(Image: Shuri)
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Akuto and Akeno made the decision together: let Shuri be Akeno's mother once again, and let Akeno be Shuri's daughter once again.
As for Akuto, his role was naturally Shuri's suitor.
Now, with Akuto spreading teachings widely and advancing magic-tech development, the Akame ga Kill world had already entered a quasi-modern stage of life.
It still hadn't reached full modern standards, but since the Himejima main family in the DxD world had always been extremely conservative, Shuri's original lifestyle hadn't been particularly modern in the first place.
So Akeno and Akuto arranged a position for Shuri as the head priestess of "Himejima Shrine," letting her live in an environment almost identical to her previous life.
The only difference was that the local townspeople would occasionally ask Shuri—who held the status of a "miko"—to go "exterminate Danger Beasts."
Back when she was revived, Akuto had casually slipped an Irregular Piece to Shuri. Coupled with Shuri's identity as a natural-born Fallen Angel, her strength quickly rose to the level of an Ultimate-class Fallen Angel.
With Shuri's protection, the town's residents lived peaceful and harmonious days.
Until one day, Shuri encountered a massive Danger Beast whose strength had reached Maou-class.
At the critical moment, she was saved by a young man named "Akuto."
After escorting Shuri back home, Akuto did not leave. Instead, he stayed in Shuri's town, and from time to time he would go with her to hunt Danger Beasts and exorcise evil spirits and the like.
Because of the "hero saving the beauty," and because there had been physical contact during that rescue, Shuri's initial affection toward Akuto was quite high.
Even though he had only been staying for a short time, Shuri soon realized that whenever she met Akuto's eyes, she would blush and unconsciously look away.
Normally, Akuto should have lived beside Shuri's shrine, and the two would have gradually grown close over time.
Unfortunately, Akuto didn't have that kind of time. Spending several months doing nothing but staying by Shuri's side was, for the current Akuto, practically impossible.
So he could only take a more "middle path" approach—appearing by Shuri's side from time to time.
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But Akuto's style—never intruding on her daily life, only showing up when she set out to exterminate Danger Beasts—gave Shuri an immense sense of security instead.
The Akame ga Kill world had no such thing as a "Himejima clan," but Shuri's situation of "having a daughter out of wedlock" still brought her no small amount of gossip.
Fortunately, she bore the sacred duty of "protecting the people," so the town's residents adored her. If anyone tried to slander or attack her, before their words—or their bodies—could ever reach Shuri, the townspeople would step in of their own accord and stop them.
At first, Shuri assumed that Akuto would also mind her "unwed mother" circumstances.
But Akuto acted as if he didn't care at all. Instead, he proactively explained to Shuri the significance of the "natural-born Fallen Angel" bloodline.
And it was from Akuto that Shuri came to learn—
A "natural-born Fallen Angel" was the opposite of a "natural-born Angel," the so-called "reverse side" of "divinity."
Speaking of which, even after coming to this other world, Shuri still had three everyday concerns that never quite left her mind.
The first was this: even though she had been reborn in another world, there were still so many believers around her who worshiped the God of the Bible.
After investigation, Shuri discovered that this world's Christian doctrine was actually identical to the one from her original world.
Faced with such ironclad facts, she could only sigh at the God of the Bible's greatness and vastness—preaching across worlds.
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Days passed in calm peace.
Until one day, a group of missionaries suddenly arrived outside the town, claiming they were here to further spread the gospel of the Lord and the Holy Son.
During their preaching, they discovered Shuri's identity as a Fallen Angel.
Once her identity was exposed, Akuto stepped forward and revealed his own identity as the "Holy Son." Using that status, he granted Shuri the title of "Saint," declaring that all her sins had been washed clean.
That's right—despite being a Fallen Angel, Shuri was given the status of a "Saint," which admittedly sounded a little strange.
But in reality, the only person who found it strange was Shuri herself. Whether the townspeople or the nuns, everyone accepted it quickly.
After all, Shuri truly had been doing good for the people around her all along.
Only then did Shuri understand how the Christianity of this world differed from the Christianity of her original world. When facing heresy, as long as the other party was not some great evil, there was a high probability they would be forgiven and accepted.
Only then did Shuri understand why Akuto knew the concept of "natural-born Fallen Angels" so well.
Only then did Shuri understand why Akuto always appeared by her side whenever she needed him.
So that was it…
He was the Holy Son who had descended into the world!
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After revealing his identity, Akuto explained to Shuri that he was "manifesting holiness in the world" as the Holy Son, spreading doctrine. The real Akuto was actually in the heavens; the one by Akeno's side was merely an avatar manifested in the mortal world.
Shuri accepted Akuto's explanation. Her heart, already wavering, wavered even more after this incident.
After learning Akuto's identity as the Holy Son, Shuri fell into an unprecedented turmoil.
She began to question whether she should continue as she once intended—developing feelings with Akuto as a partner.
In the end, she decided…
To give up.
So as not to cause Akuto trouble, Shuri gave up the possibility of pursuing her own happiness and proactively cut off contact with him.
And at that moment, a powerful Danger Beast attacked.
To deal with it, Akuto stepped forward and unleashed his true power.
In that battle, Akuto exorcised the Danger Beast, but as he explained it, because he had used power beyond what his avatar could withstand, he had no choice but to return to the heavens.
And so…
Akuto vanished from Shuri's world forever.
Shuri returned to her quiet daily life once more, but… from time to time, she would stare blankly at the place where Akuto had once stayed.
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Clearly, Akuto had done it on purpose.
He did it to give Shuri's feelings time to ferment.
He believed that when they met again, the feelings Shuri had suppressed and left to simmer for so long would erupt all at once.
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While accompanying Shuri, Akuto hadn't been idle elsewhere either.
After all, his "setting" was: "He will appear by Shuri's side when she needs him." When Shuri was living her ordinary life, Akuto had plenty of his own business to handle.
The DxD world.
After the tripartite summit, Akuto became the General Council Chair of the "DxD Agency."
Within three days after the summit ended, Akuto used the memories inside the heads of the three former Maou—Leviathan, Beelzebub, and Asmodeus—to locate the remnants of the former Maou faction's bases scattered around the world.
Along with a portion of people who came forward to surrender voluntarily, the current Akuto could be said to have absorbed all members of the "Leviathan, Beelzebub, Asmodeus" three major factions worldwide.
He had even absorbed quite a few members of the "Lucifer" faction as well.
The reason was simple: Lizevim had never built his own faction, but the other Maou descendants of the Lucifer line still wanted to overthrow the reformist Maou. As a result, once the Lucifer-line descendants began joining the three major factions in succession, the situation became unstoppable.
After absorbing a large number of bloodline fragments from female Lucifer-line descendants, Akuto gathered the final imprint—
The Lucifer Imprint.
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In addition, the subordinate execution squads of the DxD Agency were finally formed successfully.
At this stage, the execution squads were not large in number, but they were elites among elites. Under Akuto's arrangements, aside from the original personnel, he also assigned many of his own people into the squads, granting them legal and legitimate identities that made it easier to do many things.
Angel side: Dulio, Griselda, Leila Lili…
Fallen Angel side: Kise Kiwi, Amano Yuuma, Mittelt, Carvana…
Devil side: Sona, Rias, Grayfia…
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At the end of the day, Akuto's identity was "General Council Chair." It was impossible—and also inappropriate—for him to personally handle everything.
Therefore, the current work of the DxD Agency was primarily delegated by Akuto to Grayfia, Griselda, Ravel, and Amano Yuuma.
Grayfia took the lead, Griselda assisted, while Yuuma and Ravel served as secretaries.
It seemed that, considering the increased workload on Grayfia's side, Maou Alice even deliberately reduced a portion of Grayfia's other obligations so that she could spend more time staying with Akuto.
And Grayfia's life at Akuto's side could be described as quite fulfilling. Whenever Grayfia complained that work was exhausting, Akuto would simply pull her close and kiss her, soothing her firmly.
Each time, Grayfia would complain verbally that she didn't want it, but according to Akuto's emotion-sensing ability, after each kiss her stress would drop to its lowest point, and her satisfaction would rise to its highest point.
The only pity was that Grayfia had merely accepted the fact that Akuto would kiss her, and that she would unconsciously respond to him when it happened—she still had no intention of taking things any further.
Still, Akuto believed that with time, Grayfia would accept it in the end.
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Then there was Ravel's side.
After Akuto revealed his overwhelming strength and obtained the position of General Council Chair, Ravel began receiving a huge number of invitations.
Even more than two months ago, through Akuto's subordinate Via Asta—(?)—he had been invited to a certain household under the pretext of "fulfilling a formal afternoon tea appointment."
The thinking of these young, pure-blood devil women was simple: before Akuto formally married Rias and Ravel, they wanted to seize the final chance to "get on the train," and secure the title of "first-batch fiancée."
And so, with Akuto's tacit approval, Ravel was clearly thinking of turning the upcoming young-generation devil gathering into Akuto's "matchmaking convention."
(End of Chapter)
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