18 Chapter 18
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This is a note from the author. I have been absent for a while because of rewriting Issei as Isane and a few more things.
Isane's looks are based on Asuka from Senran Kagura BTW, so you know she is quite hot. She is still a pervert though, possibly even more of one than before, but hot nonetheless and I honestly liked writing her like this.
About other changes, first is that there he no longer has a level. He simply gain points by defeating enemies and the stronger the enemies the more points he gets in return. The current new stats are:
Intelligence - Memory and calculation ability (needed to be able to increase the ability to actually use magic and understand things, basically how fast and precisely one can think and calculate things)
Mental Capacity - Extra Sensory Perception (qualifies energy levels for Haki, Spiritual energy, and Mana)
Cell Vitality - Recovery rate.
Reaction Speed - See and react to objects moving at high speed.
Muscle Density - Strength and toughness of the body (correlates to strength, speed, and how tough is your body)
Charisma - (how easily one can attract others to your side, your presence and appearance)
Besides that I opened possible routes for Koneko, Akeno, and Rias, God knows there were many requesting this. This will become a massive harem anyway so why not? But, even if it becomes one I intend to make the characters distinct enough between themselves.
Another point is that Ace is not as much against relationships right now, being much more open to them, only that he doesn't like the idea of forcing others and he sees the system's Affection aspect being something like a way to control others against their will.
About Fairy Tail characters, if I do add them it would be in a similar way to how I did with Shinami Maou Testament. For instance we can have, say, Lucy. She would be a human that has a high class sacred gear that let her summon 13 spirits to fight with her (the Zodiac Spirits). Or look at, say, Wendy being a half dragon that is a daughter of one of the Dragon Kings, possibly Tiamat. Mirajane as the older sister of Vali. Laxus as a son of Thor. Gray as a descendant of Ymir, the first Ice Giant. Stuff like that.
Anyway, here is the chapter you guys have been waiting for:
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Laying on his bed Ace thought of all the information Maria told him. To say that he was seething in anger right about now would not be an understatement.
Sirzechs fucking Lucifer, the guy who acted in the show as if he was some sort of saint and too good to be a devil, was truly a devil through and through.
His plan was to use the lust curse and Maria to bind Ace to Mio. The reason as to why Maria didn't make a contract right away together with Yuki and Kurumi was due to one aspect of the contract that was possible, to set up a hierarchy of sorts amongst the servants in a Master-Servant contract.
Those of a higher hierarchy could work as representatives of the master when dealing with those of lower hierarchy, as such Maria would be set one step higher than Ace and make Ace's curse activate a few times and deal with them herself. With the curing of the curse loyalty, would be born and it would be directly transferred over to the Master in the contract.
Mio herself would have no idea this was the plan and would be able to live as normal while Maria would work in turning Ace into a loyal servant who would willingly join Mio in her Peerage upon receiving her Evil Pieces. Ace would be a 'gift' of Sirzechs to Mio so to say.
Ace was pissed off, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't attack Sirzechs because, well, he was not suicidal, and he couldn't be mad at Mio since she honestly didn't know the plan. The only people that would know the plan would be Sirzechs, who planned it, and Maria, who was ordered to execute it. He couldn't even be that mad at Maria for this, she was a tool of another and from her expression Ace could tell she did not like her orders either but would do them regardless. He wouldn't become angry at someone for following orders, he would be mad at the one that gave out such orders (of course, if she actually followed through with the plan he would likely kill her in the end, but that was just an 'what if' scenario and he would not do it out of anger at her but self-preservation).
Clenching his jaw Ace felt the fury in him, he was almost enslaved by some fucking asshole to be given as a present to his daughter. Like a shining new toy on a fucking store.
"... He took me lightly because I lack power." Ace muttered as he understood the issue.
For Sirzechs and other big names, Ace was someone weak that they could manipulate without fear of reprisal. He took the situation back then far too lightly and he realized something else too.
He could not continue like this. Going forward more and more big names would show up, if he didn't have some backer then he would have to rely only on himself and he was still too weak and to grow to the point he could not worry about it would take some time. A time he didn't have.
As such Ace began to plan, to wonder what would be the best way to get himself a backer who would willingly work with him but not abuse him, someone he could have some sort of power over but that he could offer something in return.
After a while, two possibilities were formed in his mind. One would need to wait as he could not do anything about it for now, but the other one he could pretty much ensure in at most two days depending on how he played it.
With a chuckle at how this act screwed over the 'plot' he knew off, Ace went to sleep knowing that the next day would be interesting.
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The next morning Ace woke up very early, as was usual for him. Getting out of bed silently, so as to not wake up Zest, he did some light stretches and after feeling the wariness of sleep going away he nodded to himself.
Leaving the room he went to the kitchen, he had breakfast and lunch to prepare for himself and the others, this being actually a relaxing time of the day where he could experiment on just how great he could make his cooking.
Opening the door to the kitchen, however, made Ace see a sight he was not expecting. Zest was already not only awake but making the food, she was also wearing a slightly shorter version of her maid outfit and a cute pink apron over it's front.
When she heard someone opening the door she was surprised at first but then gave a respectful bow to Ace.
"Ace-sama, if you would be so kind as to wait for just a bit the breakfast should not take too long to be done." She said and Ace felt slightly conflicted.
On one hand, he was very glad she had decided to do breakfast on her own, without needing for him or anybody else that she should do it, but on the other hand, he was also slightly sad that she clearly was still filled with this sense of wanting to serve him.
'Baby steps, I guess.' Ace thought as he sat down and started a light dialogue with Zest. What she thought of the place, if she was happy about it, stuff like that.
Then, however, he came to a more unique idea. One that would possibly be for his own good.
"Zest, if it wouldn't be too much would you mind accompanying me later?"
"Yes?" She said in slight doubt.
"It is like this, I will have a meeting today with the Gremory heiress but first I intend to meet the Sitri heiress. As you know they have groups around them at all times and, while I do not fear either, I think that if I had someone else there with me then they would be even more reluctant on starting anything. Of course, this is only if you would like to do this and-"
"Please, let me accompany you." Zest said, not letting him even finish properly. What Ace did not understand was just how deeply the concept of servitude went for Zest. For her she was Ace's belonging as he bought her, she should be doing anything and everything he asked, and while she was glad he was not pushing her into doing anything and she was thankful about it, she was also slightly resentful over it.
A piece of her had started to wonder if Ace thought of her as useless, thus why he did not do the Master-Servant contract with her nor asked her for anything. She had serious confidence problems and, as such, any chance of him asking her for something was great news for her as it meant he did not see her as useless.
With an extra skip to her steps, she continued cooking and, after a bit, she finished it and served it to Ace. It looked mostly okay for him, so he took a bite of the food, then another, then another.
After a while, he finished the meal entirely.
"So? Was it good?" Zest asked while rubbing her hands, some burn marks clearly visible on them.
Ace noted this and spoke.
"It was good, but has a lot of room for improvement. Your use of seasoning was flawed at best and you made a lot of mistakes, the dishes were also very simple in many places and the presentation was not the greatest." Ace said honestly and Zest seemed to deflate with every negative comment. "However, for a first try, your talent is impressive. I am sure that, in time, you will be able to do some amazing food for everyone to enjoy together."
"Hai, I will do my best." Zest said, her deflated self quickly getting better at hearing those final words.
"If you want I could always teach you some tricks in the kitchen from now on. Perhaps you come with me to make breakfast and lunch in the mornings and I teach you what I know." Ace said and Zest nodded eagerly.
After that Ace went to make more of the food, showing Zest how to fix the dishes she made and she took everything he said to heart, quickly learning what Ace had to teach.
After a while, the others started arriving and they all sat to eat breakfast. Later, after everyone was ready to go, they went to school properly leaving Maria, Kurumi, and Zest at home.
Maria was still troubled, in truth she also didn't like this plan and knew it was a mistake, but it was not up to her to decide if the plan should continue or not. She had little choice but to obey, that was what she had to do.
Kurumi, meanwhile, was a bit conflicted as she could still remember the previous night, it was easily the most pleasure she has ever felt and she could barely even look at Ace's eyes earlier due to it. Gulping at those memories she decided that she would go and train some more to blow some steam off.
Meanwhile, Zest would wait for the sign, she had given Ace a summoning circle for him to summon her when he needed her and she would be ready to do anything that was deemed necessary. If Ace knew her thoughts he would only be able to sigh and think that, with her, he would need to take baby steps in making her break out of the 'tool' ideology.
Getting to school Ace didn't interact much with the others. He was quieter and on his corner, thinking about what he should do and all the steps he would need.
The investment he would have to go through would not be small, not by a long shot, but it was what he had to do regardless.
It was a few hours of school later that the bell for the end of class rang. Until that point, neither Mio nor Yuki spoke much to Ace as both could feel that Ace did not want to talk right now. Yuki's gaze lasting a bit longer than Mio when seeing Ace's current state and she clenched her fist seeing this.
As for Lars, the teen was paying attention to all of this and wondering what he should do next or if he should do anything. His job was to make sure Mio was safe and to report everything for his King's king who would then direct him in what to do, that was it.
And so time passed uneventfully and, at the end of classes, Ace told the others to go on ahead to home as he went to the destination he wanted to go. Leaving Nehan with Mio made sure that she would be safe and the little sun shrank to look like a small accessory for her phone, thus making sure Ace was still doing his job of protecting her even if he was not around.
Ace had a busy schedule today, he had an appointment with Rias about how to ensure she could get out of her marriage contract, but she could wait for an hour or so. It shouldn't take more than that.
Ace opened his menu to see his stats. He invested ALL his free points into Intelligence reaching a grand total of 780 points. He hoped it would be enough but, if not, then he could simply try again later.
Going to the student council room he knocked on the door. After a few moments the one to open it was none other than Ruruko who smiled brightly upon seeing him.
"Ace-kun, it is so good to see you. Do you need anything here or did you just come to meet me?" Ruruko asked and Ace smiled a bit seeing this.
"I actually wanted to have a talk with Sona, if possible. But, speaking of which, if you want to, how about we mark another date one of these days? I really enjoyed our last one." Ace said and Ruruko became a bit red in the face but nodded brightly at these words, indicating for Ace to follow.
Getting inside the room Ace noted the amused smirks that Reya, Momo, and Tsubasa were shooting at Ace and Ruruko, the girl in question not knowing where to look. Tsubasa in particular was about to say something regarding the little scene they just witnessed when Sona spoke up.
"That will be enough. Now, why did you come here, Ace?" Sona said in a serious tone. Ace, seeing this, indicated at the seat in front of her and she nodded, allowing him to sit.
"What I have to discuss is not overly important, however, before I start I have to make one more thing. Would you mind?" Ace questioned and Sona waved him off to do as he pleases. With her confirmation, Ace took out a summoning paper like those used by Sona herself when doing contracts. Putting it on the floor he used his nails to cut at his finger and dropped a single drop of blood on the circle.
With this, the circle activated, and soon after Zest was standing there in her combat attire.
One look at her and Sona tensed slightly. Tales of chimeric devils during the civil war were well known and her sister told her how they were not to be trifled with. They were biologically engineered to have tougher bodies, higher magical amounts, and many other things.
"Why is she here?" Sona questioned in worry. In her mind, chimeric devils were weapons of war that served as emotionless tools for fighting and extermination. Having one so close to her was not something she would normally appreciate.
"I called her. She is one of the workers in Odd-Jobs Ace and she is working as an escort for me during this meeting. I hope it doesn't trouble you, I mean, you do have me surrounded here so I don't think me having one helper would be much of a trouble." Ace said and Zest straightened up even a bit more, vigilant on her surroundings. The problem was that her straightening up further caused her breasts to jiggle a bit, which earned Sona's irritation.
'Why? Why even a war machine has those useless lumps of fat bigger than mine? That is just so not fair.' Sona complained in her mind while keeping her face stoic.
"Very well, she can stay but make sure you keep it under control Ace. I do not wish to cause a scene within the school but I will defend myself if necessary." Sona said.
"Very well, now, let us talk." Ace said.
Sona nodded as Tsubaki approached with two cups of coffee.
Smelling the coffee Ace sipped it and smiled.
"This tastes great. Thanks, Shinra-san." Ace said and Tsubaki bowed in acknowledgment.
"So? What is it you wish to talk about?" Sona said after drinking some of the coffee. "I understand that your small classes with Ruruko have been advancing well and that you only need someone to unlock your magic core for you to start proper practice, is it about this that you want to discuss?"
"That is something that has my interest, but it is not what I want to talk right now. I have something else I want to discuss, a proposition that can bring benefits to your devil kind."
"Hmmm? You do? Your not lying are you?"
"No, I can promise you that. I do not lie during deals, at most I hide details but never lie, that would ruin my reputation. What I have to offer just might be enough to ensure the prosperity of the devil race considerably, but before we talk about it, let's play a game of chess." Ace said and Sona raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you want to play chess? I haven't heard anything about you liking to lose." Sona said and Ace actually chuckled at that remark
"Let me guess, based on that I think you just might be a devil of pride." Ace said and Sona shrugged, not confirming or denying anything. "But no, it is not about me liking to lose. I just feel like it and because playing it would be a good way to pass time as we talk some more. If we are to enter an agreement for mutual benefit in the future we should know one another better and I believe this could help us understand one another better."
"I see. Very well." Sona agreed, believing what Ace just said.
Of course, this 'understanding one another' reasoning was pure bullshit, at least for the meaning Sona imagined. What Ace wanted was not something like that as he did not believe in such a thing as understanding one another during a game of chess.
Actions, that is what allows one to understand one another.
Sone signed to her Rook and Tsubasa brought over the chess set and table. While passing by she winked at Ace and shot a smirk at Ruruko in pure provocation, just a playful gesture between friends that made the young pawn quite angry.
Sona completely ignored these interactions between her Peerage members as simple jokes and instead looked at the pieces on the board.
"Which color do you prefer?" Sona questions Ace.
"Hmmmmm, white because of its the color of the brightness of money." Ace said with a hint of amusement which earned him a light giggle from Sona.
"I have never heard of such a reason for one to choose white, but it is fun to think about it like this. So I will take the black pieces." While she set her pieces Sona couldn't help but to question. "Are you sure your not a devil or someone with devil ancestry? You certainly fit the bill when it comes to greed."
"As far as I know I am 100% born human. What I right now, however, is something slightly more unique I suppose." Ace said and Sona looked at him more intensely now.
"I see, so, let's start." Sona said. "I suppose the regular rules of tournament apply, each player has 30 seconds for the next play and the game ends when a king piece is captured."
"I agree, now let me start it." Ace said, moving his pawn.
The two started playing the game. At the start, Sona was quite dismissive, not really thinking this would be much of a challenge.
This was a mistake.
Sona had intelligence that, when quantified, would be around 800. It was greater than Ace's own and SHOULD give her an edge, but Ace's Strategist skill at level 13/100 made it so that the small gap became even smaller. And with her not paying as much attention at the start of the match, when she took notice of what was going on, the momentum of the game was completely in Ace's favor.
She began to sweet a bit when she noticed that, but Ace didn't stop his momentum and instead started to talk.
"So, quick question but why exactly an heiress of a devil house is doing managing a human school on Earth? Aren't there schools in the Underworld you could be or private tutors that could teach you much better and more efficiently?" Ace questioned as he moved his Bishop to take out her Rook.
"It is for the sake of my dream," Sona said, moving her pawn to stop any tentative of Ace's Queen to take down her King.
"I see, and what would this dream be?" He questioned as he moved his Queen to instead take down Sona's sole remaining knight, seemingly throwing away a chance for a quick victory.
"I hope to create a school in which all devils, regardless of rank, can learn about rating games and have a chance to rise up in the ranks." Sona said and Ace nodded while seeing Sona move her remaining rook to take out a Pawn.
"Interesting. Not really sure I like the idea of MORE peerages being created, but if you could institute some laws to protect peerage members from abuse and a way to punish those who coerce or forcefully take someone to be a servant then I wouldn't complain. If people WANT to become servants for all eternity it is their business, but being forced into it and abused by this, it is no surprise there are so many stray devils around." Ace said while moving his yet unmoved Bishop, taking out Sona's previously unmoved rook and blocking one of the king's escape routes.
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+10 affection with Sona Sitri, for not making fun of her dream and taking her seriously (10/100)
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"... That would be hard. The old devils would not allow someone to do such a radical change so easily." Sona said as she moved her free Rook.
"True, but, for that, you simply need strength and support. Well, consider manking a contract with me if you want some help on that in the future, I can be quite persuasive." Ace said as he moved his knight, taking out the last of Sona's pawn and becoming in a position to intercept the king in two ways if she did not move it.
"You? Even my sister is incapable of doing such a thing and she is much stronger and more influential than you. How could you do such a thing?" She said in amusement.
"Simple, I can convince others with the universal power of violence. The diplomacy of the fist is quite effective, especially if you don't need to be overly worried about the other side." Ace said.
"You are talking of possibly killing several of the top and oldest members of Devil Society." Sona said.
"And why exactly that should be such a big issue. In a society like yours, the older members continue doing things in the old way, if there is no new people to push things forward you stagnate and inevitably perish." Ace said.
"And how exactly can you affirm such a thing?" Sona questioned.
"Simple, just look at human history. Look at all those great civilizations, they were once prosperous and full of desire for expansion, growth, and innovation. But they all inevitably grew complacent, old, and stagnant. So full of older concepts that they could no longer adapt and fell into themselves, mostly on stupid civil wars." Ace said. "From what little I understand your current society is quite similar to them. Heck, I am pretty sure that it would have already imploded if not for there being many that fear the strong power of the four new satans. But that will only last so long, unless changes happen and the old give way to the new then it will be inevitable that your race will end up perishing."
Sona stopped in place as she heard this, processing his words. She stopped for so long that her time passed and Ace could do another move which made her shocked as it ensured she could loose quite quickly if she didn't do something fast.
After moving and ensuring she would not loose for now she turned to Ace.
"What would you have to do with the old devils who refuse to give way then?" Sona questioned.
"Diplomacy of the fist, it is really astounding how much it can accomplish." Ace retorted.
"Sure, let's say this can work? You can't really expect me to believe YOU can do what you just proposed." Sona said.
"Meh, give me a few years and decent funds, if you do that then it should not be impossible at all." Ace said, making Sona think.
On the side, the pieces of Sona were all wide-eyed at this conversation.
"Ruruko-chan, don't get me wrong, but your boyfriend is either WAY too full of himself or he is scary as all hell." Momo said to the pawn who sent a teasing smile back.
"I know, and it is hot." Ruruko said.
"I agree." Tsubaki said, making both Ruruko and Tsubasa turn wide-eyed at the bespectacled girl who was looking at the conversation with interest.
Meanwhile, Sona looked at Ace intensely and said.
"You are one scary person, you know that?"
Ace just shrugged at this and answered.
"I prefer to think of myself as someone who can call bullshit when I see it. Also, checkmate." Ace said as he moved his queen and ended the game.
Sona looked at the table in shock. A part of her still not fully understanding that she had lost and barelly processed what Ace said next.
"Well, do me a favor and tell your sister I wish to talk to her. And regarding what is it I am offering, let me give you a tip." As Ace said so he looked at his system and changed something.
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Soru Soru no Mi (Soul Fruit) - Horu Horu no Mi (Hormone fruit)
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With that he said.
"Please do not do anything until I finish this." As soon as he finished saying this the nails of both his index fingers extended and he used them to piece at both of Sona's breasts.
She gasped at this but did not feel any sort of pain from the act.
"Ace Opai Seicho Hormone." As he said so the technique activated and Ace removed his nails from her body. Soon her A-cup breasts started to expand.
They started to grow quickly, pressing against her shirt and Ace quickly avoided his gaze as they broke both her bra and forced the buttons of her shirt to break as they grew and grew until they were a few centimetres above even those of Akeno.
Sona could only stare in wonder at this, one of her biggest dreams she never thought would be fulfilled were now done without her even needing to do anything.
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+25 affection with Sona Sitri, for beating her in a chess game (35/100)
+5 affection with Sona Sitri, for giving her the breasts she always wanted to have (40/100)
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"So, talk to your sister for me, okay? Now, I have another meeting I have to go to so see you later, my bride." Ace said and left quickly, letting Sona process what he just said and widen her eyes at his words.
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+10 affection with Sona Sitri, for reminding her you are both now technically engaged (50/100)
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And with that reminder Ace left the place. He honestly didn't expect the affection with Sona to grow THIS quickly, and here he thought that Rias was easy to grow affection with (which, in all honesty, was undoubtedly true).
Having finished his business with Sona and obtained what he came to obtain Ace felt like this was as solid a step as he could obtain for now.
Ace's plan was simple, he would enter negotiations with Serafall soon enough when she came after Sona called her. She would not be overly pleased with him considering he just obtained her sister's hand in marriage, but what he would offer would be more than enough for her to calm down.
The ability to make devils as fertile as humans, if not more.
Ace's hormone fruit was interesting to say the absolute least. He would even be willing to say that it was bullshit considering the number of things he could do with it when using it properly. With it, he could influence the body of others, if he could change genders, size, and a plethora of other things from others then influencing the reproductive rate of a devil would be extremely easy as well.
This would be such a huge deal that most races would go crazy over this ability, the ability to make their members be able to reproduce quickly could bolster their numbers quickly and for the New Satan Faction such an ability would be a game-changer in their dispute with the Old Satan Faction. It was no exaggeration to say that this could be the factor to decide the future of the conflict.
If the New Satan Faction could ensure that people on their side could reproduce quickly then it was entirely possible many of the houses on the Old Satan Faction side would jump ship for this ability alone.
However, due to what Sirzechs just proved with his actions, Ace could not and would not trust Serafal so easily. He needed something to ensure he had some power when negotiating with her about this ability, he needed to ensure she wouldn't kidnap or blackmail him into working for her. The best way he had to ensure this was exactly the engagement with Sona, if Serafal were to do anything to him then the Old Satan faction would take advantage of her actions and ruin Serafal's image and create a political shitstorm. Sure, she could just reveal what Ace can do and use it to explain her actions, but then it would become a possible new war for possession of Ace.
She would have to work with Ace until she was ready to reveal what Ace can do and work with him. Not only that, using her Ace would have access to a considerable amount of cash and a backer that would not backstab him so easily, especially considering she would be gaining a lot just by being fair. He could even sell her other things like Dials that could be very useful and some other things he intended to create, especially the Raid Suits (he could totally imagine Serafal going crazy if he were able to produce those).
As for the engagement with Sona, after Ace was established enough and create a stable enough working relation with Serafal he could easily enough break the engagement and let Sona be free from it. Heck, he would even openly affirm to her what his plan was and how, if she were to fall for someone else during the engagement, he would be open to letting her go at that point in time without any fight.
It would even work for her considering that, with it, she would not be pressed by her family or other devils higher-ups into another contract. Everyone wins and Ace gets lots and lots of money.
"What you think, Zest?" Ace questions his assistant who smiles at him.
"I think your kids with her will be very cute and intelligent." She says clearly and Ace almost trips on his own feet hearing what Zest just said. Looking at her with a slight glare just makes Zest tilts her head to the side, wondering if she said something wrong.
Ace just sighed at Zest's words, knowing that she was just being honest even if he REALLY was not ready for those words.
'Note to self, use hormone fruit to make myself sterile until I actually want kids.' Ace thought with decisiveness. He wanted kids, sure, but not now. Definitely not now.
He knew that he could always just say no if an opportunity appeared, but he was still a male and he was no wimp like Issei. He would not go after it, but he would also not be against it either. As long as it was consensual and no one got hurt because of it then it was fine (unless the girl was into kinkier stuff, which he was game as well as long as he wasn't the one getting hurt).
Walking through campus to go to the ORC clubroom Ace noted the people from the various clubs walking around and being merry. Talking of the future or just being teens. Ace felt it was slightly amusing how none of them knew how the world was close to its end considering just how many world-threatening disasters there were around. But Ace knew and this alone ensured that he would have to focus on it.
Thankfully Zest had cast a illusiory magic on herself to make sure regular humans wouldn't be able to see her bunny ears and rabbit tail. With her illusion on she looked to be wearing simple jeans with a white tank top and blue vest over it, it was nothing special but, with her figure, it looked extremely stylish and made many boys and girls stop and look at her for a while longer. It was yet another proof of just how beautiful Zest truly was.
While on the way for the ORC someone was moving from there and met them midway.
"Hello, Koneko-chan. How are you?" Ace asked the younger girl who looked up at him.
"... You took too long." She said and Ace just gave a slight laugh at this. "Sorry, sorry, I had to take care of some business. Anyway, how about we get going?" he said but Koneko was still starring up at him without stopping.
She did not bulge or anything of the sort so he guessed what she wanted. Moving to his backpack he took out a bag filled with biscuits and threw one in the air which she jumped and took in her mouth.
"*MUNCH* *MUNCH* Don't do this again *MUNCH* I am not a dog. *GULP*" She said while eating the cookie. Ace just laughed a bit and patted her head.
"Fine, fine, I will give you some more when we get to the club room. How about it?" He said and her eyes sparkled as she moved to behind him and started pushing him to move faster.
Seeing her reaction Ace gave a slight laugh at it, Koneko may be stoic most of the time but she was very open about her feelings if you could see the not so subtle signs.
Zest just moved with them, slightly jealous of how Koneko could so easily act like this with Ace but chose not to say anything. She was a tool and, as such, it was not her place to act so freely with her owner.
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Meanwhile, back in the Underworld, Sirzechs was pacing up and down in worry and furry. He has just received the report regarding Mio's contract and how it spectacularly failed.
His daughter, the daughter of one of the only two women he has ever truly loved, was now a servant of a lowly human. This infuriated Sirzechs to a great degree. His desire was to go right now to Earth and destroy Ace before he could put a single finger on Mio, he would not let someone with questionable loyalties and inferior pedigree be with his daughter.
She deserved only the absolute best, only someone of high enough standing could hope to match her, not a fucking random mercenary!
He had even contemplated Sairaorg, he knew the young man, he had an impeccable background, unquestionable loyalty for the Devil race, marrying him would ensure her would become one of the women of highest standing of all the underworld as the lady of the highest and most influential house of the Underworld, and, most importantly, Sairaorg was so focused on training that he would likely not tarnish Sirzech's little angel's purity for a long, long time!
"Fuck, that damned daughter of a traitorous whore. Did she plan to screw over the ritual as some sort of revenge? Fuck, I shouldn't have gone through with this plan." Sirzechs said as he began to think on ways to take Mio away from the 'evil clutches' of Ace and how to punish Maria for her failure in the mission she sent her to.
He wanted to give Mio everything, Ace becoming a member of her Peerage being one of the 'gifts' he intended to give to her. He even considered forcing Maria into it as well, but he wasn't sure if the daughter of THAT woman deserved such an honor.
However, in the end Sirzechs' plan backfired spectacularly and now his precious daughter's innocence may be lost on the hands of Ace. Not that Ace would actually do anything like that, but the more thought that it might happen was enough to infuriate the Lucifer to no end.
And, worst of all, he couldn't just go and kill Ace. If he killed the master of Mio then the curse might not activate or it might activate to the highest degree which would kill Mio, this was a chance Sirzechs could not and would not take. He cared far too much for his daughter to even think of doing anything that could truly risk her.
It was as he was pacing from one side to the other when his Queen entered the room.
"Lucifer-sama, I have received news of some of our spies. It seems like the third young master of the Phenex family, Riser Phenex, intends to go to Kuoh soon to try and obtain Mio-sama for his Peerage." Grayfia Lucifuge said.
Sirzechs grunted and dismissively waved her to stand on the corner of the room. They were not in public so he did not need to act as if he cared about the woman.
In another world, in another reality, Grayfia and Sirzechs were a happily married couple with a cute kid. This was not how things were in this world.
Grayfia was a spoil of war from the time of the civil war. Captured by the New Satan Faction she was offered an agreement, she could either work for the new Lucifer, showing support for him and this helping establish his position as Lucifer further, or she and her brother would be executed on the spot. The New Satan Faction could always just get another member of the Six Houses of Lucifer, the six Extra Devil Houses that always worked and were like a symbol of status for Lucifer, and make them a similar offer. They were at war, they could just repeat this until someone accepted the proposal.
For the sake of her brother, who was still no more than 12 years old at the time, Grayfia accepted the deal and, since then, she has worked for Sirzechs as a maid and his Queen. In public, she always acted like if this was out of her own accord but this was anything but. She has had implanted a kill switch in her to make sure of her cooperation and has lived since then as such.
Sirzechs, in this life, married a member of a branch family of the Gremory clan. He and his wife had a child named Milicas and lived a blissful married life, and Grayfia had to take care of any and all more underhanded business Sirzechs desired.
Sirzechs began to think about what he could do when an idea popped into his mind. It would be risky but it could still work well enough, turning to Grayfia he asked.
"Grayfia, do you still have a Bishop piece?"
"Yes, Lucifer-sama. Of my peerage, I still hold a Bishop, Rook, and two pawns." She said.
Due to convenience, Sirzechs gave Grayfia an Evil Piece set and allowed her to reincarnate potential assets for the future. He would direct her whom to reincarnate and allowed her to do so. All those that were reincarnated like this would then become pseudo members of Sirzechs' own peerage and took care of several matters for him. Lars, himself, was one such case being a two pieces Pawn of Grayfia.
"Very well, we will not move to stop Riser." Sirzechs said. "Let him turn Mio into his Bishop, but be ready to intercept him before he fully returns to his mansion. Use whatever means necessary to ensure he accepts exchanging Mio for your available Bishop piece. As she would be turned into a Bishop she would no longer be under the Master-Servant contract and you could then allow her to return to Kuoh. We can simply remove her Bishop piece later on when it is time for her to receive her own set and everything will be well."
Of course, this plan worked wonders for Sirzechs, but completely ignored Mio's own thoughts about it. Grayfia wanted to speak about this, but chose not to. She knew better than most how Sirzechs was in truth and, as such, could not and would not speak up.
After over a century of being punished for speaking up when only being a 'maid who should learn to obey her betters', she has learned to simply obey her orders.
It would be less painful this way.
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[Sona Sitri: Water Princess]
[Relationship Status: intrigued and interested]
[Affection Points (50/100)]
[Heroine Summary: The heir for the Sitri household Sona respects intelligence above all else. This, however, faced several problems in the Underworld due to how in it might makes right. Unlike other devils Sona took great inspiration from human society and sees real democracy and equality as something that should be achieved for her race. Her dream if creating a school for all devils to learn about rating games and improve themselves play heavily on that dream. However, no one supports her in this wish in the Underworld, not even her sister who showers her with an unending amount of affection, but this did not deter her in her desire to follow through with her wish. She is fiercely independent, making it a point where, for someone to marry her, they must first beat her in chess and, if the male can do this, he would become her fiance. She is shocked that Ace, the money grabber who she thought was no more than a mercenary, managed to beat her in a game of chess which no one has done before and is also surprised by his ideas which she, as someone born in the Underworld, never really thought off. She also has an inferiority complex due to her body not developing nearly as great as her sister or her own friends.]
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AN:
So, I finally managed to fix the previous chapters. It took me forever to do it but I did it in the end. In exchange I did make this chapter extra big which was NOT easy.
So, for those who like Sona, I hope this chapter was to your liking. I actually laughed at the thought of making a Sona that has breasts even bigger than Rias'.
Regarding Sirzechs, if it was not yet clear he is a bit OOC. I just took the love for family that the Gremory clan is known for and risen it considerably as well as made him less of a Gary Stu.
Sirzechs is vindictive and much more heartless here, him and Grayfia have absolutely no liking for one another, she is virtually a slave for Sirzechs that uses her for her power and to reinforce his image as Lucifer. Regarding Maria's mother, this will be further explained moving forward.
Anyway, tell me what you would like to see next.
