Chapter 30: Zeoticus & Venelana!

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He then set his eyes on Isane, who was trying to keep her eyes off him.

'And there's the pretty brunette I met that night.' Rex thought. 'I can smell it from here. Host of Ddraig alright. Probably a Pawn, though I can't be sure.'

After he'd finished looking over Rias and her peerage, Rex looked over to a second sofa, and saw Zeoticus Gremory, his grandfather on Sirzechs' side, and Venelana Gremory, his grandmother, sitting together, and looking at him.

Rex stared back as Sirzechs entered the room and sat on a third sofa, which Millicas who was looking at Rex curiously joined him at, and Grayfia stood behind him.

"Rex." Zeoticus spoke, first, as all eyes turned to either him or Rex. "How nice... to see you've come back."

"Yes." Venelana smiled, a smile which Rex didn't return. "You look so grown up."

"Thank you." Rex replied, taking a seat at the fourth sofa, which Palutena joined him at. There was a tense silence for a full minute, as everyone looked at Rex, and he looked at everyone.

"So, Rex." Zeoticus was the one to break the silence. "I've heard a few things about you from Sirzechs, when he and Grayfia found and talked to you. And I must say, I'm rather disappointed."

"Okay." Rex replied.

"Running away simply because you didn't like the way I and my wife raised you, and seeming to have thrown away your pride as a member of House Gremory by becoming a Nephalem..." Zeoticus spat the final word. "It's honestly quite sad, to see how far you've fallen, Rex."

Sirzechs and Grayfia both glared at Zeoticus, but their expressions remained neutral.

"However." Zeoticus continued. "There is a way around this, a way you can redeem yourself, Rex. If you wish to become the Heir to our glorious Clan again, you can."

"What?!" Rias looked from Zeoticus to Rex. "Father, why-"

Venelana looked sharply at Rias, and the crimson-haired Heiress stopped speaking at once.

"Though there is the problem of you being a Nephalem." Zeoticus kept speaking. "However, I'm sure that we can reverse the process of your... Angelic side. Ajuka can probably create a ritual of the sort that will return you to Pure-Blooded Devil-dom."

"I would love to see him try." Palutena remarked. "Ajuka's smart, but I don't think he's good enough to negate what my husband went through."

Zeoticus looked up, and noticed Palutena for the first time.

"Your husband?" He asked, as Venelana began to sweatdrop slightly. "Sirzechs." He turned to Sirzechs, and spoke accusingly. "Why didn't you tell me Rex had a wife? I thought you said you had told me EVERYTHING that you talked about with my grandson!"

"You wouldn't have believed me if I had told you that Rex was married, and you'd have believed me even less if I'd told the love of the identity of his wife." Sirzechs replied, calmly. "Besides, wouldn't you want to hear it from Rex himself, Father?"

"You know, that is a good point, Zeoticus." Venelana remarked. "Rex." She turned to her grandson. "If you don't mind, would you tell us the identity of your wife?"

"How about I just tell you myself?" Palutena asked. "My name is Palutena, and Rex has been my husband for the last 86 years."

"P-Palutena?" Rias spoke up. "But... I thought she was just a myth!"

"Humans believe that Devils are a myth, Rias Gremory." Palutena replied. "All is not what it seems."

"Wait, Palutena?!" Zeoticus looked, wide-eyed, at Rex. "You have a Goddess for a wife?"

"Yeah." Rex replied. "Jealous?"

"I- you- of course not!" Zeoticus replied. "I just want you to think about what you're doing, Rex! Not just to yourself, but-"

"Rex?" Venelana cut through Zeoticus' words. "Wouldn't you like to stay for lunch? We can easily resolve things over some food. I can have the maids and butlers prepare something for us to eat."

"What? Of course I wouldn't!" Rex replied. "I'm pretty tempted to just up and fu-"

Rex made to stand up and leave, while raising his hand to create a transportation-circle, but Millicas had gotten up and walked over to him. Before Rex could even get up, he was met with the red eyes of his younger brother, which seemed to plead with him.

"Big bro...?" Millicas whispered. "Please, don't go."

"Ugh." Rex groaned. He muttered a few words that Grayfia would have pulverised him for, had he said them out loud in front of Millicas. "Fine."

As Millicas pulled Rex out of the room, to show him where the dining room was, as Palutena followed, along with Sirzechs and Grayfia, with Rias and her peerage bringing up the rear, Venelana grabbed Zeoticus' ear and tugged.

"Ow!" Zeoticus rubbed his ear. "What was that for?"

"Being so antagonistic with him." Venelana replied. "Is the word 'tact' not even in your dictionary, Zeoticus?"

"How else are we going to let him know what's best for our family?" Zeoticus asked. "Like the contract we drew up for Rex in the event of his return?"

"We need to get him to be able to talk to us in a non-antagonistic way." Venelana replied. "Once we've done that, we can convince him to marry Seekvaria, for the Clan's sake, and not just his own."

Zeoticus growled, under his breath. He then got up and followed his wife to the dining room.

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Everyone was sitting at a long dining table, and being served food by the maids and butlers. Zeoticus sat at the head of the table, and Venelana sat on his immediate right. Sirzechs was on his immediate left, and Rex was sat next to him, directly across from Rias. 

Palutena was sitting on Rex' other side, and Millicas was next to his aunt, and talking to his big brother.

"I bet you must be really strong, big bro!" Millicas spoke. "How many wings have you got? I've got six!"

"Ten." Rex replied, quietly. "Same as Mom."

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