Life: 17
Grayfia redressed herself having just finished receiving her "reward" from her beloved master. Barisol himself stood by the dresser with a small box in his hand. Once Grayfia was fully dressed back in her maid attire Barisol approached her and removed the contents of the box to reveal a necklace.
"I got you a little gift." He said holding the necklace out.
"Lord Barisol there's no need to-" She was cut off by Barisol who held up a hand.
"Nonsense. This is something that I wish for you to have." He said before placing it around her neck.
"I must thank you then. It is a very beautiful necklace but you didn't need to give me a present. My reward was already perfect." She said causing the boy to blush from the implications.
"That might be but I wanted to give you something nice." Was his simple reply that made her smile.
She could see how much he cared for her in his eyes it was enough to make smile. The compassion he held not just for her but the others as well, it was one of the many things that she loved about him.
"I should be going." Barisol said looking at the time.
Grayfia watched as her beloved teleported away, she was saddened to see him leave but recognized that he had matters to attend elsewhere. Besides it was her duty as a maid, no as a Lucifuge to accommodate his needs, after all she had devoted herself completely to him. Everything she had and everything she was, belonged to him even if he insisted otherwise.
Grayfia left the room only to have a run in with her masters newest servant Nero. From what little bit the two had interacted she had determined that she was not the biggest fan of the former emperor. Not only had she demanded the attention of her master upon the two meeting, but she had the audacity to question his choice of making her a Pawn and argued with him until until Barisol relented and used his remaining Knight piece instead.
"Umu! Grayfia where is praetor?" Nero asked the silver haired woman.
"He's left to attend some business." Was Grayfia's quick response.
"I see how unfortunate. Umu, and after I had discovered something of interest regarding him to." The blonde said, raising a hand to her chin, her statement having caught Grayfia's attention.
"And what would that be?" Grayfia asked causing Nero to smile brightly.
"That praetor is quite the talented performer of course! I've seen some of his appearances on Magical Girl Leavia-tan courtesy of the one called Le Fay." Nero answered brimming with wonder while striking one of Serafall's iconic poses.
"I see so you're a fan then." Grayfia smirked.
"Of course!" Nero said while stretching out her arms in a wide gesture.
"I wished to discuss the possibility of me joining the performance. After all it has been many years since the world has been graced with my art." Nero gave a smug smile as she spoke oh so haughtily.
"I will see what lady Leviathan has to say regarding that, although considering her personality you'll likely be in." Grayfia said with a formal bow.
"Umu! Umu!" Nero seemed to be cheering in excitement.
"Very good then I shall leave that to you." Nero said before departing to watch more of her new master's performances.
Leo wiped the sweat from his brow as he looked over the device for what must've been the seventh time that day. It wasn't everyday his King had requested a device let alone one with the capacity to safely extract sacred gears. In order to do this he had taken the device he originally used to remove his sister's Evil Piece as a base for the design for the new device. At first when Barisol made the request Leo had to wonder why he wanted such a thing, only to learn that Barisol was preparing a last resort in regards to the vigilante that had been killing stray devils without a second thought.
That had been a satisfactory answer for Leo, but he still had some doubt regarding the truth behind his master's statement. While Barisol had done little to warrant such scrutiny Leo couldn't forget what sort of advantages such a device would give the one controlling it. Although he supposed that if Barisol truly sought after nothing but power then the need to create a device for sacred gear extractions was a moot point as there was already a ritual for that sort of thing. Still Leo had fears of his creation falling into the wrong hands.
"How is it coming along Leo?" Michella asked rolling herself into his makeshift lab.
"Oh its fine." He said putting the device down.
"Are you here for you doseage?" He asked and his little sister nodded.
Leo dropped everything and opened a covered to retrieve one of the modified tears Ravel provided him with. He took a syringe and filled it with the liquid inside before injecting his sister with it.
"There all better." He said with a caring smile.
"Its great that we get to stay here isn't it?" Michella asked and he nodded in reply.
"Barisol has been good to us." Leo said with a fond smile on his lips.
It was no secret that out of all the members of the Peerage, he was the one that questioned Barisol the most. He did it not out of spite but rather out of a sense of duty. While at first he hated being a devil his feelings had changed over the years he'd accepted the cards he was dealt with and was just glad he had a master...no a King like Barisol and not one of the more sadistic devils he had encountered in the past.
He owed a lot to the heir of Sallos, so perhaps that was why he felt it right to question him to ensure that what he asked was correct less Barisol slip up somewhere down the line and make a mistake that could change everything.
"Do you think they'll catch him? The vigilante I mean. I saw the poor state Koneko was in and I have to admit it freaked me out a little. She's usually so strong…" Michella trailed off and Leo sighed.
"Of course they'll catch him. Barisol is on the case so there's no way he'd let a sicko like that get away." He reassured his sister.
"You say that but what if he fails?" Michella asked before putting a hand to her chest.
"Or worst dies?" The scenario that she described never occurred to him as a possibility.
The idea that Barisol would lose to some random person that thought themselves capable of taking justice into their own hands never once crossed his mind.
"In a fight he wouldn't lose. He's too stubborn to lose to the likes of anyone." Leo said feeling a swelling feeling in his chest as he spoke.
"Not Barisol where others would falter he'd carry on and see it through. Everyone will and that includes me." He said before whipping his head back to the device.
He knew out of the Peerage he was the weakest by a longshot. However that didn't mean he couldn't help. This device it would be the last resort against the phantom menace that had slunk its way into Kuoh. It would also be his contribution to the team effort even if it was small, at least it was something.
Regulus watched the fallen angels like he was told to. He did so without complaint and to the best of his ability. Should they prove to be a threat he'd jump in and stop them himself. That was the order given to him by the heir of Sallos.
Waiting that was all he would be doing waiting until they slipped up or until something interesting happened, whichever came first he supposed. Now then what were the little crows up to he wondered.
"You sure you're fine with this?" Dohnaseek asked Raynare who rolled her eyes.
"All I have to do is act like the kids girlfriend how hard can it be?" She said waving the male fallen angel's concern away.
"Yes, but to lower yourself to seduce a human it's so…" Kalawarner was the one to speak this time only to be cut off.
"Its for the sake of the mission." Raynare said with a sense of finality.
"Interesting." Regulus said to himself as he watched the interaction between the fallen.
He'd be sure to report his finding to his master's King.
He looked and felt sick at what he saw, how Le Fay managed to keep the contents of her stomach was beyond Sairaorg as he looked at the savage brutality that was the remains of another stray devil. However he would never be able to ask as his eyes caught sight of the one behind the ordeal.
The figure was adorned in blood red armor, the only thing breaking up the sea of red was the helm. Instead of scales it was a bleached dragon skull with hollow blank eye sockets.
"So I take it your the one that's been killing stray devils." Sairaorg said keeping his voice even.
"I consider it practice, although you weren't supposed to show up, Sairaorg Bael." The vigilante admitted.
"Oh? Practice for what exactly?" Sairaorg narrowed his eyes.
"I think you already know." The man said lowering himself into a fighting stance.
"I see. So our fears were right." Sairaorg muttered.
With a single drop of blood from the strays corpse the two opponents clashed.
AN: Short chapter and a bit of an experiment but I wanted to try something new. Let me know what you guys think.
Na2s: She might.
Guest 1: I'll take Valerie into consideration.
Dr. Gale: Yes but also no.
Maxinonor: I have a plan for Asia don't you worry. As for the perk suggestions I might just use one. Yes he will have harem members that aren't in his Peerage.
Guest 2: All good guesses.
RedBurningDragon: It's DxD Jeanne but with Fate Jeanne's appearance.
Crimson green flame: No problem man, like I said 50/50 chance.
The Last Kenpachi: That she is.
Loke13: Thanks.
FinalKingdomHearts: He keeps rolling because rolling is like an addiction to him.
NazgulBelserion: Its quite alright I adore Nero too.
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Sykartracer: I'll be sure to use it.
The One True Demon Lord: My god I now have the image of Jack asking Mittens to make it snow and I love it.
Guest 3: Thank you.
Harbinger of Mayhem: UMU!
Neo Infinity: So his level isn't as low as you might think, this system maxes out at level 20 and hes at level 11 so its gonna be awhile before he gets there.
Nayrcon: Sure no problem!
Barsiol Peerage
Queen: Grayfia
Bishops: Ravel, Leo
Rooks: Sairaorg, Koneko
Knights: Jeanne, Nero
Pawns: Killer Queen, Regulus, Fenrir, Jack, Le Fay, Mittens