CH.198: Grigori leader.

(Yuuki's POV )

When I sat next to him, the strange man handed me a fishing rod and we both stood there silently, waiting for the other to speak first.

???: You are not what I expected.

Yuuki: well, in a bad or good way?

???: I don't have enough information to come to a conclusion, and that's a problem.

Yuuki: same here, but I can talk about myself if you do the same, I'm not that complicated.

???: Haha that sounds good to me.

Yuuki: well then, my name is Kurokawa B. Yuuki, I am a family man and a leader, I am a busy person but I leave time for my hobbies.

???: A short introduction, my name is Azazel, I am also a leader but I prefer to delegate most of my duties, to stay focused on things that interest me.

Azazel, so this is Grigori's leader, he seems like a reasonable person.

Yuuki: I think some people would call you lazy.

Azazel: well that's not completely incorrect.

Yuuki: Is that why you are not doing anything with one of your own causing problems or is there something that caught your attention in this city?

Azazel: I would say there are a few interesting young people in this town and I am curious as to what they will do, but I am prepared to stop my partner if things were to get out of hand.

Yuuki: That's good to know, although things were never going to go very far with me here.

Azazel: and what do you hope to gain from all this?

Yuuki: new allies mainly, this will be a good experience for my students so I just have to see that none of them are in too much danger.

Azazel: I see.

Yuuki: When this is all over I would like to have a more detailed conversation with you, Someone told me that you are interested in artificial sacred gears, which happens to be one of my current projects.

Azazel: oh and who is that someone?

Yuuki: someone who used to be your subordinate who is now among my ranks but like I said, we'll talk more later.

After saying that I stood up and let the fallen angel Azazel continue with what he was doing, and upon returning to the mansion there was no news about the stolen fragments but I kept my promise and spent the night with Asia, Shizuka, and Ayaka joined us that night.

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The next morning before the boys went to school, I showed them the artificial sacred gear that I had created, The sacred gears we got from our enemies were, twice critical and sword birth, just like Kiba's, These were not high level so I was able to duplicate them and the first artificial sacred gear I created had the shape of a crown and this had the ability to increase the power of any elemental attack, That is simple but one must underestimate the simple, depending on the wielder these can be devastating, In addition, these will be linked to the souls of whoever uses them through the arcana cards, so although my creations are not as good as the real things at the moment, they will grow with their wielders.

In addition, my sacred gear had the advantage of being able to be extracted without killing the wielder, if something does not align with your fighting style you can change it, for the other sacred gears that I will create in the future, My Sekireis and the young devils were choosing their sacred gears but when it was young Momo's turn, I stopped her.

Yuuki: wait momo, I have something especially for you.

Momo: huh? Really?

Yuuki: yeah you have a talent for manipulating the magic of others and I have something that will go perfectly with that talent, it's not ready yet but I'll finish it soon.

Momo: wow thank you very much Yuuki-sensei.

After that, the young devils went to their school and my Sekireis continued with their intensive training, only the non-combatants like Shizuka and Ayaka stayed with me, My training with the church girls consisted of repeated practice battles to improve their battle experience and their muscle memories, They gave decent results and when I finished with them, I met Koneko in my mansion, and she looked a little worried which was a little hard to tell because she wasn't very expressive but I have experience with kuuderes.

Koneko: Sensei I need to tell you something.

Yuuki: Well I'm all ears.

We moved to a private room and although Koneko was the one who said she wanted to talk, she remained silent at first but that was no problem I just waited until she was ready to talk.

Koneko: sensei... I want you to help Kiba.

Kiba? That's weird, he seems like the kind that he would ask for help directly if he needed it.

Yuuki: what's wrong with him?

Koneko went on to explain to me, that since Xenovia and Irina showed up he's been acting strange, the other night they met a stray exorcist, who had one of the Excalibur fragments, they were unable to capture him, and Kiba asked Koneko not to say anything to anyone, Koneko correctly said it was better not to do that for Kiba's sake, but I could see how it hurt her to betray Kiba's trust.

Yuuki: That's interesting, thanks for telling me Koneko, you did the right thing, and don't worry, I'll take care of this.

Koneko: thank you sensei... I don't want to lose someone important to me ever again.

Yuuki: I will not let that happen, you are all my precious students, when things get difficult I will always be there for you.

I approached Koneko and patted her head to comfort her, I saw that the effect was immediate when she closed her eyes and relaxed with my touch, When I moved my hand away a little, she pressed her head against my palm and I could swear I heard her purr quietly, It seemed like she wanted me to continue so I spent some time petting her head before I started thinking about what to do with Kiba.

In any case, I will have to wait until night, for now, I will observe him carefully, but first I needed to talk to Ranko, one of my maids called for her and we met in my private lab.