"Damn. I had been tricked…" Ray finally reached the realization after jumping through a few dozen worlds only for the track to reach a dead end.
Sirin and Kuroka band together. The former uses her Spatial manipulation while the latter uses her Yin Branch, Senjutsu illusion clone technique for the trick, both create these numerous tracks to send him on a wild goose chase.
Since he had been wasting a lot of time, he resorted to using cheat to locate them and find they were under his nose all this time. All of them were chilling in the Underworld, visiting Koneko without him.
So, Ray immediately went back to DxD world. Opening a portal with Ravel being his homing beacon.
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For the past few days since Klein Dantalion realized the existence of another Reincarnator, he had been trying his best to stay in line and making himself inconspicuous.
Since himself is a Lord of the Dantalion House while being a juvenile Devil, an exception amongst his peers, he received quite a lot of invitations from the heirs and heiress of other Pillar Clan Devil Houses to build connections with a future person in power as a Lord with a lot of influence despite being a recently revived extinct House due to the support he received from Lord Gremory, Zoeticus Gremory. A Duke Ranked House.
Dantalion House prior to their fall is also a Ducal House of Hell amongst the Noble Pillar Clans. However, after its fall the Lord of Dantalion at that moment has no known heir. Its prosperous territory had been taken back by the newly established New Devil government and divided up amongst the surviving Houses aligned with the New Devil government as part of their meritorious award.
What remains of the Dantalion House is their liquid assets secured in the form of contract between other Houses and the primary estate of the Dantalion House where a Grand Library, the Bibliotheca Library which is the birth right of the Dantalion House and their responsibility. It is an asset that cannot be seized due to an ancient pact made by the Progenitor of the Dantalion House and the Progenitor of Devil race.
However, much to the surprise of many Devils. The current Lord Dantalion is uninterested in socializing. As soon as he finished his business with Lord Gremory and the Satan of Lucifer and Leviathan, he returned to his inherited Dantalion House's estate and started farming.
"Ah… it's killing my back. Maybe I should have invested some money to recruit some servants." Klein put down his hoe and took a rest under the shade of a tree while looking proudly at the small 5 x 10 meters plot of land he just finished tilting and treating the soil to make it fertile and suitable for planting.
Just as he took out a sandwich he made in the morning and a thermos filled with hot tea to eat, he saw in his peripheral vision, a black cat walk up to him.
"Hmn? Oh, I didn't know there was a kitty living here." He mutters while taking a generous bite of his thick ham, cheese and egg sandwich while looking at the cat walking up to him without showing any wariness.
"Want some?" Klein fishes out a strip of ham and offers it to the cat but the cat shows a face of disinterest before walking away.
"Well, it's your loss and more for myself." He ate the unwanted strip of ham while taking a sip of his tea, unaware that he had been visited by the one he feared the most.
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After checking the Reincarnator and finding him to be unimpressive, Ray leaves him alone and dispelled the clone.
Although, he did find the Reincarnator's System to be interesting. A territory management system that gains points for every development its user makes on the territory belonging to him and also prosperity of his territory. The points can be used to do the classic Gachas that can give him tools to increase the prosperity of his territory and summon anime characters.
But, Ray's assessment of the System and the Reincarnator is harmless because it is not a System that makes its user stronger but instead gives him people and tools to get stronger as a leader. The Reincarnator is also your typical introverted pushover harem MC. Something he can kill with a fart.
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At the Phenex estate, Kuroka can be seen at the flower garden with a lineup of her daughters and a few other people like the Phenex Lord and Lady, Ravel herself enjoying tea and snacks served by Grayfia and a host of butlers and maids of the Phenex House while watch a drama unfolding.
Next to Kuroka is Ray in his human form, trying to coax Kuroka to bury the hatchet between them and reconcile using his smooth-talking.
"Wifey, how much longer are you going to continue sulking?" He said and put his hand on Kuroka's shoulder to push her around and look into her eyes with the most sincere gaze he could put forward. "I promise. After the marriage between me and Ravel is done. Both of us. Just you and me will go on a honeymoon."
"Hmph!" Kuroka only tosses her head sideways after snorting at him.
Although, what Ray said just now earned him a frown from Lord and Lady Phenex because normally, it's the bride and the groom that will go on a honeymoon after a wedding but instead, Ray declared he would go with another wife and leave his newlywed bride behind instead. However, Ravel expresses that she didn't mind since she technically stole Kuroka's opportunity that night and she is satisfied simply with officiating their marriage status to the public.
"Anything else?" Kuroka asked Ray, clearly showing her disappointment in both her tone and expression.
Ray grit his teeth, knowing there's no escape this time around unless he wanted to throw away the chance to peacefully reconcile with Kuroka.
"Fine! We're gonna do it." Ray relent.
"Do what?" Asked Kuroka with a voice that feigns her disinterest while underneath, she is cheering for her success to make Ray dance in her palm.
"You know…" Ray hints his meaning but Kuroka wants him to state it out loud despite his sudden embarrassment because there are outsiders. A scene unthinkable if the crowd knew the amount of chaos and death this innocent looking person had done.
"Know what? Say it clearly and loudly or else I wouldn't understand." She purposely tries to aggravate his embarrassment out of spite to settle their score.
"We… we're gonna do lots of sex until you are thrice pregnant! Happy now?" Ray finished his words and immediately transformed back into his cat form and hid his face with his paws and then curled into a ball but Kuroka caught and hugged him tightly instead.
"Mhm! Very happy." Kuroka said and they successfully reconciled while the crowd watched the show all stood up and gave their round of applause to celebrate their reconciliation.
"So, when will my dear Sister Ravel's marriage take place? Tomorrow?" She asked, not hiding the fact that she wanted the marriage to happen as soon as possible so she and her hubby could go on their honeymoon.
"It will take place in another month. Because we plan to make a grand banquet and invite the whole Underworld to witness the union of my beloved daughter, Ravel with his husband." Lord Phenex replied, not hiding his intention to profit off Ray's name and fame to elevate the Phenex House.
"No. That's too long. Get it done within three days. I'm sure hubby can get everything set up with a snap of his finger." Kuroka retorted before her sweetly smiling face turned to Ray who nodded lifelessly and hollow with a reply, "Yes, Wifey…" "Good." She replied and showered him with cuddles.
Meanwhile at the spectator side, Sirin wants to raise her objection but immediately finds herself wrapped with tentacles and mouth gagged too with one tentacle wrap around her mouth and then Abby walks in front of her and raises her index finger before her mouth.
"Shhh… Let's not disturb Mother and Father reunion. Am I clear, Sister?" Abby asked with a threatening voice and a smile that looked unnatural on her usual bubbly and happy go lucky self.
Sirin gasped at the threat and nodded quickly when Abby tightened the grip after not receiving an answer.
Sakura however, looks flustered by the sudden tense atmosphere between Sirin and Abby. But become relieved when Abby releases Sirin after receiving an answer.
Abby then returns to her usual carefree and bubbly personality. The cold and vicious one fade away like an illusion, making Sirin doubt what she just experienced and would think it's just a dream if not for the bruises on her skin from Abby's tentacles constricting her.
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