Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Cursed King and Musician
Rias POV
Looking towards the pig of a man that was wearing nothing more than a crown and a royal cape, I couldn't help but compare the vision of what I thought Riser was that seems so long ago. I thought that this was what Riser was but seeing the real deal before my eyes, I couldn't help but think of my past self as stupid once more.
Riser wasn't who I thought he was, and I confirmed it these past few weeks. I had a normal life of a human, no luxuries, no responsibilities, and no expectation of me. I was free in this world and living together with him was more pleasant than I thought.
I mean, we are now engaged and stuff but we didn't do anything romantic or even sexual. We just hung out like friends and got more comfortable with each other. Just having a friend that gets along with me on an equal level and has the same interests as me was so fulfilling.
Akeno was more of a sister to me than a friend and while we were really close she has more of an… 'interesting' hobby than me, her fetishes are sometimes a bit too wild for me to keep up.
Koneko chan had no interest in anime and was more of a foodie than me too. And Yuuto was more interested in training and sword fighting than watching entertainment, though I did sometimes coral them into watching some anime if they had a food and sword fighting theme.
Gasper is more into games, and while I did enjoy playing with him a lot, even some anime fighting games that we can play together. It was a little stifling with how careful I have to be around him to even get him to play together with me. He was just a little too shy to have a lasting gaming session together too.
But having Riser to watch together and talk about so many anime and mangas was so fun, though he often talks about how we can apply it in real life with our demonic magic, I still can't believe I never thought of imitating some of the moves in animes that I've seen.
And training together to achieve so much has never felt better when I actually have something to train towards too. It's not just a drag to actually train but to train because of a goal, well the goal was to be cooler to imitate moves in anime, but still.
And when I said there wasn't anything sexual that happened between us, I may have been stretching the truth a little bit, because his massages after training just feels too good. Even Akeno lost in that regard. Whenever we train, my peerage and I would do our best and then we would take a bath to relax.
But in the privacy of our rooms, Akeno and I would massage each other to heal the pains of training all day, and sometimes it may have gotten a little spicy that we would explore each other's body too… But Riser's hands were too good, he was just massaging me normally but every knot, every muscle would respond to his touches until I could feel a twisting in my stomach. My legs would get wetter and wetter until I was just about gushing from his hands.
He's gotten practice from doing that to his peerage didn't he? And now for some reason whenever I think that he did that to his peerage a dark disgusting feeling comes to my chest, like I was jealous of them somehow.
And as the days of bonding together with him in this new world continued, I was feeling more affection for him more and more as the days came to pass. I realized that he has wormed his way into my heart, maybe just a little bit…
I now feel comfortable to call him my fiance, maybe my parents were right that I was just looking at him through tinted eyes.
So seeing his distraught face when he was panicking about something I couldn't help but be reminded of how Koneko was when she first came to me and I unconsciously tried to comfort him by hugging him and caressing his head just like how I did for Koneko back then.
And then entering this 'palace' that they called it, we saw that there were even worse things that we haven't seen before. If this is all happening in this twisted man's mind then what do they represent in reality?
I-I can't even imagine what those poor students are experiencing right now.
And then we are now stuck in this situation, Ren and Morgana are currently being held by these guards and then we are getting surrounded by these knights.
We then found out about the past of Ryuuji, and how this teacher made him a pariah and broke his future for his own selfish gain and desires. I, myself, was angry at the things that happened to him. And then he suddenly fell to the floor and clutched his head as if in pain.
I know that I can easily destroy all these shadows and knights so looking at Riser to see if we can finally act I saw him looking bewildered and mad at the same time at what he was seeing.
And looking back at the palace wielder, I… What even is this?
Is that me?
How… How dare he look at me like that?
I would never act that slutty for someone, She was just draping herself and rubbing her own body to this pervert… and he is just groping and…!
Suddenly pain was all I felt, all my anger was amplified and my head was now splitting in pain. Followed by my body as the pain from my head radiated down and I couldn't even stand up properly.
I fell to my knees, my right hand hugging my body and my left clutching at my head and then a voice pierced through the pain. A clear voice with a soothing tone to it.
"Will you still allow yourself to be looked at like a trophy? Are you nothing more than a princess to be saved by someone, a damsel in distress and nothing more?"
"I, W-Who?"
"Answer me, are you really just someone to be passed around like that? First by your parents, and then to Issei, then to Riser, and then to this pig, will you just do this over and over? Will you really just be someone who has to submit herself to her fate?"
"No! My fate is my own!"
"Then what will you do?"
"I will fight!"
"Yes, fight! Fight until there is nothing else to fight to get your goal! Get strong and grasp it with your own hands! Don't rely on others and be the king that you were supposed to be! If you are ready to be the conqueror you were always supposed to be then call my name! I am thou, thou art I… you who has accepted her true self… It is time to go wild!"
Grasping the golden mask that appeared on my face, I tore it away from my face and then the pain turned into power…
"Fire at will!!! Nobunaga!!!"
My school uniform was burned and a new outfit came. A black military outfit hugged my body firmly and grayish gloves adorned my hands. Golden armored boots were now protecting my feet and a crimson red half cape now flowed to my left body.
A red katana is now grasped by my left hand.
And behind me appeared my true self, a tomboyish female? She also wears a military uniform the same as me, or at least the bare minimum of my outfit, because she wears a no sleeved kimono styled military uniform with a gold adorned black military hat. She wears her long hair in a wild puffy ponytail.
But the most eye-catching thing about her was the massive matchlock gatling gun rifle that she adorns.
So this is a stand… no, a persona.
I have never felt more free and powerful all my life. It's like a huge burden has finally lifted off my shoulders as I finally accepted myself as myself…
"Fire! Nobunaga! Annihilate that fake version of myself!"
Nobunaga aimed her matchlock rifle and opened fire to the Rias look alike that acted like a slut for someone else. And a massive bullet went through the fake's head and she dissolved into a shadow.
Looking beside me I noticed the different form of my fiance and the elegant sign of death floating above him. A terrifying but elegant creature.
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Riser POV
"Then come to me, and bring chaos! Salieri!"
My cold wrath turned to pure power as my true self was brought to the world. My highschool uniform was disintegrated as it was replaced by a black long tailed suit with gray vertical stripes. My neck was wrapped by a blood red scarf that goes down to the inside of my suit. There was also a golden necklace going down from my neck to my suit.
To my left hangs a scabbard for the cross shaped dagger that was grasped by my right hand, a dagger that suspiciously looked like a conductor's baton in the shape of a cross.
Above me hangs a creature that has no face but only a mask that looks like my own mask. It was grasping a large sword that was shaped like a cross like mine. In contrast to my own dark suit he was wearing a black and red outfit that looks armored but also looks like a suit.
My persona following my command pulled glowing strings coming from his left shoulder and with the sword on his right hand started to play with it like a violin and out came music filled with rage.
And then dark slashes appeared from where Kamoshida is, it was a good thing that he had shadows around him acting like bodyguards as they used their own bodies as shields for him.
"My king!" those damn guards got in the way.
I was about to go and help Ren and Morgana when Ryuji, having his own awakening, called out to his own persona, Captain Kidd.
He was more confident than before, his outfit changed to a more sailor outfit and his face was adorned by a skull mask. When he pulled it off, his true self came out once again.
Captain Kidd was a true pirate. He was riding his ship like he was surfing, a ship that had cartoonish eyes and a smirk like a shark. Meanwhile Kidd himself had a captain pirate's hat, a black and blue sailor outfit and he had two sabers crossed adorning his chest. And his right hand being a cannon itself.
"Blast 'em away! Captain Kidd!"
And the cannon on his hand and the cannons on the ship fired to all those surrounding his friends.
"No! Capture them! Dead or Alive doesn't matter anymore, just stop them!" The king commanded his soldiers and out came even more soldiers from the corridors of the castle. There were even more knights coming from the second floor. Seeing his panicking face cooled down my anger a little bit and then got me thinking.
Just where are all these guards coming from? Is this what it means to have an alert level 100% or something? Is this what happens when the clap of my ass cheeks keep alerting the guards?
We just get surrounded all the time?
Fuck, there's too many of them now, we have no choice but to retreat for now don't we? And we have no time either. Everytime a persona user awakens their persona for the first time they get exhausted, it was never really explained why but I think it's because of the relief and adrenaline that one feels after holding onto a persona all these years without letting them out.
Imagine wearing a mask all your life, living a lie even if you do not know it, just to conform to society, to adapt and survive in the world that we live in.
After letting it all out for the world to see wouldn't you feel the relief and then the exhaustion you have been holding onto your entire life?
I can already feel the adrenaline fading away and the tiredness seeping into my form.
"Guys! We have to go or we will get surrounded again! We can take care of that bastard another time, for now we have to escape. I'll cut a path for us to go! You guys watch my back and prevent them from getting close!"
I instinctively ordered them like my peerage, I didn't really want the ordinary people to know our powers yet so with a flourish I once again took off my mask and summoned my Persona.
"Salieri! A requiem please."
Salieri manifested a floating black themed piano keys and played music for our opponents and they were inflicted with various status ailments.
From being confused and attacking their allies, to being in fear and just standing still, to even just sleeping which just made them drop on the floor and sleep. The enemy lines became wrought with chaos as knights attacked knights tripping on some of their sleeping members.
"Now Salieri!"
With a command Salieri charged forward and using his sword made a path for us to escape. Looking behind me I can see the chaos my teammates also wrought on the enemies.
From gunfire, to darkness, to lightning and wind. They were doing all they could to hold back the waves of enemies and when I finally prompted them we escaped the castle with no trouble.
So that was an enlightening experience wasn't it!
That was fun, we should do it again sometimes… My vision turned wobbly and red and black distortions once again flooded me as we finally returned back to our reality.
The world made sense again as behind us lies an ordinary school and the pink castle was gone… Well now the only decision now is whether or not we would even include Ann in our roster because right now there are five of us who can solve this by ourselves.
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A/N:
So Riser's Persona is Antonio Salieri from Fate grand order, his phantom thief outfit is the stage 2 Salieri and the Persona itself is the Stage 1 version… I mean come on, he looks like a stand and he looks so cool. Also he became an avenger because he was accused of killing Mozart. So he was rebelling against the idea of his reputation and history that was passed down. Basically people's opinions shaped him.
Meanwhile Rias got the outfit of Stage 1 Oda Nobunaga(Avenger) and the Persona of Nobunaga Avenger stage 2. I wanted her to develop, not as Switch Princess so yeah. The boobs being the switch to power is gone… Instead the boobs became power itself. And I wanted her to actually act as a better king in the canon. I wanted her to rely on her own power and not on her peerage so much. So yeah…
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