Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 7 - Chapter 3 - Youth Because of Youth*

Word count: 45k

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Third Person Point of View

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"You're going over there, Elmenhilde?" asked Kiss Shot. She along with Dracula and Queen Carmilla were in the same room as the young vampire kneeled in front of them.

"Yes, Kiss Shot-sama. Governor Azazel has requested me for a certain experiment in Grigori, I will join all of you before you go to Jin-sama's restaurant," replied Elmenhilde.

"Well, as long as you join us in the end. Fufu, you've been looking forward to seeing Fusae Hirawa and Jin, haven't you?" asked Kiss Shot.

In response to the question, Elmenhilde blushed but did not deny it. "I do, Fusae-sama was pleasant to speak with. We frequently keep up to date by text...she frequently updates me on Team [DxD] and Jin-sama's situation..."

"Oh? And is there anything that we should be aware of?" asked Dracula.

"...Fusae-sama thinks that he will come back here soon for a quick visit to see how the new faction is," replied Elmenhilde.

"He may visit in the future? Fufu, now that would be interesting. Our new faction has progressed quite fast thanks to the alliance and his aid, if true then we may as well make a festival out of it. Should we ask him in his restaurant?" asked Carmilla.

"Let's ask him when we go then," said Kiss Shot. "I'll assume that Azazel will be there too, along with other notable people and groups, so we'll ask Azazel then about Elmenhilde's experimentation."

"Hmm. You're dismissed," said Carmilla.

Elmenhilde nodded and left the room. She walked down the corridor and sighed to herself. She always felt tense reporting to the new leaders of the faction and even after some time passed, it hadn't changed at all.

She took out her smartphone and looked at her last text message from Fusae. "A night just for the big shots of various factions and pantheons, huh? I hope it doesn't turn into complete chaos..." she muttered.

The thought of various rambunctious leaders going to a place where it serves alcohol at night made her shiver. To Elmenhilde, a bunch of drunk gods and leaders wouldn't end well. Even if they are in an alliance, some may still hold petty grudges and the like, and a fight may start.

She texted those thoughts to Fusae, who quickly responded with...

|Are you forgetting who owns the restaurant? Jin won't let something like that happen. The alcohol served there will make you tipsy but not drunk. No matter how much you drink, you'll only ever be tipsy, that's why it's famous in Kuoh and other close towns.|

"That sounds extremely convenient...though won't it make more alcoholics...?" she asked herself.

|I'm surprised he hasn't been contacted by companies and the government about his alcohol.| Elmenhilde texted back.

|Oh, he has. Well, from companies, but the governments around the world know who he is and are extremely cautious, so they haven't made any moves towards Jin and his restaurant since the ones who've been in the supernatural the longest know about his powers, and warned them.|

Elmenhilde couldn't help but smirk. 'It would be a stupid choice to make an enemy out of him...'

She finally left the castle and walked through the new town. They had modernized it, but it was still covered by a foggy barrier. However, even pure-blooded vampires could walk in the streets during 'daytime' now since the fog barrier was created by Aaron to protect them from it. So the vampires in the new faction could live 'normally' now.