a seat." Sitri says, gesturing to the seat on the other side of her desk.
"Thanks Kaichou, nice to see you again." I say, taking a seat and giving her what I hope is a charming smile.
"Likewise. Firstly, let me thank you for assisting Rias and her peerage with dealing with the stray devil Viser last week." She starts, folding her hands on the desk in front of her.
"I will take that to balance out your little exploding stray incident." She continues, raising an eyebrow at me, though I can see a little hint of amusement in her eyes.
"In fairness, I didn't explode it, it just kinda did that.."
All it gets me is Sitri somehow further raising her eyebrow, and a couple of chuckles from behind me.
"Either way, we met briefly in my role as the student council president, but I would like to greet you as Sona Sitri, heiress to the Sitri family and King of Kuoh."
"Hello Sitri, nice to meet this you, I'm still Haruto Shitara, some form of magic or weird ability user, student, and now Momo's boyfriend!" I respond with a smile, winning another point given the "Ee!" behind me, as Sitri offers me a small smile.
"Now then, there is one specific thing I wished to discuss with you Shitara-san, that being your 'truth light' ability as Rias described it, would you be willing to demonstrate it?"
"Sure, on the two of us or?" I ask, and I see a little bit of surprise on her face, prompting a questioning look.
"Sorry Shitara-san, much of the supernatural are hesitant to reveal their powers and abilities peacefully unless they are very confident in their position or extremely close allies, and sometimes not even then. Your willingness to do so is surprising and refreshing."
"Huh, I guess that makes sense, but I already did so to Rias, and even if I were to never get involved with you professionally, I very much intend to be involved with Momo -" A chorus of "ooo"s and a single "eep" from behind me "- and I don't want to hide things from the people important to me, and I wouldn't expect her to do so from you in most cases, certainly not for something I've already shared with Rias."
"Thank you Shitara-san, that's a very mature thought process, and of course I appreciate it, both your trust in me and clear care for Momo. Anyway, yes, please cast it over the two of us."
I slot in Confessors Light and let it shine down, the tingly feeling passing over me. Again, I intend to keep that I'm immune to it to myself for now.
"So, Rias explained it, but it was among many things she said to me following your discussion, would you mind explaining it from your understanding?"
"Sure, so it's only effective within the light, meaning anyone not willing would have to be restrained or the like."
"Kinky." echoes from somewhere behind, Sitri giving a withering glare while the rest try to hold in giggles.
"And those within are compelled to tell the truth to questions asked of them. Technically that truth could be that you don't want to answer, but obviously that reveals some information on its own." I continue.
"Interesting, thank you Shitara-san, would you ask me a question so I can experience it please?"
Okay, which way do I want to go here? I'd rather not get drowned so maybe don't ask what colour her panties are or something. I also don't want or really need to try and get complex information out of her, this isn't an interrogation.
"Hm, can I ask how 'serious' you'd like me to be?"
"I leave it up to you Shitara-san, I won't begrudge you using this chance to benefit, though obviously if you do anything that could harm me or those I care about, I will deal with it appropriately."
I think this is worth it.
"Okay, in your opinion, should I accept Rias' offer to join her peerage?"
Sitri pauses, clearly having not expected that question, though she recovers quickly, pausing in thought for a moment.
"In my opinion, yes. There are a number of reasons, though neither of the two I consider most important are to do with direct benefit to you."
Okay, that makes sense I guess, if nothing else she'd want her friend to get what she wants.
"Would you be willing to share those reasons Sitri? I can turn off the Confessors if you'd like, I don't intend to turn this into an interrogation."
She gives me a gentle smile before shaking her head.
"You don't have to Shitara-san, this is an important topic, and I don't intend to try and trick you into a decision one way or the other, keeping your Confessors active is the smart decision." She says, pausing after to gather her thoughts.
"The first reason I suspect is fairly obvious, Rias is one of my best friends, and she doesn't want the marriage that has been arranged for her. Her best and likely only chance to get out of it is with a rating game, and her chances in said game improve with you in her peerage." She explains, as I expected.
"The second reason affects both Rias and myself. With you in her peerage and closely tied to mine through Momo, any other friendships or relationships that develop, and my friendship with Rias, we would both benefit from what I suspect would be your rising star. Given what you told Rias of your abilities, you will likely end up high in whatever group or organisation you join. If that were the devils and I could get in at the ground floor so to speak, I would likely benefit greatly, even if just by association."
That's fair, rather clinical but she's the heiress of a powerful family with big dreams, I shouldn't be surprised that's how she thinks, even if it does feel a bit off. Then again, she's literally not human, despite spending a few years here, realistically Rias is the 'weird' devil I guess.
She doesn't stop there however, offering me a softer look.
"However, those are not the only reasons, for one, Momo is incredibly fond of you, and given what I know and have heard, the feeling is mutual. If you were a devil you would better be able to continue this relationship. Only fully and exclusively contracted magician humans are allowed to remain in the underworld full time, and even then are subject to more stringent laws. Eventually I, and Momo, will return to the underworld for longer periods, if you elected not to tie yourself to the devils in any way, you would be severely limited."
Momo notably doesn't speak up at this, and I suspect it is playing on her mind but she doesn't want to come off as manipulating me or anything.
"Furthermore, there is the matter of the benefits devils gain. From my admittedly limited understanding of your powers, you are not guaranteed the benefits that we offer, at least not in the same timeframe. And frankly, as I said I suspect you will reach the top of the devils eventually if you join, so the 'servitude' aspect is, in my opinion, a non-issue. I would give it a hundred years at most before you could completely remove any chains on you and start reforming as you desire. If you have no true limits as you believe, I could be sat across from the next Satan."
She says it so calmly, and while I know theoretically she's right, it's still a bit crazy to hear. Right now a Satan could sneeze while they're a city away from me and obliterate me, but I will get there. Would doing so as part of an already powerful faction really be a bad thing?
"Finally, and this ties into every one of my other points, I believe you could be good for the devils. Despite the reforms benefitting the reincarnated and low class devils, there are still many aspect of our society that are holding us back. Even just your Confessors would be major boon to criminal investigations or interrogations, how many injustices could be righted, tragedies prevented, or conflicts stopped just with this ability? I would like to see the answer to that, and being clinical, you giving up your literal humanity is a small price."
I take a couple of moment to digest everything she's said, Sitri just looking at me calmly as I do, the rest of the room quiet as well.
"Thank you Sitri, I appreciate the detail you went into there, and I can't say I disagree with any of your points, even if a few are not 'for' me as such. Even your 'selfish' reasons will end up helping others anyway, and while I won't claim to be selfless, I like to think I'm a decent person."
Lapsing back into silence, I hear a chair scrape behind me, Momo coming up and cupping my face, making me look at her.
"Haru, I like you, and I won't deny that I would like you to become a devil, I won't hide that. But, it's your decision, take what Kaichou said into account, but what really matters is what you want." She says seriously, though as she finishes she clearly realises everyone is looking at her and her blush rises.
"Ahm, sorry Kaichou, didn't mean to step on what you said or anything!" She blurts out, going to run back to her desk before I grab her hand.
Sitri meanwhile just gives the two of us a small smile.
"Of course Momo, you're right, if it's not truly your decision Shitara-san, then none of those benefits are likely to come to fruition, at least as much as they could if you gave your all to it."
I let Confessors fade, giving Momo's hand a squeeze before letting her rush back and sink into her seat.
"Thank you, Sitri, I've got plenty to think about, but I promise not to leave Rias in the lurch for too long."
"Thank you Shitara-san. Now then, the reason I asked about your Confessors ability, is that I wanted to discuss potentially hiring you to use said ability if the opportunity arises. I don't know if Rias mentioned but we have an issue with some exorcists and fallen that have appeared and disappeared recently, if we were able to capture one without inciting an inter-faction incident then your ability would be invaluable in determining the full situation."
It doesn't take much thought to make a decision, I'd hopefully get a ticket as well as whatever reward Sitri ends up offering, and it's not like I have any love for the fallen.
"Sure, I can agree to that, just let me know as needed. Though, do you mind expanding on the potential for an incident, I thought you were at war no?" I question.
"Ah, of course, so the devils and fallen, as well as Heaven, are in a three-way cold war. There are sections within each faction, notably including the 'head' of the fallen and the Satans, that would like to see this period of peace continue. There are however those under and around them that would see the war turn hot, and taking aggressive actions without a 'good' reason could be the spark they want. Unfortunately just the fallen existing near us is not 'good' reason." She says with a slight scowl.
"So, you're forced to wait for them to make a move?"
"Effectively yes. Trust me, it's frustrating, and we suspect they have been involved in actions that would qualify, but it ultimately comes down to proving it. If we were to have enough to action capturing one, then your ability would allow us to gather the confession to act further."
"I understand, and yes that's fine. I won't pretend not to at least be involved with the devils, especially for some rogue fallen causing trouble."
That earns me a smile from Sitri, and I can't deny that she's beautiful. It's something I knew from our first interaction, but seeing her warmer and (slightly) more relaxed now is nice. Maybe I should find a way to help her get more relaxed hm?
"Thank you again Shitara-san. Now, if there's nothing else I'll let you go for the day, the rabble have had their show and have work to get to."
That earns a groan from the room as I hear paper start to be shuffled.
"Then I will leave you all to it, take care." I say, standing and making my way over to Momo, giving her a quick kiss and a promise to message her later.
As I reach the door I hear Nimura call for me, making me turn, "Shitara-san, are you not going to get a goodbye bite from Kiyomi-chan too?" she says, an appropriately devilish smirk on her face as Umeda goes stiff, eyes wide, slowly turning to look around the room, with Nimura's shit-eating grin, Momo's look of amusement, and the rest of the room's piqued interest.
Well, I know how a gentleman should behave here.
I slip out the door, calling behind me "Bye girls, good luck Umeda!" and rush out of the school.
~~ Kiyomi Umeda ~~
I can't wait until next training, I'm going to freeze Ruruko solid.
I can feel the blush on my cheeks, and I don't stand a chance at ignoring this. Ironically it's like sharks smelling blood in the water, even Kaichou doesn't stop them as they descend on me, getting the full story out of an amused Ruruko and Momo.
What sort of freak finds getting bitten by someone with crazy sharp teeth hot anyway!?
~~ Haruto Shitara ~~
A shiver goes down my spine as I leave the school. I'm sure it's fine.
The evening passes calmly with Mia, and I get a message from Rias reminding me that they have a full training session tomorrow after school, which I confirm I'll be attending, so that should be good.
It's after dinner that I remember the pressure of the Gacha, I have a ticket to roll!
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Rolling Silver Familiar Gacha Ticket
A Common Familiar!
[Wooper]
|Common Familiar|
Pokemon - A derpy-looking water creature. It can spray water from its mouth and is stronger than a human but otherwise, its greatest strength is its charming derpy look.
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"Oopah!"
You know what? Fuck yeah Wooper.
"Oopah." I respond sagely.
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A/N: I love Wooper, I truly truly do. But the next slot on the gacha was Cerberus from Helltaker. A three-in-one white haired demonic girl familiar.
Them's the breaks.
We also get some more information on the current situation as well as Sona's view on Haruto's potential recruitment. Obviously she's considering her own benefit, but fair.