Kuoh's Third King
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Chapter 9: Kuoh's Third King
(Que Seven Deadly Sins Ost "Sky Peace")
When Rias found herself walking back up to consciousness, she felt light like a feather. Darkness was all she could see, but it wasn't like she was in a void once Rias realized her eyes were closed. Trying to open them proved surprisingly difficult as they felt as though iron bars were weighing them down. She tried to move her limbs but found it even harder when they wouldn't budge.
Determined to see, Rias tried once again to just open her eyes. No matter how hard it was, Rias did not once back down this time. Little by little, she saw a widening streak of light that indicated her slowly opening eyelids. She could hear voices but they were too echoed to make them out. A green glow blinded her vision, but Rias could feel herself revitalized.
Her eyes snapped, momentarily being blinded by light, and was treated to the wonderful sight of her peerage. No, her friends for life.
They all looked down at her with eyes full of concern then joy that their King was okay. Rias tried to open her mouth to speak, but sputtered in a coughing fit. She saw Issei disappear from her vision only to shortly come back with a glass of water in hand. The Gremory heiress was able to part her lips so Issei could pour the liquid down.
"What… happened?" Rias asked, her voice heavily raspy.
"You were totally empty of energy." Issei answered. "I have no idea what that form was, but it sucked all of your magic dry. Even now, you don't have enough energy in your body to move at all. You've been asleep for over twenty hours."
"Twenty hours." Rias mumbled incredulously. "Where am I?"
Issei gave Rias a smile. "In your bedroom of the ORC, of course."
"You said a form?" Rias wondered. "Ise-kun, what exactly happened to me?"
"I believe it's best if I explain this." Rias couldn't move her head, but she knew that voice all too well.
Her eyes widened at familiar crimson locks and the towering form that was her older brother and the most powerful devil, Sizerchs Lucifer. His blue eyes and face, a twin replication to Rias, beamed warmly at the younger Gremory. At his right side was his wife, Grayfia Lucifuge, in her usual maid outfit. Even more shocking to Rias was another Super Devil and Sizerchs' rival, Ajuka Beezlebub, who was currently going over a data pad.
"N-N-Nii-sama!"
By Satan himself, Rias was going to faint at the fact three of some of the most powerful devils were right here in the ORC.
"Surprised to see me, Rias-tan?" Beamed Sizerchs, grinning widely in his siscon way. He snapped back to serious mode when he literally felt Grayfia's glare upon him. "But of course there is a perfectly good reason to why I'm here."
"Really?" Rias said incredulously with narrowed as she never trusted her brother to ever be serious around her.
Her assumptions were right as Sizerchs' eyes darted around the room besides Rias herself. Whatever he was trying to tell Rias he just couldn't even begin to make the right words to tell his sister the news. The moments passed becoming more awkward from Sizerchs' lack of response. All eyes were on him at this moment and not really helping him from the pressure.
'How does one tell their sister she's a Super Devil!?' Sizerchs mentally whined in his head.
"Sizerchs, let me handle this." Ajuka said, relieving Sizerchs of telling the news. "Rias-san, I'll put it bluntly. After going through some tests, I can confirm that you are indeed a new Super Devil."
Rias reacted as anyone would have expected to the best of their abilities. "Eh?"
"You're a Super Devil, Gremory. Just like your brother." Ajuka announced, showing Rias footage of the end of the Rating Game, specifically in her half-finished demonic form. "At the end of the Rating Game, you took on this pseudo-demonic form, much like your older brother. Even now, your reserves are far beyond that of Highclass since the aftermath of this. I wouldn't be surprised if at your peak you will rival Sizerchs and myself."
"Eh?" Rias responded intelligently.
This was too much for her mind to process. She knew that she was the one to deliver the finishing blow, but the entire time she was going on instinct. Rias had no idea that it that spectacular. Then the revelation of her new status as a Super Devil and seeing her new pseudo-demonic form. Her mind simply could not comprehend that this was happening to her. So, as expected, Rias' eyes rolled back into her skull and she fainted.
"RIAS-TAN, ARE YOU OKAY?!" Sizerchs, of course, wasn't exactly calm about her sister's sudden knockout. Fortunately, Grayfia successfully held the Super Devil back by holding onto his earlobe.
"She's fine, Sizerchs." Ajuka calmed his best friend. "It's not unlike the times we unlocked our demonic forms. If she's anything like us, give her a few weeks rest and Rias will be better than ever."
"If you say so, Ajuka-kun." Sizerchs said and Grayfia reluctantly let go of her husband's ear once she knew that he wouldn't try anything else that was foolish.
Sizerchs coughed into his hands, grabbing Rias' peerage's attention.
"Ah, Issei-san, could I borrow you for a few moments? We have to talk about some benefits since you have revealed yourself to be Ultimate-class."
The rest of the peerage exchanged quizzical looks between Sizerchs and Issei, the latter shrugging as he followed Sizerchs with Grayfia close behind. The three devils found themselves alone in the main lobby of the ORC. Issei was going to start the conversation, but was not expecting Sizerchs to hold him up by his shoulders and shake him like a rag doll. His calm demeanor now crumbled in a cold sweat when Issei found himself at the mercy of the new Lucifer. There was something clearly terrifying of the Lucifer himself shaking you by your shoulders with a crazed look in his eyes.
"Where is he!?" Cried Sizerchs, shaking the poor Pawn. "Where's Meliodas?! Did he get married?! Are we still best buddies!?"
"Please - stop - shaking - me." Issei begged between shakes.
A quick BOP! on the head from Sizerchs' wife brought the strongest devil back to common sense, and Issei was let go, if a little wobbly.
Sizerchs retained his composure, coughing into his hand upon the glare he received from his wife. The anxious look on Sizerchs' face caused Issei to scratch the back of his head nervously.
"Well, that's easy to answer." Issei said, pointing behind the pair of devils. "He's standing right behind you."
Sizerchs must have received whiplash by the speed he whipped his head around, followed calmly by Grayfia keeping her manners. Their eyes settled on a muscular 14-year-old with blonde hair and emerald eyes sitting on a chair drinking a mug of beer. When Sizerchs and the blonde's eyes met, the latter flashed an all-too familiar smile that petrified Sizerchs on the spot. His stare was elsewhere as Sizerchs experienced a flashback of himself, Ajuka, Meliodas, Serafall, and Falbium in their young teens, laughing and sharing the same wide grin as was common in their small group of oddities. He almost forgot what that smile looked like until he saw it from the original creator, and Sizerchs knew he found his long, lost friend.
"What's up, Sizzy- chan ?" Meliodas chirped.
And so Sizerchs first act after seeing his friend was to punch the blonde for leaving so long. Meliodas could only widen his eyes before a fist smashed into his face and sent him crashing to the wall. Issei's eyes widened in alarm and actually was preparing to use Herritt and the Boosted Gear. It doesn't matter if they were Maou or gods. That wasn't just his sensei that was attacked, but that was the captain of the Sins.
To his surprise, Meliodas waved to Issei to stand down. The Sin of Wrath recovered from the blow, sporting a small bruise. That was saying a lot to Meliodas' strength since he took a punch from Sizerchs of all people.
"He-he, I probably deserve that." Meliodas chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. "It's been a long time, hasn't it, Sizzy-chan?"
"It's been over several centuries, Meliodas-kun." Sizerchs corrected.
"And yet you still call me by that damn nickname."
"Hey, it works as a good name for a beer." Meliodas argued.
"You left us, without even saying goodbye." Sizerchs said, dropping the mood instantly.
Meliodas' grin seem to dim a little. "So… you're not happy to see me, huh?"
Meliodas and Sizerchs came to a small staring contest, and a tense air filled the room. Both Grayfia and Issei prepared themselves if things went from this to the worst. An absolute disaster is sure to happen if two of the most powerful of the Underworld were to fight each other. Most believed that Ajuka was the only one to rival to Sizerchs in power, but it was never even. Meliodas, on the other hand, is Sizerchs' only equal in both combat prowess and magical power. Grayfia knew enough that her husband could never get a decisive advantage over the son of Satan, nor could Meliodas successfully overwhelm Sizerchs' Power of Destruction, and both of them were equal in hand-to-hand combat.
No one was expecting Sizerchs to get on his knees and glomp the short blonde in a hug. Even Meliodas was stunned at first before his cheery smile came back and he returned the gesture.
"I've course I'm happy to see you." Sizerchs said, pushing Meliodas back at arm's length. "And I'm sure everybody else will be too. Especially Serafall."
Never in Issei's life would he see Meliodas suddenly freeze up and his smile become forced. Was there some sort of history between Serafall and Meliodas? If Sizerchs himself couldn't faze Meliodas, then what kind of monster was Serafall to get that kind of reaction out of him?
"You wouldn't." Meliodas said. "She will murder me." Sizerchs made a smile worthy of a devil. "Yes, I would. Even if it meant that it bring you back to the Underworld. You deserve it nonetheless for ditching us when we became the new Maou. You know how close she was to you. Hell, you even like to stay in these short forms for some odd reason that I will never learn."
"Do you know why I left the Underworld?" Meliodas asked.
"… It was the paperwork, wasn't it?" Sizerchs deadpanned.
'Yes, but you don't need to know that.' Meliodas thought. He wasn't an office worker, but an explorer of the world and entrepreneur of his brews.
"Here's why I left the Underworld." Meliodas answered. "Even after all I've done, I would never have stand it. Everyone would see a famed war hero, but a grim reminder of my father to either be feared or praised like some sort of god. I did not want, Sizerchs, because that was not me. I just wanted to be me and not get put in a life where I would stand on some sort of pedestal. For while the people would pray to me, I would always be reminded of that man, that I'm always that bastard's son."
Sizerchs frowned. "I see the centuries haven't diminished your thoughts about him."
"You tell me, Sizerchs." Meliodas retorted with a hint of bitterness. "A son to him was just a weapon. He did not care for my own life if it only served him. He crossed the line when he dared to sacrifice my own brother just because he had a 'weakness' to love.
"The Underworld would always remind that his blood flows through my veins, and I hate it. That's why I trusted you guys with running the Underworld. That's what you guys always wanted, a society of devils that can be just as human. I just wanted to get rid of my father and his lowlife followers, and I'm fine with the simple life running the Boar Hat."
Sizerchs laughed at that last part. "You always did say you dreamed of running a bar."
"Correction, I do run a bar." Meliodas perked up. "Nothing makes money go faster than a river of beer, rum, and all sorts of alcohol."
"You know what?" Sizerchs said. "I think we can talk more about this with a drink or two at your bar. You know, talk about the good times."
"That is why your my best buddy." Meliodas agreed.
Grayfia suddenly glowed at the mention of alcohol being served.
"Oh, and make sure Grayfia doesn't get a drop." Sizerchs quipped.
"My wife's… not good with alcohol."
And her hops immediately diminished. Meliodas and Sizerchs walked out of the ORC laughing like old friends, and that left Issei with a large sweatdrop. The Maou were certainly weird.
(2 Weeks Later)
Immediately the day after the reunion between Sizerchs and Meliodas, Issei got the news that he was promoted to official Ulimate-class, which made the record for the fastest promotion of a reincarnated devil in history. There was some heated complaints from the senile nobles of Issei's promotion with most of accusing Sizerchs of favoritism. In response, the Gremory and the Phenex house showed their support as well as reminding them that Issei was already Ultimate-class as indicated by his four pairs of wings he revealed in the Rating Game. The nobles had grudgingly accepted the evidence and left a smug grin on the Maou.
And so now Kuoh has a total of three Kings being Rias, Sona, and now Issei. Speaking of the new Super Devil, Issei had a surprise when the Gremory heiress suddenly moved into Issei's home. Asia was surprisingly open about it, especially when Rias started sleeping in his bed as well. The reason that the angel was so okay about it was because she knew that Rias was blossoming feelings for the Red Dragon Emperor, and made it her personal mission to fulfill Issei's dream. Even if she has to share her space with Rias when sleeping with Issei, which will soon call for a bigger bed when his harem grows.
Issei made a short visit to the Underworld when he was called to obtain his Evil Pieces. The process was best summarized as Ajuka and his science department taking a sample of Issei's magic that would copy onto Evil Pieces to match his signature. It is also theorized that the stronger or unique the individual, the higher chance of Mutated Pieces in his deck. His session provided more evidence to that theory when Issei's Evil Pieces featured Mutated Pieces, and the amount shocked the technological department.
Issei by far had one of the most Mutated Pieces in his deck among other devils with peerages. Both of his Rooks, Knights, and five of his Pawn pieces were Mutated, leaving only his Bishops, Queen, and three of his Pawns normal Evil Pieces. Once he acquired his pieces, Issei immediately went to work of working on his peerage starting with Riser's. Ever since the Rating Game, Riser was actually comatose from Rias' attack and his peerage was left in the care of Lord Phenex, who was much more tolerable. He offered a place in his peerage to both Karlamine and Xulean. To Issei's surprise, Karlamine actually declined the offer, and said that she wanted to try and change Riser for he was the only one that knew Riser's true dream of becoming a Maou and she wanted to change the Phenex for the better. As for Xulean, the Chinese martial artist fully accepted and joined Issei's peerage as his first Rook.
Since adding Xulean to his peerage, she was required to attend Kuoh academy, join the ORC, and, for some reason that eluded the three-way hybrid, move into his house. Issei spent the next few days getting to know his new Rook, surprising Xulean with his sudden concern for her that wasn't showed in Riser's peerage. As such, Xulean was slightly closed off to Issei, but he did manage to gleam that she was a training nut. That allowed the two to grow closer as Issei trained with his new Rook to get her up to an acceptable level.
As of now, Xulean had a healthy relationship with her new King and was glad for him training up to Mid-class even. Asia did notice that Xulean was even growing infatuated with Issei after training alongside him, and it made Asia giggle how the Chinese martial artist's cheeks burned up whenever he saw him. She saw Issei once without his shirt on during training, and could not look at her King the same way. The fact that Issei was also very noble and compassionate despite his power did not help with Xulean's racing heart.
Now it's been two weeks since the Rating Game, and Issei finds himself sitting on couch in the main lobby of the ORC. In front of him was a table with Issei's Evil Pieces on full display, excluding his one Rook piece. The new King of Kuoh was waiting for the arrival of two potential additions to his peerage. He has been having high hopes for these two, and though they might seem moderate Issei knew that there was power to blossom from them. Rias was present, excited to see Issei's live performance of adding new peerage members, and Akeno was here preparing tea. Koneko was sitting on a chair on Issei's left eating her sweets while Xulean and Asia were talking over something that was out of the Sin of Lust's hearing.
Finally, the doors to the ORC opened and in came Kiba that was sent to escort the pair that Issei was scouting out. Following after Kiba was the most unlikely pair that no one would expect. Murayama and Katase, the dual champions of the Kendo Club. Murayama is bruenette teenage girl of above average beauty with DD-cup breasts, and has her hair tied into two free-falling tails and has dark golden eyes. Katase is also a female of fine beauty of D-cup breasts with short pink hair and eyes, and an innocent beauty similar to Asia.
The pair of them are also the top haters of the Perverted Trio, which includes Issei as well so he will have to tread very likely. Meanwhile, Murayama and Katase were gushing over the fact that Kiba, the Prince of Kuoh, was escorting to none other than the ORC where the two great 'Onee-samas' are.
"I can't believe that Rias and Akeno-onee-sama requested us." Katase squealed.
"Maybe with us around, we can keep Issei in line so he doesn't violate the great onee-samas." Murayama said. "But of course, Prince Kiba is there to stop him."
The pair of Kendo girls stopped when they caught sight of Issei, and their thoughts went red for murder.
"YOU!" The pair screeched, reaching for their shinais that were never there in the first place.
"Please, if we could all just calm down." Issei said in a calm tone.
"We all called you here for a reason, and you both know full well I am part of the ORC."
"I can guarantee that you are completely safe." Akeno added, her soothing voice immediately calming down Katase and Murayama.
"Issei-teme didn't, well you know…" Murayama trailed off.
"I assure you." Kiba promised, and the Kendo girls were immediately swooning over their prince. "Issei has tried nothing lecherous on the girls. If he did, then Koneko would make sure he was no longer a man."
Murayama and Katase had quizzical looks to that and glanced to the mascot of Kuoh Academy. Koneko stopped nibbling on her sweets when she noticed the stares from the Kendo girls.
"I hate perverts." Koneko said simply.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Muryama and Katase turned their attention to Rias, who gave them a warm smile. The girls in the ORC looked happy enough, so may have been true that Issei wasn't defiling them.
"So, Rias-sempai, why did you call us here?" Murayama asked.
"Is to join the Occult Research Club?" Katase squeaked excitedly with sparkles in her eyes.
'Wow, she's like Asia-chan on a sugar rush.' Issei thought.
Rias' smile grew a little. "In a way. I leave the show to you, Ise-kun."
The Kendo girls frowned at the affectionate suffix, but push the thoughts away as they turned their eyes on the resident pervert.
They were however surprised that his eyes had a different look to them. Instead of opening ogling them as he would shamelessly do in public, Issei's eyes had a certain steel-like calmness to them and focused where they needed to be. It was almost like he was being professional.
"Please," Issei said, gesturing to the couch on the other side of the table in front of him, "have a seat. You're just in time to try Akenosempai's tea."
Reluctantly, Murayama and Katase took a seat on the couch still keeping their eyes on the third King. At that moment, Akeno arrived with tea for three and set them down for Issei and the Kendo girls.
The pair eagerly took Akeno's tea and were no disappointed by the results as they lightly sipped it.
"Akeno-onee-sama, this is the best!" Murayama exclaimed.
Akeno giggled in response. "Always happy to help."
"I have to agree." Issei said after drinking his own cup of tea. "But on to business as to why we, or should I say I, requested you two. As Rias-chan said, we are offering you to join the ORC, but that is part of the deal. So, let me ask you a question and I want your complete and honest answer. Do you believe in supernatural?"
"Ex… cuse me." Murayama said incredulously. "Do you ask this to new members?"
"You misunderstand." Issei replied. "Let's rephrase the question. Do you believe in the legend and myths of the world? Such as the Yokai, devils, angels… and gods. Do you think that they are all real?"
The Kendo girls widened their eyes at how serious Issei wanted them to answer. They darted their eyes to the other members of the ORC, and were shocked at the shared expression of seriousness on them as well. The air grew a bit more stiff at that realization.
"… I think I do." Katase answered meekly. "I mean, myths have to be based on some truth, right?"
"And I do think God exists." Murayama added, and the devils present had to hide the wince. "After all, how Issei-teme survive all the beatings we gave him."
"So is that a yes?" Issei asked, and the Kendo girls firmly nodded.
"Now then… what if I said that everything about the supernatural is absolutely true?"
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…
"Forget it, you're not a teme, you're a dumbass." Murayama deadpanned.
"… I like her." Koneko commented with a smirk.
Instead of Issei face faulting, he started to chuckle a bit darkly. The Red Dragon Emperor stood up from his seat, an action that put in a very darker light that made the Kendo girls shiver. It was actually Issei releasing a bit of his power in the air for dramatic purposes. An act he learned from Zeldris-sensei when he used to visit.
"I assure, the world is much bigger than you can possibly imagine." Issei said. "We are living proof of that."
Suddenly, before the humans' eyes Issei unveiled his four pairs of draconic devil wings on full display. The Kendo girls immediately tensed up in fright and turned their eyes to the rest of the ORC only to find that they also had their wings out, with Akeno having six raven wings. When they saw Kiba had two pairs, it made them a bit broken.
"My name is Issei Hyoudo, and I am a devil." Issei introduced himself.
"Y-Y-Y-You…" Murayama stuttered as she and Katase held each other. "All of you are devils. A-A-As in real devils from the Bible."
Rias nodded. "Yes, we are, except for Akeno-chan who is a fallen angel and Asia who is an angel."
"… I-Is this the part where we lose our souls?" Katase whimpered.
Silence reigned in the ORC as the devils had stunned looks with Akeno giggling. That was broken when Issei erupted in laughter. Not evil or cynical, but pure laughter like Issei heard a hilarious joke.
"Calm down, you two." Issei consoled. "Devils haven't done that sort of thing for a millennia, and we would be in trouble by official authorities if we did that. No, we are not going to end your lives, but rather the opposite. A chance at immortality."
"Eh?" Was the intelligent response from the Kendo girls?
"Allow me to explain a little." Issei briefed. "I actually have been human until fairly recently this year when I was reincarnated as such by Rias-chan. Now, reincarnation is the process that devils use to convert humans into devils. The reason for this reincarnation is due to the fact that a long time ago the population of devils diminished down more than half and conception is sort of uncommon.
"This reincarnation process is possible through the Evil Piece system, which is based on the game of chess." Issei gestured to his 'chess' pieces. "When a devil reincarnates you, you fall under his or her peerage of servants. Think of it as a King in a game of chess and the rest of the pieces serve him. In fact, I myself am technically under Rias' peerage as her Pawn."
"I'm lost." Katase said. "You said this reincarnation system work with chess?"
"See these." Issei said holding up a Queen piece. "These aren't your normal chess pieces. We devils call them Evil Pieces, which we use to reincarnate humans into devils. Obviously, that makes me the King piece since I'm the leader of my own peerage since recently, and I've already used one of my Rooks. Each piece has their own effects of course, but we'll get to that later. Here is the real reason I called you here. Murayama, Katase, I extend my offer for you to join my peerage."
Seeing the girls about to grimace, Rias added in. "The Issei that you know is a complete mask. The real Issei is a powerful devil, yet he is very noble in his actions. Trust me as his King that you will not regret being a part of his peerage. Besides, we don't think of our peerage members as servants per say. Rather, when you join us, you become part of a family."
"Is that true?" Katase asked.
"Katase-san, I am not some vile douche you all think I am." Issei said as he took a bow. "I give you my word as a King and Ultimate-class devil that I if you become a part of my peerage, I will protect you with my life and blade in hand."
Then the impossible happened. Never in their dreams from the words from Issei Hyoudo would Murayama and Katase actually blush. They wanted to deny his claims, but everything screamed sincerity and truth.
"So… you're not evil?" Katase said.
"Admittedly, there are some of our kind that stick to vile ways." Rias said with a bit of a grimace. "But I assure, we are as human in mind as you are."
"But why us, Issei?" Murayama questioned. "You wouldn't just waste your 'Evil Pieces' on anybody."
Issei smiled. "You're smarter than you look, Murayama-san. That is because I cannot think of anybody more qualified in the school than you two. Top performers of the Kendo club may not seem much, but let's be honest here you two are not average." As though he was reading a book, Issei listed off. "Six championship holder in Junior Kendo Tournaments. Undefeated in mutiple kendo contests. And two-time participants in the National Kendo Tournament of Japan, blazing all the way to the semi-finals where you two would always conveniently face each other to a stand still. So, am I wrong that I see strong talent?"
"You… knew all that?" Murayama gasped in shock.
"I like to do my research when looking for potential recruits and you two fit the bill." Issei said. "I extend my offer, but I understand if you want some time to think on this."
Surprisingly, Murayama pressed on. "What's it like being a devil? What are the benefits?"
Issei blinked before answering. "Well, when you are reincarnated into a devil, your body becomes much more faster and stronger. You gain higher stamina, an increase in your magic, and immortality. Unfortunately, you will have a weakness to the holy element. Those are the effects really, but it all varies with the piece. I plan to give you each a Knight piece, which will give tremendous speed compared to the rest of the deck, but not as much magic as a Bishop or strength as a Rook. It's a sure piece for those who wield a sword as Kiba is a Knight himself."
Murayama and Katase stared at each other in silence as though a silent conversation was going on between them. Issei, Asia, Akeno, and the devils all waited patiently for the Kendo girls to make up their mind or ask for some time to think more. The Red Dragon Emperor expected the latter; it was he would have done.
The Kendo girls turned their heads back to Issei with steel in their eyes that held their answer. "Do it!"
That… was really quick. Even the ORC was stunned at how fast the Kendo girls were to accept Issei's offer into his peerage.
"Not that I'm mad, but why so quick?" Issei asked.
"Katase-chan and I," Murayama explained, "don't know what to do with our lives. Being swordswomen has always been a favorite hobby for us, and our parents have always been pushing us to follow careers we don't want to. Highschool has always been a place where we know our place, but when we graduate we'll be completely lost. But, we believe that this is what our lives were headed. So please, take care of us?"
Murayama and Katase then took a bow and tears started leaking from unleashing bottled-up tensions. Issei cringed at the sight of the girls crying as it pained him to see that.
"Raise your heads." Issei said, and the Kendo girls obeyed then widened their eyes when Issei started wiping their tears with a napkin. "It pains me to see when my peerage members cry."
With that said, Issei took a hold of both of his Knight pieces and made his way closer to the Kendo girls. He stopped right in front of them with his hands held out. Knowing his unspoken question, Katase and Murayama nodded. Issei extended out his palms, pushed the Knight pieces into their chests, and a magic circle came to life in response. Thus, Murayama and Katase became a part of the supernatural world.
That's right, Murayama and Katase are the Knights in Issei's peerage. Why!? Because fuck it. More characters in the crossovers listed will be appearing in the next chapter. And holy shit, I need to do that quick before I move out. I only have about 11 days left before I'm buried in college work. The coming Excalibur Fragments arc is going to be huge. A stronger Raynare and a very threatening Kokabiel are on the way as well as a lover of weapons with her own angel wings. All eight of them shining silver.
And also news, Vali is officially male because FUCKING SHIT there isn't a story with him with his own harem. He's the White Fucking Dragon Emperor, the descendant of Lucifer, and he gets nothing!? Fuck that. In fact, here's his harem. Vali X Ruby X FemRinmaru X Raynare X Blake X Albedo. Maybe Kuroka.
Up next is Chapter 10: Exorcists' Guardian Angel
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