Fairer Reincarnation

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Chapter 23: Fairer Reincarnation

(Que Seven Deadly Sins Ost "Sky Peace")

"Where is he!?" Shouted an authoritative feminine voice marching down the hall. "Where is that slimy, blood-sucking bastard!? I swear to God, I will fucking ring his limbs off, send them across the world, and lock him back in the dungeon like I should've done years ago."

Devil, angel, dragon, fallen, and one amused vampire turned their eyes to the double oak doors of the only entrance to the room where the woman's voice came from. They could hear the loud click of boots stepping across the floor and coming closer to their location.

Finally, after some tense waiting the doors banged open with from a straight kick from woman wearing a tan suit over a white buttoned shirt and tie. She had chocolate brown skin, faded blonde hair, and a youthful face that made herself look in her early twenties when she was over a decade older than that. Eyes glinted by her glasses showed with livid rage aimed towards the infamous hound of Hellsing.

"There you are you fucking scoundrel." Seethed the woman, accosting over to the vampire while the younger blonde woman meekly hid behind Alucard.

"That face you're making has me at full mast right now." Alucard said without any hint of hesitation, making those like Ruby and the angel's trip on nothing.

"Alucard!" Shouted the woman, then turning to the woman behind Alucard. "Police Girl, why didn't you stop him?"

"What could I have done to stop him?" Police Girl said.

"I don't know, maybe offer him a five-star hooker!?" The woman exclaimed.

Michal coughed into his hands. "It is well to see you, Integra Hellsing."

With Michael's sudden greeting to the now identified leader of Hellsing, Integra now took notice of the people in the room including her superiors. It was honestly impressive how instead of devolving in a nervous stuttering mess the Hellsing matriarch turned her livid expression into a composed calm. Only a single sweat drop on the left side of her head proved her awkwardness she landed herself into.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." Integra greeted, adjusting her glasses. "I am Integra Fair Brookes van Hellsing of the Hellsing Organization that deals with the supernatural for the Protestant church. Please to meet you."

"Pleased to meet you as well." Palutena said with a respective bow.

"It is nice to make your presence."

"Well, I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to chase this pale ass across half the world!" Exclaimed Integra, hands gripping at the sword at her hip.

At that moment, the devil finally took notice to the new holy presence that had made entered with Integra, and their eyes widened slightly in recognition at the blade rested in a gold and red sheath at her hip.

The hilt and the thick, curved cross guard were an almost reflected image of that of Excalibur with the colors being ebony black and sky blue in respect. Yet, the holy power radiating from the blade reacting to Integra's hold was enough to make it on par with the Sword of the Promised Victory. To the younger members in the room such as Issei, Rias, Xenovia, and such they had no idea of the sword in the Hellsing matriarch's possession, and Xenovia felt Durandal shift in the other blade's presence. However, the older beings knew it better for it was the holy sword that came about just a few centuries after the fall of Camelot and the end of the Great War, and the sister blade to Durandal. For if the Peerless Sword was to Arondight of Camelot, then Joyuse, the blade of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, was to Excalibur, the golden sword of King Arthur.

"Hi, Auntie." Chirped Irina, waving from the end of the room with the Heaven faction.

A warm smile graced Integra's face. "Hello, Irina dear. Is the Vatican treating you well?"

"Yep." Irina answered in a nod.

"That's fine, little pup." Alucard replied with a toothy grin. "If not, then

Integra would've allowed me a nice stroll through Rome and have a little chat with the chief replacement."

'Is that why the Pope is afraid of pigeons?' Michael thought in bewilderment.

"… Please don't do that, master." Muttered Police Girl.

"No promises~, Police Girl." Alucard said.

"My name is Seras." The police girl mumbled under her breath.

"Now that I'm here, I suppose it wouldn't be too much to get settled into these talks as well." Integra said, taking a spot next to Alucard with Seras standing behind the hound of Hellsing. "If only to keep an eye on this pain in the ass."

"Oh, I'm the itch you never want to scratch away." Alucard snickered.

Meanwhile, Raynare walked to Grigori side of the table, but froze on the first step as she saw Merlin casually approach her. Her usual calm was instantly breaking down in a mess of emotions. Past feelings of resentment and anger were clashing with regret and worry that tears were visible in her purple eyes. It had been almost a full century of avoiding her mother until this moment where she felt free. She felt a cage coming around her, and her eyes could not leave the same pools that reflected the same color. Would Mother berate Raynare for her foolishness? Would she expect an apology from Raynare for leaving into some fool's errand? Even silence was agonizing.

"Mo…" The word choked in Raynare's throat. "Mother…"

"I'm sorry." Merlin softly said, just loud enough for only Raynare to hear.

Out of everything Raynare assumed to come, never did she expect for her mother to apologize to her! To the fallen/pure angel hybrid it was too surreal, even ridiculous. By all intents, Raynare should be begging to her mother.

"I'm sorry for pushing you away." Continued Merlin, not giving

Raynare the time to speak as she hugged the new Sin of Pride close to her chest. "I'm sorry for not being there when you needed strength."

It was all too much for Raynare. The embrace and her mother's soft words broke the dam and Raynare cried silently hidden by her mother's hug. Merlin did not dare to break it and just let the tears dry on her robes freely.

Only one took notice of the pair, and Raynare broke from her silent crying to the heavy footsteps approaching. Merlin merely glanced at the giant angel known as Escanor, but Raynare widened at the sight of the towering man. She didn't know it was possible for anyone to be that big in height with her shoulders just barely above Escanor's waist.

"Merlin…" Spoke the deep voice of Escanor.

The former Sin of Pride was about to ask Merlin who the youngster was, but his breath caught in his throat when he saw those pools of purple that matched his lovers. Then he felt the heat of the sun within her, the same that shined within him as well. Just those two details, and Escanor knew who was standing before him and it left him still as stone.

"Mother, who is he?" Raynare asked.

"That, my dear, is your father." Merlin revealed, discreetly stepping back to give the time for both father and daughter.

Raynare couldn't even utter a syllable too much in shock at the life breaking revelation that stood before her. Her eyes, refusing to blink, stared at the man's blue eyes. The man that was her father, Escanor of the Seven Deadly Sins. The original Sin of Pride and the only human long ago that beat Meliodas. Escanor was the first to move while Raynare's legs were petrified, and he reached a hand outward toward his daughter. A very small wince twitched her left eye in a flash of fear, but it all immediately vanished when that massive hand settled very gently on her head to caress her hair.

"Too long have I not seen you, my little sunshine?" Escanor said, his baritone voice carrying a soft texture to it and his eyes glinted with upmost kindness and care. "Not since I held you when you were a little babe. The day that you were born was the most profound moment in my life. Now here I stand, ready to do my duty as a father should always be for his child. I only hope you can forgive me for the decades I was never there."

"… can I…" Raynare mumbled, too low to be heard.

"Forgive me, Raynare." Escanor said, leaning closer to Raynare's level. "I did not hear that unfortunately. Could you please repeat that?"

"Can I call you 'Papa'?" Raynare squeaked, her face flushing pink in embarrassment.

(A/N: CRITICAL DAMAGE!)

Escanor blinked in bewilderment before releasing a small chuckle.

"But of course, my little - WOAH!"

He didn't get the time to finish his sentence when Raynare jumped at upon the golden-clad angel in a hug so strong the armor was audibly creaking from her strength. Escanor could even feel his armor become tighter as the enchanted metal bended inwards under her daughter's strength. Merlin watched from the sidelines hiding her giggles behind the back of her hand.

"My, now I know who has my raw strength." Chuckled Escanor, returning the hug with a hand to Raynare's back.

"Now, now," Merlin interrupted, deciding to break it apart before they caught everyone's attention, "I think it's about time we get into our roles. But if this works out, you two will have all the time you need. Is that alright for you, Raynare?"

"Hai!" Chirped Raynare in tone that felt that she hadn't used in such a long time, as if finally feeling the warmth on the sun on her skin after the cold of the night.

With her family all together, Raynare felt so complete. Finally after decades of pointless scheming in the dark, she felt truly free for the first time in her life.

Leaders of the Biblical factions and the representatives of interested factions accepted to the summit were finally gathered. In all of history, there has never been quite the gathering of such powerful individuals from various walks of life of devil, fallen, angel, dragon, and vampire. Especially everyone one in the room were the most renown of their respective factions with Sirzechs the current Lucifer, the sons of Satan, the heiress of Heaven, and top governors of the Grigori.

"Right then, let's start off with the debacle with Kokabiel and the stolen Excalibur fragments." Sirzechs started on the first topic of the meeting and gestured to the peerages of Issei, Sona, and Rias.

"These are the three Kings of Kuoh of the Underworld and the ones who faced Kokabiel, including my younger sister Rias. They were the ones who fought Kokabiel a few days ago."

"A rather impressive feat." Michael complimented. "To stand against a Cadre, one of the original Seraphs, is no easy task."

"'Impressive feat'." Alucard chuckled under his breath. "All these kids could've done to such a crazy crow (who knows how to bring some grade A hookers) was bend over and say, 'Please be gentle, Daddy!' before actually scratching him. Actually, I want to hear just how hard Kokabiel pounded these kids' asses into the dirt. C'mon tell me." Seras sighed. "Phrasing, master."

"We got ourselves absolutely trashed." Issei said. "Balance Breaker, three Longinus, and two holy swords, but nothing did anything. It was all about surviving until Meliodas-sensei saved our butts."

"You're welcome, ni-shi-shi." Meliodas chirped.

"Ha!" Alucard laughed, leaning back in his chair. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

The fact that you say that with a straight face makes all the more hilarious! You got Roland's pleasure toy, a taped-up Excalibur, and two grumpy dragons and you still lost! Ha-ha-ha-ha! This is why you don't give the children Daddy's toys. They tend to blow up in their faces."

Sirzechs narrowed his eyes dangerously. "Perhaps we can move forward from this instead of making fun of my subordinates."

"Aww, is replacement Lucy's feelings hurt?" Alucard cooed mockingly. "Does he not want me to laugh at his little baby sister?"

Integra blew his head off with a gun to momentarily silence Alucard.

"Ignore the idiot. Please continue."

"I'd say it is impressive." Igneel added his piece. "To stand against an insurmountable, even knowing your imminent death, is worthy of high praise. Most would have surrendered or run for their lives and leave this town to Kokabiel's mercy."

"And it is good that you still stand with us today without any loss of life." Aurora said, nodding to Ruby.

"If it's not too much trouble, could give us a short, oral report of your fight with Kokabiel?" Azazel asked. "My subordinate, the White Dragon Emperor, told me about something that caught my interest, and I would like another perspective."

"Of course." Rias agreed.

Sona casted her magic in a complicated array that lit up a magic circle above the table. From it, a hard light projection of screen showed a taped replay of the entire fight with Kokabiel. As Rias retold the battle from her perspective, the leaders watched in rapt attention and Alucard in amusement at the completely one-sided 'battle'. There were moments that caught gasps from onlookers from the summoning of the Cerberus and the Balrogs to the creation of Kiba's Longinus to the reforged of Excalibur to Raynare unleashing a massive time-space portal that sent them across the Dimensional Gap only to land in a whole different world opposite to their own. The last one brought a smirk of pride on Merlin for her daughter's amazing feat.

"Ha-ha-ha!" Azazel laughed. "Now that is what I like to call thinking outside the box."

"Yes, but there are few issues we need to address." Michael noted, his eyes landing on Raynare. "For example, why is it that you had Excalibur Ruler?"

"That would be my bad, ni-shi-shi." Answered Meliodas, raising his hand into the air. "I thought it would be best to hold onto the blade then let it into the hands of the church to prevent them from using it as just a mere weapon, and the Pendragon family already has Caliburn that was reforged in secret by Mage of Flowers. After all, there can only be one wielder of Excalibur, and it certainly can't be anyone of the church. No matter the excuse."

"One of my father's best works." Merlin commented.

"I am calling it right now," Alucard said once he regenerated his head, "that the nuns at your churches are totally using these shattered toothpicks to relieve some stress. And they have to be squinters."

"But if we are going onto that logic," Ludociel said, "then how it is someone such as Raynare was able to use Excalibur now that it is whole?"

Raynare cringed. "Not exactly. This is another topic I have brought here."

Raynare walked up to the forefront of the table where everyone had a clear sight of the voluptuous woman laying down the bandaged blade. She began to unravel the linen revealing the familiar deep sapphire hilt and golden curved cross guard, immediately making the angels recognize its holy presence. But Ruby had a different profound reaction as she made a horrified expression from how the blade felt broken to her and it made a single tear to cross down her face.

The Sin of Pride unraveled enough to reveal it to be the very forged Excalibur, but everyone felt a sense of dread when the blade was revealed. Instead of shimmering splendor of unmatched holy might the once shining steel was marred with vicious cracks from edge to flat that made Excalibur look as brittle as clay.

"Oh…" Wilted Aurora at the horrid state of the magnificent blade.

Even the devil did not think so well of the look upon Excalibur, and it was more so that it was their faction that were responsible in Excalibur's destruction that started the holy war. Ruby tried to look away from the blade, the mere sight of it aching at her heart. Her predecessor Yahweh had a significant part in Excalibur's creation and to see it in such a dreadful sight evoked deep sadness in Ruby.

The older angels could only frown sadly.

"That's not good, right?" Alucard said. "Cause if it breaks that means more nuns are going to mastur-"

"Keep fucking quiet!" Integra shouted, unloading a full clip into the vampire's head.

"The repair wasn't perfect." Raynare explained. "It never was meant to be. Even if you had the greatest mages in the world come together and do the same restoration spell perfectly, it wouldn't make any difference. For a moment, Excalibur only worked for me because I at least wanted it to be whole, but that was only a one-time deal."

"So there's no way to completely heal Excalibur?" Irene questioned.

"Not by our means." Merlin said, floating over the holy blade. "Unlike Gram or Caliburn which can be considered swords of man, Excalibur was created exclusively as a Divine Construct, a weapon of the heavens, forged entirely through means impossible in the mortal realm. Caliburn may hold Yahweh's light, but it was also based off of Gram, a mortal blade, which was also based off of Merodach, the Original Sin and grandfather of swords of power. In order to ever hope to bring Excalibur back to its former glory, it needs to be brought back to where it was originally created. Back to the Ever Distant Utopia, Avalon, where Yahweh and the Fae personally created Excalibur."

"Which brings up a question I want answered." Raynare said, eyes hardened on the leaders. "Why were the Excalibur fragments never brought back to the Fae!?"

"… The fault lies with myself." Michael admitted, his tone deep in regret and sadness. "When Excalibur was first shattered… I was in a moment of weakness because of Father's death. The church already had their hands on the remains of the blade. I never ever agreed with the church's plan to turn the remains into new swords for their own ends. How could I when they blatantly defied one of Father's greatest creations meant to be symbol of honor and paradise into those - abominations!?

"But I also could not stop them. Doing that, we would have lost the church entirely, and at such a crucial period in time. All that Father wanted for the humans was to become a united people built on logic, peace, and love. I was forced to watch turn into something of akin to rabid piety the coming centuries before we of the Heavens were able to even begin to calm them down from their fervor. Those centuries hold my deepest regrets."

"And it's not that we did not try to get in contact with the Fae." Added Eliza. "Avalon is not a place that anyone can enter, not even for angels. Only Yahweh and King Arthur ever had the privilege. When they heard of the church taking the fragments of Excalibur, the Fae were enraged, cursing all of us as 'thieves'. With that and the death of our Father, Heaven was forbidden for even daring to come onto the territories of Avalon with the threat of death otherwise."

"Well ain't that just a bunch of crap for us then." Natsu commented, rubbing his scalp.

"Speaking of the Excalibur fragments, there's something that's been bothering me, Alucard." Integra said, glaring at the Osbourne-looking fuckmothering vampire. "How is it that under your watch, expanding all of the Queen's lands, did you fucking miss a cock-ridden, maniacal crow steal two of the fragments we had!?"

"Well, I certainly remember you wanting to keep me in the house after that one enthusiastic walk." Alucard retold.

Integra did nothing but shout. "You were sent on a standard patrol, yet you somehow ended up destroying five blocks in a heavily populated area, you fucking dimwit!"

'Is this lunatic for real!?' Thought Issei, Yang, Weiss, Blake, and Rias in a scream.

"Semantics." Alucard drawled. "Point is, you bribed me to stay in the house, and I don't go back on them. So what if I picked up on Kokabiel or not? I was busy with my new flat screen TV."

Integra could only snarl while pinching the bridge of her nose, but Seras hid her face in her palms groaning in disarray. The onlookers, especially the teenage audience, could only sweat drop at the scene.

"Actually," Ruby spoke up, "that debacle has been bothering me as well. Kokabiel is very strong, no doubt about that, but the defenses guarding the Excalibur fragments are one of the best in the moonlit world. Even for someone like Kokabiel and his resources it would be next to impossible after stealing one before alerting the rest of us.

And yet not only did he steal all of them from the church, but all of them at the same time."

"What are you suggesting?" Ludociel wondered.

"To put it bluntly," Ruby briefed, "Kokabiel had help. The sort that has very deep pockets and the kind that has effortlessly proved to pull a heist on us without effort. The sort of help that wanted another war between us."

Though the younger members in the room visibly tensed except Vali, the older beings in the room had serious expressions on their faces that hinted the dread of the possibility. A deadly silence ensued between the powerful gatherings. Not even Alucard commented in this silence, though that was due to Integra shoving down a pistol down his throat. Eliza's eyes studied everyone on the table until they stopped on Azazel.

"Brother Azazel, do you know something about this?" Eliza asked, bringing everyone's attention on the fallen angel.

"I… have an idea." Azazel admitted. "And let's just say that if it is what I think it is, then we need this alliance more than ever."

"These people must be real ballsy to go against the Biblical Factions." Igneel said, his tone gravel.

"Not only that, but they have the capacity to do it." Azazel said, with all the seriousness that was one of the former Seraphs of Heaven.

Meanwhile, Meliodas took this all in with his usual bright smile, but it was mask that hid his analytical mind. He knew perfectly of what and who Azazel was referring, and at some level Meliodas knew just a bit more. After all, she was the one that visited him and join up with her established group. Meliodas declined of course under the guise that it would be taking his time away from his precious bar.

"I can see how allying we is beneficial to defeat this common foe." Zeldris suddenly spoke from his long silence. "We representatives are willing to comply and join this alliance as well, but there is one crucial issue to face here. I speak for my fellow guests here that is the major reason we have come to this summit as it is a problem that has harassed us for centuries."

"And what would that be?" Serafall asked.

"The Evil Piece system." Aurora said.

Looking at the representative for the Shinto and Hindu factions, there was no longer some bubbly girl that Issei or the others knew the other day. Those mismatched eyes of flaming orange and purple amethyst were hardened into a look belonging to an entity that has lived for tens of human lifetimes. Right then and there, there would be no doubt that Aurora was definitely the daughter of one of the strongest goddesses and the strongest god in the world. Her presence alone already made her stronger than some that sat at this very table.

"What about it?" Sirzechs said, though his tone and look betrayed his worry on the topic.

"Don't mean offense to you or the Underworld, Sirzechs." Grandeeney said, her eyes trained on the Crimson Lucifer. "But we who have come here to join the Biblical faction summit need to express problems relating to the Evil Piece system. More specifically, the High-class devils and their penchant for reincarnating whoever they want and how they are treated. One humans, it's a just use to recover your population, but to other races of the supernatural it has become quite the harassment."

Sirzechs felt his blood drain away. "I… don't believe I follow."

"Your system of reincarnation has become a fear to some of us." Aurora elaborated, her tone neutral as she rested her chin on her clasped hands. "It has come to a point where people of the moonlit world are expressing general unease of the Underworld holding power that not only turns them, but also binds them to one of your people that makes them no better than slaves."

"But not everyone is like that!" Rias suddenly exclaimed. "The Gremory treat our members as family. I-"

"I was not done, Gremory." Aurora cut in sharply, though in a neutral tone it was carried with a pulse of her power that was in the realm of God-class. "Can you actually say that for the rest of your society?

What about the Bael, or the Phenex, houses infamous for their cruelty and lordship in the past? The answer is you can't, and that leaves us with the problem that when it comes to the Evil Piece system we cannot trust promises of 'power and fame' when they can use you however you want. Even you are not exempt from this, Rias Gremory. With that King piece that you hold, you could subjugate any of your servants to your will and force them to follow their every command. They wouldn't even resist an order of suicide.

"And what about when such a High-class wants to reincarnate an individual, but said individual doesn't want to be part of a peerage?

Here lies another problem that at the end of the day, the Evil Piece system leave no room for a potential servants consent. A High-class devil could simply infiltrate one's home and reincarnate the individual in their sleep. They wake up, find out there a devil, and now a servant to their new master that has a hold of their entire life. Even at that point, they still have no power for themselves. No freedom whatsoever. Do you want to know why?"

The question from Aurora served as a pause for the devils to let her words sink in them, especially for Sona and Rias. Sona had a composed expression, but her head was titled down and her purple eyes were dim in morbid thought. However, the Gregory heiress was worse off, her eyes wide in shock and taking glances at her servants, the same people she called friends. A family she would gladly die for. But the truth of the matter was that there were High-class devils that were exactly as Aurora describe who clearly awful people were even as Rias denied it so.

"They become punished?" Issei answered unsure and getting a little worried from the sudden sick atmosphere.

"Worse." Aurora said. "I believe you call them 'stray devils', reincarnated servants that have left their masters and without said masters control their demonic energy becomes rampant, mutating their body and soul. Thing is though, those so-called monsters that you hunt down were once very good people. The same people that only wanted their freedom from a life forced upon them, yet they are met with their own masters branding them criminals to your society.

Trial or not, the word of a High-class devil is very bias compared their servants, and they have no choice but to go on the run. Always hunted without reason, and all the while their demonic energy from the Evil Piece within them changes them into those monsters. All because some 'Low-class' devil wanted his or her freedom, and instead were given a fate worse than death."

At the end of Aurora's long explanation, Rias was at the point of tears. She wanted to be angry at Aurora, but her words brought up memories of her missions hunting stray devils. Doubts yelled in her mind as her mind flashed through the faces of those stray devils, all which coincidentally came from the Bael clan. How many were actually evil beings who killed their master? Or were they just people simply wanting to live their own life? It was more horrible since not too long ago she was in a similar manner with Kiba when he went rogue and saying that she would be forced to label him a stray devil.

Her mind last remembered the face of Viser. How Rias asked of the stray's final words, and how she took it in such an uncaring manner.

But now those words that she simply brushed off before were echoing in her head like a song of the dead.

Kill me… Was it a call for mercy after beating her so thoroughly and release from the pain? Or did Viser want her life to end just so she could finally be free?

'Oh Satan, what have I done!?' Thought Rias in horror.

"Anything you would like to say?" Aurora offered. "We are all ears."

She basically gave them permission for the devils to argue against the notion of the Evil Pieces with fervor. Surprisingly, Serafall and Sirzechs did not say a word nor did they glower at the Nephilim. A sad expression settled on their faces as if knowing this was coming.

However, Sona was shaking on the spot before she metaphorically exploded, almost breaking her facade as the most composed of the three Kings of Kuoh.

"You're blowing this out of proportion." Sona exclaimed, struggling to have her voice at an appropriate level. "You can blame that for every High-class devil. We are still-"

"Sona!" The sharp voice cut off Sona, and surprisingly came from Serafall giving her younger sister a very emotionless stare. "Please. Don't make excuses."

"Most or some, it doesn't matter." Zeldris said, a single open to look upon the gathered people. "The point is that the abuse of the Evil Pieces does happen and still happens, and innocent people are suffering for it. Worse comes to worse, such an abuse could result in a massive political incident. Imagine a High-class having an eye on an individual that has shown extraordinary abilities. You would be drooling at the chance to have such a powerful addition to your peerage, whether or not you treat them well. Next thing, you find them near death, and your first instinct is to reincarnate. But at that moment, you may have caused a political explosion because that person was a demigod child of a god that doesn't take kindly to devils and is also a grave threat to the Underworld. By just adding a new servant, you may have given the whole devil society a new enemy. That is just one of a very long list of consequences with how unrestricted the Evil Piece system is."

In that whole dialog, Zeldris had given them a very grave scenario of a simple reincarnation while simultaneously berating the High-class devils. Issei didn't miss how Rias froze up and her skin tone went a few shades paler. His fellow Kings wanted to say more, but some unspoken fear kept them down.

"Is that you want? More restrictions to be placed on the Evil Piece system?" Sirzechs said with a neutral face that left no clue to his thoughts.

In all honestly, Sirzechs was all for this possible plan for the Evil Pieces, even just to restrict them. He was one of the very few of peculiar devils that can be considered as close to human nature in their benevolence. Their natural sins that influence devils did not affect him as much as most of his kin, and he had been trying to make some sort of effort on the Evil Pieces. Unfortunately, it seemed the bureaucracy of devil society thought the direct opposite.

"If we want this alliance to be possible with us," Irene preened, "then the Evil Piece must be reworked. Perhaps in the beginning it was a noble goal in an effort to heal your dwindled population after the Great War and the Devil Civil War, but that is far in the past of over 1,500 years ago."

"And I already have a prototype that can work for all supernatural races." Merlin cut Irene off in a way that didn't seem interrupting.

Irene had to stop herself from visibly snarling at Merlin as the fallen angel gave a smug grin to the dragon witch. She laid her hand on the great table where the wood was ignited in a complex pattern of a white magic circle. In a flash of light a thin slat of stone in the shape of an octagon appeared on the table with a circular swirling pattern colored in pearl white in the interior. Merlin held up her other hand using her advanced Space Magic to summon sixteen cubes and set them on the table.

"Where did you find those crystals?" Sirzechs wondered.

Merlin smiled. "Though they are rare, they are more deposits than even Lord Beelzebub knows of. Now then, all that I would need is feather from our little godling."

Ruby slightly jumped in surprise that the attention was aimed on her, but Eliza's presence allowed her to school her features from a stuttering mess. There was no warning indication for the instant release of her eight shining silver wings and her golden halo that sat just over her circlet. Next, Ruby plucked a single white feather from one of her wings and levitated it towards Merlin. The arch mage then set the feather with the crystal cubes and sent a single pulse of magic into the thin slab of stone.

The reaction that came about was instantaneous. The stone floated up into the air with several circles of magic revolving around at different angles. They continued to spin at such speeds they formed a white ball above the table. It quickly dimmed down and settled back down, but when the light vanished the slab of stone now held a full array of white chess pieces glowing with holy power.

"May I present to you, Ruby, your new Holy Pieces." Merlin said, floating the crystals into Ruby's embrace. "As you see with this method, reincarnation will not solely be for devils, and they have more favorable details than the traditional Evil Pieces do. For example, the pieces can be safely extracted by the 'King' so to speak if said member no longer wants to be part of that peerage. Secondly, the pieces do not need the King to monitor the group's magical energy as the energy in the pieces instead perfectly adapts to the would-be-reincarnated. Lastly, the so-called authority of the 'King' is merely farce, like an employer to an employee sort. If this alliance succeeds, then these new pieces shall be distributed to every one of our factions. Dragon, devil, angel, fallen, and even Yokai."

"I agree to this." Sirzechs gave his vote. "As long as this builds to a better future."

"I also agree along with my colleagues." Serafall said, giving a slight bow.

The younger devils could only stare in surprise at how quick their leaders went with this. Rias expected some reluctance given that she felt their Evil Piece system was somewhat insulted, but they even seemed to have contented smiles on their faces. Issei… well, he felt that the future was looking a brighter already with this, and accepted gladly. If it meant more people could be safe from possible exploitation then he was for it. Those thoughts were shared by Meliodas and the rest of his crew that came with.

Alucard…

"Is there is corpse around here?" Alucard suddenly said. "I smell a corpse, or that is probably me getting thirsty from all this boring~ shit. Like yay for peace, but now I really want to sink my fucking teeth. Oh great. My bored boner is on."

"If that would-" Igneel said in exasperation.

Only to stop, all of the members tensing at the sudden increase in magical power. Too fast from that power did the whole school become floated and time came to a still. And chaos ignited.

"FUCKING FINALLY! SOME ACTION!"

And we will end it here. This one was bigger than expected, but it is to save room for the big fight coming up. And sorry for those waiting for the other updates, but I've been having a little writer's block. This happens if I have been working too much, and so I decide to just relax. Just yesterday I finished Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and holy shit you people have to play it yourself.

So coming in store is a lot more characters for the Khaos Brigade and an even darker one that casting a shadow on darkness itself. That will include-

"Do you not remember?"

W-What!? Who said that!?

"I shall never be a memory…"

No, no, no, no! What the fuck are you doing here!? I'm trying to come up with the next chapter! I wasn't even planning adding yo-

*One-Winged Angel*

AAAAAUGH!

Up next is Chapter 24: Chaotic Evil

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