Chapter 55 - Meeting the crow

After coming back home he was bombarded with questions from all the girls and he had to sit for hours to answer all of their questions. He even informed them about his confrontation with Sona and the others about his identity being revealed to them. He also told their identity to the girls and warned them not to tell about their powers.

After answering all of their questions Tatsuya decided to sleep but when he noticed that the others were following him he turned around and asked, "What do you want now." They all said at the same time, "We will be sleeping with you tonight." Tatsuya raised his brow and asked, "And why do I owe this pleasure?" Kurumi came forward and said, "Do you even need any permission to sleep with us?"

Tatsuya looked at her and then said, "No, you three are understandable but why is Ingvild coming with you three as well." All of them then looked at Ingvild making her nervous. Ingvild then built up some courage and said, "What, I don't want to sleep alone when all of you are sleeping together." Tatsuya looked at her and said, "But are you sure, I will be sleeping there as well." Ingvild nodded her head and said sheepishly, "You don't need to worry about that I can manage, besides you were the one who healed me and I heard from others that you held onto my hand all the time while you healed me, so it's not a big deal."

Tatsuya looked at her for a while and then sighed and said, "Ok, you four on the bed, I will sleep on the floor." The others started to refute but Tatsuya stood silent for a while and then said, "Look it will not fit with me to make Ingvild sleep with us like that, so let's just sleep like that."

They were still reluctant but still nodded their heads. Seeing that Tatsuya smiled and said, "In return we can go on a date if you want." Their mood changed in an instant and they hugged him and then went inside his room. Tatsuya then looked at Ingvild and said, "You don't have to force yourself to do what others are doing, you are free now and should do what you want. Even if you are in my team you still have your own will, so just follow it." He then patted his head and then went inside the room.

Ingvild stood there for a while and then put her hand on where Tatsuya patted. She then blushed and suddenly shook her head. After clearing her thoughts she smiled and then went inside the room to sleep.

The next day Tatsuya woke up first and saw everyone clinging to him, even Ingvild was there. He gave a tired sigh but smiled at them. He then went for his workout and after coming back home he found the others doing what they usually did. Ingvild and Himari preparing breakfast while also teaching Miyuki and Kurumi lazing around in the morning. They didn't had to worry about school as they all had started homeschooling and decided to enter in highschool.

After getting refreshed and having his breakfast Tatsuya went for his work while leaving a shadow clone behind to help the others train much to their dismay. Tatsuya had also given Ingvild a weapon because she has little to no physical endurance. Being a devil and that too a decendent of a maou made her well worth in magic and she only needed to practice her control as she had enough magic power.

Tatsuya had given her a extensible lightning whip(Lucy's whip from fairy tail), the whip also have the ability to absorb any lightening or thunder attacks and use it against the opponents. It was a good match for her as when combined with her water magic it would be very effective. It was good for both mid range and long range enemies, it was also very versatile as it can be hardened to form a rod or spear as well. For close range she was being taught different martial arts.

Tatsuya didn't worked for two days so he decided to work till the time the restaurant closes. After working till late in the evening Tatsuya was about to close the gate but when he came out he met two people there one man with black and blonde hair and one boy close to his age with silver hair.

Tatsuya looked at the boy and said, "Oh if it isn't my dear friend Vali, what are you doing here?" Vali looked at him and suddenly rage took over him and he grabbed his collar and said, "You, what the hell did you write in that letter of yours." Tatsuya didn't said anything and smacked his head making his face plastered in the ground.

He then looked at the man and said, "And you must be Azazel, Vali's parent right?"

Azazel had a sweat drop seeing Vali on the ground but he then looked at Tatsuya and said, "Yeah, I am Azazel nice to meet you..." Tatsuya looked at him and bowed and said, "Sorry sorry, where are my manners I am Tatsuya Shiba Vali's friend. I am the one who wrote that letter to you."

Azazel nodded and then looked at the restaurant and said, "Anyways is this place about to close we decided to use the coupon today but it looks like we are a bit late."

Tatsuya looked at him and said, "Well I was about to close but since Vali is a 'dear' friend of mine do come in." He then took Vali's hand and started dragging him. Azazel was again speechless but simply followed him.

He the sat on the counter and Tatsuya made Vali sit on one as well. He then took a bucket with of water and splashed it on him making him wake up. Vali was completely drenched and his eyes were covered with his wet hair. Tatsuya then moved his hair a bit to see his open eyes and said with a nod, "Looks like you have woken up." He then placed a menu in front of him and said, "Now tell me what do you want to eat my 'dear' friend."

Vali groaned when he heard him. He then took the menu and then looked at Azazel and asked, "I can order anything right?" Azazel looked at him and gave a thumbs up. Vali looked at Tatsuya and said, "Bring me the most expensive dish, with the most expensive non-alcoholic drink, with the most expensive dessert then."

When Azazel heard him he choked on the water he was drinking and glared at Vali. Vali looked back at him and said,l with a smug, "You said that I can order anything." Azazel sighed and then looked at Tatsuya and said, "Bring me the same as him, just with the best alcohol that you have."

Tatsuya then looked at him and said, "You sure about that we have some good quality stuff but, can you handle it." Azazel looked at him with a smirk and said, "Bring it on kid, you are a thousand years too young to challenge me." Tatsuya wrote their orders and said, "Wait for a while." He started walking away but then turned to Vali and asked, "Do you want a towel to dry yourself up." Vali shook his head and said, "No need" and then used his magic to dry himself.

Seeing Vali use magic in n front of a human Azazel was about to reprimand him but Tatsuya looked at him and said, "I already know, you don't have to worry, fallen angel-san." and then went in the kitchen.

Azazel was stupefied by the sudden development and then looked at Vali for answers. Vali looked at him and said, "What, do you think that a normal human has the power to beat me to shit, it must be obviously clear to someone with your experience that he belongs to the supernatural world."

Azazel was about to say something but then stood silent at Vali's reasoning. He then looked at Vali and asked, "How strong is he?"

Vali turned serious and clenched his fist and said, "He wiped the floor with me without even a scratch on his body, that strong." Azazel's eyes widen at his answer.

He then thought for a while and asked, "Does he possesses a sacred gear?" Vali thought for a while and then said, "I don't know, but he was able to copy my divine dividing even the balance breaker. It was a perfect copy of my armour." When Azazel heard this his throat went dry and then many possibilities started to run through his mind. He then turned serious and asked, "Is he a threat to us?"

Vali was about to answer but then a voice was heard which said, "As long as you don't stand in my way, I will not do anything to you." He placed their food on their table and said, "But be on my bad side and I can't promise that you will live long." He said that with a smile but still released his pressure on them.

Both Vali and Azazel were shocked and quickly nodded their heads. Tatsuya smiled and released the pressure and said, "Good then if all that is over let's have our dinner then." and placed his own plate on the table.

Both Vali and Azazel were looking at him weirdly but then they smelled the aroma coming from the food they forgot all about the previous conversation and started devouring their meals.

All three of them talked to each other while eating making all of them to ease their tension. Azazel even offered Tatsuya to join Grigori but Tatsuya simply declined saying that he will not work under others.

After having their meal Vali and Tatsuya were looking at a passed out Azazel who was mumbling something about his 'bedtime adventures' Tatsuya grabbed him by his hair and looked at his wasted face and said, "I told him that he would not be able to take it." and released him making his face crash on the table with a *bang* sound. He then used his magic to clean up and said, "Now pay up." Vali simply took out Azazel's wallet and gave him the money and said, "Keep the change." Tatsuya looked at the money and asked, "What about the discount coupon." Vali smirked and said, "Let's just say that I forgot about it, it would be a sight to see his reaction in the morning." Tatsuya smirked as well and said, "Make sur to send me a video as well." Vali nodded and teleported back with Azazel.

At the same time inside Azazel's dream:

Azazel was having his 'fun' inside his dream but then he suddenly sneezed. The woman looked at him and asked, "What happened?" Azazel thought for a while and said, "Looks like something bad is about to happen to me. Oh well whatever." and continued his 'fun'.