When Sona asked whether Seiya could spare Kokabiel for the time being, she was clearly lacking confidence.
But that was hardly surprising. By now, she had basically concluded that Seiya had become her "Rook" for some ulterior motive or another reason.
No one would believe that merely awakening a Sacred Gear could raise someone's strength to the level of the Super Demon King Class—not even a child who had just been born in the Underworld.
However, regardless of why Seiya had approached her or even become part of her peerage, the fact remained that he had saved both her and Rias tonight. At the moment, Sona felt nothing but gratitude toward Seiya.
"Since that is what the president wishes, then naturally, I have no objection."
As chains of demonic power extended from Seiya's arms, Kokabiel, who had thought himself doomed, was quickly bound into a large dumpling once more and tossed before Sona and the others.
Afterward, Seiya merely snapped his fingers, and the Four Sacred Domain vanished like an illusion.
If not for Rias Gremory's corpse nearby, her eyes still open in death, and Kokabiel's body twisted into a pretzel by the chains of demonic power, Sona, Rias, and the others might have believed that everything they had experienced tonight was just a dream.
After all, once the Space Magic disappeared, the utterly terrifying aura Seiya had possessed earlier vanished completely as well.
In Sona and Rias's eyes, Seiya now looked like nothing more than an utterly ordinary "normal person."
"Seiya, who exactly are you? And why did you want to become my... peerage member?"
Seeing how readily Seiya had agreed, Sona froze for a moment before voicing the greatest question in her heart.
With strength nearly comparable to the Super Demon King Class, Seiya could never have been