It's been nearly two months for this story, so another chapter will be up sometime tomorrow.
Still in my clothes from the morning, I was leaning against the side of the Charger waiting for two sets of people rather than 3 individual ones. This time I was waiting for Aika to arrive after finishing school and I was also waiting for the bell to ring for my adorable little sisters to come to me. Like every single day, I'm looked at with intrigue by the surrounding parents who were also here to pick up their family members. The looks would change from adult to adult, some would be confusion, some would be lust and the other would be happiness. The older parents would smile at me as I happily greeted my three little sisters.
Seconds before the bell rung for the middle school I saw Aika looking around trying to find me. Smirking lightly, I quickly played with her Evil Piece signalling my position and she nearly jumped out of her skin before turning straight to me and coming my way taking my side as the bell rings.
A few quiet seconds passed by before the middle school students started to filter out from the main building. Despite the amount of them you'd have to be nearly blind to miss the three devil girls. Blonde and pristine white is really hard to come by in Japan, hell the white is hard to find anywhere in the world. Human world at least. When the three girls get here, Ravel stops straight in front of me and glares at me slightly while the Neko Duo just nod to Aika and get into the car.
"Onii-chan, who is this girl?"
I heaved a slight sigh at Ravel's slightly snobbish attitude and playfully chopped her head with my hand and opened the rear seat door on the car.
"Just get in Ra-chan."
I gave her a light pat on the back as she got herself into the car and I closed the door after her. Taking a step back I opened the passenger side door and allowed Aika to get in as I shrugged my shoulders at how Ravel acted towards her. Once Aika got herself into the front I closed her door and walked round to my own getting in and starting the car up to leave.
As always the roads of Japan are pretty relaxed, as long as you don't hit a motorway or whatever. Around this time most people would still be in work anyway and only housewives or students would be walking about doing grocery shopping or whatever. This meant it was quiet outside the car and really, it was quiet on the inside too the only noise heard was the subtle growl turn roar of the V8 of the Charger. Silence is something that's very odd when in the Charger, I do have the silence policy so I can listen to one of few wonders made by the humans. They did remarkably well making engines sound so good.
The air only gained some sound once we reached the front gates, the sounds were just light-hearted noises of admiration towards the size of the house. Truly it is a sight to behold for a human, as a devil this type of establishment is quite common to see. Parking the Charger in the basement along with the other vehicles, the 5 of us got out to see Guy there waiting for us. Ravel and the two nekos walked off straight away leaving me with Aika.
"Afternoon Guy, can you get us some refreshments? We'll be in the living area."
"Can do Taichou."
Guy then gave me a playful salute before walking off to get some refreshments prepared. With Guy's depart, I started to lead Aika through the inside of the house all the way into the living area where I took my place on an armchair where Aika nervously sat herself down on the large sofa just off to my left. Guy then arrived shortly after we had sat down with a tray of tea, he placed it down on the table then quickly left with a bow.
"Now then, shall we start?"
Aika nodded to me lightly and so I began.
"As you I told you earlier you were killed by a Fallen Angel and I resurrected you to serve me as a devil. Fallen Angels are our enemies much like Angels themselves. This whole fiasco stems back a long, long time. There is a whole bunch of stuff you don't really need to know but what you do need to know about is what got the Three Factions to where we all are today, which is a kind of standstill with the odd killing here and there. The particular event was called 'The Great War' and a lot of lives were lost during it. The most important deaths were that of our leaders, the Four Great Maous perished during the war. The war ended shortly after their deaths because at that time both the Angels and Fallen Angels had suffered heavy losses too. The devils were then reduced from their original 72 to a number which isn't that exact but was said to be 50 or 51, many years later and we devils were fighting yet again but this time it was with ourselves. There was a Civil War between what was known as the Old Maou faction which consisted of the Descendants of the original Maous and the clans close to them against the Anti-Maou faction which was led by Sirzechs Gremory, Serafall Sitri, Falbium Glasya-Labolas and Ajuka Astaroth followed by their own clans. The Civil War lasted for many years but in the end the Anti-Maou faction won with Sirzechs becoming Lucifer, Serafall becoming Leviathan, Falbium becoming Asmodeus and Ajuka becoming Beelzebub.
By the end of the Civil War we were reduced to 34 Pillars and the remnants of other clans had been relegated to Extra Demons for their crimes. I am a part of the Phoenix clan and hold the rank of Marquis, I am the 4th child but I am the Heir to the house so I expect you to be on your best behaviour. Any questions?"
"Who are the girls and the blonde guy?"
"The white haired girl is also a devil but not apart of my peerage, she would be my wife's Rook. The two blondes are my sisters. There is Sabrea who is a Nekoshou and a Rook, she was the one who got into the car straight away. The other girl who questioned you would be my actual little sister Ravel, she still takes her Nobility to heart unlike me. I'm not really bothered about the whole being a 'Prince'. Ravel is actually my Bishop as well, completely her choice. Finally was the man who brought us tea, he is Guy. He was my first piece and my only Knight so far but don't get too close to him, he is gynophobic."
Aika looked pretty down when I mentioned wife but she persevered and asked about it.
"Your wife? Would that be Rias Phoenix-senpai?"
"You would be correct Aika-chan. Rias is my wife and formally of the Gremory Clan, she has two more servants elsewhere as they are both male and her other piece, her Queen, is Himejima Akeno. So when the 2nd years return from their trip to Kyoto you'll join the Occult Research Club, if you need anything during school time then ask Rias for it and she'll supply you. Coincidently, if you wanted to talk to a separate devil on different matters then speak to Sona Sitri. If I can remember correctly she is using an alias in school, Souna Shitori I believe. She also happens to be the heir to the Sitri clan."
"Hai. What do you do here then Reon-sama?"
I then adopted a thinking face as I answered her. Really, my interest for coming her was just to get away from Raiser with a reason other than 'Can't stand the prick'.
"Nothing really just yet. I do modelling here and there and your little sister knows but I'm currently learning about Lordship as I am the heir to Phoenix. I do those things very laxly as I already have experience in both and i'm kinda lazy so I usually just nap of late. When it comes to the next school year, along with the introduction of boys i'll be taking up a post as the Sociology teacher and will be the School Councillor to for my own small base. So I can see anyone at any time."
"Are you qualified to do that Reon-sama?"
"I may look young but I have done college courses ya know, a number of years ago though while I was your age. Plus I have been given everything I need so it'll all be fine, I'm not doing it for a joke ya know."
Aika just gave me a casual shrug. It's hard to tell whether she is just teasing or genuinely not sure, I wonder whether I come across as an aloof person. I'm not sure whether I should be happy that type of thing comes across from how I act.
"There isn't really much more you need to know about so i'll go with what hits home I guess, the stuff that you'll deal with. First off you are one of my Pawns but to be exact only one I have so far, out of the 8 pieces you took 4 which is actually pretty darn good making you more valuable than a Knight or Bishop. Currently you are a low-class devil compared to me who is a High-class devil through birth but unlike most devils, recently Rias included I'm one of the very few who continues to train and is not conceited. Rias is just pretty lazy despite what you may think of her from school, that kid is seriously driven by her libido. Anyway, there are multiple ways to rank up. Doing odd jobs which you'll be doing, Rating Games which as i'm mature enough to do some you may experience one or two if i'm challenged to one and finally Military accomplishments. They go in that order due to the set points they are given but you don't really learn the points you are just told when you are allowed to rank up. I'll get onto how you rank up when you get to that level or I get to that level myself as i'm still aiming to rank up further."
"Ranks?"
"They'd be Low-class which is reincarnated devil and the 'Common rabble' as they are known, then there is the Middle-class, High-class and finally the Ultimate-class devils. Upon hitting High-class you are given a peerage but upon hitting Ultimate-class you are given your own territory so that's rather substantial for me."
"What else do I need to know?"
"As I am pretty lazy you will find further devil things in your room when you return home. Please deal with them when you get there for your own safety, normally I'd help you summon your Sacred Gear but i'm not going to do that. I would like you to try it in your own time to unlock it, you have two days to do so as it is the weekend starting tomorrow. When you return to school on Monday, Rias or Akeno will come to get you and take you to the Club room which I will appear in some time after I've been to the middle school. There I will teach you the basics to fighting and magic along with awakening your Sacred Gear if you haven't done so yet. You'll then repeat all this for a whole week."
"Why a week?"
Before deciding to answer her, I stood up from my seat, placed down my cup and started to leave the house followed by Aika shortly after.
"Because I will want to test you properly after this week against an actual enemy. To test you in real combat is what I need most, it's risky but you'll survive no doubt but are bound to get some scratches. Also on the upcoming full moon, we will be going to the familiar forest to get your Familiar. While a week is certainly early, I want to get you it as soon as possible so we can focus on your training while having your familiar do other things for you."
We both stopped at the front gate to the grounds and I opened it slowly.
"I hope your ready for a fruitful life Aika-chan, while tedious it may be at the start. Fruits will eventually appear. I'll see you on Monday."
Giving her a short wave, I turned around and started to walk back to the house.
[You sure are putting a lot of trust in this girl, Reon. What are you thinking?]
'I think so to Efreet, there is just something about her. It's easy to tell she had no clue about the supernatural before but she has a feel to her that it's nothing new either. That's why i'm putting my trust in her to do this, if my feeling is correct she can summon her gear without much hassle and she'll take to everything swimmingly.'
[For your sake and hers, I hope she does.]
'You and me both, Efreet.'
Not much going on in this chapter but it's here for relationship purposes.
It shows you how lax Reon is and how Aika is too, not only is she a pervert which will show in due time but she is also serious.
She will be someone who wants to understand everything once she learns a tidbit about it.
Also a little info on both Efreet and Sylph, while they are spirits and in essence like Ddraig and Albion are to a Sacred Gear. They really aren't, they hold a place like parents to Reon. They are people to help him along with his decisions, they are absolutely no help in combat. Actually rather than parents, older brother and sister may be more correct.
Ciao.