7 CHAPTER 7

"Well hello there."

Issei's gaze followed the directions from which the sound came in and soon found the owner.

On the corner seat of the last row, sat a man with strange outfit. His outfit consisted of a black business suit and black pointy shoes, he wore a creepy Joker mask on his face. Taking a better look, Issei realized that the man was rather tall, at least around 190 cm. He had a slender body with long limbs which didn't match his body proportions.

Overall, he looked like a creepy pedo.

Even though Issei evaluated him like this, he still followed the common courtesy of greeting someone: "Good morning, Sir."

"What a respectful child you are…"

Issei subconsciously cringed at his way of talking internally.

"A student said that you wanted to see me…"

"Of course, I am the one who sent her… So, are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" Issei asked with a confused expression.

"Follow me…"

Saying this, he stood up and slammed his hand on the wall nearby.

An outline of a door appeared out of nowhere and the door slides upwards to show a staircase going deep down.

Without saying anything, he entered the passage and started climbing down the stairs.

Issei on the other hand, was flabbergasted by the sudden change of events. But he had to think fast now...

Should I follow him?

Or just go back to my class?

He didn't had much time, ruminating over the two options, he decided to follow him downstairs.

He didn't knew what was going on, but he could guess one thing, this was something big...

and he would be lying if he said that he wasn't curious about what was lying downstairs.

Moreover, the readers would just drop the novel if he didn't go.

So, taking all of this in consideration, he quickly followed the after the strange guy.

Moving in front of the secret door, he peered inside and saw endless darkness, he couldn't even make out the outline of the stairs.

"I can't sense anything from there…" the sudden choice of Ddraig brought him out of his musings.

"Really?…" A serious expression formed on his face "If even you can't sense anything, then it should be something very important or mysterious."

This was the last reason he wanted, now without anymore hesitation he stepped through the threshold and passed the door.

Just as he was inside the wall slammed down effectively shutting himself inside without any source of light.

"Yeah, like I didn't expected this." Issei mumbled with a sarcastic tone.

⟦Use your flame laws to make a globe of light…⟧

(A/n: I'm going to use ⟦…⟧ for Ddraig talking and {…} for Malphas talking. Note that both of them talk to Issei telepathically, so no one else can hear them else from Issei. When I use "…" for their speech, then that means that their voice could be heard by everyone. […] For when Issei is talking to them telepathically.)

Issei recalled the magic lessons he got from Ddraig till now, he didn't made as much progress in a certain element, but he could now freely control and manipulate his Mana.

He concentrated his Mana in the air above his palm and infused some minor flame laws.

Just as he wanted, a globe of light of around a basketball size appeared above his hand, providing him with the necessary light.

Moving the globe of light to a little ahead of himself to be able to see the stairs, he started to slowly descend.

[what is Malphas doing anyway?]

⟦That damned minion of Lucifer only knows how to sleep.⟧

{I heard you, you overgrown lizard.}

⟦Overgrown lizard, you say. Then that would make you a forgettable sidekick of That Lucifer!⟧

{At least we waged war against the God. What did you do? aside from getting your lizard ass handed to you by the God!}

⟦Waged war against the God? Don't make me laugh! Your master was too afraid to fight, so he sent all the devil generals in his stead! While he was hiding in Lucy's lap.⟧

{Blasphemous!! How dare you say something...}

⟦…something that Obvious? Hahaha! he didn't even dare to come near when I was fighting with Albion!⟧

Issei ignored their 'Friendly' banter and continued descending.

The long stairway seemed to be endless with no way of seeing further ahead.

He didn't counted time but he eventually got to the end of the stairs.

The space was only enough to fit in at most three people, the stairway ended with a small area in the front and a large gate with ancient symbols.

Leaning on the wall of the left side with crossed arms stood the same guy.

Noticing his arrival he spread his arms in a majestic manner and proclaimed

"Welcome, my friend… Behold the majectic sight of the door of destiny…"

As if on queue, the door rumbled a little with a green hue which soon calmed down.

*CLAP!!* *CLAP!!* *CLAP!!*

Issei slowly applauded with an impressed look on his face, he had to admit, this guy knew how to advertise.

"Thank you Thank you" The guy gave a deep bow.

"Now… on to the business…" His tone took a full 180 degree as he stood with his back straight.

"My name Is Charles Dankworth, you can simply call me Charles."

"My name is Hyoudou Issei, it's also nice to meet you."

"Now that the introduction are over, let's talk about why.. you are here."

Issei nodded his head to show his agreement.

"Well, I was also told to bring you here, so I don't really know why you are here… But..."

His tone went grim at the last as he marched over to Issei.

"I was told to see if the door reacts to your presence or not… perceiving that it had such a major reaction, it seems you are the one."

"Can you… Explain it so that the readers can also understand?"

"Oh, I apologise! The door of destiny is a mysterious place, no one knows what lies inside, and those who know never told anyone…"

"… But there is one thing that is known, it only reacts to certain individuals, the last time it responded to a person was two centuries ago. But he didn't came back, no one knew what happened inside."

"And as it seems, you… are the person who is chosen by this door."

Issei gazed at the door of destiny with an curious expression. It was a large door with weird engravings on its left side while symbols on the right side.

⟦Hmm, so this the the door of destiny!⟧

{Hah, who knew something like this would be buried under a human school!}

[You both know about this place?]

⟦No one truly has any information about this door, just that the ones who have survived it, were the ones who left their mark in the history.⟧

{One of the examples would be the 2nd generation white dragon emperor.}

⟦*growl* Don't make me remember that day! It was the most humiliating defeat we had ever suffered.⟧

{haha, I remember! They said that the red dragon emperor was crushed before even getting the chance to fight. It was an overwhelming victory.}

Issei was at first reluctant at the idea of entering this door, but after getting the summary from Ddraig and Malphas about the ones who survived, a deep passion sprouted in his heart.

Yes!!

That's what he wanted!!

The power to crush everyone! Everything!

How satisfying would it be to overwhelm Vali with sheer force.

Yeah! That feeling of dominating everything! Of having control of everything!!

Realizing this, a deep motivation imprinted itself in his mind as he gazed at the door profoundly.

"So you want me to enter, right?"

"Naturally" Charles said with his usual high pitched voice.

Issei took a deep breath and said

"Fine, Is there a process to open it?"

"Not anything special, but only the chosen one can open and enter it."

As soon as he heard that, Issei put his hand on the door and pushed it.

The door open with a blinding light which caused him to put a hand on his eyes.

But even then, he stepped forward and entered without any inhibitions.

As soon as he entered, the door swung up and shut itself, the blinding light also disappeared as if it was a fluke leaving only the standing figure of Charles alone in the area.

"Fufufu, I wonder… if he will be the one…"