Alex was currently sitting in a car headed to the Tepes faction of the vampires. When they received the call from Azazel, he told them about how Rias and Kiba were apparently captured in the Tepes territory, and there was a coup d'état leading to Valerie becoming the next king. Though the word captured was used, it was more along the lines of being guests that weren't allowed to leave. Though he knew things weren't that bad, as even when they blocked Rias's communication they couldn't block the system messages. Currently with him was the Gremory group, Irina, Loup Garou, Bennia, and Azazel, who was explaining the current situation.
"Everything is in quite a mess right now. There are several nobles who were unhappy with the government of the Tepes side, and it was them that teamed up with the Khaos brigade. It appears they were lured with the promise of becoming truly immortal with the power of the holy grail, and overcoming their weaknesses. Plus I've been hearing about the person directly leading the Khaos brigade, and it's one of the worst possible people."
Alex nodded but wasn't really paying attention, he was trying to fill in the blanks for the current situation. As far as he could remember Rizevim's goals were to resurrect trihexia, and to terrorize the other world. That other world was first contacted due to Issei's perversion reaching a God of breasts, but Alex never contacted them so he figured that wasn't Rizevim's current goal. As he was thinking they reached the gondola that would take them to the Tepes territory.
"All right here we are, this will take us through the barriers to the Tepes Capitol." Azazel announced, as they all entered the gondola. Alex was sitting and tried to enjoy the view somewhat before reaching their destination. He looked out the window and saw snow covered mountains as far as he could see, others would say there isn't much to look at, but he found it quite beautiful. He then noticed Xenovia pull out a notebook, and smiled when he recalled her goals in the near future. Alex smiled as he moved to sit next to her and asked,
"So what are you working on?" Xenovia looked at him in surprise, and said,
"I want to get better at Japanese vocabulary, as there's something I want to do." Alex smiled again and said quietly Incase she didn't want to advertise it,
"Does it have something to do with wanting to be the next student council president?" She looked at him sharply before recalling what she learned about him recently. Xenovia sighed at the fact she couldn't keep it a secret from him, and said,
"Yes, I've never got to experience a normal school experience, and wanted to give back to the school that let me be able to." Alex nodded in contemplation, but he couldn't really understand her view point as he was going through high school for the second time, and depending what worlds he went to in the future might go through it once more. He didn't want to pop her bubble though and said,
"I don't think I'll be a good tutor, but I'll support you as much as you need." She looked at him with shining eyes, and leaned against him before replying,
"Then I'll take you up on that." Alex smiled once more, before recalling something, and he started smirking, he then whispered in her ear,
"You know the student council presidents supposed to set a good example for the rest of the students, I don't think having a child as a high schooler would be one though." She suddenly sat up and looked devastated at the thought, before Alex pulled her back towards him while laughing quietly, and said,
"Don't worry, we'll still have many years after finishing school in the next couple to have as many kids as you want, even if it's not right away." She sighed in relief, and went back to studying her notes while having a small smile on her face.
A while later they reached the end of the gondola trip, and got off, only to be questioned in order to verify their identity before entering their territory. After that they were all shuttled into some carriages, by which time both Bennia and Loup Garou had slipped away, much to the vampires discomfort. They were led through the Capitol of the Tepes faction, and Alex saw that the people's lives didn't seem to be affected by the change in government much. After a while they finally arrived at the castle, and went inside.
"Alex! Everyone!" A familiar Crimson haired woman jumped into his arms, as Alex wrapped them around her. Then for the first time in a while she stole his lips. As the two were celebrating their reunion Kiba walked over, and started greeting everyone. It was this moment Alex realized Kiba was the only one of the Gremory group that still didn't know about his past. He decided to let the young swordsman know in the near future. While everyone spent a few minutes catching up, Alex spread his senses out to see if those he expected were here.
He could feel an immense power in the throne room ahead, which Ddraig helped him identify as Crom Cruach. With what he felt, Alex determined that without his transformations Crom Cruach would be the biggest threat to him, but with them he wouldn't be too hard to beat. He wasn't too worried about him though, as the dragon was almost as pure as Ophis and had an honorable streak a mile wide. He then sensed another presence, one that he deduced was Rizevim lucifer. He was suddenly brought back to himself, when a servant arrived and announced,
"The new king of the Tepes faction will see you now."