Chapitre 7: Chapter 7 Foes and Allies

(A/N: Sorry for the late update, but I and my dad started working on isolating my apartment and it will take a week or so. I don't know if I will have the time to write a chapter daily, but at least 1 chapter every 2 days is guaranteed. Meat bun out)

The devils will surely bother me now that they know how strong I am. Though I can't bring myself to hate Yumma, as she's Aika's friend.

I'll just avoid them and if they won't let me alone, I'll just [ID-Create] myself from their reach.

[The devil with the glasses, Sona Sitri, won't pursue you as you really didn't harm anyone and she most likely knows that the other devil was at fault here]

Yeah, the council president seemed to be more approachable than the spoiled princess, but even then, she can't be trusted, not yet at least.

[What are you going to do now?]

Search for a new place to live and open a coffee shop to spend my time. By the way [Game] couldn't I send my undead to fight and level me that way? Or do I really need to be in the dungeon with them?

[You need to be there with them, but when your army grows even bigger, you will be able to just watch them clear the dungeon for you. And you will level up without doing anything]

Walking out of the school, I was thinking about where I should go to find a house for sale.

And thankfully for me, as soon as I left the [ID-Create], I saw a sign about an agency that specialized in selling houses.

Following the map for ten minutes, I found myself in front of an imposing-looking building. Clearly supernatural, but how to care at this point.

As soon as I walked inside the building, a beautiful woman greeted me and had me follow her to one of the receptionists.

"Good day to you, sir. What can we help you with? "

"I'm looking for a two-story house that has a basement or one that could be added."

"Let's see, you may want to take a seat, sir. It may take a while and before we find you some examples, can you tell us what faction are coming from? "

When I heard her mentioning that, I immediately used [Observe] on her.

[Name: Khana Maori (random name)

Race: Youkai (Yuki-onna)

Power: Mid-Class

Affiliation: Kyoto Youkai Faction

Thoughts about you: She finds you hot. Though she will most likely kill you if you are a devil]

"And may I know why would that matters?"

"We just want to know if you are from one of our allies, then you may get a discount."

"Or if I'm from your enemy's side. Am I correct, Miss? "

"You are right sir. So what faction do you belong to? "

As she said that, I could see four guards blocking my escape route, in case I'm an enemy, I presume.

Looking at the receptionist Youkai, I forced a smile before I responded to her question.

"I'm a human, miss. As for what faction I'm affiliated to, I can't say that I have positive relations with any factions at this moment.

As if I would try to buy a house myself if I had the backing of a faction. At least now I can make some connections with the Youkai's. As they aren't friends with the devils and from what my mother told me, most of the Youkais are quite good people. At least the ones that belong to Kyoto's faction.

[Smart move the host and for that, you earned +3 INT and +4WIS]

"I'm sorry for making a scene, sir. If that's true, then we would be more than happy to help. Please take a seat until we find something for you sire. "

After more than fifteen minutes, Khana calls me again.

"Sir, we found you something that matches your preferences."

As she said that, Khana handed me a table with some photos on it.

Looking through the first album, I saw a three-story house with a lot of space outside of it, but the bad part was that it was located too far away from the city.

The next one was a two-story house with enough room on the first floor to put thirty to forty people inside if I turned the place into my coffee bar/shop. The second floor was also fairly big, having three rooms, one bathroom and one kitchen. Strangely or not, this place was just 300 meters away from the school, making the place a good decision for a business as the students would surely get interested in it.

"How much does the second house cost?"

"Ah, that one… I fear I can say that to you, sir, without calling the boss. Would that be a problem? "

"Not at all, I will keep looking through these options if that's ok."

As she was talking to her boss, I felt a hand on my shoulder. Turning my head towards the person who had his hand on me, I was shocked when I saw a handsome man in a tuxedo. He was a tall, somewhat feminine-faced young man with long golden hair and dark green eyes.

"Yoshida Haru, right?"

"And who are you?"

"Jyutori Kurama, my uncle wants to meet you."

"Sure, at least you are nicely asking."

"As if I heard what you did with that spoiled brat. She deserved it, and I wanted to see if you would react in the same way you did with her slaves. "

"Come on, you are stronger than her and her whole peerage and you expect me to fight you?"

"To be fair, I thought you would at least get angry, but it seems that you are smarter than the princess says you are."

Following Jyutori, I saw a bunch of Youkais looking at me with respect in their eyes. At first, I was quite concerned about this thing, as from what I remember, I didn't meet a Youkai or someone from any Youkai faction.

When we arrived at the boss room, as Jyutori likes to call it, I saw a middle-aged man drinking some wine, I presume, while he was looking through the computer.

Seeing that someone had entered the room, the man stopped looking at his computer and turned his head towards us.

"So you are Yoshida Haru, the boy that made the crimson brat rage so much."

"That would be me, sir."

"Call me Masao. I may be old, but I don't like feeling like one. My dear sister and mother of that fool near you want to meet you. You, my boy, made the Youkais proud, even if you aren't one yourself. "

"So what can I do for you, Sir Masao? And what do you mean by making you proud? "

"I heard that you want to buy a house for yourself. Is that right? As for what you did… you made that siscon rage so hard that he destroyed his office. You should have seen his expression when he realized his work was about to become even more difficult than it already was. But be careful, that red-haired siscon is very protective of his sister, and you, my dear friend, took down three of her servants."

"Yes, sir. That's why I'm here. As for her brother, I have my own ways of dealing with him. "

"Then let's get straight to business. You just earned the rage of that siscon and he will most likely kill you or sent someone to kill you."

"And why would that matter to you?"

"You see, I have someone in my faction, a daughter, who also practices dark magic, and your magic piqued her interest. Your battle with the devils is well-known, at least among the major factions. The ability to resurrect the dead without the use of complicated incantations or mountains of corpses caught the interest of many people. Rarely would someone fuck with the sister of a Maou known as a siscon and live to tell the tale. And as for my sister's request, your mother, Michiru Yoshida, was an old friend of my sister. She remained friends with her even though she was an exorcist. The church wasn't initially enthusiastic about our friendship, but after a while, they were eager to trade with us and improve their relations. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to assist you. When the devils murdered your parents, one of the Satans intervened and stopped Yasaka from going on a rampage. Even though the devil that was at fault was punished, the devils compensated us and the church with a variety of items ranging from money to materials. I doubt that bastard was even harmed as a result of his so-called punishment. The only thing that they did was to screw up their external relations with two factions "

"And I guess you also want me in your faction. I don't serve, sir. I rather die than serve another being. As for my mother's friendship, I didn't know anything about it, and thank you for telling me all of this, sir. "

"I know you can take care of your problems, kid, you are just like your mother. She only listened to her father and after he died, she was on her own. I doubt you would have known about it. I bet you don't even know what race you are. You think that you are a human, but I can clearly inform you that you aren't a human. Unfortunately, I can't say more than this without creating more trouble for my faction. I'm sorry, Haru-kun. "

"Once again, thank you, sir, for informing me about my mother and the fact that I have a place to stay in case I would really need the help of someone, but I beg to differ. I may be weak right now, but that doesn't mean that I don't have my way of ensuring my own survival. That red-haired siscon won't deal with me directly if he knows my connections with you, sir. Even my old connection to the church. "

Masao didn't say anything, neither did his nephew, but after a second of silence, they burst into laughter.

"Haha, you got me, kid. Then, even if you don't join us, at least let me help you or my dear sister will skin me alive. "

"How can I refuse free things?"

"Hahaha. You're a shameless guy, Haru-kun, but that's a quality you'll need if you're going to deal with the supernatural side of life. As for what you will get... that house you wanted to buy, you can discuss the specifics with Jyutori. Also, do you require anything in particular? For instance, something for your magic? "

"Do you have any criminals with Low-Class or Mid-Class power that you could spare?"

"You say, criminals... I don't believe we have any criminals stronger than the Low-Class, and even the Low-Class had a limited number because most serious crimes are punished by death, and minor offenses are punished by imprisonment for a period of time. "

As I was about to say something, Jyutori's words piqued my interest.

"Uncle, we may not have criminals, but we have some stray devils, fallen angels, and stray exorcists that we can dispose of and nobody will miss them."

"That's a wonderful idea, my dear nephew. So what do you say, Haru-kun, does this arrangement satisfy you? "

"You don't know how much it will help me. Also, it doesn't matter what strength they have. "

"Don't worry too much about their strength. The majority of them are Low-Class and have weak supernatural abilities, with one or two Mid-Class members.

"Thank you for your help, Masao-san, Jyutori-san, I appreciate the help and I will repay this kindness someday. "

"Haru-kun, we're not related, but your mother was like a sister to us, and I see you as a nephew, just like Jyutori. By the way, what do you want to do with your house? "

"Build a coffee shop for both humans and supernatural beings.

<???POV>

"What did you say, brother?"

"Our dear sister managed to give birth to a child. Do you know what that means? "

"Do we have a nephew ?"

"Yes and she's the only one that managed to give birth after our father died."

"Brother, we have to get the child and take care of him!"

"Unfortunately, we found out about him just today and it seems that he doesn't like the supernatural side. At least some part of it. "

"Should we send someone to fetch him or just talk to him about his family ?"

"Don't worry, we have some promising exorcists that will go to that town. One of them even lived there, so it won't be too late to speak with him then. Meanwhile, we can keep the devils under pressure, and they won't do anything stupid, but we're talking about Sirzechs here."

"He will be fine brother, I can feel it."

"I hope so, my dear sister."

(A/N: Just don't hate me now. Everything is for the story and I will say it again, this is an AU.So please don't give the bullshit reason of the original story."