Chapter 17: Kyoto
The High-ranking angels have been under a lot of pressure in recent months, a mixture of hope and fear, after the announcement of the current sky leader Michael, the Sacred Gear Creator that was lost with God has returned to the system. "Really, God may have reincarnated, that is the only possible explanation!", said an angel sitting at the conference table.
"Improbable, he did not create Reincarnation, every soul is unique, and he, being the creator, is no exception to the rule, since he did not add any function similar to the system", said Michael, the current leader of heaven and administrator of the system left by God, despite not being able to use all its functions and with each passing day the system gradually collapses, "We have another thousand years before it is impossible to use it", thought the administrator.
"So any news of the exorcists trying to find the bearer or other news?", After Michael's question one of the angels who was standing near the wall stepped forward and I handed him a clipboard, containing the report.
"The news is bad, but at the same time, good", although he was the leader of heaven, his original role was that of a soldier and not a general, not being used to giving orders, no matter how much time he spent in that position, "The bearer is probably a reincarnated devil", the angels did not wait for him to finish his words and began to scream in despair, one of the most powerful weapons in heaven was in the possession of the devils and that meant only one thing, war.
"Calm down! The clan he serves is, fortunately, that of the current Maou Leviathan, the ambassador of the devils, in addition to being one of those who are trying to create a peace treaty between the factions ", Michael's firm and serene voice brought peace to the hearts of those present, "We have information that she is going to a meeting with the Kyoto Youkai faction, so we will send some Church representatives together with an angel to see if we can recover the carrier peacefully, so someone, except you Gabriel, is available for this task? ", The angels started talking while Gabriel puffed out his cheeks for missing an opportunity to have fun.
"I would like to go if you allow it", who spoke was the female angel who delivered the exorcist's report. After god died the contact of angels with humans was reduced drastically, occurring only with high echelons of the church, some exorcists selected, and by a small portion of angels specially chosen for this service.
The reason for this bureaucracy is that after the death of god no angel was born and the celestial population is shrinking over time, angels falling into depravity and being cast out of heaven or dying in unnecessary conflicts with other factions, although some angelic scientists are using the equipment that Grigori left in heaven before falling from the grace of God to replicate something similar to the pieces of evil.
"Serafina correct? Why would you like to go on this mission? ", Michael was curious, the low-ranking angels were the most fearful to go to earth, as they were relatively weak and young, some were born on the day their father died, they feared falling and losing their home and for that reason questioned the motivations of the angel with long black hair and blue eyes. "I am curious, sir, whether by land or by the bearer, besides of course I am one of the most qualified people to be sent by my constant contact with the church and the exorcists, in addition to meeting Lady Serafall personally", Serafina replied with a look proud in her face, the final after centuries of working in heaven can find a way to help his brothers more actively.
Serafina is a low-ranking angel in heaven not showing much warlike or strategic potential, but she stands out promptly in a strong and determined mindset performing the arduous task of mediating contact between humans and heaven, often being the target of fallen angels and devils who plot it against her without success.
"Okay, you can go and negotiate with Lady Serafall, everyone except Serafina is dismissed!", Everyone was dismissed by Michael who had a smile on his face and spent the rest of the day discussing the steps she could take and how to act, leaving the war as a last resort, since Serafall and the devils seemed to be unaware that the reincarnated devil was the bearer of the Sacred Gear Creator.
At the same time, Yan and the girls arrived in Kyoto in the middle of the afternoon. "First, keep your special ID cards well, they allow you to roam the Youkai territory freely, but if you get in trouble the Sitri clan and I will respond to your aid", Serafall passed thin black wallets with the Sitri symbol on its cover for young people as a security measure.
"Levia-chan, what's going on with him?", Koneko said pointing to Yan leaving a store at the station that sold sunglasses. "It must be the aversion to the sun, he for being a Dhampir and the reincarnated devil has a slightly greater aversion to the sun, but nothing to worry about", he spoke to Maou while stroking her chin, wearing a business suit.
"Did it look good?", Yan asked with sunglasses that didn't let openings for sunlight to pass and hit his eyes, receiving a thumbs up from Chloe and Serafall who took glasses from somewhere for them and Koneko having a quick photo session in the station.
"Come on, we have to go to the faction's headquarters before we can walk around Kyoto since we're here for work," Serafall put her glasses on and led the way explaining some simple things about the faction that weren't taught in classrooms.
"So the Kyoto faction is led by two Kitsunes, Kanon and Yasaka, both have the power level of an ultimate class demon and have a daughter at Koneko's age," Chloe gave a brief summary of some information that Maou spoke and Koneko continued, "The wife is in favor of peace and cooperation with the devils, but due to the recent attacks by lost devils she has created a little resistance about the agreement and her husband almost completely disagrees with the idea of peace between the demons and Youkai and prefer to completely close their territory against them", Koneko was eating a bag of cookies that Yan bought.
"Perfectly, that's why I had to come here to negotiate peace and find out why many lost devils are gathering here and solving the problem," said Serafall getting into a van that was waiting for them near the station.
Yan had been silent reflecting on the information Serafall had shared and could feel his false mind eye acting like a trap, but he couldn't explain it and from the reactions, he saw Chloe had he could be sure that she was also feeling some discomfort. "Lia-tan, doesn't that look very strange? If it were just a problem with lost demons, the Youkais themselves or some middle-class devils could easily deal with it ", he expressed his concern, as many dangerous occasions occurred by omitting small suspicions of his allies.
"Yes, it is very strange, that's why I brought you, pay attention to the driver, he is a spy and this car is full of spy stamps to monitor us, but don't worry, I have already activated a barrier that makes it look like we are talking normally ", She snaps her fingers and a translucent blue wall appears around them, this is the elusive barrier used by Serafall," And I chose you to come and gain experience and also because if I brought someone better positioned there could be a change in plans of them, it's better to let go and don't forget a Mahou Shoujo always wins! ", Serafall materialized his Mahou shoujo costume and winked at the three before returning to his formal attire.
The trip went well until you reached the headquarters of Youkai, "Welcome to Urakyoto!", The driver opened the door of the van and welcomed the city of Youkai. "As you may have noticed, this is a city similar to the Ranting Game fields and is parallel to Kyoto and here most of the city's Youkai live under the government of Kanon and Yasaka," explained Serafall briefly about the city.
Urakyoto is the representation of a traditional Japanese city that seemed to have frozen in the Edo period, between 1603-1868, wooden houses with a sliding door, people using Yukata and Kimono, Youkai of the most varied races, Kitsunes, Yuki-onnas, Tanukis, and some kappas could be seen, in addition to other amorphous Youkais. "Are there any Nekomata living in Urakyoto?", Yan was curious, they had already been too much of Ura and had not yet seen any Nekomata.
The guide frowned and looked at Yan before sighing and answering, "The population of Nekomatas is very small", he looked at Koneko who was in his human form, "Many of the Nekomatas lived in the underworld, but were chased to enter the demonic nobility and the few leftovers were killed after an incident in the underworld with a pure-blooded demon or fled to one of the great Youkai factions, the few who were here are migrating to Kanto under the protection of Nurarihyon-Sama ", his voice had a great regret, although Yan did not have access to the demonic media until a few months ago and did not know about the incident Koneko went through, he noticed the look in the guide and knew that it had something to do with it, but decided to put it aside until you decide to speak.
During the rest of the way Koneko exuded sadness, in addition to his sister betraying his king by killing in his madness and abandoning him with strangers still caused the death of innocents, "I hate you nee-chan ...", she murmured and only Serafall heard thanks to being very strong making her want to tell the little truth, but she knows it is impossible to do so in the current scenario of the underworld where at any time Old Faction can try to manipulate the clans to start a civil war.
After some time walking, they arrived at a large traditional mansion surrounded by trees and at the entrance to the property there was a large Tori portal, "Please come in", said the guide, making a slight bow as he left for the city.
In front were three Kitsunes at the entrance to the residence that Serafall recognized as Kanon and Yasaka wearing golden yukatas, the leaders of the Youkai faction, beside them was their daughter Kunou who wore a typical white and red shrine priestess dress. "Welcome Serafall-Sama and guests!", was the little fox who gave the Welcome with a respectful bow.
"Welcome to our residence, please enter without ceremony", who spoke next was the lord of the residence Kanon, signaling that they could enter, while Yasaka smiled seeing his daughter act exactly as she was trained.
After a brief formality everyone entered the residence, Yan was fascinated, it was the first time that he saw a traditional house live and it is still a mansion, while the adults talked about business, Kunou showed the residence, in one of the most interesting rooms in the house there were ancient samurai armor and one had a protective glass incapacitating anyone from touching it, he scanned it briefly and it would be horrible if someone could obtain the power of that armor.
"This is the garden", the last stop of the visit was the garden where there were many cherry trees, but as it was the beginning of autumn the pink color of its leaves began to acquire a slightly reddish color and some yellow, around a large lake on which there was a bridge over which combined with the natural lighting of the moon gave the place a great atmosphere, "Beautiful!", was the thought of the three when they saw Kunou smile sweetly looking at the lake.
"Glad you", Kunou was unable to complete her sentence when a shadowy figure appeared on her back, enveloping her in darkness, disappeared as fast as it appeared, Yan and Chloe did not consider Kunou an ally or friend, and his false mind eye not activated, because of this they had no time to react, since the kidnapper had no bad intentions directed at them, leaving both with a question in mind: "Now what?".
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