Chapter 24: Noble Party
It has been a month and a half ever since the Vatican incident, things were progressing smoothly as the team with Masaru at its centre was starting to take a proper shape after they started to have a mock battle against other opponents such as the peerage members of Jacob, Circe and Julia's teams.
The time for the Noble party has arrived!
"You looking quite fancy and Handsome"
Calfa was looking at the white tuxedo Masaru was wearing, his messy hair was combed neatly, his feet still felt uncomfortable with the black formal shoes he was wearing since he was quite used to wearing sneakers. Shuri walked around looking at him up and down before nodding
"This is the perfect outfit for his first debut, but won't he stand out?"
"Even if he is an heir of a Baron Family that will soon be promoted to Viscount, he is still the son of Diehauser which allows him this much leeway to stand out. After all, this fool went and declare in front of the farmers he will beat his father although it was a daily argument between these two"
Calfa still remembers early this morning how Diehauser felt like provoking Masaru and their debate ended up being heard by nearby farmers since Masaru was quite well-liked by the people of the Belial territory such news would naturally spread out fast.
"Ara, well I suppose there might be a noble or two who might not take a liking to such things"
Shuri touched her right cheek with her right hand while leaning on it slightly looking troubled, Masaru smiled
"Then I have a reason to challenge them to a rating game..."
Seeing his battle junkie smile Calfa smack him lightly behind the head
"Make sure not to bring shame to our Family"
Masaru chuckled
"Yes, grandmother"
Soon the door opened revealing Akeno who wore a purple Kimono with her hair neatly tied in her usual ponytail style, the pattern drawn on the Kimono appeared like plant vines with flowers. Her make up was lightly done which made her facial features to appear more mature, underneath the dress she wore black lace garters she once used to tease Masaru with before.
"Beautiful"
Masaru spoke out his thoughts looking at Akeno who was wearing her traditional formal clothes as agreed between her and Shuri.
Afterwards, it was Shirone who similarly wore a pure white dress with frills around the skirt, it was made comfortably enough for her to change into her Neko-mode without worries for in case something happens. Well, the family of Belial believed even if Masaru does not go out to look for trouble, trouble will surely come to find him so they took every possible scenario in mind.
Everest came in wearing a red kimono with dragon patterns and embroidered with golden borders designed to compliment her majestic aura as a Dragon, underneath she was wearing a tight black combat suit out of habit hence why she chose to wear a Kimono instead of a dress, unlike the other girls.
Ingvild wore a purple open shoulder dress that split apart at both her sides from the hips downwards as well as a black skirt, her hair was ironed straight. Around her neck, she wore a pendant with her family's crest.
Stephani chose to wear a plain light blue dress with a white belt around her hips, white lace garters under the advice of her elder sister Akeno who gave her a tip on how to grab the attention of Masaru. Since Masaru told the girls to dress as they feel like this was the clothes she selected, Masaru thought it was quite different from her usual choice of clothes but it suited her.
Well, he thinks anything is beautiful if the girls wear it.
Angelica wore a green dress with leaf patterns embroidered displaying her elven beauty, the dress split at the left side revealing her beautiful legs. Jeanne, however, chose to wear knight clothes to which Masaru gave up advising her on, the chest was covered with knight plated cuirass and she wore a metal plated skirt with knee height plated boots.
And finally, Ichika was also joining as Ingvild's personal Maid, so she wore her standing maid uniform.
"Girls, Although I have studied about compliments. I felt using flattery is not my style, instead, I will say something from my heart. You are all spectacular tonight"
When the girl heard this they all rolled their eyes thinking
'Yes, flattery come out your mouth like air sometimes'
Masaru did not notice their eye roll and smiled sincerely
"Each of you is beautifully dressed, honestly I am worried someone might actually try and poach you from me! I can't help but feel stressed!"
Hearing this the girls felt happy since he complimented them while showing how he cared for them and did not want to lose them.
"Hmpf! If you dare lose a single one of these girls I will personally teach you a lesson"
When the girls heard Calfa who took them all in as her granddaughters, caused the girls to giggle but felt warm.
"Hello! Are my grandson and granddaughters even ready yet!? The limousine is here!"
Dominic called from the ground floor at the stairs,
"Coming!"
Masaru went ahead first since there was still finishing touches the girls had to complete.
After a while everyone entered the limousine who drove off towards the Capital Lilith, normally they used Carriages to travel between family manors but in the Capital they use vehicles.
"Masaru, I heard from Grandmother you have a talent for playing Piano and singing... But why have you never sing to us before"
Akeno asked him, Masaru smiled bitterly
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I did not have the opportunity or time to since we were quite busy after all"
"How about now?"
Masaru who became more proficient in weapon summoning magic could conjure any kind of object as long as he understood what it is made of, what he conjured was a small electronic keyboard.
"Ahem* Forgive my rusty skills as it has been a while I last played"
After testing the sound first, Masaru began to play a lively rhythm that had an addictive beat wanting one to dance while walking although they were in the limousine at the moment.
"You can run, you can hide but you can't escape my love"
Masaru's voice felt a faint bit sharper compared to his usual depth sound,
"Here's how it goes"
The girls were slowly starting to move according to the rhythm.
"You and me"
"Up and down"
"But maybe this time"
"We'll get it right"
"Worth the fight"
"'Cause love isn't something you can shake"
The music was heard by the people outside as the limousine that went by, making them glance at the Limousine in surprise at how well the song sounded for them.
"When it breaks all it takes is some trying",
Masaru took a swift to breathe as he continued to sing a song he remembered from his past life since the girls only wanted to hear him sing he chose to sing a song he knew of while his personal song he wrote he would sing it on a good occasion.
"If you feel like leaving
I'm not going to make you stay
But soon you'll be finding,
You can run
You can hide
But you can't escape my love"
Once Masaru's song finally stopped the girls were still immersed in the beat, but soon they began to applause to Masaru who could only helplessly scratch the back of his head feeling a bit embarrassed.
"To think our Master can sing this well, why haven't you thought of becoming an idol?"
Everest who was a dragon naturally appreciate songs more than humans do, Ingvild, on the other hand, covered her mouth out of surprise, she who loved to sing had a master who could sing as well.
She never told anyone but one of her little wishes was to sing a song together with someone she liked, this was why she was quite shocked as she heard of it but thought Masaru did not like to sing.
"Idol no-no"
Shirone crosses her two index finger over each other showing her disapproval.
"huh, why?"
Everest thought her master's talent was quite something special so why hide it,
"Because women will flock to master... It's hard as it is with his looks and personality"
Everest who heard Shirone's speculation felt a thunder slam her body thinking she almost brought calamity upon them, she turned with vigour towards Masaru
"You are only allowed to sing for us and family! No idol! It's banned as of this day forward"
The sudden change of opinions made by Everest came to a surprise for Masaru who ended up rolling his eyes at her, although he could understand that his luck with women is good however he never actively search for them. urk!
How Masaru saw it was that he never really tried to seduce girls to fawn over him, his peerage seems to think otherwise considering their feelings towards him. According to them, Masaru was truly oblivious in things related to subtleties between man and woman, which was why they were worried if he became an Idol then girls who watched from the distance will come with an excuse of "signature" to get close to him.
After a while, the limousine stopped and they arrived at the Hotel where the Party was arranged for the younger generations, Masaru climbed out first and then helped each girl out of the car like a gentleman before retaking his place in the front walking up the stairs.
"Good Evening, invitation card please?"
Masaru took out his invitation card which included the names of his peerage members when the staff member confirmed the people on the card was the people present he allowed Masaru to walk inside escorted by a different staff member that led him to the double doors on the left. There was still the higher-ranked nobles that had to arrive, so the announcer simply introduced him loudly
"Masaru Belial, heir of the Belial Family and his peerage"
The surrounding gazes turned towards the opened doors seeing Masaru leading the front, Ingvild was on his right and Akeno was on his left. Seeing the beautiful girls surrounding Masaru, some nobles could not help but gaze at him with envy, some nobles even openly looked at his girls with Lecherous eyes. Each of them, he made sure he take note of each of them for a beat down.
While some of the smarter devils hid a trace of killing intent since the quality of his team was on the higher level compared to devils of the Baron rank Family.
With Masaru taking the lead he greeted each of the lower ranking devils who were friendly, just as he came across a Viscount heir of a pillar family that was one of of the 72 pillars. Despite their rank of Viscount, due to the incident of Kuroka, they were heading for a decline unless someone amazing appeared within their family
"How about trading me with your peerage members"
Masaru looked at him with dull eyes
"Thank you for your offer but I have no intention to trade"
The heir grew angry
"You are but a baron---"
But Masaru stopped him
"Even if that is the case, what can you do?"
Masaru placed his hand on the heir's shoulder and began to squeeze it real hard enough to cause the heir to feel a sharp pain from the strong grip of Masaru's hand.
"You know, I am the son of Diehauser... So if you think of trying my patience, I don't mind challenging you to a Rating game and destroy you and your team tonight to make an example of you now do you?"
It was only now the Heir realized that the one he dared to provoke was none other than the genius of the Belial family who was rumoured to surpass his father, there was a recent rumour that just emerges within the capital city about Masaru publicity vowed to defeat his father in a Rating Game. The Heir nervously laughs
"No, it's a mistake. I apologize sir Baron Belial"
Masaru nodded feeling pleased with the boy who learnt his lesson.
This display was enough to put some of the nobles in check, so the rest of the greetings went smoothly. Soon other higher-ranked nobles began to enter the hallway, soon Sona Sitri and Tsubaki entered the hall. Masaru tilted his head then spoke with Akeno
"You know, I have been wondering but why are other people's peerages less than mine"
Akeno looked at her master being a fool
"Because they are taking it slowly, unlike master who tends to make a choice on the spot"
Masaru kept silent thinking
'Yeah, I do make fast choices... I am not sure why but I strongly believe in fated encounters after all...'
He smirked feeling a bit superior, although only for a little while.
"Guess it's my fate to have beautiful and competent girls like you all. No wonder I chose on the spot"
These words cause Akeno and the rest of the peerage to blush while feeling a bit warm from Masaru's words.
"Good Evening Sir Belial"
Sona curtsied and Masaru bowed respectfully
"Good Evening Miss Sitri, you look even more magnificent tonight"
Sona's face had a trace of redness as she felt happy but a bit embarrassed while Masaru's peerage glared at his back causing Masaru to feel a shiver down his back as he could feel something but never realized how they are quite angry.
'What is with this feeling'
He thought not realizing how easily he complimented Sona that it could be misunderstood from how red Sona's face was. Even Tsubaki raised her eyebrows as her master tend to ignore such compliments, but from Masaru, it felt like she could not ignore it, not even she herself could ignore it either.
Sona stood nearby Masaru while she was chatting with Akeno while being introduced to Jeanne who was the newest member of Masaru's team,
"Isn't Masaru forming his peerage too fast? Since devils have a long lifespan collecting slower will prevent future boredom"
Akeno shook her head at Sona's question
"Master is someone who believes in fated encounters, it might feel like he decided on the spot but he naturally thinks of the future beforehand"
The girls continued their chatting while Masaru felt a bit of troubled due to his crimson haired friend that always seeks trouble with him.
"hmpf! To think you would ignore me so openly"
Masaru turned to look at the crimson-haired princess, despite her attitude he knew she was kind and caring person towards other girls
"Good evening Miss Gremory, You look as hot as your temper"
Masaru smirked 'Heh'.
Naturally, Masaru made sure surrounding devils could not hear it but Rias felt she wanted to beat up this bastard of a friend of hers but went towards Sona and the girls, behind her, was a blonde hair, blue eyes, lean body with a babyface, his junior brother.
"Long time no sees Junior brother, you been studying diligently under master?"
Masaru felt relieved there was someone he could chat with,
"Yes I have but when are you coming to train, Master feel neglected"
Masaru chuckled
"That Master, his face is as thick as the Great Wall of China, a little neglect will do nothing to him"
Masaru noticed a dark brown long hair lady with modest breast but long legs following Rias.
"New peerage member?"
Yuuto nodded
"She is Sara, she is a fallen angel Rias-sama added as her Queen"
Masaru who heard this was surprised
'Could it be the universe's correctional force that is trying to keep the heroine team similar to the original?'
Masaru remembered someone else who should be in the peerage,
"Where is that Vampire girl you once told me about?"
Yuuto was surprised but smiled bitterly as his senior brother was deliberately calling that boy a girl because of the way he dressed.
"He was sealed inside a room after his powers went out of control, due to his guilt he went and became a Hikikimori... This was a decision made by the upper devils, although I personally feel that in such cases only training can solve it but apparently even her brother agreed to this."
Masaru looked at him with surprise
"Did Sirzech really not give her a chance to train that girl?"
Yuuto shook his head
"Oi! There is a limit to how much useless these devils can be! Such powers need to be controlled or learn how to control otherwise the day that vampire loses control for real then it will be bigger problems than just an out of control rampage"
Masaru sighed as he looks at Yuuto sternly,
"I understand she is your master but as a King, she needs to take control over her peerage and fight for their freedom otherwise you all will be controlled by those old coots! I believe you should suggest she push forward to train Gasper, unless she intends to become a puppet"
Yuuto nodded as Masaru began to talk with him about other things.
Once every noble accounted for has arrived, Sirzech appeared and gave a speech which is the usual talk about the future belong to the younger generation and that this party was to enrich the bonds between devils.
Masaru stopped listening after that point, he turned around and saw the familiar twin drills fire chicken girl standing there and near her was an older man standing wearing formal attire with similar hair and eye colour as she has.
'Well seems Kentucky Fried Chicken has sponsored the party, so I suppose we can expect chickens for dinner' Masaru thought
Once the speech was over and Sirzech left, the devils began forming their groups once more. Since Kiba was surrounded by girls but none went over to Masaru's side, the reason for that was Riser who came over to him.
"So you must be the Belial heir. Don't get cocky just because your father is the champion of rating games"
Masaru smiled at him
"This is our first meeting, however, at least I am not cocky about being a chicken on fire who does not realize whom he can and cannot offend. I heard Kentucky Fried Chicken is willing to pay you to become their representative or was it Nandos?"
"You bastard"
Riser felt angry, but Masaru smirk grew even more slyly
"You seem to have forgotten what my family's powers are?"
Riser who heard this froze for a second remembering Worthless,
"Against me, if all you have is your fire chicken mode, then your worthless. Your so-called immortality will become nothing but a waste of my time"
Riser grasp Masaru's collars, but Masaru smiled at him as attention gathered
"You sure you want to challenge me? I know everything about you while you know little of me. From the looks of it even your little sister has a difficulty of coming up with plans to face me or my team.. So let go and spare yourself the embarrassment"
Ravel naturally agreed with Masaru's statement, there was too few information but there was proof that the four Devil Kings approved of him meaning his abilities was definitely strong. She tugged her brother's clothes to let Masaru go, Masaru gently wipes his collars before fixing it before looking condescendingly towards Riser.
'Bastard! If it were not for my sister I would have killed you right now'
Riser cursed inside his head but little did he know Masaru took the chance to scan his phoenix bloodline and flame to make a record of it.
'Heh, fools like these are easy to target. Provoke them to get closer and scan them... One scan and I can guarantee to win unless they train their bodies like my team does'
But another fool who decided to challenge Masaru to curry favour from the Phenex family came out.
"Just because you are rumoured as a genius of the Belial family and your father is Diehauser... Your family is but a low ranked noble"
Masaru looked at him taking out a glove and toss it at the Noble heir who was stunned at this action, previous two people provoked him but he chose to challenge him to a duel.
"You dare to sully my clan's honour, I challenge you to a one on one duel"
Masaru spoke calmly with not an ounce of aura nor fighting spirit nor killing intent surrounds him, it was as if he was simply speaking without any intents at all.
Excitement filled the entire hall as people could not stop having discussions about Masaru and this Heir, the devils even Riser & Ravel were shocked at Masaru's decisive movements, he did not even say anything back and instead challenged the devil noble heir to a duel.
"Will Masaru be fine?"
Sona felt a bit worried,
"Hmpf! It will be a good lesson if he gets beaten, he should have dragged that chicken in as well!"
Rias grumbled while Yuuto, however, looked at his master feeling angry
"Honestly Rias-sama, I fear that man will end up getting really injured"
Rias was still a bit miffed about Masaru's earlier tease but still looked at Yuuto who spoke seriously
"How strong is Masaru?"
Yuuto shrugged
"It's been months I last saw Masaru train the sword, but back then if he infuses his sword with Demonic energy he could split a mountain in one slash, I believe he used more than half his demonic energy back then but I heard from Sensei the growth Masaru underwent these past few months was several times more compared to his two years of training"
Akeno nodded
"Masaru was able to contend against Everest with his body alone although he used Senjutsu as support and diverted the force of her attacks away from him"
Everest grinned
"It's been a while I saw master fight barehanded, this should be fun"
Shirone thought for a moment before smiling,
"Who wants to bet how long that heir will last against master? I will bet one pudding he won't last a minute"
Ingvild felt like joining in
"Uh--- Uhm I will bet two minutes 1 chocolate bar"
Akeno smiled
"Fufu, so it's like this huh... Then I will bet a single day Masaru date"
Hearing Masaru's peerage starting a betting among themselves caused Sona, Tsubaki, Rias, Sara and Yuuto to feel a cold sweat, did they believe this much in their master to the point they immediately considered the match over!? Even the heir grew angry when he saw Masaru's act so he thought of a bet
"How about a bet, if I win you will trade your servants with mine regardless of which I want" Masaru who heard this had a serious expression "My peerage members are family, they are not objects or possessions they can make their own choice...."
"What are you scared to lose?"
Masaru smiled
"Very well I will accept it if you accept a single condition of mine"
Ravel realized the air around Masaru changed, it was like a general who already started the battle of psychological attacks,
"What is it?"
Masaru's smile grew sinister
"Your head, if I win I will have your head"
"You are mad!"
The devil felt insulted and a bit scared at how serious Masaru was, he could not control his calm at this madman who dared to come up with such a condition but Masaru was calm,
"That is the price if you wish to make such a bet with me... That's how precious each of them is to me, a life... That is how precious they are"
Akeno and the girls who were betting stopped and smiled warmly towards Masaru feeling they were blessed to have such a master, even Sona was feeling slightly jealous of how Masaru was viewing his peerage and even Rias's impression went up a bit for this although she still thinks of him being a bastard at times.
"Forget it! Shall we move to the arena at the back?"
Masaru gestured for the devil to lead the way as he follows behind and behind him, the rest of the people were following as none wanted to miss this opportunity to see if this Genius was worth his title.
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"He has challenged a noble heir from an extra family who tried to use him as a stepping stone to curry favour of the Phenex family"
Grayfia Reported to Sirzech who was sitting together with Serafall, Lord Gremory, Venelana Gremory, Lord Phenex, Lady Phenex, Falbium, Diehauser and Ajuka who rarely joins parties decided to attend.
"He silently dealt with the first noble to eliminate the thoughts of surrounding nobles might have about his peerage, then he provokes Riser who provoked him first to scan his bloodline meaning Riser already lost there if he fought him one on one... Now he challenges the third one to provoke him in order to display his might... Quite a good show of tolerance but not one to be bullied"
Falbium spoke while thinking this boy's mind was quite strong, he did not let his emotions get the best of him and planned each move perfectly.
"Diehauser, that son of yours I might need him someday to do something for me, consider that compensation for his insults earlier"
Lord Phenex spoke, although he was not angry at all at such petty insults, however, he thought he could make use of this boy to teach his son a lesson not to become overconfident as the Phenex power was not absolute.
"That's fine, that rascal should take responsibility for his actions"
Diehauser spoke but anyone could see this man was proud of his son, he did not bring shame to his family name at all.
"I see he has been looking after Ingvild, it's a good thing I chose to leave her in his hands, she is even showing a general aura although it feels quite faint"
Serafall felt quite surprised at Ingvild's change this short amount of time, well no one could underestimate the training Diana gives Ingvild and Akeno after all.
"So you left that Leviathan descendant in his hands huh? Maybe I should leave her in his hands as well"
Ajuka spoke although he was not entirely serious about it yet, but Sirzech who knew who he was talking about
"You mean that girl?"
Ajuka nodded at Sirzech question.
"Fufu, maybe with tonight's battle it will ignite Ria-chan's motivation to train seriously"
Venelana spoke while looking at Rias was together with Sona and the girls, Lord Gremory kept quiet as he knew better than anyone it was impossible.
"Diehauser, how do you evaluate Masaru's combat level?"
Sirzech asked Diehauser while looking at Masaru with interest,
"If we take everything that boy has in his disposal I would say he could escape from a low ultimate rank with his spellbook if he is fast enough, his all-out attack should be able to contend against a peak high rank. Anything below low rank high-class is simply cannon fodder apologies for being blunt there... However, I have instructed Masaru and restricted his mana flow and body movements and included gravity sigils on his body to train his physical body thus bringing his overall combat power down to Low High-class level at this moment if it's only his pure magical based abilities"
The room was quiet, this news was quite absurd that such a monstrous talent actually exist. What Diehauser did not mention was the book's true identity and the sacred gear still sleeping within Masaru.
Even Ajuka kept silent there as such information would cause some devils to view Masaru as a threat and try to eliminate him as a future Ultimate class or stronger candidate.
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In the back of the Hotel was a large open ground field fitted for duels since this hotel is where parties among nobles gather, they are naturally prepared and fitted for such occasions. Everyone was taking their seats while Masaru handed over his Jacket and tie to Akeno to hold,
"Good Luck"
Akeno gently kissed Masaru's cheek caused the latter to feel surprised but his lips formed a smile. While he was walking towards the field he unbuttoned the sleeve around his wrists and rolled up his sleeves before starting to stretch his body including warming up his wrists.
The noble heir appeared to be wearing some sort of enchanted armour that protected only his vitals, it looks quite light and his sword was attached to his side.
"Shameless!"
One of the devils called out before the rest started laughing since there were no mentions of rules for the duel it was not that much of a shock that this heir would get dressed and armed this way. When he saw Masaru only removed his jacket and tie while rolling up his sleeves caused the heir to breathe unevenly out of rage.
"This is why I stopped you brother... That is someone you need to understand before you face him before the battle even started he has already won the psychological war"
Ravel spoke seriously, although he was arrogant he still took his sister's words seriously. Sona, however, felt worried she looked at Masaru's peerage but they were simply too carefree,
'Why the hell am I stressing over his safety while his peerage is sitting there as if they are looking at a movie!?'
Even Rias felt a bit troubled but when she saw Yuuto sigh and shook his head looking completely relaxed she knew the one in trouble was not Masaru but the heir who was facing against Masaru instead.
The air around Masaru began to undergo a change as Masaru started to recall that threatening peculiar pressure he once felt facing that creature, although he grew stronger and resistance towards that kind of pressure he still felt despair when he faced it his first time.
While remembering that very nature of the pressure he began to cycle his ki within his body while focusing on gathering and moulding the natural ki around him before merging his inner and outer ki to simulate a similar kind of pressure surrounding his fist, it was quite different but thanks to his hard training his control over Ki was quite good.
He made sure to nullify the negative effects of the natural Ki has on his mind with worthless but he made sure that the Ki around his fist gathered the negative side of it as well since he intends to have his strike deal more than just physical damage.
an Elderly man dressed in a butler uniform stood in the middle of the arena
"This is a battle between Yusei Naberius and Masaru Belial"
The Butler moved further away before declaring
"Let the match begin!"
The entire field erupted with a loud cheer especially from the male nobles who were looking forward to the match.
"You still have a chance to give up you know? I am quite considerate after all!"
Yusei spoke loudly causing the devils to laugh at his shamelessness, Masaru remained quiet as he kept manipulating and balancing his inner ki and the natural ki around his fist.
Shirone who was accustomed to Ki could sense something scary around the air of Masaru as if he was immersing himself in the negativity but hardly get influenced by it, even Everest could sense that dreadful pressure and understood what Masaru was trying to do.
'That pressure is!?'
Akeno noticed Shirone's change
"What's wrong with Masaru?"
Shirone shook and looked at Akeno, even Akeno was surprised to see a sliver of fear in Shirone's eyes
"There is nothing wrong with Masaru, however, remember that creature who we told you about in the aeroplane?"
Akeno nodded,
"Although Masaru is containing that pressure around his right fist, he is imitating that very pressure of the creature without it leaking to the outside. That is why no one other than those who trained in Senjutsu can sense it"
"Why would he go so far?"
Shirone could only smile bitterly
"Because he is angry for Naberius Family who turned my big sister into a wanted criminal even though they were the ones that were wrong, but also that he intends to make use of him to establish his influence here and now"
Akeno sighed before smiling wryly at Shirone,
"Don't tell anyone about this okay?"
Shirone nodded, she knew Akeno will have the entire team play dumb to avoid the situation from becoming complicated. Since topics related to Kuroka were sensitive towards Naberius Family.
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"Such a strong control over Ki!"
Falbium who could more or less sense the Ki around Masaru's fist because of his years of Military experience could not help but shudder. Sirzech who saw this was a bit surprised
"This peculiar presence, just what is he doing!?"
"That pressure of the Ki around that boy's fist is eery... It gives off a deformed creature vibe"
When Diehauser heard what this man said he realized what his son was planning,
'Well get your revenge my son, that bloody family had it coming after all... Naberius... Let your father handle the politics for you'
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"Since you won't move then I will!"
Yusei suddenly sprinted towards Masaru, but the moment Masaru's face raised and his eyes locked with Yusei's. Yusei's entire body shiver uncontrollably, the sudden strike of fear so dreadful like his heart could stop was gnawing at his bone marrows all the way to the centre of his heart.
He wanted to scream for help but his body did not move, Masaru was still in control of his body but the killing intent and the ki nature changed when he started to tinker with negative KI.
'I best move real fast before I lose control'
Masaru could feel his control was excellent but because he imitated a specific kind of state of his Ki his control was lesser, he silently cast ground shrink magic to instantly appear near Yusei, he punched with his low high-class strength in full into the guarded abdomen of Yusei causing him to cave into his punch.
Masaru could swear he heard something snapped before Yusei was suddenly launched like a missile into the nearby spectator seats knocked out cold, but that dreadful KI invaded his mind which will forever give him nightmares till he gets a Grand Master of senjutsu to cure him.
"Sweet hell....!"
One of the Devil felt scared,
"One punch!"
Another devil's legs were shaking in fear,
"He beat a fully armoured high class devil with one punch!"
Another was quite excited, this devil felt admiration to Masaru unlike those who were afraid as they held the intent to steal those girls. The girls were quite shocked but all of their impression of Masaru who is handsome and so strong was naturally a choice for a future husband, but before Masaru could be surrounded by other devils Akeno and the rest of the girls ran onto the stage surrounding Masaru hugging him tightly.
"huh? What's wrong girls? Why are you all clinging to me?"
Akeno looked at him sternly
"Because you were reckless again, should I tell grandmother?"
Masaru began to sweat a bit at the thought of his family worrying about him, he shook his head
"Please don't"
Because Masaru was not in the mood to hear another lecture, after all, Akeno nodded
"Then don't do such a reckless experiment during a mock battle or duel!"
Masaru nodded but suddenly he felt someone shivering slightly, he looked down to his right seeing Shirone shaking, he gently caressed her head causing her to flinch but then the shake went away.
"It's okay, your big brother is the strongest after all"
Shirone nodded her head while sticking close to Masaru.
"This is enough proof he indeed has beat Everest"
Sona could not help but sigh, such a strong competitor in her generation meant she will have a difficult battle against him. Since it was true that tactics and strategies were useless against absolute strength.
Yuuto, however, was shocked only to realize now what his sensei meant by he will never reach Masaru's level the way he currently is. Masaru's source of strength was his family and those girls surrounding him,
'I don't have such people... I only have vengeance'
"He reminds me of Sairaorg"
Rias muttered to her self as she once remembered her cousin's fight once ever since he started to train like a real madman to fulfil his promise to his mother who was sleeping. Sona could only smile wryly
"Rias, we will have to grow stronger so we won't be left behind those of the same generation as us"
Rias grinned broadly when she heard Sona,
"My dream is to become the champion of the Rating Game so naturally I will become stronger"
Masaru led his peerage swiftly outside to avoid being surrounded by flatterers with ill intentions, luckily he managed to send a magical letter to Sona through Tsubaki. As for Rias, he intended to have Yuuto relay it after the party since he wished to leave the venue before trouble escalates.
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"Since it was an official duel such things are a common occurrence after all..."
Ajuka muttered softly before standing up to leave, his message was clear enough for everyone in the room. He will protect Masaru from anyone who targets him about this duel.
"I never saw Ajuka take such a strong interest to someone"
Serafall could only smile wryly
"Well Masaru did prove the existence of something he was searching for all his life, so he needs Masaru to help him with that"
Sirzech knew his friend the most after all but then he looked at the heir of Naberius family,
'Well they got what they deserve... With this a sharp decline will follow for them after this'
The reason for it was because the family only had one Heir, so this situation will make the family to somehow rush to get another heir. Unless they could search for a strong senjutsu user who could remove the negative KI from within the boy's body.
Diehauser already bade his farewell following after his son, from the distance he could see Masaru's face reflect an inner peace as if some weight was lifted from him.
'He endured well since we can't help the older sister right now at least he found a reason to release his rage on the perfect target'
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