"I... have the blood of the fallen angel in me..."
When Akeno finished releasing all of her emotions, she started to tell him about her story.
As for why she did this, she wasn't sure, but similar to Koneko, she felt comfortable by his side.
Still, her story probably wasn't uncommon, or more or less quite common, as everything began when her father, who was a fallen angel, fell in love with her mother, who was a member of the Himejima family.
"Himejima family?" Sato thought for a while and asked, "Is it related to the Shinra family?"
"You mean, Tsubaki-san's family?"
"Yes." As Sato was part of Sona's Peerage members, he would naturally care about the others, including Shinra Tsubaki, as they were friends.
"Yes, they are related."
"How so?"
"They are parts of the Five Principal family."
"What kind of family is that?"
"Well, you can say that they are five well-known distinguished clans, which have purified evil spirits since ancient times."
The Five Principal Clans are powerful clans of Shinto Mystics, which have carried a divine connection to the Shinto Gods and served them for generations. The members of the Five Principal Clans are born blessed by the Shinto Gods with the power to manipulate one of the five elements, also known as the Five Phases, respectively, to their clans due to their fervent faith and strict worship in Shintoism.
"Oh, I can imagine how shitty this clan is."
When Sato thought of those clans that were introduced, he could imagine how bad they were.
"Yup, you are right. Those clans are shitty."
Those who weren't blessed with those powers from birth were scorned as outcasts and soon exiled from the clan.
Akeno's mother, Shuri Himejima, who violated their religious laws, was executed, as she had given birth to the daughter of a Fallen Angel.
The Five Principal Clans are also very suspicious of foreign supernatural beings, such as the Grigori or the Magicians of Grauzauberer. They are also known to show aversion to members of their clans who are born with Sacred Gears, as the Sacred Gears are objects from Christianity, and possessing them is considered heresy.
Still, Sato couldn't say much, as he knew how strict the religious laws were, which sometimes carried even more severe punishments than normal law.
Or rather, even marriage with a person of a different religion wasn't allowed and wouldn't be acknowledged either, right?
Although some religions permitted it, such as Buddhism, in many cases, marriages between individuals of different religions weren't allowed.
Regardless, the marriage between Akeno's father and mother was seen as a heresy, and the Himejima clan killed her mother.
As for her father, he was strong and had the backing of the fallen angels, so the Himejima clan didn't dare.
Still, when Sato thought of the original, in the end, the Himejima clan made peace with Akeno, he felt that it was because they were afraid, as Akeno was part of Issei's harem, so if they messed around, well, it was clear, right?
Afraid of the strong and bullying the weak.
Sato could only roll his eyes at the Five Principal Clans.
"So, did you inherit the power from those Five Principal Clans?"
"I do, but it isn't so powerful. They are just humans, after all."
Yup, no matter how strong the Five Principal Clans were, in the end, they were humans, so they weren't strong.
"Though the heirs are quite strong."
"Are they?"
"Yes, each of those clans has a divine beast who will lend their powers to the leaders of the family."
"What if they lose their divine beasts?"
"...." Akeno stared at him, dumbfoundedly, and asked, "... Do you want to take away or kill those divine beasts?"
"I am just asking."
Akeno kept staring at him, then said, "Don't do something stupid."
"Do you think I am stupid?"
"Yup~!"
"....." Sato.
Yet, after she teased him, Akeno appeared a little bashful, as she said, "If... you are not around, it won't be that fun, I think..."
"That's true."
"Jerk."
Akeno bumped her side to his with a smile, yet it was great that she could talk a lot with him.
"What's the divine beast of the Himejima Clan and the Shinra Clan, by the way?"
"Er... I think they are Suzaku and Byakko."
Suzaku, the Vermillion Bird, and Byakko, the White Tiger, were the Divine Beasts of the Himejima Clan and the Shinra Clan.
Still, this was also the reason why Akeno was good at fire magic, Sato thought.
"By the way, you are not asking about the power that I inherited from my father?"
"You will tell?"
"I don't mind."
"Go ahead, then."
"...." Akeno was speechless, but she told him. "My father is quite a famous fallen angel, Baraqiel."
"I don't know him."
"....he appeared in the bible."
Sato was dumbfounded before he quickly took his smartphone to check, and then he really did find Akeno's father in the bible. "There is!"
"...I have told you."
"What is his power?"
"Er... the holy light of thunder."
"So, the combination of a holy light and thunder?"
"Yes."
"....." Sato.
If Akeno used her power, Sato was sure that all the devils would more or less die in her hands easily.
"It's strong."
"Right?"
Yet, as he saw her expression, Sato said, "Even if you don't want to use it, I think it is fine since you are still strong."
"Really?"
"Yup."
Even if Akeno didn't use the light aspect of her power and only relied on her lightning ability, Sato felt that she was strong enough, as lightning was the element of a god.
Wasn't Zeus the King of Gods on Olympus with the power of lightning?
There was also Indra, Thor, and even Raijin.
In most cases, those who stood above many used the power of the lightning to govern the world, especially those who came from the polytheistic religions, so even without the power of light, Sato knew that Akeno would be okay.
The only problem was that Akeno wasn't Indra, Thor, Raijin, or Zeus, but Sato felt that it should be okay to just help Rias fight in the Rating Game.
"Really?"
"Yes." Sato nodded. "So, if you don't want to, then don't do it. Anyway, you can leave the rest to me."
Whatever the situation may be, as he was part of Rias' Peerage members at this moment, he would help Rias to her victory, and he believed that he could do that.
Akeno didn't know what to say since, despite how lewd she was, she wasn't good with males, which was unexpected, yet it was also because of that she—
"Can I ask you a question, Sato-kun?"
"Yes?"
"Do you want me to be sadistic or to let you see my armpit?"
"....." Sato.
"Can we start the training now?"
Yup, let's just start the training.