Meeting Indra
Few hours have passed, inside the guest room of the Gremory Manor.
"Nin nin" Brynhildr fell off her chair when she saw the duvet covering Masaru suddenly swell up as if he suddenly got pregnant, but the swelling part moved towards his neck till a familiar black-haired abyss coloured eyes popped out laying down on Masaru's shoulder.
"O- OPHIS!?" Brynhildr almost lost her consciousness from the fear and shock she felt of Ophis who suddenly came out of the blue, once again another side of the Duvet swelled and moved up revealing a silver-haired girl rest on Masaru's other shoulder, this time Brynhildr was knocked out cold from the consecutive shocks she experienced in a moment.
Grayfia came rushing into the room and when she saw Ophis and Samsara resting on the sleeping Masaru's shoulders she was completely stunned, 'I knew of Samsara... But Ophis too!?' She felt something crazy must have happened for Masaru to attract these two immortal beings to his side.
"Ara? It appears Masaru is popular as always, fufu I will have him reward my patience when this is all over" Akeno who just arrived together with the girls except for Shirone who was chatting with Gasper downstairs and Ulrika & Roygun stayed behind to support their mother-in-law Diana in Belial Territory.
Akeno went to sit on the other side of the bed, "But to think it is two little girls, I wonder what Master did to make them so attached to him?"
Ingvild blushed looking at Samsara, she never saw a little girl this cute before. "I heard of Samsara, I originally thought that she was a man, I did not expect her to be such a cute little girl"
"Heh, it appears there is no goddess that can escape the charm of our king" Jeanne smirked as she went to get chairs for everyone to sit on.
"Why is there an unconscious Valkyrie on the floor?" Stephani used her twilight healing to heal Brynhildr although there was nothing to heal, the healing power still stimulated Brynhildr to wake up.
"Where am I?" Brynhildr asked as she rubbed her forehead before continuing,
"Ophis? Samsara? I must have been dreaming" Brynhildr muttered not daring to believe what she witnessed if she did then her common sense would collapse if she continued following Masaru.
Stephani giggled "You have not, they are sleeping with Masaru right now"
Brynhildr froze before looking at the beautiful blonder haired girl with different coloured eyes, her face became excited when she realized who the girl was in front of her. "A-Are you Stephani the Twilight Angel of Masaru's Peerage?"
Stephani froze as she never expected to have a nickname but still nodded, her face became faint red from how her nickname and the excited look as Brynhildr wanted to meet her.
Kuroka stood near the wall watching over Masaru, she already sensed that he was fine. 'I want to fight some more-nyan'
Ichika entered the room carrying a tray filled with tea "Tea for everyone" Ichika began to give each of the girls a cup of tea.
"Uhm, excuse me but where is Ulrika, Shirone and Roygun?" Brynhildr asked when she saw almost all of the girls except for these three have gathered, the girls did not mind her question since they were more focused on Masaru who was sleeping.
"They are currently handling the last small bit of work for the Belial Territory, they should be here in an hour. As for Shirone..." Yui answered Brynhildr question.
Sakura opened the room door when someone arrived knocking on the door.
"Big brother!" Shirone came over to check on Masaru who was sleeping, when she used her Senjutsu to inspect she was shocked out of her mind. She never imagined the reason Ophis and Samsara was sleeping with him would be so profound.
"Huh? EH!?" when everyone saw Shirone's surprised face they all stopped talking looking towards the White Cat, even Kuroka nodded.
"That's right, no one can move Ophis or Samsara, if you do then you might implicate Ma-nyan" Kuroka answered the question instead.
"What do you mean of this?" Everest came over with heavy stomps, Masaru was her only mate and she refuses to lose him her family like she lost her mother when she could do nothing.
"Could it have to do with the Spell he used back then against Jabberwocky?" Grayfia asked Kuroka, this was the first thing that came to mind after all. She really felt it was illogical to use such a spell without any price to pay.
"Spell?" Once again everyone's attention drew towards Grayfia, she nodded as she explained "He used a forbidden spell which only Samsara should be able to cast, it brings death for the enemies and life for the allies. It may look like a simple spell but it drains an unimaginable amount of energy from the caster"
"It is his luck for having Samsara and Ophis at his sides right now" Kuroka smiled wryly, she felt a bit jealous that she could not sneak into his bed for a "surprise attack". 'Although after this, his magical reserves should expand once more.' Kuroka thought as she could sense the capacity of Masaru's reserves were growing.
"They are helping him recover, it should be done in a few more hours" Kuroka concluded before she silently drank her tea Ichika gave her, it did not take long for Sona to arrive with her peerage, seeing Masaru was sleeping in the embrace of two lolis she was not sure how to take it.
After hearing their explanation Sona understood why Masaru was resting now, she witnessed how miraculous that Rain was, she saw injuries of people that would have taken a long time to recover had recovered incredibly fast.
Sona sat next to Akeno as they all began to chat while waiting for the moment Masaru is about to wake up, seeing that everything was in order Grayfia turned and left the room silently.
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Sirzech was rubbing his forehead, "You say that Ophis AND Samsara took an interest in him?"
Sirzech could not understand just what kind of report Grayfia just brought him, it was completely mindblowing and the number of complaints about this would not be few coming in the distant future once news of this spread to the outside.
"I will take responsibility as I am the one who arranged for the meeting between him and Ophis, although even I am surprised just as well about Samsara... Does the Chinese Faction know of this?" Azazel said with a serious tone,
"I don't know but I do know they will probably happily send Samsara off, but they will support Masaru including the Yokai Faction and me" Ajuka just entered the offices after having a meeting with Yasaka, although the time they spent was slow it was more than enough for them to form a bond.
Kunou enjoys the games Ajuka would send to her occasionally making the bond between them grow as father and daughter, although it was not officially yet.
Sirzech glances at Ajuka who just entered the room as he sighed, with all the backings there would be nothing the others could do to Masaru especially after he displayed such a horrifying talent during the Jabberwacky assault. 'To be able to use a forbidden spell of Samsara, is it good fortune or bad fortune for us?' he thought
"Also the Grigori and Norse Mythology will support him as well" Azazel added with a wry smile, he could imagine how his friend would be pressured from both sides so he gave a helping hand for Sirzech to suppress those who felt threatened by Masaru.
Sirzech could only laugh "Then the Devils will support him as well, having Ophis in our hands will pull away the strong front of Khaos Brigade"
Sirzech chuckled as the three of them continued to discuss how they will be handling the incoming complaints, but never they would expect that not a single complaint came for the fact Masaru had helped them all one way or another in a big way.
The effects of the title Wonder child, swept them all away.
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"Urg" Masaru groaned, his eyes twitched before it slowly began to open.
"Masaru!"
"Hubby!"
"Big Brother"
"Masaru-kun!"
"Ma-Nyan!"
"Master!"
All the girls called out to him as they surrounded his bed with red eyes filled with tears, Masaru was taken aback by this sight and immediately acted roguishly to soothe them "Oi oi! Who bullied my girls? I will beat him up!"
Hearing Masaru's teasing the girls all began to giggle before they all began to chat about what happened while he was unconscious, apparently, Issei managed to survive the poison of Samael which Shalba shot into his body with an arrow coated with the said poison. 'As expected that stupid disciple is as tenacious as Jabberwacky' Masaru thought
"We managed to beat down the Hero faction and the last remaining for Shalba's Old Satan Faction, although it sucks to say Cao Cao and his team managed to escape" Sona explained to Masaru,
"I see, I will get my compensation from their patron. Ophis can I ask you to help me with it?" Masaru asked while glancing at Ophis who was still enjoying lying down at Masaru's side. Ophis looks at Masaru then nods, Masaru gently caresses both her and Samsara's head. He was quite surprised that Samsara chose to come out at this time.
"Will everything is fine?" Masaru asked Samsara, the latter naturally understood what he meant since he did not want to implicate the Chinese mythology since he considered himself a part of them as well.
"It will be fine, I have already notified them and the fools sent me off with a smile" Samsara referred the gods and goddesses although they were all her friends, Masaru nodded before he looks at the familiar Valkyrie
"Thank you Hilde" Masaru bowed his head slightly forward thanking this girl who brought him here,
Brynhildr blushed before nodding then she looks at him with a serious expression, "About your offer, I would like to stick around before I give you my answer?"
Masaru nodded feeling quite happy inside without showing it on his face, with her in his hand he could officially set up his shadow guards "Of course"
"Offer?" Akeno had a teasingly smile as she looks at Brynhildr who blushed beet red, seeing this even Stephani felt it was familiar this shyness.
"Yep, I made an offer for her to become the leader of my personal guards. You should all know once I reach a certain realm in strength I can't recklessly make moves, so I will need guards who can act on my behalf on small issues while I deal with the bigger ones myself" Masaru explained to the girls while he slowly stood up.
Akeno giggled as she glances at Brynhildr "Take good care of us, future sister" All the girls of Masaru nodded causing Brynhildr to blush, although she might not become an official peerage member. The girls knew Brynhildr held interest toward Masaru.
Samsara rubbed her eyes as she gently pulled Masaru's shirt "Masaru, I will have to return" Samsara lightly kisses Masaru's cheek before she re-entered his body as she expended her energy to aid his recovery, she was not infinite like Ophis.
Ophis herself was looking at the girls in the room as if to study them, ever since she decided to stay close to Masaru she had been observing the girls around Masaru, she felt quite curious about each of the girls who had their souls linked with Masaru including Samsara.
Masaru spent some time chatting with the girls before he went to the private bathroom to get washed and dressed, "I will have to leave you girls for a while"
Masaru came out wearing formal black leather shoes, black pants attached with a brown leather belt holding firmly around his waist and an open collar white long sleeve shirt buttoned around his wrists. His silver-coloured hair was neatly combed to the side revealing his handsome face, with no bangs swaying in front of his amber coloured eyes.
"I will be meeting the man behind the Hero Faction, so wait for me to come home" Masaru said, just as he was about to get ready to leave Ingvild to remember something, Masaru stopped when he noticed she wanted to say something.
"Sairaorg and his peerage is already on his way here, Including Issei along with the Gremory Peerage" Ingvild said,
"I will be back in a few hours, I have to catch the Patron God before he will use the excuse we took too long to come to him as a way to dodge our confrontation" Masaru smiled wryly feeling apologetic to the girls who worked so hard for him, He gave each of the girls a firm hug and kiss before leaving the guest room towards Sirzech's office where he sensed Azazel was at.
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"So you finally arrived" Sirzech smiled when Masaru's crest appeared on the floor before he appeared, Masaru smiled wryly as he bowed respectfully towards the Devil kings.
"Sorry about that, had to recharge my batteries" Masaru joked as he pulled a chair for him to sit, Ajuka nods silently towards Masaru who returned the nod.
"We can safely conclude that the Hero Faction and the Old Satan Faction groups of Khaos Brigade are officially over, however..." Masaru glances at Sirzech who nodded reluctantly.
"How did it go with Hades?" Masaru was quite more concerned about this, if he was not satisfied then he would consider taking this peculiar problem into his own hands. That bag of skeletons gave him a dangerous vibe after all.
"Well he is house arrest and not allowed to leave his domain, and the rights of controlling Cocytus has been handed over to Samsara, or her will since I just heard she is living with you" Sirzech rubbed his forehead feeling headaches arriving as he could not understand just what reasons the two strongest Goddess chose to be with Masaru.
"Hehehe I can only apologize on her behalf for creating more work, But is Hades really going to get off with only that much?" Masaru said with a smile yet his eyes had a fierce gleam, he was naturally not happy with how hades were dealt with.
Sirzech shook his head, "We don't have a proper replacement for him yet, also Zeus has reprimanded him personally. So we decided to let it slide this time, we managed to get a massive compensation from the realm of the dead. Your portion has been sent to your father"
"Also, we have been given permission that should this happen again and we have a replacement. We will strip his divinity off from his body, Zeus had agreed with it" Sirzech said with a cold voice, even he did not like Hades a bit.
Masaru felt surprised as he expected that Zeus would stand up for his brother, "Zeus had no choice but to compromise, he wanted his brother to live but the alliance can't have a risk factor remain a God with a seat. Even he understood, if he wipe the butt of his brother too many times, he would risk becoming enemies of everyone in the alliance"
Masaru felt relieved that the work he did was not in vain, to say the least, "Right now our only concern is the Magician Group and Qlippoth, although I am more inclined to believe that the latter is more dangerous compared to the former" Masaru said,
Sirzech look towards Masaru curiously, he was surprised by Masaru's statement that contained such confidence "Why would you have such a firm belief?"
Masaru leaned forward linking his hands before resting his chin on top of it, he said with a vague tone. "Because I found some confirmed information that the leader of the Magician Group is a servant of the leader of Qlippoth, that's right. That man is possibly the leader"
Masaru's answer caused Sirzech had a stern face, Azazel glances at Masaru with suspicions but Ajuka remained silent. The reason for it was if that was true, then it would be a hassle to deal with him, since that man had kept himself hidden ever since the Civil war.
"But first things first, I and Azazel will be heading to meet with Indra to get some answers in regards to the Hero Faction and I will get some compensation from that God's whimsical actions," Masaru said while glancing at Azazel who nodded, the two of them intend to scam the hell out of that god for this incident.
Sirzech smiled wryly "Thanks for your hard work"
Masaru nodded at Sirzech's words before he and Azazel left the office so Azazel could teleport the two of them to Indra, "What do you think he will do?" Sirzech glances at Ajuka who smiled,
"He will do what his family does to people who cause trouble to family and can't be destroyed..." Ajuka said vaguely as he remembered how the Adramelech family ended with a scam and could do nothing about it.
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The location where Azazel took Masaru was somewhere in Japan, on top of a business building roof where Indra buzz-cut hairstyle with greenish-brown hair colour and lavender eyes, wearing his Aloha shirt, short pants and sandals, around his neck was a bead necklace.
"So the two of you finally arrived huh? So what does the Governor and the Wonder Child would want with me?" Indra turns around smiling as he looks at Azazel and Masaru with disdain.
"We have come for answers Indra, your lackeys have caused quite a commotion, especially in regards to Samael which is quite a serious crime" Azazel spoke patiently while Indra smirked,
"They threatened our Gods and Mythology with that spear along with other things, what else could I do?" Indra said nonchalantly,
Masaru began to laugh, he expected this reason so he thought of a counter. "So the Heavenly God Indra is a weak dog huh?"
Hearing Masaru's direct insult Indra glared at him, as a god of high status he could not condone such blatant disrespect towards him. "What did you say?"
Masaru stepped forward with a sly smile, "I said you are weak, if that boy can threaten you then you are seriously weak. And you want to challenge Shiva with that weak strength of yours, how pathetic. Even I had faced that spear head on without much trouble, and here you are fearing it?"
Indra shivered as his divinity burst out, Masaru snapped his fingers before a barrier surrounded the three of them to prevent Indra from causing a disaster in the human world.
"You... dare to look down upon me!?" Indra roared in rage, yet he could not recklessly make a move considering Masaru's sensitive status and backings.
Masaru step right in front of him, "But you said it yourself, you and your mythology who follows you are pathetically weak to be toyed by humans... And you call yourselves Heavenly God? More like Heavenly lapdogs for Cao Cao"
Before Indra could attack Masaru, Ophis appeared in front of him a single glance from her eyes was enough to freeze Indra in fear.
"You---- The two of you..." He looks at Masaru and Azazel with rage, he suddenly roared with righteousness "You dare work with the leader of Khaos Brigade?"
Masaru chuckled looking at him as if he was an idiot, "But you have supported the Hero Faction of Khaos Brigade, what do you think will happen if the people who hate you have a legitimate reason to rip you off your throne leaving you with nothing? You have a lot of enemies Indra, are you certain you want to give it a shot?"
"Or how would the alliance and your allies act when they know you made Hades release Samael which is quite a serious threat to the world" Masaru added on,
Indra could not say a thing nor could he move, all he wanted was to have a war with Shiva and he could not die until he at least achieved this much. "What do the two of you want with me?" Indra gave in and decided to negotiate,
Masaru smiled "I heard you banished your lackeys to the underworld and took their Longinus. So hand over Dimension Lost and Annihilation Maker you have taken from the Hero Faction, that will be compensation for daring to bring harm to my family"
Indra snorted as he was about to rebuke Masaru for being greedy, "Do you---"
Masaru smirked, "Or I will kill your son while masquerading as the Asura's?" Masaru's voice was so cold that it made Indra flinch, just from this tone even Azazel knew that Masaru had intentions to even massacre Indra's faction if he rejects.
"You dare threaten to kill my son?" Indra looks towards Masaru who was expressionless, Masaru shrugged before glancing at Indra with disinterest as if this god was nothing more than a mortal he could find anywhere else.
"Your lackeys almost harmed my family for your dreams, so don't make me put my words to action Indra. You poked a hole where you should have not and now you are paying for it or your legacy will, and trust me. I won't hesitate to erase everything regarding to you from everyone's memories making it appear that Indra and his fact never existed" Masaru muttered,
Indra gnashed his teeth glaring hatefully at Masaru before he reluctantly handed over two black spheres which contained the Annihilation Maker and Dimension Lost,he glanced at it one last time before tossing it over to Masaru.
"You have only yourself to blame for this Indra, if only you prevented them from attacking my family and I would not have made the move I made today. So you best start behaving from now on okay?" Masaru took the two spheres while holding Ophis's hand.
"I will get you back for this someday" Indra spoke with a furious tone,
Masaru shook his head "You won't, if you value the life of your son. Because his life is linked with my girls, so if any of my girls dies he will too. And that will end your legacy, your descendants and everything you worked hard for. Because by then I will be coming for you myself, you should know my potential and my growth in strength the best"
Indra stood still looking at Masaru who turned around leaving with Ophis and Azazel, he might be arrogant but he cared about his people and his son, his legacy.
"You really are something, extorting two Longinus out of Indra while threatening the life of his son" Azazel was amazed as he never expected Masaru to become this ruthless,
"Well, even if he did not explicitly ordered it. Cao Cao and his little band of thugs threatened the lives of my family, so I will naturally return the favour but at the right person. Cao Cao has little regard to anyone but himself, which is why I chose to make use of Indra to control his people more efficiently" Masaru explained, since he felt quite proud that he finally had another Longinus in his team's arsenal.
"Hahahaha, well it was satisfying. Seeing that bastard choke in his own words" Azazel laughed since today was a good day, not only Hades was on the last rope and now Indra got extorted. Life was really full of mysteries and surprises.