Governor-General.

The black aura around Tobio disappeared, and he suddenly seemed tired, immediately sitting down. Due to the effort of having been exploding with anger, it seems that he burned through his stamina all at once.

From a short distance away, two sets of footsteps were ascending the escalator.

"Drako-kun, Ikuse-kun, Samejima-kun! Are you safe!?"

It was Minagawa Natsume and Lavinia. Given the uncleanliness of their clothes, it could be inferred that there was a fierce battle down below.

"You're late, birdbrain."

In response to Samejima's shocking statement, Natsume angrily scolded him.

"Who are you calling birdbrain!? You're the cause of this due to having plunged in here as you pleased, right?"

As those two started an argument somewhere else, Lavinia spoke while approaching Tobio.

"Toby, your desire reached that child, right."

The puppy, Jin, was wagging his tail beside him. Seeing that Tobio smiled.

"Aah, thanks to you."

Indeed, thanks to Lavinia's advice, Tobio had expressed strong thoughts, strong desires. Through that, Jin had gained power.

Smiling, Lavinia simply said, "That's excellent."

Natsume, who had finished arguing, let out a deep breath behind him saying:

"Well now, since all the members have now been gathered, it's time to once again meet with the 'Governor-General'. Last time he did not explain things in detail."

Kouki and Tobio looked at me.

"Even I don't know some things about the current affairs, you know. And how do you know that he is coming?"

I asked towards Lavinia.

"He contacted me." She smiled at me.

I see. I understand you, Azazel, I too would rather talk to beautiful girls than to an Ikemen more handsome than you. I understand and I get it.

......….

That same afternoon we arrived at a different apartment building than the one we used to live in. I don't know why Azazel has chosen this place to meet with us, but let's let the eccentric fallen angel do what he wants for the time being.

When we arrived, I felt something strange. I mean, I didn't feel anything.

I couldn't detect Azazel's presence inside the building, so I went on alert immediately.

When we entered the room, Lavinia pointed out to us, a speaker was placed in the centre of a table.

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A male voice came out of the speaker, once with which I was quite familiar, sounded from the speaker.

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"It looks like it, doesn't it? I've delivered all three eggs, and all three Sacred Gears have woken up safely."

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Everyone in the room took a seat around the speaker.

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Safeguarding the owners???

It's more like you wanted them to join you…

But, you know. I'm not the one who should criticize that.

Tobio turned to face in the direction of the speaker.

"There are numerous questions, and I would like to hear the answers to them."

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"We understand that we carry these things called Sacred Gears. This power which, by common sense, is unimaginable. Those guys, who are colleagues as part of a certain agency in this country, attacked the ship, and it was our power that was the goal of that mayhem."

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And I know where Azazel's speech is coming…

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"The Five Principal Clans?"

To Natsume's words, the 'Governor-General' explained further.

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Samejima, while sitting in a pose of poor manners with his feet propped up on top of the desk, spoke.

"Now that you mention it, when Ikuse and I were attacked by that guy this morning didn't he call himself Doumon?"

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Natsume and Samejima looked at the falcon and cat, respectively. Tobio turned towards Jin.

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"And like poof after lazily searching for these incomprehensible things, I've learned that those names mentioned above seem to be associated with something called The Four Divine Beasts or such. Something Genbu and Suzaku or whatnot. Is there some relation to these 'Four Fiends'?"

Kouki, who was searching for the information related to the Four Fiends, asked to Azazel.

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"Somehow, it's become strongly reminiscent of fantasy. It was all one could handle with magical girls and Sacred Gears. Still, even so from the underside of this country, there are things like exorcists and people with supernatural abilities and whatnot..."

Natsume was pondering while holding her hand to her forehead.

Tobio asked.

"Those guys who are attacking us, by saying they desire the Four Fiends, that is to say, it's our sacred treasures they're after?"

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"So that's the reason behind the attack on the luxury liner. They seek to utilize the Four Fiends in opposition to the Four Divine Beasts and such."

To Samejima's statement, Azazel affirmed with 'That is so'.

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Natsume inquired.

"So then, what is the reason you are cooperating with us 'Governor-General'? Even though I realize that you have arranged things like following up with strangers like us at this place, how do I know if you're not a good person?"

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They completely lost it in his words. Only Lavinia and me, who had been aware of the circumstances, acted composed. Still, Tobio and company couldn't hide their shock.

As his expression changed to one of anger, Samejima violently struck the desk.

"Njya, so we had to go through such things because of your incompetence!? The hell's up with that!"

Samejima was unable to conceal his rage, and Tobio as well was only managing to not succumb to his fury, it was just so completely outrageous. Lavinia raised her hand.

"Shark, please don't just blame the Governor-General. To be honest, on this occasion, given that my organization, the magician's association, has also been pursuing a group that's participating with those people, it is therefore not just a deficiency on the part of the Governor-General's organization. While there are some bad factors, we are all tied to the current scandal. Despite this, the 'Grigori' and I are cooperating, and have planned to pursue those people, and so here we are. Until now I haven't discussed this with Shark and the rest, and I believe that is my responsibility. If you're angry, then I ask you to be angry at me. But I simply wanted you to be aware of this. Had we had this extraordinary discussion all at once, surely Natsume, Toby, and Shark would have all felt as though their heads were going to burst, to have you all come to grips with the hard facts little by little, we choose to explain things gradually."

Lavinia rapidly bowed her head in apology. Her tone of voice had seemingly dropped to some extent.

Samejima put on a complex expression in response to Lavinia's apology, as he scratched his head and, with no place to go, "Ah, damn it!" he cursed.

Forcibly suppressing his rage, Samejima cut off the conversation to inquire of the 'Governor-General'.

"At this late hour, it's fine even if the incomprehensible keep on increasing. It's good enough that we've come to annihilate all of those bastards. Other than that, I have just one more thing to ask of you."

Samejima turned and glared at the speaker.

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"Those that were changed into Utsusemi by those bastards, can they be returned to how they once were again?"

That question, it was also one harboured by Tobio and Natsume.

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Hearing that Samejima struck the palm of right palm with his left fist. His expression was full of energy.

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Hearing that Tobio and Natsume's expressions brightened.

"Seeing as you're someone I know nothing about, as of yet I can't believe what you say, don't you agree? I cannot consent to how you guys brought about this current affair...but for restoring my buddy to how he was, in that case, I'm willing to give you a shot, so this is your chance to repay your debt. Because after what that agency did, I didn't feel alive at all. For the sake of annihilating them, you have my support."

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It seems that Azazel wanted to end the call but…

"Hey."

I haven't finished.

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So you know it, huh...

Then...

"Why? Why do we have to clean up the mess caused by the Five Main Clans? Don't you remember what happened six months ago, Azazel? Don't you remember?!"

Without realizing it, I broke the table on which the speaker was resting.

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Huh…

Isn't it obvious?

"I will destroy them. If I can't do it now, I'm going to do it in 4 years or 10 years. I don't care. I want to take the head of Suou Himejima with my own hands. I'm going to destroy everything that he cares for, everything that's important to him."

While I hated Suou since he visited Akeno's house six months ago, the hatred has gone upwards with the pass of time.

It's not the first time that I heard Akeno crying while sleeping, and she always mumbles the same words.

[Why can't I live? Is it because of my raven wings?]

[I hate them, I hate myself...]

[I want to live… I want to live…]

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Only a matter of time, a matter of time…

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So, a 2,5k chapter. I know that there is a lot of information on this chapter, but I wanted to put all of this important information in one chapter and then continue with the development of the history.