Chapter 215: Heaven's Most Beautiful Woman, Gabriel
There's some sound.
Suddenly, Suzaku's body stiffened.
This seemed like the same kind of commotion as that night.
How troublesome. What is Akeno thinking?
Doesn't she consider how her older sister feels? It's quite torturous.
Wait, something's not right. It doesn't sound like Akeno.
While keeping her body still, Suzaku secretly cracked open one eye to look, then nearly opened both eyes wide in shock.
It wasn't Akeno, but rather the Princess of the Inner Capital, one of the youkai leaders, the youkai general ruling over Kyoto, the Western Nine-Tails, the Western Commander—Lady Yasaka.
The next moment, Suzaku immediately closed her eyes because Lady Yasaka suddenly glanced over in her direction.
Thus, she became restless again.
Simultaneously, Suzaku realized something—how had she suddenly fallen asleep, and Akeno too?
This was clearly Lady Yasaka's doing.
"Ara ara, I was wondering why we inexplicably fell asleep. So it was you, Lady Yasaka, you sly fox, playing tricks!"
Akeno had woken up, her voice quite cold.
So this terrible situation should stop now, right? Then Suzaku wouldn't have to feel so restless.
As it turned out, she spent another sleepless night, feeling the weight under her eyes, afraid dark circles would form.
How many hours of sleep had she gotten since meeting Akeno until now?
This night was particularly torturous, with dual sounds continuously flooding her ears, causing her mind to become exceptionally chaotic.
And now, even after daybreak, it still hadn't settled down.
In the blink of an eye—
"Suzaku, you don't look well. Are you sick?"
It wasn't until Kunou came knocking that her ears finally found some peace.
Moreover, Suzaku never expected such unimaginable actions, even utilizing the rear entrance.
It was just too awful.
Suddenly, a fox shrine maiden hurriedly rushed in.
"Y-Yasaka-sama, an angel has arrived."
"An angel?"
Yasaka was slightly taken aback, then glanced toward the person seated in the main position. The angel's visit was likely because of him.
"Who has come?"
The arriving angel couldn't be an ordinary one; there must be a leader, probably of the Seraphim rank.
Could it be Michael?
Her pupils contracted. There was no need to wait for the fox shrine maiden to announce who it was, as the approaching angel was now visible.
It was an angel with cascading golden curls, dignified and composed—a Seraphim with twelve wings.
This was an angel whose beauty and curves even made Yasaka admit defeat. She was the most beautiful female among the angels, ranking among the top across all pantheons—Gabriel.
Out of the corner of her eye, Yasaka glanced at the person beside her. Upon witnessing Gabriel, he too seemed momentarily dazed.
It was evident that this angel's beauty was so radiant it had even shaken him.
"Forgive me, my Lord. A troublesome matter has arisen."
She apologized immediately upon arrival, bowing her head in shame.
Gabriel's form of address caused Yasaka and the others' pupils to slightly dilate.
As expected, he had inherited the title of the new God of the Bible.
"A troublesome matter?"
Renji raised an eyebrow.
Just a day later, and already there was some issue requiring his attention?
After Yasaka dismissed the fox shrine maiden.
"Speak."
"The otherworldly shrine maiden has encountered a problem."
Gabriel didn't provide details right away, giving such a vague response to gauge the reaction of this new master.
It seemed he still had no intention of asking these three to leave, meaning he considered them trustworthy?
She couldn't help but sigh inwardly. So, his initial trust wasn't placed with the angels after all.
Then, shouldn't they have rushed over immediately yesterday?
Because new information quickly arrived: the gods and buddhas of Mount Sumeru had returned, and the one who would become the new master of Heaven, King Solomon, appeared to be fine—this was learned through Xenovia.
Thus, there was no need for the angels to mobilize in full force.
Instead, the angels proceeded to Kuoh Town to await this new master's arrival and meet with him secretly.
The reason for not making direct contact immediately was that such actions could easily backfire.
Wouldn't that be announcing that the angels were hastily protecting someone, implying this person currently lacked the ability to protect himself?
If the gods and buddhas of Mount Sumeru seemed to have been frightened off by King Solomon, wouldn't the angels' actions confirm that he was actually weakened?
Wouldn't they immediately return to attack?
Therefore, it was best for the angels not to come directly to Kyoto.
So, using the teleportation array left in Kuoh Town from the previous tripartite meeting, they secretly transferred over and waited for his return.
But now, why had Gabriel hurried over?
"What kind of problem?"
"It's just..."
The otherworldly shrine maiden has left this world.
As the group was heading to Kuoh Town, the shrine maiden also woke up, so they brought her along to Kuoh Town. Unexpectedly, while no one was paying attention, the shrine maiden activated an incomprehensible teleportation spell.
That should be a cross-world teleportation spell.
So, did the shrine maiden escape?
It can't be said that she escaped; rather, she was in such a hurry to go to another parallel world that she activated that spell.
The problem was that when she activated this spell, four people tried to stop her and ended up being swept away, disappearing from this world.
"Who?"
"Lord Leviathan, the child Irina, the descendant of King Arthur, Miss Le Fay Pendragon, and the Valkyrie from the North, Rossweisse."
Among them, Miss Le Fay Pendragon was not with the angels; she was one of the dangerous cat devil's companions brought along.
As for the Valkyrie from the North, Rossweisse, she was sent by Odin ahead of the gods' conference to check on the situation in Kuoh Town. Coincidentally, she also arrived today and was swept away as well.
So, Gabriel hurried over immediately.
Thus, Renji looked somewhat puzzled at Akeno. With something like this happening, hadn't Rias contacted them?
As for why she hadn't called him, his phone broke during yesterday's battle.
"Uh, sorry, I turned it off," Akeno replied apologetically. She had turned it off to avoid being disturbed, never expecting something like this to happen.
"I see, I'll try to get in touch with them."
Hanging up here, logging in over there...