The start of Masaru Belial

Tonight was just another night filled with uncertainty and fear, the sounds of whimpers followed by screams became a daily occurrence and new faces keep appearing within this place called, Hell.

Rooms made with white tiles, silverly coloured tools and adults dressed in white coats having no compassion for the children.

You are just experimental subjects

Or, your only worth is to be used by us.

Ever since the day the children arrived in this place, their freedom and rights have been stripped away.

Living lives worse than slaves.

In a room a boy and two girls were huddled together, if it was not for the eldest girl then the younger boy and girl would have already broken down in tears.

"Everything will be fine Ma-nyan"

a cute girl with long black hair and black cat ears was trying to comfort the boy who felt terrified.

Despite her effort to coax him to calm down, even she herself felt terrified whenever she remembers the news they received.

Her name was Kuroka, one of the two yokai lineage, the nekomata. These species originates from the eastern Yokai who specializes in using Ki, and Kuroka along with her sister were variants called Nekoshou, the strongest of the Nekomata.

"I- I will protect bi-big brotha"

The younger sister of Kuroka, biting her tongue, she whispered softly as she gripped the boy's shirt.

Just like her sister, she had cat ears and tail but her colour was white. Her name is Shirone and currently, she is biting her lips, she tried her best not to tremble while trying to act brave.

"That's right nyan! We will protect each other and live!"

Kuroka said with a determined tone as she brought the boy and Shirone into her embrace, despite the fact the boy was not of the Nekomata race, he was still accepted as their "brother".

The reason the two girls were currently trying to comfort the boy is that tonight he would undergo experimentation that was different from the experiments that Kuroka underwent, and these experimentations had a high casualty rate.

"Kuroka, Shirone..."

The boy glanced at the two girls feeling incredibly touched by their care, although he put out the best smile he could muster, it still appeared forced.

His back was covered in sweat at the thought that it may his last day he would live, the feeling of a grim reaper hovering over his head ready to reap his life felt incredibly uncomfortable.

He is not afraid of pain, but death was an entirely different matter all together.

Ever since the two girls accepted him as one of their own, he underwent training together with them. Allowing him to obtain a stronger physique to endure the daily torture from experiments conducted on him.

Because of their circumstances, Kuroka focused on training their Senjutsu (Ki). And it was mostly thanks to that, the three of them could hold on longer compared to their predecessors.

'Why is the world unfair? Kuroka-nee is truly strong... But against these people we stand no chance, should we accept our deaths without being able to escape this hell? If only I had power'

The boy clenched his fist while feeling frustration burning hot like lava within his chest, yet he dared not say nor do anything in fear he might implicate the two girls.

'I, Masaru will find a way to save them...'

"You have to stay strong alright? Big Sister will save you"

Kuroka hugged the young boy who was a few years older than Shirone.

'I will kill that bastard for thinking he will lay his hands on Shirone... But for them to move Masaru to another experiment after such a short amount of time is not a good thing'

After a while, the three were still embracing each other dearly a young man entered the room wearing the white open cloak over his formal shirt and dark brown pants, he was one of the assistants of the labs and also the one who had the most contact with the three.

Despite all that, the three of them still never knew his name.

"Masaru, it's time"

Masaru, the young boy who heard this knew there was no chance for him to escape and if he resists they will use Kuroka and Shirone.

"I will be back soon"

Putting on a brave face for the sake of his two precious sisters, Masaru gave another hug to Shirone and Kuroka before leaving them reluctantly.

"Come back soon Big brother"

Shirone held Masaru in a similar value as she held her older sister, they spent a lot of times together when Kuroka was not around like reading books together.

"I will"

Masaru smiled warmly, it was by luck he caught a glimpse of Kuroka having a serious expression for a moment but went back to her usual jolly self.

"Don't worry I will keep your bed warm for you nyan or would you like to eat me?"

"Kuroka have some self respect!"

Masaru blushed but he still smiled turning around leaving together with the staff member, while walking in the corridor Masaru could hear faint talks in the background

"I heard some rumours that the Gremory family sent their forces to investigate the Naberius Family"

"Yes, apparently they are investigating the kidnapping case and luckily not the experiments we are currently doing"

"But are we truly safe?"

"Well as long as no explosion occurs in the facility then no one will ever be able to find it"

'Explosion? Could it be the way to save Kuroka, Shirone and myself is to cause an explosion?'

'No, that's impossible because we don't have family outside'

Masaru shook his head while placing the discussion at the back of his mind, he made sure not to show his thoughts on his face.

Hearing the discussion between his colleagues the assistant scientist glared at Masaru fiercely.

"Be sure to behave today, otherwise the two girls will be sent to the demon beast cage for battle training"

hearing this threat, Masaru who originally had no such thoughts felt he was being wronged but he could only keep silent and endure as he kept following after the man.

The demon beast cage is a battle simulation facility they constructed to test the powers of each of their super devil experiments or products to see how it fares in practicals.

The thought of sending Kuroka or Shirone made him worried, so he made sure not to displease the man any further.

No matter where he looked, everywhere it was white. The corridors were long and most doors were hidden like walls, it was only after they stopped at a peculiar wall. did it start to separate sideways leaving an open passage for them to walk through.

Inside was the same experimentation room Masaru was familiar with, the same metallic equipment and the same people who look at him as if he was not a living being.

Masaru who entered the experimentation room was surprised to see another new piece of equipment was brought in, it was a massive incubator which was meant to contain him.

On one side of the wall is a large black window, from experience Masaru knew that it was a room filled with senior level employees who are overseeing the experimentation to witness the results.

Following the instruction of the scientists, Masaru was pierced with several needles connect him with a like tube to several containers filled with strange crimson coloured liquid.

'Will they inject this into me?'

"Stop being muddleheaded and enter the incubator"

Snapping Masaru out of his inner thoughts, he followed the orders of the scientists and entered the incubator followed by the scientist who closed it up after he inside.

On the other side of the room filled with staff members, all of them began to take vital measures, energy measures, oxygen metre, etc.

"Alright, we are about to start the Super Devil Project #51, test subject name Masaru Belial. Son of the Human woman called Cassandra and Diehauser of the Belial family. The concentration of the solution has been increased to 150% compared to the previous experiments, alright start the experiment!"

"Understood!"

The leader of the scientist recorded the initial information for the experimentation before he started to order his subordinates to start the experimentation.

Shortly Masaru felt how the capsule vibrated for a moment till he felt his feet were wet, when he looked down he could see diluted red coloured liquid was currently filling up the capsule so he closed his eyes as he experienced this kind of thing several times despite it being a bit scary and painful.

When the capsule was full, the staff member inputted a command allowing the genetic alteration solutions to start injection into Masaru's body.

Strangely Masaru felt his body was heating up from his arms at first before it began to spread throughout his body, the heat was increasing with each second causing even the restorative liquid he was floating in was starting to boil.

At first, he grunted when he felt like ants were gnawing at his bones making them itchy but afterwards it felt like his body was starting to shrink as if he had malnutrition.

"Activate the Nutrition Device and increase the Solution concentration output to 200%!"

The leader of the team started to give out orders,

Masaru felt his body was slowly returning to normal as it was consuming the nutrition it was being fed from an inactive needle that became active.

"But sir if we increase the output we might kill him!"

The staff responsible for the Genetic Solution was getting scared that this madman would destroy another test subject

"Last time we also decreased the solution but never increased it, so increase it!"

The leader gave the man a glare making him feel he would be 'Replaced' if he did not follow his orders so he increased the concentration output from 150% to 200% making the concentration even stronger.

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!"

The scream of Masaru did not affect the mentality of the surrounding people as they were used to this kind of situation.

But Masaru who was screaming within the capsule, felt that something was incredibly wrong as the heat was increasing with every passing second and the mask that once provided him oxygen snapped loose from the heat causing him to lose his breath from screaming.

'Such a shame, to think another experimentation subject will be scrapped... Guess it was only a matter of time'

a Senior employee sighed as he no longer had any interest in this anymore and left the room.

Just as he opened the door, the entire facility began to shake unnaturally.

BBBBOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!

"What's going !?"

"We are under attack!?"

"Call the guards! Activate the security system!"

Just this one explosion caused the entire room to become disorderly as the employees who were already stressed about the previous incident began to panic and run for their lives.

"What is going on over there!?"

The senior employee yelled at the emergency intercom.

"Sir, it's Coming from the Nekomata laboratory! Something happened and most of our men are dead!"

Shortly after the man from the intercom gave his response, a security guard arrived while panting.

"Sir, you have to evacuate, the older Nekomata went on a Rampage and killed off her master and most of his peerage along with our elite forces. This attracted the attention of the Gremory Family"

The leader who was frustrated and angry, became silent, feeling a slight dread of fear at the fact a servant of a devil managed to kill their own master.

This kind of thing never happened before, and the fact it happened was enough to send a chill down the leader's spine thinking how powerful this nekomata became.

"Everyone takes only the test results, documents and important solutions along with you. Use the emergency route to escape this location, make it quick before the Gremory family arrive"

There was no need for another order as the men were currently packing most of the valuable things without minding Masaru who was still screaming in the capsule, in their mind the boy was already dead and there was no need to stop the process.

Mysteriously, unbeknownst to everyone in the world. The boy who died during the experimentation had revived, but it was not the same boy but a different soul which occupied it!

The scientist who had been able to detect this anomaly if they kept monitoring the screens and saw the measuring data, but it was as if the Goddes of Fate determined that this incident would not be known to anyone.

After a while, the boy who was floating like a dead fish began to show signs of movement until his eyes opened wide.

'What's going on!? Where am I!? IT HURTS!!! AIR!!'

The boy began to frantically hit the glass to break it open but his malnourished body had no strength at all, feeling his body was burning up and his head felt like it was going to explode from the lack of oxygen.

He kept hitting till he caught the sight of the respirator mask that was floating near his feet, swiftly he grabbed it putting it close to his mouth. Thankfully it was equipped with an automatic filter suction device which drew out the small amount of water that was still inside before he could finally start breathing.

'I almost died again!'

The boy breathes, despite the pain he was still feeling, he still felt glad he did not instantly die right after reincarnating. But when he finally realized that he was submerged within the red liquid and the memories of the crimson coloured liquid inject within him drove him almost insane.

'These people intend to make me a monster!?'

The boy was crazily bashing against the incubator door but it was firmly shut, he could feel his body was transforming and the thought of him becoming a monster during this experiments drive his desire for power to escape his current predicament.

If anyone was still in the room then they would all have been shocked to a standstill if they witnessed what was happening right now, from the boy's chest a sharp flash of multicoloured light erupted.

It was a brief flash that was enough to attract the attention of the fleeing scientist and nearby people, yet none of them dared to investigate this phenomenon as the thought of the Gremories arriving was simply too terrifying if they were caught.

In front of the boy appeared a book as thick as his waist floating in front of him, yet strangely the water seemed to not have the ability to touch it almost like it did not exist in this world but also existed.

Opening on it's own, it revealed a myriad of runic symbols, letters and numbers almost like it contained the wisdom of many languages.

Perhaps it felt the boy's wish, or maybe it was the boy's subconsciousness that allowed the boy to call forth the book at the brink of his despair.

'This book...'

The boy glanced at the book feeling a strange, yet familiar connection with the book. Although he could not discern where it came from or how it came to be with him.

However, the boy could somehow feel that this book was something similar to a grimoire mages use to cast magic, and this book was probably the most special one of them all.

RPG spells, Arcane spells, Talisman, Alchemy, etc. Anything related to magic or similar arcane techniques were all recorded in this book.

It felt incredible that he had such a book, but his current circumstances did not allow him to celebrate. The Super Devil Gene Alteration Solution is empty, his body had begun adapting to the changes but the progress was impeded due to the lack of high nutrition which was also dried up by him.

'I have to get out!'

The boy groaned in pain, his focus was becoming blurry and his sight was growing darker. Out of his last desperate struggle, he randomly cast a spell that caused him to faint due to the lack of magic power.

>\/<

"To think they were experimenting here?"

A Young handsome man wearing noble dress with his crimson hair was currently looking at the young nekomata girl one of his peerage members were treated at the moment.

Seeing the silver-haired Nekomata, Shirone. The young man was reminded of the information he gained from the older Nekomata who left earlier.

"Remember, although it pains me to say this but the official statement would be that one of the Peerage Members of the devil who is the sister of this girl, lost control of her power and became drunk in it causing the death of her fellow peerage and master"

"Yes Lord Sirzech!"

The group of warriors behind the young man all answered in unison.

Sirzech sighed looking at the girl thinking that she will be having a hard time because of her sister and this event gave Naberius Family the chance to use this as an excuse to the council to stop his investigation in their connections with several disturbing sources.

Just as they were about to pack up and leave the rest of the aftermath to the Naberius Family Members another explosion occurred southwards of the laboratory,

Sirzech was taken aback at the power he felt from this explosion, it was not strong enough to threaten him but it gave him a faint feeling, a call for help.

"Okita, go check the situation!"

Sirzech ordered his knight who wears a traditional Shisengumi uniform to inspect the explosion,

"Roger!"

Okita used his immense speed to appear in the location in a flash, when he arrived at the site of the explosion he was greatly shocked as he would have never in his life would expect to find another child a bit older than the girl among the debris that was once a laboratory.

Checking his surroundings, he found no other living person. Looking at the boy he felt pensive, was it caused by him? He thought before shaking his head thinking it was probably because he was reading too much Japanese Manga that his mind tends of overthink.

Landing on the ground next to the boy, he gently picked him and almost dropped the boy while feeling a cold sweat run down his spine. Just as he was about to pick up the boy he felt an immense amount of Demonic energy within the body of this boy which he did not feel up till now.

'Good god... This amount is close to Sirzech'

Without wasting time for the Naberius Family to "reclaim" the child he picked up the boy and reappeared next to Sirzech.

"You found another child? Huh... this demonic energy signature... To think the Naberius family was the one who kidnapped his son"

Being familiar with the devil magic attribute signature, Sirzech was able to instantly realize Masaru's origin by using his magic sense, coupled with the fact it was quite known that Diehauser was searching for his only son for a long time now.

"Let us leave before they try to take the evidence"

Feeling relieved, Sirzech smiled became more natural due to the fact that he had Masaru, with the boy in his hand he had hard evidence the family was kidnapping children.

It might not be much but he could now suppress the Naberius Family enough to gain time to restart the investigations without opposition, it was also made possible because this boy was the son of Diehauser who was the current Champion of the Rating Games.

>\/<

"Urg"

Waking up, Masaru had no idea how long he was out for. He did not immediately sit upright as the memories of the previous owner were still merging with his own.

It was only after a while he started to look at his surroundings, from the looks of it he was in a hospital room, moreover a private room.

'Sigh, to think I would transmigrate in such a painful manner'

Masaru who managed to sort out his memories began to accept his new identity, or more accurately speaking he had no other choice but to accept whether he liked it or not.

Just the thought that he reincarnated in the body of a boy who died a split second earlier than he did was already something beyond his understanding, but what really shocked him the most was the fact he realized he reincarnated into the world of DxD when he remembered Kuroka and Shirone.

'huh?'

Perhaps the feelings of his predecessor spurred him on as he suddenly he realized he was not sure if the two girls were safe.

"I have to find Shirone... Kuroka"

Just as he was about to stand up, a hand suddenly appeared on his head keeping him from leaving the bed.

'Where the hell did he appear from?'

Next to Masaru's bed stood the Knight of Sirzech's family Okita Souji.

"Whoa there boy, you are still recuperating. Unlike the young miss, your body constitution has changed."

"Uhm... Who are you?" Masaru asked,

He only read a bit about DxD, or maybe he did read more about it. But somehow he could not recall much of it for some reason, and because of that, he did not know anything about this person in front of him.

Okita smiled broadly before introducing himself while extending his hand

"The names Okita Souji, I'm the knight of the Lucifer Group and a Swordsman"

Masaru hesitated for a moment before he stretched out his own hand

"Masaru. Sorry, but could you tell me if there are two girls with cat ears? They are incredibly important to me. Their names are Shirone and Kuroka"

"So their names are Shirone and Kuroka huh? Well, I suppose the younger girl was rescued and already recovered but she is currently mute because of the trauma she experienced losing her sister. As for the Elder one, we did not find her at all."

After hesitating whether or not to tell Masaru, Okita sighed as he continued,

"She is currently a wanted criminal for killing her master"

Masaru who heard this blanked out for a moment, but after considering Koruka's personality he knew that this was something she would do if the safety of her loved ones was threatened, even he would do it.

"Can you tell me who turned her a criminal? Although she may have killed her master, it was to prevent him from experimenting with her sister. If you found me then you must have seen experiment equipment around me! Before I lost consciousness I was being experimented on"

"Although I can understand your reasons, the fact a devil killed their own master is considered treason and punished to death for it. Right now we can do nothing to help her.... yet"

Okita felt a bit sympathetic towards this boy who was courageous enough to stand up for justice and righteous.

After thinking back on Okita's words, Masaru realized that it made sense if he were to think according to this world's common sense.

'It appears my previous world common sense made me almost forget this point... I really am in a different world'

Masaru sighed, he knew right now he would not be able to do anything for Koruka but right now...

"Uhm... Uncle Okita, can you please let me see Shirone"

Okita was a bit bothered about the fact there was no confirmation about the boy's condition being stable, but from what he was seeing he could see the boy's condition was good enough for him to at least walk.

"Uncle... Very well"

Okita sighed within his heart as he could not find it in himself to refute a child, so he helped Masaru stand up from his bed to see if he could stand on his own, when he saw Masaru standing perfectly fine he nodded and the two of them left Medical Room and went to the one a bit further away.

"How long have I been sleeping for?"

"Two weeks, and the fact you can stand probably because of that experiment you survived. I never saw someone managed to walk normally with how bad your condition was when I found you"

'As expected of a fantasy world'

Masaru nodded, he noticed the Nurses and Doctors were all avoiding a specific room up ahead. When he noticed it was Shirone's room, he could faintly feel that she was being shunned.

Feeling worried about her condition, he rushed into the room while causing Okita to be surprised.

"SHIRONE!"

Shirone who looked no different from a living zombie with no will to live, became energetic when she heard a familiar voice.

She turned her head to look towards the door seeing the familiar boy standing still looking towards her.

"Big... Big... Brother?"

Shirone choked on her tears as she climbed off her bed, she staggered a bit while looking at Masaru who was walking closer. When the familiar scent of Masaru was smelled by Shirone, her ears stood straight as well as her tail.

"BIG BROTHER!!!!"

Shirone ran, leaping into Masaru's embrace before she broke down in tears. She was terrified, many people wanted to kill her because of her sister, everyone was mean to her. Only a few people were nice but because she lost Masaru and Koruka, she felt that she was maybe better off dying.

But after seeing Masaru, all those thoughts flew away as if they never existed as she felt that if there is someone whom she could everything with, it was definitely her dear big brother.

"Everything is okay Shirone, I am here and I will never leave you"

Masaru who was also crying a bit from feeling relieved, was comforting the crying Shirone. It was only when he knew that she was safe that he could relax, he was not sure why but he felt that Kuroka was safe and he could look for her when he settled his current situation.

When Okita just arrived at the entrance he could only smile warmly feeling glad that the boy and girl still had one another after such a tragic event. Since the two need some time alone, Okita left Masaru who was currently sitting upright on the bed and Shirone was currently sleeping peacefully on his lap.

Shirone fell asleep after all her tension were released, Masaru gently caressed her hair feeling depressed.

'If only I was reincarnated I could have... No, I should not argue about the past, right now I have to figure out our situation and work from there. Looking for Big sister Kuroka right now will be unrealistic, not to mention our age and power is not safe for us. Just what is going to happen to us'

>\/<

Okita was currently enjoying his cup of tea near the reception as it was the only place where the number of people was few compared to other areas, looking towards the doors that slide open revealing a familiar face.

With grey eyes and hair, the man who entered the hospital ignored the surrounding people that were all trying to grasp his attention for autographs or photos. From this it could be seen this man was incredibly famous, even the number of people from other places soon began to swarm the place until the man became impatient.

SWOOSH!

a Strong wave of silver-coloured demonic magic power erupted from the man's body as the pressure forced the people to halt their activity, looking at the man with surprise, confusion, fear and excitement.

"I'm sorry but I have something important to do, so don't blame me for being impolite if any of you bother me"

The people were surprised as this was the first time their champion was acting like this, but all of them felt that he would really beat them up if they pushed too far so they made way for him, allowing him to head towards the reception.

"Nurse, Can you please check if this hospital has any patients in your facility by the name of Masaru!?"

The Nurse was shocked at the presence of the man, his display of power and now the desperate look on his face which she never thought of seeing in her entire life.

The man in front of her was none other than the underworld wide known Emperor of the Rating Games, Diehauser Belial.

"Uh-- Uhm"

Feeling flustered facing her idol, she could not help but feel a bit dreamy facing him while she heard his question but at the same time did not.

Luckily for the nurse who was about to experience a pressure that could break her bones, Okita stood up walking towards Diehauser.

"It's been a while Diehauser"

Okita greeted Diehauser casually to grasp his attention,

"You... You're Okita Souji the Knight of Sirzech Lucifer?"

Okita nodded, the two of them shook hands.

"Yes, You're looking for your son correct? Follow me"

Hearing that it was about his son, Diehauser did not hesitate to follow Okita who walked ahead, it was only then the surrounding people heard that their idol came for his son they began to understand his desperation.

But it did not stop them from sending this news to gossip to their friends, families, and colleagues.

"How is he?!"

Diehauser could not contain his anxiousness, he lost his lover her promised to marry after she notified him that he had a son. But a few years ago before he could even meet his son, his lover was killed and he was kidnapped.

He had been searching for his son, he mobilized his family's resources and network only to find nothing at all.

It was only recently, he got news his son was rescued. And the fact that Naberius family was behind his kidnap, he first went over there to demand an explanation although he never asked anything but instead destroyed more than half the family, buildings were destroyed and blood of the family members flowed like a river.

If it was not for Sirzech, then Naberius Family would have become extinct tonight. And the compensation the Naberius Family had to pay was enormous, although it did not entirely quell the rage of Diehauser. But he left it for now as the safety of his son took priority.

"Just be quiet, he is currently sleeping"

When Okita sensed that Masaru was currently sleeping, he warned Diehauser ahead of time while the two of them entered the room seeing how Masaru was holding Shirone preciously in his arms.

Seeing this scene, Diehauser could feel how deeply his son cared subconsciously for this litter girl. Thinking about possible choices, he made one that he felt would be the best while looking towards Okita.

"I want you to ask Sirzech to arrange Guardianship of that girl to me"

Okita looked at Diehauser with wide eyes as he knew that Sirzech with his Sis-con side actually wanted to bring this nekomata under his sister's peerage in order to cure her, but after seeing how lively the girl became in the presence of the boy he too felt that keeping these two together would be better for the girl.

"I will let him know, I think this would be for the best as well"

'Sigh... How am I supposed to face him after all these years? Will he blame me for his mother's death? That I was not there for him?'

Diehauser felt conflicted at these thoughts, he would not deny that he felt his son had every right to hate him but deep within himself he hoped that Masaru would understand his situation as well.

Masaru was slowly waking up, he felt relaxed when he saw Okita. Seeing the strangely familiar man next to Okita, he drew Shirone closer to himself as if trying to keep her close to protect her.

Shirone who was being pulled closer did not wake up, but instead began to drool from feeling comfortable.

Instead of feeling sad, Diehauser felt proud of his son when he saw this. His son first thought for the sake of his close ones before bravely facing him, although he did feel a bit of pain that his own son did not know that he was actually his father!

"Uncle Okita, who is this man?"

"Uncle?"

"*Cough Cough* This is Diehauser Belial, although it may seem a bit rushed. He is your father. He looked for you these several years after your mother was killed"

Okita explained bluntly as he felt there was no need to use roundabout words with this boy.

Masaru felt a bit surprised as he was not sure how he should deal with this, he could not even remember who was his mother other than her name being Casandra.

The other problem was that Masaru had a bit of memory pertaining to the Belial Family which included Diehauser, the problem was that there was no information about him having a lover not to mention a son.

This made Masaru realize that although this world has similarities it was still different, this was his reality.

"Father?"

Diehauser who heard Masaru calling him father without any anger nor hatred made him flinched for a moment before he walked slowly towards Masaru. He was not sure what to say to his son whom he had been searching for all these years, but right now all he wants to do is be near him.

Masaru did not have memories of his family from his predecessor other than his time with Shirone and Kuroka, so he was not sure how to react towards his now supposed father.

Although it was wrong to think of this in this way, but he felt that it was a convenient situation for him and Shirone, as what he cared the most about was to find a safe place for him and his little sister so he could reorganize his thoughts and understand his situation.

Diehauser did not speak till he was close enough to grasp Masaru in an embrace together with Shirone was still currently sleeping,

"Sorry... I'm so so sorry that I could not be there for you and Cassandra..."

Masaru stared at his father who had a complicated face, he knew his father was the devil world's strongest champion in the Rating game. A Strong man who went through trials of blood found it difficult for him to express his emotions, so all Diehauser did was gently caress Masaru's head.

"It's okay Father, Mother would never blame you for what happened and neither will I. THe ones in the wrong, is the people who killed her"

Masaru whispered this softly yet clear enough for Diehauser to hear it causing him to closed his eyes for a moment, anger greater fiercer than a thunderstorm was growing within him at the thought of his lover who was killed and his son who suffered.

"I will find them, and I will kill them"

Diehauser said this without a shred of hesitation before he opened his eyes again showing nothing but fondness for his son, he felt touched and proud at his son who was more mature than he expected.

'This is my son'

Diehauser thought with a proud feeling.

"I will soon be bringing you to the family where you can meet your grandparents and Aunt, I have arranged for the little girl to live with us"

"Yes, thank you father"

Masaru bowed his head slightly, what he cared about the most was keeping Shirone close to him so he could protect her if he could then he would not have minded kowtowing to express his gratitude, she was simply that important to him.

Diehauser smiled before he turned around leaving with Okita to arrange the matters.

Masaru gently stroked Shirone's hair while thinking about everything that happened so far, and right now he had one goal.

'I have to become strong enough to protect myself and Shirone, not to mention I have to find Kuroka. Surviving in this world is the top priority for now'