Rias arrived.
"Okay, Nae, what did you-. Kyaaaah"
And Runeas immediately glommed onto her. It was kind of funny-looking. especially with how she hugged her. Rias's boobs were resting on Runeas's head. She looked at me for help.
*sigh*
"Rias, I'm sure Aunt Vene showed you her once at your coming-of-age ceremony. But for the sake of clarity, this is our Ancestor Runeas Gremory. She prefers to be called Runey-Chan. Also, yes, she is wearing your outfit from when you went to Kuoh junior high."
She cringed at the mention of her coming-of-age ceremony. She was deathly afraid of camels. Every member of the main Gremory family is to receive a camel from Runeas's camel farm upon coming of age. Because of a previous incident, she did not. Rias was about to greet her when Runeas interrupted her.
"Hi! You must be Ri-tan! Your father told me all about you when I woke up! Do you like camels? I think camels are the most majestic creatures in the world. Ah, I'm getting ahead of myself. I was so excited to meet you. I met your brother first, but outside of talking about you, he seemed like a stick in the mud and a little naive in his thoughts."
She was bombarding her without giving her a moment to respond. Now I understand why Zekram called her hurricane Runeas.
"Runey-Chan, please calm down. Rias can respond if you keep bombarding her like that."
I tried to help. I felt a little bad for basically siccing Runeas on her, so I wouldn't have to deal with her. Only a little though. The room was chaotic.
Wait? Did Kalana say she would train me!? That was both a good thing and a bad thing. On one hand, I was definitely going to get stronger way quicker, but the problem is her methods are both brutal and unorthodox. As a super Devil power is really outside the norm, unlike the regular Flauros Bloodline ability, she got strong enough to the point that, instead of the concept Technology, she can affect anything she can feasibly view as a machine. This includes life. She can literally snap her fingers and turn off someone's brain if the difference in strength is great enough. Super devils are fucking scary like that. Ajuka's Kankura formula and Sirzech's Embodiment of Destruction are like that. I know better than to argue with a woman who can punt me through a mountain with ease.
"You are of my blood."
Apparently, the Marchosias stare-off is over.
"Yes."
"Father?"
"Decon Marchosias. Brother of the current head."
"Punishment will be meted out. You get to choose how."
"I wish to break him in trial by combat. Then end him while he begs for mercy."
I saw Lira Marchosias smirk ever so slightly.
"No guarantee he will beg. I will return to the underworld in a week to set up punishment. For now, I stay and train you. I doubt you have great proficiency in the Marchosias Bloodline ability."
"It's true. I can only use it as rudimentary telekinesis."
Lira nodded, then grabbed Yomihana's hand and dragged her outside.
It was a little surreal seeing these two converse. Both looked emotionless until a fight or something interesting happened.
"Big sis, I need to go call Roy, and then I'll be back."
"Aight that's fine. I need to catch up with Aina anyway."
She waved me off.
I went to my room and called Roy.
"Hey Roy, how are you doing today?"
"I'm fine, a little busy, but fine nonetheless."
"Do you need me to call you back later?"
"No, no, I have a second. Judar wants you to visit soon, by the way."
"Well, it's about a recent excursion."
"Oh, is this about Kyoto? In that case, I approve. Although I'm pretty sure you already accepted. You don't tend to do well when it comes to being pressured by strong women."
"What can I say? I love a woman who can kill me. But, how do you know about Kyoto?"
"There was a youkai nearby who got trapped in Yasaka's barrier. He posted images on the Devil.Net."
"Ah, that makes sense. I guess I'm probably going to run into the White Dragon emperor at some point. Too bad Ddraig isn't my only option."
[Heh, Albion's going to be mad.]
"Do you need anything else, my love?"
"Yes, actually, Judar's birthday is next month if I recall. Any clue what he might want?"
(small AN: In a previous chapter, I said a year. I typed that in a fugue state and meant a month. I have changed it, just letting you guys know you aren't crazy for thinking otherwise.)
"He will like anything as long as it's from you, but I think he wants a sword like yours. He really looks up to you, y'know."
"I know, but are you really passing down the position of family head soon? He's turning what, 13? seems a bit young."
"Nae, you know how smart he is. Ajuka has taken to him because of his sheer intelligence; he will be fine. And I don't want to wait any longer as well."
*sigh*
"You're right. I just like to be prepared."
"I know, and that's one of the reasons I love you. Any way i need to get back to work. See you on my next day off. Bye."
"Bye."
We hung up. She's right, I am pressured easily by strong, attractive women. I'm also glad she gave up using the illegal King piece at my suggestion a while ago. Her punishment was more lenient than what would've happened had I let Belial expose her. She didn't even really need the king piece anyway; in her own words, she was using it for fun. She would rather admit to wrong and give it up than be punished with exile or something.
[You got a keeper there, partner.]
"Thanks, Ddraig."
[More Hosts than I'd like to admit have gotten women through the dragon pheromone side effect of trading in a body part. But you already knew that.]
"Yeah, I did. If you can't get love fairly, you should have it. It's why I beat up Diodora."
[Yeah, I saw him in your memories. What a sick fuck.]
"Hey Ddraig?"
[Yeah?]
"Is it true bananas are catnip to dragons?"
[...]
"Well?"
[*sigh* Yes, I have no clue why, but bananas are basically catnip for dragons.]
Authors' note: Yay, another chapter, so this and my fanfic of Mahouka are going to be my main focus for now. I was spreading my interests way to all over the place. Chapter Release is going to be 1 Chapter a day if I can. Wrists don't hurt right now, so that's good. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed. Also, for those who think Roygun is a shotacon, that is blatantly untrue. She just likes boys in the age range of 13-20 or those in appearance, and Devils don't always change much in appearance, so yeah, Nae isn't going to change really at all physically. If anyone has forgotten what Nae looks like. He is a fairly good-looking teen in appearance, with Red hair that is tipped purple. His eyes are the same red as his sister's. I know a Fanfic Mc being handsome is a real shocker there. But remember the overwhelming majority of devils are good-looking; only those monstrous in appearance are truly ugly. Also, I am working on an Omake that is a list of Gaspers' banned messages. It will have Racism toward supernatural races and a slur that basically just refers to pure mundane humans.