"Are you not going to meet Rias, Darling?" Akeno asked helplessly.
Koneko didn't say anything, but she kept staring at Riser as she put her hands on Riser's lap.
"You want me to meet her?" Riser asked while softly caressing Koneko's hair.
"It's not fair, nyaa! I want a head pat, too, nyaa!"
Kuroka couldn't help but complain when she saw Riser pampering her little sister. After all, it was quite unfair for Riser to do so, especially when Koneko wasn't even his mate. Even if Koneko was her little sister, the matter of man was a different matter.
Koneko knew that Kuroka was noisy, so she simply ignored her big sister.
However, Riser was too lazy to argue and just patted Kuroka's head.
As they waited for Latia to come, Akeno and Koneko couldn't help but approach Riser, wondering why he didn't want to meet Rias.
"I know you are horny to her, nyaa~!" Kuroka rubbed her face against his belly, but as she was naughty, she definitely wasn't only rubbing his belly. "If I am not wrong, she said that she was going to give you her virginity, right? Why not just accept, nyaa?"
Virginity?
Riser thought that Rias was just joking at that time, and with what he had done to the Gremory House, was he going to just eat Rias like that?
"You are hard, nyaa!"
"....."
Riser quickly pushed Kuroka's head away, making her look at him contemptuously. While others might be in awe or respect him, this naughty cat had always been insolent, which made him quite helpless.
Still, he knew that this was done by her deliberately as she wished to be punished by him.
Yet, at the same time, Riser knew that he needed to do something about Rias. However, if he was asked, he was just exhausted and didn't want to have anything to do with Rias. If possible, they should just continue their own lives without bothering each other, but he knew such a thing was almost impossible.
However, for now, he just didn't wish to meet her.
Still, his thoughts were broken when he heard someone greet him.
"Riser-sama."
The one who greeted him was Tsubaki, but she wasn't alone.
"Tsubaki, Latia."
"Riser-sama. It's great to meet you."
Latia didn't care much when she saw how Kuroka latched onto Riser's pants too tightly as he tried to push Kuroka away. Moreover, this wasn't her first time meeting Kuroka, as she had met her when she thought that Riser and Kuroka were about to do something perverted within the sacred library. Nevertheless, facing Riser, who was well, she greeted him excitedly and also politely.
At the same time, the group of women behind Latia also bowed their heads, following Latia's actions, but no one said anything and just kept their mouths shut.
"Oh, it's Latia-chan, nyaa~!"
Kuroka also needed to greet Latia happily, like they were good friends.
"Come here, nyaa~! Sit here~! By the way, are you okay with yogurt? Yogurt and milk here taste good!"
"Thank you, Kuroka, but let me talk with Riser-sama first."
Latia was so grateful for Kuroka's cheerfulness and closeness, especially after what had happened lately. Still, she knew that there was something that she had to do, especially when she shouldered the expectations of her family.
As expected, when Kuroka is excited about Latia, all of them become curious about Latia. While the news about the return of Riser was the one that attracted the most attention in the Underworld, the matter of the Astaroth House was probably the third most gained attention.
As for the second one?
Naturally, it was the aftermath of Tannin.
After all, Tannin's incident was a huge thing, especially when Ajuka and the other Maous were so helpless against this beast. Many places were destroyed, and many were killed. At this point, if Riser doesn't take over Tannin's domain and also gains custody of all of the dragons under Tannin, all of them would be killed as all the devils were furious at the dragons.
Probably, the word dragon would anger any devil in the world, and it was the most hated existence by all the devils.
Nevertheless, even if the problem of the Astaroth House was only the third, there was no doubt that it was also one of the greatest, especially when it was the house that caused the Khaos Brigade and the Great Red to appear in the world. Moreover, when Riser disappeared to fight the Great Red, the Astaroth House couldn't escape responsibility for this incident since many thought that this incident happened all due to Diodora.
Everyone thought that the ones who summoned the Great Red were Diodora and the Khaos Brigade.
While it wasn't the truth, the truth wasn't much different, or rather, the truth didn't really matter, as everyone needed a place to lash their dissatisfaction.
After all, if Riser didn't appear, would Tannin dare to destroy and kill wantonly in the Underworld?
Moreover, Ajuka was so incompetent that he was unable to do anything to Tannin.
Yet, no one dared to touch the Astaroth House since Ajuka still existed.
However, with Ajuka's personality, he didn't care much about his own house. Probably, except for Sirzech, he didn't have any feelings for anyone.
"Riser-sama, all of the Astaroth House, and I, as the new heiress of the Astaroth House, wish to apologize to you."
Latia bowed her head so low that her head might even touch the ground, apologizing to him. This might be the first time she did this, but she knew that this was necessary, especially when she and her family were so desperate.
"Riser-sama, please forgive us!"
The woman behind Latia also apologized at the same time, and unlike Latia, they even groveled.
"....."
Riser was speechless, but he didn't say a cliche "yasashi" answer like "you don't need to apologize. I am okay." By then, the heroines would feel his kindness, then get closer, and fall in love like a cliche harem story was.
As for their act of groveling, he had gotten used to the feeling of someone groveling on him, so he didn't care much, yet he only realized the woman behind Latia was Diodora's peerage member.
As Diodora's peerage members, he knew that they definitely didn't have a good future. They might have been sisters in the church before, holy and pure, without a single stain, but as they were tarnished by Diodora and also related to him, their future was as good as dark.
If they wanted to save their lives, they could only come to him.
As for Latia?
As the branch member of the family, it was impossible to become the new heiress of the Astaroth House, but due to Diodora, Latia could only be chosen.
At the same time, Riser knew what they planned to do, and he sighed since the beauty of harem comedy, where all the girls fall in love helplessly with the protagonist, didn't exist.
In a supernatural world, strength was the main attraction.
It was also the reason why a lady with a high position would grovel like this in front of him.
"So, how are you going to apologize?" Riser asked curiously.
Latia and the others had been nervous as he was in silence, but as they heard his question, they had become determined.
"You can have all of us."
All the problems existed due to weakness.
So, as long as that weakness disappeared, the problem would disappear.
However, your talent and power are limited, so how could you become stronger?
The answer was simple, and it was to ask for the support of someone who was stronger.
Watching Latia's beautiful face and body that wasn't even lost to Rias, Riser was in silence for a moment and thought that being attractive was really quite a trouble.
"You are excited, nyaa~!"
"...."
Riser looked at Kuroka helplessly, who was still on his crotch, then sighed helplessly, pushing this naughty cat away. Yet, he gave a firm answer. "Then, stay for a while."
After all, he wasn't so hypocritical to reject such a beautiful woman.
Hearing his answer, they knew everything would be alright from now on.