"Congratulations on getting your pieces" Calfa hugged Masaru & Shirone happily, "You must be happy now that your wish came true" Shirone who heard this nodded her head shyly causing Calfa to feel even happier, "How would you like to form your peerage? Need us to help you with it?" Lord Belial felt proud of his grandson having more mutation pieces than his own son! ''Heh, Got more things to brag about'' He thought

    "I have a bishop candidate in mind but I need Diana Okaa-sama and Circe Onee-sama''s help to bring them here, because there is a situation involved" Lord Belial became a bit suspicious about this and Masaru noticed this and already formulated a excuse under the guise of his sacred gear to which he will abuse while he is still young. "I used my sacred gear to scout a limited area in the human world and stumbled upon the Himejima Family in the Human world, they exiled a Mother and Daughter because the Mother loved a Fallen Angel. I wish to have the daughter as my bishop because she has good potential" ''Well honestly I need her to connect with Azazel who can help me with my sacred gear as well'' Masaru thought

    "You wish to make a fallen angel your servant?" Lord Belial felt a bit conflicted but the next words Masaru uttered sent his mind flying "She is the daughter of Barakiel, if we save his daughter and when the peace talks which Sirzech is planning for comes in he can use it as a backup for the sake of the devils, of course this reason will be the ''Official'' statement to appease those council devils while I honestly want to save this girl who is about to be targeted" Lord Belial who heard this felt that it was quite reasonable reason to appease those unreasonable devils while allowing his grandson to gain a strong bishop so he did not have much resistance against it.

    "Let me first meet her" When Calfa said this it was set in stone that Masaru gained approval, Circe was luckily most of the time at the Manor since she was still training Masaru''s Magic in order for him to not be too reliant on his sacred gear. But the queen whom Masaru did not meet frequently compared to the other peerage members of his father''s team was contacted, the familiar Belial family sigil appeared on the floor nearby Masaru revealing another beautiful woman, the Queen of the Peerage, Diana Marbas.

    "I did not think my son would call me so soon!" This was one of the many changes Masaru''s existence brought, because Masaru lost his mother, Diana adopted him as her son although it was all verbal. "Welcome back Mom" Masaru smiled warmly while he was harrased (spoiled) by Diana who was always busy doing Military work under Falbium. "I heard you need Mommy''s help to get another Fiance" Masaru who heard this could not help twitching his eye.

    "Mom, I am only 10 years old! Anyway I honestly want to save her and need your help to teleport. Although I hate to do it the bad way, but we have to kidnap them if they are under attack" Masaru gave a rare seriously look causing Diana to listen to her precious adopted son seriously, unlike the others who trained Masaru in magic, swordsmanship and manners. She once taught a few strategies and military formations to Masaru and discovered this young boy although not extremely talented in the field of commanding, he was still better compared to newly appointed Commanders although it was mostly because of some fragment memories Masaru had of him playing a virtual War Strategy Game.

    "Kidnap huh? Although it does not sound like a good plan but under extreme situation it would be best, very well I will permit it but only I will be required" Diana wanted to boast a bit in front of her son, despite being one of the most powerful Queens in the Devil world she truly was strong enough. "No fair Diana! Masaru already asked for me to join as well" Circe did not step back and retaliated against Diana, "Since Ma-kun said so, I will reluctantly accept it" "You!!!" Masaru could only smile wryly, ''I just hope I will be in time as Akeno is the only character other than Shirone I can currently save along with her mother whose death was truly a pitiful... Sorry Rias, you will have to find a different Queen''

    /

    "Ma-kun, are you sure this is the place?" Diana was walking together with Masaru and Circe towards a Japanese style Manor that was on the outskirts of the Himejima family, but the closer they came the stranger the area was. It was too quiet, Masaru called out his Singing Spellbook sacred gear and cast presence detection. Ripples of mana flowed like a expanding circle with Masaru in the middle, each time a humanoid / Monster / Animal being came in contact with the ripples Masaru is notified, a grim face appeared on Masaru''s face.

    "Diana kaa-san, we have company. It appears not only the Himejima but also some fallen Angels came to ?ssassinate the duo" When Diana heard she moved towards the direction of the Fallen Angels to keep them busy while Circe went towards the Humans and both transformed their outward looks in order to hide their identity.

    Masaru heard a yell of a girl within the manor, without warning he simply ran through the door with his shoulder seeing a man was about to slash down on Shuri who was already injured. ''Shit!'' Masaru''s sudden entrance caused the man to pause which was the gravest mistake he ever made giving Masaru time to cast a Wind Blade magic, a sound of a sharp wind blast from his sound traveling through the neck of the man while forcing itself through the wall behind him out of the house. The man did not have a chance to yell or react to the incoming magic, slid down onto the ground scaring a little girl who had similar looks to Shuri.

    Masaru felt a gathering of Mana rushing towards one of the room, he noticed that Shuri Himejima was probably casting a spell so he swiftly yelled out "Shuri-san, I came without ill intent and is here to save you and your daughter" Shuri was currently wearing a priestess outfit with her long black hair tied in ponytail style, despite her injured state she still slowly got in a sitting pose looking confused at the boy but thought he might be a threat. "Don''t lie!"

    "Honestly I want to explain everything but there is simply no time, you are surrounded by the fallen angels who hate Barakiel and the Himejima family. If you wish to save your daughter I need you to come with me" Masaru still patiently explained to Shuri how dire her current situation truly was at this stage.

    "How can I trust you?" Shuri was still vigilant but then she noticed a strange expression on Masaru''s face, Masaru who lost a mother understood the pain Akeno would feel if she were to lose her mother and honestly he did not want her to experience it as it simply impeded her progress she could have made from a early age. "I don''t want your daughter to experience losing her mother like I did... That''s all I can say"

    Her intuition told her it was fine to trust the boy but suddenly her daughter, Akeno who had strikingly similar features as her hugged her tightly from behind when she heard her mother might die which scared her "No I don''t want to lose mother!" She was bawling causing Shuri''s resolved heart to falter a bit, she was resolved to die for her daughter and still is but after what she heard from the boy she began to reconsider. She realized regardless of her choice she and her daughter might be in danger, but there is a chance this boy was truly her hope. "Very Well, I accept your proposal. But what is your name?"

    "My name is Masaru Belial, current Heir to the Belial Family and I''m a devil" When she heard it she understood a few things but still felt vigilant since her husband once told her about the Devils but this boy was simply too odd. It would have been easier to understand him if he was a human instead.

    /

    "Come on, I have only been using my fists and you all are already throwing spears of light?" Diana mocked the fallen angels which was not part of her character, but Masaru asked her to maintain the fallen angel''s attention on her till he had convince or knocked the targets out. "This bitch! Men use Formation Barrage!" One of the leaders called out a order and the fallen angels formed a straight column line of fallen angels, when the first row threw their spear they move to the back and the next one throw and similar moves to the back in repeat.

    Diana dodging the attacks felt these kinds of formations were a bit old but truly effective if you want a non stop barrage of attacks without pause, just as she was having fun analyzing their tactics a call came to her ear "Diana Kaasan, they agreed. Time to retreat" "You crows are lucky I was called by my son or I would have annihilated you for making me bored" The Fallen Angels who heard this got angry throwing their spear or lights even harder but Diana already teleported away.

    Circe on the other hand was spamming non-fatal basic spells towards the Himejima members who were currently trying to take cover behind trees but the trees can''t even block a single spell without bursting turning the forest into a maze filled with headless chickens running, "Fireball" a basketball size fireball materialized in front of her palm and shot towards a bigger group, when it exploded there were some who managed to escape the blast but the unfortunates had their hair burst and the impact was enough to knock them out.

    In order to retaliate they began to throw talismans towards Circe but because she was constantly moving from one point to another with space magic, they had a difficult time to deal with her as they did not expect to face against someone this strong. "Someone go call the Elites!" One of the leaders ordered a member to run back to the main house of the family to call the elite who could contend even against High Class to Ultimate Class Devils, Circe who heard this smiled ferociously until her fighting spirit calmed down when Masaru Contacted her "Circe neesan, they agreed to teleport. Time to retreat" "It was just about to get fun at last!" Circe could only grumble a bit before teleporting away leaving the surrounding men flabbergasted at her retreat.

    "Anyone found out who this woman is?"

    "No, she simply appeared and disrupted our plans"

    "This---- Could it be she was sent by Barakiel!? Send a small squad and scout the Manor!"

    "Yes Sir"

    When the squad arrived at the Manor what they found was but a empty place, no living soul. When the leader head the report he wanted to beat up someone to release this pent up anger. It was a carefully thought out plan to deal with Shuri Himejima and her Daughter Akeno who is a Half Fallen Angel. Tonight was doomed to be a bad night for him when he reports his failure.

    Meanwhile Masaru, Diana, Circe, Shuri Himejim & Akeno Himejima already appeared in the guest room of the Belial Manor. "Phew, thank god Kokabiel himself did not appear or our identities would have been discovered" Masaru commented taking a seat on the couch, his father Diehauser were already seated along with Lord Belial his grandfather and Calfa his grandmother. Circe and Diana stood behind him since it was time for negotiation as they were servants of the Belial Family on formal occassions similar to how Grayfia was with her husband.

    "I am sure you have many questions but please take a seat first" Lord Belial gestured for Shuri and Akeno to take their seats, he knew they could not eliminate the vigilance of the two and could only be patient for their grandson''s ambitions! "I''m the current head of the Belial Family, this is my wife Calfa Belial and that is my son Diehauser Belial. I am sure you met Diana Marbas and Circe behind us"

    "Thank you for saving me and my daughter, but I doubt you all would save us without a reason" Shuri smiled warmly feeling grateful towards the boy but still felt vigilant, Masaru understood her protective nature so he would play open cards with her in hopes he understood her personality.

    Lord Belial took a deep breathe, "You might know about our devils which make is simple for us to explain, if we were to say officially then we saved you who is the lover of Barakiel from being killed because of a internal dispute between Fallen Angel Higher ups. We can use you as a hostage and bargaining chip if we ever have to talk with the Fallen Angels" Shuri who heard this could only feel her heart go cold but then suddenly she remembered he mentioned ''Official'' which was not their personal view.

    "Your quite a terrible person, but let me hear your personal reason"

    This time Masaru spoke, "I already gave you one part of the reason I saved you two, but other than I wish for your daughter to join my peerage, It might be a terrible way to recruit someone but if your daughter joins my peerage we will have a Official Reason to guard your safety until the dispute within the Fallen Angels has been resolved enough for you to reunite with Barakiel"

    Akeno who was still young but still had some understanding of simple things only understood if she joins Masaru then she and her mother would be save, "If I join you, you will protect me and Kaa-sama?" Masaru smiled at Akeno warmly "I will"

    "Although I can see you truly are sincere in this but I can''t simply agree... " Shuri was talking but suddenly Akeno chipped in "But Mom he saved us" Shuri who heard this smiled wryly while ??r?ssing her child''s head "I know honey, but Mommy needs to be sure first okay?" Akeno became stubborn "No! when we were attacked where was papa? Even Mama''s family attacked us! I don''t want to lose mama then I will join him!" Shuri knew her daughter was making a choice with her in mind could only feel warm but she was still troubled.

    This time Diehauser spoke "Then we can form a contract, you must have heard of it correct?" Shuri who heard this remembered some books in her family''s library mentioned about this Devil Contract Humans form, "So you are willing to use a Devil Contract to ensure me that you will never harm Akeno?" Diehauser nodded "Correct, we can use the contract, so if it the contract is broken then your daughter will be free of Masaru. Although she might still be a reincarnated devil, but I am sure the Grigori of the Fallen Angels should be able to deal with that. But honestly I doubt it will ever happen as I am Masaru''s father, I naturally understand my son''s nature. He will look after daughter preciously"

    After the contract was concluded, Masaru took out his Bishop piece and allowed it to enter Akeno''s body. Similar to the novel she gained a devil wing while still retaining her fallen angel wing, but this time she did not hate her bloodline and only was angry at her father for not arriving on time. "Welcome to my peerage and Family Akeno, and Shuri-san I promise you on the honour and as the heir of Belial that I will protect you as promised till you can meet with Barakiel."

    "I apologize on behalf of everyone, although we sort of forced you to hand over your daughter to become a part of Masaru''s peerage but it was the only current way we could currently protect you two. I will explain the details for you tomorrow but for now. Diana, take Shuri and Akeno to rest." Diehauser sighed, even Shuri could understand now that she think back her circumstances was a bit rushed but the ones who saved her not only had to protect her from the Himejima and Fallen Angels who might demand her and her daughter from the Belial Family if found, But even the other Devils might make their move, so having Akeno as his Bishop gave them an Official reason to protect her.

    ''Clumsy but sincere.... I look forward to see if you can truly uphold your promise... Masaru-kun'' Shuri thought as she took Akeno''s hand following Diana and Circe who was leading her to the room arranged for her and Akeno.

    /

    "Speak" Diehauser, Lord Belial and Calfa was now alone with Masaru in the room. Child he may be, but his grandparents and father understood this child took actions that could turn into a internation affair if this negotiation did not succeed. "Where to begin.... it happened during the explosion of the experiment I underwent before Sirzech-sama found me" Masaru looked at his grandparents and father while apologizing in his heart, he was going to lie about some future events using the sacred gear of his as a excuse which was truly perfect as no one understands the nature of the Sacred Gears completely.

    "My sacred gear went berserk and within that berserk aura I received visions of the future, at first I simply stuffed them to the back of my mind... But when I met father which was one of the visions I saw, I began to make plans on investigating these visions I saw and if they are accurate then I will make my move according to them"

    "I thought your sacred gear was only a spell book allowing you to use almost any magic recorded onto it without needing any medium for it?" Lord Belial was a bit skeptical but his wife was even more shocked "Did you use a Divination spell?"

    "I am not certain, I still searched for the spell I used back then in the book but I did not find it. So I suppose it was only a one time use spell. The event of Shuri and Akeno was also included, but the fact I wanted Akeno as my bishop was also true"

    "You saved them for a different reason, why would you particularly mention Barakiel and Azazel whom you will use Shuri as a bargaining chip" Diehauser was thinking more about this point, devils and fallen angels were enemies although the war came to a end between the three factions there was still skirmishes between them.

    "I see... Honestly that spell is terrifying if it could predict the future with such accuracy" Lord Belial sighed, after thinking for a while he nodded "We will employ Shuri as one of our Employees for now, I suppose we can simply wait for the time that event occur before we can make our move" Masaru made a complicated expression and looked at his father. "Father there is one last vision I saw..." Now came the main point he wanted his father to deal with instead