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CHAPTER 10

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As the Universe Turnsssss Black!

Did the Sun Ever Deeeefy Faaaaate?

Beyond It All... Do You Re-Cog-Nize Meee?

Does Meaning... Have Meaning?

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Doing his daily routine of exercising, when he was out on a jog in Kuoh residential area, he was singing to the song when suddenly he witnessed an interesting scene.

"Haa... Haa... Haa... Haa...”

Issei ran past him panting tiredly as if he was compelled to run.

“Hey, don’t run so miserably. Otherwise, I'll add 10 more laps of dashing afterward.”

Rias Gremory, who was riding a bicycle, was warning him when she saw Sin.

"Oh, sensei, good morning."

She greeted before continuing to cycle, following Issei as she continued to give "encouragement" to him.

... He doesn't know to feel jealous at a pretty woman cheering you on or pity at such a Spartan training.

Realizing that he had stopped his run, he continued to run while singing.

Why did he not react when he noticed the both of them together? Well, there was a light hypnosis spell covering Kuoh that was casted the same day Issei was revived. It made sure that people wouldn't outright call out their relationship and only keep it to their hearts.

He obviously wasn't affected by it, but he had to keep his image up for now.

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The Beginning and The End, All the Same...

It Can't Be, It Can't Be True,

Whose Side Are You On?!

I Wish and Influence...

Still Like This!

As If a Divine, Truth Seeker!

Arisesss!

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“Your ability has more meaning when you have a good foundation.”

“Yes… 65…”

Rias was sitting on Issei's back as he pushed himself up, doing push-ups in Kuoh's only park. Sin who was watching with amusement said aloud while writing on a piece of paper.

"That wasn't a full push-up, Issei!"

That caused him to groan in annoyance. He redid the push-up again.

"Alright, continue!"

Oh, this was entertaining.

WHIP!

“Auu!”

Issei had his butt slapped by Rias.

“You are having dirty thoughts. The movement of your hips is lecherous.”

“… T-That’s… 68… T-Thinking that you are horse riding on me… 69… is making my guts move like a horse into the max gear… 70!”

“Talking while doing push-ups. You seem to have grown, Ise. Should I add another hundred?”

Pfft...

Sin snorted as he watched Issei glare at him.

"And why are you even here, Sin?"

"The park is everyone's, you dummy."

Sin berates him before he walked over to them. Handing the paper over, she reads it out loud.

"3-day-exercise routine:

Day 1: squat, leg curl, incline press, row, calf raise, bicep curl (50 reps for each limb)

Day 2: deadlift, leg extension, flat bench, lat pull-down, bicep curl, face pull (20-30 reps)

Day 3: squat, leg curl, incline press, row, tricep overhead extensions (20-30 reps)

Protein and water is essential, 3 meals a day.

Oh, my."

Rias was impressed at the workout regime,

"Sin! Y-You bastard!"

Issei starts to cry at hearing the intense training regime that Sin written to Rias.

"Since you're already training, might as well do it optimally."

He just smugly grinned at the expression of Issei's crying face... Was he an S?

"Thank you very much, sensei. I will implement this next week!"

Rias thanked with a smile as he waved it off.

"Oh, please. It's nothing much — "

"Mr. Sin!"

Looking behind him, he watched as Asia in her nun uniform (She doesn't have any other clothes) ran towards them. He could especially feel Issei stare at her beauty, causing Sin to feel annoyed.

Kicking the sand beneath them, Issei yelled in pain before dropping to the ground.

"Keep your eyes on your Buchou instead, you idiot!"

That caused Rias to chuckle when Asia suddenly fell.

"Uwaaa... How did I manage to keep falling..."

Quickly jogging towards her, Sin picks her back on her feet as she teared up slightly from her mistake. Checking to make sure that she didn't have any injuries at all, he sighs in relief.

"Asia, you need to be more careful. Watch where you're walking next time."

He starts lecturing her as she nodded sadly.

"Yes, Mr. Sin..."

"Woah! A bishoujou nun! That ticks off everything on my list!"

Issei yells loudly at the sight of Asia as Sin glared at Issei.

"Back off, don't corrupt her you fiend!"

"Hurg!"

An invisible arrow stabs into his chest, causing him to kneel over in fake pain. Asia who saw this immediately ran over to Issei.

"Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine."

He awkwardly said as Sin went between her and Issei to not let her be corrupted at his mere presence.

"You two are excellent friends."

Rias notes while watching this, to which both Sin and Issei replied.

""With him? Hell no!""

That prompted them to glare each other once again.

"Pervert."

"Virgin!"

"At least I don't go around harassing women in broad daylight!"

"Oh, spare me the talk, you closet pervert!"

"You son of a — "

"Closet pervert?"

Asia asked with a tilted head, confused at the meaning of the words that she just repeated, causing Sin to freeze.

Issei was talking in Italian because of the devil's automatic language passive. He completely missed that.

"A-Asia, please forget what you just heard!"

Sin begged as Issei cackled menacingly. He finally had the power to take down Sin, his arch nemesis that always stopped him from his desires!

PULL

"Oww!"

Issei reacted by loudly exclaiming at his ear being pulled.

"Alright now, no more bullying Kiske-sensei."

She then looks at Sin.

"We shall be going first, sensei. Please excuse us."

She bowed slightly in respect before walking away, pulling on Issei's ear.

"Ow, ow, ow! B-Buchou! It hurts!"

Watching them go wherever they were heading, he looked at the basket Asia was holding before smiling.

"And what is in this?"

"Oh! This is tea and onigiri that I made!"

She was so precious! And she learned how to use the rice cooker after a full week of teaching her how to use everything in the house!

It's been almost 2 weeks since saving Asia, and she was in school now, just a few days ago!

Sure, she still had quite a long while to understand Japanese, but the Vice-Principal allowed him to be with Asia while she was taking any class other than math, making it easier for her as he could translate for her.

What a kind Vice-Principal... Well, it took a week to beg him, but it worked! And the spare math substitute teacher, Kiriha-san, would replace the classes that he would miss to help Asia, so it was a win-win.

And from his blurry knowledge of DxD arcs, Phenex should be here in Kuoh soon, but he just doesn't know when. That's why, he has been stalking the ORC (Occult Research Club) clubroom with a magical familiar.

More specifically, an artificial familiar. It was more like using magic to code the purpose of the familiar. The familiar he used was a small toy mouse that he bought, meant to stalk and report back to him everything like a mobile CCTV but using magic. Like the Mantle of R# (That's what he's calling it now), it can be commanded telepathically.

Magic was so cool.

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As The... Universe! Turnssss Black!

Did The Sun Ever Deeefy Faaate?

Beyond It All... Do You Re-Cog-Nize Meeee?

Gravity... Holds All The Answers!

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Holding onto the Rosario that Asia always wears (He borrowed it from her), he took a moment to learn how it works before understanding.

"So the core of the Rosario is a small orb with light energy latched onto it... And from this purity, an angel's light, I reckon..."

He mutters, trying to figure the Rosario out. Still, the church was quite generous to give her such an interesting Rosario, since it contained a high-level light energy core.

She looked up from her Japanese Grade 1 homework with confusion, to which Sin just sighed.

"Eh, who knows what they're thinking."

They had already kicked Asia out, so he should just ignore them for now.

Giving it back to her, Asia pulled her t-shirt to shift her Rosaria under it, giving him a first seat view of her visible collarbone and silk white skin. And below it was her —

He quickly looked up in respect.

"... Princess, shouldn't you... Wear a bra?"

He said with a blush after coughing into his fist.

"... But it’s nighttime?"

She tilts her head in confusion as Sin muttered "Christ" softly at the girl's innocence.

"Be as it may, I'm still a man, Princess. You shouldn't be showing this to anyone, especially men."

"..."

She had a thoughtful face when he looked back at her.

"Men? Why?"

"... Asia, did the church give you the talk about the birds and the bees?"

"Birds? Bees?"

"... Fuck..."

He cursed the one above before praying to whoever above to forgive this soul.

"Moving on... Men are werewolves, You'll be eaten alive if you're not careful."

"W-Werewolves? Scary... I sure won’t be able to walk outside during the full moon then..."

God, Issei had to deal with this every day in canon? This was getting him a headache.

This girl sure is too defenceless, he'd even seen some guy students eyeing on her too much. Bastards, each one of them. He even heard some of them wanting to bring her out on a date, that caused him to snap his blackboard chalk when he was teaching.

"That’s not what I mean, Asia. Men in their teenager years are very interested in girls. Actually, men think about naughty stuff every few seconds. Heck, even adults think of it, it's honestly in our nature to."

He explained, his mind picturing Issei as he talked about men being perverts.

"Do you also think about naughty stuff as well, Mr. Sin?"

... This is a landmine.

"Uh... Yes, I do, it's just instinctive to be fair."

He clears his throat to wash away his embarrassment at her gazeful eyes.

"Anyways, there is a percentage of men that do worse things, which makes the world terrifying. Guys like that drag pure girls like you into a dark place and do something very bad."

"Something very bad?”

Asia tilts her head adorably, causing him to feel bad for being the one who corrupts her.

"How do I word this... They touch your body, and then they touch your body again. In other words they do indecent actions towards girls! It’s very dangerous, so don't go into anyone stranger’s cars, alright?"

He advised as Asia just smiled as if nothing was going to happen to her.

"OK, but I don’t have to worry because Mr. Sin will come and save me if I am in danger, right?"

... Damn. She got him. That made him cry inside. She was so darn cute.

"W-Well, yes, but still — Ugh, you know what? Yeah, I will. Never doubt that, alright? No matter what, I'll always come to your side, even when you get married. Pinky promise."

Sin said, giving up as he chuckled, promising to ever protect the girl in front of him. He raised his pinky, to which Asia wrapped hers quickly, shaking the promise with a bright smile.

"But still, you have to raise your awareness about these types of situations, or else I'll be really scared, because you don’t doubt other people at all."

"You're scared, Mr. Sin?"

"Of course, I'm afraid that if some person does something like what I just said to you, then I will make sure that they will wish for death instead."

He said seriously as Asia listened to him seriously as well since he was putting on a serious face.

He was serious about his statement, too. If someone ever hurts Asia in any way possible, then he hoped that both of his inhumane sides would refrain himself from eradicating humankind.

Why would he go so far for her? Is it because she’s a girl? That is part of it. Because he likes enjoying his time with her? That is also the part of it.

The main reason was because he was the one who saved her. She was now his responsibility to bear.

She was just... This world was not meant for her.

He had to look after her so she can live peacefully. For the rest of her life, that is.

With his Gear anatomy, he basically is immortal anyways, so he would forever watch over her until she breathes her last breath.

Man, he was so cheesy. Haha...

"I understand. I would definitely not do anything that would trouble you, Mr. Sin! That’s why, please teach me more about the world!"

"Yeah, I know. But I think it’s better to be taught by a girl rather than a person of the opposite sex. I will talk to some of the Student Council members for this, so just get used to the current lifestyle bit by bit.”

“Alright, Mr. Sin.”

Phew…