As if i wasn't shocked enough i found Koneko with a tail and a cat fluffy ears looking at me and noticing the white light i'm still releasing or at least i think so
Might as well great her : nice to meet you again Koneko , and she stopped looking at me and looked at Rias not sure why though but i also looked back at Rias as hopefully she'll answer my last question .
Rias looked at Koneko and me amusingly as she said : so you already met Koneko right Tetsya perfect Koneko , Tetsya is our new member so you need to guide him as you can see you are the best candidate and nodded to Koneko who began to introduce herself again to me saying with a expressionless face : I'm Koneko Toujou rook of Rias Gremory . With that she nodded at Rias and sat beside me on the couch and kept quiet .
I nodded at her and looked at Rias and must have some mind or expression reading power as she began explaining : as a reincarnated devil you hold the same traits you had before reincarnation with some gifts as well some limitations let's start with the happy news you physical attributes now enhanced by a big margin and your senses in the normal and supernatural world had increased too , You already saw your wings and already guessed the next happy news you can now fly and don't worry your wings are part of you so they will listen to whatever you want them to do and you now have demonic power it's the equivalent to magical energy but more dense and more powerful and yes magic do exist and with the right control of your demonic power you can have access to unlimited forms of it and you also got language as a racial Skill for devils and tremendously helpful in completing contracts add to that enhanced regeneration that could come handy and as a creatures of the dark we can see at night like or even better than during the . day cool right ?
She finished and i'm currently still hoping that all of this is a dream but still she did says limitations is there are cons to being a devil too wow so i asked : could you please tell me about those limitations ?
She began saying : by becoming a devil you lose your closeness to God you can still try to pray but it'll with intense aching pain and for weak-minded low class devils could even annihilate their sole in instant , and as you now relay on demonic power it can't tolerate light or holy powers nor magic and even worse they are the most severe weapons against devils and it's in the hands of angels and fallen angels as well as exorcists that comes from the church as they enhance their tools and weapons with one of these attribute or even both most of the devils are weak to these two elements and can never wield them so again be very careful if you meet any of them , as you left God's grace and became a devil you will find yourself weekend or even suppressed at divine related places especially churches as being there the holy attribute began burning the demonic power in our bodies and that at best would leave us weakened and in a dangerous zone too again don't act recklessly as if you died then it's a game over for real .
I guessed the reason of my headache is cleared so i'm now really on my own,huh?
I asked Rias : i know you used a devil chess like pieces to reincarnate us but what does each piece even mean and does it have any special meaning ?
And she answered by telling me the reason they are reincarnating other races to devils and about the great war with the divine and the fallen and the man who made them Ajuka Beelzebub one of the four great Satans i hope to meet him one day , and on the topic of every piece use and uniqueness she flashed red and the transportation spell structures on the ground began to light and then dimed again as she looked at me agitated and said to Koneko : could you disperse his touki the i need to have a sense to not randomly transfer us and it keep buzzing my senses .
she nodded and while i was thinking what is she going to do i see her hand flashing and the lights began to fade as she looked at me and was going to say something but stopped when my body as if taunting her flashed again and began to release the touki they are taking about , it's kinda funny to see her frustrated face .
She then asked me if i'm doing it on purpose and if i'm realizing the consequences of my actions which i answered truthfully that i really don't know how to stop it and i don't even know what it is since it broke out in the classroom it kept being released .
She nodded in understanding and began explaining what i need to do as she can't disperse it like that :
Tetsya you need to first set in meditative position and imagine attracting all these lights into you again but don't try to do anything else just absorb it back for now
And i just did that at least my meditation exercises paid off wait meditation was that the reason I'm in this situation in the first place no lets focus on the matter at hand i felt the auras of light of the people around me the brightest was Rias then Koneko then Kiba and why senior Akeno aura flickering between light and black and then began to do what Koneko told me and it was pretty eazy as i just cleared my thoughts and signaled it come back and it did but i felt nothing after it entered my body , weird i thought it gonna empower me or letting me to transform to Hercules from the way they were taking about it .
With that i see Rias hand flashed again and she said : it's better to see it in action to help you understand .
With that i only saw light so bright that in incentively closed my eyes at and when i opened them we weren't in the club room anymore magic really work wonders,we were in a huge piece of land with mountains surrounding it from all sides and did i mention the landscape is huge , i wondered why are we here and as answering my question I heard Rias calling : Koneko is the rook of my peerage and at that i saw Akeno conjuring a rock as big as a small hill then put it in the ground and saw the petite girl with a cold expression as if teleporting appear in front of it and she just punched it and i only thought no way that would affect such a big rock
Well i was wrong i was really wrong cause she didn't even tried that hard a simple punch and it made a hole in that rock but still my eyes flashed at the strength that being showen in front of as i notice Rias looking at me and saying : See the similarities between the rook piece and Koneko is that they both excel in physical prowess and as the rook in the chess responsible for the safety of her king she must be powerful enough to defend him or defeat his foes so the rook piece enhance her powers in that same direction and one rook is worth 5 pawns
Koneko returned to my and Rias side and i unconsciously gave her a military salute and i noticed a small smile but sadly it vanished at quickly at its appearance .
Then came the next piece and the prince charming of Kouh academy Kiba Yuuto his piece is knight came the voice of Rias beside me and i wonder how it's related to the knight of chess can he move diagonally or something as i saw him appear at the poor stone rock with a sword i widened my eyes at that and thought a knight needs a sword indeed and began to focus on what's occuring .
I saw Kiba drawing his sword that's all i thought as he moved supernaturaly fast and appeared a second later while sheathing his sword and a single second after the stone rock which was holed small hill crumbled and was grinded to dust and heard Rias explaining : Kiba knight piece as one of the war weapons to the king he must be fast and noble and decisively striking at his king enemies so it gave boost to his agility and swordsmanship as you have seen and one knight piece is worth 3 pawns
Woahhh , i must tell him to teach me all of that i like swords quite well my self
where is senior Akeno though i asked and Rias just pointed her finger up and there she was currently flying and there was a big spell rune in her hand and it was growing in size too Rias beside me looked quite surprised and said :
Akeno it's enough already we don't need to erase the whole place and began telling me that's my queen piece do you know what a queen piece biggest advantage in normal chess game is ?
I answered : i think the ability to move more freely than other pieces
She responded : you aren't off by far but no the answer is the unpredictability of its moves you will see and with that the spell rune in the hand of senior Akeno was completed or that's what it looked like to me
She pointed her hands down and i only felt my ears buzz and then heard a massive boooom like it's the end of the world and my heart dreaded at what i saw to the point that my touki began to flare again the huge landscape that was once there was no more what replaced it was a giant hole that you can't fathom it's depths and what only survived was the small safe place we are standing in with the help of Rias power as i saw her flashing red as she began to explain :
The queen piece is as you could tell is the most well balanced of all the pieces as she have the characteristics of Rooks , knights , and bishops and she is in the absence of the king is the second in command and one queen piece is worth 9 pawns .
I already have a Bishop but let's just say you will meet him later and the bishop piece let's just say is the most useful in certain kind of situations as it gives a boost to the demonic power or magical energy which can give its host a variety of spells at his disposal which increase the chance of winning by a large margin and it's worth 3 pawn .
So I'm a lame one with 8 sacrificial pawns while the others have cool traits and abilities as i regained control over my touki and looked up with a grave expression painted all over my face i find Rias come closer as she stood in front of me with just a few inches away and looked intently at me and said :
If you think since you are a pawn you don't have any use for me mr , hero you are very wrong you with your 8 pawns can be promoted once to any of the Rook , bishop, knight , when you are in an enemy turf with my permission of course or at least if i deamed any place as one , so don't worry and do your best to get stronger I'm cheering for you . With that i found myself blushing at the way she called me a hero and suddenly she cupped my face and said : i still didn't thank you for saving me back then .
I lost dad , mom i think I'm in love with the devil was my last thoughts before I heard a cough from the returning Akeno as she said teasingly she still had that weird expression of ecstasy after spell earlier :
Ara , should we wrap this up and return home already ?
And Rias let go of my face and blushed a bit as she looked at me for a few seconds and finally said :
Do you want to test your awakened strength now is a good chance as all the current available members are here so you could choose one for sparing .
I already know who I'm picking but could i really take him on it's just a sparring anyway and if i lose no worries I'm only a 1 day old devil was what i thought as i began saying :
Can i sparr with you senior Kiba ?
He smiled at me like he just found his childhood friend and said : drop the titles call me Kiba or Yuuto and i agree to be your sparring partner , can you use a sword and i nod and ~whoosh~ i find a sword edge flashing with a brilliant light with a blue handle in my hand , another magical thing huh .
As we both began to march to the new restored landscape i released my control over my touki as it began flashing on my skin but not spreading like before I can do it willingly this time as i focused on trying to move it from above my body I'm doing it I'm really doing it can i keep sense of its movements after separating it from my body
Oh i really can let's test it .
Ready ?
I'm ready come at me Kiba .
Swoosh he vanished and came right behind me i guess I'm giving up on sight can't see him moving at all but luckily i felt disturbance with my touki as he tried to hack me here's the first problem i know where he is coming from but my body can't coordinate correctly with my mind i guess I'll try to parry it .
As he came at my back my only option is to try move my sword to parry it or try deflecting it at least and i did just that I'm right handed so a twist in my arm should do the trick
~Ting~
Nice one Tetsya i didn't expect to see through me but no need to flare your touki like this don't worry it's just a simple sparring
Eazy for you to say Kiba i almost lost in the first move and I'm not worrying
So why flare his touki what is he trying to do i need to speed up
Okey Tetsya ready for round two and again vanished right side no it is left woahhh he is really a worthy knight how fast is he going .
I'm closing my eyes it's not like i can see him let's try focusin in the flickering Buble of light i saw in the club room hope Koneko won't beat me up for this .
I can see him more clearly now he coming with a stap parring is all i can do now even if I'm seeing him he is just too fast for my attack to reach i need a divergent
With another ~clang~ our swords clashed yet again
Woah,from where did you learn your swordsmanship Tetsya ?
It's a the result of training with a wooden sword and basic swordsman manual and i thought for 7 years.
Could you let me borrow it sometimes.
Sure after our sparring .
I'm going serious Tetsya, be careful
I'm kind looking forward to it .
What's this feeling I'm feeling like he is watching my every move then hope he doesn't hate me for doing this .
Why he is standing there did he notice something , he moved what would it be this time i closed my eyes again sensing and he vanished from my touki domain i opened my eyes and he was still standing in the same place looking at me smiling and said
So you are already using your touki I'm very impressed Tetsya but i guess your focus is still a bit lacking you opening your eyes just now to confirm if something is wrong is the biggest proof , i will give you a hint you need to focus more for my next attack it's after all my master's named attack sandanzuki .
So i just need to focus more since it's already worked once with touki can i try to use my demonic power the same way i tried challenging my demonic power the same way as touki and while touki while spreaded doesn't affect the world much demonic power is quite different it made the air around me feel heavy but i can't perceive anything but can i compress it and use it to propel Kiba attack i can already guess from its name it is going to be fast let's test it .
I'm channeling my touki and tried to minimize the area covered by it so to be more focused
Ready or not I'm coming Tetsya . Why he keep vanishing how fast is he really .
I again closed my eyes and began to keep check while waiting for opportunity to channel my demonic power Rias said it's more related to imagination and sense
He appeared coming from my left side i guess it's now or never he is going for a slash and i'm again parring i really need to figure out away to attack at least once .
Kiba sword came slashing at my left
I got ready to propel him when he uses his attack as our swords almost clashed he did a feint and headed for my now exposed right side i guess I'm not even waiting for his move now .
I channeled the demonic power in my free left hand and imagine crudely a typhoon extending toward Kiba and voila a small typhoon come of my magic circle and throw Kiba a way my first spell worked yoo-hoo
Hey Tetsya did you just channeled your demonic power on your own you are bold i give you that but i'm short of breath here so might as well let me be on the defense this time . But stay wary i won't only block
Sure Kiba .
I'm on the offense how can i attack someone that's faster than me .... how can i forget about that Solor move might be enough to end this will it work with thrust or hack or maybe stab I'm going with thrust it looked cooler that way in the game , that day really changed me for better or worse i still wonder but demonic power is really something .
Ready or not I'm coming Kiba , with that i channeled my demonic power to my sword and increased the capacity as i need a sword beam directed at Kiba so i will need some guidance from touki as well just in case the plan failed with all the preparation done i dashed at Kiba with my sword still down and began lifting it as i began to close the distance.
I found the exact right on my mind that's and began to raise my sword up to gain momentum for the thrust of the end and it's time i thrusted my sword forward and i guess touki did all it work perfectly Kiba can't sense the channeled demonic power in my sword and on the surface of my thrusted sword the magic began as the beem finished its forming and left flying heading to Kiba's surprised face but with a smile he just moved to steps to the left and that's my win signal as i brandished my sword or what is left of it anyway as it began to shatter after almost at Kiba nick .
I was so close so close i kept muttering
I guess it's my loss said kiba with a smile offering me a handshake and i answered it with one of my own and said : let's call it a tie Kiba and shook his hands i really enjoyed this sparring and gaind a lot from it .
Amazing you guys it was an amazing duel , Tetsya you keep surprising me how did you learn your sword style was Rias Gremory voice enthusiastically as i answered : it was self taught from a book but i practiced it in my free time .
Ara ara you must had really a lot of free time don't you have a girlfriend you are quite good looking , was senior Akeno voice always this sultry .
I still answered : no, senior Akeno i don't i kept moving so it was difficult to even have normal friends .
Oh , do you want one she said while linking her arms around one of my arms and it was such a nice feeling but i felt my other arm linked by none other than rias and she looked at Akeno and said :
Or he only wants a friend , Akeno
Which she answered while squeezing my arm more : Yes,we can be friends with benefits , i almost lost my balance at her words but luckily or unluckily i heard Koneko say in a questioning grave tone as i sensed the place's atmosphere change :
Tetsya you used touki ? I want cold faced yet warm Koneko back not this emotional glaring one .
I answered hesitantly : just in observing Kiba and monitoring him Koneko didn't use it for more than that and i wished if i had been more accurate with my description of monitoring before got knocked out unconscious all i saw was a black gloves with a pink cute cat drawing on top of it .
I woked up in my house and felt cold all over why am i naked and why did Koneko knock me out like that she didn't even gave me time to explain and her expression of relief did she find a relief in knocking me out cold and who got me home and why I'm naked damn it then came from next to my bed the sound of a massage but this isn't even my phone or at least i thought so as the first massage said it's a devil phone a necessity for every devil at least that's what they were saying in the ads i already transferred all your contents information and added our club contacts if you ever need something wink wink your one and only president Rias Gremory and p.s Koneko says she is sorry .
A devil phone really i guess it's really this century disease .
Oh there's another massage well it's from Issei :
Tetsya you are really my lucky i got confessed to by a beautiful girl in school i will tell you everything tomorrow stay well .