CHAPTER 164 – THE PHENEX FAMILY

Riser looked at me for a moment and then continued his training.

"I don't know why he's not coming with us, it's almost lunchtime" - Ravel said.

Then she looked at Riser who was quite focused on his training and didn't give us a single look, it seems that the defeat he suffered at the hands of Issey affected him more than she thought.

It's a shame that Riser was reduced to a mere background character after his fight with Issey, I think he could have been a decent rival, after all, many friendships start in a similar way, besides, it's not that Riser was an amazing villain with a craving for domination, he's more of a potential pervert who wants to fuck any beautiful girl, I think the anime made this pretty clear.

However, after looking at Riser, Ravel led me inside the mansion, where a bunch of maids were waiting to welcome us.

"Good morning, Miss and Sir!" - they both said.

"Sir?" - I asked.

"Ah, I've already told everyone about us and they already know you're my husband, that's why they call you that" - Ravel said.

It's not that Ravel had hidden it, in fact, her parents found out about her engagement with Kazuya a day after they had sex, after all, she wanted her parents to know as soon as possible.

"Miss, Sir, the lady is waiting for you both in the living room, besides, in 10 minutes the food will be served" – said the maid.

We both nodded and then Ravel took me to the dining room, there, sitting in a chair was Ravel's mother, who was basically Ravel but dozens of years older, but although I said dozens of years older, I don't mean that she is old, in fact she was as beautiful as Crystal.

"Mother!" - said Ravel with a smile.

Hearing her daughter's voice, her mother quickly got up from the chair and hugged her daughter.

After a few seconds she pulled away and fixed her gaze on me.

"You must be Minamoto Kazuya-kun, my daughter's fiancé, am I wrong?" - she said.

She didn't seem to be hostile towards me, rather her tone was one of curiosity.

"I'm her husband, but yes, it's me" - I nodded.

Her mother looked at me for a few seconds and then nodded with a smile.

"Yes, I like you, you've chosen well" - her mother nodded.

Ravel was happy, her mother had accepted her husband.

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself, my name is Charlotte Phenex, it's a pleasure to meet you at last" – said Charlotte.

She grabbed her dress with her two fingers and bowed slightly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Lady Phenex" - I said in a respectful tone.

"We're family, you can call me mother, Charlotte or Char, whatever you want" - Charlotte smiled.

Calling her mother is a little... embarrassing and call her Char... I find it a little too intimate and at the moment I don't know her well enough to call her that, so I'll call her Charlotte.

"Ok, I'll call you Charlotte, plus you can call me Kazuya if you want" – I nodded.

Since in my previous life I was not Japanese, those customs that characterize them do not apply to me because, although I respect them, I honestly do not care about them in the least, if you want to call me by my name, so be it, I do not see the problem.

"I'll call you Kazuya then, I won't be polite" - Char nodded.

*Note: if Lady Phenex's name is different, I will change it, just tell me in the comments and that's it, and by the way, since Charlotte is very long, I will call her Char while the protagonist will use Charlotte, let's continue with the chapter.

Ravel was delighted that the two seemed to get along, and she was glad about it, but she had just remembered something very important.

"Mother, where is Father? I don't see him here" - Ravel said.

Her father told her yesterday that he would be present when Kazuya arrived, so she was surprised not to see him here with her mother.

"Unfortunately he got a very important meeting and he won't be able to come back until tomorrow, so we'll just eat, you, me, Kazuya and Riser, besides, then in the afternoon the three of us can have fun together" - Char said.

Well, the truth is that I was hoping to spend an afternoon alone with Ravel, an afternoon of love and sex because I hadn't fucked her for many months and I also wanted to fill her with love, but I can't refuse her mother's proposal, after all she is my mother-in-law and I have to get along with her.

"It's a pity" - Ravel agreed.

Ravel would have liked his father to meet Kazuya as soon as possible, but the work was very important, although it doesn't matter anyway because they will meet tomorrow.

"It's a pity, yes, but we can't do anything, so let's sit down, the food will be ready in a jiffy" - Char nodded.

We both nodded and sat down, Ravel sat on my right while Charlotte sat on my left while a few minutes later Riser arrived and sat in front of me.

Riser looked sulky, but he didn't look at me with hostility, yet he didn't say a word, at least until the food arrived.

"Riser, you haven't said a single word, aren't you going to introduce yourself to your sister's husband?" - Char asked.

"I'm not interested, though, that doesn't mean we can't talk about other more interesting things" - Riser said in an indifferent tone.

Then he looked at me intently as Ravel protested for not congratulating her.

"Excuse me, do you want anything?" – I asked.

"Yes, I understand that you belong to the Rias' nobility, am I right?" – Riser said.

Don't tell me he want to challenge me to a fight for Rias' hand, please don't let it be that.

"That's right, is something wrong?" – I asked.

"No, in fact, I wanted to ask you something about that" - Riser denied.

"Ask what you want, if I can I'll answer you" – I nodded.

There is no reason to be hostile to him, at least not for now.

"I want to confirm the rumors I've heard" - Riser said.

"Rumors, what rumors?" – I asked without understanding.

"The rumors that all the Rias' nobility are part of your harem, including herself and my sister, I would like you to confirm these rumors for me" - Riser said.

He doesn't seem to be angry or say it in an envious tone, so I don't mind telling him.

"It's not that I'm hiding it, indeed, Rias and her nobility are part of my harem" - I nodded.

Let's see how he reacts.

Riser stared at me for a few seconds and then started laughing loudly.

"Excuse me, but what's so funny?" – I asked confused.

"I'll tell you, karma acts in ways we don't know, that stupid Issey fought against me to take Rias away from me and make her his wife in the future, but who would have thought Rias'd be taken from him?, it's so funny!" – laughed Riser.

Riser knew that previously he was a perverted playboy whose only desire was to fuck beautiful women, in fact, all his nobility was living proof of that, however, that did not mean that all his nobility was part of his harem, only a few of them were his women, the rest were single, for the moment.

"Onii-sama, it's not funny!" - exclaimed Ravel.

Ravel couldn't understand why her brother was suddenly so happy, after all, Issey suffered so much for it.

"Of course it's not funny, it's hilarious, hahaha, you're amazing Kazuya, I give you my sincere congratulations!" – said Riser.

After his defeat at the hands of Issey, Riser realized something very important, despite belonging to one of the most powerful families of all and having phoenix blood, he had neglected his training because of women, he became an arrogant person who believed that others had to fulfill his wishes, He also considered women as inferiors whose only goal should be to satisfy him, however, when he was defeated, all of that changed.

After some time reflecting he realized that he had been carried away by his family's fame and had become too arrogant, so he decided to change, study, put his arrogance aside, trained and began to treat women as they deserve, that is, as equals.

The change was such that everyone in his family was surprised, but also rejoiced, at last Riser had put aside that life of debauchery and had begun to train hard.

After a few months of continuous training, Riser tripled his previous power and was sure that his current self could defeat Issey with ease, however, he didn't want to challenge him to be able to marry Rias, his goal now was to become stronger and he didn't care about Rias or her nobility, he already had the women he needed and he didn't want any more, however, as was obvious, he still held a grudge against Issey, so when he heard from her sister that Rias got engaged to another man and that she was taken from Issey, he was overjoyed, so he wanted to thank Kazuya for it.