Shin High School DxD - Volume 1 - Chapter 4.02

Part 2

In the basement of the Hyoudou Residence, there was a large transportation magic circle where we’d gather whenever we wanted to go somewhere. We had planned to jump to a location close to Nyx’s secret base. As we approached the transportation room, we came across three girls in the hall. They were three loli girls. One of the small girls had black hair and wore a goth-loli dress, and there was also another girl who looked just like her — Ophis and Lilith. The third person was a girl who had blonde hair, along with a fox’s ears and tail — Kunou.

Because of complicated circumstances, Ophis was under my care as well now. Originally, she was the Khaos Brigade’s leader. Though she might look cute, her real identity was the world’s strongest being, the Ouroboros Dragon. Although her power had become weaker than before, we became the ones who protected her as a lot of things happened.

The other girl who looked exactly like Ophis was Lilith. She was the spawn of Ophis. Like Ophis, she was also under my care because of very complicated circumstances. Having the same name as the mother of Devils, there were cases where when my comrades heard the word [Lilith], they would be confused about which one it referred to. Lilith along with Ophis were being looked after in the Hyoudou Residence.

Kunou was the daughter of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the fox who governed the Youkai of Kyoto, Yasaka-san. This made her a princess of the Youkai. We knew each other through the event that Cao Cao and the Hero Faction caused, and after that, she decided to do a homestay in the Hyoudou Residence. Currently, Kunou was enrolled in the elementary school of Kuoh Academy while she learned about the humans’ way of life. She was also an auxiliary member of the Occult Research Club. The three of them stood in front of me. Kunou worryingly said.

“Ise, I’ve heard the news. Are you are going to go fight against an evil God?”

I replied with a smile.

“Yeah, just a little skirmish. I have to make her pay now that she has made my friend cry.”

Kunou strongly nodded in response to my words.

“Umu! Although I’ve just talked a little bit with Ingvild-dono, she’s not a bad person! I want you to save her!”

“Leave it to me!”

As I responded to Kunou’s words, Ophis said to me.

“Ise, if you believe in that armor’s power, you will be okay.”

—. …The armour obtained via Dragon Deification could only manifest because of the power that Ophis lent me. Hearing those words was like receiving an authorisation. I responded to Ophis cheerfully with ‘Got it!’. As I was seen off by those three, I went into the transportation room.

The people who had gathered in the transportation room were the new and old members of the Occult Research Club (Me, Rias, Asia, Akeno, Koneko-chan, Kiba, Gasper, Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse-san, Ravel), Bova, Elmenhilde and Lint-san. As there was the possibility of an assault on Kuoh town and the Hyoudou Residence when we weren’t present, we left the caretaking to my junior, Nakiri Kouchin Ouryuu, and the former professional Rating Game player whom we had somehow been indebted to lately, Roygun Belphegor-san.

My junior Nakiri was the next head of the Nakiri clan that was said to be the top even amongst the supernatural groups who had been protecting Japan from the shadows. The glamorous Devil beauty with wavy pink hair was Roygun Belphegor-san. The two horns that protruded from her head was her characteristic feature. A bewitching onee-sama. Both of them were also my teammates in the Rating Game World Tournament. There was another teammate called Bina Lessthan, but…because of circumstances, she couldn’t show herself at a moment’s notice like this. But with regards to this matter, that person had to be doing a follow-up on us from her place. Roygun-san said to me.

“Leave the caretaking to me. That being said, I don’t think I’m gonna be of much use.”

As she said that, Roygun-san looked at Ophis and Lilith. Well, if the Dragon God sisters were to become serious, I guess it would be safe even if a God attacked… Nakiri said to me.

“I’ve heard that the Sitri peerage will also be helping us on the lookouts, so please leave it to us. —I wish you luck. Please beat that Goddess.”

“Yeah, I’m counting on you. I’ll leave the rest to you then.”

Just like Nakiri said, the Sitri family would also be helping us. If Sona-senpai and Saji were to help with defending the town, I guess there was no reason to worry. I asked Rias.

“And the others?”

What I meant to ask was if there was anyone else who’d be participating. Rias answered.

“This time, the other members of [DxD] are currently protecting their own locations. I can’t get hold of Vali. I’ve contacted Crom Cruach, but it’s still unknown if he’ll come or not. I couldn’t get hold of His Eminence Strada as well.”

I see, so that meant the only ones going to Nyx’s secret hideout were the people presently here. As Ikuse-san and Cao Cao would be helping us, they had already gone ahead to the designated place. Well, that meant we were going with these members for now. —Suddenly, Ravel brought Ingvild with her. Ravel said.

“Ingvild-sama will be waiting in a room where a strong barrier has been set up.”

Yes, Ingvild would be staying at home. Of course, she would just be controlled by Nyx if we were to bring her along. …Should our mission fail, we’d end up having to seal her. Seal…if her illness relapsed, waking up for the second time would be—. As I turned my head back, I stopped thinking about it. I smiled and said to Ingvild.

“Wait for me. I will win for sure!”

She also smiled and nodded. After we were seen off by Ingvild and our comrades who were staying behind, we were enveloped in the light of transportation and got transported with the power of the magic circle drawn on the floor—.