"So Serafall knew that the boy you talk about so much will become a knight, I thought he would take at least one Rook", said the redhead sitting on a sofa.
"If So-Tan makes him a horse, I'll get Yan-Kun for me!" Replied the Mahou Shoujo as she sat beside him.
"So why didn't you catch him right away instead of asking Sirzechs to create this little competition between the pairs?", asked the green-haired Maou sitting on the sofa in front of him separated by a small table.
"I have two reasons, first because I want to give So-Tan a chance to change her mind and give a piece to his height, like Queen or Rook", Serafall replied seriously and continued, "And the second reason is that I want to improve the Status among the high-class devils ".
"As everyone here knows the number of reincarnated devils is getting bigger and more prejudice increases with those more radical who only care about noble blood", the atmosphere around Serafall was different from her usual hollow head self, at that moment his Maou identity could never be questioned.
"And anyone who despises my Yan-Kun will see me and no one will be able to stop me from destroying one or two families that make him feel bad", said the only Maou pouting. Everyone in the room thought how a child was able to tame one of the most dangerous beings in the underworld, a Siscon!
"Now back to the subject, who is going to face whom? After all, we have to have at least one fun battle ", asked Fabium Asmodeus the fourth Maou sitting next to Ajuka.
"Rias currently has two pieces, Rook and Queen, but the queen is still adapting, so she fights against Sairaorg Bael, who has only one queen," said the only redhead in the group.
"I agree, but the problem is that if so Sona will be at a great disadvantage against the other noblemen who have a wider range of choices, and she has her strength amplified by the Evil Pieces", said the maid knew as the strongest queen in the underworld next to her husband.
"Let him face the peerage of the complete Rize", spoke to Maou without a shadow of doubt in his voice, "He will surprise you and do not forget that he is a Dhampir and not an ordinary human, besides having a mutated Sacred Gear", complemented his arguments to make Yan fight solo against a peerage.
"Even if you have so much confidence in him, this is not possible, we have to maintain a good relationship with the Phoenix house", replied Redhead. (I'll call him that, complicated name)
"In other words, we cannot indicate an unequal fight, but what if we use his value as a possible Queen equal to the Rate-Game?", Indicated Fabium giving a solution to the problem.
"This is possible in this particular case, but there will still be a little bit of discontent among the people of the Phoenix home, but it will be at a tolerable rate," commented Ajuka over a cup of tea, recently served by Grayfia.
"So it's decided Yan-Kun is worth nine points, knowing the boy's arrogance Phoenix will send all the pawns to show superiority". Serafall was very happy to have managed a group fight for Yan to show his current power and future potential, after all a future Devil King must be feared by everyone.
"I hope he'll forget my punishment later", he muttered to Siscon in a tone that only Grayfia heard while pouring tea, which is the hidden reason for making this dueling proposal, escaping punishment later.
"Now that everything is done, I will announce the duels", the redhead got up from the sofa and went out with his wife following him. "I hope he's interesting", he commented before leaving the room.
In the ballroom, the nobles were in their respective groups looking at a floating blue screen with the image of multiple duels taking place one after the other.
"So Yan-Kun, have you ever thought of a strategy to fight Rise's peerage?" Asked the little girl with black hair, while cleaning her glasses.
"No, nor do I intend, this is a different game where it doesn't matter to win", replied the boy casually while waiting to end the duel between Koneko and Kuisha of the peerage of Sairaorg Bael.
"If you say this is the goal, why can't I reincarnate you now to strengthen you?" Asked Sona while thinking that her knight was stupid for not accepting the piece before the fight.
"You are certainly very smart So-Tan, but sometimes you are very stupid", replied the boy while looking Sona in the eye, "The purpose of this game is to demonstrate power as I said, but my goal is to demonstrate my worth to you", replied the boy with a smile.
"I am the future Devil King, I will not be content with just being a miserable horse, I will always aim for the top and currently the Queen's Piece is the first step", he declared with conviction.
"The match is over! Victory for Kuisha the queen of Sairaorg Bael!", declared Grayfia who was serving as a Judge in the clashes and everyone paid attention to the screen.
"So don't take your eyes off me and see my power," said the boy and gave Sona a light peck on the lips before heading to the battlefield.
"The next fight will be between the peerage of Sona Sitri versus that of Rize Phoenix, the fight will have the same rules of the value of pieces of the Rating Game and Yan has the current value of 9 pieces, even though he is not a reincarnated devil yet and the peerage of Rise will be represented by 6 pawns and a knight ", announced the strongest Queen in the underworld causing a commotion among the nobles who watched the game.
After all, the power of a reincarnated devil is superior to anything, for example, if an ordinary human is reincarnated using only one pawn his level of power could save him from being run over without much injury, but a simple Hybrid was worth 9 points without being reincarnated? This shocked everyone present and left some indignant.
"Lord Phoenix, this is absurd! Maou Leviathan herself must have given the score, I ask you to interfere in this offense against your home and all the nobles present and crush this hybrid! ", Said a random devil trying to convince the lord of the Phoenix house and that made other NPCs (Ops I was going to write devils, but it's good enough kkkk) to raise their voices demanding an attitude from the Phoenix house.
"Milady Sitri, do you think your future piece can really cope in a 7-on-1 fight without the impulse of the evil pieces?" Asked Lord Phoenix to Sona who was watching the game's preparation from the screen.
"He is capable of facing the complete peerage of his son, Lord Phoenix!", Before Sona could answer Serafall appeared at her side and instigated the other side.
"Well, that would be interesting, how about a small bet?", When everyone heard the Lord's proposal they were silent and even Sona was a little nervous, betting between devils is never a light thing.
"Ho! And what would you like to bet on? ", Serafall was a shallow head, but when it came to the business her seriousness came to the fore.
"Well, how about it, my daughter Ravel has not yet entered the peerage of her brother so how about she receives her little one as a gift if she wants one in the future, of course, if she doesn't want it, we will just discard the boy", proposed the lord, having the approval of the devils who were making the uproar previously.
"Okay, but in return when your son's peerage loses I will want his Daughter Ravel to join the peerage of Yan-Kun when he becomes a High-Class devil", Serafall was smart, despite being angry for using her master as an object of bet, still managed to create a connection between the Sitri house and the Phoenix that had as its main support point the tears of the Phoenix that save even from death.
Sona was perplexed, she respected her sister a lot despite her acting so carefree at home, at times like this her seriousness and business acumen were spectacular, however, Sona thought it was a shot in the foot by the loopholes she left in the agreement.
"So-Tan don't worry Yan-Kun will win, I'm sure!", Serafall hugged Sona while jumping for today's conquests, got the chance to take the queen's piece, demonstrate his power against a reasonably strong enemy, and furthermore started to pair up for his Harem. (Meant peerage sorry!)
"One-chan! He may be strong, but it is impossible for him to win a peerage alone, even if they are young, he still has the heir of the Phoenix house who can participate in the fight because of your slip! ", Sona was very concerned about Yan fighting completely alone against an almost complete peerage.
"So-Tan, I'm going to tell you a little secret", she winked at Sona. "Everything I'm doing is for Yan! He's just strong, you don't know that because you spend all day reading books and only pay attention to him when playing chess...", Serafall whispered the last part and Sona blushed.
Since Sona won a game of chess against her suitor and announced that she would marry only someone smarter than her and be able to win a game of chess against her, she received numerous invitations every day from challengers wanting an opportunity, who obviously refused to. Most playing only with a few chosen by his family, but Yan is special, every day she proposes matches and never told the boy nor allowed anyone to tell him about her vows.
Sona nodded and looked at the screen with doubts in her heart. "One-Chan, I know what you guys do...", whispered the girl, "Yan-Kun told me not to tell you that we knew" he spoke to Serafall with a blush on her cheeks.
"What?", Sona Exe stopped working.
"Last minute changes, the match that would be 1 against 7 changed to 1 against 12, the complete peerage of Rise Phoenix with him included will fight Yan of the future peerage of clan Sitri", announced Grayfia and continued. "This battle became an event between Serafall Leviathan and Lord Phoenix that bet the possession of possible pairs for the future peerage of Yan or Ravel Phoenix! ". After Grayfia finished speaking some devils were dissatisfied, but this time it was because of Ravel the daughter of the Phoenix house that many would like to marry or add to their peers and a simple hybrid won the chance, though null, of getting a connection.
On the dimensional battlefield created by Ajuka for the fights to take place safely, it is possible to see 11 women, mostly 10 to 12 years of age kneeling around a boy not much older.
"Let's show this hybrid the power of Clan Phoenix!" Said Rise as flames burst from his hands, demonstrating her power.
The chosen field was a stretch of a very urbanized city with about 5000 square meters and without skyscrapers. "So he denounced your team's position just before the game started? Is he an idiot? ", Yan commented to no one in particular.
"Yes, he looks pretty stupid to me", said a voice that even he couldn't hear, for now.