Akeno watched the entire proceedings in confusion, before preparing herself to defend her 'king' as well.
"...That's it." Mio whispered beside her, a tone of finality to it, as bangs shadowed her eyes.
Before the second-in-command of the Gremory group could have asked her, Mio turned around and ran.
"That's what happened, Sirzechs-sama." Grayfia finished dutifully, bowing to her husband once she was done.
Sirzechs was unresponsive, placing his hand on his chin and scratching it while he was thinking.
Just what was going on recently...? A phoenix appears onto the battlefield, now apparently someone who can utilize senjutsu has appeared near the castle?
It could be Koneko's sister...but considering the crazy things that have been happening recently, he was somewhat inclined to wait for more proof.
That being said, he would have to reassure everyone who hasn't left the castle yet that their safety was guaranteed still. He'd also have to go through damage control later...man...a lot of Clan Leaders were probably going to be upset at the turn of events.
That meant a lot of paperwork...
The red-headed Maou stopped his musings when he began to hear the rising din from the main hall.
Sirzechs moved away from the well-covered inside of the Maou's box to the 'balcony' piece of it, to check the main hall from his elevated position. He ignored the dull ruckus that the crowd from below was causing before because he assumed that everyone had much to talk about before they left, but now the noise was becoming more...aggressive.
The second he saw what was happening outside, his eyes narrowed.
"...I thought that I set them straight, I'll stop this immediately." Grayfia said quietly, preparing to interrupt the rising tension.
"No, wait." the current Maou Lucifer muttered, stopping his wife as he took a step forward. "I'll do it myself this time."
He prepared to spread his wings and descend onto the floor, intent on preventing any more conflict.
But he stopped, incredulity stopping him cold as he watched a certain daughter of the Original Lucifer climb up the stairway and end loud din from the mob by shouting at the top of her lungs-
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
The entire room went silent as the loud scream echoed throughout the hall, gaining everyone's attention at the sheer abruptness of it all.
"...Mio-chan?" Rias whispered, eyes wide as she regarded her usually unassertive kohai.
Mio was standing on top of the stairway that led to the Maou's box, staring down at the crowd assembled before her as if she was preparing to give a speech to a large group of supporters.
Except she didn't look the part.
Her eyes were dilated. Her fists clenched. Her shoulders shaking. Her chest heaving.
With clenched teeth, she prepared to release everything on her captive audience.
"...Hypocrites...!" Mio spat out, glaring heatedly at the crowd of devils staring back at her.
Silence was all she heard in response.
"...Hypocrites! Each and every damn one of you! All of you who are condemning Rias-sempai for her selfishness are nothing but hypocrites!" Mio screamed out, pointing an offending finger at the large group of devils in front of her.
The incredulity that everyone was feeling was only compounded by these words, keeping them silent and passive throughout her statements.
But that was changing, as many of the noble devils began to feel red-hot anger from the girl's claim. Their displeasure was about to be voiced, but the young half-devil continued unabated.
"You all claim that Rias-sempai's actions make her selfish, yet are any of you any different!? You make political ploys to enhance your position while detracting your enemies, scheme to use someone for your benefit whether they like it or not, and all of you even celebrate an engagement when one of the participants clearly don't want it! How are any of you in any position to denounce her exactly!?" Mio began, gaining more and more traction as she continued, releasing all of her frustration and anger over the day's events in one singular rant.
The anguish she felt when she learned of her origins...!
"Maybe Rias-sempai is being selfish, but how dare you criticize her when none of you are any different! The fucking gall!"
Her impotence when watching her brother fight Riser...!
"More than that, a bunch of you were planning on getting Naruto into your Peerages! Through hook or crook! Yet you denounce her for using him!? The arrogance!"
Her disgust of the blood running through her veins...!
"Also, before anyone could claim that Rias-sempai is obtuse, who exactly are you all following again!? Oh right...it's the devil that threatened my brother; the guy who had the Maou Lucifer's favor and who could take down legendary beasts! Who the hell is obtuse here again!?"
Her fear of Naruto's safety...!
"All of you are just making a scapegoat out of my friend! Look at a fucking mirror already!"
All of these emotions were being released as Mio screamed out her negative feelings towards the many noble devils that were taking part of this pity party.
She's had enough.
The red-headed half-devil stopped for a second, taking a deep breathe to try and center herself. She had one last thing to say...
"...Even if any of you aren't hypocrites, you would still be using her family as the basis of her being self-sacrificing. But guess what...this is the part where I'll be selfish, because even if all of you care about clan obligations and letting family define who you are...I don't. You could all complain about it, but at the end of the day, I will never judge someone through their family, so all of you who are seeing her as 'just another Gremory'...could just fuck off!"
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The room was deathly silent after Mio has finally finished her rant, everyone staring at the fifteen year old red-head who has just viciously brought the verbal beat down.
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