Issei's feelings reached Asia, straight and true.
'Ah, that's right... Now that you mention it, when I first came into contact with Issei, I felt some hesitation, but that was because I was scared...'
'It seemed like I was looking at Issei, but maybe I wasn't really.'
To Asia, Issei had always been like a hero—someone who would help her whenever she was in trouble, who would never give up no matter the pinch.
That feeling had remained unchanged in her heart since the day they first met. But the real Issei wasn't a hero; he was just an ordinary, vulnerable boy...
Without trying to see the real him, she had let her own feelings run wild, pushed their relationship, and ended up hurting him even more. 'Oh, how foolish I am. Issei exposed his true feelings and heart to me. Now it's my turn!'
She wanted to answer Issei's words, his heart! 'Ah, Lord! Please, give me courage!'
Asia and Issei gazed at each other in silence for a while. Asia took a deep breath and spoke.
"Issei-san spoke to me without hiding his true feelings. So I will speak my true feelings too."
"Yeah..."
"It hurt so much, thinking you had chosen Raynare-sama."
"Yeah..."
"It made me sad when I gathered my courage and wanted you to hold me, but you didn't respond."
"Yeah..."
"It was painful that you didn't see me as a woman and treated me like a little sister."
"Yeah..."
"...But I have to apologize too. I didn't try to see the real you, and I forced my own feelings on you. I'm sorry."
"Asia, that's not—! I was the one...!?"
Asia pressed her index finger to Issei's lips, silencing him.
"We were both looking at each other without truly seeing. So let's start over from here. Just as you weren't a hero, the real me is no saint either. I'm just an ordinary girl who wants you to hold her, who wants to be loved by you, who's even interested in naughty things... Issei-san, please believe me. I won't betray you. I won't reject you. I'll stay by your side until your heart's wounds heal—no, I'll stay by your side forever. Because I've loved you since the day we first met—!!"
"───Asia!!"
Issei, despite her restraints and inability to move freely, pulled her into a tight embrace. He smelled a bit sweaty, but the warm, powerful sensation enveloped her. She wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him tightly in return.
"I'm sorry, Asia."
"Yes, I'm sorry too... Let's talk things through properly from now on. And let's take it slow, but work on healing. It's okay. I'll be by your side forever."
"Yeah... yeah! Thank you, Asia."
They looked at each other, their lips naturally drawing closer, about to touch—when...
"Kyaaaaaaaahhhhh!!?"
"Asia!?"
A sudden, violent electric current surged through her. Issei caught her firmly as she collapsed.
"Diodora, you bastard, you're still—!?"
In the direction of Issei's gaze, Diodora was standing up, having supposedly been buried under rubble.
Diodora brushed the dust from his clothes and glared at them with utter loathing.
"Really. If you'd just stayed quiet, you'd still be spouting that drivel about love and romance. It was so utterly pathetic I couldn't help but intervene."
An immense magical power, different from before, was erupting from Diodora's body. This was—!?
"Diodora, you still intend to fight!?"
"Shut up, Rias. I'm sick and tired of watching your worthless little melodrama."
"You...! Fine! We'll all beat the crap out of you, so prepare yourself!!"
At Rias's command, everyone took combat stances. At that moment, Diodora snapped his fingers. Numerous magic circles lit up around them, and from within, a multitude of devils appeared.
───What a number. Hundreds... no, perhaps close to a thousand.
"Wha—!?"
"Th-this is...!?"
Everyone was shocked by the sudden appearance of the horde of devils.
"Kukuku... Rias, don't their faces look familiar?"
Prompted by Diodora, Rias looked at their faces, thought for a moment, then let out an "Ah...".
"Ah, you all are, if I'm not mistaken..."
"Kukuku, we're honored, Princess Rias. To think you remember us."
Rias remembered. Those people were the nobles who had objected to Kazuki's promotion at the recent party.
"This is all your fault, Princess Rias. To choose a mere reincarnated devil as your fiancé... You shameless slut, you're a disgrace to the nobility!!"
"That's right! To scorn us nobles of ancient lineage and choose someone like him is an outrage!!"
"The current government's policies are wrong!!"
"Exactly! Purge those who kowtow to the current regime!"
"Purge them!!!"
The nobles screamed with faces twisted by madness. She had no idea there were so many people dissatisfied with the current government...
"How about it? There are many, many more who are unhappy with the current government's policy of favoring reincarnated devils—far more than you know. A little invitation was all it took to gather this many."
"Kuh...!"
Seeing Rias's frustrated expression pained Asia's heart. The one who established the current government's policies was Sirzechs, Rias's older brother. She must be feeling like her brother is being denied.
"Gufaaah!!"
At that moment, seizing an instant of distraction, Diodora appeared between Asia and Issei and sent Issei flying. Caught off guard, Issei took the attack defenselessly and tumbled to a spot near the others.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone! Now, let the banquet begin!"
Diodora declared triumphantly. 'Banquet...?' A very bad feeling washed over Asia.
"Your opponents are the Gremory servants, led by the rumored powerhouse Rias. As you can see, they're a collection of beauties."
The devils cheered.
"Do as you please with those you defeat. Rape them, kill them—it's your freedom!"
The devils' cheers reached a fever pitch. Diodora looked on with a satisfied smirk.
"Then───have at them."
With Diodora's single word, the devils attacked everyone.
"Princess Rias! It's a noble's duty! We'll impregnate you with pure devil blood!!"
"Akeno! I've wanted to grope those huge tits and ass since the first time I saw her!!"
"Kehehe, Yumi~! I'm gonna fuck you good and proper!!"
"Xenovia! I'll make that cool face of yours cry!!"
"The stray devil, Kuroka! I'll punish you thoroughly!!"
"Haah, haah, Koneko-chan, this uncle here wants to..."
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The devils, their desires laid bare, closed in on everyone.
"Everyone! Form a circle! Protect each other's backs!!"
"Yes!!!"
Following Rias's order, they formed a defensive circle. Perhaps aware of their strength, the devils surrounded them but hesitated to attack.
At that moment, Diodora's voice rang out.
"Rias~? You understand, right? That I hold Asia's life in my hands."
"!?!?"
'What!? Then, because of my, everyone would...!'
"Stop! Please make them stop!!"
Diodora looked down at Asia's pleading form with a cruel expression. Then, he reached into the chest of her wedding dress and tore it apart violently.
RIIIIIP!!
"Kyaaaaaahhh!!"
Restrained and unable to move her limbs, she was exposed naked before Diodora. Her face burned with shame.
"Asia!!?"
"Kukuku, I've been waiting for this moment. I'm going to take you right in front of the Red Dragon Emperor and Rias, make you completely mine!"
Diodora's hand groped her breast. She broke out in goosebumps from the sheer revulsion.
"Nooo! Stop! Issei-san, Issei-saaan!"
"Stop it, Diodora!!"
"Don't, Issei! Don't break the circle!!"
"But President! If this continues, Asia will...!?"
Everyone was in chaos. Issei, Rias, and even Asia herself. Tears welled up at the sensation of Diodora's fingers crawling over her skin.
'Oh, am I going to be raped away by this despicable man?' The thought filled Asia's heart with despair.
But this man then plunged her into even deeper despair.
"Kukuku, it took considerably longer than the original plan, but I can finally make you mine."
"Original... plan...?"
Sensing something ominous in those words, she couldn't help but ask. Diodora then grinned a lewd, disgusting smirk.
"Want to hear? Fine, I'll tell you. ...I have a thing for so-called 'saints,' you see. All my servants are nuns from the church, exorcists—girls once called devout believers of God. In other words, your seniors. Trapping them, seducing them with sweet words, corrupting them, and having my way with them... that's my hobby."
"You don't mean..."
"That's right, just like you. That day, I deliberately injured myself and appeared before you. The kind-hearted, you healed my wounds without question, but didn't you think it was strange? The church is enemy territory for a devil. No matter how weakened I was, why would I approach a place overflowing with the aura of light?"
"Ah..."
'That's right.' A little thought would have revealed it. Why hadn't she realized?
"You, who healed a devil, were scorned as a 'traitor,' a 'witch,' and driven from the church, just as I'd scripted. The original plan was for me to appear before you, heartbroken, and take you then and there. But those meddlesome fallen angel crows interfered, and you ended up going to Japan, of all places, to Kuoh Town, Rias's territory. There, you died once and were reborn as Rias's servant. What an utterly unnecessary detour. But the hardship makes the final conquest all the sweeter. And to even get to enjoy the thrill of taking you from another... You really are the best, Asia!"
"Such...!?"
It was over. She knew crying would only please Diodora, but tears of frustration and sorrow overflowed and wouldn't stop.
"Kukuku,───Now then, the banquet is far from over! Everyone, enjoy yourselves!"
The Feast of Despair continued…
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