Here's the next chapter, everyone! This arc will be shorter than most of the others, but certain events will have bigger implications for the story ahead. Also, I decided to incorporate another crossover character to the story in this chapter. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy!
It was late afternoon and at the Sigmund residence, Emery had just finished chugging an entire bottle of beer.
"You know, you might not get drunk, but your liver must be on its death bed."
Emery looked toward the voice and saw Seth walk into the living room.
"You're home early." Emery greeted her King.
"I didn't have anything to do after school." Seth clarified on the chair across from Emery. "There's something I wanted to ask you before everyone else gets home."
"Oh? What is it?"
"What do you think of Luke?"
"He's quiet, but a pervert."
"Haha, what gave you that idea?"
"I know he enjoys feeling my breasts against his back when I'm healing his life force. He even saw me entering the bath once… Although, to be fair, I didn't check to see if he was in there."
"It sounds like your only experiences with him involve those in which one of you is naked. You should really sit down with Luke sometime and get to know him. How are you doing on the dating front?"
Emery sighed. "Once the guys see me drink more than they do, they're instantly put off. At this rate, the Belmont line will end with me…"
"Give Luke a chance. I have a feeling he might be the one for you."
"I'm pretty sure I'd go to jail and I thought Miss Gremory is the one for him."
"I think Luke is the one for a lot of girls. Just helping him build his harem."
"He does sleep with Miss Gremory and Fumiko a lot."
"Sadly, nothing happens between them. At best, Rias sleeps naked with them."
"Why do you sound so disappointed?" Emery sighed in exasperation.
"I know my brother better than anyone, even him at times. Trust me, he's going to have a harem one day… And I hope you end up being one of his wives."
"Fine…" Emery reluctantly agreed. "I'll give Luke a chance."
"Great then!" Seth stood up. "Annabelle, Alastair and I will be heading to the Underworld to take care of some business. Hana will take care of the laundry, Luke has got cleaning, and Rias and Pyra will handle the cooking."
"What are you going to the Underworld for?"
"It's a surprise. Everyone'll know when we get back."
Late at night in the old school building, the Gremory peerage had just finished their Devil jobs for the night and were treating themselves to some tea before heading home.
"Rias, I trust that you've heard about the upcoming meeting for the young Devils?" Karlel asked.
"Yes, several noble and old families will be meeting in a few days." Rias confirmed. "It's a tradition to get us accustomed for our futures in the Rating Games. My brother even told me there's a new clan that will make its first public appearance after its formation."
"Should we be focused on the games when there's a terrorist group running around?" Luke questioned.
"It'll provide you all with experience before getting into actual combat." Karlel explained. "You'll be facing Devils reincarnated from humans, Fallen Angels, and other supernatural races. I doubt any of you will have too much trouble with them, though. Actually, I heard Sirzechs created the concept for the Rating Game so Devils would continue polishing their skills and abilities beyond a fine sheen. You've got nothing to worry about. I'll be sure to train you all during the summer break. Especially those of you with Sacred Gears."
Luke solemnly looked at his reflection in his tea. I'm expected to fully tap into my Balance Breaker by the end of summer… I don't know if I'll be able to accomplish that…
You have a tutor knowledgeable in Sacred Gears. Opheria telepathically spoke to Luke. She might be a bit too laidback, but there's no denying she's your best chance at learning how to activate your complete Balance Breaker without needing to pay a price.
Just as she was about to take another sip of tea, Karlel suddenly stopped as she sensed something nearby.
"… Somebody's entered the building."
Everyone prepared for a possible attack by either calling out their weapons, readying their magic spells, or getting into fighting stances. However, Fumiko just hid behind Luke and Gasper went inside his cardboard box.
"… I don't hear any footsteps." Yuuto kept his Holy Demon Sword at the ready.
"… This presence…" Karlel seemed slightly perplexed. "It's human…"
The sliding door started moving without anyone in the clubroom opening it up. They all became surprised when they saw what appeared to be a young woman breathing heavily and leaning against the door as blood streamed down their face and arm. She was wearing a dark blue ninja dress and a fox mask that had its bottom half broken off, her flowing copper hair loose.
"Wait! I know you!" Luke gasped as he was reminded of a kunoichi who summoned him early in his Devil career.
"I… knew… I would… find you here…" The woman dropped to her knees as her strength was steadily draining.
"President, this is that ninja customer I had that one time." Luke immediately turned to Rias. "W-"
"Fumiko, give her medical attention, stat!" Rias ordered before Luke could even start telling her to heal the ninja.
I should've known President would be gung-ho about this. Luke thought in slight exasperation.
Create!
Using his Art Creation, Luke materialized a soft bed behind one of the couches, carried the young woman to it, and gently lied her down. As soon as her body was on the bed, she could feel a soothing and calming sensation coming over her and she eventually fell asleep.
"I only came up with it just this moment, but this bed will at least mitigate her pain." Luke said.
Fumiko then came up to the ninja with her Supreme Aid in hand, the vial filled with a green liquid, and pierced the needle into her arm. As the syringe pumped the healing liquid into her, the wounds on her body stopped bleeding and closed up.
"That should take care of her injuries, but she must have exhausted herself getting here." Fumiko informed everyone. "She'll be fine after getting some rest."
"Is this the ninja that gave you the key to my seal?" Pyra inquired.
"Yeah, no doubt it's her." Luke confirmed. "If I never met her, I wouldn't have met you, either."
"How did she know where we were?" Xenovia wondered.
"Ahem…" Luke gestured to his Kuoh Academy uniform.
"This kunoichi came here bloodied and injured…" Karlel audibly muttered. "She must have been attacked and came here seeking refuge knowing we were here…"
"Do you think her assailants are close by?" Xenovia asked.
"I don't sense anyone else around the building. Either she managed to give them the slip or her enemy is really good at concealing their presence."
"Whoever harmed this kunoichi will feel my wrath!" Rias trembled with a scary crimson aura around her body.
"We can't keep her in the clubroom if her attackers are still after her." Karlel said.
"I just got a message from Seth earlier that he, Annabelle, and Alastair aren't going to be home for a few days." Luke began his suggestion. "If we teleport back to my place, we can throw Kayoko's attackers off her tracks and Fumiko will be nearby in case she needs emergency treatment."
"Yes!" Rias exclaimed with pumped fists and her eyes glowing like an excited child. "And when she wakes up, she can answer all of my questions!"
"You mean to know who attacked her. Right, Buchou?" Fumiko asked.
"That, too!"
Elsewhere in Kuoh Town, Spiral was lying awake in his bed.
(After the terrorist attack on the peace summit, Spiral noticed that his mother Seiryuu was speaking to Luke and Issei about something.
"You want to know if it's possible for your friends to be excepted from the prayer system?" Seiryuu asked them.
"Yeah." Luke nodded.
"Unfortunately, I don't know much about the system myself." Seiryuu rubbed the back of her neck. "All I need to know is that when Devils and Fallen Angels try to pray, they take some damage. If you want to know for sure if it's possible, you're better off asking Michael-sama directly."
"What are you talking about?" Spiral asked as he approached them.
"If Michael-sama will allow it, you, Asia, and Azusa-chan might be able to pray to God again." Issei answered.
"If it is possible…" Spiral began speaking, but the next words to come out of his mouth surprised Issei. "I appreciate your thoughtfulness… but I must decline."
"Huh?" Issei looked at Spiral in confusion. "I just thought since Asia and Xenovia haven't dropped their habit of praying, you and Azusa-chan…"
"Azusa-chan and I are fine. We managed to drop that habit pretty quickly after we left the Church."
"Come to think of it, why did you leave the Church in the first place?" Issei questioned.
"Kh!" Spiral quickly lowered his gaze toward the ground. "Let's just say… I did some things I'm not proud of…")
"Honestly… I don't think I'll ever be able atone for my sins…" Spiral muttered as he turned on his side.
In the basement of the Sigmund Residence, Pyra was sleeping in the bed next to Setsuna.
(An ancient Greek city was consumed in flames and the sounds of people's screams as a large, platinum-scaled dragon was rampaging about. The dragon's deafening roar was like a death knell to anyone who heard it and the beast relished in the destruction he was causing. Suddenly, a beam of light pierced through the pitch-black clouds and struck the gigantic dragon. More beams of light rained down from the sky and caused explosions upon impact. The apocalyptic dragon turned toward the sky to see a figure hovering in the sky, descending to meet the monster face to face. It was a beautiful woman with long, radiant blonde hair and a white dress with a serious expression on her face. The woman raised her hand to the sky and another beam of light came from the sky…)
"GAH!" Pyra shot up from her bed and gasped, panting and breaking out in a cold sweat.
After looking around the room and realizing that she was still in the Sigmund Residence basement, she started to calm down a little. However, she felt like she needed to get out of bed for a moment and went upstairs in thin black pajamas. She went into the kitchen and got herself a glass of water as she noticed someone else passing through the hallway.
"Luke, what are you doing out of bed?" She inquired.
"I just wanted to check on Kayoko." Luke answered. "I know Fumiko's healing saved her, but… I can't help but worry."
Worry, huh? Pyra thought to herself before speaking again. "Well, don't let it keep you up all night."
"Pyra, can I ask you something?"
"Hm? Of course, you can."
"Opheria told me that you 'have yet to unleash your true power'. Do you know what she meant by that?"
"I… I-I…" Pyra behaved rather cagey to Luke's query. "It's… for the best that I don't… I'm… heading back to bed now."
As Pyra left the kitchen, Luke looked on toward her in concern.
There's no question that Pyra is hiding something. Opheria spoke up. Although, you're still a novice, so learning how to control something so powerful is a massive undertaking at this stage. Well, no point in dwelling on it at this late hour. You really should go back to sleep.
"R-right." Luke responded before going to check Kayoko's condition and returning to bed.
After Luke returned to his room and fell back to sleep, Fumiko was sleeping while feeling nice and cozy while in Luke's arms and her brain started conjuring a dream.
(Fumiko was standing in front of a church altar while wearing a beautiful, western-style wedding dress and the man in a white tuxedo in front of her stared at her with an affectionate smile.
"You look beautiful, Fumiko." Luke, the man in the white tuxedo, said.
"Th-thank you, Luke." Fumiko blushed. "Y-you look very handsome, yourself."
The two drew their faces closer to each other, closed their eyes, and locked themselves in a gentle, but loving kiss. When Fumiko opened her eyes again and broke apart from Luke's lips, they were in a fancy bedroom with a single large bed.
"Luke?"
"Yes, Fumiko?"
"N-now that we're husband and wife… Do you think we could… Um… start our family?"
Luke gently smiled at her. "Of course. Anything for you."
Fumiko and Luke went into another kiss again. It started off gentle, but gradually grew more passionate as they continued. While making out, Luke took off his jacket and tossed it onto the bedroom floor, followed by his shirt and pants, leaving him in nothing but his boxers.
LEMON WARNING!
Luke proceeded to remove his last article of clothing and Fumiko could see his fully erect penis.
"W… wow…" Fumiko muttered.
"This is your first time, right?"
"Y-yes. I'll… let you take the lead. It'll be easier for us to get pregnant if you're on top."
Luke reached for the back of Fumiko's dress. "May I?"
The blushing Fumiko nodded, signaling Luke to start removing her dress. Luke lowered the zipper on the back of her dress, carefully grabbed the top of her dress and lowered it, finally revealing her large breasts. With her dress now completely off and on the floor, Fumiko was in nothing but a pair of lacy white panties. Luke couldn't help himself anymore as he started sucking and licking on Fumiko's tits.
"Ohhhhh…" Fumiko let out an erotic moan.
"Oh, sorry! I should have asked first."
"N-no! You're fine! I just… didn't know this would feel so good."
Luke continued fooling around with Fumiko's breasts.
"Fumiko, you're breasts are so soft and big. I can't get enough of them."
"Th-thank you."
"Fumiko, can you get on your knees, please?"
"Huh? Why?"
"You'll see soon enough."
As Luke sat at the edge of the bed, Fumiko got in front of him and went down on her knees.
"Now, put my dick between your breasts."
At that moment, Fumiko knew what Luke wanted her to do. She moved her boobs so that his cock was right in between them. Fumiko then started moving her breasts up and down, using them to stroke his penis.
"Ohhhh…" Luke moaned in pleasure. "This is just as amazing as I imagined it'd be…"
"Ever since I fell in love with you, Luke, I did think what it would be like to have your penis between my breasts, but I never realized it would feel this good for me, too."
The tit-fucking continued until Luke could feel himself getting close.
"Fumiko, stop. Stop."
Fumiko immediately stopped. "S-sorry. You can't ejaculate just yet. We need that sperm for the baby."
"I think it's time now."
Fumiko got onto the bed, lied on her back, and watched as Luke hovered over her, the two romantically kissing one more time.
"Fumiko, are you ready?"
"Mm-hm." Fumiko nodded. "Make me yours, Luke."
Luke grabbed his cock, put it into Fumiko's vagina, and slowly and gently thrust himself inside her.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh…" Fumiko released another erotic moan. "It's… it's finally happening… Luke and I… Ahhh!"
Doing his best to be gentle and passionate, Luke slowly thrusted his penis in and out of Fumiko's pussy, the young woman experiencing absolute pleasure.
"Wow, Fumiko… Gr… You're so tight…"
"And… Ah… you're… oh… so big…"
The couple continued to make love, both in a state of euphoria they didn't want to end. However, at one point, Luke pulls out of Fumiko and she looks at him with wanting eyes.
"Why did you stop?"
"If it takes longer for me to come, I'll release more sperm and it'll be easier to get you pregnant. You know the other position that's good for that, right?"
"… Oh!"
Fumiko turned herself around and got on all fours with her plump rear facing Luke. He then proceeded to start fucking her doggy-style.
"Aaaahhhh!" Fumiko moaned. "Your penis is going even deeper inside of me!"
Luke would go on to fuck her for several more minutes. At one point, he lowered his upper body so that he was embrace her while fondling her tits.
"Fumiko, gr, I'm gonna cum!"
"Me, too, ahh… Please… get me pregnant, Luke! I want to have your babies!"
Those magic words immediately caused Luke to climax, with Fumiko doing so at the same time. She could practically feel her womb getting filled as she orgasmed. As his dick continued pumping loads into her, Luke put his face next to Fumiko's, she turned her head, and they engaged in a passionate kiss.
"How was your first time?" Luke asked while panting.
"Amazing, Luke. I love you."
"I love you, too, Fumiko. You know? This one time might not be enough to get pregnant. Want to keep going all night?"
Fumiko immediately turned around and pinned Luke down onto the bed with her on top.)
END LEMON
In the real world, Fumiko was sleeping soundly in Luke's arms with a very peaceful look on her face.
The next morning, Luke, Rias, Pyra and Fumiko woke up to check on Kayoko's state after getting dressed. Thankfully, the previous day was the last day of the semester and summer break had officially started.
"You look like you got a good night's sleep, Fumiko." Pyra said. "Did you have a nice dream?"
"I-I wouldn't kn-know what you're talking about!" Fumiko instantly denied with a beet red face.
They walked up to the door to Hana's bedroom, where she and Emery were sleeping as well as where they had Kayoko rest.
"Can we come in?" Luke knocked on the door.
Luke couldn't help but notice that Rias was especially excited to speak with Kayoko.
It may be extreme, but I must admit that this side of President is really adorable…
"Come in." Hana's voice answered from inside.
Rias opened the door and they all saw Kayoko sitting up in one of the beds, her broken mask still on her face. Hana and Emery were also in the room, both already dressed in their casual clothes.
"Good to see you awake and well, ninja." Rias greeted her with a smile. "We gave you immediate medical attention as soon as you arrived at our base. You're lucky that you were a customer of one of my servants. I am Luke's master, Rias Gremory. It's a pleasure to finally meet a ninja here in Japan."
"I owe you all a great debt, Rias Gremory-dono." Kayoko lowered her head and made a thankful hand gesture.
"Think nothing of it." Luke approached the bed.
"Oh, you're name is Luke?" Kayoko asked.
"How do you not remember my name?"
"You never told me."
Ah, yeah. I was so focused on work and then I became an even bigger stuttering mess than I usually was at the time when she took off her m…
Luke then remembered how beautiful Kayoko looked underneath her mask and the cute giggle she let out, causing his face to turn red.
"W-w-well…" Luke stood up straight and stiff. "Allow-allow me to in-in-introduce myself… properly! I am L-L-Lu-Luke Sigmund!"
"Thank you for giving me your name, Luke-Sigmund-san."
"Anyway, you look like you were attacked before you came to the Academy." Rias stated with a serious look on her face. "Can you tell us everything that happened leading up to that?"
"Hm." Kayoko nodded. "You might be more comfortable with my answer if I remove my mask"
Luke nervously gulped as Kayoko removed her mask, revealing her stunningly beautiful face to the others.
"Wow! You're so pretty, Kayoko!" Fumiko exclaimed.
"Are you really a normal human?" Rias questioned. "Your beauty even puts most Devils and Fallen Angels to shame."
"Yes. As a kunoichi, I was raised from birth to be naturally attractive."
"It's no wonder Luke became so flustered around you." Rias giggled.
Luke felt completely embarrassed.
"I was on my way back to my village after completing a training mission…" Kayoko started recalling what transpired the previous night. "Without any warning, I was attacked by a strange group of people. They had abilities I had never seen before and caught me off guard. I managed to cut one of their eyes, but I was outnumbered and had to retreat. After losing my assailants, I needed to seek assistance for my wounds. I couldn't just enter a hospital as it would draw too much attention, nor could I head back to my village and put my people in danger, so I had to turn to the Devils who resided in this town. Luke was wearing a school uniform when I saw him and since there is only one school in this town, I knew that was my best chance at survival."
"Was it a rival ninja clan?" Luke inquired.
Kayoko shook her head. "No, they definitely weren't ninjas. One was a large, bulky man in transparent heavy armor."
Emery's eyes widened and shook.
"My shuriken and kunai went through him like he was made of mist, but my ninjutsu techniques were able to hit him." Kayoko continued. "With him was a smaller man with a strange spider on his shoulder."
Everyone heard a thud in the room and saw that Emery had dropped to her hands and knees with a mortified expression.
"No…" Emery's voice shook. "It can't be…"
"Emery, what's wrong?" Luke rushed to her side and kneeled down.
Suddenly, Emery bolted out of the room and through the hallway.
"Emery!" Luke chased after her.
As Setsuna was walking down the hallway, Emery and Luke ran past her, the young samurai confused.
"Luke-sama, what's happening?" Setsuna asked.
"Setsuna!"
After hearing her name called, Setsuna turned around and saw Rias.
"Follow Luke and keep an eye on him." Rias ordered.
"Understood."
"And don't go seducing him again!"
At Modest Major, Issei, Misaki, and Asia arrived in the Velvet Suite early, so the only other people there were Melody and Katherine.
"We're here, Melody-sama." Misaki greeted her King.
"Great." Melody said. "Hikaru, Spiral, and Azusa are on their way now. Azazel will be joining us as well. After all, we have an important meeting in the Underworld to attend with the other Devil heirs."
"Melody-sama, before the meeting, there's something I want to talk about." Issei raised his hand.
"Go ahead."
"Why did Spiral and Azusa leave the Church?" Issei asked.
Melody's face became dark. "That's for them to answer, not me."
"I did ask him, but… he didn't feel like answering." Issei nervously rubbed the back of his neck.
"… I see…"
Melody remained silent for a very long moment the air thick with tension.
"Very well… I know they wouldn't like it, but… I will tell you."
Issei and the others sat down and prepared themselves to listen to Melody's story.
"You know how Spiral, or rather 'Rasen', joined the Church to become an exorcist, right?"
"Yeah?"
"To be more specific, he joined at the age of 10 and showed tremendous combat prowess. So, he was scouted by a specific regiment of the Church… One that is specialized to assassinate Devils."
"Wait, so Spiral was an assassin?!"
"That's horrible!" Asia gasped.
"You remember the Knight that was in Kaidon's peerage, Primoir?" Melody asked. "Her parents were among those Spiral has killed."
"No wonder that lady has such a bone to pick with him…" Issei muttered solemnly.
"His superiors and seniors were misleading him into thinking they were slaying Devils harming humans. However, he eventually realized what was happening… after witnessing a group of Devil children getting slaughtered."
"How could anyone do something so awful?!" Asia was starting to break into tears. "The Church would never kill innocent people!"
"There are many in the Church who despise Devil and want them eradicated, or those who take pleasure in snuffing out lives like the stray exorcist Freed." Melody explained. "Not everyone in the Church is like you, Asia, but the world would be a much better place if that was the case. Rasen did consider telling the higher-ups, but was told that if he did, it would bring shame on his mother… For the son of the Holy Dragon to be involved in a group that actively attacked Devils… Think of what a blow that would be to her reputation. Rasen was left with only one option: To resign. When Azusa found out, she resigned too, and that's when Spiral told her of what happened. Even though he no longer affiliated himself with that regiment, his heart continued to be weighed down by his guilt. He fell into a deep depression… I shudder to think what might have happened if Azusa hadn't summoned me when she did."
"Wait, Azusa-chan summoned you?!" Issei exclaimed.
"Misaki already told you that even though Spiral and Azusa aren't related by blood, they love each other like a real brother and sister." Melody said before continuing. "Azusa wanted her older brother back and with no other option, she was willing to summon a Devil. That's how we first met… After talking with him for a bit, I offered him to become my second Knight as his atonement. And Azusa followed suit as my second Rook."
"I didn't think Spiral's and Azusa's reason for leaving the Church and becoming Devils would be so dark…" Issei shivered.
"Issei-kun, Asia-chan, I would advise that you never repeat a word of this to Spiral-kun and Azusa-chan." Misaki told them. "Neither of them would appreciate it if they found out we told you behind their backs."
"However, my concern is that his sins are still weighing him down…" Melody looked to the side with concerned eyes.
That would explain why Spiral acts so cagey when it comes to discussions about the Church… I know he did a lot of bad things, but he's not a bad person… Otherwise, he wouldn't have felt as bad as he did for what happened…
Emery had kept running through town until she was in an area of the park where there were no other people around, leaning over with her hand against a tree.
Those men… Emery thought. They must be… the same ones who…
"Excuse me, miss? I couldn't help but notice that you look a bit familiar."
Her eyes widened upon hearing a soothing voice speaking to her. She slowly raised and turned her head to the voice and saw a young man with dark hair and brown eyes wearing what appeared to be a black miliary uniform.
"It's been a while, Emery." The man greeted her with a joyful smile.
"C… Conrad (Age 20)?" Emery looked at the man like she had seen a ghost. "Is that really you? I thought you were…"
"I made a good call at playing dead." The man named Conrad responded. "I'm sorry to have worried you for all these years."
Emery just stared at Conrad, her eyes watering until tears started streaming down her face.
"It is you!"
Overflowing with joy, Emery hugged Conrad.
"I… I thought I would never see you again!" Emery sobbed.
"Braedon and David may be gone, but we still live… Emery." Conrad hugged her back and stared at her with affection.
"Emery!"
Emery looked in the direction of the voice and saw Luke heading towards her.
"Emery, are you okay?" Luke asked. "You ran out of the house so suddenly. Huh?"
Luke turned to Conrad in confusion.
"Oh, Luke. Sorry for worrying you." Emery apologized. "This is Conrad, he's an old friend of mine. Conrad, this is Luke. He's, uh, my client's younger brother."
The more Luke looked at Conrad, he couldn't help but feel that he was being looked at with what simmering contempt.
"I see. You're still living the mercenary life, Emery?" Conrad asked.
"Yeah. Although, I do owe a lot to my current client."
"I'm sorry for interrupting your conversation." Luke said to them. "But… can we at least talk later?"
"… You did come all this way to check up on me, so… you deserve to know as much."
"Okay. I'll see you later." Luke had a relieved expression before leaving.
"He seems like a nice kid." Conrad said.
"Yeah, his brother seems to think so, too."
Emery and Conrad chatted for a couple of hours, though neither of them could feel the time pass by.
"Anyway, what do you say to dinner tomorrow night?" Conrad asked. "It'll be my treat."
"Yeah, sounds like a plan." Emery agreed.
Outside of town, the two men who attacked Kayoko the night before were hiding out in an abandoned building. With them was a young woman with neck-length silver hair with amber eyes and wearing a yellow jumpsuit with white boots. The man with an unusual spider on his shoulder heard a beeping sound in his pocket and pulled out his phone.
"It looks like our target's been found." The man with the spider said. "Now we just have to wait for the boss's orders."
"There's something I don't understand, though…" The young woman rested her face on her fist. "What did this kid do?"
"God Roman says that child is a threat." The bulky man in armor answered. "A tainted creature that must be purged."
"But…" The young woman looked down in regret.
"Nia…" The spider guy looked at the young woman. "God Roman gave us a home when no one else would. You dare stand against him?"
"No, of course not." The girl named Nia responded. "I just… Something about this doesn't feel right…"
A/N: That's the start of the second original arc. Boy, did this arc undergo a massive change than what was originally planned just as I was wrapping up the peace conference. Some things I'm keeping in, but there's no question that the plot has been overhauled.
After about 25 chapters since her debut, Kayoko finally returns and there'll be much more of her going forward! I'm really excited about her!
Spiral and Azusa's backstory has been explained and that will lead to a significant moment in the next arc.
And yes, I decided to add another Xenoblade character to the story in Nia, whose backstory has also been tweaked to better fit in the world of DxD, or at least my story.
Next time, I will have Luke interact with Kayoko a little more, go over Emery's backstory, and set up for the coming finale.
I hope you all enjoyed! Stay tuned for next time!
Luke Harem: Rias Gremory, Karlel, Annabelle Wright, Akeno Himejima, Fumiko Kazuya, Melody Morag, Setsuna Kazama, Xenovia Quarta
Issei Harem: Misaki Shirayuki, Asia Argento, Hikaru Ueda, Akira Kazuya, Kiyome Abe
Rias Gremory Peerage: Rias Gremory (King), Akeno Himejima (Queen), Yuuto Kiba (Knight), Xenovia Quarta (Knight), Koneko Toujo (Rook), Fumiko Kazuya (Bishop), Gasper Vladi (Bishop), Luke Sigmund (8 Pawns)
Seth Sigmund Peerage: Seth Sigmund (King), Annabelle Wright (Queen), Alastair Wright (Rook), Emery Belmont (Rook), Hana Sakuya (2 Bishops), Setsuna Kazama (Knight)
Melody Morag Peerage: Melody Morag (King), Misaki Shirayuki (Queen), Katherine Petrova (Knight), Spiral Hirano (Knight), Azusa Hirano (Rook), Akira Kazuya (Rook), Hikaru Ueda (Bishop), Asia Argento (Bishop), Issei Hyoudou (8 Pawns)