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Sudden timeskip.

It has been exactly a year since the arrival of Arthur. Savion, Rias and Sona are now thirteen years old.

Quite a lot of stuff happened during the past year. First was Savion's prediction of an angry Kuroka attacking him coming true. His got his face scratched up by her when she and her sister returned from Japan two months after Arthur's arrival.

Next was the return of Sona and Rias from France and Italy respectively, both coming back with new knights. Rias with Kiba who was still known as Isaiah at that time. He looked frail and thin and had that weary look on his face that tells he didn't trust any of us not even Rias, and he kept everything to himself. And just like how Savion expected it was clear he has a clear dislike for Arthur and Caliburn. Arthur was a bit miffed about it but ultimately didn't care enough to say and do anything about it.

It was only after half a year or so later when he was saved by Souji Okita, the knight of Sirzechs that he finally opened up to Rias and soon the rest of the group. He even told his story and about his hatred for holy swords to those he deems trustworthy and possibly as a way to explain himself and apologize for his blatant show of dislike for Arthur. This surprised everyone especially Rias and Savion. Rias was surprised that her new knight had went through so much as he only told her very little about what happened, while Savion was surprised because he was sure Kiba didn't tell anyone about his hatred for Holy swords until canon, he guessed since Arthur and Caliburn weren't there in canon he never needed to explain himself. He changed his name from Isaiah to Kiba soon after.

He got absolutely whooped by Arthur at one point during training. It led him to train even harder than before so that he could one day defeat him. This led to him getting the respect of Arthur and the two could sometimes be seen practicing together with Souji Okita, with Ayame joining in from time to time. She would also proceed to easily beat him everytime they fought. Poor Kiba.

Then there's Sona and her new knight, the one that carries the spirit of the maiden of Orleans, Jeanne. Sona and her arrived a few months after Rias and Kiba did. She was completely opposite to Kiba and was very outgoing, cheerful, curious, very frank and quiet open with herself. But it was clear she has a few things she didn't speak about, like the spirit of Joan of Arc that she currently carries.

She would randomly go quiet and would sometimes shook her head, like she was disagreeing to something or suddenly frown. Savion suspect that she's having some sort of conversation with the spirit.

He knew that he and Sona are going to have to deal with this and talk to her sooner or later, but he also knew they were going to have to wait as he and Sona didn't want to make her uncomfortable when she's new and is still getting to know the others including them.

It was just last month where Jeanne finally opened up to the three that has helped her the most, which were Sona, Tsubaki and me.

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All her life Jeanne wasn't allowed out of the Church, all because she hosted the spirit of Joan who she was able to communicate with. She knew there were people like her that has hosted Joan's spirit before her and that has suffered the same fate as her, as told by Joan.

All the church did was show her off as the reincarnation of Joan, like some sort of trophy, completely forgetting it was them that condemned Joan to her to death and burned her on a stake.

Even a girl like Jeanne who was able to stay cheerful even in her current situation absolutely hated the Church of Orleans as she knew and felt every bit of pain Joan felt about her betrayal. They wanted out so when Sona gave them the opportunity, they took it without a hint of hesitation.

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When Savion asked why Joan was unable to pass on, Jeanne told them that not even Joan knows why she couldn't pass on to the afterlife and Joan blames God for forgetting about her. When Savion heard this, his eyes widen as he remember the fact that God was dead and that absolutely have something to do with the spirit of Joan and why she was still lingering here on Earth.

He could have told them of that fact but if he did, he'll be asked how exactly he knew that info and that was something he wouldn't be able to answer, so he decided to stay quiet and all he could do was wait till they heard the news from someone else.

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The next big thing that happened was the birth of Millicas Gremory. The smile of pure joy on the face of Grayfia and Sirzechs were just beautiful. They were literally the perfect couple and all could see that. It actually made Savion development more hatred for those fanfic writers from his previous world that would split the two for no apparent reason except to expand their own MC's harem.

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Rias was fawing all over her little Nephew. She took an immediate liking to him and decided to be the best Aunt little Millicas ever had. Even though she's literally the only Aunt that he has, making her the best and worst by default. This was the thought that came to Savion's mind but he decided to not speak it out. Ayame and Jeanne apparently wasn't as smart as they blurted it out, they immediately have to try and cheer up a suddenly depressed Rias.

And with all the training, it was a very good and eventful year.

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"So we're going to go and pick up this so called Raynare?" Arthur asked. He was quite curious to see his first fallen angel.

"Indeed, it's been almost one and a half year since she started her training, so I believe it's time we get to know her" Savion answered. He really wanted to know just how much she has grown under Azazel, maybe she'll get strong enough to have another pair of wings.

"I'm excited to finally meet my fellow Pawn nya" Kuroka commented.

"I've never seen a fallen angel so I'm also very excited!" was Ayame's comment. 'If only you knew' Savion thought as the imagine of Akeno flash in his mind.

"Ready?" he asked and they all nodded. They immediately teleported straight to the outskirts of Kuoh.

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"Are you sure a guy like Azazel would be in a town like this nya?" Kuroka asked as they made their way to town.

"He should be, let me call him out" Savion answered.

"Excuse me but how?" Arthur asked, as the two girls looked on curiously.

Savion just smirked, snapped his finger and rain clouds started to form and soon rainfall. They all just deadpanned at him while he just laughed at their reaction.

<A few minutes later>

"I knew he'd be here" Savion said looking towards a direction and gaining the attention of his peerage. Soon they saw a man wearing a suit, with an umbrella casually walking towards them.

"Yo kid, it's been a while hasn't it" the man said casually to Savion. He then turned to the others "Name's Azazel, governor general of Grigori" he introduced himself.

"Nice suit" Savion commented.

"Thank you, would have looked better without the rain though"

"Sorry about that, I really don't know how else I could get to you" Savion apologize as the rain slowly stopped. Savion then proceeded to dry out all the clothes of his companions.

"Neat trick, anyway come and follow me back to my appartment. I believe we should do whatever we're going to do somewhere more private." Azazel said. "Sure" Savion causally replied.

Arthur was very confused and somewhat amaze at the casual interactions between his king and the leader of the fallen angels. While Ayame who has lived with Savion and Nurarihyon was very used to Savion being very casual with Azazel and thought nothing of it. Kuroka was just glad it stopped raining.

So with very different thoughts in mind, they made their way to Azazel's appartment.

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A/N: The peerage is finally coming together.

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