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Chapter 867: Without Regret!

Issei and Kiba rested together before it was time for them to go out to help the underworld to fight against the gigantic monster.

"Senpai!!!!"

Suddenly they heard a familiar voice and saw a cute small girl. No, a boy ran toward them.

"Gasper!"

Gasper ran toward them while crying and asked, "Are you alright? You're not hurt, right?"

"Thank you, Gasper. We're all right," Issei nodded.

"Yeah. We're fine, you don't need to worry," Kiba said.

"Thank god...." Gasper said and sat down on the ground with a relief expression. He thought for a while and asked, "How about Koneko-chan?"

"She is resting now," Issei said.

"Yeah, she should be with Prez now," Kiba said.

"What about Akeno-san?" Gasper asked.

"Well....." Issei thought for a while to answer this question.

"She should be with her boyfriend now," Kiba said.

"......."

"Oh..." Gasper nodded with a red face.

"Issei, what are you going to do now?" Kiba suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?" Issei was confused by Kiba's question.

"I mean, what are you going to do with Prez? Are you not going to ask her for a date?" Kiba asked.

"What?!" Issei blushed when he heard him say, "W - Why? We have a big problem in front of us! There isn't time for a date!"

"It's because of this time. We might lose our lives in this battle and you should ask Prez so you don't have any regrets after this battle," Kiba said. He felt that his friend was too slow and that was why he wanted to help him.

"B - But... I have been rejected before...." Issei sighed when he remembered his confession in the past.

"If that's how big your feelings are, then you better give up now, Issei-kun," Kiba said.

"What?!" Issei was surprised.

"There are a lot of girls who love you and you have been rejected by Prez before, isn't it better to give up now?" Kiba asked.

"G - Give up..." Issei thought that word for a while. He had trauma with a date after his experience with the fallen angel who had killed him in the past.

"If you do that then there might be another guy who will be trying to make Prez become their girlfriends," Kiba said.

"What?!" Issei was surprised.

"You don't need to be surprised. Prez is beautiful, if you're not careful with someone then someone might win the race first," Kiba said.

"....." Issei was silent.

Kiba patted Issei's shoulder, "At least to confirm her feelings about you."

"How?" Issei asked.

"Ask her for a date," Kiba said.

"Yes, Issei-senpai! You can do it!" Gasper said.

"Kiba... Gasper..." Issei said with tears in his eyes before hugging them, "Thank you!"

Kiba and Gasper nodded while patting their shoulders.

Issei stood up and said, "I'll ask Prez to have a date!"

"Good!" Kiba nodded.

"Good luck, Senpai!" Gasper nodded.

"But...." Issei suddenly stopped and asked, "What if I fail?"

"You don't need to worry, there is us here," Kiba said.

"Yes! We're here, Senpai!" Gasper said.

Issei cried and felt moved by them, "Thank you!"

Rias was together with Asia, Koneko, and Xenovia.

Asia and Xenovia were sleeping since they were quite tired after the battle earlier.

Rias looked at Koneko who was sleeping in her lap. She caressed her hair slowly while thinking about her feelings.

"Prez...." Koneko opened her eyes slowly.

"What's wrong Koneko-chan?" Rias asked.

"Hmm...." Koneko looked at her for a while and asked, "Where is Nee-san?"

Rias smiled and said while caressing her hair, "She should be together with Yuuki now."

Koneko nodded for a while and asked, "What happened when you were trapped, Prez?"

Rias's smile solidified before she calmed herself, "Nothing. Yuuki has protected me before escaping from the artificial space."

Koneko nodded and asked, "So that's why your smell is mixed with him?"

"...." Rias was wondering how keen Koneko's sense of smell was. She nodded in response, "Yes."

"Hmm..." Koneko nodded before asking, "When are we going out?"

"After you have rested well, you don't need to worry too much since Onii-sama is going to send out an army to fight the monster," Rias said.

"But you need to be careful with Cao Cao. He is very strong," Koneko said with a vexed expression. She thought that she was strong but it was different in front of Cao Cao since she was helpless.

"I have heard it before, but is he really that powerful?" Rias asked. She only heard that Cao Cao had defeated them but she didn't hear the details of their battle. She only knew that Cao Cao had developed True Longinus into something more.

"Yes. He is very strong," Xenovia said.

"Xenovia, have you woken up?" Rias asked.

"Yes," Xenovia said and wiped her eyes, "I can fight the monster now!"

"Don't force yourselves, you need to rest for a while since this battle won't be easy," Rias said and added, "Asia is also still sleeping. She needs a lot of rest after healing everyone."

Asia was sleeping soundly even though they were talking to each other showing that she was very tired.

"That's true," Xenovia nodded and said, "Prez, do you think that we're weak?"

"Weak?" Rias shook her head and answered, "No. All of you are strong. You've won against Sairorg before and if you feel that you're weak then you need to train harder." She also felt that she wasn't strong enough. She thought for a while and said, "Oh, right!"

"Hmm?" Koneko and Xenovia looked at her.

"I remember that Yuuki had promised to train us," Rias said, and added, "After this battle, I'll ask him later."

Koneko and Xenovia nodded since they thought that it would be a good chance to become stronger.

"Then, continue to take a rest, I'll wake you up when it is time," Rias said.

Koneko and Xenovia nodded in response before continuing to sleep.

Rias smiled and caressed their heads silently since she knew that there would be a big fight that would be waiting for them.