The Christian Capital

I've been sitting at my desk for hours now dealing with random paperwork, most of which are extremely important and things I can't leave to my peerage despite the fact I have to leave the Underworld soon. It doesn't help when my wife and daughter are here in my study with me playing games, not that the sound is disturbing me i'm more jealous than anything else.

In the end, I gave up and decided to leave the rest for Holly and deal with the real important stuff when I get back. With the remaining time I had left I decided to watch my daughter and wife play their games. If it wasn't for my scarlet features you may not be able to tell that my daughter was mine. My daughter, Anastasia, had black coloured hair and facial features which made her like a mirror image to Serafall. The features she took from me was the free falling hair rather than Serafall's proffered twin ponytails, scarlet eyes and scarlet tips of her hair. Additionally, my daughter had the same philosophy on clothes to me and it was very surprising for a girl. She wore a scarlet one piece dress, black jeans and black knee-high boots which was cross laced with a scarlet tint.

Anastasia's lack of interest in clothes disappointed Serafall greatly, even more so when she showed no care for cosplay, something which both Serafall and myself enjoyed. Though I do believe it's due to her young age and my celestial dragon blood running through her. Cosplay could be seen as demeaning to some and that's something a dragon wouldn't do, I was just too laid back to care.

Serafall had noticed me watching them and she paused the game making Anastasia follow her gaze to which she smiled when she saw me looking.

"You finally finished Ni-kun?"

"No, I decided to leave it for when I return."

Both girls tilted their head to the left side when I said return, though Serafall was the one to question me.

"Return? From where?"

"Although I'm a devil, I need to visit the Vatican as I have recently acquired Excalibur Ruler. As per church tradition, I must deal with them. They already know of my skill with a sword so that is vouched for. There are also some other things that will crop up but not sure if all of it will do."

"Other things?"

Maybe I should stay quiet when the church is involved. Serafall wasn't very happy when I met with Gabriel privately, it was my fault. I should have told her about that meeting even if it was for some mindless things, at least I resolved it quickly with Serafall when I said about getting Church immunity around Kuoh Academy for Sona.

Seriously, mentioning Sona gives you an automatic win with Serafall or it spells your doom. Frankly, I've lost count of the number of times she's tried to get a threesome between us. She is a troubled girl but I love her so I have to put up with it although I doubt I'd say no if it ever actually cropped up. All girls are worthy in my eyes.

"Supposedly angels are present when a member of the church is given an actual holy sword or an induction of a Longinus user. As I am not weak to Light magic, a good few Seraphs will probably be there as a precaution."

Hopefully that'll sate her, I don't particularly want to experience what may happen by just mentioning Gabriel. Mentioning it like this means that it's for their protection if I feel like trying to eradicate them after gaining 'free' passage into the Vatican.

"As long as you don't follow through with your flirting this time."

"I never follow through with my flirting. All of my flirting is harmless, just as a woman you think otherwise."

"Mou~~ You always say that."

"But it's true isn't it? I never shown true interest in a woman other than you, Sera."

My beautiful wife's face went from a cute pout to a pretty smile in seconds. A woman will always be swayed by sweet words of the man they like, just how far the sway is dependant. Luckily, i'm trustworthy. She knows i'm a flirt but she also knows in her heart that i'll never go beyond it. Truthfully, it's like a past time for me. I don't know whether i'm ashamed of it or not, probably not I am a known pervert after all. The one pervert who can get away with it.

"And what are my two beautiful girls gonna do while I'm gone?"

They then both looked at me like I was an idiot, that was half true. My question was more like conformation on something.

"Are you two gonna still be playing when I get back? Surely my lovely wife has work to do."

I asked her with a slight smirk as I know full well that she is dodging it. This is why I told her to get at least a queen for her peerage rather than just her rook, Behemoth. A queen is your most dedicated servant along with being the most trustworthy, she should get one for this kind of thing. Also, I feel like she is utilizing Holly too much. That girl is too kind at times, also weird how she can be a yandere towards me but be absolutely ok with Serafall. Maybe i'm missing something.

"Hai hai. Not all my work has to be done quickly."

That's not really the point but oh well, i'll let her off for today as I need to go.

As I got up from my chair, I realised that Anastasia had gone back to playing the game leaving Serafall behind. I made my way over to the two of them and gave them both a kiss, Anastasia on the cheek of course. I then silently left through a teleporter while waving to Serafall who was the only one to wave back as Anastasia was too engrossed in the game to bother.

…

I came out right in front of the Vatican to see a number of priests, nuns, exorcists and strangely a few angels to boot. Their gazes all locked onto me before I had even completely materialized there and they all adopted a tense stance because despite my arrival being sanctioned, I was still a devil and a Maou at that. I could easily kill a lot of them if I wanted but as I have no reason to and I frankly don't really care enough to waste time killing them I will not be bothering to reduce my 'enemies' numbers.

Frankly as Satan and the Supreme Arbiter, I deal with my own kind more than others and my devil kill count is probably higher especially after that damn Civil War.

I just walked forward with Honjo Masamune on my left side and Excalibur Ruler materializing itself to my right side while telling everyone around me of it's presence here through a warm and royal aura. As I neared the front of the Vatican I saw a welcoming party, if that's what you could call an elite guard from your enemy's main base. I could see that there was the top two exorcists, Dulio Gesualdo and Griselda Quarta, and on either side of them were two exorcists I hadn't seen before both girls and both held an Excalibur Fragment. The girl next to Dulio had light brown hair in twin ponytails much like Serafall but she was of Japanese descent, and the girl next to Griselda had blue hair with a single green bang and wore a slight scowl. I've personally met both Dulio and Griselda before, Griselda isn't that keen on me but Dulio is fine with me. We built a slight friendship on food and I have given him some snacks from the Underworld before so we are on good terms.

When I reached their group I stopped in front of them to two scowls from Griselda and the blue-haired girl. The other two just looked at me with smiles, I found it odd that the brown-haired girl did so. I then looked up to Dulio who then adopted a bored expression.

"Dancer-san, did you bring me those snack bars?"

As hungry as always. Despite being the top Exorcist, Dulio is a glutton and i'm surprised he wasn't born a devil because of it. Anyway, I had remembered his snacks as I always have some in my pocket dimension. I summoned a handful of them and threw them to him which he was lightning fast to catch.

"Happy now Dulio?"

"As always, let's go shall we?"

I playfully saluted to him and the four exorcists in front of me turned to lead me into the Vatican itself. In silence, we walked around to the back of the main stairs which was directly in front of you when you entered. At the back of the stairs was a secret door which led down to the barracks of the exorcists and due to my arrival, probably where every exorcist is if you don't count the guys outside.

Because it was silent and the exorcists other than Dulio never really spoke to me before, it gave me time to look at the two girls who I didn't know. The two girls were different, the blue-haired girl radiated power and that wasn't a magical presence. It was how she stood and walked, you could see her muscles moving well. She was toned perfectly for a young girl, it was enough to earn a praise from me but as she wears a scowl like Griselda I will not say it. Outside of that power, there is a mass of blocked holy power within her. The power itself wasn't personally, it wasn't a random assortment but the very first. Something that radiated the will of God, she held one of his holy swords outside of an Excalibur fragment.

It can't be Ascalon as that is still in heaven, Caliburn is with Arthur Pendragon, Kusanagi is within the shrine of Amaterasu and Excalibur, of course, is broken into the seven fragments. That means there is only one Holy Sword left, Durandal. The Holy Sword of Pure Destruction.

Once I came to my conclusion we made it into the main barracks of the Vatican, a place that is called the Basilicom. The top floor itself holds multiple meeting rooms, weapon rooms, training rooms and if I remember correctly a library half full with books. These four exorcists led me into the centre of the room and split to stand on either side as I felt two strong presences approaching, one of them was boisterous and that could mean only two people in my presence. The most beautiful devil or the most beautiful angel and seen as i'm in the Vatican I know very well who it is.

"Niren-kun!"

Gabriel's obnoxiously loud voice resounds through the tall room and forms a small echo alerting everyone to her and my presence. The loud shout also confuses the two young exorcists, hearing that a Maou is on good terms with the Archangel Gabriel is definitely strange. Even more so when she arrives at an almost blinding speed only to jump onto me and hug me rather lovingly but only because she is an angel.

I just let out an exasperated sigh, to which I was looked at emphatically by Michael who had also turned up.

"I apologize for my sister's actions once again, Niren-san but as you know, you are an exception to our rules."

"Please Mikey, at least put a leash on her. Just because angels won't fall because of me doesn't mean Gabriel can do this."

I then pointed to Gabriel with my free left hand.

"I will apologize again, Niren-san but this is my sister's wish and there is nothing I can do."

"And there is nothing I will do. Mikey, you gotta remember that I have a kid now. Gabriel doing this is never good, Sera will find out and probably through sniffing my clothes. You know as well as I do that these two are rivals."

Michael just smiled to me like he had given up. He couldn't do anything to help me, I had to deal with it myself. There was only one thing I could do, threaten her. I took Excalibur Ruler from it's sheathe and brought it up to be only millimetres from Gabriel's temple.

"You gonna get off me?"

I could feel her hesitance as her grip on me tightened slightly as the tension of every exorcist in the room grew. The simple act of placing one of their beloved holy swords next to a vital part of an Archangel is not something they like to see. She then gave up and let go of me, taking her luscious soft mounds with her and when I saw that she had took an acceptable distance I put Excalibur Ruler back in it's scabbard.

"So you really did get Ruler."

Michael spoke out to me bringing everyone back and easing the tension and changing it to one of intrigue.

"Yeah, did ya think I would? Mikey, I would never lie."

As I said the last part I heard Griselda scoff at me. It seems like she hasn't completely forgiven me for the prank I did on her when I came here a few years back. She was called the number one swordsman of the church and yet I humiliated her in a sword fight, albeit I never swung my sword. I just blocked and then removed a single piece of her clothing instead of attacking.

"Still hate me Zelda?"

"You embarrassed me in front of everyone. I was respected as the top swordsman and you caused it all to crumble away."

"That just shows that you in the church are rather petty. Completely stripping me of clothes wouldn't damper my abilities in the slightest."

"Yeah, well that's because you are a smug bastard."

I threw my hands up in a fake surrender.

"You got me there, I am rather smug but the Underworld has proven that i'm the most attractive man there. I even tempt your lovely lady Gabriel with my wiles. Also, all you church folk know that I'm a Celestial Dragon and as a dragon I, inadvertently, make a harem and the celestial part brings in the angels and the devil half brings in the devils."

Dragons, the beings of power and the acquirers of harem. They are the gods to the perverts, which could in turn make me a god of perverts as I am one myself.

"Well, anyway, I apologize. I won't do it again and i'll try to get back the pictures I sold."

I knew what would happen when I said that so I unsheathed Ruler again and blocked her sword which was obviously coming. Allow yourself to succumb to anger and you become predictable.

"Niren-san, did you really take pictures of Griselda-san?"

"Of course not, I was fighting her. I can say that some Exorcist did."

I then tilted my head to the left twice sharply. I was trying to tell them the culprit which was Dulio in his early days as an Exorcist before it all became boring for him and he resulted in travel for the different cuisine. It seemed though that Griselda caught onto it and followed my gesture.

"So you are saying that Dulio took those pictures? What about their distribution?"

"Well yeah but I do not know of their distribution. I just saw the pictures he took and committed them to my memory banks, as a pervert they were not things that I could pass on. I even paid him good money and info on good places for food."

That was true, I also told him specific meals that were tasty and cultural tastes on the same meal. Get to live as long as a devil and travel becomes something you will do whether you wanted to or not. Especially when you are Satan and there are some places that younger devils don't live like the more rural places.

At the revelation that I put forward, everyone's gaze turned to a rather bashful looking Dulio. He didn't deny it and was never going to. Griselda then lowered her sword and turned towards Dulio allowing me to re-sheathe my sword. As Griselda took a step towards him, Dulio smiled and I felt his Longinus, Zenith Tempest activate and he sprinted away using it's control over lightning. Griselda then gave chase leaving me with two angels and two no-name exorcists.

"So Mikey, I heard you lost 3 of the Excalibur fragments. Is that because you lost our bet?"

Our bet was simple, if he wins I marry Gabriel and if I won I would receive Excalibur when all pieces were found. As a being with holy power I could reforge the fragments and with my dragon powers and scales I would create the strongest one remake with God being dead and all.

"Obviously not Niren-san. Someone broke in and stole them."

"Found any info on who took them?"

"Rogue exorcists, well ones that turned rogue due to stealing them."

That means that Grigori is taking them, gotta be Kokabiel then. He is the only one who wants to continue the war, Fallen Angels are the supreme master race after all. Well, it's not like i'm gonna tell Michael, he probably has his own ideas on who stole them or should I say convinced them to.

"Anyway Mikey, you know I have a race to look after, a childish wife to scold and a daughter to be scolded by along with said childish wife. Is there anything else other than me actually showing you I have Excalibur Ruler?"

"Ah yes, it's not something major but something you might need to know. Our gatekeepers have something for you, an heirloom of sorts that your father neglected to take when he married your mother. Your brethren are awaiting you but be sure to arrive in your dragon form or they may still attack you, I don't want to lose any of them."

"Aye aye Taichou."

I snapped to attention and gave me a relaxed salute before ending it myself and starting my teleportation circle. As laid back as I am, that really could have just been done else where or through one of those magical video circle talking things. I know Mikey can't use a pc so that communication is out of the box. I'll save the complaining for the next time we meet.

Whether this chapter shows anything is beyond me. What i can say is that Niren isn't liked by Griselda at all.

Also Xenovia ain't too keen on him but i neglected to actually introduce her fully along with Irina but there's a time and a place for that.

There isn't actually much i can say about this chapter, there isn't much to develop upon apart from the bet which was a dicey thing for Michael.

That bet will come up at the peace treaty for sure along with other secrets of Niren's.

Well, next chapter of this will be up later today and so will the next Dark Immortal chapter as i have absolutely no time to use the internet tomorrow so i'll have it done for today. Ciao.

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Golden Satan by Triplesquidge

 Anime » High School DxD/ハイスクールD×D Rated: T, English, Supernatural & Humor, [OC, Serafall L., Ophis], Words: 36k+, Favs: 209, Follows: 207, Published: Feb 6, 2014 Updated: Jul 25, 201427Chapter 4: The Christian Capital

I've been sitting at my desk for hours now dealing with random paperwork, most of which are extremely important and things I can't leave to my peerage despite the fact I have to leave the Underworld soon. It doesn't help when my wife and daughter are here in my study with me playing games, not that the sound is disturbing me i'm more jealous than anything else.

In the end, I gave up and decided to leave the rest for Holly and deal with the real important stuff when I get back. With the remaining time I had left I decided to watch my daughter and wife play their games. If it wasn't for my scarlet features you may not be able to tell that my daughter was mine. My daughter, Anastasia, had black coloured hair and facial features which made her like a mirror image to Serafall. The features she took from me was the free falling hair rather than Serafall's proffered twin ponytails, scarlet eyes and scarlet tips of her hair. Additionally, my daughter had the same philosophy on clothes to me and it was very surprising for a girl. She wore a scarlet one piece dress, black jeans and black knee-high boots which was cross laced with a scarlet tint.

Anastasia's lack of interest in clothes disappointed Serafall greatly, even more so when she showed no care for cosplay, something which both Serafall and myself enjoyed. Though I do believe it's due to her young age and my celestial dragon blood running through her. Cosplay could be seen as demeaning to some and that's something a dragon wouldn't do, I was just too laid back to care.

Serafall had noticed me watching them and she paused the game making Anastasia follow her gaze to which she smiled when she saw me looking.

"You finally finished Ni-kun?"

"No, I decided to leave it for when I return."

Both girls tilted their head to the left side when I said return, though Serafall was the one to question me.

"Return? From where?"

"Although I'm a devil, I need to visit the Vatican as I have recently acquired Excalibur Ruler. As per church tradition, I must deal with them. They already know of my skill with a sword so that is vouched for. There are also some other things that will crop up but not sure if all of it will do."

"Other things?"

Maybe I should stay quiet when the church is involved. Serafall wasn't very happy when I met with Gabriel privately, it was my fault. I should have told her about that meeting even if it was for some mindless things, at least I resolved it quickly with Serafall when I said about getting Church immunity around Kuoh Academy for Sona.

Seriously, mentioning Sona gives you an automatic win with Serafall or it spells your doom. Frankly, I've lost count of the number of times she's tried to get a threesome between us. She is a troubled girl but I love her so I have to put up with it although I doubt I'd say no if it ever actually cropped up. All girls are worthy in my eyes.

"Supposedly angels are present when a member of the church is given an actual holy sword or an induction of a Longinus user. As I am not weak to Light magic, a good few Seraphs will probably be there as a precaution."

Hopefully that'll sate her, I don't particularly want to experience what may happen by just mentioning Gabriel. Mentioning it like this means that it's for their protection if I feel like trying to eradicate them after gaining 'free' passage into the Vatican.

"As long as you don't follow through with your flirting this time."

"I never follow through with my flirting. All of my flirting is harmless, just as a woman you think otherwise."

"Mou~~ You always say that."

"But it's true isn't it? I never shown true interest in a woman other than you, Sera."

My beautiful wife's face went from a cute pout to a pretty smile in seconds. A woman will always be swayed by sweet words of the man they like, just how far the sway is dependant. Luckily, i'm trustworthy. She knows i'm a flirt but she also knows in her heart that i'll never go beyond it. Truthfully, it's like a past time for me. I don't know whether i'm ashamed of it or not, probably not I am a known pervert after all. The one pervert who can get away with it.

"And what are my two beautiful girls gonna do while I'm gone?"

They then both looked at me like I was an idiot, that was half true. My question was more like conformation on something.

"Are you two gonna still be playing when I get back? Surely my lovely wife has work to do."

I asked her with a slight smirk as I know full well that she is dodging it. This is why I told her to get at least a queen for her peerage rather than just her rook, Behemoth. A queen is your most dedicated servant along with being the most trustworthy, she should get one for this kind of thing. Also, I feel like she is utilizing Holly too much. That girl is too kind at times, also weird how she can be a yandere towards me but be absolutely ok with Serafall. Maybe i'm missing something.

"Hai hai. Not all my work has to be done quickly."

That's not really the point but oh well, i'll let her off for today as I need to go.

As I got up from my chair, I realised that Anastasia had gone back to playing the game leaving Serafall behind. I made my way over to the two of them and gave them both a kiss, Anastasia on the cheek of course. I then silently left through a teleporter while waving to Serafall who was the only one to wave back as Anastasia was too engrossed in the game to bother.

…

I came out right in front of the Vatican to see a number of priests, nuns, exorcists and strangely a few angels to boot. Their gazes all locked onto me before I had even completely materialized there and they all adopted a tense stance because despite my arrival being sanctioned, I was still a devil and a Maou at that. I could easily kill a lot of them if I wanted but as I have no reason to and I frankly don't really care enough to waste time killing them I will not be bothering to reduce my 'enemies' numbers.

Frankly as Satan and the Supreme Arbiter, I deal with my own kind more than others and my devil kill count is probably higher especially after that damn Civil War.

I just walked forward with Honjo Masamune on my left side and Excalibur Ruler materializing itself to my right side while telling everyone around me of it's presence here through a warm and royal aura. As I neared the front of the Vatican I saw a welcoming party, if that's what you could call an elite guard from your enemy's main base. I could see that there was the top two exorcists, Dulio Gesualdo and Griselda Quarta, and on either side of them were two exorcists I hadn't seen before both girls and both held an Excalibur Fragment. The girl next to Dulio had light brown hair in twin ponytails much like Serafall but she was of Japanese descent, and the girl next to Griselda had blue hair with a single green bang and wore a slight scowl. I've personally met both Dulio and Griselda before, Griselda isn't that keen on me but Dulio is fine with me. We built a slight friendship on food and I have given him some snacks from the Underworld before so we are on good terms.

When I reached their group I stopped in front of them to two scowls from Griselda and the blue-haired girl. The other two just looked at me with smiles, I found it odd that the brown-haired girl did so. I then looked up to Dulio who then adopted a bored expression.

"Dancer-san, did you bring me those snack bars?"

As hungry as always. Despite being the top Exorcist, Dulio is a glutton and i'm surprised he wasn't born a devil because of it. Anyway, I had remembered his snacks as I always have some in my pocket dimension. I summoned a handful of them and threw them to him which he was lightning fast to catch.

"Happy now Dulio?"

"As always, let's go shall we?"

I playfully saluted to him and the four exorcists in front of me turned to lead me into the Vatican itself. In silence, we walked around to the back of the main stairs which was directly in front of you when you entered. At the back of the stairs was a secret door which led down to the barracks of the exorcists and due to my arrival, probably where every exorcist is if you don't count the guys outside.

Because it was silent and the exorcists other than Dulio never really spoke to me before, it gave me time to look at the two girls who I didn't know. The two girls were different, the blue-haired girl radiated power and that wasn't a magical presence. It was how she stood and walked, you could see her muscles moving well. She was toned perfectly for a young girl, it was enough to earn a praise from me but as she wears a scowl like Griselda I will not say it. Outside of that power, there is a mass of blocked holy power within her. The power itself wasn't personally, it wasn't a random assortment but the very first. Something that radiated the will of God, she held one of his holy swords outside of an Excalibur fragment.

It can't be Ascalon as that is still in heaven, Caliburn is with Arthur Pendragon, Kusanagi is within the shrine of Amaterasu and Excalibur, of course, is broken into the seven fragments. That means there is only one Holy Sword left, Durandal. The Holy Sword of Pure Destruction.

Once I came to my conclusion we made it into the main barracks of the Vatican, a place that is called the Basilicom. The top floor itself holds multiple meeting rooms, weapon rooms, training rooms and if I remember correctly a library half full with books. These four exorcists led me into the centre of the room and split to stand on either side as I felt two strong presences approaching, one of them was boisterous and that could mean only two people in my presence. The most beautiful devil or the most beautiful angel and seen as i'm in the Vatican I know very well who it is.

"Niren-kun!"

Gabriel's obnoxiously loud voice resounds through the tall room and forms a small echo alerting everyone to her and my presence. The loud shout also confuses the two young exorcists, hearing that a Maou is on good terms with the Archangel Gabriel is definitely strange. Even more so when she arrives at an almost blinding speed only to jump onto me and hug me rather lovingly but only because she is an angel.

I just let out an exasperated sigh, to which I was looked at emphatically by Michael who had also turned up.

"I apologize for my sister's actions once again, Niren-san but as you know, you are an exception to our rules."

"Please Mikey, at least put a leash on her. Just because angels won't fall because of me doesn't mean Gabriel can do this."

I then pointed to Gabriel with my free left hand.

"I will apologize again, Niren-san but this is my sister's wish and there is nothing I can do."

"And there is nothing I will do. Mikey, you gotta remember that I have a kid now. Gabriel doing this is never good, Sera will find out and probably through sniffing my clothes. You know as well as I do that these two are rivals."

Michael just smiled to me like he had given up. He couldn't do anything to help me, I had to deal with it myself. There was only one thing I could do, threaten her. I took Excalibur Ruler from it's sheathe and brought it up to be only millimetres from Gabriel's temple.

"You gonna get off me?"

I could feel her hesitance as her grip on me tightened slightly as the tension of every exorcist in the room grew. The simple act of placing one of their beloved holy swords next to a vital part of an Archangel is not something they like to see. She then gave up and let go of me, taking her luscious soft mounds with her and when I saw that she had took an acceptable distance I put Excalibur Ruler back in it's scabbard.

"So you really did get Ruler."

Michael spoke out to me bringing everyone back and easing the tension and changing it to one of intrigue.

"Yeah, did ya think I would? Mikey, I would never lie."

As I said the last part I heard Griselda scoff at me. It seems like she hasn't completely forgiven me for the prank I did on her when I came here a few years back. She was called the number one swordsman of the church and yet I humiliated her in a sword fight, albeit I never swung my sword. I just blocked and then removed a single piece of her clothing instead of attacking.

"Still hate me Zelda?"

"You embarrassed me in front of everyone. I was respected as the top swordsman and you caused it all to crumble away."

"That just shows that you in the church are rather petty. Completely stripping me of clothes wouldn't damper my abilities in the slightest."

"Yeah, well that's because you are a smug bastard."

I threw my hands up in a fake surrender.

"You got me there, I am rather smug but the Underworld has proven that i'm the most attractive man there. I even tempt your lovely lady Gabriel with my wiles. Also, all you church folk know that I'm a Celestial Dragon and as a dragon I, inadvertently, make a harem and the celestial part brings in the angels and the devil half brings in the devils."

Dragons, the beings of power and the acquirers of harem. They are the gods to the perverts, which could in turn make me a god of perverts as I am one myself.

"Well, anyway, I apologize. I won't do it again and i'll try to get back the pictures I sold."

I knew what would happen when I said that so I unsheathed Ruler again and blocked her sword which was obviously coming. Allow yourself to succumb to anger and you become predictable.

"Niren-san, did you really take pictures of Griselda-san?"

"Of course not, I was fighting her. I can say that some Exorcist did."

I then tilted my head to the left twice sharply. I was trying to tell them the culprit which was Dulio in his early days as an Exorcist before it all became boring for him and he resulted in travel for the different cuisine. It seemed though that Griselda caught onto it and followed my gesture.

"So you are saying that Dulio took those pictures? What about their distribution?"

"Well yeah but I do not know of their distribution. I just saw the pictures he took and committed them to my memory banks, as a pervert they were not things that I could pass on. I even paid him good money and info on good places for food."

That was true, I also told him specific meals that were tasty and cultural tastes on the same meal. Get to live as long as a devil and travel becomes something you will do whether you wanted to or not. Especially when you are Satan and there are some places that younger devils don't live like the more rural places.

At the revelation that I put forward, everyone's gaze turned to a rather bashful looking Dulio. He didn't deny it and was never going to. Griselda then lowered her sword and turned towards Dulio allowing me to re-sheathe my sword. As Griselda took a step towards him, Dulio smiled and I felt his Longinus, Zenith Tempest activate and he sprinted away using it's control over lightning. Griselda then gave chase leaving me with two angels and two no-name exorcists.

"So Mikey, I heard you lost 3 of the Excalibur fragments. Is that because you lost our bet?"

Our bet was simple, if he wins I marry Gabriel and if I won I would receive Excalibur when all pieces were found. As a being with holy power I could reforge the fragments and with my dragon powers and scales I would create the strongest one remake with God being dead and all.

"Obviously not Niren-san. Someone broke in and stole them."

"Found any info on who took them?"

"Rogue exorcists, well ones that turned rogue due to stealing them."

That means that Grigori is taking them, gotta be Kokabiel then. He is the only one who wants to continue the war, Fallen Angels are the supreme master race after all. Well, it's not like i'm gonna tell Michael, he probably has his own ideas on who stole them or should I say convinced them to.

"Anyway Mikey, you know I have a race to look after, a childish wife to scold and a daughter to be scolded by along with said childish wife. Is there anything else other than me actually showing you I have Excalibur Ruler?"

"Ah yes, it's not something major but something you might need to know. Our gatekeepers have something for you, an heirloom of sorts that your father neglected to take when he married your mother. Your brethren are awaiting you but be sure to arrive in your dragon form or they may still attack you, I don't want to lose any of them."

"Aye aye Taichou."

I snapped to attention and gave me a relaxed salute before ending it myself and starting my teleportation circle. As laid back as I am, that really could have just been done else where or through one of those magical video circle talking things. I know Mikey can't use a pc so that communication is out of the box. I'll save the complaining for the next time we meet.

Whether this chapter shows anything is beyond me. What i can say is that Niren isn't liked by Griselda at all.

Also Xenovia ain't too keen on him but i neglected to actually introduce her fully along with Irina but there's a time and a place for that.

There isn't actually much i can say about this chapter, there isn't much to develop upon apart from the bet which was a dicey thing for Michael.

That bet will come up at the peace treaty for sure along with other secrets of Niren's.