After that, time passed, and I went home alone because Lina was busy with her club activities.
As I was walking home, I saw a familiar figure that made me stop.
Long black hair, a slim figure, generous assets, and a beautiful face.
Isn't that Yuuma Amano? Or rather, Raynare the Fallen Angel. I thought, recognizing her familiar appearance.
Seeing her made me think—what should I do about Issei? It feels like a waste to let him die without taking his Sacred Gear first.
After some thought, I decided to enslave Raynare first and then decide what to do with Issei later.
Meanwhile Raynare walked toward the abandoned church with a mocking smile, thinking how foolish Issei was to happily accept her confession, unaware that his life was already in her hands.
When Raynare was mocking Issei in her mind, suddenly a hand appeared and grabbed her neck and took her to a dark alley.
"Gah!" yelled Raynare's, felt tight in her neck and tried to free herself by hitting the hand that grabbed her and kicking towards the attacker.
Feeling annoyed with her struggling, I gripped my hand harder which made Raynare's face turn pale and held my finger and tried to release it.
Sensing that she was about to die, she created a light spear with all her strength and hurled it at her enemy, hoping to kill him.
Seeing the light spear coming toward me made me feel slightly uneasy, but I tried to catch it to test my weaknesses.
Although the light spear made me uncomfortable, I didn't feel like it posed any real threat to my life because of how weak it is.
When I caught the light spear, smoke immediately rose from my hand, making me grimace as I crushed it by gripping it tightly.
Seeing my charred hand still emitting smoke made me wonder just how powerful the light of an angel is—if even the weakest fallen angel could hurt me like this.
Unfortunately, I can't remove my weaknesses with skill points, which made me think about a certain vampire who can eliminate racial weaknesses.
While I was deep in thought, I noticed that Raynare had stopped resisting and glanced in her direction.
Seeing her limp in my hands, tongue hanging out and eyes rolled back, shocked me into letting go of her immediately.
'Co-cough... cough!' Raynare collapsed to the ground, weakly coughing and gasping for air, relieved to still be alive.
Seeing that she was still breathing brought me a sense of relief.
Then my expression frowned as I began to reflect on what I had done. I know I'd been a bit off ever since becoming a Demon.
But to casually choke someone nearly to death—now that's a bit disturbing.
While Ren was still thinking, Raynare looked at her attacker in fear. Her most powerful attack had only a small effect, forcing her to desperately think of a way to survive this situation.
She had used all her power in that last strike, so escaping was no longer an option. Even if she were fully recovered, she felt she wouldn't be able to escape this person.
That left only one way to survive.
"Please, don't kill me. I'll do anything you want," Raynare said, kneeling in front of Ren.
Though it was deeply humiliating for her to lower her head, at the very least, this might save her life. Besides, she was confident in the appeal of her body.
Seeing Raynare kneeling before me made me respond immediately.
"That's not necessary."
Hearing those words made Raynare's blood run cold, and she started to wonder if she was about to be killed.
As she trembled in fear, she suddenly felt her body and magic begin to recover, leaving her confused.
"You're already mine," I said, transferring my mana into her.
The Demon Mark is truly useful. Not only can I control someone and heal them, but I can also use my power through them.
The only downside is that I can't place it on men—but to me, that's not a big deal.
"Now, lead me to your base," I commanded.
"Yes, follow me," Raynare replied, although she felt a bit confused—unsure what he meant by owning her.
As I followed Raynare to her base, I realized we hadn't even introduced ourselves yet, so I decided to ask her name.
"So, what's your name?" I asked, catching Raynare off guard. She flinched slightly in surprise.
"M-My name is Raynare… um?" she responded, sounding a little nervous to ask a question.
"I'm Ren Kuroishi, but just call me Master," I said.
"Alright, Master Ren," Raynare replied, bowing her head slightly in a submissive gesture.
As we headed toward Raynare's base, she opened her mouth to ask something.
"Um, Master Ren, may I ask you something?" Raynare said, now feeling a bit calmer.
I just nodded in response.
"You're not human, right?" she asked curiously.
I raised an eyebrow at her question.
"No, I'm not. Why do you ask?" I replied, curious about why she was asking about my race.
"Well, I saw your eyes glow red when you destroyed my light spear, and your hand was smoking when you held it. That made me curious," Raynare said, glancing at Ren's hand. Seeing that it had already healed made her frown slightly, but her expression quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"My race is a demon—similar to a devil, which gives me the same weaknesses," I said, glancing at Raynare with indifference.
Hearing that Ren had the same weaknesses as a devil made her hold back an evil smile from spreading across her face, and she felt more confident about bringing Ren to her base.
Moments later, they finally arrived at her base, which was an abandoned church. In front of it, a small child with blonde hair tied in twin-tails looked bored as she stood guard.
Mittelt, seeing Raynare return with a handsome man, frowned and felt a surge of irritation.
"Raynare, if you want to play around, there's no need to bring your boy toy here," Mittelt said with a frown, crossing her arms over her nonexistent chest.
Hearing Mittelt's words made the corner of Raynare's mouth twitch—it's not like she had a choice about bringing Ren here.
Seeing that Ren didn't follow her and just stood there silently after Mittelt finished speaking—though she didn't know why he did that—Raynare knew this was her chance.
Without hesitation, she dashed into the abandoned church, running past a confused Mittelt.
"There's an enemy here!! Prepare for battle!!" shouted Raynare.
"What?!" Mittelt's eyes widened in surprise at Raynare words, and she looked toward Ren warily.
Moments later, the sound of many footsteps echoed, and a group of stray exorcists emerged from the abandoned church. They formed a semicircle around Ren, pointing their holy weapons at him.
After that, two Fallen Angels appeared, followed by Raynare behind them.
One of them was a tall, blue-haired woman with a buxom figure — she was Kalawarner.
The other was a middle-aged man with black hair wearing a fedora — he was Dohnaseek.
"Tch, it's just one enemy. What's all the fuss about, Raynare?" said Freed Sellzen, one of the stray exorcists.
Even though he said that, his instincts screamed danger when he saw Ren, so he was ready to run if anything went wrong.
"Hah! There's no way you can defeat this many people with holy and light power. You're going to die here," Raynare said arrogantly, ignoring Freed.
But the moment she looked into Ren's eyes—still indifferent—a chill ran down her spine.
Just as she was about to flee, planning to sacrifice her subordinates, she saw Dohnaseek's head flying through the air in front of her.
At first, she didn't understand and simply stared at his severed head with a blank expression.
Then, without realizing it, she found herself holding a light sword — and for some reason, it was stained with blood.
"Raynare, what are you doing?!" Mittelt shouted in horror, and even Kalawarner stared in shock at what Raynare was doing.
Hearing Mittelt's words, Raynare became even more confused — and in the next moment, her body moved on its own and punched Kalawarner in the stomach.
"Gah!!" yelled Kalawarner while vomiting blood, as she was thrown into the abandoned church, crashing through the wall.
Seeing Raynare attack her own comrade, Mittelt immediately formed a light spear and thrust it toward her.
Just as the light spear was about to hit Raynare, she effortlessly caught it with her hand.
Mittelt's eyes widened in shock — while Raynare was indeed stronger than her, she wasn't supposed to be so powerful that she could casually catch her light spear.
Then, Raynare kicked her in the stomach, sending her crashing into the wall and creating another hole.
Raynare then gripped her light sword with both hands and charged toward the stray exorcists, slaughtering them.
As Raynare was slaughtering her subordinate with confusion, Freed ran hurriedly through the trees.
When he saw Raynare beheaded Dohnaseek, he immediately ran away, realizing she had become far stronger than before.
When he was running away suddenly someone appeared in front of him and grabbed his head and lifted him above the ground.
Freed immediately used his holy sword and swung it at Ren's neck but before it touched his neck, Ren grabbed his hand.
"Tch!" Freed said and immediately kicked his leg towards Ren's lower body.
But before Freed's feet connected to Ren's lower body, his head exploded like a watermelon and made his body fall to the ground.
Ren, who had just exploded a human's head with his hand, did not feel the slightest emotion when he saw Freed's headless body which was still bleeding a lot.
"I'd better accept that I've turned into evil," Ren said with a sigh, while blood was still dripping from his hand.
Ren then returned to the abandoned church after absorbing Freed's corpse.
When I returned to the abandoned church, I heard Raynare and Mittelt arguing.
"Raynare, Lord Azazel will never forgive your betrayal!" shouted Mittelt, clutching her aching stomach.
Her face was pale, and a trickle of blood ran from the corner of her mouth as she glared at Raynare.
"Like I said, it wasn't me! My body moved on its own!" Raynare defended herself, feeling wronged.
Just as they were about to continue their argument, they heard footsteps approaching.
Upon seeing Ren, Raynare immediately tried to flee, but before she could, Ren gave her an order.
"Raynare, bring the blue-haired Fallen here," I commanded, noticing that Kalawarner was still unconscious.
Raynare wanted to resist, but her body moved on its own and approached Kalawarner.
At that moment, she realized what Ren meant earlier and glanced at him with fear.
Seeing Raynare walk away, I turned to Mittelt and moved toward her.
"S-stop! Don't come any closer!" Mittelt said, feeling afraid as she watched Raynare obeying this person.
I ignored her and placed my hand on her head.
"W-what are you doing? Let me go!" she shouted, struggling to break free, though it was pointless.
While Mittelt continued to fight back, Raynare came closer, carrying an unconscious Kalawarner.
I then took her with my free hand and attached my Demon Mark onto her.
After a moment, I finished and released the two Fallen Angels, causing Mittelt to immediately back away and Kalawarner to fall to the ground.
I turned to Raynare, who flinched under my gaze, and said:
"I'll punish you later for your actions against me," I said coldly.
"Yes, Master," Raynare replied, lowering her head in resignation.
Seeing Raynare call Ren 'Master' made Mittelt scream at her in anger.
"Raynare! What are—"
"You're noisy. Shut up," I ordered, looking at Mittelt with irritation.
Mittelt's mouth instantly closes as soon as Ren speaks, her eyes widening in fear.
Now she finally understood what was happening—and why Raynare was obeying this person.
As Mittelt looked at Ren in fear, I turned my gaze toward the corpses of the stray exorcists, feeling headache.
"The real problem now... is this," I muttered, eyeing the exorcist bodies scattered everywhere. Absorbing them one by one would be troublesome.
I then tried using my Dark Power to absorb them.
Darkness spread from beneath my feet, extending outward and linking itself to each of the stray exorcists' corpses.
[Level Up]
Seeing those familiar words made me smile, and their bodies vanished instantly—without even a drop of blood left behind.
Now that everything is done it's time to punish Raynare.
"Right, I almost forgot," I said, when I saw Kalawarner still unconscious.
I then healed her and after I finished I woke her up by stepping on her big chest.
"Wake up!" I ordered while playing with her soft chest with my feet.
"Hmm," Kalawarner moaned, waking up feeling confused.
Hearing Kalawarner moaning from being stepped on made me wonder if my ears were still working.
I then forgot about it and entered the abandoned church, followed by the trio of fallen angels against their will.