"Brother, the photo!"
"Brother, the photo!"
Sagiri Izumi's urgent voice echoed through the Bluetooth headset as Masamune Izumi hesitated, covering his ears with a conflicted expression.
"Brother! Brother! Brother!"
"Alright! Alright!"
"I'll go back and find them!"
With a look of resignation, Masamune sighed and trudged back toward the direction he had just fled.
"Satania, give it to me now!"
"No! Absolutely not! My most precious treasure will never be handed over to you, my eternal rival, Gabriel!"
Struggling against Gabriel's relentless push, Satania felt the pressure mounting and her determination growing.
"I can't hold her off anymore... If that's the case..."
With all her strength, Satania flung the camera far into the distance, a resolute expression on her face.
"If I can't protect you, let me send you off properly. Be happy from now on."
"Ahhh!!!"
A heart-wrenching cry echoed from where the camera had landed.
Turning her head despite holding back Gabriel, Satania saw her supposed savior, Masamune, reappear before her eyes.
Tears welling up, Satania shouted, "Kind soul! Please take that child and run! I, the Great Demon Lord Satania, will sacrifice everything to suppress this angel! Just flee!"
"Satania, you idiot! Let me go!"
Gabriel struggled fiercely, oblivious to her increasingly exposed skin as Satania desperately held her back.
Raising her arm with all her might, Gabriel shouted at the camera-clutching Masamune:
"Hey, human! Give me that camera! As Heaven's top angel, I'll bless you before the Lord!"
"Satania, let me go! I only need to delete my photos!"
Tears mixed with confusion flashed across Masamune's face.
"Brother!! Aim the camera at those two beautiful girls!"
"Oh~ what a scene! The alluring tension of these entangled beauties is simply divine!"
"My inspiration is overflowing!"
Eyes sparkling, Ruri Gokou watched as Masamune, holding the tablet, hesitantly moved closer to the tangled Satania and Gabriel.
Turning curiously to Hiroshi, she asked, "Hiroshi, what should we do?"
"Ah~"
Scratching his cheek, Hiroshi glanced at the camera's screen filled with heartwarming photos of Satania and Gabriel and chuckled.
"Maybe we should separate them."
Satisfied, Hiroshi pocketed the camera and approached the two girls, gently pulling them apart.
He patted their heads, speaking kindly:
"Get along, and don't behave like this in public."
"Hmph!"
Zipping up her jacket, which Satania had tugged down in the scuffle, Gabriel extended her hand toward Hiroshi.
"Hand over the camera."
"No, it's my treasure."
Shaking his head, Hiroshi waved a finger playfully.
"Something so precious shouldn't be hidden."
"Regarding my role as a bystander earlier, I sincerely apologize."
"So?"
Smiling sweetly, Gabriel clenched Hiroshi's extended finger.
"I've decided to buy you a few more game discs!"
"Deal."
Her eyes lighting up, Gabriel spun around, grabbing the camera lying beside Masamune.
Stunned, Satania watched as Gabriel smugly placed the camera under her foot.
"Noooo!"
With despair in her eyes, Satania broke free from Vignette's arms and lunged forward.
"Too late!"
"Gabriel, may you live with regret forever!"
"Perish!"
Amidst the rushing wind, Gabriel's foot came down.
Crack!
"Ahhh~!"
Tears streamed down Gabriel's face as she stared at the shattered camera beneath her foot, Satania collapsed before her.
Forcing a smile through her pain, Gabriel declared:
"Satania, remember this day!"
"This is what happens when you challenge the innocent Gabriel White Tenma!"
"Hahaha... Ugh..."
Her laughter turned to tears as she clutched her injured foot, sinking down next to Masamune.
Slipping off her shoe, she gently rubbed her stocking-clad foot before turning to the bashful Masamune.
"Who are you? Weren't you already gone?"
"Hello, I'm Masamune Izumi."
Blushing, Masamune pointed at Gabriel's foot.
"Could you... put your shoe back on? It's... distracting."
"Huh? But my foot hurts."
"It's fine! Just turn around."
Waving dismissively, Gabriel nonchalantly replied:
"I'm an angel. Giving blessings to believers now and then is common in anime, right?"
"Gabriel!"
Helping the tearful Satania off the ground, Vignette scolded Gabriel.
"Why are you bullying Satania again? And why did you take off your shoe? You're a girl!"
Gently rubbing Gabriel's sore foot, Vignette helped her put her shoe back on.
Turning toward Hiroshi, Vignette pouted.
"Hiroshi, why didn't you stop them?"
"Well..."
Scratching his head, Hiroshi admitted, "It looked entertaining, so I didn't interfere."
"Ugh!"
Puffing her cheeks, Vignette picked up the shattered tablet.
Examining the cracked screen, she said, "Why do I feel like someone's watching through this broken tablet?"
"Uh..."
Raising his hand cautiously, Masamune stammered:
"That's... my tablet... The watcher might be... my sister."
"She's a light novel illustrator. Since she can't leave her room but wanted to see the convention, I streamed it for her."
"Ah, what a good brother!"
Smiling, Vignette handed the tablet back to Masamune.
"But why use a broken tablet?"
"Well..."
Scratching his head, Masamune glanced at the still-sniffling Satania.
"She... accidentally broke it earlier."
"Oh, and my sister got so inspired seeing you two fighting that she insisted I film it. I'm really sorry."
"That's fine."
Resting her hands behind her head, Gabriel said:
"Hiroshi already took photos, so letting a light novel illustrator use us as references is no big deal."
"Just buy me some game discs later as compensation."
"I agree."
Wiping away her tears, Satania added:
"Though I don't remember breaking your tablet, if it helps your sister, consider it my apology."
"Also, please visit my castle in the underworld someday!"