181 Chapter 181: Young Devils Meeting

a/n: I was going to post this early, but an old lady needed help with taking her groceries home.

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With the date for the signing of the treaty arranged, Erik already had a pretty good idea of what kind of protections he would be putting around the area and while he didn't tell anyone about them, everyone was expecting something spectacular if the last set of protections were to be taken into consideration.

While the promised date for the signing of the treaty didn't arrive, Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri were called back to the Underworld together with their peerages to attend a meeting between the young Devils. The meeting had as objective to make the young Devils interact with each other while throwing them into a dinner-ball that would imitate what they would very much encounter when they have reached adulthood and assumed their role in Devils' society.

Serafall Leviathan and Sizerchs Lucifer were present too together with their peerage, just as were the other two Satans and a lot of the old Devil Lords. They were doing their own get-together since in events like this there was an implicit rule to not meddle in the young generation's problems to let them resolve them alone as a test of sorts. Erik was by Serafall's side that night. His presence there had been 'allowed' since it was the debut of four of their children in the Devil society. Roney, Suyen, Alix, and Renna Ravenclaw were having their first social meeting with the 'high society' with Roney being the 'boss' of the group due to him being the son of Serafall even though Suyen was the older one of all siblings.

The four kids were porting themselves well, even more, when they had their aunty Sona at their side. Rias Gremory joined their group to talk together with her peerage, introducing her cousin, Sairaorg Bael, to them too. The big teenager was an instant hit with Roney Ravenclaw, who had inherited his father's big body and liked to train it well.

Everything was going well, with the teens talking about random things and Sairaorg Bael And Roney Ravenclaw trading training tips between them, until a group of young Devils, headed by the pompous heir of the Astaroth family, decided to butt in by making fun of Sairaorg Bael and Roney Ravenclaw that were having an amicable conversation. Both teenagers didn't let that reach them and simply ignored the group of pompous nobles, who seemed to get just more offended by that lack of action. That is until they started to mock their family, starting with their father, Erik. Like a dam that had ruptured, the four young Devils of surname Ravenclaw released their demonic energies at the same time, drowning the group of pompous nobles in it while at the same time being careful not to 'hit' the bystanders. The group of pampered rich teenagers could not even breathe due to the weight that was pressuring them. Their leader, Diodora Astaroth, was sweating cold while his face was going pale. Roney Ravenclaw, together with his two brothers and one sister, glared at the group as if daring them to continue. But they didn't. Better saying, they couldn't even breathe very well at the moment, what to say about talking? Roney Ravenclaw then walked to where the leader of the group was standing and looked down at him with his height towering over Diodora Astaroth by a good ten centimeters.

"You have no right to talk about our father when your own father could not even muster the courage to do the same. If you have any problem with me and my siblings being here, address your unimportant concerns to those that asked us to be here tonight, which is the Council of Elders. But since I imagine that you have no balls to do it, let me make this easy for you. You just have to challenge me to a fight, here and now."

Roney Ravenclaw said with his deep purple eyes boring into Diodora Astaroth's ones, waiting for any answer to come. But it didn't. And how could he say anything if he couldn't even resist the pressure being released by their demonic energy? The silence around them was deafening. If someone would happen to drop a pin on the ground at that moment, everyone would have heard it clearly.

"That's what I imagined. You don't have the balls to do it. The only thing that you and your lot are is a bunch of leechers that didn't lift a finger to deserve what you have in your life."

Roney Ravenclaw said to Diodora Astaroth with a voice full of contempt. His sharp senses then caught a different smell in the air, the smell of ammonia. Taking his eyes out of the leader of the group for an instant, he looked at where the smell was coming from. It was from one of the lower nobles. The Devil teenager had just soiled himself. At that, Roney Ravenclaw let out a sigh of disappointment and retrieved his demonic aura. His siblings took that as a signal and did the same not even a second later. He then looked back at Diodora Astaroth for the last time before turning his back to him and walking to where Sairaorg was standing with an amused look on his face but left behind one last word.

"It is better that you take care of that or it will end up staining more than just the pants of your 'goon'."

Roney Ravenclaw said, 'officially' releasing the group of pompous nobles, who start to take in big gulps of air with the one that soiled himself running out of the room. Quickly enough, the group of pompous nobles retreated to lick their wounds and the chatty atmosphere returned to the room.

At some distance, in the 'adults' area, everyone was observing the interaction between the new generation of Devils. Erik had a small smile on his face, just like his wives, Serafall, Musashi, Ching Shih, and Leona, had too. When the interaction ended, with Roney and his siblings showing that they were no pushovers, Leona let out a giggle.

"Roney is as overbearing as his father when he wants to be."

Leona said, getting some nods of approval to her comment from her sister-wives.

"Yes, he normally is more composed, not wanting to start any fights."

Ching Shih commented on what she knew from her stepson's personality, getting more nods from the women.

"And that would be the case, if not for what that Diodora Astaroth kid told him."

Erik said to his wives. With his sharp senses, he was keeping an 'eye' over his kids the entire time. He knew that those old fossils could and would use this opportunity to attack Serafall and him.

"Did he comment something about you?"

Musashi asked while unconsciously putting her hand over the handle of her sword. Erik nodded his head affirmatively.

"Yes, he did. But as you could see, our kids already took care of that wonderfully."

Erik replied to Musashi, who nodded her head and let go of the handle of her sword. Sirzech Lucifer, who was watching everything from the side together with his peerage and the other two Satans, sighed at that, making Erik look at him and chuckle.

*sigh*

"I already foresee that I will hear complaints about this tomorrow."

Sirzechs Lucifer said while taking his hands to his head and lightly massaging his temples.

"Breathe, Sirzechs. Breathe. It was just a squabble between teenagers. No blood was spilled, just a little urine."

Erik said to the redhead Satan, getting some chuckles from the other two Satans and some giggles from the women.

"But talking seriously now, you guys have raised some little monsters there. The four of them are only fifteen and already show a lot of power. They should be at the higher ends of the High Class, right?"

Ajuka Belzebub asked. He couldn't care less that had been his birth family's heir that just got it handed to him. He had it coming when he decided to provoke others. Ajuka Belzebub was more interested in the power shown by the four teens. Erik affirmatively nodded his head at that, agreeing with Satan Belzebub.

"In raw power? Yes. But I would say middle ultimate class in terms of energy control."

Erik said to Ajuka Belzebub, who, together with Falbium Asmodeus and Sirzechs Lucifer, went wide-eyed for a moment.

"I always prioritized fine control over raw power, so I came up with some fun games that would push the kids to develop their control while having lots of fun. They liked the games so much that they ended up teaching their friends back at home so they could play with them. Now, many of the nearby schools have the kids playing the same game during the magic classes."

Erik added after seeing the 'shock' that he had inadvertently caused.

"Is it the one with the water?"

Grayfia Lucifuge suddenly asked, making Erik nod his head in agreement. The silver-haired woman nodded her head sagely at that. Her son, Milicas Gremory, had invited her to play this new game that he had learned that used a devil's energy to hold water in his hand like someone was holding a ball. The objective was to do a water battle just like one did with snowballs. She had to confess that she had some difficulty at the beginning with finely using her demonic energy to hold the water without influencing the water, transforming nearly every hand of water that she tried to get into balls of ice. When she asked Milicas where he had learned that game, he said that it was with the kids that he played with the last time that he went to the park in The Nexus.

"Last time that I heard, some ideas were running through the sports committee back at home to create a competition of sorts between schools."

Leona commented, triggering a conversation about how they could go ahead with that idea and what kind of rules could be imposed. While the family was in their own little world, different thoughts were going through the head of the three other Satans.

Sirzechs Lucifer had just made a mental note to go and play this water game with Milicas as soon as he could. He wanted to see what kind of game could encourage children to develop such control over its magic energy.

Ajuka Belzebub was comparing Erik's four kids with himself and his three Satan friends at the same age inside his head. And sincerely speaking, the Satans were losing on all fronts. It was then that he remembered that Erik had other four kids at home, making him sigh internally.

Falbium Asmodeus was dreaming. Dreaming with his soft bed and pillow that were waiting for him back at home.

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