"Well?"
"She… wasn't receptive."
"Haa…" Sirzechs sighed while continuing to pace around his office in the Underworld.
The Maou, no, the concerned big brother had been pacing around the room that was the size of a house by itself, filled to the brim with archives, papers, a massive raised office desk that put the fear of death to whoever came to bother him and had to stand in front of it with the Maou judging from above.
But at the moment, the office desk was empty of its usual worker and instead Sirzechs was making a circular trench in front of the desk by pacing around restlessly.
"Sirzechs-sama. It is my professional opinion that Rias-sama is highly distressed both emotionally and physically. It would be wise to consider delaying the marriage ceremony until she is of calmer mind, lest she take drastic and unwise action during or before the ceremony." Grayfia continued after a moment.
"And unprofessionally?"
"I fear that she may attempt either a suicidal attack against the Phenix family or attempt self-harm." Grayfia's posture radiated her concern over Rias's state. "She doesn't appear to appreciate our… interference to give her a winning chance, which in turn became Lord Riser's winning play. It's possible she has… misunderstood our intentions."
"...I believed that Rias wouldn't have an answer to Phenix clan's regeneration, as she hasn't quite mastered [Power of Destruction] to the degree where she can concentrate it on specific things." Sirzechs continued to pace around. "I would have user [Power of Destruction] to destroy the concept of Phenix's immortality. However, she doesn't possess the strength or the control to do so. Not when she's so young and inexperienced. I… overlook the possibility that she would have been able to train the wielder of Ddraig to the point he could shatter Riser's mind with terror and undo his regeneration that way."
"The presence of a dragon is a dreadful thing, and the unbridled wrath of one is something that caused as many casualties from broken minds during the War… And after that, whenever a strong enough wielder appeared and fought." Grayfia sounded wary. "I… suppose we should be grateful that Hakuryutei and Sekiryuutei have been so laser-focused on fighting one another that we have not been forced to endure their wraths ever since their entrapment."
"...And how is the current Sekiryuutei, after the Game? Did you get a look at him?" Sirzechs paused. "His rage, and the way he unlocked his Balance Breaker… Is he a threat to Rias?"
"I am not sure. He is in a coma, and appears to be at death's door. Rias-sama was… grieving, and would have lashed out if I intruded on her grief for any longer. This is also why I believe that she partially blames us for her… loss." Grayfia looked uneasy. "...I believe that we should attempt to assist in Sekiryuutei's recovery. Not only is he a devil, and therefore on 'our' side in the grand scheme of things, but he seems to also hold a special place in Rias's heart. His passing could… drive Rias-sama to-"
"I understand." Sirzechs sighed. "...I've heard how you first met the current Sekirytei. Issei Hyoudou, right? Rias-chan was prepared to… to…"
Sirzechs tried to get his big brotherly protective rage under control. Grayfia wasn't helping.
"Yes, attempting coitus with the Sekiryuutei. It was fortunate that I stopped her before she caused an incident." Grayfia stated, though she took no joy from it. "She has chosen to depart to the Human world to visit the site of their… attempted encounter. McGregor-san is shadowing her from a distance to ensure she doesn't attempt anything unwise, though it would appear she has already returned to the Underworld."
If it was solely up to Grayfia, she would not have stopped Rias or would have just appeared 'too late', so to speak, when Rias had attempted to pursue her love in physical fashion. But it was her duty to ensure Rias's virginity so that it could be given to her fiance. It was expected of her, as per the contracts.
The Maous and their followers didn't topple the old tyranny so that they could replace it with their own- Therefore, it became necessary that the Maous and their closest agents would adhere to their own principles and not abuse their positions of power- Which came with it's own downsides, as adhering to the rules by default made them appear weaker in the eyes of wider Devil governance, made it appear as if rules held power over them instead of other way around.
Grayfia knew that if Sirzechs wanted to behave like the Old Maous in the matter of his sister. She knew he wanted to storm the Phenix territory and massacre everyone within it for daring to try to force his precious little sister into anything against her will, and then punish his own parents to the harshest degree for forcing Rias into the marriage that she didn't want.
But if he did so, he would be no better than the Old Maous… and the conflict between what Sirzechs wanted and what was needed of him was still tilted to the side of his duty, and what he could do in the confines of it.
"...While I was visiting the hospital to deliver your invitation to Rias, I also took the liberty of observing the happenings of the Phenix family, as well as take note of Riser Phenix's state." Grayfia coughed to her hand to bring her thoughts back on track. "It's as we saw. It is no illusion or glamour either. Somehow, Sekiryuutei-sama has managed to turn Riser Phenix into a girl. I believe that Lord Phenix attempted to contact Beelzebub-sama in a plea to find a cure, but there has not been a reply to my knowledge. By my estimation none of the present nobles were able to detect my presence as I spied on their meeting from under the disguise of a male doctor, though I was forced to sneak away invisible as Phenix's daughter walked in on me checking the state of her brother… Or rather, sister."
"I see… I may have to send a message to Beelzebub about the matter of Riser Phenix's gender, informing him of what exactly I know about the condition. How does that change the equation? Did you listen in on the lords?" Sirzechs paused and waited for Grayfia to continue. He reached to dust off some sculptures that he had on a wall of his office to calm himself down.
"Zeoticus Gremory was of the opinion that Rias-sama's current engagement is not possible." Grayfia spoke, causing Sirzechs to let out a sigh of relief.
"Instead he is of the opinion that she should be instead wed to some of Lord Phenix's other sons." Grayfia continued as Sirzechs moved to brush dust off a statue depicting a big-breasted french maid. Sirzechs's immediate reaction to Grayfia's words was to crush the small statue in his hand in a bout of uncontrolled rage, which he got under control in less than a split second- But it was still a split-second too late.
Grayfia coughed to her fist and continued as Sirzechs stared down in despair at the broken figurine of Rias in a french maid costume that was in his hand. "Venelana Gremory objected. Verbally and physically. I believe that the resulting argument between the noble family heads caused considerable rift between the relations of the two families."
"Ah. That's good. Mother has always been the sensible one out of those two. That's… good, as long as it doesn't devolve further." Sirzechs put the broken pieces of the 'statue' carefully on his desk and slowly reached for a bottle of superglue. "Was there anything else?"
"I regret to inform my lord of this, but… it would appear that… Lady Phenix has gotten an idea. It would appear that she thinks it is a particularly good one." Grayfia delivered the most worrisome news last, just as Sirzechs was trying to attach the broken statue's head to its shoulders..
"Oh no." Sirzechs's hands began to shake from terror and he accidentally dropped the half-glued figure to the floor, where it broke apart entirely. "Grayfia, we must go! Now!"
"Please do not worry, Sirzechs-sama. I have already prepared a teleportation circle."
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"U-um, this somehow feels very blasphemous. A-and evil." Asia was whimpering and letting 'eep' sounds as she put the ritual ingredients down on spots that Rias marked as she paced around the ritual's subject, making an empowering ritual circle around Issei's unmoving and pale body.
"Ufufu, we're devils after all, Asia-chan~" Akeno chuckled at Asia's innocent reactions while she herself used a long stick to hold a piece of chalk and made a number of wards in a circular formation around the 'ritual site'. "At least we're not sacrificing anyone~"
"U-um…"
"Ufufu, I'm joking, Asia-chan~ Sacrificing people went out of fashion two thousand years ago or something like that~"
"Awawa… s-so the rumors were t-true, just outdated…"
"Hss…" Koneko was hissing a bit as she put down another ritual item while she was using six layers of sterile gloves to touch them.
"Alright. That should be it, just as Ddraig-sama detailed." Rias swiped sweat from her brow and stood up to creak her back after kneeling for quite some time so she could inscribe her versions of protective wards around the ritual.
"Oi. This is my partner's plan, not mine, don't give me credit for this. I just added some of my expertise to fine-tune things and work on the wording… No, rather, I'd prefer if my name was entirely kept out of this. Forever." Ddraig's voice came from the gauntlet that was stuck to the boy at the center of the ritual. "If this gets out my legacy will be gone. It'll die faster than I can think 'this is stupid'."
"Ufufufu, Ddraig-sama sounds like she doesn't want the credit because it's too embarrassing~" Akeno attempted to tease Ddraig, drawing a long-pained groan of despair from the draconic voice. Rias sent a small glare at Akeno, warning her from trying her luck by teasing the legendary dragon in the [Boosted Gear].
The end result of their preparation had led them clearing out all furniture from the hospital room, leaving Issei to rest on a large fluffy mattress that Rias had made using [Power of Imagination]. There was a huge ritual circle around the mattress with six smaller circles at equal lengths from one another in the circle, with a ritual item in each of the smaller circles.
"...You remember what to do, brats? I'm not going to tell you again." Ddraig grumbled.
"Yes, Ddraig-sama. I have engraved your words to my mind." Rias nodde with resolute expression on her face. "Kiba, is the perimeter clear?"
"I'll be sure to keep this area safe, Rias-sama. Please do not worry." Kiba nodded from the hospital room's doorway before turning around and pulling out a sword while closing the door behind himself.
"...Done." Koneko finished putting down the last ritual item.
"Alright. Let's begin." Rias reached down and pulled her dress off, leaving her in lingerie.
Akeno chuckled and repeated the action.
"U-awawa…" Asia was blushing up a storm while squirming out of her hospital gown. "B-but if it's f-for Issei-san then…!"
"Hss." Koneko let out a small hiss before stripping down to underwear as well. She had a small blush and was eyeing Issei's body warily. "...Hentai better appreciate this or I won't forgive him."
"Gather around." Rias motioned for the girls to stand around Issei, and then sit down… On top of Issei's body.
"Ufufufu, I didn't think my first time would be a group session~" Akeno teased, causing Asia to whimper.
"A- I- I didn't think w-we'd be d-doing t-that sort of t-thing!" Asia babbled nervously. "K-Kiryuu-san e-explained everything a-and said I- I should u-use p-protection a-and I d-didn't bring-"
"Ufufu, my first dark ritual, that is~ I wonder what sort of 'first time' Asia-chan was thinking~" Akeno sent Asia a sly look. Asia blushed up a storm and sat on Issei's right leg.
"Teasing Asia-chan with hentai things is forbidden." Koneko murmured while she sat on Issei's left arm.
"...Don't use the right arm. It's part of 'my body' now so touching it probably wouldn't help." Ddraig advised as Akeno moved towards it.
"Well~ It looks like I'll have to sit on something~ else~" Akeno had a sing-song voice as she sat down… on Issei's crotch. "Ara~ This leg seems quite hard and large~ I doubt I'll have to worry about falling off~"
"Eep!" Asia covered her face upon seeing Akeno's chosen seat.
"Akeno…" Rias growled a bit as Akeno crossed her legs as if she was riding a lady-seat on a bike while blinking innocently, though her smirk and faint wiggle of her butt against Issei was anything but. "Haa, fine. We'll talk later! Now, begin!"
"[Boost]." Ddraig's voice came from the gauntlet that covered Issei's right arm.
Rias breathed out, letting her nervousness bleed out of her and be replaced with determination.
She sat on Issei's face.
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There was a pulse.
Badum
Badum
Badum
Badum Badum.
There was a voice in the darkness.
"I can feel it, Ddraig. Their love. Their care. Their true feelings… The [Language of Thighs] has no lies. They are all honest. You were right… And I was being an idiot, not seeing their feelings, and mixing them with the past that is now both long gone and buried."
"I know, partner. You know, I didn't hate having you here. I mean all of you."
"Heh. It's not like we're splitting up, you know, partner."
"Yeah. But it's time you go."
"Hey Ddraig? I just wanted you to know… Thank you. Truly."
"...Heh. Let's go get 'em. And remember, if you ever happen to forget what I said, I'll be here to remind you and kick your ass while I'm doing so."
"...I know. I won't let you down either, Ddraig-sama. After I've beaten up Yakitori and ensured Rias is happy… I won't forget my promise to pummel that white lizard as well."
"...This sort of resolve… heh. Well, you certainly appear to be taking responsibility for your actions, so you may have hope yet. Now, close your eyes."
".Alright. Here I go- eh?!"
"What?"
"I- I thought that I felt- o-on my temple- I- is that why you told me to close my eyes?!"
"...You're imagining things. Focus on the present."
"E-embarrassed Ddraig… C-cute…"
There was a harsh sound of a pervert being flattened by a scaly tail.
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"...Haa. Fine. At least…" Lord Phenix looked defeated, though vengeful and spiteful. "...It'll be a learning experience if not thing else. For myself as well. Haa… What a dreadful era we have entered…"
"Hm." Venelana looked quite vicious after the prolonged verbal exchange where she could finally open up and verbally sodomize the Phenix lord.
"..." Zeoticus looked disturbed and kept sending sideways glances at his wife.
Venelana just sent Zeoticus a sweet smile while saying nothing and having her eyes narrowed, arm in arm with the redheaded man.
Zeoticus gulped and looked straight ahead while a droplet of sweat ran down his brow.
Lady Phenix, in turn, hummed happily. The blonde woman's mood made for a stark contrast between her and her husband.
"Greetings, Lord Gremory. Lady Gremory. Lord Phenix. Lady Phenix." A refined, smooth male voice interrupted Lord Phenix's grumbling, and the group turned to see that the Maou, Sirzechs Lucifer, had walked from behind a corner with his aide, Queen and wife, Grayfia in tow.
"Maou Lucifer." Zeoticus gave a cordial bow to his son. The fact Sirzechs had chosen to greet the four of them as 'lords' and not with more familiar descriptors told them already that Sirzechs was approaching them as a Maou, rather than as 'Sirzechs'. "What brings you here, my lord?"
"I came, in part, to offer my congratulations for Phenix Clan's victory in the Rating Game." Maou Lucifer gave Lord Phenix a cordial nod. "Your son's ability and cunning was on full display throughout. I was surprised to find that one of Phenix's blood fell in combat, given the nature of devils of your lineage. Your daughter's valiant battle against the Sekiryuutei brings honor to the name of your family, Lord Phenix."
Lord Phenix gnashed his teeth together so hard the veins on his chin and jaw were pulsing.
Lady Phenix let out a good-natured giggle. "Maou Lucifer, you flatter us."
The blonde woman skipped forward and slipped her arm into Lucifer's arm as the man offered it instinctively upon the woman's approach. "Riser-chan is recovering at good speed from the Game! In fact we were going to go see Rias-chan next while my cute Ravel looks after her sibling~"
A minute, almost unnoticeable flicker of an emotion passed Sirzech's face, and Venelana would have missed it had she not been quite literally the man's mother.
"Is something the matter, Maou Lucifer?" Venelana asked her son, though she did her best to keep the official airs. "I couldn't help but notice your… concern."
"Perceptive of you, Lady Gremory." Sirzechs gave a faint nod. "I merely wonder, how fares the contract between Gremory and Phenix? Alas, I have heard concerning… rumors. I hope that the rumors of a brewing conflict between your houses are unfounded."
"Oh, there is no such conflict. I am reassured that our Maou is so perceptive and dutiful that he'd go out of his way to defuse conflict before it could even start." Lord Phenix ground out. "In fact, I believe that we have… come into an understanding. I take it that Maou Lucifer has come into knowledge of my son's current state… and its permanent nature? In fact, I have gone as far as even asking Maou Beelzebub about a possible cure or a solution to restore my son to how he was, but Beelzebub-sama has responded negatively… very quickly, even. I am glad to know that our health is in the hands of a genius such as he, that he can determine the permanency of an effect he has not even analyzed personally."
"Maou Beelzebub is indeed good at what he does." Sirzechs responded while he narrowed his eyes very slightly at Lord Phenix, causing the man to growl but rein himself in at the last second before he could say something he'd regret. The Maou then sent an equally dangerous narrow-eyed glance at Zeoticus. "Alas, I couldn't help but to wonder how houses Gremory and Phenix were planning on completing the marriage contract between your houses, now that Riser is… biologically indisposed?"
"Ah, Maou Lucifer need not fret. We have come into a mostly agreeable conclusion on the matter." Lady Phenix giggled lightheartedly. "You see, we, or maybe I should say that I had this idea that…"
Sirzechs visibly concentrated his attention on the blonde woman who had locked her arm with his.
However, before she could speak, a pulse of energy caused the group of nobles to pause as they had been walking towards the hospital wing that was given to Rias's servants, and where Rias herself presumably was.
"Hm… Hm? This energy… Rias!" Venelana detached from her husband's arm and hurried in the direction of the wild energy. The rest of the nobles followed in suit, with Sirzechs taking the lead after a few strides.
Ominous sounds of chanting came from ahead, alongside tendrils of red energy that seemed to have clung to the walls of the hospital. The various candles and other 'traditional' light sources in addition to electric lights suddenly flickered and began to burn with eerie green light, turning the lighting from clinical to occult in a flash.
"What is going on?" Zeoticus asked Sirzechs, forgoing the stuffy formalities. "Sirzechs! Do you know what is happening? Are we under attack?!"
"I do not know, but I am certain that I sense Rias's energy in it!" Sirzechs ran forward and crashed through a set of heavy double doors which had been locked in preparation for something.
The Maou looked at the empty hallway behind the broken double doors. There was a simple wooden door at the end of the hallway, defended by a man in a school uniform who was wielding a katana-like blade. The man had drawn the blade to a ready stance as soon as the double doors had blown open, but quickly lowered it as he realized who had entered.
"Greetings, my lords and ladies. Maou Lucifer. I am Yuuto Kiba, Rias Gremory's Knight." The young man introduced himself, though he was already known to all of the lords present. Still, the introduction alleviated some of Venelana's worries- If the Knight was standing guard and could afford formalities then the situation was, if not under control, at least expected. "I would like to cordially request that you do not enter this place. The ritual within is delicate and-"
The Knight crumpled limply on the floor as Sirzechs walked over him without pausing for a moment after the word 'ritual' was uttered.
Venelana and Zeoticus were in hot pursuit, with the Phenix couple following gingerly after them- Lady Phenix looking worried and Lord Phenix looking vicious and glad, likely drawing enjoyment from the fact that a tragedy seemed to have struck the Gremory family as well.
Grayfia followed after them like a ghost.
"Rias! What have you done?!" Sirzechs slammed open the door to the hospital room from where the ominous chanting came… And paused.
"Rise! Rise!"
"Awaken! Awaken!"
"[Thighs and Boobs]!"
"[Thighs and Boobs]!"
"[Thighs and Boobs]!"
"Ufufu… [Thighs and Boobs]!"
The chant continued with Rias as the master of the ritual and the girls of her Peerage as the choir.
Rias was sitting down on a mattress that had been laid down at the center of the ritual circle. On closer inspection the Sekirytei's unmoving and corpse-looking body was resting on the mattress, with various girls of Rias's Peerage sitting on top of the body, and with Rias herself having sat down so that she was squeezing the boy's face between her thighs while she was facing towards the boy's chest.
There were six stacks of worn and well-used porn magazines around the ritual circle that had been set into piles like small unlit pyres, serving as anchors of the ritual.
The entire room was lit with a backdrop of red and green flames and flashes of power that arced like burning lightning from the ritual circle to the walls around it.
"What are they doing! What are you doing, Rias?!" Venelana quickly asked both Sirzechs and Rias, though it looked like Rias hadn't even realized that they had gained an audience as her eyes were closed and her face was deathly pale.
The fact Rias and the rest of the girls in the circle were clad in just lingerie did nothing to alleviate Venelana's worries.
"Hm?" Sirzechs made to step forwards, but he pulled his leg back as he almost triggered a ward intended to repel intruders. He quickly glanced over the room and realized that the room had been warded against intrusions, though it was obvious that the Maou was strong enough to either undo them or straight bulldoze through them without a pause, if necessary.
"Halt." Zeoticus quickly put his hand between the ritual and Sirzechs, foregoing formalities in the rush of the moment. "If you rush in now you'll endanger Rias- The ritual has already started, whatever it is!"
"What is going on?! Red Dragon Emperor-san looks dead?!" Lady Phenix sounded surprised. "But Ravel said that she had talked with him earlier-"
"Hear my call." Rias spoke with a hollow voice while her face contorted from ecstasy and pain. The expression was almost enough for Venelana to completely ignore her husband's warning and rush through the wards to pull her daughter out of the ritual. Almost. "Issei Hyoudou. By the undying powers of the Underworld and the ancient powers of the Flies, the Lies, the Power and the Ruin, I call to you, Issei Hyoudou!"
"Return to us! Return to us!" The choir chanted.
"By the unending and unyielding power of [Thighs and Boobs, I call upon your soul, from the depths of the madness, from where life ends, I invoke the eternal power of [Thighs] to energize you, and [Boobs] to soothe your raging soul. I call upon you to rise!"
"Rise! In the name of [Boobs and Thighs]! I summon your soul!"
"Rise! In the name of [Boobs and Thighs]! I summon your soul!"
"Rise! In the name of [Boobs and Thighs]! I summon your soul!~ Ise-kun~"
"Awaken!" The girls spoke in chorus. "Awaken! Awaken!"
"Take the land that must be taken!" Rias's voice rose in decibel while she had a weird, chuuni-like smile on her face.
"Awaken!" The chorus repeated. "Awaken! Awaken!"
"Devour worlds! Fondle the forsaken!" Rias's voice was mysterious and her words caused the observing devils to worry.
"Rise up from your thousandth year of sleep!"
"Break forth from your grave, eternally!"
"Harem king and lewds to all the worlds!"
"I command you to rise!" Rias finished her ominous chant with a command. "Rise! Rise! I command you to rise!"
"Rise, Issei!"
"Rise! Hentai!"
"Ufufu~ Rise! Ise-kun~ at least this part of you~"
"Rice! I mean, Rise! Awawa- Am I d-doing this right?" The blonde girl paused her chant to correct herself.
"Uuuurgh! Just get on with it! [Boost]" A frustrated roar came from the red gauntlet that covered the corpse's right arm, and the intensity of the ritual suddenly multiplied twice over, causing a massive surge in the twinned flames that had started to creep all over the room, as well as causing the six perverted 'ritual anchors' to ignite on flame and blaze bright.
Rias let out a whimper as she clenched her thighs tighter around the boy's face and huddled over, causing her breasts to come to rest on the corpse's chest as she collapsed on top of him. The motion was repeated by Rias's Queen who had taken the 'other end' of the boy, causing her breasts to rub against his stomach. The two other girls then repeated the motion as well, though less 'elegantly'.
"Rias! Snap out of it!" Zeoticus called in worry, but the ritual circle's wards seemingly blocked voices from entering it as well. "The ritual is clearly out of control, whatever it is! What exactly are you trying to summon with that chant?!"
"We have to stop her. Agreed." Lord Phenix called while looking at the ritual with critical eyes. "We have no idea what that sort of ritual is intended to accomplish… Or what it is intended to do. However, those words… Is your daughter intending on releasing Ddraig Y Goch from the [Boosted Gear] as a vengeance on our house?!"
Lady Phenix blinked and paled, and then blushed lightly as if she had connected some dots in her head. "Oh my, so this is what Ravel was talking about."
"Dear?" Lord Phenix sent his wife a worried glance. "What do you mean?"
"Have no worry, dear husband. Ravel explained the situation to me, it's all fine, ohohoho~" Lady Phenix waved her hand while giving a small ojou-sama laugh.
"No! I will not lose my daughter this day!" Venelana made a motion to step forward but her husband held her back. "Zeoticus!"
"Do not approach! If you interrupt the ritual now, you might kill Rias! She's feeding her power to the ritual, she might not survive if you cut them apart now!" Zeoticus explained while he had a pained expression.
The two other girls in the circle also fell over, the blonde one of them in dead faint from embarrassment as she noticed their 'observing crowd', and the white-haired unconscious from cringe.
The corpse of the Sekiryuutei twitched… And then began to float upwards as if on ethereal winds.
The body was bent to a bow while his chest was up, almost as if an invisible force was lifting him from the waist… Before a pair of devil-wings with red scales on them opened from his back.
"...The ritual is about to be completed. You must strike now, Sirzechs-sama." Lord Phenix looked at the rising figure with worry, and sent another, more worried glance at his wife who was recording the ritual with a magical phone while happily mumbling something to herself. "It is your duty as the Maou to defend the Underworld! Before something dreadful has a chance to happen!"
"Are you referring to the ritual or your wife having an idea that involves Sekiryuutei?!" Sirzechs whispered back, in equally rising worry.
"...Issei…" Rias stirred weakly as she lifted her hand towards the boy. "...Please… Don't go…"
Rias's searching hand found Issei's… And she pulled herself up so that she was facing him as if she was the prince charming and floating body of Issei was the unconscious princess.
And without a moment's pause, Rias kissed him.
The observing crowd felt as the moment stretched… Until the power of the ritual imploded upon itself, causing a shockwave that caused the fires in the room to go out and forced the devils to brace themselves against the shockwave.
The dust and debris cleared, and what was left was the body of the Red Dragon Emperor, floating in the air and standing upright in a T-pose that forced the devils to avert their eyes from the sight of the holy symbol, his wings spread wide and a peaceful expression on his face, floating a few feet off the ground.
Rias, meanwhile, clung to his side as if the boy could just float away at any second, and the rest of her Peerage were either unconscious or on the verge of such while panting heavily on the floor below.
"Rias… I'm back." Issei spoke as he opened his eyes and turned them to give Rias a fond look.
"Ise-kun… Don't go away again, ever." Rias smiled fondly at Issei.
Grayfia chose that moment to cough loudly to her hand.
Rias flinched and then turned her head around slowly. Very slowly.
Issei, meanwhile, fell back down from his floating position as the motive force behind the floating had dissipated alongside the remnants of the ritual.
"Um." Issei turned towards the crowd, noticed Venelana… and his eyes promptly fell down from eye level.
Venelana first thought that it was from respect and she nodded her slight approval at the dragon's reverence… before he spoke.
"Whoa mama! Those are some big badonkers! Some humongous badonkahanagaloos, gigantic mamma mias, must be like double H's-" The boy's eyes were quite wide as she stared at Venelana's chest, and his mouth was even more wide.
Venelana paused. Rias let out a strange sound that was somewhere between a chuckle, a groan, and a sigh of relief.
Koneko stood up while completely unconscious and instinctively slapped Issei in the back of his head, before she crumbled back down into a heap on the floor.
The boy fell forward like a log and hit his head on the floor hard enough to knock him out.
Venelana guessed that the boy was still alive and in good health as he had a decent blush oh his cheeks and a stupid smile on his face even when knocked out.
"Um… onii-chan, mom, dad, I- I can explain?" Rias stared at Issei's motionless body, blushed up a storm and sweated a small river in a flash, while she was standing in the middle of a ruined hospital room with various porn magazines stacked to piles, in a pile of her barely clothed female Peerage members, and one healthy and satisfied-looking male one.
With her parents, brother, brother's wife, and her future parents-in-law as observers.
Venelana promptly grabbed Rias by the ear and dragged her off.
"We're going to have a small talk, mother to daughter. Please excuse us, my lords."
"Owie! O-Owie! M-mom! P-please! It's going to tear! I had a good reason! Owie! It's going to tear off! Owieeee!"
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"Didn't expect you to be back so quickly."
"Did you see those boobs?! Holy cow!"
"...Right. Of course. What was I thinking?"
Issei was once again flattened to the floor of his mental world with a tail-swipe.