Two days after defeating Viser.
Issei was visiting a large house in order to carry out his Devil work.
Ideally, he would have liked to jump there using a magic circle, but due to his meager amount of magical power, he had to go on foot like this.
"Hello! My name is Issei Hyoudou!"
He pressed the intercom and called out, but there was no response.
Issei said, "Excuse me!" and opened the door.
"What!? What is this!?"
Issei could only stand there in shock.
Because the walls were covered with countless scratch marks and letters written in red blood that looked like spilled paint. The bloody letters scrawled everywhere were insults like "Go to HELL!!" and "Fuck You!!".
"This is serious!"
Issei headed to the living room. And there—
"Whoa! Th-they're dead!"
In the living room lay the client, a middle-aged man, and a woman who appeared to be his wife, both having died from massive blood loss due to countless stab wounds.
"Oh my, oh my, if it isn't a little Devil."
Standing beside the corpses was a white-haired young man in priestly robes.
"Don't tell me, you killed them?"
"Yep, yep. I'm the one who chopped up those bastards who'd sell their souls to the Devil. I mean, those guys aren't worth living, are they?"
He spoke as if it were perfectly natural, showing not a shred of guilt for killing people. Issei felt it was absolutely impossible to see eye to eye with this guy.
"My name is Freed Sellzen. I'm a clergyman belonging to a certain exorcist organization."
'A priest? Don't make me laugh!' Issei didn't want to recognize someone like this as a clergyman. He was as different from Asia as heaven and earth.
"Hihihihi, enough with the chit-chat. Go ahead and die already!"
'Damn! He is too fast! Not only that, but this guy is swinging around a sword of light.' Issei had been taught by Rias that light was fatal to Devils, so all he could do was dodge.
"Hihihi, what's wrong, what's wrong! You can't beat me if all you do is run!"
Issei was backed against the wall.
"Die! You fucking Devil!!"
"Right there!"
But fortunately, because Freed's movements were so wide and transmitted, Issei landed a counter-punch right on his face.
"Guuh. That hurt. …That fucking hurt!!"
Freed flew into a rage just like a certain Emperor and charged at Issei. But he had completely lost his composure, and his attacks had become monotonous.
"Hook! Body blow! Body blow! Dick blow!"
Issei slipped through Freed's attacks and landed counters on his face and body. Freed was completely out of breath.
"Ugh, what a pain! Time to knock him out!"
Issei had taken a decisive advantage and moved in for the finishing blow. Just then—
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Suddenly, a scream came from the living room entrance.
'…Wait, that voice—no way!'
"Asia! What are you doing here!?"
Yes, it was Asia, whom he had met just a few days ago.
"Oh my, if it isn't my assistant, Asia-chan."
"Father Freed! What is the meaning of this!?"
"Come to think of it, this is your first time seeing this, isn't it, Asia-chan? It's my job to dispose of humans who've been seduced by Devils."
"I-I never heard about that! …Wait, Issei-san!?"
The moment Asia saw Issei's face, she was even more shocked.
"Oh my, could this be a forbidden love between a Devil and a Nun? I'm so embarrassed I could squirm!"
"Th-that's… I-Issei-san is a Devil?"
"Sorry, Asia. Like he said, I'm a Devil."
Thinking that lying any further would only hurt Asia more, Issei spread his black wings from his back and honestly revealed his true nature.
"Hyahahahaha! In the end, Devils and humans can never get along!!"
Freed hurled insults as if mocking their relationship.
"That's not true! Even Devils can be good people."
Suddenly, Asia stood in front of Issei and spoke to Freed.
"...Hah? You lost your fucking mind or something?!"
Smack!!
"Kyaa!!"
'What!?'
Freed punched Asia square in the face. Then he grabbed her by the neck and intimidated her.
"Since when did you get so high and mighty?! You're a hundred years too early to give me orders!! I'll teach you so thoroughly right now that you'll never defy me again!!"
Freed raised his fist! But—
Grab!
"Ahhn!?"
"You goddamn priest!!!"
Bang!
Issei stopped Freed's fist with his right hand and punched him in the face with his left.
"I-Issei-san!?"
Asia didn't know what to do and panicked.
"Get up, you bastard! You've touched the dragon's reverse scale, and I'm gonna make you pay!"
"Guuh... Don't think you've won!"
Woosh!!
Just then, an arrow of light suddenly flew in.
The one who shot it was a small, blonde girl in gothic lolita-style clothing. She had the same aura as Raynare's, a Fallen Angel.
"Tee-hee, I came to rescue Asia~."
'Damn, reinforcements for the Fallen Angels had arrived.'
"Hahaha! You saved me, Mittelt-chan! I'm all beat up, so I'm gonna take Asia and retreat."
"Ah, wait, wait, Father Freed!"
Freed pulled Asia's right hand and fled.
'Fuck this!!!'
Glancing at Mittelt, Issei saw that Mittelt looked shaken.
"You said your name was Mittelt. What are you plotting by kidnapping Asia?"
"Are you planning to fight me? I'll tell you if you can beat me. Not that you have a chance anyway."
This girl was completely looking down on him. But that meant she had plenty of openings.
"Lightning Arrow!"
Mittelt generated countless arrows of light and fired them at Issei…
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