Chapter 52 - Raynare

"Yes, Raynare. I have a new job for you."

The person in front of me is an attractive young woman with purple eyes and a slim body. She has long, silky black hair down to her h.i.p.s.

She wears a uniform with considerable design style. The underlying colour is blue... but more than that, this is not a high school uniform.

More than a school uniform, it looks more like the uniforms of girls belonging to special countermeasure organizations such as the middle and high school students you see in the manga and anime. At first glance, it looks like nothing more than a cosplay game.

"Are you interested in the uniform? It's a special one we've developed for Nephilim's students. I've already had yours made, but it's going to take some time because of your special circ.u.mstances."

Azazel has sharp eyes, he noticed right away what caught my attention.

As for the special circ.u.mstances, I think it has to do with my human transformation. They will have to make me some clothes made of the same material as the present one.

But...

"No need. These clothes are enough for me."

I quite like my clothes, so I don't want to change them at all. Kuroka nods her head, it seems she doesn't want to change her clothes either.

Azazel shrugs.

"If that's what you want, I don't care."

Azazel then looks at Raynare.

"These two are special guests. From now on, you will be in charge of guiding them and taking care of all their needs. Understood?"

"Got it, Azazel-sama!"

Raynare is especially energetic while talking to Azazel. And her eyes... her eyes are those of a radical religious practitioner who has seen her god.

Those eyes are scary in some ways.

Azazel doesn't seem to realize it. No, I think he's deliberately ignoring her. He seems to be muttering something.

"Each of Grigori's leaders has his own class within Nephilim, except Barakiel. That guy spends most of his time with his wife and daughter, so I think it's time he got to work."

I'm sorry, Barakiel. I didn't mean to be the trigger for your return to work.

If all Grigori's leaders have their own class inside Nephilim, what class runs Azazel? I'm curious to know.

"What class do you lead, Azazel?"

Azazel stops looking at nothing to look at me.

"None, that's too much trouble."

Some Governor-General... That's not the attitude of a leader of one of the most powerful factions in the world.

"Don't get me wrong. I have enough on my hands with having to put up with that daughter of mine, she keeps asking for sparring partners. In fact, I had to send her on a mission just to have time to meet you."

We all have our own problems, Governor-General.

"Well, I leave you in the hands of little Raynare. Raynare, I think Barakiel is in Nephilim today, take them to him. By the way, stay with them. You're too lazy, and you have to train more, or you'll be stuck for ever with only two wings."

"Yes, Azazel-sama..."

I can't get over Raynare's grimace, no matter how hard she tries to hide it. If she can't hide it from me, I doubt she'll escape from Azazel.

"Sigh..."

Just as I expected, he's noticed.

"I've said all I have to say. I have to hurry and hide in one of my secret labs before she arrives, or I may not be able to continue my research. Bye-Bye."

Azazel says goodbye and disappears into the same ticket machine we had come in.

"Come on, I want to finish this quickly."

A cold voice sounds behind me as I look at the place where Azazel had just left. There's no doubt that this is Raynare.

"Puchi..."

I've tried to hold back my laughter, which means I'm not the one who's laughed. It was Kuroka who chuckled.

"What are you laughing at, cat?"

"Hahahaha!"

Kuroka, who's in her cat form, can't hold her laugh.

"Damn... Are you laughing at me? Know your place, cat."

Raynare... She's just as stupid as she is in the canon. She's underestimating Kuroka, just as she did Issei in the canon.

Does she trust her own strength that much?

[Status Inspection]

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[Raynare]

Race: Fallen Angel (Two wings)

Status: Normal

Lv: 15/25

HP: 60/60

MP: 50/50

Strength: 50

Defense: 35

Magic: 50

Agility: 40

Skills:

[Light-Based Weapons]

[Magic]: [Memory Alteration]

[Flight]

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Huh? Does she have a top level?

"All beings that have the potential to evolve have a clear level top."

I see, thanks for the information, man.

But, uh...

Doesn't that mean that people like Kuroka or Mordred have no chance to evolve?

"That's right. Kuroka no longer has the potential to advance because of the experiments they conducted on her. Her power may increase, but she cannot advance very far. As for your Servant, her strength increases at the same rate as yours, so her potential is the same as yours."

I wish I could have saved Kuroka earlier...

"You don't have to be sorry for what might have happened. Just be glad you were able to save Shirone before they experimented on her. Unlike the canon, that Felix would have experimented on her and Kuroka couldn't have done anything. Those so-called Superdevils would have been too slow to act."

Well, the two Nekoshou had nothing to do with them. Whether they died or not, they wouldn't have to care at all. In fact, if I were them, I would have killed everyone who knows about these experiments. It's dangerous material for the devils.

"But you're not them."

Huh, you know perfectly well that I saved them because I'm physically attracted to them and "know" them from light novels. If there had been others, I might even have taken advantage of Kuroka's weakened state to get more experience.

"Haha, at least try to hide it, kid."

Why should I hide anything from you? You know me best in this world.

"That's true."

By the way, is there anything I can do to fix Kuroka's problem?

"Stop playing stupid. You've already thought of that solution."

Yes.

Making Kuroka my Servant...

But is it really worth doing that?

"Only you can decide if it's worth it or not. Think that at the Gacha you could have a much better Servant than a regular one, or you could get a much worse one. Turning Kuroka into a Servant is a safe and stable option."