Chapter 7: Birthday Party (2)
A middle aged man with a couple and a young child of Diablo's age behind him entered the banquet. They were from the Bael Clan.
{{NOTE from Author-san: Look as I said multiple times before, I don't know dxd perfectly and this is AU. The characters may seem different, I tried to portray them as their canon selves as much as possible. So please don't complain about it}}
The middle-aged looking man had black hair and peaceful black eyes and wore a noble attire. He had an aura of strong dignity that exuded from him. He was also the man that was the leader of the Anti-Satan faction during the war and he was also the devil with the most political power in the Underworld, Zekram Bael.
The couple that were behind him were quite good looking, the man looked very arrogant while the woman had a kind smile on her face.
The child was good looking and would surely be handsome in the future, he had black hair and black eyes, he was quite tall for his age as well. He was the heir of the Bael clan, Sairaorg Bael
Not long after that another couple entered, behind them a young bespectacled girl, who was also Diablo's age, she had a annoyed look on her face as an older girl who looked in her late teens pestered her from behind who was wearing a ...magical girl outfit?
...they were from the Sitri Clan
The couple had black hair and had a composed look on their faces
The young girl had a black hair styled into a bob cut and wore a pair of glasses as it covered her black eyes. She was quite cute as well and would surely grow up into a beauty. She was the heir of the Sitri clan, Sona Sitri. She had annoyed look on her face but she also had a very intellectual vibe around her.
The girl behind her ,who was the one annoying her with a smile on her face, had black hair styled into a twin tail and had blue eyes. She looked to be around her late teens and had a child-like body (albeit with large breasts). She looked quite cheerful and was wearing a magical girl outfit. She was one of the Satans of the Underworld, Serafall Leviathan and was also the older sister of Sona. She is also the Satan in charge of Foreign affairs, she is highly skilled and is a talented diplomat in handling negotiations with other mythologies. Serafall is also a talented and charismatic idol and actress who performs in her own magical girl TV show called Miracle Levia-tan
After them another group followed, they were 2 men walking alongside with a child, who was again around Diablos's age.
One of them was an attractive young man appearing in his early twenties, with light blue eyes and green hair that was slicked back. He also had a mysterious aura around him. He is one of the Satans of the underworld, Ajuka Beelzebulb. He is rare genius from a young age and is master magician, tactician and inventor. He was also the one who created the Evil pieces. He is the Chief advisor of the Technology Department of the Underworld, he has created many inventions beneficial to it. He is also one of the 3 Super Devils of the Underworld.
The other man was completely bald and had a goatee on his chin, he had black eyes and was quite tall. He looked very bored and had a lazy aura around him. Despite that, this man was also one of the Satans of the underworld, his name was Falbium Asmodeus. He is also known as master strategist and is the Underworld's greatest tactician and strategist , He has also stated that Ajuka is the only one who could match his tactical genius. He is also the Satan in charge of Military affairs.
The boy, who was Diablo's age, was also good looking and had a gentle looking face. He had blonde hair and silver eyes. He was smiling...though it was unknown if it was genuine at all. He also seemed a little arrogant. His name was Diodora Astaroth, The heir of the Astaroth clan and the younger brother of Ajuka Beelzebeeb.
The next group that came after them had a blonde couple and following behind them 3 children.
{{NOTE from Author-san: There were actually 4 children in total but the unnamed one never came up in the story that much, so I removed him}}
They were from the Phenex clan.
They all seemed confident except the little girl who was hiding behind her mother's leg shyly.
The girl was younger than Diablo but was very cute and would definitely be a beauty in the future, she had blond hair styled into a twin tale with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place and had dark blue eyes, her name was Ravel Phenex.
The other 2 children were both boys and were older than Diablos, they were both blonde as well. One of them had an arrogant expression, He was good looking and looked very smug. His name was Riser Phenex
The other one was Ruval Phenex, he had polite look on his face and he was the oldest among the siblings, and was also the heir of the Phenex clan.
After them a middle aged man came in with a little girl behind him.
They were the Agares Clan
The middle aged man calmly walked in followed by his daughter
The girl, who was around Diablo's age, was also incredibly cute and would no doubt be a beauty in the future. She had long, pale greenish blonde hair, long slit pink eyes, and glasses that give off an impression of being cold. Her name was Seekvaria Agares. She was also the heiress of the Agares Clan
After them other nobles also came, Grayfia went to each one of them and politely greeted them.
The others greeted her back respectfully, knowing full well who she was.
They exchanged pleasantries and then went and joined in with the other guests, they of course went to the group of the New Satan Faction. The Old Satan Faction looked at them disdainfully.
Suddenly all the commotion from the surrounding died of, and even the newcomers quieted down. A young and charming boy with tanned skin slowly stepped down the staircase leading to the Banquet Hall.
All the young girls blushed seeing him, even the intellectual Sona and the cold looking Seekvaria.
But what caught their attention was his eyes. They were mesmerised looking at them, they were all dazed. They looked as if they the most beautiful pearls in the world, hidden away in the most deepest parts of oceans.
Those eyes were otherworldly.
Looking at the newcomer and seeing who it was, Grayfia went up to him and respectfully bowed to him before standing behind him like a proper and diligent maid.
Seeing how Grayfia acted, they realised that the boy must be the heir. They knew that the Barbatos clan had a heir and that Grayfia was working for him but they had never seen him.
They started approaching him and wished him for his birthday.
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Diablo POV:
When they came to me I elegantly greeted and thanked them back, my noble etiquette training with Grayfia was not all for naught.
After them, the Bael clan came and greeted me, I raised an eyebrow seeing Sairaorg.
Looks like he's still living a good and happy life, he and his mother would probably start getting ostracised next year when he would awaken his magic... I was thinking of helping them out when that happens but I didn't give it much thought ...well I'll see in the future.
When we talked, he seemed like a nice and decent guy. A type of guy who you would want to be friends with, we actually got along quite well
The current head of the Bael clan seemed polite but I could see the hidden disrespect in his eyes.
While Lady Bael, was very polite and acted really kind. In the future she was the one who would get ostracised with her son because of her incompetence of producing a good heir. Even if she got abandoned by her own clan because of him, she never hated him and treated him with love...It's hard to believe such a kind women is married to a man such as the current head.
Zekram Bael was very polite towards me too, apparently he was the ones who respected my grandfather a lot, he was also one of grandpa Yamamoto's old friends and he was the one that was apparently making sure that the Barbatos Clan isn't destroyed by something or someone.
He took care of any direct methods of any confrontation against us but he wasn't able to prevent the discreet ones like the 'mysterious' disappearances of the members.
There were 2 people who protected the Barbatos clan when Yamamoto died, one of them was him.
After them it was the Sitri clan that wished me.
Lord and Lady Sitri politely greeted me and started chatting with me, they also introduced their daughter to me.
Seeing Sona, I was quite taken back, She really is cute...I think I kind of understand Serafall's obsession with her.
She also greeted me nervously and was blushing madly.
Ahhh I think I know why
I was already going to be very handsome previously...I made sure of that
But enhancing my charm further must be a critical blow for a young girl like her.
When it was Serafall's turn she just charged at me and lifted me up as she hugged me tightly. It was so sudden that even Grayfia couldn't stop her
The entire banquet tensed up and turned quiet as all the nobles sucked in cold breath.
Serafall's ...uniqueness? was known by all but still rushing and hugging a heir of one of the pillars, that too Barbatos, was very serious and it could cause a lot of problems. They relaxed noting there wasn't any malicious intent behind it and that the victim myself didn't bother with it.
Lord and Lady Sitri were sweating bullets seeing this.
Grayfia was just smiling politely while also releasing a scary aura and some killing intent which was noted by the stronger guests, I raised my arm signalling her to calm down. Her killing intent disappeared but you could still see she was still pissed off behind her emotionless facade.
"Mouuuuuu! You're so adorable Di-chan! It's so unfair! Look! my little So-tan is also blushing...I was jealous at first but looking at you, you're so cuuuuuute! I just wanna take you and So-tan at my house and lock you up" Serafall said cheerfully as she pressed me against her chest, which I definitely was not enjoying." Come with your magical girl Sera-nee Di-chan, I'll teach you how to become a magical boy" after that even I was getting embarrassed
Saving me from my predicament, Lord and Lady Sitri pulled the pouting Serafall away while Sona was hiding in the corner out of embarrassment.
They repeatedly started bowing down as they apologised for their daughters behaviour. I just smiled and told them everything was fine.
After that the Agares clan came, Lord Agares seemed like a really strict looking person but we had a good talk. His daughter Seekvaria tried to act all cold and respectful but I could still see the faint blush on her cheeks as she talked to me.
She was also very pretty , she would definitely be par with Sona in the future (but not in certain areas though such as the ches-).
After that the Phenex clan came
The meeting with the Phenex clan was quite quick and formal, Lord and Lady Phenex were quite formal and when we talked, they even added subtle hints for a kind of marriage between the houses to which I ignored.
Ruval seemed polite and respectful even though he was older than me, he seemed like a good guy to become friends with, just like Sairarog we seem to hit it off quite well.
Ravel ,was again a budding beauty on par with Seekvaria and Sona, and was a shy girl and was very nervous...it seemed she hasn't developed her proud and proper tsundere act yet. She ,also like the rest of the girls was blushing upon seeing me.
The impression I got from Riser was an arrogant idiot though he seemed respectful to me, He was lustfully looking at Grayfia behind me which pissed me of...
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Fia belonged to me, she is mine!
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I was surprised by my reaction but I ignored it and shook my head as I greeted the others.
{{NOTE from Author-san: Remember he never bothered to get close to anyone after his parents died, so years of isolation and any type of affection. Now that he finally got attached to someone, you can expect what will happen. So basically he will be very possessive}}
The next ones was Ajuka Beelzebub and Falbium Asmodeous, they wished me and when we chatted they seemed to ask quite a different of variety of questions to me...which confused me a little
...Ahhh I see they are testing me, I wanted to appear as genius anyway so I answered them to the best of my abilities.
They seemed quite impressed and shocked too at some of the extra hard ones that I answered. Ajuka even said that he was a looking forward to when I would come to get my evil pieces.
Then the young boy with them, Diodara. I didn't interact with him that much because I knew his disgusting character behind that fake smile of his. I know that he is still young and probably hasn't even done something crazy yet, his smile still disgusts me.
As I finished with them, the surrounding suddenly quietened down. I could hear gasps of multiple people, as well as I could see the shocked look on their faces.