Shin High School DxD - Volume 1 - Chapter 2.2

Part 2

We continued our Devil’s Job despite our wariness due to the Unknown Devils that had appeared in Kuoh Town and the worsening situation. On that day, I went to one of my regular customers’ house, but it wasn’t Morisawa-san. I pedalled my bike and arrived at a mansion that was pretty far from Kuoh Academy. I stood before the door and pressed the bell. As I did that, there was a response which came from the intercom.

“It’s open, nyo. Please come in, nyo.”

It’s the usual answer. I opened the door and stepped into the entranceway. The one who was waiting there was — a muscular man. However, he wasn’t just your usual man who had a nice body. He was wearing the costume that was worn by a magical girl from [Mahou Shoujo Milky Trial 8 Celestial Stars]!

“Welcome, nyo~. Devil-san, I’ve been waiting for you, nyo!”

A muscular man who’s cosplaying — no, a reverse trap! In other words, it was a maiden in a man’s body. This person was the pervert among my regular customers…someone who liked magical girls! Even though he looked like that, his eyes were genuine and brimming with purity! What’s with the [Nyo] at the end of each sentence, you ask? It didn’t really matter, did it? His appearance was way scarier, so it’s not a big deal.

The name’s Mil-tan. I didn’t know anything else, and I didn’t want to know either. I felt it shouldn’t be known. Mil-tan had been my regular customer ever since I started my Devil’s Job. It’s about the same time as Morisawa-san when I met him. Even though they both had some kind of weird fetish, it seemed the customers who called me out had that tendency. I guess it was because I was a pervert as well.

However, I remembered someone who was one of the people I was indebted to whenever I looked at this magical girl outfit. That person also liked this series, huh. I heard that she had asked one of her relatives to record the new series [Mahou Shoujo Milky Trial 8 Celestial Stars], and I was sure that she was looking forward to it once she returned. I asked Mil-tan.

“Hey, Mil-tan. What’s the request today?”

By the way, Mil-tan’s requests had quite the interval. We did get called at fixed intervals in a certain time, however, ever since we entered this year’s summer, we rarely got any requests anymore. While waving the ‘toy’ magical girl wand around, he said to me.

“Devil-san. I want you to look at Mil-tan’s magic!”

“Okay, okay. Magic, huh?”

Well, what he meant by ‘magic’ had to be his physical strength. It’s been a year since I met him, so I knew about that kind of thing. What did he plan to do with the violence that’s released from those thick arms? Fine then! Be it chair, desk, show me that you could break it into pieces! Your muscles wouldn’t betray you after all! Mil-tan waved his wand even more, and suddenly spun around. Please stop spinning with that body. It made me think that you were going to kick at some point while spinning, you know. There were many of my acquaintances who were great at those kinds of attacks, so I would guard myself if I remembered them, you know.

“Milky Spiraaaall Executiooooon!”

It was the moment Mil-tan said that. What!? A magic circle developed at the end of the wand, and shards of ice spurted from that magic circle!

“—!?”

I had no choice but to be surprised by this result! It’s so sudden! Mil-tan’s link to real magic was dista— well, not distant, but he was not supposed to be able to use magic! But, I was sure that what I saw just now was a magic circle! Ice shards flew out from that magic circle! Being terribly confused, I heard an unexpected voice.

“Fufufu, that’s right. Mil-tan just turned into a Magician.”

When I turned to the source of the voice, there was a girl wearing glasses in the room, Kiryuu! My classmate Kiryuu! Why was she here!?

“Kiryuu!? Why are you here!?”

Mil-tan spoke as if he had expected Kiryuu.

“She’s Mil-tan’s older sister apprentice.”

…

…Wha-, o-older sister, apprentice? I didn’t really get what was going on, but…I screamed loudly in surprise.

“Older sister apprentice? S-Sorry, Kiryuu…I don’t understand what’s happening…”

Of course it’s hard to get, don’t you think? Mil-tan used magic, and Kiryuu was here! Furthermore, he said she was his older sister apprentice! Kiryuu stuck her hand out as she laughed mischievously

“To put it simply…it means this.”

As she did that, a magic circle appeared from her hand!

“—. T-This, isn’t this magic!? Kiryuu, you!?”

Kiryuu amusingly laughed as I became even more shocked.

“Nihihi. Yes, you see, Mil-tan and I are currently learning magic.”

Learning magiiiiiiiiic!? K-Kiryuu was? T-That’s, even though this girl was one of our few classmates who knew about our real identities… To think that she was starting to learn magic! I didn’t even imagine that!

“Who are you learning from!? Is it Rossweisse-san?”

As I said that, Kiryuu shook her head sideways.

“Nope, Rossweisse-chan didn’t take me as her apprentice.”

“W-Well, is it Le Fay?”

If the master’s not Rossweisse-san, then it’s either Le Fay or Kuroka, as they were her only acquaintances who could use magic. However, Kiryuu also denied that.

“Hmm—, I asked Le Fay to make me her apprentice as well, but I got rejected as she isn’t great at teaching. And at the same time, I got rejected by Kuroka-oneesan as she said it was too troublesome.”

Well, Kuroka would surely reject. She was not the type that would teach someone magic. Although she might if one persistently asked her, and the compensation for that had to be big.

“If that’s the case…who’s your master?”

“It’s someone who was introduced by Le Fay, Reni-sensei.”

—.

…So it’s like that, huh. I covered my face with my hands as I grasped everything. Mil-tan folded his hands in front of his chest like a maiden as his eyes shone brightly.

“She’s a super beautiful Magician onee-sama, nyo… I feel that she’s exactly the ideal magic master!”

Reni-sensei. That meant Lavinia Reni-san! She was a witch that I knew. A famous Magician that belonged to one of the many Magician organisations, [Grauzauberer], and one of the members of the Fallen Angels’ Grigori’s team [Slash Dog]. She was also a being that was like an older sister to my rival Vali Lucifer, and like Mil-tan said, she was a super beautiful onee-san. Kiryuu nodded as she said.

“Reni-sensei, she’s a real beauty, isn’t she? I became madly in love with just a single look and asked her to make me her apprentice ASAP, you know. Also, somehow, I heard that the Magicians’ organisation [Grauzauberer]’s entrance terms have become gentler? Compared to the others, at least. That’s why we are learning from Reni-sensei. Mil-tan also applied to be an apprentice around the same time, but I am the senior apprentice by a small margin.”

….So that’s what happened. She wanted to learn magic, and when she asked her Magician acquaintance, she went to Lavinia-san’s place and became an apprentice with Mil-tan at around the same time. I wanted to ask how Mil-tan met her, but…well, I felt like he had the fate to make him able to meet her. Now that I understood the situation, I asked Kiryuu once again.

“You, what are you going to do now that you’ve become a Magician?”

Kiryuu gorgeously made a pose and said.

“I will become a magical girl and save the world!”

“As expected of onee-sama, nyo! That’s what a magical girl is, nyooo!”

Mil-tan was somehow greatly moved… Kiryuu shrugged her shoulders and continued.

“…Or so I wanted. Well, to be honest, after meeting you, Asia and the others, and knowing about your real identity, somehow, it felt like I was ignorant of you all. So I thought that maybe by knowing a little bit, I might be able to help Asia and the others.”

—.

…I see, for the sake of Asia and the others. This girl, she was so thoughtful of her friends. That must be why Asia, Xenovia, and Irina were counting on her in terms of usual life. Kiryuu patted my back with a welcoming face.

“And for that reason, because I might also be with you for a lo~ong time, let’s work together ?”

Mil-tan also responded by excitedly patting me on my back.

“Devil-san, let’s work together ?”

Mil-tan’s palm’s pat on my back was really effective… However, pairing Kiryuu and Mil-tan might be one hell of a combination in a way… Lavinia Reni-san, what were you thinking when you made these two people your apprentices…?

W-Well, she looked like someone who didn’t really care about these kinds of things, so it was not weird for her to take apprenticeship requests… Although if it was that person, I guess I could rest assured as she didn’t look like she would teach them bad things. …But, well, just as Kiryuu said, I felt like Kiryuu, me and…Mil-tan might be in each others’ company for a long time. As I grasped their situations, I calmed down and asked about the request.

“So, Mil-tan. What’s your request to me?”

Mil-tan made a serious expression while Kiryuu laughed mischievously as they replied at the same time.

[Accompany us with testing our magic.] “Nyo”

….

…What a worthless request! In the end, I did become their opponent… However, who would’ve expected that the feminine Mil-tan who looked up to magical girls and Kiryuu who knew about our real identities would learn magic as well? Although I haven’t finished being their opponent for various explosion-filled magic, Kiryuu said.

“Please don’t tell this to Asia and the others yet. I plan to improve to a certain degree first and then tell them on my own”

“Okay, okay, understood.”

As I replied, we parted ways and I pedaled my bicycle, going back to my office. As I was going home, there was suddenly an SOS magic circle deployed next to my ear. Rias said with a serious voice.

[Ise. We have received an order from the Maou-sama and Duke Agares. The unknown Devils have appeared in an area within our jurisdiction. We are going to subjugate them.]

I replied.

“Understood.”

…They have appeared, huh. Those Devils. Although I still didn’t know what their plan was, it would be troublesome if they kept making a mess near me. As I sent my bicycle to the parking space at my office, I made my dragon wings appear on my back and flew out into the night sky—.