After they finished touring the house, Gabriel walked up to Alex with a large smile on her face, and held up her hand to show off what seemed to be a bracelet.
"That looks very nice." Alex said, but Gabriel's smile widened, and she asked,
"Do you know what this is?" When Alex honestly shook his head, she explained,
"It's to temporarily prevent angels from falling. It won't work for extreme things like sex, but it'll prevent Angels from falling due to minor things like feelings, meaning we can now see each other when we're not in Asora!" Alex was surprised. When he thought about it, the Angels did come up with some anti falling technology around this time, but it was a baby making room for Irina and issei to make children. They probably just made this in response to Gabriel nearly falling whenever she saw him outside of Asora, and to limit Angels that fall due to mild "evil" tendencies.
"That's amazing Gabriel, I take it that means that we can go out outside of Asora now?" She nodded with a happy face, but Alex suspected that their dates will still end inside Asora, though he decided not to point this out. He then asked her,
"Speaking of heaven, I was wondering about making a visit there to ask about repairing Ascalon." By this point everyone knew about ascalon's current condition, and Gabriel had a thoughtful look on her face, before saying,
"We have been working on technology to allow devil visitors lately, it should be finished around Christmas. So does that mean you're going to spend Christmas with me?" At Gabriel's words every girl went on alert, until Alex said,
"Sure, but it'll be your funeral." He then turned to look at the rest of the girls, and when Gabriel followed his look she saw everyone present glaring at her. She quickly looked away, then said,
"You know, I think it'll be better to spend Christmas in the manor with everyone else this year, to properly celebrate it. Plus, it'll be the first holiday after the manor was finished." Several of them started nodding at her change in words, but the glares didn't leave their faces.
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A few days later Alex was thinking about how to best progress after the recent events now that his head was somewhat clearer. He wasn't sure if Rizevim would act the same in original series, as he most likely suspected Alex was aware of his plans. Or, he could do the same things anyways, since he was insane to begin with, and caused terror simply for fun. Thinking this, Alex decided to simply follow the original progress of the story, as he didn't know where Rizevim was with Agreas, but he would also try to prevent other unnecessary conflicts, like the church revolt.
He recalled that it was started due to the grudge of several church warriors, and a miracle child, half human and half angel. He knew they were ones that lost loved ones due to the conflicts with Devils in the past, but he also knew they weren't the only ones that lost loved ones because of the conflicts. As he thought about that, Alex sent a message to Ravel asking for some information.
As far as most people are concerned, especially in this world, Devils are undoubtedly evil existences, Rizevim was the perfect example of this. But after the original Maou died that no longer seemed to be the case, and they simply turned into another side. The same could be said about Angels and fallen angels, as the war after God and the Maous deaths wasn't about good versus evil. If one removed the titles of Devils and Angels after their deaths, then it simply became one side versus another, and neither side could be considered good, or evil, or at least that's what Alex thought.
Though if he prevented the revolt, then Xenovia would lose the chance to combat Vasco Strada, he didn't think it was that bad a thing, as it might be possible for Strada to tutor her in wielding Durandal after. One of his biggest concerns though, was the betrayal of the current champion of the rating games, Diehauser Belial, over his cousins death. He was also unsure about fighting him, as his "worthless" power was just too much of a cheat. Alex didn't know what it would effect as far as his own abilities, like his strength, or his super Saiyan, but the only way he could think of to combat it was to use his speed to defeat him before he could use it.
A knock on the front door of dorm brought him back to the current situation. He was currently waiting in the living room of the dorms with Rias and Sona, waiting for a certain someone. He got up and went to the door, opening it to let Kiryuu in. She looked at him with expectation and lust in her eyes, and asked,
"So senior, what did you call me here for today?" Alex just shook his head at the pervert (not that he could talk) and said,
"Business actually, a couple people want to talk with you." She looked surprised, and had a bit of disappointment on her face when she realized it wasn't a booty call. Alex's brow twitched, as he led her to the living room where the other two were waiting. She was mildly surprised when she saw who was waiting for her, then Alex opened the conversation,
"So, a little birdie told me that you're currently learning, or trying to learn, magic." Kiryuu sighed when she thought she realized what this was about, and sat down to start explaining,
"I felt annoyed that everyone was out doing dangerous things, yet I just stayed back even when knowing about it. So I thought that by learning magic I could try to help those three in some way, but it's proving to be a bigger pain than I thought." Rias and Sona nodded at her words, knowing she was talking about Asia, Irina, and Xenovia, and Rias spoke up,
"Then how would you like to join our ranks?" Kiryuu froze for a moment, before asking,
"What do you mean?" Sona then explained,
"I'm sure you're aware to an extent of the evil pieces, I have one pawn left, and Rias still has all of hers. We're asking, would you like to become one of our pawns, become a devil, and join us?" Kiryuu stalled at the question, and was silent for several minutes. She knew they weren't offering this lightly, and that becoming an entirely different species was a serious thing. She then asked,
"What would happen if I accepted?" Rias and Sona both then pulled out a pamphlet and started acting like a salesman. They then started explaining the different benefits of becoming a devil, and what kind of life she would expect after this. After several moments, Kiryuu then stated,
"But while I have been learning magic, I'm not powerful enough, or have some kind of ability that would help me keep up with everyone." Sona then spoke up,
"Which is why I'm also here, my team doesn't specialize in power, but strategy. As someone who is learning magic, you could be a decent help to our strategies, and support us from behind. Though I will mention that during any near future rating games there is the chance of going against Rias's team, and Asia and Xenovia." Kiryuu thought uncharacteristically seriously about this, before finally answering,
"Then I'd like to join you president. As you said I would probably help the most when being part of a strategy and supporting, even if I would have to go against them in games later. But there's not only the games, so I'll place more importance on those times." Sona smiled, a held out a pawn chess piece. Kiryuu took it, and a second later Devils wings sprouted from her back. She then said,
"We'll have a welcome party for you and my other new members since we haven't been able to yet, let's do it tomorrow, I'll also invite Rias and her group." They all agreed and started talking about future training programs to help Kiryuu increase her magic capabilities, since she was now able to use Devils magic. After while they finished those talks, and the day started to come to a close. Alex then stood up, and grabbed Kiryuu before throwing her over his shoulder. He then turned towards the stairs.
"What are you doing senior?!" She demanded, Alex then answered with a smile,
"Didn't you come over expecting this? I hate to not meet expectations." At his words she stopped resisting, and Alex turned to the other two, who were completely flabbergasted.
"So, you two going to join us?" Rias shot up instantly, while Sona hesitated, before Rias grabbed her hand and dragged her after them.