Chapter 6 : Trouble (3)

Seeing two girls dead drunk on the counter... I deliberated on what to do, a part of me wants to just leave them here for Rodin to tidy up, but the expectant gaze from Cereza urges me to do otherwise.

"Fine... I'll drop them off."

"Good idea sweetie, here's the address of the black haired girl... and here..."

YOU PLANNED THIS DIDN'T YOU!? As I catch a pair of car keys flying to me at subsonic speed.

"Your steed, it's right outside. and be a dear and don't scratch it."

*puchi* ... the keys dug themselves into my hand... note to self... don't mess with a drunk witch. I pulled out the key, and opened Rodin's door... oh it's still in tokyo... but where's the car?

"Ah... there you are! boyo, here's your car, now off you go take those princesses home..."

"..."

100% planned... but that car is a beauty... It's a 1970 Dodge challenger... it's midnight blue just like Ceraza's dress... It's classy as heck.

and so I carried the girls slowly into the car, and put them in the backseat. and Thus began my leisurely drive towards Shiho's house. I'm now asking how Cereza found her address... I'm asking how she knew she's there...

oh well.

Shiho lives in the suburbs. in a small two story house in a quiet neighborhood... It took me an hour by car, and I had to say I enjoyed every second of it!

Walking up the front door I immediately pressed the bell, and then it dawned on me as I realized something! WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL HER PARENTS!?

The universe gave me no time to think as a mature woman with straight hair opened the door.

"Hello young man, how can I help you?"

"U-I-U-A... I brought Shiho home! She came to the bar I worked at and she's been asleep so I thought it's a good idea to bring her home!"

I rapped those lines out like a certain slim shaddy... I didn't know I had it in me.

"..."

She stares at me... menacingly... until she sees the car. and then her eyes glowed red... I felt her whole demeanor change! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?

"Her room on the second floor, first room on the left!"

as she said happily... I looked at her confusingly while tilting my head.

"Get her up in her room silly! I'm not that strong!"

"... And Mrs.Suzui... I also brought her friend over, is it convenient for me to--"

"Say no more! Girl's don't like guys who talk too much."

"Of course Mrs. Suzui!"

Wait, isn't this supposed to be a simple escort mission... Why does it suddenly turn to this?

and so after getting both girls into Shiho's bedroom. I came down to find Mr. Suzui's already home.

"So this is the man that brought my daughter home."

He's an average built male with brown hair. He seems to be an office worker... but my senses say otherwise... wait don't they seem familiar? I mean from the look of things one may be a gambling addict while the other is a simple house pet... nah i may be wrong.

"Why not sit down for a while... young man... It must be quite a journey to get here..."

NOPE NOPE NOPE!

"HAHAHA... I Got an invitation to a party tonight. Yeah A family party, So I cannot stay..."

"Umu... that's such a shame... But I'll bet we'll have plenty of meetings after this..."

"hahahaha.... If you'll excuse me--"

I dashed through the door without looking back and into my car, and drove away without looking back.... PHEW. I hope there's no more awkward social encounters ... I raised a flag , didn't I?

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Millenium tower is known for many things... but safety isn't one of them... WHY ARE WE HAVING A DINNER PARTY HERE AGAIN!? There's a lot of places in Tokyo, but why the hell here? Oh it's the Demon lord's property so it's always available... Oh and it seems that this GOD likes it here too... Should I be worried about the building? I mean it sounds like it might explode again...

and so... we portated to the balcony...

"Rodin! Long time no see."

"Joshua... I hope you've been behaving... wouldn't want to lock up a brother on tartarus again..."

"Rodin, Rodin, rodin! always so uptight! we gotta let loose once in a while you know! And don't tell me you don't enjoy our last brawl!"

Joshua... joshua... What is JOSHUA!? Curly hair check, cheeky smile check, shiny glittery appearance also check. YUP! WHY THE HELL IS AN ANGEL HERE... oh wait... their boss is here...

"Ah and of course, Jeanne, Cereza, a pleasure as always!"

"My,my,my look at how much you've grown in the past few years! finally taking your job seriously I hope?"

"Cereza... You sure know how to hit where it hurts... But yeah, if I don't work harder, I may be the next in line to get demoted! no one wants that!"

"Tch! If you had done your job seriously there won't suddenly be a deadzone in the middle of Tokyo."

"Jeanne, cut me some slack will ya? I did dispatch my most trusted subordinates! But in the end ya just got to do everything yourself..."

as we're having a 'friendly' jab at Joshua, it seems that there's another guest that arrived using a portal.

"Ah, Sojiro-san, it's been a while!"

"Joshua? It's been ages, well for us at least..."

"Oh trust me Sojiro, there's been quite a few for me too..."

EH!? THAT'S SOJIRO!? HE LOOKED like a dilf... not some old retired dilf mind you, but a chad. 100% chad Sojiro. he wears a pink shirt, with a white blazer.

"Speaking of which, where's your team Sojiro?"

"Ah, they'll be here in a moment... though not through teleportation."

and soon, Sojiro enters the event venue. not long after I was dragged by jeanne towards the event venue too. well I call it an event venue, but it's just a room full of dining tables lined up. I wonder why they even put up a party?

but looking at the decorations... oh... it appears to be Alice's birthday... who would have thought...

"Mother"

"yes?"x2

I did not expect both of them to react...

"Who is Alice?"

"Oh... She's the demon lord's daughter!"

"!?"

I have a feeling that... WAIT... I have a more important question!

"Rodin!"

"Yeah?"

"Where's Erika?"

"Oh I thought you forgot about her... Well--"

Just as Rodin's about to answer, Cereza answered in his stead with an ecstatic expression.

"She's training to be an umbrella witch!"

"... isn't she made from metal? Are you sure she can be a witch!?!?"

"Now, you can't say that to your own sister!"

"SISTER?"

"Yup, since Jeanne had you, I figured I'll get the next best thing!"

... We are one fucked up family if I ever saw one...

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I took that back... as soon as the 'party' started... I can see a freaking nahabino... IS THAT YOUR GOD!? And why is he also a yakuza? areh? he made himself the brother of the demon lord? ... now that's one fucked up family!

The demon lord came up and said a few lines... something about thanking us for being here and ... is that Narukami Yu beside him? Why is he here? and is that the investigation club on the table? EH IS THAT KAZUMA KIRYU!? CAN I GET HIS AUTOGRAPH OR SOMETHING!?

I had so many questions... but soon the speech was over and everyone gave a round of applause... I didn't hear what he said but it sure as hell was amazing since everyone here gave a standing ovation... well apart from those apparitions with no feet, but we don't talk about that.

Dinner is then served by... IS THAT FREAKING ANGELS? I had so many questions...

I wonder... do angels even eat? and why do they look like normal humans with waiter/waitress clothes instead of the masked one from bayonetta or persona... if you can ignore the wings...

ah who cares... the less you know the better yeah?

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Akira's POV:

Sigh... another day another speech... As I walk down from the podium, and let the angels have their fun on the stage with all their singing and dancing. who knew that they would like RnB instead of classical music.

"Good work Akira."

"Thank You. Anyway, you can go eat with your friends now, no need to keep following me..."

Ah yeah... the years have been kind to us... I'm the minister of foreign affairs now. while Yu's my... lets just say that he's my representative on the underworld side of things...

Next year is going to finally be the day of the election. so I hope the things I built to this day will last.

I need to make rounds before finally sitting down. The first table I greeted was Sojiro's table. Sae's here with them too.

"Sojiro."

"Ah! Maou-sama! How's the office?"

"Comfy... But it has a problem with insects..."

"Ah... That's standard protocol... especially for someone's running for the prime minister position."

"If you say so. But, these days I had this urge to snap a few necks."

"Can confirm that I also felt like that most of the days... And trust me it won't get easier..."

"Figures... Anyway, how's family?"

I asked Sojiro, but my eyes landed on his partner, Wakaba, who's taking care of Futaba. Futaba's wearing a green dress.

"As you can see Maou... they're happy with your progress..."

I simply nod at him. I can see the whole cast of the adult Persona 5 confidants here. There's Iwae, who brought his son, there's the punk doctor, the politician who is now my spokesperson for my political party, there's the fortune teller, and then there's also the journalist... I greeted them lightly, as we've at least fought together for a month in the other world.

Lastly, I walked towards See who's wearing a gorgeous black dress, and she had her hair done. well I would say that if we're not in front of everyone I would push her down right here and now.

"Sae. How's your office... I heard that there's a complicated case... I could ---"

"Please don't... I understand you care for me, but a disappearing politician in broad daylight is... suspicious."

I smiled wryly... that's just one time... The man got on my nerves as he tried to touch Sae's bottom...

*smooch*

A strawberry taste washed by my lips.

"Don't worry about me, dear. I'm one of your demon queens aren't I? The most they can do is bark. wouldn't want their head to be bitten off now would they? Now off you go to the other tables."

and so I bid farewell to this table.

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The next table I visit is the table that I least want to visit...

"Maou-sama!"

"Hideyoshi-san."

This cast of misfits on this table is the head of my underworld. Hideyoshi's family... gained too much influence. making them the second most feared Family. The Kinoshita family now owns most Media in the mundane world, while being an information broker in the underworld.

"So... how's life Yuko-san?"

"Hey! I was going to report a lot of things Maou-sama, why did you ask my sister instead?"

"Stupid Hideyoshi can't you tell that a party is not the most suitible place for us talking about politics!"

The older twin takes out a fan from somewhere and smacks Hideyoshi's head. anyway they're the only table that uses full kimono tonight. so they stood out like a sore thumb.

"*cough* anyway! summarizing everything, Kubo-san has acquired almost all communication business, legally. Sakamoto-san has been busy with his studies as always... while we from Kinoshita family has work tirelessly to implement your digitalization plan---"

and there she goes... I asked about her life and she told me about the progress of the clan.

"Oh, and before we forget, Himeji clan and Shimada clan are having a feud with a boy that's in my own opinion an idiot... especially with him seducing their daughters."

... Understandable. I would raze the boy down and hang him in front of my house for others to see, if she did that to Alice....

*Pinch* OUCH!

"Now now, anata-sama, don't show that kind of face on your daughter's birthday."

"Anee-sama, a pleasure as always!"

Izanami appears on my side as she pinches my side... I think it's bleeding... nah maybe that's just her dress. yeah. She's wearing a blood red dress.

"Yuko-san, be at ease... tell me more about this... rascal that seduces daughters..."

"he's been on our hitlist for months you see---"

and so Izanami took my place in this table as I continued onwards to the next.

"Dear Husband, a word..."

"Oh Maria, where is Alice?"

"Alice is with Nobi-san... he said something about getting her something.."

"I hope that he didn't go overboard for his niece... So is anything wrong Maria?"

"A friend of mine is troubled by a unique... Soul Sickness... Could I trouble you to take a look? ."

Hmm... it's not my forte. but I still followed Maria to a table, the table which spells trouble for me... lets see... Rodin, Bayonetta, Jeanne and who's that boy?

"Akira, meet my friend and her family, this is Jeanne."

I think I met them before during my wedding.

"Jeanne, Cereza, Rodin, Glad you could come to my daughter's birthday."

"The pleasure is ours."

"Maria told me you have a problem?"

I spoke my mind as I think that with them the most direct approach is the best.

"Glad you ask! You see---"

... Oh an isekai? I'm glad other than me, there's someone else here getting isekai-d ...

"So kid..."

"Y-y-y-yeah?"

"Jojo Part 3 is the best."

"... HUH!? YOU FUCKIN KIDDIN ME?"

Yep, he's from my world.

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