Routine

The two exorcists were confused about what just happened. If it's an attack with even slight mal intent, they would have felt and reacted to it, but the magic is too sudden and silent that they fell victim to it.

Even now, they didn't know how to react, especially when the Devil maid started cursing and losing it at, presumably, the one who wrote the notes.

"...Irina... What's happening?" Xenovia wiped her bloodied nose and asked her comrade. She didn't even know what to feel in this situation.

"...No clue... But that Devil seems to know about it..." Also wiping her nose, Irina stares at the hysterical Devil, 'That face stamp with shaggy hair is all too familiar... Is it Kisuke? He knows magic? Then that probably means that he was also converted into a Devil.' Complicated feeling bubbled up inside her as she didn't really want to become enemies with the person she's very close with in the past and saved her, '...Is this also the Lord's trial?'

"Should we ask her?" Xenovia suggested.

"Probably after she calms down a bit."

"Good call."

It took Akeno a few minutes to calm down. Sakura already left for Hokkaido a few days ago and she was left taking care of the house after school.

She's excited at the prospect she'll have a chance to find out Kisuke's weakness so she went overboard at searching the house, putting more effort in searching Kisuke's room in the guise of cleaning it.

But instead of his weakness, what she found is annoying traps everywhere. It ranges from plain annoying up to borderline sexual harassment. At first, she didn't mind it as she already knew that this is the case, but as time goes on, her patience was slowly deteriorating and stress piling up.

She felt like she's a hero of a shitty RPG crawling the last dungeon where the Demon King lives and every step is a landmine making it impossible to clear.

Due to stress piling up and unclear mind, she ended up using the only thing she found, Kisuke's porn stash... by 'comforting' herself.

Of course, she regretted it immediately after her mind cleared up a bit. But despite how she looks and acts, she doesn't have any experience and it's not often she can lay her eyes on a porn magazine. So seeing Kisuke's diverse collection, it caught her attention and unwittingly read all of it when she knows that no one is watching her.

What caught her attention the most is magazines with S&M themes and the book that she 'used' is from this category. It's a very effective method to relieve nevertheless.

Another day has passed and stress piled up on her mind again and ended up doing it again, but with lesser regret this time thinking that no one can see her anyway and she always cleans up the scene for any evidence that others might take a clue from.

From then on, it became a routine for her after falling victim to many of Kisuke's traps yet not finding anything useful. It even came to the point that she won't leave Kisuke's room anymore to take the porn magazine and doing it there. Of course, she took extra care not to leave any evidence. It's the room she searched the most anyway and she's sure that there isn't any hidden camera or any sort to capture her activities in the room... How wrong she was.

When Irina and Xenovia came, she's just about to start her routine and was interrupted with her stress-relieving time, so when she answered the door, she's more feisty than usual. If it's the usual her, even if she's facing exorcist who seems to be carrying dangerous weapons for the Devils, she'll just laugh it off and show them a bit of courtesy. Too bad... They really came at the wrong time. She's already in the mood and ended up suppressing it, so when Kisuke's annoying trap came, she instantly lost it.

"Uhmm... What's happening?" Irina didn't know what to ask so she just chooses to ask the general idea of what just occurred.

After calming down, Akeno wiped her nose clean and said, "You claim to know him but you don't know how that bastard's mind works?"

"T-That bastard?"

"Of course I'm talking about that Kisuke Urahara!"

"You Devils don't go along with each other?"

"Hmm? What Devil?"

"I mean, didn't he become a Devil?"

"Devil? That guy? No way! No one can control that bastard!"

"He isn't a Devil?"

"He isn't."

"Then what are you doing here?"

"..." Akeno didn't know how to answer that question. She didn't want to reveal her funny situation she's in because they lost a bet against Kisuke.

"Why are you staying si--..." Before Irina could finish her question, Akeno's phone suddenly rang.

Akeno took out her phone from her pocket and saw an unknown number calling her, "Hello? Who's this?"

"Ah, Akeno-chan! Good evening~!" From the other side, she heard a familiar voice, "Sakura-san?"

Thanks to their training and control of Holy Power to strengthen their bodies, Irina and Xenovia can easily hear Sakura's voice.

"Yep, it's me. How are you doing?"

"I-I'm fine..."

"...Did you activate any traps?" Hearing her reluctant answer, Sakura immediately guessed.

"..."

"I'm sorry... I forgot to tell you that Kisuke put some gimmicks in the house and will only activate whenever both of us aren't home. Though I don't know what gimmicks are those, I can tell that those are just some nasty traps."

She didn't know why, but Akeno has a feeling that she didn't tell her on purpose. However, Akeno is more curious about other things, "Sakura-san... How did you know my contact details?"

"Ah, right. Miki told me that Irina-chan arrived from overseas and visited her and Issei-kun. I got your contacts by asking Rias Gremory who is staying at their place. She'll probably arrive at our place tonight so I want you to entertain them in my place. By the way, Irina-chan is Kisuke's childhood friend and they're pretty close back in the day."

"...They are in front of me right now?"

"Really? Great, can you pass your phone to them for a few seconds?"

Akeno hesitated for a few moments but complied in the end, "Sure." She then threw her phone towards Irina's direction.

Irina caught it and examined it for a moment before putting it before her right ear, "Sakura-kaasan?"

"Irina-chan! It's been so long! How are you doing?" She heard the familiar jovial tone on the other side and sighed in relief.

"I'm doing great~! How about you?" Irina and Sakura exchanged pleasantries and talked about what they missed for a bit. But it didn't take for them to talk as Sakura needs to attend to something, "I'm sorry, but I have to go, I would like to talk to you more but I'm busy here in Hokkaido and my good for nothing son is currently in a vacation in Greece so he can't entertain you either. How long are you gonna stay in Japan anyway?"

"Just a few days or maybe a week if my business takes some time."

"Do you have a place to stay already?"

"No, I don't."

"Great~! Then you stay at my place for the duration of your stay in Japan!"

"Huh? I'm sorry, but I can't impose myself with you too much!" Irina rejected her offer, 'And besides... A Devil is here!'

Even Akeno was shocked after hearing Sakura's words but felt relieved when Irina instantly rejected her offer.

"It's fine~. And I insist. That's the only thing I can do for you."

"No. I can't. I appreciate your offer, but I'm with someone else and there is also another reason that I can't take your goodwill."

"The fact that you're an exorcist, and the maid in front of you is a Devil?"

"!?... How?"

"I heard it from Rias Gremory."

"So you know about the existence of the supernatural world..."

"Yep~. I also heard that you vowed not to attack the Devils under the Gremory and Sitri, and Akeno-chan here is the Queen of Rias Gremory. And I can assure you that she won't hurt you in any way... Right? Akeno-chan?"

Akeno stayed silent for a bit before eventually answering, "...Yes."