Maou Gakuen Rebel Light Novel Volume 4

This is the fourth volume of Maou Gakuen Rebel Series.
== Plot ==
 Yuuto is curious why Lost didn't enroll in the Ginsei Academy. Lost replies it's due to his low-class status as well as personal reasons. Lost proceeds to ask Yuuto various questions that slowly drift to the theme of treatment Yuuto gets from the other devils. Lost proposes an ambitious plan. Plan to destroy the Ginsei Academy and the entire world to breach walls between low-class and noble devils. Unsurprisingly, Yuuto wasn't keen to destroy everything, so Lost tried to subtly "push" him to his views. Suddenly, Lizel broke a barrier that Lost put around them to remain discreet and interrupted their conversation. Lost wasn't eager to share his master plan with Lizel, so he left. Lost noted, there is a lady who has business with her. That lady turned out to be a devil king candidate of Hanged Man, Hayachine Yotaka. Yotaka introduced herself as Lizel's arch-enemy and a member of Death's Group. Yotaka declared her intentions to destroy the Himekami House and left for a meeting, followed by her ace, Ayaori Iratsume. Lizel explained to Yuuto that the Himekami and Hayachine families have been on hostile terms for generations, so they need to be careful around Yotaka. Lizel announced Lovers are going to have a summer training camp in Hawaii. The goal of the training was for Yuuto to unlock a new special move and possibly add a new card.
At school, Yuuto's homeroom teacher Takizawa hands out report cards. She was very nervous when approaching Yuuto, pointing out his performance against devil king candidates is astonishing, but his grades are terrible. When Yuuto tried to ask her if its that bad, Takizawa collapsed out of fear. At home, preparations for the summer training were going on. Yuuto's parents were ecstatic with Reina's grades whilst encouraging Yuuto to keep fighting.
It was a day of departure. Lovers were meeting at the airport. Surprisingly, Yuuto bumped into Ruki, going to Hawaii too. Yuuto and Ruki kept chatting for a while until Lovers got notified their flight was about to take off. Lovers went to business class. Lizel chartered them a private jet. Once in the sky, Lizel revealed they weren't going to Hawaii. It was a disguise to trick their enemies. Soon, they were above Egypt. They arrived at Luxor, where Neith was awaiting them. Lovers followed her to a gate that took them to Neith's territory, in the devil's world. Stella was also staying at Neith's place, to her and Lover's surprise. Stella asked Lovers if they know anything about Lost, prompting Lovers to be wary of him. Yuuto remained silent about his meeting with Lost. Neith took Lovers to her villa, where they prepared to begin their training. Meeting took place, where Lizel revealed her ambition to unlock the third characteristic magic of the Lovers arcana. To achieve this goal, Lovers would first try to raise Yuuto's upper mana limit from 50 000 to 100 000. Then, they would attempt to extend the Infinite Lovers time limit beyond recommended thirty seconds. Infinite Lovers is very challenging magic to be done in quick succession. To combat this obstacle, Healing Lovers will take place every time Yuuto runs out of energy to replenish his mana and stamina. Neith, who also participated in the meeting, was interested in what kind of act Healing Lovers is. Lovers went ahead to prepare for the training. After Yuuto put a sunscreen lotion on girls and vice versa to protect them from the sunshine, Lovers were ready to begin their training.
Infinite Lovers was the focus of the first training. To make it fun, Lizel prepared a 2v2 water gun discipline with two twists. The first twist was that Lovers needed to use their mana so they could fire the water gun. During the training, Yuuto had to activate his Infinite Lovers and keep it up as long as he was comfortable. The second twist was the clothes they were wearing. Whenever someone got hit, his/her attire part would change color. Red colour signalled defeat. Yuuto began energetically. However, Infinite Lovers time limit caught up with him fast. When Yuuto used his last remains of strength to hit Miyabi, her already red bra suddenly vanished to the surprise of everyone. After Miyabi used this knowledge to perform a friendly fire on Lizel, it looked overtime will occur. Unfortunately, Yuuto was at his limit and lost consciousness. 
===Sein's world===
Yuuto woke up in a strange place. A silver-haired woman approached him. She introduced herself as a Sein and welcomed Yuuto to her world. Sein told Yuuto that she depends on him to liberate her, furthering his confusion. Out of nowhere, Lizel appeared behind Yuuto. She asked him: "Yuuto, will you be able to stay the same like you are right now even after ten years passed"? Yuuto woke up to learn he was out of commission for only a few minutes. Lizel decided to change strategy to improve Yuuto's endurance, and the training renewed. Several more rounds passed. Lovers decided to do last Healing Lovers and call it a day. Neith asked if she can watch to see what sort of ritual are they going to do. Nobody objected, so Lovers proceeded. Neith was surprised by the lewdness of it, Yuuto asked Neith if she's okay, but Neith ran away screaming. After this brief scene, Lovers continued. 
It was night. Yuuto's mana limit was the focus of this training. To raise his limit, girls wore lewd bikini while performing sensual dances to enhance the erotic feel. The training was a great success. Yuuto's mana limit went from 50 000 to 70 000 in one night. Lovers kept doing a similar workout every day with more disciplines added to the rotation. During this time, the time limit on Infinite Lovers extended to 50 seconds. Also, Yuuto noticed that the girl's abilities improved considerably, while his mana limit was now at 85 000. Every day, Neith continued to support Lovers with refreshments. She tried to observe their Healing Lovers again, this time without running away. One day, Neith didn't show up. Yuuto feared it might be due to an event that occurred. Lovers attempted to break the limit of Healing Lovers last night. Yuuto went for a drink and came across significantly aroused Neith, who was comforting herself.
 As he was discussing this incident with Lizel, a group of four people appeared from a forest. They immediately recognized a girl that was with them, a former card of the Moon Nihondou Swordia. She was with two men, Hachimaki Tougou and Koshirae Kenji. They were accompanying a girl that looked exactly like the candidate of Strength, Sannou Rikimaru. Yuuto thought Rikimaru might have a split persona. When he asked the girl asked if she is Rikimaru, she became angry and introduced herself as a devil king Candidate of Justice and the younger twin sister of Rikimaru, Sannou Seigi. Suddenly, Rikimaru made her entrance to Seigi's annoyance. Rikimaru's Queen Ishiwari Flor and her Ace Daikyoukin Igor followed her soon after. While the Sannou sisters began to argue, Miyabi and Reina came to help. Yuuto noticed there is tension between Miyabi and Ishiwari Flor, who proclaimed Miyabi as her rival. However, Swordia took the initiative and began to fight with Reina. Rikimaru joined by attacking Yuuto with her characteristic magic, "Strongest Fantasy Physics". Yuuto was shocked by the power of her strike, so he decided to go defensive. 
Lizel took on Rikimaru's ace. Rikimaru was so relentless, Yuuto didn't even have a chance to counter-attack. After a while, Yuuto activated Infinite Lovers and went on the offensive. Yuuto tried to use flame magic, but Rikimaru effortlessly punched it back at him. Yuuto tried a last-ditch effort, but his spell was too slow to activate, and Rikimaru dodged it. Also, Infinite Lovers were about to run out. Luckily, Lizel managed to deal with Igor and used a bow to distract Rikimaru. Lizel fired another arrow at Rikimaru to prevent her from killing Yuuto, but Seigi decided to involve herself. 
Suddenly, everyone stopped attacking. A man was walking towards the group, the candidate of Death, Joudougahama Lost, followed by Shimokadzuma Rinne. Rinne's arm was bleeding. It meant they rewound the time. Lost proclaimed to his allies this was a lesson, and the Death's Group must be united in mind. Seigi and Rikimaru were mad. They demanded a show of Death's true strength, questioning his abilities. Lost invited them to hit him as hard as they can. The Sannou sisters took this opportunity to inflict severe damage onto Lost's body. However, his expression told them their attacks did not affect him at all. Black mud appeared around Lost, but instead of devouring him, it went after the Sannou sisters. It was Death's unique magic, Dreaming Atrocious Dream. Seigi decided to use her unique magic as well. As she was about to attack Lost, another figure appeared. To everyone's surprise, it was Headmaster Gandou. Headmaster headed to Lost and asked him why he didn't enrol at the Ginsei Academy. Lest rebuked the headmaster by saying he's not interested and promising him that he will bring down him and the Academy one day. Lost and Rinne then departed. Headmaster proceeded to clap his hands and chased off the remaining Death's Group members so that he can return to napping. The headmaster explained his reason for trespassing in Neith's territory is the beach here. Once he saw Neith coming towards them, the headmaster ran away.
===Aspite's visit===
While Lovers were preoccupied with the Death's Group, Aspite was coming over to Morioka's house. He wanted Yuuto to repay his favour when he saved Reina. To his surprise an unknown woman (Morioka Sakura) opened the door. Sakura told Aspite that Yuuto went to Hawaii, to his shock. After coming all the way to Yuuto's house, Sakura invited Aspite to the house for ice cream while dragging him in.
===Lover's conclusion===
Lovers concluded their incident with the Death's Group was an accident. Judging from their reaction, the Sannou sisters most likely unknowingly wandered into Neith's territory. Yuuto wanted to talk with Neith about what happened last night, but Miyabi came to take Yuuto for his next training. For his next training, Yuuto was to split a flying watermelon with a wooden sword. Yuuto wasn't doing great, so Reina proceeded to mentor him. After a thorough explanation of how devils use their weapons, Yuuto was able to split the watermelon. Yuuto thought of an idea to transplant Lizel's bloodline magic, bow Cupid. Lizel informed Yuuto that the Himekami family cannot leak their bloodline magic, even if it's the devil king candidate. Instead, she was planning for Yuuto to learn another Lover's unique magic. However, it was going to be difficult because there were no records of any candidate performing it. With that in mind, Lovers returned to training. A few days later, Lovers went to nearby Gaol Mountain for combat training. It was a den of monsters, a perfect opportunity for Yuuto to gain combat experience. Yuuto was unlucky and didn't find any monsters. Although, he found a building. Lovers arcana didn't detect any danger, so Yuuto went to explore it. Once he entered, a creature jumped on him. When he got to see the enemy, it turned out to be a sort of human girl merged with a dog, a mixed-blood devil. She introduced herself as Poran. After Poran learned Yuuto is a human, others came out of hiding. They were hiding from noble devils that have been hunting them. Suddenly, they ran to hide because there was a devil king candidate in front of their house. It turned out to be Neith. Neith asked Yuuto if these were his illegitimate children, clearly surprising him. Yuuto proceeded to explain the situation. Hearing their story, Neith promised to take the children to the orphanage in her territory. She asked what sort of world does he wants to create shall he win the war. Yuuto answered he wants to have a peaceful world. They continued with their conversation for a while, but they were interrupted by an attack. It was Justice's prince, Koshirae Kenji. Kenji demanded Yuuto to return him their prey, Yuuto refused his demand. Once Kenji noticed Neith is with Yuuto as well, he swiftly began to run away. Knowing Seigi would come after them, Yuuto and Neith gave chase to make sure Seigi won't get the information. Kenji was getting near the Sannou territory. To stop him, Yuuto used lightning magic to struck Kenji. The attack worked, and Kenji fell into a lake. Moments later, a black liquid devoured him. Group went back. Poran explained to Yuuto that there used to be a noble that came to their village and took volunteers for an experiment, promising a dramatic increase of strength. Among the kids, there was a boy that was like a brother to Poran. Poran never saw him again. She heard he died. While chatting, Lizel and the girls found Yuuto. Lizel decided to change the location of their training camp.
Meanwhile, Death's Group held a meeting. Lost opened up a discussion they should focus on any possible threats, naming Triumph as an example. Seigi opposed Lost, instead proposing they would deal with the Lovers first. Yotaka and Rikimaru supported the idea, so Lost agreed to their proposition. The Sannou sisters rushed out to start preparations. When they rode from the meeting, sisters held a conversation. Seigi told Rikimaru that Lost cannot be trusted, and there is most likely a hidden reason he didn't enrol at the Ginsei Academy. Seigi noted the Golgotha family always inherited the arcana. However, their entire family vanished. Rikimaru deduced that the original candidate of Death, Moros Golgotha, was killed. That would explain why he never came to the academy after the last year. Seigi thought Moros may be still alive. Then she thought if Lost wasn't the candidate, why Headmaster Gandou didn't do anything when they met. It was too much of a headache, so the sisters decided to focus on Yuuto for now. Seigi noticed Lost fixation with Yuuto. Once they would win, they would try to make Yuuto spill Lost secret. 
It was August. Lizel decided rest would be best, so Lovers returned to the human world. When they come back, Yuuto's mother asked Yuuto if he didn't do anything improper to the girls. Sakura also mentioned Aspite's visit. Yuuto was surprised Aspite only came for ice cream, making him wonder if Aspite also has a twin sibling. Yuuto was exhausted, so he decided to take a nap and deal with Aspite later. On Sunday, there was a summer festival going on. Lovers decided to have fun. Yuuto and Lizel went to a target practice stand. There, they met by Poran and Neith, who came for a visit. After they danced a bit, Lizel pulled Yuuto to a dark path. She desired to do a Healing Lovers there. Yuuto agreed to her idea. They began with a passionate kiss, followed by a lewd act. They were doing Healing Lovers for a few minutes, even managing to raise Yuuto's mana limit. Suddenly, Poran appeared from below them, scaring them both. Poran explained everyone was looking for them. After they fixed their clothes, Poran led them back. Later, Lovers went to a nearby riverbed to watch fireworks. While they were enjoying the sight, Yuuto felt something, a deja vu. Yuuto remembered he met a girl here, a young girl who resembled Lizel. He asked Lizel if they met here before, she froze. Before she could answer, dark figures began to approach them. It was Seigi and Rikimaru alongside their cards. Hachimaki started first by attacking Reina. Lizel challenged Seigi. Ishiwari Flor went against Miyabi, and Yuuto had a rematch with Rikimaru. Surprisingly, Rikimaru started by asking Yuuto what sort of relationship does he has with Lost. Yuuto responded he doesn't know and threw a lightning spell at Rikimaru. Rikimaru punched the lightning away using her unique magic, The Strongest. Yuuto went on a defensive and had to sustain a rain of hits. To gain control, Yuuto used Infinite Lovers, but Rikimaru was able to handle it with ease. Luckily, Neith and Poran came back to help Yuuto. They started to run away, while Rikimaru was after them. Yuuto knew they couldn't run forever. While telling this to Neith, she said she has a request for Yuuto. Meanwhile, the battle between Hachimaki and Reina reached its climax. Hachimaki got the upper hand over Reina, but he did lower his guard and underestimated Reina's speed. Reina launched a counter-attack and immobilized Hachimaki, leaving to help others. Hachimaki told Swordia to carry him away, Reina was victorious.
===Neith's decision===
Back at Yuuto's, Neith asked him to make her his card. She didn't believe she could win the war. Seeing she was in contact with Lizel and Stella only, Neith decided to lend her strength to someone else. Yuuto was unsure but ultimately choose to make Neith his card. Yuuto proceeded with a ceremony, making Neith his Suit Card VII. 
 After the ceremony, Yuuto and Neith did a Healing Lovers. They launched a surprise attack with Neith's "Top Runner" and caught Rikimaru off guard, causing her to bleed. Now they were head-to-head against Rikimaru. Top Runner and The Strongest were colliding, but Rikimaru began to have the upper hand. Yuuto realized they were in a desperate position, so he decided to use an unresolved magic formula to turn the tide, World Fall. Rikimaru was shocked by seeing the World Fall. She wanted to prevent Yuuto from casting it at all costs. She used a shockwave, but it got cancelled by the World Fall. Yuuto broke her fist. Yuuto's hand then pierced Rikimaru's chest and destroyed half of her body. Black liquid appeared below her feet and devoured her. Yuuto won. Accidentally, World Fall went berzerk. According to the arcana, it could destroy about 80% of the planet. To everyone's relief, Headmaster Gandou appeared and took care of the rampaging World Fall. Headmaster said to Yuuto that despite his looks, he was a candidate of the Strength. Yuuto asked the headmaster why did he start a war. Headmaster replied, he wants to fight an extraordinarily powerful enemy.
World Fall interrupted everyone's fight. When Rikimaru's defeat came to light, Flor was too disheartened to continue her fight with Miyabi. However, Seigi was taking the death of her sister way worse. She refused to believe. Only after the headmaster officially announced Rikimaru's death, Seigi regained some sort of consciousness. Everything left inside her was killing intent, she must kill Yuuto. Suddenly, she got hit by an arrow. It was Lizel. Seigi promised Yuuto she will kill him even if its the last thing she's going to do. Before Lizel could finish Seigi off, Yotaka stepped in. The rest of Death's Group followed. Lost wasn't eager to have the headmaster near them, so he told him to go away and let the kids talk. Headmaster vanished, and a second-round was about to begin. Lost offered Yuuto to join him one last time, but he got once again rejected. After Lost cursed an unknown woman and said cryptic messages (from Yuuto's perspective), he went into a battle stance. Luckily, Aspite appeared and took Lover's side, proclaiming Yuuto will fell by his hand only. Ruki appeared as well. It was three (six according to Aspite, he valued himself to be worth three devil king candidates), devil king candidates plus Lizel versus five devil king candidates. Yuuto noticed Lost was staring at someone. He stared at Poran. Lost asked if her name was Poran, surprising Yuuto. It turned out Lost was the boy that was like a brother to Poran.
== Summary ==
* 1st appearance of the Hanged Man candidate, Hayachine Yotaka.
* Lovers enter Neith territory in devils realm to train.
* Yuuto's mana limit grow from 50 000 to 85 000.
* 1st appearance of the Justice candidate, Sannou Seigi.
* Lovers clash with the Sannou sisters. Result: Fight interruption, Lovers were mostly overpowered, zero casualties.
* Yuuto and Neith meet Poran and her friends, who Sannou were hunting. Later, they kill Koshirae Kenji to prevent the Sannou sisters from coming after Poran and her friends.
* Death's Group holds a meeting and decide Lovers will be their next target
* Sannou sisters conspire against Joudougahama Lost.
* Lovers return to the human world.
* Lovers visit summer festival. They got ambushed by the Sannou sisters.
* Hachimaki Tougou clash with Koiwai Reina. Result: Reina won.
* Yuuto accept Neith as his suite card VII.
* Yuuto use World Fall to defeat Rikimaru. Result: Rikimaru dies.
* Lost, alongside Death's Group, appear to give Yuuto an ultimatum to join them. Yuuto refuses the offer. 
* Aspite and Kouma Ruki appear to support Lovers. A standoff between two groups happens.
== Characters ==
Major Characters:
*Morioka Yuuto
*Himekami Lizel​
*Yuugaoze Miyabi​
*Koiwai Reina​
*Carnac Neith​
Supporting Characters:
*Hoshigaoka Stella​
*Barbatos Gandou​
*Kouma Ruki​
*Sein
*Poran
Antagonists:
*Joudougahama Lost
*Sannou Rikimaru
*Sannou Seigi
*Hayachine Yotaka
*Sansa Summers
*Shimokadzuma Rinne
Minor Antagonists:
*Nihondou Swordia - Justice's Card
*Hachimaki Tougou - Justice's Card
*Koshirae Kenji - Justice's Card
*Ayaori Iratsume - Hanged Man's Card
*Ishiwari Flor - Strength's Card
*Daikyoukin Igor - Strength's Card
Mentioned characters:
*Moros Golgotha - Member of the Golgotha family, the usual candidates of Death, he and his family are missing at the time of volume 4.
==Chapters ==
*Prologue
*Chapter 1 – To the Training Camp!
*Chapter 2 – Resort Lovers
*Chapter 3 – Picking Up a Pack of Mame Shiba During the Special Training
*Chapter 4 – The Sisters’ Bond
*Epilogue
*Afterword
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== References ==
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