High School DxD DX Volume 2

Part 1

"Hey Ise… Do you know of the Devil Mermaids?"

That incident started with these words from Buchou.

One day, after school after returning back from Kyoto.

We, second year students were telling the first year students, Koneko and Gasper, about what had happened in Kyoto.

"Just as I thought it must be someone from the extinct…"

"It's amazing how the Kaichou found it."

Meanwhile, Buchou and Akeno-san, who attended the club meeting hosted by the Student Council, came back while chatting to themselves.

Putting down the documents that were used at the meeting on the table, Buchou turned her attention toward us.

"Everyone, I'm so sorry to ask of you since the culture festival is so near but, I would like you guys to help with the club activity report."

Club activity report? That is….

"…Are you talking about the report which you have to send back to the Underworld as a condition for Buchou to live in human world?" Koneko raised her hand and asked.

Yes, Buchou should have attended a prestigious school in the Underworld but instead, she's attending Khou academy as a special student. She therefore needed to gain the academic points which she would have achieved through attending school in underworld by participating in activities in the human world. A few activities include carrying out a Devil's job or by writing report on creatures that live in human world. Koneko also knows of this.

Hearing Koneko's question, Buchou smiled and nodded her head.

"Yes, I've got interesting information from Sona. As well as achieving academic points, I think we can get some useful information for the Underworld as well. Not only that, we can also use it to publish in the corner of [Reports on UMA] in the school newspaper's Occult section."

Oh ho, the information does sound very interesting. On top of that, information that's good for both the club and the Underworld? Buchou was making a happy expression when it seems like she heard something interesting from Kaichou.

"What's it about?"

When I asked, an intriguing phrase having been brought up at the beginning of this story catches my attention…

"Hey Ise… Do you know of the Devil Mermaid?"

…..like that. But an image which comes up in my head after hearing about the mermaid is a part of physical appearance of the mermaid raised by Beast Tamer, Abe-senpai…. Fish with legs! I teared up just thinking about the appearance which shattered my fantasies! When you mention mermaid, the top half is usually a beautiful woman! The bottom half is fins covered in beautiful scales! I was thinking about these! But I don't know how much the world's perception of mermaids changed. When you relate the mermaid in this world as an ugly creature being a gigantic tuna with legs, it makes me want to cry.

When I witnessed what I saw, I fell into despair! Life is such a cruel place!

"Ah…. Mermaid, you say…."

I replied in a subdued voice. Looking at me who was disappointed, Buchou gave me a bitter smile.

"Ise was surely disappointed after meeting that mermaid. Well, it's understandable since all the mermaids in stories have beautiful appearances." Buchou said while stroking my cheek.

"Now, shall we all go and meet UMA?"

Buchou said so but… Hmm, I can't get excited about this.

"UMA, that's just normal monsters. Well, monster exorcism doesn't sound too boring."

"I want to meet a mermaid!"

"Do we need fishing rods?"

Xenovia, Asia, Irina. The Church trio heard the word, "mermaid" and could not contain their excitement! Wait, don't fish it, Irina!

…every incident that started like this never ended well! It's obvious that we are going to meet a weird UMA… mermaid.

Although I wasn't very enthusiastic about it, it was decided that the ORC members will visit the sea next holiday.

Part 2

And so, on goes our next holiday. After going through multiple teleportation magic circles, we have arrived at the beach where it is summer all year around.

Bright sun in the sky! Bright white endless beach! Even the sea was so clear that you can see the bottom! There is also no one else here other than us!

…It's autumn in Japan right now but places like this where it is currently summer does exist in this planet. After all, it is a big world.

"It's the sea~!"

Shouting in an excited voice, running across the beach as well as jumping into the sea was Irina in her swimsuit. Following her, Asia and Xenovia also dunked their foot into the water.

"The sea is not bad, Asia."

"Yes, Xenovia-san! The weather is nice and the water of the sea is also cool as it feels so nice. This is also actually my first time going into the sea; it's very different from a pool."

That's right, Asia, who grew up in church, have never been to the beach before. Now, let's check out the swimsuit of the church trio! Irina and Xenovia are in a bikini! I don't know about Xenovia but for Irina who's an angel to also wear a bikini….! Both have got a pair of nice breasts so their breasts jiggle whenever they jump in the sea …. It's really wonderful! Their white skins are so bright!

Asia's wearing a marine blue one piece styled swimsuit. Even though it doesn't show too much skin, this is also very nice!

By the way, I am also wearing a swimsuit but it's one of those boxer types.

"….Sea."

Oh ho, Koneko also walked past me and went into the sea. Since Koneko can't swim, she went in with a tube. She's wearing a school swimsuit! It's beyond fitting for her, the words [this is it!] just comes out naturally!

Mmmm, since all the girls are wearing swimsuits, my eye got quite a service and since we are the only ones here, we don't have to worry about other people!

Actually, thinking back we never went to a beach this summer. We spent all of our summer in the Underworld. I spent my precious youth huddled up in the mountain training with dragons….

Actually, this is a great chance to take back my lost summer as a second year high school student! It's summer! I can feel the lost summer coming back!

"Now, I should also enjoy myself. Ise-kun, do you want to play beach volleyball later?"

Kiba appeared in swimming boxers. Even though he's quite tall, he does not have any excess fat and his muscles are quite balanced. He seems slim but also tough at the same time.

…I'm one of those types where I gain muscles as I keep training and my body get more toned…. Even though Buchou complemented my body saying it's more reassuring, I'm still envious of Kiba's body type!

"…W-Why do you keep looking at my body…?"

He said in an awkward tone! T-This guy! He must be thinking of something strange!

"Hey, you idiot! I'm just admiring the fact that you don't gain all that excess muscles! I'll participate in beach volleyball, so just get into the water already!"

"Fufufu, got it."

Kiba gave me a bitter smile and headed towards the beach… Che, all the guys including Gasper in the club misunderstand my gaze as something weird!

"Now, has everyone put on the special oil for devils? Since the sun is strong, you might collapse if you don't put them on."

"Ara ara, everyone's so young. Since we packed lunch, if you get hungry just come back."

Buchou and Akeno-san, the two onee-samas are resting under the parasol. Both were calm, and their tone almost like saying [there's no reason to be excited, it's only a beach.]! They are more like our guardians than anything!

And the swimsuits they are wearing are….! Buchou is wearing a red bikini that is very revealing! Her B-Breasts, having not been covered, is so voluptuous! The bottom piece also didn't cover much and it is amazing! Ah, your silky smooth feet are too incredible!

And Akeno-san is wearing a white swimsuit! This one also doesn't cover much since it seems like her breasts are about to pop out! Are you two trying to compete who can show as much breasts as possible?! It's wonderful! Thank you for the view!

"Hey, Ise. Can you rub some oil on me?"

Buchou called me out and then, proceeds to take her top off and lay on the picnic mat! R-R-R-Rub oil on herrrrrrr!

A man's dream! A must when it comes to beach! It won't be an exaggeration to say that it's the best event at the beach. Rubbing oil on a girl's body?!

"OF COURSE!"

I quickly returned to the parasol and sat beside Buchou! It's the first time after the pool!

"If that's so, I would also like to."

Akeno-san also requested me to rub oil on her! After taking off her top, she laid next to Buchou!

As soon as she lay down, her breasts stick out from the side! Those breasts, it's the best! Of course both of you!

Yes! This is it! I want to change my job to rubbing oil full time! This picnic mat with four breasts sticking out from the side is the best work place!

I normally touch Buchou and Akeno-san's body all the time so even if I'm rubbing some oil on them it's nothing much…. Is definitely not what I'm thinking right now! That is that, and this is this! The sensation of a woman's body is that what you can feel over the oil is so great that it's beyond the comprehension of any men's imagination!

After taking the bottle out and spraying my hand with some oil, I rubbed it against my hand. Then I took my hand towards Buchou's back. Rubbing my hand against her back, I applied the oil gently onto her soft back.

Pst! I had a slight nosebleed. Woah, Buchou's body is still the best! It's smooth and so soft to the touch! Now that I finished applying oil on her back, next is… her thigh!

My hands are able to feel an amazing sensation from her tender thighs! It's so soft, my brain might ascend to heaven but I need to suppress myself. It's not over yet! Next is Akeno-san!

"Please, I'll be in your care"

I rubbed oil on Akeno-san's back and thighs while she was saying that. Kuu…..! This sensation from her tender skin really is the killer! The feeling of my hand being buried on this amazing skin is just amazing! It can be compared to a pudding that doesn't topple over! Soft as a mochi!*

"Ise, keep rubbing oil on me too."

Buchou keeps urging to rub oil on her as well….

"Buchou, it's not fair. Are you trying to keep Ise-kun's hand to yourself?"

After Akeno-san complained, I periodically switched and rubbed oil on both of them but….

Even though the feeling on my hand is just amazing, it got pretty tough when I kept being hurried! Nevertheless, it's happy job nonetheless! This is called happy hardship!

There is also someone at the corner of the mat who is moaning…. It is Rossweisse -san.

"Since I've been reincarnated into devil, the sunlight must not be good for me. If I run around this beach, the sun is shining so brightly that I might get wrinkles on my skin…. Ah, so scary."

Rossweisse-san is muttering to herself while rubbing oil onto her skin herself. Although not as bold as Buchou's or Akeno-san's, her swimsuit is still a very bold bikini. Her breasts and her thighs are also great!

…. And even though our age differences aren't very much, she's talking like she's in her mid-20s to early 30s. I think she's beautiful enough not to worry about those kinds of things… I really can't understand how woman thinks.

Our torture teacher, Azazel-sensei did not come with us today. He likes this kind of stuff but he's on business leave due to some circumstances. The Governor of Fallen Angel sure is busy, but whenever he's free, unbelievable incidents do happen.

…Wait…? There seem to be someone missing from the ORC members…

I searched through the beach but…. Couldn't find him…. Ah, there is a familiar box near where we put our luggage.

After rubbing oil onto these two, I hesitantly approached the box. And when I opened the lid….

"…. GASP… I… I think I….I'm going to die…"

With his face blue and sweating madly, Gasper was in the box.

Gasper! What are you doing here?! Besides that, you look terrible! That is right! As a devil, vampire and a shut-in, for Gasper to come out into sunlight like this is a matter of life and death!

But the fact that he's wearing a woman's' swimsuit seems so out of place!

"A-Are you alright…?"

When I spray some water from a nearby water bottle…

"Ah, Ise-san. That bottle is…" after coming out of the sea, Asia said looking at the water bottle I was holding.

"It's… holy water that I prepared just in case"

"What?"

I replied in a half-witted way. But it was too late; the water that was in the bottle was…

Pssssssst! From inside of the box, I heard something burning, and at the same time smoke came out from the box! Holy water is bad news for both Devils and Vampires! For him, who's already weakened, that thing must have caused critical damage!

"Kuuuuuuuu….! I…. can't stand it any longer…." Gasper shouted as his head collapsed to the side. His expression was peaceful, like he was released from pain!

"Gaaaaasper! I'm sorry! Come back!"

As if trying to bring back Gasper's soul, I shook his shoulders violently.

Even though such tragedy occurred, we still managed to enjoy the time to make up for last summer's loss.

Wait. We came here to meet the mermaid!

… To tell the truth, I'm not that keen on this but I'm happy enough that I got to rub oil on Buchou and Akeno-san so I shouldn't complain.

And like that, after enjoying ourselves at the beach, we decided to go and meet our mermaid.

Part 3

"This is it."

Following Buchou who was in the lead, we headed from the beach to somewhere bit further away, covered in moss.

Waves are splashing against the rocks and in the corner there is…

When we reached our destination, there was a beautiful woman sitting on top of the rock! W-Wait, no! It's only her top half that's beautiful woman! Her bottom half is… Fish! T-This is…!

Not being able to distinguish if I'm dreaming or not, I stood there bewildered with my mouth wide open. I-I mean… I thought the "mermaid" we were going to meet today was the same as one Abe-senpai was raising…! And that image never left my memory since then…

Buchou, leaving me, who was bewildered behind, went and talked to the woman.

"Hello. You must be the one who requested protection right?"

When talked to, the beautiful woman nodded her head shyly, while twirling her beautiful green hair.

"…M-Mermaids do exist!"

Finally, after realising what is happening now, I got emotional and my body trembled! They exist! They exist! Mermaid-san! It's not some tuna with legs!

If there is a God of the sea who I don't even know exist, thank you so much for letting real mermaids exist! While crying without myself knowing, I gave my thanks to the sea God.

Not only is this girl super cute, her rare green hair is so dreamy! Since mermaid themselves are dreamlike, it's a perfect combination!

Buchou introduced us to the mermaid.

"She's Lilitifa Vepar. As you can see, she's a mermaid but she's also a Devil."

"H-Hello…"

Wow, her voice is also cute! They say that mermaid has beautiful voice and they were right! I'm so glad that it's not same as that [Gyo gyo gyo] noise made by that tuna!

"It's a mermaid!"

"Hmm, mystical."

"This must be another will of Heaven!"

Asia, Xeoniva and Irina, those trio's eyes were shining at the sight of a mermaid.

Wait? There was something that's strange from what Buchou said earlier. One was the fact that she was a Devil, but a bigger problem was with her name.

"Vepar? Hmm. If my memory serves me correctly, isn't that name from an extinct family?"

That's right. Vepar is one of the High Class Devil families. But when I was memorizing the names of the 72 pillars, I learnt that the House of Vaper has gone extinct.

Having heard what I said, Buchou nodded her head and spoke.

"That's right. It was originally one of the High Class families in the 72 pillars, but due to war in the past, their House has gone extinct. She, Lilitifa, is a descendent who has inherited the blood of Vepar. All women in the House of Vepar are beautiful."

R-Really?! They were alive?! My, this is amazing! Not only that, she's a Devil and a mermaid!

Hm, so descendants of the families who were thought to have gone extinct are living quietly in this world. Then again, Vali also inherited the blood of old Maou.

"Although they have children, there are High Class Devils who fell into economic bankruptcy due to wars between the three factions in the past. While their House was in trouble due to getting involved in the mess of the fall of the Old Government and establishment of New Government, their House couldn't survive and went extinct. Since they couldn't keep their House from going extinct, they had to flee and live quietly in the Human World. Not only that, during conflicts between the Old and New government, the government couldn't support the ones in trouble. The current Government is regretting what happened in the past, and therefore are currently searching for descendants of the extinct Houses." Buchou explained to us.

It's quite a complicated situation; it does mean that there must be people from extinct Houses that live their lives like this.

Buchou coughed to get our attention and continued her talk.

"I'll tell you guys what happened. I heard from Sona about a mermaid, a descendent of Vepar living in the sea around this area. When they find the descendent from the House thought to have gone extinct, it is the job of a High Class Devil for them to either protect or get in contact with them and understand the situation. This is however an extremely rare case."

Ah ha, so that was it. So it's High Class Devil's job to respond to rare cases.

Buchou continued.

"Originally, these kinds of jobs are for Maou Leviathan-sama's team who knows more about sea, but apparently both Serafall-sama and Sona are too busy with their work to set a date for a meeting…"

Akeno-san then continued.

"That's why Kaichou asked us to get in touch with her. Well, thinking about our Buchou's academic points and about our club's activity, it's like hitting two birds with one stone. Fufufu, maybe Kaichou thought about that already and asked Buchou because of that reason."

When Akeno-san smiled softly, Buchou blushed and grumbled cutely, saying [That makes it sound like I'm just a bad student who always gets help from her friend]

So Sona-kaichou not only looks after her friends well, but she also knows how to use the right person at the right time.

Buchou just sighed and went back to talking to the mermaid.

"Well, I'll ask Lilitifa some questions. Just answer the questions that you can answer."

After that, with one hand on the rare case manual, Buchou asked some questions of the mermaid.

Buchou asked questions such as how she is living here after not being able to continue the name, how does she thinks of new government, if she had any inconvenience or dissatisfaction living here, so on and so forth. And Akeno-san is noting down the answers given by the mermaid, it seems like she wanted protection from the current government. Irina also is taking note. Is she going to give it to the Heaven? When we got to the [Anything that she is worried about] question, mermaid, Lilitifa-san's cute face suddenly got darker.

Noticing the change, Buchou asked her softly.

"It's alright; you can talk to me about it."

When Buchou spoke in kind voice, Lilitifa-san opened her mouth.

"…Umm…. Actually… I'm getting threats from a scary person…"

She spoke hesitantly. What?! There's a bad guy who dares to threaten someone this cute?!

"Scary person? That's…"

Buchou was about to ask for more, but suddenly, dark shadows appeared and… formed a fog.

…what is this? I can feel some aura.

Seeing the fog Lilitifa-san's body trembled, saying […No] with her voice.

"…Smells fishy."

Koneko frowned and pinched her nose. Fishy? When I heard her say that and thought about it for a second, I heard some weird noise.

Kyoooooooo… squawking noises echoed around the area here.

[Mermaid of Vepar, finally found you.]

With a terrifying voice, what showed up from the fog was… a gigantic ship!

W-W-Woah… it's a gigantic battle ship! Pirate ship? No, ghost ship?! A posh looking battle ship anchored near the rocks.

"I am Captain Gregg!"

Shouting from the head of the ship, the person in the pirate costume was…an ugly giant! His face looks like some kind of ugly fish! Judging by the fins that come out of his face and under his hat, he looks like a monkfish? He has an eye patch on his left eye, and he had a cutlass on one of his hand.

For his Jolly Roger, instead of skull…. Magic circle! Seeing the circle, Kiba muttered.

"…Forneus."

Hearing him, Buchou nodded her head.

"Yes, looking at the Magic Circle, it seems like them. One of the High Class Devils, the House of Forneus."

"Another High Class Devil?!"

I'm surprised! Forneus…! If my memory serves me correctly, Forneus is one of the 72 Pillars, just like Buchou! We are meeting with a lot of 72 Pillar House members!

Woah, This type of Monster devil is new to me! I knew that monster devils does exist, but everyone around me all look like human!

Monster pirate… Forneus stood with the people in crew uniform that looked like his subordinates and shouted in a commanding voice.

"Did you people intentionally messed around in this area even knowing this area is an area owned by the House of Forneus?! Sensing your aura, you guys seem to be Devils like us."

Even when knowing we are Devils as well, he didn't change his attitude. But after having heard his subordinates, his expression changed.

"Captain! From their auras, they must be High Class Devils!"

Looking at Buchou's crimson hair, Forneus narrowed his red glowing eyes.

"Hmmmm. Crimson hair…..A person from Gremory… I do beg your pardon, representative of House of Gremory. I am from the House of Forneus, Gregg Forneus."

It seems like the name of Gremory comes in handy at times like this. That monster captain's attitude became softer. Buchou, noticing the shift in mood, also returned the greeting.

"It's pleasure to meet you, Gregg Forneus. As you said, I'm Rias Gremory of the House of Gremory."

Hearing that, Forneus snorted.

"I'm sorry to inform you but that mermaid is a person we've been searching for. I'm sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your conversation but won't you give her to us? I will finally make her part of my peerage Kukuku"

While Buchou was having an important conversation, he spouts nonsense like that. Not only that, he also let out a laugh that sounds nothing less than evil. Such a wicked laugh! He must have other plans for her! He can't fool a pervert like myself!

"...…..I'm scared."

Lilitifa-san hid behind Buchou's back. Seeing her reaction, we can see who she was talking about when discussing who was threatening her, it must be this monster.

Protecting Lilitifa-san, Buchou made a frown.

"What are you saying all of a sudden… I heard that the House of Forneus is well-versed in ocean life, and gives great names to ocean creatures but, I guess there's an exception. I think I get the reason why Sona asked me instead of the House of Forneus, who owns the area there." Buchou sighed, looking at deplorable situation.

Even I got the feeling. Instead of asking the person from House of Forneus, who owns the area around here, asking Buchou would be safer for this mermaid. Even now, mermaid-san is scared of the ugly monster.

By the way, if you own the area around the sea, I wonder what kind of jobs you get. It seems like there are lots of islands here, do they make contract with the people from the island? Or maybe just like pirates they are doing some bad things around here.

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Hearing Buchou's words, furious Forneus showed his fangs.

"Oi, this bitch, just when I was going easy on her…! Do you have the right to invade into other's territory and have that kind of attitude…! I thought that only your breasts were big, but your ego is as equally large as one!"

"....."

Hearing Forneus's words Buchou was still smiling but…Aura enveloping Buchou's body became more and more visible! Ara?! I can feel her anger building up from her aura?!

After being given nickname 'switch princess', she was sensitive when it came to discussions about her breasts! Forneus has just touched on the switch that must not be approached!

"Captain, Captain!" One of his subordinates approached him.

"My underling, what is going on?"

"T-That person is that famous Rias Gremory from House of Gremory! Younger sister of M-Maou Sirzech-sama!"

Having been surprised from hearing that, Forneus pointed his finger at us.

"What?! Younger sister of Maou-sama?! That person who said to contain unidentified power in her breasts….!"

"Captain! T-They are famous for not only having beaten the Old-maou faction, but also the God from Northern Europe, it's "Sekiyuutei & Switch Princess, and their 7 lively comrades + α "!"

W-We are known as such…..

"....W-What the hell is "Sekiyuutei & Switch Princess, and their 7 lively comrades + α "...…?!"

B-Buchou was saying that while grinding her teeth and her body trembled! S-she's mad! Mad Buchou's really scary!

"Is + α me?"

"You must be, you do hang around with us a lot Irina."

Pointing at herself, Irina tilted her head sideways and asked Xenovia. Well, you must be the one.

Forneus suddenly changed his attitude and said

"…That kind of celebrity is trying to snatch my pray huh."

"…snatch? You must be joking. We are simple just trying to protect this person of the House of Vaper since it seemed like some suspicious people are targeting her. Besides that! I've been quiet for the last few minutes and you guys kept saying 'switch' multiple times! Are you guys saying that my breasts are some kind of Sekiyuutei Growth switch or something?!" Buchou said in extremely displeased tone.

B-Buchou exploded! Buchou, even when they didn't say such a thing!

"We have already our eyes on the mermaid of Vaper!"

Forneus shouted with the top of his lungs.

"No way, we are going to protect her!"

Buchou didn't back down either! Those two glared at each other, there were tension between two families then both sides went into the battle stance...

…..was going to happen but just then.

Large pillar of water came from the sea! W-what's going on?! Wait! Something came out of the sea!

After summersaulting multiple times in air, the person landed on the rocks was… wearing a crown in his head and wielding a trident in his hand. There was an Old man with a beard wearing fundoshi.

"DO NOT FIGHT AT THE SEAAAAAAAAA!"

That old man shouted with a voice loud enough to be heard from miles away! So loud! My ear's gone deaf! Others also blocked their ears!

"Who are you?!"

When Forneus pointed his finger at him, Old man in fundoshi spun around his trident and started to laugh!

"Fuhahahahahahaha! Zeus in the heaven, Hades in the hell, and I in the sea! King of the sea! I am guardian of the sea Poseidoooooooooooon!"

"""Poseidon?!''''

Hearing the old man, everyone couldn't believe their ears.

"P-Poseidon-sama?! W-What are you doing in this area?!"

"Fuhahaha! The Sea is my territory! Since there are mass terrorism across different mythologies, isn't it obvious to at least patrol the area!"

"Patrol by the God himself?!" Both Buchou and I were surprised!

This bearded old man is a god?! Ah, I remember! There was a god like this in ancient Greek mythology. And if I remember correctly, Ddraig also mentioned this in Kyoto as well! The origins of my special move, Triaina… Trident, the weapon of sea god!

S-So this person is Poseidon?! He looks like an ordinary muscular old man in fudoshi!

I-Is my thanks about meeting the real mermaid that called him here?! I-I don't want to think about it!

"Even gods patrol around for safety! Coincidently I was passing by when I saw bickering between Devils! Don't fight between comrades! I said don't!"

Poseidon is swinging his trident around and was being angry at us. Both us and Forneus's peerage all was astonished at the sudden appearance of the god.

Not only that, Poseidon suddenly nodded his head, and then continued his talk without other's regard.

"I don't know the details but you guys are fighting about that mermaid over there right? Okay then! Then why don't you guys decide the winner using a game like real devils!"

""Game?!""

Both Buchou and Forneus flinched at those words.

T-That's… is he talking about rating game? So the winner of the game is able to claim Lilitifa-san?

"We have not yet officially participated in the game so…"

Fundoshi god then pet Buchou's head excitingly while she was saying that.

"Fuhahahaha! Although you are a Devil girl, you give attention to such small details! You don't have to nip pick small details like that! The important thing is the battle itself! I, Poseidon will be the judge of this game! Claim this mermaid fair and square with this game! Fuhahahahaha!"

The tension is so high! And aren't you deciding it yourself without other's concerns?!

"C-Captain! An unexpected situation has occurred! What should we do?!"

Forneus's side also seems to be perplexed.

"uuuuuu….! We can't back out now that Poseidon-sama is here, and we didn't want to back out from the beginning but…..! Ok fine!"

Seems like Forneus made up his mind as he provoked Buchou.

"Oi, bitch from House of Gremory! Let's decide who gets the mermaid from House of Vepar by Game!"

Buchou, after being provoked, let out a large sigh and shouted back at him with a determined look on her face.

"Although it seems like this situation has gotten out of hand, I will gladly accept the invitation to the fight! We will definitely protect her! Now, let's begin the Game!"

It's been decided just like that!

"…..What's going to happen to me?"

Seems like Lilitifa-san is getting anxious.

"….Well, everything will be alright in the end."

Koenko spoke, and then she decided to have her banana that she packed as her snack.

As such, it was decided there would be a game between Gremory and Forneus on a wimp, and Poseidon-sama as a judge!

Part 4

On top of the sea.

We are waiting on top of a yacht that can carry multiple people. In front of us is a gigantic battleship!

After initiating two fields, Poseidon-sama, together with Lilitifa-san, is standing on top of a giant turtle. Next to them is Irina, who is floating next to them with her angel wings out. Since she's not part of the Gremory servants, she decides to watch this by the side.

"Good luck, everybody!" Irina cheered for us. Yeah yeah, we'll do our best…..

"When I give the signal, begin the match! The rules are simple! First one to sink loses! Be cautious to not kill each other!" Poseidon-sama explained in an enthusiastic voice.

….The beach holiday that was meant to recoup our lost time during the summer has suddenly turned into another battle. Fufufu, looks like Devils suffer all the time.

"Uuuuu….. I hate the sea…" Gasper, whose body is still not well, is inside a cardboard box at the corner of the yacht. To tell the truth, I don't think he's going to be any use today. Koneko is looking after him by continuously fanning him and saying [….Gasper-kun, are you alright?] to him.

"Since my stress was released during the time at the beach, let's go all out shall we."

"Ara ara, it seems like we end up fighting wherever we go."

Xenovia is full of fighting spirit and Kiba is making a bitter smile. The two [Knights] are wielding their swords and are in battle mode in their swimming suits.

"Ah…. It seems like there's nothing for me to gain from this battle…. I'm worried about my skin condition since the sun is so bright here."

Rossweisse-san is holding her sun shade and is complaining. I can't feel any fighting spirit within her at all!

"Fufufu, I wonder how I should destroy that boat." Akeno-san has a sadistic expression and is making a dangerous smile on her face! It's been a while since we saw this sadistic side of her!

"Issei-san. What shall I do?" Asia asked me while tilting her head. While petting her head, I said [well, something will happen if we leave it to our offensive team]. As long as the other team isn't massively strong, it really seems like everything will be fine if we leave it to the offensive team.

Looking at the lack of tension in the Gremory team, Forneus said,

"That big breasts of the House of Gremory! My peers are specialists at battle in the sea! You can turn back if you are scared! Even with those huge breasts of yours, you are only a little girl! Hahahahaha!"

Forneus bravely shouted those words and laughed. Buchou was….. trembling not in fear but in anger! Scary! Her body is emitting an aura that's condensed with her anger!

"….I will annihilate that fish."

Hiiiiiiiik! Buchou was making an expression that can only be described as pure anger! Her crimson hair was waving around with aura also coming out of her body!

"Issei!"

"Y-Yes!"

"Don't go easy on them! Get into Balance Breaker and shoot them with your gigantic Dragon Shot!"

"Yes ma'am!"

I had no choice but to reply as such! Whatever, I don't care anymore! Like Rossweisse-san, I'm not really up for this fight but, for that cute mermaid-san to be defiled by that monster, I can't allow that as a perverted student!

"Let's just shatter them into pieces!"

As soon as I get pumped up, Poseidon-sama shouts in loud voice.

"Begin~!"

As soon as Poseidon-sama gave his signals, cannon balls are blasted out of the canons on the battleship loudly! Landing on the water near our yacht, the cannon balls made huge water pillars.

"Shooting cannon balls at us…?! Yuuto, Xenovia! Charge forward!"

As Buchou give out orders as such, two of them replied [Yes] and open their Devil wings and fly straight towards the battleship! Through creating shockwaves with their swords, they begin to destroy the opponent's ship! Buchou also deploy destructive magic balls toward the ship.

With loud noises being heard, the ship is slowly getting destroyed! The ship mast is being broken easily and Jolly Roger is getting worn down!

"Noooooo! My precious Flying Dutchman!"

Forneus seems to be so surprised at the destruction of his ship that it seems like his eyes seems is about to pop out.

"Damn them! Get rid of them!"

Forneus pointed at Kiba and Xenovia with his cutlass with his servant Devils then put forward their hands.

"Water! Become a snake and bite them into shreds!"

Servant A, who looks like a swordsman, shoot water out of his sword which then becomes a snake and is heading towards Xenovia!

"Come! Beast of the wind!"

Servant B, who looks like a magician, summons a beast from his shadows and order it to shoot a tornado towards Kiba! Both of the attacks of water and wind is fitting for pirates.

"This is too easy…!"

"Need to try harder!"

Both dodge the attack easily, and after landing on the enemy ship, they slash their enemy. Froneus's servants can't even give a proper fight and are falling down one by one. It is obvious they are not trying to kill them and instead, they hit them with the back of their swords. If we end up killing them, there may be some problems between the respectable Houses.

"Both of you get away from the ship!"

When Akeno-san shouted, Kiba and Xenovia both opened their wings and flew away from the ship.

At that exact moment….. BOOM. Lightening came straight down from the sky, striking the battleship! Having been hit by lightning, smoke came out from several places on the ship! It seems like that attack just has given tons of damage to the ship! It seems like fire is spreading on the deck, and Forneus's servants got burnt to a crisp after getting hit by that attack!

Several servants that avoided the lightening by jumping into the sea also got hit by Rossweisse-san's magic and floated on the water with their backside.

Hmm, as expected, we are quite strong.

"It's finished even before I got into Balance Breaker…?"

When I was thinking that… Forneus isn't standing on his deck?! He's nowhere to be seen! If he got hit by Akeno-san's attack, he must be lying on top of the deck right now!

When both Buchou and I are looking around to see where the opponent is…

"Kyaaaaa~!"

We hear a woman's scream. When we turn our heads around, we see Lilitifa-san being captured in tentacle of squid or octopus or whatever it is!

"Kukukukukuku!"

That annoying laughter is…! Making a loud noise and creating a giant pillar of water, a huge squid monster and Forneus shows up, standing on top of the monster!

"This guy is my loyal monster, kraken the sea monster! Mufufufu, I will be taking this mermaid!"

"Forneus! To kidnap Lilitifa in front of Poseidon-sama, it seems like you've got a death wish!"

Buchou is right! Wait, was Poseidon-sama just sitting there letting him kidnap Lilitifa-san?!

When I was about to complain to the god….

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

He was snoring while standing?! This sea god, he's standing with his two feet on top of the turtle and fell asleep!

"He seems tired. As expected, it seems like there a lot to do carrying out a god's duty."

Buchou, is it okay to just accept it like that?!

"Since the god isn't looking, you can do whatever you want! Just like this!"

When Forneus ordered the kraken, the giant squid captured the women of the House of Gremory! And while at it, it also captured Irina that was floating in the air.

"No….."

"Ku, so sticky!"

Asia looks like she is disgusted by the kraken's tentacle and she makes an unpleasant expression with Xenovia's face being just frozen.

"Ara ara, the swimsuit is…"

Just like Akeno-san said, a woman's swimsuit gets slipped off due to the mucus from the kraken's tentacles! The breasts! Their butt! As their swimsuits get peeled off from their body, there is an amazing scenery.

Pst! Got a nosebleed! Kraken, Good job!

"I won't look, I won't look"

The gentleman, Kiba, looked away. Trying to be a good boy while he's so obvious!

"Ise, once your countdown has finished, finish off Forneus as well as this kraken!"

Buchou gave me order while her breasts are showing off! My eyes keep looking toward her breasts but…

"Understood! Wooooah! Balance Break!"

I quickly summoned the armour and concentrated the aura on my hands! Then….!

[BoostBooostBooostBoost!]

"Dragon Shot Ocean version!"

Shouting the name of a skill that is no different compared to the normal one, I shot a huge Dragon Shot towards the kraken!

"W-Why is this magic shot so huge?!"

My shot hit the kraken, and shocked Forneus who is riding it!

"Kyaaaaaa!"

Thus! With a loud noise being heard and the ocean being split, the kraken turned into fish food and sank. I then caught mermaid-san who got flung out from the kraken, keeping my cool.

"Miss, are you alright?"

When I said that while also keeping my cool, Lilitifa-san blushed and replied with 'Yes….'! So cute! Mermaids are so great!

Fufufu, Forneus got hit by that attack and is floating around the sea nearby. Ah, that eye patch is fake! There is no scar on the eye that he was covering! He was enjoying himself pretending to be a pirate! So atrocious, good job he's gone now! I also saved the mermaid!

"Solved another problem. Cool, Lilitifa-san. Let's go back to the beach, and play some volleyball or something."

When I suggested that….

"…..Ise?"

I heard Buchou's voice behind my back. When I turned around, I was beaten up by the women of the House of Gremory! Since all of their swimsuits are gone, they are only hiding their important body parts with their hands.

"Thanks for finishing up but…"

"Leaving us behind and trying to get friendly with the mermaid…"

Both Buchou and Akeno-san are smiling, but are also giving off a dangerous aura!

"…the swimsuit that I got is ruined."

"Ah, I also got caught in the fight."

"Uu, this is too much Ise-san."

"You better pay back for the swimsuit….."

Xenovia, Irina, Asia and Rossweisse-san all complained to me! Ara? Ara ara? It seems like everyone is giving off a negative vibe towards me…?

When I was about to leave with mermaid-san, Koneko grabbed my arm!

"…Since it got to this, just take the beating."

"No way~!"

In the end, I got the treatment of getting a beating from lovers.

Anyway, as we won the battle against the House of Forneus, we were successful in protecting descendent of the House of Vaper.

Soon after receiving the desired official protection from the government, Lilitifa-san decided to live quietly in the lake that is within the area owned by House of Gremory as there is no sea in underworld.

And since the reports on the mermaid are finished, articles are published as part of the ORC research as well as part of the academic points in the Underworld school.

Now that I think about it, Poseidon-sama just disappeared…. What was that fundoshi old man doing there in the first place?!

"….it seems like senpai is loved by weirdoes. Ah, will it be correct to mention the weirdo god in this case?"

Koneko! That definitely did not sound like a joke! Are you saying that it was me that summoned Poseidon-sama?! Haaaa... am I some kind of a weirdo god magnet?

Life 2: The Student Council's Decision

Part 1

It was currently the afternoon of a certain day not long after the school trip. I — Hyoudou Issei and several female students who belonged to the Student Council arrived in front of the door to the Chess Club.

"Official inspection![1] We're the Student Council!"

I shouted that out while I pushed open the door of the club room. Within the room were male students who were playing chess while half-naked.

"The rumours were true! Playing strip shogi is not permitted by me and the Student Council!"

"P-Please wait a minute! There's a reason for this!"

Although the panicking boy with glasses seemed to have something to say in response to our sudden appearance, the other female members and I mercilessly took the half-naked boy of the Chess Club away.

"There's no need for excuses, come with us to the Student Council!"

That's how it was, I was currently doing the work of the Student Council. Why? Ah, there were many reasons for it….

Going back in time a few hours ago — in the club room of the Occult Research Club after school.

"Could you lend Hyoudou-kun to me for a while?"

From the sudden visitor — that was the first thing that Sona-kaichou said.

"What? All of a sudden?"

Buchou asked in surprise.

Kaichou sat down on the sofa, and then began to explain in detail after taking a sip of Akeno-san's red tea.

"Saji is sick with the flu. It seems like it's a cold that only Devils can get, and also a cold that only Dragons can get occurred concurrently.

"…It's like before, it's the one that Ise-senpai had."

Koneko-chan added while sitting on my lap. Ah, it's that. That was quite severe. It would make people so uncomfortable that they wouldn't be able to do anything. This world really is full of wonders; there was actually a type of flu that would only affect Devils and Dragons.

"Ara ara, did it spread from the Devil businessmen that kaichou and buchou frequently visit again?"

Akeno-san asked with a worried expression as she supported her face with her hand. Because kaichou and buchou both buy many things from the same Devil businessman, did Saji get infected like I did that time?

"The reason is still being investigated. Basically, the present situation is that Saji is sick and can't move."

That guy who's always full of vitality and busily running around the school also can't defeat a flu huh. That flu is truly deadly. Kaichou shifted her gaze towards me and continued on that topic.

"So then I thought that I could borrow Hyoudou Issei-kun's strength, which is why I came over."

…I'm going to replace Saji? I raised this question, and kaichou continued to explain.

"Simply put, we lack manpower from the males who are responsible for having strength. Although we're Devils, we have much greater strength compared to ordinary human girls. But, we normally hide this; if we suddenly became very good at jobs which required strength while Saji was absent, it would appear highly unnatural from the perspective of other people."

Indeed, Devils normally hid their true strength as they progressed through their daily activities. If the girls suddenly gained Herculean strength while Saji was absent, it would be too suspicious.

"So I thought that I could borrow this male student Hyoudou-kun for a brief period of time to fill-in for Saji, which is why I came to ask. In addition, he's also quite clear about the internals of the Student Council — we're all Devils, so it also becomes easy to work together."

Since they needed to borrow strength from male students, it would be best to do so from the Occult Research Club who were also Devils. After buchou listened to that, she looked at me, Kiba, — and Gasper again.

"In Gasper's case…it doesn't look like he has much strength."

"I'm really sorry for being weak and powerless!!!"

Buchou's merciless comment caused Gasper to apologise. I'll train you well in the future! Gasper!

"But, why not Yuuto?"

"Some of the girls in my peerage may not be able to work together with Kiba-kun naturally. Speaking of the extreme case, there's even the possibility of disrupting our discipline. I don't doubt Kiba-kun. But there may be problems when it comes to the girls under my command. Although I have repeatedly taught them about this, they're high school girls after all, so they might do something unexpected on impulse."

Speaking of which, there were several Kiba fans in the Sitri peerage. Kaichou thought that if Kiba was in front of them, those girls wouldn't be able to stay calm and do their work. After Kiba heard this, he made a wry smile and said 'that's quite a problem'. Damn it! This was a problem that simply made people envious! Kaichou shifted her gaze towards me again.

"That's why Hyoudou-kun is perfect. He's stronger than Gasper, and he won't disrupt discipline unlike Kiba."

"…But, Ise-senpai is very perverted."

While sitting on my lap, Koneko-chan coldly said such a thing! Yes! Just as Koneko-chan said, I'm very perverted! Kaichou nodded.

"I'm also clear in that regard, but I don't think that's a problem."

....

I-It was a response truly beyond my expectations. Kaichou actually supported me?

"Ara, you have a lot of faith in Ise."

Buchou was also quite surprised.

"Eh, he is someone that you chose, so of course I'll trust him."

"W…W-W-Wh-Wha…What are you saying all of a sudden!"

Upon hearing Sona-kaichou's words, buchou's face suddenly reddened. ..What happened? Why was she blushing like that?

"However, I believe that Ise-kun will definitely be a great help to the Student Council. If you don't look at him that way, he's actually very serious towards people."

Kiba smiled as he said that. 'that way' isn't necessary! That guy! Buchou calmed down as she exhaled.

"…I-I know. Ise, I want you lend Sona a hand."

"Yes! Then, please take care of me, kaichou!"

A slight smile emerged on kaichou's face.

"Alright. We'll take care of you, Hyoudou Issei-kun. Thank you, Rias. I'll be borrowing him now then."

Although I was a little uneasy about whether someone like me could do the work of the Student Council, I was often helped out by other them, and kaichou was also buchou's friend. We should help each other out when there's trouble, so I went to help! —Thus, I immediately arrived at the Student Council office, and participated in the Student Council meeting in Saji's seat.

"Well, I think our temporary meeting can begin."

Kaichou glanced at me, and then added

"As I just mentioned, in order to fill-in for Saji, who is sick, I borrowed Hyoudou Issei-kun from the Occult Research Club to temporarily act as our male manpower. Although there may be many things that you're not used to, the school festival is approaching so everyone needs to work hard together with Hyoudou-kun."

""""""Yes.""""""

After the calm response, the atmosphere of the meeting room immediately became very quiet again; it could be said to be the complete opposite of the Occult Research Club. Over there, everyone would be laughing and being lively.

"P-Please take care of me!"

I got up to say that and bowed, and then quickly returned to my seat. That was too scary! What a serious atmosphere! Looking around at the room, there wasn't a single useless item. There were simply the desks and chairs of each member, bookshelves filled with information, and a single whiteboard. Everyone's desk was extremely tidy, and there wasn't a trace of disorganisation in their appearance. There was also a flat-screen TV and several computers which seemed to have little use. There was a tea set, but I couldn't see any snacks. The fukukaichou[2] with glasses and long black hair — Shinra Tsubaki-senpai stood up from her seat, along with one of kaichou's [Bishops] — second year Kusaka-san who had her hair in two braids; they stood in front of the whiteboard together. Shinra-senpai began to read the file

"Well, first I'd like to confirm the group events which have been scheduled for the festival in the courtyard."

Hearing this, Kusaka-san began to write various things onto the whiteboard. Everyone began to write notes in their documents! I also hurriedly opened the file which was in my hand.

"Starting from the groups of the sports clubs, first is the baseball team—"

Like that, the super serious meeting that was least compatible with me began!

Thirty minutes later—.

....

I-It's finished. After finishing the meeting, I lay my face down on the table, and exhaled deeply.

"Uh…I've never experienced such a serious meeting."

The Occult Research Club also held meetings, and it could have a rather serious atmosphere depending on the situation. But it had never made me so nervous like just then. Who can possibly stand this kind of 'writing a single thing down wrong is a big mistake' atmosphere! …Did Saji always attend such meetings? That guy was truly amazing. Including kaichou, the members of the Student Council all left to do their own work, which left only me and a few other members behind in the Student Council meeting room. When the second year [Bishop] with long wavy hair, Hanakai-san, and the first year [Pawn] with her long hair tied in two ponytails, Nimura-san left—

"Since you're here to fill in for Gen-chan, you should work hard and seriously."

"Because you're here to substitute for Genshirou, you don't need to ask people for help."

I had already been told that a lot. Ah, that guy really had the trust of the girls in the peerage. The tall female student — second year Yura-san came over to pat my shoulder, and then spoke to the [Knight] Meguri-san behind me who was also a second year student.

"Alright, we should go, Hyoudou."

"Go? Where?"

I couldn't help asking. We needed to go out? Meguri-san lifted up a bag which contained bamboo swords, and replied to me after confirming that there were no problems

"Patrolling and miscellaneous chores. It's a part of the work that Gen-chan is responsible for. It's also a job that's suitable for you."

…It seemed like some kind of physical job which didn't require one to use the brain much. Thus, I began to patrol the Academy after school together with Yura-san and Meguri-san…because the two of them appeared very pretty when they were walking, I couldn't help straightening my back to match them. …T-This could be more tiring than I imagined.

"Hyoudou isn't good at doing work which required thinking, right? I'm not good at it either."

Yura-san causually said that. This girl not only looked like a bishounen[3], but even her tone was quite boyish. She was similar to Xenovia. Or was Xenovia slightly more boyish? But, Yura-san was also quite pretty.

"Well, I think that I'm the same as Yura-san and I'm more suited to physical work."

I completely agreed to Yura-san's words. For me, moving my body around was more relaxing than working on documents.

"That's a good reply, which is why we're going to do some moving work. Also, it's fine to just call me Yura."

So that's how it was, moving things. It was certainly simple and easy to understand. Speaking of which, the Student Council even did these kinds of things huh. Next, me and Yura-san…Yura as well as Meguri-san arrived at the staff room together to receive the teacher's instructions, which was to move some goods to a certain location.

"Okay, that's done now."

After moving a load of goods, Yura exhaled, and I also took a break. Although moving things wasn't particularly tiring, helping the Student Council out with things was quite tiring. I kept on thinking 'Although this is only temporary, I can't do anything strange as a member of the Student Council', and was rather nervous about it. The two girls flexed their shoulders and wrists. Yura then announced

"Okay, we should get down to business next."

"Business?"

After hearing my surprised question, a suspicious smile emerged on Yura's face.

"Hyoudou, for people like us who do physical work, the next task is a critical one. Alright, let's head over to the club room."

Meguri-san continued with the topic

"Going to confirm whether suspicious rumours about various groups are true is also the work of the Student Council. Especially since this is the time before the School Festival, it's best to deal with the groups which plan to conduct improper activities during the School Festival prior."

"A surprise attack like this is the most effective. Hohoho, we'll start with the cultural groups."

It felt like Yura was quite happy. Meguri-san sighed.

"She likes doing these kinds of things the most."

I-Is that the case? My Occult Research Club could also be considered a cultural club, that doesn't matter, right? Like that, I followed behind Yura and Meguri-san, and made surprise attacks on the cultural clubs whilst they were making their preparations.

"Official inspection! We're the Student Council!"

Then, we started with that line each time—.

The story returns back to the beginning.

Yura, Meguri-san and I made surprise visits to each of the various cultural clubs. The bad rumours of each club were exposed by us one after the other — well, investigating further, it wasn't just the Chess Club at the beginning, the groups who secretly broke the school rules were really everywhere…. I-I was in no position to talk about others, but all of the other guys were really presumptuous. As for the Sports Clubs, after the surprise inspections, we tied them up on the ground (anyone that tried to run away was swiftly caught and brought back by us), and then used the bamboo swords that Meguri-san had to discipline them on the spot. …After all, it was impossible for ordinary people to beat us Devils. Most of the students understood that resisting the Student Council was useless, so there were a lot of people who instantly sank into despair and gave up as soon as they saw Yura and Meguri-san. Well, there were occasionally a few people who tried to resist or escape. Of course, there were a lot of people who could only exclaim "It's not Saji!" when they saw me. I'm substituting Saji today, so I'm sorry everyone. …Please don't hold any grudges against me afterwards!

This kind of inspection didn't seem like it could be done on a fixed date, it was most effective only when it was sudden. If the inspection was scheduled only to occur on the first day of the week or the first day of the month, those guys would only act honestly on the day of the inspection, and would act as they liked on the other days. Giving these people the impression that they were subject to a sudden inspection by the Student Council was very important. Yura and Meguri-san explained this to me afterwards. But, I was able to understand more or less why Yura enjoyed this. Ah, although I couldn't say that my feelings were exactly the same as Yura, this kind of work in which we exposed the misconduct of other groups in the name of the Student Council really gave us a sense of pleasure. It was nice to borrow such a power and authority. Although it may not be a very good feeling, I enjoyed using the Student Council's authority like this a bit.

—-Then, we arrived at the Manga Research Club. The rumours were that students were reading H-manga. It seems like they also secretly held an exhibition at last year's School Festival, because I heard that those H-manga were sold out in the blink of an eye. What kind of H-manga would they sell at the School Festival…I also wanted to see and buy them! So, this was naturally targeted by the Student Council as they thought 'Would they also engage in that this year?'.

"The Manga Research Club often seems to secretly draw some questionable manga for ordinary students to read."

Yura said to me. T-Those kinds of rumours. Even I, who was well-informed on the H information of Kuoh Academy hadn't heard of that!? Matsuda, Motohama, as members of the H circulation network, you guys also didn't know? …The Student Council is too terrifying! This is such a powerful intelligence network! Arriving before the Manga Research Club on the third floor of the new school building, Yura, Meguri-san and I nodded as we exchanged a glance, and then lightly knocked on the door. Soon after that, a voice replied 'come in', and the door was opened.

"Uh! Student Council."

The male student with glasses was surprised to see Yura, and everyone else within the room began to panic!

"Not good! Hide it quickly!"

Then, the members of the manga club seemed to be busy hiding something—. Yura pushed aside the spectacled boy and shouted

"We're from the Student Council! I've heard that you've been making suspicious manga and spreading it around to students, and thus came here!"

Yura strode into the room, while Meguri-san and I followed behind, after which she pointed to a girl who appeared to be the buchou[4] and said

"We need to inspect your manga. Alright, hand over all of the manga in this room."

"…Okay."

The manga club's buchou replied calmly, and then gave instructions to all of the members. The members then shakily handed over each of their originals. The three of us then carefully inspected each of these originals. Among these were those which ranged from hot-blooded shounen manga to four-koma manga. There was also shoujo manga.[5] But—.

"…It's ordinary manga."

Those were Yura's, and also my thoughts. Mmm, it's very ordinary manga. Although the quality of the art didn't seem like the product of a high school student, there were also some ecchi parts, but there weren't any explicit H works? I was kind of looking forward to it, as I thought that I would be able to see a lot of H things…. Were all those poor rumours about the manga club just lies? At that time, I heard the conversation between Meguri-san and a female club member.

"W-Why is the beast Hyoudou-kun here…?"

"Our member Saji Genshirou has the flu. So, he's acting as a substitute and has come from the Occult Research Club to work with us."

"Shouldn't Kiba-kun be the one to come!?"

"Indeed, it should be like that."

"If it was for a surprise inspection, it would be better if it was Kiba-kun."

The female members were crying! I'm really sorry, it's me! Even so, I am the candidate that kaichou picked herself! After inspecting all of the members' manga, none of us found anything in the end. The manga club buchou showed a relieved expression.

"See, there's nothing right? Okay, please head out."

The manga club president began waving her hand to send us away. Just in the moment where it seemed as if the Student Council had to believe the outcome that the rumours were mistaken — Meguri-san's interest was suddenly piqued by a certain computer tower which sat on the floor as her eyes homed in on it. She walked over to it, and began to examine it carefully.

"Hmm, Tsubasa. This thing is suspicious, only this computer has traces of dust from being moved around."

She then invited Yura over to take a look. Ah, so Yura's first name was Tsubasa. Yura and I also walked over and began to carefully inspect that computer, and confirmed that only the dust on that computer didn't match up…

"I-Inside that is…"

One of the members accidentally let their mouth slip.

"Idiot!"

The manga club buchou immediately interrupted him; there was a problem in here!

"This response…Hyoudou-kun! Block those guys!"

"U-Understood!"

Hearing Yura's instructions, I inserted myself between those two and the manga club members, acting as a wall between the two parties. After the computer tower's case was opened, several thin booklets were found inside. Ooh, so that's where they were hidden…! Meguri-san had very attentive eyes! That was the power of the Student Council!

"Don't, stooopp!"

The manga club buchou cried out! Yura opened the thin booklets and examined them carefully.

"…This is the thing that you guys were hiding. I see…t-this is!"

After checking it, Yura opened the booklet and held it up in front of all of the manga club members.

"Found it! Manga Research Club! This is evidence of the rumours!"

Shown on it was — a character that looked like me and a character that looked like Kiba, entangled with each other doing H things! WHAT IS THIS! I quickly ran over and grabbed the booklet from Yura's hands and looked at it carefully! …A-All of it was me and Kiba doing gay and yaoi[6] things! The title on the cover was [Beast Hyoudou x Prince Kiba-kun 15]! Fifteen!? Could this be the fifteenth series!? This is the fifteenth volume!? This kind of thing is already up to the fifteenth volume!? Putting the shaken me aside, Yura made her conclusion to the manga club.

"This is clearly a homoerotic manga which is in violation of the school rules."

Hearing this, the manga club buchou began to make excuses.

"A-Are you trying to take away our freedom of expression!? T-This is a violation of the Freedom of Information!"

"I don't have any opinions on your work, however, I hope that you don't hand these out to ordinary students."

"B-But, there a lot of girls in Kuoh Academy waiting for this…the love story of the beast and prince!"

I don't want to hear that kind of information! This can't be for real! This kind of manga with me and Kiba has been secretly circulating around Kuoh Academy!? Moreover, it's already been serialised into the fifteenth volume! That must have required a lot of popularity! The demand for it is too high! Although I was aware that some girls used to see my relationship with Kiba as girl-corrupting, I didn't think that it had become a manga, let alone that manga being so popular… I see, I know why there was H-manga secretly circulating around the school without me knowing about it now. BL[7] is outside of my information network, so of course something unrelated wouldn't reach my ears! Only the girls must have known about it! How could this be! I found out about the truth of a situation that I didn't want to know about!

"In any case, these need to be confiscated, and you'll need to report to supervising sensei afterwards."

Yura said that as she confiscated those thin booklets. Yes yes, take them all away! It's best if they're burnt right away.

"Uhh…! It can't be helped! This series became popular since this spring, and now it's finally succumbed to the authorities!"

The manga club buchou knelt on the floor in tears, and the other members also had regretful looks and moist eyes. Then, that buchou turned towards me.

"Please! There's only one thing that you definitely have tell me! In that case, I won't have any regrets! Hyoudou-kun! I'm begging you, please answer my question!"

"So, what is it?"

"In reality, you and Kiba-kun, who's the attacker and who's the receiver!? I want to know the truth!"

"WHO THE HELL KNOWS!"

Help me destroy this BL club! I strongly wished that from the bottom of my heart. I'm really begging you to give me a break…

Part 2

"Haah…. Overall, I felt happy, but also tired…"

I sighed in front of the sink in the nearest men's bathroom to the Student Council Office. …The Student Council's work had a very interesting side, but I was also dealt a heavy blow because I found out about the truth of something that I didn't want to know about. Not even the first day of after school activities was done yet…. It's fine, I'm just here as a substitute for Saji right now, so I'll just continue to work hard. —Then, when I came out of the men's bathroom. I bumped into the bespectacled fukukaichou Shinra Tsubaki-senpai with her usual straight face.

"Oh, it's Hyoudou Issei-kun."

"Ah, hello fukukaichou."

Senpai was a cold beauty above even the kaichou. Although she was a bit of a beauty, her overall impression was slightly scary. Honestly, she was the type that I wasn't good at dealing with.

"You seem to be taking the Student Council's work quite seriously. Although I was a little worried about whether you would be able to be a good substitute for Saji…"

"I-I see…"

Up until now, I still haven't gained this person's trust? I suddenly saw a flash of light shine across Shinra-senpai's glasses.

"Hyoudou-kun."

"Ah, yes."

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"I think you're excellent as a Devil. After all, you've experienced the battles with Loki and in Kyoto and have even emerged victorious."

Ah, I've been praised. That was rather unexpected. As I thought that, fukukaichou frowned as she continued

"But, having strong sexual desires is not a good thing. Don't you think that as a male high school student, you should have the appropriate mind and body? Seeking only to raise your perversion by developing related techniques, it's simply stupid. You're already the peerage member of a high-class Devil, so don't you feel that you have an obligation to make your master appear more honest and wise in front of others?"

"Y-Yes…"

She seems to have accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction towards me…Shinra-senpai really was a typical honour student, the class representative type. Her expression was one which seemed as if she completely missed the point of a fun topic, and she certainly wouldn't have a boyfriend.

"Originally, as the master of the Gremory peerage, Rias-san is too bold and too cheerful, she's simply too indulgent on her free-spirited peerage, and not just those in her peerage, but also to other people—"

"Oh? It's Ise-kun — and Shinra-senpai."

Shinra-senpai's eyes trembled unstoppably like a machine gun, as a handsome guy appeared behind me.

"Ah, Kiba."

Yes, it was Kiba. It was quite a coincidence to encounter him here. The pitch of Shinra-senpai's voice suddenly increased.

"K-K-K-K-Kiba-kun…. Ahem, if it isn't Kiba Yuuto-kun. What have you come here for?"

Senpai deliberately cleared her throat so that she could change her tone of voice, it seems like she's quite shaken. …T-This is really quite a fresh reaction. Kiba made a wry smile then answered

"No, I'm just a bit worried about Ise-kun. So I came over to the new school building to take a look, but there isn't anything else to do here in particular."

He's still the same guy with a great sense of obligation. Or perhaps I just make people worried? Shinra-senpai reluctantly put on a smile.

"T-There's no need to worry about that right? Hyoudou-kun is doing a very good job. He's been a great help to the Student Council! The boys of the Occult Research Club are really strong and worth relying on!"

…Shinra-senpai, isn't that completely the opposite of what you just said? Speaking of which, she's been acting rather strangely ever since Kiba showed up. Her trembling face has become really red, could this reaction possible be…? While speaking with Kiba, Shinra-senpai appeared to be like a young deer prancing around, and her attitude was the complete opposite of when she was speaking to me. Shinra-senpai was really like a maiden in love, as she pointed her two index fingers against each other in front of her chest and asked

"…I-I have something that I'd like to ask."

"Okay, what is it?"

"…K-Kiba-kun, right now, do you h-h-h-ha-have any girls that you're in an r-relationship with…?"

Ooh! She asked about it directly! Even I could see Shinra-senpai's feelings at a glance in that moment! It was too obvious! The Shinra-senpai who seemed so serious and intellectual also had a maiden in love side like this to her! It's true that one can't judge a book just by their cover! Kiba maintained the smile on his face, but he lifted his eyebrows a bit with a slightly troubled expression.

"That…I don't have anything like that."

Kiba's reply caused Shinra-senpai's face to light up. Ah, senpai is so cute like this.

"Y-Yes, I see! I-I understand! Ahem, it's really fortunate that I was able to speak with Kiba-kun and Hyoudou-kun today. I still have some work to do so I'll go first, good afternoon."

After Shinra-senpai said that, she walked with joyful steps towards the other end of the corridor and disappeared. Midway, she even turned back and waved at us, so it seemed like she was really in quite a good mood. …Even though her tone and attitude when she saw me before was quite serious….

"Hahaha, ever since the match with the Sitri peerage, Shinra-senpai always spoke to me quite gingerly, could it be because I said too many things about the aura of holy swords to her during that battle…"

Kiba scratched his face and said such thoughtless words.

"I think that an intellectual beauty is also pretty good."

I replied like that to him as I pat his shoulder.

Part 3

"Ah, Tsubaki-senpai's mind is filled with just Kiba now."

Yura took a sip from her bottle of water and then said that to me.

After that, we returned to the Student Council Office; including kaichou, the majority of the members had returned, and work had finally come to an end so everyone each went off to rest. Yura and I, as well as the [Bishop] Kusaka-san went to a corner of the cafeteria together and sat down at a table. At this time, there weren't many people in the cafeteria and there were many available seats. Meguri-san stayed back in the Student Council Office to report on the various groups which underwent a surprise inspection, and wasn't currently here.

"Tsubaki-senpai, wasn't she defeated by Kiba in the Rating Game? She's been like that ever since then."

Kusaka-san said to me. Ah, it looks like what Kiba said was right. After that match/battle with the Sitri peerage, Shinra-senpai attitude greatly changed every time she saw Kiba. After Yura took another sip from her bottle, she continued.

"Originally, Tsubaki-senpai liked those younger than her, and guys who would make her serious, so in that sense, Kiba is a match."

"But, she didn't like Kiba before the Rating Game."

"It's not unusual that people treat the person who first defeats them as their crush."

Yura asserted. …Hmm, there was such a thing? I don't really understand the heart of a maiden.

"But, if I had to speak of the people among us who had crushes, it would be Hanakai Momo-chan and Nimura Ruruko-chan."

Kusaka-san made a playful smile as she said that to me. Hanakai-san and Nimura-san?

"Those two are secretly trying to get close to Genshirou and have started a battle between women."

"Say Yura, Genshirou means Saji, right? You mean someone…wants to get close to Saji and started a contest between women?"

With a delighted expression, Kusaka-san replied to me

"That's right, Hyoudou-kun. The love story around Gen-chan has already started within the peerage."

"Love story, you mean Hanakai-san and Nimura-san, with Saji…?"

In response to my question, Yura and Kusaka-san nodded in agreement. What! Something like this happened within the Student Council! Although I knew that the Student Council and we of the Gremory peerage similarly had a close relationship between members, I didn't think that there were even romantic relationships…. Speaking of Hanakai-san, she was the [Bishop] who held a blood bag and continually drained my blood during the match. To me, she was a girl who was slightly hard to deal with…. Nimura-san seemed to have appeared at the beginning of the match with Saji, and was the [Pawn] who stood in front of me and Koneko-chan, but was defeated by Koneko-chan in the end. I see, they both had feelings for Saji. It was also those two who told me that. They specifically emphasised that I was a substitute for Saji. Ah, so there was actually another layer of meaning to that? Kusaka-san continued with a straight face

"But, it's ironic that Gen-chan only has kaichou in his eyes, and for kaichou, Gen-chan is an existence like that of a little brother. Although, to some extent, this is a good thing for Momo-chan and Ruruko-chan…"

That's right, Saji's goal was kaichou. All that guy thought of was just kaichou. He heard that I was getting along very well with buchou's family, and the memory of his shocked face was still fresh in my mind. It's just that kaichou only saw him as someone like a little brother. Saji, you still have a long way to go. But, even so, we still have to forge ahead, right? Even though I haven't been encouraging you in that regard!

"…Hanakai-san and Nimura-san, they've both been attracted by Saji. But, if I remember, wasn't Hanakai-san one of Kiba's fans?"

I asked that. During the match against the Sitris, I once used [Bilingual] to listen to the voice of Hanakai-san's heart, and at that time, she clearly had a liking for Kiba. Nimura-san…I confirmed that she was already attracted to Saji by that time, and it seemed to be from when she found out that that guy was worth relying on. Kusaka-san nodded as she replied to me.

"Yes, Ruruko is a first year student, and was given a lot of help by Gen-chan when he began doing Student Council work, and from there it began very traditionally."

Yura went on to explain

"Momo-chan — Hanakai Momo was just as you said Hyoudou, she could only think about Kiba Yuuto. But, after she saw Genshirou Saji's passion when he fought against Hyoudou and his constant endless training, she unknowingly began to turn to that side. Compared to the handsome guy who was far away, she chose the hot-blooded youth who was in front of her. Although that girl has a side which likes to chase after an idol like a young girl, she's also quite realistic."

Haah—, so that's how it was. Although her target was originally Kiba, she gradually began have her heart stolen away by Saji who was beside her, without realising. Mmm, a maiden's heart truly is difficult to understand. Kusaka-san's eyes shone again as she said

"But I always stayed true to Kiba. Although I'm not as passionate as fukukaichou, Kiba really is like that in that you just can't get enough of him. He's even become a bit friendlier now than before, so he's also easier to talk to."

Ever since that incident with Kokabiel, it was true that Kiba had softened and was a lot friendlier to people than before.

"That guy Kiba, he's really popular even here. W-Well, how about my popularity?"

I finally asked that. I thought that Yura and Kusaka-san would be dismissive about it, and didn't expect that they would strain their minds seriously to think about it, which was quite unexpected.

"If someone were to make a move on Hyoudou-kun, I think they would be killed by Rias-senpai or Akeno-senpai…. Although, I think that your face looks pretty good, and your future looks quite promising. But, the girls around Hyoudou-kun are all too strong. …Rather, the girls in the Occult Research Club are too abnormal."

I-I see. So that's how other people saw us. …Buchou and Akeno-san, I didn't' think that they would appear so scary in the eyes of the people beside me…. I thought that all of the Student Council members disliked me, but this was quite a common and fair evaluation! It's the first time that girls outside of the Occult Research Club have said that! Not good! I feel like I'm about to be moved to tears! Also, the girls in our club actually gave others the impression of being like abnormalities! But, people like Xenovia and Irina-san would certainly make others think like that! While I couldn't help feeling moved by that, Yura suddenly said

"I might like you more than Kiba and Genshirou."

—! I found it hard to contain myself with the sudden confession! I immediately stood up and even my voice sounded quite flustered.

"R-Really!? Yura!"

Yura nodded.

"Ah, I might like the types of boys who get dirty after a fight…. Compared to Kiba and Genshirou, Hyoudou's overwhelming strength is more masculine."

"Is that meant to be a compliment to me…?"

While not knowing how to respond, Kusaka-san laughed cheerfully and said to me

"Tsubasa-chan is always praising Hyoudou-kun. Kaichou and fukukaichou also praise you quite often. The resistance against Gen-chan is becoming more and more passionate."

S-So that's how it is huh. Kaichou, and even that fukukaichou praise me! This actually…makes me feel embarrassed.

"E-Eh…hearing these thoughts about me from these girls is something quite new. I'm not even sure if I should be happy or embarrassed. …Ah no, of course I'd be happy."

I couldn't even speak properly! I-I see, the Student Council's evaluation of me was quite good! Or should it be said that they had a good impression of me? Ah, looking at it this way, going through all of those difficult battles might not be a completely bad thing. While I felt embarrassed, Yura continued

"But, for Hyoudou, comparing us and the girls of the Gremory peerage, who's better?"

"That, of course! I'll say it clearly right now!"

It was true that the girls in the Gremory peerage were very precious to me. Compared to the Student Council, I've interacted with them for longer, and we often do things together. But, if they were separate things, I would be even happier!

"That's right, you can't not pay attention to Rias-senpai and Asia-san. You pervert!"

Kusaka-san didn't say that as an insult, but said that to me with a playful tone. Yura moved her face closer to me, and asked me in a whisper

"…Anyway, of the girls in the Gremory peerage, does Hyoudou like a particular one?"

"Eh? A-Ah, regardless of whether it's buchou, Asia, Akeno-san, Koneko-chan, or Xenovia, I like them all? Rossweisse-san is also a bishoujo that I like. What's wrong…?"

She suddenly asked that sort of a question…. Yura and Kusaka-san sighed simultaneously.

"That really is…they really have bad luck."

"That's right…this might be even more excessive than our Gen-chan."

W-What the hell, making that kind of response! The two of them looked at me in amazement!

"Yes, there's also something I've noticed that I want to understand…"

"Ah, I also wanted to ask Hyoudou-kun about that clearly. Say, Hyoudou-kun—"

The two of them moved even closer! W-What do they want to ask this time? Please don't ask any more about my personal feelings! As I was feeling more confused, the two of them said

"In the end"

"Hyoudou and Kiba"

""Who's he attacker and who's the receiver?""

....

For an instant, I didn't understand what they were saying. After I understood it, I immediately trembled and then shouted back

"Kiba and I haven't done that kind of thing!"

These girls, they've already been corrupted…! I really couldn't stand it any longer!

Part 4

A few days after that, during Saji's sick leave, I was busy doing various things after school every day with the Sitri peerage as a member of the Student Council. Normally, I couldn't speak very well with the Student Council members while they were working, but their appearances when doing so was quite fresh, and we all chatted and laughed quite casually whilst working. After talking to the strict Shinra-senpai, Hanakai-san, and Nimura-san, I realised that they weren't particularly fearsome people, they were simply born as rather scrupulous girls. Honestly, there were so many girls who were willing to talk to me seriously about things, and it kind of touched me. Tomorrow, Saji would be reinstated, following his recovery. My assistance would end today. These past few days, although I went through a lot because I did a lot of work for the first time that I was unfamiliar with, I felt fairly happy about it! After finishing the work for today with a slight sense of loneliness, I returned to the Student Council Office and saw — a huge cake!

"T-This cake is…?"

I couldn't help asking that. Ah, looking closely, on top of the cake, it had 'Thanks for your hard work, Hyoudou Issei-kun' written on it! Sona-kaichou walked out from behind the cake.

"This is the cake that was specially prepared for Hyoudou-kun."

What! This cake was prepared for me!

"In order to express our gratitude for your work in substituting for Saji, I made this cake."

What! There was actually a special surprise at the very end! That strict Sona-kaichou actually made a cake herself! It was also made just for me! Ah, even my tears are coming out! As a serious student of the Student Council, she actually prepared something like this for me at the end, it was really quite touching! While I felt joy, the faces of the girls of the Student Council beside me became pale. Kusaka-san asked kaichou

"T-This was made by kaichou personally?"

"Ehh, that's right."

Kaihcou's reply caused Yura, who was beside me to cover her face, and with a difficult expression, she said

"How can this be…."

W-What happened…?

Shinra-senpai also tried to explain towards the gazes which seemed to be blaming her.

"I, I tried to stop it…"

…Hearing these words, I felt somewhat uneasy; kaichou calmly cut the cake, and then placed a slice onto a small plate and handed it to me.

"Come, Hyoudou-kun, please use it."

She even gave me a fork. It would be bad if I didn't eat it. But, it appeared to be a top-class chocolate cake… I didn't quite understand, but said

"Itadakimasu"[8]

And then placed the cake into my mouth. Then—.

....

What spread within my mouth was — pain!? Ouch! Hot! Bitter! Various different flavours were melded together within my mouth! What on earth was this!? Cake!? It didn't have the taste that a cake should! Having said that, I couldn't even taste the slightest bit of sweetness! What was this rough sensation which was left on my tongue!? Looking closely, it appeared to be made of whipped cream! It didn't taste like chocolate at all! So what was the black stuff that was in the cake!? Was this really edible!? 'crick crack' and 'kara kara' noises were made between my teeth, they were noises which definitely weren't made when eating a cake! It was unpalatable! No matter how it was explained, it was simply inedible! How could such an incredibly difficult to eat cake exist!? As kaichou's friend, Rias-buchou's cakes were definitely much more delicious! Where would one even learn the knowledge and skill to make such a cake!? My face turned pale as I tried to hold back the urge to throw up, my eyes became watery, and beads of cold sweat were perspiring all over my body. Kusaka-san whispered in my ear