A Few Months Later.

(Menchi POV)

6 months later.

'It has been 6 months since we have been atributed this mission. Oemitsu rarely contacts us, after all, the one in charge of everything in the mission is Shiro. Our mafia family focuses on selling guns, loan sharking, extortion, corruption, murder and gambling. We currently own two cassinos that belonged to other mafia families since they were annoying, we killed them off and took everything for ourselves.

We have a deal with the goverment officials that are responsible for the south of Moscow, in exchange for not targeting the officials, they won't mess with our business. Hell, we even pay the taxes, so in the end, everyone profits. Except for the families that used to rule the south of the city. While I killed all of our opponents, Shizuku cleaned the place, leaving it without a trace of our existence.

Like that, our family quickly rose through the ranks. Now, they call our family the Volkov family, which apparently, means wolf in russian.' When I looked in front of me, I saw a huge amount of corpses. 'At this moment, I'm dealing with one of those mafia families that call themselves Hotel Moscow. They didn't get the message when our family said that the south belonged to us. So when I and Shizuku took care of the families in the south, they took this oportunity to infiltrate inside the South Market. When Shiro saw this, she immediately told us to deal with them.

At first, they seemed to be tough enemies since they were one of the big four that ruled Moscow. Their soldiers were all former Red Army paratroopers, they also had a small amount of ex-Spetsnaz, which is the special force of the russian army. I thought that they might give me a challenge or something like that, however, like all missions I have dealt with, I finished them rather quickly.' When I finished admiring my work, I heard a door opening.

When I turned to look at who entered the room, I saw shizuku grasping a woman by the hair.

This woman was rather tall, she had blonde hair, blue eyes and a big scar of the right side of her face, neck and I could see that it extended beyond her breasts. Her hair was very long, making it easier for Shizuku to grab her since it was tied into a long ponytail.

"Who is she?" I asked her after looking at the blonde woman.

"She looks like the woman in the photo that Shiro gave us." Shizuku commented.

"Ohh, so she is Balalaika the leader of Hotel Moscow, the one who has the same codename as an instrument." I mocked her with a wide grin.

After looking around, Shizuku then turned to me. "Do you really have to make such a mess? There are body parts everywhere. You are always doing that and I am the one who has to clean up."

"Hahahaha. I kinda got too much into it, and sometimes, I just toy with them to pass time." I shrugged.

"Shizuku dropped the woman on the floor before she extended her hands. "Blinky, help me out." And a vacuum cleaner with a mouth appeared on her hands.

After she pointed Blinky to the corpses, she began to suck every single body inside it. All of the bodies dissapeared together with the blood.

"Every single time I see your ability, I'm suprised by its utility." I commented before I turned to the blond woman. "Greetings, legendary Balalaika, you're a legend in the underground world, you know? It is said that you have fought in the Afghanistan and created your own little army, one that you now rule with an iron fist. Unfortunately, you messed with the wrong family. And here I thought that we were clear with the meaning behind our actions." I shaked my head.

"Fuck you." She said with a stern gaze.

"Hahahahaha. You bite too. I like it. You're lucky that our boss wanted us to bring you to our headquarters and maybe you would be useful to us. If not, I would love rip off that sharp tongue of yours." I smiled.

"Don't forget the rules. While the boss said that we must bring her back, she never said that she had to be alive. Dead or alive. We are the ones who will decide." Shizuku said after she cleaned the corpses.

"Hahahaha. I know. I know. But I like her temper. I kinda of want to keep her."

"I don't mind it, however, next time you must ask my opinion before taking such decisions. We are a team." Shizuku complained.

I became surprised. "For such a forgetful girl like you, you sure remember the rules."

"I can forget some things but I will not forget my family's rules." She said.

"Huff." I shaked my head and smiled. 'Shizuku is a wonderful partner. She is calm and collected allowing me to be wild and unrestrained. We are complete opposites and that is why we work so well. Besides, her ability works perfectly for the job that we are doing, the only fault that I can find in her, is her memory. She literally forgets everything that she doesn't see as important. Which is rather annoying to deal with.' While I admired our team work, I saw someone entering through the window.

Machi, all of a sudden, entered.

"What do you want?" I asked after I saw her. 'I have a rather bad relation with Machi, after all, she had the courage to beat Oemitsu. Even if it was 6 months ago, I don't forget things easily.'

"The boss wants us all in the underworld." She said.

"Just us or everyone?" I questioned.

"Everyone will be there."

"I'm suprised. It has been such a long time since the boss called us all. He's only focused on getting stronger and trying to increase his influence in the underworld." Shizuku wondered.

"The next meeting probably has something to do with that." Machi then looked at Balalaika. "Who's the girl that you are holding down, Menchi?"

"She is the leader of Hotel Moscow, Balalaika, but you can call her Sofiya Pavlovna." I looked at her wide eyes. 'She looks surprised as to how we know her name.'

Machi nodded. "Hmm. If she is our enemy... why is she not dead yet?"

"I want to give her to Oemitsu as a present. He might find some use in her." I shrugged.

She looked at Sofiya for a few seconds before she lost interest. "I have warned you. You have a day to regroup at the base. Oemitsu will recall you tomorrow at 7 pm." After saying that, she left through the window she came from.

But after seeing how she left, I pointed at the door. "The door was open..."

(Oemitsu POV)

'Hmm. It has been 6 months. Grayfia has made sure to come every single day, in the past six months, to teach me all types of things. But the only thing that I actually care for, is the Lucifuge Ice Magic, which, for some reason, I'm extremely talented in using it. My talent in using it suprised even Grayfia. The only reason why I haven't learned it before, was because the Gremories did not want to be associated in any way with the Lucifuges.

Grayfia can't even use her own last name, she had to change it when she got married to Sirzechs. The Lucifuge clan is no more, unfortunately. However, I finally know why their clan was the leading clan amongst the Six Houses of Lucifer. Their Ice Magic is truly powerful. I haven't mastered it yet, and I'm not close to doing it, but I can already use it better than Akihiko can use his Power of Destruction.

My progress stunned Grayfia but I doubt that she will teach me everything she knows. After all, I can see that she is stalling and not actually teaching me anything important or relevant. If she continues to act like that, I will just get rid of her. Her only purpose, teaching me the Lucifuge Ice Magic, will be accomplished by then so she will be of no use to me.' After pondering, I turned to Shiro who was playing with her computer. 'I wouldn't call it playing, since they hide most of their confidential information in a software created by Ajuka Beelzebub. However, this is only one of his side projects, so he haven't really placed much effort into it.

But then again, Ajuka is Ajuka, he is a genius. The biggest genius in the underworld. Because of it, normal Devils couldn't even dream in getting access to a network created by him. This is where Shiro shines. She is only 6, and yet, she is a massive genius too. She can learn anything she wants in a couple of days. She has been learning hacking in the last month. Such a short time to someone who's already working on decrypting an entire software. In a couple of months she will get it done, after all, by her request, she also still has to manage the mafia group. Since she cannot commit any mistake, she is under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, my only job is to make sure that nobody learns about our plans. After all, Grayfia tried, multiple times, to leave spells hidden to spy on us and learn the whereabouts of my missing family members. Normaly, I wouldn't be able to spot them, however, with the help of Nyar, everything is going rather easily.' I diverged my eyes from Shiro and returned to look at Grayfia who was in front of me, teaching me Magic to me.

"... right now, you should focus on mastering the basic Magic that I taught you. Master them to the point that you can use it without having to chant, and later on, you might be able to reach the level in which the magic responds to your emotions. If you fuse your body with the Magic, you will not need to move or say anything, you just need to think and the magic will act on your will. This is one of the strongest points of the Lucifuge Magic." She explained and I nodded.

"Well, I'm glad you understand. Unfortunately, its already the end of the day, so I have other duties to attend." She had a sad smile when I nodded without saying anything.

Like that, she left the room. After she left, I snapped my fingers and 20 magic circles was destroyed. 'Huff. She never learns.'

(You missed one. Its right below the table.) Nyar said.

'It seems that I still haven't mastered my Detection Magic.' I snapped my fingers again and destroyed the last magic circle.

After doing that, Vergo entered inside the room. "The group should be here in any moment."

"Sit." I told him.

But something that I did not expected was Neon rushing towards me. "Dibs!" She said as she sat on my lap."

And Shiro, like a cat that had her tail stepped on, complained. "You thieving cat!"

"Neon... you're almost 18... isn't it time for you to sit in your own chair?" I asked her.

"Nope. I am your little sister, so I have the right sit on your lap!" She exclaimed.

"Nii, my seat is being stolen!" Shiro complained even more while pouting.

"Huff. Sit on my other leg." I told her.

She complied before she hopped on my vacant leg. "I'm kinda upset that I don't get to sit in your entire lap."

(Yes, yes... you can take his lap while I will take his di-.)

'Not you too. This is the last thing I need. And hey, stop being a pervert and just open the damn portal!'

(The thing I can comply is opening the portal.)

Suddenly, a portal opened in front of us and my family got through it. Machi appeared, followed by Shizuku, Ponzu and Menchi, holding on to what seems like another woman. 'I need to ask about this woman later. Noted.'

Everyone sat in their respective seats. Vergo was standing right behind me, I'm leaning against a coach with Shiro on my left leg and Neon on my right leg. Ponzu was on my right on a small coach, Machi in my right on a chair and, Menchi and Shizuku, were in front of me. The woman was in all fours on the floor with a choker and her mouth gagged. "Hmm. It seems that she wants to say something... whatever. Let the meeting begin."