"So, your plan was right, huh? They actually did try to attack the capital during our meeting?" Odin asked as the Four Satans appeared from a teleportation crest, with him, Frigg & Yeshua being seated in the real Government Office Hall while the entrances were being guarded by Sirzechs' peerage.
"Indeed they did. Fortunately, it appears that with Isaiah's blade & my plan, we managed to trick them into thinking our guard was down, leading to the defeat of a good chunk of their army, I'd wager." Falbium answered as he sat down, the other Satans sitting down as Odin turned to the frowning Sirzechs.
"I suppose it's too much to say that their leaders are no longer breathing."
"Loki disappeared the moment Isaiah took him to their designated battlefield, Euclid was teleported away by Rizevim before we could finish our fight and Azazel has not reported back on the battle with Satanael." Sirzechs spoke and Odin sighed before everyone looked to the right side of the room as a magic crest appeared on the floor, relaxing when they saw it was the Grigori crest before being cautious once again when they noticed the panicked frown on Azazel's face.
"So, Satanael dead or-!"
"Shit just hit the fan." Azazel cut Odin off while pacing past them, everyone watching as the man walked in circles around the table before Ajuka spoke up.
"What do you mean shit just hit the fa-!"
"Crom Cruach is with the Khaos Brigade." He spoke with a frown and everyone's eyes widened as Odin blinked.
"Crom Cruach? As in Crom Cruach, the Crescent Circle Dragon?"
"Yes, Crom Cruach. The fucker who the Ancients Irish Gods had to make a very specific bullet for in order to ensure that he didn't kill them all with the first attack." Azazel spoke as he dropped into a free chair, Falbium staring at the man with a frown before speaking.
"That would not be enough for you to act like this. What else is wrong?"
"Hah, Satanael was about to give up and before he could, Crom Cruach appeared & took him away, talking about how he wasn't going to let him quit. That leaves me to believe that they actually have a way to compete agianst us despite the fact that their numbers are very few compared to ours."
"You think that they may have found a way to revive the Evil Dragons?" Frigg asked & Azazel simply sighed before speaking.
"For those that know, how was it that us Fallen Angels fell from Heaven without killing the women we slept with?"
"You possessed the bodies of their husbands andd…oh…" Ajuka trailed off with wide eyes as Falbium stared at him with a frown before his eyes widened.
"Shit." Falbium cussed as he palmed his face, Azazel giving an empty chuckle as he nodded.
"So, what? You think they're going to make the souls of the Evil Dragons possess random humans?" Sirzechs asked with a confused frown, to which Azazel snorted as Ajuka answered.
"If only it was that simple. If Falbium, Azazel and I are on the same page, we believe that they're going to take the body of Satanael…and make an Evil Dragon inhabit it."
"Oh. That…is very bad." Serafall muttered with a shocked expression and Ajuka nodded gravely before Yeshua's eyes frowned as a crest appeared in the air next to him.
Watching it float close to his ear, everyone looked at in curiosity as the leader of Heaven listened intuitively to the crest before his eyes widened and he slowly turned to everyone.
"I…I have news from Heaven."
"Okay, what news is it that has you this shocked?" Odin asked with a raised eyebrow before he along with everyone was shocked by his next words.
"It…it was attacked and…the Tree of Life was taken."
"So, what's got you all this tired?" I asked with an amused smile as I teleported into the Azathoth castle, looking at how Samson, Meredith, Issei & Saji were sprawled on the large sofas we had while Valerie was busy reading a novel near the back right corner of the room where we had let her build a little reading corner.
Well, 'little' was a bit of an understatement since nearly the entire right side of the room was nothing but rows upon rows of shelves filled with books, but considering her entire room has been fitted with runes to make it a football-sized library with a bed in the middle of it, it really was little.
"We did some delivery missions for the Satans. You never warned us it would be that stressful."
"Felt like every wrong move could lead to a full-scale war, didn't it?" I spoke with a knowing smirk, chuckling as Issei simply grumbled while Saji nodded.
"Yep. I've realized that I'm not cut out for that kinda stuff." Samson said with a shrug, to which I chuckled as everyone nodded along with his words before turning to Valerie.
"How about you? How did you spent your time off?" I asked Valerie as I sat down next to her, smirking as she just looked at me with a raised eyebrow while slowly turning the page of her book.
"Right, stupid question."
"Yes, it is. I suppose all you did was fornicate with Akeno and the others, then?"
"We did more than fornicate, Val. Mostly, we just sat around & relaxed. No Queen duties for the girls and no travelling work for me. Nothing but peace & quiet."
"Until your trip was cut short." Issei chimed in and I groaned while nodding.
"Right. That was until our trip was cut short."
"I'm guessing you couldn't pop the question, then?" Saji asked with a raised eyebrow and I blinked as I turned to them.
"What the hell do you mean about popping the question? Despite my maturity, I'm still just 17 years old. I still have thousands of years left for stuff like that."
"Boss, we know that's bullshit. You may act childish & battle-hungry, but you're probably the most mature one of our group save for maybe Valerie and that's a small maybe."
"That is quite true. Your facade of battle-lust is quite well-crafted, Sir Isaiah, but all of us have spent enough time with you to see right through it." Valerie chimed in while turning a page, to which I simply sighed as I leaned back against the chair I was sitting on.
"Well, even if what you said is true, why would I ask them to marry me?"
"Sam told us about the rings." Meredith said with a shrug and I simply blinked before slowly turning my head to stare at the sweating Samson.
"Seriously, dude? That was like the one secret you had to keep."
"Valerie threatened to read her book to me if I didn't tell them."
"Valerie, what have I told you about threatening to read the Akashic Records to our friends?"
"Not to." She said before whining as the book in her hands as well as those on the shelves disappeared with bright azure flashes, to which she glared at me while I simply raised an eyebrow back.
"Apologize to Samson."
"Fine~Samson, I'm sorry."
"For?" I asked and she groaned while the others simply looked amused.
"Samson, I'm sorry for threatening to melt your brain with my words."
"…That sounds more insulting than apologetic, but I'll take it. You're forgiven."
"Thank you. Now, can I have my books back, please?" She asked with a cute pleading pout and I simply smiled before standing up.
"Nope. Matter of fact, I took away Meredith's tombs, Samson's weights, Issei's manga & Saji's gaming systems. For the next two weeks, you guys are ordered to either study up on your etiquette & laws or train your bodies & magic. Any complaints will extend this by another week." I quickly added before anyone could complain, making them all grumble as I grinned before looking around for the final addition of the peerage.
"Where's Bardy?"
"Where else would he be if you or the three ladies are not here?"
"Right, Koneko. Anyway, I've already sealed away everyone's secret stashes they had Meredith make along with layering a few security runes that will alert me the moment she tries to unlock them. Good luck."
'Did I make them just so Meredith could try & unlock them without activating the security runes? Of course, but then that wouldn't be training, would it?'
"Oh, and before I go. Castle, activate Gravity Runes." I spoke out loud and as five groans were heard along with five thumps on the ground as the gravity around them was increased, I chuckled as the Azathoth crest appeared under me before I disappeared.
As I reappeared back into my room in the Gremory Castle, a soft smile appeared on my face at the sight of Akeno sleeping peacefully in the middle of my bed, Tsubaki & Kuroka lying on either side of her while Bardou & Koneko were lying on top of them.
'You know, I still can't believe this is my life. Who would have thought the chubby 21 year old that could barely handle a punch from his bullies would grow up to be one of the most influential beings in all of existence?' I thought with a smile as I sat down at my desk, the sleeping presences in front of me putting my mind at ease before I turned as the door opened.
"Is-!" Before Rias could be her loud self like usual, her eyes widened as I quickly covered her mouth, a sheepish grin on her face as she saw the people sleeping on my bed before looking back at my amused smirk.
"Outside." I whispered, to which she nodded as the both of us quietly left the room before I softly closed the door behind me.
"So, what's the problem, boss?" I asked and she giggled before I blinked as she took my hand and pulled me away from my door.
"You know what Alivian likes, right?"
"Yeah, you, Seekvaira and about mostly nothing else." I answered, smirking at her blushing glare before she huffed.
"Good, 'cause I'm going shopping and I need a second opinion."
"…I thought you needed my help, not a torture puppet."
"Welcome to L' élégance, the place to go to when looking for the best dresses in the Underworld!" Rias exclaimed with a smile as we stood in front of a very expensive looking dress shop, to which I simply glanced at the white marble used for the shop as well as the elegant dresses in the display window.
"Rias, quiet voice." I spoke with a sigh as her shout drew attention, to which she simply blinked before smiling as a crowd of people was already looking at us.
"Hey, isn't that Rias Gremory?"
"Wait, the Gremory Heiress? Wow~She's even prettier in person."
"L-Look who's with her. That's Isaiah Azathoth."
"The Unholy Wolf of House Gremory. M-Man, he looks awesome in person."
"I-I thought he was almost 18? Why the hell does he look like he's almost thirty?"
'Oi, what the hell? I look at most 25.'
"Hello, everyone! Apologies for interrupting your shopping. Come on, Isa, and stop glaring at the guy who said you look thirty." I simply continued glaring at the pale guy that called me thirty while following Rias into the shop, cutting my glare off as we entered before my eyes widened as we were greeted by a group of attendants.
"Lady Rias~! Welcome to my humble shop. How may I be of service today to a lady as elegant as yourself?" An elderly man asked as he walked forward past the attendants, all of them quickly moving out of the way while I hummed with a narrowed stare aimed at the man dressed in a black tux with a monocle over his left eye & a cane in his hands.
'If I look at him from the right angle, he kind of looks like Mr. Henderson from Spy x Family. Man, how I wish I could have finish that last episode of Season 1 before I got sent here.' Now that I think about it, I missed out on a lot of anime & shit.
Hell, the last manga chapter I can remember reading before the whole dying thing was the chapter where Luffy punched the shit out of Kaido and Momonosuke pulling the island away from the Flower Capital with his own Flame Clouds.
'Wait, Mob Psycho III & Bleach's TYBW arc was supposed to come out that year too, right? Fuck! I missed out on so much.'
"Why is he pulling such inelegant faces, Lady Rias?"
"Forgive him. Isaiah is just very expressive." I blinked as I heard Rias & the Henderson lookalike talking about me, tuning back out of my internal moping to see Rias giving me an amused look while the Henderson-clone gave me a disapproving frown.
"What?" I asked and Rias giggled as the clone sighed.
"Mr. Hendricks asked what your size was since you need a few new suits as well."
"My usual suit size is 42L." I answered with a shrug, to which Hendricks raised an approving eyebrow & nodded.
"I see you know your way around a suit. Please, follow me to see if we have any that might fit you."
"I thought we were here for your clothes?" I asked with a deadpan stare aimed at Rias even as I began unzipping my hoodie, shaking my head as she simply giggled in response.
"There's more than enough time for that. Now, let your King spoil you."
"I should have just acted as if I was asleep."
"Urgh…where…where am I?" Euclid groaned as he finally came to, blinking a few times to get rid of his blurry vision before blinking in surprise at his master looming over him.
"M-Master Rizevim." Euclid wheezed as he tried to stand up only to blink as the handsome middle-aged man pushed him back into the bed with a smile, his dark silver hair & beard shining in the light above them as he shook his head.
"Euclid, glad to see you make it back, but you need to rest. A servant of mine shall not show a sign of weakness for even a moment."
"Y-Yes, Lord Rizevim." Euclid muttered with a relieved smile as he laid back down before his eyes widened as pain exploded all over his body.
"Trick question, Euclid. I can't believe you actually fell for it."
"So, this is the guy that's supposed to be his body?" Euclid heard a familiar voice say from behind Rizevim and could barely turn his head before his eyes widened in horror as Crom Cruach was seated in a chair to the far back.
However, he was not the only other person with them as five others were seated all around the room, each of them having a malevolent aura rippling from their bodies as they looked on in glee at what Rizevim was doing.
"W-What is going on?! M-My lord! What! What are you doing?!" Euclid gritted out as he tried to move only for each movement to feel as if his body was being burned from the inside out, forcing him to lie still as Rizevim giggled while lifting a vial filled with pitch black smoke inside it.
"Well, Crom here has taught me a new trick and with it, I no longer need the Holy Grail. All I need is for you to take this & this and boom! A new friend!" Rizevim cackled as he forced Euclid to eat a slice from a golden apple & tipping the vial into his mouth before forcibly making him swallow it, Euclid's last sight being that of Rizevim's insane glee on his face before his vision went back.
"Ah, you know, Crom? You have the funniest yet most creative ideas I've seen yet."
"Good to hear. So, is that enough?" Crom Cruach asked as he stood over, the other five following his motions as they walked closer while Rizevim grinned as he nodded.
"Yep! Now for the final piece!" Rizevim exclaimed with a grin as a large silver magic crest appeared above Euclid, the devil smirking as he placed his left index finger in the middle of it before chanting.
"With the flesh, you become anew. With the mind, you become aware. With the soul, you awake from your slumber. Arise & sink the world into abyss, Apophis."
A/N: And so, the final war begins as we see the Evil Dragons in all their glory next to their boss.
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