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I finish dressing in a suit and make sure I look presentable, the meeting of the emperors will start soon and I will be sitting in. Raizen has already arrived according to my scans and there are no traps in this new location it was moved to. He was not even all that bothered by moving the location and agreed to it on the first request.

This doesn't strike me as the Raizen I read about in the book, the man was confident in his fist and that was it. He even admitted to being a bad emperor and said he was a better general.

But he didn't throw his weight like I thought he would, maybe I misjudged him.

"I have a surprise for you when you get back." Kia wraps her arms around me and her hands slide across my chest as I look in the mirror.

"What kind of surprise?" I grab one of her hands and pull it to my lips and lay a kiss on the back of it.

"You will see when you get back, be safe and make sure to rip that old man off for all he is worth." I snort and look at her mischievous eyes peeking over my shoulder.

"I plan to drain him for all he is worth, I might even manage to snag his family artifact if I am lucky." After the ring there are only the boots, I will sneak into the light temple for the boots after a few more trial runs with pawn pieces.

A holy pilgrimage is going to take place where people head up to the top of the mountain and pray directly to the highest statue of 'god'. The strongest of the angels is there and if he doesn't awaken from a devil's aura or can't detect him from my protection then I will strike.

I will get the fire source first with the phoenix egg because the cute phoenix baby comes first, then I will go for the boots to complete the set.

If I still haven't been found out I will try and steal the book of creation by teleporting it onto Olympus. With all the protections set up and ancient runes, no one will be able to find it by accident in the demon world.

And no one will be actively looking for it in the demon world so it will be perfectly tucked away from everyone.

If the angels come to the demon world looking for it then I will think of something else, maybe I will send it to the moon. I am actively planning the move of Olympus to the dark side of the moon, no one will ever come looking up there.

Olympus is almost to the point it is one hundred percent self-sufficient and will run for eternity so long as the gremlins and lamp spirits don't kill themselves from going insane. Living a long time can drive someone nuts so I expect it to eventually happen.

"Alright, I am off." I spin around and kiss Kia deeply before teleporting myself to Catherine.

"Bye Nova." I see Kia waving as the light covers my eyes.

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"You two ready?" I ask as I appear and instantly spot Shea and Catherine who have been visiting each other often. They have been cooking things up to help rule the Demon world more smoothly and my wallet honestly cringes seeing some of their plans.

"We have been waiting on you for ten minutes, we are officially late." Shea gives a displeased look, she is taking this VERY seriously.

Catherine on the other hand seems to not even care, she knows we could just chop old Raizen up and toss a unified demon world flag over his corpse. This is us stepping down for him, he is not a kingdom-level powerhouse that has us by the balls.

It is actually the other way, I alone could defeat the current Raizen, and then you add on Catherine and Zola and the dude is in a blender. It is one of the reasons I believe I can get the ring from him even if he doesn't need me to use it to find his lost daughter.

But I will do him a favor, I won't let Tiffany be sent to the human world to become a blood bag to promote humans by her own mother. I will take her to her mom myself and show her what her mom is really like and even leave her there if she won't believe me.

I will also leave her an SoS mark to summon me when shit hits the fan and she has burned herself trying to find 'love' from her mom. But I will make sure nothing happens to her so she doesn't turn out the same way as in the original.

She became despondent after all the betrayal, Satan was willing to turn her into a soulless puppet to get a page of destruction. I will stop that and even take the page for myself and send him a big old F-bomb.

Her mother strung her up in a ritual to use her soul and body as fuel to awaken humans' light physiques. I will not let this happen, I may let her see her mom's true side by letting it play out to a certain point. But I will step in and make sure no harm is done beyond emotional harm.

She might very well be the empress of the bloody empire in the future so I will make sure she is in her best state. The stronger demon world is the better it is for me, we will slap Abyss back and I can enjoy my time without worry.

"Let's just head over there, I will teleport us." Catherine speaks up as she equips a veil and loops her arm around mine and leans into me slightly.

I am sure this sight will show Raizen how things are, he knows Catherine would marry for politics but she wouldn't act this way for politics. Should put the fire even more under him as it will solidify the idea we are a team and will unite against him. Will make things easier to get what we want out of this meeting.

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"Hello Emperor Raizen, it is nice to formally meet you." I nod at the man sitting in one of the four chairs around a small circular table.

Both Shea and Catherine drag their chair closer to mine after I sit and I shake my head seeing Raizen's brow twitched.

Imagining this from his perspective physically pains me, he is an emperor who is now faced with the richest man in the world who has 'seduced' the two most 'powerful' women. This looks like we have effectively united just to screw with him and I honestly would feel bad if it wasn't nice to know the man who wouldn't hesitate to crush me under boot is helpless in our first 'real' encounter.

Maybe I am thinking too much but remembering how he would have crushed Shea or punched Catherine to death when he was stronger than the both of them I get a bit angry. He cant and I won't let him here in this world, but I still get an itch to make sure nothing happens as I look at the man across from me.

"Let's get straight to business, what is it you three want?" I snort seeing him drop all formality of a 'meeting' and cutting straight to the chase.

"Peace." Catherine answers and I can hear the real desire in her voice from a single word.

Raizen's brows raise seemingly also hearing the real emotion Catherine has for protecting the 'little guy'.

"You won't have the Bloody empire from a negotiating table, if you want it then come get it over my corpse." A manly response from him is exactly what I was hoping for and expecting.

"We don't want bloodshed, we have a common enemy and we need to have peace and join hands to face them." Raizen scoffs and waves a hand.

"Human? Midnight sun failed and you think you can do better?" He respected Midnight sun if I remember correctly.

"No, not the humans but a new enemy that has been around long before any of us and maybe even demon-kind. The abyss is the enemy I am referring to and we have some things to show you regarding the Abyss but know one thing. They will win if we are not prepared and there will be no survivors." Raizen sits forward in his seat as he listens and runs a hand through his beard.

"I am listening." His voice is steady and more regal as he looks at each of us in turn.

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- Kia POV -

Should I just drop it on him?

"Hey, I am pregnant!" I practice while looking into the mirror Nova just left me Infront of.

I sigh and set a hand over my lower stomach and rub the skin slowly, a smile forms on my face. I am sure he will be happy but I still feel extremally nervous.

Those movies have warped my feelings on the matter, if this happened before watching all those human movies then I would have run to tell him. But seeing things go wrong and also seeing men leave to get milk and never come back I feel a nervous.

Nova would never leave to get milk.

Would he?

Of course, he wouldn't! He loves me and I love him and I have faith in him and I know he will love our baby.

Maybe I should ask my mom about it, she might also give some good input.

I turn and head to the door with quick steps, I need to get to the bottom of this and find out how to break the news to Nova. Maybe I should involve a few more people and we can figure this out together.

I wipe my eyes feeling them start to wet with tears and I put on a brave face as I make my way through the halls toward my mom's demonic energy. I open a door and see my mom sitting at a table and she turns and smiles at me.

"Hello Kia how are yo- why are you crying?" I take a deep breath and grip my hands together.

"I am pregnant." Her eyes widen as she slowly stands up, I feel her demonic energy brush against me and quickly pull back. It is almost like she prodded at me just to see if I was real...

"Oh dear, come sit and let's figure this out together." I nod and make my way to a chair as she closes the door behind me. "Oh boy..." I hear her sigh behind me.