Chapter 32

I don't own DxD; I just use its characters and techniques. All credit goes to its creator. Same applies for anything that I use from other anime

(Aurorus)

The first SUN-Day was here and Issei and his six managers were gathered in Issei's legendary dragon room. Although he was looking forward to the upcoming orgy, there was business to handle first. "Before we get started, there's something I need to tell Kairi and Shizuka." Issei said calmly.

"Why just us." Kairi wondered curiously.

"Because the others know about it already." Momo answered aware of the secret in question.

Shizuka and Kairi looked at each other before cracking a small smile, "I already know that you and Momo have supernatural powers Issei." Shizuka revealed with a smile.

"When did you find out!" Momo said in shock as Issei looked on.

"Since we're all confessing secrets, I've got one of my own. The truth is I didn't break up with Issei because I was tired of the constant wait; Kurokami ordered me to break up with Issei." Shizuka revealed catching everyone but Issei off guard having learned about that during his date with the other Ichizuri sibling.

"Why would Kurokami…it can't be?" Momo gasped.

"Got it in one. As heiress to the Ichizuri, it's Kurokami's duty to protect our territory from all possible threats, human or otherwise. When she took over from my mother, she learned about the supernatural world and was told about every supernatural being in the area including you and Issei. Kurokami was worried that somebody would target me to get to Issei for his power and she forced me to break up with him." Shizuka revealed.

"That explains Shizuka" Momo sighed before turning to Kairi.

"When Shizuka posted the reason for her break-up, I didn't buy it one bit. Lack of Issei time was always going to be a struggle for her especially with the politics of the Ichizuri. I confronted her and she told me the real reason." Kairi shrugged.

"And yet you still dumped him a week later using pretty much the same logic." Momiji reminded her.

"She still felt guilty for doing it and I figured we could feel guilty together. Issei would never blame us, and neither would you guys so we'd keep the secret to our proverbial graves" Kairi said with a bitter smile.

Issei couldn't help but shake his head at Kairi's reasoning but it was also very much like her, "You two always did get along really well." Issei smiled.

Momo was equally amused by Kairi's reasoning, but she was also curious about something else, "So girls, what do you think about me being a devil and about Issei's power?" Momo wondered.

"I'm cool with it. I just have one question." Kairi asked as she turned towards Issei

"What is it" Issei replied.

"Have you guys ever used your supernatural powers to manipulate anybody or harm anybody?" Kairi wondered.

"They haven't." Momiji quickly answered.

"And how do you know that Momiji?" Kairi wondered.

"Because when they told us about their powers, we asked them the very same question. Whatever power Momo has, she's never used it on us. As for Issei, the only time he's used it is that necklace of his. He found a way to channel his power so he could give us killer orgasms." Momiji smiled.

'That was true until recently, but they don't need to know about that' Issei thought to himself.

Kairi cracked a smile, "Then we're all good. Now let's get to this damn orgy."

"Sounds good to me and I think I'll use the necklace so we can make this extra special." Issei said happily to the delight of the girls. His first SUN-day was going beautifully. Hopefully, his business with the Agares was equally as profitable for him.

(Agares Territory)

While Hottie Magnet Hyoudou enjoyed his moment with his harem, a clone of Issei's was sitting in a private box arranged by Seekvaira so he could watch her match with Diodora. Since he was alone. Issei only had a large table with a simple spread of food, some sake, and a comfortable chair for him to sit on as he watched the match.

"So partner, when are you going to add her to your collection?" Ddraig wondered.

"Not sure." Issei smiled as he sat in the chair. Seekvaira wasn't unattractive but adding her to his growing harem was a bit tricky. His musing was broken when a magic circle activated and revealed that it was Serafall Leviathan wearing her green suit.

"Sorry for the surprise, but I figured we could have a little chat before Seekvaira's match." Serafall said calmly.

"You and I have nothing to discuss." Issei scowled.

"Besides the fact that Seekvaira's opponent might be a traitor." Serafall countered.

Issei couldn't hide his annoyance since he did bring that to Serafall's attention before, "Fine but there are no seats for you, so you'll have to stand." Issei replied with an icy tone. Clone or otherwise, he truly didn't like Serafall and not much was going to change that at this point.

"Alright" Serafall replied before taking a spot next to him deciding not to say anything else.

The pair watched as the peerage members slowly walked out. First was Seekvaira who got a loud cheer from the crowd which wasn't surprising since the match was taking place in her territory. Then came Diodora and when Issei noticed that his entire peerage was under a hood, he instantly frowned.

"What's wrong" Serafall said nervously noticing his annoyance.

Issei took a second to confirm his thoughts before turning towards Serafall with an ice-cold expression on his face, "Remember how Raynare told us that Dohnaseek mentioned a group that needed her help out with Asia back before she became my lover."

"I do." Serafall frowned.

"It would seem Diodora Astaroth was part of that group, if not the head of it." Issei scowled.

"Impossible. How in the world could you know that?" Serafall protested.

"Holy Maidens have an aura that's incredibly pure compared to most average members of the church. The aura has often been compared to that of true Angels which is why they're so coveted. When that aura is corrupted in any way, such as being mixed with devil magic, the aura is similar to that of a fallen angel. Every single member of Diodora's peerage feels like they have the same corrupted aura." Issei wouldn't have recognized it if not for being around Asia.

"You do realize how insane that sounds right. Getting to one Holy Maiden is difficult for a devil to pull off. Managing to get a whole team of them is."

"Borderline impossible." Issei finished before reaching for his phone. He sent a message to Touji asking if there were any incidents similar to Asia Argento's over the last few years. Touji replied a minute later and said he'd look into it.

"Were you just texting that spy of yours?" Serafall wondered.

"No. I was texting the man who taught me everything I know about magic. I asked him to see if there were any incidents similar to Asia's where a Holy Maiden was involved in a situation that got them excommunicated over the last 5 or 6 years." Issei replied.

Serafall's eyes widened at the implication, "Once you get anything concrete make sure to tell me." Serafall replied firmly.

"Agreed" Issei said calmly, and they watched the battle. It was pretty even until Diodora scowled before activating an odd magic circle and revealing a black snake made out of pure shadow.

"That's!" Ddraig gasped out loud.

"Something wrong Ddraig." Issei said nervously.

"That snake is no ordinary snake. It's a fragment of the power of a certain person who is very well known for not liking other people."

"Who's that?" Serafall frowned not liking this one bit.

"Ophis the Oroborus Dragon."

"What!" Serafall yelled and her focused turned towards Diodora. After using the snake, Diodora's power skyrocketed, and it was enough to win the battle for him and his peerage who were still hidden from view.

"It would seem that Mr. Astaroth has some explaining to do." Issei said with a vicious smile.

"He does but leave that to me. Meanwhile find out more about that suspicion of yours." Serafall frowned.

"Of course." Issei replied.

"I was never here. Got it" Serafall said calmly before leaving via a magic circle.

"Got it" the clone replied as he walked out of the arena. Clone or not he had to leave the normal way until he could get to the real Issei. The match turned out to be far more interesting than he originally planned.

(Scene Skip)

Despite the hectic week and odd weekend, the focus of his homeroom turned from Yamato's death to a much more pleasant topic. Murayama stood in front of the class with a smile, "So everyone it's time for the Athletic Festival which means we need to decide who will be doing what activity." Murayama smiled. "First is the borrowing race."

As hands popped up Issei decided to damper the excitement, "Before anybody tries to volunteer, I made the festival committee promise that none of the borrowing race's questions involve me." Issei revealed. When most of the hands dropped Issei knew it was the right decision to do so.

"I'll do it" Xenovia said happily. She loved competition and something like that suited her well.

"Alright" Murayama replied before writing Xenovia's name down.

With that done the other activities were worked out Issei couldn't help but focus on Asia. if she was a target for Diodora they needed someone to watch her, and he knew exactly who to choose. "Anybody for the three-legged race." Murayama asked calmly. After a bit of time nobody answered and Issei stepped in.

"Le Fay and Asia will be our choices." Issei said calmly catching everyone off guard particularly the two girls who Issei suggested.

"What!"

"Me!" Le Fay and Asia said respectively.

"Why not. I think you two would make a solid team." Issei replied calmly.

Murayama stared at Issei with a frown, "What do you girls think?"

Le Fay narrowed her eyes at Issei before sighing, "I'm in." Le Fay said calmly.

Asia was nervous and it was obvious to everyone, but she gathered herself in order to answer, "Okay" Asia replied.

"Excellent." Murayama smiled and the two names were written down.

"Then let's get started with homeroom." Azazel smiled having watched proceedings. Issei chose those two for a reason and he and everyone involved in the supernatural knew it. The question was what.

(Scene Skip)

Thanks to having to prepare for the festival, gym class was turned into a free period and that provided the perfect opportunity for answers. Irina and Xenovia stood by Le Fay and Asia as they started practice for the three-legged race. "So, what's he up to. Pairing you two together." Irina wondered.

"What makes you say he's up to something." Asia said innocently.

"Because Issei is the type that has a reason for EVERYTHING." Irina frowned as she stared at Issei who was lying on the grass with Misao in his arms. It wasn't lost on Irina that not even a week ago, Issei killed Yamato to protect Misao. Whether she knew or not didn't matter at this point because Misao was quite clearly his.

"Perhaps but" Xenovia countered.

"But nothing Xenovia. You know how Issei is with his various plots. If he's up to something, I want to know what it is." Irina insisted.

"Then why not find out." Le Fay smiled.

"It's never that simple." Irina frowned.

"It is when you know what to do?" Le Fay smiled before walking over to Issei.

"Can I help you Le Fay." Misao frowned.

Le Fay wasn't thrilled that Misao interrupted but she stayed calm, "Do you mind if I steal Issei from you for a second. I want to ask him something." Le Fay said calmly.

Misao was a bit caught off guard before turning to Issei, "Is she?" Misao asked nervously.

"No." Issei replied quickly well aware of what was being asked. Le Fay was technically part of the website, but for her cover she was listed in a private section controlled by Momo alone. It was the same place where Kalawarner and Mittelt were since they weren't affiliated with any schools, but still needed Issei time.

Misao looked at Le Fay calmly before her expression stayed firm, "I was kind of hoping to enjoy this moment with Issei. Maybe he can talk to you later." Misao said firmly.

"Okay" Le Fay sighed before going back to a snickering Irina.

"Know what to do huh?" Irina chuckled.

"Shut up. I'll get to him soon. If all these people weren't watching, I'd stop time and call it a day. Sadly, I can't use my magic without exposing the supernatural and Valerie would be pissed at me if I did for something petty like this" Le Fay frowned.

"Which means we have to ambush him later." Irina frowned. She truly hated doing that to Issei, but if he was plotting something, she had to know what.

"Maybe not. Issei is headed this way." Xenovia said calmly.

"What!" Irina gasped as she looked over and Issei had left his comfortable spot with Misao to walk towards them. As he finally approached, he stared at the girls with a knowing smile.

"Have you forgotten that I know when people are focused on me Irina. I can see you and Le Fay staring a hole in my head." Issei smirked.

"Can you blame them. You ambushed us by pairing Le Fay with Asia?" Irina replied.

"I had my reasons." Issei said firmly.

"And they are." Irina questioned.

"Not your concern." Issei replied quickly. With Asia there, there was no good reason to reveal what he knew and even if she wasn't Irina wouldn't take the news well.

"You can't keep hiding stuff from us Issei." Irina answered.

"I can and I will if I think it's in your best interest." Issei replied.

"That worked out real well last time you tried that." Irina brutally retorted. Last time he tried hiding the truth, it was God's death and that was a cruel situation for all parties involved.

Issei twitched but kept his cool, "All will be revealed in time." Issei said calmly before going back to Misao.

"Bastard" Irina said with gritted teeth. Issei was brutal when he wanted to be, and this was just another example.

(Scene Skip)

As Irina relaxed in her living room, her frustration was still obvious to anybody who knew her, "Damn him." Irina thought to herself. Her original plan to wait for Issei after school was ruined since his club visit was with the kendo club and they had a match against Kuzuri Academy today. Coincidentally, Issei's date for tonight was also a member of Kuzuri so he was headed back to their Academy with the club before heading out on his date.

"You need to relax Irina. Issei is right and all will be revealed in time." Xenovia said calmly dressed in some casual clothes just like her partner.

"I know Xenovia but if his plan involves Asia, we need to know so we can help her. Remember how his last plan involving somebody from the church went." Irina reminded her old partner of their own departure from the church.

Xenovia flinched before staying calm, "In his defense. We probably shouldn't have followed him." Xenovia countered.

It was Irina's turn to flinch because her partner was technically right, "I guess I'll try to walk with him to school to-" Irina started to say before their home phone rang.

"I'll get it" Xenovia said calmly before going to get the phone.

"Who is it" Irina wondered.

Xenovia answered before her eyes widened, "Irina it's your father and he wants to talk to you."

"What!" Irina gasped before running to the phone.

"Hello honey, is now a bad time." Touji Shido smiled.

"No, but I'm just surprise you're calling papa." Irina said calmly.

"The other day Issei sent me a message asking me to look into something and I was able to get the information he wanted. I was trying to call him to tell him, but he didn't pick up." Touji smiled.

Irina's eyes narrowed since that was a surprise, "What did he want to know about?"

"If there were any other cases similar to Asia Argento's." Touji explained.

"What!?" Irina gasped not expecting that.

"Oops. It looks like he didn't tell you about that huh?" Touji frowned.

"No, he didn't. Did he say why he wanted you to look into that?" Irina asked nervously.

"I'm afraid I've said a bit too much already. Bye honey" Touji replied before hanging up.

"Damn it" Irina cursed before hanging up.

'What's wrong. What did your father have to say?"

"Issei asked my dad to look into any other incidents like Asia's."

"That's odd. Issei never cared about Asia before.

"No, he hasn't." Irina frowned and she sat back on her couch as she tried to think about what that could mean. After a few minutes of thinking a look of horror appeared on her face.

"What's wrong Irina." Xenovia said nervously.

"He knows?" Irina said with a bit of shock.

"He knows what?" Xenovia.

"He knows the identity of the devil who tricked Asia into healing him in order to get her kicked out of the church." Irina said in shock. Issei knew that the three fallen he was sleeping with were hired by somebody, but none of them knew who.

"How! When!" Xenovia gasped.

"I don't know. His only interaction with any devils besides us was…. the Rating Game."

"What's wrong." Xenovia said nervously. Her partner was having an ah-ha moment and that spelled trouble.

"I need to be alone." Irina said quickly and went up to her room so she could think about what to do. After all, Rias was eventually going to compete against the person who ruined the life of one of her servants.

(Scene Skip)

It was early in the morning, stupidly so even for Issei, but he still found himself standing in the sex classroom dressed in his sleep clothes. "Oi Milky are you up, we need to talk and now. Don't worry, I already cast a barrier to make sure nobody heard us" Issei shouted into the void. He needed to speak to Serafall Leviathan, and he needed to do it privately. Just like the last time he did this a magic circle appeared in the room.

"You're lucky I'm up." Serafall replied grouchily.

"Yeah, but now comes the fun part." Issei frowned before reaching into his pocket and grabbing a flash drive.

"What's on the flash drive?" Serafall wondered.

"I asked my source at the church to look up any recent incidents of Holy Maiden's getting kicked out in a similar fashion to Asia's. It turns out that there were quite a few of them and he sent me the incident report. I gathered the reports into a dossier which I saved on this flash drive. I figured as Maou you have information that explains more about who somebody's servants are, and you can compare Diodora's servants to the girls on the list" Issei replied.

"And you're just giving it to me?" Serafall gasped.

"That's right. We agreed to share data and that's what I'm doing." Issei replied.

"Understood. I'll be over in a minute or so" Serafall replied before the magic circle vanished. Issei waited for a few minutes before Serafall appeared in front of him. Instead of the green suit she was wearing her Milky outfit which caught Issei off guard.

"When I called out Milky, I didn't expect you to show up like that." Issei replied with a smirk.

"Just shut up and give me the flash drive." Serafall scowled.

"Alright." Issei replied before tossing her the USB.

Serafall easily caught it before something else occurred to her, "How will I contact you if this information pans out?"

"Truthfully I'd prefer you not." Issei admitted.

"Huh!?" Serafall gasped.

"This was me following a hunch and now that it's taken care of. I intend to wash myself of this completely." Issei replied calmly.

"You can't be serious. A young devil a traitor and now that you've gathered some evidence you want to just move on" Serafall said in shock. There was nonchalant and then there was complete dismissal and Issei was doing the latter.

"Yes. As long as you have the information on the drive, you don't need me." Issei replied.

Serafall scowled since it was never as simple as he seemed to believe, "I'll do what I can." Serafall flinched.

"Good. Now have a nice day Milky." The clone smiled before vanishing in a puff of smoke leaving an annoyed Serafall with the flash drive.

Serafall grabbed the flash drive before returning to her home to look at what he showed her. Her day was just beginning, and it was certainly going to be a long one.

(Scene Skip)

Inspiration often came from strange sources. In Issei's case, it came when he walked into his classroom later that morning. Taking a quick glance around, he noticed that most of his girls were already here and greeted everyone with a wave before his eyes focused on Raynare, who was a key player in his current investigation of Diodora. As he recalled the events that led Raynare to join his side, he finally figured out how Diodora was controlling the maidens and it was not a pleasant thought.

'He really is a bastard huh?' Issei thought to himself. Diodora would target a maiden and watch them over a few days in order to figure out the best way to get them kicked out of the church. Once they were kicked out, he'd find them again and fuck them into submission before making them a part of his peerage once they were broken. It was a cruel theory but given that he managed to subdue all these Holy Maiden's and none of them turned on him, it made sense.

A smiling Issei approached Raynare and caught the fallen and the other girls in the room off guard when he pecked her on the cheek, "What was that for" Raynare said out of nowhere.

"I felt like it" Issei smiled.

"If you're just handing out kisses can I get one." Misao smiled.

"Me too" another girl shouted.

"Me three" another girl said happily.

Eventually most of his girls wanted a kiss and since he couldn't really deny them, Issei went over and planted a kiss on each girl's cheek. Just as he planted a kiss on the last girl Irina and Xenovia walked in.

"What did I miss." Irina frowned.

"Issei felt like kissing his girls for some reason." Shiro smirked.

"Did he now?" Irina said with an annoyed glare.

"Does that mean I can get a kiss." Xenovia smiled.

"Of course." Issei replied before walking over and kissing Xenovia on the cheek.

"So, since you're kissing all your girls, I assume that means I get one too?" Irina asked curiously.

"You don't because you're still being punished." Issei reminded her before walking to his desk.

"Fine" Irina huffed as she walked over to her desk trying to stay focused.

"Umm… would it be okay if I get one." Le Fay spoke up catching most of the class off guard.

'Should've seen that coming.' Issei smirked. Le Fay had to hide her relationship with Issei since she was supposed to be unfamiliar to him. This would be her chance to get something from him without any protests, "Are you sure about that Le Fay?" Issei smiled.

"It's only a kiss on the cheek and considering that you kissed so many others it should be fine." Le Fay answered.

"Another one for Issei" Kiryuu smiled as Issei walked over to Le Fay and pecked her on the cheek.

"Unbelievable" Irina grumbled.

"Hey, she's the one who asked." Issei shrugged. Not long after Azazel walked in and class began.

(Scene Skip)

Issei was in a good mood the next morning because tonight was his first date with a girl from White Rose since Kairi returned to his harem. His mood was broken when Irina burst into the classroom with an absolutely furious expression on her face, 'This can't be good.' Issei thought to himself. Irina was pretty patient and understanding and to see her this angry was a surprise.

Irina walked over to Issei and stared at him coldly, "We need to have a little talk Issei." Irina frowned.

"About what?" Issei said with a raised eyebrow.

"Just come with me Issei. I'm really not in the mood for your games right now." Irina frowned.

"Afraid not Irina." Issei replied firmly.

"Damn it, Issei this is serious!" Irina scowled. A moment later Xenovia walked in and she had a very annoyed look on her face. Next to her was Asia, who was clearly bothered by something.

"Partner I'd say you should go with her. Something clearly happened." Ddraig spoke up.

'Understood' Issei replied, and he got up, "Alright Irina let's go." Issei replied calmly.

Irina was so caught off guard by Issei's change of attitude that her anger practically vanished, "Right" Irina replied before walking away with Issei as the class looked on in confusion.

Irina eventually dragged Issei over to the sex classroom before walking into the middle of the room as Issei closed the door, "Sorry about that. It's been a stressful morning." Irina said bashfully.

"What happened?" Issei said calmly.

"Diodora Astaroth showed up in front of us this morning as we walked to school." Irina said calmly.

"Come again?" Issei twitched.

"Since you're clearly planning something with Asia. I decided to go over to Rias's apartment complex with Xenovia and joined the group that walks with her to school." Irina said calmly. The devils of Kuoh all lived in an apartment complex and depending on the day any number of them walked to school together.

"So, what did Diodora have to say?" Issei said calmly.

"He told Asia that he was the devil she saved years ago and then confessed his love to her." Irina replied.

"Well then." Issei replied unsure of what else to say. That was a bold move to be sure.

"Yeah. It took everything I had not to summon my sword and drive it through his stomach."

"I see" Issei sweatdropped.

"So yeah. I'm really annoyed right now." Irina said calmly.

'I can't blame you. But you realize that now we have to come up with a reason to explain why you dragged me away." Issei deadpanned.

"Yeah. I shouldn't have lost my cool like that." Irina admitted bashfully.

"You shouldn't have but it's too late now. Let's get back to class and figure out how to explain this away." Issei frowned.

"Sounds good" Irina said calmly as they returned to the classroom.

(Scene Skip)

As he prepared for his latest date, Issei couldn't hide the annoyance he felt at the current situation. Diodora was very clearly making a move towards Asia and that was not a comforting thought, "I guess I'll discuss it with Rias when I visit the ORC tomorrow for the club date." Issei groaned.

"Ironic isn't it. You wanted to wash yourself of everything a few days ago but now you have to start playing ball" Ddraig smiled.

"Yup" Issei chuckled as he finished getting his outfit for the night a crimson jacket with a black shirt and black pants. Tonight's girl was a blonde beauty from White Rose named Shokuhou Misaki who was every bit as arrogant as Cecelia if what Kairi was telling him was to be believed. Just as he was about to grab his phone and leave a magic circle appeared in the room. It belonged to somebody who he was seeing a lot more recently in Serafall Leviathan and soon the Leviathan heiress appeared. To Issei's surprise, she was wearing a pink tank top that barely contained her breasts and a pair of blue shorts that went just above her ass. It was an impressive sight and despite how little he cared for the heiress, he couldn't deny her attractiveness.

Serafall looked up and saw he was dressed, and it didn't take much to figure out what was going on, "I guess you were leaving for one of your dates" Serafall frowned.

"I was actually, but luckily for you, I have a solution that would let us talk without my date being ruined." Issei smiled as he created a clone that was dressed in the same outfit as he was.

The clone took a look and wondered, "So boss am I staying or going?" the clone wondered.

"I'll let you stay." Issei shrugged. He could take care of the date since he couldn't risk a clone breaking.

"You're the best boss." The clone smiled before hugging the real Issei who whispered something to the clone. As he pulled away from the clone, the real Issei smiled at Serafall.

"Sorry to leave like this Lady Leviathan, but duty calls." The real Issei smiled before leaving the two alone.

The moment the door closed the focus of the clone turned towards Serafall, "So here I am with a beautiful young woman in my room dressed in an outfit that emphasizes an incredible body. Yet instead of being thrilled, I get the feeling I'm going to be incredibly annoyed." The clone said with a cold glare.

Serafall was a bit taken aback by his response. Most of the men in her life were either her friends or feared her because she was the Leviathan. For him to outright admit she was attractive was a surprise especially it was also clear he really didn't like her after her attempted blackmail. Gathering herself, Serafall chose to focus on the other part of his statement, "Why would you be annoyed."

The clone smiled as he walked towards Serafall, "I'm pretty sure you're dressed like this because you're about to annoy me and hope that by showing off that incredible body of yours you can lessen the blow." Issei smiled as he stopped right in front of the Leviathan and cupped her face. "Am I right?"

Serafall could barely hide the blush on her face at Issei's forwardness, "Yes." Serafall quickly admitted. Her day was just as annoying as she thought and given what they discussed earlier, she wanted to notify him.

The clone backed off much to Serafall's disappoint and stared at the Leviathan heiress, "What utterly stupid thing have you guys done this time?"

Serafall was flinched since Issei was on the money, "The next matchups for the Youth Devil Tournament were decided today." Serafall replied bashfully knowing this was not going to end well.

The clone frowned for a bit as it contemplated the words before his eyes widened, "You didn't." the clone gasped before staring at the Leviathan heiress. The expression on her face told it all.

"Sairoarg Bael will face Seekvaira Agares. Sona Sitri will face Zephyrdor Glasya-Labolas… and Rias Gremory will face Diodora Astaroth." Serafall admitted well aware of how stupid it was.

Issei looked at the Leviathan heiress in disbelief. Of all the things they could do they pulled this, "Please tell me you fought against this. That at the very least you brought up what we've been discussing." Issei pleaded.

"I did, but the others managed to talk me into doing it." Serafall admitted again.

The clone was stunned, "What in the world would convince you to… no… you mean to tell me that?" the clone gasped again. There was only one reason to allow this to happen.

"That's right." Serafall said again. She knew exactly what the clone was thinking because it was her reaction as well.

"Did you at least fight it. Because if you didn't fight it, you might as well just leave right now." The clone insisted.

"We have no choice?" Serafall replied her bashfulness vanishing replaced with anger.

"BULL!" the clone screamed trying to hold back itself. "You are actually trying to defend using Rias and her peerage as live bait. You know damn well that the moment he learned about the rating game tournament, Diodora put a plan in place to get Asia from Rias during their rating game. I gave you all the tools you need to expose him as a traitor and yet instead of arresting him you're giving him the chance to do exactly what he wants." Issei shouted.

Serafall was angry, "And even with everything you told me, it wouldn't matter. You have zero proof he caused those incidents other than speculation and since they were technically civilians when he made them his peerage, he did nothing wrong on that end. You have zero proof he was involved with Asia also outside of the word of a fallen who was your enemy at the time. You can't just accuse the sibling of a Devil King of being a traitor with flimsy evidence and expect it to work in your favor." Serafall shouted her own frustration evident.

"You mean to tell me that he's the BROTHER of one of your Maou! That makes the fact he's a traitor 1000 times worse" the clone twitched.

Serafall became frustrated yet again, "When we become Maou we're forced to give up our family name and can't get involved in any family politics."

"That didn't stop you from interfering with my relationship with Sona."

"It's my job as devil in charge of Foreign Affairs to watch over any devil who holds territory. So, Sona and Rias are both being monitored in addition to any other devils." Serafall replied. Basically, she could argue that his relationship with Sona was bad for foreign affairs.

The clone twitched again since Serafall had an answer for everything. Taking a deep breath, the clone focused on the other elephant in the room, "Why are YOU the one telling me this?"

"Huh?" Serafall replied not expecting the change in demeanor at least so quickly.

"You heard me. Azazel is my homeroom teacher and I get the feeling Rias's brother is telling her as we speak. He would tell the ORC and Irina would tell me herself soon after. Why is it that you, Serafall Leviathan were chosen to tell me?" The clone frowned.

It was Serafall's turn to scowl, "I'm… your payment of sorts." Serafall answered.

Issei smirked because this was an interesting twist, "So you're here to 'convince me' to help the devils with this insane plan of yours by dressing in this outfit and playing to my love of beautiful women." Issei smiled.

"Yes. So, will you do it?" Serafall scowled. She was a Maou being asked to practically pimp herself out for a man who she hated because of his relationship with her sister and her peerage to get him to help Rias. Ironically, if it was Sona's peerage, he would gladly help because of the relationships he had with the group. They could do it without him, but there was no way of knowing just how far Diodora would go and Issei was incredibly smart.

"I don't know." the clone smiled.

"Huh!?" Serafall replied in confusion.

"I'm merely a clone of the boss and although we think alike, I can't speak for him completely" the clone answered.

"But… but… he whispered something to you." Serafall sputtered.

"He did. He told me that I could do whatever I wanted as long as I didn't make any decisions on his behalf." The clone smiled

Serafall's eyes widened at the statement, "You and your boss are real bastards." Serafall scowled. He knew something was up and suspected Serafall was a carrot so to speak and basically cut her off.

"You should be thanking me Serafall. This way you don't have to fuck a guy you clearly hate for a reason you truly hate also. In this case everybody wins."

"How so!" Serafall scowled.

"I win because I get to see a side of Serafall that nobody ever sees. You win because you don't have to have sex with a man you dislike for a cause that you dislike even more."

Serafall blinked because he had a very annoying point, "I hate how right you are." Serafall pouted. She didn't want to do this, but she convinced herself it was a good idea if it got him to help.

"I have that effect on people." Issei smiled.

"I'm going to go home and prepare for the complaints to come. Have a good night" Serafall frowned. This whole situation was a hot mess and that was putting it lightly.

"You too." The clone shrugged.

Serafall was about to leave but something occurred to her, "Tell me something. If the real you had stayed would we be having this civil conversation."

"Does it matter at this point?" the clone deadpanned.

Serafall couldn't help but smile, "Nope" Serafall answered before leaving via a magic circle.

As the clone sat down for its work, he realized it was a job well done. "I hope that you're happy boss because that would've been a lay for the ages." The clone smiled before vanishing as it thought about his master's words before it left for the date, 'Find out as much as you can about what's going on without fucking her.' In other words, the real Issei knew the devils were planning something using Serafall and that they'd need him in order to get it. The question now, was how would everyone else involved react to the news about the latest rating games?