Life.4 Lets Go with Training! ~Hell Chapter~
Part 1
On a certain day after school. Akeno-san asks me for a favour at the clubroom when not many of the members are present.
“Ise-kun, can you come with me right now?”
“Eh? Yes, since I don’t have any plans, it’s not a problem……but where are we going?”
She is normally an Onee-sama who doesn’t lose her confident smile and gives her “Ara ara ufufu”, but Akeno-san is acting shyly.
“……The Grigori institute. I have a little business over there……”
Akeno-san says that in few words. If I look carefully, she is holding onto a paper bag.
……Grigori’s institute? Grigori is the organisation of the Fallen Angels. The advisor of the Occult Research Club, Azazel-sensei, is the Governor of that place. I hear they are investigating many things starting from research involving Sacred Gears, observing the Sacred Gear possessors, and such.
That institute……? I also have heard that their main headquarters is located in the Underworld, and that there are other institutes all over the world (including the Underworld).
And Akeno-san has business in a place like that? Is it related with Sensei? Or is it…… Two possible answers appear in my head…… Either way, the paper bag that Akeno-san is holding onto must be related to that business of hers.
“It’s okay if you can’t come. I’m sorry, suddenly asking you something like this…… The only ones I can ask such favours like this are Rias and you, Ise-kun……”
I won’t be able to decline it if you say it like that! Rather, there is no way that I would decline Akeno-san’s favour from the beginning!
I say it while banging my chest hard.
“No problem! I will follow you wherever it is, Akeno-san.”
The instant I say that, Akeno-san makes an adorable smile and says “Thank you”. Ku-! Akeno-san’s smile in her “Onee-sama” mode is good, but her adorable smile during her “normal girl” mode is also wonderful!
“U-Umm……may I come as well?”
The one who raises his hand timidly is Gasper.
“That’s rare. For you to wanting to leave here.”
This is a shocking thing since this guy basically shuts himself inside his room.
“Y-Yes. I’m also personally interested in the Grigori’s institute……”
Hmm, is that so? Oh well.
“Then let’s head towards the institute with the three of us.”
Like this, it’s decided that three of us consisting of Akeno-san, Gasper, and I, will be going to the Grigori’s institute.
The place we teleported to through our personal magic-circle is the Grigori’s research institute that was newly built in the Kanto region. The location is in the middle of the mountains which is away from where people live.
From Akeno-san’s story, it seems that Sensei wanted to build a research institute in the Kanto region, so he made a joint ownership institute by negotiating with each faction and spent the budget together.
This is the first time I heard about that! Man, Sensei sure is acting distant towards me.
We teleported directly inside the institute using the magic-circle. The interior has a new smell to it, possibly because it was made recently.
The three of us progress through the passage. The wall and the corridor are clean. There isn’t even a single speck of dust or a scratch.
At times, we walk past the people who seem to be the scientists of this institute since they are wearing white lab coats, and they seem to know us so they greet us by saying “Hello”.
“……Looks like they know us.”
“Yes, we are also affiliated with the Governor of this institute. We are famous.”
Akeno-san says that. Of course we are. We are directly related to the Governor of the Fallen Angels after all. From other people’s perspective, we will look like the last boss and his minions. There’s no way that those from the organisation won’t know us. ……More importantly, Gasper is still hiding behind me. Put your chest up!
But for a mysterious organisation to make an institute like this in a remote area…… In a story, it will usually be a place where the main character comes to sneak in and destroy.
“Huh? So you guys came. Who told you about this place?”
When I was thinking, someone speaks to me. ……And it happens to be a familiar voice…… When I turn around, Azazel-sensei is standing there!
“Ugh, Sensei.”
“Ugh, what was that “Ugh”……?”
Sensei seems unpleasant at my response.
“So you were here too, Sensei.”
“Ugh, what was that “Ugh”……?”
Sensei seems unpleasant at my response.
“So you were here too, Sensei.”
Sensei scratches his cheek when I ask him.
“Yeah, this place is the new institute for the Grigori’s research department after all. Since it was just built, there are still many things needed to be done in here. So I show up here at times.”
Of course he will be here. Like I thought, he is the Governor of the Fallen Angels. It’s natural for him to be governing this place.
“—So, why did you guys come here?”
Sensei asks while looking at me and Akeno-san.