Chương 59: Preparations for Kyoto

"Yes, that's why when you go to Kyoto make sure you make contact with Seo" Ajuka was talking with Masaru who was accompanied by Diehauser who was still staying at the house with Diana.

"Can this Seo be trusted?" Ajuka nodded at Masaru's question, he already expected such a question since they were dealing with confidential information.

"Yes, the man is completely neutral and works only for money. Out of the people I use for information gathering in local regions in Japan he is the best one and the most reliable." Masaru leaned back thinking about it, he still was not certain why Ajuka would send him to investigate witches instead of those creatures.

"But is the information about Witches from Brittany in Kyoto a fact?"

"Only two of the four targets has been sighted in Kyoto, however, they are there indeed. Because it is the Yokai Territory but with your school trip we only need you to investigate whether these witches have a connection with the Witches at Greater Malling from the same country. If they do, then this event will naturally be connected with the Ancient Creatures"

Masaru was taken aback, he never expected that the lead they had on the ancient ones could be linked to witches. This was truly a big surprise, with a determined face he nodded "I will take this job, and if I can I will handle it on-site as well"

Ajuka sighed in relief as he did not expect Masaru to accept this job, what he did not realize was that Masaru took this threat much serious than he personally does "Be sure to contact us first before you make a move, it is best we analyze the situation first. Also, a little magical girl is already on her way there to help you come in contact with the Yokai Leader to prevent any issue between our two factions from forming because of this event"

After concluding the request Ajuka's projection went off, leaving Masaru together with Diehauser and Diana alone in the room, Diehauser glanced at his son with a serious expression "Are you certain you can do this?"

Masaru shrugged as he could not explicitly say that he was confident due to the fact that he could not predict just what "kind" of creatures he might face this time. But a fearless smile appeared on his face before he answered "Those creatures are my job, after all, I won't be reckless this time. The injuries on my soul are healing quite nicely, I can even feel my control and power is showing more progress compared to before"

Diehauser who heard this sighed as he knew his son was actually itching to have a fight to see his limits, but a smile form on his face as he glanced at his fearless son "Well we managed to train quite a large number of devils, it's all thanks to your 'toys' you made together with Elizabeth which really shocked me. If anything happens just be sure to call. We the Belial has now officially regained our prestige and military strength, so I can now finally support you"

Masaru smiled warmly "Thanks father, I swear I will not let you down!"

"But Father, how is the plans with our Educational Sector going?" Diehauser supported this idea as well, he truly found Masaru's idea interesting especially about training the low-class commoners to become officials which were truly a blindspot for him.

"The plans you made, we have already began drawing blueprints but we will not be able to make these buildings or start it officially yet. Sirzech and Serafall together told us to wait patiently, so I guess those two has a plan"

Masaru nodded feeling that this could indeed not be rushed, the pride of the nobles is too deeply ingrained in the bones of the old devils so they will oppose such movements. Although if they kept it within their own territory then there is not much they can do, other than harassment "Thanks father"

Diehauser laughed thinking of the action his son took, he managed to secure the Sitri and Bael Family as his supporters without owing either family anything. "But I am shocked, you actually support Sairaorg Bael your competitor and this recent request your making for Sona Sitri be in charge of your education plans"

"I need their family's support, even if we have great power it's still only one household. I intend to use these plans for the greater good, having Sona handle our Educational System while we simply provide manpower while still gaining a percentage of the share.

"With the education system Sona manging, the students she trains we have the privilege to employ them first thus we can swiftly deal with our lack of talents in many fields such as Administrations and the like. But we can also advance our territories growth, allowing us to gain much more strength other than just military strength

"As for Sairaorg, he intends to become a Devil King and I believe that will happen, the Bael Family will not keep him as the Family head since he does not have the power of destruction. But because of this his position in the devil world is the most unstable one, if he loses even one match the devils will pull back their support"

Masaru takes a sip of his tea before continuing his reasoning, "I believe by us keeping to support him even if he fails a few matches will still be worth it, I fought him myself so I know better than anyone that he will reach his dream to become a Devil King and our Belial Family needs a Devil King's support in the future"

'Unless I too become one but that will be left remain to be seen, Sairaorg is a backup plan if I don't become one in time'

"Well I understood those points, so I will leave the talks with those two, up to you. Since this will be your first two tasks that you must succeed in as the heir of Belial, it appears our Elder Council that has not been active for a while has begun to gather back together under the command of grandfather Damian. If things are going as plan, then we should be complete with 70% of the plans we have set out for the family" Diehauser wanted to laugh, he wanted to scream. It has been a long time, to feel so relaxing,

"So when am I getting a little brother or sister? I am feeling lonely you know... Mother Father" Diehauser and Diana both blushed at this sudden question attack, they wanted to retort but they suddenly remembered something god knows what, they could not say it out loud.

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"Big brother, are you going to leave me behind?" Shirone began to fake her tears in hopes Masaru would take her along but this time it did not work.

Naturally, Masaru knew how to handle this kitty cat he loves very much while caressing her head "If you can endure the three days I will award you with an M-Ticket"

Hearing this Shirone did not complain since she achieved her objective which was the M-Ticket, this M-Ticket was recently created for the girls' entertainment to collect these tickets to get wishes from Masaru, 1 Ticket = 4/5 hours date or 1 wish, but if they collect 10 tickets it will be 1 day worth or a big wish. But this reward is separate from when Masaru would naturally take them out on dates.

'I never expected this ticket system to become addictive to them like a game, but every small thing brightens their everyday life'

Masaru thought as he went out for the day alone to prepare, he entered his room once again and immediately teleported to Elizabeth's laboratory that was now located in the Belial Territory. Ever since she went to her own Lab she had been creating variety of training toys and consumable pranks, but her way of Pranks is dangerous which is why Masaru frequents her lab to gather these toys before he heads for a mission.

"Masaru! Thank you!" Elizabeth thanks Masaru who took out a packet of jelly tots he bought at the shops yesterday from his pocket.

"How are the toys coming along?" Elizabeth who heard Masaru's question had a teasing smile while she adjusted back her glasses

"Hue Hue, you will be surprised! I have created these Berserk Bombs. So these bomb is a good item to use if you need to escape by making them fight against one another, but please don't use them when only one is around HOWEVER you can use it if you come across an intelligent one this can make it go mad like an animal"

Masaru nodded, 'As expected of my genius elder sister, her prank toys are crazy'

"Did you managed to create that inventory bracelet with Ichika?"

Elizabeth nodded while turning out moving most of the prototype products out of the way before taking out a bracelet that had an ordinary appearance, "Yep! We managed to complete it thanks to Seekvaira who came to assist us as well! Here you go"

Masaru saw the bracelet was quite plain, it held no fancy designs only plain black iron. He slipped it on and an electronic window appeared showing a list but there was nothing in it. "That is the inventory list which will display the items you have inside it, but I have only recorded all the known things in the database so if you put in something that is not registered on the database it will be marked as unknown"

Masaru thought for a moment, he felt that he should visit the Agares Family "I guess I have to visit Agares Family and give them a gift as Thanks"

Elizabeth smiled as she answered, "No need, I traded her the Ball toys for her help"

Masaru played around with the bracelet and realized the technology was truly amazing, perhaps with the aid of Time and space powers they can create more different kind of products in the future. "That's good, I will be heading to Kyoto soon, I will need items that can disrupt Mana, something that can vaporize blood. And a few items I can use to suppress members of the Yokai race"

Elizabeth who heard this began to think before asking a question of her own, "I can understand the first and last things, but what's up with the blood?"

"You see the information we have about Human witches are limited because the Human Family that has witches are keeping their information about them under wraps, so I can't deny the possibility of them using blood as a medium in their dark magic...

"But then again if we get into a bloody gore battle I would also like items to remove the blood when the body has been removed, it will also be a good item to use when cleaning up a battlefield so this kind of thing could also be sold to Falbium if necessary"

Masaru said his reasoning to which Elizabeth could understand, "I will then include some sonic bombs, smoke bombs, flash bombs and also my newly created Eunuch Chili bombs"

Masaru felt a cold chill near his crotch at the ominous name, he glanced at Elizabeth asking "Eunuch chilli bombs?"

Elizabeth nodded at the question feeling quite proud of her recent product and even gave it an amazing name! "It burns so bad for men it feels like you became a woman"

Masaru touch his chin wondering about something, "What about women?"

Elizabeth smiled, "It just burns a lot since women tend to have a higher tolerance towards burning pain compared to men in general"

Masaru could not help but feel this bomb was specially made for men and the women stuff was simply too low class, however, he would never say it out loud otherwise he might be the first victim to experience, this eunuch chilli bomb.

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"Hehe, I have gotten a ticket" Shirone felt like teasing the girls but the reaction was quite shockingly bland.

Akeno smiled teasingly "But we get to have Masaru for three days and... Two... Ni-ghts"

Hearing the last part this little cat felt like tackling her elder sister out of envy, the girls continued their bickering while heading together with Diana to buy new clothes and travel bags for everyone because Diana thought it was their first school trip so it was best to make it memorable.

"We have to come up with a journey trip, we can't leave it up to Barold or master. The places they selected was simply too few! we can at least add a few more" Angelica mentioned this.

What the girls never knew was that Masaru and Barold did this on purpose to have the girls to plan the trip since it was best to leave such tasks to a travel expert or better yet a girl who dreams to travel the world.

Ichika agreed with her, "We need to at least visit some of the historical shrines... EH!? This place is a must!" They were talking while searching for spots to visit on their phones.

"This kind of life is good..." Diana muttered while thoughtfully rubbing her belly, no one noticed this habitual action of hers

"Diana Kaa-sama, this coming school vacation I heard Masaru-sama will be heading to Britanny again?" Akeno asked feeling curious about this plan Masaru made, normally he would spend such precious time with the family.

"It's not yet confirmed, but the Pendragon House has indeed requested for Masaru's presence as they require his help. Why?" Diana answered when her gaze turned towards Akeno answered with a smile.

"In that case, I was hoping if we could go there as well" Diana was not certain for a moment then looked at her meaningful smile

"I see... I will naturally arrange it, but don't get your hope to high"

They kept visiting shops to buy clothes but the one they bought the most for ended up for Masaru, it appears he will not be able to escape the clutches of the girls who want to see him in these clothes.

"Akeno-san, and Diana-san?" Sona was walking past the clothing shop spotting Akeno and Diana,

"Sona Kaichou?" Akeno was also surprised since it was only a few days ago they were training together.

"Buying clothes?" Sona came over, she noticed that they were shopping.

Akeno smiled, "Well it's our first school trip after all, besides Sona Kaichou you bought an awful lot of books"

"Yes, since we will be having a trip I will need some books to help me ignore a problematic situation" Sona could not divulge her sister coming along in public.

Akeno invited Sona to happily follow them in their shopping experience. Thanks to another opinion their selection of clothes, products and such expanded once again. Even Diana was buying quite a lot of things for herself which she normally would not always do, but the accurate advice of Sona was enough to entice her to buy buy buy all because of a bargain sales.

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Time flies by and finally, Friday came, Masaru and the girls were already at the station waiting for the train together with the students. Masaru made sure that Diana and Julia did not come to say goodbye or God forbids (Headache attack) Pandemonium will descend on the school.

If you wish to know why the impact of Diana and Julia in casual clothes is more impactful appealing compared to the formal attire they wore on Parental Visits day at school. They would gain several crushes and overflowing male students lusting after them in a matter of seconds, Masaru would naturally not endure it and might just... castrate them.

"So for the first day, we will be following Angelica's plan?" Everest asked Akeno since the group of girls were sitting together.

"Yes, we divided the plans according to everyone's input but the first day was given to Angelica since it was Masaru's selfish request there" Akeno explained to Everest, the girls knew it was Angelica's dream to travel around the world.

"Yes! I can at least count this as a trial run to get the feeling for it. fufu Can't help but feel excited" Angelica spoke happily, she felt that it was a blessing for her. She truly felt that she made the right choice to join Masaru's peerage that day when Diana brought her to meet him.

"Uh... Uhm... Are you girls really fine with me being in the group?" Sakura whom Masaru pushed into the girl's group to get to know each other still felt a bit left out.

Yui who was next to her came closer "No need to worry Sa-chan! Since you joined our team we will naturally be fine with you"

Sakura who heard Yui's words felt a bit relieved, "Yep, you are after all a comrade who shares the same interest as us"

Ichika proclamation was heard and end up causing the boys in the train to glare at Masaru who was reading a book while listening to music.

"It appears he already entered his relaxed mode" Akeno spoke while feeling like she wanted to lean against him but they had an agreement that such actions could only be done in private or next term in public to avoid another troublesome event with the boys.

'Hmpf! I should just punish the lot of them for getting in my grand plan to win Masaru's heart!' She thought but it already went away when Masaru who sensed her uneasiness and caress her head for a while.

The book Masaru was reading was Tom Clancy's Patriot Games, because this book touches politics quite deeply while the Main Character does act based on his feelings from time to time. It was truly an educational but also an inspirational book.

It was giving Masaru some understanding about politic movements he never understood in the Devil World, this author wrote similar situations he is involved in so he could gain some insights. Thus he was expanding his understanding of politics in his free time since he will become the Head of the Belial Family in the future.

'Once I reach Kyoto I will have to separate from the girls, I will have to use Sona to hide my mission from them at least till I know what we are dealing with. According to Ajuka, Seo's shop is in an alleyway near Fubuki Hotel so I will head there first to get some inside intel or make him get it for me if not. Depending on whether he has the information or not will affect the discussion I will have with the Yokai group, I honestly hope the Yokai does not have trouble inside...' Masaru thought while he was reading his book

"To think he is peacefully reading his book, I did thought he would mingle with his peerage without care for other's opinions" Rias spoke feeling surprised since Masaru would always stick close to his girls at Devil parties and such.

She did not expect Masaru to be so cooperative with Sona to help curb the jealous of the students, she would have never known that Masaru simply wanted to give some chances for his girls to make friends of their own amongst humans

"Well, since the situation in the school has finally calmed down I am quite certain he would like to keep it that way" Sona spoke as she and Rias were currently playing chess.

"I have to make sure when we arrive that I buy my brother and family some things to bring back for them..." Rias felt a bit troubled about what to buy.

Sona did not pay any attention to this matter since she decided that she would buy gifts she felt like it will be worth it "Just buy something you want to give them and that will work"

"The Demon King is awfully quiet lately" One of the boys commented while looking at Masaru who sat next to Akeno, however, he was reading the book and listening to music without showing signs of flirting with the girls.

"Could it be even the Demon King was defeated by the Legendary Yaoi attack!?" The surrounding boys began to think.

"Who cares! We have to start our secret operation! Do you all have THAT packed in?" The boys all nodded excitedly, they had wasted some of their pocket money and time to prepare these things for the trip.

"Good, because it may be our possible springtime arriving!"

There were normal boys in the class who looked at the excited group thinking there was a time they too were like this in the past till they lost their virginity, they all gave these boys a salute in their hearts 'Good Luck our Kouhai' since they were the senpai in this department.