After he finished laughing, Kokabiel threw 'something' in their direction.
"This is a gift."
It was two people. Before they could fall, Zaydas made them float in the air and land in front of Asia.
It was Shidou Irina and Xenovia Quarta. They were covered in blood. Their breathing was heavy. Their entire bodies were covered in wounds.
"How cruel..." Asia murmured painfully.
"They came to my base. So I welcomed them." Kokabiel said this with a laugh, not caring about Asia's words.
However, even his expression changed when Asia took action. From her hands, an intense green light surrounded the two, and with a snap of her fingers, all their wounds disappeared as if they had never existed. Even their torn clothes were restored.
Raynare, who was in the air, looked incredibly envious upon seeing this scene.
"Asia-chan, we meet again~" Raynare said in a cheerful tone. However, when she looked at Zaydas, her expression changed a little.
Asia was no longer the same as before; she only glanced briefly at Raynare and then ignored her, focusing on Irina and Xenovia, who had been reacting in pain but now seemed to have woken from a nightmare, looking disoriented.
"Where?" Xenovia was the first to speak, looking around until her eyes stopped on Asia.
That smile radiating kindness made Xenovia feel incredibly uncomfortable.
However, she was not ungrateful: "Did you heal me? Thank you!"
"Hehe~ You're welcome." Asia replied with a warm giggle.
Faced with such kindness, especially coming from someone she had criticized before, it only made Xenovia feel even more uncomfortable.
"You healed us? Thank you so much, Asia-chan~" Irina acted more simply. She was a natural airhead. No wonder she was also the easiest to be brainwashed by the church.
Raynare, who had been ignored by Asia, was filled with rage.
"How dare she..." she murmured, but soon let out a loud wail of lament.
Shizue, who had been silent, seeing someone directing hatred towards Asia and knowing Asia's past, could not stand it. Using [Cutting Induction], she cut off Raynare's right arm as a warning.
However, this simple action made everyone look at her differently. The reason was obvious: no one besides Zaydas saw her move, and from such a great distance, she had cut someone's arm off without them even perceiving how she did it.
Of course, Ravel and the others who knew what she had done were not surprised.
"Were you the one who tried to steal Asia-chan's [Sacred Gear]?" Shizue ignored the shocked looks she received, asking while looking at Raynare, who whimpered in pain, covering the stump of her right arm with her left hand to stop the bleeding.
"Who are you to her?" Raynare asked in anger and fear.
"What am I to her?" Shizue replied gently: "A friend."
"Shizue-san..." Asia was moved, murmuring softly.
Although she was surrounded by kind people, it was the first time someone besides Zaydas had defended her in this way and even said out loud that they were her friend.
"Asia, we're your friends too~" Shuna said.
"Yes, yes." Shion agreed.
"Everyone, thank you!" Asia was so happy she cried.
"Oi, oi, oi. I didn't come all this way to see a friendship drama, you know?" Kokabiel seemed like he was about to vomit.
"Quiet!" Shizue looked at him, pulling her sword slightly from its sheath, and immediately a cut appeared on Kokabiel's chest.
"What?" Touching his wounded chest, his shock was even greater than when he saw Raynare lose her arm. After all, he was Kokabiel, one of the leaders of the Fallen Angels! How the hell had he been cut without even seeing or understanding how it was done?
Kiba, who had wanted to duel Shizue before, swallowed hard.
"Strong!" was the only word he could manage to say in the face of that scene.
After all, faced with Kokabiel's aura, he couldn't even see himself managing to touch him, let alone injure him.
On the other hand, Shizue simply pulled her sword slightly from its sheath and a horizontal cut, even if not very big, appeared on Kokabiel's chest.
"Little girl... You are really bold to attack me like this!" Kokabiel recovered, looking dangerously at Shizue.
"Hey, your opponent is going to be me!" Shion, seeing Kokabiel's focus shift to Shizue, jumped and, in the air, a pair of splendid mercury-black wings extended.
An intense aura began to be expelled from Shion, strong enough to rival Kokabiel's.
"Huh? Haha. Today is full of surprises..." Kokabiel laughed: "I didn't expect to find so many interesting beings besides Sirzechs' son and sister."
"Fumu, of course it's not just them, anyone from Zaydas-sama's Peerage can give you a beating!" Shion spoke as if what she said was the most natural thing in the world, like saying salt is salty.
"Little girl, I understand that you are strong, but being overconfident is not good, you know that?" Kokabiel said as a warning. Soon, a spear of light began forming as he stood up from the throne he had been sitting on.
The spear of light began to grow until it became larger than a school bus.
And then, he threw the spear of light in the direction of the school.
However, before the spear could hit, Zaydas, who felt the presence of Sona and her Peerage, simply used 'shadow expansion' and then made "Fenrir" emerge from his shadow — a black wolf bigger than a 10-story building — and at an alarming speed, it reached the spear of light, completely devouring it.
Seconds later, the wolf returned to the form of a shadow and merged with Zaydas.
The look of astonishment on many of their faces was priceless.
Kokabiel, who had his mouth wide open, closed and opened it again to ask him: "What did you do?"
"Nothing much, I just commanded my shadow to swallow your attack. By the way, the taste wasn't very good. Lacked a bit of strength, maybe? Next time, try adding more seasoning. I'll be waiting for something better~" Zaydas joked.
Kokabiel, in turn, didn't seem to know how to feel about such a comment.
Wasn't it supposed to be him making fun of them and not the other way around?
How did this turn into a scenario where he became a clown in front of mere children?
How could this happen to him, Kokabiel, one of the leaders of the Fallen Angels!?
So many illogical things were happening that it left him confused. Was this a dream?
Was he having some kind of nightmare?
How did his actions of starting a new war turn into a scenario where he became a clown before the son of the hateful Sirzechs?
Raynare and the others who followed Kokabiel were the ones most in shock. After all, they decided to follow him precisely because he was strong. But, what exactly were they seeing now?
Valper Galilei, who was hiding at a distance, trembled from head to toe. He had been confident before coming here, but now that he saw all of this, he feared for his life.