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The perfectly elegant and flawless maid, Izayoi... Oh, no, Grayfia, encountered the biggest challenge in her history of servitude today.
As the "Queen" among the Peerage serving Sirzechs Lucifer, one of the current Four Great Satans of the Underworld, Grayfia's competence had always been self-evident. She could execute even the most difficult tasks flawlessly, completing them one hundred percent of the time. Whether it was managing the family affairs with impeccable order or leading the other Peerage members to annihilate enemy forces, she was more than capable.
Yet, this perfect maid, who was both cerebral and martial, was stumped today by a simple task of relaying a message.
As a perfect maid with genuine modesty and high professional ethics, she managed to maintain her composure and watch the entire process unfold at the time. However, that did not mean she could now recount the entire event with the same calmness.
But in the end, Grayfia forced herself to do it.
The young Devil King, who shall remain unnamed, also forced himself to listen.
Indeed, the news was utterly explosive in every sense. Although Grayfia had done her utmost to phrase the details delicately, a slight translation in the mind would reduce it to one simple, crude sentence:
—Your little sister got D-ed, and she was the one who initiated it.
It is hard to say that without the latter half of the sentence as a premise, what Sirzechs would have hardened might not have been his nerves but his fist. To bed the sister of a Devil King requires a certain amount of audacity.
After listening to Grayfia's account, Sirzechs remained silent for a full half-minute. He then put down his knife and fork, closed his eyes, and rubbed his temples. "This... hmm... so, Grayfia, you mean the man suddenly became proactive only after you appeared, and then he and Rias... did that?"
"Yes." Recalling the situation in the room at the time, the silver-haired maid's expression couldn't help but turn slightly strange. "Based on the circumstances, Lady Rias gave up her original plan after she realized I had appeared. Conversely, Hanakain Reiji, after hearing my intentions, resolutely chose to proceed with his relationship with Lady Rias..."
"Mhm, mhm, mhm, I already know that part." Sirzechs waved a hand in the air to stop the maid from continuing, pressing his hand against his forehead in pain. Honestly, he rarely showed this kind of expression. It hadn't happened even during the most challenging period after he first became the Satan. But how to describe this matter... It was simply too explosive. So much so that, for the first time in his life, Sirzechs nearly short-circuited his CPU.
In contrast, Venelana, on the other side, showed a curious expression after listening. "Hmm~ So, that means the boy named Hanakain Reiji was Rias's own choice, then? Do you have a photo? I'd like to see him."
"Although I do not have a photo, I can project a recording from my memory using magic. It's of the moment he was talking to me..." Grayfia's hands began to glow with magical light.
However, Sirzechs raised a hand to stop her before she could finish. "A recording... perhaps not. If Mother insists on watching, Grayfia, please show it to Mother alone. I'll pass. I need to think carefully about how to handle this matter..."
"Understood." Grayfia considerately moved to the other side of Venelana, setting up the magical screen at an angle Sirzechs couldn't see and beginning the playback.
Sigh... The young Devil King let out a long sigh inwardly. He didn't have the luxury of time for a mental buffer like Grayfia did. The fact that he was listening to such explosive news and forcing himself to calm down and think was already his limit.
Now that the matter had occurred, the engagement with the Phoenix family was certainly off. This was not a major problem, actually. Since Rias had actively made such a decision, it proved that his sister genuinely wasn't interested in the Phoenix family's third son. Since he was going to reject their family anyway, it didn't matter if the reason was simple disinterest or being interested in someone else. If anything, the latter more strongly proved that the Gremory family bore no ill will toward the Phoenix family.
Thus, the only remaining question was about Hanakain Reiji himself. Thinking this, Sirzechs turned to the silver-haired maid who was watching the recording with his mother.
"Grayfia, what was your impression of that Hanakain Reiji?"
"As for him..." Grayfia visibly hesitated when addressing the topic. It was never easy to summarize a person in concise language, as it involved the multifaceted nature of human beings. But the impression Hanakain Reiji left on her was surprisingly simple and pure. "If I had to sum him up in one sentence, it would be that he is the type of person who will enforce his will, no matter what."
A person who enforces his will... Sirzechs was not surprised by this conclusion. In fact, he had already formed a general impression of Hanakain Reiji after hearing Grayfia's initial account. He only asked to confirm his own intuition.
And it seemed his intuition was quite accurate. Firstly, the fact that the man chose to enter a relationship with Rias even after learning that Rias had an existing engagement with the Phoenix family, who were fellow nobles of the Seventy-Two Pillars, was enough to prove that Hanakain Reiji was indeed someone who would enforce his will no matter what. Secondly, remaining completely fearless even after being told that Grayfia would report the matter to the Phoenix family suggested deep confidence in his own strength. And finally, even warning Grayfia to relay a message to the Phoenix family, telling them not to resort to any underhanded tricks, indicated that the man was forthright and honest.
As he contemplated this, the young Devil King felt his headache wasn't so bad anymore.
Just then, Venelana's quite satisfied voice came from the dining chair beside him. "Mhm~ Our Rias has excellent taste, doesn't she? She found a handsome boy with a great physique. And the way he held Rias while talking by the bed really gives one a sense of security."
Hmm, so his appearance isn't bad either. Sirzechs thought. Although he hailed from the Gremory family, one of the Seventy-Two Pillars, and was one of the Four Great Satans, his high-ranking perspective meant that he no longer fixated on external beauty or ugliness when judging people. However, the inclination to favor beauty and dislike ugliness was still an instinct of all living beings, and even Devils were no exception. It was certainly best if the man had a pleasing appearance.
Thinking this, Sirzechs no longer hesitated and delivered his final conclusion. "Since that is the case, I will personally make the trip to see the Phoenix family. And I will personally convey the solution to Rias. It has been a while since I last saw Rias. It will be good to see her."
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