German is hardly my first language so if I make any mistake in translation or there are better alternatives, please do correct me. It's only a few phrases so I think I did alright.
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Chapter 25
Background
"Ich heiße Illyasviel von Einzbern."
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"I am Illyasviel von Einzbern," the new girl introduced herself gracefully. "N-Nice t-to me-meet yo-ou!"
"Is that German?" Motohama commented as he leaned forward in interest, his glasses barely hiding his interested gaze.
That was German? Huh... Issei quirked his mouth as he analyzed the transfer student. I may get in trouble if I talk to her... I dunno how I can control my google translate.
"And that stutter! She's just absolutely cute!" Matsuda said excitedly as he ogled the albino girl.
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Illya fidged under the stares, stress slowly rising as she felt both embarrassed and uncomfortable.
The teacher merely gave her a comforting smile as she looked around and pointed to an empty seat. "Just sit over there on the opposite end from those boys there," she said before quickly adding on, "you understood?"
"Y-Yes!" Illya fumbled as she made her way to her newly assigned seat. As she seated herself, she sent a quieted glance to the person two desks over. The Red Dragon Emperor...
"You shouldn't get involved with him, he's a pervert," the student seated in front of her said, turning around to greet her.
"Ah..." Illya muttered nervously as she quickly changed her gaze to the student.
The student then was quickly reminded by the "fact" that Illya could only speak small phrases of Japanese. "Oh! Uh... Do you speak Engrish?"
"English?" Illya asked in confusion before nodding excitedly. "Yes yes! English!" Please end me... She thought while inwardly crying tears of shame and embarrassment.
"Hm... Him," the girl said in English, pointing to Issei Hyoudou, the Red Dragon Emperor, "bad man."
Illya looked at the student in slight confusion, confused at the warning. "He is a bad man?"
"Yes, he is a pervert," the student confirmed with a nod, switching back to Japanese.
"Ah! So ist er ein belästiger! (Ah! So he is a molester)" she said and nodded in understanding.
The student merely looked at her with a confused and nervous expression. "Yes...?" she replied with uncertainty.
"Uh... M-m-my name is Illyasviel von Einzbern!" Illya awkwardly introduced herself personally.
"Oh! My name is Maruyama! Nice to meet you," the newly identified Maruyama introduced herself.
"Not only is he a pervert," another student toned in, leaning to Maruyama. "The two sitting on his left are perverts as well, they are the perverted trio."
"Katase! She can't speak nor understand Japanese well! You gotta say it in English or German if you know it," Maruyama chided with a hushed tone.
Illya couldn't help but feel a minor sense of guilt at Maruyama's chiding of Katase as she could perfectly understand the language. After all, Japanese was her main language while German was her secondary language in her life. Furthermore, since she was summoned as a servant she was imbued with knowledge and fluency in all known languages of humanity that is currently spoken.
"I understand... A bit?" Illya said, trying her best to maintain her cover as a foreigner while stopping any unnecessary eggshell walking. "They are hm... Pervert?"
"Yes. Therefore, try not to associate yourself with them. They are going to look at your panties!" Katase warned forebodingly whilst giving Maruyama a cocky grin.
"Oi! I am a boobs guy!" Issei called out loudly, with indignation. Immediately after his proclamation, a piece of chalk hit his head. "Ouch!"
"In the hallway, bring the buckets with you," the teacher said simply, clearly tired with Issei's antics.
"Issei..." a blonde foreign-looking girl nearby muttered as Issei walked exited the classroom with two buckets full of trash.
The nun-turned-devil with a powerful healing sacred gear...
"Huh... The pervert has better hearing than I thought..." Katase muttered with slight befuddlement.
"It's your fault the disturbance was caused in the first place then," Maruyama chided. "I mean, everyone knows what he likes since he keeps boasting about it."
"Eh? Do you remember that stuff?" Katase asked shocked by Maruyama's memory.
Maruyama shrugged. "As I said, he and the other perverts keep sprouting their perverted thoughts. I mean, I always have my guard up around them so I always pay attention to what they are saying." The long brown-haired student then turned to Illya. "Want to join us for lunch?"
Illya looked at the two of them with a slight daze, having unintentionally tuned out their conversation as the contents were quite embarrassing for her innocent mind. "Uh...?"
Yet, they took it as a blunder on their part. "Maruyama, she can't understand Japanese well, right?" Katase said smugly.
Maruyama turned red with embarrassment and indignation.
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Illya followed her two newly christened friends with a deadpan expression. Why am I faking my illiteracy, again?
Again, her thoughts wandered back to her debrief by Cao Cao.
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"The devils there are inexperienced and therefore are quite easy to fool," Cao Cao stated as he leaned back on his chair. "You said you can speak fluent Japanese, English, and German, right?"
"U-Uh... Y-Yeah," she stuttered as she fidgeted slightly.
Archer crossed his arms with a resigned expression. "I am assuming you want her to fake being a foreigner?"
Cao Cao nodded. "From my understanding, most supernatural beings need to only learn one language to understand all. Therefore you will speak primarily German and only can speak English and Japanese in phrases."
Illya looked at the Chinese hero in confusion. "Why do I need to pretend to be a foreigner though?"
"You already look like one, so if you say you are a natural Japanese they will naturally suspect something wrong," Cao Cao said rather confusingly. He scratched the back of his head as he tried to explain himself better. "Uh... Put it this way... The devils there would be expecting a professional to infiltrate their ranks, people who can blend in easily."
"So you are trying to make her stand out as much as possible?" Archer questioned with a tone of disapproval. "I hope you do know that Illya's appearance is quite well-known in the supernatural world, maybe not as much as mine but she is still easily recognizable."
Cao Cao looked at Archer as if he was stupid. "The church is the only one with information on you and even if they find her or you, if she builds good connections with the sisters of the satans then it should be fine and dandy."
"How... Did you get her in their school?" Archer asked suspiciously. "As I am aware, only devils are allowed to enter a Devil academy."
Cao Cao merely grinned at his words. "Devil academy? Who said that?"
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Illya stared at the group gathered before her. It was a sizable group, gathering some dozen of girls who were all heartily eating and chatting.
"Hey everyone!" Maruyama spoke up, drawing everyone's attention. "This is Illyasviel, the transfer student!"
With everyone's eyes on her, Illya couldn't help but fidget a bit. "U-Uh... N-Nice to meet you!" Reflexively, she bowed as she finished her words.
Silence dominated the cafeteria for a moment before it erupted once more as Maruyama's and Katase's group swarmed her.
"Cute!"
"A new mascot!"
"Let me cuddle her!"
Illya was immediately overwhelmed.
Chapter 25 End
Edit 1-10-21: I have redone the second part for the sake of not losing my sanity.
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