Chapter 4 Part 4

"Me? Uhm..." Akio rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "That's right...I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?" Rias and the others were so intrigued by the topic that they paused, then slightly approached Akio.

While they waited for an answer, Akio decided to give the name by which the inhabitants of the other world were familiar. "My name is Al," Akio said. After giving a respectful greeting to Rias, Akio's eyes looked at Rias and the others, which Serafall immediately understood

"She is Ophis...the Dragon god, the Infinite. Ouroboros as the two entity beings in this world that can create the apocalypse," Serafall explained to help introduce Ophis.

Akio responded with a slightly surprised look on his face, but he remained calm and did not seem intimidated by the title given to Ophis. He then continued the conversation casually, as if nothing was too much trouble.

"Is that so?" - The nonchalant face, made the devil surprised at how relaxed he was even after hearing Ophis' name and what title she bore.

As for Ophis herself, who is true innocence itself because she is an infinite concept, it is very difficult to express emotions. She does not know it for sure because as long as she lives, she only drifts in the dimensional gap with her brother, Great Red.

"No...I said, who are you?..., I can feel it. If the energy in your body is not from this world. I know you're not from here (Earth) right?" - She said, with a blank expression and a dead fish stare.

The atmosphere tightened when Akio's identity was revealed by Ophis, the devils were shocked while looking at each other except Serafall who was focused on listening with an indescribable facial expression.

While Akio looked sharply at Ophis who looked back at him with the same blank stare as before, then Akio's mouth curved into a smile and finally laughter escaped from his mouth.

"Hehehehehe~" -wiping away tears from laughter. "I didn't expect my origins to be revealed this late." - Then laughed again. "Hehehehe~, did you not realize it or are you stupid? Seeing your surprised expressions made me laugh"

Serafall felt offended by Akio's words, but she remained patient because it was their fault for not realizing the possibility.

"Haah" - Sigh. "Yes, you're right. Although there is one thing that would surprise her if I were a native earthling" - Crouched down to match Ophis' height. The piercing gaze never changed when replying to her blank stare. "Then, God?...tell me, how can you explain the other world?" - Showing a smile that gave off an uncomfortable feeling.

Ophis' reaction was ordinary when bullied by Akio. "That job is not my job, Baka Red is a dragon that maintains dimensional stability. he is the guardian of this world from the invaders of the outside world"

Akio raised his eyebrows at Ophis' answer. "Baka Red?" - He muttered. "So there's someone else who also maintains dimensional stability besides you. That seems great, too." - After thinking for a moment, Akio added, "Even so, you recognize the existence of another world, right?"

Ophis nodded slowly, while his four companions were shocked by the information. Akio did not want to talk about it because it was personal privacy. However, he wanted to talk about it as a warning to those who threatened or attracted someone to do evil so that Akio could use it to attract the interest and sympathy of his allies.

"Listen...there was an incident ten years ago, you may be a being who doesn't care about what happens in the mortal world, but it's possible that you or the Baka Red you mentioned felt that way...I'm not from another world but was stranded in another world as a result of the rupture of the space distortion, it just happened. I didn't even think it would become like that when I had to take a detour on my way home from school...maybe I'll just tell you my information here since we're still enemies." - Akio said, leaving everyone stunned.

Rias who used to have hatred for Akio...now turned curious as to what happened afterward or if she was interested in the story.

Asia who was innocent and did not harbor any hatred towards Akio even when he almost killed his loved one was confused about the situation.

Xenovia looked a little surprised and confused after hearing Akio's story. She looked at Rias, trying to figure out how she should react to this situation. But in the end, she just nodded slowly and returned to silence, still digesting Akio's shocking story.

Georg didn't give the same reaction because he had already heard the story from Akio himself, not only he but all the members of the faction knew about his amazing story which made the members' morale stronger and sure about their purpose to stay in the faction.

Ophis then stretched out both her hands to the surprise of everyone there including Akio, because she did something unexpected afterward. she pressed her tiny hand to Akio's cheek so that the man could look directly into her empty eyes.

"Then...who is residing inside you?" - Ophis asked which confused everyone. Only Akio understood what she meant.

'Apparently, she to know about it' - Smiled faintly, then replied "You shouldn't need to know that, if you're afraid it will go berserk then there's no need to worry about it. All control is already in my hands, he will never be able to rise again or take control of my body" - Removed Ophis' hand from his cheek.

Ophis showed no reaction other than a blank stare that was still fixed on Akio who started to stand up and stare at the confused devils. took out something from the pocket which was a small notebook, and noted something with a pen that he took out from the same place. then tore off a piece of paper.

Then that piece of paper gave it to Serafall. "You can contact me again using this number" - He said. Serafall was still frozen until a few seconds later realized then took the paper hastily.

After giving her the number to call, Akio turned around and walked towards Georg who was waiting. But something was tugging at the hem of his shirt.

Ophis stopped him in his tracks, making Akio ask. "Didn't I answer all your questions? Ouroboros, what more do you need from me?"

There was silence when Akio finished speaking, then finally Ophis opened her mouth "Help me...find the missing part of me" - Said her openly.

...

Then inside the Dimensional Pocket.

Georg beside Akio immediately asked his after coming out of the mortal world, "Are you sure?"

Akio responded to Georg's question casually, "Of course. This is a request from the strongest Dragon god, maybe he wants to be with me out of curiosity but it's more in our favor because the devil side lost one of its strongest supporters." - Without turning to look at Akio, they continued to walk towards the main building.

"I'm not sure if it's a good thing to have her with us." - Georg said.

Akio stopped which made Georg also stop walking, then he turned to face a nervous his. He thought he might have spoken wrong, but a surprising thing happened when Akio just patted his shoulder while saying. "Take it easy, don't get too worked up Georg. She's a dragon and also the strongest creature in this world, so there's no way she'll become a spy agent for our enemies. If there's anything, I'll be in charge" - Leaving Georg dumbfounded to digest Akio's words.

"If you talk like that, yes, I can't refuse" - Georg said.

Akio smiled and nodded in understanding. "That's good then. We must work together and trust each other if we want to face even greater threats in the future," - He said firmly but kindly, earning a nod from Georg.

Then, they continued their journey toward the office in the main building.