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"...You desire to wed Asia, yes?"
Aegis asked, his date with Rias ended the other day as they arrived at the mansion, Aegis was an always his usual self, Rias, Rias seemed to enjoy the date more, they didn't do anything more than kissing or some light groping, as Aegis made it clear they do not need to rush, something that seemed to make Rias even happier and disappointed at the same time, but with last good night kiss, Rias went to sleep, just like Aegis on who already his mother Willow in her white lace undergarment, and very naked Neo waited in the room...
Just the next day, after the usual routine of being awakened this time by Kalawarner's lips, did Aegis get to know that there was a visitor from the Royal Guard, when Aegis asked Asia, the girl seemed to be shocked and apologized as she has forgotten about it...
The girl forgot that just the other day someone asked for her hand...
And so now they sat there, the boy, or Devil Diodora sitting before him, yet Aegis already knew the outcome...
Especially seeing the boy's peerage, that had all smiles that didn't reach their very dead eyes...
"Yes, Asia healed me when I was fatally injured, me a devil, healed a nun, but that wasn't all, the moment my eyes fell on her, I knew she is the one, the one I wish to spend my life with, devil or not, I wish for her to become mine wife."
The boy said, Aegis just nodded his head, and Asia just looked at Aegis, seemingly to accept whatever Aegis would say, yet there was little worry in these green eyes...
"I see... But can you tell me, what a devil and one heir of one of 72 Pilar clans at that was doing in Italy? More precisely before Church building?"
Aegis faintly asked as he watched the boys smile slightly to turn down, Asia herself seemed to realize what Aegis said as she now looked at the devil...
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Aegis looked at the broken body of the boy, who, after seemingly not having the chance to gain Asia willingly attacked, from what Aegis gathered between the boy's sobs, he thought Aegis was nobody, not knowing Aegis was the King of Solitas, nor any important person, something that amused Aegis...
Still, Aegis looked at the ex-nuns, who now were held in place by Aegis glyphs, they would be attacked as their master told them, but Aegis could see no love lost for their master who now roughly and painfully breathed on the floor...
"Ekh... Ehk... Y-you will pay! L-look on t-this and despair!"
Diodora said and seemed to summon a black crest, just for it to fail as suddenly Ophis was in the room...
"?"
Ophis tilted her head, Aegis looked at her interestedly as Diodora shook on the ground...
"It was your symbol?"
Aegis asked, his power blocking the devil boy's words as he questioned Ophis, who just nodded her head.
"I see... You mind me taking care of him?"
"...No..."
Ophis said.
"Good, if you wish to go back to sleep, then go, but I will want to have words with you and the possible individuals to who gifted that power, even if insignificant for me, I wouldn't like to witness even more chaos, not when Solitas or I could be associated with you."
Aegis said, Ophis just looked at him, somehow, Ophis knew she was in trouble or how the mortals said it, Ophis herself didn't care, but if her giving others little of her power would mean losing access to her silence, then Ophis would by...
Enraged...
As Ophis floated away back to Aegis's room where she slept in the air just above his bed, Aegis's gaze wandered back, leaving the now shocked and scared Diodora, it seemed that the devil boy realized something from Aegis's conversation with Ophis, and the thing was that Aegis not fearful of Ophis...
"So what to do, what to do... First, let me introduce myself."
Aegis said, no longer looking at the devil boy on the ground that was held there by Aegis glyphs, but at the ten women, all who were wearing some manner of holy regalia that could be found in any Church establishment...
"Im Aegis Schnee, the King of Solitas Kingdom, many call me God-King of Humanity, even against my own will..."
Aegis said, Asia, behind him, nodded her head, she had no doubt that whatever was happening was Lord's will...
Aegis didn't say it without reason, after Album contacted Aegis back, Aegis had time to browse the Solitas trends, nothing much changed...
Other than his religion rising, ultimately, Cinder gave up on erasing it, saying that the more they try to object to this, the more the people, especially the zealots, would just think it is true and their God-King is just humble, thus worthy of their faith...
Aegis agreed with Cinder, even if it left a bitter taste in his mouth, he never wished to ascend or change even now, Aegis tried to hold the little humanity he had long ago, knowing his body already transcending a mortal flesh with how much he nurtured it and tempered it...
"So, I will give you a choice, take your hatred, your sadness, and your despair on your master, and join me, and I promise you to place in my Kingdom as my subjects, no longer you would need to fear of enslavement..."
It took a while, but one girl with blonde hair and not so different body from Asia moved, then another, and then another as they kicked, punched, and scratched Diodora who silently screamed in pain, not even able to retaliate with Aegis glyphs on him, his sturdy devil body working against him as these trivial wounds wouldn't kill him, but as such he would enjoy the pain more, longer...
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"Thank you, Neopolitan."
Aegis said with a smile to Neopolitan who just smirked and nodded as she made a signal with her hand for the nuns to follow her, Aegis had no place for these ex-nuns in Rias mansion, but Aegis already planned for extraction of the women Neopolitan saved who now lived in the warehouse, planning for their relocation to Solitas...
And these ex-nuns would join them as their past events and tragedies were similar, both were used and tortured, some by fellow humans, others by devils, but what all of them agreed on was that human, devil or not, they were victims of monsters who played on civilized beings...
"You know... I feel bad for them, I truly do... But... Wouldnt this bring problems for you?"
Rias worriedly asked, she arrived in the middle of the beating, and Aegis everything explained to her, making any idea of helping fellow devil die...
"Even if yes... Then they can come to speak with me..."
Aegis said, and for a moment, Rias trembled, this was the first time she heard such a voice or look from Aegis, Rias knew she knew little of the man who held her life in his hands, but she thought she knew at least little, but this...
"They are now my subjects... I will protect them, even if it meant starting a war."
Aegis said, his eyes watching the ex-nuns who he released from their slavery by taking out the Evil pieces and erasing any chance for them to mutate into monsters without their master...
"And... If this is how most devils manage their peerages... Then I will have words with the man who created these blasted things, I know you and Sona are good on your peerages, seeing them as friends or family... But... Kuroka and now this Diodora, Devils being in small number or not, being in near extinction or not, this will not continue, and if I find even more such cases..."
Aegis looked at Rias.
"Then I will make sure the Underworld would be severed from the mortal plane, I will not let your race behave so, not when this world is so close to Solitas."
Aegis said...
Rias just shivered a little, even if Aegis hugged her in hopes to ease her worry, Rias felt what Aegis said was sincere, he truly would somehow cut Underworld from the human world, wouldn't he?
Suddenly even with how warm Aegis felt, Rias felt cold because she knew there more such devils who used their peerages as nothing more than playthings...
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"You became popular."
A very buxom and curvaceous woman with long gold hair, with delicate facial features and eyebrows that were cut very short and roundly as the symbol of nobility, said playfully to Aegis.
"What can I say other than you must know in what position im with rumors."
Aegis lightly said, as Yasaka smiled and nodded her head, truly, Yasaka knew Aegis wasn't lying when he told her of him being King, but just at that moment, the flying white castle appeared above the Kuoh town, did truly Yasaka understand...
"Yes, rumors, the bane of all rulers, on another matter, Kunou misses you, you know?"
"Just Kunou?"
Aegis asked with laughter, making Yasaka playfully wink at him, they were speaking through Scroll, as Aegis made Solitas ambassador visit Kyoto, especially the Yokai leadership, Yasaka...
"Hm, I wouldn't mind your presence, but I think it would raise a number of questions if you were to visit me without paying visits to other leaders and pantheons, no?"
Yasaka asked with a smile.
"Who said they need to know? And even if, who are they to question me, especially when Kuoh being rented by devils or not, is still Japan territory, in short, yours."
Aegis said, his words making Yasaka giggle as she nodded her head, glad that Aegis showed her more respect than others, it would be a lie if Yasaka said others held Yokai's in respect, Japan, and mainly her faction was for a long time seen as weak, so having Aegis showing such respect was welcomed sigh...
"Still, I have information on the Nekomota massacre and a guest for you to speak with."
Aegis said as Kuroka who heard him, transformed from her cat form to her human, still sitting on Aegis's lap...
Yasaka's eyes sharpened as she now was fully serious, letting Aegis and mainly Kuroka speak what she knew of the massacre and the reasons behind it...