- Ajuka -
Sitting down on the couch, he noticed a bunch of what looked to be some children's novels lying on the table.
It had been a busy day. First Serafall sends him some recordings to find out about someone who looked exactly like her and was doing shows in Japan.
To be honest, he agreed with Sirzechs that it was just some fan of hers. She did have pretty crazy fans. After all, one has to be crazy to watch any of her shows.
In fact, if she hadn't been so insistent with Sirzechs backing her up, he would have bet on the whole thing being another one of her pranks.
That said, things were apparently not so this time. As he took some time from his work to check the videos, he got another call, this time from Sirzechs for a completely different matter altogether.
Katerea Leviathan had attacked Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri as well as their queens in Tokyo… but was stopped by someone and was killed instead.
Suddenly, he felt a massive round of headaches coming.
He always had one whenever those Old Satan faction guys were involved.
Can't a man stay in his lab and work in peace for a while?
At least Katerea was killed by someone unknown or knowing them, she would have likely died at the hands of Sirzechs or Serafall first… most probably Serafall.
Serafall had become quite overprotective of Sona… especially after that incident.
The girls were quite shocked by the incident and were getting ready before they arrived so Ajuka picked up a book to entertain himself.
He read through the books at his normal pace, having nothing better to do to pass the time but didn't think that a children's book would catch his attention.
But he got interested….surprisingly.
CADs huh… was this written by some Human Magician?
A few minutes later, Sirzechs and Serafall entered the room, followed by their little sisters and parents. "Sorry to keep you waiting, Ajuka. We were worried and the girls needed to go through some medical checkups first."
"It's fine. I just arrived." He laid aside the book and looked at the shaken up girls.
"Rias, go on. Tell us what happened there." Sirzechs asked his sister, giving her a light push and she came forward and replayed the story.
The other three came after her and filled in the holes in the story.
"So, Katerea Leviathan attacked you out of nowhere."
Serafall's sister slowly nodded and ice started to gather on the glasses of the room.
"Control yourself, Serafall." Sirzechs spoke, attracting her attention, causing the ice to recede.
"She said that she was there trying to find a Lucifer." Sona offered.
Ah, that mysterious Lucifer who overturned the table because some foolish magicians decided to poke the hornet's nest.
Even after several months, they found nothing about this person. It was understandable that the Old Satan faction would want someone like this who could clear an entire country of selected people on their side.
Thankfully, the person himself was more of a recluse and didn't come out.
"Can you tell us something about the boy who fought her? Also, this little sister of his?"
"The boy was a Devil. His sister called him Sil. He had black hair, blue, almost purple eyes and looked like he was around twenty but we couldn't see his face as the lower half of his face was covered by a mask. He was extremely fast when using Water Magic. He was wearing a purple and black dress like… like the Masked Phantom from Magical Girl Levia-tan and the Invaders from Heaven." Rias added. "It was cool, especially with the way he fought."
"Actually, that woman thought he was related to Sitri because of this and his hair and eye colour." Sona added.
He noticed the Serafall freeze momentarily at this, remembering the incident from eighteen years ago. What a mess that was? She had almost frozen half the underworld in her rage.
Lady Sitri looked frozen too. It was Lord Sitri's reaction which was odd. His eyes widened and his mouth opened a little. He probably knew something but controlled himself.
Rias continued. "He stopped the water dragon attacking us with a near identical attack and apologised to the woman, asking her to let go of the matter saying that he didn't like fighting. She was however offended and attacked but he easily countered." She paused for a moment as if remembering the scene. "All those water dragons, all those attacks were easily cut off by him using water blades… instantly. It was as if he wasn't even trying." She said almost in a daze.
"Yes. It looked as if… as if he was handling a child. His use of Water Magic was so effortless. He actually broke her attacks and then froze it so that she couldn't control it again. Oh! I observed something odd about him." Sona spoke.
"Yes?"
"He was not using any magic circles. From the start till the end, I didn't see any magic circles. It's like he could control all the water at will and he did so just by willing it. Actually, he didn't even use any Magic Circles when using Ice Magic either. All of that was done by him with casual ease."
"Oh! Anything else?"
"He was defending the whole time. He kept telling her that he didn't want to fight and even apologised for anything we might have done even without knowing anything. He even offered to give her compensation if she would just stop, telling her that anything further would cause destruction in the area but that woman kept attacking." Rias continued.
"Yes… he looked… tired." Sona added.
"From the fighting?" He asked.
"No. He was more like getting exhausted after a whole day of work and wanting a nap- tired." Rias added and Sona nodded to it.
"The woman got very angry when Milim made fun of her for not being able to defeat him… and attacked us with a very big attack. At this point, I heard the boy whisper that he was done and said 'Frost' and then everything instantly turned to ice. All those hundreds and hundreds of water attacks, the woman attacking us….everything….just froze. He….was not even trying. He wasn't even looking at her. He was turning towards us when he did that. He then just bowed to us and thanked us for helping his sister and said that he would treat us if we met again, took her and flew away."
….
A very uncomfortable silence settled over the room.
Katerea Leviathan was at the very top of the Ultimate Class, could even be at a Low Satan Class after so many years… and that was something of note in the world. The number of Devils stronger than her could be counted on both hands with fingers to spare.
And someone who could defeat her….so easily, Ajuka could only think of three such people, one of them being himself.
Even among the current Satans, Serafall and Falbium couldn't do it. Not that easily at least.
Serafall had personally checked the site of the battle.
Each of those water weapons were frozen still. The entire thing looked like a lifelike sculpture than anything else.
And all of it was done instantly. In less than a fraction of a second.
"Do you know of anyone like that, Lord Sitri?" Sirzechs asked and unlike the previous reaction the man denied it, still looking a bit out of it.
"Can you all remember anything, even a simple thing about the boy and his sister?"
"Umm, his sister….she was not a devil."
"Hmm? Explain."
"She was a child around ten or so and called herself Magical Girl Maou Milim Nava. It was because of this that the woman got angry with us. Also, she repeatedly called herself his elder sister. She had the habit of giving nicknames to everyone. We could only find out what we did about him because she talked a little about herself. She was there with her friends to visit the Comic-con and she was with her brother. Her brother is a chef and she called him Sil. They were not from Tokyo."
….
"That leaves us with even less than what we started with. First that mysterious Lucifer and now another unknown possible Super Devil out there that we don't know about. Why is everyone suddenly gathering in Japan?"
"And the Japanese Supernatural community is being quite tense about this too. We cannot make any strong moves there to search. I convinced them with great difficulty that this incident had nothing to do with our side. Moving now would not be safe." Serafall spoke.
"Do you think they might be the same person?" Falbium asked.
He shook his head. "Highly unlikely. To master magic of that level takes more than just affinity. Someone being attuned to several such elements is unlikely. Moreover, the guy didn't know Katerea at all. If he was a Lucifer with that level of power, he must have had some idea of who she was."
"Serafall, talk to the Japanese Supernatural communities and see if we can find out anything about these two. Ajuka, can you make a portrait from their descriptions?"
He nodded and created a magic circle and presented it towards the girls. "Think of the boy and his sister's faces and put a palm on the magic circle."
They did and slowly two faces appeared on the magic circle.
A pink haired girl in a magical girl costume and a black haired boy in a purple and black costume with a half mask.
"Hmm." Ajuka narrowed his eyes in thought.
"What is it?" Sirzechs asked.
"These two… they are dressed in costumes. If I remember correctly, there was a cosplay event going on in the Comiket today, I think Serafall wanted to participate in it?"
"Oh yes. We can check the footage in the Comiket venue and get some clues about where they came from and where they went." He turned towards Grayfia who nodded and left the room directly.
"I have some footage of the Comiket from earlier. I will check them till then." He nodded.
The mention of the footage however made Serafall turn towards her parents.
"Oh yes, Mother, Father… why didn't you tell me that I had another sibling running around in the human world?"
The statement caused very different reactions from both her parents.
Her mother looked confused while her father… he was frozen in shock.
"What?"
"Pfft… you should look at your face, Father. It's nothing. There was someone in the Comiket who was pretending to be me. She called herself Sara and was a singer in a band." She laughed, probably trying to ease the atmosphere with that magical girl persona of hers.
"Oh! Pretending to be you, you say?" Her mother asked, with a smile.
"Yes. She looked exactly like Onee-sama… but had a more… rockstar vibe." Sona said.
"Obviously she couldn't be as good as me." Serafall pouted at the words.
"I liked her songs. She was good." Sona shrugged.
"Where is she then?" Her mother asked.
"She left after the show yesterday. Even changed the memories of the people involved. That's why I wanted to find out who she is."
"Hmm, why don't we see the show then? The kids look like they could use some relaxation. Let the Satans take care of these matters." Lady Gremory said as she looked at him. "I take it you were going to watch the videos for your investigation?"
Ajuka nodded.
"Then join us."
With that, Sirzechs and Falbium left to take care of the Katerea incident while he sat down with the rest to watch the video. Serafall also wanted to see her faker so she stayed back.
The first video started.
Crossroad's Band.
All musicians were dressed in maid costumes when the lead singer entered.
"Oh my. She does look like Serafall. Is that a disguise? If not then they could totally pass off as twins." Lady Gremory laughed.
Ajuka used his magic to observe anything amiss but found nothing. There was only so much one could find from a simple video.
"She does have a good voice. The songs are nice too. She has talent. In fact, dare I say, she could make it big in the Underworld too." Lady Sitri praised.
"Hmph, alright. She is good. Since she hasn't done anything bad with my face, I will offer her a position in my show if I meet her. Magical Girl Levia-tan's long lost twin." Serafall said from the side.
"Mhh she is good but I think the guy singing today was better." Rias argued.
"He was good too." Sona nodded as the show ended and Ajuka played the next footage.
"Oh yes. There was another guy singing in her place, today, right? I heard he looked very similar to her too, so much so that some people mistook them as siblings." Serafall said with a slight laugh.
Ajuka however noticed something strange… which was Lord Sitri's reaction to the statement. His breathing shifted at the words.
He was acting strange from the very start which made him keep an eye on him.
Normally, Serafall would have noticed such things too but she was currently quite distracted by the whole thing.
The next show started and the same musicians dressed in the maid's clothes appeared on the stage but this time a boy entered behind them.
Black hair, blue eyes.
"Oh my, he does look a lot like you, Lord Sitri. I can see how people would think they were related." Lady Gremory smiled.
Lord Sitri however had gone completely stiff.
Ajuka noticed his lips moving, uttering a word… the same word as the one which came from the screen a moment later… Silas.
At this point, even without using his Kankara Formula, Ajuka knew… things were going to be troublesome.
And here he thought he could have some free time later.
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Author's Note:
I am back with another chapter of 'Isekai Restaurant'.
So, things are picking up pace.
We are at the end of the Comiket event.
Some things changed, some didn't.
Katerea still got turned into a popsicle.
And Kazuma almost fucked things up. Thankfully, Ainz is the master of improvisation.
How will the changes affect the story? How will the world react to the appearance of the 'Mysterious Ice Devil' after the 'Mysterious Lucifer'.
What would Silas do next?
That's for the next chapter.
Enjoy the new chapter.
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