"Such a ridiculous story, how could I believe that?"
"It's selfish not to believe that story, Tobio, especially considering you were attacked. If I hadn't shown up when I did, you'd be dead right now."
I think it's best to ignore the fact that I've been watching him from the beginning.
"The bodies are gone."
"Un. It must be a mechanism that activates automatically when the Utsusemi is defeated. That's what's known as a teleportation circle. It's like a fantasy."
I think, by explaining it that way, Tobio can more easily understand it.
I pointed at the egg with my hand.
"So, that 'egg' is important. Shouldn't it be a valuable weapon for ordinary, weak high school students like you?"
I laughed slightly at Tobio's confused look.
"Well, since we can't stay inside forever and I can't feel anyone outside, should we leave soon?"
I said as I stood up.
"Hey, wait!"
I walked out the door of the bar as I left Tobio a few words.
"Later, I'll visit you at home."
.............
(3rd POV)
The completely dazed Tobio slapped his cheek. He shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"...Wait, does he know where my house is?"
Asking such a question, he looked at the round object Drako had brought.
"Egg..."
Would anything come of it?
Earlier, the pulsation he felt with his hand had been quite vivid.
With that strange thought, Tobio placed the alleged "egg" in his bag.
................
(Drako's POV)
I left the bar, and the first thing I did was to call Lavinia.
The person to whom Lavinia was to give the egg was Natsume Minagawa, a former student of the school who was involved in the accident.
"Lavinia, it's Drako. Are you finished with your mission?"
With the phone, or what seemed to be a phone, in my ear, I communicated with the young magician.
"Yes! Although we have been attacked by a strange creature, in the end, we haven't had any problems. Besides, Natsume-chan's egg has already hatched, and a nice hawk has hatched from it. Amazing, isn't it?"
As I expected, the others have also been attacked by the Utsusemi. Does this have anything to do with us making contact with them today? It may be, I am certain there are still traitors within Grigori.
To my surprise, unlike Tobio Ikuse, Natsume Minagawa has already awakened her Sacred Gear, and from its form I think I can say that it is one of the "Four Fiends", Qiongqi.
"That's perfect. Well, you can go back to the meeting point now. I'm going to call Raynare on my way there."
"Be careful on the road, Dra-kun!"
I hung up with a smile on my face. Lavinia seems to be a very energetic and nice girl, she's the kind of girl you feel comfortable with when you're with her.
Now, I have to see if Raynare's in trouble. I doubt that very much, but you never know what's going to happen as long as Raynare is involved in something.
"You're an idiot, Kouki Samejima! I told you to get out of here! My job is to give you the egg! I don't want to hear from you anymore!"
"At least explain to me what this is all about! You appear out of nowhere, give me an egg, save me from a monster and leave! Without telling me anything!"
Raynare's familiar voice sounded through the electronic device. Next to her, the voice that seems to belong to Kouki Samejima, another of the targets. It seems that the mission has gone well for Raynare, to deliver the egg to Kouki Samejima. Still, everything else doesn't seem to be going so well.
"Raynare?"
"I need help, Drako! This criminal keeps following me! I'm scared!"
Is this for real?
You're a fallen angel with two pairs of wings, you're not useless trash anymore. How can you be afraid of a normal guy?
"Raynare, pass the phone to the boy. I'm gonna talk to him."
"Okay."
I wait a few seconds until I hear the male voice again.
"Hello?"
"You're Kouki Samejima, right?"
First I have to confirm if Raynare has delivered the egg to the right target.
"Yes, that's me. Who are you?"
"I'm the boss of the useless girl. I think it's better to ask you than her, what's your problem?"
"Oh, so you're the boss. That solves a lot of things. Can you explain to me what the fuck is going on here? Can I know why a cat came out of the egg that the girl with the black wings gave me?"
So here's the problem.
Well, what could I expect from Raynare?
"It's a long story, follow Raynare to our base, and I'll explain everything there."
I don't feel like explaining myself many times.
"It's okay."
...............…..
The place where we have set up our temporary base is none other than the apartment where Kuroka and I were living for a while.
Yes, this is Valina's house.
By coincidence, or maybe not, the apartment is in the city of Tobio's school.
Once inside, I met Lavinia and Raynare, along with two other people I did not know, but I knew who they were.
The tall boy looking like a gangster was Kouki Samejima, and on his legs was a white cat. The cat must be one of the "Four Fiends", Táowù.
The youthful-looking girl with her hair tied in a chignon is Natsume Minagawa, and her Sacred Gear must be the hawk over her shoulder.
"I presume you are Natsume Minagawa and Kouki Samejima. My name is Drako, and I'm the leader of this little group here. You'll meet them, but the beautiful blonde girl is Lavinia, and the idiot is Raynare."
My little presentation receives different reactions from all the people present.
Raynare seems a little upset that I called her an idiot, while Lavinia has a little smile that makes her beautiful face even more beautiful.
Natsume has a flushed face while mumbling what seems to be a "He is hot", and Kouki seems more indifferent than anything else.
"Well, you can ask me your questions."
"In short, they have your schoolmates captured, but their real target is you. The being who attacked you is a cheap copy of your classmates, merged with cheap copies of your new partners."
The new partners I'm talking about are none other than their respective Sacred Gears. It's not a lie to say that that cat and the hawk were going to be Natsume Minagawa and Kouki Samejima's companions for the rest of their lives.
"You're the target of the Utsusemi Agency, so you're in danger. Now, you can accept Grigori's protection, where we'll train you and give you the necessary support. Or you can go and survive by yourself."
After explaining everything I know, some minor details will be missing, but I think all the basic details are covered.
"What exactly are these creatures?"
Kouki asked, pointing to the cat sitting on his legs and the hawk resting on Natsume's shoulder.
"To help you understand it better, I think it's best to explain to you what Sacred Gear is. A Sacred Gear, also known as God's Artifact, are powerful items given to humans by the God of the Bible."
"So Hawk-chan is a Sacred Gear," Natsume mutters under her breath.
"That's right. More specifically, they're Independent Avatar Sacred Gears. Independent Avatar Sacred Gears are Sacred Gears that take the form of a living being-creature and move and act on their own will and instincts, yet always act for the benefit of their possessor. The Sacred Gears that you possess are among the best of the best of this type of Sacred Gears, and are called "The Four Fiends". You, Kouki, are the user of Táowù, while Natsume is the user of Qiónqí."
This is a slightly longer explanation, but one that I still see as necessary. Kouki and Natsume don't seem to be people with mental problems, so I think with this explanation, they have the basics of their new companions.
"Hawk-chan is part of the Four Fiends..."
Hawk-chan?
Well, I can't say anything about anyone's name, considering the name Tiamat gave me.
"Do you guys have a Sacred Gear like that?"
The question comes from Kouki, who had said practically nothing until now.
"Only humans can have Sacred Gears, and although Raynare is half-human, she hasn't had the luck or misfortune to be born with one. Lavinia... Does Lavinia have Sacred Gear?"
I almost screwed up.
No one has ever told me Lavinia's Sacred Gear, so it would be very strange if I knew that she possessed one of the 13 Longinus.
"I have one, too, although I'd like to not talk about it."
It seems that Lavinia has problems with Absolute Demise. It's common in DxD for characters to have problems related to their powers or their Sacred Gears, so it doesn't surprise me at all.
"Eto... Drako-san? When you said, only humans could have Sacred Gears..."
Natsume can't finish the question she was going to ask me, but I know exactly what she wants to ask me.
"That's right. We're not human."
"Oh, what race are you, Dra-kun?" Lavinia asks.
It's true, she doesn't know my race either. Besides, it seems that my [Stealth] is enough to hide my dragon aura from her.
"Me? I am a dragon."
At the same time, I turn off my [Stealth]. All the dragon aura that was suppressed filled the house.
It seems that the impact is much greater than I expected, for it is not only Kouki and Natsume who paled, but Lavinia is also affected by the sudden aura explosion.
I think I just had a thought.
I can create an impact on my opponent with an aura burst like this.
Well, that's a subject for another time.
I'm turning [Stealth] back on, I don't want them to feel pressured by my presence.
Raynare hasn't reacted at all, clearly because she's used to my aura.
I waited a moment for them to catch their breath.
"That was shocking," Kouki mumbles once he's recovered.
Natsume and Lavinia nod their heads, indicating that they agree with the boy.
"By the way, Dra-kun. Where's the other boy?" Lavinia asks.
"Him? He's mentally weak, so I've given him some time to think about the situation. I understand your concern, I'm sure you think he'll be attacked again. But I'm telling you, no, the agency can't do anything about him right now. They need to prepare for the attack and clear the area of witnesses. Given all this, they will attack tonight."
That's my analysis of the situation. And I don't think I was wrong at all.
For now...
"Big brother Drako!"
A body falls on my back, hugging my neck from behind.
"Welcome home, Valina."
Yes, she is none other than the female version of Vali in this parallel world. Although she returned to this house after we moved from Baraqiel's house to the underworld, you could say she practically lives with us.
In fact, she sleeps 70% of the time with us in the house/hotel. And when I say she sleeps with us, I mean she sleeps with Kuroka and me.
Yes, she argues a lot with Kuroka about that.
Apparently, the excuse she gives is that because I'm a dragon, my aura syncs up with the Divine Dividing and helps her sleep better.
"Azazel told me you're going to be living here for a while, is that true?"
"That's right, Kuroka's packing our bags to set up here."
"Good!"
Valina is 14 this year, so she's between that stage of being a little girl and growing up a little bit. In fact, it's a little weird that Valina acts this way when we're in front of strangers.
"Why don't you say hello to the guests, Valina?"
"Eeeeh!"
Valina jumps at the chance to realize that I'm not the only person in the room.
Later she would know that because I had released my dragon aura, Valina had been so attracted to it that she had ignored the rest of the person within a fifty-meter radius. She hadn't even noticed the rest of the people.
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