Life.3 Our New Friend Is The Mysterious Diva
Part 1
We returned from the subjugation of the unknown Devils. As we arrived at the Hyoudou residence, Rias and Ravel explained to the higher-ups of the Underworld about the successful subjugation, the encounter with the mysterious girl, and that we would look after her—. The song that was sung by the purple-haired girl did cause me and Bova some trouble, but as soon as it stopped, our bodies returned to a normal condition. Just in case, we reported the situation to the Grigori, who were knowledgeable on the Sacred Gear research, as well. The girl that we looked after was sleeping in a separate room. There were also surveillants placed to watch her so that she didn’t leave the house. After a few hours had passed, we were contacted by the higher-ups of the Underworld. The spacious VIP room on the top floor of the Hyoudou residence was set up as a reception room. There, the members involved in the subjugation convened for a meeting (Bova also attended by shrinking his body). A magic circle was then created in the middle of a table in the VIP room, projecting a figure of one of the higher-ups. The higher-up was — Maou-sama. Maou Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. Currently, he was the only remaining one who held the seat of a Maou from among the Four Great Satans. Beelzebub-sama showed his gratitude to us for the subjugation, and also spoke about the purple-haired girl.
[Her name is — Leviathan. Ingvild Leviathan. She’s a descendant of the previous Maou Leviathan. Plus, she’s half-human.]
[—!?]
Everyone was completely shocked by that report.
Of course! One of the Maou Leviathan… To make things worse, she was the descendant of the previous Leviathan! The Devils’ government of the current Underworld had been reorganised after the civil war which occurred in the past. After the great war between Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils, all sides suffered such severe losses that the birth of the next generations kept declining dangerously, putting the survival of the entire race at risk.
Among them, a civil war was instigated by the Devils who held the blood of the previous Four Great Satans.
They wished to continue the war and resist to the bitter end, and they fought against those who wished for the conflict to stop.
As a result, the side who attempted a coup d’etat won, and those who held the blood of the previous Maous were chased out to the fringes of the Underworld. After that, the Four Great Satans became something not hereditary, but rather a succession to the Devils who were powerful at that time. Ajuka Beelzebub-sama was one of the powerful people at that time, similar to Rias’s brother, Sirzechs-sama who took up the name of Lucifer.
One of the reasons why the House of Gremory was a prestigious noble family was that it had produced a Maou.
On the other hand, the expelled Devils who inherited the blood of previous Maous lived in poverty in the outskirts of the Underworld. However…last year, they united with the terrorist organisation Khaos Brigade, creating the Old Maou Faction, and they propagated war against the current Devil government, as well as other mythologies. Those who bore the previous Maou’s blood… There were other people like the purple-haired girl — Ingvild, who had mixed with humans. One of them was my Heavenly Dragon rival, Vali Lucifer. He was the great-grandchild of the previous Lucifer, and his mother was a human.
As a result, he had the power and talent from possessing the blood of Lucifer, while he also possessed a Sacred Gear as a human, which gave him unrivaled strength. I asked Beelzebub-sama.
“A-Are you saying that she’s the same as Vali?”
[It’s a different case, but you can say that it’s the same in terms of being the descendant of the previous Maou, while also having human blood and a Sacred Gear.]
…Are you serious?
Another case like Vali’s…I didn’t even know how to react…
No, I had heard that there were cases of descendants from the High-class Devils of the former Seventy Two Pillars who had survived as half-humans. However, I thought there were no other pure descendants of the previous Maou who were half-human other than Vali as he was a really rare case. Beelzebub-sama then continued
[That girl has been afflicted with a sleeping illness for a long time.]
—.
I felt familiar with that illness. I spoke about the case that I remembered.
“Speaking of a sleeping illness, Sairaorg-san’s mother also had one.”
Beelzebub-sama gave his affirmation.
[That’s right, she also suffered from the same thing. However, a while ago, her consciousness returned miraculously. And the reason for that is that the Sacred Gear which she owns awakened. ]
Well, Sairaorg-san’s mother also woke up miraculously, but from what I’d heard, there wasn’t any cure for that disease yet. In Ingvild’s case, it was her Sacred Gear that affected her, huh… Beelzebub-sama continued and said shocking things.
[The Sacred Gear that she owns…is one of the five newly classified Longinus, [Nereid Kyrie]]
[—!?]
Everyone was once again shocked by this report! T-That girl, she was a Longinus user!? Plus, it’s the new type one. Speaking of Longinus, it was a name for rare types of Sacred Gear that held strong…no, power and abilities which deviated greatly from all the other Sacred Gears. I also had one of them. [Boosted Gear] was a Longinus, and similarly, the one that my rival Vali had, [Divine Dividing], was one of the Longinus as well. Many of my comrades… or should I say people who were a part of [DxD] were Longinus users. Gasper and Lint-san who were present here were also Longinus users.
Until a while ago — [True Longinus], [Zenith Tempest], [Annihilation Maker], [Dimension Lost], [Boosted Gear], [Divine Dividing], [Sephiroth Graal], [Incinerate Anthem], [Canis Lykaon], [Regulus Nemea], [Absolute Demise], [Innovate Clear], [Telos Karma], those were all the thirteen Longinus that were validated, but there were new Longinus that were observed recently. The five Longinus that were added were [Aeon Balor], [Alphecca Tyrant], [Unknown Dictator], [Nereid Kyrie] and [Star Buster Star Blaster], thus making a total of eighteen longinus present. Gasper’s Longinus was one of the new ones, [Aeon Balor]. The same as Ingvild, as she held the new Longinus [Nereid Kyrie]. Kiba replied.
“If I’m not mistaken, that is one of the high-level Longinus, right?”
Just like Kiba said, there were some Longinus that were considered top-class as they were more powerful and vicious. Until now, the four Longinus that were considered as top-class were [True Longinus], [Zenith Tempest], [Annihilation Maker], and [Dimension Lost]. With the newly added ones, there were two that were considered as top-class, [Nereid Kyrie] and [Star Buster Star Blaster]. Depending on the way it was used, a top-class one could even destroy a whole country, which would have considerable impact on the world. Though it seemed like there were some Longinus that were detested and
went against common rules, making their use a taboo. Beelzebub-sama said
[A top-class type is severely dangerous. When the Grigori was doing research on her Sacred Gear, she had just woken up. But then, Ingvild concealed her own presence. And that is the same as what happened during this incident.]
Disappearing in the middle of the investigation, huh…
Wait, so she disappeared, and she was here when she was next found? J-Just what in the world happened to that girl…?
While we had various doubts, there was someone who entered the room.
“We also did some investigation on Ingvild Leviathan previously.”
The one who entered the room was a handsome guy who had an eyepatch on his right eye! He also wore his usual and characteristic Han-style clothing.
“Cao Cao!”
I called the guy’s name. He was the former ringleader of Khaos Brigade’s Hero Faction. We had fought several times, and he certainly did give us trouble. However, we somehow managed to defeat this guy. After that, a lot of things happened, and he was now a vanguard for Mount Meru’s boss, Sakra. He had somewhat become less of a bad guy as he often helped us [DxD] when something happened. This guy also had one of the top-class Longinus. Plus, he was the user of [True Longinus], the strongest Longinus that was said to be the first Longinus. Cao Cao was also participating in the Rating Game World Tournament, and the team that he led got into the main stage. Cao Cao said to Ravel, who was preparing tea
“Uhm, I’ll have hot milk instead. Please go easy on the sugar.”
Ravel went ‘okay, okay’ as she went down to get the milk. I was curious as he also ordered hot milk the last time we met, so I asked him about it. Cao Cao laughed blankly.
“I have a child’s taste buds, and I think that a cheese hamburger is the world’s tastiest dish. Well, but I’m fine with that.”
Cao Cao returned to the topic and said.
“It seems like Ingvild Leviathan was kidnapped by the unknown Devils…no, the one who’s backing them.”
Kidnapped by the guys who controlled the unknown Devils… So, was it safe to assume that it was the rulers of Hell? As we thought about such things, Beelzebub-sama said.
[I guess I can’t keep this a secret from you guys now. The unknown Devils that are rampaging across the Underworld and the territory of other mythologies, they were born from the mother of Devils, Lilith.]
[—]
…So it was exactly like what his Eminence Strada had imagined. Still, everyone was shocked by this. Also, we kept receiving shocking news, but you know that it was not good for our hearts, right? Beelzebub-sama continued.
[As we investigated the composition of their bodies, we found that they have the same qualities as the ancient Devils…in other words, the first-generation nobles that Lilith-sama directly gave birth to. And worse, we saw some traces that Lilith-sama was forced to gave birth to them in a rough situation and force their growth, as we could see the part that controlled magic had some defects in it.]
The same as the noble Devils… Well, it was normal since their mother was the same I guess… Rias asked Beelzebub-sama.
“Lilith-sama gave birth to them… Well, Beelzebub-sama, if that’s the case, who found and forced Lilith-sama to give birth to those new Devils? So, it’s just like what we thought…”
Beelzebub-sama nodded submissively in response to Rias’s words.
[…Just like you guys predicted, the rulers of Hell led by Hades have found Lilith-sama and produced the Devils.]
So it was those guys! Those guys had such dangerous ideology that they even tried to put my father in danger. …Just as I expected, they had crafted dangerous plans and had begun executing them! Beelzebub-sama continued.
[Even though we already know that, they’ll pretend they know nothing. Because although they clearly do hold hostility towards us, they haven’t clearly declared war yet.]
Xenovia made an unpleasant face.
“And I really want to go attack them like, right now, but…it’s not really legitimately simple, huh. We are also part of [DxD]. We need concrete proof that’ll serve as a reason.”
It was your usual belligerent Xenovia, but compared to our first meeting, she could now look at things more calmly. Maybe it was because she became the president of Kuoh Academy’s student council. Ravel made a frightened expression in response to this talk. Somehow, her thoughts looked like it was somewhere else because she was too scared.
“…Maou-sama, if the transcendental beings that are participating in the Rating Game World Tournament are…”
The image of the copper-haired young male Devil Balberith, as well as the long and jade-haired Devil girl Verrine that we previously met before popped into everyone’s head in response to those words. They were a part of a team that was led by a Grim Reaper from the Netherworld. And their power was said to be Transcendental-class, which was equal to a God’s. They also went to the main stage with their overwhelming power. However, there were only three names that were confirmed as Transcendental class as of now, including Rias’s brother Sirzechs-sama, as well as Ajuka Beelzebub-sama. Then, suddenly, there were two names that appeared as Transcendental-class. And those two were from the team that the Netherworld’s Grim Reaper led—. What we could understand from that was enough to make us completely shiver! —Hades and the others used the Devils’ mother, Lilith, and produced Transcendental beings!? Everyone became speechless as a result of that too. After a moment of silence, Irina burst out as she stood up and screamed.
“I-If they can artificially produce transcendental beings…won’t that tip the power balance of all mythologies ?”
What Irina said was true, as the power of transcendental beings was of that caliber. In fact, in the past coup d’état that happened in the Underworld, the old government was able to be overthrown because transcendental beings like Sirzechs-sama and Ajuka Beelzebub-sama played a big role. If they created transcendental beings on purpose…that was a big problem. The fight against the rulers of Hell whose subordinates were transcendental beings…just imagining it made us go pale. Beelzebub-sama said.
[Just like you guys said, Hades and the others are conducting an experiment on creating transcendental beings. However, rather than being able to produce transcendental beings at will, it seems more likely that their experiments with Lilith-sama have only been able to produce transcendental beings at random. Just think the unknown Devils as something that’s born as a process of the experiment on creating transcendental beings. That means, we should assume that they sent those failed Devils to every mythology’s territory to carry out another experiment.]
…So their goal was to carry out an experiment on creating transcendental beings! To think that the Devils that we subjugated were just extras… Using the mother of Devils Lilith to conduct an experiment on making transcendental beings, Hades and the others surely had thought up something crazy! …Their act was similar to Rizevim, who used the Holy Grail Longinus to revive the legendary Evil Dragons. But they were hard to deal with as they were Gods! Beelzebub-sama then continued.
[Now, this is just my speculation, but I think it’s already not possible to conduct further experiments on creating transcendental beings.]
—.
…You weren’t kidding, right? You were saying that the likes of Balberith and Verrine wouldn’t increase? Beelzebub-sama said this.
[Lilith-sama’s body won’t withstand it. Because when we counted the amount of Devils that appeared in all mythologies, she seemed to have given birth to quite a lot of Devils in a short span. They can’t force her anymore.]
…I see, so the number of transcendental beings wouldn’t increase suddenly. Well, if that were to happen, we’d surely be annihilated.
Just the thought of a thousand people at Sirzechs-sama’s class.
We’d die no matter how you looked at it! Kuoh Town would be blown apart in an instant! Beelzebub-sama tried to calm us down as he laughed and said.
[I want you guys to entrust the issue of the whereabouts of the artificial transcendental beings and Lilith-sama to me. However, if you guys do encounter the artificial transcendental beings, please consider leaving them alive, okay?]
—Everyone responded.
[Understood.]
…Well, I guess there was a possibility of killing them if they laid their hand on my subordinates. Cao Cao changed the topic as he asked Beelzebub-sama.
“Now, what do we do with Ingvild Leviathan?”
Beelzebub-sama answered.
[Umu. She’s still lightheaded since her consciousness came back, so she hasn’t regained her memory yet. It’s safe to say that she’s still fuzzy. Also, about the special abilities of the new Longinus… It’s really dangerous. [Nereid Kyrie], it has two special abilities. The first is the power to make a Dragon powerless, or enslavement by her voice .
The other one is controlling the sea. This is also troublesome. In other words, she can control a large group of Dragons, and even sink urban areas by controlling the sea. Depending on the way it’s being used, it is a Sacred Gear that can easily affect the world in a bad way. That’s why it’s categorised as a top-class Longinus.]
The power to make Dragons powerless and the power to control the seaaaa!? …So that’s why Bova and I lost our power when we heard the song… Also, controlling the sea…wasn’t that a dangerous one!? She’d be able to sink urban areas…!
I-I mean, I’d heard about the Sacred Gear that could control the weather, but not one that could control the sea. That being said, although it was a new Longinus, it was absurd that, depending on the way it was used, it could control the whole ocean…! I guess that was the reason she was targeted. The ability to make the living being that was said to be the strongest, Dragons, powerless. The ability to control the sea that covered more than half of the human world. It was only natural that there were mythologies who wanted the Sacred Gear that could do such things. What a frightening thing to be kidnapped by the rulers of Hell! But, she was so lucky that she was somewhere where we could watch over her. Beelzebub-sama then said this frightening thing.
[The first problem is, does her singing voice work on a Dragon Gods or not? The beings who abducted her might have that as their final goal.]
[—!?]
We were dumbfounded in response to Beelzebub’s frightening forecast. If she could make Dragons powerless and enslave them… Then it might affect the world’s strongest Dragons, [Ouroboros Dragon] Ophis and [Apocalypse Dragon] Great Red! If those two were to be enslaved… It was so frightening that even by imagining it, we got goosebumps. Although we didn’t know if it did have that kind of power or not, we couldn’t take our eyes off her. If she were to be abducted and used by the enemy’s organisation…t was going to be bad! Beelzebub-sama completely changed as he laughed.
[And as such possibilities were taken as a consideration, you guys should keep watching over her… Furthermore, I want to save people who have the blood of the previous Maous. Both sympathetically and politically.]
Ravel said.
“… There are still groups who support the previous Maous after all.”
Vali, who bore the blood of the previous Maou, also did join a terrorist organisation for a while, but he was actively participating in the tournament now. The support from the people who respected the previous Lucifer was so great that even the politicians wished to be in contact. Though he looked like he rejected it as it was troublesome. Beelzebub-sama said.
[It can also serve as a way to get their support, and if we can get our hands on them first… If I speak more about the government’s speculation, it might affect your activities as [DxD]. We, the higher-ups, only have simple orders; the protection of Ingvild Leviathan, and I want you guys to defeat the enemy’s boss…the one behind all of this, as they might come back to take back that girl.]
Rias asked to confirm.
“Even if the enemy…is a God, you want us to defeat him?”
Beelzebub-sama fearlessly laughed.
[You ask such things now? You guys are the team that has the power to defeat even Gods. I want you to act as the one that will deter against all mythologies.]
[Understood!]
Now that we had left the artificial transcendental beings to the higher-ups, we could focus on the things in front of us. I would protect Ingvild from the bad guys! My forte was protecting girls, you know! It was good that it was simple! —And, Cao Cao told Beelzebub-sama.
“Looks like the talk is finished. The investigation that you asked, I’ll continue it along with the [Slash Dog] Team in the long run, because there is a possibility that there is a connection.”
[I’m counting on you.]
As he confirmed that, Cao Cao left us a few words as he tried to leave the room.
“And now, the only question left is, why was Ingvild Leviathan in this area? It’s either within their expectations, or perhaps… Well, I guess we’ll find out.”
Cao Cao left the Hyoudou Residence as he said that—.
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