Meeting

The man standing next to me is my instructor, hired by my father. His name is Koga Hatsuo. He is a swordsman and also the knight of Lord Gamigin, and right now, I swing the wooden sword and copy the movement my instructor does.

"Good. Make sure that your weapon is always ready to defend you. The sword is not only your weapon but also your shield. Raise it a little bit, no, it was too much, there we go."

I followed Koga's instructions and took a stance he told me to use.

"Good. Follow my movement."

I followed the Koga movement for a few minutes before he suddenly stopped and said.

"Now, you need to do these katas alone. Anyway, that is all for today's lesson. Remember always to practice these katas every morning, and next week I will see your progress."

"Yes, sensei."

"Good. Anyway, I need to go as I have some business I need to attend to."

After seeing him walk away from the training arena, I continue doing the katas he teaches me. It has been a week since I got myself a Holy/Demonic sword, and I decided to ask my father to be a swords instructor.

At first, I wanted him to teach me how to use a sword, but he only knew the basics and decided to hire a swordsman instead. Our family is not a family that uses swords. We only use our fists or a long-range weapon like a bow or gun.

My mother's family has the same problem. They use their fist to attack their enemy, and it is very effective.

"Ri! Ri!"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear a familiar voice. I grin and look back before seeing my little sister clapping her hand with a toothless grin on her face. I gave her a grin and let go of my wooden sword before walking toward my mother and sister.

I take my sister and pick her up when I am near them.

"Kyaaa!"

I can hear my sister squealing in delight when I pick her up and spin her around. After a few seconds, I stop and kiss her cheek.

"Mother, what is the reason you are here?"

"What? I can't visit my son just for fun?"

"Not when I'm in the training ground, no. You come here to either teach me how to fight in hand-to-hand combat or spar with me, and both options will get me bruises."

I can see my mother smile in amusement.

"Not this time, no. This time, I want to ask you to take care of Ravel for a day."

"For a day? Where do you want to go?"

"Your father and I will go to the meeting between the Lord and Lady of the underworld."

"Can I ask the reason why there will be a meeting? I thought the annual meeting between Lords and Ladies had finished a month ago."

"Hmmm, I was about Kuoh Town, and no, I can't elaborate further. You are not old enough to know about them. You don't need to worry about them, dear."

"Okay, mother. Anyway, I will take care of Ravel for a day."

"Good."

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|3rd POV|

Riser decides to take Ravel and Kuroka to his pocket dimension for the first time. He thought that Kuroka deserved to know about his other power.

"Kuroka, welcome to my world!"

"Woah! What is this, nyaa?! Is this another world?!"

When she steps inside the pocket dimension, all of her senses get bombarded by the energy inside it. Because she is a practitioner of Senjutsu, she can tell that the natural energy of this world is very clean. It was like comparing mud to clean water.

"Yes, you can say that. This is the reason why your fellow peerage members come here and never get back for hours and even days. Come on, let me show you around."

While Riser, Kuroka, and Ravel explore the pocket dimension, Valerie and Hardius are currently sitting inside the room with the other Lord of the 72 pillars. The current objective in this meeting? The one who should be governing Kuoh Town.

Because of this reason, Serafall Leviathan invited the true owner of Kuoh Town, Yasaka, the Queen of all Youkai.

"I think it should be us who take care of the town of Kuoh…."

Yasaka looks at the old man in front of her with a frown. She knows the reason why the devil wants to take control of Kuoh Town. With the Church and Heaven already withdrawing their involvement in the city, they can finally have full control over a town in Japan.

Kuoh Town is very important because this town is the hub for all supernatural creatures to access Japan. This is the only town that allows International teleportation spells. Because of this, many criminals will appear in this town, and because of this reason, Shinto Pantheon decides to allow the Devil and Angel to govern the land in exchange for them protecting the town from the undesirable people.

With the Angel withdrawing their force from Kuoh, the devil will have full control over this town, and the only one who can overrule them is her.

"Are you done?" Yasaka says that while looking at the Lord of the Paimon clan. "You never tell me about your contribution to the city and only boast about your so-called prestige in defensive art. I want someone who makes a massive contribution to the city to be the governor."

Yasaka takes a stack of paper from her enormous breast and places it on the table.

"This is the report I got from my subordinate. This is the list of people who contribute to making sure Japan is peaceful, and you know what is funny? Most of these papers are about one person."

With a snap of her finger, she creates a solid copy of the paper in front of her and passes it to all the people in this room. She let them read it for a minute before continuing.

"There is one person who works very hard to make Kuoh and the city around it a peaceful place, and that person is Riser Phenex. In the past few weeks, he delivered thirty-three rogue magicians to us, killed fifty-seven wild beasts, healed three villages who needed healing, and delivered our family's lost item. He did not do this alone, but it was the result that mattered. Because of this, I, the Queen of Youkai, declare Riser Phenex as the governor of Kuoh Town from now on."

As she expected, many Lord and Lady disagreed with her decision.

"You can't expect us to accept this decision, Lady Yasaka! He is nothing but a child! He cannot govern a town, especially a town like Kuoh!"

Yasaka looks at Lord Beleth before saying.

"And? This child is the only one who cares enough for the safety of Kuoh Town. If you really care about this town, you should take the request from my people who ask your people for help. Oh, wait! Your people only want to take a contract that pays really well. Riser Phenex takes all the contracts coming from the poorer regions of Japan and accepts their payment with a smile on his face. Do you know what makes this matter even better? His sin is Greed. A greedy devil willing to take a small payment."

That makes the other devil look at her in surprise. Riser's Greed did not cloud his mind like many devils in the underworld. The reason is that he already gets the Mental Barrier (Maximum level) perk from the Company, and it lets him ignore his compulsion from his Greed nature.

"A Greedy Devil who is willing to accept a small payment. He is either a very weak devil that makes his nature weak or a very controlled devil who can control his urge. He is not weak as he deserves his title as a High Ranking devil. That means he is a devil that can control his urge and think clearly. Can you do that? Because right now, I can see you can't control your urge to own something that you did not deserve."

Yasaka waits for Lord Paimon to answer her question, but when she sees that he cannot answer her question, she looks around for a second before saying.

"Then this meeting is over. Lord Phenex, Lady Phenex, can I bother you for a moment?"

Yasaka looks at Valerie and Hardius and ignores the frown on Lord Paimon's face. Currently, he is very mad and already plotting to make sure that he gets what he wants.