Tasuku Takato/Stray Devil Blues

Role Study【Satan】

Backstage Stories

Part 1

Tsumugi	I think I’ll give my demon a snack...
Taichi	Oh, let me give mine too— Okay! Which one should I go with...
Tsumugi	How about I give a cookie for mine.
Taichi	Hehe, I heard about this demon-raising game from Itaru-san--
	Since our play’s theme will be demons, I thought it was nice timing and started playing it. But it’s actually pretty interesting, I’m really into it!
	Tsumugi-san, are you handling things well on your side?
Tsumugi	Mhhm, it’s thanks to everyone’s advice.
Izumi	Fufu, you two seem like you’re having fun.
Tasuku	It’s just a game, isn’t it...
Taichi	Don’t say that~! You should play together with us, Tasuku-san!
Tasuku	No thanks.
Tsumugi	But there’s actually quite a lot of stories behind these demons. I thought it’d be a good reference for role studying.
Tasuku	…..
Izumi	(Tasuku-san is falling like easy prey again…)
Tasuku	I’m back.
Azuma	Welcome back.
Kumon	Welcome baaack!
Guy	That looks like a pretty heavy package.
Azuma	What ever did you buy so much of?
Tasuku	Protein powder packs were on discount, so I’m hoarding while I could.
Kumon	Amazing! As expected of Tasuku-san!
	Ah, that’s right! Tasuku-san, you started playing that game too, didn’t you?
Tasuku	Yeah… For role studying.
Kumon	I’m playing it too~! It’s interesting, isn’t it?
Guy	Is it that game where you raise demons? It seems that it’s becoming popular among MANKAI Company’s members.
Azuma	Fufu, perhaps Tasuku is considering joining the gamer’s group?
Tasuku	Your conclusion is all wrong.
Kumon	Speaking of, “Akumaniac” has a feature where you can do muscle training for your demon!
	I’m currently collecting items for that very purpose!
	After you give Satan some training, you combine these items and have it evolve into a more muscular form— it’ll be so cool!
Tasuku	Huh… So then, how do I go about getting the items?
Kumon	Let’s see, you can collect this item in this screen here—
Azuma	Fufu, seems like even within games, as long as it’s related to muscle training, he’ll be interested in it anyhow.
Guy	Seems so.
Tsumugi	I’m back.
Tasuku	Welcome back.
	…….
Tsumugi	(It’s rare to see Tasuku so glued to his phone… He must’ve gotten pretty into “Akumaniac” then, huh.)
	(I wonder how he’s been raising his demon—)
	— ?!?
Tasuku	Hm? What’s up?
Tsumugi	U-uhmm… Tasuku’s demon is incredibly buffed up, I see.
Tasuku	I heard about the training feature from Hyodo Jr.
	While disciplining it, I was able to acquire the favored items for muscle training tasks and combine those. That’s how I got to this point.
Tsumugi	I… I see…
	(Rather, it’s not really for his demon, but just Tasuku himself……)

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