In a desolate city park, a boy and a girl stood in front of a fountain.
If Ren were here, he'd instantly recognize this place — it's the start of the High School DxD storyline.
Yes, this is the very scene where the protagonist dies and gets reincarnated as a devil.
— Hyoudou Issei!
— Yuuma Amano... no, actually, the fallen angel Raynare!
Currently disguised as a human, she goes by Yuuma Amano.
She was about to take action to steal the Sacred Gear from poor Issei.
Even though she only knew he had a Sacred Gear, that was reason enough to strike.
Anyone with a Sacred Gear is destined for greatness.
"Hey, Issei..."
Her lips moved gently. Raynare's acting was impeccable. After all, she was a fallen angel — this was second nature. And our guy Issei? Despite being a total perv, he had no experience with girls.
Yuuma's fake confession had him completely dumbfounded.
"What is it, Yuuma?"
Issei looked nervous, his mind full of wild fantasies...
But unfortunately, things wouldn't go as he hoped.
"To commemorate our first date, can I ask you for one thing?"
"W-What is it you want to ask me?"
"Can you please die?"
In an instant, the atmosphere around them changed completely. Issei froze.
A pair of black wings spread from Yuuma's back. Black feathers fluttered down around her.
A spear of light formed in her hand and — before Issei could react — it pierced his chest.
"Sorry. You're a threat to us. Gotta deal with that early."
"If you want someone to blame, blame the god who let that Sacred Gear live inside you."
Issei's brain couldn't keep up with what was happening.
Blood poured out, and he collapsed.
Raynare — no, Yuuma — looked down at the corpse and gave a wicked smile.
But then...
"Fou..."
A sudden sound made Raynare whip around, alert.
She had put up a barrier in the area. Kuoh City was under the Gremory family's protection, especially that red-haired princess of destruction. Raynare didn't care too much about her, but interference would be a pain.
What puzzled her was that the thing approaching was just a small animal.
A snow-white creature, like a cross between a fox and a dog...
Even Raynare couldn't tell what species it was.
But that wasn't the issue — because its master soon appeared.
"Fou... You really shouldn't wander off. What if you saw something filthy? You might ruin your eyes..."
With a teasing tone, a handsome boy stepped into view.
The creature — named Fou — jumped onto his shoulder.
He calmly walked toward the corpse.
"Who are you!?"
Seeing someone move freely within her barrier, Raynare's expression darkened. She raised her spear of light at him.
Normal people or animals shouldn't be able to enter this space.
"I don't like having weapons pointed at me. Should I take that as a sign of hostility?"
Ren smiled, eyes gleaming dangerously.
Their eyes met, and to her shock, Raynare instinctively... felt fear.
She began to lower her spear, but then — rage took over.
She was a fallen angel! Why was she afraid of a mere human? Even Sacred Gear users weren't supposed to be threatening!
If she couldn't win, she still had subordinates, allies — why fear him?
"A mere human dares threaten me?"
She lunged, spear of light aimed at Ren's chest. The air thundered as she attacked.
Surely, her weapon would pierce through his heart.
But just before it struck, he raised a single finger.
Raynare smirked arrogantly.
Then — boom.
Her spear shattered on impact with Ren's finger, like fireworks exploding in the sky.
Not even a scratch.
"Impossible!"
Her smile froze. She couldn't even sense any magic from him — yet he blocked her attack? How?
Fou yawned lazily. Even it had more power than her now.
Its century-old magic had been used to revive someone obliterated by a holy light weapon — and even restored a short-lived artificial human into a normal one. This wasn't some basic resurrection...
Without a word, Ren grabbed Raynare by the throat.
She thrashed wildly, but it was useless.
In the face of death, she realized she'd messed with the wrong person.
"I was wrong! Please, my lord, I'm sorry! I'll give you anything! Please spare me!"
"Anything?"
Ren's eyes scanned her curvy figure.
Raynare hesitated, then quickly nodded.
"Yes, anything you want! Even... this body... Just please don't kill me!"
All she wanted was to survive.
Ren rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Perfect. You'll do nicely for an experiment..."
[Detected: Low-Class Fallen Angel bloodline. Convert to draw attempt?]
[Note: Lower-ranked bloodline can't be exchanged for a full draw. It will be converted into one fragment. Ten fragments = one draw.]
"Convert."
At his word, Raynare felt her power fading.
She... was turning into a powerless human.
More than shock — she felt terror.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Her scream echoed throughout the park.