Devil's Glory

Chappy 24: You're my Anchor

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"Seriously?" Issei shoots a glare towards the item his beloved was holding close to her

"What, Something wrong with me hugging a perfectly normal pillow that I just bought?" Rias answered, eyes full of mirth and he can tell that she was fighting off a smile

He made a move to take the soft atrocious looking pillow away and then burn it into ashes, but she swats his hand

"Just give me the damn pillow so we can finally sleep and no one gets hurt."

Rias pretended to think before she vehemently refused to do as he says

"You wouldn't dare hurt me." She said like it's the absolute truth... Which he agrees on

"Fine, have it your way!" Issei pouts while crossing his arms

Rias, unaffected by his dislike of her new pillow, just giggled and kisses his cheeks to apease the impending wrath of a jealous dragon

The night was as cold as ever and it honestly felt colder for him even for someone who uses flames not holding something or more like a certain someone in bed

Sleep should have come as easy as it used to be but all he can do at the moment was to lie down on his back while staring at the ceiling as the gears in his brain continues to shift

'Ah yes. Me. Rias. And her 6 feet body pillow of myself while topless.'

Issei wanted to burn it so bad and the shame he's feeling at that moment was unparalleled to any other time

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"You look so done already and yet the day hasn't even begun."

"I'm ready to end it now." Issei monotonously responded to Xenovia's morning greeting

The two that always wake up early were standing beside one another while holding a cup of coffee by the window, watching as the sun rises on the horizon

Issei tells her that Rias has this body pillow of him with an embarrassing pose while topless

"What a great story to start our morning." 

Every other member of the peerage came to lounge in the living room one by one

Issei facepalms and groans in frustration while Xenovia relays the information she gathered

"Why do you even have a body pillow of you in the market in the first place if you hate it so much?" Kiba asked

Issei pauses and struggles to find the right words to say

"I-It was not my idea, okay! Azazel told me that my reputation would grow if there are merchandises of the Sekiryuutei." He throws his hands in the air forgetting the mug he was holding

Good thing Rossweisse caught it without spilling any of the contents with her fast reflexes. "Careful!"

Issei rants about how Rias wasn't supposed to find out and that those things weren't even publicly released yet, this led him to believe that the fallen angel governor snitched on him

'Curse you, Azazel!'

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Azazel, while having his meeting with Sirzechs, loudly sneezes

"Are you okay?"

"Yup, maybe someone has been talking about me."

Going back to their previous topic, Azazel asked Sirzechs how the production for their beloved Red Dragon Emperor's merchandises are doing