Mori looked at the three girls with unreadable eyes, who stood up in "model poses".
Two red cancers were waiting for the verdict and tried not to show too much bare skin, which, at the same time, turned out and ... did not work out very well.
Only Leviathan was happy about everything. Well, is it joyful? She didn't even try to hide the blazing amusement in her eyes. The girl adored having fun and bringing reasonable happiness, in her perverted sense of the word.
Well, she got her way. Serafoll is considered an idol in the Underworld on a par with the archangel Gabriel. And it doesn't matter that, in fact, one of the four strongest archangels is the enemy of all demons.
What difference does it make if she's cute?
- N-neo, how's it going? Mizuki tried to hide her trembling voice, but nothing came out.
The girl was very shy. But for the sake of a loved one, she was ready for a lot.
What exactly she was "ready for", Kitsune was ashamed to think.
"Didn't I say it was a bad idea?" Sona said frowningly, glancing at her sister, who was taking various erotic poses, in her opinion. – And you didn't listen to me.
"Well, So-chan, you just have to... – the girl put her finger to her lower lip and continued: – More therapy!
Leviathan pulled off Sona and Mizuki's clothes with great speed, impossible for a human.
- Oops, something I forgot that you are without underwear! Hee-hee, and so it will do!
- KYAYA! – the girls shouted in chorus, after which Leviathan arranged a bunch of malu, continuing to entertain herself.
Neo watched all this outrage with a calm look of cold eyes.
Who knows what the guy was thinking right now? There wasn't much to read in his face. At the very least, everything that was happening amused him.
Or have strict calculations finally cracked?
After a few minutes of screams and gasps, when the flushed girls finally managed to somehow mysteriously tie Serafoll with the remains of her clothes, inserting a gag from a torn apron into her mouth, the girls turned their gaze to Mori, calmly wiping the lenses of his glasses with a white handkerchief that had come from nowhere.
Mizuki and Sona didn't even think to cover themselves. It was late.
Therefore, they simply lowered their red faces to the floor and shamefacedly stood side by side, barely audibly talking and promising the local lord of Devils all sorts of punishments that would surely descend on an empty little head.
- Excuse me, – the quiet voice of the pale guy broke the tense silence, interrupted by the bellowing of Serafoll, – you have done so much for me, and I... I'll try to pull myself together.
- Neo? Mizuki looked incredulously at Mori's crooked smile.
But the main thing was not in the smile, but in his eyes... the lights of life were burning in them again. There was no inanimate look, like a dead fish. Even the guy's aura has changed slightly, ceasing to stink with emptiness and negativity.
- Neo! Kitsune exclaimed once again, jumping to the guy and starting to press his face into her bare chest. Tears of happiness and relief poured from the girl's eyes.
"I think I will refrain from such actions, unbecoming the future heiress of the Sitri clan," Sona said softly, starting to collect the scattered clothes. The girl turned to her sister, who had easily freed herself from the fetters of clothes, and said seriously: "You throw something like that out again and I'll throw you out myself. Is that clear?
- Hey, So-chan, my "naked therapy" worked! Leviathan was justly indignant, crossing her arms under her chest.
"I warned you," Sona said with the same seriousness, shifting her gaze to the guy gently stroking Mizuki's animal ears. – Neo, I am glad that you have returned to the world of the living and come out of your closed state. I advise you to go wash and change into clean clothes, my sister will provide you with everything you need and show you where and what is.
- Me?!
- You, – Sona narrowed her eyes and adjusted her glasses, forcing Serafoll to choke with indignation. – Is it clear to you?
- Yeah... – the sorceress girl was deflated and realized that if she did not follow her sister's orders, then she would pointedly ignore her for the next few months, which Leviathan could not allow.
- Fine. And one more thing, Neo-kun," Sitri highlighted the guy's name, flashing her glasses, "you didn't see anything, okay?
The guy nodded silently, blushing a little.
- Great, look for me in the main hall, – with these words, Sona left the room, deciding to change into normal clothes. More precisely, at least get dressed.
"Well, Neo-kun, we'll get along!" - sarcastically said Serafoll, belligerently clenching her fists and barely audibly added: – And I will definitely find out why you are so sunk in the soul of your sister, nufu-fu-fu...
-= Two weeks later. Gremory Manor. =-
Rias took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes tiredly, having stopped writing another sheet of paper with a plan of the upcoming battle.
Fenex, this impudent man, refused to break the contract, but agreed to a rating game.
Rating game... roughly speaking, this is chess in real life, only Gremory's friends will act as figures, and the playing field will be a real battlefield in which injuries and even death are possible, if the rules do not prohibit, of course.
As you know, it is very difficult for demons to get offspring, so they created "Figures of Evil" with which it was possible to turn people and supernatural beings into demons serving the master.
At first, the demons selected the most interesting, in their opinion, reasonable, after which their figures acted as a kind of sign of the demon's prosperity.
But they wanted more, they wanted to show that it was their figures that were the most beautiful, smart, strong and much more.
That's how rating games appeared, where demons can resolve disputes over who is better, advance in ranks, and so on down the list.
And, of course, rating games are one of the main amusements of demons. Gigantic bets, betrayals, intrigues are spinning in the circle of games...
In general, Rias has no right to participate in rating games. She does not have a complete set of figures, unlike the same Riser, she has never performed in games and still should not have received the right to do so, but her brother decided to help.
The girl did not think about why he allowed her to challenge Fenex, she was just grateful to him for it. For getting a chance to break up the wedding.
To think that her father, unbeknownst to his daughter, signed a contract with the head of the Fenex, obliging Rias to marry Riser and, at least, get one child... "all in the name of the clan", ugh!
Not to say that Rias hated Riser, but she didn't know him well, but one conversation with this pompous peacock was enough for the girl to immediately understand that they would not get together.
He seemed to mockingly agreed to the game, he was very amused by this situation! As if he was doing Rias a favor!
Although he was really doing her a favor by agreeing to the game. He could have calmly refused her and then the girl would have been forced to shove her opinion much deeper. Perhaps he just wanted to put the arrogant girl in her place?
But is Gremory asking for much? She just wants someone to love her... Not Rias from the Gremory clan, but an ordinary Rias girl. Not by contract, but simply... usually, as it happens in fairy tales and stories.
Rias's gaze fell on the face of the sleeping Issei, who was helping his mistress with papers and developing a plan late at night, even though he doesn't know much about it.
The guy has done a good job over the past few weeks. Fenex gave three weeks to prepare, this time, of course, is not enough, but Rias tried to squeeze everything out of him. She even used her most problematic figure – an Elephant, Gasper Vladi.
A little coward who is afraid of everything, including himself and his abilities... A dhampir with the sacred mechanism of the "Forbidden Gaze of Balor", capable of stopping time.
It is a pity that he does not know how to use it normally, and because of fear of himself, others and his abilities, he often stops the time of his partners instead of the goal.
Oddly enough, Issey became friends with him very quickly and a little, just a little, but added confidence in himself and his abilities. This was enough for Gasper to stop often closing himself in and become more open to others.
If Eve or Asia-...
Gremory shook her head, removing thoughts of these two persons from her mind.
Eve was simply not accepted by the figures, perhaps because she was, in some sense, a pure-blooded demon or simply too strong, well, and Asia was afraid of "betraying God" by becoming a demon.
Rias did not insist, she saw how hard it was for the girl. And Nephalem... She wouldn't have done anything with Eva, shining her on a rating game is stupid.
The time has not yet come when her brother, Mikhail and Azazel will announce the signing of a truce, until then Eve must remain a secret.
The demoness smiled and gently, afraid to wake up, stroked her pawn's hair.
Issei was the sensible one who genuinely cared about his mistress. What can I talk about if he told Rias that he likes her for who she is, and he doesn't care about all sorts of clans and other "mud"?
The girl understood that she had become very attached to this fool, and for a long time, perhaps for the first couple of days of his appearance... as stupid as it may sound, there was something special about him and she's not talking about his amplifying mechanism right now.
Some kind of charisma, or what? The way he decided to protect Eva and Asia, vowed to avenge the nun... so stupid and so manly? Yes, probably manly.
Who knows, maybe the happiness she's looking for is much closer than she thinks?
The demoness smiled sincerely and, smearing her fingernail on the guy's twitching cheek, returned to her plans again.
Although Riser won eight out of ten ranking games, and lost two games on purpose, as a sign of respect for the enemy clans, but Rias still has a chance.
Perhaps her opponent is strong, a pro, and so on, but he is frivolous about Gremory and her figures. That's her chance...
-= Rating game day. =-
Sitri and her figures, including Serafoll and Neo, were comfortably located in one of the visual sectors, which completely belonged to the Sitri clan.
Sona noted that all respected and powerful demons gathered among the audience, including representatives of almost every Pillar.
Even Sazex and the two remaining Satans, not counting Serafoll, who was sitting next to her, could be seen in the best places.
It was not difficult to guess what was going on and why this rating game, installed in circumvention of the rules.
Sazex Lucifer wanted to show off his beloved sister. It was no secret to anyone that the Demon lord had a sister complex, not to the same extent as Serafoll, but also not weak.
Sitri was well aware that if Sazex wanted to break the contract and his father, after arguing a little, would agree with his son's arguments.
In the end, everyone knows that the Feneks have long wanted to unite with Gremory, Sazex could marry the daughter of the head of the Feneks, although, in fact, there will be no connection between the Feneks and Gremory, since Sazex, having received the title of Satan and the surname Lucifer, is no longer a Gremory, but the child from such a marriage would remain a child who incorporated the power of the immortality of Fenex and the destruction of Bael.
And then the child could be made the heir of the Fenexes. Everyone who needed it understood this, but everything was fine with Gremory... easier, let's say.
And Sazex had his own plans for his sister. That's why he put on this show.
About eighty percent of the bets are against Rias, even Sona understands that she will not be able to win. Only a miracle can help her, perhaps her Bishop and Pawn will show something interesting, but...
The girl sighed wearily and squinted at Sazex's bed, beaming and nodding to his acquaintances. The man noticed Sona's gaze and nodded to her, looking at Neo questioningly for a moment, then shrugged and continued to look at the demons.
- Do you like our world, Neo-chan? Serafoll asked with interest, glancing sideways at the nodding guy.
- You have a purple sky. There is a sun and a moon, but this is an imitation... reminds me of a place," the guy replied.
- Oh, well, what does it remind you of? Leviathan continued, leaning on her wand of the sorceress girl. Mizuki and Sona also looked at the guy with interest.
Maury took off his glasses and wiped them with a handkerchief, closing his eyes for a moment:
- An endless desert inhabited by no less empty creatures. They have no meaning, only desires control their actions," Neo put on his glasses and smiled with the corners of his lips.
- Eh? What desert? Yes, in this world there are no such masses of water as in the world of people, but... Leviathan bit her lower lip, thinking about the guy's words. – Levi-chan didn't understand anything!
- The meaning lies in the emptiness that can be filled, – the guy replied, squinting at the fluffy tail of ayakashi slowly crawling along his leg. – It remains only to realize the desire and fill the void with it. Mizuki-chan, actually, it tickles.
- Hee-hee! – the girl stuck out her tongue and playfully ran her tails over the guy's cheeks, making him sneeze.
- Stop clowning around, demons are squinting at us, – Sona calmly said, chuckling at the stupid expression on her sister's face, who caught the "blue screen of death", after which she continued: – Neo, who do you think will win?
- Fenex, – the guy shrugged his shoulders, forcing the girls to look at the guy questioningly. - what?
"Well, actually, Issei is your friend, just like Koneko-chan and the others... Serafol said slowly.
Over the past two weeks, she has made good friends with this strange boy, especially on the basis of her love for cosplay and anime. He was a storehouse of knowledge.
It turns out that he had the first issue of Bleach signed by the author in his stash! Just think, such rarities... she immediately respected the boy!
And he also takes her playing the fairy girl very seriously and always says that Leviathan is great at playing a role, even though it wasn't a role. It was her life!
Well, it doesn't matter, she liked Neo-chan, and she was already really thinking of stealing him from her sister, making him her figure, despite her possible anger.
After all, the best allies come from those who respect fairy girls!
- They are my friends, – the guy agreed, – but you need to face the truth. They don't have a complete set of figures, Rias has never performed before, and Lucifer is present here, as are you, Levi-chan. Don't you have important things to do? More important than the first game of circumventing the rules, as Sona-chan explained to me?
- Nah, – Serafoll honestly admitted, pressing the rod into her chest, – it seems there should be a meeting, but I rarely go to them, and Sazex-chan canceled it!
- Lucifer decided to show off his sister, no matter how stupid it may sound, – Neo spread his hands to the sides, expressing his opinion with this gesture.
- Yes? It's strange," Mizuki shifted her gaze to Leviathan, who nodded her head importantly, "although no, it's not strange.
- Hey, catgirl, that sounded judgmental!
- You're a cat-cat yourself, I'm a Kitsune, KI-TSU-NE!
The girls started pinching each other, having fun in a similar way. They have become close friends over the past two weeks.
Or did the fact that ayakashi simply could not escape the persistence of Leviathan play an important role?
Or escape from her grasping hands and costumes?
- In the end, I don't know about the others, but... – attracted the attention of Neo, – Issei-kun is an ordinary person. What can a person do to a mythical Phoenix?
"Fenex," Sitri corrected him, looking at the battlefield, which looked like a complete copy of the Kyo Academy, only smaller in size. – The abilities of the genus Fenex resemble the mythical Phoenix bird, but they are different, and to distinguish them, the genus Fenex is called Fenex, not Phoenix. And Issei is not a man, but a demon. By the way, are you still undecided?
Neo shrugged and smiled, leaning back in his chair:
"Give me a few days and you'll get an answer, Sona-chan.
* Yes, demons consider Archangel Gabriel an idol, in ranobe, anyway (don't ask why. Just remember that they are all gone).