It took a short while longer before Ace got everything in order. Maria used some simple hypnosis to make it so that the Hyoudo couple would simply think that Maria and Mio were exchange students from Europe that would be housing with them for a while. It was an easy enough lie to believe as it was merely a small section of memories that would need to be edited to make it believable.

With that settled and done with Ace left the house as he had no wish to stay at home, for now, to deal with that mess, instead of walking along towards the meeting place with Ravel.

It was a walk of around fifteen minutes, but Ace was confident that at the max speed he could arrive in at most thirty seconds. As such it was close enough for Ace when he started his duties as Queen/bodyguard.

Admittedly, he interacted the least with Ravel during this week since they met, most talks being via phone, but the blame for such could and should be lain straight in Riser's feet as the overprotective siscon would not let his 'baby sister' be so close to any male unless he was sure of the other's character, especially a 'lowly human'.

So, yeah not the greatest fan of Ace. Hopefully, by the time Ace beat him up the flaming chicken would stop being a nuisance and concentrate in doing something more useful with his time than pestering his sister. Like watching paint dry, or fucking his peerage (most likely the second one).

Getting to the front of the mansion, because that is what the place was, Ace pressed the doorbell.

DING DONG

After a few moments the gates opened and a maid stood there to answer it.

"Mister Ace, I presume."

"Yes, I have an appointment with miss Phenex." Ace said with a pleasant smile.

"Of course, come this way." The maid said as she indicated for him to follow along.

As they walked through the mansion Ace noted how luxurious and elegant the whole place looked, his decision to work with the Phenex family strengthening as he could plainly see how lucrative it would be.

On a pool in the back, Ravel was enjoying the sun to try and sunbathe a little bit. The sun in the Underworld was artificial and it was near impossible to get a tan, and she wanted to try and get one even if just a bit.

She was enjoying this chance as much as she could while listening to some rock music with her new headphones. Top-of-the-line stuff, as expected from a Phenex.

With her eyes closed and enjoying the music, she completely failed to notice when Ace and the maid approached. Ace stopped a distance away and turned his back on the scene, not wanting to risk making his new employee upset later due to having seen her wearing a bikini that could barely cover her privates, but that sort of thing was of no concern for the maid who moved in the front of Ravel who opened her eyes when the maid's shadow covered her.

"Marion, what happened?" Ravel asked, not wanting to be interrupted during her sunbathing.

"You have a guest." Marion said as she pointed to Ace who was currently firmly admiring the house.

Ravel, turning her eyes and noticing Ace, had her whole face flush crimson red as she screamed in panic and she tried to cover herself in a panic. Her reaction was to be expected though since she was trying to get a tan... and she didn't want bikini marks on her body.

Yes, she was completely nude and Ace had managed to see everything before turning away to give her privacy. He would normally keep staring at such an alluring scene (she was a beautiful young woman, after all), but she would be his boss soon and he would want a good relationship with her.

Seeing Ace looking away from her Ravel's flush intensified as she understood what was going on, so she turned her gaze to Marion instead.

"You, why did you bring him here directly? I told you to INFORM me when he arrives."

Marion shrugged at the Phenex and spoke.

"It is true that you told me that, but you are not my king so it is not like I have to listen to your orders to the letter." Marion said with a smirk at Ravel. Marion was Riser's Pawn, she would only listen to the young phenex to a certain degree.

It didn't help that, as a nymphomaniac (like most of Riser's Peerage), she was not doing well in the human world away from her king and the other few dozens of possible partners she could have to help her 'relieve' herself in daily basis. Screwing with Ravel like this was the most 'screwing' she has done for a week now, a time period that was almost driving her crazy.

"Just, hist bring him to the reception hall." Ravel said, not wanting to enter into conflict with Marion and leave a bad impression on Ace. Just like Ace wanted to impress Ravel, she too wanted to try and appear like someone he would want to follow and she didn't want to lower her dignity any further.

Well, that was an unnecessary concern since Ace only really cared if his requirements for hiring could be followed and if the pay was high enough. In his eyes, Ravel was already an ideal king so he didn't need to worry about so many measly details.

Ace was then taken to the reception hall, another richly decorated part of the mansion with marble pillars and works of art on the walls. Not that Ace could really manage to pay any attention to that as, since seeing Ravel's naked body, has been feeling weird.

The Black Blood he took from Crona was reacting and Ace could only think that whatever small dragon bloodline he got from Freed was mixing with it as he felt a weird sensation. A desire to push the sexy little blond down and take her, claim her, and everything else.

Ace had to calm his mind and contain such thoughts, his mind returning to the CANON Soul Eater and what form of madness Crona ultimately had. The form that those affected by his Black Blood would develop.

"... FUCK." Ace said, realizing he fucked it up big time this turnaround.

Crona's madness, as stated by Death the Kid, could be called as such:

Madness of boobs.

.

..

...

... No, this is not a joke. The speculation is that, due to Crona wishing for maternal care, and breasts being the simple of a mother's care for her child while feeding it, this desire of Crona turned into this sort of madness. In all fairness, it was miles better than the original Kishin's madness of destruction that pushed those affected to try and destroy the world around them and acted as if a disease.

It was the lesser of two evils and, in time, Ace was sure to control this Black Blood and exponentially increase his defensive and offensive capabilities.

And yet-

"I am turning into Issei." Ace said in utter fear at the prospect. Not because of fear of getting all the girls or being given the position of Satan in under two years of being a devil, but because of how much crap he had to deal with and the terrible 'nicknames' and 'epitaths' that got associated with the lecher.

Ace could only hope that the Sacred Gear he had in him wasn't Dragon-related, otherwise, things would grow tough.

"... Note to self, visit Kalawarner and ride her until I am spent." Ace murmured as he decided that this was likely the best option for him right now. If the side-effects of the Black Blood and draconic bloodline in Ace continued to worsen, then he would be better served to relieve himself properly over just ignoring it and ending up raping someone.

As Ace reached such a conclusion, he did not pay attention as the doors to the room opened and Ravel strode inside. She was wearing a beautiful layered blue dress that was quite elegant as well as simple but elegant, as well as very expensive, jewelry adorning her person to a tasteful degree.

"Sorry for the wait, mister Ace." Ravel said, giving a light bow to Ace who did likewise.

"Think nothing of it, miss Phenex. I quite appreciate the view, after all." Ace said and Ravel, who barely controlled her blush from before, began blushing again. Seeing her flustered expression, Ace smirked a bit inside before continuing. "Your home is magnificent and there is a lot to see in it."

"Oh, right, you mean that. Of course, of course, you are right." Ravel said, flustered like hardly ever before.

And do remember, she is someone whose brother once made his own signature song, a song that included that he had a twenty inches dick (six, actually), how strong he is (he only ever wins against some of the other heirs because of the phenex regeneration), how he had hordes of girls after him (either paid whores, his peerage, or gold diggers, sometimes it is multiple options), and how awesome he is. And he would put it in his car at the highest volume when coming to school to pick her up.

Oh, the humiliation.

"I met miss Gremory last night and she told me about the situation regarding the fallen angels and a meeting. Did something happen?" Ace questioned, making Ravel return to the present and raise a brow at his words.

"You seem rather close to my brother's bride-to-be."

Ace simply shrugged noncommittally before explaining.

"It is nothing to be concerned about. The two of us have something of a business agreement and she is likely to become my cousin's king soon enough. Considering either of these factors, it is not strange that I would try and maintain a good relationship with her."

"Fair enough." Ravel answered, understanding his meaning. "And about the meeting last night, it was nothing too important, for us anyway. I am not sure how the big shots are doing, but all devils have conclusive alibis for the night so now it is up to them to investigate."

Ace felt this could become a headache as the only remaining evidence of his presence remaining in this incident was one that would actually be rather easy to find. Namely, Kalawarner herself who was still very much alive and kicking.

He would need to find some way to deal with this without causing alarm. After a moment of thought, Ace sent a mental message to Leiur, telling her to move Kalawarner using the teleportation crystals out of the city (even if it, unfortunately, meant he would take longer to release the pressure). As long as she was outside the city she would likely not be found and Ace felt it was rather likely that sooner or later the three factions would put the blame on the demons since they DID attack the town as soon as the devils left.

Finished covering his tracks, Ace continued exchanging basic and meaningless small talk with Ravel. Asking her about her life, what she thinks of the human world, and asking if she might be able to help teach him proper manners in case he truly joined her peerage since he wouldn't want to trouble his king... more than he already inevitably would.

Ravel was more than glad to promise to help Ace with that. The thought of having someone asking her help, not to clean their messes (Riser mostly) but instead to apprimorate themselves in something she was actually good at? That sounded great.

It was a good hour later before Ace came to the main topic.

"Well, how about if we can get going? I believe that it should be about time we go and meet your brother." Ace said and Ravel, who was smiling, sighed.

"Fine, just, please remember that he is a bit... special."

"Does he have some sort of mental problem?" Ace questions, wondering if this was some sort of result from the mixing of worlds he has figured out recently.

"No, no, he doesn't have any mental problems." Ravel said while waving her hands before muttering. "... Or so the doctors claimed."

Ace just raised a brow and Ravel just answered.

"Look, just, just remember that he is a tad unique and to not take anything, and I do mean absolutely anything, of what he says to heart. Act as if he is speaking white noise and if you step in some unknown liquid in his mansion... I'm sorry and I will buy you a whole wardrobe of new shoes. Burn the ones you are wearing."

Ace just raised a brow, but nodded his head.

This visit was promising to be... interesting.

"So, this is the virgin insect that dared to get under 2 kilometers close to the precious and magnificent flower of the phenex family, the precious sister of the glorious and amazing Riser Phenex?" Riser questions with his legs spread wide, a young maid who looked very similar to Ravel in terms of looks bobbing her head in his manhood while he talked to Ace.

For Ace's part, he was fighting his hardest battle yet, a battle he was close to losing after twenty minutes of having to wait until he was 'allowed' to meet Riser. Those twenty minutes were some of the hardest Ace had to go through, it was a battle like none other.

A battle not to gag.

No, it was not because of how ridiculous Riser was acting, but because the whole place rekt of body fluids and sex, and Ace had a super sensitive nose that could put the best of hunting hounds to shame.

So, yeah, not the best of experiences.

Ravel, not understanding what Ace was thinking, spoke up.

"Brother, stop acting like that. Also, why did you go and buy that slave that mom and I told you not to the moment we turned our backs?"

"... The great Riser felt lonely and he missed his little sister?" Riser said and Ravel just raised a brow and looked at the girl who has gone from sucking him to nibbling his balls while giving him a handjob.

Riser, noticing what his sister was implying, shrugged.

"Everyone process how they miss others in their own way."

"Uhu, sure. I am telling mom." Ravel said and Riser stood up nervously.

"No, please don't do that. She already cut my allowance to just four hundred million a month, this Great Riser cannot even buy that new yacht that he wanted! If she cuts it any further, the Great Riser might have to wear the same clothes more than once in a single decade."

Ravel nodded her head once, twice, then said.

"Then go into your room, put on that nifty little thing called pants, and for the love of all that is demonic PLEASE don't make us wait the extra five minutes for you to fuck a member of your peerage." Ravel said and Riser nodded his head before darting away.

Ace, seeing him leave, turned to Ravel and asked.

"Does he really only lasts five minutes?"

"No, he lasts two, maybe three minutes each time, but he isn't able to only do it only once when he starts so he normally goes for multiple rounds until the other side can't handle it anymore or he grows bored. Let's just say that sexual stamina is the one thing the Phenex family can say they cannot be beaten."

"Interesting to know." Ace said, not speaking any further but gicing Ravel a once over making her blush a bit.

"D-Don't get any ideas." She said huriedly and Ace chuckled.

"Don't worry, even if I were to have ideas I'd not force myself on you or anything of the sort."

"Good." She says and smiles a bit before turning to the maid who looked too much like her and was still on the floor. "Get going, your master won't be needing your services for a while."

"I understand. Call me if you need my services." The maid said, standing up and giving a bow before leaving.

Ravel just offered a chair for Ace to sit on, but one look at the stains in it and Ace decided to just make a new chair from stone instead. It felt like there would be less of a chance of catching a DST than sitting, or touching, most of the things in this place.

It was a good fifty minutes later before Riser came back. Ace raised a brow and turned to Ravel who shook her head in the negative. Taking fifty minutes to change clothes once, and only change clothes, was about the norm for Riser. If anything he was on a hurry otherwise it would be a good hour and a half so he could pass go through the necessary cosmetics to look 'presentable'.

"So, now that we are all in a good state, how about if we did what we came here to do?" Ace offered, wanting to fight already so as to get out of this stinking pile of fluids and to get his high-paying job already.

Riser raised a brow and sneered.

"Someone seems to not know who they are dealing with, trying to hurry up to lose against the great Riser."

"Well, we would have to see how the fight would go before knowing for certain who would win, mister Phenex." Ace said being as polite as possible.

Ravel, on the side, just wanted to be done with this already by now as she did not want to stay in this house for long enough to met some of her brother's friends that would come over for the weekly orgy that happens every sunday. Those get too wild and Ravel had no wish to be around during those.

Meanwhile, Ace and Riser were moving along to the training grounds for their match. It was a little walk to get there as everything in this mansion was simply too big, far away, and extravagant, but, after a while, they finally arrived at the training ground.

Ace raised a brow as he saw that, despite Riser clearly not being around, some of his peerage was already there practicing. His rooks were carrying large rocks on their back and squatting to improve their lower body strength, his knights were helping the pawns with their weapon usage, and his queen was on a corner together with the bishop and two of the pawns practicing their aim in magic.

"Impressive." Ace said as he saw this scene and Riser puffed out his chest.

"Of course, they are the peerage chosen by this great me, they ought to be not only incredibly sexy and good in bed, but also strong as befitting of mine own servants. They train here every day for at least five hours and have the best equipment on the market and instructors to help deal with any troubles or difficulties they get during practice. As a member of a Phenex peerage, this is only to be expected and the sort of benefits you yourself will enjoy after you become my sister's pawn." Riser explained.

He had no issue with whoever Ravel wanted to put in her peerage (even if he would prefer some hot girls so he could take them to his bed), he only refused to let just anyone become Ravel's Queen since that position was too important and he wouldn't let just anyone become her Queen.

Ace just raised a brow and did not say anything. These sort of benefits were useless to him, but maybe he could get Katase and Murayama to enjoy them in his stead, the two have hit something of a bottleneck in terms of growth and this sort of training ambient might help them go to the next level.

"And you? Do you also use these training grounds regularly?" Ace asks Riser, partially to keep the talk going but mostly so he can gauge how strong Riser might be.

"This great Riser? As if I'd waste my time on something like training when I have no need to do so. As a Phenex, someone with the blood of the legendary phoenix in his veins, I cannot be defeated, so why bother with wasting time with training when I know no one can truly defeat me?" Riser said, confidence oozing out of his every word.

A devil of pride through and through, much like Sona really but where she prides herself to an unreasonable degree on her intelligence, Riser does so about his bloodline ability. Ace could even vaguely see his point, devils were naturally powerful and could get stronger just by living long enough, that he also had a bloodline ability that makes truly harming him extremely difficult would only compound his sense of pride.

"... Your choice." Ace said without carrying much either way and just glad that Riser clearly lacked any sort of unique training and most likely would fight depending almost, if not exclusively, on his house trait.

That just made him easy pickings for Ace.

Riser ignored Ace as he turned to his peerage and ordered everyone to open some space. They easily complied with the request and soon the arena was wide open for their combat.

With the space set Riser stood before Ace and spoke.

"Now, let us start this so this great Riser can show how incredible he is already."

Ace just brought out his sword, taking it out of its sheathe and taking a deep breath. As he concentrated and the excitement of battle started bubbling forward his Black blood started to react, especially as Ace began using his Sun Breathing, forcing the black blood to circulate faster and stronger than normal and creating a naturally high resonance with Ace's own soul.

The end result was Ace's power growing larger by the second as he prepared for combat.

Now it was time to see who would win between the two of them.