As if a switch had been flipped, Ben's eyes reverted back to their normal colour and his control instantly returned. He hastily lowered Akeno on the bench he had been sitting on, released his arm from around her waist and quickly took a step back and looked at Rias with a horrified expression on his face.
He wondered how long she had been standing there for before she interrupted them. From the small blush in her cheeks, he knew that she must've seen a good deal of what he and Akeno had just been doing.
"I-I am so sorry, Rias," he gasped apologetically. That had been the first time he had ever completely lost his self-control. He had been told what to expect when it happened by Ddraig as, out of his two dragon companions, he was the only who had experience in being with other hosts and witnessing what just happened.
"I-I…," he mumbled, trailing off as he had no idea what he could say that would explain his actions.
Rias completely surprised him though by ignoring him trying to apologise and focus her ire on Akeno instead.
"What do you think you are doing, Akeno? I didn't tell you that Ben can lose his self-control when he's stimulated for you to go behind my back and see how it worked for yourself!" she declared in frustration.
"I wanted to be the one to see it first!" she added with an adorable stomp of her foot.
The devil in question was still breathing heavily where she sat, her chest heaving as she still rode the high she felt from her heated encounter seconds ago.
"I-I just couldn't resist…," she finally mumbled as she brought up a hand to brush off a few strands of hair from her sweaty forehead. "…I-I had to see it for myself."
Rias glared at the two of them before sniffing dismissively and turning around to leave, her luscious hair flicking behind as she spun around.
"Well, it's got nothing to do with me. I don't want to be a third wheel so I'll just leave you two to it!" she stated fiercely as she headed for the door.
As she was closing the door, she popped her back in one last time and focussed her attention on Ben.
"Oh, by the way, if you're planning on joining us out here any time, I'd suggest you take care of that first," she told him, her cheeks reddening further before she disappeared through the doorway and shut the changing room door with more force than was necessary.
"Rias. Wait," Ben called out just as the door slammed shut behind her.
"Wasn't that just adorable?" Akeno giggled breathlessly, her breathing having calmed down a bit. "She got jealous. I can't blame her though, I would've felt the same way if I were in her place."
"Take care of what?" Ben muttered to himself, casting a glance down himself to see the considerable tent he was pitching in his swimming trunks.
"Crap," he muttered as he placed a hand over his erection in a futile bid to hide it.
"You really are something, aren't you?" Akeno asked him teasingly as she slowly pushed herself up off the bench onto her feet and pressed a hand against his chest.
"I can't wait to see how our relationship develops. See you in a bit," she whispered breathlessly before heading for the door to leave, her pace slow due to her legs feeling like jelly from the memory of their passionate kiss.
"Yeah, see ya," Ben mumbled back to her as he disappeared into the toilets, shutting the door behind him.
. . . . .
(A few minutes later)
Once Ben had finished dealing with his 'problem', he returned to the others and joined in with the others in cleaning the pool, ignoring the piercing glare he felt coming from Rias and the suspicious look he was getting from Koneko and focusing on clearing the pool of the dirt and grime that coated it.
Once they were finally finished with the arduous task, the girls quickly returned to the female changing room so that they could change out of the gym clothes they had worn while they were cleaning and put on the swimsuits they had brought to enjoy the nice and freshly-cleaned pool.
Once changed into their swimsuits, they returned to see that Ben had transformed into Water Hazard and had filled up the large pool with refreshing water while they were gone so they had returned to see the pool filled to the brim with cool, refreshing water.
"All right everyone! Feel free to swim to your heart's content," Rias told everyone cheerfully as she stood by the rim of the pool in her extremely revealing, milk-white bikini.
"Finally!" Ben exclaimed with delight as he also stood on the edge of the pool where he stared down at his watery reflection in the water.
Before he jumped into the water, however, he felt someone tap him on his shoulder. He turned to see that it was Rias who had stopped him.
For a split second he thought she was going to ask him about the scene she had walked in on but, to his relief, that wasn't what she had grabbed his attention for.
"Before you head in, Ben, there's a little favour I would like you to do for me," the crimson-haired heiress stated with a smile on her lips.
. . . . .
The favour, as it turned out, was helping Koneko and Asia learn to swim.
Neither of them had ever learned to do so. He had a suspicion as to why Koneko hadn't learned and he could understand why Asia had never been taught. Growing up in service to the Church – and as a saint as well – there wouldn't've been much of a call to being able to swim that he could think of.
After agreeing to help, Ben now found himself slowly walking backwards across the floor of the pool with Koneko's hands in his as he helped her stay afloat while she kicked her legs to propel her along through the water.
"One, two. One, two. Yeah, you're getting the hang of this," Ben said encouragingly as he steadily waded backwards through the water. Beside him, Kiba was streaking through the water, effortlessly cutting through the water as he completed yet another length of the pool.
"You can do it, Koneko!" Asia cheered from the side of the pool as she watched the lesson and waited for her turn with Ben.
"Sorry you had to help me out with this," the petite white-haired devil told him as she brought her head above the water
"Don't worry about it," Ben replied offhandedly with a comforting smile as he continued to guide her through the water. "Everybody needs to learn how to swim at some point."
A small smile appeared on his face. "Although…I guess I can understand why you've held it off for so long…with your feline-like aversion to water and all."
Koneko was so taken off guard by Ben's statement that she lost her concentration and began spluttering as she opened her mouth under the water, the resulting water entering her lungs leading into small coughing fit.
Ben immediately stop walking and brought her head above the water by holding her sides and supporting her while she coughed.
"Ho–*cough**cough* how do you know about?" she muttered with a surprised expression on her face.
"You remember back then when we were training for our fight against Riser? You know, back when you were throwing me all over the place for the fun of it? Well, you must've touched the dial at some point because, when I looked through it again, I suddenly discovered I had a Nekomata form when I didn't have one before."
"Are you two alright?" Asia's voice suddenly called out, attracting Ben's attention momentarily.
"Yeah, we're fine. I'll be with you in a bit," he called back to her with a smile. Asia nodded her head in understanding and sat back down on the edge of the pool.
"Are you going to tell Asia and Xenovia what I am?" Koneko muttered with a concerned expression on her face.
Ben just stared at her for a moment in silence before answering.
"Not if you don't want me to. I don't know why you want to keep it a secret but it's your secret to keep. If you don't want me to say anything then my lips are sealed."
Koneko glanced down at the water.
"Thank you," she muttered quietly.
Just as she said this, a gentle breeze suddenly picked up and swept across the pool area and Koneko's nose scrunched up and she recoiled instinctively as an unpleasant scent filled her hyper-sensitive nostrils.
"What is it?" Ben wondered, confused by her abrupt reaction.
"You smell of pervert. I don't know what you and Akeno did before but you have a very musky smell on you now," she muttered with a disgusted expression on her face.
Ben couldn't think of anything to say in response to this and simply chuckled nervously. He was saved from having to think of a way to explain himself to Koneko by the loud sound of splashing behind him. He and Koneko glanced over to see Rias and Akeno locked in a race of sorts as they expertly cut through the water.
"Wonder what's gotten into those two?" Ben asked as he watched the two beauties cut through the water at an impressive speed.
"Dunno," Koneko replied simply as she watched the two beautiful young women race each other. "Could you take me back, I think its Asia's turn now."
"Yeah, sure," Ben replied as he waded through the water, Koneko still in his arms though neither of them made an issue of it, and returned to the edge of the pool where he helped her out of the water while Asia made her way over to them so he could start teaching her next.
. . . . .
(Later)
"Wow. I'm worn out," Ben groaned tiredly as he relaxed on one of the several towels spread out around the pool.
After spending the rest of the morning teaching both Asia and Koneko some swim lessons, he had joined in with the others as they enjoyed themselves and played pool games for a few hours before everyone started to tire out and spread out around the pool and just lay back and enjoy basking in the sun.
He glanced to his left to see Asia sleeping soundly on the towel next to him. He couldn't help but admire the cute expression on her peacefully sleeping face.
As he looked back up to the cloudless sky, Ben noticed something fly into his vision. He raised his arm to cover his eyes from the worst of the bright sunlight as he sat up to look at the strange creature hovering above him.
It took him a few seconds before he realised it was Rias' bat familiar.
As he looked at the familiar he felt a pair of eyes watching him. He looked around the pool until his eyes locked with Rias' on the other side of the pool. She was beckoning him over in a sultry manner with one hand while her other hand held a small bottle of what looked to be an oil of some kind.
With a small smile, Ben quickly got up and made his way around the pool to kneel down beside the Gremory heiress.
"You summoned me, my master," he said in a sarcastic tone and a smile on his face which the crimson-haired beauty reflected right back at him.
"Yes, as punishment for you and Akeno going behind my back and acting like rutting animals before, I want you to rub this lotion onto my back for me," she told him directly, doing her best to keep a stern face though she wasn't able to stop a small smile falling through the cracks.
"I wouldn't really call that a punishment," Ben mumbled in his head, making sure Rias didn't hear him. There was no way he was going to tell her that though; she'd only give him a really nasty punishment instead.
He took the bottle out of her hand and examined it.
"What kind of oil is this?"
"It's a special kind of beauty oil for devils. We may not get sunburned like humans but some of us still want to look good," Rias replied as she lay on her front before him and brought her hands up behind her to untie the string holding her bikini top together before laying them in front of her and resting her head on them.
"Why are you using it then? You already look perfect."
"It's kind of you to say but it seems I need to up my game if I'm to stop you from looking at other women instead of me," Rias retorted sweetly.
Ben grimaced a little at this and silently got to work, applying the oil onto Rias' flawless back and running his hands across her body, rubbing the oil into her skin while Rias released small, pleasurable moans at his touch.
They continued for a more minutes before Ben broke the silence.
"Hey, Rias. I…I'm sorry for what happened before with what you saw with me and Akeno. I didn't plan for it to happen but you know how Akeno can be. What can I do to make it up to you?"
Rias tilted her head so she was looking at Ben and stared at him without saying a word.
In truth, Rias wasn't really mad at Ben for what happened. He had told her a while ago about what will happen to him whenever he becomes…'excited'. She was actually more annoyed with Akeno for being the first one to experience what 'Primal Ben' was like instead of her like she wanted.
Despite all her teasing she hadn't wanted to take things too far too quickly if Ben wasn't ready for it yet...but she now regretted that decision when she saw Ben and Akeno together in the changing room. Truthfully, she had actually been there just as they started; the two of them were just too engrossed in what they were doing to notice her and Rias had been captivated by the highly erotic scene playing out before her.
She wasn't going to take things slowly like before…and if that meant teasing her precious Ben then so be it.
"Hmm, well, I guess I could forgive you for cheating on me with my best friend…." Ben winced at this. "…if you do something for me."
"Name it."
A sultry smile appeared on Rias' face as she flipped herself over so that she was now lying on her back, revealing her exposed breasts to the air.
Her smile deepened as she saw and felt Ben's piercing eyes sweep over her body, taking in every intimate detail of her perfect form and memorising it.
"Could you rub oil onto my front now? You need to do a thorough job if you expect me to forgive you though."
Ben seemed confused for a moment before a grin formed on his face and he picked up the bottle of oil again.
"As you wish, my lady," he agreed with a small nod of his head.
Before he could make a move to obey Rias' request, however, Ben felt a pair of soft arms snake around his chest from behind which were quickly followed by a pair of large, extremely soft objects pressing against his back. He glanced over his shoulder as Akeno's face appeared beside him.
As she squeezed him in their embrace, Ben realised that, like Rias, Akeno had decided to discard her bikini top and had exposed her breasts to the open air before pressing them against his muscular back.
"Aww, is it only Rias who gets to have your hands all over them?" she said seductively as she moved her lips very close to his ear. "Don't I get one too? It's only fair after all; you touch her all the time when you sleep together."
"Akeno!" Rias exclaimed in frustration, quickly sitting up to glare at the raven-haired devil behind Ben. "I am in the middle of punishing Ben for you and he did behind my back."
"Oh come on, Rias. I know you were standing there watching us," Akeno retorted with a cheeky smirk as she slowly tightened her hold on Ben and taking extreme delight in the flushed look that suddenly appeared in Rias' cheeks.
While Rias was still stunned by Akeno's revelation the Gremory Queen leaned in close to Ben's ear and gently blew into it, sending a shiver down Ben's spine.
"And you, you naughty boy," she cooed as she traced a circle on his bare, muscular chest with her index finger. "You and I have such an erotic like that and then you just go ignore me and go back to someone else?"
"Looks like I'll have to make you take responsibility," Akeno added as she slowly and sensually ran her tongue along the outside of his ear before bringing her mouth down on his ear and gently nibbling the corner of it in an extremely erotic experience.
"Akeno," Ben warned her as a low growl from the pit of his stomach, similar to the one from before back in the changing room, made itself known.
Someone else recognised the low growl too as, before anything else happened, the diving board on the edge of the pool, near to where the three of them were, suddenly exploded.
The two of them turned to look at an angry Rias who had stood up and now towered over the pair of them.
"Akeno! Let me make this clear to you. I will never let you have Ben! The only woman I want him to be affectionate towards is me…and I guess Asia as well as it can't be helped, but nobody else! If I let you anywhere near him he'll certainly become an insatiable beast!"
"Ara, ara, don't you think you're being a bit too extreme?" Akeno chuckled as she continued to hold onto Ben tightly, ensuring that he felt the heat and fullness of her large breasts pressing against him.
"Anyway, don't you think that he would be better as an insatiable beast?" she continued with a wink. "If you wait too long Rias, Ben's virginity will be mine."
"I'll never let you have him!" Rias declared firmly, growing more and more annoyed at Akeno by the second, and created a small ball of destructive power in her hand.
"Ara, ara, overreacting a little, aren't you? It doesn't matter though, I won't back down now," Akeno giggled with a smile as, releasing her hold on Ben, she stood up to and created a ball of electricity forming in her hand as she faced off against her master. "I've had a taste and now I want more!"
The two devils threw their balls of respective power at each other and caused a moderate, but harmless, explosion when the two balls collided in mid-air. The explosion stirred up a large cloud of smoke which roused both Asia and Koneko from their naps and glance across the pool to the origin of the explosion where Rias and Akeno stood as they continued to throw energy balls at each other.
"My, my, you really are a bit too clingy aren't you…Crimson Virgin Princess," Akeno taunted, her smile never leaving her face, as she easily dodged one of Rias' destructive balls of energy.
Rias scowled at the intentional dig at her sexual experience…or lack of rather. "Aren't you a virgin too?!" she retorted hotly as she threw another energy ball.
"Not for much longer though. When I take Ben's virginity, he'll take mine."
"I thought you hated men," Rias pointed out, trying to change the topic. "How come you've suddenly taken an interest in somebody else's man?!"
"You're one to talk," Akeno countered, "Didn't you used to say that all men were basically the same – totally unnecessary and a waste of time and space – and that you would never be interested in one."
"T-That's not true!" Rias sputtered in embarrassment at Akeno remembering something she had said back when she was a child. "Anyway, things are different now! I've found the one I want to spend the rest of my life with!"
As the two of them continued their battle, Ben, finding himself too close for comfort to the action, decided to escape the destruction around him and slowly made his way away from the pool and ended up in the pool's equipment and maintenance area where he found a place he could sit out of the way and wait for the two of them to calm down…however long that took.
[Why did you run away?]Ddraig asked curiously, the jewel in the back of Ben's right hand glowing as he spoke. [Most of my male hosts in the past – and even a few female ones too –would have leapt at the chance to have two beautiful women fighting over them.]
"I don't mind that," Ben admitted as he leant back against the brick wall behind him. "I ran because they were both getting into their fight a bit too much and I didn't feel like getting hit by an energy ball today."
"Ben? What are you doing back here?"
Ben snapped out of his thoughts and looked up to see Xenovia standing before him.
"I could say the same thing to you. Where have you been all this time?" Ben asked as he picked himself off the floor.
"I was putting on my swimsuit," she replied simply.
"You've only just managed to put it on?!" Ben exclaimed with surprise.
"Yeah. It's the first swimsuit I've ever worn so it took some time to put on. Does it suit me?" she asked him innocently as she spun around in a full circle and placed her hands on her hips to show him her swimsuit.
Ben took the time to examine it and had to admit that, while it wasn't on the same erotic level as either Rias or Akeno's, it was still a swimsuit which did wonders at emphasising her attractive curves.
"Uh, yeah, it suits you a lot actually," Ben admitted freely with a nod as he took the opportunity granted to him to appreciate the new Gremory Knight's curvaceous body.
He hadn't looked at her in such a way before now but he could easily see that Xenovia was an extremely attractive young woman. She had a tight body with visible muscles she had developed in her days in the Church but she still had curves in all the right places and her breasts were also on the larger-than-average size too.
Combining all this with her sleek, uniquely-coloured hair made Xenovia a very desirable person.
"Was it because you grew up in the Church that you've never worn one before?" Ben asked curiously.
"No, not really, I was just never really interested in it before," she replied with a nonchalant shrug, casting a quick glance down at her clothing before sighing slightly. "The truth is, I was actually able to figure it out a while ago. I've just been thinking about a few things."
"Okay," Ben said slowly, suddenly suspicious at how Xenovia's tone had turned serious. "What sort of things?"
"There's something important I want to talk with you about," she stated, taking a step towards him which only served to make Ben even more suspicious.
"So…what is it?" he asked.
"I want you to make a baby with me."
"…."
"Didn't you hear me?" Xenovia asked, looking at the blank expression on Ben's face. "I said I want to make a baby with you."
"Yeah, yeah I heard what you said…," Ben nodded as he slowly crossed his arms across his chest. "I just wasn't expecting you to come out and suddenly say something like that so bluntly. What brought this on all of a sudden?"
"I've actually been thinking about this for a while. When I was with the Church, my only purpose in life was to serve God in whatever way I could; it became my sole reason for existing. When I learned the truth about His demise though that dream was shattered and I suddenly found myself without a reason for living.
"You don't need to be so serious all the time Xenovia. You can live a life without a purpose and be perfectly fine," Ben told her with a comforting smile before returning to the current subject. "So, where did this dream of yours come from then?"
"After being reincarnated as a devil, I asked Rias what my purpose should be now and she told me that, now I'm a devil I can be as selfish as I want and do whatever I wanted as long as I have the will and drive to follow it…so I did just that."
"While I served as a faithful warrior of God, I had to give up the chance to experience all the aspects of a womanly life. I understood this when I joined the Church and I sealed everything – my body and my heart – away for the sake of my faith to serve God as best I could. Now that I'm a devil though, I want that life which I could never have in the Church, the experience I never thought I'd be able to have; to create a life inside of me," Xenovia stated as she placed a hand against her muscular belly.
"Okay, I can see that being something you want to experience…but why me? Why not someone like Kiba? He's good-looking. I haven't even thought about having kids yet."
"I'm not just interested in good looks. I want my children to be strong…and you are the most suited to what I want. You not only possess the latent power of the Red Dragon Emperor but also the power of the Dragon God of Life! Even though they wouldn't inherit the Sacred Gears, our children would still inherit the powerful dragon aura within you."
"Children, huh? How many are you planning on having with me?" Ben chuckled lightly.
Xenovia ignored his question and opened the door beside them which led to the storage room and gently ushered Ben inside. Ben felt no immediate drive to stop her so let her guide him into the room and follow him inside, closing the door behind her.
"I'm fully aware of the extremely low birth rate with devils which can make conceiving children very difficult. However, unlike pure-blooded devils like Rias, it shouldn't be as difficult for us as we are only reincarnated devils; we still have some humanity within us. If we do it regularly, say every day, then I should be pregnant within ten years. No, with you I believe I could conceive a child within five years."
After making her speech, Xenovia reached behind her back and unclipped the hook on her bikini top and let it fall to the floor, exposing her bare breasts to the open air and to Ben. As his eyes automatically drifted down and centred on her beautifully pink nipples, Ben clenched his jaw as he strove to stifle the low growl which was threatening to escape his lips. The tingle which ran up his spine certainly didn't help matters either.
[I think now might be the best time to correct a few things,] Azmuth's voice abruptly echoed in Ben's head.
"What is it, Azmuth?" Ben asked as he let Xenovia gently push him down onto the stone floor and straddled his waist.
"Unfortunately I have no experience with men. I'll have to rely on you when we have intercourse," the azure-haired knight admitted as she instinctively ran her hand down his chest.
[Well, this blue-haired child forgot to take into account the unique position you're in because you are my host and wielder.]
"What 'unique position'?"
"I don't mind what you do to me. You can do whatever you want in fact, just so long as I end up with your seed inside me," Xenovia muttered as she leant forward and pressed her perky breasts against his chest.
As she said these words, Ben felt a great deal of his self-control instantly disappear though his eyes remained unchanged as, unlike with Akeno, a small part of Ben still remained…though not enough to keep in control and certainly not enough to stop himself from wrapping an arm around Xenovia's waist and pulling her close to him where he got a strong sniff of her sweet-smelling hair which sent him further over the edge and he snaked his other hand down her lithe back until her reached her backside where he got a handful of her right buttock and squeezed, releasing a growl of pleasure at the shocked gasp that came from her.
"Stop stalling and just tell me dammit!" Ben's last bit of self-control demanded as it fought to hand on.
[As the possessor of the Dragon God of Life's Sacred Gear, as well as having your virility greatly enhanced, your body is cleansed of any and all issues that would prevent you from reproducing and sends your fertility into overdrive.]
"Meaning?" Ben asked as he tilted Xenovia's neck to the side and brought down his mouth down to her neck and bit down on it, not enough to break the skin but enough to illicit a pleasurable groan from the young woman in his arms.
[Meaning that, unless you use magic as a contraceptive, it is all but certain that you will successfully impregnate any female you have intercourse with,] Azmuth ended just as Ben began running his tongue up and down the mark he had made on Xenovia's neck.
"What?!"
[Oh dear,] Ddraig muttered with a poorly hidden smirk.
"So you're saying that if I don't use magic to prevent it from happening, every woman I have sex with will always become pregnant?!" Ben fumed, furious he was just hearing about this now.
[That is the case, yes,] Azmuth concurred with a small nod.
Ben had now brought his head up to Xenovia's and was now kissing her deeply and passionately, his tongue invading the confines of her inexperienced mouth without resistance, claiming it for his own.
"Why the fuck am I hearing about this now?!" Ben bellowed at the emerald dragon who just shrugged his shoulders in response.
[I don't approve of contraceptives. Why would I? I'm a god of 'Life'. The way I see it, the more children you end up having, the better…and preferably with multiple females so as to spread your gene as much as possible,] Azmuth explained simply, leaving Ben stumped by his sound logic yet still fuming that he was only hearing about it now when he wasn't able to control himself.
The last vestige of self-control he had left cursed as his body leaned forward so that Xenovia was now beneath him, breathing heavily from the stimulation she had been receiving so far with her chest heaving and shining from sweat covering her body, and it tried to take control again but it was too late. He couldn't regain control in time so unless someone interrupted them then he was going to in a fuck-ton of trouble.
"Ben? What are you doing now?!"
Ben's head snapped up at the familiar voice to see Rias standing in the open doorway with everybody else standing behind her with varying expressions on their faces with the scene before them.
As his eyes met with Rias' and he saw the intense glare being sent his way, Ben suddenly found his concentration broken and his senses come back to him in the blink of an eye. He quickly sat up and gently removed himself from Xenovia who was still recovering from what had been her very first erotic experience…of any kind.
"Ufufu, what's going on here, Ben? We leave you alone for a few minutes and you're already moving on and devouring another innocent young maiden?" Akeno giggled behind the back of her hand while secretly hiding the blush that was trying to appear in her cheeks.
"You're so mean, Ben!" Asia whined cutely, unable to hide the bright red tinge that her face had taken as a result of the scene before her. "I-I w-would've done that if you w-wanted me to, i-if that's what you wanted!"
"You really are a sex-pest, aren't you?" Koneko muttered emotionlessly.
Rias, who hadn't said anything at this point, just stared at Ben. On the outside, she was just staring at him with a slight glare while, on the inside, she was raging at missing out again on experiencing what Ben was like when he lost his self-control.
"Uh, I uh, I think I can explain," Ben announced as he rose to his feet.
"Ooh, this should be good," Akeno chuckled, eager to hear what he would say.
He didn't get chance to though as Xenovia took that moment to recover a little of her senses and glanced at Ben, her chest still heaving.
"W-Why did you stop? C-Come on, let's make a baby," she mumbled before she returned to breathing heavily again.
The sudden change in the girl's aura at Xenovia's words would have truly amazed Ben if he didn't happen to be the object of the extremely intense auras he now felt aimed at him. Before he could say anything to defend himself – though he had no idea what he would've actually said – he was suddenly grabbed by Rias and Akeno, each one taking an arm and each sporting the exact same dangerous false smile that he had learned to fear from women.
"Wait! Listen! Rias! I can explain!" Ben exclaimed as he was forcibly dragged out of the storage room by the two women holding his arms in a vice-like grip.
"It's my fault, I realise that now," Rias muttered as they pulled him away from the storage room they had found him in. "I haven't been doing my duty as a master and paying attention to your needs." She glanced towards her friend and sister-in-arms. "I don't know about you, Akeno, but I'm curious as to how a conversation about children comes up?"
"I'm wondering that myself," Akeno replied with an equally scary aura surrounding her. "What circumstances could possibly occur for a conversation to turn into one about kids?"
Ben suddenly felt himself be lifted off the ground as someone took hold of his legs. He looked back to see that Koneko had taken hold of his legs and restrained them without effort.
"Taking the suspect to be punished," she murmured quietly.
Even Asia got involved, joining Koneko and assisting her in holding Ben's legs. Her face was still bright red after what she had just witnessed.
"Wait! Listen to me! I can explain!" Ben tried to tell them right before he was thrown into the deep end of the pool.
. . . . .
Back in the clubroom
(Later)
Ben was now on his knees in the middle of the clubroom with Rias sat down on the sofa and the rest of the ORC stood around him. Even though he wasn't looking at them, Ben could tell that he was being watched due the intense aura which he still felt surrounding him.
"I don't see what the problem is," Xenovia said, breaking the tense silence. "He was just trying to make a baby with me. It's a beautiful thing." She had finally recovered from her experience though still had a faint blush in her cheeks as she replayed the memory multiple times in her head.
"Putting that aside for the moment," Rias stated as she stared at Ben. "It seems we underestimated how easy it is for Ben to lose himself when he feels horny."
Ben couldn't help but wince a little at the sharp tone in Rias' voice at the end and tried to defend himself.
"I told you how Azmuth and Ddraig are affecting me. There's still loads of stuff I need to learn and get used to. I'm doing my best here."
He had chosen to not reveal the bombshell bit of news that Azmuth had dropped on him before Rias and the others inadvertently saved him and Xenovia from doing something they may've come to regret in future.
The issue we have is that Ben seems to be unable to reign in his sexual desires."
"It seems that the politics of Heaven and Hell aren't the only things he likes to influence," a male voice announced with a light chuckle.
Everyone spun around at the sound of the voice to see a bright red light which came from the crimson magic circle which had manifested itself in the corner of the clubroom, the silhouettes of two figures appearing within the circle. The light died down as a young, middle-aged man appeared out of the circle with a silver-haired maid beside him.
Ben recognised the two of them straight away; Sirzechs, the current Lucifer and leader of the Four Great Devil Kings, and his maid, Grayfia.
"I'm not intruding, am I?" Sirzechs wondered with a smile as Rias shot up to her feet.
"B-Brother?!" she exclaimed with surprise. "What are you doing here?"
As the magic circle completely dissipated everyone bar Rias and Asia bowed down respectfully before him. Asia hesitated at first, unsure of what to do in such a situation, but quickly followed suit after seeing Ben do it.
"You must be Asia Argento," Sirzechs went on politely, looking at Asia with a warm smile on his face.
"Um, yes sir," Asia muttered, a little flustered that he was actually speaking to her.
"There's no need to be so nervous, my dear," Sirzechs told her, noting her nervousness and giving her a friendly smile to put her at ease. "I'm here merely to conduct some private business matters…."
He turned to everyone who was still kneeling respectfully before him.
"That goes for all of you too. You can raise your heads now."
Everyone obeyed him and raised their heads as they slowly returned to their feet while Rias stepped towards her brother.
"What sort of private business?" she asked doubtfully. "I thought you'd be busy organising this big summit coming up."
"Oh that's almost set up already. No, I'm here for a more important reason."
"What reason?"
"You honestly don't know? I'm hurt Rias. I understand that classroom visits are coming up and wanted to participate," he replied with a broad smile as Rias became flustered.
"What?! No, you can't…!" she spluttered as her cheeks reddened slightly.
"If you mean I can't wait to see my little sister working hard in her studies then you are absolutely right!" Sirzechs added with a joyful smirk.
Rias then turned her attention towards the silver-haired maid standing on Sirzechs' left. "Was it you, Grayfia?! Did you tell him about this?!"
"Now, now, there's no need to get annoyed with Grayfia," Sirzechs waved off her accusation dismissively. "I was already planning to attend, no matter what. Oh, and that reminds me; father will also be attending. Mother wanted to come too but someone had to stay behind to look after the house," Sirzechs announced calmly.
"B-B-But you can't just leave the Underworld like that! You have responsibilities and you mustn't treat a single devil more favourably than the rest," Rias retorted hotly though with a heavy sigh as she knew it would be futile to try and change her brother's mind once it had been made.
"That would be true," her brother admitted before continuing, "If this also didn't count as work as well. I was considering using this place as the location for the summit. While your classroom visit is very important to me, I also came to inspect the place."
Everyone gasped at this revelation. The summit between the Three Factions was going to be held at Kuoh Academy?!
"The summit's going to be held here?!" Rias gasped with shock. "Are you serious?"
"Oh yes," Sirzechs replied simply. "Considering that this is the place where Kokabiel intended to start another war, we think it would be the most suitable place to discuss the status quo and consider what the future holds for the factions now."
"Now then, it's getting late so why don't we continue such a serious conversation another time. That being said, it's quite late now and I must admit that I failed to arrange any lodging for tonight. Would anyone happen to know if anywhere is available for the night?"
Ben didn't fail to see how Sirzechs cast a quick but meaningful glance towards him as he said this and, realising that he was going to annoy Rias with what he was about to do, slowly raised his hand into the air.
"If you're looking for a place to spend the night then you stay at my house. We've got plenty of room," he said quickly so that Rias didn't have the chance to stop him.
"Splendid/Ben!" the two crimson-haired siblings beamed/exclaimed at the same time.
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Excerpt from "Stories and Tales of the Underworld"
Chapter 12: "The Cage"
"…Hidden in the deepest/shallowest depths of the Dimension Gap where time and space have no meaning, it is rumoured that there exists a place long forgotten by the flow of time and reality, a place deliberately kept hidden from the rest of creation so as to ensure that the nightmarish beast sealed within would never break free from its chains.
Though none left truly know of its existence they have kept its true name hidden so it has to be simply known as…The Cage.
Nobody knows exactly what is kept locked in The Cage but the most accepted rumour is that it is a custom-built prison which contains the greatest threat to existence, a horrific beast that was formed in the darkness that was 'existence' before existence truly came to be, a creature that sought to destroy reality and return non-space to the only state of being.
The rumours go on to speak how the creature's terrifying power was so great that it took the combined power of the monster's younger brothers and the powers of The First God nearly one million years of fighting and war to finally defeat it.
However, even with all their power, the brothers and the god were unable to completely destroy the beast as it was an irrefutable part of reality and therefore a constant, and so, after ensuring that the creatures and minions who followed it were destroyed and driven into extinction, they created The Cage to seal the creature away and prevent it from being a danger to reality again.
Legend has it that The Cage was created to be the perfect prison. Protected by thousands upon thousands of wards, spells and magical seals – the knowledge for many of which have been long lost to time – and hidden away in a location where only a handful knew about so that the knowledge would be lost when the last one perished, The Cage has remained undisturbed and secure for eons…."