After Festivals, the school carries on as usual

The sports day could be considered a success since all of Masaru's peerage members made sure not to lose to any Sitri or Gremory peerage members as for the humans they went easier on, the ones who was the happiest was naturally Diana who managed to snag a lot of photos of the event to put them all in a photo album.

There was no activity the night so everyone went home early to relax since now they have to start working on the Halloween Event that was a few weeks away and the girls wanted to make a lot of money!

School went on as normal everyday boring life, Masaru, however, was currently enjoying another game of chess with Sona once again.

"You appear to come here more often than your own office" Sona commented, although she herself enjoyed it as well but this was something she will never admit it herself.

"That is because I am not in the mood to do paperwork, I am finally having a real peaceful life for a change..." Masaru spoke but then he remembered his talks with Azazel, he knew that once Azazel gets someone who can help him infiltrate this mixed-race army then things will start to get really busy there.

"You actually make your girls do all the work!?" Sona looked at Masaru with surprise but he shook his head feeling wronged.

"No no Sona Kaichou! You see the girls work in the light while I am working in the shadows even in this moment I am working!" Masaru was looking at the chessboard, it appears this girl really left him in a troublesome situation when he did not look.

"What work are you doing?" Masaru looked at her seriously, this made Sona look at him seriously but almost floored at his answer.

"I am studying my future opponents for Rating Games" Sona was taken aback by his serious look but soon realized he was messing with her so she bends over to slap him but he already backed away laughing.

"You---... Hmpf!" Sona did not say anything else as she hated to end a match without a clear defined winner or loser so she endured his teasing.

"What are you planning for Halloween?" Sona asked since she remembered that she had to ask this before but forgot about it once, Masaru thought for a moment before making his move "Horror House for the entrance leading to a Cosplay Cafe"

"You're not going to use real yokai as Rias did last year will you?" Masaru shook his head with an unfamiliar smile on his face.

"No Sona Kaichou, I will never use the real thing. I will use my personal skills" Masaru nodded as he finished off the game as his loss to tilt the score back in Sona's favour.

"That's good, as long as you don't use real ghosts then it will be fine, leave I am busy unlike you" Sona stood up stomping her way back to her table still feeling a bit frustrated about Masaru but after looking at the first report paper from Tsubaki it went away instantly.

Masaru who left had a meaningful smile 'Yep, I will not be using Real things... But I never said about Illusions kukukuku'

He walked down the pathway with a big smile, if he was not mistaken then today will be Yui's turn for a date so he went over to the school gate since it was where they agreed to meet before starting their date right after school.

Masaru sent his school bag into his bracelet inventory while waiting for Yui to come, the school was silent as most students already left. Soon Yui arrived with a smile on her face, just like he promised he took her hand and the two of them went off to a nearby ice cream parlour as planned.

"To think you would take me out to eat ice cream" Yui spoke with a smile while still feeling excited as there were new kinds of Ice cream on the list, Masaru made sure to investigate the parlour to see if there is anything new so he could bring her here since he too was in the mood for ice cream.

"You know sometimes I still think about the days I first met you back when we researched together in Ajuka-sama's Research Facility" Masaru smiled while gently taking her hand into his, he too finds himself thinking of the first time he met Yui.

"Yes, at first our relationship started with saving you first from the Bael family and even now I feel glad I did... Because I came to love you as well" Yui who heard Masaru's confession blushed, she felt quite happy at what he said, she stood up taking a seat next to him instead.

The waitress arrived allowing the two of them to place their orders before she left, Masaru played with Yui's hand by tracing her three hand lines with his index finger. It felt ticklish at first for Yui but it was enjoyable, they did not need to chat most of the time and she felt happy. "Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

Hearing Masaru's question Yui smiled, "I want to open a clinic where I can treat people using herbs and medicines instead of magic, I once went to the school infirmary and I really enjoyed it"

Masaru felt quite surprised, he knew she loved studying medicines but to think she wants to become a proper doctor. He nodded, "So how about you become a school nurse when Sona opens her schools in our territory? That way you can earn some experience, plus you will be helping me out"

Hearing this Yui smiled brightly as this was a great opportunity, "Yes!"

Soon the ice cream they ordered arrived and the two of them enjoyed the flavours, "Masaru a--aaah?"

Masaru saw Yui was trying to spoon-feed him so he did not decline it and ate it deliciously, then he scoops out a bit and presented his spoon to her, Yui blushed a bit but she moved her hair out of her face while trying to eat without having her hair get in the way.

It did not take long for the two of them to finish their ice cream leaving the parlour, but they were not in a rush to get home at all so Masaru took Yui's hand to a nearby park where they kept walking around till Masaru stopped facing Yui.

"Although I feel a bit embarrassed to ask this but... Yui, I don't want to be unfair to you or any of the other girls so I would like to ask whether you would spend the rest of your life with me and in the next and the following... Forever"

Yui who heard this smile was natural filled with love and tenderness, she who was already accustomed to a long life mindset did not have that much hesitation as to whether it was ten thousand or multiple lives she knew she would defintely fall in love with Masaru the way he is.

She nodded allowing Masaru to lift up her chin with his right hand caressing her cheek before he bend over to give her a deep kiss, soon the two of them could feel their connection between one another deep within their souls.

"I love you" Masaru spoke before kissing her cheek, Yui held Masaru's arm squeezing herself tightly against him with happiness not wanting to let go of this moment.

She knew this was also discussed among them as girls about the Kiss Prayer as Akeno told them that Masaru would take them out to ask, it was not that Akeno wanted to spoil them but to allow the girls to have long enough time to come up with an answer earlier on than being left surprised on their dates causing a awkward moment for Masaru since not all the girls were not like her (Akeno).

When Masaru came back home Yui went off together with the girls while he went downstairs since he received a message from Ulrika who wanted to report to him about their progress, when he came underground he went into one of the training rooms locking the door before setting up several layers of barriers to prevent people from listening in since he knew he caught that Researcher's attention he had to be extra careful from now on.

"Rika" Masaru spoke intimately.

"Master" Masaru could hear Ulrika being quite intimate towards him as well but she continued since she knew it will be best to get business out of the way.

"The network in Japan has been completed, as for the Devil side it has been completed as well, I guess the reason no one suspected things so easily was the fact we released them almost immediately so there was no time to know if they really were captured or not" Ulrika reported the first few steps of the plan that went smoothly.

Masaru nodded while feeling surprised that his plans were going smoother than he expected, it appears he even underestimated that command seal. It is really heaven-defying sealing magic, and to think that he was reluctant to bring it out but thank goodness the seal can't be researched or altered because if one part is changed the entire thing is simply rendered useless.

"As for our base we are about 30% complete, also I just want to say we captured several strays in Japan as well but the strays that were not peerage members that is. We also captured a few fallen angels located in Japan and had them return to the Grigori so we can start there slowly"

Masaru thought she was moving quite fast, luckily she was not hindering the progress of his plans and not to mention even if something goes wrong the person will only forget about them so there was simply no risk so it was fine. "I can safely say that our operation from the shadow side is completed for the devil world"

"Good Word" Masaru gently caressed Ulrika's hair, seeing that her face was still stern he waited for her to continue. he watched how she wrote the notes of his secret organisation on a separate report, and she just took out the report from her Mayor position.

"Master, it appears we are having difficulties negotiating families to allow us to open branches in their lands. They are rejecting your grandfather's requests" Masaru was quite surprised as he did not expect to see families daring to suppress them like this.

"What are they requesting?" Masaru thought maybe he could perhaps accommodate requests as long as it was reasonable.

"Their nuts, some was requesting 5% shares in our business some were even trying to push their daughters onto you... No offence master but there is not a single proper request at all" Masaru sighed thinking the world of business and politics is simply disastrous in the devil world.

"Focus on the families that will work with us, build our branches there first. As for those who do not want to cooperate, simply ignore them. Some of them might approach us instead when they see us ignore them and do business with others.

"But when they do approach us then nail them in a manner that they have to 'compensate' us for their rude behaviours. The rest of it, you can report to me once it is all done and then I will handle those who are still standing in our way myself" Masaru said with a cold voice, he was getting fed up with these petty devils thinking that the Belial was still the same.

"Very well" Ulrika made notes on the reports as the Mayor of the Capital City, following she took out the document with the name of the Town that Masaru was in charge of out. "Then for this, I need to make master aware that it appears there are a few stray devils emerging near Kobe Town recently, from the reports it appears they are approaching Kobe Town and from their speed that they are travelling it is predicted that they will arrive tomorrow night"

Masaru who heard this wondered why would the strays start to gather, this was truly an unusual movement for strays specifically unless they were part of "that" group. "You have any lead to why they are gathering?"

"None Master, even our contacts with the Yakuza also noticed this strange movement of the Devils so they are keeping tabs on them for us. Also, It appears that the four fallen Angels Master once found in Kuoh Town had vanished and had yet to return unless they disappeared permanently" Ulrika's response was quite a surprise, it meant that this group of strays might be organized. Masaru rubbed his chin.

'Vanished? Perhaps they are working in the other countries or something... but it will be best to keep our guards up' he thought.

Masaru felt a bit complicated about how everything that has just become peaceful was now unstable all of the sudden, he was used to this kind of environment that made him feel like something will happen and he will be conveniently dragged into it even if he is reluctant.

"Well have the Assassins keep an eye out for us, thanks for your hard work Rika" Masaru said while gently touched Ulrika's cheek "Master---" The two of them flirted for a while before Masaru teleported back before heading up the stairs just in time for dinner.

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"How is the progress in researching the blood?" Azazel asked one of his assistants.

"No offence Azazel-sama but are you certain this person has a sacred gear?" Azazel looked at his assistant feeling quite confused about this question but soon he came to a conclusion.

"no traces? Not even the book nothing?" The assistant nodded at Azazel's question, this situation was simply too bizarre for them. It was really a first.

"There are no traces, we do however saw the bone marrows are showing some signs of mutation. When the mutation is complete, it will then slowly transforms the purity of the blood... I dare say that experiment the child went through will not only allow him to have the potential to become a Super Devil, although I say potential it's more like he can reach that level much easier compared to others. Not to mention his blood will be as pure like a firstborn Satan"

"Firstborn? I see so the genetic solution actually altered his genes to regress back to its ancestors, but because he was a hybrid his human genes were devoured by his devil genes and thus slowly.. His bloodline is regressing but his strength is progressing without him needing to do anything?" Azazel summarized the information.

The Assistant nodded, "He should be able to exert the might of an ultimate rank by now"

Azazel shook his head, "That's weird, he can only push high-rank High-class power and if he forces himself he could reach peak.... wait... To think he was hiding such a fact..."

Azazel sighed feeling pity he looked at his assistant "Get those old coots from the department that deals with soul related research to come up with some pills allowing faster soul recovery. I am pretty sure that Old Sly fox has already made something for him, but we can do it too as compensation for his assistance"

The assistant did not understand why he had to do so but since it was his boss's orders he went without asking a thing.

'I wondered why this boy who should have been a monster is so weak... He had a damaged soul... No I can't have that kid be in such a state. I feel he can be useful if we are up against Mixed Race army, he can consider this as my thanks for him taking up the risks to infiltrate them' Azazel thought as he read the report.

From the looks of it they should be able to make the genetic solution in a diluted version that only focuses on the bloodline, although that was their ideal it was still too imperfect at this moment so they will have to thoroughly research it.

'Perhaps just use those traitors as our research specimens will make their lives useful for our entire race, as expected that brat naturally thought of this too. He really is cunning' He thought