High School DxD - DX2 - Worship☆Dragon-God Girl, page 9
After Kunou directed that question at us, we headed to our rooftop.
The rooftop is made into the communal garden. There are flower pots and there is also a small vegetable farm as well. We also have a table and chairs to drink tea so during the holiday, at least one person spend their time here.
Since there is nothing in the corner of the rooftop, we’ve decided to build the shrine there.
Kunou is constantly nodding her head while inspecting the place we decided.
“What do you think?”
I asked. Kunou then gave us a huge smile and gave us a thumb up.
“Hm! We can build a small shrine with this amount of land! Okay! Since we now know who this shrine is for and decided on the plot, let’s quickly obtain the tools and materials!”
Kunou clapped her hands twice and then with a loud bang, smokes appeared and a fox onee-sama reappeared and handed Kunou a wooden box.
That shiny wooden box had an elegant design and feel to it. When she opened the box, there were tools such as a chisel, a plane, a wooden mallet, a saw and so on inside.
“These are historic tools that have been passed down for generations. We use these to refine the materials that are going to be used to build a shrine!”
Ah ha, so these are tools used to build the shrine.
…. No, but I don’t know… including me….. When the other Devils saw the tools, our bodies shivered. The only ones that seemed to be fine are people who handled Holy Swords such as Kiba, Xenovia and Irina.
Rossweisse-san spoke up.
“Maybe because the tools are used for sacred purpose, it’s giving off a holy aura. If Devils like us touch it, it might burn us. It might be alright if we use a relaxation magic but… it will be good to think for a moment on whether we are going to use these tools or not.”
That’s right, as Rossweisse-san have said; these tools are giving of a holy aura. So that’s why it gave us such chills, it’s not as bad as Holy Swords or a Cross but it seems like our bodies will get hurt if we touch them. It’s quite inconvenient being a Devil at these times.
Now that I think about it, building a shrine for a Dragon God is a divine ritual.
Hearing that, Kunou made an embarrassed expression.
“Ah, I have not thought that far ahead…… Hmm, although I can hold them with no problem…… Thinking back, there are only a few from my kind who can use these tools as well.”
Kunou is holding them without any problem but it’s too much for us to do so. If Azazel-sensei was here, he would give us some advice. He seems to enjoy getting involved in these kinds of stuff. But for some reason, we couldn’t see our trouble maker sensei.
“Sensei is quite reliable in these kinds of situations…” Xenovia said. Akeno-san then spoke with a hint of displeasure.
“Azazel-sensei has left saying that he’s participating in a [316th Leader of Fallen Angel Mahjong Competition]… Really, dragging even my father and holding a mahjong competition, no one can stop him…!” Akeno-san said while she was slightly dumbfounded. Wait, Mahjong competition?! With Fallen Angel Leaders?!
…. To say that it’s a bit too peaceful considering there has been more than 300 competitions, they’ve been holding them far before the peace talks… Since there are a lot of geeks within the Fallen Angel executives Mahjong might be quite popular among them.
Ah, Maou-samas are also all geeks! Both the high branches of Devils and Fallen Angels are a bunch of weirdoes!
“I’ll ask about these tools to my old friend. There are departments back in my home land that are quite well versed in these tools.” Rossweisse-san created a small communication circle.
That’s our Valkyrie that used to serve Nordic god! Thinking about it, the person who has seen this kind of thing the most closely must have been Rossweisse-san.
After briefly talking about the communication circle, Rossweisse-san spoke.
“I learned some magic from an old friend. If we use this magic on a pair of gloves they said we will be able to use these tools without a problem all day.”
They are such great magicians and since they are so kind, the tools that Kunou brought are not going to waste!
Kunou gave a big nod and put her hand up energetically.
“Hm, next are the materials! Let’s go and obtain the wood!”
We have decided to split up and look for materials for the shrine.
……I wonder what kind of shrine will be made.
Part 2
The place that I, Rias, Xenovia and Kunou visited is a forest. We came here through teleportation circles but…
Every trees that are in this forests are impressive as it looks like they’ve been living for centuries… they are stood in front of us with such a height that easily overwhelm us.
… Not only the trees, but the silence of the whole forests gives off a spiritual atmosphere. Maybe because we are devils but our senses are resonating with it. It could be that there are no humans around here as well.
“This is the correct destination, right?” Rias asked Kunou.
Kunou nodded her head in agreement and took a step forward.
“Yes, as expected, Legal-wife-sama is amazing, we have arrived at the exact spot. We have already talked to the god of this mountain and we are allowed to take one aged cedar tree.”
Oh ho, so they’ve already talked to the mountain god here… so we are allowed to take one of these impressive trees. We are thankful for the generosity but at the same time felt like it was a bit of a waste to just use the trees for something so sudden.
“Is it really okay to use such an impressive tree as a building material?” I asked without thinking. Since it is a very old tree, it won’t be strange to think that these trees have developed a consciousness. I have this Japanese mind-set that tells me objects can have their own soul, so I feel a bit obligated to ask.
Kunou then said to me
"Ise, don’t worry. They told me that there is a tree that was broken into two during the last disaster so we’ve got special permission to take that."
When we arrived where the tree was… there was a grand tree that has been split in half near the center.
“I heard this tree have been living for around 400 years. They asked us to only take the broken parts and leave the rest.”
400 years! T-T-That’s impressive! This one’s quite a good looking tree!
Xenovia placed her hand on the broken tree.
“So shall we move this one then? I thought I will be taking down the tree with my Durendal.”
“Your thought process is still out of place!” I suddenly criticized Xenovia.
For a Devil to chop down a few hundred years old tree that lives in the holy mountain with legendary Holy Sword… That’s just so weird that I thought maybe we should do that once just to see what happens!
“Then let’s get to work.” We started working under Rias’s instructions.
First, Kunou gave a ritual to thank both the mountain god and the tree and then, I quickly put on the Balance Breaker armour and held the tree trunk. Xenovia, while taking note from the diagram brought by Kunou, cut the tree trunk using the sword that’s been treated with magic (prepared in advanced for this purpose.)
Finally, Rias transported the wood using the teleportation circle.
The destination for these woods is the basement of the Hyoudou residence where the carpenter team is standing by. The wood is being processed there.
On the rooftop, the concrete foundation building team should be the building foundation for the shrine.
… While I was putting wood into the teleportation circle, I suddenly felt ominous about the future.
Will we be able to create the shrine when we’ve never done carpentry before? It’s different from building a simple hut.
Not only do we have to process the tree into building woods but even if all the woods are prepared, we haven’t got the skill to make them into a shrine. Since we are Devils, maybe we can simplify the process using our magic but we probably will need help from professionals for technical parts…
Rias asked Kunou.
“Those attendants are professionals at this kind of things right?”
“Yes. They have gone through proper training. We have also prepared the building blueprints in advance. The woods are currently being processed into building materials.”
Ah, is that so. Those fox onee-sama are professionals at these kind of things and so, I can feel at ease. They should be charging the operation and giving orders to the ORC members then.
Xenovia and I can relax and send the wood over there.
When Xenovia and I are working in silence, we heard the conversation between Rias and Kunou.
“Kunou is curious at how legal-wife-sama is able to keep her nice figure on her body.”
“I don’t do anything special to be honest. Besides that, Kunou-chan, well…. When you call me [Legal-wife-sama]… it’s a bit uncomfortable.”
“Is that so?! I-I do beg your pardon! … If that’s the case, should I address you as Madam?”
When Kunou becomes surprised, Rias quietly laughed.
“That’s not what I mean. Just call me Rias. Ise also calls me that right? Will I be able to call you [Kunou] like Ise?”
Hearing her words, Kunou’s face brightened up.
Kunou, who was tensed when talking to Rias, let go of her tension for the first time.
“I understand, Rias-sama! Please call me [Kunou] from now on!”
“Of course, Kunou.”
Oh, it looks like Kunou and Rias became close suddenly! As expected from someone I love, she flattered the nine tail princess with a single smile!
When those two were getting comfortable with each other, Xenovia said something.
“…As expected from the Legal Wife, the pecking order is coming up so naturally. It’s good that I joined in early.” While giving Rias a glare of respect, Xenovia suddenly said…
“Ise! I’ve been thinking lately that I should increase my feminine power! And then I will win the inevitable war between the girls of ORC!”
Xenovia said so and energetically chopped the tree but… aren’t you mistaking feminine power with something else?! Feminine power doesn’t indicate your physical power! It’s talking about your charm as a woman!
Well, that answer you gave is just like you, I’m not going to say anymore.
I don’t hate the fact that you are a power idiot! But at least control yourself a bit! Kiba, who keep pointing out the importance of technique more than power, is going to just cry his eyes out at this point!
Anyway, in order to build the shrine for Ophis, we continued our work.
At the workshop under the Hyoudou residence, the tree has been processed into the building material and is piled neatly on different parts on the floor.
Coming back from the mountains, we (me, Rias, Xenovia and Kunou) decided to help them with this work. The two attendants / professionals brought by Kunou explained the process carefully in detail so the making of the outline of the shrine wasn’t too difficult.
We are now also waiting for the concrete base in which the shrine will sit upon to dry.
The only thing that’s left is the Torii and the straw rope used to hang on the shrine but because the orders have been made in advance, all we need to do now is to wait for the delivery. Since it is impossible to build a shrine in one day, we decided to call it a day and rest for now.
My body’s aching from not having used my muscle in a long time.
We had our dinner with Kunou’s group at the ground floor dining room.
“I’m Kunou. My mother and I were indebted back at Kyoto, so…”
My parents were surprised at Kunou’s politeness despite her looks. This girl does have an energetic and selfish side to her but since she’s a Youkai princess, it seems like she’s been given proper etiquette lessons.
Not only that but they’ve brought some gifts and they are massive amounts of Kyoto-style Inarisushi.
Kunou’s group did forget to hide their fox ears and tails but when my parents saw that…
“Ara, that’s cute ears! Your tail accessory is also very cute!”
“Hmm, your shrine maiden costume is not bad.”
Well, it seems like they believe the girls are cosplaying as shrine maidens and also wearing these kinds of accessories. Since they kept meeting people with strange and weird logic, their metal abilities are becoming stronger and stronger.
Just like that, Kunou finished the meal with my parents and came back up to her room.
“Ta da! I’m wearing a school uniform!”
Kunou, who’s been missing for a little bit, came back wearing Khou academy’s female student school uniform!
Even though the uniform looks like it doesn’t fit her well and did look baggy, it’s definitely Khou academy’s school uniform!
“Where did you get that from?”
When I asked, the fox princess put out her chest and replied.
“I asked specially and got it through telemarketing. I heard that this uniform is quite popular among the young women in underworld.”
I remembered that. I heard this story before.
During Rias and Sona Kaichou’s Rating Game, both Gremory and Sitri wore this school uniform and the young people in underworld got influenced when they watched the battle on television.
It won’t be weird if the House of Gremory is selling these uniforms in the Underworld. They are quite good at these kinds of business.
But the uniform that Kunou is wearing should be the smallest size. Even then, her sleeves are still way too big for her. Well, it’s cute in its own way!
“It fits you and I’d bet it’ll look good on you when you grow up a bit.”
When I told her that, Kunou blushed and twisted her body.
“H-Hmm! I will become a woman that will look good in this uniform so look forward to it!”
“I’ll be waiting.”
“And when I become the [Female High school student], I will enrol to the Khou academy High school division! I already made a promise with my mother as well!”
“Khou academy?”
I wonder how long that will take. I imagined High school version of Kunou… Yes, she will become such a beauty! Judging by the look of Kunou’s mother, her b-b-breasts will also become huge! Ah, I’m looking forward to the future!
“… You are thinking about something indecent aren’t you?”
Kuu! Koneko’s sharp words jabbed my body.
Ravel laughed quietly.
“Ah, Ise-sama. Please don’t touch little girls that are smaller than Koneko-chan.”
“…I’m not a little kid. In the near future, my breasts will also become large like my onee-sama.”
“Ara, we… can’t be sure that the younger sister will be glamorous just because her older sister is such a beauty.”
“Uuuuuuu, my breasts will definitely become bigger! It’ll get bigger than Ravel’s!”
Arrra, Koneko and Ravel started their argument yet again. Well, this is a common occurrence but they will make up with each other soon.
“I will also wear it.”
….Our Dragon God-sama is also wearing the Khou academy uniform!
It seems like the smallest size just about fit her.
“I, look good?”
“Yes, it looks good. Very cute.” When I pet her head, she gave a reaction that she’s happy.
“I also want to wear Phis-sama’s clothes.”
“I also want to wear the shrine maiden clothes.”
It seems like those two are getting along well and the atmosphere is great right now.
When our nine tail princess and the Dragon God-sama finished wearing each other’s clothes, Irina came back with a box in her hand.
“Since we’ve eaten our dinner and had our uniform fashion show, let’s play a game! Let’s all play together to celebrate Kunou-chan coming here! We’ve got the Underworld Game of Life and I’ve also prepared the Heaven Game of Life!”
“We also got cards and UNO.”
“And Karuta as well!”[11]
Both Xenovia and Asia also brought their games!
Well, Kunou came here to hang out with us today so let’s have good time together for the time remaining!
“Then let’s have a Hyoudou Residence Games night!”
When I raised my hands and announced this, everyone shouted [Ohhhh!] and gave an enthusiastic reply! And just like that, we started a games night with Kunou and her attendants.
…just then, Akeno-san took her phone out and sighed.
“……it seems like the Fallen Angel Mahjong competition has gone in an all-nighter mode.”
It seems like they are also having some kind of situations…
Well, peaceful days are indeed precious to us!
Part 3
The day after.
After working through the weekend, the shrine construction has gone into the final stage.
While putting together the small wooden materials together, we also put our shrine up on the precise location. The craftsmanship on the materials is so great that we managed to build a small shrine just by following the blueprint. We then placed the completed shrine on top of dried concrete foundation and fixed it into place.
“Well, we’ve finished.”
Kiba sighed. The place he looked towards to is… A beautiful wooden shrine existed!
""Woah~""
Everyone gave a round of applause.
“The Torii have also arrived.”
Xenovia brought the red Torii that arrived through the teleportation circles, it was a torii big enough for one person to pass through. We placed the Torii and hung the straw ropes which also arrived with the Torii around the shrine.
“We made this with the leftover woods.”
One of attendants placed the wooden box in front of the shrine.
… It’s an offering box! Now the shrine looks more like it!
Now that the shrine is looking more and more like a real one, the last decoration to put on is a small statue.
Instead of the Komainu [12], the twin dragon statues are placed on both sides of the shrine. One is coloured red and the other is coloured white.
