It was a week now after I had my fight with Raiser and we were only just really starting to get back to how we used to be which wasn't that great to begin with. I feel like he has an inferiority complex to me at times, he shouldn't compare himself to me when we are completely different. Currently, we are riding a carriage and our destination is the Gremory Castle to see Raiser's bride to be. They are taking me to meet my future sister-in-law but I feel like there is something strange about this, it felt too early to me.
I wasn't told this myself but according to Ravel, Rias didn't even bother to say anything to Raiser. Once Rias saw and heard what was going on she screamed no and ran off somewhere. Neglecting to tell me something like that is possible because I'd either laugh at Raiser or try and get the engagement over. Personally I want to do that with Raiser, the girl will have to be mentally unstable to accept Raiser without protest. I think they might be bringing me as a kind of medium by being Raiser's age, my presence would ease Rias into it and not make her run away. It's possible, we even dress to our parts.
Raiser was wearing a burgundy dress shirt which was missing the top two buttons on purpose so he could have it open, black pants and dress shoes. Raiser takes on the form of a noble delinquent, he wears all the clothes of a noble but he does so lazily and never wears them properly. His shirt always hangs out and he has his buttons open constantly, I can agree with the top one undone but his are two and sometimes three. I dress like a male model because I am one, and like my older two brothers we each have a separate part of devil society we work in. My oldest brother, Ruval, works with the Rating Game school in the Underworld for the high class devils as he was once a top contender. He was one of the top ten. Then my other brother, Rynar, owns a tv station and is very well known for it.
Currently I was wearing a sleeveless black shirt with a deep neck line under a white open, button-less jacket with extra short sleeves, black skinny fit jeans and a pair of white and black converse sneakers. Around my wrists were black leather belt wristbands, 3 small black earrings going up the side of each ear and 2 thin black hair clips that clipped onto the left side of my fringe. We are two brothers and twins at that but we couldn't be more different, I even use magic to keep my body looking this way. I prefer a slightly toned look rather than a muscular physique I would have from the training I do, most of it is repetition from my sword training.
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An hour or so carriage ride later and we arrive at the Gremory castle, the ride itself was pleasant for me as Raiser was still reeling from the burn I gave him which is still there across the right side of his jaw. I was able to read a book, not a whole one mind. We were then taken inside the castle by a number of maids who aroused Raiser's simple interest.
When we entered through the large front doors of the castle we were met by three people, two red headed people and a woman with dark brown hair. The two red heads was Lord Gremory and Rias Gremory who was shyly hiding behind the brunette, her mother, Lady Gremory.
"It's great to see you again Lord Phoenix, hopefully it'll go better this time."
"I agree Lord Gremory. I also brought Reon today."
Hearing that I felt like it was a hint towards me introducing myself so I bowed to the three of them individually before introducing myself.
"Lord Gremory, Lady Gremory and Rias Gremory, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Reon Phoenix."
"My, I wouldn't guess that they are twins. They are very different to each other."
I thanked Lady Gremory for that view internally and happily as I smiled to them. She then moved to behind her daughter and placed her hands firmly on her shoulders to stop her from running away and showed us a lovely smile that held a hidden meaning.
Feeling her mother's grip on her shoulders Rias spoke up.
"It's nice to meet you, Reon-san. It's ... n-nice to see you again Raiser-san."
I nodded my head in earnest and looked to my brother next to me who just made an audible noise in reply. I immediately brought my hand up and smacked him round the back of his head.
"Raiser, you shouldn't act that way around women."
Raiser just rolled his eyes in response to me, I sighed and turned to Rias and bowed to her.
"I'm sorry for my brother's rudeness. Please forgive him."
As I apologize to Rias, I feel a hand on my hand and looked upwards to see Haha-ue smiling as she rustled my hair slightly. I pouted in response to her affection, she really does enjoy treating me like a child still. As I pouted a light, almost unnoticeable chuckle comes from Rias who seemed to be lightening up. I turned back round to her and smiled, her cheeks darkened when she noticed and wore a tiny smile in reply.
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Once our parents had finished with their pleasantries a butler took us through the castle in silence. We ended up at doors which led to a large room used for family meetings. The butler opened the door for us and bowed when he left. Our two families then sat down on sofas opposite each other, the Gremory's across from us with Rias in between her parents where we sat on either side of our parents. Raiser was next to Chichi-ue and I was beside Haha-ue.
As we all made ourselves comfortable with drinks that were brought in quickly after our arrival, Lord Gremory started the conversation off.
"If I may ask, how did Raiser-kun get that burn mark? It's very rare for a Phoenix to have a scar of any kind."
Chichi-ue looked a little deterred by the question and also slightly frantic as he came up with an answer that both satisfies and doesn't tell the full story.
"Ahh … that was the result of the twins scuffling."
As Chichi-ue made a wry chuckle, I made a light scoff as I smiled and turned my head to the side.
"Rias-chan, is there anything you would like to know about Raiser-kun?"
When Lord Gremory mentioned Raiser, Rias' expression soured and she looked at Raiser with a scowl before shaking her head rather furiously. This annoyed me greatly and it showed, I never liked to keep something like this hidden.
"Chichi-ue, do you enjoy messing with the love life of young girls?"
"Reon! Watch your tone with me."
I just sigh at my father's response which was rather pathetic in my eyes, he didn't even answer the question. I then turned to look at Lord Gremory who was looking at me and looked a little shaken by my words, perhaps he was smart enough to know what I was going to say next.
"It's ok Chichi-ue, take some consolation that it's not completely your fault. I mean i'm surprised that a Gremory would just give his daughter away. They mustn't be as kind as they are said to be."
"Reon, watch your mouth! We are guests here." Chichi-ue then turns to Lord Gremory after shouting at me. "I'm sorry Lord Gremory. Reon is greatly against this type of thing, he also did this to his own and we had to disband that agreement."
Lord Gremory scrunched his eyebrows in thought at my father's words before coming to something and looking to me once again.
"Would you do the exact same thing if you were engaged to Rias-chan instead of Raiser-kun, Reon-kun?"
"It would depend, if it was like the one I had disbanded then yes because I had never met the girl before. If I had met the girl then it'd be a completely different question. I would ask the girl her side of things and if she didn't want to go through with it then I would get it disbanded regardless of my emotions for the girl. If she agreed then I would go along with it until we know each other enough to come to a good decision. If we both wanted to go through with it after learning about each other then i'd happily go through with it. Unlike the idiot I shared a womb with, I don't see women as inferior. They have as many rights and emotions as we do."
I answered Lord Gremory's question honestly and put more emphasis on my words at the end.
Everyone's attention was then brought to the young Gremory who was comically releasing steam from her head as she was blushing rather furiously from my words. Any woman would be happy to hear those kind of words, even now in this day of age women aren't treated that well. They are better off in the human world really than here.
"Rias-chan, would you prefer if your fiancé was Reon-kun?"
At Lord Gremory's soft yet scheming words, Rias' eyes widened as she turned to look up at her father. Lord Gremory nodded to her as if her eyes were asking 'Really?'. I then saw Rias' mouth curl up into a small smile as she nods her head slightly embarrassed.
Lord and Lady Gremory both smiled at their daughter's embarrassment before turning their heads back to us. Lord Gremory then tilted his head in a way that seemed like he was asking Chichi-ue's thoughts on it. Chichi-ue just smiled before speaking.
"Yes, I don't see why not."
Of course you don't. This is only for unification, you never even bothered to think about our feelings on this. Raiser also didn't like this but not in the same way, I could see him heat up and teething with anger.
"That's unfair!"
Raiser shouted out his annoyance as he lost the girl who he saw as nothing more as an object.
"Unfair? It was unfair way before we were actually involved Raiser, though if you want to fight over it I would gladly give you another burn."
I replied to him mockingly but mentioning the burn was more than enough to put him down as he shrunk back in his place.
"Then is it ok if Reon comes back in a week to play?"
Haha-ue asked this placing her hands together like she pleading but she said it like she was mocking me again. She liked to tease me way too much and it was always by treating me as a kid. The three Gremory's across from us all nodded their heads but Lord and Lady Gremory did so with a smiling face. Rias was still acting a lightly shyly but I expected it to just be because of Raiser and maybe even my parents.
Well that's the second chapter which will be the last of updates for today.
Most of the important things came last chapter but were really vague so i waited for this chapter's ending to say my piece.
While this story is going to be a Harem, it's mostly OC with three members actually being in the story with small-ish parts.
It does however have two Alpha girls which the first is shown here and the second will come in due time or be shown in due time.
Both of these girls are in Canon and a part of Issei's Harem. He will keep most of his harem but the Alpha will obviously be different and he loses one girl because the arc where the infatuation starts doesn't even happen. That Arc will be replaced with something else as it links with Reon.
Next is on to the power part of Reon, our main character. He is a pure-blood this time so he will not have Albion but he keeps his two elemental spirits, Efreet and Sylph. If anyone remembers from the last chapter of the original i wrote about Gneuax, Gneuax is taking over from Albion and will hold his personality but will be darker. Gneuax works like a longinus with possible power as well but it isn't as easy to use and won't always be able to be used. It has a trigger.
Reon's flames are naturally orange unlike the original but he can change them to become black through Gneuax.
Reon also holds onto his deck of cards but now has more decks with more enchantments but doesn't have the four Chinese Constellations. (Four Symbols)
That is all i'm going to say for now because i'm border-lining spoilers. When the second Alpha is directly introduced as such i will say more on her then as it's got it's own back story. There will also be another point of power to talk about for Reon when that time comes.
I'll see you all next time, Ciao.
