In a room, a woman slowly woke up. She saw the man who hugged her for a moment, and moved closer to the man's chest for a moment to seek warmth.
When she sat up, the blanket covering her body fell, and revealed the beautiful appearance of the lingerie nightgown she was wearing.
Although the lingerie looked a little plain and not transparent, her appearance still looked tempting when she stretched her curvy body shape.
With large breasts, and nipples that were much larger than average, making the shape of the breasts clearly visible even though the nightgown was tight.
The woman looked at the man who was sleeping with her before waking her up.
"Izrail."
When he was called, the man immediately opened his eyes and sat up, even though he was not fully awake.
"Good night."
Izrail looked at the woman who greeted him. "Isabel, did you sneak to sleep with me again?"
"The door was unlocked, and you allowed me when I asked."
Izrail did not respond when Isabella used the same answer several times.
Previously he would have said that the answer of a sleeping person was invalid, but this time he didn't say it because he knew it was useless.
Izrail grabbed Isabella's waist, and pulled her closer.
Isabella became a little wary because of that action. Usually Izrail would push or do various rejections, so she was a little surprised when Izrail seemed to take the initiative.
"Isabel, there's something I want to ask you."
"What is it?"
"I saw you talking to Dahlia before. This afternoon Dahlia came to see me, and asked me to be her private trainer. Can you tell me everything you know about her?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"To determine the type and method of training that is suitable for her. Besides..."
4 hours earlier...
Izrail had asked a dozen people, but he didn't get much good information.
"Strange... I've tried asking various kinds of people, but it seems like everything is fine, in fact everyone seems to like her quite a bit. But the girl before... I can probably conclude that almost all the guys like her, which means..."
Izrail looked at the girls who were busy chatting and seemed to be talking a lot.
"...It's probably a problem between girls."
"Excuse me, can I ask you a few things?"
"You-"
"Just an Elite team leader."
"Wow~ from the Elite team, and also the team leader."
"What do you want to ask?"
"Things about Dahlia."
"I hope you don't have any ulterior motives."
"Yes. Even if you're handsome, dashing, and look cool like this, we won't let you off so easily."
"I don't understand what you guys mean. I've only heard about people whispering behind her back, or stealing her training partner. I thought you guys knew about this disturber."
"Disturber?, that's not true!. We didn't bother her at all."
"I didn't say that you were the ones."
"!."
"So?, what actually happened?. You just said about some hidden intention, which means there's a possibility that you don't have any bad intentions towards her."
Izrail immediately changed the subject to try to make himself seem to support or be on their side.
"Ah, that's right." Another girl said. "Dahlia seems so innocent, so we're actually just a little worried about her."
"It's not once or twice that Dahlia just goes along with strangers. Especially when she's invited by a man."
"Besides, she has a rather unique way of thinking, and sometimes likes to cause fights."
"Although actually it's only the other party who seems to be fighting. While Dahlia... so calm?, no, maybe the words 'Not provoked' or 'Not caring' are more appropriate."
"That's all?. Somehow it doesn't feel that important to pay attention to."
"You...!"
"Is there something else you guys can't say?"
"Eh?, ahem. You don't seem to know Dahlia at all. Maybe... if you feel and are with her often, you'll understand."
*****
"That's what those people say."
"Well... Actually what they said is not wrong. How should I explain it... You can't feel something for sure just by seeing or hearing from other people."
"I don't have much time for that."
Isabella held Izrail's chest with both hands. "Do you want to choose to make time for Dahlia or make time for me?"
Izrail looked at Isabella for a moment, before looking towards the door. "I haven't eaten and I'm starting to get hungry."
"Want to eat me?"
Izrail lifted Isabella's body, and placed it on the other side of the bed, so he could pass.
Seeing Izrail leave and ignore her, Isabella got up and chased after him.
"I still have the food from last night." Isabella said as she took food from the refrigerator. "Want me to warm it up for a bit?"
"Sure."
As Isabella unwrapped the protective packaging of the containers and placed the food into the oven, Izrail secretly channeled magis energy into one of the rooms, and faintly sensed that there was no sign of life inside.
"Bronya hasn't come back yet?"
"Where were you when she was looking for you?"
"Eating."
"Don't be like that. Poor thing, she's running around without eating breakfast."
"I can't believe she didn't stop for breakfast."
"Well, it seems like she accidentally ended up eating at her mother's place. She sounded a little upset on the phone."
"Did I overdo it?"
"No, it's just that she doesn't like her mother very much."
"So that disciplined girl also has things like that. It seems like her day was a little off."
At a nearby moment...
"How are your observations?"
"Sorry, I haven't gotten anything that seems important these past few days."
"It's okay, just tell me."
"Izrail is still a little distant from us. Last week he seemed serious, but these past few days he's been relaxed. Even so, I can still feel his slightly unpleasant aura. Oh yeah, this afternoon I heard he seemed to be investigating Dahlia."
"Dahlia?"
"Yes, she's a girl-"
"I know her. What is she looking for?"
"Academy life?, he asked all sorts of people, whether Dahlia had a problem or not."
The woman frowned slightly in thought.
"You can go."
"Did I do something...?"
"No, I just suddenly have something to do. You go back and watch that man."
"Understood, General Marciana."
After Bronya left, the woman called someone to come to her office.
After a while, the person she called finally arrived.
"General, you called me?"
"Yes. There's something I'd like to know. Did any of your team members get into trouble at the academy these past few days?"
"Ah, so you've heard about it? Yes, but that's not really important. I'm currently trying to help them out a bit, and I hope there won't be any troublesome punishments."
"Punishment? Tell me what happened."
Zen began to tell a more detailed version from his and Dahlia's additional perspectives~
"That's not important. More importantly, have you interacted with him lately?"
Zen looked at Izrail's personal data that was displayed on the hologram screen. "Yes. I asked him to help the Dragon Claw team on the previous mission."