Ophis

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The kitchen table was filled with hostility. The concepts of a war zone, a quarantine zone, and a restricted zone was merged into one, and it was the only way Issei and Irina can describe the amount of darkness that dwelled from the atmosphere. Although knowing the inevitable outcome for his actions, Issei still was not prepare for the integration that was about to commence.

Across from the table, the [Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess] laid her eyes upon the perpetrator and his accomplice. Suspicion, jealousy, hurt, and anger wrapped around her feminine body, taking shape of a crimson aura. She appeared to be smiling, but yet irony has taken the form of personification. Issei and Irina was scared shitless at such a display.

"Ne, Ise." she softly called out to him, but yet he was startled and his body twitch as if Rias yelled at him.

"Where were you guys at?" she asked, with heavy emphasis on the subject of her question.

Issei immediately pulled an excuse out of his ass.

"Irina and I were doing a mission, and came back quite late. You guys were sleeping already, and since we didn't want to wake you up, we decided to sleep in the [Dimensional Room]." Issei said. Irina thought that the lie was actually pretty solid, since it also told some of the truth to balance out the unbelievableness of the lie. (A/N: I know that word doesn't exist.)

"Oh? So you guys slept together?" Rias asked.

"Y-Yes."

"How interesting. Akeno, perhaps do we need to interrogate Issei?"

"With pleasure~!" (A/N: S-Mode activated.) (A/N again: Why the fuck were they only focused on Issei? It was Irina who knocked him up, lololololol. The disadvantages of obtaining a harem~!)

"....You smell more mature." Koneko sharply remarked at Issei.

"Who would've known that the Self-Proclaiming Angel-Childhood-Swordswoman would be the first to actually have sex with Issei." Xenovia clicked her tongue in irritation.

"...Ise-san sure does seem intimate with Irina-san."

"Oi, Oi! What's up with the yandere atmosphere?! And they immediately assumed that we had sex?! Maou, if only they had that type of perception during our battles!" (A/N: Well, that's power of womanly intuition. Always stay faithful to your love one if you don't want to experience it~!)

"So Ise…" Rias stood up and walked towards Issei. The brunette can only swallow his fear as he prepares for oblivion. Rias grabbed onto his shirt, and violent shook her body, and since Issei closed his eye, and Irina hid behind his back like a child, they both did not see the enormous blush.

"...Do me as well."

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After hearing Rias's request, Issei and his lovely companions had a steamy, hot orgy.

Just kidding~ (A/N: Gotem)

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After the confrontation with his companions, Issei decided it was time for to go check upon Ophis and the Dragon Egg that Tannin brought a while back.

"How the hell things end up this way?" he sighed heavily. With wits, smart maneuvering, and luck, Issei was able to explain the situation that he made up to Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia and Asia. Afterwards, they apologized to him for assuming such things.

As he put the bizarre situation behind him, he focused on Ophis, hilariously, hugging the egg as her way of protecting it.

"I didn't expect that you would take care of this egg." said Issei, as he saw Ophis hugging the egg tightly.

"I, have never raised children. Curious."

"Hehe-" Issei started to laugh. Ophis turn in head to side, confused on why Issei was laughing.

"Sorry Ophis. It's just that...it felt like you was a parent, as you held onto it tightly…. Seeing your adorable actions, I couldn't help myself and start laughing."

Ophis nod, as she lets go of the egg and came closer to Issei. She sniffed him, which was something that a Dragon-God-sama would not randomly do occasionally, and it baffled him.

"You, smell familiar." she said.

"What does that mean?" Issei asked curiously.

"I, don't know. But, you remind me of sand and glass."

"...You mean an hourglass?" Issei made educational guess, and Ophis nodded her head.

"Mn." Ophis simply return back to her routine; whatever she found when smelling him did not peak an interest to her.

"....An hourglass? What made me say that?"

Suddenly, a spark ignited within his soul, causing him to grab Ophis's hand rather abruptly.

"——Wait, Ophis. I have a question for you."

"Ask?" Ophis seemed rather interested in Issei's expression, so she wanted to know what he had in mind.

"Is there any other Dragon-Gods out there? You know…. besides you, Great Red and the other half you." Issei decided to take the direct approach.

"... I, can not recall. Maybe, yes…. a long time ago. I don't know."

"Even Ophis doesn't recall…"

"Is that all?"

"Yes."

In the end, Issei shrugged it off.

"I'll leave the egg to you Ophis."

"I, protect." Ophis nod her head as Issei goes back to the Hyoudou Residence.

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Two days later, the long awaited weekend had finally come. Today is the day where Issei and his friends meet up with Ajuka Beelzebub, and also the day Ravel will return home. The available members of the [DxD] were on standby, and ready to use the transportation magic circle underneath the house to travel over to Beelzebub's location.

The members of the Occult Research Club, the Sitris, Griselda and Azazel had gathered in the basement. Dulio was on guard duty in Heaven, and Ikuse Tobio was on a mission elsewhere, so both of them couldn't come here. The Vali team didn't come either due to unknown reasons.

"…" Issei was a bit distracted. He obviously chose to pick Ravel up to return here, but he was rather concerned about his parents.

"What is it, Ise?" Noticing that he seemed a bit strange, Azazel curiously asked him.

"Ah, sorry, it's just something I'm a bit concerned about."

Perhaps knowing what it was, Rias said:

"Did anything happen with your parents?"

As expected of Rias, she really understood Issei. Azazel exhaled, and then continued:

"I was wondering what it was; so you had an argument with your parents? Letting strange things worry you right now will be troublesome. Say it out and you might be able to relax a bit."

"Oh I didn't have an argument with them. It's just that… they seem rather busy. Last time I talked with them, they said they had some urgent business over their workplace."

"Don't worry so much about them Ise, they could be doing 'that' as we speak, for all we know."

"I-I guess…"

"Parents, they won't stay by your side forever. Someday, they will leave you. So, while they're still here, you should properly fulfil your responsibility as their child."

"Ah, yes, I know…"

"These words, you need to remember them as well Rias."

"I understand them very well. But, isn't it about time?" In response to Rias who calmly answered, Azazel sighed.

"Really, that's why I say you young people…you should all get ready."

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When the light disappeared, the place they arrived was at a sandy beach.

The sky above was very dark and the sound of rustling waves echoed over the quiet beach. In the Underworld, seas didn't exist. It was difficult to say that it was a huge lake too. But the sky looked somewhat different from the Underworld. While Issei was thinking about that, he saw 'it' hanging in the air. It was something which closely resembled the moon, and there were two of them. In the human world, only one moon was visible in the night sky from Earth. Everyone noticed that this place was neither the human world nor the Underworld, and began looking around everywhere.

"This place is known as a field which is part of the reproduction of another dimension, [Another World]."

A voice was suddenly heard. Looking over at the direction where the voice came from, there was a man sitting on a chair on a certain side of the beach. It was a man with a bewitching atmosphere...it was none other than Maou Ajuka Beelzebub. Placed beside Maou Beelzebub was a bed; on top of it there seemed to be someone sleeping there.

Beelzebub closed the book he was reading and greeted them.

"Long time no see, members of the Gremory household…no, right now, I should say the members of [DxD]."

Azazel-sensei took a step forwards first, and shook hands with Beelzebub-sama who had stood up.

"It's been a long time since we last saw each other in the Underworld, Ajuka."

Beelzebub smiled as he shook hands.

"Being able to meet you like this without any other VIPs present is a first, Former Governor Azazel-dono."

"Rather than me, did you prepare this beforehand as well?"

"You could say that our meeting is rather dangerous for our factions, even if there are the members of [DxD] to intervene."

"Ajuka-sama, what about Raiser and Ravel?" asked Rias

Beelzebub looked towards the bed.

"Raiser Phoenix was just taken away by the Phoenix family who came a little earlier. But they thought that it would be more appropriate to entrust the ojou-san to you. Ravel-san is over there."

Issei saw Ravel sleeping peacefully. He wanted to go to her as soon as possible, but something didn't felt right to him. As Koneko ran towards her and calling out her name, he decided to stand there with everyone else.

In response to Koneko's calls, Ravel spoke.

"…Nnn…Koneko-san…?"

Seeing that Ravel was safe, Koneko-chan embraced Ravel as she cried. Everyone was at ease and had their hands over their chest. Issei noticed that somebody was tugging his sleeve.

"Ise-kun? What's wrong?" Irina whispered.

"Ah, it's nothing. I'll be fine."

"It didn't look like you were fine just a few seconds ago. Your face turned white."

"I-It did? It might be just your imagination playing tricks on you."

"...." Although she nodded, she held on to his sleeve and stood close to him. The other girls were a bit suspicious at Irina for making such moves on Issei.

Ravel looks around and she finally had Issei locked onto her sights. After Koneko stopped crying, she also turned and face Issei and Irina.

"You two seem pretty close for a Devil and Angel." teased Beelzebub.

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"What the fuck just happened…?" Issei was horrified to find Ophis at such a state.

Ophis was lying on her bed, with her clothes ripped and tattered. Asia was currently healing her. The external injuries gradually faded until they disappeared. When they saw that Ophis had already been brutally injured; her limbs had all been shattered, and her face was very heavily injured as well. Her entire body was covered with wounds caused by claws, and she had lost consciousness. Even after receiving treatment, she had not regained consciousness. If she was still infinite, these kinds of injuries wouldn't matter at all.

"…It looks like she was attacked in that underground space. At the time, I had a sense of anxiety, and quickly rushed over there. At that time, the Evil Dragon had already escaped. The one who arrived there before me was Crom Cruach."

explained Dulio.

"…" In the direction that Dulio pointed towards, Crom Cruach stood there as he leaned against the wall. Dulio then said:

"Ophis, she…in order to protect the [Spectre Dragon] egg, she was beaten."

"…Uhh. …Ophis....!"

Issei was so angry that his entire body was pulsating. An aura of rage seeped out of his body.

"What the hell…! Why now… why does these things happen?! We can just live in peace?! Can't we?!

"I….Ise…" due to Issei's aura, Ophis suddenly starts rubbing her eyes and look towards him.

"Ise, calm down. You'll just be doing what they want if you don't maintain your composure. All of us can also understand your anger. I, as well as everyone else am undeniably angry."

"…I know, everything is because of that guy…it's all part of that bastard's plan…damn it!"

The said bastard that Issei mentioned was Rizevim Livan Lucifer, the son of the original Lucifer and Lilith. He is the man pulling the strings of all operations in the new Khaos Brigade group, known as Qlippoth. He is also the one who gave the information about the Holy Grail to Marius, resulting in the removal of one of the Holy Grails inside Valerie. After Gasper killed Marius, Rizevim has taken one of the Grails and revealed his plan to unseal Trihexa and conquer the other world to form his twisted version of his utopia, destroying the current world.

——Listen up, boy. Devils are beings that have to be evil, wicked, brutal, bad, scum, wrong, brute, and vicious. Copying what's done by a hero? Hero? That is something that a "justice" would do. You know, beings like humans and Angels? And what are we? You do know we are "evil" and "bad" existences? Then isn't it obvious what we have to do?

As if time had shifted him back, he remembered the bone-chilling words that the son of Lucifer had said to him.

"Shit! …How did it come to that? Those bastards, they actually went and did something like that…!" After thumping his chest a few times, Azazel adjusted his breathing and said to him:

"Ise, listen to me calmly. Do you understand? You absolutely have to listen to me calmly."

"What actually happened, sensei? What is it?"

"Your parents, they were kidnapped by Qlippoth."

In that instant-

Sadness…

Anger…

Regret…

All those negative feelings begin to pour out of him.

"Let me carry some of your burden, Hyoudou Issei."

A whisper cooed into his ear, and suddenly, his aura that was about to explode disappeared altogether.

"Come into your deepest consciousness again, and I will consult with you. It is time you finally understand my goals."

End of Chapter 6