"Whatever the outcome, Vali's defeat is a great loss for us, the fallen angels, Orochimaru. If this plan fails, we will all be completely wiped out of existence..." Azazel narrowed his eyes as he watched the snake approach the great gate of Heaven.
"I had never heard of such strange beings as you in my original world. All there was chakra and strange gods, but now..." The Snake smiled slightly before sighing, his palm touching the great gate and feeling its texture.
"It's incredible, Don't you think? Well, for you this is normal, you were born on the other side, in Heaven, but for me it's something new, something to discover, something my mind can't stop thinking about..." Orochimaru licked his lips as he murmured with a slight smile.
"..." Azazel, on the other hand, simply stared at the Snake's sword with a peculiar look. "And don't dream too much about Heaven. What's inside belongs to the Fallen Angels, not you. You belong to another world, Understand?" The leader of the Fallen Angels made things clear.
"It's perfectly understood, Azazel. For now, let's just focus on the most important thing. I'm going to plant the world tree here, near the entrance to Heaven. This will take a few days, so I need your demons to be on the lookout in case anyone arrives..." Orochimaru said, slowly walking away from the giant gate.
Azazel nodded his head a couple of times as he narrowed his eyes. He had never had a good feeling about this guy. He had never completely earned his trust, and yet here he was, cooperating with him as if they both trusted each other with their lives.
"My boys revived by Edo-Tensei will also be present, so please don't cause any trouble with each other..." The Snake's last words sounded strange, with something threatening hidden in them. Azazel sensed it and looked back at Orochimaru's back as he hesitated over his latest decisions.
"My lord..." Penemué approached the leader. She also looked at Snake's back with some doubts in her heart. She didn't know exactly what this guy wanted, who had appeared out of nowhere one day trying to form an alliance with the fallen angels.
Azazel shook his head, "We have come this far thanks to Orochimaru. If we don't continue, not only will we lose his help, but the demons and angels will end up killing us..."
Penemue was about to refute him. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't. She knew that her leader's words were true. They had allied themselves with Orochimaru to recover Heaven and live there, but, Had that been the best decision?
Penemue looked at the more than a thousand fallen angels present with shining eyes. Her mouth opened and closed several times like a fish out of water. She seemed to be trying to say something, but no words came out of her mouth.
"Perhaps this is the fate you wove for us, father," Penemue murmured before quickly shaking her head.
The broadcast had ended a few moments ago. The broadcast showing Itachi's battle against Vali had left more than half the world with their mouths agape.
In fact, although there were still people who doubted whether the latest news about demons and all supernatural beings really existed in the world, everyone had to accept that Itachi's fight against Vali looked so real that many of them were seriously beginning to believe it.
Soon, news would spread that Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan had been completely ravaged by hundreds of strange creatures, including humans, angels, and fallen angels, which would make everyone believe Sirzechs' story.
While that was happening, in Kuoh, Hyoudou Issei was packing his bags. He was in his room, watching Kiryuu fold some clothes and put them in a suitcase.
His eyes narrowed, his mind racing with different thoughts, and his expression couldn't have been more confused at that moment. "Am I really going to abandon everything to go live in a remote place with this girl? What happened to being the king of the harem? What about everything else?" he wondered, squeezing the clothes in his hands a little harder before Kiryuu looked back at him.
She smiled genuinely, causing a strange feeling of surprise to reflect on Issei's face. The boy narrowed his eyes, remembering Itachi's words from some time ago about making a decision, about finally deciding what to do with his life.
It seemed that this would be one of the most important decisions for him, so he looked Kiryuu in the eyes.
Several thoughts ran through his mind, from the need to try to tell her that
Various thoughts ran through his mind, from the need to try to tell her that he actually wanted a harem, to the simple and voracious need to delay the decision for another time.
In fact, a strange feeling, like a mixture of various emotions, overwhelmed him. "I'm here, as you can see, Kiryuu, but... you," Issei blinked, "Is something wrong, dear?" Kiryuu approached him to hug him tightly.
"A life together, Remember?" Kiryuu murmured, wrapping her arms around the boy's waist as she lifted her head, her eyes with white in her sclerae shining slightly, her body trembling slightly, and the heat she emitted seemed to suffocate Issei's soul.
"A lifetime together is for life, even if it's stupid to say so, Issei, I think I've been a little rough on you..." Ddraig spoke inside the boy's mind, "I know I told you lately that I don't care which path you choose as long as you decide to train to defeat Albion. But." Ddraig paused.
"I can feel it, Albion is gone, he's probably dead or not, I don't know, but the strangest thing is that his soul is no longer in this world, nor in the demonic world or the angelic world, so..." the dragon sounded slightly tired.
"So, so I asked myself, I'm asking myself right now, now that Albion is gone, What am I going to do?" Ddraig smiled slightly, "I won't bother you anymore about training, I think, I think I don't care anymore if you train or not, Albion is gone, there's no need to train, for now I'll just rest, if you need me I'll help you, but..."
There was a brief moment of silence. Issei stared at Kiryuu and how she hugged him with such a peculiar emotion that it would have been impossible to describe.
"Make your decision, Issei. It's okay if you make a mistake, you can correct it later, or you can rebuild your life later, but unlike before, I don't know if you can continue to count on me. I need some time to think..." Ddraig seemed confused to a certain extent.
"All I can say is that this girl, Kiryuu, has been acting cute for the last few days, weeks, even months, just to please you. She's weird, too weird. She watches you at night while you sleep, she watches you when you don't realize it, I've seen her sniff you from head to toe with a lost look in her eyes..." Issei's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this.
"If you can handle this, then fine, it's your decision, but I can't guarantee that I'll be here. I might decide to leave your body, I don't know. I need to think about Albion and all that, so... just, just make your decision, and if you make a mistake, you'll have time to fix it," Ddraig smiled genuinely, his words conveying to Issei a sense of calm and peace that he had never felt before.
"For now, I'm going to think about it. I won't talk to you for days, weeks, months, or maybe years, or maybe... never again, so just, just make a decision and don't always be the one who can be something," Ddraig's voice gradually faded away until there was nothing left.
A peculiar feeling of coldness and tingling spread throughout Issei's skin, wandering through his flesh to his bones and finally reaching his heart. He took a deep breath and let out a big sigh.
"Kiryuu, I..." Issei smiled. In fact, he already sensed that this girl was not mentally well. He knew it from the first moment he saw her making a scene in his room, but he chose to ignore those red flags.
"Let's do this together," Issei said. Somehow, he felt attracted to this girl's strange and even perverted behavior, her completely unhealthy jealousy, the way she stared at him so intently during the night, as Ddraig had said.
"If I'm wrong and end up hating you, then I'll just walk away from you," Issei thought to himself.
A small cry mixed with a completely happy moan escaped Kiryuu's mouth before she hugged him with all her might.