Chapter 13

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Written in 2020, uploaded to Wattpad on 12/24/2022

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[Somewhere, in some other plane of reality...]

"YOU WHAT?!" The woman in the Godslayer armor yelled at her team of scientists.

"W-We lost the Devourer clone...she slipped out because L-Lord Red's latest experiment shorted the power..."

She pinched the bridge of her nose. "...Ugh. Go find it."

"Y-Yes ma'am!"

"And keep working on upgrading those Anti-Astral nanomachines!"

[Monday, at the Occult Research Club's meeting room]

Kuraima nervously scratched the back of his head. "Hey, uh, Rias? I think we need to talk."

"Oh?" The redhead asked, looking up from whatever paperwork she was doing. "What is it?"

"It's...about my girlfriend. She wants to join the ORC."

[Earlier that day...]

"Ku-san!"

Kuraima was pleasantly surprised to find Helenski standing at the gates of Kuoh, wearing its female school uniform.

"S-Sola-san?! What a-are you doing here? Don't you have a job at the cafè?"

She looked at him, twiddling her thumbs. "W-Well, my dad said it's f-fine. He said that being with you apparently helps with my...s-self confidence..."

The Astral Champion did some thinking. "...So he enrolled you in this academy...mid-semester."

"...Yes."

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"Well, Sola-san, glad to have you at our school! I've got a couple of friends to introduce to ya, as well as a couple of familiar faces!"

[Present]

The Astral Student leaned back on the couch as he remembered that morning's events.

A lot of death glares were received that day.

"Hm, I see. She's...a Nephilim, right?"

"Yeah. Is...is that gonna be a problem?"

Rias had a bit of an unsure look on her face. "I hope not. As long as her parents' identities aren't revealed, I'd say she'll be fine."

Then, she smiled. "Besides, I've always wanted to meet a Nephilim."

"Yeah. Plus, y'know...there's the whole Providence thing..." He looked up at one of the shelves, where the round white bird was building a nest.

"Hm? Who has spoken thy divine name?"

"You're anything but divine, Provi."

"E-Excuse me?!"

Rias giggled at their antics. "A goddess using the body of a Nephilim. Now that's something you don't hear of every day."

"But of course. She was the perfect vessel for me."

"Whatever lets you sleep at night, milady."

"You little..."

"So anyways, Kuraima." The buxom redhead interrupted. "What exactly...happened after Koneko got you out of there?"

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