Chapter 65: Newest addition to the peerage

"Big brother!" Shirone who was waiting at the train station together with Ingvild, Diana and Julia came running fast before leaping into his arms.

Masaru noticed this and passed his bags to Ichika before he caught Shirone, he spins around one turn before placing her back down. "I'm back"

Masaru gently caress Shirone's head, Ingvild came forward and Masaru gave her a hug. "Did you have fun?" Ingvild was a bit envious although she did not show it, she too wanted to go with Masaru. Masaru nodded with a smile before taking the bags he given to Ichika back and went together with everyone towards Diana.

"Welcome back Masaru, although I am a bit angry I will let it slide since I can see..." She looks at Akeno and Ichika acting differently from normal before continuing

"The trip was really fruitful for your growth"

Masaru simply laughed it off leaving the girls to chat with his Mother and Sister, he really had no idea what to say when they start talking so the best option is to stay silent and listen until Julia came next to him.

"Masaru, you did not forget your beloved elder sister right?" Masaru looked at Julia for a moment before taking out a packet of toffees for her.

Julia puffed her chest saying something that was actually meant to be for herself "Now I will go take down Circe a peg for thinking she is better than me"

Masaru who listened to this only thought 'Just what the hell happened when I was gone?'

But soon Diana came to explain to him the toys he introduced has come in contact with Diehauser's peerage and because of its gaming score feature the competition was quite heated. Masaru could only scratch the back of his head since he already designed another few games.

All of these games are aiming to aid training with a side effect of being addictive as well, especially in the aiming department since he noticed it. In order to ensure some of the girls hit their target, they use things that can offset to the surroundings when it touches something or the ground.

'Will have to train their control together with aiming huh? So many ideas to try out. And things to fix. The way to the apex of the world is really lengthy and tough' He thought

After confirming they could go home from the teachers that came together with them it did not take that long for Masaru and them to finally reach home. It has only been three days and two nights but it felt like it was much longer than that when Masaru arrived in his room, he took a deep breathe in before releasing it all out.

[Heh, did you miss home that much?]

"Hehe, honestly that battle was intense, I am not sure if that spider and werewolf were holding back, however, their natural resistances to magic and their cooperation was quite the hassle to deal with" Masaru spoke.

[I believe it will be best for you to start studying the subject of the soul in earnest. That last attack succeeded in injuring since you did not learn about such techniques and how to defend against it, You also have that woman you have to wake up and the results might just give you the answer you seek to defeat these creatures]

"That's right! Soul attacks... But isn't destroying souls taboo?"

[How the hell should I know? If it's to survive then I don't care, but remember Boy you will be using this on those creatures so I doubt there will be anyone complaining if you do what you have to]

Masaru thought for a moment about what he just mentioned, it really is reasonable since from the looks of it these creatures have nothing else in their existence other than destruction so there are bound to be beings that find them a nuisance.

"I will speed up my studies on Souls but I think I need to work on a few techniques combining a few magic elements in my sword techniques like my Seeking Light which is my current strongest sword attack"

[Well Space, Gravity, poison, curses could be better choices for practicality. But then again there is no need to make Elemental sword techniques since you can simply just add the element when you use a sword technique instead...]

Masaru nodded while he started to plan the upcoming Vacations that was approaching but something else was coming. It is so dangerous that it can violate the minds of those who simply think about it. It really is that dangerous...

Tests

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"Haah!" Barold leaned back on the chair releasing a loud sigh, stretching his neck and arms while glancing at Masaru with a tired smile. "Thank god the tests are over... Having sleepless nights studying is simply a backbreaker"

Masaru laughed thinking Barold still had it easy compared to him, 'Try studying in a room with girls all wearing sexy sleepwear in your room' Masaru thought.

"You going to Rias's territory this vacation?"

Barold nodded as that was indeed the plan for this coming vacation "Yes, I am not sure who but someone said something quite amazing to our Buchou that she snapped out of it even training us like that Sparta Movie"

"That's good, remember when we fight on the Rating games ---" Masaru stick out his fist and Barold lightly bump his fist with his own.

"We are enemies fighting for our dreams" The two of them laughed for a moment.

"Ara, so you already declaring war on me? Masaru-kun" Masaru turned towards the voice catching the glimpse of crimson hair before he came across the Gremory heiress, Rias.

"Yep, Because the competition to reach the top is built upon stepping stones"

Rias who heard Masaru could not help but smile ferociously "Very well... I will accept it. I will wait for the day we meet in combat and I will blow you away" She turned away heading back to Akeno who was currently talking with Sona.

"Seems your Buchou actually is doing much better... With this the Rating games will be even more interesting" Masaru commented while Barold agreed.

"How was your maths test?" Masaru flinched at Barold's odd question.

His face cramped up a bit "It was good but that Teacher is bloody evil! The number of tricks he placed in there can't be counted with one's hands, He even sneaked in some middle school questions inside to trick us thinking it was a complicated question"

Hearing this the surrounding boys all nodded, this Math test was really the worst one they ever experienced this year.

"Well, I will see you 'there' during the Vacation, take care and have fun Barold" Masaru stood up taking his bag while waving.

"Good luck" Barold began to pack his bags as well, since Rias already arranged a trip for them to Underworld.

Masaru was currently heading to the Kendo Club, it has been quite a while he last spoke with Sakura as he was monitoring her actions ever since he told her a slight bit of his secrets as a form of test.

So far the results have been favourable and this is why he chose this day to confront her, it's a vacation so he will be able to introduce her to everyone in one go.

'I only wonder what kind of Sacred gear in her body is, it still had not displayed any signs of activity...' He thought as he entered the Kendo club seeing Sakura was standing alone in the room staring at her sword, Masaru thread lightly towards her as he was not certain if she was experiencing enlightenment or perhaps she is simply in a daze.

It was only when he was close enough to see that she really was at lost about something, he gently tapped her shoulder

"KYAAAA Pervert!" She jumped forward twisting her body to spin mid-air while pointing her sword at the fiendish pervert who dared to touch her while she was alone, but what she saw was Masaru who had a cramped smile that twitched a few times.

"EH!? You should have called me... Masaru-kun" She pouted looking away with a blushing face feeling embarrassed what she just called him, she is not going to apologize for calling him a pervert, it's his fault after all.

Masaru simply sighed while rubbing his forehead wondering just how her mind works is different from his, "Well I came here to talk with you before I will leave..."

Hearing Masaru was going to leave Sakura looked towards him, her eyes were filled with yearning yet confusion, desire yet fear. It was complicated, "Have you made your choice?"

Sakura hear the question wanted to say but stopped and instead she asked, "What did you mean by discarding my humanity?"

Masaru who heard this realized this girl had her imagination went a bit wild when he asked if she was willing to discard her humanity. He pointed towards the door prompting it to close shut before Masaru turned towards Sakura,

"You must already have doubts about me when I asked that question that I am not human, the truth is I... am a Devil" Masaru materialized his five pairs of Devil wings behind his back.

"What I meant by discarding your humanity is to become a devil-like me"

Sakura who saw this was sort of prepared to see something crazy but never she thought that the existence of Devils was true! "So I won't become an abomination or anything?"

Masaru could not help but find her odd question interesting, he could not help but wonder just how wild her creative mind is. For now, it appears she was not repulsed by the idea.

"There is almost no difference between a Devil and Human you know? The only difference is we have powers, wings and live somewhere different. You won't grow horns so you will be fine" Masaru answered her question.

Sakura felt relieved that it was not what she imagined it to be, "Will I be able to live the same kind of life like I do every day?"

Masaru smiled bitterly, "You will, but the only downside is after some time you will not be able to meet friends when they get older unless your willing to tell them you became a devil. Well that is if you accept naturally. Because the lifespan of a devil is about ten thousand which is a very long life"

Sakura looked at him, "Can you tell me more in detail what I should expect when I join?"

Masaru smiled knowing this girl made her choice but she wanted to know a bit more so he explained the Evil Pieces, some basic information about the devil World including his family and how the girls surrounding him were his peerage members.

"To think the girls were really your lovers..." Sakura blushed slightly wondering if she could actually fit inside such a team.

Masaru only coughed with a faint blush, "I did not force them to, mind you. I am responding to their feelings and my own, I don't like the idea of forcing a relationship after all" Masaru chuckled a bit feeling quite proud of the girls he had.

"I accept it, your invitation" Sakura stated with determination, although she was not certain if her choice was right or wrong. But what she knew as if she did not follow him, she will really regret it one day.

"Are you certain your mind is made up?" Masaru asked since Sakura was a pure human unlike the other girls who were already fated for long life, Sakura was different.

"Yes" She nodded at Masaru question, the latter walked towards her as he pulled out a pawn piece. Masaru's Belial crest materialized beneath the feet of Sakura and his, he guided the piece to enter the centre of her chest.

"Sakura Tsukuba, I Masaru Belial reincarnate you into my pawn piece. Let's get along from now on"

"Pawn?" Sakura felt a bit conflicted about this piece, Masaru laughed a bit.

"You think the pawn piece is weak?" Sakura nodded at Masaru's question as she felt that the piece was meant to be sacrificed.

Masaru was patient so he decided to guide her with questions so she could realize the answer herself, "What do you think is the ability of the pawn piece when you play chess?"

Sakura thought for a moment, "Promotion to Knight, rook, bishop or Queen when ---- huh? EH!?"

Masaru smiled as he continued "That's correct if you reach a place I the king designate as the enemy base you can promote to any of the pieces except for the King naturally... For you, this will be the optimal piece"

However, Masaru thought 'But it is more because I can't figure out what Sacred gear you have, If I had known then I can select an optimal piece. But then again the pawn piece is just as good as well, for an allrounder like her, it will do well. I will have to train you to unleash it but then again I have to unleash my own as well'

Masaru walked together with Sakura while thinking that he only hand 1 Mutated Knight piece, 3 Mutated Pawn pieces and 1 normal Pawn piece.

'Depending on the people I select I can have up to five more people unless I find people with massive potential that will bring it up to 2 people... Between 2 - 5 huh? Not bad' He thought as he walked together with Sakura.

"You staying alone?" Sakura nodded at Masaru's question since she was not certain what he wanted to express.

"Well, you can leave the packing to me since I will arrange people to take all of your things, like the other girls you will be staying in our house since it will be easier to move around when we are all together under one roof" Masaru explained his intentions on the spot shocking Sakura into blushing deeply red.

Sakura felt excited but also embarrassed thinking she was going to live under the same roof as Masaru.

"Don't worry my mother and Older sister is living there as well" Hearing this she turned her head the other way when she noticed Masaru read her mind but in fact he only guessed it. The two of them walking together was naturally starting to have rumours around the school once again.

"Oh no!!!! Our Ace has fallen for the fangs of the Demon King!"

"Boy that's not bad, the problem is that she too might end up liking to read Yaoi... Could it be the Demon King is into boys!?"

"My Butt is twitching from fear you know"

'You....' Masaru really had a strong urge to beat up these guys for speaking so clearly, the looks everyone was giving him became weird after all.

'What is with this place. First, they look at me with envy and now... Why does it look like they are looking at me like I am trash and the girls around me with pity!?' He thought as the two of them went to his house together.

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"So this is Sakura Tsukuba, the newest pawn of our team and she is a sacred gear holder" Masaru announced to everyone in the house, thankfully he managed to notify Diana who prepared a feast for them.

"Welcome Sakura-chan!" Akeno & Ingvild welcomed her first, while Jeanne began thinking for a moment before she went 'aha!'

"Welcome to the Saki-chan"Jeanne said with a nickname she came up for Sakura,

The house was quite lively with the girls welcoming Sakura quite actively, the story of Masaru and her sword fight has been quite a story after all.

"Welcome to the Belial Household, I'm Diana Belial and this girl here is Julia Belial. Sakura-chan" Diana stood next to Julia with a smile, Sakura felt a bit nervous standing in front of two exceedingly beautiful women.

"It's a pleasure to meet Masaru-sama's Kaasama and Oneesama, My name is Sakura Tsukuba please take care of me from now on" She bowed politely.

Diana nodded feeling satisfied with this even Julia who was called Masaru's Oneesama was a plus point.

Masaru who watched this thought 'The Japanese etiquette's has quite amazing effects... Just that greeting had scored high in their books'

Masaru made sure to drop off his school bag in his room before dropping himself in the lounge feeling comfortable in the couch, "What's wrong Masaru? You seem quite more tired today" Masaru rubbed his forehead before responding to Julia's question.

"Well the looks the people gave me at school became weird. Now that the boys stopped complaining about the girls and my relationship, whenever they come close to me some of them would even cover their butts while walking pass me" Masaru voiced his complaint but Julia broke out in a burst of hysterical laughter from imagining it all happen in school.

Masaru only gave her a look before ignoring her, who in the world could understand his painful feeling from experiencing this. 'I'm straight you know' he thought while feeling cringy about the situation

"Masaru, what are your plans for the Vacation?" Hearing his mother called out a question for him

Masaru answered, "I will be visiting Sairaorg since I promised him a spar when I get back, plus I have to visit the hospital with Sairaorg to visit his mother. Well, that is for the first two days I suppose as for the rest. There is that noble party again but with the adults this time and also Father's Rating Game match. Whatever else will be training"

Masaru did not have many plans since most of the things are already handled and the rest were other people's work so he could only entertain himself.

"That's good, I will be taking the girls away including Sakura for the first two days" Diana stated to Masaru.

'Well not that I am bothered with it, they can do whatever they please' Masaru thought.

Next morning, they all began to pack their bags ready to leave through the train since it will be Sakura's first time heading to hell after all.

When everything was in order they all went down the stairs into the underground training room and used the teleportation formation that was set near the ladies' changing room.

The place they arrived at had a similar style like the human underground subway trains, the walls were plastered with marble tiles and only a single rail was in place meaning that only one train comes and goes here.

a Bit further to the front is a four rail-cars train, the Belial Crest was marked on each side of each car and it was coloured with black and dark purple unlike the red trains of the Gremories.

"Uwaa!" Angelica was quite excited about this because it was her first time using this particular method to enter the Underworld since she came together with Diana and mostly used teleportation magic.

Sakura was walking together with Ingvild and Ichika since the two of them were teaching her a bit of knowledge about the Devil customs for when she is going to meet Masaru's family, "Well travelling in trains sure feels nice every now and then"

Diana went in after the girls, Masaru was the last to enter. He saw a staff member of the Belial Family was taking the names of the passengers before heading back to complete his work.

Masaru took his seat next to the window looking at the Dimensional Gap they entered before reaching the devil world, 'Finally, some time to relax, I honestly hope nothing major happens this time. That way I can leisurely plan my trip to England once more, also perhaps come explore the dimensional gap'