Chapter 5 - Some Plot progression.

"Welcome..." I greet Rias casually.

Rias opts to ignore my greeting in favor of looking me over for some reason. She was more cautious now than the last time she tried to harass me.

"Are you done reading the books we gave you? Because frankly, we have run out of time. We thought we had another year but apparently not." She seemed rather tense at this and apparently less provocative and rude than last time.

Before I could say anything in response, she continued. "A Nekomata has recently murdered her own master and now the entire underworld is up in arms to kill all Yokai. I'm to bring you in for questioning as you are a youkai turned devil."

I have to say, I was surprised when she mentioned the Kuroka thing only happening now but the more she spoke the more I wanted to punch someone's face in. The gamer's mind was now helping me be more rational with my decisions but didn't quite quell all my rage.

I was to be brought in for questioning? For what reason exactly? For being a different race, sounds rather racist if you ask me. I know they are devils and so retardedly evil and whatnot and they don't consider racism to be anything worth mentioning but I won't stand a transgression on myself.

I know one thing, I'm gonna have to find shelter quickly with Sona as it seems she was the one to resurrect me. Although they refused to answer who my master was before, now I know it's Sona because I felt Connected to the water essence magic when I boosted my INT. I will also have to endure for a while with this racist bull shit.

I WILL have my revenge though.

"Ok, you can take me in but I have decided to work with you, Sona, and the rest on a mercenary type basis. I will offer my service to you at one favor per month and in return, you will give me the freedom I want.". The demand I set was not quite what Rias had expected and that was clear to see on her face.

Before she could speak up and question me or make a decision of any sort. I informed her of my very new and limited time offer, " If you give me 80 million yen in the next few hours I will owe you 8 favors."

The information was being processed and reanalyzed again and again as shown by her changing expressions of contemplation and annoyance. In the end, she just sighs.

"I'll give you 100 million yen now but I want complete servitude for the next 3 weeks to a month." She counter offers and truth be told it was a hard offer to refuse.

"Fine." and as soon as I said done she produced a Black card with the Diablo red skull on it and gave it to me. It looked like an obsessed gamer had created a custom credit card skin for their card, the difference was that this card radiated certain magic which somehow told me that the card was worth 250 million yen.

"Our wedding is tomorrow at noon in the Kuoh civil hall. I've arranged everything. For now, though you should wear this ring. It's the enchanted ring that is usually worn by the fiancee or husband of a high-class devil. This should also exempt you from derogatory treatment and intensive interrogation in the underworld as an insult towards you would be an insult towards me and Sona." What Rias had just said was probably the best way to safely navigate underworld politics AND deal with Rias's and Sona's personal issues. The ring had a reddish metal but had a slight black miasma moving inside the metal. It looked, no scratch that. It screamed Gremory to all that could see it.

When I put the ring on...I couldn't keep the gin off my face. Medieval devil sexism for the win. Now, while 'legally' I was owned by Sona I now 'martially' owned Rias. I could do as I pleased with her, use her as an object to be traded, used for sexual pleasures, or even a doll to take my aggression out on. I could do all that and more, just as long as there was no permanent injury to be detected.

I just can't wait to get my hand on Sona's Ring now…..hehehe. I feel like I'm playing pokemon. Except instead of pokeballs and pokemon I've got rings and Devil girls.

This, however, makes me and rias equal rather than me being the one with more power. Had I been an heir or even a born devil-like Riser, I would own rias and she would be able to do nothing about it. I, on the other hand, am a reincarnated devil whose master is Sona and so Rias can marry me and be beneath me but any action on my part that pisses either Rias or Sona off would lead to the same behavior towards me. It was a true stalemate at this point because I held Rias's noose and Sona held mine.

I'm guesstimating here but Sona would 'technically' join her childhood best friend in bed with her husband rather than join her reincarnated peerage member. This does cause me to question in fact, Who played Who?

I am now, by Devil contract and by the verbal deal, a mercenary under personal service to The Harem and free from Sona's command following the Terms and Conditions. Therefore, whilst I hold Sona's Peerage Piece in myself, I'm free AFTER the next 3 weeks to a month. I'll be Rias's husband tomorrow. Furthermore, I'll owe the Harem a favor every month as Harem is the collective of Rias's and Sona's peerages put together.

This was well played. After tomorrow, I'll be the Gremory Hier by proxy due to marriage to Rias. That means certain responsibilities. Responsibilities, Sona and Rias want for themselves and thus me handing them over and in return getting the freedom to do as I please with the backing of Rias, Sona, The two Great houses of Gremory and Sitri AND extended protection from at least 2 satans.

This move was a masterstroke move where everyone gets what they want except the old devils', Rias and Sona were working against.

I don't even mind, to be honest. I just have to play pretend Heir and pretend husband for a month to resolve most issues I could have arising from the Underworld. That's not to mention the ready-to-go harem for the King

Speaking of Harem and Kings. I tried to buy the Season Pass.

Status

UNNAMED {Gamertag:Blackraven21}

Lvl 37

Age 16

Race Yokai(Oni)/Devil (reincarnated)

Relationship (5 available)

Finances 181 million yen

Turns out, Rias is not so bad after all.

I looked around to see where Rias was to see that she had just seated herself down on a sofa laid towards the back of the room. She seemed to be reading a book and it seemed she had just sat down. Higher INT meant I could zone out into my thoughts but in actuality not spend a lot of time IRL just standing there doing nothing.

Rituals and You was the book she was reading.

"That reminds me. Rias, you mentioned looking for me specifically due to a ritual you performed. Can you tell me more?" I query her.

"I'm pretty sure I told you, we found out that you were the solution to our problems due to your 'unique powers. One's I'm not sure you know of or not and even if you do, it is not our place to ask." She replies calmly without looking away from the book.

That was surprisingly nice of her and I don't believe in nice devils. There is clearly a further plot and she knows what to say and when to play me into her trap so hard that even I don't want out. The previous deal with her is a prime example.

"Are there any virgin sacrifice rituals?" I ask a bit out of curiosity but mainly to see her reaction to it.

"Many types of rituals deal with virginity in their own way. If you're asking about one where you sacrifice a Nun, then yes it does exist and is rather potent. On the other hand, if you're asking about a person sacrificing their own virginity through a sexual ritual. Then yes it exists also." She replies back in Teacher Mode.

"Can you seat yourself on the bed here? I'll be able to read the book that way too." Needless to say, I only wanted to molest her and see how far and fast I could push it. It was a suddenly inspired move encouraged further by the Ring on my hand.

She didn't bother responding as she got up and walked up to me and sat herself down on my lap. I expected a reaction or more importantly I expected an erection. I did not show.

Frowning and deterring my mind from even considering erectile dysfunction as a possible problem, I put my arms around her and onto her stomach. The flesh was soft with a feel in between mochi and marshmallow. The shirt in the way was not at all welcome so it and the bra were quickly torn off. In hindsight that was too fast and I should have just molested her for a while and then pushed under her shirt or something.

The verbal reprimand, taunt or even tease that I was expecting never came. She just ignored it and carried on like nothing was happening. The blank face and lack of response were, I hate to admit it, getting to me and my pride and ego. Especially because even after playing with her breast I had had no reaction whatsoever.

After a while, she spoke up and I was confronted with what I didn't want to face.

"You know, some devils have a preferred sin and they are therefore prominent in regards to that sin. Some who prefer Greed would have all the ways to acquire more things that appear to think in subconscious thoughts. Those that prefer wrath would have Extra instinct that would help them topple being more powerful themselves." She keeps speaking as she closes the book and drops it onto the bed and turns to sit in my lap facing me.

"Your sin is currently unknown, so don't be let down by your lack of reaction. We will work around it and I know a few tricks to help you out. I do need you to be the father of my children after all." she finishes with a reassuring smile.

I'm not too sure what is happening right now, after all, I know myself well enough. I know wrath is my primary sin as I usually end up seeing red and beating my would-be bullies into submission. Thinking back on it, it was a similar case when I was just a normal human BEFORE the entire transmigration and the shitty broken system.

Suddenly though a stray thought from my subconsciousness jumps at me.

"Rias, you mentioned rituals...is there one that can help unlock or improve upon a person's own unique abilities. I mean there must be one, like what if an heir of a house didn't have the house family magic trait. There has to be a ritual or another way for that person to gain that trait...right?" I asked Rias only to see genuine shock on her face and even a lack of response from her.

I'll take that and count it as my win in this exchange.

ME: 1 RIAS:0

I'm the one counting, a bit of nepotism is grand after all.

"Why do you ask?" The tone of threat was not even veiled. She wanted me to be cautious with my answer and know that I would face consequences for asking.

It seems that such a topic was taboo or something.

"The 'unique' power you talk about is there but completely dormant and so I need a way to awaken it. Just thought a ritual that awakens family traits/power would work just fine." I replied with a half-truth. It's the best kind of lie after all.

Plus performing the ritual wouldn't harm me and could somehow repair the system so it's worth the shot. I know it's a long shot and grasping at straws here but it's better than nothing.

"It requires a permanent sacrifice on your part and the souls of a hundred people," Rias replies blandly.

Does that change anything for me? The permanent sacrifice on my part probably does but not by much due to the reload feature. After all, if I sacrifice an eye or something and the ritual doesn't work, I can just reload.

"..." my silence was more of an answer to her.

She was the one that needed me to have the power as soon as I could after all.

"Give me a week, I'll see what I can find and dig up. I'll also need time to find and acquire 100 souls." She sighs, knowing that I had wanted her to resolve this issue for me and she had to because she needed the power more than me.

She ups and leaves, presumably to get started on her new task. I, on the other hand, drop myself in bed to save once again. Happy to have progressed by a day in the storyline.