Chapter 209 - A goddess descends (1/2)
Two days after the meeting in which he explained his plan to the girls and Hajime, Alex was now lounging inside the inn while waiting for the monster army. When one looked at him there was no anxiety or fear in his eyes, as he was completely surrounded by the girls with Shia and Rias claiming an arm, Yue was on his lap, and Anne was massaging his shoulders, which really annoyed the Knights that protected Aiko. Before they could say anything however another figure appeared for the first time since she arrived in Ul from her recovery, she had long black hair, and was dressed in a black kimono while carrying herself with an air of elegance. With the exception of Anne the rest of the girls were scrutinizing her as they watched her actions. Alex hadn't told them much about her other than the fact that she was a member of the supposedly extinct dragon race, but after treating her Anne had mentioned that she was... slightly peculiar. She then approached Alex's group seemingly unperturbed by the crowd of women around him.
”This one would like to thank thee for ensuring mine recovery in order to participate in the upcoming fight.” Alex waved away her thanks and said,
”You would've mostly recovered by now anyways so don't mind it.” Tio nodded before turning towards Anne and saying,
”And I thank thee for treating this one the past couple days, especially the soreness in mine ass.” No one reacted to the first part of Tio's words as there was nothing strange about them, but hearing a girl that looked like the embodiment of elegance talking about soreness in her ass made them pause. Rias and the others looked at Alex with blame thinking he already had his way with her, but Tio's next words proved them partially wrong.
”Though this one should have expected that taking thine whole arm in the ass would cause some soreness.” As her words were heard by those around them everyone unconsciously looked at Alex's arms, then at Tio's ass as they imagined the entire thing fitting in it with only one word on their mind, how? As only a few people knew what Tio really was it created quite the image. Alex shrugged as he already knew Tio had no shame and would talk about what happened, he then said,
”Thanks for awkward atmosphere, is that all you wanted?” Tio however shook her head before kneeling down and saying,
”This one would like to serve thee with all she has to offer, please accept mine sincerity!” Alex already figured that Tio would want to serve him due to her recently discovered preferences, but he didn't think she would actually be so formal when wanting to do so, like a knight requesting to serve a lord. Lauren then said,
'This is possibly due to the effects of your 'Dragon Emperor' title on her. Since she was already feeling subservient towards you thanks to what happened, she is only being even more positively influenced by the title. My guess is that any dragons who aren't hostile towards you may react in a similar manner from now on, well if you can get them to acknowledge you first.' At Lauren's words Alex imagined an army of dragons fighting for him and he had to fight from smiling. Alex had speculated that his title would have such an effect on dragons, but he forgot about it thanks to his boosted gear since the majority of the dragons in the dxd world treated him with respect to begin with. He then said to the still kneeling Tio,
”I'll accept your offer of fealty, and I'll promise that while you serve me I'll ensure your revenge comes to fruition.” Tio shuddered at Alex's words, but not from the new sensations she had been experiencing. She had long desired her revenge on Ehito, and now her new lord was promising it to her. It was only a second later that she imagined how she would have to follow her lords orders no matter what now, wether it was to fight his battles, or to attend to him in bed... with all his other women... and maybe while being punished! Tio started panting slightly as the various images passed through her head, and she said,
”This one wishes to excuse herself, I need to change mine panties.” Though her face was still slightly flushed she said it was a straight face, and caused the majority of people around them to back up away from this pervert. Meanwhile Rias's eye started twitching as she watched Tio's behavior, and Yue muttered,
”Is this really the dragon race I looked up to in the past?” Thankfully her voice was low enough that the surrounding people didn't hear her, but she received a few sympathetic gazes from the thee girls. They were spared the continued awkwardness however when Hajime said,
”They're here.” And everyone became serious. They all started filing out before it was only Aiko left behind, she then said to Alex,
”I've been thinking, Shimizu was a dark magician and I think I heard somewhere that they can control the minds of people and monsters. It might be possible that he is with those monsters, and if he is then I want to ask you to please bring him back to me to talk to!” Alex sighed as he heard Aiko's words, he told her and her students the truth about Tio's circ.u.mstances since they were there when he started fighting her, but he wasn't sure at the time if she'd make the connection between the magician that controlled Tio and the one behind the attack.
”I won't make any promises, but I won't intentionally kill anyone I see on the other side.” Aiko still looked troubled, but showed a small sign of relief at his words before leaving. But as she left a message came across Rias's system telling her to look for Shimizu during the battle, and what to do if she found him. Alex knew there was no chance of rehabilitating this person, and that even if he spared him he would try to kill Aiko to prove himself to the demon race. Rias was slightly shocked, but still sent a message back saying she understood. Alex then said,
”Alright, let's go start our performance.” And led the way out the door. But before they left Rias asked,
”By the way did you really stick your entire arm up Tio's butt?”