69 Meeting the Family

"Welcome home. Lady Rias." The maids greeted her. They were lined up to the side while bowing deeply at her.

Gasper squeaked and hid behind Issei who chuckled. She was still scared of people, but she'll get used to them soon.

"As members of my peerage, you guys will be given land too. You can decide which pieces of territory you'd like later." Rias revealed with a smile on her face, shocking those who are in her peerage. Akeno, Kiba and Koneko didn't react as they knew about it a long time ago.

'Damn! Kinda wish I'm in her peerage now!' Issei thought at the back of his mind while maintaining a stoic face.

"You've arrived early." Grayfia approached them with a small smile on her face. Issei immediately stared at her beautiful face, he then started looking downwards but not before slapping his face.

'That's someone's wife, Issei! Control yourself! But.....one little look couldn't hurt. Right?' Issei sneakily glanced at Grayfia's massive boobs. He was fascinated by it and then quickly looked away from them.

"Auntie Rias!!!" Millicas shouted while running towards Rias excitedly. He hugged her while laughing happily.

"Good to see you, Millicas! My, how you've grown!" Rias greeted him back. Rias then looked at her peerage.

" Everyone, meet my nephew. Millicas Gremory. " Rias introduced him to them. Millicas smiled at them.

" Hi! I'm Millicas Gremory!" Millicas introduced himself happily. Xenovia and Asia bowed while Issei didn't care.

"It is an honor!" They both said. Millicas chuckled and rubbed his head. He then looked at Issei who looked down at him.

Millicas gasped in shock and looked at Grayfia. "Mommy! Mommy! Is this the Red Dragon Emperor!?" Millicas shouted while hugging Grayfia's skirt. Grayfia smiled and nodded.

"Yes, dear. You met him before during the Rating Game." Grayfia replied.

" Oh, I forgot! And was he the one in the DevilTube video too?!" Millicas asked. Grayfia giggled.

"They're the same person so of course he is!" Grayfia answer. Millicas grinned and ran towards Issei. He looked up at him.

" Um... " Millicas smiled shyly and took out a piece of paper.

" Hello mister. I'm your number one fan! You were so cool fighting those bad guys! Can I please have your autograph!? " Millicas pleaded. Issei smiled and looked at the others.

" Do you guys have a pen?"

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Issei was looking around him. He felt extremely awkward. Currently, he, Rias and her peerage were having dinner with the Gremory Family.

Zeoticus was sitting at the head of the table while his wife, Venelana was sitting at the top right of the table.

Rias was sitting beside her and Issei was sitting beside Rias. Issei didn't even have the appetite to eat. He loved eating, but he didn't have the appetite to do so.

'Ddraig. Is this how nobles eat?! It's so fucking awkward! If I fart everyone's gonna know it's me who did it!' Issei asked Ddraig for help.

'Don't ask me, partner. Me and Albion hate this just as much as you do.' Ddraig replied.

'You should've used Blazing Inferno of Scorching Flames on these idiots while they were fighting in their petty war.' Albion grumbled.

'Too late for that now, Albion.' Ddraig grumbled back. Issei sighed and cut off the mental connection between them.

"By the way, Issei Hyoudou-kun. Are you enjoying your stay in the Underworld? Does it suit your tastes? " Zeoticus asked him. Issei's left eye twitched in extreme irritation. Something inside Issei wanted to insult Zeoticus.

"I haven't even stayed here for an hour and a half and you ask me this brainless question. Stupid fuck." Issei grumbled but then he noticed everyone's gaze at him. They were looking at him with shocked faces. Rias was the worst, she was in extreme disbelief and horror. What he didn't know was that he grumbled his answer a little too loud.

" The fuck are you staring at?" Issei asked them, getting irritated even more. The dragon inside him couldn't accept those stares, it was like they couldn't accept him being honest.

"N-nothing, I-issei. W-we weren't expecting that to be your answer. " Rias stuttered out shakily. Gasper meanwhile was trying not to faint.

"A-ah. I see. S-sorry for asking." Zeoticus stuttered while clearing his throat awkwardly.

'Damn it, Zeoticus! You just have to ask him that idiotic noble shit. Now look what happened, your son in law thinks you're brainless!' Zeoticus scolded himself in his mind.

"W-well. If you don't mind, please call me Father from now on. " Zeoticus tried to switch the topic.

" Don't be so hasty, procedures must be followed—

"Of course, Father." Issei interrupted Venelana. Zeoticus looked at his wife in the eyes for a split second. But that split second was enough to make Venelana scared.

"Issei. I must thank you for protecting and taking care of my daughter. It truly was a good decision to assign you to bodyguard duty. I hope Sirzechs pays you well. " Zeoticus asked him. Issei smiled while grabbing a slice of mango and munching it down.

" He does. It may be a lot in the human world but apparently it's pocket change for someone like him." Issei commented while he started munching on a piece of fried chicken. Zeoticus' smile widened a little.

" For someone who has a status like us, it is. Tell me son. " Zeoticus leaned into him a little.

" Have you and Rias, done the deed yet?" Zeoticus asked him while raising his eyebrows slyly.

" F-father! " Rias shouted out feeling super embarrassed. Issei smiled.

" Not yet, father. But one day it will happen, it needs to be special rather than casual." Issei replied.

"Of course it does. I remember me and Venelana's first time like it was yesterday. Ah, the memories." Zeoticus smiled warmly.

"Zeoticus, please control yourself. You are the head of a noble clan. You should not be acting like this." Venelana scolded him with a serious expression on her face. Zeoticus frowned.

"And just as we were getting along. She had to ruin it. Does she have a stick in her ass as well?" Issei grumbled, once again a little bit too loudly. Everyone looked at him with a face of pure disbelief and horror again.

" Excuse me? " Venelana asked him while her left eye was twitching in annoyance.

"Now now. No need to get riled up. Maybe the train ride here was a bit too uncomfortable for him. It is his first time after all. " Zeoticus calmed his wife down. He cleared his throat again. Issei sighed and went back to eating.

'Where did that come from? Why did I insult her? I'm not like this at all! ' Issei panicked in his mind.

'Hosting Two Heavenly Dragons at the same time can make a person become more dragon-like. That's what's happening to you. ' Ddraig explained. Issei sighed and kept eating.

Everyone was eating gracefully and tidily while Issei was eating with no manners at all. Zeoticus too, but he was using a fork and knife while biting and swallowing the food quickly. Millicas was eating slowly and gracefully just like Grayfia was.

"This is good!" Issei voiced out his satisfaction as he took a bite out of the cake that was served. Zeoticus nodded.

"Thank you, but all credit goes to the chefs in the kitchen." Zeoticus replied humbly. Issei smiled and took another slice of the cake.

Rias was getting more and more uncomfortable as the seconds passed. She knew that her mother despised how Issei was acting right now.

ashe knew that she was a woman of manners and etiquette. If she broke something as simple as table manners, she would go insane. But Venelana couldn't as there were guests around.

Venelana was subtly glaring at Issei who was eating like he had never tasted food in a hundred years. She couldn't handle it anymore.

"Issei-san." Venelana called him. Everybody stopped eating. Rias started shaking while holding her fork and knife.

'Oh shit. He's going to die. ' Rias cursed in her mind.

"I've decided, during your stay here in the underworld, you will learn manners and noble etiquette. This, what you're doing right now, is not how a man should act." Venelana argued with him calmly. Issei swallowed the food In his mouth and stared at her blankly.

Zeoticus sighed. "Let the boy eat however fashion he wants, Venelana. Matter of fact, I think this is how he shows his appreciation for the food. " Zeoticus tried to defuse the situation.

"No. I'm sorry but I can't stand it, Zeoticus. I refuse to believe Rias is dating someone so rude and so perverted at the same time." Venelana argued. Rias looked down and looked at Issei who remained calm despite her mother's insults. She knew that look of his. She knew it all too well and she was scared of it. It was like a ticking time bomb.

" Mother, please stop...." Rias whispered.

"No. Please be quiet, Rias. This is for grown ups only."

"But—

" Be. Quiet." Venelana looked at her sternly. Rias looked down. Issei gritted his teeth as he looked at her. Rias was trying not to cry, she was failing to do so.

'All I'm saying is don't let her walk over your mate like that. ' Albion advised. Issei got up, gathering everyone's attention. He looked at Venelana.

"Hey, you better stop with your nonsense or else...." Issei stopped finishing his sentence.

"Or else what?" Venelana dared to ask.

"Or else I'll kill every single one of your kind and destroy the Underworld.....

To be continued....