Chapter 189 – Teaching Young Devils

The other factions were offended by what Kurotabo's said. The devils were the ones who made a move first.

I could feel Rias, Sona, and their peerages among the devils and tried to find them. I quickly found them because Rias' hair was too eye-catching to miss.

They were in the back of the devils' crowd, talking with Sairaorg. They didn't seem to notice that three devils had made their way toward my place.

The devils that made their way in our directions were young, around Rias' age. They were cocky and had a smirk on their face.

As I had hidden in the corner and observed the situation while munching on a sweet, the devils were confused. However, their attitude changed when they saw one of the youkai that stopped them; it was Kurotabo.

"Is there anything that I can help you with?" Kurotabo smiled as he asked politely.

"Hah! Where is your leader? I am here because I heard that he was able to defeat Sairaorg Bael." Said the young devil in the middle. He had blonde hair and a cocky attitude.

"And what do you want with him?" Kurotabo narrowed his eyes, but his smile was still intact. That meant he was not too irritated yet.

"Of course, we want to show him his place! How dare the leader of a small faction like youkai defeat a devil?! I bet he's cheating!" The devil on the left shouted at Kurotabo.

This was getting more interesting. So the news about me defeating Saiarog was already spread among the young devils?

Should I ask Sirzechs to spread the news about me killing Rizevim then? I was curious about their expressions when they heard it.

I bet the old devils would go, 'How dare he kill the son of Lucifer!' or something like that.

It was basically the same reactions that the young devils had but in a grander form.

"Is that so? You think that Riku-sama cheated when he fought with this Sairaorg? Do you have proof?" Kurotabo's smile fell from his face.

He gripped his monk staff and was ready to attack in case the devils made some aggressive move.

"Of course! There is no way that the strongest among the young devil could lose against a youkai! Not to mention that youkai is only a teenager!"

The devils did live a long life. But, didn't the young devils who approached us also still teenagers? They brought that up as a reason?

At this time, the other devils, Fallen Angels, and angels had noticed the commotion.

From a distance, I could see Rias' panicked face and Sona's troubled face. Sairaorg, who was with them, narrowed his eyes while looking in our direction.

Their reactions were funny. Rias tried to make her way here with Sairaorg and her peerage. While they were at it, Sona chose to stay and held her head. Her lips moved, and from what I deciphered, she seemed to mutter, 'Haa– Do anything become this troublesome when youkai is involved?' or something like that.

I didn't deny it, but this time it was not our fault, you know?

"Then, what do you want with us, hah? Do you want to try to fight us to show that devils are strong? Hah! What a joke! I crushed a lot of devils' heads a few days ago!" Aotabo approached from behind Kurotabo and scoffed. "Do you want to try it, kid?" He glared at the blonde devil with a smirk.

His presence itself was big, so the young devils were afraid of him. They took a step back before snickering.

"H-Hah… It seems it's only your body that's big; your brain is so small that you can't judge our strength!" The blonde devil even poured fuel into the fire.

Rias and Sairaorg were still trying to come to this place. The crowd stopped them, but they parted after seeing their serious expressions.

However, they were too late. Aotabo cracked his hands and stood tall in front of the young devils.

"How about we try it right now, brat?"

Rias was panicked when he saw Aotabo. I also didn't want to see a fight today, as the peace treaty was just signed earlier.

So I appeared beside Aotabo and patted his shoulder.

"Well, stop that for now."

"Oh? Riku-sama!" Aotabo turned to me and smiled. Kurotabo looked at me with a tired gaze and let out a sigh.

So the reason why he kept his calm was that he knew I was nearby? I did talk to him earlier, but I made it look like that I was leaving the area. That was not important though.

"So you are the leader of those guys? Hah! You didn't look too strong!" The devils scoffed at me.

Although I stopped Aotabo, I still need to educate these devils because they looked down on me too much. Even when I was in front of them, they were still looking down at me.

I turned to them and smirked as I closed my right eye.

"You said that I was cheating when I beat Sairaorg?"

Maybe because Rias had seen this gesture a few times, she shouted to stop me.

"Wa–"

But she was late. I had already used my Senjutsu to pressure the three devils in front of me to their knees.

Thud!

"Guh!"

"W-what is this! I-I can't move!"

"H-Help!"

The three of them fell to their knees, and their heads looked at the ground. They couldn't even look up, and they dared to look down on me.

"Well, aren't you guys too weak? Even Sairaorg could stand when I used my Senjutsu to put pressure on him."

I looked down at them and said my part.

"S-Stop it!"

"You want me to stop?" I asked playfully. "Maybe another time? I have a guest here, so let's talk later."

I then turned to Rias and Sairaorg, who finally arrived.

"Yo, aren't you too late?"

"Hahahaha. The crowd stopped us. It seems that my colleagues bothered you and your faction. For that, I am sorry." Sairaorg bowed his head, followed by Rias.

"I'm sorry for that."

I was a bit surprised, but then I smiled.

"Don't mind it~ They are just naïve and need some education. I think they had changed their minds now." I looked at the young devils beside me. They had passed out from the pressure.

I pulled my pressure and smiled at Rias and Sairaorg.

"Besides… I can always show my strength tomorrow."

Both of them raised their heads. Rias smiled wryly while Sairaorg had an excited grin.

"I hope to meet you in the tournament tomorrow." Said Sairaorg.

"Well, let's see how it goes. I doubt that I will be scheduled to fight with young devils because… I am too strong for that."