The Witch King's Reincarnation Into a Useless Pervert
When Raynare killed Issei, a different dying soul took place that should have been his own.
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Warning: Rated M for adult content
Chapter 5: Of maidens, harlots and princesses
Kiba did not often have a chance to have fun by himself, after his schoolwork and club work, there always was ceaseless training that was required for the Knight to keep himself in the peak of his physical shape. It just happened that Issei had decided to tag along with him for what he called the peak of sin that he allowed of himself to enjoy today.
The shopping street of Kuoh was littered with small shops that catered to every whim of a person. There were jewellery stores, electronics shops, antiques and even some places selling things they had no business selling if police came asking. Yet all of them coexisted in a perfect ecosystem to drain their customers of any excess yen and dollars.
Issei had already bought a small bag full of books that he was carrying with great care, whereas Kiba had longed for a pet, ideally a rabbit or some other cute thing that could keep him company that wasn't hormonal girls and his other adoring fans or stalkers.
It was bad enough or hilarious, depends how one looked at it, that when they almost had accepted a contract from his fangirls, who by horrific luck had come across the ritual necessary to invoke the Devils of Kuoh.
"Horrific suicide in Kyoto, a promising employee jumps off a building" read one morbid headline of a newspaper, Issei had tucked inside his school jacket. It was a bit morbid, but he would get around to ask him about it, sometime today, if the time was right.
"Since I have no interest in pets, you go ahead" the brown-haired pawn nodded as Kiba saw him eye the row of clothing stores dominating the next seven or so shops in a row. He understood that sometimes one needed new clothes especially for Issei, who was mostly seen in his school uniform. Koneko had commented timidly that he expertly melded into the sea of students when he wished to.
"Alright, but give me a ring if you're busy somewhere"
"If it shall be necessary, I will contact you, Kiba" he replied in that aloof way of his and vanished into the busy street.
Casually walking towards the pet shop, he spied a short and blonde European girl struggling to read the signs in Japanese by the window of the store. His knightly instincts screaming to help the maiden in need, Kiba approached the highschooler, who only noticed his presence as he was standing next to her.
"Hello" the former experiment of the church smiled at blonde girl who possessed a most mesmerizingly green eyes "I couldn't help, but notice that you needed help"
Her eyes widened and she clasped her small hands in prayer, showing her cross that caused his head to feel as if it was about to burst "Really? Praise be! My big sister attempted to teach me, but I'm really not good at all with Japanese,yet"
She spoke so fast that Kiba could only thank the Devil's Gift of Tongues to understand what was being said. He nodded and decided that it was only polite to introduce himself.
"I'm Yuuto Kiba" he extended his hand, even though he hurt from being in such close proximity to a holy object.
"Um, I'm Asia Argento" the girl in blue dress shook his hand with a slight smile and blushing a little. However, unlike the impure and lustful creatures that was the Kendo club, the swordsman didn't feel annoyed at all.
"Could you please translate what this plaque says?" she pointed at the kanji sign above the rabbits and other cutesy critters.
"Please do not feed the animals, for prices inquire inside" he translated at which the girl seemed to deflate but did not lose her spirit.
"Thank you Mr. Kiba" she placed her hands together "Since I don't know Japanese well, I'll just wait here for my big sister and look at the rabbits until she comes"
"Alright, I'll be inside the shop if something happens"
"Praise be!" the small nun beamed at him with a smile that could have illuminated the world as she watched a white rabbit devouring a carrot "You truly must be a blessed soul!"
As much as he hated the church bastards who had done all of those terrible things, he couldn't help not to feel any dark emotions towards this harmless creature. If anything, he wanted to…
A sudden realization struck the blonde and waving at Asia, he swiftly entered the store, the bell ringing behind him as he cursed at himself.
After a short while, Kiba had decided that he could do without a pet as Rias had promised a familiar hunt one day and that he wouldn't miss. Maybe he would have a gorgeous looking beast like the Griffin, Sizerchs had, but then again, he didn't know if the elder Gremory would feel offended at copying him.
Walking outside, the petite nun was nowhere to be seen.
Hopefully the girl's big sister had come and got her before any cretins decided to pester the cute girl.
Kalwarner angrily put her phone back inside her blazer as no-one of her team could be reached. The Church had been abandoned few days back and she couldn't even find traces of her comrades that made her suspect a disturbing turn of events.
Raynare and the rest had gone AWOL few days after the dark-haired Angel had attempted to kill the human brat in her disguise. They had left her to do the most sinful of tasks- babysitting the blonde girl, which was damning as Asia Argento was a ray of sunshine that shone with all the brilliance of heavens, making it hard for her to even go through with the ritual. If it had, she would not have forgiven herself as these past days had only endeared the girl to her.
Raynare hadn't answered her calls, as well had Dohnaseek and Mittelt. So, she decided that her mission was a bust and had been on the verge of leaving with the girl to the other bases of the Fallen, where they could discover a method that wouldn't kill Asia and still get the sacred gear.
"Hello~Kalawarner!" Freed's voice jeered behind her and turning around she saw him holding Asia by her arm, who looked at her with blissfully ignorant affection, unaware that her chances of survival had changed drastically.
Looking at the former exorcist, only rolled her eyes at his choice to wear his flamboyant outfit in the open, that did not match with the piercings and the tan skin, but then again, maybe most people just thought that he was some weirdo cosplayer this country had in abundance.
"Ah, I see you're still alive" she raised an eyebrow "Asia, did you pick a bunny for yourself yet?"
"I-" the blonde girl nodded and tried to explain, but Sellzen was vile and uncouth as usual.
"She was busy seducing a devil, I could sense its stench, maybe we have another use for her rather than-"
"Oh, shut up" Kalawarner growled, clearly incensed at the news and not by Asia looking hurt, Devils snooping around Asia were bad news. This meant the most drastic course of action was a valid option, should Raynare be found alive.
"What, wasn't it why she was kicked out by the church?" while reprehensible humans were the norm in those associating with the Fallen Angels, to the blue haired angel, this insufferable bastard was closer to the top of the list.
"That is irrelevant." She shook her head and approached the nearby wall, starting to draw a sigil onto the wall with a piece of chalk "What matters is that Asia will help us save many lives that would otherwise be lost"
"Well, whatever you say, so we're going to the church, right?"
"That is indeed our destination"
"I thought that I had eliminated all of the vermin scurrying about Kuoh" a deep and masculine voice sneered with some amusement, and they were faced with the brown-haired teenager with shining eyes of poison. His toxic and potent aura of powers that she knew not seeped out of his every pore and should she have blinked, the shadow he cast on the wall had two sets of horns and towered above both of them.
"Ho" Freed withdrew his gun "Want to play little devil? Or do you want a piece of the nun? We can perhaps come to a renting agreement-"
Asia cringed again and pulled out of Freed's grasp to run towards the Fallen Angel, causing the exorcist only to grin further as he drew his weapons from the robe's sleeves.
Behind them, the portal burst into life and the Grigori shoved the nun inside, sparing one look at the psychotic warrior. He turned to her and immediately, she felt his gaze on her breasts, which was as if a fly just buzzed by her ears.
"Hey, Kalawarner" Freed looked back to Kalawarner "If I kill this fuck, you better give me those juicy tits to motorboat!"
"Please die" she sneered and both men found it extremely amusing.
The Blue haired woman had no wish to see the battle and she was swallowed up by the doorway, her last sight being of the Devil bringing forth blades of shadow and launching them at Sellzen as he watched her disappear.
Inside the church, where the portal had taken her, the both the nun and the Fallen Angel now sat on one of the church benches as the portal vanished into the thin air, giving both of them some reprieve.
"Don't take the fools words to heart" Kalawarner smiled at Asia "I would never do something like that to you"
Killing her to extract her invaluable Sacred Gear was one thing, whoring her out was completely different and reprehensible. While the Fallen used all human vices, the statuesque angel drew the line at forcing others into depravity. They were above it as God's former messengers.
"I see big sister," Asia nodded "Maybe Father Sellzen just lacked guidance and manners, he seemed nice"
Inside her head, she snorted and shook her head, but as a part of her façade she couldn't really reveal the blonde-haired girl, just who she was dealing with. She had believed that the Fallen had merely strayed from God's plan and worked to protect the world from shadows, not knowing that their protection in reality was control and elimination of threats, like Issei Hyoudou, who could tip the scales in favour of any faction that would acquire him. Now that he was a Devil, privately, Kalawarner felt that it was too late and perhaps only Azazel himself would come and eliminate the newborn fiend.
"To put it lightly, more or less" she nodded
The ruins provided her with little safety as that cocksure smirk taunted her even as she felt not a single presence within the abandoned place of worship. It was quite funny to her, an abandoned angel in an abandoned church. Quietly to herself, she wowed that if she wouldn't find Raynare- the last remaining angel of their squad and ward would head to America and find her brethren entrenched in the entertainment industry. Perhaps she could become a producer or a scout for talent.
So, the two waited patiently for a while as the Fallen Angel made numerous calls to secure their transfer as it was evident that she was the sole survivor. Sitting on the bench, the human nun continued to read the Bible, humming a church song that Kalawarner had not heard.
At one-point angel masquerading as a businesswoman had gazed at the wonderful blue sky that slowly started to bleed into orange as the sun was beginning its descent, wondering how such a sight looked from Heaven. No matter the Fallen, all of their kin at some point had wished to return to their home and she couldn't lie to herself about that.
"You're alive I see, Asia is too" a familiar voice called from behind her and without thinking, the blue haired woman threw her spear of light, unthinking, but still at the end realizing that it had been her unreachable comrade who had spoken.
"Raynare, duck!" she called, but with amazement saw that her black-haired peer dodge the thrown weapon of light with ease, letting it sail by her ear and out of the door. Asia looked on perplexed at the situation that unfolded.
"Wow, someone's on edge!" she whistled and instead of her low skirt and high heels, Kalawarner saw that the other angel had changed her style somewhat noticeably.
She had traded her dress for a black blazer with a violet turtleneck, while form fitting black jeans and leather boots covered her lower half, while accentuating her other features. Her lips were painted the same insidious shade of purple and from her ears shone earrings of gold. It was impressive that Raynare's fashion sense had overtaken hers and Mittelt's in the end.
"Ray, thank heavens that you're alive" Kalawarner stood up to face the other angel "What happened to the others?"
"I could ask the same" the shorter Grigori nudged her head at the empty space behind her and the holes in her uniform. Immediately understanding the question, the blue haired woman wasted no time in explaining what exactly had happened.
"I allowed Asia to go to a pet shop while I tried to call you, but on the way Freed found her and attracted the attention of the Devils"
"I take it that Freed's dead?" the other angel asked, resting her hands on her hips and Kalawarner loathed to lie to her comrade, but if Asia wouldn't be killed, then she could live with her own treachery. She nodded and moved to embrace the angel, as if trying to infect her with her guilt.
"Are we going through with the ritual? Maybe we need more angels to perform it?" the taller woman asked, not looking her comrade in the eyes as she looked away.
"Plans changed while you were gone, and Asia managed to interest one of the higher ups"
Both angels enveloped one another in a tight hug as the shorter woman rested her head on the taller angel's breasts. She really didn't mind as both of them had done worse, to others and one another.
"I definitely missed these" Raynare rubbed her head against the generous cleavage, staining them with her lipstick.
"Raynare, please there is Asia watching" she protested meekly as two deft fingers unbuttoned the dark maroon business suit and started to work on the blouse. While she still felt guilty, a generous sin of Lust would do wonders to improve their mood. It was just so that Raynare was rather gifted with her tongue.
"Good, perhaps she'll even learn something" the black-haired angel winked at the excommunicated nun, who already had covered her face with the thick covers of the Bible, not daring to witness this pleasurable degeneracy.
However, before shorter fallen angel had unbuttoned the other garment standing in her way, she, looked at her lover with a mischievous grin.
"Say what do you think about abandoning this whole Fallen Angel business and take a century or two as a vacation?"
It was such a simple idea, but ingenious in its simplicity. As long as they kept to themselves, they would be invisible to the forces of the Three factions and would be free to act on their own impulses, rather than just being ordered around by pompous old windbags.
Standing on her toes, the raven-haired girl kissed her after such an enthusiastic kiss, Raynare winked at her.
"I have just the place where we can have much more fun…" she trailed off and Kalawarner could only nod, at this point as long as they remained together, nothing else really mattered that much.
She did look at Asia and cooed "…and somewhere where Asia can settle in, after all her position will be rather taxing from now on"
Huh, what did she mean about that?
Smoothing her maid's uniform, Grayfia began to chant the teleportation spell, she had almost forgotten what her little sister asked for.
Appearing through the magic circle, the silver haired Devil thoroughly enjoyed the sight of Rias almost jumping out of her chair in surprise as she appeared right in front of her, rather than to teleport outside the front door.
With the precarious situation and her looming marriage to Riser Phenex, she should've been more attentive on how she would trounce the other Devil. Instead, Rias had sent a hasty communique, detailing that she needed a creature or a person found within ten parameters her husband's little sister had picked. At first she had disbelieved her eyes, but when she had confirmed that it was a matter for Kuoh and her peerage's safety, the Queen of Satan Lucifer and the wife of Sizerchs Gremory had wasted no time to command the librarian to continue the search from whatever strangeness. Regardless of that, she was here to see how the young Devil was faring and inform the redhead of the most recent news- both good and bad.
"Hello Rias" she curtsied and offered the devil a small folder containing whatever fruit the research had borne "I trust that you haven't forgotten that you have responsibilities"
"N, No, Onee-sama" the crimson haired devil shook her head and took the folder from the maid's hands, her hands immediately flicking open the covers, to see the evidence with her own eyes.
"What's this?" she asked to Grayfia, who was not surprised the slightest "There are no concrete leads, only couple of pages detailing the Black Knight's exploits and Fionn Mac Cumhaill? Did the librarian sleep on the job?"
"There were no leads, Rias" she explained as patiently as possible to the younger devil "I asked Sizerchs, who asked Beelzebub, who thought long and hard, eventually sending the reply that either you wished for someone like that to exist or your details weren't correct"
"B-But, both Kiba and Akeno gave their eyewitness accounts as, did I? How can you even suggest that we'd lie to you?!" the girl looked truly distressed, and this did make the messenger decide that perhaps she didn't need to hear the unfortunate news just yet. The young Phenex had been impertinent lately and as he had been spoiled more than other devils his age by his overly supportive parents, the Firebird had decided that it was time for him to claim his bride, while not even granting her a position of a queen, which he had given to his reborn lover.
"I didn't say that Rias" she protested "However, the lack of evidence led us to this conclusion. Which, does not exclude the fact that it may someone completely else, someone who could have hidden themselves from the supernatural and mundane worlds for quite the time"
"I see" the Gremory heiress seemed deep in thought "Would you like to hear why I have made such a foolish request?"
Looking at her with those big blue eyes, she really couldn't say "no" to her sister-in-law. Sighing, she crossed her arms under her chest without a word sat in the nearest couch, her professional attitude, barring her from the delicious pastries that sat on the tray next to some cold pot of tea.
"Well, go on" she nodded at to the younger girl, but raised a finger to interrupt her before the teenager had started to speak "But please keep it concise as I still have work that needs to be done back home"
"It wouldn't be long" Rias plead, putting her palms together that reminded too much of praying "Remember when I told Nee-sama about my new pawn?"
"…Yes" slowly Grayfia nodded as she remembered vaguely how Rias had boasted to Sizerchs that she had a pawn that was worth all 8 of them. To this, the current reigning Satan had merely blinked and congratulated her, while immediately ordering a background check.
"Issei Hyoudou?" she asked aloud, uncertain that indeed it was the name of Rias' pawn.
Nodding, the crimson haired girl averted her eyes and started "First of all I'm certain that the person Issei was, is completely erased by whoever is using his body right now"
"Are you saying that you allowed your pawn to be possessed?"
"Not at all" Rias shook her head rather vehemently "It's just when I turned him into a Devil, he exhibited the changes I wrote to you about"
As she had uttered those words, Grayfia's world froze as if she was in the 9th circle Dante had imagined. She hadn't told these things before, this was serious. This was dangerous at best, grossly irresponsible at worst!
"And you didn't think to inform me and the rest of the family?" the silver haired devil hissed icily as she saw the younger woman deflate noticeably. It suited her rightly for treating such serious situation so easily.
"I-"
"What were you thinking? You endangered not only yourself, but your peerage as well!"
"I thought that it was his Sacred Gear acting up at the time!" Rias shouted back at her, before immediately covering her mouth with her hands in terror that she had raised her voice at Grayfia.
"I thought that he wasn't dangerous, just aloof and helpful under the influence of his Sacred Gear. I was going to confront him about it with the rest of my peerage so he wouldn't stand a chance"
"A foolish decision, but its well that you didn't act before" the maid breathed deeply and put her hands in her lap, before laying down her ultimatum.
"You will write down all abilities you know this being possesses and then send them to me." The schoolgirl nodded with a blank face that she had been taught to use as a mask. It caused the last Lucifugue no joy to cause her pain, but this foolishness needed to be excised post haste!
"Afterwards together with your brother and I, together we will interrogate this being and decide its fate. Even if he is of no threat, he will face Gasper's fate" Reminder of her Bishop was a low blow, but for Rias' own sake, she needed to understand just how serious the consequences were, should the pawn not to control his own powers and being dangerous to the rest of the peerage.
"You can't do that!"
"For your safety- we must" Grayfia cut back sharply, her tone leaving no room for discussion. Now remained the worst part that she would have to deliver, sometimes she wished her husband would break the bad news himself, instead of sending her. She really did not want to be the one to break the news of her engagement right now, being more than certain that it would only incur more backlash. However, Rias needed to be prepared for the inevitable and though she believed it not to be possible- the confidante of the reigning Satan wished the red-haired girl would break free of the chains of nobility that accompanied their freedoms.
"I understand, will I at least receive a prior warning before Nee-sama decides to act?" she replied icily to the older devil and that was a bad sign for ever vibrant Rias to do so. Hopefully, for all the drastic measures she mentioned there wouldn't be any need of them.
"That you will" Grayfia really did not want to inform her of this.
"There is another matter- Your marriage date has been set by the end of the next month. The Phenexes insisted and as it was a binding contract there was nothing we could do" The Devil sometimes cursed herself that she had lost to Serafall in the competition for the Title of Satan and these were one of those times, where though she had ample physical power, she lacked the political influence to protect those dear to her from bane of every civilized being-politics.
This weight of bad news heaved upon the young girls shoulders and then it broke her. Freely tears streamed from her eyes as she covered them with hands, stifling the sobs as she realized what sort of fate awaited her. Perhaps if Riser simply died, she would be free of the marriage, but the bastard was notoriously hard to kill.
Rising from the couch, Grayfia Lucifugue approached the crying devil girl and reassuringly put her hands on her shoulders as they heaved under the sobs. She loathed the situation she had created, but Rias would heal from this. The crimson haired pureblood would find a way without them and even should she ask, Grayfia wouldn't begrudge her help as would Sizerchs.
Hold on Rias, she lacked the courage to say it, but in her thoughts the head maid of Gremory Family and Satan Lucifer, grieved too.
A.N:
Edit: Grognost was right and through some soul searching, I decided that it's more original and better to keep Asia away form becoming Devil, while showing her in Malekith's camp. I still think she and Kiba would make a cutesy couple.
I lied about the lack of Malekith, he makes an appearance, but a teensy one. Hopefully I did Asia, Kiba, Freed and Kalawarner some justice. Next up confrontations and desperation of a maiden.
Thank you all for favourites and reviews!
Responses to reviews:
Rhivan:
The suggestion is apt and the powerlevels are so vague I might have to go through all the novels to make it plausible. I think that Riser falls in line more with a very decadent, low class Ulthuani noble, than a Druchii, for while being a piece of shit, Riser did genuinely care about his women and did give Phoenix tears to his Queen. I think Malekith would find him amusing, for a short while.
Rias, while lacking a bit in some areas, makes up with her willingness to sacrifice herself to her goals, especially in the next chapter. Issei might not have had the chance to despoil her the first time, the Witch King, however…
Asharzal:
Now that you put it like that, Malekith and all his titles does sound like WoW raid boss with all his titles, but that does pale in Settra's long list of titles. Confrontation is next and I'm not sure whether or not Edge Lord should make the proclamation as Riser is talking shit or to Grayfia when she comes to interrupt Rias' desperation.
Vigakh11: As an intellectual, Malekith must've been shaken pretty badly about it
Firem78910:
Bro has over 4k years of experience, he can kill someone with technique alone. Raynare, Kalawarner can attest to the fact that Angels do, in fact, have limited stamina. However, that is nothing on Morathi's…talents…There was a reason he kept her alive (incest jokes, hooray)
4Alucard: I suggest you check my other works, as I'm a huge fan of the elven Darth Vader and visit AO3, where there are significantly more works about Malekith from Warhammer.
Guest: I get what you mean, but currently I'm on DxD roll and TES will have to take a backseat until either I run out of steam or finish this part of the story.
Be merry
-Spook