Chương 28: Chapter 28: Friends, Rivals, Problems

"Right, I'll do what I must, but please tell Lord Lucifer from now on that I would like to know about these things in advance. He may be the leader of the devils, but I will not be brought into his tomfoolery!"

Everyone raised an eyebrow and Issei placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Dude…it's not that deep."

"I will be sure to tell my lord your request. With my duty out of the way, I will take my leave." Grayfia bowed before walking out. The door to the room magically repaired itself as she left.

"She's magic!" Issei shouted in shock.

"...Idiot." Koneko muttered as she also walked out of the door.

"Issei…we're all magic." Yuuto said with a nervous smile.

"Don't." I waved Yuuto off, pushing him out of the door as we both took our leave. It was better not to get involved with Issei when he was on his dumbstreaks. The man is the slowest person you'll ever meet. If it's not about tits or hentai, you'll probably have to explain it a dozen times.

"So, you and Buchou." Yuuto caught my attention with an almost smug smirk.

"Yup, guess that makes me your boss." I said, returning his smirk. "Which means you can kiss your peaceful days goodbye. Issei got his training arc, it's your turn!"

Yuuto chuckled, no doubt thinking I was joking.

I wasn't.

We walked around the mansion for a bit before deciding to head back. I knew Rias was tired, simply looking at her face and her actions explained as much. Yuuto and I said our goodbyes to Rias and Akeno before teleporting back to the school. Yuuto went his own way, and I teleported back home.

'[Seems the first major event of your life is coming to a close, and now you find yourself with a good future secured. Any regrets?]'

'Not fucking Akeno yet.' I shrugged.

'[You start seeing the woman you find most beautiful in the entire world, and you think of breeding her friend?]' Ddraig's amusement was obvious.

'Honestly, it's more like payback. I'm still not over that time Akeno locked me in the closet. I'm definitely getting her back for that. Hopefully Rias is okay with that…if she's not, I won't push it.'

'[Many if not all women do not like finding themselves as one of many. I doubt she will be 'okay' with it. Though with your growing strength, I'm sure she will allow it out of necessity. Once you reach your true potential, she simply won't be able to keep up with you.]' Ddraig explained thoughtfully. This dragon was actually really helpful.

'Rias said she wants to go slow, so we should probably put this talk off until later.'

'[You started it, you overgrown bipedal weak fuck.]'

I hopped on my bed and blinked. Then blinked again.

'Who shit in your cereal?' I asked in genuine curiosity. For as long as I've known him, Ddraig has engaged in banter with me, but it's usually just shitty trash talk. What he just said was definitely personal.

Ddraig sighed, a long tired sigh.

'[You have revealed yourself to not just the devils, but also the entire supernatural world. This means, even my rival, Albion's host must have seen your fight. The last time we fought, my host was dealt with, and I'd rather not lose another one if I could avoid it.]'

'I get it. There's a chance he didn't see me fight, but it would be smarter to assume he did. We have no way of telling how strong my rival is, but there's no way he's as strong as me…right?'

I got no answer from Ddraig and felt him cut the link. In hindsight I guess assuming he's not as strong as me is also stupid. This is someone that will be coming for me to kill me, simply for being the Red Dragon Emperor. I shouldn't leave my life up to chance, especially when I don't know who the fuck this guy even is.

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The Grigori (3rd POV)

Sitting in a small living room were five people. Two women, and three men. They had all just finished watching something rather interesting. Every single TV in the Grigori had been playing the same fight, a fight between a Phenex and a Demigod.

"Looks like you found your rival." Arthur Pendragon said with a small smile.

The silver haired man in his late teens and hazel eyes stared at the now black screen in contemplation. Vali Lucifer, The White Dragon Emperor, had spent his entire life training. There were many reasons why he did so, but one of the main ones was to fight his rival in mortal combat. As dragons should.

What left him in deep thought was the fact his rival wasn't some weak human who happened to end up with the [Boosted Gear], but instead an Egyptian Demigod who already seemed to be a supernatural powerhouse.

Vali's lips curved upwards, and continued to do so until he had a maniacal grin.

"Isn't it great." Vali started, his voice low yet leaking with excitement. "He's not some shitty lesser, but instead a worthy rival. Our battle will be legendary!"

"{Indeed, never in history has either I, nor Ddraig been born into anyone that was not completely human. Not until now. The Spawn of Lucifer, and The Spawn of Anubis. The Biblical Scourge vs The God of the Dead.}" Albion roared, his voice booming pumping with very unusual excitement.

"The greatest dragon emperors in history, our clash will shake the earth. Our flames will burn all of existence itself, and our-"

"Chun."

Vali's smile dropped immediately, looking towards the golden eyed woman who just insulted him.

"I'm not a damn chun." He said, matter of factly.

"You name all of your attacks super edgy shit. Every moment of your life, you live like there's a camera recording you. To top it all off, you totally have an edgy diary talking about your 'fated battle' with your destined one!" Kuroka announced dramatically.

"...How do you know about that?" Vali asked, his demonic power beginning to flare a bit.

"Reni told Le Fay, and Le Fay told me, you Satan nyam chun!" Kuroka said with a mischievous giggle.

"...You added the nya just to piss me off."

"No shit…Nyah." Kuroka laughed back.

"Fuck you."

"Oh I hope you will nyah!"

Arthur, Le Fay, and Bikou all sighed as they watched their leader and their resident nekoshou go back and forth. Kuroka wasn't even supposed to be in Grigori, less she get hunted down, but she obviously didn't give a fuck. Le Fay seemingly wanted to say something but Arthur held his sister back. He didn't get paid enough to deal with this shit.

"Gimme them dragon kittens nyah!"

Another sigh from the three of them. This was their life.