29 Chapter 29: An Epiphany

After punishing Rias, Mordred immediately threatened her not to do unnecessary things. It's true that the viewers in Deviltube didn't know that he used Caliburn or see his face, but they can connect the dots eventually.

"If you try and do something stupid again, I'll send this to Sirzechs." Mordred waved around the camera that Kuroka brought and Rias paled immediately.

"N-no! Mercy! Anything, but that!" Rias could already imagine Sirzechs drooling on the video of her getting spanked by Mordred.

"Hmph, that's what I thought. Or maybe I will let Grayfia watch it? Is that what you want? Venelana can also learn that you awakened something." Mordred huffed at her and Rias was sweating bullets.

"I will be good from now on, I promise." Rias kowtowed and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Good thing she was a shitty cameraman yeah?" Kuroka chuckled and Vali smirked at Rias.

"Heh, you should ask permission first Gremory. Now we have something that will shame you for life!" Vali cackled and Mordred pinched her waist.

"We're here to teach her a lesson, not bully her. Come on Rias, introduce us to your new vampire bishop." Mordred wanted to see Gasper.

"O-okay, but don't ever release that anywhere alright!" She glared at Kuroka who filmed her eagerly. Mordred just wanted to punish Rias but Kuroka filmed some blackmail material.

They went to the quarters of her servants and they saw a box in a corner with eye holes in it. "Rias, is that your servant that you had to go to Romania for?" Mordred raised a brow.

He actually thought that Gasper would at least be brimming with rage due to Valerie being left behind. But his life back in Romania wasn't pleasant at all.

As a vampire that killed his mother and other servants due to being born in a shadowy form. He was feared all throughout the Vladi house.

And it wasn't done there, he is also half human and a sacred gear wielder without any control over it. Gasper is scorned, doomed to never have any friends or family.

Valerie was the sole exception, being a dhampir as well and having a sacred gear too. But she was instead used by the Tepes to strengthen their faction and bolster their forces.

"Hiiieee! W-who are they?" Gasper squeaked inside of his box and was extremely fearful of strangers.

"Hah, you better fix this too Rias. I've already dealt with your knight." Mordred pointed at Kiba and he gave a wry smile.

"Y-yeah, Gasper. They're my friends, Mordred, Vali, and this pervert; Kuroka." Rias introduced them succinctly.

"O-o-okay. I'm Gasper, nicetomeetyoubye!" Gasper turned around with his box and Mordred frowned.

"He'll be useless in your rating games and fights later Rias. Especially against Riser, Gasper would be incredible against that punk." Mordred advised her.

"I know, but I'm not a therapist you know? Hah, maybe he just needs some time to adjust and things like that?" Rias smiled wryly.

"Absolutely not, he's deathly scared of people. If he doesn't fix that, then he'll carry that trait until he grows up." Vali snorted and crossed her arms.

"I know that you Gremory's like to coddle your servants and all, but waiting won't solve anything. Send him to the Sitris, they have hospitals nya." Kuroka deadpanned at her.

Rias smacked her face and shook her head. "How can I forget that Sona's family are the owners of the best hospitals in the underworld?" Rias sighed heavily.

"It is okay to give people time Rias, but if that's the only thing you had in mind. Then I'd call you an idiot. Don't hold your servants' potential back by being soft. That's sabotage, not love and affection." Mordred nodded sagely and Rias listened intently.

"Okay, I will bring him to the Sitri hospital to get his issues fixed. Just like Kiba and Tosca." Rias sighed tiredly. It was her job to help her servants, but Mordred and his kin were doing a better job at it.

"That's a good girl, it's good that you listen. Don't let your bias get in the way, Rias. And I have a message for you too, dhampir." Mordred petted Rias' head while looking at Gasper.

"We retrieved someone called Valerie Tepes, you must know her right? Come to our house if you wish to see her." Mordred shrugged.

"Wait! Valerie!?" Gasper took off the cardboard box he was using like he was a certain spec op. But Mordred was already gone because he wanted to check on Valerie.

"Is she the friend you mentioned to us earlier Gasper?" Rias tilted her head and wondered if she had a Longinus.

Mordred would save her if possible, but he won't take her with them if she wasn't special in some way. Cleria and Masaomi were a different case, they brought Tiamat and Mordred tons of boons for the king piece debacle. So they took them in and even turned them into dragons.

"R-Rias-sama... Can we go to his place?" Gasper was still stuttering, but he was eager to go there in order to see Valerie.

"Why not?" Rias shrugged and they teleported towards the familiar forest.

Meanwhile, the blonde dhampir was stirring and she slowly opened her eyes. "An unfamiliar ceiling..." She stared right in front of her.

"Wow, that's as cliche as you can get. Did you perhaps write that down as lines you want to say someday?" Shirone tilted her head. She plays a bit too many games.

"Wha?" Valerie was just confused as hell. She suddenly braced for a head splitting migraine, but it didn't come, to her surprise.

"Mom here helped you with your sacred gear. But we had to turn you into a dragon. I hope you're okay with that." Mordred revealed immediately.

"Huh? A dragon?" Valerie just looked at herself and thought she didn't change much. She wasn't scaly, that's for sure.

Tiamat chuckled after seeing her expression. "Concentrate on turning into one." She ordered her and Valerie nodded. She then formed ethereal wings behind her.

Valerie's scales also looked ethereal. She stared at her new physical traits with shock.

"W-who are you guys? Did Gasper escape? What happened to the Tepes? How did I get here?" She fired off questions and Mordred answered them patiently.

They introduced themselves as well. And Valerie nodded her head at every answer.

After getting told about the details of what happened to the Tepes and Gasper though, she started getting more excited.

"Can we see Gasper? Thank you very much for saving me." Valerie bowed deeply and Mordred smiled.

"It's nothing really, even if you didn't have a sacred gear. We would've taken you out of there and given you to Rias so she can give you a job." Mordred shrugged.

But of course, every stray Longinus user will come to them. If, they aren't douchebags.

While they were talking, Rias appeared with Gasper.

"V-Val... Is that really you?" Gasper's breath hitched and he thought he was dreaming.

"Yeah, come here to big sis." Valerie smiled at him softly and Gasper ran to her while crying.

"It seems that I have helped your peerage again Rias." Mordred rolled his eyes.

"Hehe~ thank you for your generosity, oh highness." Rias bowed at him teasingly.

"But you haven't paid me yet. Your debt is slowly increasing you know?" Morded chuckled and she looked like she bit a lemon.

"I'll repay this later, that's a promise." Rias didn't want to get more debts from Mordred.

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Mordred went to Kuoh in order to check up on the defensive measures for Ise's family. And she also requested him to visit them.

Walking while lugging around some ingredients from the familiar forest, Ise was humming with a pleased expression on her face.

"You look nice and happy Ise, I'm glad for you." Mordred smiled at her and she beamed at him.

"Are you kidding me? I'm a super vegetare now! And I even kicked that Tepes vampire's butt. Vali won't be able to tease me now due to not having a balance breaker." Ise had a smug look on her face.

"Well, your inherently low magic reserves must've contributed for that." Mordred hypothesized.

Even for normal humans, Ise didn't really have much mana. Mordred is actually relieved that they found her before other supernatural factions did.

Because she would've been killed really easily. And if they're proficient enough with manipulating souls, Ddraig would fall to the wrong hands.

"I've been working on it real hard!" Ise pouted and she checked her reserves. Even though they were putting her through the wringer. Her mana was only at the level of a high class devils her age.

Which was of course low for a dragon. The boosted gear makes it skyrocket of course. But Mordred and Tiamat still makes her focus on increasing her base mana reserves.

"By the way Mordred, do you have any news on Irina?" Ise was curious about her. Ise actually told him to kidnap her once she knew that she was getting trained to be an exorcist, but Mordred told her what the church girls were doing.

"Rin isn't having any problems at all. The church actually don't bother them anymore." Mordred was curious about what happened. But all is well, ends well.

"At least she has friends there, it was Xenovia and Jeanne right? Are they treating her right? Or should I beat them up when I meet them?" Ise flexed her arm and he chuckled.

Mordred pinched her bicep which of course is still small, they're still children after all. But the difference is, their muscles and bones were dense and filled with mana.

"Don't worry, they're doing really well. Because the church isn't restricting them much, the three of them were able to follow my training regime religiously." Mordred informed Ise about the reports he receives from the trio.

"Okay, that's good. How about you just kidnap them already anyways? Get the fragments of the Excalibur too while you're at it." Ise chuckled and he shrugged.

"You're too carefree Ise, we will of course start a war if I do that. But when I do get a hold of those swords... I'll do everything I can to reforge them and use my family's rightful sword." Mordred nodded at her and Ise was excited by his words.

"Yeah, that's the spirit. Those church bastards stole it from your ancestor. And they can't even use it to its full potential." Ise huffed and the duo continued to the Hyoudou household.

After having a feast that Mordred prepared, they went towards outside to digest their food a bit.

But while they were doing so, they found a suspicious old man gathering some kids on the playground.

"Mordred, that guy's suspicious as hell." Ise pointed at the old man.

"Let's check him out." Mordred squinted his eyes, thinking that he was like Azazel that's about to kidnap some little kids.

"Hey kids, I am about to tell you something that is simply sublime in this world." The old man with an eye patch looked like he was about to say the gospel.

"OPPAI IS THE TRUTH! BUTTS ARE DIVINE! AND THIGHS MAKE RIGHT!" The old man started showing everyone some gravure models and the kids listened intently.

"I have to stop him Ise." Mordred frowned, but Ise put a hand on his shoulders and he raised a brow.

"No, let him cook." Ise started listening intently and the old man continued after he got the attention of everyone.

"These succulent thighs that you can rest your head on. They're the best pillows in the world. And when women wear knee socks. It digs in to their voluptuous flesh." The old man showed them some secretaries wearing stockings.

"Umu." Ise nodded at the truth of his words. Mordred looked at it and agreed. Tiamat and Lavinia do give great lap pillows. So in his pragmatic mind, he gave the old man a chance.

"And these pillowy breasts. Did you know!? Women are like doorbells, if you push right here. They'll make a cute noise!" He pointed at the nipples in the pictures.

"A cute noise? I didn't know that... I've only sucked on mom's and haven't pushed it yet... But she doesn't want to breastfeed me anymore. Maybe Yasaka or Lavinia would agree?" Mordred thought about it deeply.

"Don't forget the butts! Those round peaches that you can sink your fingers into more forcefully than breasts! It is much more suited for rough plays!" He finished with asses and Ise nodded.

"I wish Vali was here to see this." Ise shook her head in disappointment that her rival did not hear the forbidden knowledge.

"Is that why Vali squeezes mine every chance she gets? Hmmm, I guess I can ask my friends, they have butts. But their chests and thighs aren't plump enough." Mordred thought of asking somebody else.

"M-Mordred... Thank you old man, Mordred has been enlightened due to you." Ise bowed at the old man that was laughing loudly.

He then suddenly disappeared while Mordred was thinking and Ise bowed for a second.

"My eyes have been opened... There are many more things in this world that I do not know." Mordred sighed and he was thankful that he has friends.

So he started with Ise and felt up her butt. "Ukyaaah!" She was startled and let out a weird scream.

Ise then blushed like a tomato as she put her hands on her butt. "Hmmm, it's firm and soft at the same time I guess? But I need more samples." Mordred thought of who should be next.

"T-this is a bit different... I never thought he would do that..." Ise started to get embarrassed.

"I'll call Serafall." Mordred created a magic circle and called her.

"Magical Levi-tan is here! Did a little dragon call me!?" She appeared wearing a magical girl costume and her fake wand was blinking.

"Sera-tan, can I poke your boobs like a doorbell?" Mordred requested earnestly. Making the other two freeze.

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Thank you for reading everyone, next would be the Asgard arc. Imma just post this early, anyways. Ciao.