"What do you mean that we're supposed to be in the ORC right now?"

That was the question that I asked when Sitri-san said that Raynare and I are supposed in the old school building where the Gremory group is located. The deal that Sitri-san and I had agreed on is that Raynare and I would become members of the Student Council, not with the ORC.

"Rias wants you and Yūma Amano-san under her surveillance, saying that she has more free time to do that both of you then I do." Sitri-san said after readjusting her glasses "While I don't have a problem keeping an eye on both you and Yūma Amano-san myself, I can't fault her words on having more responsibilities as the Srudent Council President and so I agreed with her proposal."

Well, there goes my plan of trying not to interact with the Gremory group to much... While I can just not go, I would become more suspicious if I didn't do that since I'm dangerous in their eyes. Plus, I wanted to know Sitri-san a bit more since she didn't got much screen time in the Anime, Light Novel or Manga "*Sigh*...Whatever, let's go now Raynare." I sighed with slight disappointment, getting a nod in response from my ravenette housemate, before we left the Student Council room and went our way to the old school building for the ORC.

"Say, do you mind if I ask you a question?" Raynare asked, which made look at her with a raised eyebrow but I nodded none the less "Why do you seem to dislike Gremory and her group?"

"Well, this might sound stupid but I'm not the type of person that likes to get involve with very popular people." I replied, looking at the empty rooms that we're passing by... I can already imagine the angry and annoying cries from the perverted males in this school while cursing my existence if they found out that I'm hanging out with the Devils in ORC "The unneeded attention that I would get from their fans would be very annoying, especially from the guys that faps from their picture in their homes will be the most annoying bunch, so I prefer to just avoid them."

"Uh..." My companion started off and I didn't need to look at her to know that she has a sweat drop behind her head "...That's a pretty degrading and stereotypical thing to say to your fellow males."

"I'm not too off from my guess because most males that enrolled here are 90% perverts, who are mostly here to check out the girls and hopes to score a hot girlfriend." I pointed out that another fact about the male student body of Kuoh Academy "Take the Perverted Duo as a perfect representative of the perverted male population. Always getting their asses beaten by the female population, but never learns their lessons and just continue on...Guys like them gives some of the more innocent guys a bad image."

"Are you calling yourself innocent?" Raynare questioned, disbelief clear in her voice "From how aloof and uncaring you towards my teasing two days ago, I honestly thought that you're already gotten yourself laid in a brothel."

"I'm still a virgin, believe it or not, and the only reason why I didn't even blush from your teasing is because you're not that good enough to get me hot and bothered." I replied, getting an offended expression from Fallen Angel but I expected that since insulted her seductiveness, which is a great blow to her pride as a beautiful woman "The cleavage tease isn't enough 'cuz I'm more into the kinkier stuff."

"I knew that you're a pervert!"

"I never said that I'm not a pervert, I'm just pointing out the more extreme perverts in the school." I replied before shaking my head "Anyways, let's just get our asses to the ORC. I'm pretty sure that the red head is wondering where we are right by now."

Raynare nodded in agreement, and we continue our way towards the ORC in silence and it didn't take us long to arrive in the club. I saw Gremory looking at us with an expression that says she was expecting our arrival... I feel the urge to embarrass her right now.

"We-"

"Can we skip the greets and get straightened down to business? What are we supposed to do here in the ORC?" I interrupted the red head rudely, but I didn't care. I'm more curious on what my companion and I are supposed to do in this club when it's nothing more but a cover for the Devil activities that they do. Raynare and I aren't Devils, so we're not involved with preforming contracts for her. Are we supposed to stay and do things until they're do for the night? That's stupid and complete waste of time, and I'm already losing precious for grinding thanks to a certain someone looking after me.

"Please don't be rude to Buchou, Kōjiro-kun." Himejima said to me with a smile, but I can feel that she's slight annoyed at my rudeness towards Gremory. I just shrugged without a care and focused on the frowning red head.

"...But he does have a good point." Gremory admitted, taking me by surprise. I know that she's the type of girl that hardly she admits that someone else is right due to pride "You don't have anything to do here that's related to our duties, so it's mostly for time to hang out here or do your homework."

"I can do my homework at my house, so there's no need for me to come here just to do that." I pointed out with bored eyes "As for hanging out with you girls, I rather not do that to avoid that annoying glares and cries from your fanboys that will surely curse my existence, especially from the fappers for the 2 Great Ladies."

"...We'll ignore that last part." Gremory said with a disgusted expression on her face, something that the others mimicked in their own way "I actually want to show you how a peerage work together as a team." She said, causing me to raise an eyebrow. So she's going to bring us along to watch herself and her peerage fight a Stray Devil, possibly the first Stray that appeared in the series, only to be killed off. I'm honestly thinking that she's trying to impress me, which she believes will make me rethink of my previous decision and join her group... How delusional this red head is, thinking that things will go her way in the end.

"I don't mind, I'm honestly interested to see their full strength in the fight." I replied, referring specifically to Kiba and Tōjō, the Devils that I fought and defeated quickly, but only because they were underestimated me.

I have no problem in joining them for the attack on the Stray, and I can use it as an excuse to go home early afterward since there's nothing else to do. Plus, I hope to get a chance of going to that shop.

"Excellent." Gremory said with a smile before standing up from her sit "Let's get going now... Though both you and Raynare have to find your own way there since I can't bring you both through a magic circle."

"Well, its a good thing that Raiga can-"

"I don't know how to create a teleportation circle, so we have to go there by foot." I cut off my companion, blurry out a simple fact about me.

"WHAT!?" Raynare shouted in shock, looking at me with wide eyes while pointing at me "Y-You're a magician, aren't you!? How in God's name do you not know something so simple like a teleportation spell!?"

"I don't consider myself a magician since I simply use mana to strengthen myself for some close combat, something that no magician would do in their entire lives." I said, ignoring how the others flinched when Raynare said God in front of them. It's a good thing that I'm not a Devil, or else I would have experience the same thing "I wasn't properly trained, so I can't do basic spells like fireballs."

"N-No way..." Raynare's disbelieving expression was very amusing, causing a strange feeling to tingle my chest slight... I have a slight hunch on what that feeling is, but I need more proof to be sure of it.

"Anyways, where are we supposed to meet up?" I asked towards Gremory, who looked amused as well at Raynare's face.

"We're going to meet up in an old greenhouse at the outskirts of Kuoh." Gremory said while she and the others began to gather in the large magic circle in the room, which started to glow a bright blue light "Don't be late, or else I'll send someone to find you."

After she said those words, the red head and her peerage vanish from my sight.

"Well, we better get going now. We don't want the red to spy on us." I said before turning around and walked away from the clubroom... Hmm, I wonder if I can make a detour to that shop? I just have to find a away to get rid of Raynare off my tail to be a slight free man... But I'm taking the risk of letting her go to where ever she wants to go, like the abandoned church where her ragtag group resides.

I just hope that the shop is worth the risk.

"Hey Raynare." I called out to the ravenette behind me "You can go ahead to the greenhouse by flying there, I don't want you to take the long way with me."

"You sure?" Raynare asked, which I responded with a nod while I was mentally surprised since she's not questioning me on why I want her to go ahead... That's suspicious, but this is my chance to check out that shop "Alright then..."

Just when we were outside of the old school building, she revealed her wings to the world before taking flight towards the destination where Gremory wants us to meet up.

Now, time for my little detour.

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I found myself standing in front of the shop that got my attention since yesterday. I didn't understood why I'm drawn to this place since it doesn't look that interesting to catch my attention... Well, I'll never figure it out unless I go inside.

"Welcome to the Abyss Auction!" A voice greeted me the moment I entered the shop. I was surprised that this little place is the Abyss Auction in Japan, but it actually made sense why I'm drawn to this place. This is the place where [The Gamers] can get new or trade their Skills for new one, and considering that I have [The Gamers] powers, it goes hand in hand "How can I help you?"

Looking at the source, I blinked when a familiar appeared within my line of sight... What the hell is Irisviel doing in a place like this, as the manager of this Abyss Auction?

"I have a few questions that I want to know." I asked, choosing to question why she's here for another time. I have more pressing things to know then that "Is this place located in Japan?"

"No. The Abyss Auction is within its own Pocket Dimenson, completely unnoticable by any being other then people that aren't [Players] like yourself." The Irisviel look-a-like said after shaking her head "Because of this, time freezes from the world you came from whenever you enter the shop but you won't gain any EXP while you're here."

...That makes sense. It would be completely cheating if you train in this place where time freezes outside. If that was possible, then levelling up would be very simple and you can insanely powerful once your outside, which would become very suspicious on how exactly did you become so strong in just a day. The [Players] term does make sense with multiple people with [The Gamer] power existing in different realities.

"Is it possible for different [Players] to come in the Abyss Auction? And if so, can they train items or Skills with each other [Players]?" I asked the question that has been bugging me for a long time before I appeared in this world. There are multiple [Players] in the vast ocean of creation that can enter this shop, then it's not impossible for them to interact with each other.

"Yes to both questions. Multiple [Players] can enter the Abyss Shop and exist at the same time, while trading with each other would be more different then you might think of the word trade." The woman said, making me curious in what she meant "This shop is an auction, so they have to sell their items here before other [Players] can buy them."

Isn't that more like putting stuff for sell then trading? Whatever, it's not like I'm going to 'trade' with other [Players] since I'm still a greenhorn... Wait what?

I blinked, realising that the way say referee to myself as a novice was like that of an American cowboy to someone new to something... Could it be that the [Class Cards] are affecting my personality slightly? I do use Billy's card most of the time when I was grinding last week.

I shook my head, deciding to just put that thought aside for the present "What's your name?"

"I don't have a default name, but I refer to myself as Lily." Lily said with a smile on her face "So, are you going to check out our items?"

I nodded in response and a pop-up window suddenly in front of me.

(Abyss Auction):

Buy

Sell

Exchange

Upgrade

Auction

Slaves

Gacha

I blinked when I saw the Gacha option... I didn't expect that to appear in the Abyss Auction, since, well, its a place where you buy, sell and trade, not a place where you trust your luck for something. Well, let's see what it does...

Gacha

The Gacha option test your LUCK and gives you the chance to win a rare item. You can 3 free spins a week, after that it'll cost a thousand money for a spin. Good luck!

Take it for a spin? Yes | No

"Is the Gacha restricted to items in the verse where I'm living or, or does it include random things from the vast ocean of creation?" I asked Lily, wanting to clarify on what this Gacha does. It would be boring if it was the former since the only thing that's worth getting are the [Sacred Gears] since they have different abilities, while the swords aren't really interesting since I've seen more powerful and beautiful swords and powers from [Type-Moon]. The latter is more fun but very random on what to get, since there might be a power that I never heard off and it might lead to some difficulties in the future due to not understanding the power properly.

"The latter, since its more fun that way~!"Lily said with a cutesy smile on her face, while I just looked at her with deadpan eyes. Yeah, more fun for someone who doesn't understand the pain of getting bad rolls... Umu, why didn't you came to my Chaldea after I wasted all of my Saint Quarts for you during the Valentines Event!?

Shaking my head to get rid of the sad and painful memories, I steeled my nerves and wished that my LUCK would give me something good before choosing Yes.

The words in pop-up window suddenly started to distort into a black hole, which was releasing a silver of light in the fire that began to grow and grow until it disappeared to reveal... A bunch of Black Keys...

"[Observe]."

[Black Keys] - Rank: D - Durability: 1000/1000 - ATK: 95

Description: A sacrament of the Church, one of their many charms used against demons and vampires. With low effectiveness as swords despite their appearance, and their great length, their true usage is exclusively as throwing weapons likened to bullets rather than for swordplay.

Special Effect:

[Black Keys] have different effects based on the Rites used before throwing them towards a target.

The Cremation Rite causes Burn status. The Internment Rite causes Petrified status. And the Excarnation Rite calls countless crows to descend upon the target.

...I hate my E+ LUCK. My first roll, and the first thing that I got are a set of [Black Keys]. I don't know if Kotomine is behind the Gacha just to troll us [Players], but fuck him and his [Black Keys].

Choosing the Gacha option again and pressing Yes from the get go, I'm really hoping that my shitty LUCK won't give me the same thing. The next thing that reveal was a book, much to my relief, before another pop-up window appeared.

*Ding!*

You have acquired a Skill Book! Would you like to learn [Ryūsui Gansai-Ken]?

Yes | No

So it's old man Bang's fighting style. This martial arts would probably help me for a long time until I feel the need to get something better. Plus, it's an interesting take in how to fight. Choosing Yes, the book in my hand just turns to dust and a rush of info came in crashing into my brain, along with a mild headache... Well, that's one way to learn something new.

I shook my head to get rid of the leftover headache that started to disappear already. Looking at the window in front of me, showing me a new Skill to the list, I read the Skill's description.

[Ryūsui Gansai-Ken] - Passive - LvL: 1/100 - EXP: 0%

Description: The martial art of Bang from One Punch Man. A relatively powerful fighting style that leading the fighter's enemies around the nose by moving like a calm stream, only to finish them off with a punch strong enough to smash great rocks like a raging river, making a parallel to real-life Tai Chi. The martial art can repel the attacks of your opponents, nullify them, or redirect them back with twice the power.

- Techniques -

Mikiri (Abandonment): The user removes all restriction that they had placed on their mind. When they're removed, mobility, agility and maneuverability are heightened.

You passively gain the following bonuses when taking this state: Increases STR, END and AGI by 1 rank.

I nodded with a small smile on my face, happy to have a new Skill that will help me outside of the [Class Cards] then just [Mana Burst] and [Reinforcement]. At least I can make more proof that I'm not a magician, but a novice martial artist instead. While I might not have the body of a professional athlete or a well trained martial artist, my body structure is fit enough for fights.

Now for the last roll this week... Choosing the Gacha option again and pressing Yes from the get go, I'm really hoping that my shitty LUCK won't give me the same thing. The next thing that reveal was a long katana with a black handle. It had a cross-shaped guard and a black lacquered sheath... Wait a second.

"[Observe]."

[Yubashiri] - Rank: C - Durability: 1000/1000 - ATK: 500

Description: 1 of the 55 Ryo Wazamono grade swords from One Piece and an extremely light yet strong sword. Its light weight allows fast actions and reflexes, while maintaining its sharpness for cutting power.

Ho? I didn't expect that katana would be my last roll for this week. If the description and Zoro's own words can be trusted, [Yubashiri] is a good weapon to have in my arsenal... But now I have to make an excuse on why a martial artist would use a katana.

I didn't question why the weapon didn't physically appear in front, since the sword went into my Inventor and that would probably be the best since I'll gain attention from the police by carrying a sword around Kuoh.

So after selling some of the useless junk in my Inventory, I left the Abyss Auction and started to walk towards the location where I'm supposed to meet up with the ORC while thinking of a new training schedule for my new Skills. I should probably get a Skill Book with a sword style for [Yubashiri], since it would be a waste just using it without any grace behind it...

I got a lot of rolls to do in the future, but it'll be interesting to see what I'll get in the up coming weeks.