Issei
It was silent for a moment after Sona-Kaichou declared that she would destroy Buchou’s pride and evaluation.
It was mainly due to people realizing exactly what she meant and how she had already achieved what she was trying to do.
And then Kaichou’s eyes then turned to me.
“Saji was always saying that he would surpass you. To Saji, you are a fellow [Pawn], a friend, and a rival he wished to surpass. However,” she continued, “you have a legendary Dragon inside you. For that reason alone, he held an inferiority complex toward you despite holding a dragon of his own. I wanted to show him that he could still fight and win. And I conveyed that to him. The line attached to you didn’t disappear even when Saji was defeated because he filled it with that much intense feeling.” Her voice sharpened. “I’ll say this to you, who is about to disappear from this battlefield. Just as you were aiming for the top as a [Pawn], Saji was running toward the objective of defeating you. You aren’t the only [Pawn] who has a dream and lives earnestly! The one who beat you was Saji Genshirou!”
I remembered what he had shouted at me while we fought.
Today! I will! Surpass you!!
Even after I became more than you could handle, even after your body had gone past its limit, even after your fists were bloody and raw, you were still thinking only about getting one step closer to surpassing me.
And you managed to defeat me.
I should have accepted that and fallen.
Instead, I forced myself to stand.
I wasn’t disappearing without showing off my new special move!
If I was going to retire, then I’d retire after doing something amazing.
I raised both hands.
“If I’m going to fall,” I said, “then I’ll do so after fulfilling my worldly desires.”
I poured the last of the power left in me not into my fists, not into the armor, but instead I channeled it into my head.
The last of my aura wrapped around my whole body, but it didn’t form an attack.
It was becoming something else.
“Rise, my lust!” I shouted. “Unleash, my worldly desires!”
Using the power of the Sekiryuutei, I reached for a greater height once again.
This was a technique unlike any other depending on how it was used!
“Spread out, world of my dreams!”
A wave expanded from me at once.
It spread over the battlefield in a way that immediately made every girl present react on instinct and cover themselves.
They probably expected something like my Dress Break.
But this technique’s greatness lay elsewhere.
I turned to Buchou first.
To Buchou’s breasts.
I pointed and cried out, “Please let me hear your voice!”
A cute voice reached me.
[Ise, are you alright? If you do something strange while hurt, it could affect your health…]
It was the voice of Buchou’s breasts!
My technique had worked!
“Buchou, you’re worried about me right now, aren’t you? ‘If I do something strange while hurt, it could affect my health’, right?” I asked
At my words, Buchou looked astonished.
“Ise! How do you know that?”
Without answering I turned to Kaichou and questioned her next.
“What are you thinking about right now?”
[Could he have developed a technique to hear the voice of people’s hearts☆? Sona, that’s troubling☆]
The voice of Kaichou’s breasts sounded very similar to her older sister Serafall Levaithan.
More particularly, like her magical girl character, Levi-tan.
It seemed that their voices didn’t always match their owner.
“Sona-kaichou, you thought that my new special technique could let me hear the voices of people’s hearts, right?”
Kaichou looked surprised at my words.
“Fufufu, that’s not it,” I continued. “It’s close, but that’s not it. My new technique does more than let me hear someone’s inner voice!”
I took a pose as I said the name of my new ability.
“My new technique [Breast Translation Pailingual]!”
I grinned.
“When I ask a question, I can hear the voice of a woman’s breasts… and they answer me truthfully! It’s the ultimate technique…for understanding an opponent’s heart!”
The blood loss was getting worse.
My body was at its limit.
It didn't matter.
I had used and announced my new special move.
It was silent after I announced my new ability.
I couldn’t tell if the girls around me were shocked, amazed, or disappointed.
I didn’t care either way.
While I had been trapped on that mountain during my training I had dreamed of oppai.
I had randomly had the thought of wanting to speak to them, and for some reason that stuck in my head.
I couldn’t do anything about it before, but now that I had the full power of the Sekiryuutei, I could achieve it.
Nobody moved.
Then Koneko-chan spoke while glaring at me.
“…The worst.”
Buchou put a hand over her face.
“Ise…”
Even Sona-Kaichou looked disappointed.
“You have an enormous ability of power from a legendary Dragon…. And that’s what you choose to use it for? Maybe I should convince Genshirou to choose a new rival…”
I ignored them..
Then I swung my hand toward the two Bishops maintaining the barrier.
“You! Breasts of the [Bishop] onee-sans tell me your secrets!”
They both shrieked and covered themselves on instinct.
The answer from the first [Bishop], Hanakai-san, came in a soft, eager voice.
[Yuuto-sama is so cool…! Even rough looking and wounded… She really is dashing, even now, and her swordsmanship looks beautiful too. I wish I could take photos for the club…]
I stared.
Then I looked over at Yuuto-san who blinked as I looked at her.
Then back at Hanakai-san.
“You’re one of Yuuto-san’s fan girls? You’re on the opposite team and you’re still gushing over her now?!”
“Nooo! Don’t tell her!” Hanakai-san cried as she waved her hand at me frantically.
Yuuto-san let out an awkward chuckle as she rubbed the back of her head.
I had heard that there was an unofficial fan club of girls that found Yuuto-san’s knightly persona attractive, but I hadn’t expected one of the student council members to be a part of it.
“Alright then. Breasts of the other [Bishop], what are you thinking?”
I pointed at the other [Bishop], Kusaka-san.
She was already glaring at me
[Just like all of the rumors I’ve heard about him, he’s just a pervert. Why is someone like this the Sekiryuutei…?]
My hand dropped and I slumped forward in defeat.
“How do Rias-sama and the other girls in their peerage put up with you?” She asked coldly
“…We wonder the same thing, Kusaka-senpai,” Koneko-chan said.
I turned towards her.
“Hey! We’re on the same team! You don’t need to agree with the enemy!” I protested.
“You’re the enemy of all women.” Koneko-chan immediately replied.
I sighed and looked down at the floor.
My body was about to fail me and now my spirit is being crushed as well.
When I looked up I saw that all of the girls were staring at me.
I looked around and saw that they were looking at me with disbelief and wariness.
W-we’re they all that surprised by my amazing new technique?
I could see Sona-Kaichou’s eye twitch.
Buchou’s hand was still over her face.
“Rias… this is….” Kaichou said while looking at her with a complicated expression.
Buchou let her hand fall.
“I’m sorry.” She said tiredly
“It’s quite a terrifying technique. But won’t most female Devils refuse to fight him now?”
“Yeah, it will most likely be restricted, but if not, we will have to be careful.”
Why are they reacting this way?
It’s a really useful ability, and it doesn’t do something to them like my Dress Break would.
They're acting like I’m some sort of weirdo.
“…Issei-senpai is a true pervert.” Koneko-chan declared.
I quickly turned to her in shock.
“He really is.” Kusaka-senpai agreed.
I turned back towards her.
As I looked around I saw that pretty much all the girls were nodding in agreement.
Even Asia!
I turned toward her, surely she didn’t think that way about me.
“Asia’s breasts! What are you thinking right now?!”
Asia squeaked and grabbed at the front of her habit instinctively, cheeks going scarlet.
[Stupid Ise! How can you be a pervert even now?! You’re so hurt, but you’re still focused on breasts! B-But I’ll still heal you! So stop being weird!]
The voice sounded just like her, but sharper.
Surprisingly her breasts were tsundere.
“Buchou, I’m also blaming you for this.” Yuki-san said.
“I had nothing to do with this!” Buchou quickly said. “This is different from last time!”
Xenovia tilted her head
“Is Buchou talking about when she let Ise poke her—“
“Please do not talk about that right now!” Buchou shouted, cutting Xenovia off. “No one here needs to know about that, and this Rating Game is being recorded!”
I looked around again.
“I don’t think it’s that bad.” I weakly protested.
“…Lewd Sekiryuutei,” Koneko-chan said flatly. “Still the worst.”
No one seemed to realize how great my technique was.
I looked at Xenovia.
She was practical and didn’t really mind me being a pervert or my interest in lewd things.
Surely she realized how amazing my technique is.
I pointed to her next.
“Xenovia’s breasts! What are you thinking!”
Xenovia blinked, but otherwise didn’t seem too concerned.
The voice that spoke to me sounded flat.
Like it was bored.
[…I simply keep Ascalon after this, will Issei notice? …He’ll notice. But perhaps if I delay returning it long enough, he will accept not getting it back.]
My blood loss nearly caught up to me then as I struggled not to collapse.
“OI!”
Xenovia blinked. “What?”
“You’re trying to steal Ascalon!”
She frowned.
“It is a fine sword. I was going to continue borrowing it.”
“Ise….. was there a point to you using this…. technique?”
Buchou asked, stopping me from continuing to bicker.
I had gotten so caught up in using my new ability that I had forgotten why I used it in the first place.
I turned to Kaichou.
“Sona-Kaichou’s breasts! Tell me your strategy!”
That changed the looks I was getting from glares to interest and wariness.
My team became much more attentive and Sona-Kaichou’s side realized that I wasn’t a complete idiot.
The answer came to me in the same cutesy voice as before.
[This barrier made by my two [Bishops] is a decoy☆. What you see here is just a projection of my spirit☆! The barrier is special and is able to use my spirit to create a copy of myself☆. This prevents me from being detected by Ko-chan’s and Yu-chan’s Youkai abilities, as the aura around my body disappears☆! My real body is on the roof☆. My plan was to make your group waste time attacking this barrier and weaken you guys even more☆.]
I grinned after hearing her plan.
“Everyone, the Kaichou in that barrier…is a decoy.” I said, taking a moment to breathe.
I was almost out of time.
“She’s just a projection created by the two [Bishops] inside the barrier… Kaichou’s strategy is to make us waste time and energy attacking the barrier here, to weaken us further…The real Kaichou is on the roof!”
I was panting as I struggled to stay standing.
“…it seems that only her spirit was used to create the copy of her…That’s also why Koneko-chan couldn’t detect her real body on the… the roof, why my Pailingual worked on her and why Yuki-san didn’t see through the fake Kaichou…Is that all of it…?” I asked myself as I collapsed.
I fell hard onto one knee, and then failed to catch myself as I crashed to the floor.
“Ise-san!” Asia shouted.
She tried running over to me, but Kaichou’s [Queen] didn’t let her go to me.
Yuuto-san moved forward and blocked the demonic power bullets sent at her.
Yuki-san and Xenovia then engaged Shinra-senpai
Asia shifted into a praying pose where she was.
A soft green glow began to spread out from her body.
It looked like she was trying to use the area healing that Azazel-sensei had mentioned to her before.
It looked like her training had been working as the healing field around her began to grow.
But Sona-Kaichou had mentioned that healing me wouldn’t do anything.
Asia had already tried to heal me before and it didn’t work.
I think she was just too worried and wanted to do anything she could to help me.
Asia was too gentle of a person to not do anything if she saw someone in pain.
Then one of the two [Bishops] moved from inside the barrier
“I was waiting for that!” Hanakai-san said, as she rushed forward.
Both the barrier and Kaichou’s hologram disappeared as she moved away.
Ignoring the rest of us, Hanakai-san moved into Asia’s healing area.
“Reverse!”
There was a flash from Hanakai-san's hands and the pale green healing light changed to a violent red light.
Asia let out a short scream before her body began to shine as she disappeared.
Hanakai-san wasn’t fairing any better.
She spat out blood as she collapsed to the floor.
“…The reverse of healing is damage,” she said weakly. “Argento-san’s healing ability is immense…so if that is reversed…”
She had a satisfied look on her face despite her state.
She began to fade into retirement light.
“…I beat the Gremory’s healer…Kaichou…”
Then she was gone too.
Grayfia-san’s announcement came immediately after.
[Rias Gremory-sama’s [Bishop] retires.]
[Sona Sitri-sama’s [Bishop] retires.]
I was too tired and too dizzy to get properly angry at Asia being taken out of the game.
It was just another thing that Sona-Kaichou had planned to take one of us out with.
I laughed.
Because even if I had been defeated by her plans, Pailingual had worked.
I had gotten to show off my new technique and expose Sona-Kaichou’s decoy plan.
I had been called a true pervert for it, but everyone saw that my special technique wasn’t a joke.
I was proud of myself as the retirement light began to appear around me.
I looked once toward Buchou who was watching me with a bitter look on her face.
I looked at Koneko-chan, Yuuto-san, Xenovia, and Yuki-san who would all be fighting and winning in my place.
I looked to the place Asia had disappeared from.
I was disappointed that I hadn’t been able to promote to [Queen], but I was satisfied that I was able to use my new ability.
I thought of Saji and his drive to defeat me.
Of how he stood and traded blows with me far past the point others would have given up.
Then as I saw the light transported me away, I heard Grayfia-san’s voice one more time.
[Rias Gremory-sama’s [Pawn] retires.]
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Yuki
Xenovia and I stopped attacking Shinra-senpai after the announcement of three players’ retirements.
She backed away and moved to stand next to the only other member of her team present.
After Issei and Asia retired from the battlefield, only six of us remained.
Rias, Xenovia, Akeno, Koenko, Yuuto, and me.
The enemy side had only three left.
The [King], Sona-kaichou.
The [Queen], Shinra Tsubaki.
And the last [Bishop], Kusaka Reya.
We had lost a third of our members in a match that had been predicted to be a one sided victory.
Our side had been expected to dominate, and while we still had double the number of people the Sitri side did, Sona-Kaichou had seen through Rias and predicted almost every part of her plan.
She had known that she did not have the strength to defeat us, but she still managed to take down both of our [Bishops], the Sekiryuutei, and nearly defeated both of our [Knights].
Both Xenovia and Yuuto were badly injured, even if neither of them would ever admit to it.
Xenovia was only in the match now because I had been quick enough to move her out of the way of Shinra-senpai’s counter.
Rias would surely receive criticism and a lower ranking to her poor showing as a [King].
Her plan hadn’t been flawed, but Sona-Kaichou showed herself as the superior tactician and leader.
In Devil society where power was one most important thing in one’s evaluation, Rias would be viewed as a failure in this match.
Even though we only lost three members, and had restrictions placed on our team that the Sitri side did not, Sona-Kaichou would be viewed more favorably.
Her tactics and petty tricks that allowed her to defeat three of our members by sacrificing three of her own would be praised rather than viewed as a simple trade of pieces.
Sona-Kaichou had already succeeded in her declaration that she would ruin Rias’s evaluation.
At this point, we could only ensure that it didn’t drop any further.
The match’s field and its rules had been in our opponents favor from the beginning.
But we would still be the ones to win this.
And we only needed to force three more opponents to retire.
To me, that sounded very doable.
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