CH 98

Editor:Sky

Lucifer’s younger twin sister, the angel Gabriena came to the dragon’s village.

I tilted my head, wondering about what her business might be.

“…….I want you to save……big sister……”

“What do you mean?”

I furrowed my brows at the words said in an unexpectedly urgent tone.

Lucifer was dragged exactly by that younger twin sister of hers to the Heavenly Realm the other day. 

The purpose was for her to undergo the Disposition rehabilitation program, to be reborn as a pure, righteous angel.

……I didn’t know whether something like that was even possible.

“Big sister…… was put inside the Heavenly Realms grand prison―― the “Heavenly Prison”………”

“Heavenly Prison?”

“…… It is the place where fallen angels……angels who committed sin, get imprisoned in…… and punished……. ……I didn’t want it to……come to this……. What’s more…… for her to be put in the bottom layer…….”

According to her quiet explanation, after she was taken to the Heavenly realm she was supposed to lead a life of abstinence under the watch of her supervisor and become rehabilitated.

Gabriena is the highest-ranking seraph.

There is almost no angel that could go against her will.

However, that didn’t mean there were none.

That was the chief of angels, Michael.

Although he is also a seraph, the same as Gabriena, he now is the chief of angels, so he had more authority than Gabriena.

Furthermore, as the angel governing over justice, he has the greatest military strength in the Heavenly Realm.

Michael made the decision to send Lucifer to the Heavenly Prison.

Still, it wasn’t impossible for Gabriena to reject that ruling.

However, Michael, who was aware of that, attacked the mansion while Gabriena was absent, caught Lucifer and forcibly put her into the Heavenly Prison.

Even Gabriena, as one might expect, couldn’t do anything for someone who was already dropped into the Heavenly Prison.

The Heavenly Prison was completely under Michael’s jurisdiction after all.

Gabriena, who was worrying about what to do, suddenly remembered me.

“Big sister said that…… Karuna…… is stronger than her……. I didn’t believe it, but…… if that were true, you might be able to save big sister……. Thinking that…… I searched for you……”

“In other words, I should break into that Heavenly Prison?”

“……Of course, I’ll go as well……..”

“That’s an awfully crude method, huh”

“The other side did that kind of thing as well…… Additionally, it’s impossible for us to launch a frontal attack……”

Lucifer is contained in the bottom layer where angels who have committed the worst crimes are kept.

It is said that sinful angels who were put into the bottom layer have no hope of release that they are merely awaiting for their execution.

“Good”

“……Are you sure……?”

Gabriena stared at me wide-eyed, as I simply said okay to it.

“It kind of seems hella interesting”

“……interesting……”

Gabriena had a slightly disgusted look on her face.

No, I mean, come on, it’s a grand prison, a grand prison, you know?

It kind of appealed to my Chuuni heart.

Come on, breaking into a prison to save an older sister awaiting execution, don’t we seem like a certain marine adventurer?

『One Xiece’s ImpeX Down, is it?』

So why does Naviko know that……?

Having said that, we came to the Heavenly realm.

A vast ocean of clouds was spread out below me.

The air was clear and the climate was slightly chilly.

It didn’t necessarily mean that we are on top of the sky, but it did seem to be a different world from the one humans live in.

It seems to be a comparatively close one though, as it is said to be easy for angels of the archangel class to come and go.

However, it’s difficult to enter with a human body.

Additionally, even if one were somehow able to invade, it would be difficult for one to return alive, because one might get attacked by the ferocious heavenly beasts that made the Heavenly Realm their home.

However, if one has the help of an angel it’s a different matter. It seems like, if one’s whole body is covered in the “Heavenly Power’s” Aura which is characteristic of Angels, the heavenly beasts will mistake one for an angel.

Well, in my case, I could just change into an angel using my skill 〈Transformation・Extreme〉.

“……It surprised me……that you could do such a thing……”

I was surprised by Gabriena’s face which didn’t seem to show any surprise at all.

〈Transformation・Extreme〉, unlike concealment magic, doesn’t merely change my outward appearance.

If I transform myself into an angel with that skill, I also become able to use heavenly power.

Because the Heavenly Prison seemed to be considerably dangerous I left Thira and the others behind in the Human world.

When I left they requested the following: “Please rescue Lucifer-san. However, don’t bring her back down before she hasn’t properly rehabilitated.”

……Honestly, I feel like rehabilitating her is a pretty high hurdle.

I moved the angel wings which grew on my back and flew over the clouds together with Gabriena.

By the way, it seems like one can walk normally on those clouds.

I landed on them to try it out for just a bit and it mysteriously felt like walking over cognac or tofu.

“I can see it……”

Before long, a huge circular building could be seen beyond the clouds.

“Huge”

“That is but a small portion of it……It stretches on several times further under the clouds……”

Though the visible part was already considerably huge, it didn’t seem to be its full size.

Its structure seemed to be in the shape of a reverse cone with the sharp part piercing the clouds.

There was an innumerable amount of angels around the Heavenly Prison.

However, when I tried looking at them with 〈Clairvoyance〉, those angels didn’t seem to have faces.

“They are Fake Angels……made to be the Heavenly Prison’s guards…… They attack anyone who approaches it without permission…… no questions asked……”

They were in the vicinity of the Heavenly prison in the radius of about 1000 meters.

Looks like one will be attacked by all those Fake Angels at once unless one goes along the regular route.

Though I say regular route, it’s not a route that can be seen with the naked eye.

In short, it’s an air route and only some angels who had the role of taking fallen angels to the Heavenly Prison knew that information.

Besides, it seems like it changes periodically.

“What should we do?”

“Forcefully……Break through……”

“Wait for a moment.”

Examining the status of the Fake Angels, I can see that each one’s numerical value of their abilities is at best one-tenth of Gabriena’s values. Since their Heavenly Power is weak, their actual fighting power should also be inferior.

On their own, they aren’t that strong.

However, they are just too many.

There are probably around 1000 of them.

What’s more, if we were to fight the Fake Angels, the Angels positioned inside the Heavenly Prison would undoubtedly come to support them.

“Let’s think about the method a bit more”

“……Understood……”

“I should be able to look inside of there with〈Clairvoyance〉“

Though I could get inside of there in just a moment with Teleportation magic.

『As there’s a strong barrier made out of Heavenly Power, it is impossible to look inside even with master’s 〈Clairvoyance〉. Additionally, there is a high possibility that the barrier will repel entry through Teleportation Magic as well』

I see.

That means we have no other choice but to enter through that gate in front after all.

“I thought of a good plan”

“……..What kind……?”

“It’s the grand decoy strategy”

I used summoning magic.

Then Belfeene wearing just her underwear, seemingly in the middle of changing, appeared before us.

Nice timing as usual.

“Why do you have to summon me every single time at weird timeeeeeeees?!…… Eh, where is this?”

It was at that moment that Belfeene, wearing a puzzled expression, turned her line of sight towards the Heavenly Prison.

Then the Fake Angels turned this way all at once, although we should be outside the radius of 1000 meters, probably because they reacted to the strong magical power of a Demon Duke.

By that time, Gabriena and I had already escaped further away through Teleportation Magic.

“Wha, what the hell is thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!?”

Easily over 1000 Fake Angels rushed towards Belfeene.

Looks like it went well.

Well then, shall we break in now?