Just before this chapter start, I want to take the time to thank everyone that has followed the story. Just a few days ago, the story hit 1000 follows. When I first started this, I had no idea it would become as successful as it has. I know it's had some rough patches, but I have no intention of stopping here, or anywhere for a very long while. There are still tons I want to see this story accomplish, and I'm excited to see where it will go in the future.
Also, I want to thank VladImpaler for recommending me a very good idea he had for the story that I hadn't thought of, the idea of which should be appearing in a few chapters.
'Fuck' Was the only thought that ran through Shin's head at the startling revelation that Sirzechs Lucifer had more than one wife. It wasn't exactly the Sirzechs having multiple wives' part that worried him, but that little information meant.
In fact, the whole Sirzechs having multiple wives' part actually made a lot of sense. When polygamy was introduced, the concept behind was for a man, generally of high status, to take several wives or consorts, increasing the likeliness of producing offspring, specifically a male heir.
Considering Sirzechs' enormous demonic power, his Power of Destruction, and the fact that he is known as the strongest devil of all time, it made perfect sense that he would want to further increase his chances of producing more offspring. Whether that was his choice, or he was forced in its Shin did not know, but he could see the logical standpoint of such a thing.
However, the fact that Sirzechs had multiple wives, something different from the canon of the DxD world, came with the startling revelation that not everything is the same with this world. Just from this instance alone, he could think of a butterfly effect due to this that would just shatter everything he knew of this world.
Say Sirzechs had more kids, and because of this, Kokobiel instead decides to go after them to insight a great war instead of Rias and Sona. If this happened, the three-faction meeting would never happen, meaning no peace treaty, no alliance with the Norse, everything would be utterly fucked.
Now, this didn't necessarily mean that it would happen, in fact, Shin highly doubted it, however, the possibility of it was there, when before it was not. The simple fact of the matter was that even the smallest change could insight a spiraling butterfly effect that changed every bit of future knowledge he had stored away in his brain.
A sacred gear that was originally given to someone in canon suddenly in the possession of someone else. An orgasm delayed by even a second, ultimately causing someone entirely new to be born. A small, insignificant happening, that in the end is the cause for some catastrophic catastrophe. Any of them were possibilities.
Hell, he could be a result of one of these butterfly effects. Originally thinking he had been reincarnated into someone at the age of sixteen, there was now the distinct possibility that he had actually just taken over somebodies' body, and he would never know.
It wasn't an earth-shattering revelation, but it was pretty damn close. However, even with all these thoughts hurling around inside his head, he knew he had to put up a front. After all, he was still in the company of someone, and he had been silent for about ten minutes know following an answer to a question he had asked.
Looking at Grayfia, Shin shook his head, he needed to shove those thoughts to the back of his mind. Now was a chance to get more information. "Is there something about the Lucifer Maou having multiple partners so shocking?" Grayfia inquired, a little confused by Shin's reaction. She could see it being surprising information, but enough to shock someone into silence for ten minutes.
Doing damage control, Shin knew there would only be one way out of this without making a fool of himself. "Sorry, it's just the revelation that someone as beautiful as yourself could possibly be number three in a polymerous relationship. Sirzechs must be a blind fool to make such an atrocious action." Shin said. Grayfia was admittedly surprised, and flattered, however, she showed no outward emotion.
"Flattery will get you nowhere Mister Hyoudou," Grayfia said.
Shin grinned in response. "Not how I was raised. Flattery gets you everywhere." Shin said, turning his head to the side when he distantly heard the opening of the shower room's curtain. "Seems Rias is out of the shower," Shin said, taking the first opportunity given to him to distract Grayfia.
They watched as Rias limped back into the room, a fact that Shin smirked in pride at. "Bet your regretting asking for a fifth round now. And the sixth. The seventh as well." Shin teased, unperpetrated to the ultimate-class devil glaring coldly at him from behind.
"I will admit that the aftermath isn't ideal, however, I do not regret the actions we took. It was still the best night of my life." Rias said, running a towel through her hair, already redressed in the Kuoh Academy uniform.
Shin smirked hearing her comment. "Best night of your life?" Shin asked teasingly, causing Rias to scoff.
"Don't let it go to your head," Rias said offhandedly, wrapping the towel around her hair as she sat down at her desk.
"Oh, it's much too late for that," Shin said, a shit-eating grin plastered on his face. As a man, it was only natural he would take great pride in this. In fact, if he wasn't in the company of Grayfia, he would be doing a victory dance at this very moment.
Said silver-haired devil, getting tired of their banter, as well as being ignored, cleared her throat to draw Rias' attention. "Rias, I shouldn't have to tell you how much trouble you have just gotten yourself, and your pawn in. Your house, as well as the Phenix house, will not take kindly to the actions the two have you have taken." Grayfia explained, causing Rias to look down in a bit of shame.
Shin, however, just scoffed. "Sure, the Phenix house may be pissed, but they won't do shit about this. In order to do something about it, they would have to come out publicly about what happened. What are they going to say then? That their son is so revolting that his fiancé found it necessary to sleep with the nearest guy in an attempt to get out of their betrothal?"
"Please, they have too much pride to admit to that fact. It would not only tarnish Riser's reputation but also their house as well. If the heir to their house acts this way, then everyone would assume they condone these actions. In order to avoid backlash, they would have to condemn Riser, therefore ending the engagement." Shin explained, Rias and Grayfia staring at him in surprise and awe.
"It's for this same reason the Gremory's will take no action either. Once again, in order to do that, they as well would have to come out publicly about this. The Gremory's would be seen as condoning Rias' actions unless they condemned her, ending the engagement. Unless either family wants to come out with this publicly and either have their reputation shredded or condemn their child, nothing will happen." Shin finished his explanation, showing off his rather strong political mind.
Grayfia, surprised by Shin's quick deduction and accurate representation of what would happen if they tried to formally punish Rias or himself, grew some respect for Shin. However, even if they were protected from being punished formally, informally was another matter.
"Be that as it may, Rias is still to be wed to Riser Phenix. Once she is, Riser can make her life a living hell, and with these actions the two of you have taken, I assure you he will." Grayfia explained. "As for the Gremory house, they can punish Rias whichever way they see fit. Of course, in an informal matter, however even informal punishments can be severe. In fact, they may just decide to cancel the delay of the marriage until after Rias graduates, and instead do it at the nearest date possible."
Shin, however, rolled his eyes. "For one, I can personally guarantee that Rias will never have to marry Riser," Shin said, Rias looking at Shin in gratitude. "Secondly, your example of the punishment is too specific, leading me to believe they have already decided on this before Rias and I had intercourse." Grayfia flinched at being seen right through by Shin.
Rias, seeing Grayfia flinch, felt her heart sink. "Grayfia? Is what Shin saying true? Have my parents pushed the date of the marriage up?" Rias asked, her face sinking into despair.
Grayfia looked to Rias and her face fell into one of sadness, her Ice Queen persona breaking at the sight of her sister-in-law devoid of hope. "Yes, Rias. I'm sorry." Grayfia said, looking down at the floor. "Riser will be arriving at 8:00 PM today to discuss it with you. Your brother asked me to sit in on the meeting so a fight would not break out." Grayfia explained, her face one of pity and self-hate at the news she had to deliver to Rias.
Shin, despite knowing this would happen, had to play his part. "Hmmm, this isn't good. I had originally planned to start putting Issei through rigorous training so he could help when the time came. Well, that plan has been thrown out the window." Shin said, more to himself than anyone else, however, they both heard it.
"Why would you train someone else when you could train yourself? I didn't take you as someone that would have someone else fight their battles for them." Grayfia asked, not so subtly insulting Shin.
Narrowing his eyes, Shin responded to Grayfia. "My training is different from the average training. Issei is a Rook, meaning he relies on his physical strength. As a newly minted devil, he could make the most progress in strength in a short amount of time." Shin explained Issei's situation.
"However, I am a different story. I rely on my strengths, which is my magic. My strength relies purely on my mind and the amount of magic I have. As you no doubt know, it is not easy to expand your magic. It takes a lot of time. The best I can do is to come up with strategies to defeat Riser through wit, not pure strength." Shin explained.
"Not to mention, we both know this will most likely end in a rating game. If that is so, then it would be most beneficial to have Issei become stronger. It is better to have two strong pieces than one." Grayfia was once again surprised by Shin's intellect. As she had been trailing Shin the last week or so, she had pegged him a physical fighter.
After all, he went to the gym daily, and how an admittedly muscular body. He may not be as big as Sirzechs, however, Sirzechs had a few inches on him, as well as over 200 years' experience. It would only be a few years, if not only one more year before Shin was even bigger than Sirzechs. After all, Shin was only 17, nearly 18.
Looking at Shin, he reminded her very much of Ajuka, even if he was much bigger considering Ajuka was a very lanky person. However, Shin's intellect was easily comparable to the intellect of Ajuka when he was Shin's age.
"Hmm, if you say so, I will take your word for it. However, if your as smart as you proclaim yourself, as well as how Sirzechs proclaims you to be, then I'm sure you will find a way. Sirzechs, although he openly stated how much he dislikes you, also stated your mind was your strongest aspect. You should know he thinks very highly of you and expects great things of you." Grayfia said.
Shin was admittedly very surprised by Grayfia's words. He did not expect Sirzechs to respect him in the least bit. The dislike part he expected, by not the respect.
Grayfia, seeing the surprise, elaborated for Shin. "Just because you dislike someone, or disagree with their actions, does not mean you can't respect them. Take God for example. Devils hate him with a passion, however, we can all respect his power and leadership skills." Grayfia explained to Shin.
Shin nodded, seeing the logic behind Grayfia's statement. What she said made a lot of sense. "Well, then you can tell Sirzechs that I too, dislike him," Shin said, ending his statement there, making Rias sweatdrop.
"What about the respect part?" Rias asked from her desk.
Shin, pretending he didn't hear anything, whistled a jolly tune, causing Rias to deadpan even further. Grayfia, even if she didn't show it, was greatly amused by Shin, and even admitted to herself that she grew a liking to him. Of course, she would never tell anyone else that, however, Shin was good company in her opinion.
"I think I have covered everything Sirzechs asked of me," Grayfia said, turning away from Shin and focusing on Rias. "I will be back at 7:00 to help you prepare for Riser's arrival. Be sure your entire peerage is present for the meeting." Grayfia said before teleporting away to inform Sirzechs of the meeting he presumed.
"I should be going as well. I need to go home first to get ready though." Shin said, waving goodbye to Rias. "I hope Asia or Issei let Yuki out this morning," Shin said offhandedly as he disappeared in a flash of red lightning, much in the same way he instantaneously teleported yesterday, leaving Rias by herself.
When he arrived back at his bedroom, the tag of a summoning paper attached to his door blowing in the wind due to his arrival. Looking behind him, he was that Yuki was peacefully sleeping on the bed with Asia.
Since Asia did not yet know too much Japanese, she hadn't been enrolled in Kuoh just yet. She would need to be able to understand what everyone, as well as the teachers, are saying first. Yuki, as if sensing his arrival, rose her head off the bed as her eyes groggily opened.
Seeing Shin, Yuki's tail wagged excitedly behind her as she walked over to the edge of the bed, Shin smirking when she couldn't work up the courage to jump off the bed, resulting in her wining. Shin shook his head in amusement before picking Yuki up, allowing her to lick at his face.
Coming to the decision that he was just going to skip school today, he sent Sona a quick text saying just that, too lazy to come up with an excuse for missing school. Besides, he had things he needed to prepare for. Namely the arrival of Riser Phenix. For now, though, he would just continue Yuki's training.
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All the members of the ORC were gathered in the main room, as well as Grayfia, waiting for the arrival of Riser. Thankfully, Akeno had given an explanation to Issei about the supernatural world this morning, so he was somewhat clued in on what was going to happen.
Rias sat at one of the couches, waiting for Riser. Meanwhile, Koneko and Kiba sat on the opposite couch. Standing behind the couch was Issei and Akeno, although Akeno was a bit off to the side with a tray, tea already prepared.
Shin was sitting in the trapezoid-shaped windowsill. Yuki and Asia were back at the house, as Shin didn't want to bring them here. Finally, Grayfia was standing by Shin next to the windowsill, choosing to stay close to him as she saw him as the most likely to start a fight.
It didn't take long before the place in which all people would teleport to and from the ORC, was lit up with a circle of flames. Even if he disliked Riser, Shin couldn't help but admit that the show was quite badass. Not as badass as his red lightning, but still badass, although there might be a bit of bias.
As Riser arrived, he said some statements about the human realms air, however, Shin didn't hear too much of it, much more preoccupied with the appearance of Riser. In the anime, Riser was a tall, lanky guy who appeared to be in his early twenties. This Riser looked nothing like that.
Although this Riser was still tall, he was not in any way shape or form, lanky. No, that was definitely not the correct term. There was only one way to put it, he was fucking huge. If Shin had to guess, at least six foot four inches and had to be somewhere around 110kg.
However, one could tell by just a single glance, that 110kg held a very little amount of fat. No, this Riser looked like a bodybuilder, something that instantly had Shin on edge. This was another thing that was different from the anime.
Grayfia, seeing his surprised expression, something she more or less expected to see, decided to explain to him the person who is Riser Phenix. "That is Riser Phenix, Rias' fiancé. Not what you were expecting, is it?" Grayfia asked quietly.
Shin shook his head in response. "No, not exactly. From what Rias had told me about him, I was expecting some lanky dude. Not someone who looks like they've been juicing for years." Shin whispered back to her. Although by regular standards, they wouldn't be able to hear one another with how low their voices were, their supernatural stature gave them a very good sense of hearing.
"Yes, that is how most react upon meet Riser Phenix. It's admittedly rare to see a devil as big as him physically, mostly because the majority of devils are both too lazy, and too arrogant to train themselves." Grayfia whispered to him.
Shin, hearing what Grayfia said, knew exactly what had happened. This just went to prove how little a change, can trigger a butterfly effect that in the end, causes a big change. "Yes, and because of his Phenix immortality, the rate at which his muscles heal, his muscles grow at an unbelievable rate," Shin said, Grayfia nodding to Shin.
The process in which one grows muscle is by breaking down the muscle you have through strenuous actions, and then the muscles repairing themselves stronger. It generally takes a human 48 hours to heal, in which that time your muscles feel sore. For devils, it was more around eight hours.
However, Riser was a completely different story. Due to his immortality, he could regrow limbs or broken bones in seconds. For a human, broken bones take months to heal. It's likely it only takes Riser a single second, if not less, for his muscles to heal and rebuild themselves stronger.
In fact, despite Riser being so young, he was probably already at the physical peak of his strength physically. Everyone's body has a genetic limit to which they can't break. Due to Riser's immortality, it probably wouldn't take long to reach that limit.
All it took, was one little change in Riser's mindset, one as simple as training, which is something seemingly no devil does for whatever reason, and this was the result.
Snapping out of his inner thoughts, he saw just in time as Riser started to make out with his queen, Yubelluna. Seeing Issei was just about to stand up and pick a fight, Shin shoved him back down into his seat with some repulsive force the instant he started to stan up.
Issei, shocked, looked around in wonder of what happened until he met Shin's eyes, glaring at him from behind. Shin shook his head at Shin, mouthing the word no to him. Issei looked betrayed and angered at first, but Shin's glare intensifying seemed to convince him not to act.
Grayfia, seeing what Shin did have a nod to him, grateful for his actions. She preferred if this all went off without a fight. She was glad to see she wasn't the only one who thought it.
However, her thoughts were dashed to hell when Shin decided to speak up. "Sorry to interrupt your little make-out session, but I must ask. What is the point in what your doing?" Shin asked, drawing everyone's attention.
Riser stared at Shin in disgust. It was obvious Riser thought himself better than him. It didn't take a genius to figure that out. "Not that I need to explain myself to low-class scum such as yourself, however, since you asked, I'm merely presenting what all your low-class scum will never have the possibility of having." Riser said.
Shin quirked his eyebrow, and sat up straight, previously laying down in a comfortable position of the windowsill. "What? Making out with a pretty woman?" Shin asked, ignoring the blush on Yubelluna's face.
"I'll have you know I can make out with pretty woman whenever I want," Shin said, standing up. "Of course, though, since you gave a demonstration, it's only fair I give one as well," Shin said, everyone in Rias' peerage assuming he was about to make out with Rias in front of Riser. However, they were all wrong, and everyone in the room, gasped in shock when they saw who Shin chose.
Shin, seeing the nearest woman, who just so happened to be Grayfia, pulled her to his chest by her waist, while her other hand came up and rested behind her head. Grayfia was so utterly shocked by this action, she didn't react in time before Shin's lips claimed her own.
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded, especially Grayfia, by Shin's actions. So shocked was Grayfia, she couldn't even process what was happening till ten seconds later when Shin separated from her, leaving her a blushing mess while everyone else stared at Shin in complete and utter shock.
"Well, it was a pleasure meeting you Riser Phenix. However, I very much like breathing and am afraid I will have to leave now. Till next time." Shin said, disappearing in a flash of red lightning much before everyone could reel in the shock of what happened, specifically Grayfia.
However, when she did, everyone felt the room suddenly become freezing cold, their breath being able to be seen. Grayfia was infuriated by Shin's actions and even infuriated that he left much before she could even react due to her shock.
Worse than all else was the mortification she felt having somewhat enjoyed the kiss. However, she knew she couldn't leave due to having to sit in on this meeting and would have to leave right after to inform Sirzechs of what happened.
"R-Rias. W-What was the name of that servant again?" Riser asked shakily, shocked to his core by the pair of steel balls Rias' servant had.
"S-Shin," Rias said, just as shocked, and more than a little bit angry that Shin had kissed her brother's third wife.
Riser couldn't help but just stare at the position where Shin was before he disappeared in that flash of red lighting, a newfound respect for Shin. Only one thought could come to his mind after seeing some low-class devil make out with the third wife of the strongest devil in existence.
'What a fucking legend.'
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