Disclaimer: Do I have to repeat myself again? I DON'T OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT MY OCS.

Chapter FOUR!

Chapter 4 - Hey, Hell Isn't That Bad!

After a couple more minutes of walking, they arrived at a train platform. In front of them, was a rather, well, interesting, train...

The train could hardly be described as a 'normal train'. It was about ten times the length of a normal train and three times taller, and a dozen times wider. It was also much more archaic in design, and it seemed ancient.

Sirzechs then pointed at the train as he smiled, "This is the train exclusive for Maous, the Hell Express Train," He then waved his right hand, causing the doors in the train to slide open.

"Come on in," He said as he walked inside and motioned for the trio to follow him. Nodding, the three of them walked inside, entering the train. Once inside, they saw what luxurious really meant.

The seats... no, sofas would be a better word to describe it, were large enough to fit three people and made from a special kind of leather. In front of each sit, there was a television that seemed to not be of any of the brands that Issei knew.

In total, there were around one hundred seats like this throughout the entire train, giving off a rather interesting feeling. Even when Issei, who had lived in a huge mansion all his life and enjoyed all kids of riches saw it, he couldn't help but to stand there, dazed.

After a while, he glanced at Sirzechs, "You said that this is the Maous exclusive train?"

Sirzechs nodded, an embarrassed smile on his face.

"So, does that mean that only Maous can ride on it?" Issei inquired once more, a rather amused look on his face.

Once more, Sirzechs nodded.

"Then... why the hell make it so big?!" Issei finally exclaimed. There were only Four Maous! Four! Even if they wanted to, they wouldn't be able to use even half of this train!

"About that..." Sirzechs sweat-dropped a little, wondering how he should explain this, "You see, the previous generation Lucifer... liked spending money."

"Huh?" Issei's eyes widened, "So he got this train... just for the heck of it?"

"Pretty much," Sirzechs nodded with an embarrassed look on his face. He too wasn't so proud of his predecessor. That guy... he was just helpless. No matter who met him, they would be rendered speechless by his antics.

"Either way," Sirzechs continued, trying to take Issei's attention away from that matter, "Make yourself comfortable. The trip to my castle will take a little bit of time. There is enough space for all of you... as you can see." On the last part, he had to suppress a sigh.

Issei simply nodded as he looked around before randomly choosing one of the seats, or rather, sofas. He then sat down, quickly followed by Celes who sat by his side, leaning on his shoulder, and Shiro, who sat on his lap. Issei didn't really seem surprised as he grabbed a remote control and started passing through the channels, trying to see what the people from the underworld watched.

Sirzechs cocked up his left eyebrow as he with an amused looked at the scene of a boy with a girl on his lap and another leaning on him by his side, but chose to keep quiet in the end. Who was he to question?

He then sat down on a seat not too far away and also turned on the television, intending to watch whatever the hell was on.

A couple of minutes later, Issei came to the conclusion that as strange as it may sound, devils were pretty similar to humans when it came to television shows. They had pretty similar programs, and if it wasn't for the fact that he was on hell, he wouldn't even see the difference.

"Seems like the underworld is pretty normal, huh?" Issei mused out loud as he finally settled on a channel. It seemed to be anime kinda thing, about a magical girl.

He then looked back at Sirzechs, who was also passing through the channels, "Hey, Sirzechs, are there any snacks here?" He casually asked, as if talking with a life-long buddy.

If any of the devils were to see him casually talking with Sirzechs, who he had just met a couple of hours ago, like a close friend of his, they wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Oh, yes," Sirzechs said casually as he waved his hand, making a menu appear in mid-air in front of him. He then waved his hand once more, causing the menu to float in air until it reached Issei's hand.

"Choose whatever you like," He then explained as he went back to watching television, seemingly uninterested.

"Thanks," Issei nodded as he began reading the menu.

Unbeknownst to him, Sirzechs took a glance at him at that time and couldn't help but to sigh, "This kid is just like Fenrir... Only that old wolf would dare to treat someone he just met so casually..." He thought with amusement. Not that he minded, though. He wasn't one that was too concerned with formalities, and he took a liking to Issei's personality, that was just like his best friend's.

Issei was unaware of this as he analyzed the menu, trying to see what could satisfy his appetite. As a person that learned how to cook under Fenrir, he was rather picky about food, and took a rather long time to decide on a dish.

After deciding, he looked at Shiro, who had turned around to look at the menu, "So, have you chosen?"

Shiro nodded her head, "Number 41."

Issei then looked at Celes, who was with her head leaning on the crook of his neck as she read the menu, "How about ya?"

Celes glanced up at Issei with her beautiful blue eyes and said with a smile, "The one you chose."

Issei nodded, already expecting that. He then looked back at Sirzechs, "Three number 41s."

Coincidentally enough, he and Shiro had chosen the same dish. Although she didn't cook as well as Issei, she still knew a thing or two about cooking, and was aware of what was tasty and not-so-tasty. Because of that, their tastes were similar.

Sirzechs turned his attention away from the television and glanced at Issei, "Number 41? Not bad..."

He then snapped his finger, causing the menu on Issei's hands to disappear. He then lightly tapped his left ear, causing a miniature magic circle to appear on top of it.

"Three numbers 41 and one number 15, please," He said slightly, transmitting the message to the cook who lived in the train. Yes, there was even a cook there. Damn you, past Lucifer!

"As you wish, Lucifer-sama," The cook said respectfully as he quickly began to prepare said dishes. Ten minutes later, a maid came in from who-knows-where, carrying two trays of food with her. On one, there were three dishes that looked identical, and on the other, there was... pizza.

The maid was wearing the standard french maid clothes, and had a large bust that her attire did little to hide. Her hair was black and long, falling down to her waist.

She first handed the pizza to Sirzechs, since he was the Maou-sama Lucifer and all that. He thanked her with a smile. She then turned around and walked to Issei and company's sofa, handing them their food.

When she saw Issei, she stopped lightly, and couldn't help but to wonder just where such a handsome male had appeared from. Issei, as someone who worked out every day, had an extremely well-built body, and since his shirt was rather tight, it showed off some of his muscles, something that was intentional, by the way. Since he has them, might as well show off, right?

Going up to his face, he was undoubtedly handsome, with a smart yet relatively playful and wild look. His dove-brown eyes were sharp and bright, something that also caught the maid's attention. His hair was also medium in length, reaching down to the end of his neck, and it was rather unruly.

While she handed them the food, she didn't forget to wink at Issei, something to which Issei smirked, winked back and thanked her. She then secretely mouthed a string of numbers before muttering "call me," while the girls weren't looking.

After that, she excused herself, walking away, swaying her hips seductively the entire time. Issei, who had looked back to observe her fleeting figure, smirked, "Not bad..."

However, he couldn't enjoy it any longer as he had both arms pinched by his two adoptive sisters. Turning around, he saw the two of them sending deadly looks.

Really, if glares could kill, he would have been died an unimaginable number of times just from looking at their faces.

"Mou, Issei," Celes pouted as she looked at Issei with annoyance. "You just have to do that with every woman you see?"

Shiro nodded, for this was one of the only subjects that she actually agreed with her damnable adopted sister, "Baka Nii." She then pinched him on the cheek slightly in order to make her point clearer.

"Sorry..." Issei muttered, although it was obvious that he wasn't sorry in the least. Both girls sighed, knowing that there was no cure for their adoptive brother. The could only blame Fenrir for bringing him up that way.

Sirzechs, on the side, couldn't help but to feel amused. He let out a smirk as he mused out loud, "Seriously... if I didn't know that he was adopted, I would completely believe it if someone told me that he was Fenrir's son."

After that, not much happened in the train, the rest of the trip proceeding rather smoothly. A couple of hours later, the train suddenly started to slow down before completely halting.

Sirzechs got up and looked at the trio, "We're here," He then motioned for them to follow him outside as he walked through the door.

The three of them nodded, and after Shiro, who after a lot of protests, finally got out of Issei's lap, they gathered their baggage and walked out of the train, following Sirzechs.

What they saw outside, however, left them flabbergasted.

In front of them was a huge, huge, castle. It seemed to have over fifteen stories, and it almost reached the skies. It was made of a blackish type of metal, that seemed to shine with the sun light, that surprisingly as it seems, was just like the sun on the human realm.

In fact, the sky was just as blue, and the clouds were a carbon copy of how they were in the human realm. If it weren't for the huge beasts flying in the sky, Issei would have thought that the train had somehow brought them back to earth.

Back to the castle, not only was it tall, it also seemed luxurious. For example, in the entrance, there were two huge, red dragons statutes, at least Issei hoped that they were statues, that glared imposingly at them.

Behind the statues was a humongous door, that seemed like a giant could pass through it easily. There were even various markings that decorated the door, and, obviously, there were made of gold.

Looking at the castle, and then back at the train that had even brought them directly to the front of the castle and not to a train station, he looked at Sirzechs with a knowing look, "Let me guess...This mansion was made by the previous Lucifer? The fact that the trains delivered us right at the entrance also has to deal with him?"

Sirzechs could only nod, embarrassed. Seriously, only him and his peerage lived there, there was no need for it to be so huge. Sadly, the previous Lucifer just had to state two rules that said that all future Lucifers had to live in the mansion and couldn't remodel it. Unless, of course, if they wanted to increase its size. If it was for spending even more money, then there was no problem. That was even explicitly written in the rules.

Soon after, the trio, Issei, Celes and Shiro, followed the Satan into the castle. Entering, they came to the conclusion that if the outside could be considered amazing, the inside... it was simply indescribable.

Think of the most expensive place you have ever seen. It does not even has the right to leak the shoes of the interior of the castle. There was simply nothing that could compare to it...

"You must be kidding me," Issei immediately said as soon as he passed through the door. His eyes were widened to the size of dinner plates and his mouth left agape, hanging in the air.

Behind him, Celes and Shiro had similar expressions, although Shiro's was slightly more restrained, as she had much more resistance to this kind of things. In the end, however, her eyes were still widened and her mouth opened slightly.

The reason for their reactions was simple. The interior of the castle was golden. Gold here, gold there, gold everywhere!

No matter where you looked, you would see gold. The floor, the ceiling, the furniture... all golden! This was a burglar's dream!

Issei slowly and mechanically moved his head towards Sirzechs, "Are you serious?"

The poor Satan could do nothing but to nod weakly, even more ashamed because of his ancestor. He then took in a deep breath and sighed while looking embarrassed, "The interior of this castle... almost made the Devil society go bankrupt."

"Bankrupt?" Issei's eyes widened even more. Although it was a lot, he didn't believe that it was enough to make one of the three great factions actually lose all of their money.

Sighing, Sirzechs continued, "This is only the beginning. In reality, the first floor of the castle was the least expensive one, only made out of gold. The following ones are made of even rarer and more expensive materials...

"For example, the fifth floor, where my study is, is completely made of Imperial Gold and Celestial Bronze, acquired from the Greeks. To get that terrifying amount of materials... even to this day, we are indebted to them."

A saddened look appeared on the pitiful Maou's eyes as he remembered the debt. Even to this day, it was hard dealing with the countless debts that the previous Lucifer Maou left behind for him. He had debts with the Greeks, Norses, Egyptians, Macedonians, Vampires, Elves... every single race or nationality you can think of.

Thankfully, he wasn't in charge of managing the financial area of the underworld. The one in charge of that was the Asmodeus Maou, along with the military. He couldn't help but too deeply pity the poor fellow. Every time he passed by his castle, he could hear him endlessly cursing the previous Lucifer.

Also, for some reason that he didn't know, he also started to hate him too. Every time they walked by each other, Asmodeus would send him an intense and murderous glare with his cold eyes that had heavy dark circles underneath.

Shaking his head to get rid of this useless thoughts, he looked back at the trio of teenagers. "Either way, I'll be showing you guys to your rooms."

After that, Sirzechs started walking through the expensive corridor of the castle until they reached a stairway that shined brightly because of the gold. Climbing it up, they noticed that the materials of the walls, floor and ceiling started changing. This time, it was a blackish color, but still seemed to shine brightly.

Seeing the trio's curious gaze, Sirzechs explained as they got off of the staircase and started walking through the corridors. "This material is Egyptian Black Metal. Extremely precious and even more so, expensive. It's quasi-indestructible, by the way."

Issei and company could only nod weakly to this new information, beginning to understand just how heterogeneous this grand castle was.

After a while of walking around in the second floor, they finally reached a corridor that had many doors on each side. Sirzechs then motioned towards the doors and said, "Freely choose your room. Pick whichever one you want."

All of them nodded, and after a while, all three of them entered the first room on the right. Seeing that, Sirzechs sweat-dropped. They couldn't possibly be thinking of...

However, when he entered the room, he saw that his doubts were indeed spot on. All three of them were already placing their clothes on a closet, as if they intended to live there together. When Sirzechs took notice of that, he couldn't help but to think,"You must be freaking kidding me..."

However, he still needed to make sure, so he asked, "Hmm... Issei? Celes? Shiro? Why are you all... in the same room?"

Hearing Sirzechs question, all three of them stopped storing their stuff in the closet and turned around to look at him. Issei then gave ahim are-you-stupid? look, "What do you think? We are going to live here."

"I see..." Sirzechs muttered slightly as he sweat-dropped once more. Inside, he was cursing Fenrir. "What kind of parenting have you freaking done, you damn wolf?!"

He then asked another question, hoping with all his heart that the answer was yes. "Well, would you like me to bring two other beds to this room for you to sleep in?"

The room was big, even bigger than the room that Issei had back in the human realm. Furthermore, it was mostly empty, with only some scarce furniture here and there, all extremely expensive, and a huge bed that could easily fit four people. However, it still had space to feet two more of those beds easily.

However, Issei simply shook his head upon hearing Sirzechs question, "No need, we always slept on the same one back on the human realm."

"Ah... alright..." Sirzechs eyes widened before he finally answered. He then slowly took a step back and pointed at a bell that was by the side of the bed, "Well, I'll be on my room for the time being. If you need anything, just ring that bell. When dinner is done, either me or one of the maids will come here to tell you."

After that, he quickly left the room and went directly to his own, that was on the third floor. He then threw himself on the bed while he continuously cursed his best friend, "Fenrir, you damn bastard. Do you even know how to raise children?!"

However, as soon as he said that, he felt his pocket vibrating. It was chis cellphone ringing.

He quickly placed his hand in his pocket and fished his phone out. He looked at the screen and saw that it had Fenrir's name on it. Sirzechs sweat-drooped, "Talk of the devil...". In the end, he answered it.

"Hello?"

Not even a second after, a wolfish and mischievous voice came from the line, "Sirzechs?"

"Yes, it's me, you old rogue," Sirzechs answered.

"Hey, how are ya~ How are the kids faring?" Fenrir smirked and asked.

"Good, good..." Sirzechs began before he suddenly remembered that he was supposed to be mad at Fenrir. Immediately, he raged, "Fenrir! You old bastard! Just how have you brought up your children?!"

"Huh?" Fenrir asked as he was slightly taken aback, not understanding where this sudden outrage had come from. "Come again?"

"Come again my ass," Sirzechs cursed as he got up from his laying position and sat down on the bed. "Just how did you bring up those three children? Seriously, they are fifteen-sixteen years old and still sleep on the same bed? Don't you know how to do parenting?"

"Ah..." Fenrir said as he figured out what happened, "I figured that that would happen..."

"You figured that that would happen? That's all you have to say?"

"Yes..." Fenrir asked weakly.

"You...!" Sirzechs was about to say something, but ultimately, gave it up. He couldn't handle that damn old wolf any longer. Sighing, he said, "Either way, this Issei... are you sure you aren't his real father?"

"Issei? Nah, I'm pretty sure..." Fenrir smirked slightly as he said through the phone.

"He is just like you..." Sirzechs muttered before he suddenly stopped as his eyes widened. "Wait, Fenrir, please don't tell me that he is also like you in those aspects?"

"Oh? Which aspects?"

"Womanizer, trouble-maker, mischievous bastard..." Sirzechs began to say a huge list of names.

"Damn, Reddy. You don't need to go that far..." Fenrir sighed while faking being hurt. "Either way, Reddy, don't worry about them too much. Although Issei is kind like me in my past days, a womanizer, he isn't someone rash. You don't have to worry."

Sighing, Sirzechs finally nodded. "Alright, Fenrir. I'll trust you this once."

Following that, both of them said their goodbyes and ended the call. Sirzechs took in a deep breath as he got up from his bed and walked to his desk. Sitting down in a chair, he got some documents and a pen.

"Alright, I should probably hand in their school registration forms..." Sirzechs muttered as he started scribbling on the documents, filling them with the information about the three kids and their situations. After everything was done, he picked up his cellphone.

Going to contacts, he scrolled down to the letter 'm', and after that, started looking for a certain name. Finding it, he tapped on it, starting the call. A couple of seconds later, a slightly deep yet playful voice rang out on the phone.

"Sirzechs-kun?"

"Biblia, I have something that I need from you," Sirzechs said in strict tone, ignoring the other man's causal voice. "I want to enroll some students on your school."

"Oh? For you to personally ask me... could it be that this students have special circumstances?" The person on the other line, Biblia, asked.

"Exactly," Sirzechs started, "They are humans."

Silence followed that. After ten seconds, Sirzechs asked again.

"Biblia?"

Silence followed for three more seconds, before the voice came back, "Sirzechs, humans?"

"Yes."

"Please tell me that this is a joke," Biblia asked while trying to force out a chuckle.

"I'm serious. I'll have Grayfia watch over them while in there," Sirzechs, whoever, crushed Biblia's hopes with this phrase.

"Sirzechs... you..." Biblia started, but stopped. "Alright, do they have their registration forms?"

Nodding, Sirzechs said, "I'll be sending them to you in a moment."

After that, he finished the call and placed his cellphone aside. He then neatly stacked the documents in a bundle and raised his right hand, while muttering some words. In the next moment, a magic circle appeared beneath the documents as they disappeared.

"Alright, Fenrir, it's done," Sirzechs sighed as he let his back rest in the chair, placing his arms behind his head, letting it rest on them as he closed his eyes. "I just hope that you made the right choice."

After a couple more minutes, a small miniature magic circle glowed by his right ear, "Lucifer-sama, the dinner is ready."

Hearing that, Sirzechs nodded, "Alright, Grayfia. I'll be going down. Is she back yet?"

Immediately after, a reply came in, "The Mistress hasn't come back yet. She is probably still with Lady Gremory. She also told me to tell you that she will only be back in an hour or so."

Nodding, Sirzechs got up from his chair and opened the door of the room. Getting out, he said, "The table.. have you already laid out the plates and silverware for our guests?"

"Of course, Lucifer-sama."

"Alright, I'll be there in a second," After that, Sirzechs tapped his right ear slightly, breaking the connection as he headed for the second floor, and to be more specific, Issei and company's room.

Sirzechs walked quickly, and in a couple of minutes, he was already standing in front of the room belonging to the three adopted siblings. The door was closed, so he knocked on it, "The dinner is ready."

He was about to say some more, but suddenly stopped as he came to a realization. He, the Lucifer Maou, was acting just like these kid's butler! Going to their room, saying the dinner is ready... If the other Maous were to here of this, they would mock him for centuries.

However, he still couldn't get angry with the kids. Fenrir had personally asked him to take care of them, and he would guarantee that they received the best treatment. But, at the same time, he made a mental note to have a maid or butler come tell them this next time.

Just as Sirzechs was deep in his thoughts, he heard Issei's voice from the room, "Alright. We will be going in a second."

Within the room, Issei was currently playing chess with Shiro, Celes watching the match while leaning on Issei's right arm. Since there was no video games, he figured that he would just spend time the old-fashioned way.

After hearing Fenrir's words, Issei rejoiced, as he was currently losing. He then looked at Shiro and said, "Let's go now. We will finish it when we get back."

Shiro nodded, "Alright, Nii."

She then got up, but just as she turned around to get up, she heard the noises of pieces falling to the ground. Turning her head around as quickly as lightning, she saw that Issei had just swiped his arm, throwing out all the pieces from the chess board.

When she saw that, she looked annoyed. She understood her Nii clearly. He did that because he was losing just now. Cutely raising an eyebrow in an expression of anger, that to Issei looked extremely cute, she asked, "Nii, what is the meaning of this?"

Seeing that he had been found out, Issei smiled awkwardly and said, "There was fly that landed on the chessboard, so I tried to kill it?"

Shiro's eyebrow raised even further, "Is that a question or a statement?"

Issei simply laughed, getting up with Celes following suit. He then ignored Shiro's past sentence as he walked to the door and when he reached it, he turned back and looked at her with a dazzling smile, "Come on, Shiro. Dinner is ready."

Looking at her rascal of a brother, Shiro could only sigh. In the end, she followed after him and said, "As a reward, I'll sit on Nii's lap for dinner."

Issei simply nodded, already expecting that. In fact, even if he hadn't messed up with the chess game, she would still sit on his lap. Celes, however, had an annoyed look.

"This damn girl... It's on times like this that I wish to also be a loli..." She thought with anger. Even though it would be no problem for Issei if she sat on his lap, it would still get on his way when doing stuff like eating, since she was only a little smaller than him. Shiro, however, could freely sit on his lap, and that wouldn't affect his daily action in the least. It was on rare moments like this that she envied the little, cute, white-haired loli.

After opening the door, they saw that Sirzechs had just begun climbing down the stairs. When he heard the door opening, Sirzechs halted his steps and looked back, smiling.

"Let's go?" He asked, to which the trio nodded as they approached the stairs, starting descend alongside Sirzechs. They went down all the way to the first floor.

After reaching it, Sirzechs turned right and started walking away. Seeing that, the trio followed, and a couple of seconds later, they were looking at a huge, golden, living room.

On the middle, there was a huge table, with dozens of chairs on each side, and two bigger chair at each end of the table. The table, as surprising as it may seem, wasn't golden, and seemed to be made of wood instead. However, Issei had a slight feeling that this table alone was worth more than the entire first floor.

Seeing Issei looking curiously at the table, Sirzechs explained, "This table is made of Heavenly Wood, that is only found in the forest of the elves. Furthermore, it was manufactured by dwarfs. It's one of the most expensive furniture in the castle.

Hearing Sirzechs words, Issei was no longer as surprised as he should have been as he nodded weakly, alright coming to terms with the ridiculous need to spend money that the previous Lucifer had. Shiro and Celes had similar thoughts.

Sirzechs then sat at one of the head chairs and motioned for the trio sit wherever they wanted. Issei then nodded as he walked forward and casually chose a random sit. Immediately after he sat, Shiro climbed up his chair and sat on his lap. At the same time, Celes pulled chair close to him, placed it as close to him as possible, and sat down on it.

Looking at all of that was happening, Sirzechs could only sweat-drop. However, in the end, he decided to simply ignore it, no matter how much he found it strange for Shiro to sit on Issei's lap.

Soon after, the doors on the opposite side of the room opened, which lead to the kitchen. From it, six or so either unbelievably cute or extremely sexy maids came out, all holding trays in their hands, with dishes on them.

When Issei saw the army of maids, his eyes narrowed slightly as he glared at them with no discretion. Noticing that, Shiro and Celes pinched him, but it did naught to stop his lustful gaze.

The maids clearly noticed it, but since he was exceedingly handsome, didn't seem to mind it. Its as they say, there are some things in this world that only the handsome can enjoy.

Some even went as far as to follow the steps of the maid back in the Hell Express, sending Issei either coquettish or sultry smiles as they served the food. Only a selected few managed to keep themselves from flirting with the handsome stud.

The most impressive of all was that even while ogling at girls, Issei managed to keep a straight face. His face was composed and serious, as if admiring a painting, but the lust in his eyes betrayed him. However, to the females, this looked kinda charming.

They were devils, and what female devil didn't love some rough play? As such, they interpreted the lust in Issei's eyes as unmatched stamina and libido, which wasn't really far off to begin with.

While all of that happened, Sirzechs quietly sat by the side, watching as Issei received all the attention, while, he, the handsome red-haired Maou, got nothing. Sighing, he thought, "Well, the maids know that I'm married, so it can be understood why the don't act with me like that, and instead flirt with Issei. Still, why do I have a feeling of déjà vu?"

As he though that far, Sirzechs eyes widened as he was reminded of scene that happened a long time ago. At that time, he still had yet to marry his wife, but Fenrir was already engaged to Athena. They were in France, attending an important banquet, and all the rich women in the saloon, even the married ones, kept flocking around the old wolf, completely ignoring Sirzechs presence.

It wasn't that Sirzechs was ugly or plain. In fact, he was extremely handsome, one of the most handsome devils, but compared to Fenrir, he seemed to be somewhat lacking. Fenrir just had that wild and rugged look to him that made females go crazy. His exqusite silver hair and deep amber eyes only helped to captivate the hearts of the females.

In the end, however, he didn't have his way with any of them. As surprising as it may seem, Fenrir was a man of integrity. Since he was already with Athena by that time, he didn't have thoughts of pushing down other females. In fact, in all of the time that he had spent dating Athena, he had never cheated on her, although he could easily have done so thousands of times.

Thinking of that, Sirzechs could only bitterly smile as he thought that this kid was a carbon copy of his adopted father. If only his hair was silver-white hair and amber eyes, he would be sure that he was looking at a younger Fenrir.

In the end, he could only pick up his plate and serve himself as he observed as the maids continuously flirted with the young man. Taking a portion of the various dishes that sat on on the table, he finally placed his plate down and begun to eat.

When he tasted some of the meat, his eyes couldn't help but to widen, "Oh... Grayfia sure has made a miracle..."

His words, while not intentional, caught Issei's attention. His chef's instincts kicking in, he for the first time set his eyes on the food that decorated the wide table.

He could see a variety of dishes, raging from simple ones to exquisite ones. With an entranced look, he placed a bit of everything on his plate, intending to take a little of everything so he could taste them all.

The maids noticed that Issei had begun serving himself, so they no longer said anything as they took a step back and respectfully stood by the side of the table, ready to abide to any wish of the people having dinner.

Only when Shiro and Celes noticed that the maids had pulled back did they stop sending murderous glares at them. At the same time, they also let go of their hands that had kept pinching Issei the entire time, also choosing to start eating.

Soon, all three of them already had their plates in front of them, all of them full with a variety of foods. Issei's plate was by far the fullest, followed Celes who had less food and Shiro, who only choose a tiny little bit of food.

Seeing the food on Shiro's plate, Celes couldn't help but to make fun of the little loli, still mad that she could sit on Issei's lap. "Ara, Shiro, are you only going to eat that much? Aren't you afraid that you will always be that small?"

As soon as Issei heard Celes word, he immediately cursed in his mind as he slowly placed down the fork that was about to reach his mouth, not being able to taste the food that seemed so amazing. He carefully looked at the little loli on his lap, afraid of an outburst. After all, talking about her size had always been a taboo for Shiro.

Sirzechs also stopped eating and set his attention on the drama that was happening around Issei, interested at what would happen.

However, to everyone's surprise, Shiro didn't snap. She continued eating her food like nothing happened, and then said, "You should be worrying about your health first. Eating that much... aren't you afraid of getting fat?"

"You..." Celes got enraged, and was about to pounce at Shiro and beat the crap out of her, but was stopped by Issei's hand. He sent her a deep look and said, "Celes, please, no. You are the one who started it."

Hearing Issei's words, Celes immediately stopped, as she realized that he was right. It was her that took the initiative, to begin with...

With a slightly down-cast look, she said, "Alright, Issei..."

Issei nodded, feeling proud that had stopped a probable catastrophe. He then looked down at his plate, and upon seeing such tasty-looking food, he could feel his mouth watering. Immediately, he brought force to his mouth.

Back with Sirzechs, he could only sigh as he watched Issei's interactions with the two girls. "So young yet can already deal with them so well.."

However, his train of thought was broken, as Issei's body suddenly bolted up straight. His eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as he looked at his plate and then at his fork. Sirzechs was taken aback by his sudden reaction.

"Issei? Is everything alright?" He asked with curiosity, wondering what had caused Issei to react like that.

But, Issei seemed to have no intention of answering his questions as he immediately asked, "Who cooked this?"

Slightly surprised, Sirzechs answered, "It was Grayfia, one of..."

He couldn't finish his sentence as Issei quickly continued, interrupting him, "Is she still in the kitchen?"

"Yes, but.."

Sirzechs was once more unable to continue his sentence as in that moment, Issei took Shiro out of his lap and dashed to the kitchen. He must absolutely find out just who made these dishes!

Entering it, all that he saw was a lone, silver-haired woman wearing an apron. She was absolutely beautiful, and the moment he saw her, his breath was taken away.

Long silver hair with some small braids, a cold and sharp look, tall and with a devilishly amazing figure, she was a basically a perfect woman. Furthermore, her figure seemed to be the perfect hour-glass. From what Issei could see, given the outlines of her maid uniform, she had a slender abdomen, lithe waist, round buttocks and big, amazing breasts. He simply stood there, dazed.

Immediately after he entered the kitchen, Grayfia also noticed him as she turned around to look at him. She had just been finishing her preparations when this boy suddenly barged it.

"Who might you be?" She asked as if talking to anyone else. It was as if Issei's handsomeness wasn't effective on her.

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