Reincarnated into a Multiverse of Anime, but High School DxD

She also knew that change required bloodshed.

Over the years, the Five Great Houses had already shed enough blood.

Even if she became the head of the Himejima Family in the future, there would inevitably be voices of opposition when she changed the rules. It might even develop into a situation similar to the Void Cicada organization.

When that time came, Suzaku Himejima would use outside forces to silence those people.

Ren was her current partner.

"This is too slow."

Ren did not drink the sake. It was too bland and completely unsuited to his tastes.

"I know a better way."

"What way?"

Suzaku Himejima asked curiously.

Ren had always been mysterious. Perhaps he could give her some new inspiration.

"It's simple. Just get those old geezers out of power as quickly as possible. I'll help you take them out, and then you can naturally take their places, right? If there are still disobedient ones, I'll kill them too. As long as you can pay me a reward that satisfies me, I guarantee I'll handle everything cleanly."

A look of shock appeared on Suzaku Himejima's face after hearing that.

Only after a long while did she repeatedly shake her head with lingering fear. "N-No, Mr. Ren. Isn't that too extreme?"

Suzaku Himejima had never considered using such a method to rise to power.

"Extreme? I think it's efficient. Besides, isn't overthrowing one's superiors a tradition of your island nation?"

Ren shrugged.

The Inner Shrine had only been besieged yesterday, and the Five Great Houses were in turmoil. If they struck now, they might even be able to pin the blame on the fallen angels or those witches.

He felt that his plan was absolutely perfect!

"It's still too radical."

To be honest, after Ren explained it like that, Suzaku Himejima was somewhat tempted.

But the current head and the others were still members of the Himejima Family by blood. If this matter could be resolved without bloodshed, that would naturally be best.

If they followed Ren's method, many people would surely die in the end.

Suzaku Himejima had not expected such a "restless" heart to be hidden beneath Ren's harmless appearance.

If they really did this, the Five Great Houses would probably fall into complete chaos.

"Since you don't want to, forget it."

Ren sounded deeply regretful.

If he did it that way, the mission rewards would definitely be absurdly plentiful.

"Thank you."

Suzaku Himejima let out a sigh of relief.

She had truly been afraid that the moment she agreed, Ren would immediately rush into the Five Great Houses and slaughter the current heads and elders.

Although she had never seen Ren fight, the fact that he had rescued Lavinia from Jaucusta of the Purple Flame was enough to prove that he was no ordinary fighter.

"Suzaku, what are you two talking about over there? Come eat with us!"

Lavinia swayed her wineglass, her eyes unfocused as she stared at a patch of empty air.

"My apologies for making you see this."

Seeing her friend, Suzaku Himejima revealed a helpless expression.

"Please take care of Lavinia from now on."

After eating and drinking their fill, Lavinia was already dead drunk.

Suzaku Himejima looked at her pityingly. "Lavinia usually doesn't drink, but perhaps she is upset over what happened to her master. Leaving oppressive Kyoto might not be such a bad thing for her."

"By the way, Mr. Ren, where are you planning to go after leaving Kyoto?"

"I'll wander around. My destination is probably Kuoh Town."

Ren did not hide his whereabouts.

After all, Suzaku Himejima could find out just by asking Lavinia afterward.

"Kuoh Town?"

As if she had heard of a new continent, Suzaku Himejima's pupils widened slightly.

"You're actually going there?"

She did not ask what Ren was going there for. Since he had chosen Kuoh Town as his destination, he clearly had his own private reasons.

But compared to Ren's personal matters, she cared more about whether her cousin, who had left home years ago, was doing well.

Back then, the head of the Himejima Family had led a subjugation force to Kuoh Town and stopped there.

It was said that her cousin, Akeno Himejima, had been taken in as a servant by the devil ruling that town. Due to the influence of the Underworld, Suzaku Himejima's uncle had no choice but to let the matter go.

"Mr. Ren, if possible, could you help me deliver a letter to someone named Akeno Himejima? As far as I know, she should be living in Kuoh Town."

Suzaku Himejima made her request.

[Suzaku Himejima has issued you a mission]

[Mission: Deliver a Letter]

[Objective: Deliver Suzaku Himejima's handwritten letter to Akeno Himejima, who lives in Kuoh Town]

[Reward: Increased favorability with Suzaku Himejima and Akeno Himejima, random reward ×1]

Since it was a mission, Ren had no reason not to accept it.

Besides, once he went to Kuoh Town, he would definitely get entangled with Rias and her group.

Is It Big or Not?

Chapter 43

Another half hour passed. Suzaku Himejima finished writing the letter, then hurriedly left under the excuse of needing to handle family affairs.

Ren, meanwhile, left the tavern with the unconscious Lavinia and Asia.

The former had drunk too much, while Asia had been curious about what alcohol tasted like and passed out after half a glass.

Although the matters here had temporarily been dealt with, and it was not suitable for him to remain any longer given the current situation of the Five Great Houses, there were still two missions issued by Suzaku Himejima. For the first mission, Suzaku Himejima had rejected Ren's suggestion of directly beheading the targets, so it could be regarded as a long-term mission. The second required him to travel to Kuoh Town and deliver the handwritten letter to Akeno Himejima.

But given the current situation, he clearly could not leave today.

After taking a taxi back to the hotel with the two sleeping girls, Ren, having nothing better to do, began indulging his gaming addiction on the computer in the room.

Several hours later, Ren finally shut off the game after satisfying his gaming addiction.

Lavinia had already woken up before him.

She rubbed her aching forehead and slowly sat up from the sofa.

"Ugh... It hurts!"

"That's what a hangover feels like. I was the same when I drank for the first time, but it got much better afterward."

Ren's voice came at just the right moment.

Before transmigrating, he had never touched alcohol. But after killing someone for the first time, Ren had felt a little depressed. He had originally wanted to smoke, but he simply could not stand it, so he switched to drinking to get through that unforgettable day.

The next day, he woke up with a headache so severe it felt as though his head were about to explode. He had wrapped an ice pack around his forehead and only recovered after half a day.

After that, whether because his body adapted or because his growing physique let him ignore alcohol's numbing effects, Ren had never gotten drunk again.

Lavinia raised her eyes and saw Ren sitting in a chair, swaying back and forth as he watched her.

"Mr. Ren drinks too? But you hardly seemed to drink at the table earlier."

"That's because sake from this island nation tastes terrible. It's so bland there's practically no flavor."

Ren dismissed it with a snort.

"Okay."

Lavinia felt that Ren was indirectly mocking her for being unable to hold her liquor.

After all, she had not even finished half a bottle before becoming oblivious to the world.

Ren did not continue the topic of alcohol and instead said, "I'm leaving Kyoto next. You don't have a problem with that, do you, Miss Reni?"

"Just call me Lavinia."

A trace of cold air appeared around Lavinia's right hand, and she pressed her palm against her forehead.

Feeling somewhat better, she said softly, "I don't mind. No matter what happens next, I have to leave Kyoto anyway. But can you tell me where we're going?"

"Kuoh Town. There are some matters there that I need to deal with."

"I've never heard of that city, but wherever you go, I'll go too."

Lavinia was now essentially homeless.

The Five Great Houses could not keep an outsider like her. The enemy leader had been eliminated, her master had betrayed her, and if Ren had not previously offered to take her in, she would probably be wandering the world alone again.

"By the way, Mr. Ren, where is the home you mentioned?"

Ren answered without changing expression, "The whole world is my home. You tell me, is that big or not?"

Lavinia's mouth twitched slightly.

So Ren was the same kind of person as her.

The difference was that Ren had more money and could casually stay in presidential suites that ordinary people could not afford.

Lavinia did not have much to complain about regarding Ren's words.

Now that she knew where they were going next, Lavinia had no more questions.

She was not a talkative person to begin with, so she sat silently on the sofa afterward.

But while Lavinia had no issues, Ren fiddled with his phone for a while before suddenly realizing he had a problem.

It was the purple cross he had looted from Jaucusta's corpse after killing her.

According to the system's description, that thing was the Sacred Gear, the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord.

Sacred Gears were one of the most important powers in the world of High School DxD.

The original protagonist, Issei Hyoudou, had managed to overcome every obstacle because he possessed the power of the Red Dragon Emperor.

And the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord, like the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, was one of the elite Sacred Gears.

The reason Jaucusta had been easier to kill than Satanael was because her proficiency with her Sacred Gear was far inferior to that of the original protagonist. The ability she had deeply developed was merely a subspecies Balance Breaker.

The so-called Balance Breaker referred to the ultimate form of a Sacred Gear. To reach that state, the Sacred Gear's wielder had to possess emotions or wishes so intense that they could reverse the flow of the world's workings before breaking through into the realm of Balance Breaker.

Of course, reversing the world's flow was merely a figure of speech.

At least, Ren had not been able to tell from the anime which wielders who developed a Balance Breaker had emotions and wishes powerful enough to interfere with the world's normal operation.

Ren felt that he was thinking too far ahead for now.

After all, he had not even fused with the Sacred Gear yet. Thinking about Balance Breaker was far too early.

Ren took out the purple cross.

Its powerful aura immediately drew a reaction from Lavinia, who was also a Sacred Gear wielder. She stared at the cross in Ren's hand in shock.

That scorching aura even nearly made Lavinia activate her own Sacred Gear on reflex.

Because she was far too familiar with that aura.

It was precisely the Sacred Gear Jaucusta had used!

"You actually took Jaucusta's Sacred Gear?!"

Took?

Ren was unhappy the moment he heard that.

Could a transmigrator's business be called stealing?