Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 1 Epilogue (section)

===Part 2===

Shortly greeting Mio, Takigawa left the rooftop by saying "See you".

In return, Mio approached Basara.

"So silly… To think you two were skipping class here."

"Sorry. The weather was just too good…"

"Mhm… What did you talk about with Takigawa?"

"Not much. The good weather and such."

Basara couldn't lie to Mio's question. However--- He wouldn't tell her everything either.

He wouldn't tell Mio and Maria about Takigawa's real identity. Nor to Yuki. The alliance was obviously more convenient when the enemy didn't know about it, but also Mio and the others. That way Takigawa could conduct himself easier.

''…Besides.''

If he told her, Mio would surely be against joining hands with Takigawa. He was the one, who attacked her, hurt Basara and made her power go out of control. Right now, Takigawa was nothing but an enemy affiliated with the current Devil Lord faction that killed her foster parents. Thus making her agree to joining hands with Takigawa would be difficult. ---So this was Basara's role.

Toujou Basara had decided to protect Naruse Mio. If he could protect her with the frontal attack, which Mio surely desired, it would be the best. However--- sadly that proved to be difficult. That being the case, he couldn't be picky in his methods. Because Mio's enemies were far stronger than they believed.

"…What's up?"

"No… nothing."

Mio puzzled looked up to him, as he had fallen silent, whereas Basara shook his head. Then he looked. At the girl he protected and swore to protect from now on as well. Upon that, Mio looked at him with a puzzled expression, which was cute. Before he noticed it--- Basara had touched Mio's cheek.

"Eh? Wh- Wha…?"

"Ah, sorry…It was unwitting."

When he thought that he managed to protect that expression, his hand had unconsciously reached out.

"……….."

Upon that, Mio turned around to the exit at Godspeed and when she confirmed that no one else was coming,

"S- Say…"

Saying so, her face turned just a bit red and she looked down.

"I… didn't thank you yet for saving me, right?"

"Mh? Yeah…"

Was that so? He wasn't particularly concerned about that.

"S- So… because of that."

Mio tightly grabbed the sleeve of Basara's uniform, then took one step forward to him.

A distance, where their bodies were about to touch each other.

So close.

''…Huh.''

Again. What was up with this atmosphere?

It had been the same, when he carried her to the infirmary due to the curse activation, but when Mio was all alone with him, her attitude sometimes changed. Ever since he saved her from the rampage, this tendency had become more frequent. Even when she nursed him in his room, she suddenly became admirable when Maria left. Thus,

"R- Right now we're all alone…"

While flushing her cheeks, Mio slowly looked up to him.

"Just for a bit, you can do what you want with me, ''Brother''…"

"---Brother? You're…"

Even though there was no mark on her neck. It was Mio's sign that she wanted to be subjugated by Basara.

"W- We could… even continue from the time in the infirmary."

"…Eh?"

Continuing that? Really? Right here?

"……………..---"

No, no, wait. Don't fall silent, myself! What was I imagining right now!

Also, don't be silent either, Mio. Moreover, stop making such an embarrassed and resolute face. What do you think you're doing on the rooftop here? However, in the silence, the atmosphere gradually turned more strange, leading to deadlock, where something had to be done. And then,

"---Mm."

Finally Mio closed her eyes, as she made her resolve--- and entered a kiss scene.

At this point, Basara could no longer brush it away. Therefore,

"…….."

Making his resolve, Basara slowly brought his face closer to Mio's.

"…………………….Stop."

Suddenly his arm was pulled from the side.

"Eh…. Yuki?"

At a glance, Yuki was holding his hand. It was unknown when she had shown up.

"N- Nonaka? Why…!?"

"Cannot be careful enough… Stop seducing Basara."

"S- Seduce…? ---"

On Yuki's words, Mio's face turned red in a flash.

"N- No one was seducing him! Besides, first you rescue me, then you bother me now. What's the deal!?"

"None in particular. I did save you, but I said nothing about giving Basara to you."

And then, she turned to Basara.

"I was looking for you, Basara… Eat this."

"I- Is that a lunch box…?"

Basara inadvertently brightened up his expression on seeing the wrapped pouch that Yuki held out.

"Good old days… Reminds me, you have always been good at cooking."

"I made a lot of your favorite side dishes."

"…H- Hold it. I was going to have lunch with Basara after this too."

Mio shouted objecting. Upon that, Yuki showed a victorious smile.

"…Eating air?"

At the moment she declared so...

"---Please leave it to me, Mio-sama!"

BAM! With a loud sound, the door of the rooftop yanked open.

And a little succubus girl--- Maria approached in a straight line.

"Hey wait, how did an outsider like you get in here!"

"Such a silly question, Basara-san. It was a peace of cake with my adult charm. After I begged them with 'My siblings forgot their lunches…' and teary eyes, they let me in right away!"

"That's simply a crying chil---"

"Anyway! We have lunch boxes prepared as well! Come on, Mio-sama… You cannot lose to this inexpressive childhood friend. Do that for Basara-san. The Ahh~ one."

Opening the basket in her hands, Maria urged Mio.

However, in front of others, Mio couldn't be honest.

"D- Don't be stupid… Why would I do that for someone like him!"

She shouted and her body immediately trembled with a "Hau". The curse of the Master and Servant Contract activated from her insolence.

"Again! You don't learn, do you!"

"It cannot be helped. Basara-san, please Ahh~ for Mio-sama… No, make her say Ahh~"

"What're you saying with a straight face?"

"To solve the curse, of course. Please leave it to me. I thought this might happen, so I prepared just the right dish--- No, the right object. Now Basara-san, take this thick sausage and shove it kind of roughly into her cute mout---"

"As if I could! Besides, why should I help satisfy your succubus lust!"

"A bit late for that. We three already did something even more amazing together. Even the other day, we three had a naked cake play in the ba--- Aww."

"…What do you mean?"

Yuki's voice, obviously filled with anger, interjected. Upon that, Maria laughed with Fufufu.

"Do you not know? Not so long ago, Basara-san became Mio-sama's Master."

"N- No way… I, I'll neva allo' it."

Ah, Yuki snapped.

"Sorry, but please give up. At any rate, Mio-sama will now offer both her body and soul to Basara-san--- Right in front of my eyes!"

"H- Hey, stop saying things on your own accord, Maria! I'll kill you a hundred times!"

As her symptoms were shallow, Mio recovered from the curse and flared up at Maria.

"Hey… girls."

At last the three girls started to quarrel, leaving Basara aside.

Therefore Basara made a single sigh--- But he suddenly changed his expression into a peaceful one.

The scene before his eyes should actually give him a headache. It was noisy… and so common, thus so precious. A daily routine with a happiness called ordinary.

''…Can I protect this?''

He didn't have an answer to that yet. Because their fight had only just started.

Even so, Basara had sent Jin a mail last night to report the events.

That he, the son managed to protect the family and house while his father was away.

There hadn't been a reply yet. Since it was his father, he might answer with "You still have a lot to learn".

But, even so he would surely get a passing grade.

He was looking forward to what Jin would say to him, now that he faced his past and stood up again.

He was already thinking up his words for a reply.

They were words of gratitude.



The son, who you protected by even throwing away your hero status in the past.

Now-- He certainly protected a girl that only he could save.