Y/N POV

I woke up in a dark forest which was already alarming for me as I have never experienced a dream or nightmare for that matter.

Y/N: *Pinches himself and feels no pain* Yeah, definitely a dream. How strange... 17 years old and I'm now having a dream? Could it be because I've been reincarnated as a devil? No... *starts walking through the creepy forest* I've been a devil for almost an entire year and I'm NOW just experiencing this. There's a logical explanation for this, I just need to find it.

As I was wandering aimlessly through the forest, I noticed footprints. Too big to be human and they couldn't have been human in the first place.

Y/N: Oversized chicken footprints... it wasn't running. I'll follow them for now.

I began to follow the oversized chicken footprints and I then remembered a Slavic folktale that I learned about when I picked up the hobby of reading folklore shortly after being reincarnated.

Y/N: Creepily silent forest, chicken footprints... Could it be? *Looks up* So it is... The Baba Yaga.

With nothing else but the infamous on chicken legs around, I decided to approach and the moment it noticed me, it stopped and bent down, allowing me access to the front porch. I walked inside to be greeted with an empty room.

Y/N: (She has to be around here somewhere. There's a reason the house allowed me inside. She must be secretly watching me. Perhaps she's planning to sneak attack me but for what purpose? Stay on guard at all times...) ...

As I looked around, I sensed a hostile presence and quickly swirled to the left as sharp class were slammed into the table.

???: My my my~. Your vigilance is certainly impressive. I'm curious as to how you sense danger but I'm sure I'll figure it out VERY soon~.

Y/N: You must be the Baba Yaga... what do you want from me?

Baba Yaga: Relax~. I'm merely testing your skills... *Goes on the attack, causing to resort to acrobatics to avoid being cut* I've been here watching you from the moment you awoke as a devil. It's been quite the fun little ride, I'm excited for more~.

Y/N: What do you mean?

Baba Yaga: Your sacred gear. It has a spirit connected to it. Wanna guess who?

Y/N: *Relaxes as Baba Yaga calmly sits in a chair* Why show up now?

Baba Yaga: I didn't have the ability to yet. Simple as that. It took time but now I'm here and I wish to offer you a simple gift~... in exchange for something of course~. That's how these things work, after all~. And don't worry. I don't want your soul~.

Y/N: Then what do you want from me?

Baba Yaga: For my gift, all I ask is you do the one thing you're good at~.

Y/N: And what's that?

Baba Yaga: *Teleports right in front of Y/N* FIGHT~.

Y/N: *Groans in pain and looks down to see a tree branch has pierced his body* W-What did you... do...? *Begins to black out*

Baba Yaga: *Hugs him tightly* Don't worry, dear. I'm granting you more of my power~. Soon, you'll wake up from this dream, or nightmare if you want to call me that~. Either way, *GIF below* I only request a good show, okay~?

I suddenly woke up and found myself back in reality. I let out a small sigh of relief before getting out of bed and groggily wandering into the bathroom but instead of my reflection in the mirror, she was smiling at me.

Baba Yaga: {If you ever wish to speak to me outside of the dream realm, merely call my name where you can see your reflection. I'll be here to chat~.}

Y/N: I see... Explain...

Baba Yaga: {Hmm~? Explain what?}

Y/N: Why should I trust you and how can I trust you?

Baba Yaga: {*Chuckles* You can't, can you really~? But perhaps the realization that if you die, I die alongside you and I don't wish to fade away~...

Y/N: You said you gave me more of your power. Explain.}

Baba Yaga: {I gave you the ability to store your weapons in a pocket dimension of sorts. You can only store a very limited array of weapons but in your line of work, I'm sure you'll appreciate that~.}

Y/N: I can't hate it. Having the ability to hide weapons while impersonating someone like Ravel...

Baba Yaga: Indeed~! So~... What do you say for this wonderful gift~?

Y/N: Thank you?

Baba Yaga: You're Welcome~. Well I'm sure you're busy so you best get to work on infiltrating the Phenex mansion.

Y/N: Right. I best be off-

Baba Yaga: Ah! Right~. I improved your impersonation ability.

Y/N: How so?

Baba Yaga: So long as you kill your target, you'll gain information necessary to not bring suspicion to yourself. However, if their body is discovered, your disguise will shatter and you'll become dangerously vulnerable so please careful~.

I stared at her but nodded my head in acknowledgment before walking out of the bathroom and into weapon vault before grabbing an assault rifle, shotgun, two pistols, dual Uzis, as well as extra ammunition that was blessed by Rachel. Once I was ready, I left my house and stopped at the student council room to drop off a note to Sona, stating what happened earlier today. Once that was done, I used a teleportation circle to go to Hell, and I wasted no time trespassing onto the Phenex Mansion property. However, while I was sneaking around, I failed to noticed a guard.

Guard: You! Stop! *Runs over with his weapon drawn*

Y/N: (*Sigh* Godless fucking damit..) Okay, Okay. I'm simply just lost.

Guard: *Pointing sword at Y/N* On your knees! Hands behind your head!

Y/N: Y-Yes sir. Sorry if I'm unintentionally trespassing! I'm just a lost soul!

Guard: *Checks Y/N to determine if he's a threat or not* It's fine. I see you're not armed, so I'll escort you off-wait~. You're Sona's mutated pawn~! Hahaha! Oh~! Lord Phenex's gonna LOVE this! I managed to capture the infamous imposter pawn of Sona!

The guard began to let his guard down as he arrogantly boasted about his soon to be promotion and as he kept going on and on, it started to honestly annoy me.

Y/N: *GIF below* (Enough of this bullshit monologuing!) Oh, shut the hell up!

With a swift motion of my hidden blade which, I had Rachel coat in a holy light like substance, I stabbed the guard in the neck and pulled him into the flower beds, concealing his body from being an obvious sight. I then impersonated him, giving me my golden opportunity.

Y/Guard: You Are hereby relieved of duty. *walking towards the mansion entrance* (Now to wait for Sona to make her move.)