Chapter 8: The Butterfly is Dead!

[MEOW MASTER, PUSH MY BUTTON OR I MIGHT LEAVE-]

Slap! I instinctively turn off my alarm and sit up from my nightmares.

"What the hell? I give up on Loli's and they become murder-hobos like a swarm of zombies! Shit, I need to stop watching porn I think."

As I was getting ready for my run, I unplugged my phone and noticed some missed messages.

[Mat: LOL holes are all done, we are on!]

[Issei: Mat made peepers bro!]

[Momo: Don't bring lunch, I made a bento for us. ♥]

Yeah I went to bed early, so they all text right after I was asleep. Well no need to respond, it is all done now.

"And Momo, is it not too early to add hearts? Well I guess if I was the old me, I would be swooning right now, but I just hope her cooking does not suck!"

Naturally the morning was normal and I had a pleasant breakfast with my parents, and no I did not tell them about Momo. I would rather not get my parents excited over a fake relationship.

And for 15 minutes on my way to school, I had to learn about all the holes Matsuda made. But honestly I am glad he is the same Matsuda as before and not that super genius.

So I have been using my App at night to help me study. There are three features I unlocked on my Hypnosis App due to the elf memories. The first is...

Self Hypnosis! It is not an actual feature but it lets you use a reflection to put yourself in the sights of the App and use the App to command yourself.

What I used this for is to read my school books. No I do not consciously remember the information I memorized mind you, but I subconsciously understand more about a subject than I normally would, this also lets me learn more easily while I am not hypnotized, for example.

I commanded myself to read and memorize this [Master Level Chess Manual] but I still am average at chess. But now that I used the App to memorize it with focus, I am now rereading the books and am more able to understand the concepts.

The trick my Elf life taught me is, once I have become immune to the control effects, I will be able to recall everything I learned. But I don't want to rush this trick, because it's a one time benefit.

The things I am trying to learn are... Chess, Martial Arts, Advanced Mathematics, Advanced Sciences like Biology and Chemistry, and finally Faiths and Religions.

Of course this is all supernatural related, topics used in human and supernatural life! I would love to read books on the Underworld, Devils, and Magic but I can't get them.

Honestly the Chess reading is for that super rare chance I become a Devil and I need to impress Sona.

In my dream life, she was a kind woman to me, and in the light novel, she was also a good woman. Sure she is strict and firm, but she is just a young woman that takes her job seriously. And you know what? She was right, she had to become the head of her family in the light-novel, sigh.

Anyway, the second feature that will probably not get used much, is the Fate and Relationships threads. There are three kinds of lines of fate that connect to those affected by the App.

Black Lines: Very hostile and wants you dead. Once these people become immune to your App, they stop at nothing to kill you in revenge, this is bad news!

White Lines: Also known as clear-lines. These individuals are not adversely harmed or helped by you and when they become immune, they are neutral and are just immune. This is like what I did to Matsuda's dad.

Pink Lines: This is a good and bad color to have with someone. Pink has shades or levels of positivity. It starts from light-pink and ranges all the way to an almost purple. The upside of an immune Pink-line is they are super loyal and will never leave you. The bad side, if you abandon them they will find ways to die. Yes this level of love and commitment is truly terrifying. Once this level of devotion is reached only death can keep you apart. This is why I am terrified to do it.

Well when you have a line connection, you can find general directions of those connected to you. I will tell you more about Pink and Black when I find out who the other App user is.

And the last and most devastating feature is the [Programmed Hypnosis] and this is the only way I can cheat the video playback ability of Barrier magic.

Here is what the App says it does...

[A new and useful feature has now been added to the Hypnosis App! The new feature is called, Programed Hypnosis!]

[The way to use it is to simply target someone like normal, and while under the effect give them a command, then shut off the App! As long as you do not use the App on another or the same target the predetermined actions will be triggered and the App will activate remotely!]

[Example: At noon today I want you to go to the classroom and take off all your clothing and wait for further commands! After you turn off the App, the target will go on with its normal activities. But at noon, your App will automatically turn on and the previous commands will happen, and if you're not there to give further commands your target will just wait until the App is shut down remotely or power is exhausted! Enjoy the rest of your day!]

So that is my power of the App in a nutshell...

And that's why I am currently reading a chess book. Even though I can probably outplay someone like Akeno in chess, I can't touch Sona, even with my memorizing shit. I'm just kinda average in the brain department if you get me.

As we enter the school I put my book away and don't want to be seen reading that around Sona. And then I noticed her!

Yura is standing next to Momo and both are behind Sona and Tsubaki. So I guess Yura just now became a Devil? Crap and she already was kicking me around in class. Now with a Devil body I am fucked.

I just nodded to them as I entered the school courtyard, then my smartphone dinged a message..

[Momo: Don't forget lunch, okay?]

[Motohama: Yup, got it.]

[Momo: Yay! ♥]

Sigh, I guess it's still fun to pretend, right? I put my smartphone away and follow my friends who are looking for some wind to lift skirts, and yes this does happen here, a lot.

Back at the front gates.....

Yura asks.

"Wait, your Ryu's girlfriend?! Does he know you're a Devil Momo?"

Momo put her smartphone away and smiled.

"Oh? Do you know Motohama? Yes he has been my boyfriend since yesterday, and no he does not know. I am just dating him for fun, but now our King is having me watch him, like we did for you."

Yura said to her. If this story is on any-other site than Scribble Hub, then it was stolen without permission!

"My dad asked him last night if he had a girlfriend and he told him, he never had one in his life. So maybe you are confused."

Sona, hearing this, asked Yura.

"Wait, you said he goes to your dojo? Did he know you were there before or after he joined?"

Yura shook her head to deny that.

"No, when he met me for the first time yesterday, he was very surprised to meet me. But I had been observing him for a week before we met."

Tsubaki, seeing Sona frowning in thought, asked Yura.

"What did you observe that is of notice?"

"Before he signed up I noticed him running before the sun came up every-morning this last week. I would see him on my way home. He is weak but he looks to be in a hurry to get strong. Then when he signed up with my father he paid for two years of my family martial arts."

Sona asks her.

"Two years was very specific, right? And how much is two years of training with gear?"

"Two years is what the average beginner would need to earn a black-belt, and the cost is xxxxx¥! However, my father and I think he will get one in less than a year due to his natural talent. He definitely has life and death experience like me, he said he was bullied."

Tsubaki looks at Sona with that look again and Sona just sighs.

"Fine, put him on the top priority to watch, all of you will monitor him. I just can't figure him out. Some clues say recruit him, while the others are telling me to not do it. Oh and like I said, don't let the Gremory Devils know you're watching."

On the fence behind Momo a small white song bird was happily singing and chirping away. Only Momo can understand this familiar of hers. Then she nodded to the bird that flew off to stand guard near Motohama.

"So it seems he did just that, he ran this morning, and before sleeping he spent a couple hours reading many school books, and the one he was reading just as he walked up was master-chess, Ufufu, interesting?!"

Sona glared at the smug Tsubaki who had been nagging her that Motohama was not ordinary.

"Spill it Tsubaki, I know you went behind my back and did the background, right?"

"His father works for the Gremory as a human accountant unaware of the supernatural, his mother is a normal stay at home mother, they seem to be a loving family. Up till recently he has led an average life, everything is common. No interesting background other than peeping on girls and women with his two other friends. I don't know where in his background he could have had life and death fights. His evaluations in everything at school are middle or just slightly above."

Then Tsubaki smiled at Sona, and she said to her Queen.

"None of this is important, so the smile on your face is because you figured something out?"

"Just prior to his interest in fighting, getting stronger, and learning... He was unconscious with a very high fever for just over two days!"

Sona's eyes opened wide and she blurted.

"Sacred Gear Awakening?! But you found nothing, remember?"

Tsubaki shakes her head and tells her King.

"I don't know, but it could be something to do with his body, or... Is it powerful or mutated, or unknown? Maybe he has something with his body separate from it, I don't know. Sona, ultimately you're the King."

Sona closed her eyes in deep thought. She then looks at Momo.

"I believe he knows we are all Devils. See how he treats you guys for a short while. Does he avoid us, stay neutral, or is he trying to sneak into our ranks?"

Momo looked surprised and asked.

"He seemed kind to me, does he really know we are Devils?"

Sona nods her head.

"He had very little reaction to Yura standing with us, not even a standard greeting a pervert would give. Tsubaki triggered something, as well as you. He might even have a Sacred Gear with a bound being that is telling him things about us. This is very common for spirits or great creatures to be sealed by God into Sacred Gears."

Chime Chime Chime! The school-bell is warning everyone to get to class.

"Momo, I am transferring you to his class, sit next to him, and see how he reacts. I think if he breaks up with you, he is just weird and not special, but if he rolls with crazy, my hunch is right. Then, I will talk with him, now let's get going."

Momo looks like she will have fun in school now.

Yura just wishes her new martial brother luck.

Tsubaki is hoping she is right to prove how good of a Queen she is.

Motohama, me, is wondering why my Protagonist-seat is feeling really uncomfortable today?!