Chapter 18

The [Joint-Ruler of Kuō] status would explain why she was so angry at him for basically ignoring her. Still, when he pulled up the list of people who had to give her notice before doing something in her territory, humans were only included if they were a member of any Church or the Shinto Pantheon. Other than that, it was a list of supernatural races, like Yōkai.

Filing that as a counter-argument if she pushed the point should they meet later, he checked out her Perks and Flaws.

[Heiress of the House of Gremory] (Passive)

The person who bears this title is the first person in line to inherit the title of Gremory, one of the few remaining 72 Pillar families. This grants them nigh-untouchable status and authority within the Gremory Territories, as well as the [Leadership] stat.

[Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess] (Passive)

This title denotes the holder to be a female descendent of the Bael Family and one who has inherited their talents at that. The title will always retain the 'Ruin Princess' section, but the first section will change depending on the hair-colour of the holder. The holder has access to the unique Demonic Magic of the Bael Family, the Power of Destruction, as well as a further 20% increase to the power of all Demonic Magic.

[Seduction from the Darkness] (Passive)

Devils are well known for taking on the appearance of handsome men and beguiling females, especially in the case of the succubae and incubate. As such, the holder of this Perk has the optimal appearance for being seductive for their gender and general appearance, granting them the Charisma stat and a further +10 to all [Persuade], [Seduce] and [Charm] actions.

[Light-Bane] (Passive)

Created by Lucifer, the first Maō, Devils are the very antithesis of Angels. They gain power in the darkness and shadows, while the weaker among them lose power in the sunlight. Any who hold this power gain +10 buff to all stats during the night. Additionally, those who are below Level 20 suffer a -20 Debuff to all physical stats and a -10 debuff to all mental stats during the day, regardless of whether it is sunny or not. Light-type weapons will also be 20% more effective against any Devil, regardless of level.

[Holy Weakness] (Passive)

The God of the Bible's Holy power is even worse for Devils than Light, attacking their souls as well as their bodies. Should a Devil become injured as a result of Holy-type weaponry, spells or auras, the effects will be 50% more effective and reduce any healing spell or item's effectiveness by 60%.

[Cares Too Much] (Passive)

The holder of this Flaw is very empathic and caring towards those he or she cares about. This is usually a good thing, except it can lead to them being paralyzed if something happens to those they care for in the middle of battle. The holder receives a 25% bonus to Reputation gains to those he or she is at [Friendly] status or higher, but should those at that status be harmed around her, there is a 50% chance of he or she freezing up and hesitating.

"Damn…" Issei whispered. The Devils had a very powerful skillset at their fingertips, especially a pureblood Devil like Rias Gremory. The downsides were severe, especially the Light and Holy weaknesses, but still it was a pretty sweet deal altogether.

The last Flaw was a pretty surprising one for a Devil, but it did fit what little he knew about the crimson-haired girl. She was fairly gentle and had begged out of dissection day in Biology, according to rumours.

Just for the sake of comparison, he'd have a look at Kiba Yuuto, as he was in a couple of Issei's classes. That would be an interesting read, if nothing else. Kiba was the idol of all the Academy's girls, but held himself aloof from them and the boys as well. This whole devil thing would go a long way towards explaining why he did that.

Issei stood up and flushed the toilet before leaving as a cover. This time he really did have to go to the staff office and talk to his teachers. He'd arrived early just in case he ran into Rias Gremory as he had done.

'Time to pay the piper.' He grimaced. He didn't like teachers much. They were either stodgy old men or women, young ikemen males with no idea what it was like for someone with average looks or arrogant young women who looked down on average boys. Most of his teachers were ikemen, which pissed him off something cruel.

After school, he vowed, he'd start dungeoneering again. That would be nice and cathartic for him. Kikuchi-sensei would be the worst. Fortunately, he had all his homework done, so they couldn't be angry at him for that…he hoped.

After School

"Issei, what's with the long face?" Matsuda asked as he and Motohama jogged up to their friend. Issei did look sour as he replied.

"None of the sensei believe me about what happened. They're asking for a parent-teacher meeting regarding my 'blatant lying' and 'over-exaggeration of the facts' or so they say."

"That's not going to make them happy." Motohama said with a wince, "Didn't your parents tell them what had happened to you the day it actually went down?"

"Slipped their minds." Issei shrugged, "Meh. They'll set things straight when this meeting happens. It'll be nice to see the teachers eat humble pie for a change."

This made his friends nod sagely. Seeing the boot on the other foot for a change would be good.

"Lemme guess; you have to head home and tell your folks about this?" Matsuda predicted as he adjusted his glasses.

"Yup." Issei nodded in confirmation.

"Welp, all the more beauties for us!" Motohama finished for his bespectacled friend.

Shouting their goodbyes, the two charged off to once more peep on a female club.

'A harem is worth it!' Issei chanted in his head, 'A harem is worth it!'

After he walked home and told his parents about what the teacher's said, he was taken aback at how angry they both were with the school. Evidently, having almost been killed by a lunatic, his parents were in hyper-defence mode regarding their family, especially Issei, as the only one who had been harmed by the man.

After a light dinner, Issei made his going-for-a-walk excuse and headed out, pulling the map out and heading towards Ratman Den V, which was in another run-down building in a quiet part of town. Equipping his armour, cloak and necklace, Issei stepped forward, prompting a window to pop up.

[Warning!]

You are about to enter the dungeon [Domain of the Warp Rat] (LV7)

Once you enter this dungeon, you must clear it before exiting.

Do you wish to enter?

Y/N

Warp Rat? What the heck? The names for these dungeons got more and more confusing. Shrugging, Issei hit 'Y' and then yelped as he was dropped down a hole.

'The universe is laughing at me!' Issei shrieked in his mind as he fell, cape flapping in the wind.

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