Chapter 20-Fenex

"And why did you call us?" I asked as I teleported to the occult club room. Looking around, I immediately noticed Koneko, Akeno, and Yuma. A little to the side, Rias was standing next to a silver-haired woman in a maid outfit.

"Louise, Daniel, you're on time. This is Grayfia Lucifurg, my brother's queen and our family's head maid, " Rias said when she saw us.

"Greetings, Lord Gaap," Grayfia said politely, bowing.

"I didn't expect to meet the strongest queen here." My compliments, " I said in a relaxed voice, sitting down on the couch. Louise immediately sat down next to me.

- Ahem, I called you because my ... fiance is due to arrive here soon, " Rias said, uttering the last word with great disdain.

"You don't really like him, do you?" Although there are such rumors about your fiance that my opinion of him is also not the best, " I said.

- Yes, Riser is not much different from the rumors about him. So I don't have to love him for anything, " she said.

At my words, a magic circle with the coat of arms of House Fenex appeared in the middle of the study, and it began to glow with fire.

"Ugh, it's been a long time since I've visited the human world," said a blond man in a red jacket who looked like a womanizer. To be honest, it's even funny.

"My beautiful Rias. I've come for you! he said as he turned in our direction and saw Rias. But after looking around a bit, he noticed me standing next to her.

"Who's that guy with you?" Don't tell me you decided to hang out with some lowly demon to avoid marrying me, " he said with disdain as he looked at me.

At his words, a thick demonic energy filled the room, bending the space with its mere presence. I just released a bit of my energy, somewhere on the level of Riser.

"I can see that Lord Fenex has not been very good at raising his own children, since not only are they uncultured, but they also can't tell the difference between a lower demon and a higher one," I said in a slightly mocking tone, drawing out a little Razeira is enraged and suppressing him with her energy.

"Who are you!? – What is it? " he asked aggressively.

"My name is Daniel Gaap, and I am a high demon. Although a weakling like you probably just had too few high demons before, so you didn't realize that, " I said.

"How dare you. I'm Riser Fenex from the house of Fenex. The strongest demon of his generation, " he boasted.

"What a funny joke. You're just a little bird with a very big ego. That's probably why Rias doesn't want to marry you. I'm a much better candidate for her, " I said, getting up from the couch and moving closer to Riser.

"Enough! I challenge you to a duel. We'll hold the ranking games for Rias Gremory's hand, " he shouted. He made this impulsive decision not only because of my training, but also because of a little mental intervention. Still, it was necessary to push little Razor's thoughts in the right direction.

"I agree. In ten days, we will hold Rating games and then the future fiance Rias will be decided. I hope you have enough time to prepare, but I want to win too easily. I think two of my servants will be enough to defeat all of yours, " I said in the same disdainful tone.

"We'll see exactly who wins, Gaap," he said, before disappearing into the exact same magic circle he'd appeared in.

- Yeah, I expected more from him. And in the end, just a couple of handouts and it's already in my pocket. A real demon would never fall into such a simple and obvious trap, " I said with a sigh, turning to the girls.

"Mr. Gaap, I'll have to report this to Lucifer-sama. He was originally considering this scenario, which is why I didn't do anything during your conversation with Riser Fenex. Let me take my leave, " Grayfia said before disappearing from the office.

"Hmmm, okay. Rias! I'm sorry I didn't warn you, but I'm not going to marry you without your permission anyway. If we have mutual feelings, then we can get married, otherwise I won't have any complaints. I just didn't want anything to happen to my sister and friend, " I said as I walked over to Rias and looked her in the eye.

"Daniel, thank you. I always knew you were a good person. But are you sureyou're going to win against Riser? – What is it? " she asked anxiously, also looking me in the eye.

"Of course. When I said that two of my servants could handle his entire entourage, I wasn't joking .I've long since studied all of the current young generation of 72 pillar demons. And to be honest, only Sairaorg Bael can offer any resistance to me. Even then, none of them can beat me. After all, I'm not the head of the Gaap family for my pretty eyes, " I said, sitting down on the couch again and putting my arm around my little sister, who snuggled up to me in return.

"I'll trust you, Daniel. Also, I don't mind being your fiancee, " she said, blushing a little.

"Okay, Rias, I have to prepare for the ranking game, so see you soon," I said, turning to my little sister. Louise just looked at me and nodded. After that, we teleported home together.

I've already trained Team Rias, but now I'll need to step up the training of my own servants a bit. Although that doesn't mean I'll stop training Rias and the others .Although I don't think my new servants should meet them, especially Miyuki. After all, its very existence is a huge surprise for the entire Gremory family.

I've been training Miyuki hard for most of the week. The others didn't need training as much as she did. Tosca and Maya are still studying the Gaap library. Medusa and Medea are now just regaining their strength by training them.

After some thought, I decided that only Maya and Toska would actively participate in the rating game. The rest of my servants won't even show their true appearance, after all, their identities will be a very big surprise to everyone.

So, ten days passed quickly. Everyone else already knew their tasks, so they didn't worry. For everyone but Miyuki, Riser's level of strength wasn't too impressive, so they didn't express even a bit of excitement. And Miyuki herself was just a masterof the poker face, so she looked even more indifferent than everyone else.

"Okay, time to start," I said, teleporting away.

We immediately appeared in a luxurious room of some ancient mansion.

[Greetings to all. I, Greyfia, the Gremory family's maid, will be the referee of the ranking game between House Gaap and House Fenex today.]

It's started. I wonder in what territory the game will be played?

[On behalf of my master, Sazex Lucifer, I will be monitoring this match. We created the battlefield based on Riser-sama's request. And it will be an exact replica of Riser Fenex's private mansion.]

Ha, unexpected. Well, I don't care where I fight him. After all, Melancholy alone is enough to destroy the entire Fenex team along with him. But it will be too boring. So Melancholy along withMaya will slowly deal with the Fenex team, and I will take over Riser himself.

[Both teams were teleported to their respective bases. The base Daniel-sama is the guest room of honor located in the right wing of the mansion. Riser-sama's base is his private room located in the left wing of the mansion. I remind the "pawns": to use the" advance " ability, you need to reach the territory of the enemy base]

"Well, I don't see the point in taking too long. May, Melancholy, you know what to do. We'll just sit here for a while. When I spot Riser, I'll teleport over to you, " I said, sitting down at the table.

Maya and Tosca immediately moved in Riser's direction. Most likely, they will not act immediately, which will help us quite well. If they are all in one place, then it will be very easy to deal with them.

Maya decided to go through the kitchen, immediately activating invisibility. Melancholy went the most direct way, and not a bit without hiding. This was a good move, because the opponents would immediately notice Melancholy and come out to meet her, while Maya could easily bypass them, rise up and stab them in the back.

In the end, it was almost exactly as I said. But they didn't eliminate all the servants. The queen and Riser's elephant were still alive. But it's still just a nuisance to me.

[Eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, and Riser-sama's bishop are out of the game!]

With that, the mansion was in a state of utter nightmare. But the time was approaching for the main character to appear on the stage. And I teleported in just the right moment.

"How mean. What about the one-on-one fight, Riser? Let's not interfere with the battle of our servants and just have a one-on-one duel. I've always wanted to see the much-vaunted Fenex regeneration, " I said as I deflected a fireball flying at Mai's back.

"And you're telling me something about being honest?" It was your servant who stabbed almost all of my servants in the back, " Riser said furiously, activating a magic circle that immediately began to release a sea of fire.

"It's a little weak," I said, calmly stepping out of it.

- Looks like I should show you what real fire is, " I said, activating an interesting fire magic spell. Thousands of small flames that intertwine with each other, creating an incredible pattern in its splendor. Each of them is a small spell that can safely act independently. Together, this creates an almost endless flame, which is very difficult to extinguish, due to the fact that each time a new spark comes to replace the old one, and so on as long as I have demonic energy. And I have a lot of it.

"You think you can hurt me with fire?" So naive...Aaaaaaa, no, how do you do that? That's enough! That's enough! You are welcome! Riser rolled on the floor, screaming in pain. In addition, it won't be thrown out by the rating system itself, because I increased the pain from my fire, but reduced the damage. Ideal for breaking the mind

"Stop!" I give up! I admit defeat! Riser shouted, unable to stand it for even a minute. Too weak. I expected more from him.

[Daniel Gaap-sama wins the ranking match and officially becomes Rias Gremory-sama's fiance!]

It was even too easy a victory. But then I have something more complicated waiting for me. A conversation with Lucifer, and not as friendly as last time. After all, this time it will not be Satan who will speak to me, but just my older brother, who is very worried about the fate of his sister.