Player of Fate

Insanity

"You two don't have to accompany me to the ORC." I told my new housemates as we walk through the hallway of the old school building with a single destination in mind, the ORC club-room.

My male classmates were howling like wolves when Argento and Hyōdō entered, which something that I've expected from guys that can't easily control their hormones. Thankfully, my housemates didn't say that they were living under the same roof with me and I had to help them deal with the pusher males. Other then that, classes were just its usual boring thing.

When school was over, I told the duo to go home ahead of me since I had to play my part of being under the watch of the Devils in the ORC but they (mostly Asia who decided while Hyōdō just tagged along) decided to accompany in order to see the other group of Devils in the school and to see the old school building.

"Then's no point in making Asia change her mind, Kōjiro." Hyōdō replied with an amused smile on her face while glancing at her best friend "Once she sets her mind into something, she's doing it while ignoring your complaints but apologies as she does it."

"Mo... You don't have to say it like that, Isane." Argento replied with a pout, while I looked at the blonde with a raised eyebrows out of curiosity. The way Hyōdō described her best friend's hard headedness reminded me of a few characters, but I can't seem to remember their name for some reason... Weird, I'm not that forgetful when it comes to anime characters, so why am I-

"Is that the ORC room?" I was snapped out of my thoughts with Hyōdō's question, which made me turn towards what she's looking at to see that it's indeed the door to the Occult Research Club.

Walking ahead towards the door, I knocked on it 3 times before walking in the club-room without hearing permission from anyone inside. I instantly noticed the dazed expression on Gremory's face, the type of face that some parents make when they discover that their daughter is pregnant... Ok, that might not be the best way to describe it but that was the first thing that came to my head thanks to a memory of my uncle making that face back when my cousin told him that she was pregnant, and this was before she was married.

So the Riser Arc is about to begin? I honestly thought that it would start next week, but I guess that the heir of the House of Phenom's arrival (alongside his peerage) happening earlier is thanks to me messing around with the canon events: Refusing to be turned into a Devil, Killing the Fallen Angels and their lackeys instead of Gremory, preventing the heiress of the House of Gremory to have either the [Sekiryūtei] or the [Hakuryūkō] in her possession, and interacting with Sitri-san more then her rival. Plus, no one has to go through the few breather contracts (Which involved a bunch of weirdos for human standards) before Riser's arrives to meet up with his fiancé and 'convince' her to go along with the marriage proposal.

But the real question is... Will Gremory actually train to make her group and herself stronger than in canon during that time, since she doesn't have her [Pawn] in the board nor does she have the power (in numbers and in her own ability) to overcome her fiancé, his healing factor and his peerage?

Or will she lose just like in canon, due to lacking serious manpower in only having 3 available servants (Gasper Vladi isn't allowed to play yet for obvious reasons) and the strength to fight against the 'Immortal' and 'Undefeated' Riser Phenex and his team of fetish themed girls?

While I don't actually care about what's going to happen to the House of Gremory if their heiress wins or to Gremory herself if she loses, it would be great if she doesn't want me anymore after the whole ordeal... Because it would be stupid if she still wants me after the main reason why she desires me as her servant is over, unless she's into people (especially guys) who are hard to get to make her capture far more satisfying. Whatever the reason, I really hope that she gives up on me-