Saki woke up at 4 feeling very invigorated. His energy felt more pure and it seemed as if his control had drastically increased . He felt more fresh than ever. It seemed that his mana pathways had really been blocked . He did not delve much into it as what was needed currently was strength .
A portal opened beside him and he jumped in to the training room.
His training would be perfecting [ Flash steps ] and then adding [ Lightning sword arts ]to it . He had already finished working on all possible theories and had chosen the most viable theory. Using that theory made him progress rather quickly .
He trained for 5 hours constantly until he was able to fully add the two. His footwork was fast and good for dodging while his blade swung with precision and speed.
[ Blade proficiency E-> D ]
He was satisfied with his progress of today so he got out of the training room. Tonight he will train on his martial arts a bit longer.
He got out of his training room and headed to take a shower and prepare himself for school . It was 6:30 am after all.
Downstairs he could hear some music in the basement. He descended down the basement curious on something . Arcana was asleep with the music still on . Her hair was ragged and her face seemed tired.
Saki walked to the speaker and switched it off. He then went and lightly tapped Arcana. She groaned but slowly woke up. Her hazy brain cleared and she now clearly noticed Saki.
" Ah boss , what time is it ?" Arcana asked.
" 6:50 "
" That early , why did you wake me up then . Do you need something or are you ready to give me some of that delicious energy " Arcana asked as her eye lit up at the word energy .
Saki shook his head.
" Just wanted to remind you there is plenty of rooms. Go get some actual rest "
Arcana smiled sweetly at Saki.
" Thanks boss for worrying about little ol' me but I am alright " She said with a slight chuckle.
" Speaking of which ..... " She reached down on her desk and took out three masks.
Saki saw them and was quite surprised . They had almost the same energy as the original . However one could clearly feel the original as it still had superior quality
He reevaluated Arcana . The ability to deduce this mask and remotely replicate it was an almost impossible task to him and yet Arcana did it in less than 10 hours.
He picked one of the replicas and was about to put it on when Arcana stopped him.
" I would not do that if I were you . One of the shortcomings of the replicas is that the clothes do not constantly change so I had to engineer it to suit both I and Mittelt " Arcana explained.
Saki looked at Arcana .
" You are a genius "
" Awww ~ thanks boss " Arcana said it with a bit of blandness . It seemed that it was something that she had heard multiple times.
" Who taught you all of this ?"
" I'd rather not delve in the past " Arcana said . Her words did not convey any hurt as if remembering something sad . She said it as if it was a matter of fact.
" Alright . You did great work "
" I know "
" Get some sleep "
" I will "
Saki picked up his original mask and was about to leave when Arcana asked him a question.
" When do we start doing organization work ?"
" Tonight " Saki responded immediately .
" We need the Unknown to make an appearance and instill some kind of fear to the supernatural world " Saki said.
" Our targets ?"
" We will start with stray devils that are terrorizing Kuoh then after a few days head to Mittelts former work mates. Finally we injure the red dragon empeoror . I am certain his blood might be very useful to your work " Saki said.
' So what he means is that we will show our organization ' Unknown ' as a neutral faction that is neither on the fallen angels side nor the devils side. With our masks no one will also be able to identify us which will make our organization more mysterious. '
" What is the ultimate goal for this Organization ?" Arcana asked.
" To save the innocent and weak "
Arcana looked at Saki in a new light .
" What ?"
" Honestly I thought it was more of conquering the world or killing your dad but never something so noble " Arcana aired out her views.
" Our intentions are noble however our actions will be far from it. "
" The angel that makes itself look like a demon to ward off evil "
" Go to sleep Arcana " He said before walking off.
He headed to the kitchen and prepared himself breakfast. After breakfast he headed straight for school . Once in school he sensed something weird. He ignored it and headed straight to class but before he could arrive in class he sensed it again near the men's washroom . Curiosity got the better part of him and he got headed near it.
In the men's room he sensed a barrier . It felt more of an indirect barrier that stopped the boys from entering the rest room but that was only limited to the non-supernaturals. It also had a noise cancellation in it.
Saki suppressed his energy and used flash step to mask his steps.
Once he entered the barrier he heard loud moans in one of the stalls. He sensed one of the girls was his classmate while another was Issei . Issei grunted as he continuously thrusted while the girl screamed for him to fuck him harder.
Saki was astonished . He was even more astonished when he smelled the scent . It had a weird sweet smell that seemed not to affect him but he could swear there was something in it he just did not know what. The scent seemed to be originating from Issei . Saki chose to investigate this further but not for now.
He got out of the stall and headed straight to class . Katase seeing him this day made her blush .
" Good morning Saki ."
" Good morning Katase "
" You look different today , did you do cosmetic surgery ?" Katase asked.
" Why would you think like that ? I look the same " Saki said.
Katase could sense that even Saki was oblivious to his looks. She passed a mirror that she kept in her bag to him .
" See for yourself "
Saki took the mirror and looked at his face . He was almost surprised with what he saw. He clearly became more handsome at a very noticeable degree. There was a lot of similarities but that didn't change that his skin was smoother , he had a lighter colour and even his hair was glistening . He had turn from 4 to a 9 .
' Must be that vial Mittelt gave me . But this change is too noticeable. ' Saki thought.
He now noticed multiple eyes especially the girls staring at him with constant murmurs. Thanks to his super hearing , he heard what they had to say
" Wait is that Saki ? "
" Yeah he looks so handsome did he do surgery ?"
" Don't be absurd , if he did surgery he would not be in school today "
" What do you think happened to him ?"
" Maybe he was bitten by a vampire. "
" That's stupid . I think he always looked like that "
" What do you mean ?"
" He dyes his hair constantly that is obvious so what if he used makeup to make himself ugly ?"
" What if he used it to make himself more handsome ?"
" That is not possible , look at him . He looks shocked too "
" Yeah and with makeup I would definitely know "
That was the conversation between three girls he happened to hear .
" Damn that bastard , did he do surgery ?"
" Yeah must be . There is no way he would change that much "
" Looking at him makes me wanna beat him up even more "
" Yeah fuck that bastard "
This was a conversation between three guys.
Murayama approached the duo and sat on the unoccupied sit in front of them.
" Damn Saki , what did you do with your face ?" Murayama asked.
Saki let out a small chuckle .
" I washed it ?" He had no absurd yet believable lie currently .
Murayama shook her head. She then looked at Katase.
" Katase and I believe you like to hide your looks , like your red hair " Murayama said.
" Yeah , It is tough being handsome as me " Saki said with a gloat as he stroke a pose making the two snicker.
" But really its because you told us when you were young " Katase added.
" I did ?"
" Yeah you told us how you hated having to dye your hair all the time because you mother told " Murayama said.
" Yeah , it is a culture I started since young " Saki agreed.
Frankly speaking Katase and Murayama spreading information on how I always looked like that was far much better than rumors circulating that I had surgery .
Murayama and Katase looked at each other unable to say more . They already knew about the accident , it was after all in the newspaper a year ago but they could not say anything because it seemed as if Saki ignored anything related to that .
" It will be a drag changing how I look back to normal and even worse when people think I changed my look via cosmetic surgery so can you ..... "
" Do not worry we got you covered "
" Thanks "
A girl sitting infront of Saki entered the class. Her legs were quaking as she walked .
" Talk to you guys later. " Murayama said before standing up for the girl to sit. She sat and ignored everything that happened.
Shortly after Issei entered the room with a grin on his face. The scent was gone and something else had changed within him .
' His power has drastically increased . He is close to my strength ' Saki thought . However that was his base form . Issei had the ability to multiply his strength as stated by Mittelt which made him more of a menace . He was one of the reasons for Saki was attempting to fight stronger enemies .
This disturbed Saki by a large margin. Issei was half his power yesterday and now he was close to his power in just under a day .
Issei just became way more dangerous and interesting .
Classes soon finished and it was break time. Katase and Saki chatted and soon Murayama joined in. Their conversation however was cut short when Issei approached them .
" Hello girls , Saki " He greeted.
" Get out of here Issei " Murayama dismissed him.
Issei frowned and suddenly that scent started emitting again. It had no effect on Saki but he noticed that on the girls their heartbeats increased and their lust slowly rose but not at a quick rate. It was imperceptible but still there.
' So that's what it does. '
" Are you sure ."
" Tch , fine say what you want to say and get out " Murayama said.
" I am here to talk to my adopted brother Saki for why he didn't come home " Isseis said slightly shocking the two. There lust was slowly rising and Saki in order to save them stood up and made Issei follow him. Issei internally raged. He wanted his power to take effect and steal Saki's girls. Once they got out Issei pushed Saki into a wall.
" I finally figured out your name . Saki Gremory , the abandoned son of Zoeticus Gremory " Issei said with a smirk. He reveled in seeing Saki's eyes widen and then narrow once again.
" Who told you that ?"
" Are you stupid ? I said I figured it out . And I happen to know that your papa will kill you if he knows you exist just like he killed you mother and brother . But he doesn't need to know does he ?"
' He knows a lot , a bit too much . Issei is stupid to have figured that out so that means someone told him . Let's see his motives. '
" What do you want ?" Saki said as gritted his teeth.
" Good boy " , Issei said as he patted Saki.
" You just have to do is to help is anger Rias a little bit just once " Issei said.
' That seems simple enough .... Unless he wishes to disturb Rias' psyche and use that scent on her. It seems to work on humans but I believe supernaturals will have a bit of resistance to it . I expected much from you Issei but by god are you dumb ' Saki thought.
" Alright but promise me you will not say " Saki said with a shaky voice.
" I promise I am a man of my word after all " Issei said with a grin .
" Alright , Rias wanted us to go on a date today. Will cancelling it work ?" Saki asked.
' I want to see the power of that scent. ' Saki thought.
Issei thought for a moment before disagreeing.
" Do this , go on a date with her . Have fun and when the moment comes piss her off and then go away " Issei said.
Saki nodded.
" Ok "
Issei gave Saki a mocking smile then walked off. Saki watched Issei's retreating figure.
' Lust , your weakness is lust ' Saki's eyes glowed red as he gave out a menacing grin .
Issei was strong but his weakness was just comedic. Saki refrained from doing anything until he found out more about him . His first objective was to find out more about the scent . And he had already plucked his scent filled hair and now Arcana had to conduct some tests to find out more about it.
Saki walked to the opposite side and headed straight to the student council office . He needed to ask Sona about mana control . He was also curious to see how smart and cunning Sona was..... Perhaps she could help with the Issei problem