Sona gift was a 1.2m long sleek longsword. She had pestered her friend endlessly and succeeded in meeting her friend's Onii-sama, the one and only Sirzechs Lucifer. She requested his help in finding a sword because her friend was so obsessed with swords.
Looking at the surprised expression on his face, she felt her tiring effort was worth it.
Hiro wasn't surprised by the sword, but the information from Aux-san dumbfounded him.
[Scanning… Found traces of Demonic Power]
[Weapon Rank - B]
'What is this Rank?'
[A grade to determine the quality of weapons.]
"Sona, why give me a sword?"
"Because you like swords, you train with them every day. So I decided to give you a better one, besides you can't protect anyone without any weapon."
He made a small bow and replied, "Thanks for this gift."
"Mou~ My gift is still left unopened."
He smiled bitterly and opened the other gift, what came out of the small box was a smartphone.
He gazed at Serafall, confused by the gift. He already had a simple smartphone to talk to anyone.
Serafall winked and smiled. "That smartphone is the newest invention of Ajuka-chan~ I call it Doki☆Doki Sumatofon~ Already stored with all seasons of Miracle☆Levia-tan~"
Showing a wry smile, he nodded. "Thanks Sera onee-chan."
With her right hand on her waist, she raised one finger. "It's the best feature is that it can be charged by Demonic power~"
He showed a bright smile to both. "It will be very useful to me."
The siblings also smiled, unable to understand the true meaning of these words. By the time they understood it would be too late.
***
After leaving Sona and Serafall, Hiro was trying new spells inside his room.
Ring~
A sudden ringing noise interrupted him, he glanced at the ancient-looking clock on the wall, both ticks perfectly lined up at twelve. Pocketing the ringing phone, he whispered, "It's time…"
He carried the bag packed with all his belongings on the shoulder and peaked through the narrow opening in the door.
Finding nobody, he went out of the room. With silent steps, he walked toward Sona's room.
He faked the crest of Sona and touched the magic circle on the door.
*Click* with a barely audible sound, the door opened. He locked the room after entering it. Looking at Sona sleeping peacefully in a magical dress, a smile broke out on his face alongside complex emotions he couldn't comprehend.
He approached her and admired her beautiful face for a moment. It was rude to look at her like this but he couldn't stop himself thinking this might be the last time he would see her.
He released a sigh before he walked to the bookshelf and started searching for books about Clans of Devil and their special abilities. Sona had a habit of collecting strange books, but they would be very useful on his journey.
He ransacked the books and created a magic circle for teleportation.
After taking a last long look at Sona, he teleported away.
'I'll fuck all factions one day…'
***
Sona woke up from a long sleep, the nightmare of dancing in a magical dress in public was still fresh in her mind. She rubbed her eyes and stared at the bookshelf opposite her bed.
"Why is it so empty? Thief?"
But she shook away that line of thought, only an idiot will try to steal anything from Sitri's Mansion. After fully sobering up, she sensed something near her, she got off the bed and looked at the letter beside it.
She grabbed the letter and opened it.
(Dear Sona or would you like how I used to call Sona-chan?
I know it's selfish of me to leave like this but I knew you wouldn't let me go if I asked… So decided to run away~
Now for the serious part. I know myself very well. If anyone tried to harm you I won't be able to hold back and attack back with all my power. The higher ups in Underworld truly sickens me, so it is best that I don't stay near you until I become strong enough to crush every faction on my own~
Also I know what you feel for me and I also feel something I don't know yet so I'll try to sort out these feelings until we meet again.
Love from your handsome Hiro~)
"What the hell?"
Her calm face crumbled in front of a nonsensical letter. She couldn't comprehend how usually silent Hiro wrote a letter like this.
After reading it again, she broke out in a burst of laughter before tears of sadness trickled down her cheeks to the letter. The memories of their childhood kept flashing through her head.
On their first meeting, she beated Hiro till his head bled, even then he had a calm look. Her Onee-san scolded her so much and told her about his tragic past. She only knew that Hiro had a rough past which he himself forgot. Only then she began to open herself to him.
She always wanted to confess her feelings but being an Heir to one of 72 Clans meant she currently had no freedom to choose her own partner.
"Crush every faction, hahaha. Idiot, just come back…"
The letter abruptly let out a blue glow and new words appeared on it with a sketch below it.
(As I thought you were crying. Sona-sama, you aren't a kid so stop shedding tears. Look at my masterpiece and cheer up.)
Her face turned furious, the sketch was a life-like image of a black-haired girl wearing glasses. Her outfit included a magical girl dress and a magic stick.
"This bastard… To draw me in a magical girl dress…"
She shook her head and headed out to meet her Onee-sama about Hiro's disappearance and try to find him. She also had to calm her down or the angry Maou might end up destroying heavens in rage.