"Rias-sama. Sirzechs-sama wishes to trace the identity of the king of those women that were captured by using their evil pieces. Ajuka agreed to do the honors, but since this was in short notice, he won't be able to help for an unspecified amount of time." Grayfia explained concisely. Not too much detail or too little.
"I see...well...I suppose asking every high-class and ultimate-class devil to account for themselves and their Peerages would be somewhat extreme wouldn't it?" the red-headed devil murmured quietly.
At least she was sure that this guy couldn't act recklessly from now on, they would be ready next time.
"...That isn't the only thing that I wanted to tell you, Rias-sama." the maid continued, her eyes scanning the room as she wondered whether it was a good idea to discuss Gremory issues when there were strangers present.
"Grayfia. They know about it already. I told them. It's fine." Rias assured calmly without a hint of self-doubt.
The maid simply sighed at her mistress' insistence.
"...Very well. As you are aware, Riser-sama doesn't wish to wait for the marriage ceremony to be postponed until you graduate university."
The Gremory Peerage all glanced at one another with small frowns, expressing their discontent with the situation.
"I'm aware. What of it?" Rias retorted, she felt her irritation grow as their conversation continued. They've already established this and all the information did was make her day worse.
"Well...he wishes to speak to you about it personally." Grayfia finished solemnly.
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"No. No, no, no, no! He's not allowed to enter this summer home!" the Gremory heiress declared hotly, furious at the idea that such a man would be allowed inside the area where her allies and friends were relaxing.
Mio made a quiet fist pump, internally cheering her older friend on. All to Maria's amusement since she noticed it.
"...Apologies Rias-sama. I've already gave Riser-sama permission to use a magic circle to enter the premises." the maid revealed stoically, not even a little bit remorseful.
Rias couldn't have looked more bitter if she tried.
As if on cue, a orange magic circle appeared behind the maid, which in turn released large doses of flames. Those who weren't expecting it, flinched at the sudden rise in temperature.
After a moment, the flames died down and revealed a young man with short blond hair, with a fringe that stood up in the middle. He wore a pair of burgundy colored pants and a blazer that had a white dress shirt underneath it.
"...Riser Phenex." Rias practically spat out his name in disgust. Insulted that he would have the gall to show up at a place of relaxation and in front of her guests.
Riser turned to face the red-headed devil with a grin, seemingly uncaring of his intrusion. "Ah! Rias! My love! I've come for you!"
"...Why are you here?" the red-headed devil asked quietly. Her default facial expression has now become a heated glare as she looked at her 'fiancé'.
The Phenex shrugged with a smug smirk that remained on his face. "I've come to discuss with you about your selfish actions, your family can't cater to your wishes forever you know?"
Her eyes narrowed in anger. "...I like how you call my actions 'selfish' when your actions happen to be just as selfish...you just happen to get something out of this."
Once more, the older blond merely shrugged helplessly. "Doesn't change the fact that this has to happen, with your approval or not. So don't make this hard, eh Rias?"
Everyone else was watching the back-and-forth with morbid fascination, some felt that they had no right to interfere, while others felt that they would only make the situation worse with their input.
The only one who knew how this thing worked was Rias herself due to her education, no one else was nearly as qualified.
It didn't mean any of them had to like it though.
"...This is frustrating to watch." Yuki stated quietly, voicing out the quiet majority's opinion on the matter.
Mio nodded to that, then she turned away from the verbally sparring high-class devils to the room where Naruto had secluded himself.
This was a perfect chance...Riser Phenex was here and Grayfia was here...so what was he waiting for?
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"It's done!"
"I see that you two have reached a stalemate. My master has foreseen such an event...and has created an alternative to this desperate situation." Grayfia declared to the quarreling devils.
The Phenex and Gremory devils stopped their heated conversation to face the famous queen, intrigued by the idea.
But before she could voice out her master's plan, she was interrupted by an obnoxious cry.
"Hey! Everyone! I'm finished! So what'd I miss!?" a blond boy called out as he slammed the door open from his room and interrupted the conversation.
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