In the end, Gabriel chose to trust Izumi.
She did not take the fragment of the God of the Bible's will with her.
Instead, she left it in Izumi's care.
If there was even the slightest chance that the God of the Bible could be revived someday, it would be an immeasurable blessing for the angels.
And Gabriel had already made up her mind.
From now on—
She would remain by Izumi's side.
Seeing that she had finally calmed down, Izumi smiled.
"Well then, since you already know the truth…"
"Shall we continue?"
As he said this, a mischievous grin appeared on his face.
Gabriel's cheeks immediately turned red.
But she didn't refuse.
After all—
She had been restraining herself for hundreds of thousands of years.
There was no way she would be satisfied so easily.
...
When Izumi woke up the next morning, Gabriel had already left.
She had quietly returned to the residence of the angels.
There, she told Michael and the other Seraphs everything she had learned from Izumi.
The moment they heard the news, they were overjoyed.
However, they quickly calmed down again.
Michael looked at Gabriel with a slightly strange expression.
"Gabriel… you already…"
He immediately noticed the subtle change in her.
Clearly—
She had used the item he had developed.
The other two Archangels also turned to look at her.
Gabriel simply nodded.
"I've already made my decision."
"From now on… I will marry Izumi-kun."
"So I'll have to leave the affairs of Heaven to all of you."
The moment Michael heard that, his eyes lit up.
"Don't worry, leave it to us!"
Then he suddenly seemed to think of something.
"Oh, right—should I make a few more of those items?"
"Maybe Gabriel's younger sister and the others could use them too!"
His eyes sparkled with excitement.
If Heaven could marry off a few angels to Izumi and strengthen their relationship with him—
Michael would gladly support the idea.
However—
His suggestion immediately earned Gabriel's disapproval.
"Michael, what are you even thinking?!"
"If you tried something like that, Griselda would probably try to stab you!"
Thinking of her other sister, Gabriel sighed helplessly.
If Michael actually attempted something like that, there was a good chance her sister would literally attack him.
Michael scratched his head awkwardly.
"Sorry, sorry. Just joking."
Then he added curiously,
"By the way… are you going to tell Gabriel's little sister about this?"
"After all, her classmate suddenly becoming her brother-in-law… that's a bit unusual."
Gabriel fell silent for a moment.
Then she nodded.
"Yes, I'll tell her."
"There's no reason to hide it."
"She'll find out eventually anyway."
Sure enough—
When Gabriel's younger sister heard that her sister had gotten involved with Izumi, she looked utterly speechless.
"So basically…"
"That guy is my brother-in-law now?"
"…Wow."
"That feels weird."
She scratched her head awkwardly.
Gabriel rolled her eyes.
"Weird? Don't give me that."
She knew perfectly well what her sister was like in the human world.
Her sister didn't have much direct interaction with Izumi anyway.
With her current personality, she probably didn't care in the slightest.
If anything, she might start thinking about how to get benefits from Izumi.
After all—
Technically speaking, she was now Izumi's sister-in-law, wasn't she?
Thinking about her younger sister's personality gave Gabriel a headache.
She had changed so much.
She was no longer the pure and adorable little angel she used to be.
...
Time passed quickly.
Soon, the war council regarding the invasion of the EXE World finally began.
Representatives from many factions had gathered.
The Biblical faction, the Norse gods, the Greek gods, and many other divine pantheons from the DxD world.
Looking at the assembled gods, the God-slaying power inside Izumi stirred faintly.
But he suppressed it.
Meanwhile, the gods present looked at Izumi with strange expressions.
They had not expected that this young man was actually a God Slayer.
Still, none of them said anything.
After all, now was not the time to argue about that.
Looking around the room, Izumi spoke directly.
"About the EXE World—I assume everyone here already understands the situation."
"So I won't waste time explaining it again."
"Let's move straight to the distribution of benefits after the invasion."
"Anyone who came here probably doesn't oppose the invasion."
"So let's skip the unnecessary discussions."
Izumi had no intention of wasting time.
He went straight to the main topic.
The people present exchanged glances.
Then the first person to speak was a skeletal figure—
Hades, the ruler of the Greek Underworld.
"Very well."
"I'll take one-third of that world."
The moment he finished speaking—
Izumi looked at him with blatant contempt.
"Get lost."
"I might as well say I want the whole world, then."
The room fell silent.
Izumi had no intention of being polite with someone like Hades.
Opening his mouth and demanding a third of an entire world?
Who did he think he was?
Hades glanced at Izumi.
When he saw the cold look in Izumi's eyes—
He immediately backed down.
He knew very well he couldn't win.
Better to stay quiet.
Seeing that Hades had stopped talking, Izumi continued.
"Let's not play these pointless games."
"Some people might think it's inappropriate to divide the spoils before the war even starts."
"So let's make it simple."
He paused before explaining.
"Once we enter the EXE World…"
"The final distribution will be determined by how much territory each faction conquers."
"There are four dimensional gates."
"Each gate represents a different direction."
"When we invade the EXE World, we'll attack from four directions simultaneously."
"Whoever conquers the most land…"
"Gets the most rewards."
"That's the rule."
This was the most straightforward method.
Whoever captured the territory—
Owned it.
It also prevented anyone from slacking off and trying to reap rewards without contributing.
Hearing this proposal, many of the gods' eyes lit up.
At that moment, Hades spoke again.
"And if the people who captured the territory… die afterward?"
The moment he said that, Izumi frowned.
It was obvious what Hades was implying.
Izumi slowly looked at him.
His voice turned cold.
"…Are you trying to cause trouble?"
A terrifying aura instantly locked onto Hades.
Hades' eyes flashed with anger.
The gods standing beside him also rose to their feet.
In an instant—
The entire meeting room became tense.
Izumi showed no fear.
He simply stared at Hades coldly.
"I can interpret that as you planning to attack our own people."
"Hades."
"Do you think I won't do anything to you… so you're feeling fearless?"