Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 6 - Chapter 15 - Hero, Story, Meeting, and Consequences

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Skyward Household

Jin Skyward's Soliloquy

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"Cheers!" everyone shouted as they clanked their drinks.

Today, we celebrated both Xenovia's and Saji's win the seat of Student Council President and Vice President. It had been a few days had passed since then and everything had mostly calmed down.

Saji himself was ecstatic. He ate and drank like there was no tomorrow. Of course, I along with Grayfia, Inaie, Raiko and the Pleiades made the food for the celebration, so that made them even more excited.

As the party carried on through Friday evening, everyone started to slowly recollect the time that they had in Kuoh Academy, and a many became nostalgic when this occurred. There were also many others who came by because of their win, so Kunou and Ophis were playing with each other as a few others like Yasaka, Irene and Grayfia spoke to each other.

I had been quietly drinking to myself with Shin in my lap and both Lavinia and Ingvild by my side. Both Suzaku and Akeno were dragged away by Shuri earlier to talk about something, I think it had to do something with whatever they spoke about before.

However, I noticed that Momo was missing after I scanned the room we were in. I also checked in the other rooms like the kitchen and dining room but she wasn't there. Finally, I checked the other floors and found her on the rooftop.

"...I'm going to go up," I told the two women beside me. "I won't be long; someone may need someone to talk to."

Both of them smiled and let me go. However, Lavinia took Shin and cuddled with him. Earlier, when Tobio saw this, he was shocked and confused, but just laughed it off in the end. Gin and Shin played with each other earlier, but Nattsu became confused, so Gin left to play with him instead. Sae was very close to giving birth, according to Tobio and Mom.

I silently excused myself and headed up to the rooftop. Once there I saw Momo with her arms on the railings as she looked out at Kuoh. I walked up to her and stood beside her. We stayed silent for a few seconds until she started talking.

"Xenovia's speech was amazing...it definitely came from the heart and it touched both the students and teachers. She expressed them for the students that she formed bonds with while mine was...mostly catered to the Student Council and former President Sona."

"There's nothing wrong with that. That's where most of your experiences were, that was the place where you belonged and treasured. Expressing your feelings towards them wasn't anything bad, Momo. Honestly, it could have turned out either way if Xenovia read her previously prepared speech. But I guess she said what was on her heart instead and got the approval of the vast majority of the students," I told her.

She smiled sadly but agreed.

"What will you do now? Will you try to stick with the Student Council?" I asked.

"No...Tsubasa and I will step down from the Student Council. The new first years are very promising and they're part of the current DxD Alliance, so they'll be fine without us. The others will stay too, so it won't be the end of them. Genshirou is there to help Xenovia so she'll have a reliable helper."

I nodded. "Reya is also there too along with Ruruko and Tomoe...so yeah they'll be in good hands." Momo began to shake so I hugged her.

"...I wanted to show former President Sona that I could do it...but in the end I failed..." she sobbed into my chest.

How do I answer this? Sona definitely had expectations for her or at least someone in her peerage to succeed her. However, at the same time, I don't think she really cared if they did or not. While the Sitri household isn't like the typical devil families, they're not the same as the Gremory clan. However, they still treat their servants well...