“Huuuu”
I release a tired breath and jump away from the pool. It has been a year since the last time I met Ajuka Beelzebub. Tomorrow will be the day I receive my Evil Piece. A noble-born devil will receive their Evil piece when they reach the age of six.
Anyway, I just finished my water walking exercise. It takes me a year to be able to walk on water while also doing something else. I can walk on water after a month of training, but the one that makes me stuck in this exercise is when I start casting another spell while standing on the water.
While I am doing this? Spending my time doing this? For what? Well, because of my training, my fire can melt a stone in a few seconds now. Not only that, but my fire also started to mutate. I now can freeze someone with my fire.
Yeah, I can produce ice using my fire. It is like Zero Point Breakthrough from KHR. While on the outside, this ice is like your ordinary ice, it was not.
On the outside, the ice is cold but on the inside? It is hot. I already experimented with this ice with the help of my father. I freeze my father’s hand with my unique ice and see what happens.
That day, my father threw a massive party in my name. He is so proud about it for some reason. After the party, I asked my father about it.
“That ability is the ability our ancestors have. That is the ability of the first Phenex. The ability to create burning ice. For a thousand years, we searched for a way to awaken that ability, but it looks like hard work is the key to it.”
Let’s say that after that party, many lords are offering their daughters to me, and among them is from the Gremory family.
And just like in the Canon story, my father agreed to betrothed me to Rias. Both my father and lord Gremory did not yet announce it. However, it will be announced after both Rias, and I get our Devil’s Piece.
Meaning that it will be announced next year when Rias reaches the age of Six.
I don’t know what will happen in the future. Rias in the canon storyline really hate Riser. She even loathed him and did not want to be in the same room as him. I don’t know if that will happen to me.
I don’t really like Rias in the canon. I did not read the Novel and only watched the anime. I don’t know if she is different in the novel, but in the anime, she is not really likable? I don’t really know how to explain it. She is there to become a fan service.
I know that she is technically not the main character but come on! Do something! Do something other than giving a power boost to Issei by showing your boobs!
However, I will not judge her from the anime. I will see for myself how she behaves before I can judge her.
“Young master”
I snap from my thoughts when I hear someone calling me.
“Yes?”
“Lord Phenex is calling you to his office.”
“Is it urgent?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Then, can you tell father that I will come after taking a bath?”
“Of course.”
~10 minutes later~
I knock on the door to my father’s office and wait. A second later, I can hear my father’s voice saying.
“Come in.”
I open up the door and see my father sitting behind the desk with a stack of paper in front of him.
“Please take a seat.”
I sit down on the couch in front of the desk and wait for my father. After a few minutes of silence, my father walked toward me and sat down in front of me.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“It is not a problem, father. What can I do for you, father?”
“I call you here because there is already a letter of a challenge for you.”
“What?”
My father takes a small stack of paper from the tables and gives it to me.
“Those are an official challenge letter to you. A Rating Game challenge.”
“Huh? I don’t even have my evil pieces. How can they do that?”
“Usually, they cannot do that. However, because of a special reason, they can.”
“What is the reason?”
“Your Betrothal with Rias.”
Why? Why has this become a problem? Wait…
“They are a young master that wants to marry Rias, aren’t they?”
“Correct. They are the people that have already offered their Betrothal proposal to Rias.”
“…. How old are they?”
“The youngest is thirty-three, and the oldest is fourty-three years old.”
“Haaaaa.”
Urgh. I hate devil society. Because of our long age, a marriage between two-hundred-year-old men to ten years old girls is okay. While they cannot f***** yet because they are underage, they can do it at the age of fifteen, which is still underage, by the way.
“When is the battle happening?”
“In one year. A month before Rias’ birthday.”
“Meaning this battle will happen in march?”
“That is right.”
“Urgh. Fine. I will try to gather enough peerage before the time comes.”
“Or you could just appoint your brother to fight in your place.”
“I can do that?”
“Yes.”
“But there is a side effect, doesn’t it?”
“True. They can ‘brand’ our family as a coward, but I don’t really care.”
“Urgh. I want to try to gather my peerage first. If I cannot do that, I will ask my big brother to be my representative in the Rating Game.”
“…. Very well. However, even if you have a full peerage, I want to test them first. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
“Good. Then you can go back now.”
I nod my head and get away from my father’s office.
~The next day~
“Push a little bit of your demonic energy inside the evil pieces.”
“All of them?”
“The more, the better, but make sure you do not push all of them.”
“Very well.”
I push a huge amount of demonic energy inside the evil pieces, and to my surprise, the evil pieces eat it like a hungry man that never eats food for a week-long. It keeps eating my demonic energy.
When it eats three-quarters of my demonic energy, it stops eating it.
“What did it do?”
“Just watch.”
I look at the briefcase in front of me and widen my eyes when a few seconds later, the evil pieces glow.
“This is a secret, so don’t tell this to anyone. The more you feed the evil pieces, the higher the chance it mutates. Congratulations for getting two mutated pieces.”
Rook and Bishop. Those are my mutated pieces. My rook changed from its blood-red color to a jade-like color with a red pattern around it. My bishop changed into a deep blue color with a pattern like my mutated rook.
“Please don’t tell anyone about this. I don’t really want to mess up the mind of a fellow devil, but if I must, I will do that.”
I swallow my saliva when I hear Ajuka say that. While he did not release a killing intent, I still feel a shiver on my back. A super devil is really something else.
“I swear, I will not tell this to anyone, even my parents.”
“Good. Now, you can take that briefcase and start recruiting.”
“Of course. Thank you, lord Ajuka.”
“Think nothing of it.”
I bow a little and walk away from Ajuka’s office. As I walk away, I’m greeted by my father and mother, who is pregnant once again.
“How is it, Riser?”
“I’m doing great, father! I got mutated pieces!”
“Really? Can you show us?”
“Of course!”
I open up the briefcase and show my parents my evil pieces. When they see my pieces, they have a surprised expression and are replaced with a happy expression a second later.
“That is really great, dear!”
A second later, I get hugged by my mother. I’m a person who likes a hug. I like to hug people, but my mother is a special case. My mother has a hard time controlling her strength. My mother comes from a Vassago family.
The Vassago clan trait is their physical strength. They are a clan that is known for their physical prowess.
Because of this, my mother’s hug is something that can kill an ordinary devil.
“Dear… I think you should release our son. We are immortal, but I know suffocation is not pleasant.”
“Oh! Sorry!”
“Haaaa!”
I take all that sweet air and feel my power start healing my bones that broke because of my mother’s hug.
“Now, let us go back home. Let us celebrate this.”
