DxD: Reincarnated Trickster in Ecchi World

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"Is this really necessary?" I asked with a grimace behind my mask. "Like, why?"

"I think I've explained this to you already, Heki-kun. And asking me this hundreds of times is hardly going to make me change my mind on the matter,"

Azazel mirthfully replied as he happily tested the first bite of that delicious steak I had just brought back to the table.

Kunou was sitting beside the Governor General, happily enjoying her burger. The rest of the posse was deployed on the other side of the table, leaving just a central seat between the two other masked fellows.

Baraquiel had taken a seat by the chair on one of the edges of the table, looking particularly uneasy at what his boss was trying to do here.

"I can at least try to valiantly defend my colleagues' identities," I pressed again, this time getting some support from my flanks.

"I wouldn't normally care, but why does it have to be now and without much notice?" Sougyoku inquired dryly.

"Well, it is about time you three starts to understand each other on a truer level. No longer with masks, but with your real faces," The Fallen Angel replied with detail. "What about you, Kurenai-chan?"

…

"May I give a blunt and honest answer, sir?"

He shrugged. "Sure, why not."

"I think I'm potentially dead if I remove my mask," The young woman commented, for some reason turning her stare right at me.

I frowned, confused by this behavior, but as I turned back to Azazel, the man nodded at her comment.

"In a normal instance? Probably. But I can assure you that Heki-kun will not harm you in no way,"

The man replied with a certain voice. "In fact, Heki-kun you should promise Kurenai-chan that you will not hurt her when you all unmasks-"

"If we all unmask."

"I'm the one making the rules, sonny. Don't make me come around and put you in time out."

I opened my mouth to question what 'time out' was, but from the way Sougyoku started to tense up and twitch at the mere mention that silly-named punishment, I decided to play it smart and not even ask about it.

"Now, as I was saying, Heki-kun, promise Kurenai-chan you will not attack her when she reveals her identity."

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"I… promise?" I replied slowly and with some uncertainty.

"More emotion in that."

I sighed. "I promise I will not hurt you, Kurenai-chan."

The young woman offered a nervous nod. "Would've preferred some more but I guess that's the best I can ask for."

"And now it's settled, you shall reveal your identities… now!"

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The Fallen Angel looked annoyed. "Kids, I'm not joking."

"Sir, with all due respect-" I tried to speak up, only to be silenced with a huff.

"I will be honest with you three, I would usually not mind if three morons are trying to grasp so tightly at their masks.

But it's not normal at Grigori for the members of a permanent squad to be unaware of the members' identities," The Governor-general interrupted with a serious tone.

"I think you three work well together, and I want you to really not end up dying in one of the wacky jobs I send you.

And one guarantee I want to at least get from you three is that you know who you're trusting your backs to."

…

"I can see that point…"

There wasn't much of a chance to get out of that unpleasant situation, and I couldn't do much but brace for impact as we all started to reach for our masks.

It was a couple of tense seconds the ones that followed my words and until we moved all at once.

The masks were pulled away, revealing our faces to the rest of the group.

While I spared a little to look at Vali since I knew him who he was already, and he seemed to not mind the fact I was some 'generic guy' that was yanked in the fold, when I turned to see who Kurenai was, I found my stare stuck in a mix of surprise and horror.

Raynare looked mighty uneasy as she noticed my reaction, deflating a little before muttering something.

"You promised."

I did. And boy, was I furious at what I was handling right now. The only reasons I was going berserk at it, was that the situation had come out of nowhere.

"What?!" I exclaimed while turning to the still-smiling Azazel.

"Surprise?"

Narrowing my eyes, the man sobered up a little bit.

"Okay, maybe I could've given some forewarning instead of giving you this stroke, but you've to admit that she isn't that bad-"

"She came close to killing two individuals I care for," I pointed out with a furious tone.

"To be fair, I did kill Issei-"

before I could jump at her for saying that, the Governor-General intervened about it.

"Now, Raynare-chan. I thought you were turning a new leaf about this matter. To try and not get anyone pissed by being a greedy little moron."

Her mouth opened, her instincts demanding to protest at the chiding and insult, but she seemed to realize that it would've landed her in a hot spot and thus she decided to keep quiet.

"While I understand you have your reasons to be angry at her, I wish for you to understand that the reasons that saw me pick her to act as the third member of your team wasn't one born from mere amusement,"

Azazel explained. "Sure, I find the whole development quite hilarious from some optics, but the motivation behind this decision was that I noticed you two… match well in terms of natural abilities."

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"You sure you are not going senile, boss-"

He shot my comment down with a glare.

"I mean what I'm just saying right now. Your fight, while nothing spectacular compared to what you can both achieve now, was the main point that inspired me to study the possibility of synergizing your skills in a working team-based relationship,"

The Fallen Angel continued. "Raynare was never put in a situation where she had to fight for her life, and I can tell from how things had gone for her that it did her well enough to remind her that Grigori isn't a place where people are allowed to slay possible members."

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