Chapter 68: Playing by Different Rules

"Kokabiel, according to our spies. Mordred Pendragon's being attacked politically by the great king faction. This is right up your alley right?" An 8 winged fallen angel talked to a fallen with 10 wings.

"Hehehe~ Guhahahaha! Those old fogeys, thinking that he's just a young dragon. I was there Satanael, Utsusemi agency would not survive that day. I assure you." Kokabiel remembered Mordred taking down hundreds of mages with just a stare.

"Hmph, I do not understand your obsession with war Kokabiel. I have better things to do. The data I got from Utsusemi agency using our tech needs to be analyzed." Satanael snorted.

"You're just like Azazel, Satanael. It makes me sick, you guys want to hole up somewhere and so some boring research. When our enemies are roaming around freely." Kokabiel sneered.

"What a meathead, I have something good for you though." Satanael created a magic circle and a priest appeared.

"Satanael-sama, is this Kokabiel-sama?" The priest asked.

"Valper, he's your new boss for now. I bet he'd be interested in the research you did. Something about users of holy swords?" Satanael thought they would have great synergy.

"Yes, the holy sword project. Dastardly angels, they deny my genius. But they still use my creation." Valper hissed.

"Holy swords huh? I guess that fighting holy swords with another is feasible." Kokabiel smirked and he thought of stealing some from the church.

"If a mortal can get that strong with the holy energy of swords, then it would give me a nice boost." Kokabiel concluded and Satanael sneered.

"Whatever you say Kokabiel." He left behind the cadre of Grigori and the elf looking fallen grinned like mad.

__Underworld__

At the council meeting of the pillar clans and Satans. The great king faction was demanding to interrogate Mordred.

"We have to question him! The Naberius house might not be the only clan that he plans to kill off!" The house of Paimon's lord demanded with outrage.

As the devil of the Paimon household, he could feel the immense treasures from Tiamat and Mordred's home. And his greed was flaring. Wanting a piece of a dragon's hoard.

"The Naberius house got killed off by Sirzechs years ago for illegal experiments that use devils and the genes of other pillar clans." Ajuka intervened.

"But there have been no reports of Mordred Pendragon being involved in that. Are you covering for him? Someone who isn't even a devil?" Zekram played his game and the old man was good at it.

'Tch, this is a nightmare. How did they even get a sample of Mordred's Caliburn from that place? They cleaned it up neatly and we even double checked.' Ajuka clicked his tongue inside his mind.

'Hah, why do we have to even talk about this. Morded being in the underworld is so important that it isn't even funny.' Sirzechs wanted to rub his temples due to his headache.

"Because Mordred was a child that has been practicing there with his sword. He was three years old when that happened. Do you really think that he could do that? Even the heavenly dragons aren't at that level at that age." Serafall rebutted.

"It isn't so farfetched, after all. He is wielding the Kusanagi. And we've gotten reports that a young looking Shinto god attacked devils who were on a mission in Japan." Zekram pressed the attack.

But Serafall isn't the one in charge of foreign affairs which is the most difficult job out of the four Satans for nothing.

"Mission? I believe that there have been no sanctioned missions in that place." Serafall had a small smirk on her face and Zekram noticed it.

'Tch, that Belial bitch. She really did do a number on us.' Zekram almost glared due to annoyance.

"They were hunting some strays, nothing important. But a god in a child's body? And Mordred wields the Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi." Zekram squinted his eyes as he tried to pi

press his evidence.

'This old fogey's tenacious.' Serafall sighed inside of her mind.

"Correlation doesn't mean causation, Mordred visits Yasaka frequently and he is good friends with Amaterasu no Omikami. He even received Dojigiri for saving Yasaka's daughter. And he helped the Shinto with the rogue principal clans' exiles." Sirzechs who prepared some lines helped Serafall who was hard carrying them.

"It isn't a stretch that Amaterasu gave it to him for their friendship and cooperation. And the five principal clans are important to Japan. So Mordred could definitely ask for some compensation." Sirzechs finished and the council whispered.

"That is indeed true. But Amaterasu cannot make one the wielder of the divine sword. It picks its wielders. And for receiving that sword recently, it is definitely no coincidence that Morded can use it well, no?" Zekram countered and they weren't prepared for that one.

Zekram's logic has no fault in it. If the Satans have no idea about what he did, they would definitely think that it was him who did the Naberius in.

"Troublesome." Falbium was getting hella tired at their back and forth.

"Then let's have a vote, we will question Mordred Pendragon about what he was doing there. It won't be an interrogation. It would be stupid to antagonize him." Zekram just wanted to get a hit on his reputation.

And with the upcoming Satans, Rias, Sona, Seekvaira, Latia, and Sairaorg. They would definitely stick with him according to their Intel.

So they won't be popular enough to have enough influence with devilkind.

The majority of the devils raised their hands and Sirzechs sighed. 'Mordred-kun, what will he do?'

__Familiar Forest__

After a few days, Serafall and Sirzechs went to Tiamat's house because they were the closest to Mordred.

With Sona and Rias being good friends with Mordred. Serafall is also a friend of his.

"Hmm? Serafall, Sirzechs. Why Are you here? I can smell nervousness on you two." Tiamat raised a brow.

"Well, we have some news for you guys actually. And you're not gonna like it." Sirzechs frowned heavily.

"Tell me." Tiamat squinted her eyes and they gulped nervously. Her aura had a sudden qualitative leap that made Sirzechs nervous.

There was definitely something different with Tiamat. She's reserved and quiet, but there has been no news of her at all, except the Asgard incident.

'How in the world did she get this strong?' Sirzechs was surprised.

"You see... The devil council wants to ask Mordred some questions about something. It's about the recently unearthed issue about the Naberius incident again." Serafall sheepishly scratched her head.

They prepared for Tiamat's shouts, but she just shrugged. "Is that so? Then it doesn't matter, my boy has grown up nicely. He can take care of himself. This was his decision back then. This will be his responsibility." Tiamat answered rationally.

"W-wow, you're a great mom Tiamat." Serafall didn't expect that at all.

"Shut up you brat, are you trying to insinuate that I'm a bad mother!? You have a death wish or something?" Tiamat glared at her and Serafall squeaked.

"No! No! I'm sowwy." Serafall hid behind Sirzechs and Tiamat huffed.

"I have looked after Mordred for a decade now." Tiamat reminisced their time together when it was just the two of them. And it was the most meaningful time of her long life.

"He is smart and is fierce. A bit weird, but all dragons are a bit weird." Tiamat chuckled.

'He's definitely more than a bit weird...' Sirzechs remembered that Mordred visits his mom frequently. And when he tried spying on them by listening in, Venelana was definitely vocal about his great hands.

"He's my pride and joy. But a dragon has to leave their nest too." Tiamat smiled wryly.

"Mordred definitely looks busy." Serafall hasn't seen Sona hang out with them all the time like they used to. So she knew that something was up.

"He still makes time for me anyways, that's enough for me." Tiamat shrugged.

"So we just have to break the news to Mordred huh." Sirzechs didn't know how he would react.

He is human, but a dragon at the same time. And Dragons love their freedom, being interrogated like that would definitely be like incarceration for them.

"I won't help you there, but he'll definitely react to it calmly." Tiamat shrugged.

"We'll take your word for it." Serafall chuckled softly.

And when they met up with him, the two explained to them that the Satans couldn't overrule the vote because more 3/4ths agreed to the decision.

"Okay." Mordred nodded with his signature bored look and they were surprised.

"That's it? You won't ask why? Or blame us for them founding you out?" Sirzechs asked.

"Well, it's already here. Let's meet up with them." Mordred shrugged.

"Okay..." Serafall got a bad feeling and Sirzechs was relieved that he wasn't putting up a fuss.

The two returned to their office and Serafall still had this nagging feeling inside of her chest.

"Sirzechs... I don't think this would be a good idea... Let's cancel it, tell them that Mordred exhausted himself with the rating game!" Serafall was being jittery.

"What could go wrong Sera? Mordred is a logical person, he won't cause trouble. What will he do? Kill the great king faction's main members?" Sirzechs chortled.

'Oh no... Sirzechs-chan just raised a flag...' Serafall broke into a cold sweat. And tempting fate like that never ends well.

__Lilith__

Mordred was currently in a room and two devils entered. They were from the Paimon household and Dantalion.

And Mordred snorted inside of his head. Mind control does not work against him. The Dantalion's power to read minds and change it according to his will only works against weak individuals.

"Mordred Pendragon, we are here to ask some questions." The Dantalion squinted his eyes. Not seeing anything inside of his mind.

He thought that Morded just had great mental defenses, but he rid himself of useless thoughts.

"Sure, ask away." Mordred was relaxed and the two devils scoffed inside their mind.

"What were you doing in the Naberius' territory 7 years ago when they were attacked?" The interrogator didn't waste any time.

And he used his powers to forcefully make him answer truthfully.

Mordred just let it be and he let one of his parallel thoughts handle the magic. Giving the Dantalion the illusion that it worked against him.

"I was just playing in the area. My sword has been given to me by my father and I wanted to train with it." Mordred answered and the duo frowned immediately.

"Was it working?" Lord Paimon squinted his eyes and Lord Dantalion nodded with furrowed brows.

"There was no interference, everything he's saying is real." Lord Dantalion sighed.

"Then this is a bust... Wait, let me ask this instead. What do you think of the great king faction?" Lord Paimon wanted to know if he was a threat to them instead.

"I think they're necessary to keep the Satans in check." Mordred shrugged and the duo smiled at that.

"Too bad though, because for that to be true. There must be some changes." Mordred sighed and they were confused.

Mordred then suddenly stared at them and he grabbed their faces. And it was the last thing they saw and felt before everything went black.

Meanwhile, at Lucifaad. Meredith was just done isolating the civilians. With her sacred gear being a relic. It was extremely effective against devils.

So she just mind controlled them in her barrier and isolated them. Momiji then transferred them into her personal space.

And outside, a person was wreaking havoc. Destroying anything she saw with Dojigiri Yasutsuna.

"My liege has given his orders." A voluptuous woman that was wearing a tight outfit like Scathach laid waste to the city of Lucifaad. (pic)

"My loyal retainers, my limbs, my weapons, my armors. Behold my four heavenly kings." Lightning dropped down from the sky and four clones of her appeared.

"Destroy everything you see. Our liege has given us his command." She ordered the clones.

They were wielding different weapons and their mana flared.

One has a naginata, another has an axe, the third wields a bow, and the last one has a sword that emits a red light.

While the original's Dojigiri crackled with purple lightning.

"Here I come." The one using a bow fired an arrow and gale force winds tore apart the city.

The one with the axe slammed it on the ground, causing earthquakes and shockwaves. Lightning also erupted at every strike, the heavy thuds of the axe acting as the thunderclap.

"Such a shame that a city like this is to be destroyed." The sword wielder started swinging her sword and with every slash, buildings would fall down as flames consumed them.

Ice began to propagate as the clone with the naginata froze everything on sight with her weapon that was emitting cold air.

And for the original, she poured in her mana to her sword and arcs of purple lightning started to turn the surroundings into plasma.

"Minamoto no Raikou has received her orders." She swung her blade, releasing a storm of lightning that glassed everything in front of her.

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