Its been 5 years since Valerian went through the Eternal Heart Ritual and ever since that day, it was almost as though something died with him. Knowing that no matter what pain and mutilation he went through, he will never be acknowledged made Valerian's anger towards his family reach new heights. He tempered his anger with his steely cold will, creating the determination to surpass all others. After watching the breathtaking scenery of the living room, Valerian retreated within his room to get a better handle over his powers and reach new heights.

After experimenting with his powers, Valerian realized how much the ritual affected him. The biggest visible difference was the increase of demonic powers. Through numerous harmless rituals, Valerian was able to increase his demonic power to a High-Class Devil, but after going through the Eternal Heart Ritual, his demonic power broke through the limit, causing Valerian to become an Ultimate-Class Devil at the age of 8, something only his father and Ajuka achieved in their 30s and they were considered monsters. Not only did it boost his demonic power, but it also increased his control over it, making it seem as though he was only a Middle-Class Devil in power.

Another thing that he discovered through trial and error was his ability to make his ice magic into the legendary state of absolute zero, something that neither his mother or Serafall Leviathan, two of the strongest ice magic users, could achieve. What was even more amazing was with his insane control over his ice magic, he could freeze anything, even magic, in less than a nanosecond. The downside was the range. His absolute zero ice, or eternal ice as he started to call it, could only reach up to 3 meters, anything after that, although insanely powerful, could be blocked by an Ultimate-Class Devil. Another downside was if his Eternal Ice Heart was shattered, he would lose his powers and die. Although this could be considered a downside, Valerian didn't care and instead he was ecstatic, he was almost invincible within 3 meters. He trained his eternal ice to an instinctual level, where it would protect him automatically, something he called the Absolute Ice Defence [1].

Lastly, although it wasn't by much, his physical abilities were enhanced. Before, Valerian trained his body naturally to Middle-Class Devil power. After going through the ritual, his physical abilities evolved to High-Class Devil power, to keep up with the strain of his demonic power. Although it didn't boost by much, it was to be expected as the ritual focused more on the magic side instead of the physical side. This didn't bother Valerian as much as he could augment his body with a ritual later if he needed to.

Throughout his 5 five years, he spent most of his time in either his room, the ritual room, or his secret training grounds, only coming out once in a while. 'They never notice,' Valerian thought to himself as he lay in his bed, 'they never do. At least today I get my evil pieces. If I can't join my current family, I'll create one. They'll be MINE and MINE alone!' Valerian thought to himself possessively. Deciding to get ready for the day, Valerian got up from his bed, wearing nothing, signifying he sleeps naked, something he inherited from his father and grandfather.

Although Valerian was only 13 years old, he looked more like a 15-year-old. Gone was all the baby fat and what was left was a face that was as if it was sculpted by God himself. He had smooth and delicate, but strong features with high aristocratic cheekbones coupled with his sharp nose and eyebrows gave him an elegant and regal feeling. His silver hair was short with the sides and back of his head shaved down while keeping long at the top. His overall skin was pale and smooth due to his ice magic covering up his scars. His overall physic was lithe and muscular, built for power and speed like a swimmer. His cold and emotionless face with his sharp silver eyes and powerful body gave anyone an impression of a king [2].

Valerian, still in the nude, walked towards his dresser before pulling out his outfit. it was a simple black and white suit. His dress shirt was white with a longer collar to cover up most of his neck while his slacks, shoes, coat, and thin tie were all black. Lastly, he put on his black gloves to complete his outfit. He wanted to wear something to cover most of his body, just in case, his ice skin was to crack [3].

*Knock Knock*

Just as he finished dressing someone was knocking at his door. "Come in," Valerian said in a cold, monotone voice.

The door opened and a Gremory maid walked in. She scanned the room and looked at Valerian with an indifferent look. "Lord Lucifer is expecting you in his office." The maid said and she eyed the boy with thinly veiled disdain before walking out the room, not waiting for an answer.

'Bitch. I would have enjoyed killing you if it wasn't suspicious.' Valerian thought to himself as he walked out of his room. This was a normal occurrence within the Gremory Mansion. The servants thought Valerian was a stain upon their beloved Lucifer and his wife and treated him with veiled disdain. Sirzech and Grayfia didn't say anything about their behavior, due to them not realizing what's happening.

Valerian walked through the halls of the mansion before arriving at the big double doors that led to Sirzechs's office. Valerian knocked on the doors this time as he was harshly reprimanded by Sirzechs when he walked in without knocking in the past.

"Ria-tan is that you? Don't worry big brother is coming!" Sirzechs's muffled voice was heard through the large double doors.

*SMACK*

*ITAI! That hurt Grayfia!"

Before long the door was open and Grayfia walked out the door, she looked at Valerian with indifference and other emotions he could not identify.

"Mother." He said with a nod before walking in the room. Grayfia closed the door behind them as they walked to the desk.

He walked to the from of the desk, behind it was Sirzechs rubbing his head, but looking at them with anticipation. Upon seeing no Rias, he deflated a little looking disappointed. "Ah, Valerian." Sirzechs said with a small smile, "Your mom and I decided that you're ready for your evil pieces. You were originally going to get them last year but we thought you may not be ready for the responsibility."

'Bullshit.' Valerian thought to himself, 'You gave Rias her pieces at the age of 8. How is an 8-year-old more responsible than me? You just forgot to sign the paperwork to allow me to have one. Even the servants know this.' Valerian thought though he kept his emotionless face, not reflecting his thoughts. "Thank you for your consideration." He said emotionlessly.

Usually, pure-blooded high-class devils would receive their evil pieces at the age of 12. There are exceptions to this role such as being an heir or heiress to a pillar or to other families like Rias getting her's early. He was originally going to receive his at the age of 13, but Sirzechs forgot to sign the papers that allowed him to own a peerage.

"My knight, Souji Okita, will accompany you while you receive your evil pieces, Grayfia will prepare the teleportation circle," Sirzechs said as he motioned his hand to the man sitting in the corner. Souji was a man in his late twenties wearing a light blue haori trimmed with light mountain stripes and hakama over a kimono. Overall he had a very laid back look to him.

"I thought parents were supposed to accompany their children, father?" Valerian asked Sirzechs.

"I have a lot of paperwork to do, being Lucifer and all," Sirzechs said as he had a tight smile on his face, "I wish I could, though I'm proud of you!"

"Mother?" Valerian asked as he turned to his mother, all this time keeping an emotionless face.

"I have to teach Rias control over her magic," Grayfia said neutrally, though there was emotion in her eyes that he couldn't identify. Sorrow? Guilt? 'No, impossible.' Valerian thought to himself.

He gave a small nod to his parents before him and Souji walked through the teleportation circle prepared by Grayfia. They were teleported to the hallway of Ajuka's lab. Walking down the hallway was awkward for Valerian and Souji. It was quiet and they barely knew each other. Souji first opened his mouth, "Uh, sorry kid for not being your parents, they wanted to come." Souji said awkwardly.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it," Valerian told the knight. If it was possible, the atmosphere became even more awkward. This didn't last as long as they reached Ajuka's lab. Knocking on the door Ajuka's bewitchingly beautiful and attractive face popped out before seeing Valerian and Souji.

"Ah, Valerian Gremory, Sirzechs told me you were coming. I've prepared your Evil Pieces. Come in." Ajuka said as he opened the door wider, allowing the two guests to walk in.

"Lord Beelzebub," Valerian said with a nod as he walked in, followed by Souji.

"Your Evil Pieces are on the table," Ajuka said as he walked over the beautifully designed black box. Picking it up, Ajuka presented the box to Valerian before continuing, "Just place your hand on the lid and channel your demonic powers into it, this will help bind the pieces to you."

Giving a small nod Valerian walked up to the box and gently placed his hand on the top. The temperature started to plummet as he channeled about a Middle-Class devils worth of demonic energy in the black box. He didn't want to add anymore as he wanted to stay more low profile. It was a nice thought, but the evil pieces had other plans.

Suddenly, the pieces were acting like a black hole, sucking Valerian's demonic powers in. His constant Middle-Class devil's output started rising to High-Class devils to finally an Ulitmate-Class devil's. The temperatures hit mind-numbing coldness and the Ultimate-Class demonic power put pressure on everyone in the room, though it was less noticeable to Ajuka as he was a Super Devil. For Souji though, it was almost as if he was chained up in Cocytus paying for all his sins.

The pressure was gone as soon as it came. Ajuka, although stunned, quickly snapped back to reality. Opening the box to present to Valerian, cold fog rolled out before revealing his evil pieces. In the container was 15 icy blue chess pieces with the queen, knight and a pawn piece a frosty white.

"3 Mutated pieces? Amazing. Most people only get either one or no mutation pieces. As expected of a 13-year-old Ultimate Class devil. You make your father proud." Ajuka commented as he looked at Valerian as a scientist would an interesting specimen. 'I'll have to tell Sirzechs, something's suspicious. He told me his son would at most be a Middle-Class Devil in power, not an Ultimate Class.' Ajuka thought to himself

'Shit.' Valerian thought to himself. He gave Ajuka a nod, "Thank you Lord Beezlebub." After exchanging pleasantries, Valerian grabbed his evil pieces and teleported into his room.

'I have the feeling Ajuka and Souji will tell my parents about my power output. Shit! Don't worry, I can possibly salvage this. At least I finally get to create my own family with my evil pieces, I won't need this one anymore. I should focus on creating fliers and contracts to find people worthy of being part of my family,' Valerian thought to himself.

Speaking about family, Valerian thought long and hard about what he should do about his current one. He decided that he would never be part of the Gremory family as he has too much hatred towards them. He would instead create his own family with the evil pieces and the first chance he gets, he would leave the Gremory family.

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-Greedy Crow