Part 7

At night.

"Don't ever get close to the Church again."

I'm being scolded by Buchou in the club room. Buchou's expression looks more serious than usual. More like, she is really mad at me.

"To us Devils, the Church is an enemy's territory. Just stepping into it can cause a rift between the Devils and God. Since it was an act of kindness by taking the nun to the Church, they didn't harm you, but the Angels are always on the lookout. You were in a situation where it wouldn't be strange for them to hit you with a spear of light."

...Are you serious?

Was I in such a serious situation...?

If I think about it, the chills I felt before wasn't normal. I only felt fear at that time.

So that's what it means to detect danger. So my instinct as a Devil was telling me that it was a dangerous situation.

"Don't get involved with people from the Church. Especially the Exorcists who are our biggest enemy. They could easily eliminate us because their powers are supported by the prayer of God. More so if it is an Exorcist with a Sacred Gear. That would be the same as standing on the boundary of death, Ise."

Buchou looks at me directly with her blue eyes while waving her crimson hair.

Her eye is serious, so she isn't joking.

"Y-Yes."

"You could avoid death as a human by being resurrected as a Devil. But Devils who are exorcised become completely terminated. They return to nothing. —Nothing. There is nothing left and you feel nothing. Do you know how serious that is?"

...Nothing? To tell you the truth, I don't.

Buchou shakes her head after seeing my confused face.

"I'm sorry. I got too heated. Anyway, be careful from now on."

"Yes."

My conversation with Buchou ends there.

"Ara ara, did you finish lecturing him?"

"Owaa."

Akeno-san is standing behind me and I didn't even realise it. She is smiling like usual.

"Akeno, did something happen?"

Akeno-san's expression changes after Buchou asks her.

"We received an order for a hunt from the Arch Duke."