Delinquent Dragon

Placing the Pieces

Back in the living room, the atmosphere was more active than the first time the big group was all huddled together into it. Rias noted Sophia having a much calmer conversation with Irina and Griselda while having a big smile on her face; the latter questioning Xenovia about her training with Durandal.

She shook her head as she turned to Keiji, who was sitting nearby, and patting Ophis while she took to using him as her booster seat. Smugly, she ignored the other glares of some of the more shorter members of the ever-growing harem.

"I should have known," Rias mumbled.

Keiji shrugged at her response. "Just trying to help this time," Keiji replied back, throwing a grin back at her.

Her answer was cut off by the Slash Dog team, specifically the girls, walking by. Suzaku was searching for Akeno and Shuri. Genbu talking with Koneko, the short bond already going strong.

The group of them felt their trail stop and a heat to fizz into their cheeks and body as they looked at Keiji, soon turning away from him while Keiji was unsure what the sudden change in attitude was.

"I messed up." Tohru gave an embarrassed laugh. "I may have made the sleeping arrangements a bit too close to your room, because I've been so used to this house only being for your mates."

Keiji groaned at the mess up but his speech was denied by the bright holy light filling the room, and everyone looking in shock at seeing the immaculate archangel Gabriel present. "It's a pleasure to meet all of you! Thank you for allowing me to come here!" she spoke, immediately filling the "church trio" with a sense of awe. It was like they could have found a new pillar of worship.

Her eyes glistened as she looked to her number one. "My beloved!" she happily called out to Keiji, making everyone's neck crack towards the lucky man, and making Keiji cough at how casual Gabriel was with the whole situation.

"Even the Archangel Gabriel?!" Rias asked, still not expecting Keiji to go as far to even claim such a woman. 'And she's so beautiful!' Rias thought, unsure if she could find a spot where she could beat Gabriel. As much as she didn't want to admit it, Rias couldn't help but admire just how sexy Gabriel was.

Ophis nodded in approval. "My mate doesn't let something like holiness to prevent him from getting what he wants."

'Now I'm getting reminded of that stupid catchphrase,' Keiji internally groaned, already wanting to hide in a cave and pretend nothing ever happened.

Gabriel poked Keiji's cheek, flashing her face. "I'm here to call you all to a meeting with the higher-ups in the Underworld. Things will be proceeding soon," Gabriel said, picking those who were called for

'Already? I guess there's no time to waste,' Keiji thought.

Rias nodded to the rest. "If there's any trouble, just summon us back."

***

Keiji, Rias, Sona, their Queens, Xenovia, Suzaku, and Gabriel showed up in the meeting room. Important matters aside, Serafall stood up and her joyful face could only mean one thing: "So-tan! Kei-kun!"

Everyone either smiled or sighed at the inappropriate attitude of Serafall, with Keiji just ignoring that she existed and thinking about his broken pride while Sona was more vocal. "Sister! Please stop embarrassing yourself! This isn't a proper thing for the Leviathan Satan to be doing!"

"At least we won't be suffering any morale declines with Serafall around," Gabriel gently spoke, but it just let to Serafall glaring at Gabriel, while the latter couldn't even see any signs of rivalry but just smiled at the two sisters getting along.