Sona frowned at the battlefield, where the battle between the Phoenix and the Dragon would begin any minute.

Between Hedo Issei and Riser Fenex for the honor of Rias Gremory.

It would seem that why would an ordinary pawn be allowed to break into a wedding, beat the guards and challenge the Riser? The insolent man was supposed to be killed on the spot, but Sazex "generously" allowed the boy to challenge Fenex, of course, with his consent.

Riser didn't mind. And who will mind after the phrase "for my sake" uttered by Lucifer? Of course, he was only in favor. Roughly speaking, Sazex personally asked him to accept the challenge to a duel.

Moreover, the guy does not expect to lose, so why not?

Everyone present, including the fallen and the angels, sees Hedo only as a clown or a buffoon who is here for their fun. But Sona sees that something has changed in Issei... his aura has become more dense, whatever that means. Maybe he has an ace up his sleeve.

With such thoughts, the girl distracted herself from the main one... news that could not leave her head.

The guy sitting next to her outplayed Sonu from the Sitri clan. So many games and all in a draw, and it was today that he clearly showed the demoness the difference between her and an ordinary-looking guy.

A man.

He could have beaten her from the start. Even in that first game, but no, he either gave up on purpose, or reduced everything to a draw. Time after time...

But why today?.. Why did he decide to finish the games right now, showing his real level?

Stop... he beat her after the phrase that the girl would marry the one who would win her in chess.

Sona blushed deeply and glanced from under her brows at Mori, who was sitting next to her, as if nothing had happened, leading a dialogue with Mizuki about "foxes and dark cats", whatever that meant.

The girl had a feeling that everything that was happening was a dream, or at least she had imagined it, but no. She clearly remembers his question: "It turns out that now you belong to me?".

It turns out that it is...

Serafoll glanced inquiringly at her sister, who had quietly squeaked in shame, hiding her face in her hands:

"So-chan, is something wrong?"

- N-no... – the red Sitri replied that she could not pull herself together in any way. –Y-everything is just s-fine.

- I can't believe it, – Leviathan shrugged her shoulders and turned her gaze back to the battlefield, where an epic battle will begin any minute.

For the first time in her life, Sona couldn't figure out what to do next. Afraid? Maybe rejoice? After all, she told Neo that anyone who defeated her could take a girl to wife...

The key word is "can".

Does Mori want this? Well, since he asked such an ambiguous question, then...

The girl looked at the smiling face of the guy again and adjusted her glasses with a trembling hand.

Let's just say that he is not against, but even "for". What should she do then?

The girl was afraid to admit to herself, but she felt sympathy for this man. Even more than the usual sympathy and she... I didn't mind the wedding. Yes, Sitri was not against the wedding!

The girl smiled uncertainly and nodded her head to her thoughts.

He is not "someone out there" from the many demons that came to woo her, not an old bastard, but her age and, after all, he is her best friend. The only friend, to be more precise. And it's interesting to play chess with him, and the fact that he is much stronger than her in this game only adds to the guy's advantages.

Well, the fact that he is a man, so it's not for long!

Of course, if Sitri marries her figure, it will be strange and bring some problems, but... she can ask her sister to make Neo her figure and then the problems disappear by themselves.

After all, the figure of one of the four demon lords is no joke. Even more, in itself, such a position in the demonic hierarchy gives a reputation. Despite all her oddities, her sister is very, very strong and influential.

Well, the last argument is that he is her pet. Belongs to her... and she will belong to him. Isn't that wonderful?

The young demoness understood that the proud title of "pet" was simply so that many demons would not have questions, why, in fact, a person hangs around in the circle of the heiress of the Sitri clan, and indeed in the Underworld?

But really, in this way, the girl noted the power over this man. That he belongs to her. Similarly, Sona veiled said that she loves Neo, hiding this feeling under the word "pet".

Hiding from others and from yourself.

And... that leaves Mizuki. She was the first to declare her right to the guy, and Sona saw how much she loves this man.

Compromise? Create a harem for your future husband? What if he doesn't agree? And if he agrees?..

The demoness did not really want to share Neo with someone, as she had just admitted to herself, but if her friend becomes this reasonable, then she can move.

After all, harems are quite a normal phenomenon in the demon world. That's just Neo, again, may disagree. He's still human to the core.

But even so, it's a matter of the future...

Sitri realized that her thoughts had gone somewhere wrong, because Neo had not yet agreed to the wedding, and they had not even talked about this topic, and Sona was already thinking about this guy as her future husband, and she had already begun to collect his harem.

It was a little strange, but the demoness was used to thinking a few steps ahead.

- Do you think Issei will be able to defeat Riser? Neo's warm voice cut into Sona's ears.

"It didn't work out last time," Mizuki shrugged, waving her tails. – I doubt that anything will change.

"This kid's aura has changed," Serafall replied, waving a pink wand in the air. – Perhaps he will transform into a magical girl!

"God forbid!" Mizuki immediately replied, making the demons wince. – I'm sorry...

"Maybe he has a chance," Sona said slowly, finally taking control of her emotions and stopping thinking about a very sensitive topic, "Lucifer arranged all this for a reason and asked Riser to play this battle. He knows something and is ready to do a lot for his sister.

"Sazex-chan has always loved his silly intrigues," Serafall nodded wisely, scratching her back with the wand. – Damn, do you think it was necessary to put a couple of billion on the Welsh?!

"Issei will lose," Neo said calmly, forcing the girls to look at the guy. – As a demon, he will lose. And like a dragon. But as a person...

"Silly Neo-chan, a human can't defeat a demon! Moreover, Issei is a demon!

The guy just shrugged his shoulders and looked with half-closed eyes at the battlefield where the battle had just begun:

- Whatever you say.

Sona furrowed her dark brows, taking Mori's words into consideration.

He always called Issei a man, and here he is again... after that game, the girl thought about a lot, including hundreds, if not thousands of Neo oddities. Was this another of his oddities, or did he know something?

Well, she'll see for herself now.

-= Ten seconds later. =-

Ten seconds. That's exactly how long the battle took.

Issei shocked everyone by showing the "Balance Breaker". A technique prohibited by the three factions, which allows you to influence the laws of reality themselves... A mistake in the system of the Biblical God that should not exist in nature.

Issei was covered with a scarlet plate armor with a helmet and he began, roughly speaking, to make a chop out of the Riser, but only Fenex managed to answer Issei.

Perhaps because the pervert used his new ability for the first time, or maybe because the guy had too much power that he couldn't really control, who knows?

Unfortunately, Issei was only enough for ten seconds. On the one hand, it is not enough, but during this time the battlefield has completely turned into a hell pitted by explosions. Everything was completely destroyed, even a few demons in the audience bed got hurt because of the sagging protective barrier.

And now Riser was holding the brown-haired guy by the neck, lifting him in front of his face to look straight into his eyes:

- I have to praise you, you tried hard, "pawn". Truly good! To tell the truth, I didn't expect this from you. I have experienced the power of the dragon on my own body. If you had an extra year, no, six months, and you would have completely curbed this power and defeated me," the blond guy said seriously. There was no sarcasm or mockery in his voice, but only the pure truth and facts. – You have nothing to be ashamed of. I will personally train you when I become Rias' husband. And I'll grow a strong demon out of you!

- Fuck you... Issei growled, unbuttoning his pants.

- Does he take off his pants? Mizuki asked stupidly, glancing sideways at Serafoll, who nodded.

- Nufu-fu-fu, and don't you know what two cute guys do after a fight, mmm, catgirl?

"I guess I won't say anything," Kitsune replied, rolling her eyes.

Apparently, Fenex was stunned by Issei's actions no less than the audience of hundreds of demons, fallen and baptized angels, since the guy was just stupidly watching the actions of his opponent.

Here Issei's pants were sleeping, showing everyone snow-white underpants with something bulging out of the fabric. Whispers, giggles and vulgar female exclamations passed through the people, like: "The Dragon is not against the Phoenix" and other nonsense.

But Issei didn't stop there. He boldly put his hand in his underpants and stuck it out...

"A gun?"

- Hoo? The phrase: "is it a gun or are you just glad to see me?" started playing for me in new colors! Hee-hee-hee! Serafall clutched her stomach and started crying with laughter.

But the few reasonable ones who immediately recognized the weapon in Issei's hands were not laughing.

There was no sound of a gunshot. There wasn't even any cotton. The enchanted weapons of exorcists work differently than ordinary weapons of humans.

Especially when it's fueled with bullets created from holy energy.

Riser stupidly looked at the scarlet dot slowly expanding on his snow-white shirt. The edges of the wound were covered with blue-golden flames, but... nothing has changed. The legendary regeneration of Fenex could not heal such a serious wound for demons.

Riser's hand trembled and he released the coughing guy to the ground, and he fell to his knees and clutched at the wound on his stomach, looking with horror at his bloody hands.

- Cough, cough, well, Riser, where are your eulogies now? Issei asked sarcastically, slowly getting to his feet and clenching his gauntlet into a fist. – The gift of the amplifying mechanism!

- [AMPLIFYING!]

- Go ahead, Ddraig!

- [TRANSMISSION!] – a scarlet ray of energy separated from the glove, hitting the guy's wound, which shone with a golden glow.

- AAAAAAA! – shouted Fenex, throwing up blood shining with white light.

"He transferred the energy collected by the mechanism into a bullet poisonous to demons," Neo's calm voice sounded in the utter silence, broken by Riser's screams. "He strengthened the holy energy, now Riser-kun is disabled. And you know what the funniest thing is? With such an attack, he could defeat Fenex even during the rating game. Just gather your maximum energy and transfer it to your enemy. Riser. His body would not have withstood so much energy and collapsed... or maybe it did? But Riser would have burned himself from the inside out. Well, who am I to judge the actions of Issei-kun and his stupid mistress?

- Neo?..

Meanwhile, Issei calmly headed towards Rias, who was sobbing with happiness, watching the duel, leaving behind a Raiser drenched in shining blood.

Mikhail with Sazex and Azazel immediately materialized near the guy, who began to perform magical manipulations over the wound of the barely breathing Fenex, on whose face white veins swelled.

"Levi-chan, don't you need to help the other leaders?" Mori continued, shifting his gaze to the thoughtful Serafoll, pondering Neo's words and how he found out about the exorcists' weapons with Issei's actions.

- A? A, yes, I went! – the girl jumped up and, waving goodbye to everyone present with a baton, in one powerful leap she was near the other leaders of the three factions surrounding the body of the Riser.

Mori slowly got up from his seat and looked at Sonu and Mizuki, after which he theatrically raised his right hand up, snapping his fingers.

The click flew across the space, ringing off the purple skies that trembled like a water surface:

- Is it time to start?