Chapter 95: Barefoot
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"Wow, Asia, you really knew all of those off the top of your head?" Issei asked as his eyes remained wide as he sat up and stared at his friend. "That's awesome!" He wrapped an arm around her in a hug. "You're a genius!" He laughed proudly.
"That's impressive Asia." Rias said with a grin. "You got every answer correct." Her former nun turned Bishop really knew her trivia. "Don't apologize for having knowledge, Asia. Knowledge is the only weapon against ignorance." She finished, waiting for the moment to die down before moving on.
"Now, let's move on to the leaders of our faction. The Devil Kings." Her eyes scanned the room. "I know we haven't had a lesson like this before so I won't bother asking if you know, I'll just tell you and test you on your knowledge of these subjects during the last week so that I can make sure you know those who are the leaders of the Devils." She took a deep breath and let it out.
"At the top are the four Satans, the four Great Devil Kings who succeeded the original four after the Devil Civil War." Rias began. "They are Sirzechs Lucifer, formerly Gremory, Ajuka Beelzebub, formerly Astaroth, Falbium Asmodeus, formerly Glasya-Labolas, and finally Serafall Leviathan, formerly Sitri.
Each of these four has the power to obliterate Japan in, honestly, probably under a minute. Singlehandedly." Though Lord Falbium, having embraced the Sin of Sloth, would probably take longer due to his sheer laziness.
"I won't get into the history of the Devil Civil War right now, I just want to make it clear that these four are on top for a reason and that reason is they are, by far, the strongest Devils that exist." Rias sighed, taking a moment before continuing.
"They all had to give up their family names to take their titles to avoid causing chaos in the Seventy-Two Pillars, who are the next ones in our hierarchy.
Before moving on to them though, I would like to say one more thing." Rias looked at Issei playfully. "It's the Four Great Satans who determine when a new Devil is eligible to receive a Peerage." Issei's eyes lit up at that, and she knew he was thinking about his dream to be the Harem King.
"Anyway, the Seventy-Two Pillars are all made up of High-Class Devils, but the number of families eligible to claim membership has shrunk to thirty-three due to the fact that thirty-nine others have mixed with non-Pureblooded Devils or died out and have lost their status as a result."
Lelouch blinked at that, not having expected that to be the reason why the Seventy-Two Pillars had declined to thirty-three. He snorted quietly, listening as Rias began to list off the families who had been cast out before continuing with those who remained amongst the Pillars.
The families hadn't been wiped out, though some undoubtedly had, they had just become less "pure". What an idiotic metric to use.
Lelouch hadn't expected Devils to be so obsessed with purity as to kick out families of high rank just because they were no longer one hundred percent pure as a family. So long as they still had power, what was the point of whether they were pure or not?
Such pointless social stratification reminded Lelouch of Britannia, where nobles who inherited their wealth and power were considered more prestigious than those who had amassed equal or greater amounts of both solely because of the fact that they'd had such influence for centuries longer. It seemed he truly fit in with Devils better than any other faction, their system being something he was all too familiar with.
The next lesson was on Exorcists, both Stray and loyal. Lelouch paid attention with half an ear, curious about what it would be like to finally meet the Devils who ran Hell.
As a Knight for the sister of the Lucifer, he had a feeling it would be an interesting meeting.
It was late in the night, or early in the morning, by the time Lelouch awakened alone in his room. He awoke peacefully for once, staring up at the ceiling from his bed on top of his sheets dressed in nothing but his boxers as he enjoyed the coolness of the autumn night.
He had gone to bed after a thankfully uneventful dinner and an intriguing lesson in the factions as well as their leaders and common followers. Lelouch's face remained blank as he blinked the sleep out of his eyes, turning when he saw his curtains blow in as a breeze knocked his window open. "Great." He murmured sarcastically, shifting with a soft grumble as he walked over to the window that led to a balcony so he could overlook the vast expanse of the Gremory villa.
"You'd think they'd invest in some locks strong enough to prevent the windows from being blown… open." Lelouch blinked at the sight before him, arms open as he prepared to shut his bedroom windows. His eyes narrowed in rage, his Power of the King and his Wrath burning like never before.
Having learned his lesson, he kept the rabid dog that was his Wrath on a tight leash, but he could feel it straining to be let loose to destroy the being before him.
"I don't know who the fuck you think you are, but if you keep wearing that face I will erase you from existence. How dare you." His voice was soft, but it was by far the most dangerous tone he had ever used in his life. "How dare you wear her face."
Nunnally's face shifted into a pout and the shapeshifter in front of him spoke. "But, Big Brother, aren't you happy to see me?" The imposter asked. "I've missed you so much." She was dressed in the same red dress he had her put in the day of his execution and barefoot. The only thing that was wrong with the appearance was the eyes.
Nunnally's eyes had never been that cold.
"You have ten seconds. Ten." Lelouch began counting down out loud, not deigning to respond to the faker in front of him.
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