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"Is this you're way of giving me a handicap?" Rias asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No." Riser instantly replied as he stood in front of his peerage. "I'm giving you, your final 10 days of freedom."
Riser finished as he snapped his fingers as flames erupted as he left the ORC room. The moment the flames had died out Rias turned to face Daniel.
"I'll need your help Sensei. Can you join my peerage?" Rias asked in hope but he hope dampened as Daniel shook his head.
"I can't become a Devil Rias, Not even Sera can turn me." Daniel replied with a sombre tone in his voice. "However, I'll be more than happy to help train you and your peerage for the next 10 days."
Rias as disappointed as she was that Daniel couldn't take part in the Rating game, smiled up at him. "Thank you."
The Born Again Fate of DxD - Chapter 9: Let's get down to Business.
(Day 2 Wednesday 9th May - Morning)
It was the second day of the Training camp as Daniel had dragged Issei out of his bed early in the morning. He had planned with Rias to dramatically increase Issei's stamina in a few short days by jogging every morning.
"Come on kid, keep up." Daniel shouted out to Issei who was struggling behind.
"Why are we doing this so early in the morning?" Issei complained as he started to breath heavily from the morning jog with his Sensei.
"Early bird catches the worm kid... That and we still need to build up your stamina, so hop to it or else you won't be getting breakfast!" Daniel shouted as as he slowed down to jog alongside Issei.
"I don't know what I've been told!" Daniel shouted out.
'I'm not joining the Army here! Sensei's trying to kill me.' Issei screamed internally but Daniel persisted.
"Come on! You a Man or a Mouse!? I said, I don't know what I've been told!"
'I'm not gonna survive this training camp, am I?' Issei internally cried before he weakly sounded off "I don't know what I've been told."
"Say it like ya mean it!" Daniel shouted back at Issei. "Once more! I don't know what I've been told!"
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD!"
"Riser's wings aren't made of gold!"
"RISER'S WINGS AREN'T MADE OF GOLD!"
"He is gonna fall from grace!"
"HE IS GONNA FALL FROM GRACE!"
"Because I'm gonna punch his face!"
"BECAUSE I'M GONNA PUNCH HIS FACE!"
"Sound off!"
"1, 2!"
"Sound off!"
"3, 4!"
"That's the spirit kid!" Daniel exclaimed as she slapped Issei's back. "Only one more lap to go! Feel that burn kid, your breakfast is gonna taste like the best damn breakfast you've ever had!"
'SOMEONE, PLEASE KILL ME!' Issei cried internally as he kept jogging.
(Midday)
"Are you ready Sensei?" Kiba asked as he threw Daniel a Bokken or wooden sword.
Daniel smirked as he looked at the Bokken, then Kiba, before throwing it away. "We have Asia so there's no need for toys. Summon your sword." Daniel stated out to Kiba.
"Are you sure?" Kiba asked nervously but when he seen Daniel glare back he thought it would be best to listen instead. "Sword Birth!" Kiba cried out as A sword manifested itself into Kiba's hand.
"Huh? Well it does look like my magic is like your Sacred Gear." Daniel stated out with a smirk as he examined Kiba's blade.
'Structural Analysis' Daniel called out in his mind as he scanned the blade in Kiba's hand. 'So the blade's called Holy Eraser and is an anti-light sword.'
"Kiba could you hand me over the blade?" Daniel asked as Kiba looked confused.
Kiba nodded in agreement and handed over Holy Eraser. 'So this blade has a hidden ability... Interesting.'
Handing the blade back over to Kiba, Daniel raised his right hand. "Trace on." Daniel called out as he created a demonic blade. The blade of Mordred, Clarent.
With the great sword now over his shoulder, Daniel moved a few feet away from Kiba. "Okay Kiba, attack me." Daniel stated out much to Kiba's confusion.
"Are you sure? You aren't even in your stance." Kiba asked in an unsure tone.
Sighing in annoyance Daniel narrowed his eyes at Kiba. "Fine then." Daniel stated as he narrowed his eyes at Kiba. "I'll attack you instead."
With in the blink of an eye Daniel was out of Kiba's sight. Swiftly turning around, Kiba just managed to block an attack from Daniel.
"How did you?" Kiba grunted as he asked.
"Speed is your only gain as a Knight. However it's not a trick that only you have." Daniel stated as he overpowered Kiba.
Kiba rolled on the ground before using his sword to stop his momentum. "If you only really on your speed, you'll lose most fights."
Kiba nodded in acceptance as he stood up and readied himself. "Understood."
"Good, now attack me!" Daniel shouted out as Kiba followed his orders this time.
As the two began to clash, Daniel was noticing a trend in Kiba's attacks patterns. He would often widely strike twice before several thrusts of speed.
Daniel countered by leaving a deliberate opening, one which Kiba took. However as Kiba launched his attack, Daniel grabbed his wrist before slamming his knee into Kiba's stomach.
"Why?" Kiba asked with a heavy breath as he held onto his stomach. 'Now I see where Issei learnt that move from.' Kiba thought to himself.
"This Rating game isn't going to be a normal fight Kiba, remember that." Daniel snapped before he pointed at Kiba. "You're fighting for Rias' future here kiddo. Being the shining White Knight aint gonna cut it! So you're gonna have to learn to fight dirty! You have to win every minute, every second!"
Daniel the offered a hand and helped Kiba get back onto his feet. "Now as for your attack patterns. I'll be honest, your predicable. I'm able to read your movements and keep up with you due to my Mana, so this really won't matter much against Rooks, Bishops or Pawns."
"However against Queens and other Knights you'll have to change your attack pattern often." Daniel continued before he pointed at the sword in Kiba's hand. "And besides, you aren't even using Holy Eraser to it's fullest potential!"
"What do you mean?" Kiba asked in confusion causing Daniel to sigh.
"Listen kid, that sword is more than just a weapon that was created by your sacred gear. It's a part of your sacred gear and also a part of you." Daniel informed Kiba. "You need to start wielding it as such and not as if it's a means to an end or as just another weapon."
"Currently you're wielding Holy Eraser like I wield Clarent here. The difference is I know that I can't use this sword to it's fullest potential." Daniel stated shocking Kiba.
"How is that possible? Is it because it's a demonic sword?" Kiba asked.
"Not really no. And it was a Holy sword once before it was corrupted." Daniel replied before he stabbed Clarent into the ground. "Kid, I'm using this sword to train you because it's perfect for beating White Knights like you. This sword is not meant to be wielded like a sword used by a Knight. Because when i became corrupted it's personality changed. Now it's best used by someone who fights like a rapid animal. When I wield a sword, I fight with that weapon in the way that weapon was meant used by Mordred and how it wants to be wielded."
"For Clarent, the perfect wielder of this sword must be able to match it's own hatred like Mordred could. And that's something I can't do. I haven't the hatred to perform the Clarent Blood Arthur to it's most destructive potential. I have anger but lack the needed hatred, so it's impossible for me as I am now."
"Let me show you." Daniel stated as he raised Clarent above his head. Pouring his mana and anger into the blade a small flare of crimson mana burst out of the blade.
"RAAAAHHHHHH!" Daniel roared out as he brought the blade down. The result Daniel was the creation of a small break in the ground leading up to a perfectly sliced tree over 10 meters away, however there was no sign of any damage behind the split tree.
"Wow... That's still a powerful strike." Kiba stated as he touched the split ground, the dirt feeling warm in his hands.
"If you're aiming at a single target, then yes. But that attack is meant to wipe out armies. If Clarent was being used by a better wielder, the forest would've been split in two and the damage on the ground would've been greater." Daniel stated as he rest Clarent on his shoulder. "You're using Holy Eraser the same way I use Clarent."
"How can I correct this?" Kiba asked.
"That's something I can't answer for you kiddo. It's your sacred gear. It's a part of you, so only you can find that answer. However that blade does have an ability like what you just saw. It might not be able to create destruction, and it could be something else entirely but it does have something. Maybe when you find your answer, you'll discover that ability as well." Daniel replied as he readied Clarent once more.
"Now get ready. I will acting as the aggressor during the next spar." Daniel stated as Kiba get into a defensive stance. "This time I will be judging your footwork. so stay sharp!"
(Day 5 Saturday 12th May - Morning)
"Alright now I want you to power up that Sacred Gear of yours." Daniel stated out to Issei.
"Seriously?" Issei asked in excitement.
"Yeah, The last few days you've really increased your stamina. You're now able to run two full laps of the forest without collapsing." Daniel replied as he smiled at the kid. "It's time to test if you're new body will improve your Boosted Gear."
"Alright. So are we gonna spar then?" Issei pumped his left fist as the Gauntlet took over his arm.
"Not quite." Daniel answered as he moved over to a large boulder. "I want you to punch this lump of stone before you boost."
Issei looked confused but done as he was told to. There was no visible damage to the boulder. However, when Issei removed his fist he noticed a small crack. It was barely 3 or 4 millimetres, Right in the centre of where his fist was.
"Not bad. You did manage to create some damage. I already asked Rias to mark this area we're training in as enemy territory. So now I want you to promote yourself to Queen and try once more. Again without boosting." Daniel ordered.
"Right." Issei responded as he called out. "Promotion Queen."
Feeling the sudden urge of energy flowing through him Issei didn't hesitate and punched the boulder with all of his might. While he didn't hit the same spot, he did notice that he had created a much larger crack on the boulder's surface. "Awesome!" Issei exclaimed out.
"Don't get ahead of yourself." Daniel called out as he informed Issei. "You had already weakened that area in your first punch so while it's impressive you caused more damage, we don't know if all of it was directly effected by your promotion."
Issei thought about what his Sensei had said and he had to agree with them. "But it was still an improvement."
"Oh, I agree. But we can't take it for granted, in this Rating game you can't be overconfident." Daniel replied as he placed a hand over the boulder. "Reinforce."
As Daniel called out his spell, Issei noticed the boulder was now fully repaired and that it was now littered in what looked like small neon green electrical circuits. "I've now made the stone as dense as steel."
Daniel's statement caused Issei's eyes to widen in shock. "Now I want you to boost yourself once and hit it again. This will give me an indication on how powerful your boosts really are."
Issei silently nodded as the gem on his left hand cried out. "BOOST!" Again, hitting as hard as he could Issei struck the boulder.
However there was no external changes this time, causing Issei to groan out in defeat. But Daniel wanted to make sure there was on damage and touched the boulder's surface once more.
"Trace Analysis." Daniel softly exclaimed out as he analysed the boulder with his mana. What he found caused him to smirk. 'Wow... While there's no damage to the surface the inside of the boulder's been several weakened. The kid's got a good left haymaker, if this would've struck a normal human's jaw I'm pretty sure it would've shattered into a thousand pieces. If he hits the reinforced stone like that another three or four times it would've shattered completely.'
Looking over at Issei he couldn't hold back a smile. 'Hopefully the kid will win first time around and won't have to lose his arm for more power. But I wonder how many times he'll have to boost until he can shatter it in a single punch.'
"Reinforce." Daniel called out as he once more repaired the boulder. "Alright kid, looks like we're gonna be here a while."
(Day 7 Monday 14th May - Midday)
As Kiba, Issei and Daniel all relaxed indoor hot-spring bath, Daniel could see the exhausted looks on both of their faces. "You both did good today." Daniel called out to the duo.
"Thanks, I guess." Issei stated out, not even caring anymore as he noticed another tattoo his Sensei had.
Kiba on the other hand chuckled at Issei's response before responding himself. "Thank you Sensei."
"Man I thought my stomach was gonna puke out on me today." Issei complained as he leaned back.
"Oh, quit acting like a big baby" Daniel drily responded. "This was nothing to what I went through during my own training."
"Sensei, I have a question." Kiba stated out getting Daniel and Issei's attention on him. "Why do you have so many tattoos?"
"At least you didn't think I was part of the Yakuza." Daniel groaned out before he began chuckling. "Kiddo, Tattoos are works of art and each one has a meaning to me."
"This one is a mark of protection. It's marked with a rune and hidden underneath a knot." Daniel stated as he pointing to the Celtic knot on his shoulder.
"The mark on my chest is a homage to Iron Man's Arc reactor." Daniel continued as he pointed at his chest. "It's also inked with a special UV sensitive ink between the tattoo's outline. So if you shine a UV light on my chest it'll cause the tattoo to light up like the Arc reactor itself."
"Why the Arc reactor though?" Issei asked in confusion.
"Kid, I grew up reading comics books not manga, I only started reading manga when I went to Uni. While most other kids growing up preferred DC with Batman and Superman. I preferred Marvel and Iron Man was always my favourite. The recent movies just showed everyone else how awesome Tony Stark is. I knew this all along." Daniel replied with a raised eyebrow at the kid before his eyes widened as his own word replied in his mind.
'Dear god... I just sounded like a hipster.' Daniel softly thought to himself in horror.
"And the other Tattoo?" Kiba asked getting Daniel's attention once more.
"Oh huh?" Daniel looked confused for a second before he realized Kiba's question. "Oh, I got Owl on my leg as a homage to Athena the Greek Goddess of Wisdom. Thought it made sense since I'm a teacher and can speak multiple languages."
"Seriously!?" Issei asked/shouted as he stood up in the hot spring bath.
"Yeah?" Daniel replied with confusion. "Not every thing needs an epic story behind it."
"That's so lame." Issei groaned out in defeat as he sat back down again. Issei reaction though caused both Kiba and Daniel to chuckle in response.
"I did want another one but Sera talked me out of it." Daniel stated out as he leaned his head back. "I wanted to get wings on my back but instead of one with feathers, they would've been made of swords. It was to signal the origin and source of my magic."
"And I remember saying that it's would've looked stupid." A new voice called out to the three men. Slowly they all turned their heads to fine Serafall glaring at Daniel, her arms crossed as she was tapping her foot against the floor.
Daniel noticed that along with her glare we wasn't in her usual Magical girl outfit. She was wearing green dress shirt with a pink cravat tie, along with a long black dress skirt with brown boots. Noticing her glare was getting more intense with each moment, Daniel had a very unnerving feeling coming from his girlfriend. 'Oh shit, I'm in trouble aren't I?.. Worst part is I don't even know what I did.'
"You! Follow me! Now!" Sera growled out causing Daniel to silently listen to his girlfriend.
With Daniel gone along with Serafall, Issei turned his head to face a pale Kiba. "What just happened?"
Kiba weakly shook his head. "I have no idea, other than Sensei has managed to piss off Lady Leviathan. One of the Four Maou's of the Underworld."
"Sensei's fucked then." Issei stated as he paled as well.
"Indeed."
(Daniel)
After quickly getting changed, Daniel began silently followed behind Sera. Leading him into a spare bedroom, Sera turned and started to poke Daniel's chest. "I don't know how this happened but you've been causing quite the stir recently... Do you have any idea the problems you've caused in the Underworld?"
"Ow, ow, ow, Sera context please. I have no idea what you're going on about! What did I do!" Daniel grunted out in between Sera's attacks.
"And that's part of the problem! You don't even know what you're doing!" Sera shouted out in frustration. "Lords below I love you with all my heart, but sometimes you can be a fucking idiot!"
Daniel remained silent as Sera seemed to ruffle her own hair in frustration. He gave her a few moments to calm down. "I recently received two visits. One I was expecting, the other one was because of recent events."
"What was the second meeting over?" Daniel asked.
"It was with my Mother." Sera informed Daniel as she sighed.
"What could be so bad about family visiting?" Daniel asked in confusion.
"Normally nothing, but it was the reason for her visit that is upsetting me." Sera replied. "Apparently there have been rumours going around in the Underworld. Rumours about our relationship."
"I'm pretty sure they were started by Riser." Daniel stated out which caused Sera to gain a demonic aura around her body.
"Can you back up that claim?" Sera asked Daniel with a dangerous tone to her voice.
"The only ones who know about me and you are Rias, her peerage, Riser, Sirzechs and Grayfia. And I doubt the last two would start a rumour over you."
"Sona knows as well... Dammit you're right though." Sera replied before she groaned out of annoyance.
"I know that you're upset over this but what's so wrong about these rumours anyway? I honestly don't care what other people or in this case other devils say about me or us." Daniel answered back.
"I know that you and I don't care but unfortunately other Devils do." Sera explained in frustration. "They are nearly up in arms claiming that either I'm a pathetic weakling for being in a romantic relationship with a mere Human. Or that you aren't good enough for someone like me and bla, bla, bla, you get the point."
"So what do we do then?" Daniel asked with a smile. "Cause I aint leaving you any time soon. Even if I have to fight other Devils."
"Mother plans on visiting you the day after tomorrow, she wishes to in her own words, see the man who has captured her daughter's heart... I swear she watches more Soap Operas than me." Sera groaned out in annoyance.
"Since when have you watch Soap Operas?" Daniel asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I barely have the time to now so not as often as I used to... Me and Mother both got hooked on a Mexican Soap called Claudia back in the late 50's, I think." Sera blushed as she answered.
'Now the acting in her TV show makes so much more sense.' Daniel thought to himself as he grinned down at his blushing girlfriend.
"I know what you're thinking so stop that." Sera stated as she poked his chest once more. "Besides, even if you do manage to get Mother's support. You might still have to fight the Behemoth in order to prove to the other Devils you have the rights and strength to date me."
"Oh, Okay... What a Behemoth?" Daniel asked in confusion.
"A Behemoth is known as the Magical Beast King of the Earth." Sera stated. "They are the familiars of the Satan Leviathan."
"So it's your familiar then?" Daniel asked once more.
"No, they are beasts contracted to the Leviathan title. If I give up my title then they will become the familiar of my successor." Sera explained as she continued.
"If you want to know what a Behemoth is, then it's basically a giant werewolf with horns and a spiked clubbed tail." Sera's statement caused Daniel to twitch slightly.
"Oh... Then I should still be able to cut it easily though."
"It also has a septic bite."
"Then I'll just shoot it at a distance."
"It's the fastest being in the Underworld."
"Oh..." Daniel was silent for a moment, thinking about how he would be able to fight such a creature. "I'm gonna have to use my Reality Marble aren't I?"
"The fight will be broadcasted to the entire Underworld so I don't suggest doing that. They wouldn't be able to witness the fight and won't accept it's defeat that easily." Sera's reply caused Daniel to groan out.
"If it's a Werewolf I could use the Silver Lance of Olyndicus... But I don't have an image of the Lance in my mind, dammit. I'll have to look into that one." Daniel thought out loud.
"It wouldn't work. While it appears like a werewolf, it doesn't share it's weaknesses. Silver weapons won't work." Sera replied as she placed her head in Daniel's chest.
"Then I'll have to relay on the weapons I'm most comfortable using, Gáe Buidhe, Gáe Dearg and Gáe Bolg. But using any of these weapons will cause more issues, as I'll be putting more unwanted attention on both us and me. " Daniel mused as he kept rambling. "But if I used Diarmuid's spears I will be worse than using Gáe Bolg."
"Why's that?" Sera asked in confusion.
"If I use his spears, then I could be seen as his reincarnation or descendant. This won't be good as I could be seen as using a curse to make you fall in love with me, causing more problems. And if I was to use Gáe Bolg in such a public setting, I would be having the same issues but with the added bonus of gaining that Goddess to chase after me again or worse, Lugh himself." Daniel stated out as he rested his head of Sera's.
"Dammit... I'm stuck between a rock and a nuclear warhead." Daniel softly spoke as he held Sera.
"We can get through this. Our first hurdle is dealing with my mother in two days time." Sera softly encouraged. Daniel didn't reply, instead he kept holding onto her.
(Day 8 Tuesday 15th May - Midday)
After spending the night with Daniel. Sera decided that she would help out with training for today before her mother arrived tomorrow. Since Koneko refused to take any training from Daniel, Sera volunteered to train her instead in his place. Koneko never got the change to say otherwise, before Sera dragged the poor girl away.
"Is Koneko going to be fine?" Rias nervously asked Daniel.
"I'm sure she'll be fine, Sera won't wreak her up too much... I hope." Daniel softly finished so Rias couldn't hear as he turned his attention to Asia.
"Alright then little missy, you ready?" Daniel asked Asia as she looked like she was still mentally preparing herself.
"R-ready!" Asia tried to sound focused but Daniel couldn't help but think how adorable she sounded.
"Well you don't need to worry about me teaching you how to fight so don't be worrying yourself too much over that, so relax." Daniel smiled as he waved his hand from side to side. "Instead I'll be trying something with you that I believe you might have a chance of actually succeeding with. According to both Rias and Akeno, you've been doing quite well in your magic training. So I'm gonna teach you an Ace to keep up your sleeve."
"What's that Sensei?" Asia asked as Rias stood beside her.
"I'm also interested in hearing this as well." Rias stated with a smirk as she placed a hand on her hip.
"It'll be best if I show Asia and yourself." Daniel stated as he stood behind Asia. "Rias, I'm gonna need you to move away from us and launch an attack towards us."
Daniel's statement shocked both Asia and Rias who immediately argued. "What? I won't do that!"
"Relax Rias, we'll be fine." Daniel waved off her concerns. "Besides you've already seen what I'm about to show Asia."
Rias blinked owlishly as Daniel, after a few moments she silently done what she was asked. "How powerful do you want me to make my attack?" Rias asked with uncertainty.
"Make it as powerful as the attack that finished off Raynare." Daniel replied as he placed a reassuring hand on Asia who was looking more nervous. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. This spell is capable of blocking Durindana Pilum."
"O-okay." Asia meekly replied as Rias charged up her attack.
After the blast of red and black energy was fired at Daniel and Asia, Daniel raised his right hand. "Rho Aias."
From Daniel's hand, plasma energy fired out and created a seven petaled flower covering both Asia and himself from Rias' attack. As Rias' attack impacted it destroyed two of the petals. Daniel grunted as he felt the pain of the shattered petals run through his body.
'Two broken ribs and I'm pretty sure I've taken some minor muscle trauma to my right shoulder. But not bad, that attack was able to destroy two petals. that attack was more powerful than 90% of the weapons I can create.' Daniel thought to himself as he noticed the stars in Asia's eyes.
"So you are planning on teaching Asia your own Magic then." Rias stated with a smile as she walked back over to Asia and Daniel.
"Really!?" Asia asked with excitement.
"Yeah." Daniel replied as he fought through the pain and smiled down at the young devil. "I'll be attempting to teach you how to Project the Shield of Ajax the Great, Rho Aias."
"Only Project? But isn't that only the first half of the spell?" Rias asked in concern.
"Rho Aias is a little different." Daniel explained. "While it is also a physical Shield, the spell I use is just a projection of the Shield's ability. It's how I can protect myself from an incoming attack without having to summon the physical body of the Shield itself. However, I have to give you a word of warning to only use this as a last resort."
"Why's that?" Asia asked.
"Any damage received to Rho Aias will backfire onto the user. Rias destroyed two of the seven petals and that has hurt me a bit. However I was an idiot and didn't reinforce my body without thinking." Daniel noticed the concerned look on both Asia and Rias' faces so he cut them short before they could protest.
The girls nodded in understanding as Daniel's shoulder began to glow. "Luckily I have a protection rune to heal any minor injuries."
"I'm fine don't worry, it wasn't much damage and it won't effect me now. However depending on how successful you are in learning this technique I might also teach you reinforcement magic as well." Daniel replied with a smile as he focused on Asia. "So, whenever your ready, let's get started."
(Day 9 Wednesday 16th May - Evening)
As they Daniel was preparing that night's dinner of Roast Beef and Champ, he was getting help with Koenko and Asia. However as he was peeling the potatoes with Issei he noticed the disappointed look on her face as she was chopping the Spring onions. "What's got you down in the dumps little missy?"
Asia perked up as he heard Daniel called out to her, as she tried her best to wave off his concerns. "Oh, it's nothing really."
"Is it about our training?" Daniel asked and was surprised that the girl answered by nodded her head.
"I just disappointed I couldn't create Rho Aias fully." Asia stated out to which Daniel chuckled at.
"It's been two days learning a new technique and style. I'm impressed you managed to even create the core of the spell so well, And with time you'll be able to create the seven petals that are the only parts missing." Daniel stated out as he ruffled Asia's hair.
After a few silent minutes, everything was ready. Daniel then allowed the two girls to head back into the dining room as Sera popped her head into the kitchen. "Hey, Mother and So-tan have arrived."
"I'll be out in a few minutes. Just putting the spuds on." Daniel replied before he got himself a little more presentable.
When Daniel entered the Dining room he noticed that Lady Sitri's appearance didn't make her seem to be much older than Sera. The way in which her hair was styled was a longer version of Sona's own style. From the side of his eyeline, he noticed both Rias and Sona were softly talking to one another while Sera appeared to be introducing Lady Sitri to Rias' peerage.
With the sound of the door closing, all eyes were on Daniel. "And this must be Daniel, I've heard so much about you. It's a pleasure to meet you dear." Lady Sitri stated out as he lightly bowed to Daniel.
"The pleasure is all mine Lady Sitri, as I finally get to meet Sera's mother." Daniel replied as he lightly bowed back in return.
"About time too. When I heard you had been seeing my daughter for nearly 5 years well, I was about to march over here instantly if Sera hadn't told me your were helping Little Rias. However I couldn't let it go. It may have been over 500 years since I last spanked my daughter, but I felt I needed to discipline her once more for keeping me out of the loop for so long." By the playful tone of her voice, Daniel didn't know if she was joking or not decided to play along and chuckled with Lady Sitri.
"That reminds me, how come you weren't along with Rias-chan and her peerage when Sona-chan and I arrived?" Lady Sitri asked.
"Sorry for that. I was in the Kitchen preparing for tonight's dinner." Daniel answered as he rubbed the sheepishly chuckled.
"Oh my, positives from not only my dear Sona-chan and Rias-chan, he has a sense of humour and can also cook. Serafall dear, you caught quite the potential Husband... I'm impressed." Lady Sitri smirked as she looked between the blushing of both Sera and Daniel.
"Mother." Serafall stated out in embarrassment.
"Thank you, but I can't take all the credit for tonight's cooking. Both Asia and Koneko helped out tonight with the prep work." Daniel smiled as he nodded his head over towards the two girls he had mentioned.
"And he's modest two. Tie him down as quick as possible Serafall, before any other woman goes after him." Lady Sitri once more teased her eldest daughter.
'Sera's playful side is definitely from her mother.' Daniel chuckled to himself as he looks at his blushing girlfriend.
"Stop enjoying this." Sera pinched Daniel's arm as she hissed out at him. Rubbing his arm he looked down and seen her light glare directed at him.
"Nope." Daniel replied back with a pop. "I rarely get to see you this flustered. So I'm gonna be enjoying every moment of this."
"Then it's a good thing I brought Sera's baby photos!" Lady Sitri exclaimed out in joy as she watched the reactions of Daniel's joy and Sera's horror.
"I've also brought Sona's as well." Lady Sitri finished as Sona also paled.
'This is gonna be a fun night haha.' Daniel mentally chuckled as the two sisters blushed heavily.
And Cut!
Updated Character Facts:
Name - Daniel Cole
Age - 28 (Previous Life -28 at time of death)
Height - 188cm/6ft 2ins
Race - Human
Nicknames - Dan-tan - by Serafall Leviathan.
Hair Colour - Silver Grey (Previous Life - Brown)
Eye Colour - Blue (Previous Life - Hazel)
Equipment - Gáe Bulg,
Caladbolg,
Fail-not,
Moralltach,
Beagalltach,
Honjō Masamune,
Gáe Buidhe,
Black Keys,
Excalibur,
Excalibur Destruction (Secace),
Excalibur Mimic (Galuth),
Excalibur Rapidly (Laevatein),
Excalibur Nightmare (Coreiseuse),
Excalibur Transparency (Red Hilt),
Excalibur Blessing (Galatine),
Excalibur Ruler (Caledfwlch),
Clarent
& Countless other Sword, Spears and Bows.
AN - Daniel can create these swords after witnessing Excalibur Transparency or Red Hilt's past.
Abilities - Projection and Tracing,
Reinforcement,
Structural Analysis
and Unlimited Blade Works
Relatives - Killian Cole (Blood Brother)
Affiliations - Kuoh Academy (English Teacher & Class 2-B Homeroom Teacher),
Occult Research Club (Adviser)
Status - Alive
Ranking - Academy Teacher (Previous Life - Teacher)
So for Lady Sitri she hasn't been introduced to great details so I decided to make her a predecessor of Serafall's more playful personality. And Sona's will be the same for her father's personality.
The reason for this is I wanted to make Lady Sitri's personality match the Fate/Kaleid version of Irisviel von Einzbern, while Lord Sitri will match Kiritsugu Emiya's.
I may also give her the same alchemy powers as well, i honestly haven't decided yet as I'm not sure to put her in a situation in which she will be fighting or not.
Now for the last chapter. I did get a lot of negative comments over it and I do understand. It was one of the two hardest chapters I had written at this stage. The other being over the Rating game.
The reason for this is because there isn't much Daniel can actually do in these chapters other than let events flow as they should. so to make up for it, the chapters following are my two longest chapters.
Like there wasn't anything Daniel could do in the meeting. As the Rating Game had to happen, the same goes for the Rating Game in a few chapters. There isn't anything Daniel can actually do to help.
So I understand were a lot of the comments came from but for what I have in mind in upcoming chapters I have to leave certain bits of groundwork to call back on.
This chapter's Q&A!
1) Will Yasaka be part of the harem? Yes, she will be the third girl introduced before joining his harem.
2) Is Excalibur Morgan a Holy or Demonic sword? And will Cole use it at some point? Excalibur Morgan is more or less Excalibur that has been corrupted. So since Daniel has Excalibur, he will also in theory have Excalibur Morgan. Wither he'll use it or not I can't say. sorry but it's a spoiler if I provide an answer.
3) Is it possible for Daniel to be re-incarnated into something that isn't a Devil, Is that okay too ask? It's okay to ask sure and there is the Brave Saint option as well so I can make him into other
4) Isn't there anything that UBW can create that can make his body stronger? It is possible
5) Is Daniel gonna make a copy of a Longinus at some point? Technically Daniel already has a few. Gáe Bolg is an example of a Longinus, so too is Gáe Buidhe. Ironic that the two weapons capable of killing gods are also spears. But since in DxD these are not classed as Longinus weapons, I will be giving them a different name. (To be given at a later chapter of course)
So that's all for this chapter folks. If you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. No spoiler question though. they won't be given full answers. But anyway thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time!