Capítulo 61: The shocking surprise, a professional Magical Girl

"You came," Serafall noticed Masaru arriving at the train station they agreed to meet at, the two of them did not continue to talk any further but instead head straight towards the main base of the Western faction.

When they slipped through the transparent barrier behind the Shrines they noticed that the land expanded even further, it was like they entered a completely different world but it still had similar characteristics of Kyoto which did not appear to be out of place.

Masaru could sense several presences with hostile intention moving swiftly to surround them but he did not make his move, He had a Devil King so he can let her do her work as Foreign Affairs Minister.

It was a good thing they did not have to wait long for a Yokai with the face of a parrot to appear in front of them wearing a quite colourful hakama, "May I know why the Devil King and The Wonder child of Belial is here?"

Masaru who heard the man calling him to wonder child thought of beating up this punk, anyone should know that title is embarrassing at his current age. "We came to seek an audience with Yasaka-sama, we have already been told it will be fine to come"

The birdman thought for a moment to remember, seeing this Masaru could not help but comment in his mind 'This bird brain...'

The Bird yokai nodded, "Yes, please follow me"

Soon Masaru and Serafall were led towards a relatively large building, first, they were guided to pass through a special kind of barrier that slips them into a different dimension with similar surroundings.

The building had some similarity craftsmanship to the house Shuri and Akeno once lived in before he saved them but on a larger scale. They were led inside towards the eastern section of the building where they have rooms prepared to receive their guests before they could enter the room they were asked to remove their shoes and provided slippers and entered the room.

Inside was a beautiful woman with long blonde hair wearing a kimono with her shoulders bare which make it feel like the Kimono would fall off anytime revealing her super large bust and behind her were numeral fluffy tails that could entice people to play with them.

Serafall smiled as she walked forward first "Nice to meet you again, Yasaka-chan"

The lady smiled warmly as she returns her greetings but then she looked at Masaru, "My name is Masaru Belial, son of Diehauser and heir to the Belial Family. It is my honour to meet the guardian of Kyoto who is even more beautiful than the rumours"

Masaru bowed respectfully according to his noble etiquette since he will from now on require to act based on his status.

Yasaka covered her mouth feeling this boy sure knows how to flatter to the point it could also be seen as him flirting with her, she giggled a bit before gesturing for her two guests to take a seat.

Masaru, however, has been feeling a bit strange ever since they entered, it was like multiple gazes with strange malicious intent but there was nothing around at all. "So why have you come to meet me in Kyoto?"

Yasaka asked since this was Masaru's mission naturally he had to answer this question. "The witches that arrived in Kyoto, I came to deal with them but before I do I need to know where they came from and what their objectives are"

Yasaka who heard the objective of Masaru could not help but from as she sternly glared at Masaru, the matter of the witches attacking humans when they tried to capture one of them was still left fresh in her memories, it took a lot of work for them to erase the memories of all witnesses before it would go out of control.

"We are not certain about their objectives, however, they have been raiding the blood donation centres stealing blood packets and they have been quite frequent at the hidden abandoned shrine in the south where the previous Yokai who was the descendant of Genbu once lived at."

"I will have to take a look, well the reason we are here is to ask for your support. I'm sure you know if our existence is discovered we will have to hide from the humans for a period of time before we can openly walk out again, and human factions that might be our enemies will use this event to openly reveal our existence and turning the entire human world against us.

"This is only possible speculation which I will not exclude, I only need your assistance if another event where a witch attacks innocents to protect them and erase their memories if I am not there" Masaru spoke out, not leaving a room for negotiation since this was a serious problem,

"I will do the moving and dealing with them since I noticed your faction is not entirely peaceful is it?" Masaru decided to ask the situation surrounding the Yokai faction as he could no longer ignore the ill intent glares on him.

Yasaka shook her head, "It's complicated but you helping us to deal with the witches will be of great help, so I can agree with giving you support but don't expect too much"

Masaru nodded this time he pulled back since his talk is over with this he left the rest of the other things to our little smart Serafall that managed to shock even Masaru when he saw how professional this girl could be.

'Just how professional is this girl!? It's like I am looking at a completely different person. She is not possessed is she?' he thought although the surprise was only there for a fleeting moment.

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Next day Masaru was walking with Barold while the girls were all chatting happily together, even Sona and her peerage joined the group together with Rias and Sara. Masaru felt grateful to his two childhood friends that came along to keep the girls' company, although he had a good relationship with his girls there was still stuff girls could only talk about amongst girls.

Currently, they were visiting the Nijo castle by entering through Higashi Otemon which is the East Main Entrance leading into the Ninomaru Palace and it's surrounding well-maintained garden.

"This place sure looks like a peaceful home to live in" Masaru commented while looking at the surroundings, it was truly different from the Castles of Britanny or even the historical buildings he saw in South Africa.

"This place is more than 400 years old" Barold who enjoyed history books was quite fond about visit historical value places like these, the two boys went on ahead entering the first palace to take a look inside since the girls were quite attracted to other things at this moment.

Masaru did not notice it at first but when he entered the palace he sensed a faint trace of tainted mana, the reason he felt like it was tainted was that normally dark element mana would make you feel gloomy but not causing you to feel a real strong disgust for it.

Masaru suddenly became vigilant as he felt something wrong, 'I better keep my guard up'

Barold did not notice this since he was quite focused on the paintings, the designs of the rooms he was going excited, unlike the usual calm manly side.

Masaru could not pinpoint the location of the person yet so he kept himself calm because the information about witches attacking in broad daylight is a problem.

"Hoh? This is the samurai hall?" Masaru looked around, the drawings on the surrounding walls and sliding doors were quite interesting how most of the pictures remind him of some cartoons especially about Mulan which was quite an epic back in the days.

Shortly Yui came to Masaru's side after separating from the girls, "Masaru-sama, did you sense it as well?"

Masaru looked at Yui for a moment thinking if he should reveal it or not but decided not to since too many knows would alert the witches if too many actively looking for them from the Devil side that is.

"Yes I have, just tell the girl to ignore it unless I tell otherwise. Since we are in the Yokai territory we have to hold back even if we discover something." Masaru gently held Yui's hand before letting it go so she could tell the other girls.

"I thought I was crazy when I felt something disgusting was in the surrounding so I focused on the castle to distract myself from it. But what kind of being could emit such foul mana?" Barold spoke with Masaru.

"I am not sure, but since we are out in the open daylight we will only be able to watch from a distance and not make ----" Just as Masaru was about to say not make a move not only him but the girls and even Barold could sense the foul mana was gathering in an incredible speed further in the Katsura Palace.

'MERDE!'

Masaru began running while having such a thought, he was not certain which idiot would go and poke a bloody beehive with the witches. He was not completely sure but according to the information he had, it was possible that it was a witch.

When he entered the grounds of Katsura Palace he noticed Rias and Sara was looking at the Witch with Vigilance but from the looks of it, neither side has attacked yet.

"Isolation!" Masaru did not take chances calling out his Spellbook he used it as a medium to erect a space element isolation barrier around Katsura Palace with an effect to make humans feel like avoiding it while it was strong enough to at least contain their fight if it does erupt.

"Who are you!?" The witch was wearing casual jeans and a white blouse but a hat that managed to cover a bit of her face, from the looks of it she appears to be in her 20 - 30's from the looks of her hands, neck and tone of voice.

"I would like to know why are you using Magic in broad daylight?" Masaru chose to slowly approach the lady, he intends to slowly bring out his main questions in a manner she will not run away and alert the witches he knew a bit more compared to the Yokai their existence that is.

"Hmph! That little devil girl irritated me so I wanted to kill her and take her blood" Masaru who heard this witch speak quite openly began to wonder if she is an idiot.

"Blood huh? So you guys are preparing a Ritual huh?" The witch did not answer which affirmed his guess was indeed correct.

"What do you intend to do in Kyoto?" Masaru continued to ask questions hoping to get some answers by luck.

"I have no obligations to tell you!" The gather mana within the body of the witch began to explode out of her body in the form of multiple tentacles while her hands were gathering mana launching black spheres.

Masaru who saw this sighed as he pointed his hand in the direction his sword was at, at his home back in Kuoh Town.

"Time to drain blood and devour the heart of my enemy.... Deadheart" Masaru chanted an incantation to activate Deadheart's summoning chant, grasping his sword in his hand he began applying magical enchantment on his speed and body without removing the restriction since his soul is yet to recover.

Before the Witch could react she witnessed a flash of light appearing and disappearing at every part of her tentacles, she immediately began to reform her tentacles while throwing the black sphere at the surroundings but it was blocked off by the Isolation Barrier so she knew she could not use the Humans as a shield to distract him to escape.

"Coward! Come out and fight" She yelled but all she heard was Masaru Mockingly laugh at her.

"I have been around you all this time little girl" She heard him but she could not see him, it was only when she used her magic sense she could make out where he was, yes along with the enchantment Masaru was using trackless steps.

But at this moment he was purposely leaving a trace of him for her to find him so she would not focus on Rias and Sara.

"So tell me, why are the witches of Greater Mallings here?" Hearing this question the witch finally began to display a change of expression on her face, it was no secret about their base in Greater Malling but to already conclude their origins means their plans for this area was already been seen through.

Aalthough Masaru had no idea what they were planning her at all. "Who are you!? And how did you know of our origins!? Not even the Yokai knew of this!"

Masaru who was still moving about while dodging and striking down her attacks began to think 'Let's see if I can get some information out of her'

"Isn't it natural, since I have met your comrades from South Africa" hearing this the with feeling depressed as she remembered the last report from the African Shamans that was part of their group mentioned their plans failed.

"So you are here to stop our attempt to open the gate as well!?" Masaru looked at the girl with surprise.

"Gate? What Gate" The witch realized what Masaru was doing and she knew she could not defeat him so she hardened her heart with a strong resolve, gathering mana within her body.

Masaru already anticipated this since he already considered this a possible scenario when dealing with witches. This witch's attitude reminds him of it... Those suicide bombers of Egypt who had no regards to their lives if it was for the sake of their Pharaoh.

Before the girl could gather sufficient mana Masaru reappeared behind her back cutting off her head while she was still resolving herself to kill him with her in an explosion,

"The biggest problem with you villains. Is that you talk too much. Giving more than enough time for me to ask while coming up with a plan to finish you... Simply Cliche'" He spoke while picking up the body shoving it into his Bracelet inventory to stash it for Ajuka to investigate it.

"What was that!?" Rias came towards Masaru, she was not happy about what happened and from the looks of it, she knew Masaru was aware of their existence and she is left out of it.

"Rias, I know you are full of questions. But there are things I can answer and things I can't, this is relatively confidential so you should understand. I would prefer you two to ask Serafall directly who is also in Kyoto to answer them for you" Masaru said,

before Rias could respond he cut her off, "I can't try to digest the information I just gained and come up with Speculations if I have to answer your questions as well. I need to deal with this matter right now"

Masaru did not wait for Rias to register what he just said as he cancelled the isolation Barrier after ensuring everything was back to the way it was.

"Masaru-sama!"

"Ma-kun!"

Masaru's peerage came towards him but with Sakura, with them, they could not openly ask things, he led them away while leaving Barold behind to stay near Rias and Sona was already being pestered by her best friend to ask her sister what is going on in Kyoto.

Masaru chose the quietest cafe they could relax and drink at, after ordering and getting their drinks they all took a seat in the corner while Ichika took Sakura and went to buy sweets next door.

"Okay, no need for questions, yes I received a mission for here in Kyoto by Ajuka. The reason I did not reveal is the fact we can't make the witches aware that we the devils know of their movements in Japan since the mission I did in Africa was quite flashy to make them vigilant." Masaru took a sip of his cola drink.

Feeling the cold refreshing taste goes down his throat wetting it he could continue "These Witches are linked with the Witches of Greater Malling near Scotland, meaning they have connections to the Ancient Ones I have been chasing.

"The only reason we did not make movements on their Headquarters yet was that the Pendragons are monitoring them, this is giving us time to search for their associates in other countries which leads us to here in Kyoto, there have been reports of blood stolen by these witches.

The worst is the fact they would not bother hiding their magical powers from the public so facing them in daylight is not only bad because we devils can't fight in another's territory as we wish, but the eyes of the public is a bigger problem which is also why I never told you, girls, because these witches are crazy. Crazy enough to simply attack Rias in broad daylight just to get the blood of a devil"

"I will naturally be requiring you girls to aid me from this point forward because their connection has been confirmed but I am more worried about their objective here. It appears they are seeking to open a gate, and if they really are servants of the Ancient One they intend to open a portal gate that leads to the world where the Ancient Ones are" Masaru looked at Yui before giving out orders.

"I need you to contact Serafall, get her to speak with the Yokai faction and get any information about any information related to the term 'Gate' no matter what. If there is any history, myth... Anything that could be referenced as a gate, we need it"

Masaru takes out a paper with the contact details of Seo to Akeno, "This is the contact details of an Information dealer whom Ajuka introduced me to, just give him my name and get the information he should have ready"

Masaru turned to Angelica "I want you to take Jeanne and stick close to Sona's team, have them guard the students for now and tell that redhead girl to stay in the hotel" Angelica nodded while Masaru turn to look at Stephani.

"Stephani, when Ichika comes to tell her to head south from here and meet me at" Masaru took out his phone since he did not know the place's name so he showed it to her

"Tell her to meet me here and then you will take Sakura and head back to the Hotel and work with Angelica and Jeanne"

Before the girls stood up Masaru smiled bitterly, "Sorry for turning our school trip into a battlefield, so let's finish this task in one day so we can continue our trip as well!"

The girls responded strongly positive and head off towards their respective Jobs, Masaru, however, was heading south towards the Abandoned shrine.

'Right now my only lead I got for sure is this place... I just hope it can answer a few things' He thought

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Deep underground a group of a woman dressed in black robes and large black witch hats covering their faces were meeting.

"How was the experiment?" One of the ladies asked they were currently meeting underground not too far away from the Abandoned Shrine.

"It succeeded, one of the little creatures came through and is currently staying in the shrine" the one responsible for the experiment answered with a cheerful voice, feeling proud of her achievement

"That's good news, my sisters, the time is near!!! Tomorrow night at midnight we will start the ritual, make sure all the blood we have collected is brought to the place we have arranged" The leader began giving her orders

"As for the Yokai, there is no need to stir up any troubles since our preparations are complete no one can stop the gate from opening!! Fufufufufu"