Q- Qurr it. PLEASE/

OKAY, IF THE FATHER COULD PICK

UP THAT CUTE LITTLE OIRL AND STAND

HER ON THE PLATFORM IIOHT IN THE

MIDDLE...

IWI4Q V 11 Ml if W SOMETHING' WR0N<5, UIT^M^TER, jl

\ v_ uhl

t

12

I'M TALKING

WAY BEFORE

YOU WERE EVER

BORN.

THE DEMON REALM WAS A

HOPELESS PLACE.

THERE WERE ALL THESE TRIBES OF

DEMONS, AND ALL IT TOOK

WAS ONE LOOK FOR THEM TO

START RIPPINO EACH OTHER

APART.

I WAS IN ONE OF THE

WEAKER TRIBES—YOU

COULD'VE BLOWN US AWAY WITH

ONE BREATH.

AND ONE OF THEM DID. A DEMON WITH

MUSCLES FOR BRAINS ANNIHILATED US ALL BY

HIMSELF.

THE FIRST AND LAST MEMORY I

HAVE OF MY PARENTS IS WATCHINO

THEIR FIGURES AS

THEY LAY THERE DYINO.

MY ENTIRE TRIBE WAS

SLAUGH-

X WAS TOSSED

OUT LIKE

X WAS ON M/ LAST

BREATH.

PUT THEN SOMEONE

CARED ENOUGH ABOUT A DIRTy

LITTLE BRAT LIKE ME TO

SAVE My LIFE.

THAT WAS THE FIRST

TIME I EVER MET WHAT'S CALLED AN

ANGEL.

I'D NEVER SEEN SUCH

PURE WHITE WINGS

BEFORE.

Us

ooh, GOOV

EYE, ALAS RAMUS' THAT'S

CALLEP A BLIMP.

PAPA, WHAT'S THAT?

IBUMPI

...SO, THEN

WHAT?

ANYWAY, I WAS

BASICALLY THIS

OOBLIN- LEVEL

BIRPBRAIN

SO I BARER MY

FANOS AT HER EVEN THOUOH I WAS

WOUNPEP. XT'S

LIKE SHE PIPN'T EVEN

CONSIPER ME A

THREAT.

NOT THAT SHE KILLEP

ME OR ANYTHING, THOUOH.

EVERY 1 SO OFTEN,

SHE CHECKER UP ON MY WOUNPS... |

...TALKING TOME

ABOUT ALL KINPS OF

CRAP, EVEN IF I PIPN'T WANT TO

HEAR.

but THE MORE I LEARNER, THE MORE I REALIZED

THERE WAS NO WAV ANOELS SHOULD BE

SOINS AROUND HELPINS DEMONS.

SO I ASKED HER,

"WHy ARE YOU HELPINS

ME?*

DON'T LAUSH,, OKAy?

^/fp

M

f

I WASN'T i m' ABLE TO MOVE 1, ” >

MUCH, SO I HAD NO f

CHOICE BUT TO LISTEN.

—- / THANKS V TO HER. '■

1 LEARNED A L

■ NO ^ /i IDEA ABOUT

/ /#. BEFORE. mfJH-i1 .>! * w <d!^

...SHE SAID IT'S BECAUSE I WAS

CRYING.

iS

N OOO! Ipi I'M Kigl

UJ0KIN6/ JMI

■ \ IT WAS ^ v^r vW-

THIS BEAUTIFUL \

VIOLET \ CRySTAL \

SHAPED LIKE V A CRESCENT

1 MOON. >.

THAT k MARK ON HER A FOREHEAD WAS 1 \ THE CRySTAL Y SHE LEFT WITH ) ME ON THE DAy

SHE WENT AVtAY.

^(3*3

/ jar f t

" 7 A'

"A \ IP you WANT

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

VORLD, PLANT HIS SEED AND

OROW IT. I ...-—■l .

terrr--\

'SSf } 'pi 1 THE NOTE V jl 1 SHE LEFT ^<^s^^4rrf r ■ behind ~r^H 1

■ "DO 100 R ■ H BEST, DEVi'L ■ ■ OVERLORD ■ ■ SATAN." ■

‘LITERACY* WAS ONE SIFT SHE

SAVE TO ME.

f A REVOLU- ' TIONARY WAY

TO CONVEY INFORMATION THAT PIPN'T

INVOLVE SNARLS OR

l VIOLENCE. ,

I'LL SKIP OVER MY OWN OROWTH

ANP THE NEXT TWO HUNPREP YEARS WHEN I UNITEP THE

PEMON REALMS. ...PUT THERE'S NO WAY THAT

EVER WOULPVE HAPPENEP

WITHOUT THE KNOWLEPOE

SHE SAVE ME.

SO THAT'S WHY I PLANTEP

THAT CRESCENT-

SHAPEP SEEP.

I THOUGHT IT WOULP

BENEFIT ME, EVEN IF I PIPN'T KNOW EXACTLY

WHAT IT WAS.

1J1I1K-

I SWEAR, YOUNG PEOPLI THESE DAYS'

AT LEAST TR> TO LEARN

SOMETHING ABOUT THE

WORLD'

i'CjO

Oif

tlX

-

URUSHI- HARA? WHAT'S

UP?

HELLO? PELL?

37

WHAT KINO Of PARENT VOUIP

Give UP HIS OAUGHTSR TO

KIOWAPPfRS TO GST OUT Of A PIZZA TAPI?

MOM 'BOOT THIS: OIVE OS T«E 6IRL, OR yOU'LL NEVER

SEE VOUR PRECIOUS

PtXXA AtONEy A6AIN!

REALLy (JETS My GOAT, YA KNOW?

REALLY RATE

USIN6 FORCE.

IF YOU WANNA

SURRENDER ANYTIME, DON'T BE swy, MM-

K/W?

SVEN IF you HAD

your DEVIL KINO STRENGTH,

I'D PROBABLy STILL WIN AND ALL.

SO PLEASE. ■ JUST

...are you SERIOUS?

DAMN/

«at

I LOOK LIKE A TOTAL

VILLAIN HERE/

cm N, LIFT youR HEAP/

XT'S LIKE I'M SOME

KINDA ORIFTER IN AN OLD TV

DRAMA...

8RLISHINO OFF THE CRYINO

OIRL IN THE CORNER-

WHILE I STRONO-ARM SOME POOR SCHLU8 FOR THE MONEy

HE OWES ME.'

Please

"Hr7p

I really is m

Please

All RIGHT! YOU WAVE

UNTIL TOMORROW

(JABRIEL- SAMA/?

WHAT ARE you SAyiNO/?

mifM ?s\r\

m m u \

noT

WHAT'LL WE VO, HUH...?

THE DEVIL AND THE HERO SHARE THE FLOOR FOR THE NIQHT

1 FOR EXAMPLE... THE FIRST SEPHIRAH,

KETER, GOVERNS OVER THE

SOUL, HUMAN THOUGHT,

AND I IMAGINATION.

YESOP IS THE NINTH

SEPHIRAH. XT GOVERNS OVER

THE ASTRAL PLANES ANP ONE'S SELF- AWARENESS.

ITS NUMBER IS NINE, ITS

METALLIC ELEMENT

SILVER, ITS COLOR PURPLE, ITS HEAVENLY

BOPY THE MOON, ANP

ITS GUARPIAN GABRIEL.

IT CORRESPONPS TO THE NUMBER ONE, ITS JEWEL IS THE PIAMONP,

ITS COLOR WHITE, ITS PLANET THAT OF THE GOP OF

THE UNPERWORLP, ANP ITS GUARPIAN ANGEL METATRON.

...YOU | ACTUALLY

MEMOR'ZEP ALL OF THAT

, CRAP? [ BASIC Itheolopy.

ALAS RAMUS MUST BE

ATTRACTEP TO COLORFUL

THINGS...

...BECAUSE THEY REMINP HER OF THE SEPHIRAH

ANP THEIR CORRESPONPING

COLORS.

67

...IS SIMPLY SOMETHING

TOLD IN LEGEND.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE

IN THE END, THE

IDEA THAT THE TREE OF

SEPHIROT SUPPORTS

ALL LIFE IN THE

WORLD...

RIGHT. END OP

DISCUS¬ SION.

IF THOSE Guys DO

ANYTHING ALAS RAMUS DOESN'T LIKE TOMORROW,

WE'RE FIGHTING TO THE BITTER

S. END.

PON'T YOU

UNPER- STANP

OUR SITUA¬ TION!?

BELL ANP I PON'T STANP

A CHANCE TAKING ON SOMEONE

LIKE GABRIEL FACE-TO-

FACE...

...ANPALCIEL ANP LUCIFER PON'T EVEN

HAVE ANY OF THEIR POWER

BACK!

WH- WHOA!

HANG ON I THERE!!

IF IT COMES

TO THAT, I'LL DO IT MYSELF.

KNOW.

71

~^nr

.

ACTING AS IF HS IS THS

sols stfwarp OF AN OBJFCT He1ST ROAM

FRee for HUNOReOS OF

yeARs...!

HOW ARROGANT

CAN ne Bei?

THE WHOLE TREE OF

SEPH I ROT IS ITSELF A PILE OF

RUBBISH'!

; \ 1 .

ANP NOT JUST THAT. IP WE REALLy HAVE

TO GO TOE TO TOE WITH

0A8RIEL...

YOU PON'T SERIOUSLY

MEAN THAT, po you?

...I FIOURE THAT'LL. FORCE

yOU TO SET INTO THE MIX. IT'S A BRILLIANT PLAN

THAT SHOWS FORESIGHT ANP PEPTH.

I'M 70% SERIOUS.

85

...PULL ANYTHING

WEIRD, AND I'LL KILL

YOU.

i told you, WATCH IT

WITH THE BAD LANOUAOE.

YOU'RE ONE TO TALK. YOU'RE

LIKE A WALKING, TALKING BAD

INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY

AND YET THERE'S

SOMEONE WHO STILL LOVES

HER PAPA. RIOHT, ALAS

, RAMUS? |

I THINK SHE’S

DENYING IT.

THE ANGEL TOLD THE TRAVELER

ALL KINDS OP TALES HE HAD NEVER HEARD

TALES OP HIGH, HIGH

MOUNTAINS. TALES OP

DEEP, DEEP PORESTS.

TALES OP WIDE, WIDE OCEANS.

TALES OF KINGS, TALES OF

TALES ABOUT SHOPS AND

GOLD. TALES ABOUTPLANTS

AND FISH. TALES ABOUT

SOLDIERS.

THE TRAVELER WAS VERY

EXCITEDAT ALL THIS AND LISTENS DAS-

THE ANGEL KEPT ■ TALES ABOUT

THE WORLD OP THE STARS.

AltilhMJ

95

I'M SO WORRIED

...I DON'T KNOW IF I'D EVER RARE LEAVE THIS

TO HIM.

viUoAAA-

fwFmzo’McmeKHe mi-etemmwm/N hexes

you pip RETURN

CHIHO-PONO HOME SAFELy,

/ES? NOTHING?

y£T WE CERTAINLy

CANNOT AFFORP TO BRING HER INTO THIS AFFAIR.

IF ANyTHING WERE TO

HAPPEN TO SASAKI-SAN,

WE'P BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE

OUR CURRENT i ARRANGEMENT.

...TWJe. I suppose.

I PIPN'T CAST ANY

SPELLS ON THEM EITHER.

OUESS YOU PIPN'T

SLEEP MUCH LAST NIOHT,

HUH?

...I ATE A CONVENIENCE

STORE BENTO, WENT TO THE

JOHN, ANP PIP SOME MORNINO AEROBICS, ANP

YOU STILL PIPN'T WAKE UP.

you see THAT? THe

PURPLE CRYSTAL

EMBEDDED IN IT?

MY HOLY SWORD... FROM A

FRAGMENT OF YESOD?

you BETCHA!

THAT SORT OF THING

SHOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN FOR TOO LONG-.

AND BETTER HALF'S PRETTY

DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW?

AND YOU KNOW,

X WAS TRYING TO KEEP THIS SEARCH A SECRET-

FOLKS THOUGHT

PLOTTING AGAINST

THE GODS, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I ALMOST FELL FROM

DIVINE GRACE, YOU

KNOW! HA-HA!

...SO I TRIED

LOOKING FOR THE

FRAGMENTS MYSELF, ON THE SLY...

112

o f

STOP BEING

STUPID!

T

0

YOU LET THIS OIRL BE FOR

CENTURIES ANP NOTHING BAD

HAPPENED, RIOHT?

SO I'M STAKINO MY LIFE

ON THIS...

...Y'KNOW, I PON'T

LIKE THIS ASSUMPTION

THAT I'M OCNNA PO ALL THESE MEAN

THINOS TO HER, MM-

KAY?

LIKE IVE BEEN TRYINO

TO TELL YOU, SHE

BELONGS IN HEAVEN...

I KNOW AU ABOUT THAT! ANPABOUT THB LBGBNP

OF THB PBVIL OVBRLORP SATAN OF

OLP!

w/i I KING

!? PLANS/

;^rrs..

oh, THEY'RE FINALL Y

UP?

my LIEOE/

WHAT IS OOINO ON/?

WELL, NOT THAT IT'LL

AMOUNT TO ANYTHIN/?.

THAT BARRIER WON'T FALL

APART THAT EASY/

STAND ASIDE, ALCIEL/

IT DOWN WITH MY LIOHT OF

IRON/

SORRY, BUT JUST TO

MAKE SURE WE DON'T REORET

ANYTHING LATER, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE DEVIL

KINO, MM-KAY?

DOES THAT WORK FOR

YOU, EMILIA?

HEAVENLY

FLAME

SLASH?

...HUH?

HAAATB you!

HAAATB YOU!

HEAVENLY FLEET FEET'.'

ALAS RAMUS'?

OUCH.

OUCH.

OUCH/

ALAS RAMUS'

ARE YOU OKAY!?

THE WAV IT LOOKS,

I'M THE ONE OETTINO BEATEN/

I'M NOT EVEN THAT GOOD AT FIOHTINO EITHER/

MAYBE SHE'S REALLY A YESOP FRAGMENT, BUT

SLASHING UP A LITTLE OIRL WOULP MAKE

ME PEEL KINPA GUILTY, MM-

KAY?

X REALLY WISH YOU'P SURRENPER INSTEAP...

YOU KNOW A VILLAIN'S ABOUT TO

PIE WHEN HE THINKS IT'S IN THE BAG

FOR—

...YEAH, MAMA?

IN THAT CASE, I'M

NOT ABOUT TO WATCH A CHILD WHO LOVES HER PAPA THAT

MUCH...

VOJ Too,

AN AM A! I DOMT WAsIslA LEAVE

VOJ EITHEKJ

SHOCK. (WAVE OF

LIQHT!! in

HEAVENLY FLAME SLASH"

">.,TVE —GOT\TO DO SOMETHING

'ABOUT THAT SWORD... \

OU TTA THE

WAY!!

[PAPA!' P-PEVIL KING!?

HUGH!

SE\R1N q UQHT

WAVE?

PEVIL

WHAT IS IT, ALAS RAMUS?

// /

GABRIEL

...SORRY, BUT YOU'RE GOING HOMS

EMPTY- HANPEP.

guess I GOTTA RETREAT.

WELL

SOMEPAy, WE'LL FATHER

ALL THE FRAGMENTS Of VfSOV IN ONE PLACE

AGAIN.

I'M JUST giving you A REPRIEVE TILL THEN/

N-NOW WHAT/?

m\l\A!<

...THERE WAS NO way to

RESTORE My LIEOE'S POWER IN

TIME.

ALAS RAMUS

IS... GONE.

169

CHI-NBCHA! MAMA! ARE YOU HURT? WHERE'S IT

HURT?

yUSA- SAN...

172

wow/ YOU'RE okay/

THAT'S GREAT//

WAPPHi

MAMA, YOU

SCARED ME'

I-IT... TALKS

ALAS RAMUS BECAME PART OP THE HOLY

SWORD. CHl- NECHA,

AMI COOL?

177

IF THIS kebps up, I WON'T Be

ABLB TO WORK AT THB CALL CBNTBR OR

AS THB HBRO!

I YOU'RE UOHTINO

THAT CAMPFIRE

AOAIN?

183

I DON'T KNOW WHAT

K/NP OF TREASURE THIS WAS FOR THE

TRAVELER...

...BUT IF THAT'S HOW HE PUT IT,

IT MUST'VE BEEN REAUV IMPORTANT,

RIGHT?

THEN TREAT

IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

187

SPECIAL THAN ICS!

ART STAFF: SHI BA, TAKASH! YAMA*

3D: TAKASH! YAMANO, W/NGLAYER

-rWROTE IN THE LAST VOLUME ABOUT HOW IT WAS "ALREADY VOLUME Ef'BUTTHE NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE AT VOLUME 7. WITH THIS BOOK, I'VE MANAGED TO COVER EVERYTHING UP TO VOLUME 3 OF

<THE ORIGINAL NOVELS. MY DEEPEST THANKS GO OUT TO EVERYONE WHO ALWAYS GIVES ME SUPPORT, AS WELL AS WAGAHARA-SENSE!,

-029-SENSEI, AND OF COURSE, THE READERS.

Kpg|iTgE END OF THIS VOLUME, I DID A COUPLE PAGES OF -ILLUSTRATIONS THAT I REGRETTABLY HAD TO CUT OUT OF THE MAIN

"MANGA'S STORY. I REALLY WANTED TO ADD THESE SCENES TO THE MANGA TOO...!

4STARTING WITH THE NEXT BOOK, WE'LL BE DIVING INTO VOLUME 4 'OF THE NOVEL, MOSTLY SET IN THE OHGURO-YA SNACKBAR OFF ,/THE CHOSHI COASTLINE. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO

IT— THERE ARE A LOT OF EPISODES FROM THAT BOOK THAT I PERSONALLY LIKE A LOT. I ALWAYS DAYDREAMED ABOUT DRAWING THIS VOLUME CAND HOW NICE IT WOULD BE IF THEY LET ME), BUT SEEING IT BECOME A REALITY MAKES ME SO OVERJOYED. I HOPE YOU'LL ALL KEEP SUPPORTING ME GOING FORWARD!

THE DEVIL IS A PART-TIMER! ®

Art: Akio Hiiragi Original Story: Satoshi Wagahara

Character Design: 029 (Oniku)

Translation: Kevin Gifford

Lettering: Brndn Blakeslee

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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