The day started off great. We all decided to visit the Valkyrie Cafe in the Villa Plaza and visit Kuromi while she worked. Kuromi was a bit embarrassed but she knew she could do nothing about it.
"Can I take...your orders..?" Kuromi said with a sour attitude.
"Cheer up, Kuromi~ With Valkyrie District back in action—"
Kuromi smacked her clipboard against my face and gave me an annoyed look. "You order last, Human."
"What's got your panties in a bunch, Kuro?" Blair asked.
Kuromi placed her hand on her hips. "With our Academy back up and running we still face a lot of issues...for one we need a teacher who can teach future Seraphs and a Principal and we now need more money to fund the Academy and our monthly money load isn't gonna cover that."
"We rob another bank." Sunakami said with a thumbs up and a determined look.
"I think Sunakami is an actual criminal..." I said to Ayane.
"No one's robbing a bank..! Look we now see that we can all be a team, when we aren't doing Student Council activities we all need to find what our actual strengths and weaknesses are and work together!" Ayane said.
"I can help with that!~" Sera said and summoned an interface with everyone's strength and weaknesses.
[Sunakami's Strength/Weakness: Combat, Support]
[Blair's Strength/Weakness: Cleaning, Combat]
[Kuromi's Strength/Weakness: Working, Medical Support]
[Yofiel's Strength/Weakness: Defense, Laziness]
[Ayane's Strength/Weakness: Medical Support, Combat]
"These are not accurate in the slightest. Everyone is good at on the field things and I'm the only one who's just good at working? You sly machines are getting too comfortable, I might blow your fucking circuits out." Kuromi glared at Sera.
"You're not the only one, Blair here isn't even that good at the on the field things you know as far as preparing people for battle! You are the best person to go to for jobs since you basically work every job in the plaza! We can have our own little Errand Team which you can lead and Blair can run her Cleaning Business and use what her parents taught her to keep the District clean and nice!" Sera said.
"An Errand and District Cleaning Services can keep the city clean and in motion. I see nothing wrong with that." Ayane said.
"And with more help, we get more money and more money means we don't have to rob any more banks." I said and crossed my arms.
"Hmph!" Sunakami said, sticking her nose up in a pouting manner. "Robbing banks in Criminal Districts is exactly what Robin Hood would do.."
"You're not Robin Hood or any resident of Wonderland. You're an Angel and we've already broken one of the many commandments of Yascha. We can't keep just breaking commandments because we're struggling." I said.
Sunakami didn't even respond to me. She just ignored me.
"She'll calm down...She just...likes Robin Hood's methods of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor...and when she can't steal from Criminal Districts she usually acts with petulance until she gets over it." Ayane said.
"We aren't even giving to the poor that's the crazy part, we're stealing for ourselves. I get the first robbery, we were literally going to lose it all...now we have it all and she still wants to rob banks?" I asked.
"Anyway...What else are we going to do? We might have our Valkyrie Core working again but we need to strengthen it." Kuromi said.
"Kuromi! The line's getting busy! Come back here!" Kuromi's boss said.
"We'll figure something out, just give us our usual and get Zephiel something random." Ayane said and paid for the meal early.
Kuromi nodded and gave me a sinister smirk as she backed away.
"I think I'm gonna go take a walk." I said and got up.
"C'mon~ She was just joking~" Yofiel said and chuckled a bit.
"I'll be outside if you need me." I waved off as I walked outside.
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I walked around the plaza outside and I looked at the sky. "The other day Sunakami mentioned something important to me...I am connected by one of the Old Heroes of Earth or something like that. Is that true?"
Sera looked at me and shrugged. "There isn't much information on you in my systems. I can't confirm nor deny that fact, but I can tell if I was placed in your care then that must mean, you are...taken that I am literally a more advanced version of OS Dearie."
"Hmm...I wish I had more answers but for now, we should focus on getting Valkyrie District back up to speed. Any suggestions?" I asked.
"We need to attract citizens." Sera said.
"Yeah but how?" I asked.
"I dunno just yet, but I'll think of something!" Sera smiled at me.
I smiled back then noticed a woman sitting on the sidewalk, holding her stomach. I walked over to her and noticed Sera had scanned her.
[Name: Ara Hashima]
[Age: 19]
[Birthday: March 12th]
[Height: 160cm]
[Faction: ???]
[Type of Seraph: Attack]
[Hobbies: Practicing Dark Magic, Studying Psychology]
Ara was a stunning woman with slightly pale skin, long, straight shoulder-length rose gold hair with bangs that cast shadows over her eyes, gold eyes, and a slender figure with a medium bust. She had no other notable features, only wearing a a long-sleeved collared white shirt, a red ribbon around her neck, and an office skirt with gold-strapped high heels.
"Hey are you okay?" I asked going over to her.
Ara looked up at me and smiled at me. "You're the first to actually stop and check up on me..~ May the Origin Angels smile down and bless you..~ To answer you, I'm just hungry and I don't have much to money to eat with..."
Sera looked at me then looked back at Ara. "Are you going to help her?"
'I have to...I can't leave a Seraph out here to starve to death..'
"Come on, I'll help you." I said and helped Ara up. "What's your name?"
"Reina...that's my middle name, the name most call me by.." Ara said and held onto me for support.
Sera felt something was off but couldn't exactly put her finger on it. She just stayed silent and followed us while invisible.
"Okay, Reina. I'm Zephiel." I introduced myself.
"Zephiel...I will remember that.." Ara smiled and followed me to the cafe.
We walked into the cafe together and everyone noticed me walking in with Ara. They were surprised and Ara looked at the Valkyries with a sweet, innocent smile.
"Who is that, Zephiel?" Ayane asked.
"She said her name is Reina. She was outside the plaza and was rather hungry. I brought her here so she can eat something." I said. "You can have my food Reina.."
Ara smiled and nodded then sat down at one of the tables beside Sunakami and the others and watched as I set my plate of breakfast in front of her with my glass of orange juice. "Thank you very much~"
I nodded and smiled at Ara then sat down beside Ayane.
"Her outfit holds no affiliation to any Academy. Is she really just someone you found?" Ayane whispered to me.
"I don't know, but I do intend on figuring something out." I said.
Ara happily ate and hummed a bit as she ate her breakfast.
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I walked around with Ara, trying to see if I could find anything out about her. She really wasn't too talkative about where she came from or her Academy Affiliation.
I stopped walking as noticed we were pretty far from where Ayane and the others decided to hang out at. As I was about to go back, I felt Ara place her hand on my shoulder then hold a handgun against my back. I looked back and grunted softly.
"Don't move..~ Call for your System and I'll shoot you before you finish the command..~ Now come with me peacefully..." Ara threatened, pulling me into the direction she wanted me to go.
'Sera...go warn the others...'
Sera flew off quickly without a second thought.
"You planned this out huh..." I muttered.
"You're the one the Higher Ups have been talking about recently...The System Wielder that is seen in the Eyes of God and with the Soul of an Old Hero. Your power is wasted here with these dumb Valkyries...you're coming with us where angels like me Reside. Not Fallen Angels, but a faction of angels belonging to Omega, The Reapers.." Ara said then struck my head with her handgun at full power, knocking me out.
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"Where is Zephiel? It's been an hour..." Ayane asked as she sat in the student council room.
"Probably with his new stupid girlfriend." Kuromi sighed.
Sera appeared in front of everyone. "Everyone!"
Everyone looked at Sera and noticed her scared look. Sunakami and Ayane seemed the most concerned.
"Zephiel has been kidnapped by the same woman you saw him with!" Sera warned.
"What?" Sunakami said in a bit of shock.
"We need to go save him! I know where they are going since I can track his phone! We don't have time for a plan we need to move!" Sera said.
They all took Sera seriously and got ready to come save me.
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"This is the guy..? He doesn't look very impressive honestly.." One woman said.
"He's more impressive than he seems. If the Higher Ups speak on him so much, he holds a lot of significance." Ara said and looked at me.
"I-Is he going to be okay..? H-He isn't moving..." A shy speaking woman said.
"I'll wake him up~" A woman said.
I felt water splash on my face then grunted as I sat up quickly. I looked around and noticed I was in a wasteland. "Where—"
"Rise and shine...or well more like Midnight Hours~ Welcome to the Reaper District, to be specific, Deathland~ This is our Club's Turf, where we are at our strongest. Not even our school's Discipline Team can take us on here as our Field Effect, Death's Presence is too powerful~" Ara said.
"Who are you really...what what do you want from me?" I asked.
"Well my name is truly Ara Hashima, Descendant of one of Omega's Angels, Beleth~ I am the leader of this team named Death's Angels. All we want from you is your cooperation and your power. If all is true, you have what it takes to awaken the Strongest Record, Holy Deus Unit...The HDU, the strongest Record to ever exist. A record that can and will eliminate any and every Demon and Fallen Angel known to exist." Ara said.
I scoffed and closed my eyes. "Well unfortunately for you, I do not have such power. I am still a Weak Angel-Like Being. I barely had the ability to sense your true wicked intentions."
"Don't take it like that, Human~" Ara said, using her foot to raise my head and make me look at her.
I looked at Ara and grunted as I noticed the front of her sniper in my face.
"It wasn't a request. It's an order. You said it yourself, you hold no power. We will give you power in exchange, you give us what we want..." Ara said and her Halo appeared over her eyes and her red horns slowly grew from the rear of her head. She had a haughty and pretentious smirk on her face as she looked down at me.
"I would comply if I were you...Our leader doesn't really like to repeat herself on things." The calm, nearly apathetic woman said, holding her pistol at me.
This woman was rather pretty with pale skin, white hair tied in a ponytail to her black horns, red eyes, and a thin figure with small breasts. She wore a black hoodie with her Reaper Academy uniform underneath her hoodie. Her white pentagonal halo spun over her head.
"She's quite scary when she's angry~ I should know I grew up with her~" The other woman said in a singsong voice then her red halo appeared over her head, aiming her MG5 Machine Gun at me as well.
This woman was amongst the cutest looking among the four. She had fair skin, shoulder-length silver hair with long side ponytail tied by a black scrunchie, and pure purple eyes with vertical pupils with a thin, lithe figure and a small bust. She wore a black and red tank blazer with gold buttons and an Omega Faction insignia on her left sleeve, a red frilly dress and tucked-in white shirt underneath with black combat boots to finish her gothic style attire.
"I-I'm sorry we have to do this...but we need to take the demons down...no matter what...I hope you can understand.." The shy, but determined woman said, pointing her shotgun at me.
She was rather beautiful with creamy skin, long scruffy purple hair at shoulder length with a couple hairclips tied to each of her bangs, purple eyes, and a slender figure with a medium bust. She wore an admiral coat with an Omega Faction badge on her left sleeve, a red suit underneath with a black pleated skirt with a cross badge on her neck and long laced black boots.
"So you have only two options..~ Follow orders, or die and we take what small amount of Angelic Energy that's within you...and just awaken the HDU Record ourselves." Ara said.
I looked at them and closed my eyes. I sighed a bit knowing I'm outnumbered in this situation. I decided to stall for as long as I could for Sera to bring Sunakami and the others to rescue me.
"What will it be? We don't have all night." Ara said then heard a loud explosion and a few of the Reaper Students cry out in pain. She looked back, noticing Sunakami walking forward, sheathing her katana.
Sunakami opened her eyes and looked at Ara. "I should've known it would be you Reaper Academy troublemakers. Now prepare yourself..." Sunakami summoned her assault rifle and pointed it at Ara and the others.