Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 7 - Chapter 11 - The Origin of Calamity and Infinity's Reprise*

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Aaron Toole's Soliloquy

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A few days have passed since the fiasco with Leviathans, remnants of the Monkai Association, and Nyx's group. A few things happened to them. One, the Leviathans were handed over to the devils, and they were dealing with them now. Zekram wanted to be involved with the punishment of the original Leviathan and the descendants.

Apparently, Tsufaame still remembers Ajuka and taunted him the entire time, so that was something. They also brought Katerea Leviathan to it, shocking her further by letting her see the original Leviathan and other descendants—although O-Leviathan made fun of how weak she was.

It also came to light that there were more clans of the original 72 pillars that survived, but O-Leviathan and the others refused to share who they were, so they asked me instead, and I leaked it, pissing the Leviathans off even more. 57 still remain instead of 32. So they've started a small campaign in searching for the remaining ones; they've started to search the deeper parts of the Underworld and started in the human world too.

They haven't found any yet. However, some older devils have been demanding! Not asking, but demanding that I find those hiding houses for them. Before I could respond to that, Sirzechs and the other Four Satans, and surprisingly enough, other family heads, were against it and helped defend me.

I guess my popularity among the devils was a lot higher than I thought. Zekram also knew that he wouldn't win, so he did a uno reverse card move and sided with Sirzechs' side to save his own ass, enraging the other older devils.

Currently, I am in my office (surprise, right?) and I have finished sifting through documents. I decided to take the day off since, after the events with the Leviathans and Nyx, I spent most of my time at the restaurant, putting some of the suggestions that the customers left for me into the menu and changing some of the interior design per their request.

When those same customers came back, they were happy with it, and some of the regulars were also happy with it, so it was a win-win for me.

After going through a few more, I was done. Luckily for me, it was still around four in the afternoon, so I still had time to, well, relax and do my own thing. Being a working adult, juggling my work as the Middleman is taxing as shit—not including the anomalies I had to get rid of, which amounted to fifteen. It feels like they're increasing. I mean, I'm not even moving from my spot when I get rid of them in the omniverse, but still...

"Good work. Do you want some tea?" Suzaku asked beside me. She has been staying in my office with me since she got back an hour ago.

She was pulled away by Akeno for a little bit, but eventually came back. She had been busy, so I told her to go relax by herself or with the others, but she chose to stay here.

"Yes, please," I replied, stretching my body while still sitting on my chair. "I've been a bit out of it; has anything happened the past few hours?"

Suzaku poured some tea for me and hummed for a few seconds. "Aika Kiryuu and Mil-tan came over to learn and practice magic from Lavinia, Lisa, and Fusae. They seem to have reasonable talent for magic and are learning at a fairly brisk pace," she clarified.

She walked back over and gave me my tea. "Here you go."

"Is that so? And thank you." I took it and drank it immediately before getting up.

Suzaku inexplicably grabbed my arm, blushed, and asked, "Y-you're going to Ireland soon, right? To take Róisín-sama, Aoife, Cindy, and Lisa for a small...outing..."