Chapter 2 Prequel to the Conference

Anos POV

So everything is going quite better than I expected my sister-in-law is completely passed out in my brother's arms. It seems like he has completely forgotten me for the time being about what I said and has moved his attention to his wife which I understand.

My father seems to be more focused on me being okay and alive so I assume when comes to his senses his reaction will change also. Lastly, the nurse has also left without me noticing, shame she missed my first words.

Finally, Grayfia starts moving and slowly starts talking, "Sirzech did the baby just say that he wants to name himself?" Sirzechs who seems to finally have realized what happened lifts his wife to her feet and I have to say my sister-in-law has a surprising way of concealing her emotions.

Cause immediately after standing she goes back to a straight-faced demeanor immediately after getting up.

Sirzechs after looking at his one last time turns around and sighs. "Umm, father I think we need to..um..talk about my new little brother?" I look at my brother and say, "I assume you both are talking about me?"

Zeoticus seems to have finally come to the realization of the situation in front of him, "oh yes, you are right so uhh…ummmm…Anos you are uhm talking…." but, before he could finish his statement I speak in an understanding tone.

"I know you three have questions and I promise to answer them all but, I think it would be best to wait a month or until mother wakes up so I don't have to explain everything twice and brother I mean Lord Lucifer I suggest you bring the other Devil Kings."

As soon as I said that I felt an immense pressure come from my brother and the face I saw from him was not that of a loving brother but that of a king with the power to destroy his enemies. I sighed, "look Lord Lucifer I can promise you this I am not a threat to the underworld, but I would rather wait until I have enough people around as to not repeat myself twice."

Sirzech looked at me sternly and said, "fine little brother I will wait until our mother awakes or in a month to thoroughly question your identity and find out how you know my identity after just being born.

The immense aura I felt from him seemed to have disappeared, but I could still feel his cold gaze. I then turned my attention to my father who seemed to be going through different emotions and then I saw a face of compassion from him which surprised me thinking that he would have the same reaction as Sirzechs.

I say to him, "why are you looking at me like that, it's not every day a baby talks right after being born and names himself?"

You are right Anos it's not every day and I do have questions, but I doubt you will answer them, so now I am just relieved," my father says with a smile on his with a tear in his eye being completely wiped away before it could form. When I look into my father's eyes, I see nothing but relief and happiness.

Zeoticus POV

"So what do we do now Anos leave you here. You aren't a normal child," with a little concern in his voice. Anos looks at me contemplating then responds, "I suggest you leave me here I will give you my word I will not leave this room or move from this spot."

"Thank you, Anos I will take you at your word, "I say with a smile. Hmmm weird I feel as though I am talking to someone as old as me, I thought to myself. "Come Sirzechs we need to go check up on your mother." He responds to me with a nod.

We walk out of the room and I ask Sirzechs, "what do you think" and he says, "I don't know but for some reason, his magic felt like mine but completely different in its way." "Well, that would make sense he should have the power of destruction."

Yes, are right father but it didn't feel like our family's power of destruction." "Interesting but it doesn't seem like he will tell us anything now." "Yes, father but not to sound like I don't trust my new brother it just seems like I am missing something and as I stared into his eyes, I saw nothing but the power that shouldn't be taken likely."

"Do you think so, when I looked into his I saw someone who held the weight on his shoulders and has been carrying guilt? It's weird I just feel like I need to protect him and show him the love of a parent."

As I finish those words, I look at Sirzechs who had a face of jealousy, and started talking under his breath saying, "where was this when I was little." Then I look to Grayfia looking as cold as usual but if you were to look harder you could see she was trying to hold back a smirk ever so slightly twitching to the corner of her lips.

I look back to my son placing my hands on his shoulder and say, "don't feel bad nothing could replace how proud I am of you becoming the Devil King Lucifer." After saying that I could tell his shoulder relaxed completely.

After a few moments of silence, we finally reach the room where Venelana was sleeping. As the nurse opens the leading us in, I see a few doctors around all stepping back a bowing to me and my son.

"I ask them what the damage report is," a doctor walks up to me and says, "now Lord Gremory your wife is currently stable and visible signs of damage. Currently, now she is completely exhausted in a deep coma. The best we can say is that she will not wake until she regains her lost stamina but, the good news is her stamina is slowly growing."

I then ask, "how long do you think it will take," thinking about what Anos told us. The doctors then adopt a thinking pose than responding," no more than a month." I chuckle slightly with the doctors looking at me weirdly then I look to booth Sirzechs and Grayfia he seemingly understands why I chuckled slightly.

I look back to the doctor telling him, "No it's fine don't worry about it, may we have a few moments alone with her." The doctor bowed to me, and the rest left the room. I pull up a chair sitting next to my wife grabbing her hand.

"I am here honey," I then begin to tell her about how the children are doing then leave out the part about Anos talking and the vague statement about needing to talk to all of us. I couldn't lie to myself and say that I didn't feel a little anxious.

He's supposed to be a newborn and yet his voice rings of royalty and demands respect. Also, how does he know who the current Maou are after just being born? I have so many questions and yet I can't bring myself not to believe or trust in my son. I already did that once I will never be doing that again.

Sirzechs inner thoughts

As a new older brother I feel happy about having a new little brother and sister but as a current Maou, I feel very anxious. How would a baby know my name and know the other current Maou? Is he a reincarnation of someone from the Civil war or the Great War?

If so then who could it be maybe he is one of the original Devil Kings but, how? None of the original Devil Kings can use resurrection. Maybe they escaped death's domain (I inwardly sigh) not possible no one can escape death's domain with her out permission. Not even Hades God of death can surpass her.

I sit there in silence going through several possibilities with them all being too outlandish or not making any sense. I can still feel Anos presence but it's weird from I can feel he hasn't moved an inch.

At least I can say he is true to his word that he said he wouldn't leave but not even moving an inch from the spot my father had last placed him in very interesting. I look back to my queen to see if she is all right.

That was the first time I have ever seen her pass out from shock it completely threw me for a loop. I will just have to keep my guard up around my brother and be ready to strike at any time.

I sit there listening to my father talk about everything that happened from us talking in the lobby to us walking into the room. I then noticed that he left out the sequence of events with Anos which I understood if she could hear us through the coma there would be no point in worrying her with that information.

After a few minutes, I tell my father that I need to go convene with the other Maou, to which he nods in understanding. I walk out of the room and prepare a teleportation circle with Grayfia next to me. We arrive at my office.

I go to my desk place resting both hands under my chin and I tell my Queen in a calm tone to send a message to the other Maou to meet me here…

Time Skip to May 3 almost one month later Anos POV

I am in the Gremory estate lying in a crib next to my sister. I have to say being a child is awful, luckily, I may have the form of a baby I can change my age at any time which is what I have been doing.

Anytime I am alone I change my appearance to a man who appears to be in his 20's even though I am well over 2,000 years old. The only thing about me that my hair has changed it's used to be black but now I changed it to red hair with my eyes retaining their red color with a black outline.

I stand at 6'1 with an athletic build. Though I could have given myself an older body, it's like the physique I had before I died.

Okay but back to the crib the thing is now a nurse is well…changing my diaper. Which I can say is making me angry every time because every time she does this, I have made myself shit or piss my pants which is degrading for a Demon King but, I made a promise to my brother not to leave this room and I am a man of my word.

Once my mother wakes up, I will be rewriting the past again. I just hope that Eugo La Raviaz (Guardian Deity of Time) doesn't bother me this time around, but he may not be this world God of time. Yet I should still be careful when messing with time.

Then finally the humiliation ends, I can't believe this I am the demon King of Tyranny a man feared by all even gods, yet I need my royal behind whipped.

She finally leaves and I let out a sigh and change my form to my adult one. I stretch my arms look around with my eyes landing on my Rias my sister. I walk towards her with a smile thinking so this is what it is like to have a sister.

I always wanted this but couldn't my family died before I was born by humans so I never got to meet them, and I never wanted to make a family of my own sake in fear that I would lose them how I lost my own.

Even so, I am glad I have a little sister and older brother even though I am older than both combined. I pick up Rias and walk to a rocking chair, she lets out a smile. I don't how but I guess I am a baby person now even though I have never held any other babies besides my sister.

"Hello, my little sister how are you doing today. You are just precious I will always be there for you." once I say that I think to myself I have. Hmm, I have never been too affectionate towards anyone before.

I look back down to Rias and say," well I guess you are the cause of this happiness and the new loving family I have I wouldn't give you up for…." But, before I could finish that phrase, I think to myself what I am doing I have a kingdom to lead I can't abandon them, my people are counting on me to return to them and protect them, but I can't deny how to feel towards my new family.

With my father, we have very intellectual conversations about things you shouldn't talk about to a baby. Besides that, I enjoy our talks. From time to time he will ask me how my day is and is there anything I need. I simply say no and leave it at that. I can tell he means well but I can always hear the worry in his voice.

{Flash Back}

My father walks into my room to check up on Rias, not me, which is fine, it's the middle of the night so I guess it's just his maternal instincts. "Hey Anos, are you awake," a soft voice asks me?

"Yes, father how can I help you, is there something that you need," I ask with a confused look? When I ask my question, he seems startled almost surprised that I am awake. He says in a concerning tone, "is there anything that you need, is your crib uncomfortable, is that why you are still awake let me go get the maid and have her go get a more comfortable crib."

Before my father can run out of my room and get the maid. "Father are you okay, anytime you come and talk to me it seems like there is always something troubling or you keeping your edge?"

He looks back at me with his hand on the doorknob, "I guess..I am being overprotective...huh," my father says with a slight grin on his face but I could tell it wasn't a happy one?

Then his face changes to one of regret, "Anos I'm sorry for giving up on you," small tears starting to build on his face. I stand in my crib and ask my father, "what do you mean giving up me?"

"Anos before you had born me, and your mother had given up on you and thought you were going to die so we decided not to name you to make it easier for us to move on." As I listen to my father talk, I just listen to what he has to say because I can tell this has been eating him up inside.

"The doctors told us that your body was so weak and that even if you were to survive infancy you would have numerous health problems and not live long.

Then when we walked into your hospital room and I saw you standing which should have been strange for a baby that was just born but, all I could feel was joy then when you spoke at first it caught me off guard but then I could feel nothing but happiness that you could talk.

So now I want to make sure all of your needs are met and this time I will never give up on and the same can be said for your mother." After hearing my father's explanation, I give him a warm smile and say.

"Father you have nothing to worry about me, and you can see I am doing fine. I don't ever feel tired, and my body doesn't hurt you have nothing to worry about. Also, about you giving up on me father, I don't hold any ill will towards you or mother. I completely understand don't worry there is nothing in this world that would bring me to hate any of you."

In a burst of speed, my father runs toward picks me up, and starts suffocating me with hugs and kisses on my cheeks, and I can't help but say, "I love you to father."

{Flash Back End}

After that, my father still comes to me and my sisters and checks on us, but it has decreased by 20% out of 100% of the time. It's fine I have come to enjoy it a little bit.

With Sirzechs let's just say at first, he was very cautious when visiting then slowly began to relax. Then one day I asked...

{Flash Back}

"How was work?" He looked at me with a confused face and said, "it's weird for a baby to ask about my life as a devil king?" A grim lifted from my face and I said," really well let me change that."

Before he could question my words, I leaped out of my cradle and my body began to grow into an older version of myself in my mid-twenties. Sirzech instinctively took a defensive stance in front of Rias.

I told them," he does not be alarmed big bro it is I Anos your baby brother. I have changed my form so we could converse easier if you want. I can change back to the form I had when I was a baby."

Sirzechs sweatdropped, I could tell by his face that he had a thousand questions, and they were only growing in number. "I know you have a thousand questions and believe me you will get them I give you my word," from what I could see he was getting ready for a fight.

So, I walked to the nearest chair and sat, down while I did this, he had eyes trained on me. Then Sirzechs says, "I will take you at your word then."

{Flash Back End}

After that my brother would from time to time come talk to me about life as a Devil king to either ask for advice or complain.

Which is the complete opposite with Grayfia for some reason she has become stricter with me than she is with her husband. I can remember the first time she walked in on me and Sirzechs having our normal chit-chat.

{Flash Back Grayfia POV}

"Have you seen Lord Lucifer," I asked a maid of the Gremory estate with a tick mark on my forehead? "No ma'am, but he has been coming here a lot to go check up on his little brother and sister so he could be in there."

"Ahh yes, thank you...I will go check there now." I then walk away before the maid ever has a chance to respond. I think to myself Sirzechs how many times does one devil need to check on their baby siblings in one day.

I am starting to think you have an older brother complex. I know that you are worried that Anos will do something to Rias but at this point, if he was going to do something, he would have done it. After more ranting in my head, I finally make it to the door.

I knock once but before I don't get an answer, I open it saying, "Lord Lucifer I know you are in here, and I under…stand…pardon me but who is that that you are talking to? I was unaware that you had any other relatives."

He looks at me then looks to the individual in question and says, "you were supposed to be making sure no one walks in on us." The unidentified person says," HAHAHAHA apologies, I sensed her a while ago I just wanted to see if my sister-in-law would pass out again after seeing me."

If I wasn't even more confused about who this person was, I am now but his voice does sound familiar. Sirzechs stands up and sighs look I will tell you who this but don't pass out.

I gave him a blank expression and said, "yes." As I look to Sirzechs waiting for his answer he looks as if the information he tells me is about to kill me. Sirzechs says," this is Anos my brother and your brother-in-law." I say, "hello Annnoss."

I think to myself Anos is a baby but then it clicks his eyes, his voice, the comment he made earlier about the stain on my reputation. I think to myself don't pass out, don't pass out.

I slowly lift my head from bow inwardly trying to pass out from shock. Then it hits him, and I say in a calm tone " SHIT." Before I completely lose consciousness, I hear laughter and a loud sigh before I completely blackout.

{Flash Back over}

After that moment Grayfia seems to be more on guard for my antics of trying to catch her off guard but in the beginning, I used to get her 9/10 times but now she has gotten used to it, and my success rate has dropped to 3/10 times. I must commend her she adapts quickly.

Back to Anos

I stand up and put my sister back in the cradle and sigh thinking to myself it will be hard to leave this world but to save my world I must do this. I walk back to my cradle because I can sense the presence of a maid walking in this direction and transform back into my baby form and get in my cradle.

A few seconds after I get in, I sense magic forming and sense whose magic it is hmm looks like my brother has come to talk again. A sudden flash envelops the room and I see my brother but it's not the face of a brother it's the one I used to see days ago. He had a cold look in his eye's and he says a calm tone, "our mother has awoken it is time to talk."

End Chapter