After the Rating Game's abrupt end, Rias and what remained of her Peerage were holed up in the Occult Research Clubroom—the real one.
"Buchou… What's going to happen?" Issei asked as both Kiba and Koneko turned to look at Rias with questioning expressions.
"Nothing," Rias shook her head. "I don't know how Riser might have died, but it had nothing to do with any of us."
[We need to leave, Orion. As soon as possible…]
[What? Why? I thought we still had some time. I haven't even learnt magic from you yet.]
[This reality is not only unstable, but extremely dangerous. Riser dying indicates an external variable. I don't have the means to deal with something like that right now. We have to leave as soon as possible.]
[Can you even cast the spell with all your magic suppressed?]
[No… That's why I'm going to use an external means. A battery, so to speak. With your ability to make someone recover immediately with an orgasm, I have just the person in mind to serve as our battery.]
[You know I can just help you regenerate your energy at crazy fast speeds, right?]
[I don't want to have sex with you. But I won't feel bad throwing an angel candidate into your tentacles.]
[Seriously, where are the tentacles coming from? Not once did I use tentacles to pleasure Akeno.]
[That's only the natural progression for someone of your kind. Have you completely lost your connection with Akeno?]
[Yep, I even lost the part of my body that was with her. I'm down to around seventy percent of my total available body mass right now.]
[Out of? What's your total?]
[Three hundred and forty kilograms.] His words made Rias raise a brow.
[That leaves you with around two hundred and fifty kilograms, even after Akeno. Is that all inside me?]
[Yes and no… I'm not really sure, to be honest. Physically, I barely have a single kilogram inside you that's bound to your heart. Aside from that, I can simply…will more of my mass into existence, if that makes any sense. The limit of how much of it I can bring outinto the physical realm comes up to that number.]
[How interesting… Some kind of spatial ability? Maybe it even involves higher-level dimensional manipulation… What did you say your species was?]
[Klyntar…] While Orion was familiar with Venom and the Symbiotes from Marvel, his knowledge didn't go too deep into the character or the race's biological workings. So, there was little insight he could provide with the meta-knowledge that he possessed to Rias.
[It's a pity that Akeno got caught in the whole debacle; otherwise, things would have been much easier.]
[Do you really not care about any of them? Two of your servants just disappeared and might be dead for all we know…]
[I'm long past caring, Orion. I've seen Akeno die in far more horrifying ways than disappearing into another reality. At one point, one becomes desensitized to these things. To me, the Akeno here is going to be the same as the one I will meet in the next reality. And no matter how many variants of her I meet, none of them will be my Akeno.]
[…Apologies if I brought up bad memories.]
[I told you, I don't care anymore. Good…bad… It's all the same to me. All I want now is my own Multiversal Independency. To grow beyond these paltry realities and their suppression… No matter what it takes.]
Orion went silent after sensing the conviction with which Rias delivered those words. The redhead truly didn't have any bottom lines when it came to her goal.
[Once things settle down for a bit, I'll go track down the angel candidate and let you form a bond with her. She's going to have a companion as well. If you want to focus on one of them, choose the bubbly one with chestnut brown hair. She's the angel candidate and has a better magical pool. If you can take both of them, that would be even better. You don't have to restrict yourself and can go as far as you want.]
[If I wanted to be a rapey slime monster, why would I have waited until now, Rias? I would've long pushed your Queen into depravity and fucked her senseless. Hell, I would have done the same with you.]
[Don't worry about it, I'll tell her that you are an incarnation of God himself, and if she gives yourself to you, she will ascend to become an angel.]
[There has to be something wrong with your head, Rias…]
[If you don't help me, the only other way for us to get out is to suck away the magical energy possessed by every single person in Kuoh and kill them. Even the weakest human will have five to ten units of magical energy. I've done it before, I can do it again.]
[Yeah, sure, that works for me. Kill as many people as you want.]
[Huh?] Rias clearly didn't understand the sudden shift and showed a somewhat dumb look on her face that, for once, made her look less like a sexy vixen and a cute girl instead.
[What? I'm not refusing to fuck the nun because of my oh so great morals. I just don't like forcing someone into having sex. It's a turn-off. I'd rather deny my woman for weeks on end until she's the one begging and pleading for me to fuck her. Murder away, Rias. Let me know if you need any help setting up the magic circle. Also, wipe that cute look off your face; someone might get curious. You can save that for when we are alone.]
[You wish. We aren't in a relationship, nor are we fucking casually.] She regained her stoic demeanor.
[Of course, we aren't. I have all the patience in the world—well, multiverse. I will have you beg me for cock.]
[Never happening.]
[On a side note, is there anyone else in Koneko's clan? She's a bit too innocent-looking for the things that I would need to do with her if I'm to examine the compatibility between her powers and mine. It'll make me feel like I'm doing something seriously wrong… She's someone who invokes the pamper and protect side of me, you know?]
[The Nekoshou are long gone. But Koneko does have an elder sister.]
[Oh? Is she hot?]
[She is an S-class wanted criminal of the Underworld. Even if I were at my peak, it would be difficult to subdue her forcefully.]
[But not impossible?]
[No, but if I were at my peak, I wouldn't need to go through so many hoops to shift to the next reality, would I? Will you help me with those two church women or not?]
[Fine, let's go look for these two angel candidates of yours. I want to improve my Tantric ability. If you aren't going to help me, I naturally have to look outside.]
[I thought you said you didn't like coercion…]
[Selective dishonesty does not equate to outright threatening. I'll show up in front of those two as an angel and offer to bring them closer to God. I have a whole backstory in mind, unlike your half-assed incarnation of God idea.]
[If by bringing her closer to God, you mean that you will show her the path to heaven through pleasure, that might not work as easily as you think… Irina is an airhead, yes, but she isn't mentally deficient. And Xenovia will see through it in an instant.]
[Are you doubting me? Both of them are from the church. Those fanatics are willing to accept anything as long as you use the name of God correctly. Add some actual benefit and illusions of divine intervention to the mix, and we have gullible devout nuns willing to accept anything and everything. You may be a Devil, but I'm a genius at manipulating people for my own goals.]
[The backstory that you gave me was already full of enough holes. I have serious doubts about your masterful manipulation abilities…]
[Hey, don't call me out like that! We're supposed to slowly build trust before I tell you anything real about my history. The reason I didn't bother building it up was that I knew it would come out at some point. But that's very far away. It has to be at least until after you are comfortable kneeling between my legs to blow me while I do important work.]
[Keep deluding yourself. If anything, I would have you kneeling between my legs to eat me out while I do important paperwork. You're a slime, you don't even do anything.]
[Wanna bet? Let's see which of us gets the other to kneel in front of them first.]
[Fine, you're on. We'll see who kneels before whom first.]
[The loser cannot retreat until they give satisfactory oral service to the victor and clean up whatever mess is made.]
[Deal, I'll make you lick my pussy so hard that you won't be able to take human form for a week after that.]
[Heh, dream on. Even if I lose, I'll make you cum so hard that you'll be begging me to stop.]
"Buchou…" A slightly timid voice broke Rias out of her conversation with Orion, and she brought her attention back to reality, seeing Koneko standing beside her with a somewhat scared expression.
"What's wrong, honey?" Rias' expression immediately became one filled with concern as she wrapped her arms around Koneko and pulled her onto her lap before raising her hand and running her fingers through Koneko's luscious white hair. "Are you okay?"
"Buchou had a scary aura around her…" Koneko mumbled, leaning into her King's embrace and purring cutely.
Rias noticed both Issei and Kiba looking at her with expressions half filled with fear and half concern, and realized what had happened.
"Sorry for startling everyone," Rias smiled gently. "I was just deep in my thoughts."
"Don't worry, Buchou. We will get Akeno-san and Asia-chan back!" Issei announced with his fists clenched at his sides. "I promise it!"
"Yeah!" Kiba also agreed, hyped up.
"For the time being, I want you three to stay safe," Rias said with a sad smile. "We will need to get the higher-ups involved to look for Akeno and Asia."
[Do Devils receive acting classes when they are young, or does this stuff come naturally to you?]
[What's wrong with you?]
[Kill me for being curious about how you are showing such vivid emotions when your heart is beating at a perfectly steady pace, without the slightest fluctuation. Hell, since the moment I bonded with you, your internals have never once matched the expressions on your face. Then again, considering the nature of the Devils being entirely based on deception and deceit, such skills are likely hereditary.]
Rias' expression twitched as a crack appeared on her outward mask of expressions due to Orion's words, once again sending chills down the spines of all three of her Peerage members.
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