章 13: Raiser

It had been a week after the church raid. Alex was sitting in the ORC room, while Asia brought him a bit of tea. She had recognized him from when he showed her the church, but not from the fight thankfully. It only took a few days after the fight for them to meet again, and he noticed instantly that she now carried the aura of a devil.

Relieved that everything worked out, he was now just waiting for the fight with Raiser. One thing that concerned him was Koneko giving him strange looks throughout the week. He pretended not to notice, but he now knew she suspected his involvement at the church. Since he was planning to reveal himself soon anyways, he decided not to let it worry him. Soon however, Akeno came and whispered something into Rias's ear causing her to sigh.

"Alex, there's something I need to talk to the club members about, can you go ahead and I'll meet up with you later?" Alex nodded and left as she asked. Not long after, a magic circle covered in flames appeared and a handsome arrogant looking young man appeared immediately after. The members arranged themselves, while the man took a seat, Rias then pointedly sat across from him. Akeno appeared pushing a cart with snacks and tea, which she then served to their guest.

"No matter how many times I come to the human world it's always so filthy. I don't understand how you can live in this filth Rias." She looked disgusted at the man calling her by name, but bore it as she had to.

"What do you want Rasier? The arrangement isn't for another few years after I finish collage. There's no reason for you to be here." Raiser sneered at her words.

"So cold towards your future husband? Well no matter, the arrangements been changed. We're getting married right away." Rias stood up in anger and demanded,

"Why?! There's no reason to move up the marriage and it's not as if there's a risk of running out of time anyways!" Raiser was about to say something, but at that moment another magic circle appeared. This time it was a beautiful woman with silver hair in a maid outfit. She gave a somewhat cold look at Raiser for stirring up trouble, and said,

"Raiser, this situation will be handled by the house of Gremory. Even though you are her fiancé, we do not wish for you to be stirring up trouble for no good reason." Rasier only laughed at Grayfia's words and said,

"Stirring up trouble? What about Rias, who is apparently flaunting herself around with another guy, and a lowly human at that?" Raiser said as he pulled out some photographs of a familiar man with spiked hair. Rias's complexion turned pale instantly and said,

"What about him? I'm already planning to break the relationship off tonight anyways. There not anything wrong with a bit of fun while I'm in the human world is there?" She said as if Alex meant nothing to her. Raiser only laughed and said,

"Very convincing, Ive never heard of "a bit of fun" going on for two years though. We also found that you started your relationship almost as soon as you started high school. The members of the Pheonix house are concerned that were not being taken seriously if my fiancé runs around with another guy the moment she left the underworld."

From there the argument continued until the rating game was decided on. Rias was also forced to terminate her relationship with Alex permanently to preserve the reputation of the Gremory house. After Raiser and Grayfia left, Rias soon followed with tears in her eyes at the thought of how her night with Alex was going to go. Koneko looked concerned for her master, and whispered her suspicions about Alex to Kiba, who then decided to quietly follow her.

Later Alex was on his date with Rias, he noticed that her mood was considerably worse today, and tried to take her places that would cheer her up. When they were walking through the park, night started to fall. Rias suddenly turned to Alex and said,

"If I was in trouble would you come to save me not matter what?" Alex was surprised at her question. He asked,

"What like Prince Charming on a white horse?" She looked a little embarrassed at his words, but nodded.

"Nope" Alex said immediately, causing her to go into brief shock before he finished talking.

"I'm not really the hero type, I would say I'm the dragon that kidnaps the princess type, then falls for the princess." Rias was stunned at his words, then managed a small smile for the first time that night. She recalled all the fight she gets into, though he might see like a hero to some, she suddenly realized that his words were more accurate than she originally thought. Alex smirked at how she didn't actually realize how true his words were.

Rias then had the image of him carrying her away from Raiser, but knew it could never happen. She steeled herself for her next words.

"I'm sorry but I have to break up with you." She didn't wait for his response, but used her wings to fly away, revealing her devil identity. Alex was stunned at the sudden development, but then said,

"You can come out now." Kiba walked out from the trees. He's was on edge as Alex seemed to know he was there the whole time. Alex further surprised him with his next words.

"Do you care for your masters happiness?" Kiba didn't respond right away from shock, but then said a moment later,

"Of course I do, as her knight my very life is for her and her goals." Alex smiled in response to Kiba's words and said,

"I'll explain who I am and why I hid myself properly later, if you want your master to be happy then help me get into the underworld when you lose the rating game." Kiba wasn't sure how to respond to Alex's words, but decided that it would be better to bet on him than Raiser. The two formed their temporary pact that night, before Kiba left for training the next day. Alex also started training, to kick Raisers ass.