Chapter 30 - Rey's Conditions and New Flame

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"I accept this Decree."

I said with a serious gaze to Mephisto-sama.

"But, I also ask a few things."

"Hm?"

Mephisto-sama seemed to be wondering realizing that I was asking for a counter conditions.

Then, I raised my three fingers.

"First, my family and I do not want to be restrained or demanded to do things outside the Decree contents. If we are requested to do things outside the contents of the Decree by the Government and/or anyone else, we have the right to refuse and no obligation for us to comply that request!"

It is true that the contents of the Decree are more favorable to me and the conditions asked are also not unreasonable. But, I also want more assurance so that my family and I are not utilized by certain parties later on.

"Second, we don't want anyone spying or snooping us. If we find something like that happens, we have the right to give a warning or more if it disturbs us!"

I asked for this condition because I was afraid it would be troublesome if there are untrusted parties found out too quickly and/or too much about us, especially our powers, and it resulted in them having fishy intentions. Especially about the Serene Summoning that I have.

"Third, if there is an individual or group from any party/faction that has bad intentions or even acts badly on us and we find out, then we have the right to warn sternly or even take direct action!"

The third condition is that if someone really acts badly on us, then we have the right to 'protect ourselves'.

So, the essence of the three conditions that I ask is, My family and I do not intend to look for trouble with other people, as long as no other people is looking for trouble with us.

"That's all I think.... The conditions I asked for weren't something hard to accept, were they?"

I smiled with a little smirk while saying that.

And Mephisto-sama, he laughed after listening to the conditions I asked for.

"Mahahahaha! Looks like you have carefully considered this matter."

Hearing the question, I nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

I had previously considered and intended to put forward those conditions if indeed the Evil Pieces request for me was granted. Because if my request for Evil Pieces is granted, I'm pretty sure and not surprised that I have to accept a few conditions. So, I should be also have the right to ask for a few conditions in return.

Even so, I didn't think that the conditions they put on me would be quite light.... Only the condition for my marriage that was quite troublesome. Hah~....

Then, Mephisto-sama nodded and smiled slightly at me.

"Good, Rey. A leader indeed must learn to be wise.... And about your conditions, I know for myself the complexity of the situation of you and your family. So, during the meetings before, I also conveyed things that are essentially the same as the conditions you asked for. It was also considered in the meeting before reaching a conclusion.... And giving you that Decree means that the Palace has no objections. So there is no need to worry."

Hearing Mephisto-sama's statement, I understood that it seemed like I was worrying something unnecessary.

And he once again helped me without me asking and expecting anything in return. He really is a good 'Grandfather', isn't he....

"That's so, huh.... That's good then."

I breathed a little relieved.

Meanwhile, Mephisto-sama was sipping his tea and spoke again.

"Relax, Rey.... Even if you get Noble status, you don't have to worry about being constrained by politics and so on.... After all, as I said earlier, the status you get is Extra Devil and not 72 Pillars. Extra Devil is quite free and independent because it doesn't have an obligation to become involved or interfere in Government affairs.... One example is myself."

Come to think of it, that's true too.

Mephisto-sama is also an Extra Devil. Moreover, he is also an Ultimate-class Devil. But he instead became the Leader of the Grauzauberer Magician Organization and spent more time in the Human World. Apart from that, he also frequently make contact with Governor Azazel even though he also knew Fallen Angel and Devil didn't get along.

"Very well then.... I will convey to the Palace that you accept the Decree tomorrow.

After hearing that statement, I bowed to him a little because he helped me a lot.

"Thank you, Mephisto-sama."

Mephisto-sama nodded slightly then drank his tea again.

After that, we talked about things like my training progress, news about Governor Azazel, and other topics until it was almost midnight and it was bedtime.

And Mephisto-sama decided he will stay overnight here because he still has other business with me. But we will do it tomorrow.

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Next day....

After breakfast, as usual I and the others went to the training ground near the big lake. And my training is also continuing as usual.

But, about an hour before lunch break, there was a different routine.

"Alright.... Rey, now I'm going to measure how strong you are right now."

That's right. Mephisto-sama wants to measure my current strength.

Of course, it's because Mephisto-sama wants to know my progress since leaving Governor Azazel's lab.

"Okay."

I nodded slightly to Mephisto-sama.

Then, Mephisto-sama seemed to stretch out one hand and use magic to create some kind of barrier shield.

"Now, using only your own strength, attack this barrier wall as hard as possible. Just once is enough."

Just using my own strength?

Then I have to do it without using Kulshedra-san as my weapon.

That's because even if I only use Kulshedra-san as a weapon without using any of her attributes, there is still the effect of <<Anti-Magic Dragon Scale>> which always functions automatically. And that alone means I don't just use my own strength.

"I understand."

I nodded slightly and then took out the Infinity Star Flame.

After the purple-black fire ouroboros appeared and floated above the palm of my right hand, I directed it to move around my body in a ∞ and the purple-black flames covered my whole body from head to toe.

But, my current Infinity Star Flame is different from before. The current flames had a darker purple-black color than before. That's because, the flame that I have now is results from fused with the black flame given by Kulshedra-san!

Kulshedra-san previously said that her black flame is called <<Black Flame of Disorder>>. That's because, that black flame had the power to upset the balance or stabilities of the fire/heat element!

If the Black Flame is deployed, then natural disasters such as Drought, Wildfire, Volcano Eruption, and others disasters related to the fire/heat element will occur in various parts of the world! .... Even though that would only happen if she, or me while using the <<Full-Armor>> form, activated the <<Ouroboros>> attribute.

However, the Black Flame that Kulshedra-san gave me were only a <<Seed/Fragment>>. So it's not as strong as the original Black Flame she has…. Even so, the Black Flame Seed that was given to me still has the property of disrupting the balance of the fire/heat element even though it's not too overpowered.

And after I fused my Infinity Star Flame with that Black Flame Seed, the result was my Flame became even stronger and the power of <<Disorder>> was also added. So, now I call this Flame the <<Infinity Disorder Star Flame>>!

"Condense!"

I exclaimed then concentrated on 'condensing' the purple-black flames that were burning all over me.

And before long, the purple-black flames that enveloped my entire body 'condensed' and transformed into an armor of fiery purple-black flames with an ouroboros of purple-black flame!

"Infinity Blaze Armor!"

Seeing that it was enveloped by the purple-black flame armor, Mephisto-sama seemed to be smiling impressed and holding his chin with one other hand.

"Hoh~.... So this is the Flame Armor in question. Quite clever, Rey.... Alright, you can start."

Hearing that, I immediately took a stance. Fortunately, apart from spear skills, Scathach-sama also taught me the basics of hand-to-hand martial arts. So, I'm not that awkward even if I don't use a weapon.

And then, I moved to punch the barrier shield.

"Haaahhh!!!!"

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Meanwhile, somewhere else in the Underworld....

"Hm!? I heard something from there! Let's find out!"

".... Ojou-sama, we have already far crossed the borders of the Devil and Fallen-Angel territory. We better go back."

"Hufufufufu! What are you saying? Adventures means has to experience new things!"

"... But what if we run into the enemy?"

"Relax! The Underworld is very vast. I don't believe we will be so unlucky to the point of running into enemies! Maybe just monsters roaming around."

".... But what if it really happened?"

"...."

".... And people at home would be worried if they noticed Ojou-sama disappeared and went outside the territory."

"Sh-Shut up! Anyway, we go!"

".... Hah~.... Don't blame me if Mistress get angry when we get home later."

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