Then all of a sudden, Ruval stood up and looked at Naruto with a serious expression,

"Aniki, "I-I don't know if I could bring fame and glory as you did back in the day but I would certainly won't let the Phenex house to fall down."

Naruto smiled at him, "Idiot, you are better than that. Don't settle for scraps, but for now this is good enough."

Ruval nodded while taking in a deep breath.

"By the way Aniki, what are you going to do with Ravel?"

Naruto had a questioning look( again ), " What do you mean by what I'll do? Isn't that obvious, Ill train her normally as I did to you."

" Ok first of all, what you did to me is borderline torture. Second, do you really think it's necessary for a strategist like Ravel to become good at learning attacks and whatnot?"

"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear your first sentence, and yes I do think it is necessary to get her strong, irrespective of her role."

"Why is that?"

" I have countless reasons but here are a few, first of all it doesn't hurt to get yourself to be stronge , It's always a positive . Second, what's gonna happen if her strategy fails and she is the last person left to protect her King? She's gonna be a nuisance then."

Ruval pondered for a bit and then smiled at his brother's reasons. This is how his brother is, he is the most unorthodox guy among all of the nobility and even maybe all of the devils. Devils don't spend their energy and time on "what if's" and things that they think they are not good at. For example, a Rook doesn't train its speed because their primary output is offense and defense, which is weird considering that most of the rooks are vulnerable to speed types.

But his brother here, is completely different. He wants to train a Bishop(Ravell) whose role consists of strategy mainly and a few magic spells at the most, as someone who can do any role.

'As usual, the level of thinking of my aniki is on a completely different level.'

" I think I still got a lot to learn from you Aniki."

Naruto snorted, " Of course you do, you got another three to four lifetimes before you can be at my level."

" Can't you say " you are already there" at least for formality?"

"Now now where is the fun in that?"

Ruval laughed. He missed this a lot .

Naruto got up, " Now if you'll excuse me, I got an appointment with my little sister in a few minutes. Gotta brush up on that teaching persona I used on you."

"Go, easy on her. Unlike when you did to me."

"But I did go easy on you though?"

...

[ After a good session of exercise for Ravel]

All the Phenex household is sitting in their garden for their tea time, which for the first time in years is looking good.

" By the way where is that Riser, I sent the word for him hours ago?", Lady Phenex asked.

"Now you say it, I have been wondering about it too. Where is our little brother?", Naruto asked too.

Lord Phenex answered, " Don't worry about him I'm pretty sure he did get our word but is out there somewhere, though it's concerning that he doesn't listen to our word sometimes."

"Don't worry dad, he'll get around. He is just a teenager", Ruval consoled.

"He is too complacent for a teenager, you two were disciplined at his age and even Ravel is growing up like you. I wonder what went wrong with him," Lord Phenex sighed.

In Lord Phenex's opinion, Riser has everything that a noble has but twofold. His power is not too bad for his age but his arrogance and behavior stand out in him.

Naruto looking at his dad's face replied, " Don't worry dad, I'll talk to him and see what you are so concerned about."

"Yeah, I'll leave it to you. Guess he'll at least listen to his eldest brother."

Naruto is well aware of his youngest brother's antics. A Peerage full of ladies which clearly shows his motive , arrogance fitting for a High-class devil and some more shitty ones which he would prefer not to speak. But the thing Naruto is afraid of is his brother's ignorance, that's maybe bliss for most humans but definitely not a good thing for a High class devil like him.

" Ok, ok stop this discussion. Problems can be solved afterward but for now, my son what did you do in your time in the human world?", Layla asked as she set down her cup.

"Well, I roamed around many countries and did a whole lot of nothing except meditation. Guess it really helped me a lot, it made me see what are my priorities. And that stupid Azazel was on my tail all the time, asking for random favors which I turned down. But recently he asked me a strange favor?"

"What was that?" Ruval asked.

Naruto paused for a bit and said, "He asked me to monitor a member of the Gremory heiress's peerage."

It was like the air around the table got a bit stiff as everyone's eyes widened at Naruto's response. Layla tightened her grip around her cup's handle,

"So, why did he ask you knowing you'll turn it down."

Naruto slightly smiled and answered, " I didn't" turn it down."

The handle of the cup broke and the cup fell down as soon as Layla listened to his answer, and before she could say anything Naruto continued,

"Calm down mom, I don't care about the Gremory's plans or whatever, I accepted it because the newest member whom she recruited is this generation's Red Dragon Emperor."

Once again, the eyes around the table widened this time in surprise,

"Wow, she actually got a rare find huh?", Ruval muttered.

"Yeah, that's why Azazel was interested in him and also, his intuition apparently said that Red Dragon Emperor is going to be at the center of all the events which will take place in the future and that's why he wanted me to have an eye on him if possible."

"Well I don't blame him, after all the White Dragon emperor is his subordinate and also more like his adopted son", Lord Phenex said.

And as the current talk is about what Naruto did in the human world, he thought that this would be the perfect time to reveal 'that' matter,

"And about the other things I did back there..., I have a wife."

This time, Ravel, Layla, and Lord Phenex coughed as they heard Naruto's words. As for Ruval, he was surprised but immediately broke into a smile,

"You are married?! When did that happen?!"

Naruto smiled and replied,

"Well, technically she isn't my wife yet but I'm planning to propose to her, very soon."

The other three Phenex's regained their composure and Lord Phenex asked,

"Where is she now?"

"She is still up there, I checked in with her before coming here."

"Why don't you bring her here?", Ruval asked.

'Here comes the nervous part', Naruto thought.

"About that, she has some responsibilities up there which she can't just leave like that and also... I just wanted to tell you in person instead of suddenly us three showing up here just like that."

Layla was confused,

"What do you mean ' not wanting to show up all of a sudden? You three-"

'Three?'

It seems the others understood what Naruto meant by three, a tad bit quickly before Layla. Layla Phenex slowly opened her mouth,

"D-Do you mean that...?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head while slightly smiling,

"Yes, mom. I have a child. A daughter to be precise."

It was like time froze and nobody moved for a couple of moments, which made Naruto sweat slightly. Lord Phenex was the first one to recover and he locked his arm around Naruto's neck and hugged him,

"My son, you sure are one heck of a guy huh? Having a child before marriage?"

Ruval too joined in the fun as he was elbowing with all his might into Naruto's chest as if he was quenching the thirst for revenge for all of his rigorous teachings during his childhood. Ravel was panicking as if she doesn't know what to do

As Naruto was gasping for air, suddenly the mood around a certain place in that area darkened. The four who are engrossed in teasing Naruto, noticed it and calmed down as soon as possible. Naruto, who thought he wouldn't face the one thing he didn't want to, tensed up. Lord Phenex silently got up and signed Ravel and Ruval to come with him, and before leaving Naruto who was giving him a " please help me" look, he turned away as if saying ' sorry' .

A/N: Ko-fiiiiii:

/aculturedcitizen