Chapter 26 You tried so hard…

"Hello there," Shin said as he waved at her, causing her to look down in surprise, not knowing he was there. It was yet another useful ability of his sacred gear. With his control over his magic, he had completely suppressed it, making it impossible for even someone with the sensing abilities of Koneko to detect.

"You! How did you sneak up on me?!" Mittelt yelled, shocked. Even now, Mittelt was shocked as do as she might, she couldn't sense anything from Shin. She couldn't tell if he was human or not, if he was powerful, or if he was dangerous. It was like he didn't even exist.

"That's irrelevant. Instead, could you please call your fallen friends? What I want involves all of you." Shin requested.

"And why would I do that? I can kill you myself!" Mittelt exclaimed, jumping down from her position on the tree, a brief glance of her panties being shown to Shin. Landing on her feet, she glared at Shin, a spear of light forming in her hand, waiting for Shin to make a move.

"Hmmm. Perhaps it will change your mind if you knew I'm the reason for Dohnaseek's disappearance?" Shin smugly stated, watching as Mittelt looked at Shin in shock and some fear.

"What?! How do you know Dohnaseek?!" Mittelt yelled, now very cautious.

"Simple," Shin said as he released his control over his magic, allowing it Mittelt and the other fallen in the church nearby to sense his presence. Although not large nor did it give the feeling of someone strong, Shin was smart and knew how to use his magic in smart ways. "I killed Dohnaseek."

Mittelt was shaken by the statement, not knowing whether to believe Shin or not. After all, Shin didn't give off the presence of a strong person, but that didn't necessarily mean he wasn't capable of killing Dohnaseek.

"So then, are you going to call your friends?" Shin asked, smiling way too innocently.

Mittelt didn't have to be told thrice, flaring her magic to her fellow fallen as a signal to help her. In just a matter of seconds, the space near Mittelt started to warp as Raynare and Kalawarner arrived.

Seeing them arrive, Shin used this to cast a barrier, one unique to him and invisible to the eye as well as senses. Using his sacred gear, he set up a large dome of the repulsive force around all of the fallen as well as himself. No one would be able to leave, nor would anyone be able to get in. However, despite the barrier being invisible to senses, the spike in his magic when he formed it definitely was not and he had no doubt Rias and her peerage would be coming very soon.

"Mittelt, what did you call us for?" Kalawarner asked, curious and also somewhat worried. With the disappearance of Dohnaseek, Mittelt suddenly calling for help was a worrying thing. It was likely whoever was behind Dohnaseek's disappearance was trying to do the same to Mittelt.

"Because this guy wanted me to. He says he killed Dohnaseek." Mittelt said, glaring at Shin. Luckily, due to the sudden arrival of the Raynare and Kalawarner, they hadn't noticed when Shin spiked and created a barrier.

Raynare and Kalawarner's heads swiveled to Shin in surprise as they finally notice his presence, Raynare recoiling in surprise. "You!" Raynare said, shocked seeing the person she thought she killed alive and well. As well as apparently having been the one to kill Dohnaseek.

"Hey, long time no see… You know, last time I wasn't able to fully appreciate your body since I was you know, dying… But, now that I can, I give you a ten out of ten!" Shin said, both his hand sticking straight out, giving Raynare two thumbs up.

"Raynare, who is this person?" Kalawarner asked, confused about this entire situation.

"Hmmm, Raynare is your name? After you stabbed me with your lightsaber, I figured Yuuma wasn't your real name. It's nice to know the name of the person that killed me." Shin said nonchalantly, making the three fallen angels uneasy. The way he could act so carefree in this situation worried them. He acted as if he didn't have any reason to consider them a threat.

"Raynare, this person… Is he that kid with the sacred gear that you killed?" Kalawarner asked, piecing together the situation from what she had heard from Shin.

"Yes, that would be me," Shin confirmed for Kalawarner. "However, Raynare didn't know a devil had been keeping an eye on me. So, I was revived by that devil after Raynare killed me." Shin explained to the fallen.

"Are you kidding me?! I went through that stupid, boring date for nothing?!" Raynare yelled, annoyed and outraged.

"Yes, Raynare. You tried so hard… And got so far… But in the end… It didn't even matter." Shin said, very proud of himself at the current moment in time.

Raynare meanwhile looked at Shin, shocked and dumbfounded. "Are… Are you quoting Linkin Park?!" Raynare shouted, not having any idea how to react.

"What's the matter Raynare? Find yourself one step closer to the edge? Are you about to break?" Shin asked, Raynare releasing a very loud groan of frustration. By this point, Shin was trying very hard not to break out laughing at his own joke.

However, Shin came here for a reason, and it wasn't to wittily insult people with song references, despite how fun it was. "Anyway, I came here for a reason. I came to give you a chance." Shin said as his face suddenly went very serious. "You're trespassing in the land of the Gremory and Sitri clans. Leave now or I will kill you. Consider yourselves warned." Shin said, the three fallen suddenly finding themselves on the wrong end of some killing intent.

However, Raynare, Kalawarner, and Mittelt were not new to killing intent. Each one of them had fought in the three-way war several centuries ago, and as such, had several centuries of combat experience.

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