Ungh, does this girl have some power that allows her to read my mind? “Ise-kun, in any case you should wipe your drool.”
Kiba gives me a handkerchief with a refreshing smile. “I-It’s none of your business!”
I tried to wipe my drool with my sleeve, but Asia wipes it for me with her handkerchief. “It’s almost time to eat snacks, so you drooled thinking about it, correct?”
Ugh. My heart hurts because she said that with a smile. This girl probably doesn’t know that I was thinking about naughty stuff. “Thank you, Asia.”
I’m sorry Asia. I thanked her, while apologising to her in my heart. Then at that time—. “Stop it already!”
Buchou’s angry voice echoes through the room. When I look, Buchou got up from the sofa and is glaring sharply at Raiser. Raiser on the other hand is smirking like usual. “Raiser! I told you before! I will not marry you!”
“Yeah, I heard that before. But Rias, that won’t do, you know? I think the situation of your household is quite serious.”
“That’s none of your concern! If I’m the next heiress for the House of Gremory, then I will choose who will become my husband! My father, brother, and everyone in the clan are rushing it! Also it was a promise that I will be free until I graduate from university of the human world!”
“That’s right. You will basically be free. You can go to college and you can do whatever you like with your servants. But your Otou-sama and Sirzechs-sama are worried. They are afraid that your household will become extinct. We lost a great number of pure-blood Devils in the last war. Even if the war has ended, our rivalry with the Fallen Angels and God hasn’t ended yet. It’s not rare for the successors of pure-blood Devil to get killed in the worthless battle against them, which leads to the household becoming extinct. So for a pure-blood Devil that are also happens to be a High-class Devil, getting together would be the obvious solution for the forces of Devils. A pure-blood High-class Devil. Even you know that these children will be important from now on, right?”
Buchou and Raiser starts to argue about something I don’t get. But even an idiot like me knows that they are discussing an important thing about the World of Devils. Buchou becomes quiet when Raiser started a serious topic. Though her sharp eyes hasn’t changed. Raiser continues to talk after drinking the tea. “The newly produced Devils—. The ones like your servants, the reincarnated Devils, are expanding in terms of strength but that would make us, the High-class Devils with old history background, lose our place. There are old nobles who gets close to the reincarnated Devils because they are very powerful. Well, that might be alright. The newly produced Devils are also important for our future. But we can’t allow the pure-blood Devils to go extinct right? You and I were chosen in order to prevent the pure-bloods from going extinct. My house is safe because I have my older brothers. But there are only two siblings in your house. And your brother is someone who left the house. Then there would only be you, Rias, who can inherit the House of Gremory. If you don’t take a husband, the House of Gremory will go extinct in your generation. Are you trying to crush the household that has been continuing for a very long time? Because of the past war, there is not even half the number of Devils who were referred as “72 pillars”. This marriage has the future of the Devils on the line.”
……It seems like the discussion is getting really serious……
The “72 pillars”, I was told about it from Kiba before. A long time ago there were 72 Devils that held a peerage, and each clan had dozens of armies, but most of them died in the war. Buchou’s clan are one of the important pure-blood Devils that survived the war. I was pissed when Raiser kept on saying engagement, but listening to the whole story makes it seem very complicated. Pure-blood Devils, in other words Buchou and Raiser. A pure Devil. It means their parents are also pure-blood Devils. A real Devil. Asia and I will be categorised as reincarnated Devils then. A rule from ancient time, huh. Then my opinion won’t mean a thing huh……
But it’s alright. I will just agree with Buchou’s decision. Of course that’s after hearing her true feelings. “I’m not going to crush my house. And I am willing to take a husband.”
Hearing Buchou, Raiser makes a big smile. “Oh, to be expected from Rias! Then let’s—”
“But I won’t marry you, Raiser. I will marry the one I acknowledge. Even the Devils from the old noble house have the right to choose.”
Buchou talks over Raiser and says it clearly. Hearing that, Raiser suddenly becomes unpleasant. His eyes become sharper and he even makes a noise with his tongue. “……You know, Rias. I’m also a Devil who carries the name of House of Phoenix behind me. I can’t let that name get tarnished. I didn’t even want to come to a small old building like this in the human world. Rather, I don’t like the human world that much. The fire and wind of this world is filthy. For a Devil like me who rules fire and wind, I can’t stand it!”
FLAME! There are flames around Raiser. There are small bits of fire around the room. “I will take you back to the underworld, even if I have to burn all of your servants.”
CHILLS. His hostility and killing intent fills the room. The pressure from Raiser’s body come right at me, no, at us. I feel something cold on my back, and it feels like all the hair on my body is about to stand. The killing intent directed by a High-class Devil. This is bad! My hands and body are trembling. Asia hugs my arm because she got scared. Yeah, Asia won’t be able to withstand this atmosphere. I feel the uneasiness like the time when I fought that Fallen Angel, no, it’s even worse. Kiba and Koneko-chan aren’t trembling but they are getting ready to fight any time. Buchou makes a stance against Raiser, and there are red aura coming out of her body. Raiser also starts covering his body with fire. Intense heat fills the room. Hot…… That fire, it’s obvious that we will get turned to ash if we get hit by that! I can feel the same strength of demonic-power as Buchou from his flames! Buchou is stronger than the Fallen Angel I beat…… If I can sense the same strength from him, does it mean that Raiser is a Devil who is incredibly strong? The flame gathers around Raiser’s back and forms into wings of flame. Exactly like a fire bird. The atmosphere is intense. But there is one person who interfered calmly. –It’s Grayfia-san. “Ojou-sama, Raiser-sama, please calm down. If both of you were to continue, then I won’t be quiet about it. For Sirzechs-sama’s honour, I won’t hold back.”
Buchou and Raiser both make a serious face after hearing Grayfia-san’s quiet and intense voice. It seems like they are scared of her. Raiser calms the flames around his body and sighs while shaking his head.