Highschool DxD: Crawling x Chaos-Chapter 95: Passionate Heat

『Yuta Yukimura』

Getting the workers hired by Venelana into my pocket dimension to start their work was not an ordeal, they were already sworn to magical secrecy several times over, personally made sure of by Venelana. A bit extreme but at the same time, better safe than sorry. Just in case, Zoroark was there as well.

As for me, I went back home to dress up with the help of Venelana. Nothing too impressive, but definitely got the message across, black suit pants, a black blouse long sleeve shirt, a red vest, a red tie, and a jacket to tie it all together made me look like the right cross between noble and devil.

It looked downright... devilish even.

Man I sure am glad no one is around to hear my terrible jokes.

Before going to the Gremory Manor as Venelana had told me, I double-checked everything, several bottles of Hlanith Wine, Cookies and Snacks made with Pearl Jam which were perfect to eat together with cookies. Alright, I was as ready as could be.

As naturally as breathing, my Shadow Storage found the Summoning Paper Venelana had given me and I used it. The familiar sensation of teleportation washed over me.

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"Greeting Young Lord Leviathan, I'm glad we were able to meet under better circumstances. I'd like to apologize for my son's actions and am grateful for your willingness to meet with us."

Feat Achieved! Make the Phenex Family apologize to you after brutalizing their son

+1x Gold Trait Gacha ticket

Bingo.

Upon arriving at the Gremory Manor(Not the main castle, just an outskirts manor) I was led to the balcony by a female servant that overlooked a large lake and had a clear view of the sky, sitting and already waiting for me were Venelana and the woman I had met before at the party, Rayne. And her dress were even more risqué than before, with a lot of cleavage and if my eyes were seeing right she did not have a bra. And I can vouch that they were trained to notice such details.

She got up to greet me, and I had to endeavor to keep the blush off my face as she bent her torso and bowed slightly, giving an even better view of her cleavage that rivalled Venelana's in size.

I can't not say this is improving my impression of her.

Yes, I am a simple creature, but that simplicity has done well enough for me so far so I do not intend to change my ways.

Thanks to my Leadership skill, I was able to wrestle control back over my body and took Rayne's extended hand.

It was at this moment that I heard the whisper of a Kakyoin shaped devil in my ear.

...You know what? One day, one day, my actions would come back to kill me by Zeus finding out I'm having sex with Hera or something.

I bent my knee and grabbed Rayne's outstretched hand, and instead of just giving her a handshake I gave it a light kiss.

"Likewise, Lady Rayne."

I'm pretty sure it was appropriate manners from my knowledge of Leadership and high society, if not a bit unnecessary since technically, I outranked her massively and a sign of that much respect was unneeded, but when have I respected those traditions anyway?

To my credit, my maneuver seemed to be successful as Lady Rayne withdrew her hand after a moment of stunned silence and fanned her blushing cheeks.

Never mistake my exasperation with my traits for dislike.

"How polite, I'm glad you were able to join us Yuta, especially with how busy you are these days."

Venelana gestured to a seat with a lighthearted chuckle and we both sat down at the circular table, we made some courtesy conversation, mostly about how the territories are and whatnot, I would have considered it somewhat boring if Lady Rayne, or simply Rayne was not still flustered from my actions.

And, while this may be just me being delusional but was she acting deliberately... seductive towards me? Sometimes she'd brush up against my hand or lean too far forward to give a glimpse of her cleavage.

Yes, I am a helpless social disaster, but even I possess pattern recognition, and she was acting exactly like Venelana usually did. And I knew Venelana was perceptive enough to notice if even I was able, but she strangely refrained from commenting.

Well, if no one will bring it to attention, it's not in my place, I, for one, quite enjoy the attention.

Rayne reached towards the table and picked up one of the pastries I had placed there along with her glass of Hlanith Wine. The moment she bit into the jam filled cookie her eyes went wide and lit up like fireworks as her cheeks blushed. She stood silent for a few seconds as if being unable to find the words.

"Oh... oh dear, what are these? I've never tasted such delicacies in my life! A-ahem, sorry for my outburst."

I gave Rayne a side eye, that was about the expected reaction, but I was really curious, was my food really good? For me specifically, it just tasted like superb food, but nothing that would actually get your nipples hard like Rayne was currently experienced.

Also yes, this confirmed that Rayna really was not wearing underwear.

"I'm glad you have taken a liking to them, I cooked them myself, it's one of my abilities, Pearl Jam that allows me to imbue foods with magic, those cookies also help with skin health and general complexion. If you'd like, I could give you a box as a present?"

When I was making this current batch, I decided why not make multiple and keep them in storage and keep them as easy snacks? So I have like around 17 boxes, 5 of those were for Tiamat, actually, probably 10, that seems more prudent. But I won't pinch pennies, I can make them anytime and cooking is trivial when you can have 90 limbs and several nodes of perception and flows of thought.

Rayna covered her mouth and blushed further.

"Oh my, I didn't know you were capable of even culinary arts Lord Yuta. Apologies for seeming uncouth, but I think I'll have to take up your offer. I'm sorry to impose on you like that while I'm already planning to request something of you."

Consider me intrigued. I took a sip of my tea and gave my attention to Rayne.

"And what would that be?"

I was keeping my expectations, Rayne seemed amicable enough, but at the same time, this WAS a Phenex I was dealing with. And they were one of the richest Devil Familiar for a reason beyond their lucrative tear business.

"Lord Yuta, I'd like you to take Ravel as your Peerage Member, any position would be fine but we would appreciate it if she could be your Bishop."

Ravel? Riser's sister Ravel? The one who I beat into seclusion? Why am I feeling like this is a rather odd idea to propose? I'm not the weird one here am I?

My expression must have given away my feelings as Rayne hurriedly went to explain herself.

"My daughter, Ravel, was put into Riser's peerage temporarily to gain experience, but with Riser... indisposed like he is currently, we'd like to give her the opportunity. While you may have had problems with my son, I'm sure you can recognize the value of having a Phenex as a Bishop.

That was true, I knew from personal experience that the Immortality ability of the Phenex family was rather overpowered, and was useful in basically all cases.

"Not only that, but Ravel is also trained in administrative tasks and ruling, she'd make an excellent secretary to your growing peerage. I'm sure a young man like yourself could appreciate some relief from your duties.

That all sounded well and fine, but there was something about this that was nagging at me.

"But what about Riser? Isn't she still in his peerage? I don't think he'd be enthusiastic to this arrangement."

Rayne shook her head with a mix of annoyance, concern and understanding.

"Riser, it's a bit hard to say, but he has given up on Rating Games. I do not blame you for this. I would say he will get over his slump given enough time... that is if he did not decide to dedicate his time to becoming a Yugioh champion instead."

"He what?"

The words left my mouth before I even realized they did, and Rayne took the opportunity to vent.

"Yes, it seems like he has joined in on that trend. Lately he has been doing nothing but 'speedrunning' the game and doing 'challenge runs'. I remember coming up to me to brag about ranking in the top 10 leaderboards for some kind of 'any percent speedrun', I do not get it, but he seems so passionate talking about him that I did not have the heart to rebuke him. He has even been joining some tournaments among his fellow young devils and even hosting his own. Honestly, I do not know what to do with that boy."

I-

Hn.

These are complicated emotions. What do I even feel about this? The guy who threatened to kill me and forcefully marry my girlfriend/king who I permanently scarred gave up Rating Games and dedicated himself to mastering the game I created.

Good for him?

I don't have anything against him now other than a dislike of his character, since I consider the karma already paid in blood drenched iron. So I hope he does well in his endeavors.

"Apologies for my tirade, what do you say Lord Yuta? Would you accept Ravel into your peerage?"

For a moment, I pondered while stroking myself- my chin. Stroking my chin. That cleavage is interfering with my monologue.

"I won't agree to anything right now, I'd like to meet her myself and judge if she would be a good addition to my peerage and if I like her as a person." Though from what little I remembered of her, she was pretty cute, that was quite a lot of points in her favor.

Rayne smiled brightly and put a hand on her chest.

"That is all I ask, thank you for the opportunity Lord Yuta. Do not worry, I assure Ravel will not fail to impress."

Having a person other than Grayfia that I can tell to do stuff for me sounds like it would be very hard to pass up. ...Or maybe even a second Grayfia? Grayfia could teach Ravel right?

My brain naturally allocated itself to constructing a realistic and convincing image of Ravel in a maid outfit.

Hmm, suddenly I feel substantially more drawn to the idea of adding Ravel into my peerage. Grayfia could use the decreased workload as well. Perhaps my other Bishop could also be a maid to complete the set.

Did I develop some sort of maid fetish from losing my virginity to Grayfia? Absolutely possible.

But then again, a maid fetish never hurt anybody.

And with that simple train of thought, Ravel Phenex's fate was sealed, whether she knew it or not.

A/N: Lady Phenex is advertising her daughter as the newest hip product trying to appeal to Yuta, and Venelana's has done a great deal in influencing her behavior if that was not obvious. This is not helped by Yuta being the equivalent of a wolf in a rabbit pen when it comes to matter of any Devil Milf, it's a surprise she isn't in his bed already, for now anyway. But what really hooked Yuta in was the potential, promising a new maid. He is a simple man with simple and reasonable ambitions.

After getting Mind Crushed- I mean defeated by Yuta, Seto Kaiba- I mean Riser Phenex stopped being as evil and instead started going all in on card games. That game seems to have some strange magnetic appeal to rich arrogant young masters. Let's just hope Riser does not try launching Yugioh cards into the Dimensional Gap to play with aliens. What did you guys think of the developments in this chapter? I'd love to know.

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