Chapter 68: Aftermath

~3rd Person~

After Takumi had handled the assassin him and Serafall had moved into the meeting room in his auction house temporarily since his mansion had gotten wrecked. Serafall had left Takumi by his lonesome after giving him conflicted expressions and taking the assassin with her for more extensive questioning, and because this type of affair was not under her jurisdiction.

That was Sirzecs' job, and she would leave it to him, not before giving him a very stern talking to and borderline threatening him with more paperwork before letting him meet Takumi which led to...

"Hello Sirzechs."

A dull voice cut through. Not even a hint of playfulness or even emotion slipped through a crack in his voice as Sirzechs sat down. They were both in Takumi's meeting room in his auction room sitting on two couches facing toward each other with a coffee table in the middle.

Sirzechs felt a twinge of nervousness at the sheer scale of shitshow that had occurred. It was truly a disaster of unprecedented scale. The only the saving grace was that wasn't fully public yet.

Things were already difficult for Sirzechs lately thanks to the appearance of Takumi shaking up things, but things were getting better too, Takumi had already proved his worth 10 times over.

Even Ajuka of all people were speaking praises about him, and that spoke volumes, he was an even more talented Ajuka with a different specialization who was also the Red Dragon Emperor.

Even Falbium, as slothful as he was, had hopes for him, Falbium was in charge of the military and military affairs and he was very expectant of Takumi and his potions as more on-demand healing meant less Devil's dead on operations and that was something Falbium valued very much.

And then there was Serafall who Sirzechs didn't know what was wrong with her. She apparently decided that Takumi was her younger brother for no discernable reason and the worst part was that Sirzechs could see how serious she was from her eyes.

Takumi was liked and wanted by all of the Satans, and even Sirzechs gave his approval. So what happened was basically catastrophic. The Phenex decided to do literally the most stupid things possible and try to kidnap Takumi.

Now, at this point, even Sirzechs was at least a little pissed.

The Phenex were already hounding him for days about Takumi and asking him to force or convince Takumi to unseal their son while not understanding "That is not something I can do, please talk about this with him yourselves." he made it explicitly clear that he had no control Takumi, that he was his own entity but apparently, that was completely unbelievable for the Lord and heir of the Phenex family.

He already disliked the family for arranging a marriage with his sister which his sister was against. Then he had to deal with them badgering him about things outside of his control. Now, they basically spat on the face of the sacrifice and effort he made to bring Takumi to the side of the Devils.

He was a little angry. Because it was now his job to take care of the mess.

"Hello to you too Takumi. I am sorry about the attack you have suffered. I am here to talk to you about the situation." Takumi's face did not change, still looking impassively.

"A bit bold to come here after I was assaulted right in the smack dab middle capital of the Devil Territory? Also, what do you mean talk to me about what happened? Is there much to talk about just how big of a fuckup this entire race is?" Sirzechs tightened his lips into a narrow line.

He couldn't even judge Takumi for his words right now. He knew about his deals with the Grigori, Takumi had options and for him, the Devil race must have seemed like the worst one.

"Well, I wanted to know how you personally want to handle this matter, I am the Satan of Internal Matters after all. First of all, since the Phenex family tried to kidnap you, a mid-class devil in the peerage Rias, a high-class devil they will be penalized, but since you are sponsored by two Satans Lord Phenex will be faced with a harsher-" Crack

A chunk of the wall was ripped by an invisible force before it was crushed repeatedly until it was the consistency of dust. Sirzechs sensed no mana being used for a spell he raised an eyebrow at Takumi

"What was that Takumi-kun?"

"My Bloodline Power, like the 72 pillars, it developed on its own due to my irregular body. It's called Dominator's Touch, allowing me to exert telekinetic dominance over any object in my senses. And how do I want to handle this matter? Well, personally want to hang the lord and put his entire territory on ice." Sirzechs groaned loudly and put his hand on his forehead.

Those were the exact words Serafall had used.

'Maybe it would be a good idea to make double sure Takumi isn't a Sitri scion somehow...' Especially considering he had a bloodline ability which was a pandora's box he didn't want to even just learn about at the moment.

"Sorry, but we can't do that. But obviously, you have the right to seek compensation from the Phenex family, and a pretty hefty one at that considering they directly hired an attacker on you. And regardless of your decision Lord Phenex will be politely asked to step down as family head and the position will be given to his son instead. As long as you don't decide to reveal this matter, and I ask that you please don't, we plan to keep it under wraps." Takumi actually nodded at this with a slight sigh.

"I suppose you aren't complete failures. This does not in any way shape or form make up for the fact that I was almost taken in my own home in Lilith within spitting distance of two Satans. That is a fuckup if I have ever seen one. As for how I actually want to handle it?"

Takumi leaned back and crossed his arms before staring up at the ceiling.

"Well, out of a tiny bit of consideration and the fact that I don't really want the common devil in the Phenex family territory to suffer I won't make the matter blatantly public. But I will not hide my actions toward the Phenex family either." Sirzechs heaved a sigh of relief, at least Takumi seemed way more cooperative this time.

But then he saw that glint in Takumi's eyes again, a slight smirk was on Takumi's lips. That definitely spelt trouble, he already knew what happened last time Takumi had that kind of look on his face.

He had to internally hide a smug smirk. At least the Phenex wouldn't forget what Takumi did to them. Served them right.

"Okay, I will extend an olive branch. I have a few requests. First of all, I do not want the Satans to interfere in whatever deal I decide to strike with the Phenex Family. Because as I have seen you are not very competent in such matters." Sirzechs held his forehead, with such scathing words Takumi almost resembled his wife somehow. Regardless of the migraine forming he nodded, he tried not to interfere with inter-pillar matters anyway.

"Second, I want Grayfia to officially be my maid, there doesn't need to be an announcement, I want her to be by my side to be able to actually guard me. Because what the fuck is she for if she is out doing her own thing 90% of the time?"

Sirzechs grimaced, without Grayfia around to manage things his job would be way harder but Takumi was right, it was better to have Grayfia around to protect him than not. He would just have to give the rest of his peerage more work to pick up Grayfia's slack.

"Okay, fine, I suppose that can be done. I will inform Grayfia of her new duties she should come by soon. As for your meeting with the Phenex Family, I will set it up for the morning since you look like you really need the rest."

Takumi had bags under his eyes and had a really irritable aura around him.

"Yeah, unfortunately, my night's rest was cut short by an assassin, so I am a little irritable." Sirzechs could physically feel the venom in Takumi's voice, he really did not envy the Phenex family at the moment.

"Yes, that. Well, if you have nothing else to say I should leave now to take care of the rest of my work." But just as Sirzechs was about to stand up Takumi stopped him.

"Wait a second, take this, you will need it," Takumi said, mirth barely contained in his voice, taking an overly fancy wine bottle out of his subspace and giving it to Sirzechs whose eyes sharpened the moment it was put on the table.

Takumi had given him a gift, that was a bad omen if he ever saw one.

"...Why?" Sirzechs asked with an air caution while Takumi smirked, tripling his caution.

"Well, I feel petty. But I thought that I should at least give you something to soften the blow:" 'Oh no.' "You should probably prepare yourself because I am planning to release several elixirs such as Hydra Regeneration, Fire Boost etc. Oh, and a bloodline refinement potion, all in short order, I imagine that one will cause some waves." Sirzechs eyes widened in horror as Takumi stood up.

"W-wait, Takumi-kun, let's discuss this!" That sounded like a lot of work on top of the one he already had.

"As you said before, I should take my leave, good luck dealing with the aftermath, see ya." Sirzechs hopes for a discussion were dashed when Takumi held up a peace sign before a teleportation circle lit up under him and whisked him away.

Sirzechs stood still frozen for a few more seconds before silently looking around and grabbing the bottle then teleporting out.

He would have to think about installing a bed in his office.

At least he had something to numb the pain with.

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~Takumi Katsuragi~

I looked out of the window of my VVIP bedroom in the Auction house and watched the scenery of the impressive city of Lilith while contemplating my life when my door was opened and Grayfia entered, carrying a large suitcase with her, her gaze stern and gave off an air of annoyance.

"Ah, Grayfia you are finally here. I suppose actually having to do the job I got you for must have been mentally taxing." Grayfia just sighed and dropped her suitcase to the floor before getting into her signature maid pose and giving me her iconic stern mildly annoyed look.

"Yes, as you have requested I am here. Inside your bedroom after you specifically asked for me to accompany you officially as your full-time maid. What do you require." Grayfia had a strange tone to her voice that I was way too tired and exhausted out of my bones to care about.

"Indeed, that is the current situation thank you for the brief recap Grayfia." Her eyelid twitched. "You are here because I want to punish you for constantly abandoning your duties as a maid and because I nearly got napped when you are supposed to be protecting me. So, I will punish you." Saying that I flopped onto my bed.

Seeing this Grayfia sighed.

"Sigh. Well, I suppose this was bound to happen sooner or later. Fine." Grayfia sighed with an air of resignation and annoyance coupled with mild anger.

I nodded.

"Yes, you will have to accept your accept your punishment as a disobedient maid. Grayfia, I order you..." I specified order so the seal would take full effect.

"Serve as my body pillow. I am sleepy." Crack.

I raised an eyebrow at the crack noise that I couldn't tell where it had come from, Grayfia's eyes were twitching wildly as she gave me a look of utter bafflement and annoyance, her cheeks heating up because of her disobedience.

"A... bodypillow? Really? Of all things? A body pillow? Are you serious?" I raised a challenging eyebrow at her, spanking was fine but a pillow was out of the question?

"Yes, now stop being a pain and get in the bed already. And don't forget to change to your usual sleep clothes." Grayfia gave me a slight glare before releasing a loud sigh and stripping down, removing her maid clothes, headwear and shoes, leaving her only in her white lingerie that would have roused my lust far more if I wasn't literally deathly tired right now after using Limit Breaker and various other tricks. I was too dead to humour my carnal side.

So instead I chose to save the sight of a bashful and embarrassed Grayfia in her white lingerie into my mind to ruminate on later.

"So?" Grayfia asked while I took off my clothes down to my boxers while getting under the covers.

"So just get in the bed already." Grayfia's eyes twitched again but she reluctantly got in bed with me while I wrapped my around her soft and warm Milf body and pulled her in close while she went rigid. I could hear her muttering stuff like 'Is he really just going to...?' and 'Is this real?'

Ahh, so soft. I can already feel my consciousness slipping away thanks to the SSS Rank body pillow I have right now.

Feels good.

Heh, that's certainly something the Phenex won't say tomorrow.

A/N: The Phenex will be cooked, salted and served so hard next chapter.

Takumi is a little shit, well for the Phenex he will basically be the original satan incarnate but outside of them Takumi is just choosing to take the petty route because he is just like that. Sirzechs will be spending a lot of time in the office for being a lacklustre leader.

Also, Grayfia was prepared to sleep with Takumi after the whole mess-up but she instead did not expect to be just turned into a pillow by the sleepy little dragon version of Takumi after having been through a life-changing experience. Dragons need their sleep after all, it's like one of the few things they are known for.

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