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Chapter 19 : Rescue, Recruitment and ….Summoning again?
- Shin –
I took Rias and Merlin with me for obvious reasons. First Rias needed to recruit Hermione and second Merlin couldn't be left alone for now. Too many reasons for that second one.
"So what's with that blonde girl? is she an oracle of some kind?" Merlin asked to clarify the situation.
"Luna is a little…special. I don't really know what her ability is but she can see things which other people cannot. That was the exact description of her ability that I got from my sources. And it can mean anything." I reply.
Like seriously, vague descriptions of powers suck sometimes.
"You said that it was similar to the ability of the Sephiroth Graal." Rias quipped in.
"It is my best guess to be honest. I haven't had the chance to meet the user of the Sephiroth Graal yet. If I do however, I am making them my peerage member. Its potential is higher than any and all the other Longinuses in my opinion." I reply honestly.
"Really, but isn't it ranked among the lower level Longinuses?"
"That is because most of the users of The Sephiroth Graal haven't been able to use it to even half of its potential. And it still ranks as a Longinus. That alone goes to show how dangerous it can be." This is my true opinion.
"Hmm, I haven't read much about the Sephiroth Graal because it was vague. The previous users have barely had any contract with our side with it being the holy artifact and all." Rias explained her side.
"That ….seems to be quite true. Well from what I know, it grants the user the ability to look into the principles of life and death itself and talk to the dead although they speak the language of the dead so if the user makes prolonged contact with them then their minds can get damaged. The only other thing even remotely close to that effect is the Resurrection Stone that I own. But then again comparing the power of Big G with the creator of the Resurrection Stone is not fair. In the case of the Resurrection Stone where I can control who I call, The Sephiroth Graal doesn't have that filter. My theory is that it forcibly opens the gate to the land of dead and the dead whisper the principles of life and death into the ears of the user. It cannot be controlled most of the time so most of the users cannot sleep properly and even lose their mind. A prolonged exposure can even damage their mental states." These are the theories that I could make from my limited knowledge of the Longinus.
"These are quite interesting things that you are talking about. What are these Longinuses? I wouldn't mind taking a look at the Sephiroth Graal." Merlin joins the conversation.
Rias looks at me questioningly.
"Sigh. I will explain everything later when we get back home." I assured Rias said before turning to Merlin. "There are artifacts made by the God of the Bible…" we wince at the slight pain in our heads, "which some humans gain at birth, it is kind of a lucky draw. They can have different abilities, from something completely basic like eidetic memory to something ridiculous like doubling the user's power every ten seconds. That one is in the possession of my pawn piece by the way. Each of the Longinus's has the potential to kill even gods if used properly. Are we clear up to this point."
I could see her eyes widen at that before she collects herself.
"What is the limit of such a power?" she asked in a tone of unsuppressed curiosity.
"Until the user's body can bear it. The thing is there are thirteen of those and still half a dozen others that have mutated or are on the verge of mutating to become Longinuses. All three factions are trying to get their hands on these people. My other Bishop's sacred gear can also be considered a Longinus because of its power. While Rias' bishop's sacred gear is at the same level."
"So your saying that the God of the Bible, …this headache is going to be a thing isn't it? Anyways, he can make these artifacts? Where can I get his notes? I don't mind a little sneaking around." she asked slyly.
The audacity of this woman.
Fuck, she is really crazy for knowledge.
I kinda like her.
"I am afraid that is not possible because he doesn't keep any notes. There are only two known people in this world apart from him who can make that level of artifacts, one is the Governor General of the Fallen Angels, Azazel who has been researching sacred gears for years and has been successful in making some of them even, while the other is Shin, who has successfully made artifacts rivaling the sacred gears and even a Longinus."
Her piercing gaze on me was unbearable. "I will give you the blueprints that I have." I said getting a nod from her.
+10 Affection with Merlin(50/100)
Perk Gained
[The Seeker of Knowledge]
Researchers of any field or those who actively seek knowledge are easily drawn to you.
Easier Affection, Reputation and Obedience gains with Researchers and Knowledge seekers.
"They are here, get ready for action."
Just as I said those words, a wide area muggle directing charm and a notice me not charm was cast over the area. The other barriers were probably anti apparition wards and anti portkey wards.
"Remember the plan everyone." I asked making sure of everything.
"Yes."
"Hmm."
I waited until they attacked the door of the house, blowing it apart completely.
"Now."
I moved the shadows under the attackers binding them in all their places.
The surprise was the two dementors?
2 Regular Tier Level 40s.
I wonder if Ciel would like them.
"Mom, get inside. It is dangerous here." I heard a voice shout which I could recognize from my memories.
Rias takes the next step of our plan and uses the Gaea Foundation to change her appearance and heads towards the door with me following right behind her.
Merlin has already changed into wizarding robes and follows us at a casual pace. When inside the house, Merlin uses a simple earth manipulation spell to seal off the door.
"Y-you are Nymphodora Tonks. What is going on here?" Hermione asks Rias.
Rias shares a look with me.
It is then that the surroundings start growing cold and negativity starts spreading in the air.
"Dementors." I turn towards Merlin. "Can you stop them outside with a barrier?"
"Yes. This much is easy. What do we do for the attackers?"
As easy it is for me to already crush them, I need to keep this act.
"We will wait for backup."
Merlin gives me a nod and moves towards the door.
I turn to face Hermione.
"It is a DE attack. There was an attack on others too and Dumbledore is also injured. We were the only ones who could be sent here as a backup. We suspect that someone in the Order is a spy or under the control of the Death Eaters." I explain getting a nod from her. Slight hypnotic suggestions to accept my explanations that Rias cast some before this is also helping. "Before I give you any more information, I need you to drink this." I say taking out the bottles of Flushing Draught from my pocket. "You are smart enough to know what it is."
She eyes me a little doubtful but the situation makes it easier for her to accept my demands. I did mess with the Flushing Draught a little to increase its effects and help it remove any memory blocks on the person.
She takes a sniff at the contents of the bottle before looking at me. "Flushing Draught?"
I nod at her, "I hope you can understand the need for this."
Even with reluctance, she agrees, I guess when it is a choice between this and dying, we have a better choice with drinking.
I did enhance the effect of the potions but I still don't know how long it will take for them to act.
The potion does take effect quite fast as she gets a feeling of vomiting and runs towards her bathroom. Well, let's get the other things taken care of.
I summon Ciel and set him on one of the Dementors and have my Shadow Servants take care of the death eaters outside the house.
Ciel's fire magic is strong enough to hurt a dementor, probably because it is the fire of a phoenix. He gets a soul devour skill and negative aura skill which can thankfully be turned off.
Rias sends Hermione's mother upstairs while putting a silencing barrier inside the living room.
As I was thinking about all this, I heard a loud shout.
"I WILL KILL THEM ALL."
My lips curve into a smile as I look towards the bathroom where the sound came from.
It seems the plan did work out. Now all that is left is for Rias to take care of the situation here.
I exchange a look with Rias who gives me a nod before going towards the bathroom to calm down an irate Hermione inside.
It takes half an hour before a Red Haired Devil comes out of the bathroom followed by a red eyed witch. Her eyes look as if they will bleed the very next moment. I guess the inflow of all those incidents might have been too much for her, not that I blame her in any way.
"I guess you told her everything already." I asked Rias who is now in her original form.
"Yes." She answers, still caressing the other's back to calm her down.
"How is she coping up?"
Rias hesitates for a moment before answering, "It was a lot worse than we had expected. The reports only said about the love and loyalty potions but it did not mention the multitudes of mind altering spells and mind wipes that she had gone through. Memories cannot be completely removed and there are ways to restore them. The potion you altered can easily do that and the memories she recovered…putting it mildly, they were extremely unpleasant." She completes still caressing Hermione's back who shivered when Rias said those words.
Hermione gathers her courage before turning to Rias with a look of conviction. "Rias, I will take your offer. I want to join your peerage."
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That was surprisingly quick. If I hadn't known better I would say there was something wrong in this situation but then again this is the same girl who brewed an illegal potion to get into the dorms of her rival house, kidnapped a reporter and blackmailed her and many other things. I wouldn't be surprised if she decided to do something like this after such a life-changing event.
Before I could continue my thoughts, I heard her continue. "But I want one promise in return." Here she looked at me.
"Ronald Bilius Weasley and Alexander Charlus Potter will be mine to do as I wish to." I felt a slight chill at that and that is saying something because I had even felt and was getting used to Death's presence.
Truly, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Rias replies in my stead. "I can promise you Ronald Bilius Weasley but Alexander Potter has to pay for a lot of things, the worst of them being causing pain to my Shin. You can have your go at him but I want him back alive. I will personally erase any and all traces of that filth from this world." Holy….Demonic Crap. What's with all the women around me getting all vengeful all of a sudden? I have to admit that Rias looked extremely hot when she was angry, especially for me.
"Well ladies, I think we can have that kind of talk when we get home after explaining everything to Hermione's parents, but for now, we have to …" before I could say anything else, I sense 20 people outside the barriers.
Taking a quick look at then, I realise that they were all DE. Really where the fuck are the KFC Order delivery boys when you need them here?
"It seems we have company. 20 more of them are outside the barrier." I say getting the attention of everyone in the room.
Rias steps up to the door. "Let me blow off some steam. The talks made me really frustrated. I will probably need some time in your training realms after this too Shin."
Poor death eater idiots are going to pay for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I guess that's fine with me because it will calm her a little.
"Merlin, drop the barrier and let them come in." I ask, getting a slight nod from her.
"MERLIN!?" Hermione's head snaps to the final resident of the room.
"Umm, I will explain later. For now did you really decide that you want this Granger?" I asked her seriously.
I don't want her having second thoughts later in Rias' peerage. Although Rias is improving, she still cares a lot about her peerage members. If Hermione has second thoughts later and causes some problems later on, it might affect Rias' confidence that I have been raising all this time.
"I am sure of it. I-it's not like I have any other choice here if I want to achieve what I am aiming for… and I like Rias' offer." she pauses for a moment before turning towards me. "I am really sorry Harry." she says with as much conviction as she could gather at the moment despite her haggard state right now. I could feel that she was really apologetic towards it.
"Never mind, you were not in your right mind. I don't blame you for it." I say waving the apology off. I could see Rias causing havoc outside among the death eaters as she used her PoD to completely disintegrate them. Merlin's barrier blocking off the exit so they can only wait to be slaughtered. Killing Curses don't really work on supernatural beings, one of the reasons that they can't just kill a dragon with a Killing Curse.
Suddenly a thought stuck me looking at Rias. I controlled my smile at it as I turned towards Hermione. "Tell me Granger, do you know about the conversion process using the evil pieces?"
She shakes her head and I give myself a mental high five.
"Since Rias is taking care of the matters outside, let me explain the process so as to not waste time." I say getting a nod from her. "When you receive the evil pieces inside your body, you will be reincarnated as a devil. It forms a contract between you and your complete this process, you need to say a specific spell." I bullshit right out of my ass. "I will tell you that spell, remember the pronunciation properly." And like a student who is the top of her peers, she nods seriously.
"Well, the spell is….."
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I whisper it into her ears while Merlin looks at me with mirth in her eyes.
We talk a bit more where I explain to Hermione about all the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a devil along with a few other things about the supernatural world.
It was after a few moments that Rias came back inside.
"Is everything taken care of Rias?" I asked her as she came to my side.
"Yes. Is everything fine here?"
"All clear, I was just explaining Hermione about the evil pieces. I think we should arrange for their safety here first. Hermione call your father and also your mother. They can stay at one of my properties in France or maybe Australia. If you want it, they can even come to Japan and live with you. We will arrange their living and work there. This place is going to get dangerous and none of the two sides are trustworthy as you have already seen. Unfortunately you are in the thick of it all."
"I will explain everything to my parents. Where can they stay in Japan?" she asked inquiring Rias.
"I own a territory in Japan where we stay. Apart from that if they want, they can even stay in Germany or in France. My family owns territories in both of those countries."
"Ladies, I think we should take care of the matters here first. For now they can stay in a Hotel somewhere in London. We will find a place by tomorrow." I interrupt them from going into too much detail right now.
We nod to each other before Rias summons her set of evil pieces. She takes a pawn piece and puts it inside Hermione's chest.
Hermione looks at us before taking a deep breath and shouts the 'spell' that I had told her.
"I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO!"
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I got it all, captured in HD for future reference and cough blackmail cough material in times of need.
Two black bat-like wings unfurl behind her as she looks at them in wonder.
Rias in the meanwhile is still in…shock.
Soon enough though, it turns into a grin that brings metaphorical stars to her eyes. She steps forward towards Hermione and grabs hold of her shoulders with both hands.
"You are the best pawn I could ask for." She says with pride in her voice.
I am so glad that I didn't switch the camera off a few moments earlier.
Turning towards me Rias gives a look of thanks which I return with a smile of my own.
Merlin who looks at all this curiously holds back at saying anything for now, which I am extremely grateful for. This prank is the best.
It took us a while to explain everything or in simple words make decent excuses in front of Hermione's parents.
They will be staying in France for a while and move to Japan at a later date.
I have to ask Rias exactly what she talked to Hermione about because she seems to be out for blood. I know Hermione from my memory and this behavior is honestly scaring the crap out of me.
Teleporting normal people is a problem so we had to arrange for their travel to France where they will be staying in one of Rias' properties.
Finally, after the whole fiasco was taken care of, we teleported to a place that I had been meaning to go all this while.
12 Grimmauld Place.
The whole order had taken to meeting at the Potter's residence as they thought that 12 Grimmauld Place was 'dark'.
Good for me though. It is because of this very reason that this place is almost untouched. Sirius hated this place and preferred to stay in a different house that he bought after the war was over. It was cozy from what I could remember from the memories that I had received. I however have no memories of Kreacher or any other Black House elf for that matter.
As I knocked on the door of the house, it was opened by an extremely creepy looking house elf wearing rags that people would rather use to clean the house.
"Why does a dark creature like you have the House of Black's Ring with you? What do you want?"
"I have this Ring because I am the current Head of the House. What I want is some information and maybe something else. Bring me and my companions inside. It is an order."
I could see the confusion in his eyes as he struggled against the magic binding him to follow my orders.
The door was opened briefly later when he let us inside.
"I thought that you would be happier that someone like me was the current Head of House Black, with all that 'dark' reputation that they have going on." I couldn't help but ask the decrepit elf. I really thought he would be happier. Did he turn towards the 'light'?
"The previous heads of the house made deals with the devils when they used to accept the sacrifices of mudbloods. After that they banned it and started adding mudbloods and filthy half-bloods in their ranks, so House Black also stopped associating with them."
….Never mind. They are as bigoted as ever.
"Kreacher, bring me the necklace that Regulus Black asked you to destroy. I will complete that wish of his and destroy the necklace right now." I spoke behind the elf who froze for a moment before looking at me with several emotions in those golf ball sized eyes.
"You will do it?" he asked me with hesitation.
"Haven't you heard of the term, deal with the devil?" I smiled at it.
"Wait here, Kreacher will bring the necklace back." and with that he disappeared with a sharp crack.
"What is this about Shin?" Rias asked, a little confused.
"The reason why Riddle can come back to life is because he made a few horcruxes. They are like a phylactery except in this case he split his soul into multiple pieces to make these abominations. Naturally there are drawbacks as well. The ones who make these are never allowed to rest peacefully after Death. They get the VIP treatment and a tour of all the punishments of afterlife."
"Which they very well deserve. Trying to run from me is useless. They use many means to delay the inevitable and pay for it."
The people around me sensed it too.
"She says that such people get on her most wanted list the moment they use such means to escape from her. Pulling an Orochimaru on Death is highly idiotic and should be avoided at all costs." I smile at Rias who….is much more controlled right now.
Merlin is looking around me with caution, her body incredibly tensed. Hermione is not so attuned to her new senses to feel Death's presence.
"Who is this 'she'?" asked Hermione with curiosity.
"Death, the phenomenon itself, the very entity from which every God of Death draws their power."
I could see Merlin's pupils dilate for a moment before she collects herself back.
Hermione's face lost its colour and became as pale as a ghost in an instant.
"Have you heard about the Deathly Hallows, Hermione?" I asked her getting a nod from her.
"It was in the History of the rise of major dark lords. Grindelwald wanted to find these 'dark artifacts' and control all the magical and muggle world."
"Well, first of all, stop saying the word 'dark' so casually. You are a devil now. A very being of darkness, why are you even afraid of darkness? Second, yes these Hallows are real and they're actually crafted by Death. Collecting all three of them makes you a Champion of Death of sorts, though only if the items recognise you as their wielder. It won't be possible anymore as they have permanently fused with me and can't be removed anymore. Third, even with all these artifacts, Grindelwald didn't have an ice cube's chance in a volcano of ever succeeding in his idiotic plans."
Before I could explain anything else, Kreacher appeared with a crack, the locket in his decrepit hands and his eyes filled with hope.
"Let me see it." I took the locket from his hands and used a Scan Artifact to get a design of the locket in my head. Adept Rank Poison immunity to anyone wearing this locket.
"~~Open~~"
Rias already knew about my Parseltongue so there was not much of a reaction from her, Hermione on the other hand shivered a little. I guess old habits die hard. Merlin just raised an eyebrow, while the House Elf looked on with a fervent look in his eyes.
+20 Reputation with Kreacher(-10/100) for being a Parseltongue.
The locket opened and a pair of red eyes looked right at me.
Mental attack averted by Gamers Mind.
"Trap Soul."
I pulled out the piece of soul from the locket which looked like a black mist with red in place where eyes were supposed to be. Taking out an enchanted glass flask, I locked the soul piece inside it.
"Here Kreacher. You promised your Master Regulus that you would take care of the locket, I think that he will be happy if you finished this work with your own hands. I have removed the protective measures from this locket. You can easily destroy it now." I handed the locket to Kreacher to destroy it. Let the little thing have his happiness.
+30 Reputation with Kreacher(20/100) for letting him complete his Master Regulus' last wish.
"Show us to the Black Family library now." I asked getting inside the house with him behind me.
"Yes Lord Black."
Lord Black huh. My lips curved into a smile of my own.
We promptly ignored the portrait in the living room which I had cast a spell over. Even portraits sleep in this world.
Down inside the dungeons was the Black Family Library and while not the biggest among the ones I own, it had a charm of its own.
"Merlin, the books may contain traps and curses. There will likely be many artifacts that are harmful if handled without caution. You can dispel them and take the books. I will have the library restocked with books which are safe for reading later on."
Merlin got to work right away quite enthusiastically.
"Hermione, have you heard of the Fidelius Charm?" I asked.
"Yes. I have read about it." She answered while still looking at Merlin who was levitating the library around her.
"Can you use it?"
"I haven't tried it yet." she replied slightly hesitant.
"Well this is your chance. Go out and use it on this house. Make me or Rias the Secret Keeper. It doesn't matter if you fail once. You can try a few times. Your basic stats must have been enhanced by becoming a devil, use it."
She takes another look at Merlin again before looking at Rias.
I couldn't help but smile at this. Yes, Rias is her King.
"Don't worry, Rias is not complaining and Merlin won't eat the books. We have more than ten times the books this place and the Hogwarts Library have combined. You can use them whenever you want."
She gives us a nod and leaves.
Rias and I finally get some alone time and I know for a fact that she had been meaning to ask too many questions for a while now.
I take her in a hug while sinking my face in her neck. "So, I think that you have some questions for me."
"Yes." she said as she snuggled against my body and one of her hands combing my hair, pushing me closer to her neck.
"My powers are a bit….unique. Not all of it comes from Death. Death is only one of my patrons. The biggest one is something connected to me. I cannot explain everything but let's just say that I can learn things out of nowhere because of this connection. I can summon beings to help me and get familiars and even items that I can use from different worlds."
I stopped to let the words sink in.
"Is it dangerous for you?"
I couldn't help but smile at this. Even with all this opportunity, this chance to gain power, all she asks is if it is dangerous for me. Yup, she is worthy to know some of my secrets.
"As much danger as I want it to be. There can be surprises, but honestly how is life here any different. Anyways, have you heard about the multiverse theory?"
"The theory that our world is not the only one? I have heard about the theories that there are different worlds connected to the Dimensional Gap but Great Red never lets anyone pass and before that Ophis didn't like anyone going into the void either so their existences have never been confirmed? Can you summon things and beings from other worlds without going into the Dimensional Gap?" she asked, a little interested. This is better than what I expected already.
"Hmm, I don't know. As far as I know, the worlds connected with the Dimensional Gap is still a part of this universe. I am talking about completely different universes. For example let's say the Gundam world or any other anime world that you see here." I paused to let her grasp the idea.
She completely stilled in my arms before she snapped her head in my direction. "Are you saying that those worlds are real?"
"Very real. Where do you think I got mine from?"
"YOU WENT TO A GUNDAM WORLD?"
"Not directly, I merely got it as a reward for a quest that I was assigned."
"Can you go to other worlds? Will you leave this world?" she asked in a hurry and a sense of trepidation seeping into her voice.
"Hmm, not really. While I can go to other worlds or rather I will be able to go to other worlds, the time in this world will be stopped and I will be back at the very moment that I left. Also, I think I can freely come back to this world anytime I want. The best part however is that I can take others with me as well. What do you say, we go and collect Dragonballs in the future?" I smiled at her giving her a gentle kiss on the lips assuaging her worries. She sunk into my chest and gripped me harder.
"Can you really go to other worlds and take me with you? Which worlds can you get to? Can you go to the Naruto world? Can I get shinobi in my peerage? Maybe we can also take the Sharingans that creepy bandaged man keeps hidden. Everyone gets a pair of Sharingan. The swords of the ninja swordsmen were not bad either. Orochimaru's sword was good. Yes that one is good."
She goes full Otaku mode and starts making plans on how and which eyeballs to pluck and which people to get for her peerage. Normally people would be grossed about such talks but you understand. Going to the Naruto world and not plucking eyeballs is like going to a brothel and not fucking. Information about the later parts of the series is not available to her. Naruto did last for a long while and she still didn't know about the Rinne-sharingan and other shit. The series is still at the start of the fourth shinobi war and the fillers are a load of crap most of the time.
"I cannot control which world I go to. Who knows what the next world might be, maybe one of those romcoms or even a magical girl world. I will tell you when I have confirmation." I stop her daydreaming in the middle.
"Okay. So, Sakuya and Merlin are from different words?" she asked the question that I had been waiting for.
"Yes. Sakuya comes from a world where OP please nerf is applicable on every second person you meet while Merlin is one of the most dangerous people on her own world. By the way, Morgiana also comes from a different world. I gave her the Boosted Gear. She was a …slave under a less than pleasant person. I summoned her here when I could and found that she wanted to leave that place too, so both of us are happy. I still don't know how this mechanism works. Maybe we can someday have characters from other animes too."
"So that is why Morgiana didn't know about this world. Okay, I get why they were behaving oddly. What now?"
"Nothing. We stay as we were, doing what we were doing. I need to have everyone trained to at least 10 Winged Devil level to have a decent grip on ourselves. This world has people who can crush 10 Winged Devils like a bug, and with my business opening I cannot help but fear that it will attract all kinds of attention, both good and bad from every faction in the supernatural world on us. Some might try to attack me, while some might go for you and the others to hold you for leverage against me. In any case your lives will be in danger and I want to prevent that as much as I can." I explain my future plans to her. It will genuinely help me if she understands this and pushes others to grow stronger as well.
"I will work harder to not drag you down. I want to increase our practice time as well." she answered after some thought of her own.
"Okay."
"Shin."
"Hmm."
"Thank You for telling me everything."
"Okay."
We spend around one hour in this place while Hermione casts the spell on the house and Merlin gets her work done.
"Good work here everyone. Let's go home."
I am really hungry. I barely had a sandwich at the Granger's and had nothing before leaving home in the morning. I am missing Sakuya's cooking already. I onder what she has made for lunch. Things in this place has been taken care of mostly. I will let the wizarding world burn for sometimes before taking any action. Let them suffer so that they can appreciate help when they get it.
If that Rita Skeeter bitch writes any shit, then I might as well show them why they shouldn't fuck with me.
We teleported to our home in a teleportation circle.
- The Kageyami Residence, Japan –
Today took out a major part of my headache for a while.
Hermione is safely recruited.
The Horcruxes are almost collected or destroyed. The only two pieces left are Nagini and Alex who will be dealt with in the end.
Fleur can contact us whenever she wants.
Dumbles is out of commission and the Order is like a headless chicken.
The wizarding world is all but served to baldy on a platter.
I want him to toy with the meal for a while and right before he is about to take a bite, I will snatch it away.
I could see Hermione being introduced to the others in the house. It is going to take her some time getting used to the weirdness that is our life. But she is someone who has endured Hogwarts, power levels aside, in terms of plain weirdness this place is a bit lower on the scale.
Luna is the one who looks the happiest among all this.
"It is nice to see you get along with her, then again you never had any problem with her to begin with, or anyone else for that matter." Luna sits beside me and says.
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"I didn't have any problems with anyone true. But I now have problems with a few of them. They did hurt my friend after all and I am extremely protective of my loved ones." I say patting her head while she gives me one of her dreamy eyed smiles of hers.
+10 Affection with Luna Lovegood(50/100) for being her friend. She knows.
Perk Gained
[Love is in the Air]
Air headed people will be drawn easily to you.
Easily gain Affection, Reputation and Obedience with Air Headed people.
Yes. Luna knows everything.
As I was thinking of this, Hermione walks up to me red faced and pointing a finger at me, she shouted, "YOU TRICKED ME."
So she found out.
"I did?" I will play around for a while.
"That was not a spell. That was a line from a Japanese cartoon."
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"HERETIC. ANIME, IT IS CALLED ANIME. NOT CARTOON. Also I did not trick you. I said it will make your transition into a devil much simpler. Rias liked you the moment you said those magic words, how can you complain about that. Imagine twenty years later when you have kids and watch JoJo's Bizarre Adventures with them, you can proudly say that you were probably the first human who became a devil in such a cool way. Can you imagine how impressed they will be?" I speak in a passionate tone and even looked at Luna for support.
"That does sound good. I want to do that as well when I become a devil." Luna agreed with me.
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"You want to become a devil?" I asked her a little surprised at the information.
"Yes, I will become one later." she replied completely unfazed.
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"Well….cool I guess."
Hermione has gone from angry and embarrassed red to only embarrassed red.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER, YOU LISTEN…."
Her sentence was cut off by me raising a hand to stop her mid-rant.
"My name is Shin Kageyami now. Please remember that." I replied in a calm tone but with enough seriousness to stop any and all possibilities of denial.
She is a bit shocked for a while and others in the house look at me in a mixture of shock and curiosity.
"Yes. I am sorry, it was my mistake."
"That is fine actually. Don't mind it at all. I was just having a little fun and making some memories to remember this day as something good rather than as something depressing due to the revelations that you have had. I even have full videos for your reincarnation in HD." and with that I disappear with a Shadow Walk right into my room leaving her to understand what happened.
I still have to get some level ups in my Alchemist Class.
After thinking a moment longer, I call Merlin and Sakuya to me.
It is about time I see what Merlin can do with my own eyes.
Merlin is also almost at level 100 Elite, which will make her a 10 Winged Devil.
"Let's try a new hunting ground this time. Maybe demons will be good for this round."
ID Create
Demons.
The Demon ID is much different than the Undead.
The Undead dungeon was dark and cold while this one while still dark, there is fire and demonic energy everywhere.
"Is this a place in the Demon World?" Merlin asked, looking around in interest.
"Not really. Then again even I don't know what place this is but if I were to guess I will say that it is a temporary space created for us to get stronger by hunting the demons here. It is one of my powers, please don't ask the specifics. I have no idea about it." I reply honestly.
"A pity then I guess. So what are we doing here? Killing everything to become stronger?" she asked, giving the demons a look.
"Yes. I wanted to see what you can do before we decide the way to approach the future dungeons when the rest of my or Rias' peerage join us."
"Sure. So, I just have to kill the demons and nothing else. They could make for a decent source of ingredients for my experiments."
"They just vanish on being killed. Some of them drop loot that varies a lot." Sakuya chimed in for the first time.
"Loot?"
"It varys a lot." I reply taking the first step to begin the hunt.
My magic runs through me as I connect to the shadows surrounding me and use Shadow Weapon Creation to use Shadow Spikes from the closest shadows of the enemies.
"I want to see what kind of Boss we will summon if we clear this area fast enough."
And with those words said, we begin our hunt.
- A few hours later –
Seeing the new pair of wings sprout out from Merlin's back, I couldn't help but recall the last few hours. Merlin is broken as fuck, please don't nerf.
It started with a simple extermination ray which effortlessly crushed the entire mountain in front of us, killing all the mobs in the area along with a mini boss.
The loot I got was a little equipment and some alchemical ingredients.
The good ones were a gacha token, a Heart Crystal and some stat crystals.
The rates of the Gacha Tokens and Heart Crystals are getting lower the more they drop. I am pretty sure if I didn't have the Lady Luck's Love Child Perk then even this wouldn't be dropping so easily if at all.
It was after I gave her a hair clip that boosted her Magic Damage by 10% that she went completely crazy.
I for the first time saw the reason why both the Mother Goddess and the Demon King wanted her on their side so badly, Infinity.
That magic is fucking broken beyond anything. Even Ddraig isn't that broken. The sheer potential of that magic is so insane that it would make people crazy.
I was wondering just what kind of a monster I had created by giving Merlin the Devil's imagination magic to do as she pleased.
Extermination Rays were shot, a simple enhance spell was used to increase its effect and while that was happening, Infinity was used.
I haven't seen Longinus Smasher personally but I was pretty sure that it was not much different from what she did a while ago.
The fact that she was barely phased even with all this was an even more ridiculous thing. Her magic was recovered by my potions but she didn't need a stamina potion yet.
We faced the boss with another immunity type skill this time as well.
Killing certain monsters among the mobs summoned causes issues, if the wrong ones were killed they split into multiple copies of themselves. Only when the monsters with the gemstones on their chests were killed, did that effect become nullified for a certain amount of time and only when the mobs were killed did the Boss become vulnerable to attack.
It took us some time to mark the enemies but the Shadow Servants took the work of locating the monsters with gemstones, Sakuya went full UBW on them while Merlin fired an Infinity charged Extermination Ray at the Boss. Even with that it took us two rounds to completely destroy the boss. A full two hours on one boss goes to show that the leveling process is not going to be easy from now on. It did give us 2 levels each though so it was not a waste of time. I got a Gacha Token and Heart Crystal from it as well.
If this is the strength of my peerage's strongest members, then I think I might consider summoning 'her' as well. It is just that the amount of shit she can bring just by existing is utterly insane.
But when I think about the enemies I will have to face and the fact that when I faced Azazel and Vali yesterday, I had nothing except self destruction as a means of retaliation. I could have hidden us inside the ID but that is not going to be possible everytime and I hated running away. I might not have the Sin of Pride but I do have some self respect of my own.
"I am thinking about summoning someone else. I am not sure how she will react to my summoning. I do have something that she might want but that is if she doesn't decide to kill me the first chance she gets. I do have a plan though." After thinking for a bit, I decided on the course of action to be taken. I made an Exploding Shadow Clone and sent it some distance from me after giving it the summoning crystal. "Merlin, use the Perfect Cube around that energy clone of mine. Make it as strong as you can."
"That is a neat technique but really is the one you are summoning really that dangerous that you are taking such measures against her?"
Oh Merlin, if only you knew.
"She is the strongest War Angel made by the Strongest God of her world. Basically a God-Killer. And let's not talk about her temperament for now. Basically we will be facing your previous captain at full power or Escanor in his 'The One' state….just a lot worse." I stated. It is more of less the idea I could give to her. Might be a little on the lower side if I am not wrong in my estimates.
I could see Merlin raising her eyebrows.
"My perfect cube can handle them easily." she says with confidence.
"And I am putting our lives on line on that. Sakuya be ready for any emergency, I really hope that we will not need them to be honest."
After making all the arrangements, I give a signal to my clone and he crushes the Summoning Gem in his palm. The gem transforms into motes of light and the light particles collect in one place forming the figure of a person in front of it. When the light dispels, the figure is revealed to have pink hair with two tufts of yellowish hair near her ears, a halo albeit slightly tilted on her head and a pair of white angelic wings behind her waist. She looks absolutely otherworldly with her golden eyes but that just solidifies that she is not someone ordinary.
The Strongest Flügel, Jibril.
- Hermione –
As she looks at the new room which is now going to be her home for the foreseeable future, she couldn't help but recall the events of the morning and the rest that followed it today.
Her heart had sunk into the deepest part of the artic when the door to her house had blown off its hinges and crashed inside her home.
Her mother's shout soon followed and the fact that she had an idea about who and what they were only made it a lot worse.
She had not seen the events of the past war but she had heard enough from everyone in the wizarding world to know the true extent of their cruelty.
She was more or less certain that they were going to die today. It was just a matter of how much they endured before dying. Only she and her mother were home and women didn't have it easy in wars.
Death was not the worst thing that could happen to them.
She had grabbed her wand with the intent of dragging whoever had attacked them to death with her.
She will not be sullied even if she had to die for that.
Looking back at those thoughts, she couldn't help but choke back a sob now. Even though she was still to take the last step(a piece of knowledge that still kept her sane), she had never felt so violated before. She felt disgusted when her memories came back from all those obliviations then came hopelessness and terrible sadness. It was like a dementor was eating away at every bit of her happiness but that was not the end. It was when that sadness had passed over, the rage she felt. She wanted to tear that piece of filth to pieces with her bare hands.
It was only moments later that the depression dawned on her that she had no means to do that. She did not have the power to take down her enemies. The enemies were the so called 'Light' and the 'Dark' already hated her.
She was extremely desperate for any means of strength back then. It was then that Rias offered her the chance to join her peerage. She knew that it was a hasty move to accept that, but what did she have to lose. Without her help she wouldn't be sure if she could survive, let alone save her parents and get revenge for all the wrongs done to her.
The fact that Harr….Shin was with her gave her the courage to support her decision back then. She regained her memories and along with that she remembered that she was not the only one exploited. He was being exploited for years. She herself had unknowingly done that several times even with all the times he had personally saved her life. It did not matter that those memories of him ever helping her were conveniently obliviated everytime. She did catch on to a recurring pattern to it all.
It was all done to isolate him. She was only someone who was being used all this time, but that was not to say that they didn't have any plans for her.
Binding her to that filthy garbage disposal Weasley with a ritual where she would have offered her virginity to him under the effects of the potions, just to be his slave for the rest of her life while he ate off her work.
She couldn't help but hug herself as she slipped inside the blanket on the bed of her new room.
She was incredibly lucky that she had escaped that fate. She couldn't help but shudder at what could have happened if she had not been saved this time.
Her being in love with Weasley was such an insane idea that she was surprised that no one ever doubted that something wrong was going on.
What had he ever done for her? Verbally abused her and that resulted her into crying in the girl's toilets when she was almost killed, had her brew potions in the second year that could have gotten her expelled, insulted her, made her a basic slave to do her schoolwork and never said a word of thanks and acted like he was superior to her all the time.
Then again the people of that place were all fools led around by whoever had power.
She was glad that this time she was saved and now she has a chance to gain that very power which will prevent her from ever being taken advantage of. If making a deal with the devil was what it took, then she had no regrets about it.
Everyone involved in those acts, Ronald Weasley, Alex Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Serverus Snape, Molly Weasley, every one of them will face judgement. She will torture every single one of them before they beg for death and she will not grant any of them an easy death.
As she felt her back rest against the bed, her thoughts couldn't help but drift towards her savior of many times, someone whom she had done nothing else but repaid with rude and pointed words. Why had he still saved her?
Did she even deserve his kindness?
Was she even worthy?
Maybe not at this moment, but she will repay all his kindness back several times over.
She will make sure that she has no regrets in not being able to help….Shin.
- Shin –
+20 Affection with Hermione Granger(40/100)
- Interlude (Chaos amongst the Khaos) –
A group of magicians were sitting in a dark hall surrounding a table. Their visages were covered with their hoods but the shapes of their bodies gave a certain idea about their genders at the very least.
"Did we gather any information about the problem that we are facing?" asked the first one who was heading the table and the presumed leader of the gathering.
"This whole thing came out of nowhere. We didn't sign up for this. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find stray magicians and convince them to join our organization? Now they have all been running out the first time they are sent on a mission. The ones who were caught said they couldn't stand it anymore. We are magicians, why do we even need to do those things? Didn't we learn magic to do everything easily? Laze around all our lives while mind controlling some minions to do our bidding? Then why is this happening?"
The passion in the tone of the speaker was shared by a majority of the occupants of the table. The number of things that could be considered wrong about the said content be damned.
"We all understand your pain and that is the reason why we are conducting this investigation. 'It' does not bother in the affairs of the organization and yet 'It' has decided to move now. We have no idea why this is happening and the leaders of the other groups in the organization are confused as well. We need to be united in such times to face this situation and find a way out of it."
"What is the current situation with our numbers?"
"We have lost 20% of the recruits within one week of the event. They just couldn't take it anymore. We even had to threaten the rest to stay and continue or we will flay them alive and that is what is keeping everyone calm for now."
"20% in just one week!"
"Can you blame them? We have been able to escape it because we are higher up in the organization and we can pretend to go out on a mission when this happens. They cannot do anything about it at all."
"It does not matter."
"Do you think that someone else might be behind it?, 'It' for all the strength 'It' possesses can be influenced easily."
"If that is true, then we will find that person and execute him in the most brutal way possible."
"YES." choroused the voices around the room.
Suddenly, the door to the room opened and through it came a young girl in a purple dress, with long black hair.
"Go do training. Now." With those words said, the air around her changed and purple snakes made of energy appeared all around her threatening to destroy anyone who said otherwise.
"YES Lady Ophis!"
'I swear if I ever find the person who is making us do 10 km runs, I will kill him in the most horrifying way possible', were the words echoing through everyone's mind.
- The Kageyami Residence, Japan –
+10 Reputation with Ophis (25/100), for giving her a great idea.
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Beta Reader : LuluViBritania(FF.N, SB and QQ)/-LuluViB|99th Britannian Emperor(Discord)
Author's Note : First of all, a very Happy New Year to everyone.
Okay, so a new chapter is up.
The slow game will be over in a chapter or two more.
I love it that many people have started reading my fic and my Beta Reader has been working on the older chapters because those were the first things that I have ever written, they were filled with mistakes. I will be uploading them soon enough.
So, a lot of things happened.
Hermione has finally been recruited.
All Horcruxes except the living ones have been collected.
I will explain about Hermione's case slowly during the payback scenes.
If people think Hermione is being too OOC, please remember that she is the same girl who kidnapped a reported and stuck her inside a glass jar, feeding her green leaves and blackmailed her and later yeeted her parent's memories and send them away. If she snaps, she is capable of taking such decisions.
Second, Rias now knows about one of Shin's secret. I am not trying to foreshadow Naruto world travel or anything, it was just an example.
Third, we finally get what I have been requested over and over for the last few weeks. I summoned Jibril.
Happy.
Anyways, enjoy the chapter and the new year as well.
Good Day, Peace Out.