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Sakura-sensei and Raisa looked surprised when Rei replied that the bento he wanted to eat was an apple. 'Oops! Something's wrong!' Rei didn't need to eat when he became an angel, so didn't know the name of the human food that was cooked. So immediately answered the name of the fruit that Rei knew. Since entering school, Rei has always brought a bento for lunch, but Rei doesn't even know the name of the food that was cooked in the bento. "Oh, you mean cooking with apples?" "Apple dish... the only thing that comes to mind is apple pie." "Hmm, but apple pie for lunch..." "Some people eat bread for lunch in class, but I've never seen anyone bring homemade apple pie." "I've never made apple pie before so no way. Can I have a plain bento with apple dessert?" "...that's all, please." Rei seemed to have managed to survive. Turn back time a little. Miki Kirishima talks to Wiji Igasaki as a group of first-year students walks the path in the forest on their way back to school from the magic practice field. "Huh? What about Rei-kun?" "Ah, Rei said he would take a detour because he had something to do." Miki looked around and noticed it. "Come to think of it, Raisa-senpai isn't around either." "Ah... that's true" Wiji also looked around and made sure that Raisa wasn't there. "It's strange that Raisa-senpai isn't there. "Then Rei-kun might come with him." "So you're saying that the two of them have something to do? But is it okay for a student to suddenly fight a high-level demon? Three months ago, the high-level demons that appeared were six of Japan's top ten and elites from the Defense Forces." Magic. I hear you're strong enough to finally defeat him." "Hmm, I think Rei-kun will be fine. The fight with Sakura-sensei just now was amazing." Akiho Hidaka, who was listening to the two, joined the conversation. "I think so too. If you were Rei-kun, you might easily defeat even high-level demons." "Hey, Miki-chan and Akiho-chan. Rei is a big deal. Rei is indeed strong, but Rei is about the same as Sakura-sensei. Against high-level demons, even Rei, Sensei, and Raisa-senpai even I won't easily beat him ." 'After all, Wiji-kun doesn't know about his hidden power either. Rei-kun probably has magical powers many times stronger than Sakura-sensei. Well, I think the guy hid it for a reason. I don't speak fluently, but...' Miki agrees with Wiji not to talk about Rei's hidden power. "Hey. Wiji-kun's power analysis is pretty good." "Well, I don't think the sword that Rei is holding is normal." While walking to school with everyone in class while talking about such things, Miki felt the presence of something and turned her gaze to the forest path ahead. "something is coming" "Eh? What? Miki-chan." Wiji and Akiho also looked in the direction that Miki was looking at. Then, a dimensional gap appeared at the end of the forest path, and a humanoid demon about 2 meters tall appeared from there. "Oh, is this the human world? There are many humans. I hope there is someone who can satisfy me." The demon drew the longsword at his waist with his right hand and walked towards Miki and the others. "Ah, devil!" "Wow!" "Caaaaah!" When Wiji screams, the other students confirm the existence of the devil and are confused. Seeing that, Nakajima drew the sword from his waist and stood in front of the frightened students, facing the demon. "Everyone! Don't worry. The student council president, Tsukage Nakajima, is here!" When Nakajima shouted that, the students calmed down a bit. "Everyone please stand down. Also, contact the school. Ask for the teacher's support!" "Yes!" Wiji called the school on his smartphone while taking a step back. The other students backed off. Meanwhile, the demon walked toward the students. Miki felt a rising demonic power while retreating with everyone. 'Well, no good! That devil… wasn't strong in magic, but had an extraordinary fighting spirit. It's probably a warrior-type high-rank demon.'The demon's name that appeared was Ose. As Miki sensed, Ose was a demon with powers worthy of being called a high-level demon. Ose, also known as the Grand Duke of Hell, is one of Solomon's seventy-two demons who has the face of a leopard and the body of a muscular human. Ose holds a longsword in his right hand and wears a steel breastplate over his upper body and a white robe over his back. 'Why is there a high-ranking devil in a place like this? Is it something to do with the Devil appearing in the central district?' 'If I'm serious, I might be able to defeat him in one hit, but if I do that, my life of peace will never return.' 'Even if the people here and the teachers at school come to support him, no one can beat him.' Miki was contemplating what to do with her spinning head. 'Hmm. If I use sleep magic on everyone here, I can fight freely… No, that's dangerous. You never know what will happen on the battlefield.' While Miki was mulling over the strategy to defeat the enemy in her mind, Nakajima attacked Ose and slashed with the sword he was holding. "Wow!" Nakajima's sharp slash struck Ose. However, Ose easily caught the attack with his long sword. Nakajima, who was blocked from the first attack, repeated a series of furious attack waves. However, all of those attacks were blocked by Ose. "You're great, man. But not just momentum." "Uooooo!" Nakajima continued to attack continuously. 'There he is!' Miki came up with a good way to overcome this situation. 'It's fine if you treat those high-level demons as low-level demons and defeat them.' Miki collected the thoughts that came to mind. 'Fortunately, the demon's magic power is low, so no one realizes that he is a high-ranking demon. We just need to kill it before it releases its amazing move.' As Miki found a solution, Nakajima was sent flying with one swing of Ose's longsword. "Student Council President!" "The Chief has been killed!" When Nakajima was knocked over and passed out, the students started making a fuss. "Hmm? That's weird. I thought I cut it in half." Ose swung his longsword horizontally to cut Nakajima, but Ose felt uneasy that Nakajima was blown away, so Ose examined the longsword to see if there was anything wrong with it. In that gap, Miki concentrated purple magical power in her right palm and created a spherical mass of magical power. "Go! Demon bullets!" Miki released a mass of purple magic power from her right palm at high speed. It hit Ose's left leg and exploded. "Goo! What, what's wrong!?" The "Magic Bullet" that Miki used was not magic, but a magic technique that gave off explosive magical power, and it was a non-attribute magic technique that didn't have attributes like fire or ice. "Wiji-kun, there is something I want you to do." "Hmm, what?" "From now on, everyone's magic will attack at once, so I need you to come out on the vanguard and somehow create an opening for attack magic." "Wait, even if the strongest warrior-type leader Nakajima was easily defeated, I can't do it!"~~~~~~~When asked by Miki to fight Ose in close combat, Wiji shook his head several times without confidence. It's fine! That demon shouldn't be able to move its legs properly from my attack just now. Besides, I'll be supporting it from behind. "Kuh... I understand. I don't want to run away without being able to do anything." "Please. Also, everyone uses magic, Wiji-kun, please stay away from that demon as much as possible." "Understood. I don't want to get involved." After taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Wiji removed the Tsukiyozakura from his waist and took a position. "Uooo oh oh!" While screaming, Wiji ran towards Ose. At the same time, Miki moved slightly to the left to create a line of fire toward Ose, then fired a magic bullet with her left hand. It passed by the charging side of Wiji and headed for Ose. Seeing that, Ose raised his longsword like a shield to block the flying magic bullets. However, Wiji managed to get close to Ose safely in the gap. "Wow
~~~~~~~"Eh? Miki-san? In our class?" Wiji was a little surprised when Rei suddenly asked if Miki from the same class was in the top ten. 'I've seen Miki Kirishima many times since I started being wary of him, but I can only feel human vibes from him. Moreover, even if I concentrate my mind and search for power, I can't see the basis of the magic power. strength.' Having not been able to measure the strength of his opponent until now, Rei thought that Miki might have the same strength as a god or demon king class since it was the highest demon lord. "Yes, Miki indeed used a slightly explosive magic technique before, but it wasn't enough to enter the top ten." "Is it true?" "In other words, no matter how strong your magical power is, neither Rei nor Miki-san will be in the top ten." "Hmm? Why?" "Because top ten means ten people with strong magical power among the Japanese warriors." 'What's this? That's a word I don't know. I'll look for it later.' Rei asked so many more
~~~~~~~The first hour of training on the simulated battlefield is about to begin. The first-year students had already gathered near the simulated battlefield on the school grounds. Rei and Akira joined there. "You've all gathered? Then who's going to do the sparring?" Wiji spoke to Sakura-sensei, who was looking at the list and trying to decide which students to compete with. "Sakura-sensei! There are two people full of motivation!" When Wiji asked Sakura-sensei to see the mock battlefield, Rei and Akira had already entered the magic circle and created ghosts. "Rei and Akira?" There were five simulated battlefields lined up on the school grounds, so five teams could be fighting at the same time, but Sakura-sensei thought that the battle between Rei and Akira was worth watching. "So you are going to fight with this body created with magical power? I see, the magic you fire with this body only works at this stage. Doesn't it work outside?" Akira looked at the letters in the mag
"What did you say!" "No matter how much a human fights, if you put this much power into it, people will doubt you!" Rei and Akira argue as they get into a fight that destroys the simulation battlefield. In the current human world, magic research was progressing, but fighting spirit research was barely progressing. That's why few people can use fighting spirit. However, even people who couldn't use a fighting spirit felt the fear and pressure from a strong fighting spirit, so just like Akira said, there was a high chance they would become suspicious. "I'm calm enough not to suspect anything. You're going too far, aren't you?" "You went too far first. I just had no choice but to match you." While the two were arguing, classmates gathered around Rei and Akira. "Wonderful! You guys!" "How did you do the final technique?" "Akira-kun, you are amazing!" The gathered students applauded the fight between the two. The students didn't seem to have any doubts about the current fight.
~~~~~~~The scene changes to Central Street in the downtown East District where the demon appears. The streets used to be bustling with shoppers, but now the roads were blocked and many demons and soldiers from the Magic Defense Army were fighting. "Hahaha, destroy all humans and buildings!" "Guooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" The devils that appeared on this occasion were one Orias and twenty-eight Gison. Orias is one of Solomon's seventy-two pillar demons, and a high-ranking demon called the Marquis of Hell. Orias rides a white horse with the head of a lion and the body of a human. Gison is a demon under Orias and is known to the human world as a demon who spreads disease-causing germs, with bat wings and a bird's beak and claws on human bodies. "Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!" "There are too many of these people!" "Is there a delay to escape?" Twenty-one soldiers from the Magic Defense Army, who were in the military waiting room in the eastern district, rushed to this place and fought
~~~~~~~Miki knows that Rei has a hidden power like himself, but is curious how strong his full power is. 'Even so, there are a lot of demons. I wonder how he will fight.' The remaining demons are twenty-three Gison and one Orias. The Magic Defense Squad had managed to defeat five Gisons so far. 'If it was me, after defeating a low-level demon with superlative ranged magic, I would probably defeat a horse-riding demon with a compression magic bullet.' On the other hand, Rei who was being watched by Miki didn't notice her existence. 'no one around.' Rei looked around and visually checked if there were any humans around. Then focus your mind and explore the magical reactions around you. 'No magical reactions from anyone other than these people and the humans sleeping there.' When using flight magic before, Rei didn't notice that Raisa Kisaragi was nearby, so this time Rei carefully checked his surroundings. "What's wrong, human?" "..." "Do it quietly this time. Do it!" Or
"Hmm, isn't too many human resources going to the private sector? A strong magician should join the army or the police." Government officials don't seem happy with the current situation. A young government official answered. "Recently, it seems that private magicians receive high compensation for protecting VIPs from large companies, and it seems that it is difficult for the military and police to get superior human resources." In Japan, apart from Detective Blackblade, some great magicians are not members of the military or police. Some of them become employees of private security companies and work as bodyguards to protect themselves from demons that can appear from anywhere at any time. "It's all about the money in the end. It's sad." "In return, the man in this video has to fight to protect people." "Yeah. After defeating that demon, this guy seems to have disappeared." A high-ranking government official instructed everyone present. "Okay! Quickly analyze this video! Ide
~~~~~~~A car carrying Rei and the others arrived at the Magic Research Institute. The area around the Witchcraft Research Institute was a forest, and there were no other buildings nearby. Magical chemistry research might involve slightly dangerous experiments, so that counts. Sakura-sensei parked the car in an empty spot in the parking lot and everyone got out of the car. '...Hmm? After getting out of the car, things got a little easier.' Rei's face was still pale and his legs were almost unsteady from car sickness, but still tried his best to pretend to be calm. "Rei-kun, are you okay?" "Hah, no problem. We'll be entering the laboratory soon." Sakura-sensei and Akira were already walking toward the entrance of the research institute, so Rei headed for the entrance just in time. After that, Miki and Akiho started walking. 'Is this a human research institute?' When Rei entered the laboratory, there were two Magic Defense Force soldiers near the entrance and a woman at the