43 Let's visit a shrine 3

"Ara, you look like a foreigner but it seems you are used to using chopsticks, Mike-chan." Shuri Himejima said while looking at Mike's dignified manner of eating with chopsticks.

"Well, I came to Japan a lot of times. So, I am used to the customs here." Mike hid the fact that he lives in Japan. "By the way, Baraqiel. It seems that this isn't the first time the assassins attacked the shrine. Why aren't to shifting their location to a safe place?" Mike changed the topic.

Baraqiel looked at Shuri and she nodded at him. "Well, to be honest, I thought they would give up. According to your information, the assassins came for me this time. But it all started with Shuri's family. They didn't accept our love and decided to kill Shuri. I beat them up the first time they came here but it seems they told my location to my enemies. That's the reason my enemies were able to find me." Baraqiel explained.

"The fact that you said this openly means everyone here already knows the situation including Akeno huh..." Mike commented while looking at Akeno.

"Yes, I already know. That's why I will train to be a strong fallen angel just like Ray onee-chan!!" Akeno said while clenching her fist. In this world, Akeno doesn't reject her fallen angel blood due to Raynare's influence and Shuri being still alive. Yeah, Raynare also f*cked the canon in her own way but she did it knowingly unlike Mike.

"Well, the assassination attempts might reduce after a few days," Raynare said.

"What makes you think that?" Mike asked.

"Well, this isn't that much of a secret. All this mess is mainly related to the Himejima clan. While the rest of the Himejima family is against Shuri-san and Oji-san's relationship, Suzaku Himejima is still on good terms with Shuri-san and Akeno. Currently, she is undergoing the ceremony to become the official heir. Once it is done, I think the situation might get better from that side. But as for the enemies from Baraqiel side, they won't give up that easily. So, it's better to change the location." Raynare explained the scenario. She had a calm and serious expression on her face instead of the usual energetic expression.

'As I thought, there is more to this girl than what meets the eye.' Mike thought. He looked at Baraqiel. "How about the fallen angel side? Maybe you can make them stay in Grigori?"

Baraqiel sighed, "That's also a problem. As you already know, you can't trust everyone in Grigori. Some fallen angels like Kokabiel are more problematic than the Himejima clan. So, Grigori is not a safe place too."

All of them completed the dinner at this moment. Mike analyzed the situation and said, "Then, in my opinion, the best solution is to change to a secret location, and also it would be better to stop contacting this Suzaku Himejima. Although she has good intentions, if she is becoming the official heir of the clan, your location might be easily found out if you are still in contact with her. I agree that the Himejima clan might not try something directly when this Suzaku is present. But they can easily disclose your location just like what happened today. Well, to be honest, I am a little grateful for them since I won't be able to get to your location if they didn't disclose it."

Baraqiel sighed again. "Haa... I agree. I am trying to find a suitable place."

Shuri sensed the heavy atmosphere in the room and tried to change the topic to lighten the mood. "Ah, Mike-chan, you have some business with my husband's boss, right? Why don't you stay here till you get your job done."

"No way!!" Mike shouted before anyone else could react. All the other people in the room looked with a shocked expression. Mike contained himself. "I am sorry for shouting like that. But for some reason, I often get myself involved with a 'lucky pervert' situation. So, staying in a house with cute and pretty girls is a straight no-no."

Baraqiel laughed. "Ahaha... There's no way something like that will..."

"Ahh... Too bad. I wanted to try something with those ropes if you stayed. Hehehe..." Akeno commented with a cheeky smile before Baraqiel could complete the sentence.

The room was silent for a moment. Mike broke the silence, "That's what I am talking about. So, I can't stay here. I will come back in two days as planned. I will be going now."

Baraqiel caught Mike's shoulders "Mike, thank you very much for not staying here. I will make sure that Azazel-sam will meet you."

Mike nodded at him. "Alright, see ya." Mike was about to go but Raynare stopped him this time. "Wait, I have a lot that I want to ask you. Oji-san, don't disturb us. This is private!"

She winked at Baraqiel and grabbed Mike's hand. "Let's go!!" Mike sighed and followed her.

After they came to some isolated place, Raynare let go of Mike's hand. "Hmm... I am almost convinced that you are the protagonist of this world. But hey, don't you think you are breaking the plot a bit too much? A protagonist isn't supposed to be aware of his lucky pervert skill!!"

Mike sighed again. "Could you use your real personality at least now? Anyone can say that you are wearing a mask."

Raynare smiled. "I am using my real personality though... I use a lot of personalities and all of them are a part of me."

Mike sighed again. He understood that he can't get through her mask easily. "Okay. So what do you want to talk about?"

"I thought you would have some questions you want to ask. Aren't you curious about me?" Raynare asked.

"Well, a lot. Why me? Why did you tell me about your "secret" while there are more people you can trust?" Mike went straight to the point.

"Because you are an abnormality!! Look I first thought you were reincarnated like me but it turned out that you are not and that makes it weirder since you are disrupting the plot without even knowing it. You might be the MC in this world. As I said, the world is in danger. No matter how much I train, I am pretty sure that I won't be strong enough. I need a strong ally so that I can be safe. So, please become my ally. I can assure you that my knowledge will be useful to you!!" Raynare bowed in front of Mike.

Mike sighed again. "How is the world in danger?"

"Hmm... There are a lot of threats. Khaos Brigade, it's a terrorist organization that's gonna be formed in the future with Ophis as the head. There is Trihexa, and the main ones are ExE gods."

"Ophis is supposed to be in the dimensional gap and Trihexa is already sealed. I don't know anything about these ExE gods though." Mike is at least convinced that Raynare knows something if she knew these names.

"Ophis will come here because Great Red will occupy the dimensional gap and Khaos Brigade will break that seal and unleash Trihexa. There is about 10 years gap for these events to happen." Raynare answered. Mike just calmly looked at her.

"Look, I know that these things sound unbelievable but I can prove that I know some future events. Right, now that Akeno's plot is over, Kiba's plot comes next. I don't know when but soon, the church will conduct a Holy Sword Project probably somewhere in Italy and I am pretty sure it will be snowing at that time. The goal of this project is to make wielders of holy swords. Valper Galilei will lead this project. He will try to kill all the children at the end with poison gas. There will be only two survivors. A girl named Tosca will survive because of her barrier type sacred gear. And the boy named Isaiah will survive with help of his friends. This boy will have 'Sword Birth' sacred gear. After he escaped the facility, a crimson-haired devil will find him and he will be reincarnated into a devil." Raynare said everything she could remember about the incident. Mike just looked at her with a shocked expression.

"And look, I said what would happen in the novel that I read. This world is a little bit different. So, I don't know if there will be changes in that incident. You can look out for this incident since you are connected to the church. I don't care if you let the events go as they should or change them to your convenience but if the incident went even a little bit as I said, please believe me and make me your ally!" Raynare looked with pleading eyes.

"That story is way too detailed. Alright, I will look out for this incident. And if that incident really happened, I will contact you myself." Mike finally said it and disappeared from there the next moment.

After Mike is away from her, he thought to himself. 'That girl puts on a good act. She's definitely hiding something. What is it? Well, I will try to look for that incident for now.'

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After Raynare was left alone by Mike, she smiled with a sad expression. "So, you reincarnated without your memories huh, Kei-kun... Well, I think it's for the best. And I don't deserve to be your lover again. The reason you died in your previous life is me, after all... This time, I will make sure that you will be completely happy with your life." And the next moment, Raynare's eyes were filled with tears. "Damn, I did a good job holding myself back." She fell on her knees and started crying.

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(Author's Note: Yeah, Mike is reincarnated too. I know it's a bit cliche but that's what I planned. Well, Raynare found out the real identity of Mike once Mike removed his disguise. She wasn't really able to hold back her tears at that time but she is a great actress. So, she made it look like the tears are from laughter. She doesn't want Mike to know about his previous life. But she wants to be in his life. So, she acted the way she did till now)