Fate

There was no doubt the women in the Gremory House were beautiful, but he had to say, he was dumbfounded when Riser saw how young an ancestor of Gremory House and Rias' grandma were. Moreover, they didn't seem to appear like grandmas. Instead, they were like women in their early 20s. 

When Riser saw Rias, Grayfia, Venelana, Chysis Gremory (Rias' grandma), and Runeas Gremory gathered together, they stood side by side as they watched over Sirzech's dead body was about to be buried on the ground. He could see the sadness that radiated from their body posture, seemingly weak due to the death of their relative, yet as he saw their weak figures, he could see the exception among them. 

Unlike the rest, Rias stood straight, facing this storm bravely and courageously, enduring everything. 

Still, his eyes became thoughtful as they saw all of them, but nevertheless, his eyes couldn't help but dart to the corner where he could see a few familiar creatures that gathered together. 

Apart from Ajuka, Riser knew the one who couldn't accept the death of Riser was definitely Sirzech's peerage members. While some of them might have been present during the meeting of the three factions, no one could help much when their master died, which made them blame themselves. 

Moreover, the blame they received was enormous as they were Sirzech's servants, yet why were they alive?

Why did their master die, yet they lived well?

Even if all of them were staring at the funeral, Riser could feel their gazes on him occasionally, clearly unable to let go of their prejudice toward him. 

Yet, did he care about them? No way. 

They were too weak for him to care about them. 

Nevertheless, Riser felt the gaze of his wife on him was quite strange. 

'What's wrong?'

He talked to her with telepathy as she had been glancing at him and Rias occasionally. 

'Dear, how about you talk with Rias?' 

Sona also didn't feel surprised by his telepathy magic and talked with him calmly. 

'.....' 

Riser was speechless. 'What do you mean? Do you want her to seduce me or something?' 

Sona should be clear about what Rias felt toward him. 

While Riser wasn't sure whether Rias' feeling was an obsession, love, or revenge, there was no doubt that Rias would leap into him like a hungry leopard who hadn't eaten for several days as long as there was a chance. 

'.....' 

Sona fell silent as she thought of his words. She was clear about what Rias was going to do if she left her alone with her husband, but when she thought about Rias' current situation... she couldn't help but feel pitiful. 

As Riser looked at his wife, he thought that his wife was too kind, and this was why her life in the original story wasn't good. 

Not only did she lose her older sister, but her father also got a "Sleeping Disease," leaving her alone with her mother as she took over the position of the head of the Sitri House at a young age, but Rias didn't care much about her.

To be honest, even among her generation, Sona was the only one who thought about the low-level devils.

Except for Sona, Rias, Sairaorg, Seekvaria, and the others who were of the same generation, they never paid attention to the low-class devils. 

The life of the devils was like this. 

Even the Old Maou faction, who was about to rise due to the death of Sirzech Lucifer, had never proclaimed that they were going to treat the low-level devils equally. 

Sometimes, Riser felt that his wife was born in the wrong race. Instead of the devil, he felt she should be an angel. However, he also knew that she was young and she had many ideals about how the world would be in her mind. Yet, she was too soft, and this softness was a mistake, especially when this softness might bring many misfortunes to her. 

If Riser was as kind as Sona, he felt that he might die now. 

So, it was impossible for him to be kind. 

Still, as her husband, he thought that it might be good to teach her the cruelty of the world. 

Facing her hesitation, Riser asked, 'Do you really want me to meet her?' 

Being asked this question, Sona, who had been hesitating, couldn't help but watch Rias, who stood straight, forcing herself to be strong. Even if Rias' back was straight, it might break anytime, facing this storm. Her heart was shaken, and in the end, she nodded. 

'Um... can you try to cheer her on?' 

Riser stared at his wife blankly, wondering whether she forced him to cheat on her, but then again, maybe she, who had acquitted his relationship with many women, knew that as long as she was his wife, she didn't mind him having a relationship with others. 

'Okay.' 

Somehow, Riser felt complex at that moment, but he agreed as he wanted to see how Sona would react when he met Rias when the funeral ended. 

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"I am going to the toilet for a bit." 

"Um." 

When the funeral ended, Riser went to visit the toilet to clear up his bladder. During this moment, he could meet Akeno, but he didn't do so as he knew this wasn't the time for him to do so. 

The funeral had ended, and his problem should be cleared up, right?

As he saw his reflection in the mirror after he wiped his face with water, he knew that there was something that he needed to do first, and that was to clear up all the traces of him. 

Sirzech's death had nothing to do with him. 

Others believed so, and Riser also needed to believe so, but there was a single person who knew about his involvement in this matter. 

'No, it should be two.' 

Riser didn't forget about the being that was kept inside the body of that person. 

'By then, everything will be clear.' 

Still, after what, what should he do?

Riser felt that he had grown quite strong, and he knew that it was also almost impossible to kill him. 

No, it was impossible to kill him anymore. 

With "Ruler," the power that allowed him to "reverse" all the magical attacks and power effects used against him, all the attacks were meaningless. While healing and all the support given by the others would damage him, the "Crisis" would make him grow stronger, or he just deactivated the "Ruler," so nothing would happen to him when someone healed him. 

Along with the body of Phoenix, was there even a being that could kill him? No way. 

Nevertheless, Riser felt that he might use the chaos that was caused by the "Khaos Brigade." 

'Should I get more Sacred Gear?' 

The stronger he was, the better it was. 

Having more Sacred Gear was definitely useful. 

Nevertheless, he felt a little helpless as he thought that he couldn't get his hands on Sirzech's body as he knew the Sacred Gear created by Sirzech would definitely be strong. 

With that thought, he dried the water on his face with his fire manipulation and left the toilet, but when he was about to return to his wife, he met an unexpected person. 

Did fate draw them together?

Riser thought so, as when he was about to return to his path, he met Rias.