Chapter 87 - Oni Girl and Her Origins

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"Rey-sama."

Sakuya-san called me amidst the silence and awkward atmosphere.

And when I turned my head to her, I saw a table and few chairs, and an electric lantern already set.

"Ah. Thanks Sakuya-san."

I said to Sakuya-san with an appreciation for her always attentive service.

After Scathach-sama and Kulshedra-san sat first, I turned to the looks gloomy Oni-girl.

"Uhh.... Would you like to sit and a cup of tea?"

I asked her and gestures to the table.

She then turned to me after hearing my voice and then looked to the prepared table.

"Un...."

She nodded slightly and then approached the table.

I also followed her and then we sat together with her positioned right across me.

After Sakuya-san serves the warm drinks, she also allow herself to sit.

And then we just silently enjoying the warm tea in the middle of nowhere underneath the dark starry night sky while waiting for the Oni girl to calm herself down.

And after a few minutes of silence, I decided to ask the Oni girl after I concluded that she's already quite relax after she sipped the tea.

"Have you calmed down?"

I asked her with a soft, a bit concerned tone.

"Yeah...."

She replied shortly and then looks at me.

"Then, first of all, can you please tell us your name?"

I asked her the most basic question first.

After all, knowing the name of your conversion partner is basic for social interactions.

"Un. My name is Yama-, no, my name is Kouzuki Oden!"

She answered with a straight face.

"Oden? What a weird name.... What about the 'Yama-' before that?"

"I-It's just my other name, Yamato."

She replied with a bit flustered and slightly turned her face as if it's something embarrassed about.

"Okay. Then I'll call you Yamato-san. It's better that way."

I said with a smile.

Yeah. I decided to call her as that because I think it's kind of weird to call her with the name of a food.

"Ugh.... Fine."

She said with an expression of unwilling but have no choice to resign.

"Okay. Next, I'm sorry for the sudden world transfer you've experienced. That was entirely my fault."

I said to her and then slightly bowing my head.

"What do you mean?"

She asked with a bit frown.

"Like this...."

Then I explained to her a few things about this world, who I am and my family, and then how could she's suddenly comes to this world which is because of the ability of my Sacred Gear, «Serene Summoning».

"I see.... It seems here is truly different world.... Can I go back to my world?"

She asked after hearing my quite lengthy explanation.

"That's.... I'm afraid no. At least I don't know how to. Sorry...."

I replied to her with a bit hard feelings because that's indeed the truth.

My «Serene Summoning» Balance Breaker could summon something or someone from another world but couldn't return them back.

And I don't know if there's anyone who could send something or someone from this world to another world either.

"Ugh.... No way...."

She looks a bit gloomy and despaired again.

"Uhh, I'm truly sorry about that.... Let me continue. Next, the reason why did I decided to do that summoning was for a few reasons. One is to find someone, a strong Oni, who could spearhead a conquest."

I said my next reason why she's here.

"Conquest?"

She asked while slightly tilted her head in wonder.

"Yes. It's like this...."

I nodded slightly then explained to her about where we are, the situation of this Chubu region, and the idea to conquer and control the ruffians of this Chubu's underworld.

"I see.... Ugh. I feel like my old man is more suited for that kind of thing."

"Your old man? Your father?"

"Yeah. He likes to dominate other people with force. But he's detestable and I hate him!"

She said with a higher tone and huffed as if annoyed.

I don't know what happened between her and her father, but it seems she truly didn't like her father a lot just by looking at her angry expression.

"Well.... But you're the one who's chosen and summoned."

I said with a bit wry smile.

And she instantly looks like she's just struck by lightning or splashed with cold water.

"Ugh.... If only I was summoned a few years earlier...."

She muttered something with a slightly disappointed expression.

"Hm?"

"Nothing. Hah~....."

She shakes her head slightly and then sighed.

And before that, she clearly muttered something that she wishes that she's summoned a few years earlier.

I don't know what's the reason she wishes that so, but it's not in my control you're summoned in which time frame. Because it's random and I guess this world and other worlds have different ongoing time too because they're truly different worlds in a sense."

"Then let me continue.... The other reason is I need someone to become one of my Peerage members."

"Peerage? What's that?"

"Peerage is...."

Then I explained her about what is Peerage, my identity as Devil, and other related things.

"For that one, it's not a must actually. But I will be glad and thankful if you want to."

I said to her with a smile after I explained to her about the Peerages system.

"Hmm.... I think I need to consider it first for that."

She said with a slight frown.

"Yeah. It's alright."

I nodded slightly in understanding.

After all, the stronger a person is, usually the stronger and higher too their pride.

She's not like Ost-san who's even though she's also strong, I could reincarnated her immediately without her permission and will because she's summoned in just died condition.

And Yamato-san and us still just know each other too.

So we'll need a lot more time to interact, know more, and trust each other more.

And after the trust is built strongly, she'll consider again if she wants to be my Peerage member just like Sakuya-san here and Ost-san who's in the Underworld.

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"Okay. Now it's your turn.... Can you tell us about yourself?"

I said and now I turned the main topic to about herself.

"Hmm.... I was born as a female named Yamato. But I admire a brave man named Kouzuki Oden! I want to be like him! That's why I prefer to call myself a man and act like a man!"

She said with a slight smug face.

"I-I see...."

I said with a bit wry smile.

So.... Basically, she's a tomboy but even more eccentric than Wennyxa the tomboy girl I know.

After all, even Wennyxa even though she's a tomboy she still has reserve as a girl because of her noble upbringing.

While Yamato-san here, she's truly trying to make herself as a man. At least behaviorally. Because her appearance still clearly a female. Especially with her feminine face, her ponytailed white-green long hair, and the most clear of all is her quite large assets (breasts) and her slim stature.

"What about the world you come from?"

I asked about the world where she comes from.

After all, surely I also curious about her different world. The geography, culture, etc.

"Hmm.... Actually I don't really know much. After all, all my life I just spent it in an isolated country, Wano, which didn't have much interaction with outside.... I only know what I know about outside from the journal of Kouzuki Oden the man I admire. He's someone who's brave enough to go outside and left Wano to understand more about the world and then back home after he's done with his journey.... Do you have a pen and paper?"

She said and then paused for a moment to sip her tea.

Then after Sakuya-san gave her a pen and paper, she stopped sipping her tea to took the pen."

"According to what I know from the journal, the world is consisted of four large Seas which divided by a large, ring-like continent and a unique, ring-like sea.... Like this."

She explained while drawing a circle with two shaded long horizontal and vertical sections which divided the circle into four spaces.

"The Four Seas called East Blue, South Blue, North Blue and White Blue which also consists of the islands around them."

She said while pointed to the four divided spaces.

"The divider of the Four Blues are the only continent which called the Red Line and the long sea called the Grand Line which consist of many various islands."

She said while pointed to the long shaded vertical and horizontal sections which divided the four spaces.

"And in between of the Four Blues and the Grand Line, there are two unique section of sea called the Calm Belt. It's called Calm Belt because it's said that there's no wind or current in there."

She said while bolding the borders of the four spaces and the long, horizontal, middle section.

"That's basically the world I know."

She said and put the pen down.

"I see.... That's quite an unique and interesting world."

I said my impression of her world from her explanation.

The others also seems curious and wondered about the different world.

"But then recently I also told more about the outside of Wano from my friends who's come from outside Wano to kick my old man's ass!"

"Hm? Kicked your father's ass? Why?"

I'm a bit surprised with what she said.

"Just like I said before, he's a detestable and cruel man. He and his also wicked partner are the tyrants of Wano, so many people hates them.... And then, someday they who hates them made an alliance with people who comes to Wano to try taking them down. I included myself in the alliance and then eventually we achieved our goal.... After Wano and the people's free, I decided to go to a journey to travel around Wano because I never had a chance to because of my old man's restraint. But then in the middle of the journey I suddenly found myself here. Ugh...."

"I-I see...."

I smiled wryly at her explanation.

Also, her story was kind of similar with Ost-san, cooperate with another person to stopped a problematic person who's close to yourself. But in Ost-san's case, the target was her own main body which is the Spirit Turtle, while in Yamato-san's case the target was her own father.

"Okay, next how about your ability and power?"

I turned to the next topic.

"I'm strong of course!"

She said with a bit smug face and puffing chest.

"Uhh.... I'm sure you do. But we want to know how strong and what makes you strong."

"You want to fight?"

She said with a bit frown but her tone sounds excited.

"What? No!"

I immediately denies her.

Why the conversation suddenly turn to a fight?

Why did I oftenly met with people like this lately?

"Then what?"

She asked with a slight deflated looks as if disappointed.

"I just want you to tell me with words. Hah~...."

I sighed and facepalmed myself.

She then folded her hands and looks thinking.

"Hmm.... I don't know how to describe it. As an Oni surely I have strong physical strength. Other than that, I can only tell you that I can use three kinds of will powers. Aside from that, I could turn to a wolf or wolf-human too."

She said with thinking expression.

"That's.... quite abstract."

I honestly confused with what she said.

Of course I understand if about strong physical strength, but Will-powers?

Also, what does she mean with she could turn into a wolf or wolf-human? Isn't she an Oni?

Or don't tell me that she's half-werewolf or something?

"Mou! That's why let's just fight if you want to know!"

She said excitedly.

"...."

Again I facepalmed myself.

And I felt that it seems I truly have fates with battle-maniacs.

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