yall are absolutely cooking with the power stones, we reached the 90 power stone mark early asf, so bonus chapter.
Let's try and reach 130 by tomorrow and I'll also drop a bonus chapter.
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Rias entered the clubroom, followed by Issei and Koneko. Adrien didn't miss Koneko's expression. She clearly wasn't in a good mood.
"Adrien, it's been a while—"
"Yo, Adrien—!"
Rias and Issei both stopped for a second, slightly surprised to see Akeno sitting on Adrien's lap while hugging him.
"Sona wouldn't like this sight..." Rias muttered to herself.
"Yo, Rias," Adrien said, looking at the crimson-haired princess of the Gremory family. "I wanted to talk to you about something."
"Yeah, sure. What is it?" Rias asked as she sat in the seat in front of him.
Issei stood behind her, while Koneko sat alone without saying a word.
"I'm surprised you're thinking about doing things legally," Rias said with a chuckle.
"It'll be a drag later if they go alone and aren't properly registered," Adrien said. "Since you're going to use the buses, I want you to take my girls with you."
"I don't mind," Rias said. "But you'll have to come with us."
"Huh...?" Adrien frowned. "Why?"
"It'll be their first time going to the Underworld," Rias explained. "They shouldn't arrive there without their King."
Akeno's smile widened. "Great. That means we'll get to spend more time together. Maybe we can have some fun..." she whispered in his ear.
Adrien froze for a second then turned his attention to her, "are you a cat in heat?"
Koneko glanced at Adrien with a flat stare for a second before ignoring him again, while Akeno only laughed.
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Summer break had started, and on the day they were supposed to leave for the Underworld, Rias's peerage waited for Adrien's peerage to arrive at the local train station in Kuoh.
"They're late," Rias said, looking at her watch with an annoyed expression.
"Did you really expect him to show up on time? Be serious," Azazel said. He was wearing sunglasses and drinking whiskey through a straw.
Then they finally appeared. Adrien was walking in front, while five gorgeous girls followed behind him. All of them were wearing formal clothes, except for Adrien, who was dressed in his usual outfit.
Issei looked at Adrien with burning jealousy as the girls followed after him. "Not faaaair! I hate pretty boys!"
Rias shot him a look, then let out a sigh. "Now that everyone's here, let's go."
Rias and Akeno walked toward a nearby elevator that led to the lower platforms.
Issei looked around in confusion. He had used this station countless times before, so he had no idea how an elevator here was supposed to take them to the Underworld.
Rias stepped inside and called to her peerage and Azazel. "Everyone, get in. Akeno, can you stay with Adrien and his peerage and guide them? We'll be going down first."
"Of course, Rias," Akeno answered with her usual graceful smile.
"Wait…" Issei froze. "G-going down?"
Adrien placed a hand on his back and pushed him lightly into the elevator. "Just move, bro."
Beep.
Once everyone entered, the elevator gave an electronic beep and began moving downward.
Akeno turned to Adrien with a sweet smile. "Azazel already spoke with Rias. After we return from the Underworld, I'll be moving in with you." She rested her hand gently on his chest, a mischievous smile forming on her face. "Please take good care of me..."
Celia's eye twitched. "Excuse me? She's moving in with us?" She pointed at Akeno. "She's not even part of our Familia."
"I invited her," Adrien said casually. That single sentence ended the discussion.
Mahiru looked between Akeno and Celia nervously. "U-um… is this going to be okay?"
Xenovia crossed her arms and nodded seriously. "This will make the schedule more difficult."
Mary sighed. "Yes. With Saeko already joining too, getting private time with him will become troublesome."
Celia slowly turned toward them. "That is what you're worried about!?"
Akeno covered her mouth with her hand and giggled. "Ara ara~ what a passionate Familia."
The elevator arrived, and everyone stepped inside. With all their luggage, it quickly became cramped.
The girls looked confused when they saw that the panel only had buttons for going up. There was nothing for going down. Akeno smiled and pulled out a card-shaped key from her pocket. She waved it over the panel.
Beep.
A soft electronic sound came from behind the console, and the elevator began to move downward.
"There's a secret basement level under the station," Akeno explained with a gentle smile. "It's reserved for devils like us. Ordinary humans can't access it. There are actually quite a few hidden places like this inside Rias's territory."
Mary blinked and looked at Adrien, who was busy tapping on his phone. "We don't have anything like that?"
"Not yet. I'll talk to my clan about making one when we go to the island."
Akeno glanced at him with curiosity. "Now that I think about it, what's your plan after we arrive?"
"We're staying in the Gremory territory for a day or two before the gathering. After that, we're heading to Agreas Island."
"I see," Akeno said with a small nod. "So you'll only be there for a short while."
The elevator kept descending for about a minute before finally coming to a stop. When the doors opened, they were greeted by a huge chamber, like a massive underground cavern.
It was built like a train platform. There were a few subtle differences in design from those in the human world, but the resemblance was very close.
Rias and her peerage were waiting for them. "Now that we're all here, let's head to Platform Three," she said, taking the lead.
As they walked, Akeno moved closer to Adrien and gently slipped her hand into his. Adrien squeezed her hand back without thinking much of it.
For a moment, Akeno's usual teasing smile disappeared. Her face flushed bright red, and she quickly looked away.
'Wasn't she talking about fucking me while we traveled while sitting on my lap The fuck is this contrast, are all girls like that?'
Adrien really should have seen it coming, but he didn't.
The moment the five girls noticed him holding Akeno's hand, all of their eyes snapped toward them. They moved at once to grab his other hand.
Mary was the fastest. She instantly summoned Excalibur Rapidly and dashed, reaching Adrien first and wrapping her hand around his free one.
"Hey, that's not fair!" Celia complained, glaring at her.
Xenovia frowned slightly. "...I should have used demonic energy to accelerate."
Saeko let out a small amused sigh, while Mahiru froze for a second, clearly too slow to join the competition.
Mary held onto Adrien's hand without shame. "Speed decides victory."
Celia clicked her tongue. "This isn't a race!"
Issei stared at Adrien with burning jealousy in his eyes. "I hate you so much right now."
Adrien looked at him with a flat expression. "Skill issue."
Seeing Issei stare at Adrien with pure jealousy, Asia gently took one of his hands. Rias smiled and took his other hand.
Issei froze. Then his face turned bright red, and a stupidly happy grin spread across his face.
Rias chuckled. "You're very easy to cheer up, aren't you?"
"I-I mean…" Issei tried to speak, but his grin only grew wider. "This isn't bad at all."
Koneko continued walking ahead alone, completely unfazed while Kiba just watched the whole scene with an amused smile.
Kiba wasn't a cuck, he just had the whole school after his dick so he didn't really care.
After passing through a winding corridor, they entered another large open space. A train was waiting for them there.
Its design was nothing like a normal human train. The whole body was made of sharp edges and harsh angles, with demonic patterns engraved across almost every surface.
"This train belongs to the House of Gremory," Rias declared proudly.
The automatic doors slid open with a soft swoosh, and Rias led everyone inside.
Once they entered, Rias turned to Adrien. "Adrien, you should come with me to the lead carriage."
"Nah, I'll stay here, you go. You're the princess."
Rias raised an eyebrow. "Your family is an Archduke house, while mine is only a Duke house. If anything, you're the prince here."
"We'll get bored if we sit alone anyway," Adrien said, leaning back into his seat. "Let's just stay here with everyone."
Akeno giggled softly. "Ara ara~ how humble of you."
"He just doesn't want to deal with formal treatment." Celia said as she took a seat.
"Exactly," Adrien said without hesitation.
"Fine. We'll stay together, then." Rias said with a faint smile.
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I don't know if ya'll are liking the slice of life parts but the action is returning soon.
This arc is gonna be good with a bit of a training arc and Pokémon gathering, you'll see what I mean. If ya'll want a picture of certain characters just tell me but doing it every chapter was long so I stopped.