Adrien sat cross-legged in a small living room, resting his head on one hand, eight wings spread from his back, filling the cramped room giving him a demonic vibe. Across from him sat a boy with a black eye, his head lowered in shame.
The man had summoned Adrien after finding a sheet of paper with a magic circle slipped under his door that morning.
"So," Adrien said lazily, "why did you summon me?"
The man sniffed, "I was sent a video of my girlfriend of five years getting fucked by three large cocks. I went there and one of the dudes that was fucking her beat my ass then forced me to watch her getting railed by the other two..."
Adrien stared at him blankly, "Yeah… just pull the plug, bro."
The man burst into tears, his hands trembling as he tapped the table in front of him.
Adrien watched him cry and, for a second, actually felt a little bad for him. This dude was cucked and got his ass beat at the same time. That was a brutal combo, even by Adrien's standards.
"Now, now... I was just kidding, so how do you want me to help you?"
"Can you help me... get back at them..."
"Look, revenge is not a god option. It's the best option," he said with a grin.
"Can you make me stronger… and more handsome… and…" His voice trailed off, like he was too embarrassed to finish the sentence.
"Hmmm…" Adrien thought for a second. "What's your name?"
"Takemichi Hanagaki…"
A wicked smile formed on Adrien's face. He took out his phone and dialed a number. After a few beeps, someone answered on the other end.
"Hey, Watari," Adrien said, still smiling. "Come to the location I'm about to send you."
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Yawn!
Adrien shifted in his bed slightly and looked to his left, Mary was sleeping next to him. Her long silver hair shined under the morning light. Her pale naked body was his eye-candy this morning.
"Never though exorcists could be this slutty," Adrien murmured to himself.
He woke Mary up, then had breakfast with his Familia before they all left for school.
When Adrien first returned after the Three Factions Meeting, he had been sent to the principal's office. However, he simply used hypnosis on the principal and made him come up with a believable excuse for Adrien's absence.
Today was Open House at Seijo Academy. Adrien's parents obviously had not come. They were not even happy that he was attending school.
At least, that was what he thought. An extremely beautiful woman with long blonde hair and green eyes stood at the back of the classroom, happily taking pictures of her son.
Adrien glanced at her and sighed.
Everyone in class was staring at the woman, including the teacher and the other parents. Her beauty was almost distracting enough to stop the lesson by itself.
"Andyyy! Give me a smile!"
Adrien's expression went flat.
'What is she doing here? How did she even know today was Open House...?' Then his eyes narrowed slightly. 'Celia...'
"Adrien. Smile."
Adrien gave her the brightest smile he could manage.
Even Adrien Agares was afraid of his mother.
Celestine Agares, Valerius Agares's wife and the mother of Adrien and Seekvaira, was an extremely cheerful and beautiful woman. But anyone who knew her understood one thing very clearly: you did not want to experience her wrath.
Xenovia and Mary, who were both in his class, hid their laughter as they watched him obey without a word.
After classes ended, Celestine waited for her son outside. The moment Adrien appeared, she hugged him tightly.
"I missed you so much, Andy…" she said, squeezing him. Then her tone sharpened. "And how rude of you! You don't even send your mother a message from time to time!"
"I was a bit busy, Mom."
"I don't care! Next time, don't forget about your mother."
Celestine then glanced at the two girls standing behind Adrien. She had sensed their demonic energy during class.
"Hm… so you two must be part of his Familia," she said, looking them over with a smile.
Xenovia stepped forward and bowed. "Yes. My name is Xenovia. It is nice to meet you, Lady Agares."
Mary bowed beside her. "My name is Mary. It is an honor to meet you, Lady Agares."
Celestine looked them over from head to toe, her eyes shining.
"You two have amazing figures! I have some wonderful dresses that would look absolutely gorgeous on you!"
Mary and Xenovia exchanged slightly confused looks as Lady Agares suddenly began taking their measurements without waiting for an answer.
Adrien watched the scene with a small smirk.
"Oh, you're here," Saeko said as she arrived with Mahiru and Celia.
Celestine turned toward them at once, her smile widening.
"Oh? You're part of my son's peerage too?" she said brightly. Then she looked at Adrien with mock disbelief. "Adrien, why didn't you tell your mother you had so many beautiful girls with you?"
After finishing Xenovia's and Mary's measurements, she moved on to Mahiru and Saeko, she already had Celia's measurements after all.
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The girls sat with Lady Agares in the penthouse living room while she showed them pictures of Adrien from when he was young. She always kept her children's photos stored safely inside her personal space storage.
"Look here!" Celestine said brightly. "This was the first time he came home with a wyvern's head. He was only ten. Ah, how time flies!"
She energetically flipped through the photos she had collected over the years. Some were embarrassing baby pictures of Adrien, the kind every mother loved to show off. But as he grew older, the pictures became more and more unbelievable.
It became very clear that Adrien Agares had been a monster since birth.
"How were you able to hide Adrien's power?" Xenovia asked. "With the things he did, he should have gotten a lot of attention."
Celestine smiled softly. "The Underworld is around the same size as the human realm. That said, even with devils, fallen angels, and the other species living there, the population is much lower. There is no ocean either, so there is far more available land. On top of that, Adrien's special body made him very difficult to detect. Because of that, we were able to hide him fairly well when he was young."
Then she sighed, though her smile did not disappear.
"Adrien was always a smart boy. He escaped our island often, but he never entered another devil's territory. At least, not until he turned eleven. After that, he started doing whatever he wanted. We still managed to keep most of his information hidden from the rest of the Underworld, but certain clans already knew about him. The Gremory, Bael, and Sitri clans, for example. Families like that were too influential to keep completely in the dark."
"The Demon Kings too, right?" Mahiru asked.
"Of course," Celestine replied. "You may already know this, but they were actually the ones who asked us to hide him in the first place."
She looked down at the photos with a fond, almost helpless smile. "But when Adrien grew older and received his Evil Pieces, everyone learned his name. Even then, he rarely appeared in public, so most people only knew him as a powerful troublemaker. Very few people truly understood the extent of his strength. I suppose even we, his parents, don't know exactly how far his power reaches anymore."
"Raising someone as eccentric as Adrien must have been difficult," Saeko said with a small smile.
"Yeah, but I think you did an amazing job. Really," Mahiru added. "Adrien might look cold, but he's actually very kind. He takes care of us. I don't think I've ever been as happy as I am right now."
Xenovia nodded. "I feel the same. After the Church exiled me, I thought my life was over. But Adrien found me and Mary, then gave us a place to belong."
Mary nodded quietly beside her. "Yes. He helped us when we had nowhere else to go."
A warm, genuine smile formed on Celestine's face as she listened to the girls speak about her son like that. More than anyone, she knew Adrien was a kind boy. But she also knew most people would never see that side of him because of the way he acted. Seeing people care for him so openly made her incredibly happy.
Then Adrien entered the living room, wearing the same clothes he had worn during the Three Factions Meeting.
"A Stray has appeared in Tokyo," he said calmly.