Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 8 Chapter 1 (section)

===Part 10===
After saying his farewell to Leohart, Basara exited via the rear gate of Wildart castle. Lucia had guided him thus far through the spatial tunnels that Sheera had created. After he said goodbye and expressed his gratitude to Lucia once again, Basara headed into a tunnel. And then — in the next instant, Basara reached the location where Mio and the others were waiting.

“Basara…!”

As he approached them, the expressions on the girls’ faces changed.

“Sorry to keep you waiting…”

Basara spoke in a gentle voice to reassure all of the girls.

“…Did you hear the story that you wanted to hear from Ramsas?”

There was suddenly a lively voice that came from below. As he looked down, Basara saw Sheera looking up at him.

“No…I couldn’t ask anything.”

Basara answered with a wry smile. He didn’t say anything. Regardless of whether it was a discussion about the future, or a past event that Basara wanted to confirm, it was just a selfish one-sided demand on Basara’s side. Ramsas did not acknowledge anything — and that was all that happened. However, Sheera seemed to have understood roughly what had happened based on the wry smile that was on Basara’s face. Basara’s was thankful to her for being thoughtful and not saying anything nonetheless. Ramsas’ secret was something that he still couldn’t tell Mio about yet. —Therefore, Basara decided not to say anything about the secret of Maria that he had heard from Lucia either. Even now — and from now on, he had no intentions of revealing the truth without Sheera’s permission. So

“—Well, let’s begin ♪”

With a light-hearted tone, Sheera created a magic circle. And before they knew it — the magic circle had already connected the two dimensions together. There wasn’t a single speck of fluctuation in the connection; it was a perfect dimensional portal that was equal to, or even better than the one that Lucia had made. —However, Sheera’s dimensional portal was not perpendicular to the ground like Lucia’s was. It was flat — it was on the ground itself. As a result

“Eh — kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?”

Along with a shrill scream, Mio and the others fell into the hole and dropped down. In the blink of an eye, they could no longer see each other.

“Wha…Sheera-san what did you…!?”

Just one person had incidentally escaped thanks to the confused voices which had been raised in that instant.

“Don’t worry. The specifications are perfect.”

Sheera revealed a mischievous smile. Basara couldn’t help but sigh at the Succubus mother who did nothing but mischief until the very end.

“That’s good to hear, but…well, thank you for everything, Sheera-san.”

After saying his parting words, Basara stood at the edge of the dimensional boundary to chase after Mio and the others. It was at that time—

“—Basara-kun.”

Sheera called his name. It was rather different from her usual tone — she appeared to be serious. In response to Sheera’s call, Basara looked back at her in surprise. Sheera said

“I think it’s fine for you to cherish Mio-chan and the others. But it doesn’t mean that you can sacrifice yourself for their sake — please don’t ever forget that.”

He discerned the meaning behind her words. Basara made a slightly more serious expression as he responded with silence. Sheera understood the emotion that was born in that silence. And that was why she had to tell him that right then and there.

''…Unfortunately, I can’t leave things up to those stupid men.''

Jin and Wilbert — as fathers, they both seemed to think that it was a virtue to keep things in the dark, but there were no women who would go along with the romanticism of such useless men. The fact that Jin had a son named Basara was also a beacon of hope for Sheera and Wilbert. As a symbol of the possibilities of the next generation, he could put an end to the conflict against the Hero clan. She was aware that she was only pushing her own selfish hopes and dreams onto him. Even so, the world where Basara and the others could live happily — was the future that Jin, Wilbert and also Sheera desired. Therfore

“Promise me this — just don’t ever give up on yourself.”

Toujou Basara could make up a lie to stop her from worrying. There was no need to make Sheera more worried than she already was. All he needed to do was leave this place. But – Basara didn’t want to do that. It was because Sheera’s voice was more serious than it had ever been before. And so, Toujou Basara clenched both of his fists tightly as he said

“…I’ll do my best.”

Basara was unable to give her any confirmation right now. But that was his promise to Sheera to do his best. It probably wasn’t the response that Sheera was hoping to hear. But

“———”

Sheera still nodded with a smile, and she tossed him a large bag that was tied up with a red ribbon. When Basara caught it, he noticed that it was considerably heavy.

“This is…?”

“A souvenir from the Demon Realm, a gift for your new life with Zest-chan. I put various different useful things in there, so please use them when you’re in trouble.”

She said as she waved her hand.

“Yes — thank you very much.”

After Basara expressed his gratitude to her, he jumped into the dimensional hole that Sheera had created. Ahead of him — he kept his eyes firmly on those precious girls.