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43.72% Reincarnated as a dragon egg in DxD with a Fate System! / Chapter 129: Valerie and Shirone's training.

Bab 129: Valerie and Shirone's training.

Drako's idea was approved directly by the group. Even the quiet Valerie who barely said anything had nodded her head at the name.

Speaking of Valerie.

Drako had decided to give the girl some time and let her adjust to her current situation before offering her a place in the organization. Aside from the ability to revive the dead, which Drako was not going to use because of the consequences, Valerie's Longinus was very useful.

Healing, animacy, soul manipulation, resurrection and youth inducement. Those are all the utilities that Longinus has in its base form, or all the utilities that Drako remembers. But there was a much more important one that couldn't help but appear in Drako's mind.

Valerie could eliminate an individual's weaknesses. For example, she could eliminate a dragon's weakness to Dragon-Slayer weapons.

Although, since Valerie was rescued from the hands of Rizevim, this impressive ability of the Longinus is never used again in novels. Drako did not know what the reason was, or rather, he could not remember what the reason was, but he assumed it was because Valerie had already been forced to abuse her Longinus to the point where even minimal use already pushed her to the limit of what she could endure. Fortunately, Mordred had rescued her before she was forced into a state of insanity due to resurrecting evil dragons from a level just below the Heavenly Dragons.

The rest of the morning passed quietly. Less than half an hour by train was not enough to bring everything that had happened in a few months up to date, so everyone kept talking for a few good hours. More people joined the conversion to add details, as Valina, Natsume and Lavinia were not on the train. The time they spent together was very entertaining, and even Valerie smiled a little from time to time even though she was not participating in the conversation.

Lavinia, Natsume and Valina knew nothing about Valerie, for unlike Mordred and Shirone, Drako and Kuroka had never spoken of her. They asked about Valerie's life, to make her feel more comfortable and enter the conversation since she had hardly spoken at all.

Valerie hesitated to speak. Honestly, she was scared. On the one hand, she wanted to trust this group of people who had rescued her from the hands of her own family. They seemed so happy talking together, which was strange for her considering that it was the first meeting of most of them. In fact, it seemed that only the dragon boy named Drako and the nekomata named Kuroka knew everyone here save Valerie.

Valerie, on the other hand, was afraid of being rejected, or even sent back to Romania where they would continue to experiment on her. What would they say when they learned she was a filthy hybrid? What would they say when they learned she was a traitor who had let a powerful weapon for her clan escape only because she did not want her friend to suffer as she did? What would they say when--

"Valerie, you have nothing to fear. Think of this as a new life, as if the Valerie Tepes who lived in Romania had died and now a new Valerie Tepes had been born in Japan. Of course, I'm not telling you to forget your past. In fact, I advise you not to forget it, because all experiences are beneficial for you, no matter how bad they may have been. You can trust us."

You can trust us...

Drako's words hit Valerie hard, to the point that she thought she was going to cry. Strangely, she had not cried since the day her best friend escaped the clutches of the Tepes clan. Valerie had resigned herself to her fate and lost all hope.

Was it true what Drako had said? Could she start a new life?

At least she could give them a chance, right? After all, she had nothing to lose, and she had a lot to gain.

And so Valerie recounted her past, summing it up and removing parts that were unnecessary or that she was not yet willing to share. From her birth as the daughter of King Tepes and a human concubine, her friendship with a Dhampir of whom she refused to say the name, to let him escape, to wake up her Longinus when she was going to be killed and being locked up to experiment.

Valerie didn't know how they would react to hearing her story, so she closed her eyes.

"It must have been hard."

Valerie opened her eyes in disbelief at Drako's words. But she didn't have time to respond when the rest of the people in the room spoke.

"You bastards, I knew I should have killed them all at that moment. Master, you should have given me permission to use my Noble Phantasm."

"I agree with Mo-sensei."

"If Shirone says so, I guess we'll have to pay a bloody visit to Romania-nya."

"Valerie-san, you can trust us in the future."

"Hmm... I can't call you Va-chan, because Va-chan is Va-chan, so from now on, I'll call you Vale-chan. We both have in common that we have a Longinus, so you can consider me your friend."

"As a descendant of Lucifer and bearer of the Divine Dividing, I cannot look away when I see something like this happening."

Valerie didn't react immediately but looked at them all with her eyes and mouth wide open. She didn't know when it had happened, but water drops kept coming out of her eyes.

Later, Valerie learned that she was not the only person present with mixed blood. Kuroka, Shirone and Valina were also part human and the other part a different race. In the case of the sisters, they where half Nekoshou, while Valina was half devil.

Drako was absent from the conversation and went to prepare the meal. But not many minutes passed when he felt a presence enter the kitchen.

"Valerie?"

With his level of Senjutsu, Drako did not even have to turn around to see who it was. Every living thing had a unique aura that set it apart from others, and Drako had already memorized Valerie's.

"I... am a useless and untalented girl. My vampire powers are nothing special, and I barely know how to use them. All I have left is my Longinus, but I'm afraid to use it. Still... still..."

"You still want to join us and not be left behind."

Drako could feel Valeria nodding her head. He said nothing for a moment, which made Valerie nervous, and continued to prepare the meal.

"Have you ever cooked?"

"I... I used to cook my own food since there was no one to feed me when I was little."

"I see... that means you know how to use a knife. Well, come here and help me cut the vegetables."

Though a bit confused, Valerie nodded and helped Drako with the vegetables. The kitchen was not particularly large, so the two of them were less than a foot apart.

The first time Valerie had seen Drako, she could only describe him with the word rude. A tall, handsome, muscular boy, just the opposite of her cute childhood friend. To see Drako diligently cooking, putting all his concentration into preparing food for the rest, was like Valerie had opened the door to a new world.

"Earlier, you spoke about yourself. Indeed, your life hasn't been the best, but I can tell you it could have been a lot worse."

Valerie didn't know, but Drako did. If Mordred hadn't taken Valerie out of that place, she was going to be experimented and corrupted for the next four or five years. She had been saved from hell before she went into it, literally.

Drako didn't give Valerie time to respond and continued talking.

"One girl has been suffering cruel experiments for years, another has been abused by her father since she was conscious, another has been forced to watch her sister being abused, another has seen all her schoolmates turned into monsters, another has been rejected by her parents and raised to be a weapon of destruction since birth."

Valerie stopped cutting the vegetables while listening in shock to Drako's words. If what he said was true, then all the girls in the room had suffered as she had to a greater or lesser extent.

And Valerie hated herself and her feelings right now. Because what she was feeling right now was... relief.

She... she wasn't so special after all, she wasn't the only one who had suffered, she had something in common with everyone in this group. She, Valerie, did have a place here.

"None of the girls are going to leave you behind, and I'm sure they're all going to try to help you in some way. You don't have to worry about not having any skills. Look at Natsume, she's just a teenager if you take away her Sacred Gear."

"That means..."

"You can consider yourself part of the group, Valerie. Mind you, I advise you to think twice before deciding to join the mercenary group. Once you get inside, I'm going to be very strict with you for your own good. The goals of this mercenary group are very high, as there are many expectations placed on us, so a low level will sooner or later lead to your death. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Valerie nodded, and Drako said nothing more. The two continued to prepare the meal, and Drako instructed Valerie from time to time.

Drako and Valeria had already finished cooking, and Drako picked up the plates of food. Before he left the kitchen, he turned to look at Valerie.

"Ten days."

"Huh?"

"I want your answer in ten days. I want you to think very carefully about your decision during this time."

With that, Drako turned again and headed for the dining room where Mordred was already screaming desperately for food.

.............................................….

Drako found the first problem that very afternoon.

Although the apartment building was large and spacious, perfect for many people to live in, there was still a lot missing.

To begin with, there was nowhere to train.

Of course, the guys could go and use Grigori's facilities, as no one would say anything to them if they did. Still, it left a small taste in Drako's mouth that his organization was using someone else's facilities.

On the other hand, Drako was beginning to miss the building he was living in before. Most of all, he missed the roof where Drako could train Senjutsu without any problems. Now he could only use his room for training, but it was not the same.

Well, he had to settle for the moment.

That evening, Drako was busy with Shirone and Kuroka.

Little Nekoshou had been unable to make any obvious progress during the six months she had been with Mordred. It was not that Shirone did not practice her Senjutsu, it was that she had virtually no time to do so. Mordred's training was very strict and took up most of the morning and afternoon, the rest of the time is spent eating and resting. Shirone was not like Drako, who could practice Senjutsu and rest at the same time. She would die if she did not rest, especially considering the hellish training of Mordred.

Mordred was a tough, strict teacher, there was no doubt about that, but she was also a great teacher. No one had a skill that approached hers with the sword, or anyone Shirone had ever known. Even Arthur Pendragon, who was known as a genius among geniuses and had a skill with the blade that had not been seen for many, many years, had suffered defeat after defeat against Mordred.

But Mordred's skill was not just related to the sword. The most dangerous thing about her was her fighting style, where she did not hesitate to use anything to help her in battle. She combined her skill with the sword with kicks, punches, head butts, etc...

And that was the style that Mordred had been teaching Shirone.

Of course, Mordred had taught Shirone how to use the sword. Shirone had pleasantly surprised Mordred. The Nekoshou was not a genius among geniuses as Arthur Pendragon was, but she learned quite quickly. After a year and a half of training, Mordred could tell that there was no one Shirone's age who could match her in skill.

Although that didn't have much credibility since there are few 12-year-olds who train alongside the "son" of the King of Knights on a daily basis.

Shirone wanted to improve her use of Senjutsu, as she wanted to create her unique style using what Mordred had taught her as a foundation. She wanted to mix Mordred's brutal and wild style with the Senjutsu and Youjutsu of her race.

Hearing this, Drako was sure he had a little monster in front of him. It seemed that women with flat breasts were destined to be brutal in combat.

When Shirone asked him and Kuroka for help, neither refused. And so they spent all afternoon helping Shirone with her training.

In the night, Drako couldn't intimate with Kuroka as Valina and Shirone invaded his room. This is where Drako found the second problem, as the bed in Drako's room was designed for two people, not four. Thus, Drako began to miss his 16-person bed in the underworld.

The surprise came the next morning.

At mid-morning, the doorbell rang, and Natsume opened the door to see who it was.

Kuroka and Mordred were still sleeping, while Shirone and Drako were training Senjutsu. Valerie, on the other hand, had gone with Lavinia to a place unknown to Natsume. So, since she was the only one doing nothing, she went to greet the unexpected visitor.

When Natsume opened the door, he found a mother-daughter couple.

How did she know they were mother and daughter?

Because the girl was the spitting image of her mother, they were practically the same.

"Good morning! My name is Akeno Himejima!"

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Bab 130: A new property and a new member.

Natsume looked at the little girl and what appeared to be her mother. Or was it her older sister? The woman seemed to be in her early twenties, though her true age was unknown to Natsume. And she wasn't going to ask her either.

"Hi, I'm Natsume Minagawa. Do you need anything?"

Although Natsume did not know the two girls, she asked politely. They might be known to Drako and company.

"You must be one of the students at that school... I'm Shuri Himejima, nice to meet you. Is Drako home by any chance?"

Shuri introduced herself in a calmer and more refined manner, displaying the manners she had learned since her childhood in the Himejima clan.

As Natsume expected, they were known to Drako.

"Yes, but he's..."

"I'm right here."

Natsume was startled, not expecting Drako to appear right behind her.

"Drako!"

Akeno did not hesitate and jumped into Drako's embrace.

"Hello to you, too, Akeno. To what do we owe your visit, Shuri?"

Drako stroked Akeno's head as he spoke to Shuri. He had to admit, stroking the girls' silky hair was addictive.

"Well, Akeno and I want to show you something. But, Miss Natsume says you're busy so Akeno and I can come back later." Shuri says with a slight smile.

"No, no. Kuroka and I were helping Shirone with her Senjutsu, but Kuroka can handle that on her own. I'm not ashamed to say that she's far superior to me when it comes to Senjutsu."

"Ara, I didn't think you could be so humble, Drako. Honestly, I'm surprised to see you admit defeat in anything. Or maybe it's because it's Kuroka we're talking about?"

Drako felt her eyebrow tremble. As expected of Shuri Himejima, she had very keen senses.

"It's good to admit defeat once in a while ."

Drako shrugged.

"Well, as long as you don't forget about Akeno, you can do whatever you want. I, having been raised in an ancient clan, understand better than anyone what a figure (man) like you represents and needs."

"Okay, okay. Didn't you want to show me something? Now that I've given Kuroka all the work, I have the morning off."

"But, Drako, is it all right to leave all the work to Kuroka?" Akeno asks with genuine concern.

"In fact, it was Kuroka who made me come to greet you. She wanted to spend time alone with Shirone, "exclusive cat talk" or so she called it. Well, it's okay if the lazy cat does something once in a while, too."

"Pfft... you're so mean, Drako." Akeno chuckled.

Having been living for six months with Kuroka, Akeno could tell she knew her a little. She was a lazy cat who didn't like to do anything that might tire her physically or mentally.

"Now that you mention Kuroka, her little sister and her teacher arrived yesterday, right? Akeno and I would like to meet them, why don't we invite you to lunch?"

"In a restaurant?"

"No, at my house."

"Hmm-mmm... it's okay, I guess. Although you're going to have to make a lot of food since there's no shortage of us. If I'm not around to cook, I doubt any of the people in this apartment can cook anything that could be considered food. Do you mind if they all come over and eat?"

"How many are you in total?"

"Eight."

"Hmm... looks like I have to go buy some more ingredients. Baraqiel and Raynare are coming too, so there are 12 of us to eat."

"We're running out of ingredients too, so if you don't mind, I'm going to accompany you to the supermarket."

Natsume and Akeno only waited silently for Shuri and Drako to finish deciding what they would eat today. It was impressive to see how in just a few minutes the fate of more than ten people had been decided.

"Well, what do you want to show us?" Drako asked.

"Follow me, Drako!"

Akeno pulled Drako's hand out of the building.

"Ara-ara, my daughter is so impatient. Natsume Minagawa... can she call you Natsume?"

"Yes, Shuri-san."

"Just Shuri is fine, Natsume. Why don't you come with us?"

"No, no. I don't want to meddle in other people's business."

Natsume was quick to refuse. It was clear that these two girls had come looking for Drako, and she did not want to be the third wheel.

"You don't have to worry about that. What we're about to see is something that concerns you, and everyone in your organization."

Finally, Natsume nodded and followed Shuri out of the building. Drako and Akeno had already gone ahead, but it did not take them long to catch up. In fact, they had barely moved a dozen yards from the door of the apartment building. Drako looked surprised, as she was staring at something with wide eyes.

"Hey, Drako, what are you-"

Natsume didn't finish the question. That's because she was even more surprised than Drako.

"Grigori's methods sure are impressive, huh. Being able to do this without Mordred or Kuroka detecting them is impressive."

Drako could not help but praise Grigori's abilities as he looked on what lay ahead.

Next to the apartment complex, a six-story building had appeared. This building had been gone the day before, and Drako did not know whether to laugh or cry when she saw that it was completely identical to the building where she used to live in the underworld.

"What is the meaning of this, Shuri?"

Drako did not need to look to know that Shuri and Natsume were approaching.

"Ara-ara, I thought you'd be happy to see your old home."

"Woah, I didn't know Drako-kun lived in such a big house."

Natsume had already put aside whatever common sense she still had inside. After all that had happened over the past few days, that a huge mansion should now appear next to the apartment building was no surprise. So Natsume decided to simply be swept away by the current.

"Yes, this house is exactly like the one I have in the underworld."

Natsume simply nodded when she heard Drako say that he has a home in the underworld.

Although several people lived in the house of the underworld, including Baraqiel, the house was owned by Drako. It was a gift Azazel had given him when he heard that he had saved the lives of Akeno, Shuri, and Raynare.

"Shuri, what is the meaning of this?" Drako asked again.

"How impatient you are, Drako."

To Drako's irritation, Shuri evaded Drako's question again with a smile. Akeno realized something was wrong when she saw that Drako's eyebrow was shaking.

"Okaa-san, can you stop teasing Drako?"

"Ara-ara, are you starting to prioritize your man over your mother? Sigh... and to think that this moment would come so soon..."

"Okaa-san!"

Drako watched the mother-daughter interaction with a smile. This interaction would never have taken place if he had not saved them, so he is proud to have succeeded in changing their cruel fate.

"Well, since my daughter wants to, I guess we can go talk about official business. But... this doesn't seem like a suitable place to talk, so why don't we go inside?"

....................

Sitting around a table in the new house are Drako, Natsume, Akeno and Shuri.

"I, Shuri Himejima, am acting as Grigori's representative right now. I have something to negotiate with your organization..."

"Akatsuki. The name of this organization is Akatsuki."

"[Dawn] (Akatsuki), huh... Not a bad name. Well, that aside, I came here to make you an offer. Specifically, I'm here to offer you a property exchange."

"This property for the underworld," right? Now that we're officially separated from Grigori, it doesn't make sense for the leader of [Akatsuki] to own property in [Grigori's] territory."

Shuri nodded. As a representative of Grigori, all she said was not her own opinion, but that of Grigori. Since Shuri had nodded, she meant that those who agreed with what Drako had said were Azazel and Shemhazai.

What Drako and Azazel wanted to show the rest of the world was that [Akatsuki] and [Grigori] were two different organizations. Akatsuki was a mercenary organization that Grigori had hired to carry out a mission. The fact that Akatsuki's leader had property on Grigori's territory could give the outside world a wrong idea about the relationship between the two organizations, and it could appear that Akatsuki is a subsidiary of Grigori. That was the exact opposite of the purpose of creating Akatsuki, as what Drako wanted to achieve was international fame as an independent organization.

"I guess you came prepared."

"That's right."

Shuri nodded and placed her purse on the table. She opened it and took out a stack of papers.

..............

"That's it."

Drako returned the papers to Shuri after completing all the necessary procedures.

Grigori had already gone ahead and put Drako in charge of the property that had been built in a single night. Having allies who are one step ahead is always satisfying.

Drako only had to transfer ownership of the underworld to Grigori. Likewise, he read all the papers in case Azazel had put some sort of joke in them. Even if there was some nonsense, though, Drako had no intention of listening to Azazel.

"Yes, my role as Grigori's representative is over. Seriously, why do they give such an important role to a modest housewife like me?"

Shuri Himejima is a modest housewife?

Although Drako wasn't going to say otherwise, Shuri Himejima, who had been trained to be the next [Suzaku], wasn't just a mere housewife.

"But... I still have a matter to attend to, not as Shuri Himejima, but as Akeno Himejima's mother."

Shuri took one look at Akeno that Drako deciphered as concern. Why would Shuri be concerned?

"Drako!"

Akeno rose suddenly.

"I want to join your organization!"

"Sure, welcome."

"I don't care if you refuse! I got permission from Mom and Dad to do it!"

"Mmm... Akeno-san, Drako hasn't rejected you."

"Huh?"

Akeno was stunned.

"But Mom said Drako would refuse because girls like me shouldn't go into battle."

Drako sighed internally. That was surely the excuse Shuri had given Akeno to try and make her forget the idea of joining them. Apparently, she had not achieved the intended result, but Akeno had been left with some doubts.

"Of the eight of us in [Akatsuki], I am the only man. Besides, stop with these prejudices against women, they're absurd. Why couldn't a woman join an organization just because she's a woman?"

"Then we have one more partner... With Akeno-san we are already 9 people. Nee, Drako, are Ikuse-kun and Samejima-kun coming?

"That's right, but not just them. I intend to recruit the other two Four Fiends, and there are a few more people I'm interested in."

Drako began to speak to Natsume, leaving behind an Akeno who had not yet come to terms with the ease with which Drako had accepted.

She then smiled and gave her mother a mischievous smile. Her father had refused Akeno's idea to go with Drako, but her mother was not in favour of the idea either. They preferred that she remain at Grigori, as she had the potential to rise to a high position in the organization.

In the end, Akeno was very stubborn about leaving with Drako, and there was nothing his parents could do. Baraqiel was even more stubborn, but Shuri stepped in and allowed Akeno to join Drako.

Although Shuri had complained, it was she who had taken on this job that Baraqiel should have done to accompany Akeno.

"Very well, this afternoon you will have all your belongings left behind in the underworld. Kuroka's too, of course, along with Akeno's."

And so, Drako got a new house (identical to the old one) and a new member in his organization.


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