I had only suspected that I had been teleported to the beginning of the High School DxD story, but confirmation came when I was approached by Amano Yuuma.
She was a good-looking girl with a friendly personality. The only problem was that it was all a disguise. I knew this, and yet I accepted her invitation for a 'date'.
I didn't necessarily go on a date, because her suggestion was more of a 'let's go out and get to know each other' kind of thing.
Anyway, it was important for the continuation of the story, so I went to the arranged meeting place. It was a busy place in the city center, near a shopping mall and a big clock.
Suddenly a woman with fancy clothes and little devil wings approached me. She had a flyer in her hand and handed it to me before I had a chance to refuse.
I took the flyer and analyzed it. In the middle of the flyer was a circle with various strange details and the phrase 'I will grant your wish'. Despite the strange and suspicious flyer, I smiled.
"This will be my door into the arms of Rias Gremory, but first I must..." I was talking to myself when I heard footsteps approaching quickly and someone calling my name. I quickly stuffed the flyer into one of my pockets.
"Leo!" I looked to my left to see Yumma approaching.
"Good morning, Yumma."
"Good morning... Sorry. Did I keep you waiting long?"
"No, I just got here," I replied casually with a smile.
We began our meeting by walking together through the busy streets of the city, and it wasn't long before we reached the Fountain Square, where the orange dusk illuminated everything.
Yumma was surprisingly quiet, more introspective, and there was a flush in her face that could easily have been mistaken for shyness. When Yumma left my side and walked near the water fountain, she put her hands behind her back holding her bag, looked at me and said:
"Hey, Leo. To celebrate our first date, could you do me a favor?"
She slowly approached me with that friendly smile, putting one foot in front of the other. Any boy would be stunned by this, but I sighed, reached out and stopped her.
"Wait, I know where this is going." I said in a cold tone. "I know what you are."
"What?" Yumma raised her head, looking surprised, but my expression remained serious. A sadistic smile appeared on her face at that moment. "You really know, don't you? That makes it even more interesting."
At the same time, the sky began to darken rapidly, as if the clouds were gathering in a whirlwind above us.
I may end up dying, but first I'm going to test my stolen ability! I yelled, holding out my hand. Come on, Boosted Gear, come out!
Yuuma laughed as I held out my hand, "Hahaha! So you're not the innocent boy I thought you were! Anyway, if you want to do this the hard way, let's do it!"
With a quick movement, Yuuma transformed. Her clothes fell apart and her black wings came off her back much faster than shown in the anime. In an instant, she was no longer the gentle-looking girl I had even shared ice cream with; now she was in full Fallen Angel form.
"Even though our time together was short, it was kind of fun."
I smiled and took a few steps back. "Did you enjoy your date? It's a shame I can't say the same. I couldn't wait for you to reveal yourself to me soon."
I sounded confident, but I still had my hand outstretched, trying to conjure. Come on, Boosted Gear! Come out, Ddraig, you son of a bitch, I want to at least test my abilities! Is it by voice command?
"I was going to give you a merciful death, boy. But no more. You deserve worse." Yumma said.
"If you think you can defeat me so easily, you're wrong," I shouted, raising my left arm. "Strike!"
But to my surprise and dismay, nothing happened. The red gauntlet didn't appear above my left hand, Ddraig didn't react to my command.
Yuuma laughed louder than before and conjured a light spear in his right hand.
"DIE, LEO!"
Before I could understand what was happening, Yuuma became a complete blur to me. Instinctively, I tried to dodge, to anticipate where her attack would come from, why I wanted to fight at all, but the sharp point of the spear pierced my stomach the moment I moved, causing excruciating pain, a pain I had never felt before.
At that moment, a system screen appeared for me.
It was my HP meter.
[HP: 70/100.]
[HP: 41/100.]
[HP: 22/100.]
I had the standard 100 HP, which was usually represented by an intense green color. The green color of the life bar quickly faded to yellow, orange, and finally red.
Yuuma withdrew his spear, and his face returned to that sadistic smile as he heard me scream in pain.
"Ha... How delicious! You see, Leo? There was nothing you could do." She came closer, knelt down and lifted my head. "You're pathetic!"
Panting and feeling weak, I was forced to look into her eyes. The dark sky was getting darker. My vision quickly turned into a black tunnel.
In a last effort, I put my right hand in my pocket, crumpled up the pamphlet I had received, and thought with all my might:
'Rias Gremory, I'll probably be your servant now. It's not that I don't want that, however, I want to make it clear that I won't settle for that.'
At that moment, even in the midst of all the darkness, I saw the light at the end of the dark tunnel, a light of an intense crimson color.
Yuuma backed away quickly, confused. I would have liked to see what happened next, but my consciousness faltered until I couldn't resist sleep any longer.
[16/100 HP]
[7/100 HP]
[4/100 HP]
[1/100 HP]
[0/100 HP]
[YOU DIE!]
Why did I do that? You may be wondering.
It wasn't that I was planning to die this way for Yumma, but that didn't change the things I had to do. In my opinion, the best thing to do was to be reborn as a demon, which was much more useful than being human, and why become Rias' slave? Simple, the relationship between Servant and Master was much more beneficial to me than trying to become a Master on my own, at least for the time being.
I was weak, I didn't know how to use my system properly and I needed to understand it first so that I could then follow my own path. Getting strong while being protected by allies is easier than trying to do it alone, because, one day I'm going to become the Satan.
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