Chương 18: Chapter 18: A Short, Informative Chat

Sleeping wasn't happening so I got up and went downstairs. Surprisingly my father was still awake. He was sitting on the couch watching a movie with my mother who was sleeping peacefully on his left shoulder. More surprising than them being awake was them being fully clothed.

"Seems you had some guests, Boy." My father said with a smile. His eyes never leaving the tv.

"You could say that. I sat down to his right and leaned back as I looked at the screen. A small smile enveloping my lips as I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 on. It looked like it had just started. I looked at my dad who kept the same smile. Growing up it was Daiko and my favorite movie. Whenever I watched it, I felt at peace. My father must have sensed my distress and put it on before I came down.

Not a bad father at all.

"Talk to me, Kid."

I sighed. "Not really much to say. My club president teleported into my room, asked me to fuck her, then her maid came in and told her that fucking random guys isn't good for the family business."

I really didn't wanna talk about it so I decided to simplify it and ended up getting restrained laughs from the old man who was trying his best not to wake my mother up.

"Devils are always up to no good." He smiled. "But teleporting into someone's room and trying to pull their pants down is crazy!"

"Tell me about it." I chuckled. I knew there was a lot more to it, and knowing my father he probably did as well. However laughing at things that didn't make sense or that were traumatic was kind of our thing. I mean the alternative is to sulk and wallow and it's better to be positive then linger in negativity.

"So did my boy become a man?" He asked, and for the first time taking his eyes off the tv to look at me expectantly.

"Nah." I shrugged.

He nodded and the smile never left his face. "That's good I guess. You're still my boy…for a little longer at least.

My lips twitched even higher up as we basked in comfortable silence. I love my mother more than she and my father would ever know, but with her endless stamina, it makes it hard for us to be a normal family. My father being the perfect enabler doesn't help either.

"The maid…was she the Leviathan, or the Queen of Lucifer?" My father suddenly asked. His face was still calm but I could tell he really wanted an answer.

"I don't actually know. She said her King was waiting for my club president, and my president is Rias Gremory, so maybe she was referring to Lord Lucifer."

"You get her name?"

"Grayfia."

"Queen of Annihilation it is." He said as he went into thought.

"That's her title?" I asked, earning a nod from the older man. "Badass."

"Here's hoping you get an even greater title, Son. With your growth rate, potential, and sacred gear people may very well be calling you the strongest being in existence with time." My father said as he placed a hand on my head and ruffled my raven black hair.

We spent the rest of the time watching the movie in silence. Around halfway through my mother woke up and surprisingly she didn't start any sexual activities with my father. Instead settling for watching the movie that once brought our whole family closer with a reminiscent smile on her face.

Once the movie finished, I went outside and just decided to walk around. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't get Rias off my mind.

"I think I have a problem." I said aloud.

'[No. If anything I'd say this is good. Having someone to fight for, and a mate to bed can never be a bad thing as long as you can protect them.]'

I thought about Ddraig's words and smiled. I did promise to get her out of whatever is bothering her. And who knows…maybe she'll see me in the way I want her too.

"Dude, the fuck are you doing out here?" I heard a familiar voice. Turning around I was surprised to see Matsuda in a tracksuit. It wasn't unusual for Matsuda to be out running, and out of the three perverted idiots I'd have Matsuda as the most likely to actually get with a girl. At least if he stopped being such a blatant pervert.

"Collecting my thoughts." I smiled.

"Wanna talk about it?" He asked with an unusual concerned look.

"...Nah. Thanks though, Matsuda."

He nodded and gave me a wave before he began running down the street.

I kept walking until I found myself at a familiar apartment. It was the apartment building Koneko lived in. I don't know what led me here, but I decided to trust them once more as I walked up the stairs and stopped in front of a door. The door wasn't Koneko's. I gave three knocks to the door and waited.

The door opened a minute after and I was greeted by the tired face of Yuuto.

"Isamu? What's up? It's like 1 in the morning right? Something troubling you?" Yuuto asked with a yawn. He ruffled his bed head trying to make it somewhat presentable.

"Yeah, sorry about that, but I want to talk. It's about Buchou."

Any tiredness Yuuto had seemingly vanished at the mention of the Master he swore to protect.

"What's wrong?" He asked seriously.

"It would be better to talk about it inside. Got any tea?" I asked, wanting to calm him down a bit.

"Yeah, I'll make some. Though fair warning. It's not nearly as good as Akeno-senpai's." He smiled.

I nodded and walked inside, closing the door behind me. His apartment was right next to Koneko's and looked just as small. I'm surprised a rich girl like Rias wouldn't buy something bigger for her servants but I guess they're fine with this or she would have gotten something bigger.

I sat at the table as Yuuto made some green tea which wasn't as bad as I had expected.

"So tell me what's wrong." He demanded albeit much more calmly than before.

I wasted no more time in telling him everything that happened from the moment Rias entered my room, to the moment she left. While leaving out my inner thoughts regarding her body.

"You have much more self-control than I thought you would. Had it been Issei, he would have either pounced on her or got cold feet and been too scared to do anything." Yuuto said with a frown.

"While I like poking fun at Issei as much as the next guy, can you tell me if you have any idea why Rias would do something like that?" I asked hoping to finally get answers. That way I could work on a solution as soon as possible.

"Well it's a bit of a long story, but I'll shorten it. Since Buchou was born, she has been engaged to a man by the name of Riser Phenex." I couldn't help but notice the way he spat the man's name out.

"Not a fan?" I asked.

"How could anyone be? Buchou has made it clear plenty of times that she has no interest in him and is disgusted by his personality, but instead of backing off he only pushes harder. Constantly trying to get her affection." Yuuto said. His face twisted into a scowl the entire time.

I won't lie. I didn't really see a reason to hate this guy. At least not yet. A bit of a creeper for trying to get a girl's affection when she clearly doesn't want you? Yeah, no doubt. However they're engaged so it kinda makes sense why he'd want to grow closer to her.

"But why did Rias feel the need to lose her virginity to me tonight, Yuuto?" I tried to get into the root problem.

"Engagement contracts have different clauses and these clauses cannot be broken under any circumstances. One of the clauses on the GremoryxPhenex contract is the virginity clause. Recently Akeno, and Buchou have been having considerably more meetings with the Gremory Family and Phenex Family. If I had to guess I'd say they moved up the date of the wedding." Yuuto grimaced. His fists clenched as he seemingly wallowed in his own weakness.

"So she did it so she could break the virginity clause and thus void the contract as a whole?" I asked, unable to believe my ears. While there is a chance something like that could work, it would no doubt not bode well for her…or me. Thank you Ddraig.

'[It's my job to save you when your lost to your instincts, Partner.]'

I really almost fucked up and made an enemy of two different houses. Well I guess when I help Rias out of this shit I'll do that anyway.

"So what do you plan to do?" Yuuto asked. It was a question that caught me off guard. The vibe I got from Yuuto was a chivalrous knight that would protect his master until his dying breath. Yet now he was asking me to take that responsibility into my own hands?

"...Whatever I can. I'll find a loophole in this contract. If I have time, I'll read it for however long it takes, and then I'll act." I said after a few moments of contemplation.

Yuuto smiled at my words and stood up from his seat. "I'm glad you're so willing to help Buchou, but you shouldn't need to worry yourself. If it comes down to it, we the servants of Rias Gremory will fight until our bones give out and our blood runs cold for our master's freedom."

I stood up as well and wore a matching smile before sticking out my hand for a shake. "I have no doubt you will. However it can't hurt to have another ally in this endeavor."

Yuuto shook my hand for a few seconds before starting to clean up our tea. I took that as a sign and waved him goodbye to which he returned. I left the house and made my way home. I felt a lot better now after talking about it with him and felt confident for the future.