It's been brought to my attention that Naruto couldn't have been named after a Knight Piece, because the Evil Pieces weren't invented yet.
Lol whoops.
Naruto was sitting at his office, finishing up the last paperwork of the day. It was an absolutely stress free day, because he had Grayfia under his desk since he began working.
It was nearing time for a lunch break, but he was signing the last of his paperwork, while Grayfia sucked his dick with a love and passion no one knew she could show. Well, no one but Naruto.
She was known as the Strongest Queen just for the fact that people assumed that Sirzechs used an evil piece on her. That was never the case. She refused to be bound to someone in such a way. Despite her status as a maid, her Pride wouldn't allow her to be bound to anyone but the undisputed strongest, and that wasn't Sirzechs. She, as a wife, said she wasn't comfortable with it, and Sirzechs accepted that. So people made assumptions, and they let them do so for the sake of appeasement.
Her Pride preened at the thought of being called the Strongest Queen despite not having to fight anyone. Her duties were mainly coordinating the other servants in the Gremory lands, cleaning Lucifer's office, and act as an advisor to Lucifer when her opinion is asked. She was content with her life.
Now, here she was. A sex slave who's only purpose is to bring pleasure to her master. Her opinion was never asked, and she still cleaned the Lucifer office, but the head of Naruto's servants was a strong woman by the name of Virgo. Grayfia could tell that there was a bit of tension between them, by they all but vanished after Naruto spent time with her. They both conversed in their free time now, and became friends.
With all her accolades, and well known stoic demeanor, no one would believe the rigid Grayfia Lucifuge would be on her knees, resting on a comfortable pillow, giving small loving kisses to the tip of a dick as she stroked the shaft with two hands.
She kissed and sucked his balls while gripping just under the head with one hand, and the other rubbing the top with her palm, applying a bit of pressure. The appreciative hum she received let her know she was doing good.
She ignored the office door opening in favor of licking the shaft from the bottom to the top, then slowly allowing it passage deep in her throat while making sure to gently massage his balls. The pat she received on her head should be demeaning, but she took it as the unspoken 'good job' that it was.
"Damn, Naru-sama. Able to keep a straight face and do paperwork while getting such a loving blowjob. If you weren't so hard, I'd think you were asexual." A playful and teasing voice said.
"A proper and effective leader needs to be able to multitask, Yoruichi-chan." Naruto said calmly, his voice not even hitching when Grayfia sped up. Yoruichi Shihōin is a slender and well-endowed woman of average height. She has dark skin, golden irises, and black hair that has a purple sheen. Her hair is waist-length and kept in a ponytail with chin-length bangs framing the sides of her face. Her attire consists of a black, backless, sleeveless undershirt, an orange over-shirt with two white straps on each shoulder, a large beige sash around her waist, and black stretch pants with a pair of lightweight brown shoes, which allow for stealth and easy use of speed techniques. "In our last correspondence, you mentioned you have an update on the Excaliburs and Kokabiel from your own investigation and our Fallen Angel agents."
"Yes I do. Kokabiel's plan has already begun. Just three hours ago Kokabiel's soldiers made their move. Three Excalibur's have been stolen from the Church. Excalibur Rapidly from the Church of England, taken from their high security vaults in the Tower of London. Excalibur Nightmare from the vaults beneath the Vatican, and stolen from the Catholic Church. Finally Excalibur Transparency from some no name Protestant Church facility located in Dresden in Germany." Yoruichi reported.
"What has been the Church's initial reaction to the thefts?" Naruto asked as he leant back in his chair. If it wasn't for the bobbing head in his lap, he'd look as if he was deep in thought.
"So far they have been trying to keep the thefts quiet, no doubt trying not to show any weaknesses."
Naruto snorted. "As if they could keep something like this quiet. Have you any idea where Kokabiel is having the Excalibur's taken?" His gaze growing intense at the serious conversation.
"Yes, they are all being taken to Kuoh."
"Who currently has the Holy Swords? I very much doubt Kokabiel would keep them with him, at least not until he is ready to make his move."
"Some Ex-Cardinal called Valper Galilei and Freed Sellzen along with several other traitors from the Church. No doubt a large number of Fallen Angels who follow Kokabiel and his foolish ideology are there too." Yoruichi reported. "A weak maniac like Freed is easy to predict and even easier to track."
"Good, make sure you don't lose him." Naruto ordered. "Have the Church decided to do anything about this themselves?"
"Yes, they have. They are planning to send a representative of the Church to Kuoh Town, to reclaim the Excalibur's from Kokabiel and the Fallen Angel's with him, who were less than subtle in their theft of them in the first place."
"Any idea who the representative from the Church is? Knowing that may make the situation easier to control and predict."
"Yes. Griselda Quarta and a couple of Exorcists are the representatives that are being sent from the Vatican to reclaim the Excaliburs."
"So the Church can make competent decisions?" Naruto asked in mock astonishment. Griselda Quarta was an almost legendary Exorcist, so it makes sense to send someone of her strength.
"I know, right?! With their constant fuck ups, you'd never guess. I take it that you're planning to get directly involved in this whole sordid affair?"
"For something as important as this? Of course, I will. Both myself and a select few of my peerage will be getting involved." Naruto replied smiling slightly.
"Why have us include ourselves into something so trivial? One of us could easily take Kokabiel down." Yoruichi asked curiously.
"This coming event maybe the biggest chance for peace between the three factions that we have ever had." Naruto said.
"But I thought Kokabiel was going through with this to cause war between the three biblical factions, not peace."
"Oh he is. He is no doubt hoping to cause the war by increasing hostilities between the three factions to the point at which war will be unavoidable. Turning the Church against the Fallen Angels by stealing the Excaliburs so blatantly, and then using those Excaliburs to kill Sona Sitri, the younger sister of a Maou, and Rias Gremory one of the few members of a noble Devil pillar clan as well as no doubt members of the Church. This will begin hostilities and probably start a second three way war." Naruto replied.
"What is his reason for causing a war though?"
"Why, power of course. Why else does anyone do anything? Kokabiel will use the war to become the new leader of the Grigori. Azazel is a peace time leader he has no taste for war, unlike Kokabiel. That means that if a war was to take place, Kokabiel would be able to rise to a position of absolute power in the Grigori, as he would inspire more confidence as a war time leader than Azazel."
"Do you think his plan will work?" Yoruichi asked.
"Yes, there is a good chance of it working, not that I will let it."
"So, how will you use the situation to your advantage?" She asked.
"I will use it as a chance to establish good relations with the other factions, maybe even peace." Naruto replied with a smirk. At her confusion, he expounded. "Ok then, just imagine if you will what would happen if Naruto Lucifer, a massively powerful Devil, and the new Maou Lucifer was to defeat Kokabiel and reclaim the Excaliburs. Only for him then to give the Excaliburs back to the Church, showing a level of honour and trust and gaining Heavens thanks and approval with his actions. And after that he delivered the body of Kokabiel to the Fallen Angels, showing his power and strength as well as doing them a favour by dispatching a dangerous traitor in their ranks. And then combine that with my already esteemed relationship with the Youkai at Kyoto, and we have a basis for peace talks. After that we would only need a Peace Summit in a neutral area between the three Biblical Factions and the Youkai, and the trust we have gained through this situation could be used to create a lasting peace between the three factions and the natives of Earth, the Youkai. Just imagine it, peace in our time." Naruto said as he outlined the basics of his plan.
It was not complete by any means, but he already had his plan for world peace.
"That's an ambitious plan that you have Naru-sama." Yoruichi said as she nodded along, somewhat impressed with what she had heard so far. "But there's still some holes in it. The relations between the Fallen Angels and Angels will still be strained. Then you have the Church. They are far more biased than Heaven is against every other faction."
As she finished Naruto nodded along in agreement having come to a similar conclusion himself as he was creating the plan. "You have a point, but giving the Excaliburs back to Heaven would have a double advantage as it would embarrass the Church, what with Devils reclaiming their Holy Swords for them. This would weaken their position and it would endear us to the Angels through our actions, gaining their support which would put the Church in an impossible place. The end result being the Church being weakened and unable to act out at all to remedy the situation, and our relations with the Angels being improved to the point at which we may be able to become allies. Not sure what to do about the Fallen Angels and the Angels though." He finished with a casual shrug of his shoulders.
"You'll think of something." Yoruichi casually assured. Naruto placed a hand on Grayfia's head and kept his dick down her throat as he rose. He stood there casually fucking her face as he continued to speak.
"The confrontation with Kokabiel will probably go down in a week or two, depending on how swift the Church's response is and how quickly they fall the trail to the Excalibur's. Either way we must be ready. I myself will be going to Kuoh when the Church representatives get there, the matter is too important to leave entirely to Sona or Rias despite it being in their territory. They are both still far too young and inexperienced to deal with something so potentially delicate. You go continue to spy in the enemy camp, and gather more intel."
"Yes, Naru-sama." She replied, watching Naruto cum down Grayfia's throat.
"Or you could stay and have some fun…" Naruto said with a slow grin.
Yoruichi matched it and stripped.
Rias sat in a small cafe with her sister-in-law drinking tea. She knew that she shouldn't be as angry as she is about her existence, seeing as it doesn't affect her in anyway, but she couldn't help it.
"Were Sirzechs and Grayfia even really married? I just need to understand this whole situation." Rias spoke, not wanting the awkward silence to drag on anymore than it already has.
Serenei sighed. "Yes, they were married. They divorced after they realized what they felt for each other was lust, instead of love. They tried to ignore that, but ultimately couldn't."
"What does the Supernova have to do with all of this? I know he left for some reason all the older Devils refuse to speak on, and the history books don't explain either. My parents and Sirzechs all acting weird when his return was revealed."
Serenei rubbed her eyes tiredly at this. "I really shouldn't be telling you this. The scandal this information would cause would've been disastrous, so it was kept a secret among the older Lords and Ladies. Sirzechs wasn't the one who convinced Grayfia to switch sides, Naruto was."
"What?!" Rias shouted, shocked.
"Yes. They were in love. He even built a home for them to build a family in after the war. Unfortunately, Sirzechs and Grayfia gave into their after battle lust, and became lovers. Naruto caught them being intimate in his home, and on his bed, and obliterated the entire house in his rage. He and Sirzechs fought for three days straight. Sirzechs even used his true form in the fight, but was still left on the ground battered, burned, and bleeeding. I was there was Naruto was about to kill him. He made a flame so hot and bright that people started to wonder if it was Holy. His attack would've definitely destroyed the Underworld had his own mother not crawled towards him, constantly melting and healing, and begging him to calm down. To this day, the sight and feeling of Lord Lucifer's Wrath is burned into my head. Sirzechs still has multiple scars on his body from that fight. Phenex tears did nothing to remove them, and the Phenex clan refused to give him anymore tears due to the betrayal. It wasn't long after that, that he left."
Rias was shocked at this story. Now things began making sense. Why the other Lords and Ladies would give Grayfia disapproving looks or glares. Why they hesitate to converse with anyone from the Gremory clan. Why her own father always seemed to barely stand being in the same room as Grayfia and Sirzechs. Why her mother always looked saddened when she would try to initiate conversation with Lady Phenex, but receive an ugly glare in return. "Wait. If the Phenex hate us so much, why did they want Riser and I to be married so badly?"
"Rias, you are the heiress to a high ranking clan, and your mother has one of the greatest political minds in the entire Underworld. Did you not receive any training in politics?" Serenei asked in exasperation.
Rias couldn't meet her eyes. "I… did… but I didn't really pay much attention."
Serenei shook her head. "I already know the answer to this, but I'll ask anyways. Did you fully read the contract?"
"I…" Rias faltered under the older woman's gaze. "I only heard what I needed to break it from onii-sama."
"So, you, as a person bound to a contract, didn't look into the details of the contract despite it being easily accessible to everyone from the DevilNet? Is that what I'm hearing?" Serenei deadpanned, making Rias shift in her seat, once again, not looking at her eyes. "I'll explain to you in explicit detail why marrying Riser wouldn't be as bad as you made it out to be."
"He is a womanizer, and he makes his peerage sleep with other men as bargaining chips!" Rias growled with a glare, and was shocked to receive one back.
"I am not Sirzechs. Your spoiled little bitch routine will not work with me. Now calm down, and shut up." Serenei ordered coldly. A stunned Rias just stared back in slight bemusement. "How many women are in Riser's peerage?"
"F-fifteen."
"And how many are 'passed around', or groped in public?"
"… four-"
"Four!" Serenei shouted. "And do you know why it's only those four?" Rias shook her head, eyes wide. "Because those four are the only ones comfortable with that. Those four are open to having fun with different partners. So, Riser doesn't whore his peerage out for favors. They all have their own fun, and if Riser benefits from that fun, then all the better. Your fucking smear campaign towards Riser not only made him look bad, but it made the majority of the Phenex clan hate the Gremory even more!"
Rias stayed quiet, not used to being shouted at, but the reprimand is far from over. "Riser is a third son nobody who would've had absolutely no power over you besides the need to do his husbandly duties and try to get you pregnant. You, a Devil with a weird obsession with following all this human nonsense, should already know what artificial insemenation is. You could've done that, popped out two kids, and fucked off back to the mortal world to play human, and never had to see Riser again. With all the different Lords not wanting anything to do with a clan that welcomed a double traitor into their home without issue, Lord Gremory was desperate to find some allies. Lord Sitri was one, and he would've liked Lord Phenex as another. Lord Phenex and Riser was the only two in their clan that wanted the wedding, because, despite the bad reputation of the Gremory, no one said anything due your older brother being Lucifer. Now we don't have that cushion, because Sirzechs, the fool, didn't want to see you sad, despite reading the contract himself."
"So you're saying I made a big deal out of nothing, and my married life never would've been the nightmare I made it out to be?" Rias reluctantly asked.
"Yes." Serenei stated bluntly.
"Are you and Sirzechs fighting? Is that why you're here?" Rias asked, a bit guiltily.
"Yes. Honestly, your parents are pissed at him too. He gave up his position as Lucifer to cancel a contract, made by his own father, for a stupid reason. Your mother can't help but look at him in disappointment, and your father hasn't even spoken to him since. If we weren't married near a century before you were born, I'd wonder if he married me because I look similar to you. While incest isn't looked down on in the Underworld, Sirzechs' weird way of acting like a jealous boyfriend in regards to you doesn't really do his image good. Lady Leviathan is very open about her love for her sister, so her obsession is more endearing than his." She sipped some more of her tea before getting up. "Now, I need to educate you on how to present yourself from now on. You're just another High-Class Devil now, no Satan older sibling to back you up."
Rias sighed. "Alright. Thanks for the talk, I guess."
"We needed to clear the air, and you needed to know the full truth. Now come on. We need to contact your mother for you to relearn your lessons politics."
Rias pouted and got up.
"So, everything is ready for shipping?" Serafall asked.
The four Satans were once again in Naruto's garden. They each had food in front of them plucked directly from the garden. Serafall had sweets and cakes in front of her, Falbium had meat from different meat trees, and Ajuka had a salad made from black grass.
Naruto finished munching on his white apple before answering. "Mmhm. I have all the crates ready to go, and I added labels on them to make sure the right faction gets food that they'd most likely enjoy. I also made sure to remove the seeds from them all."
"So when do we send them out?" Falbium asked.
"We should introduce it to our faction first, then we can look into sending them out." Naruto proposed.
"We should use So-tan's birthday! It'd be the perfect place!" Serafall cheered.
"Yeah, but then she'd have guys staring at her naked body after the food explodes her clothes off." Naruto said blandly making Serafall gasp in horror.
"You're right! No boys allowed! You guys can't come!" She declared.
All three men rolled their eyes. It was Falbium who spoke next. "Fine, but you'd better make sure the guests spread information about the food as far as they can."
She nodded excitedly, then saluted. "You can count on me! It'd be at most two days before the entire Underworld knows."
"Good. With the Church sending people to Kuoh, I sense things are going to get interesting." Naruto said. "Have you finished your tests on the different potions?"
"Yes. All the potions work as advertised. Who will you be hiring to handle production, and the picking of food here?" Ajuka asked.
"I'll be hiring Reincarnated Devils and having them sign a magical contract. It'll be impossible for them to reveal anything about the produce, and there are multiple anti-theft wards all over the place. We're good." Naruto replied.
"Then I have nothing else to bring up."
"Cool. You guys got anything to add?" Naruto asked Serafall and Falbium.
"Nope/Nada." They spoke at the same time.
"Well alright then."
Rias sat with a heavy pout on her face. She sat in the ORC room waiting for the Church delegation to arrive. The rest of her peerage was present, interacting amongst themselves, while her pout remained firmly in place.
"If you keep pouting, it'll get stuck that way." She heard her rival speak. Sona was also present. Since she was now in a higher standing, politically speaking, she had an obligation to be in the meeting. She decided to meet with the Church delegation in the ORC building both as a curtesy to Rias, and to give the rest of her peerage peace to do paperwork.
Rias just pouted harder and turned her head away. "I'm not pouting."
"Of course not. What ever was I thinking?" Sona replied in complete deadpan.
Things stayed quiet between them for another minute before Rias spoke. "Sona, did you know the truth about my brother and Grayfia?"
Sona looked to Rias, and her usual cold and calculated gaze softened. "Yes. My parents told me a very long time ago."
"I guess that's why you've never warmed up to either of them." Rias muttered.
Before Sona could respond, there was a polite knock on the door, and it was opened to admit four people. The three exorcists were led in by Sona's Queen, Tsubasa. The two young ladies with her looked to be around their age, but the adult was a well known exorcist.
"Good afternoon. My name is Griselda Quarta, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." The nun introduced herself. "With me is Irina Shidou, and Xenovia Quarta."
"Welcome to Kuoh. I am Sona Sitri, and beside me is my fellow King, Rias Gremory. I hope your trip was to your comfort." Sona greeted politely.
"If you were so concerned about our comfort, you could have let us carry on our investigation unimpeded." snorted Xenovia.
"Xenovia!" Griselda barked coldly. The girl flinched as she remained quiet. "I apologize for her attitude. It seems I failed to teach her proper behavior towards other races."
Issei himself flinched at the tone of the nun. He was distracted by her massive mammaries the moment she stepped into the room, but her tone and the look she had in her eyes forced him to be on his best behavior, lest she kills him with a pointed glare. His eyes strayed to the person leaning on the wall. Kiba, his fellow peerage member had an uncharacteristic scowl on his face, and it confused Issei something fierce.
Before anyone can say anything else, someone knocked on the door then entered.
It was a woman with blue eyes and black hair. Her body is mostly covered by a beautifully designed haori, but her face and hands give an impression of a slender woman. Her hair is long and is worn as a large braid down the front of her body, and her face had a kind and gentle look to it. She also has a large string attached to the sheath of her katana and carries it over her shoulder as she makes her way in. "Oh, dear! It's seems I'm a bit late. Please excuse me. I am Retsu Unohana, Knight of the new Satan Lucifer. I am here to oversee the meeting."
Once everyone had taken a seat, Sona began to speak again. "Let us discuss the matter at hand. If I am not prying too much, can you give us some information about the case from your side? While we had an encounter with the Fallen in this territory, it was taken care of."
"Heaven and The Church had six Excalibur fragments in their possession. Three pieces were stolen after their holding place and the current wielders were killed by Fallen Angels. It was only due to the timely arrival of Cardinal Vasco Strada in one of those locations that we found that it was the Fallen Angels and Kokabiel himself that was involved. Since then, we have been trying to find the whereabouts of the Excalibur Fragments." Griselda recited the overview of their side.
"I see. And you've managed to track him down to Kouh, but not exactly where." Sona surmised. "You may continue your search here, but one or two of our peerage will have to accompany you at all times during your search. We are currently at a ceasefire, not peace, so it wouldn't do to allow what is essentially our enemies free reign in our territory."
Xenovia was about to speak up, but one look from Griselda kept her mouth firmly shut. "That is reasonable, Heiress Sitri. Thank you for your time."
As all three got up, Griselda turned to the other nun in the room. "Asia Argento?"
"Y-yes?" The poor girl squeaked.
"On behalf of the Holy Church and Heaven itself, I would like to apologize to you and inform you that your excommunication has been repealed."
Asia blinked dumbly, the words causing her mind to go blank in shock. "What?"
Griselda grimaced. "In truth, you should never have been excommunicated in the first place. While we certainly didn't approve of you healing a Devil, at worst your punishment should have been a light scolding."
"B-but the Bishop!" Asia protested. "He called me a witch, a heretic, he-"
"He was corrupt." Griselda interrupted her with a sigh. "Unfortunately, though we are all worshippers of God, there are still those among our numbers who are lacking in faith. Additionally, we didn't have much oversight at the church you were located at. By the time we heard about your situation, you were already sent away."
Asia remembered how quick it had been. Her entire life had been turned on its head literally overnight. One afternoon she healed a person who had turned out to be a Devil, and the next afternoon she was out in the countryside with her meager belongings as two Fallen Angels approached her and offered her a place among them.
She hadn't really wanted to go with them. But she didn't have anywhere else to go, and there was a chance she could still follow God's teachings among them.
That had turned out not to be the case though. Nearly ever Fallen got annoyed or angry whenever she talked about God, and she quickly learned to keep her thoughts and feelings to herself. And then there was that whole situation where it was revealed they, or at least a faction within them, was aiming to kill her and take her Sacred Gear.
Griselda continued. "I'm not sure what the Bishop was thinking. But his actions could only be called suspicious, so we investigated. In fact, I was personally part of the investigative team. And in our questioning, a simple truth came to light. The Bishop, and those that supported him, conspired to get rid of you out of jealousy."
Asia blinked in surprise. "Jealousy?" She asked. "They were jealous? Of me?"
Griselda smiled kindly at Asia. "I talked to the townspeople. Even among those who didn't go to church, you were a beloved figure. You healed so many of them or people that they cared for. The entire town cared for you and appreciated you. It was that fame that caused the Bishop to be jealous. He felt that he should be the most recognized and beloved person, not you."
"So when I healed that Devil…" Asia started, understanding washing over her.
"He took the chance to get rid of you." Griselda finished with a nod. "In truth, he didn't even truly have the power to excommunicate you."
"I... I didn't know that." Asia said, tone forlorn.
"I know, as did the Bishop." Griselda replied. "He counted on that to force you out. He knew that one of the other factions would snatch you up, at which point we would be unable to bring you back. His plan was to then tell us that you had left of your own accord. Unfortunately for him, one of the Priests overheard the conversation between the two of you, and was able to inform us of what really happened. While you can't truly return to the Church due to your new status as a Devil, we still would like to give our apologies for your treatment."
Griselda bowed followed by her two companions as they made their exit. Asia cried as Issei held her, and even Koneko giving her encouraging pats on her thigh.
"That poor child." Unohana commented. She could tell that the girl has been shouldering a lot of pain.
"She's been through a lot." Rias said, her eyes sympathetic. Her eyes went to her Knight. "Kiba-kun, come here please."
"Yes, buchou?" Kiba's scowl lessened to a frown when the exorcists left.
"You understand that you can't join the exorcists in their investigation, correct?" Rias asked.
His fists and teeth clenched. "I can control myself."
Rias just stared. "Yuuto, you spent the entire meeting glaring at them, just a hair's breath away from outright attacking them."
"May I ask what the problem is?" Unohana asked.
"Holy swords." Kiba growled.
"May I have a bit more information?"
"They took away all my friends. It is my life's aim to destroy all holy swords and their wielders." He answers through gritted teeth.
"Please expound on that."
"I, along with my friends, were taken in from an orphanage and we were experimented upon in an attempt to make holy sword wielders able to wield Excalibur. In the end they tried to cut us all off by poisoning us to death. I was the only one to survive that due to the sacrifice of my friends. This is why I must get revenge for them. I will destroy Excalibur and its wielders and all the holy swords so that no one else has to suffer like us."
Unohana raised an eyebrow. "You want revenge on a piece of metal with blessing and high class enchantments because a psychopath killed your friends? You also want to kill its wielders, just because they were born with the ability to wield the swords? Do you not see what you are trying to accomplish? How are you any different than the filth who killed your friends?"
She held her hand up and held the blade that the blonde charged her with between two fingers.
"Yuuto/Kiba-san!" Rias and Sona shout in surprise.
Unohana sat unfazed while an angry Knight shouts. "HOW DARE YOU COMPARE ME TO SCUM LIKE THEM?!"
"I am speaking as a neutral party." She spoke, no sign of a strain in her voice. "You said they killed your friends because you all were not 'born' with the power to wield the Holy Swords, so you want to kill someone else who is completely unrelated to this whole mess because they were 'unfortunate enough to be 'born' with the power to use holy swords'. Both of you are killing innocent people over something they had no control over and you want to deny that you are different from them. If you aren't a hypocrite, then you are a fool."
"N-No, I-I wasn't… I won't become like them." He now looks pale, his resolve weakening.
"What about the other holy swords and Excalibur itself? Yes, the maniac killed people in the name of making Excalibur wielders but where was Excalibur's fault in all this? It is just a sword. A thing. It is the people who use them who are good or bad. The same gun that a robber uses to kill innocents can be used by a soldier to protect their country. Let's assume that you destroy Excalibur, what then?" Unohana asked, the entire room silently watching the confrontation.
"I-I-" He stutters.
"The Church will declare you as the enemy of the Church and the Heaven faction. They will send their best exorcists to hunt you down. What do you think will happen then? You, a Mid-Class devil against their top exorcist, those with enough training and experience to match an Ultimate-Class devil. As seen from your King's constant coddling of her peerage, she won't cut ties with you in order to keep herself and your fellow peerage members safe. What do you think will happen to them? They will lose respect in the Underworld at the very least. With Rias no longer having the protection of being the sister of a Maou, she'll be hunted as well, as will the rest of your peerage mates. My King will declare you a Stray without hesitation. Another Great War will be prevented, but the already tentative ceasefire will become even more brittle. The smallest provocation will cause another war."
He was teetering, but Unohana decided to shove him off the edge.
"Would you like to know just how futile your actions would be?" She asked with mocking smile. "They will just remake the swords again."
He falls to his knees. The sword disappeared as he sobs on the ground.
"Hey! Just who-" Issei begins to shout, but one narrow eyed glance from her almost makes his heart completely stop in terror.
"Are there any other members of your peerage with traumatic backstories that you refuse to help them get over, Heiress Gremory?" Unohana looks at Rias who couldn't meet her gaze. "Like a certain half-fallen who hates every Fallen Angel, including herself, to the point where she refuses to use half her power that could've won you your Rating Game. Or a Nekoshou who is stunting her physical development by refusing to use senjutsu over some foolish belief that she'll lose her mind. Everyone knows that it is impossible for a yokai lose control of themselves when using senjutsu. If you truly care for your peerage, actually help them instead of coddling them, or this will happen when someone confronts them about how foolish they're being." She gestured to the still sobbing Kiba who now has Koneko hugging him.
"I-I understand, Unohana-sama." Rias said.
"You understand, yet you'll still do nothing." Rias said nothing as Unohana got up. "I'll be taking my leave now. Heiress Sitri, Heiress Gremory."
A teleportation circle appeared under her as she vanished.
"I'll be going too, Rias." Sona said as she too got up and left with her Queen behind her.
"Have I really been failing everyone this whole time, Akeno?" Rias asked, looking more stressed than she's ever been.
"With so many people saying so, I-I guess it's possible." Akeno replied, shaken at Unohana's words.
"Things need to change, Akeno."