CHAPTER 811: SEVEN MYSTERIES OF THE ACADEMY

"Eiji, there’s an ant following me and he seems to be targeting you to get information about what I’m doing on this planet."

From within the void and while sitting on her throne, Ames whispered to Eiji who was having lunch with his girls on the roof of the school.

She also explained the other party was a high-level assassin from Bloodshed Land, the organization led by Heber.

His ability allowed her to follow the trail of her energy fluctuations. And since Eiji was the same species as her, he must think he had something to do with her.

Hearing this, Eiji blinked his eyes and didn’t panic at all.

"Oh, I see. Ames, just leave this matter to your future lover."

"....." Ames was silent for a moment before saying, "Are you sure? Actually, the reason I told you was because I wanted to kill him myself."

"No need. As your future lover, I should at least be able to protect your privacy from a mongrel."

Eiji did not take Heber’s subordinates seriously and just like his previous enemies, he called him a mongrel.

Ames liked to call people weaklings who annoyed her ants. However, she had to admit that calling them mongrels was quite funny.

"Fufu. Alright, I’ll leave Heber’s subordinates to you, Eiji."

She giggled and continued to watch him in the void.

Did she realize her stalker-like actions?

Eiji doubted it.

"What do you think, Eiji? Eriri really is a loser, isn’t she?"

"Utaha, take back your words! I-I’m not scared of ghosts at all!"

Since the conversation between him and Ames was encrypted, the three girls who were having lunch with him did not hear it.

However, he himself was not sure what the girls were talking about. He made a confused expression when he saw Utaha folding her hands under her large breasts with a mocking smile, and Eriri standing up as she prepared to slap the black-haired girl with her blonde twintail.

Megumi who sat beside him ate quietly, she stared at the two girls in front of her as if she was watching something funny.

No wonder in the original work, Saekano. She defeated both of them and ended up as the winner.

[Megumi deserves to be the final boss like Shizuku from Arifureta.]

???

Many heroines including Megumi have question marks over their heads.

Leaving aside the way you called the heroine who won and made the protagonist crazy about her as the final boss, Eiji.

That’s not the first time you’ve said it.

But who is Shizuku from Arifureta?

The other heroines?

They all fell silent.

"Eiji, you must be thinking rude things about me."

Megumi said with a flat expression as usual. It wasn’t just her guess, but a fact because she could hear his inner voice.

Eiji denied, "No, I didn’t."

"Liar."

[That’s right, Megumi. He’s a liar.]

Miss System, restrain yourself from commenting.

"By the way, what were you guys talking about earlier?"

He changed the subject...

Megumi, Eriri and Utaha all rolled their eyes.

They wondered what exactly he was thinking that he didn’t hear their previous conversation?

But put that aside. Utaha pointed at the blonde girl on the side, "Eiji, I said Eriri’s a loser, she’s scared just from hearing me tell the Seven Mysteries of this school."

"Kasumigaoka Utaha, stop saying nonsense! Eiji, don’t believe what she says, I’m not scared at all!"

Eriri bared her small fangs and glared at the black-haired girl, but her legs were trembling slightly.

Utaha covered her mouth with one hand, she thought Eriri looked like a golden retriever now.

Eiji pretended not to hear what Utaha was thinking and asked, "Seven Mysteries in this school? Sorry, I don’t know what you guys are talking about."

"Oh, you don’t know?" Utaha was a little surprised.

Eriri and Megumi also felt the same way. After all, Eiji’s mind in their minds was... Besides being extremely perverted, shameless and reliable in every situation, he gave them the illusion that he knew everything in the world.

But, such a person said he didn’t know the Seven Mysteries of Kuoh Academy.

"This is the first time I’ve heard of it. Or rather, shouldn’t you guys be talking about exams or something? Why suddenly talk about a horror topic?"

Eriri nodded her head as if agreeing with what Eiji said and pointed at Utaha.

"What Eiji said is right. It’s Utaha’s fault, she’s suddenly talking about such a scary thing."

"Ara. Eriri, you just admitted that you’re scared."

"I’m not!"

The two started arguing again.

Eiji sighed and glanced at Megumi, "You know too, Megumi? Try telling me what the Seven Mysteries are in this school."

Ames who was watching in the void was also curious, she secretly eavesdropped on the conversation.

Megumi blinked her eyes, she closed her lunch box and as if the world was on her side, some clouds blocked the sunlight and made the environment on the rooftop rather dark.

The atmosphere of horror was more pronounced in such weather.

"Does this girl have Esper abilities to manipulate the weather?" Ames whispered.

"Hmm... I’m sure not. It’s a coincidence!"

Eiji was acting suspiciously. In fact, he was the one manipulating the weather with his powers.

Ames guessed this and wasn’t interested in asking further.

Currently, Megumi turned on her cell phone’s flashlight and positioned it under her beautiful face.

Eriri was terrified just looking at that, and almost cowered at Utaha’s side.

Megumi, you know how to play.

"The Seven Mysteries at Kuoh Academy... I’ll just repeat what Utaha-senpai said and change it slightly according to my knowledge."

"Those are strange phenomena in this school, many students from the first, second and third years have witnessed them with their eyes."

"Basically, it’s the sightings of ghosts and objects moving by themselves in seven places such as the restrooms, classrooms, hallways, art room, library, sports fields at night and old school buildings."

"The most famous ghost sighting is Hanako in the girls’ restroom. Any student who goes there later than 5pm is said to see her."

"And when the sun sets completely, anyone who is still at the school will 100% see those phenomena... Buu!"

That last part was a bit shocking.

"Hiiik!" But only Eriri was scared to the point that she squealed.

She was really scared even though with the Master-Servant contract buff, she could kill ghosts with one punch.

She didn’t seem to realize it.

Eiji shook his head.

"Hahaha! Megumi, good job." Utaha laughed at Eriri and praised Megumi.

Megumi turned off her flashlight and instantly, the sky brightened again.

"This girl talk is quite interesting" Ames commented.

Eiji felt a little sorry for her and thought she never enjoyed the beauty of school. Except for her subordinates, she had no friends to talk to about trivial things.

That was why Megumi, Eriri and Utaha’s talk excited her to the point that she made such an expression.

In the void, Ames didn’t realize she looked excited.

Ignoring Eriri who was slapping Utaha with her twintail and giving her 0 damage on every attack.

Eiji was enlightened and said, "So that’s the Seven Mysteries of this school..."

[Suddenly, I remembered that in the original work there was a small plot about the Seven Mysteries at Kuoh Academy and actually...]

What?

The heroines were curious.

Eiji paused and suddenly clapped his hands, "Alright, girls. It’s time for the three of you to return to class."

"What about you, Eiji? You’re not going back to your class?" Megumi asked.

Gosh, she was so sensitive.

Utaha and Eriri also glanced at him as if asking the same thing.

Eiji didn’t want to worry them, so he lied.

"Yes, I have to see your other sisters first before returning to class."

Hearing this, the three girls did not doubt him and believed him. Not because of his god-level acting skills, but purely just because it was what Eiji would do.

After finishing spending time with them, he wanted to tease their other sisters and perhaps do something perverted.

Thinking that, they said their goodbyes and left from the school roof without seeing Eiji’s lips twitch.

He read their thoughts!

How rude.

Was his image in the hearts of his women that bad?

There must be some misunderstanding here.

"Eiji, he’s coming." Ames whispered again.

Tsk, didn’t she know her nice voice made his heart itch?

Luckily he has good self-control, right Miss System?

[Speaking of your self-control, host. Honestly, it’s very weak.]

*Swoosh!*

At this moment, a gust of wind was heard, a figure in gray armor appeared and was about to put the knife on Eiji’s neck.

The speed was so fast, even the average ultimate class creature in Highschool DxD would be late to react.

But Eiji casually pinched the person’s knife with his finger.

"!!!"

An assassin who was one of Heber’s subordinates was dumbfounded, he did not expect his knife to be blocked in such a way and when he was about to pull it back, he was unable to do so.

He was a B+ Assassin! His speed and strength should be superior to most creatures on this desolate planet!

Why is this guy...

"Isn’t it obvious? I’m much stronger than you can think."

Eiji read the assassin’s mind. Then, he hit his face with the back of his hand.

"Gughhh...!"

The assassin’s body was instantly thrown away at the speed of sound and stuck in a mountain located on the outskirts of Kuoh city.

In the next instant, a giant golden palm dispersed the clouds in the sky and slapped him and the mountain he was on.

*BOOOOM!!*

The mountain was leveled and had a palm-shaped crater.

Heber’s subordinate who was sent to get information about Ames died without knowing anything.

His body was flattened like a small mosquito that had just been slapped.

To do that, Eiji just waved one of his hands while using his Charyeok called Longinus.

It was an ability belonging to the boss villain of The God Of High School.

Ames was again surprised by another type of power he possessed.

"Eiji, even though you’re the same species as me, you have more abilities than me. How many Esper abilities do you have exactly?"

"Well... Quite a lot."

Eiji walked off the school roof and went to his class.

To him, the death of Heber’s subordinate at his hands was only a small episode in his life and not worth mentioning, he would probably soon forget about it within a few hours.

If Heber knew this, he might feel a little humiliated.

Ames was not satisfied with Eiji’s answer, but it made him even more mysterious.

[Should I tell Ames that I’m not just an exclusive Dragon Emperor like her? My species doesn’t restrict me from using other types of power that I have as a Hegemony God and Demon Lord at the same time.]

Hegemony God? Demon Lord?!

Come to think of it, Ames remembered Eiji not denying when Ryoma called him a devil at school.

He was actually the Demon Lord!

And the Hegemony God... How powerful is he?

Ames’ curiosity was getting the better of him. That’s what Eiji wanted, this was part of his love strategy.

He wanted to make her into a pregnant cat out of curiosity.

[Correction, host. Shouldn’t it be curiosity killing a cat?]

’Miss System, I deliberately changed the sage’s words to suit my needs.’

...

Not long after.

The same subordinate who had reported to Heber yesterday knelt in the center of the throne room.

His face was pale and hesitant to say what had happened to one of his colleagues.

"I called you here to get good news about Ames. But you seem to have disappointed me."

Heber’s harsh voice made the subordinate’s body tremble.

"N-No, I have at least gotten information about where Ames went, my lord!"

He hurriedly said.

Haber’s expression changed, he seemed interested now. "Oh, so where did she go?"

"It’s a small planet outside our star system, I’ve gotten the coordinates. But my lord, that’s all I know because..."

The subordinate hesitated to say, he was afraid.

"Because of what? Is this what scares you? Tell me."

Heber urged him to say what bad thing happened.

Although he already had a guess. For example Ames killed the subordinate he sent to follow her.

"An assassin who was following Ames, he died before getting more information about her."

"Ames killed him, right?" Haber asked as if he was sure of his guess.

But he was a little surprised because...

"No, my lord. It was a resident living on that planet. According to the footage we managed to get from the assassin’s armor before he was killed, he died at the hands of a boy named Eiji."

"For some reason, Eiji has the same energy fluctuations as Ames. That’s why Assassin—"

*Boom!*

The subordinate died before he could finish his words.

His body exploded and turned into a mist of blood on the spot.

Heber had just used his abilities as a Pugilist, he snorted.

"My soldier died at the hands of a resident of a small planet outside the Seoul star system."

"That’s shameful and makes me upset. You deserve to die."

Then, he checked the coordinates of the planet Ames was currently visiting under the gaze of the other Bloodshed Land leaders. He was their true leader, but he still needed them to run an organization that was mostly focused on war.

The Bloodshed Land leaders were used to seeing Heber kill his own subordinates.

They didn’t react and were only curious as to why their true leader’s expression suddenly seemed strange.

"I didn’t expect Ames to go to a planet that is in the territory of that little Galactic King, Gid. Heh, that reminds me of my two subordinates who in the past failed to capture his daughter and were killed by someone."

"My lord, do you need one of us to lead the troops and continue the mission of those incompetents?" One of Bloodshed Land’s leaders asked. His name was Foster, an A+ Pugilist.

Except for Heber, he was the strongest among the other leaders.

Heber pondered for a moment before saying, "No need, sooner or later I will get Ames and even Gid’s daughter. After that, I will take control of their respective territories. Right now, better get ready for our party."

...

Eiji had just used his Future Insight to check the plots for the next few days.

The corner of his lips lifted as he found something interesting.

For example, in a universe with an Imaginary Tree containing many worlds similar to this Honkai universe, there were still people who dared to desire his first fiancée, Lala.

Such a person was looking for death.

But leave that aside.

For now, there was a plot that he had to complete first. The plot this time was also unusual in that it combined two specific franchises.

Remember the plot of Mieruko-chan’s tunnel merging with Turbo Granny’s tunnel before?

This time the combination was different.

"Eiji, is it necessary to hold my butt when we’re walking?"

"I also want to ask the same thing."

Lala and Asia complained.

The sun was already setting, but they were still at school. For one of them, Lala had turned on the livestream so that the other women in the group chat could watch.

Still, why?

Long story short, after today’s exam ended. Rias and Sona suddenly gave their sister and their man a mission.

The two girls didn’t insist of course. But heard this mission had something to do with the Seven Mysteries of Kuoh Academy.

Or rather, they were told to investigate about the ghosts and strange phenomena that had frightened the students.

Many of them were interested.

Even so, it was impossible for everyone to participate in this mission. So, except for Eiji who would definitely be going. The women in the group chat took a vote for that, the winners being Asia and Lala.

"This is necessary, I don’t want you two to be afraid."

Eiji said with seriousness on his face. If only his hands weren’t squeezing their asses, Lala and Asia would probably believe it.

Eiji, you pervert.

Ass maniac!

Shameless.

Ara Ara, ufufufu.

That’s what many women who are now watching the livestream in the chat group are saying.

"It’s not scary, I’m actually excited to see ghosts~!" Lala shouted excitedly.

Her cute voice echoed in the dark school hallway.

Asia looked left and right, and suddenly hugged one of Eiji’s arms with fear on her face. "Waaah! Eiji-san, I’m scared!"

"....." The women in the group chat.

Asia, really?

You’re scared? Why do I feel like you’re pretending?

"Asia, don’t worry. I’m right here!" However, Eiji didn’t seem to care, he pretended to be with Asia.

He was like a protagonist in a horror novel protecting the heroines.

Asia curled up in her lover’s muscular arms, she refrained from smiling sweetly and kept a cowardly expression on her face.

Lala wondered if she should do the same?

At that moment, it happened that a humanoid figure came out of the classroom barefoot. She seemed to be a woman with very pale skin, her long black hair covering her face.

But when she turned toward them, they could see her torn mouth with a surgical mask hanging from one ear.

"Am I beautiful?"

She asked while moving the scissors in one of her hands, her voice hoarse and creepy.

"!!!"

Asia, Lala and the other women who were watching the broadcast were immediately shocked, Eriri even ran straight to her mother Sayuri’s bedroom.

There really was a ghost at their school.

And from the characteristics of the ghost they were looking at, it seemed to be...

[Utaha: That’s Kuchisake-onna. A ghost with a surgical mask and carrying scissors, she always asks ’Am I beautiful?’ to the victim. If the answer is wrong or not to her liking, the victim can be killed by her.]

[Pansy: Utaha, you are knowledgeable about this kind of thing.]

[Utaha: Of course, I’ve been doing research on ancient and urban legends for my new novel.]

[Megumi: So that’s why you suddenly talked about ghosts to scare Eriri this noon?]

[Eriri: I’m not scared!]

[Utaha: Exactly, Megumi.]

[Eriri: Hey, don’t ignore me!]

[Mai: I also know about Kuchisake-onna and wonder how Eiji will answer her?]

Hearing this, their attention immediately turned to Eiji’s face.

That’s right, they were curious how he would be Kuchisake-onna’s question!

"Am I beautiful?" Kuchisake-onna repeated her question as if worried that the people in front of her had hearing problems.

However, she couldn’t help but glance at Eiji.

Asia and Lala were also glancing at him.

[No, why are you all looking at me? Am I the only one who has to answer that trick question?! You guys want to sacrifice me.]

Hahaha!

Miss System laughed inside her host’s head.

Leme couldn’t help but laugh as well. Many heroines did the same thing.

Eiji sighed, he knew the legend about Kuchisake-onna from the horror movie he watched in his previous life.

So to answer her question. "Beautiful, you are beautiful."

He lied, but with his god-level acting skills, those who didn’t know him well enough would doubt his aesthetic sense.

Asia and Lala stifled laughter.

"Really?" Kuchisake-onna’s smile grew wider and creepier.

Was it a good sign?

Many of them were not sure.

Eiji nodded, "The words of a man like me are worth their weight in gold, I never lie when complimenting how beautiful a woman is."

Wow.

Many of them were amazed he could say that without shame.

"You can’t take back your words. If you lie, I’ll stab you with scissors! Hehe, now, come here my husband, hug me!"

Kuchisake-onna laughed and spread her arms.

Eiji’s lips twitched, he unconsciously stepped back.

[Wait! I never heard Kuchisake-onna would say that when a man calls her beautiful. This doesn’t fit the script!]

[You want me to hug an ugly woman like you? No way!]

The heroines: Pffft!

At this moment, Asia stepped forward with a ’cowardly’ expression, she took out a small bottle of water from her pocket.

"I-I won’t let you touch Eiji-san. In the name of the Father of angels, the highest God in heaven, the God of the Bible, I order you to leave this world."

"Take this... Holy Water!"

She poured the holy water in her bottle towards Kuchisake-onna.

"Aaahhh! It hurts, I’m burning! Ahhh!"

Kuchisake-onna screamed in pain, her body burned by the holy water and a few seconds later, she vanished.

Eiji and the others were dumbfounded.

They knew Asia was a former nun, so she probably knew how to perform exorcisms.

But, they didn’t expect her to bring holy water in this situation and kill a ghost with it!