Chapter 98: Warm Family Gathering Before The Storm?

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Chapter 98: Warm Family Gathering Before The Storm? by Harem-Fan

In the first floor living-room of the Gremory Mansion...

A full-house of 18 family members surround me...

Zeoticus, Venelana, Sirzechs, Rias, Grayfia, Serafall, Sona, Yasaka, Lavinia, Kuisha, Tsubaki, Akeno, Kuroka, Shirone, Irina, Xenovia, Li, Ni, and Myself all sat around the large L-shaped couch, and surrounding individual stools brought in by the 7 maids.

"""We formally greet you Devil King Lucifer and Leviathan!"""

Kuroka, Irina, and Xenovia do their duties and formally greet the two Devil Kings as law dictates. But with the formality out of the way, the two Devil Kings smile at the three newcomers.

Sirzechs waves his hand and tells the three.

"Well, I met you two girls at the battle with Kokabiel, but it is nice to see you in person, Kuroka. I can tell why my little brother is fond of you, haha."

I actually blush a bit, because he is teasing me for my Neko Aura attracting Cat Girls. But Kuroka only grins, not ashamed of it at all, and said.

"Well, Ray is very good to us, so his personal charm is very attractive to us Devil Neko, nya."

-

My father Zeo came over and said to Irina and Xenovia.

"Xenovia and Irina, I was very surprised when I found out you two joined my son's peerage. I hope you are happy with our Gremory family."

Irina, a bit nervous, dared not call me Darling, and said.

"Well, Ray and I were old friends, and he did not want me dead, so he brought me back, and we became closer. I am happy to be by Darl- I meant Ray's side."

Xenovia, already meeting her elder Sister and came to terms with it, said proudly.

"I found Ray and I had the same heart, and this surpassed good and evil, so I willingly joined his harem to procreate with him for the Gremory family."

I have so many things to retort here, like we have only kissed, and I touched her chest for the purpose of Knighting her, oh, and the gentle spank.... Oh wait, I will shut up now...

-

My mother Venelana to the side, came to Lavinia and took her hands. My mother then said to her, who she knew before when I was 12 and she was 14 years old.

"When Mephisto Pheles, pushed your Contract onto us, I knew he had ulterior motives for it. But I see now that it was not for Grauzauberer Magician's Academy, but for you and Ray. When Kuisha told me you and Ray committed, I was both shocked and happy, so welcome to our family Lavinia."

(As a side note: The Devil Dragon King Tannin, is the Queen of Mephisto Pheles, who runs the Human Magician school, and is out of Devil Politics.)

Lavinia who is blushing, only nodded with a warm smile, replying with.

"At first, Red and I were only friends, but we both went through major life changes and finally, Red and I came together. I am deeply in love with Red."

"Then do you want to marry Ray?"

Lavinia, the Ice Goddess, went red-hot in the face, and her eyes swam, but while biting her bottom lip, she nodded in affirmative.

She then pulled Lavinia over to where Kuisha, Sona, Yasaka, and Akeno were and asked the women involved.

"Yasaka dear, you and Ray will marry when he comes to the Underworld for his summer break, so if the two agree, how about they marry Ray behind you? Well, if Akeno agrees?"

Akeno's mouth opened wide, hearing that Venelana is approving of herself and Ray marrying one another officially, but in a daze, she said.

"I would love that very much, especially for being pregnant. I agree."

Yasaka, knowing both women, and liking them, only said to her future mother-in-law.

"I agree, and it would be less awkward if not only a Youkai, but both a Devil, Fallen Angel, and Human joined Ray, especially after the Peace Talks happen. This will make our Marriage more special for the Gremory."

Venelana had anticipated Lavinia being Human, the odds of her having a child being higher, so she wanted to preempt it. Who knew her many years of experience was right.

Part of why she is accepting of Lavinia being Human, was the revelation of the Half Devil Vali the White Dragon Emperor. Once again, Venelana will be seen as a smart woman in the future, for her insights.

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Shirone, Rias, Serafall, Li, and Ni are all huddled together, while Serafall was showing the girls her new movie manuscripts to the eager girls.

While Rias was excited, she mumbled.

"I wish uncle Ray was as popular as you Serafall! If Uncle Ray had his own movies, I would watch them all the time."

Li and Ni both nodded their heads to agree. Then Shirone pulled out a magical DVD and said to the group of troublemakers.

"Actually, in my free time, I made a compilation of all the greatest moments of... The Pussy Slayer!"

Rias, Li, Serafall, and Ni had stars in their eyes, as they all said at the same time.

"""""Let us watch it! ~Nya ×2!""""

I had not noticed the five evil Devils around the TV. The opening scene was me with Kuroka over my knee in the park, being punished vigorously with my Mofu Mofu hands. The rest was not appropriate for children, except Devil children...

-

And off to the side, Sirzechs, Grayfia, Tsubaki, and I spoke a bit more seriously.

"Brother, why was Leonardo able to escape? He will be incredibly bad news to the Underworld, now that he is free? And what about Jeanne?"

Sirzechs was gloomy about losing Leonardo, because we had him. He said seriously.

"Suddenly, the council of Nobles wanted to move him, and in that instance, Georg of the Hero Faction was able to retrieve him. But oddly, they never tried for further actions to capture Jeanne back to their side, and only grabbed Leonardo. To say there was no inside help for the jailbreak, would be a lie."

Grayfia said about the other one.

"We have already as a token of good faith to the Church, exchanged Jeanne to them in compensation for losing both Irina and Xenovia."

My mouth opened in surprise, because I was unaware I had caused such a mess without knowing the details, but as I was going to apologize to my brother, he smiled and told me the real reason.

"That is the official reason, but in London, we made this under the table agreement, to keep our jails from letting Georg rescue her again, so under your Knight issue, we are returning her. I was going to let them have her anyway for peace, but the higher ups cannot argue about her being traded as compensation. And with your war credits, the trade was no issue. Micheal was very happy with our under the table negotiations."

Tsubaki smiled and joked.

"Our Devil King tricked the Archangel into doing something sneaky, fufu."

After a short laugh, my brother asked me.

"So, the chances of being interrupted during the meeting is high, so do you think our defenses are enough?"

I think... The anime is no longer useful for much.

Gasper cannot be used to Stop Time. More big-shots that were not in the anime are now showing at the meeting. Our peerage's strength is vastly different than in canon.

And the biggest variable is Vali. Without Ddraig and his rival, canon Issei, I do not know how Vali's presence will change the situation.

I cannot believe that the Khaos Brigade will truly attack with so many Leader Class foes. Just fighting us with Caterina Leviathan, Vali Lucifer, and a group of Magicians does not seem doable at all. My only fear is if Cao Cao and Vali join forces.

Sirzechs and Grayfia felt more and more uneasy seeing my eyes contract and dilate with hints of concern, fear, and confusion running across my expression. But soon I said,

"I have no proof, but by backtracking... Who benefits the most from the Peace Talks failing? Easy... The Old Devil Faction. I believe the breakout of Leonardo is no coincidence at all, and was caused by Old Satan Faction loyalists."

I put up one finger while explaining my guesses.

"Since Leonardo and not Jeanne are broken out now, he will most likely come to our meeting. And with Leonardo coming, naturally so will Georg. I suspect descendants of the last 4 Devil Kings will arrive, whether it is 1 to 4 of them. At least a small group of Old Satan Faction Devils should arrive to support them."

I put up another finger.

"I suspect one member of the meeting will be an inside man, to assure all parties have arrived before they move on us. So one traitor at least. However, this traitor may also be trying to betray the Khaos Brigade in the future."

Another finger goes up while I ponder. At this time, I had not noticed the TV pause, and all others are listening in now.

"The likelihood of the Khaos Brigade sending a large group of Stray Magicians, and brainwashed Sacred Gear users is a strong possibility. Cao Cao is driven to make his Sacred Gear users breakthrough with battles, to achieve Balance Breakers forcefully, is my guess."

And with the fourth finger raised, I state the method they will employ, because they cannot Freeze Space with Gasper.

"If I were them, I would suck everyone into one of Georg's Dimension Lost domains, to fight, so escape is difficult. He is strong enough to do that. Leonardo will make an army as support."

I then close all my fingers into a fist, and finish.

"But this is not even including the possibility of God-class beings like Loki or Ophis dropping in to make my predictions be useless. In short, we cannot plan for this attack so easily."

At this moment, I noticed all eyes focused on me, so I cough and say awkwardly.

"Cough, I am only guessing, and being a worst-case scenario doomsayer, haha."

Sirzechs smiled noting his daughter looking confused, and he played along with me.

"Well, you're right, we will just plan as normal. Hey Rias, have you seen Ray's VIP Room yet? There is a huge game system there with all the latest games?"

Rias, only 8 years old, had her attention diverted, and her little fist rose into the air as she said.

"Shirone, Li, and Ni, let's play a 4 player fighting game!"

And soon, the atmosphere forgot the heavy words I spoke casually.

-

After a while, I took Lavinia's hand, and pulled her into a hallway to warn her.

"White, my predictions before... Do not mention them to anyone outside this house for now. If you do, others we care for may be hurt."

Lavinia Reni is a clueless airhead at times, when regarding relationships, personal space, and her past. But this woman is a real top genius, who can make amazing Magic Calculations. She looked into my eyes, and said it...

"The traitor is Va-kun, right?"

I just put my hand on her cheek and kiss her, then I say.

"If... If he is, he is doing it for a good reason. Vali by nature is a good guy. So forgive him if he does it. I can vouch for him being the kid you took care of. I just am saying this to you, because I do not want you to be depressed when you find out later."

Lavinia then hugged me tight, burying her face in my neck. She said softly.

"At the Black Dog Bar, I knew your words with Vali were for a reason. You knew about it then, right?"

"Yeah, he wants to fight with me for sure, using this time as an excuse to flex his might. I am guessing he and I have to cross fists. So you need to let us boys fight."

Lavinia's bottom lip pouts outward at me, and she said.

"Then I am coming with you, to make sure Va-kun plays fair. Plus I do not like those Stray Magicians. Red, take me as your Contract Magician, because Azazel did not invite me. I am going no matter what."

Her sapphire eyes tell me she is learning Gremory Taming skills.

I only nod to her, because she is already Satan-class in strength, and she is as strong as Caterina Leviathan with Ophis Snake in her.

And that was how the Peace Summit got really fucking cold that day...

(A/N Rough Estimate Power Levels)

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