Chapter 38 - Retribution & I'm not someone suspicious

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- Somewhere in the Underworld -

In a place, somewhere hidden from the rest of the underworld, there is a devil that is casting a magic circle on the ground. Suddenly Rizevim is getting summoned from the magic circle. When the devil saw Rizevim's condition, his expression changed into a panicked one where he then hurriedly went towards Rizevim who was in critical condition. The identity of the devil is Euclid Lucifuge, the younger brother of Grayfia Lucifuge and also was considered as Rizevim Livan Lucifer's right arm. he has the appearance of a young handsome looking man appearing in his early twenties with silver hair that is tied in a braided hairstyle. He wears a silver robe with detailed accessories.

"Rizevim-sama!!" Said Euclid while taking out a Phoenix Tears and use it toward Rizevim. The Phoenix Tears that Euclid use is a Phoenix Tears that they obtain in an illegal way. After using the Phoenix Tears, Rizevim's injuries then instantly healed, though his left hand that is severed by Yukio will forever be lost since Phoenix Tears cannot regenerate a lost organ.

"Rizevim-sama are you alright?!" Asked Euclid while looking at Rizevim with a worried expression.

"Of course not!!! he ripped off my left arm!" Shout Rizevim with a face full of anger as this is the first time he suffers such a humiliating defeat.

"Who's the one who ripped your left arm master?!" Asked Euclid with a shocked expression on his face. This is the first time Euclid hearing Rizevim is defeated like this as he was sure that the one who defeated Rizevim is one of the strongest beings in the world.

"I don't know!! But that person held a grudge against me for 9 years..." Said Rizevim with an angry expression on his face but soon changed into a shocked expression as he started to remember something.

"Rizevim-sama?" Euclid is a bit confused and worried while he is looking at Rizevim.

"Don't tell me that person is... Hahaha... Didn't expect that person to be on Kuoh. That shitty bastard is ruining my plan!!" Rizevim suddenly remembers only laughing as there is still an angry expression on his face and then finally loses his mind as he then shouts while releasing a lot of demonic energy.

Euclid who sees Rizevim could only stay quiet as not to disturb Rizevim who is still mad since he know that Rizevim lose his left arm which makes him very angry at that person who did it, though he is curious about the identity of the person who attacks Rizevim, and in order to obtain that information, he needs to wait until Rizevim to calm down. 5 minutes have passed as Rizevim starts to calm down.

"So that Ogre bastard is trying to kill me after I tried to murder him and that masked woman huh... And that is not all, he is a lot stronger than that time..." Said Rizevim with an irritated expression.

"Rizevim-sama did You mean the Vermillion Ogre?!" Asked Euclid with a surprised expression on his face.

"Yeah... In any case, we need to get rid of that person before he is going to ruin my future plan." Said Rizevim with a serious expression.

"Rizevim-sama, I think that would be impossible right now since we don't know about his real identity." Said Euclid while frowning.

"Then hurry up and gather all the information you can find that leads to that person!!" Shout Rizevim while being agitated about this situation.

"Yes, Rizevim-sama." Said Euclid who then uses teleportation magic and disappears from the place where he stands.

"Just you wait ogre, I'm gonna repay this humiliation 1000 times more painful." Rizevim who is alone only laughs evilly.

-Somewhere on Kuoh-

Tetsuya who right now is 300-m away from the place where a group of devils and Exorcists are staying, finally stops there and drops Masaomi, Cleria, and Clarissa's bodies slowly on the ground.

"Looks like time is up." Said Tetsuya.

Suddenly all surrounding is going back to normal from the effect of 'The World'.

'『Fusion Skill - Invisibility + Barrier』' Tetsuya then creates a barrier with his fusion skill that he fuses with Invisibility in order to hide from the exorcist and devil that are trying to kill Masaomi, Cleria, and Clarissa.

"What happened?! Where am I? I thought I'm about to fight all of them? And why am I weaponless?!" The first one who responds is Masaomi who then looks around only to find him being cover by a barrier. He then instantly looks for Cleria and Clarissa only to find them beside him while having a confused expression. Masaomi who is looking at them is relieved that they are fine as he then instantly hug both of them.

Tetsuya then looks at them with a smile while bringing out a small crystal from the [ITEM] system. The crystal that he holds right now is a crystal given by his father due to his father being busy handling Rizevim. This crystal function is to notify Touji that he already replace the body by infusing the crystal with his mana, though this will only work if the other person is holding the same type of crystal that is connected to the crystal that is infused by the mana, which of course Touji is holding the same type of crystal that is the same as Tetsuya crystal.

"Uhm... Are you the one who helped us?" Asked Cleria while looking at Tetsuya who right now is wearing a cloak and a mask.

"No need to be wary of me, I'm not someone suspicious, and to answer your previous question, the answer is yes. Anyway please drink this." Said Tetsuya while throwing 2 bottles of potion that he takes from the [ITEM] system.

"What is this?" Asked Masaomi, who is still wary of Tetsuya.

"That is a potion that can heal your injury." Said Tetsuya who is explaining the function potion that he gives to both Masaomi and Cleria.

Masaomi is wondering if he is going to drink it, but suddenly Cleria opens the potion and drinks it which causes Masaomi to panic and worry about Cleria since he doesn't know if it was safe to drink it.

Suddenly Cleria's injury slowly heals as all the injury started to disappear. This caused Masaomi to sigh in relief.

"Amazing, even though its effect is lower than Phoenix Tears, but it still can slowly heal my injury." Said Cleria with some amazement on her expression.

"Cleria, you're being too reckless you know... What if something bad were to happen to you!" Said Masaomi while trying to scold Cleria.

"Don't worry Masaomi, I don't think this boy will try to harm us since he could do that by letting us die back then if he wants to, Isn't that right boy who is wearing a mask?" Said Cleria with a smile on her face while looking at Tetsuya.

"Yep, that is right." Said Tetsuya who only nodded at Cleria and gave her a thumbs up.

"Anyway thank you for helping us back then, my name is Cleria Belial, the person beside me is Masaomi Yaegaki my husband, and the girl who is hiding behind me is Clarissa Belial, my daughter." Said Cleria as she starts to introduce Masaomi, Clarissa, and herself.

'So that is the name of the daughter...' think Tetsuya while looking at Clarissa who is hiding behind Cleria.

Tetsuya then looks at their appearance, which starts with Cleria where Cleria has the appearance of a woman in her 20s who has white long hair and also purple eyes. Masaomi has the appearance of a man in their mid-20s and has long black hair. And as for Clarissa, she looks the same age as Tetsuya and also has the same hair color as Cleria, she also inherits the same eye color as Cleria that is purple, and she has long hair just like Cleria but unlike Cleria, she wears a ponytail.

"Oh, it would be rude for me to wear a mask while also introducing myself." Said Tetsuya who then takes off the part of the cloak that is covering his head and also pulls his mask from his face.

"My name is Tohno Tetsuya, nice to meet you." Said Tetsuya who is introducing himself to them.

"Tohno?!" Both Masaomi and Cleria are surprised by the family name of Tohno, though Cleria then looks at Tetsuya's appearance since Tetsuya somehow resembles someone she knows.

"Are you perhaps the son of Anna and Yukio?!" Asked Cleria while looking at Tetsuya with a curious expression.

"Yep." Said Tetsuya with a smile on his face while looking.

"I knew it!! your face is somehow similar to Anna but your hair and eyes look the same as Yukio." Said Cleria while showing a happy smile toward Tetsuya when suddenly Cleria started to come closer to inspect Tetsuya's appearance. Though this makes Tetsuya blush for a moment after Cleria comes closer to him, well who wouldn't blush when a beautiful woman gets near you.

{A/N: If you didn't blush toward someone beautiful it's either you already find someone you love, you are gay, the woman is not your type, or you undergo an Erectile Dysfunction.}

{E/N: ...Bruh}

"What!? You are Tohno-san's, son!?" Masaomi who heard this finds this a bit surprising.

"Masaomi, do you know Yukio?" Asked Cleria while looking at Masaomi with a curious expression.

"I and Touji-san met him a few years back when I was still not yet at Kuoh." Said Masaomi, but when he says Touji's name, the tone of Masaomi's voice is a little bit down as he is a bit sad.

"Anyway, Is your father and mother the ones who ordered you to rescue us? Though you are very strong for your age, you still need your father or mother to accompany you, you know?" Said Cleria with a smile while looking at Tetsuya.

"Well to be exact it is Touji-san who ordered my dad to fake your and Masaomi-san's death." Said Tetsuya while looking at Cleria and then Touji.

"N-Nani!!?" Masaomi who heard this finds this so surprising.

"Fake our death?! Wait, how did you rescue us in the first place?" Asked Cleria with a confused expression while looking at Tetsuya.

"By using the tool that can stop time that dad invented..." Said Tetsuya with a straight face who already prepares all bullshit reasoning in case someone asks about something.

{E/N: *Sniff* He is using my powers nicely.}

"So that is why my surroundings feel different... But how did Yukio invent a tool that can stop time... And how did you fake our death?" Asked Cleria while looking at Tetsuya with a curious expression.

"By using the tool that can duplicate a person's body that dad invented..." Said Tetsuya who once again answered this with a straight face.

"What?! A duplicate body?!" Said Masaomi with a shocked expression.

"If you don't believe me you can see there is a duplicate body of the three of you there." Said Tetsuya while pointing toward the group of devils and exorcists who already ended the life of the three puppets. The group of exorcists only cry as they mourn the fallen of their former comrade and as for the devils only leave the place.

Masaomi and Cleria who look at their own fake death are so shocked since they didn't expect that they have been replaced by a puppet that is so realistic that it can replicate blood.

"I cannot believe it... How many impossible tools that this guy makes that can compete with Sacred Gears...*sigh* Well, that Yukio can do almost everything that is impossible..." Said Cleria while sighing.

'Dad... Sorry for using your name...' think Tetsuya who sees this can only smile wryly.

Masaomi who is only a former exorcist can only be stunned as he didn't expect Yukio can create all that kind of thing since he didn't know that Yukio is capable of creating all of this.

"Anyway, Tetsuya-kun, where is your irresponsible father? Didn't he need to fake our death and not you?" Asked Cleria while looking at Tetsuya with an irritated expression due to Yukio giving his task to Tetsuya.

"About that, my dad says he needs to take care of a devil that is near here, and the name of the devil is Rizevim Livan Lucifer." Said Tetsuya who is explaining things to Cleria.

"Rizevim!?" Cleria who heard this is so shocked since she didn't expect Rizevim would be near here.

'But if I think about it, there is a chance that the Great King Faction has a connection to the Old Satan Faction, and if that's true then the involvement of Rizevim is possible.' thinks Cleria with a serious expression.

"Cleria-san are you alright?" Asked Tetsuya while looking at Cleria.

"Ah... Don't worry about it, Tetsuya-kun, I'm just thinking about something else." Said Cleria with a smile on her face.

Tetsuya then only nods at her and figures that Cleria is probably thinking about the connection between Rizevim and the Great King Faction.

Tetsuya then sits below the tree while relaxing, though somehow Clarissa is peeking at him continuously behind Cleria which somehow confuses Tetsuya.

Suddenly a notification pops up in front of Tetsuya.

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Forbidden Relationship (COMPLETED)

◉Difficulty: C - B

Masaomi Yaegaki, an exorcist, and Cleria Belial, a High-class devil are both undergoing a forbidden love where it's going to shake the status quo of both church and the devil. Due to having a secret child, both sides decide to kill Masaomi, Cleria, and their secret child. Rescue them before they get executed by both sides.

◉Clear Conditions:

▪ Save Masaomi Yaegaki, Cleria Belial, and their secret child

▪ [Secret] (Fake Masaomi, Cleria Belial, and their secret child death without getting noticed by the enemy)

◉Mission Reward:

▪ Obtained Skill [Pyrokinesis]

▪ Obtained Item [Gravity Blade]

▪ Obtained 850.000 System-point

▪ Obtained 750.000 EXP of [STATUS] Level

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