Chapter 43 - Meet With The Visitors and Slight Break

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After the first arrived guests entered the hall, they saw some familiar people. Namely the Four Devil Kings, Grayfia Lucifuge and a red-blue-haired middle-aged man, Mephisto Pheles. And they were quite surprised when they saw that there were two Grayfia Lucifuge here.

But then, they realized that one of the two was just someone who looked like Grayfia. And besides that there was also an unknown black-haired woman with horns and a tail.

Of course, they were curious as to who the two women were, but they still adhered to etiquette and chose to approach the Devil Kings to greet first. But suddenly....

"Sona-chaaannn!!!!"

Devil King Serafall Leviathan dashed over to Sona Sitri and then hugged her tightly.

"O-Onee-sama, please let me go!"

Sona's face immediately blushed and felt uncomfortable with her sister's treatment.

And hearing her sister's words, Serafall didn't stop but went even further by pressing her cheek against Sona's and rubbing it.

"Moouuu.... Why's that you always so cold Sona-chan? Don't you want to be spoiled by the greatest Onee-chan in the world? .... Hn~Hn~."

Sona's face was getting redder because she was embarrassed to be seen by other people.

"O-Onee-sama! Please stop it!"

Sona then squirmed trying to escape from her sister's embrace.

But unfortunately, Serafall is too strong for her.

"Muu.... Sona-chan isn't cute."

Even so, in the end Serafall let go of her little sister. Albeit with a bit of a pouting and dissatisfaction.

Meanwhile, Sona, who was finally freed, with a still slightly flushed face, silently glared at her sister with an expression of holding back her anger.

"...."

Then, seeing that the 'interlude' was over, the guests including Sona began to greet.

"""""Greetings, Your Majesties.""""

The guests who came greeted respectfully according to noble etiquette to the Devil Kings.

"Hah~.... At ease."

Devil King Sirzechs Lucifer answered their greetings with a sigh because the atmosphere was already light and relaxed thanks to Serafall's behavior just now. He also felt that there was no need to be so formal since this time was also not a formal occasion…. Although inside his heart, he let out a regretful sigh because he actually wanted to hug his cute beloved sister as well.

After paying their respects to the Devil Kings, the guests then turned to Mephisto Pheles.

"Greetings Lord Pheles. Long time no see."

Mephisto Pheles gave a small nod.

"Aye. Quite a long time indeed."

It's not strange for them to know Mephisto Pheles. After all he is one of the First Generation Devils and one of the oldest currently alive.

And while Mephisto Pheles rarely spends time in the Underworld, rarely doesn't mean never. He must have occasionally attended certain events where people could have the chance to meet First Generation Devils like him.

So it wouldn't be surprising if he had met not only them but also their ancestors, grandparents, parents, or whoever came before them.

After they finished greeting the Devil Kings and Mephisto Pheles, the guests looked at the two unknown women.

"This is...."

Realizing their curiosity, Mephisto Pheles then introduced them.

"Ah.... They are Rey's family."

Mephisto Pheles then showed a hand gesture of extending hand towards the black-haired woman, namely Kulshedra.

"This is Lady Kulshedra."

Kulshedra gave a small smile to the guests who came.

"Kufufu...."

Then, Mephisto Pheles made an extended hand gesture towards a woman who looked like Grayfia.

"And this is Miss Sakuya Izayoi.... And she's not related by blood or anything to Grayfia if you're curious. She's just happened to be quite a bit similar to her."

Sakuya then bowed respectfully to the guests and introduced herself.

"Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Sakuya Izayoi. I am Rey Rofocale-sama's maid."

After the two were introduced, the guests grew even more curious.

They were wondering not only because of the appearance of the two but also because they didn't sense any demonic aura from either of them.

Despite realizing that the two of them weren't Devils, the adults also felt a strong aura from the two of them. Especially from Kulshedra, they instinctively sensed that she was much stronger than them and also faintly sensed a Dragon aura from her.... As for Sakuya, they realized that she was a Human. But from the strong aura she had, they definitely wouldn't believe that she was just an ordinary maid who happened to look like Grayfia.

While the girls, besides Wennyxa and Latia who didn't know about Sairaorg's meeting with Rey, the three heiress were also curious where the other woman was. Because from what they heard from Sairaorg, Rey came to the Capital with three women, but only two of them here. And they are also curious about which woman who can transform into weapons because Sairaorg previously didn't describe her appearance and they themselves also forgot to ask about that.

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After several hours of written exams on Demonic Knowledge and Strategic-Leadership Comprehension, as well as written+practice exams on Noble Etiquette which I fortunately finished well thanks to the private tutoring I got from Grayfia-san, I finally arrived at my final exam.

However, before the proficiency exam started, I had an hour's break. I will took advantage of it to rest and have lunch. So I returned to the room where Mephisto-jiisama and the others were.

And after I walked through the door and entered the room, I saw several strangers who weren't there when I first came this morning.

Some of them are adults. While the others were five girls who looked 12-13 years old.

"Hm? Rey? Why did you come back here?"

Seeing me return to the hall, Mephisto-jiisama asked me.

I then approached him and answered.

"The examiner said I have an hour break. So I want to have lunch."

"Oh. So you're done. It's about time indeed."

I gave a small nod. And then looked at the people I didn't recognize.

"They are...."

"They are the family and relatives of the Devil Kings. They are the Head of the Devil Families and their daughter.... They are visitors who have come to see your performance. And likely there will be more people soon."

Mephisto-jiisama answered me and explained who those people were.

"Oh...."

After knowing who they were, I then approached them and then put my right hand on my left chest and bowed slightly for a moment to them.

"Good afternoon. Nice to meet you all. My name is Rey Rofocale."

I gave my greetings and introduced myself…. If I didn't do that, it's likely that Grayfia-san would have glared at me since I wasn't putting my lessons into practice.

"Ah, so you're Rey Rofocale."

"Hmm.... Pretty good."

"I've heard a lot about you, Young Master Rey."

The adults responded to my introduction with brief words, small nods, or friendly smiles.

"Thank you for your attention. I hope we can have a good relationship."

"Hahaha. Of course."

After I finished greeting the adults, I then faced their daughters.

Then, one of them, a girl in her early teens with blood red hair and blue eyes smiled and held out her hand to me.

"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Rias Gremory."

Ah. I know her. Grayfia-san once told me about her.

Rias is the younger sister of Sirzechs-sama and the current main heir of the Gremory Family.... I've also heard that the Gremory Family is famous for having bright blood red colored hair. And currently there are three people with blood-red hair in this room, namely Sirzechs-sama, Rias, and the adult man who is the current Head of the Gremory Family and the father of the two of them.

I then shook Rias' hand and introduced myself as well.

"Nice to meet you too, Aunt Rias. I'm Rey Rofocale."

"Heh?"

And then, Rias Gremory's smile became stiff.

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