"..."
"..."
Vignette, who was being chased, suddenly stopped in place, turned her head to look at Gabriel who also stopped at the same time, four eyes met, silently speechless.
The two of them had already been flustered by the shameful punishment of being fed by turns by Hachiman. When Hachiman mentioned skipping class, they didn't think too deeply, just instinctively felt they had to accept punishment.
Now that they think about it, if they had to accept Hachiman's punishment for skipping class for one day, then Hachiman should also receive punishment from them.
Judging from Hachiman's situation of skipping class, they could take turns punishing Hachiman many times already.
"Wait... then only I received punishment twice?", Gabriel looked at Vignette, who showed a relieved expression after surviving the ordeal, and suddenly realized a very serious problem.
If skipping class didn't count as punishment, then she had no reason to ask Vignette and Raphiel to unbutton and show themselves to Hachiman.
Clearly, they all stayed up together, skipped class together, but in the end only she alone was seen completely by Hachiman?
"Little Gab, don't give me that look! You came later, I ate much more than you earlier!"
Seeing Gabriel staring directly at her, Vignette quickly raised her hands to block in front of her chest, afraid Gabriel would lose psychological balance and strip her clothes on the spot for Hachiman to see.
She didn't know if it was because she was troubled by Hachiman's matters and couldn't control her emotions.
Now Gabriel already looked quite different from before. If it were the former Gabriel, after being seen by Hachiman at most she would blush shyly, where would she want to drag her down like now.
"You weren't even seen. If you could switch, you definitely wouldn't want to," Seeing Vignette guarding herself immediately, Gabriel's mouth twitched slightly, muttering a sentence but not continuing a chase game of angel and demon with Vignette.
Compared to Vignette, who only accepted the shameful feeding punishment, the one who slipped through the net, Raphiel, hadn't even received one punishment.
She had to work with Vignette to let Raphiel receive punishment first, otherwise she alone couldn't catch Raphiel, and Raphiel would definitely act shameless and refuse to accept punishment with Hachiman.
Originally, they said tonight they would continue discussing Hachiman's matters together, but Raphiel disappeared without a trace. It's very likely Raphiel already predicted they would be punished by Hachiman.
However, they got punished, Raphiel definitely can't escape either.
Absolutely, absolutely must let Raphiel taste the shame of being fed by Hachiman in turns just like them.
"Hachiman... you stared for quite a while just now, didn't you...", Gabriel suddenly looked at Hachiman, speaking faintly.
Vignette who didn't want to share the burden will be settled later, the culprit Raphiel who's nowhere to be found is even more unforgivable.
But Hachiman, who looked at her body while feeding but said nothing, only pointed it out after feeding was over, also had problems.
Although she didn't know how many times Hachiman had looked at her, but he fed her for that long, Hachiman definitely looked a lot!
"Not that long, just happened to be right in front of me, instinctively looked out of curiosity a couple times," Hachiman shook his head, calmly said.
"Of course, it's true I took advantage of you. Little Gab, how do you want to punish me?"
"...", Looking at Hachiman downplaying the matter of taking advantage of her, Gabriel couldn't help but fall into silence.
She kind of wanted to be angry, but it didn't seem to be a big deal to Hachiman.
She basically knew all the girls around Hachiman clearly, except for a few who were petite like Iris, most of them had outstanding figures that could stretch their clothes tight, even possibly bursting the buttons.
With her figure, Hachiman indeed didn't have much reason to look more. At most, he hadn't seen someone this small before, so he curiously glanced twice.
'But... just curiously looked twice...'
So she was seen completely, just to satisfy a little of Hachiman's curiosity.
"Let's forget about the punishment. Vignette and I also aren't strangers to Hachiman's body. You see me, I see you, let's count it as canceling the punishment. Vignette, don't you think so?", Gabriel looked at Vignette beside her, gaze landing on Vignette's similarly flat figure, raised the corner of her mouth and smiled slightly at Vignette.
"...", Seeing Gabriel staring at her again, Vignette instinctively tightened the arms hugging her chest again.
'Say that to Hachiman! Why are you looking at me?'
Didn't little Gab agree to pretend to fall, why now does it feel like she really fell, even using her eyes to threaten her.
Also, wasn't it supposed to pretend to fall for Hachiman, why is it pretending to fall for her?
"All right, all right, the punishment is over, now shouldn't we talk a bit about the matter of angels and demons?", Hachiman gently interrupted the two's eye exchange. He had been wondering when he could unexpectedly find out their identities, didn't expect Gabriel to self-reveal today.
But that's reasonable, their identities as angel and demon weren't something they particularly needed to hide, just didn't want the hassle of talking about it everywhere.
"Can I not explain? Actually Vignette and I can't casually use powers in the human world, Hachiman, you just keep treating us as your friends," Seeing Hachiman turning the topic toward herself, Gabriel swallowed and wanted to change the subject with an excuse.
Just now, in order to find out why Hachiman ignored her Holy Light protection, she chose to expose her identity to ask him, but obviously Hachiman also didn't know why.
Now that she thought about it, she had been sitting beside Hachiman, observing day and night for so long without finding out, this matter should've been reported instead of self-exposing.
Though it wasn't a problem to tell Hachiman her identity, but what if Hachiman liked her more after knowing she's an angel?
Judging from Hachiman's behavior after seeing her body just now, Hachiman wasn't into her body or external attributes, but had developed special feelings toward her.
But the more it's like this, the more troublesome. Even if Hachiman didn't like her, she wouldn't know how to save him from the abyss of depravity, let alone now that Hachiman knew she's an angel and might fall deeper.
Because Hachiman used to feel unworthy of her and gave up on himself. Now knowing she's an angel, he'd probably feel even more unworthy and spiral down again?
"It's okay if you don't want to explain. If you reveal something forbidden and violate the rules and get punished, I wouldn't be happy either," Hachiman looked at the conflicted Gabriel and smiled indifferently.
Actually, just knowing Gabriel and Vignette are an angel and demon respectively is enough. After all, he wouldn't rashly go mess around at their headquarters, their daily interactions would stay the same.
It's just that, once Gabriel and Vignette know that he knows their identity, they won't subconsciously assume he's from a different world. That way, developing feelings might be a bit easier.
"Fine, fine, if you want to know, I'll explain a bit to satisfy your curiosity. As long as you don't spread it around, Heaven isn't so bored to monitor me every day and record demerits," Seeing that Hachiman clearly wanted to know but only cared about whether she'd be troubled or punished, Gabriel helplessly sighed.
This guy Hachiman, being too understanding actually made her reluctant to refuse.
Maybe it's because Hachiman is too considerate, always only thinking about others and not himself, that he ended up being liked by so many people.
Although now the relationships of girls around Hachiman are already very, very complicated, not just different classes or clubs. Even otherworldly elves, alien princesses have appeared around him.
At their training school in the human world, Sobu High, the influence seems to be growing, and trouble may come for Hachiman and the others.
Maybe her coming to the human world was to protect Hachiman? Rather than worry about whether Hachiman had fallen or how to save a fallen Hachiman?
Gabriel, while recalling her every little interaction with Hachiman during this period, also explained to him common knowledge about angels and demons, Heaven and the Underworld.
Vignette saw Gabriel not staring at her anymore trying to drag her down, so she lowered her guard and occasionally added a sentence or two about the demons' side.
Heaven where the angels live and the Underworld where the demons live are actually not very clearly separated. Strictly speaking, their territories are adjacent, just not allowed to go privately into each other's land.
If one must go to the other's territory, they must apply in advance, be approved by both sides and registered before being allowed to pass through inspection to enter.
In the past, Heaven and the Underworld had many conflicts for various reasons, kind of like the other world war Iris and the others once had. But the population imbalance between Heaven and Underworld wasn't that severe. As long as there's no fighting, peaceful growth is enough.
Now, Heaven and the Underworld only send newly graduated trainee angels and demons to the same location for learning and training. They evaluate each other through the results presented by the young angels and demons.
Though angels originally had arrangements for training in the human world, now demons have joined in, and the evaluation items are more diverse.
Of course, the specific assessment items were unclear even to Gabriel and Vignette. They need to explore by themselves and pass the test through learning and training in the human world to get real graduation permission.
To avoid interfering with each other's results or cheating, Heaven and the Underworld forbid interference in the others' human world training and don't usually monitor them, only recording performance weekly and giving out living expenses accordingly.
However, Gabriel and them hadn't heard of anyone being unable to graduate. At most, if they failed the three-year evaluation, they continued until they passed.
Generally speaking, as long as they follow the steps and seriously train in the human world, they'll pass. The only difference is in scores, which would affect the world they'll be responsible for after graduation, or their assigned job position.
Mm, Gabriel and them didn't say this, but Hachiman understood it that way.
"So that's how it is... So you can't use powers now? Or will get punished for using them?", After listening to Gabriel and Vignette's explanation, Hachiman seemed thoughtful, looked at Gabriel and asked.
The basic knowledge they described wasn't much different from his impressions, just more detailed and clear.
But judging by how they were studying in the human world, any differences didn't matter. After all, they weren't here to increase strength but to experience life.
His interactions with them would still be the same as usual, just wondering if they'd still dare peek at his and Iris's night activities in the future.
"If there's danger, of course we can use it," Gabriel rolled her eyes at Hachiman.
They were here for training, not exiled with sealed powers. Using powers to remove danger in dangerous situations was completely okay.
"All right, then I have one last question, or rather, a request."
Hachiman pondered for a moment, his expression suddenly turned serious, looked at Vignette and Gabriel opposite him and sincerely said.
"Can you show me what your angel and demon forms look like?"
Snow girls, elves, mermaids, dragons, he had seen them all. There were even oni and succubi at school. He had seen many non-human species.
But he hadn't yet seen angels and demons with his own eyes. He really wanted to see Gabriel and Vignette's true forms.
"Actually, there's not much to see. We're not like Ursula or Elio with giant dragon bodies or mermaid forms. Angels look no different from humans, just with a halo and wings."
Seeing Hachiman's serious expression, Gabriel couldn't help feeling helpless. She thought he was going to say something important, turned out he just wanted to see their true forms.
"Demons are similar. Of course, because there are many demon species, some look human like succubi or vampires, and some don't look human at all."
Vignette added beside her. Some demons used illusions to transform into human appearance, others liked showing their real forms.
But those demons probably wouldn't be training in this world. In this peaceful normal human world, only humanoid demons would appear.
"Then I really want to see your halo and wings, to see what demons and angels really look like. Can't you show me?", Hachiman saw that they said it was no big deal, yet didn't reveal their true forms. Feeling puzzled, he asked again.
"It's not that we can't... it's just... Hachiman, you asked so seriously and sincerely... it's a little embarrassing...", Seeing the expectation in Hachiman's eyes mixed with confusion, Vignette pursed her lips and said shyly with a blushing face.
Although they rarely revealed their true forms most of the time, at school in the Underworld she also dressed similarly to now. Showing her true form wasn't some forbidden act.
It's just, being looked at with such anticipation by Hachiman, she felt embarrassed instead.
Her true form wasn't much different from now, but the wings on her back weren't as pure white as angels'.
"Then I'll turn around. Vine, you and little Gab transform and tell me when you're ready," Hachiman directly turned his back toward Gabriel and Vignette.
"...", Vignette.
'That makes it even more nerve-racking, okay? Why does it feel like I am changing clothes?'
'Sigh, fine. Since Hachiman wants it, let him see.'
Vignette and Gabriel exchanged glances, both helplessly sighed, then revealed their true forms.
"Hachiman, it's ready."
"You can turn around now."
"So fast?", Hearing Vignette and Gabriel's voices, Hachiman immediately turned around to look at them.
Good heavens, not only did the two of them reveal their true forms, they even changed clothes.
Gabriel wore a white linen robe, a golden halo appeared on her head, and pure white flawless wings gently spread behind her.
Her previously dull golden hair regained its dazzling shine. The sacred glow falling from the golden halo above her made Gabriel look even more kind and gentle than usual.
Vignette wore black silk gloves, held a black trident, and goat-like demon horns emerged from her purple hair.
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