Ch. 65 Changing Pasts pt.1

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"Nii-sama, are you sure you want her to join my program?" Mana asked with a raised eyebrow.

"It would do her a lot of good. I would've actually sent her to Marie and the girls, but Ingvild is rather shy and insecure right now so a calm and peaceful environment where she can enjoy music would do her wonders." I answered with a gentle smile as I thought about our newest addition to the family.

Things weren't official, but after spending some time amongst my family, the girl had gotten rather comfortable with us and didn't appear to desire to leave.

Of course, due to her age that meant I was now in charge of making sure her education wasn't lacking, hence my talk with Mana. My little sister did run the best music programs and had her own schools after all.

The idea of having Ingvild join Devil's Heart as a new idol did pop up once the girls discovered our newest addition's wonderfully soothing singing voice, but Ingvild was just too shy and insecure for such a role. The very thought made her nervous and feel like hiding, so Mana's style was better suited than the idol life to give the girl a place to belong outside the family and to learn.

"What about her training? If she is to stay as your 'Bishop', and holds a Longinus level Sacred Gear and the Leviathan bloodline ability, then she will need a good amount." Mana brought up not out of strictness, but mostly curiosity as one of the longest serving members of my group.

"I will be using Azarath's time dilation to stretch out her free time. It will require some adjustment, but Ingvild will be able to train and have a proper life outside of being part of House Azaroth." I told my pawn. "In fact, Tiamat has shown a remarkable interest in her for her natural abilities and Sacred Gear."

"I can see that." Mana admitted with a grin. "Can't wait to see what kind of monster she becomes."

"That's a bit much. She will still be herself." I responded with a playful pout.

"Please. Everyone of us can easily place in the Top Ten on Earth, you'll turn that kid into a beast and you know it." Scoffed Mana.

"At least we will have someone who can properly reign in Milim beside Tia." I countered.

"Fufu. She is rather rambunctious at time." Mana agreed with a fond smile. "Has she found the white and red wielders for this generation?"

"Not yet. Both seem to be asleep, but I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later." I answered with a knowing smile as I looked through the wonderful sights offered by [Space] & [Time].

"You know something Nii-sama?" My little sister asked out of curiosity, knowing me well enough to understand what I was doing.

"Things are finally going to start. The new generation will finally mark the chance for everything to truly change. Pieces gather and events unfold, all in time for the hidden darkness of all to challenge the status quo." I told her with a smile of excitement. "Finally all my preparations and plans will bear fruit."

"What's coming nii-sama?" She asked with a bit of excitement and a lot more curiosity.

"A turning point for everyone." I answered. "I was simply preparing the sturdiest of support for the coming times. Maybe closer to adding more gunpowder to an explosion that I can't wait to see."

My words were not empty.

I could see so many paths, but i knew which ones I would attempt to walk by using the key points I could identify.

And as I bided my time to act, the last few decades passed.

Ingvild was just as kind and gentle of a girl as I had believed, with incredible potential as well.

I also believe I made the right decisions regarding her education and youth.

This was evident because of the warm smiles she shared with those around her, acts of kindness for those around her and within the city, and the general happiness she displayed everyday. The way she grew up as a beautiful young woman who now stood assured and confident in herself and her place in the world.

How she began a carrer as a performer in her own right under the stage name 'Nereid', not joining Devil's Heart but not exactly competing against them either as she performed beautiful and soothing concerts which actually healed the spirits of many who witness them. Her performances were wonderful as she was accompanied by our best orchestras while touring the supernatural world. Adele could eat her heart out in comparison and dragons were her diehard fans, evident by how Tannin, the Blaze Meteor Dragon and ex-Dragon King, was a humongous fan and bought all her merchandise while being the president of her fan club.

And regarding her strength, well Tiamat openly said she already far surpassed her past self and was growing at an incredible rate. The girl hadn't reached Super Devil but was a very powerful Satan-class capable punching above her weight class thanks to her Sacred Gear. Under all her teachers, she actually pushed her inherited ability, [Sea Serpent of the End], beyond its original power by concentrating the Leviathan form into a humanoid state similar to Sinbad's Baal form mixed with Lilitifa Vepar who is essentially a mermaid, giving her a quasi-Super Devil form. That last part was due to her combat and magic training happening within my manipulated [Time] so she could live her life beyond training as she pleased.

Outside of my direct 'family', Azaroth neutral zones in the Human world have stabilized very well and managed to reduce the immense traffic in Azura thanks to it. As a result we had a great amount of refugees settling in the new cities and in Azaroth lands if they could properly live in the Underworld, new products came in from the various groups who joined under my protection, and the construction of a few 'modern' cities were being established to help both humans and supernatural races adapt better to the rapidly changing times.

Of course there were always idiots coming to mess with what was accomplished because of stupidity, pride and/or racism, but most of the time they ended up making me more money or getting me some nice things from their respective pantheons.

In the supernatural world itself there had been some changes as everyone adapted to human development. A great many were involving themselves in the globalizing market, actually helping pantheons interact indirectly, but none were so pervasive as Devils when they involved themselves with the greediest of humans and the rapid growth of the US's economy and Hollywood.

But there were also dangers which comes with the development as some more gods vanished from the world as humanity stops believing and erases the worship of them. More agressive members of pantheons were acting out, the church was becoming more aggressive toward those they saw as 'dangers to humanity', and the Khaos Brigade beginning to form.

The Old Satans kept sending me news of possibly joining the Brigade, alongside Zekram Bael who had been slowly involving himself with the old Satans because of his destructive hatred of me, allowing me to know of the budding group of dissatisfied magicians they were helping grow under Mephisto Pheles' nose and the Wizards of Oz, as well as Fallen Angels such as Satanael, hinting to the events of Slash/Dog still being a being on track and the exiled members of various clans and families from across the world gathering.

Obviously no 'Hero' faction yet or Qulippoth, but the future Brigade was forming. While that happened, I was having Ophis get a bit into spy movies to prepare her in some form for her future role as the double agent figure head of the Khaos Brigade.

The most relevant news for me over the last few decades however, beyond my immediate surroundings, were the births of Sona Sitri, Rias Gremory and their accompanying generation.

Their births accompanied the creation of the two most powerful sis-cons alive, or should I say three since I decided to join in on the fun. Michael can weep at the lost of his title. Both of them were just adorable as children, reminding me of my own but with a lot fewer responsibilities, meaning more fun to be had.

Through logical observations I could already start seeing glimpses of their future selves.

My in-laws were being much more cautious with Sona as to not have a second Sera, not that her positivity and kindness were bad, it's just that she just isn't exactly suited to be a 'Lord'. My new sister-in-law was already showcasing an advanced intellect for her age, but significantly less power than my wife, something which could be somewhat compensated for through proper training and guidance, hence why I was subtly helping her find interests in things like runes, systematic magic and other methods to develop her intellect alongside my wonderful Queen.

It was during this time that Serafall discovered the wonders of magical girls, which she then preceded to try and share with all those around her. Da Vinci had plenty of fun with it, so did Tamamo, Marie Antoinette, my son's Bishop Helena, his Rook Fran and a few others. Sona even quite enjoyed their little shows as she joined in, inspiring my wife to start 'Miracle☆Levia-tan' because she thought it could spread the joy her sister felt to all the young devils in the Underworld. The most fun though, was when Sera managed to organize my entire peerage to join her battle as magical girls against the demon god Azaroth… in bed.

As for Rias, well Ajuka was named Satanfather while Sera became the Lilithmother (not sure if I've said Satanmother before), so she did visit from time to time, but a lot less than Sona.

Her home situation was much worst however.

Compared to my father-in-law being satisfied with a female heir, even if Sona showed much lower innate power than Serafall, Zeoticus Gremory was not. Although she still inherited the [Power of Destruction] and some good potential, the Lord Gremory desired a male heir and was disappointed that Rias was so much weaker than Sirzechs. This coupled with the Lord and Lady Gremory marriage's growing more distant over the years, and now with Venelana giving birth to a girl, the formally loving couple had became a couple bound mostly by duty, not helped by Zeoticus 'taking care of himself' with other women.

This situation actually resulted in Zeoticus looking for some kind of benefits from Rias' birth and beginning negotiations to engage her to one Riser Phenex, second youngest and third son of my vassal.

The Phenex were much more attractive than the canon ones thanks to their elevated strength, status and financial abilities, with both Ruval and his younger brother Rozel being strong ultimate-class, and with powerful allies like the military powerhouses of House Balam. Both son's of Lord Phenex had studied in Azaroth and shown great loyalty and belief in my leadership, while Riser is currently enjoying Elementary School in Azaroth and Ravel was still a toddler but was also expected to come study in Azaroth.

As a result of the above, they became the prime targets to form alliances with. Zeoticus was angling things like the [Power of Destruction], pure blood, a powerful position, links to Sirzechs, even if this would piss him off, and trade deals to get such a connection to the Phenex.

I honestly thought the man was disappointing for acting like this. Rias had a good amount of potential, but instead of thinking about her development Zeoticus is just trying to use her. The thought of men being superior to women in a species that should respect strength was plain stupid to me.

I mean, my in-laws faced a considerable amount of pressure from their so-called family elders to actually engage Sona to the youngest from House Balam too, but they shut them up firmly and decided to let Sona handle things herself in the future. Although the current bonds between Sitri, Azaroth and the Satans likely helped them stand firm, in Canon they still let Sona fight for her right to marry who she deemed fit through chess, which is better than Rias' situation.

But outside of those two little girls I babysit at times, news from Yasaka regarding one Fujimai leaving the Nekoshou clan in pursuit of her 'mate' came sometime ago.

Baraquiel has been bragging about his daughter to his friends, and since he married a Himejima shrine priestess and the previously likeliest to inherit leadership of the clan, something which has caused a lot of hostilities between his family and that collective of assholes called a clan and opened up an opportunity for his personal enemies within Gremory and in the supernatural world to hurt him, I offered him and his a place in any Neutral Zone available, but he hasn't agreed yet so I'm planing on going to talk to his Dom about it.

Some evidence of Valper Galilei setting up experiments which should result in the Holy sword project.

Reports on one Ageha Ikuse and her grandson Tobio being under protection of the Nakiri runing Tōtsuki and in charge of those Clan members who were exiled and agreeable enough to join up and live better lives instead of seeking revenge.

One Sairaorg Bael being born without the [Power of Destruction], but the Vapula control over lions instead.

An exorcist family under the name of Shidou running the team in charge of keeping an eye on Devil activity in Kuoh, with a young brown haired boy giving off a minute draconic aura identified near them. The latter was made top secret.

No official news regarding the Lucifers and their new half-blood descendant, something i wouldn't have bothered to look for without some curiosity but I did and i am now prepared to save that edge lord butt dragon's mother because of it. I'll let Azazel deal with that mess though.

And most importantly for us, Moka and Evangeline reported the births of two Dhampir within the Tepes faction of vampires. And now that they're alive, it was time for the Cain Clan to take over.

Or it would have been if not for my latest report which delayed that little bit temporarily.

-Castle Bael

"We can't let this secret out! If the other Houses and the Satans here of this, we will loose everything!" A balding Devil lord with combed over black hair and a bulging stomach yelled out of fear, anger and urgency.

"We all know this Cywil! That brat Ajuka would not let this slid easily if catches even a hint of this. Not to mention that hateful half-breed. Who knows what those two monsters could do!" A skinny blue haired lord yelled as his words caused a lot of visible concern to show on those present.

All those gathered might be prideful about the 'power' they held in the Underworld and felt that they should be untouchable, but they feared the power of the two 'super devils' who were involved in today's matter.

Memories of 'The Warning' especially made them especially nervous. None present wanted Azaroth to involve themselves in this matter. They might be 'neutral' and restricted in some cases, but the past has shown Azaroth's willingness to forgo any restrictions and act as it pleases.

"Calm yourselves." Zekram Bael said authoritatively from his position at the head of the table.

He might still be bound to an intricate wheelchair as a result of his 'incident', but Zekram Bael still had all the lords in front of him by the balls.

"The situation is already being taken care of. The Belial girl and her pet exorcist will die." Zekram said with a confident smirk. "The church was aghast at the news of one of their exorcists being seduced by a Devil."

It took a few moments for the gathered lords to understand the implications of what the 1st generation Devil had said, but quickly all the scheming devils figured it out.

"As they should be. And I can't believe a member of our esteemed nobility betrayed the Underworld." A horned devil lord spoke.

"We must send out a team to apprehend the traitor obviously. A Devil of her position and with a peerage would also require a force of substantial power." A feathered lord with avian features added.

"And if she and her peerage 'resisted' her arrest, it could lead to a battle which resulted in her unfortunate death." A savage looking lord said with his sharp teeth on full display.

"If the most tragic of turns occurs, the one who caused a noble lady to betray her own kind might even try to interfere and join her fate." The fat lord added with a hopeful voice.

"Indeed." Zekram finally said. "Let us begin."

-Kuoh Town, Belial Mansion

A beautiful young woman with with long gray hair tied in a loose bun, very active grey eyes behind a pair of circular glasses as she typed away on a holographic keyboard, wearing a white lab coat over an emerald green shirt which fit her well developed body, and form fitting black pants and boots.

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" The woman urged as a downloading progress bar inched towards completion.

"Cleria!" A serious looking and visibly well trained man wearing a black cassock, sporting long sleeked back black hair. "We have to go! Shidou-san received orders to bring me in. I sent out an emergency request to the Nagasaki Neutral Zone for pickup! We need to get to the pickup zone before anyone can stop us!"

"I got it Masa! I already sent everyone out to Diehauser-niisama. I just need this data to prove what I've found on those bastards in the Great King Faction." Cleria answered the man as her interface signaled the completion of her efforts. "Finally! Let's go!"

The duo quickly ran out of the mansion they had been having secret rendez-vous in for the last few months, carefully to avoiding giving off their location.

Masa, or Masaomi Yaegaki, was a very skilled exorcist, but he knew that he and his lady love, who happened to be a high-class Noble Devil, couldn't take on the entire team he had been a part of. His leader had a holy sword, which was far too dangerous to his Cleria on its own, not counting the others. So he was guiding them both to outside the town on foot, avoiding main roads and trying to be inconspicuous.

They were making good progress until they made it to the forested area they needed to cut through to reach the designated meeting zone.

"Well, well, well, look who it is. The traitor Belial. What would your Diehauser say." A raspy male voice playfully

"Who?!" Cleria called out of surprise, looking up to find a Devil sitting on a tree branch above herself and her lover, completely clad in a black outfit.

"That doesn't matter. WE were ordered to capture you for betraying the Underworld. Resist and we shall take you down." The raspy voiced Devil said.

"Run!" Masaomi yelled as he pulled his love.

They didn't need to beat these guys, just reach the agreed upon place.

Being chased by a dozen devils in black flying after them and shooting various elements to stop them didn't help.

But then things got worse as they managed to put a bit of distance between themselves and their pursuers using body enhancement magic.

"Masaomi-san… please surrender. We have our orders from the Vatican." A fit man with light brown hair, wearing priestly clothes with a double edged European sword with a light golden glow in his right hand said as he stopped the couple with 8 other hooded men.

"I am sorry Shidou-san, I can't let that happen." Masaomi said with some difficulty as he looked at the devils to their rear, at the situation, then his lover and finally his former boss and friends. "But we both know what would happen to me and Cleria if we let anyone take us in."

That answer clearly didn't make the priestly sword wielder happy as the sadness visible of his face appeared briefly before he hardened his gaze.

"Then I am afraid we will have to bring you in by force." Exorcist Shidou declared as he prepared himself and his allies activated their light swords and drew their guns. "We have no quarrels with you devils. We are only here for Masaomi."

"Kekeke. That's fine. We only have explicit orders for the traitor." The leading Devil answered as the two sides essentially agreed to ally themselves.

"Masa, when I give the signal grab me and run." Cleria whispered to her lover as she gathered energy in both her hands.

"Got it." Masaomi replied with full seriousness as he placed his trust in his lover and drew his own exorcist weapons.

"*Sigh* Subdue him without hurting him as best you can. Even now he was still our teammate." Shidou ordered as his team burst into action.

"Take the stupid bitch down by force!" The leading Devil ordered as he flew forward with his team.

"Now!" Cleria yelled as she sent to burst of grey magic at both groups, causing all the weapons on the exorcist side beside their holy sword to stop working and all the devils to crash into the ground, giving Masaomi his chance as he threw a quick release light grenade then picked up Cleria before sprinting past his temporarily blinded ex-friend.

He looked down to see his lover holding her shaking hands, he grew worried.

"Are you ok?" He softly asked her.

"I'll be fine. It's just that I'm not that good at using [Worthless], especially not two different ones at the same time, so there was some backlash." Cleria reassured her man.

"Alright. We'll get that looked at when we get to Azaroth. I've heard they had the best healers in the world." Masaomi said with a nod.

"You would be amazed by everything they have." The grey haired woman told her lover with a fond smile over a pleasant memory.

"Can't wait to see what can amaze you so much." The black haired exorcist said with a small smile.

"Too bad for you then." A smug voice said before the ground below them suddenly turned into spikes and attacked.

Masaomi's trained body and reflexes helped him avoid most of the harm, but one spike still managed to get his calf, forcing him to tumble and fall, enveloping his love protectively as he did so.

"Masa!" Cleria cried out in worry as she saw his pained face.

"I'm ok. But you have to go. Our ride should be close that way." The man said as he pointed to his left. "Go get help."

"No! I won't leave you! You'll die!" The young woman emotionally cried out.

"But at least you won't." Masaomi responded with a hardened expression but love filled eyes.

"Awww, I could almost BARF! You disgust me! How could a high class being such as yourself fall so low as to care for one of these disgusting and weak creatures? You! A member of a great Pillar House!" The same voice as earlier said to them as he floated above them.

The man wore a finely tailored beige suit with a brown undershirt, had spiky brown hair, beady black eyes, and an overweight body evident by his double neck, bulging stomach, and flabby limbs.

"Lord Beleth." Cleria hissed out in hatred at the man. "You won't get away with this. None of you in the Great King Faction will."

"And that's where you're wrong little girl. Once I take care of you and your… toy, no one will even be able to question your deaths." The Lord Beleth smugly replied as dirty yellow magic circles appeared in his hands with his house symbol.

"My master as something to say about that." A cold but elegant woman's voice rang out from the shadows as two gleaming amethyst eyes with rectangular pupils appeared.

Under their gaze, the magic circles themselves stagnated and began turning into stone as they approached.

"W-who are?! Do you know who you're messing with!?!" The frightened lord yelled out as his face turned even paler and he began to sweat.

"An insect getting in the way of my master's orders." The woman said as she stepped into the moonlight to reveal an absolutely stunning one wearing a deep purple and black maid uniform, with long purple hair tied up in the back bit leaving two long wisps to frame her flawless beauty.

Then her mesmerizing but dread inducing eyes flashed and the lord before the two of lover turned into stone in an instant.

Following this display, the two battered groups of exorcists and devils appeared, both having lost some members in an apparent fight, only to find the couple they were chasing on the ground with one wounded, near a maid and a statue of a terrified looking fat man with Devil wings.

"Do you know what you've done?!" The leader of the devils yelled out.

"More buzzing insects." The maid coldly said as she momentarily turned her gaze to them, turning every Devil present to stone and leaving the now incredibly tensed exorcists ready to do anything they can to live through this encounter with a monster they can't hope to defeat if she did that to beings they struggled against earlier.

"W-who are you?" Cleria fearfully asked as Masaomi did is best to use his body to conceal her.

"I am Medusa, personal maid of my Lord, Lith Azaroth." The now named Medusa answered with a perfect curtsy. "My master has ordered me to personally escort you to safety once hearing of the reasons behind your request for asylum."

"Lith Azaroth? Like THE Lith Azaroth!?! The creator of the neutral zones and strongest Devil alive! He personally sent you?!" Cleria gasped at the revelation.

"Yes. And it is good that you recognize SOME of the greatness of my master." Medusa replied with a tiny prideful smile. "Now come along."

With that Medusa made the couple float as she turned around and began walking away.

"W-wait! The Vatican ordered the apprehension of that traitor! You cannot take him!" One of the hooded exorcists yelled aggressively.

"Hidan!" Shidou urgently shouted with a lot of force, causing the remaining exorcists to flinch and the named Hidan to look at his leader in bafflement.

"Another insect." Muttered Medusa as she began to turn her head.

"Please forgive him Lady Medusa! He doesn't know better and is just a bit too zealous. He doesn't understand because of his young age." Shidou hurriedly pleaded as he stood in front of his subordinate.

"*Scoff* You are lucky, Touji Shidou, that my master ordered me to not erase you exorcists if not necessary. He does desire a good man and father to die and leave his young daughter fatherless due to corrupt leaders making deals with corrupt devils." Medusa replied as she resumed her walk, floating the silent couple with her and leaving the exorcists behind.

Only after she was far out of sight did their tense bodies covered in cold sweats relax.

"Hidan, you will be getting a thorough briefing on why one does not aggravate Azaroth and on the important members of said power." Shidou coldly spoke as he processed Medusa's words.

He realized that Azaroth knew about not only him, but his wife and daughter as well, causing him to worry about their safety.

"But Sir!" Hidan tried to argue but was cut off by the glare he received.

"Not another word. Your actions almost cost the lives of everyone here for a man we were ordered to capture. We know where he will be so now we report it to the church for them to handle." Shidou clearly said. "Let's go. We need to give Takiyama and Rokun proper burials."

-Castle Azaroth, Lith's office

"Thank you for going yourself Medusa." I said to my ever loyal maid as she took her place behind me, leaving the mildly tattered couple gawking at me on their own.

"It was my pleasure to do so master." She responded with a small smile.

"Well then, nice to meet you Cleria-chan and Yaegaki-san. As you probably guessed, i am Lith Azaroth." I politely said as I greeted the Romeo and Juliet style couple.

"*Gulp* H-Hello sir." The exorcist nervously replied with he looked rather intimidated.

"O-o-o-Oh My SATAN!!! I can't believe I'm actually in front of Lith Azaroth!" Cleria squealed as her eyes emitted sparkles.

I love anime effects.

"*Chuckle* Indeed you are Cleria-chan." I responded in amusement as the bf looked completely baffled at her reaction and the gf gushed at me.

"Can I have your autograph? My family members are all huge fans of what you accomplished in the war, after it and ever since!" The Belial girl asked with pleading eyes.

Medusa didn't even wait as she took out several signed photos.

Those were made because this isn't the first time I've been around 'fans', so to make things expedient we just made some signed pics to give out before hand to save time.

But since it's just her and I do quite like the Belial family, I took the one of me looking badass after my public win against Thor and added a little personalized message as thanks for her hard work regarding gathering evidence on the King Piece.

Of course Ajuka and I knew about it and knew the culprits, but he needed proper evidence to mount his case against a good number of Lords and Zekram Bael himself or it just wouldn't work. But with this, he can finally begin the process of dismantling the Great King faction or at the very least break both its legs.

With the added bonus of likely pushing Zekram into joining Rizevim's future group of apocalypse inducing idiots.

Kind of weird how I'm slowly turning that stuck up bastard crazy. I sometimes think I'm creating my own Joker at this rate, but one who poses no danger to me or mine. That's partially what the commands in his brains created by a tiny 'nail' of mine are for. Can't have a crazy man who hates me and has that many ressources and that much knowledge running around without any contingencies after all.

Anyway, back to the squealing fangirl and dumbfounded ex-exorcist.

"So, I heard you have something for me." I said, breaking her out of her revery.

"Right!" Cleria quickly said as she hurriedly took out a memory Crystal from her pocket and passed it over to Medusa, who stood in front of her with an expressionless face and open hand, causing the grey haired to be disappointed to not hand it to me personally going by the puppy eyes, but Medusa is rather dedicated to her duties and someone handing things directly to me, if they aren't my close ones, without being checked is a no go.

"Thank you for this. Ajuka and I knew about this matter but couldn't act without proper proof and neither of us could be caught investigating things for various reasons." I sincerely told her, causing her sad expression to turn into a very bright one. "Unfortunately I must ask the Cleria Belial and Yaegaki Masaomi to effectively die tonight. We can't let the Great King Faction learn of you, hence you will be given new identities."

"W-what?" Masaomi stuttered. "But you left my old teammates alive."

"Yes, but all of their minds, beside Touji Shidou's, have been altered already to believe you have died while my own agents will feed the same information to those who ordered this unsanctioned hit and my lovely angelic wife Gabriel. With this everyone will 'know' both of you are gone while the Great King Faction remains vulnerable until they can be taken care of and Heaven can remove some of its filth from the Church." I informed the duo.

"And what will happen to us?" Masaomi asked seriously.

"Like I said, new identities. You can decided your new names and appearances. The two of you will be settled in any of the Neutral Zones beside the Japanese, European and North American ones, up to you. Beyond that, I will organize an opportunity for Cleria-chan to explain things to Diehauser so he doesn't do anything drastic and then we can talk about what you want to do with your new lives." I answered openly as the two began whispering at each and my side simply redirected our super senses away to give them 'privacy'.

"We are very grateful for this Lord Azaroth." Cleria seriously said with a bow.

"Thank you for saving us both." Masaomi added with his own bow.

"You're very welcome. We do love star crossed lovers in Azaroth. Technically I've been one three times, counting Sera." I responded with a bright smile, causing them to chuckle a bit. "Now let's get you two started."

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EXTRA AUTHOR NOTES:

So there we go, chronologically speaking, the assassination of Cleria Belial and Yaegaki Masaomi was the next event which occurred in this universe with 'significance' to the 'plot' and 'canon'.

And the solution to that is to have Medusa be a badass maid while putting the couple in the witness relocation program and slowly putting the noose around the Great King faction's neck.

Lith could have easily solved this, but this way he gives legitimate power to the Satans by getting the people on their side due to the tampering with the Rating Games, pisses on Zekram and gets the possibility of more [Worthless] possessors being born in Azaroth.

As for the rest, I wanted to give a little highlight on where 'events' are currently at in their development by the time Rias and Sona should be around 5 years old. Neko sisters are born and their mom is running after her quasi abuser, holy sword project should be slowly getting underway, Slash/Dog leader is born but now under Azaroth eyes since his grandma is an exiled Himejima who I can totally see joining under the exiled under Nakiri Leadership, Baraquiel is going to be yelled at and not get punished, two little Dhampir with Longinus grade gears gonna be rescued, the little Lion tamer is slowly going to be growing, and other stuff like that.

But I do always feel bad jumping through Ingvild's development so I can start getting to the Balance Breaker generation. But I think it fits her well to become a more classy act as a singer while having all dragons as her super fans.

Anyway, hope you enjoy what happened and what's going to come.

And please don't get to uppity about events still happening our some stuff being relatively like canon. Lith basically designs most of it that way to control events as he pleases in preparation for his backup plans for ExE events.