"Barbariccia? Barbariccia, do you hear me?!"
Lord Bael panicked and tried to contact deputy commander Malebranche.
But after a while of waiting, there was no answer at all. He tried to contact the other members of Malebranche but the result was the same.
Had they all been destroyed?
He wondered as the screen only showed the large crater created by Eiji's attack.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Only Lord Bael's angry and incompetent shout could be heard in the room. The other devils and gods who were there did not say anything.
But the members of the Devil Council looked terrified at the power Eiji had displayed so far.
They were less confident compared to before because why not? Eiji seemed to have destroyed 10 members of Malebranche with just one attack!
What was that monster?
Even Sirzechs who was known as the strongest devil in history was no more terrifying than him!
Moreover, Eiji still looked relaxed after doing all that which meant he wasn't even trying hard.
"Is this the extent of the power of the living weapons the original Four Great Devil Kings created? Disappointing." Aphrodite leaned back in her chair while playing with her hair with her fingers.
She looked at Lord Bael and the devils beside him with disdain but when her gaze returned to Eiji's figure on the screen— The Goddess of Love's eyes were slightly glowing with a pink light that would make anyone who looked into her eyes at this moment would be mesmerized and become her slave.
The men who knew Aphrodite from Greek mythology in the room naturally avoided looking into her eyes.
The woman was very beautiful and fragrant but those who were there did not want to become her slaves!
Even Lord Bael was no exception as he was still more greedy to be the sole leader of the Devil Faction. Still, he couldn't argue with what Aphrodite said since the 11 members of Malebranche he was proud of were destroyed easily by Eiji.
He wondered what if he sent Malebranche's leader, Malacoda?
Would he be able to kill Eiji?
But according to the records left by the original Four Great Devil Kings, unlike the other members of Malebranche, only Malacoda should not be awakened.
"Do the devils still have other ideas for dealing with Eiji Seiya? If not..." Apollon looked at Lord Bael indifferently and began to think this cooperation was pointless.
He might really have to use his own ideas despite his reluctance. After all, after becoming the new Chief God of Mount Olympus, his status as the King of the Greek gods and goddesses made him a little drunk and awakened his father-like vices in him.
Apollon was secretly greedy for the beauty of his two sisters. Not just them, he even thought of his father's now widowed wife and other Goddesses in Greek mythology.
On the other side.
Unbeknownst to Lord Bael and those who conspired with him. 10... No, the 11 members of Malebranche who were destroyed by Eiji earlier were actually still alive!
Or rather—
"Arise." Eiji said that while standing in the center of the crater and stuffing both hands into his pants pockets.
In the eyes of Rias, Latia and Iryuka who were watching in the distance. Eiji's shadow expanded tens of meters and covered the ground around him.
Then, eleven familiar-looking figures came out from within his shadow but unlike before, they were now black with lines that blazed with purple flames.
"This..." Latia looked at the scene in front of her in confusion.
"Rias, what is Eiji-sama doing?" Iryuka asked curiously.
Rias held her chin in thought because although she had seen similar sights before.
She had no idea what Eiji was actually doing.
"I'm not sure myself but Eiji seems to be making the 11 Malebranche members he had destroyed earlier as his shadow army."
"It's somewhat similar to the ritual a magician performs to turn a living being into an Undead that only obeys his orders."
[Rias, I'm surprised. You guessed it right.]
Hearing Eiji's inner voice, Rias was a little proud that her guess was correct.
Especially when they saw 11 Malebranche members including Barbariccia kneeling in front of Eiji.
Latia and Iryuka were amazed.
"My lord, from now on we will obey your orders. If you want anything, don't hesitate to give us orders." Barbariccia said like a servant.
Lord Bael and the people in his group would definitely be surprised if they heard what he said to Eiji. Not only that, the aura emitted by Barbariccia and the other members of Malebranche was several times stronger than before!
Unfortunately Eiji deliberately hid what was happening now from them to give them a surprise later.
"I have it. Barbariccia, I want you and the others to go to the Underworld to kill some..."
A few seconds later.
Eiji had canceled Mercurius' power with just a flick of his finger. Instantly, he and the girls he was with returned to the previous reality where the huge crater he had created disappeared.
The ordinary people in the city were visible again but none of them realized that they had escaped death.
With Mercurius' fusion having reached 78%.
Such a thing was easy to do.
"Is it done? Now what should we do?"
"Rias, you should report this matter to your elder brother."
Iryuka and Latia spoke in turn about what had happened earlier.
It was no small matter.
If there was no all-powerful Eiji to protect them, they and everyone in Kuoh city would die.
Those rebels had to be captured or killed as soon as possible.
Instead of answering, Rias glanced at her fiancé and asked him. "Eiji, should I contact Onii-sama?"
Iryuka and Latia fell silent.
Rias, you still have to ask Eiji for permission to do that?
They didn't know Rias did that because she realized Eiji seemed to have done something about this matter.
"No need to bother, Sirzechs must have known about this and is now in discussions with the other three Devil Kings to take action."
[But before that, Barbariccia and the rest of the Malebranche had probably already killed Lord Bael, a member of the Devil Council and several clan heads from 72 Pillars. As for the other people involved in this matter? Heh, I'll deal with them myself since that seems like it would be more fun.]
Eiji laughed evilly in his heart.
He really was like a villain boss who had bad intentions on other villains.
Rias wasn't surprised but Latia and Iryuka? They could only believe what Eiji said from his mouth.
But if they heard his inner voice, they would definitely be surprised.
...
While Eiji and the three beautiful devils continued their journey to inspect the building.
Time continued to pass and now Totsuki Academy was being visited by people from outside the school.
The shops selling various types of food made by the students were visited by many people.
Although there were some that were deserted, the protagonist in this franchise— Soma Yukihira was an exception of course.
Just like in the original work, the shop he set up in front of his senior's Chinese food shop was crowded and within two hours, he had gotten over 200 visitors who tasted his homemade dishes.
He had even said "Happy to serve!" which was his catchphrase. But after that he was completely exhausted and decided to take a break.
After all, he had achieved the target of passing the exam in this school festival. He could now take a stroll through the school festival to visit the shops of his friends or perhaps acquaintances and any shops that looked interesting.
"By the way, I'm curious about Erina's shop."
Speaking of the beautiful girl with the God's Tongue who always spoke harshly and scolded him.
Soma didn't hate her, he actually quite liked her and wished he could make her say his dishes were delicious honestly.
When he first entered this school, Erina had tasted his egg dish and although he was sure it tasted good to her. That girl, Erina said the taste of his dish was "disgusting" and he was almost not accepted into this school because of it.
Soma did not hold a grudge against Erina but if surpassing his father was his number one goal in life, his number two goal in life was to conquer Erina's God's Tongue.
"Senpai, hello!"
When he was on his way to find Erina's shop. He suddenly saw a beautiful scarlet-haired girl who was his senior and one of the Elite Ten at Totsuki Academy.
They had known each other since a week ago.
"Hello Yukihira-kun. Since you're here, you must have finished your exams and want to visit the other students' shops, right?"
Rindo turned her head and said to her junior who could be considered attractive. But compared to that boy... Eiji, he and Eishi were not handsome and muscular enough.
Soma nodded and gave a thumbs up. "I just finished. Senpai is doing the same thing as me, right? How about we—"
"Sorry Yukiharu-kun, I'm actually waiting for someone."
Rindo immediately declined Soma's invitation to go around together.
"Eh? O-Okay." Soma was a little surprised and disappointed that he was rejected! Yet he couldn't help asking. "Does that someone have something to do with your appearance being somewhat different from usual, Senpai? Could it be... Your boyfriend?"
Actually compared to other Japanese protagonists, Soma was not too dense. He just wasn't interested in the romantic aspect because otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed single until the end of the manga.
He noticed something different about Rindo from her appearance today. Other than her hair color and school uniform remaining the same, she now tied her scarlet hair into a ponytail and let people see her pair of amber eyes.
She looked more feminine than usual.
"Ara. I didn't expect Yukihira-kun to be sensitive enough to such things. But no, that guy isn't my boyfriend yet." Rindo did not blush when it was misunderstood that she was waiting for her boyfriend.
Still...
Does that mean it's only a matter of time before the guy you're waiting for becomes your boyfriend?
Soma wondered in his heart.
"Do I look good?" Rindo suddenly wanted to know what others thought of her current appearance.
Soma scratched his head as he was a little embarrassed and said, "Good! Senpai, you look even prettier than usual!"
"Hehe thank you. I'm now more confident and as a reward, I'll tell you where the shop belonging to the first seat of the Ten Elites is located."
"You mean Eishi-senpai? Where is it?!"
Soma was excited.
Rindo told the boy the location and watched him leave quickly. She didn't stop him but she couldn't help but think... 'Yukihira-kun will probably only get married when he's in his late twenties.'
That was because Soma wasn't too interested in the pretty girl in front of him and only thought about cooking and tasting other people's dishes.
Rindo was actually the same but after meeting Eiji, she became more interested in the romantic aspect. Especially after hearing Eiji's inner voice since they last met, she knew he seemed to have been in romantic relationships with many women.
However she also heard that the boy was not an ordinary person and having a Harem was not impossible for him.
Rindo wasn't sure if she had fallen in love but she had long been curious about Eiji and today, she couldn't wait to meet him again.
...
The cat-killing curiosity routine he used on Rindo seemed to be working well.
Eiji didn't know this because after inspecting the building Iryuka had chosen. The girl and Latia had decided that they would buy those buildings.
In the process, he was busy seducing them in front of Rias. Instead of being jealous or angry, his red-haired fiancé did him a favor and became his wingman. She took everyone to visit restaurants and other places of interest in Kuoh city.
Latia and Iryuka did not refuse, they enjoyed it including Eiji who sometimes intentionally or unintentionally touched their shoulders and buttocks.
Latia and Iryuka blushed several times and bit their lips while glancing at Rias. They wondered if she didn't mind what Eiji was doing?
After all, he was her fiancé!
But they forgot something and were surprised by Rias' response.
"It's okay, Eiji seems to like you two and did you forget about Sona, Seekvaira and the other women in his harem?"
Latia and Iryuka were silent.
Come to think of it one of them had even seen Eiji having sex with Serafall.
"And as far as I know... Latia, Iryuka. You guys don't have fiancés yet, right?"
Rias' question made the two girls shake their heads with a slight blush on their cheeks.
By the way, what was Eiji doing while they were talking? Well, he was now waiting in line to buy them ice cream by the roadside. Looking at the man who had previously shown even more terrifying power than the 11 statues that were stronger than the original Four Great Devil Kings— and he had even made those 11 statues his servants.
Latia and Iryuka not only admired him but they also thought he was cute. When these two elements were put together and combined with Rias' next question...
"Hey how about you two stay at Eiji's house tonight? The construction of your respective bases will also take at least a day or two for my family's renovators to complete."
"Instead of returning to the underworld. Wouldn't it be more fun if we played together tonight?"
Rias smiled at the two girls in front of her.
Eiji who was buying ice cream pretended not to hear the conversation of the beautiful demons behind him. However, in his heart he gave Rias a thumbs up.
[Rias, I love you so much!]
Hearing this, Rias still smiled and thought Eiji was lucky to have women like her.
Otherwise, what normal woman would help her own fiancé to have more women?
Latia and Iryuka's hearts beat faster with nervousness and anticipation. After all, Eiji was not only very handsome, he was also very strong. Unlike humans who took a long time to cultivate feelings, female devils like them happily submitted to strong men. Especially men like Eiji who had saved their lives.
They couldn't help but fall in love, okay?
This was quite reasonable.
"Rias, thank you. If it's not too much trouble, I accept your invitation to stay at Eiji-sama's house."
"I don't mind either. After all, it's rather inconvenient to go back and forth between the human world and the underworld."
Latia and Iryuka agreed while pretending not to know what might happen to them tonight.
Eiji grinned at the ice cream vendor who looked like an old man in front of him.
"Sir, give me four ice creams with flavors that symbolize love."
"....." The ice cream vendor. He thought the extremely handsome boy in front of him was a bastard because he wanted to please three girls simultaneously with ice cream.
From his position, he could even see three beautiful girls who seemed to be waiting for the boy in front of him.
Today's youngsters really know how to play.
"There's no love flavored ice cream, but how about strawberry or vanilla flavored ice cream?"
"Then I want four vanilla-flavored ice creams."
"Alright, wait a minute."
[Host, why not choose strawberry flavor?]
Miss System suddenly asked.
'What is it, Miss System? Do you want strawberry-flavored ice cream?'
What about my strawberry yogurt? Eiji thought about this.
Miss System knew what her host was thinking and rolled her eyes.
[No, I'm just asking.]
'Tsk! I thought you were giving me a code or something.'
[Host... Can you stop being narcissistic?]
After Eiji finished his date with Rias, Latia and Iryuka.
He drove the girls back to his house and had heard that Latia and Iryuka would be staying at his house tonight from Rias.
He agreed to that very good idea of course before driving his car again as he had to go to Totsuki Academy. Rias didn't stop what her fiancé was doing even though she knew he would seduce more girls.
But instead of going to meet Rindo, Alice or Leonora. Eiji chose to meet Erina because his future father-in-law had arrived at school first.