Seventh desu~!

I'm not sure exactly how long after it was that I was eventually caught by the strongest Queen for kidnapping her child, albeit the little guy had the time of his life apparently. However, there was a problem. It would seem that Sona told the cold sadist all about the only-feeling-pain-for-a-brief-second thing so the pain would have to be renewed like it's a magazine conscription. Alas, while it most definitely was painful I unfortunately didn't get to experience her ice magic outside of the frosty expression she constantly wears.

So to cap it all off, currently I am sitting in the seiza in the back garden of the Gremory castle. The reason for why it was outside rather than inside was because of the thing that was dealing me pain along with Grayfia whose pain would arrive at random intervals, probably in between her dealing with her husband. The thing that was dealing me pain however was her familiar or should I say familiars, a Hydra with a like towards licking rather than biting, still hurt regardless, and a Griffon who was just pecking me as if I was a nut he was trying to crack open. Consequently, I had heard of the news and 'nut' was one of the weaker but more child friendly descriptions the devils had given me after the party was over.

There was one good part about this, I had Sona and my Night Guardian with me. Not so sure that Sona's presence was a good one so far but I guess it has to be as I'm her Pawn, she has just been complaining that my personality is too different from before. Means less hassle on me, plus there are possible trade requests to go her way. There is bound to be a few devils who think that a trade could happen.

"Yubel, for the final time. Tell me the truth."

Ahh, again. I was just about to wonder when you'd ask again.

"Sona-chan, it's almost like you aren't as smart as you are meant to be. I unveiled myself as Yubel, this was something complete as well. My hair changed, the only reason it was still brown before hand was because I hadn't completely fused with Yubel. I did say at an earlier date that it was like a Sacred Gear. It was the first few hours of being fused with Yubel, do you really believe that I would be able to control all of her power and be able to act like I usually would so quickly?"

Sona just heaved a sigh at that.

"See, it wasn't so hard. Answer me from the start next time."

Ahh, she cared more for the discipline part rather than the actual explanation. I'll take that as she already had a small part of what I said and I was basically just finalizing it all for her, making it exact and filling in the few missing pieces there.

"So then, how do you feel now?"

"Still feel a little eccentric. Honestly, looking at it all and the future projection it's like I just got high on some drug and I'm on the decline. I hope I don't go far enough to be depressed that the eccentricity is gone, I doubt I will care given time. I'll go back to being myself by the time school starts tomorrow, it's not like I need sleep at all."

That's true even despite the fact it become a phrase meaning the opposite. Sona doesn't need to know that though, more so Grayfia actually.

Lick

Another taste from that damned Hydra, why can't it bite me instead? I'd prefer that bit of pain, this lick just affects me mentally. It's weird and creepy, perhaps Grayfia is trying to say me kidnapping her child was creepy or perhaps it was the balls comment I made. I'm not even sure that was something that Yubel would have influenced me to say, I'm edging towards Ddraig on that part as I did give some of my body to him. He's only a dragon, I can blame him for it.

"Sona-chan, may I ask something?"

"You may."

Now it sounds like you don't care Sona-sama.

"We are going to stay quiet about tonight right?"

Before her inevitable reply, she raised her right eyebrow incredulously.

"Even if we were to stay quiet Yubel, they'd find out regardless."

"I see."

Girls and their damn gossip slash news columns. Nim-chan will probably try her damnedest to find any and all news about what happened, well if her belligerent tone and demeanour was before us coming to the Underworld is anything to go by and I'm pretty sure that Asia will support her in some way.

I should never have agreed to Nim-chan helping me shop for Asia, corruption is most certainly real even to such an innocent soul like Asia is, hopefully still is too.

"Haaah...How troublesome."

"Trouble you could have kept out of."

"...Yeah, by not going..."

"What was that?"

"Nothing Sona-chan."

Now I completely feel like I'm a child. Oh woe is me~

Sona just shook her head with a slightly disappointed expression as I let out a mild sigh before changing to a smile once the Griffin pecked at my head again cracking it yet again causing a brief streak of blood to cascade down my face. Probably now covering the whole of the left side of my face in a crimson colour.

…

The next day, school part of it anyway, went back without a real change. It was just like normal, as normal as the males in the school disliking you for pretty prehistoric reasons anyway. There was a change though, and that came once school was definitely finished that. Once all the clubs had gotten well into their groove, the Student council room struck a certain volume.

"I heard you saved Rias-senpai."

From the sound of the voice and it's positioning, i'd have to guess that Nim-chan was behind me and quite close to me at that. Still though, I kept looking forward and away as I kept to doing my paperwork.

"As a by product, yes I did."

"Why didn't you just save her?"

"My position means more to the Underworld than her strife does and I must execute my Political Power accordingly and not make it seem like I took a personal side. Additionally, I am a Demon. The only side i'd ever take is mine and to the Devils that would seem as me saving Rias-senpai for my own reasons and thus striking into their minds that I saw her in a particular light that I most definitely do not."

Turning round in my seem, I looked at Nim-chan with a small look of annoyance.

"Why? Would you have preferred that I created a stir and made it look like I had taken a fancy to Rias Gremory?"

Nim-chan then took to a downcast expression as I pseudo-scolded her.

"Do you understand Nim-chan? I'm not in the same position as Sona, my position is more like the Maous. I have to be very, very careful with what I do, I can't do things on a whim. I can't deal with things because I take a personal liking or interest. Even if Sona was in the same position, I would deal with it the same way I did for Rias-senpai and solely give some advice except of course in the Endgame I am a part of this whether I like it or not."

"Y-yes Ise-kun."

"Then that's good. Save me from saying it at a more strenuous time."

Though I do hope I'm not a part of anything strenuous any time soon. Rather than being nervous and apprehensive towards it, I just don't feel like dealing with it if something was to arise. I'd probably say something stupid and in turn problematic. If so, Sona will deal with it instead. Hopefully I can push it off onto her at that time if it comes.

Knock Knock

"Come in."

Taking that time to turn around I did so and went back to my work while keeping my ears open onto who was behind us not really paying much attention to who it was even before they were coming in. As I started to write once again, I found that the voice belonged to someone who we had just been talking about.

"Sona, I have come to ask you a favour."

"And that is, Rias?"

"Allow me and my peerage to fight Yubel-kun."

Well ain't that an annoying thing to ask for.

"He is his own person as much as he is my Pawn, Rias. You'd have to ask him yourself on such a matter."

Feeling Rias' eyes turning towards me, I waited a second till when I thought she was going to ask it straight to me.

"No."

"Tha- No? Why not?"

"The reason is obvious Rias-senpai, it's too bothersome. I'd feel the need to complain at you all for being nowhere near where you should be and then giving you all advice, and then in days to come keeping check on you all to see if you have been training and taking my words to heart because I'll want to keep the spirits that follow you all round healthy but alas I will not as it is bothersome. I also don't really have the time to do so, I don't have the ability to waste 5 minutes to beat you all in a fight. Of course I could trim it down to a mere minute by getting aide from a spirit but that's not the fight you are looking for."

Spinning my pen round twice, I then got back to my work as I could feel Rias' and her peerages, well some of them, displeasure at not being taught/fought against.

"And just in case you thought i'd say yes as of last night, please don't think I've taken a liking to you anymore. You are my master's friend not mine, you are someone I can only have a political relationship with and so I will only be cordial with you. Training you or fighting you in a spar is out of the cards."

"Then couldn't you summon a spirit to do it for you? You are bound to have strong spirits with you."

Haaah … so many question, I just wanna go home and relax right now. I guess I'll have to be mean for a little bit.

"I wonder … Is this Rias being stubborn or is this a Gremory Princess not getting her own way?"

The tension within the room grew incredibly thick at that, the reason being that Rias became depressed. To use the reason she gave me towards her being forced into that engagement against in such a manner was beyond cruel in reality. Perhaps it was a bit too strong here.

['Aibou, did you have to say it that way? Even if she was just being stubborn, that's a little much.']

'Says the Dragon that came to fame by razing villages, crushing people like twigs for little to no reason. Ddraig, an emotion truly matters not when it comes to a request. The answer is yes or no based on the truth of a neutral situation.'

['Come on! Can't we even spare a few minutes to torture that kid with Vritra?']

Ahh, so that's what he was truly getting at.

'If I could enter Balance Breaker then I might have just accepted and let you do as you wished with them all. But as I cannot, my answer to them is no.'

['I see. That is quite the shame, I would have loved to see the Vritra kid being pummelled and i'd love even more to do it to him.']

Yeah that's great.

"Either way Rias-senpai. No matter how you go about it, no matter how you try to change it. If I say no from the start, I will always answer with a no until the point in question has completely changed. If you really want to be trained by someone that is strong then hire someone or ask Lord Gremory or your brother for some help, either choice would definitely be cheaper than my help."

"I see. Thank you anyway."

The student council room stayed quiet for a few seconds longer before the sound of the large oak doors shutting and the atmosphere that enveloped the room prior to Rias' entrance slowly returned.

'Perhaps I was a little too harsh there.'

Breathing out through my nose, I gave no-one in particular a slight shrug before turning my attention right back to my paperwork and continuing on with it.

…

Monday morning and I had been called in early as for some reason, Kobayashi-hakase was refraining from telling me and I was to be a part of the morning assembly. I can only think about what stupidity was going to arise. Once I got to school though and early at that, I found that I was just going to be mentioned during the assembly and that Kobayashi-hakase wasn't even in school today so I was to make my way to the gym after I spoke with the Headmaster after finding all of this out.

When I entered the gym I couldn't help but feel only dread at the sight of numerous plastic screen curtains. I do remember saying i'd help her out but honestly this is too far to be called me simply helping out especially with her not even being here.

Making my way past the screens into the central area, I found the portion which would be my space with the scales, a table, three clipboards filled with paper and a chair with a lab coat on the back of it. Taking the lab coat off of the chair, I took the piece of paper that was poking out of the pocket and put the lab coat on.

'Issei-kun, I trust you and your complete disinterest in women to do this effectively for me. Thanks.'

Hmm … so I do have to do this. The school physicals huh. Knowing that us males are tomorrow, that means that it's the girls today. I did get the lessons how to measure during the courses but I never expected that I would actually put them into use outside of an actual relationship that I may have in the future. This is... Haaah, I'll just tough it out I guess. Kobayashi-hakase will reward me for doing this but knowing her, it might get too hands-on for what I consider to be a reward. Hopefully I can work something out there.

['Aibou, you ain't gonna worry about her thought that you don't like women?']

'Should I Ddraig? I'm a Demon, never in history has there been a male Demon that loves other Male Demons. Even if something obscene happened and my tastes changed to men, Yubel herself would be very vocal and clear when changing that back. At the end of it, I have no other choice but to love women.'

['You make it sound like it's a bad thing there.']

'The hassle is the bad thing and right now, all I'll get is hassle so I'm gonna stay 'disinterested' for a bit.'

['I see.']

I don't think he does but oh well.

As the bell rung for the school day to begin and for everyone to make their way towards the school's auditorium, I sat myself down on the chair. Looking at the three clipboards there, I had the 1st years up until the first break, the 2nd years between that break and the lunch break and finally, I'll have all the 3rd years from after lunch till the end of official school hours.

['Aibou, do you mind if I use some of your mental capacity for the day?']

...It's almost like there can't be any other reason why that'd be.

'Sure go ahead, just don't mutter enough for me to hear you.'

No reply from the dragon but I swear I could feel a creepy smile directed towards me. The worst thing here is that when Ddraig notices me jotting everything down that I have to write down the cup size as well, outside of the fact that I can already tell the size through measurements there is a chance that the girls might say as it's a whole thing with this.

I heaved a slight sigh as I relaxed back into the chair and decided to just wait for the 1st years to arrive.

…

It was easy for me to tell when the 1st year girls had arrived in the gym, the soft but nervous chatter that went round filled the room almost eerily. The room held onto a strange atmosphere, it was a far cry from the placated one that I was hoping for.

When I heard the door to the gym close and lock, I stepped out from my space with clipboard in hand and called in the first two girls who slowly but surely came into the sectioned off space with me.

I rested myself on the back of the chair as the two girls stood nervously in front of me fidgeting with their hands. It put a weird feeling into me, it was almost like I was a sexual predator right now.

"I know that right now, it's a long way from an optimal physical for you girls. But please believe me when I say this, just relax. Tensing up will only hinder both the physicals and your health in the long run. The school wouldn't have gone along with Kobayashi-hakase if I didn't know what I was doing or qualified to even be able to do this, so if you can't trust me because I'm only a year older then trust the school who are putting their trust in me."

I lowered my head slightly and looked down my nose at them as I awaited their reply. The two girls then looked at each other briefly before nodding to each other then nodding at me.

"Alright then. First off we will do your heights, then while you are undressing for the weight and measurement portions I can jot down the results of your height. How does that sound?"

Just nervous and quiet nods in reply. I let a small smile come to the surface as I pulled the pen out of my pocket and rapidly pressed the button turning it on and off a few times.

The two hours for the first years passed by plainly, it really did feel like two hours. I could literally feel and hear the seconds, minutes and hour pass by in my ear. It also didn't help that Nim-chan took longer than I would have liked to get measured, for reasons beyond my current state to care she seemed to find it appropriate to be all over me and in my face. When I properly come back to my proper self later, I'll probably fully understand what she was doing and more than likely will sigh in response.

1b, 2w and 2h. That was Bust, Waist, Hip, Weight and Height. All in all the 5 measurements that I had to go over, student after student. The slight nervous shiver of each girl as I took their measurements, the shy stances they took after they undressed, the gazes that bore into me. It was enough to put my soul at the tipping point. I feel awful, to the point where I honestly believe that i'd be doing better if I had even the slight interest in a female's body right now.

I can only hope that word is being past round that I'm not doing anything wrong and the nervousness and soul-crushing acts can stop or at least dim down enough for what's left of me to be salvaged later on.

As the bell signified for the end of the break, I gave my face a quick slap to try and revitalize myself slightly.

…

My hope came through with my fellow 2nd years but it wasn't fulfilled in the slightest. New ways to effectively crush my soul came about along with the fact that more and more girls were needed to have their breasts lifted so I could measure them properly. With that came more analytical gazes to see if my eyes strayed from their designated paths, I found myself sweat drop on multiple occasions but not through concentration on keeping onto what I was doing but from the increasingly intense stares that they gave me.

My only saving grace in all this was Asia and her God blessed innocence, though even then the big man didn't bother to give me a break as Asia, the most innocent girl in the school, was paired with Kiriyuu Aika, the most perverted girl in the school. How they became such good friends, I do not know, and her commitment to trying to embarrass me at every turn was at full force today. The constant innuendoes and euphemisms so Asia wouldn't catch onto what was being said was both infuriating and stressful, I almost hit the point where I strayed. Luckily, albeit not so much, she shut up when it came to her turn for being measured. In response she showed a typically normal blush and a stare that I could only label as a teasing one.

I could only breathe a sigh of relief when those two left my section giving me a free few second to jot down the final measurements for the pair.

If only the pain my soul was currently toiling through worked in the same way as my body did with physical pain.

…

The 3rd years … Damn it all to hell the 3rd years … they went out of their way to make themselves seem so damn victimized it was unreal. But joy oh joy, i'd have to wait to the penultimate group until I had to deal with Himejima-senpai and whatever Pro-level teases she was most definitely going to unload on me.

Then the penultimate group finally came, the Vice-Presidents of the Occult Research Club and the Student Council. Himejima Akeno and Tsubaki Shinra. Fire and Ice. Eccentric and Stoic. Both the complete opposites but both hurt just as much for different reasons, just their entrance alone pained me a great deal.

"Ara ara, Issei-kun really is doing physicals."

Oh hell, i'd have needed the few hours these 3rd years have had alone to be able to deal with Himejima-senpai in a decent state.

"What do you want to-!"

As I turned round from the table to ask them which ones they wanted to do first, Himejima-senpai was completely naked there in front of me.

"Why are you completely naked?"

"Ara? Aren't you meant to be tying me up with that tape?"

I felt the corner of my mouth twitch.

['Aibou remember, we can't kill her.']

Yes, that I can't but I can most definitely give her the most painful headache she has ever had.

"Please don't mix dreams with reality Himejima-senpai. Now Shinra-Fukukaichou, can you please hold up those back breakers so I can do my job for today?"

"...Yes Issei-kun."

I breathed out deeply through my nose, it's times like these that I can understand why people can get so bad mentally.

I was stupid to have expected better from then on out, Himejima-senpai sought to moan at every single slight touch, to whine childishly when I took the tape away, giggle excitedly when I put the tape back to her when I moved positions to measure. My prided restraint was at it's complete length when I finally finished with her and had to start on Shinra-Fukukaichou and low and behold, Himejima-senpai was able to make it much, much worse albeit for both me and my fellow member of the Student Council.

Himejima-senpai thought it was prudent to fondle Shinra-Fukukaichou as she 'tried' helping in the whole process which had turned into an ordeal. Thankfully though, it died down completely when it came to the height and weight portion, the part which seemed to be, for some reason, more edgy for most of the girls. I'm pretty sure me knowing their weight should be non-existent in their worries compared to their 3 sizes.

Just on their way out, I turned around to catch Himejima-senpai wink at me just as she was about to leave and she also had the gall to wait for my response.

"Himejima-senpai."

"Yes Issei-kun?"

"God bless you."

I narrowed my eyes as I watched her eyes screw up and her right hand raised to hold onto her head.

'Damn hybrid.'

Turning back round, I slumped down into the lone chair so I could have a brief few seconds of relaxing before I was met with probably the worst pair of the whole day. Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri. If Rias doesn't make this awkward because of Friday then I'll be good because the awkwardness coupled with Sona's gaze that'd be bound to follow would completely destroy the final thread and I'm unsure whether it would be able to even grow back.

Hearing the rustling of the curtains from behind me, I just turned my head slightly to see both Rias and Sona, the final pair, now inside this section.

"Yubel-kun, I'm glad that you got through it without any complaints."

She expected complaints? Does she have any trust in me at all?

"Please Sona, can you stop with that already or at least wait till tomorrow to make comments like that? It's been mentally exhausting for me, so much so I've been wishing that I was the slight bit perverted so I could find some solace in this."

"That's good. Though I must ask why Akeno-san came out with a headache?"

"That bitch was asking for some holy justice. Moaning at the slightest movement, I should have said more than asking the Big Man to bless her."

"..I see."

No you don't but that's fine, I don't really want to care anymore.

"Yup. Now can you two strip already so I can get everything down and put this shambles behind me and leave before the males of this school try to pester me for certain girl's three sizes. I'm not in the right mind where restraint would be possible."

…

Once I had finally finished with the whole day, I had a few minutes left before the end of the day was signalled. Collecting up the 3 clipboards, I decided to keep the lab coat that I was still waiting as payment for doing this stupidity. Sticking them in my bag, I took my bag in hand and decided to leave the school gym. Brushing the length of the coat back slightly, I dug my left hand into my pocket and let out a slight sigh as I made my way back to the main building.

As I rounded the corner to the front of the school, I suddenly a felt a lot of eyes pinned down on me. Turning my head ever so slightly, I saw a number of boys at the windows staring down at me, both on the first and second floor. Their stares were so far gone I couldn't consider them as just perverts wanting to know the girls' three sizes, there was something much more in their stares. It was strange and creepy.

[Aibou, this is … this is animalistic. I get the feeling that we are a dying animal in a wasteland. Vultures are taking up a perch on the branches of the scarce trees that are around us, simply waiting until we can't move anymore before they make their move. Watching and Waiting. This is a very dangerous position Aibou.]

'You must really be happy if you of all beings go into that much detail.'

[Huh? Why wouldn't I be? I've been cooped up in tiny beings for numerous years now, never before have I seen so many fabulous breasts. I'm happy.]

'You don't sound simply happy Ddraig, ecstatic is better but still not the right amount.'

[You'll learn it in time Aibou, that's one thing I'll guarantee you in this life. You created the 'Welsh Instinct', the more you use it the more you'll understand.]

'Now doesn't that sound ominous.'

Running my hand through my hair quickly, I shook my head quickly and walked straight into the school before the bell rung and the male students could ransack me.

Hopefully they can forget about today sometime soon.

A chapter of many bad things.
What goes around comes around, though for Issei it's simply his life being the literal hell just because he can cheat the system through immortality.
Regardless, the closer he gets to the Welsh's instincts the less it becomes bad for him and the more he can enjoy whatever that happens.
That'd probably be mostly through insanity if Ddraig is anything to go by so far.

Another transition chapter and for once it isnt small like my usual transition chapters are.
Who knows why that is, plus i've been strangely doing well with writing of late despite the fact that i was late the other week.
Ahh well~

If this kinda chapter is good and you guys like it then definitely tell me and i can do more in future chapters.
Surprisingly, i'm finding it fun to torment my characters so come up with your own if you want to xD.

Ciao~~!