Kuro smiled as she walked home with Koneko, who said she would walk Kuro home as she could teleport back to her house. That was one of the few things Kuro was jealous about that all devils could do teleportation.
And unlike her, it wasn't limited to a short distance. In fact, it did not seem to be limited by distance at all, even being able to go to the underworld.
Kuro was quite happy with how her date with Koneko had gone. The only thing that ruined it was the powerful aura she had felt towards the end.
It was strong enough that Kuro knew that it would be a hard fight if she had to fight whomever the aura belonged to. Thankfully, the aura did not follow them once they had left.
The only thing she was sure about was that it was not related to the person they had fought a night ago. The aura was completely different, but Kuro knew that she would not be sleeping tonight. After all, her family could not protect itself or run away as the devils could.
Kuro knew that the other person was a servant as they had used magic to summon Dragon Tooth Warriors, so they were, without a doubt, caster class, but no matter how much she tried to think, she could not come up with an answer to who exactly it was.
Without knowing who it was, any fight with her was a dangerous one as she did not know what skills she had or what her Noble Phantasm would be.
It wouldn't be that bad if it were an Anti-unit one that only targeted one person, but what if it was an anti-city Noble Phantasm? Then the destruction would be massive.
Looking at her home, she noticed that her brother was looking out the window at her and Koneko with no doubt some strange fantasies of what they had been up to based on the eroge games he played.
A mischievous smile formed on Kuro's face before she pulled Koneko close to her again and started to kiss her, causing Koneko's body to slum in her arms as her kissing skills consumed her.
Kuro pulled away from Koneko and turned to walk into the house, noticing that Not only was her brother watching her, but at some point, after she had looked away, her parents had also come to the window, and no doubt saw her kissing Koneko.
Kuro let out a sigh walking into the house, knowing that her parents had placed their hopes of having grandchildren on her, given how Issei acted around girls. Kuro had always thought that Issei would have ended up with the girl across the road until she moved away.
"OH, my baby girl has fallen in love," Kuro's mom said, running to pull Kuro into a hug.
Kuro let out a sigh at how dramatic her parents could be at times. Kuro wondered why she wasn't worried that she wouldn't get grandchildren. After all, Koneko was a girl, but maybe it was due to her date with Kiba her parents just guessed she trying to find herself or something.
Looking over at her brother, she could see her dad patting him on the back as he cried and had a nosebleed, a strange combination that she hadn't ever seen before.
"Oh, why didn't you come and introduce her to us? You both looked so cute," Mom said, looking sad that Koneko hadn't come to say hello.
"Mom, it's fine next time," Kuro said, pulling out of her suffocating hug.
"What? Not only did you date the pretty boy, but even now, the school's mascot has fallen into your hands." Issei complained.
Kuro stuck her tongue out at her brother. If he just gave up being a pervert or restrained his perversion, then he would no doubt have a girlfriend by now.
Of course, based on how Akeno acted, she guessed that devils were no doubt far more sexually open, which would make sense as devils are meant to embody sins, after all, and most devils had harems.
Of course, that all depended on how strong you were. She was sure that weak devils didn't have harems, and Kuro wasn't sure if her brother would cut it as a devil. Sure the whole embodying a sin part he was a master at, but she knew how ruthless the supernatural world was.
And under her brother's perversions, he was a kind and caring person, which was not a good thing in the supernatural world.
Kuro spent the next hour dodging questions about Kiba and Koneko while ignoring her dad and brother, who were both complaining to each other that she had managed to start getting a harem before they had.
Kuro wasn't aware that her dad had also wanted a harem and wondered if it was passed down from father to son until, one day, their long-hoped dream became a reality.
As for the questions about Kiba and Koneko, the truth was she didn't know any of the things that her mother was asking about, such as where they came from or who their family was.
It was very clear to her that they both had bad pasts. In fact, everyone that followed Rias seemed to have troubled pasts, but their relationship wasn't anywhere close enough for her to ask about their past.
Kuro followed her mom into the kitchen to help cook dinner, but she wasn't really paying much attention to what her mother was talking about, with the majority of her focus being used to sense around her.
"So what you think, Kuro?" Mom asked, bringing her focus back.
"About what?" Kuro asked as she started to plate up the dinner.
"About me teaching you some important wifely techniques in the morning?"
"Sure, I will be up early then," Kuro said, not 100% sure about what she had gotten herself into maybe it was time for the talk. If so, Kuro could only shake her head. How could anyone be ignorant about sex in a house with her brother?
She had lost could of the amount of time that Issei had forgotten to play his Eroge games through his headset.
Kuro picked up two plates and brought them to the table as Miki called her husband and Issei to the table for dinner. Thankfully it seemed that her dad had seemed to calm down and accepted that Kuro had started a harem.
"Please teach me, master," Issei said once he got to the table.
"Im sorry young one but you are not ready for this information yet," Kuro said, putting on the airs of an old master.
"Evil, you just don't want me to have a harem," Issei called out, pointing at her in righteous anger.
"Once you have a girlfriend, this one shall pass on her knowledge and even her ultra-rare skill, Demon's Kiss," Kuro said, playing along.
Kuro knew that she wouldn't be able to pass on her own skill, but she could teach him at least how to kiss someone properly and not just to stick their tongue down their mouth like some creature from Alien.
"I shall not disappoint you, master!"
"Enough, you two come sit down," Miki said as she placed a plate in front of her husband. Kuro could tell that there was no real anger in her voice.
In fact, the only time she had ever heard her parents being angry was when Issei was a young child, and he didn't look before crossing the road and was nearly hit by a car, and even then, Kuro knew they were not really angry, just scared.
Kuro walked to her room after dinner and sat down on her bed.
"Ruby?"
"Yes, how can I help Kuro?" Ruby asked, floating up from her waist and turning back into the wand form.
"Is there any way for you to help me keep a lookout?"
"Hmm, I could, but if we are apart, you can't install any class cards or use their weapons, so you will be limited to your own magical skills and mana reserves.
Your best bet is setting up a bounded field around the house that will let you know if anyone crosses it," Magical Ruby suggested.
"Fine, let's do that. It's going to be a long night," Kuro said with a sigh before jumping out of her window.
Landing on the ground, Kuro carved the Inguz rune into the ground, the rune of separation and isolation. After all, she was just after a quick, simple bounded field tonight. Later, she would have to make a much more advanced one, which would require more runes and planning so that it wouldn't just collapse.
After that, Kuro added four connection runes to the Inguz rune and weaved them together with her mana before she spread them out to cover her house in the bounded field.
It was nothing more than a bounded field that would send her a pulse of mana the moment something crossed it and send her a pulse of mana. It was the best that she could do at short notice.
Jumping back into her room Kuro sat down on her bed and waited.
Akeno POV
Akeno let out a satisfied yawn as she teleported back into her house. She had managed to vent her anger on one of the people that had used her summoning flyer.
Walking into her house, she paused to look around as something felt off to her, but after looking around, she wasn't able to see anything, yet that feeling still didn't go away.
It was only a moment later before Akeno felt it like the world shifting, much like when they teleported from earth to the underworld before she remembered Kuro's warning that they may be attacked by that mysterious person.
Akeno immediately tried to use the Gremory crest to contact her King and teleport out but felt no reaction within the Gremory crest. Akeno jumped to the side as she heard a sound she was distinctively intimate with.
As she landed, a burst of lightning flew by where she was just standing. Turning around, Akeno didn't see anyone there, and she remembered how the person was good at teleporting and cloaking themselves in darkness.
Akeno quickly cast a large fire spell at where the lightning came from, which crashed into the floor with a large bang spreading fire throughout the room.
A female's laugh echoed around her in a mocking way that caused her blood to boil. After all, as Rias queen, she directly represented her King more than any other piece in her peerage.
Akeno jumped up and let her wings out as a wind spell slammed into where she was just standing, shredding the wooden floor into splitters that sent a shiver down her spine at what it would have done to her.
"Ατλας" a voice called out behind her as Akeno felt the air around her distort and start to crush her body.
Akeno groaned in pain as she tried to move, but her body was totally immobilised and even taking a breath required enormous effort.
Akeno watched as, in front of her, a woman stepped out of the shadows with the shadows melting off her to reveal her covered in a purple and black robe with a purple dress underneath her face covered in a black hood with a trace of purple hair being seen.
"You have far much more mana than humans, and it even has a trace of Holiness in it as well. You are just perfect," the woman said as she created a magic circle and knocked Akeno out as she glared at her.
"It seems that none came at all last night, Ruby," Kuro said, sitting on the roof and watching the sun slowly rise.
"If they are absorbing mana from humans, they must be quite weak given the amount of mana that you have. You are too big of a risk, and they will no doubt try and build up mana first," Ruby said, floating next to her.
"Well, I have to go see mum, and I will plan out a better-bounded field today while at school," Kuro said, slipping down from the roof and into her room.
Kuro walked out of the room and down into the kitchen, only to be shocked as she walked into the kitchen. Her mom was cooking food like every morning, only she was just wearing an apron and nothing else.
"Ah, there you are, Kuro. Come, let's get you changed," Miki said, turning around to look at Kuro.
Kuro followed after her as she handed Kuro an apron.
"Well, come on, get undressed. The naked apron is a good way to surprise a lover."
Kuro pulled off her clothing, slipped the apron on, and followed her mother into the kitchen. In fairness, she wasn't sure how well this would work on devils after all. Rias showered in view of them all after school.
"What!" Kuro heard Issei shout from behind her as she reached up to grab some plates.
Issei POV
Issei woke up still upset that his own sister had somehow managed to start building her own harem when he hadn't even gotten the first girl for his harem.
He vowed to himself that today would be the day that he got his first girl for his harem, and then his sister would teach him all of her forbidden knowledge.
After all, Issei had seen what happened to the girls that Kuro kissed; they just seemed to become weak and unable to talk after her kiss. It was clearly an S-class seduction technique.
Issei looked at his Eroge manga before letting out a sigh, knowing he didn't have enough time in the morning to enjoy reading one. He was just glad that his sister never came into his room, or he wouldn't know how to explain all the incest Eroge manga and games.
Issei rolled out of bed and pulled on his school uniform, and walked down the stairs, where he could hear his mom and sister talking in the kitchen. Issei walked around the corner only to be stunned at what he saw.
Both his mother and sister were naked, wearing only aprons, and he had the perfect view of Kuro as she reached up to get something out of a cupboard.
Her flawless back and pert butt were completely bare for him while her privates were just out of view. It was the perfect mix of nudity and sexy.
Issei felt blood trickle down his nose at the view while his little brother hardened, and he was sure that he was in her own personal Eroge at this point before he fell to the floor in his own little world.
Kuro POV
Kuro turned around at hearing her brother shout, only to see him passed out on the floor with a perverted smile on his face and a nosebleed as he let out little laughs.
"Hmm, at least he inherited more than just his dream of a harem from his dad," Kuro heard her mom say from behind her.
Kuro looked at her mom, confused, before following her gaze to Isseis pants area that, had a large tent causing Kuro to blush.
"Sorry, mum, I got to go," Kuro said, embarrassed at what her mom had just said before running off to her room to get changed into the school uniform.
Grabbing Magical Ruby from the bedside table, Kuro ran back down the stairs to see her brother was still passed out before shouting to her mom. "I am going to get breakfast with friends at school."
Kuro quickly ran out of the house before using Mana Burst to vanish from sight and make her way to school. It was a skill that she had mastered long ago and was quite easy to learn.
She was thinking of trying to see if devils could replicate it using their demonic power. It would be good for someone like Koneko, who, compared to a knight, was relatively slow.
Not to mention if it could be used while flying, that would make things like sneak attacks far more viable, as well as dogging sneak attacks. But she wasn't sure yet if they could do it.
The duel that she had with Kiba showed that knights had some kind of version of high-speed movement that they got from the knight piece. Still, it seemed to be a subconscious ability in the same way that devils could understand every language.
But that would have to be once they had dealt with this servant. Kuro quickly appeared outside the Occult club and walked inside to see Rias and Koneko sitting down at the table eating food.
Kuro looked around for Akeno as she had never seen Rias without Akeno by her side, and from what she had been told, the Queen was almost always by her King.
"Where is Akeno?" Kuro asked as she walked over to the two girls.
"She is running a bit late," Rias said, sounding slightly strange.
"She never runs late?" Kuro asked.
"Well, she went to visit one of her clients last night to vent some steam off," Rias explained with a slight shiver.
Kuro thought about sending the man a prayer, but given that he was Akeno's client, he was undoubtedly into that.
"Okay, but she best be in for lunch. We were going to cook lunch for everyone," Kuro said, noticing that had Koneko's attention.
"Good morning Koneko," Kuro greeted the cute girl, who nodded back before returning to her chocolate.
"Im guessing there is no breakfast?" Kuro said, sitting down on the couch.
"Nope, there may be some leftover food in the fridge, but I think Koneko or my Bishop may have eaten it."
"You have a Bishop?" Kuro asked.
She had met her peerage, but there wasn't a Bishop present when she did so.
"Ya, but he is very shy and can't control his sacred gear, which is why you haven't met him yet," Rias explained.
"Aww, well, hopefully, I will get the chance to meet him soon."
"Breakfast," Koneko said, passing one of her chocolate bars to Kuro.
"Thank you," Kuro said, opening the chocolate bar and taking a bite.
Kuro wasn't sure how much servants got paid, and Rias hadn't explained it as she was a contracted magician, so she was just paid a wage. If Kuro had to guess, it was most likely based on how many contracts they did.
"Im surprised that you are here so early?" Rias asked.
Kuro let out an awkward laugh. "Well, my house was busy this morning. Well, I will see you both at lunch," Kuro said before leaving quickly under Rias and Koneko's confused gaze.
Kuro made her way to the classroom that was still empty, not that Kuro expected there to be anyone there at this time in the morning. Kuro took a seat at her desk and laid her head down with a sigh.
Kuro didn't get embarrassed often, but her mom had managed to do that this morning. At least Issei was lucky enough to be off in his own little world.
"You okay, Kuro?" Magical Ruby asked, floating onto her desk.
"You don't have anything to erase memories do you?" Kuro asked.
"Nope, I have serval powerful sedatives as well as truth and love serums. If you want to remove a memory, you need my sister," Magical Ruby said, creating a few bottles of liquids on her desk.
"Im not looking to drug anyone..." Kuro said, looking at Magical Ruby.
"And why the hell do you have love potions?" Kuro asked, giving the Mystic Code a strange look.
"Well, if you ever need them, give me a shout," Magical Ruby said, ignoring Kuro's question, and the potions vanished from her desk.
Just then, Momo Hanakai and Tomoe Meguri walked into the class and stopped looking at the floating Magical Ruby.
"What, you never seen a floating magical wand before?" Kuro asked the two devils.
Momo Hanakai looked back at the classroom door, making sure no one had seen before turning back to Kuro. "What if a normal human saw?"
"Then I would have to hit them till they forgot," Kuro said, grabbing Magical Ruby and clipping it to her skirt.
"Correct, with enough head trauma, it would cause a lapse in memory," Magical Ruby added.
Kuro saw both the devils give her a deadpan stare as if they were unsure if she was joking or being serious.
"Moving on, do either of you live near Akeno?" Kuro asked.
"Not near, but we do have to walk past where she lives in order to get to school," Tomoe said, taking a seat.
"Why? Momo asked.
"She didn't come in this morning, and Rias said she must have overslept. Did you notice anything odd?"
"Hmm, well, there was a barrier around the shrine, which she never had before, but given that Sona warned us that we may be attacked, it makes sense for her to add some protection to her home," Momo said.
Kuro frowned. What Momo said did make sense, but she just couldn't get rid of the uneasy feeling that she had about Akeno not turning up at school, and she had seen Akeno come to school before after a night full of contracts and sleep on the sofa during lunch.
"Okay, I guess im just overthinking it," Kuro said as the two girls looked at each other.
The rest of the morning went by quickly, and thankfully Kuro hadn't seen her brother yet. In truth, she just wanted lunch to arrive so that she could see Akeno, thankfully, Kiba was in her class, or she would have spent the entire morning worrying about him as well.
Kuro was sure people would be talking about Akeno by lunchtime. She was one of the top three most popular girls in the entire school, and all the boys lusted after her so they would notice she wasn't at school.
As for the girls, they saw her as a Yamato Nadeshiko. Kuro wondered how heartbroken they would be if they knew she was a sadist.
Soon it was time for lunch, and Kuro sped out of the room as people called her name. She even ignored Kiba and made her way as fast as humanly possible without going beyond the speed of a human, even if she really wanted to use Mana burst.
Rushing into the clubroom, Kuro found it to be empty. She guessed in her hurry she had gotten to the room before anyone else. Taking a seat on the sofa, Kuro's leg was twitching as she waited for everyone to arrive.
The door to the clubroom opened, and Kuro looked over instantly quick enough that if her body wasn't enhanced by Magical Ruby and magic, she would have gotten whiplash.
To her worry, the first person to walk through the door was Kiba. She had hoped that it would have been Akeno and Rias. But she could guess why he had followed her so quickly, given how she rushed out of the room.
"Hey, Kiba, have you seen Akeno?" Kuro asked.
"No, I live in the club building im sure she just came in slightly late and will be here with Rias any moment," Kiba said, taking a seat on the sofa.
A few moments later, Rias and Koneko walked into the clubroom.
"Is Akeno still not here?" Kuro asked immediately.
"Is she not here?" Rias asked, looking a little more worried that she hadn't turned up.
"Can you contact her via some devil method?" Kuro asked.
"Ya, we can use the Gremory crest to talk to each other," Rias said as she used her demonic power to create the Gremory crest, only for it to fade a moment later.
"Im guessing that wasn't meant to happen?" Kuro asked, seeing Kiba and Koneko looking more worried.
"No, let me contact Sona," Rias said, creating another crest.
Sona POV
Sona looked up at the Gremory crest that had appeared on a contract before pouring her own demonic energy into the crest.
"Rias?" Sona asked, confused.
"Akeno hasn't come in, and I can't get in contact with her. Can you send someone to check her house?"
"Ya, I thought you would do it yourself?" Sona asked.
"I would, but you are in charge of Kuoh Town during the day, and the last thing I need is some old pick devil getting on my case about how I disrespected devil law by not asking for permission,"
Sona knew where she was coming from, the "Great King Faction" was looking for any way to chip away at the powers that the Satan's had and given that her sister was a Satan and Rias' brother was a Satan, they were both prime targets and knew it.
So, where other devils got away with breaking or bending the rules, she and Rias had to be careful with every decision they made.
"Sure, I will send Momo to go see if she is there, but I give you permission to check it out if Akeno doesn't come back by the end of lunch," Sona said, writing down a report so that everything was above board.
"Thank you, Sona," Rias replied before the contract was disconnected.
"Momo, I need you to go check Akeno's shrine out and see why she hasn't turned up to school," Sona ordered, looking at the white-haired girl.
"Yes, Bucho," Momo said, standing up and leaving the room to complete her task immediately.
"You sure it's okay to send her alone, Bucho?" Tomoe asked, seeing Momo leave on her own.
"Yes, she is just checking why Akeno hasn't come to school, and she can call for help with the Sitri crest at a moment's notice," Sona reassured.
Momo POV
Momo left the room and walked out of the school before walking towards the outskirts of the town where the shire that Akeno lived. Momo wasn't sure why she lived in an old shrine, given that almost all religions hated devils. It was a risk that she wouldn't take.
Unfortunately for her, she had no other option but to walk to Akeno's. Even if the Germory clan and the Sitri clan were very close friends, there was no way for her, a member of Sona's peerage, to use the Gremory crest to teleport.
It took her over 15 minutes to walk to the shrine. Once she got there, she started investigating the barrier Akeno had placed around her home just in case it took her as an enemy.
Momo frowned at the barrier. As a Bishop, she was well versed in magic, but this barrier was nothing like she had ever seen or read about from a devil, fallen or angel.
Momo used her demonic energy to poke at the barrier again as she tried to work out what exactly it was, and a feeling of worry started to settle in her as she was sure this wasn't the work of Akeno.
Momo jumped back as she felt something rushing at her and was glad she trusted her instincts as she watched a sword cut through the air where her neck had just been.
Landing, she looked at the person that attacked her only to be surprised. As far as she could tell, he wasn't part of the Biblical factions at all, and his aura seemed to just come off as human.
And he couldn't have been the people Rias, and her peerage fought either, given he was a man, so she had no idea who the hell he was.
The man looked like a samurai swordsman with long indigo hair tied into ponytail and indigo eyes. He wore a traditional light purple hakama and kimono with a purple haori.
It was something that would stand out to every human that saw him unless he was going to some kind of cosplay event.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Momon asked.
"Hmm, I wasn't expecting you to dodge that even if I put no effort behind my slash," the man said before rushing at her with speed comparable to a knight.
The speed caught her off guard as she dodged the man's blade again and tried casting a fireball spell at the man. Which he didn't bother trying to doge as she hoped but just slashed his sword again, with indifference cutting the fireball in half and continuing to charge at her.
Sona POV
Sona felt her family crest get activated and guessed that Momo had finished her job and was coming back to report. Putting the papers down, she looked up, expecting to see Momo waiting to give her report.
"Bucho!" Tsubaki shouted before she could finish looking up with panic clear in her voice.
Sona jumped up to look at Tsubaki, who was kneeling on the floor next to Momo, who was covered in blood and with several horrific deep cuts littering her body.
Sona spared no time casting magic to stop her bleeding and knew this was far beyond what could be healed just by her and that Momo needed proper medical care.
"Make a teleport circle to the Sitri hospital now," Sona ordered Tsubaki, who, with shakey hands, complied, teleporting them out of the student council's office.