[Warning] This is basically just a talking chapter.
Calming down from her emotional high and realizing Issei had left the room with Asia, Rias began to think about how she's going to introduce her new ability to her peerage and her family and friends. 'I can't just say I just got it after the rating game, that doesn't just happen out of nowhere and there is no precedent for these so called visions. She didn't leave a way for me to contact her.' Biting her finger nails she continued to contemplate until right in front of her a crack in reality formed. And from it an Ethereal voice could be heard.
"You may tell those truly close to you about me but to all others you must find another explanation. Oh and remember, actions have consequences" And just like that the crack in reality repaired itself, just like that she was gone once more.
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'Well, that is all I needed to know, I didn't plan for anyone not close to me to see the visions just yet so I have all the time I need to come up with a feasible explanation. But what does she mean by actions have conseq-' and with that her mind paused, then she realized "did I kill Riser? Did they not pull him out in time? Oh shit."
She was immediately on her feet and panic overtook her once calm expression. Though she knows that deaths in rating games are classified as accidents and she did give him ample time to resign from the match, Riser though not an Heir was a part of one of the 32 remaining 72 pillar devil families and he was one of the Phenex no less, one of if not the richest devil clan. Devil clans aren't known to care about policy's and will act out of pure pettiness.
With the swiftness of a girl with her tits on fire Rias prepared a communication magic circle and called Grayfia. And once it was answered she instantly asked, "Is he dead" though in all honestly she already knew what the answer would be.
And from the other side the voice of Grayfia could be heard "Hello lady Rias, and yes Sir Riser did indeed die, when you unleashed your attack upon him the system couldn't pull him out in time and he perished. Though I would think you'd be happy about this was killing him not your intention?"
"Don't get me wrong I am happy to finally be free from his…Pursuit, but killing him was not my intention at all, really and while I'm not upset he died why I am worried about however I how the Phenex clan will respond." Rias said with a voice of not just unveiled disgust but also worry.
"Well it's good to know that you understand that this will have consequences, the Phenex family has yet to make a proper statement to us. Truly you don't have to worry about this, anything that happens will be dealt with by Lord Zeoticus, you did what was necessary for your victory." Grayfia spoke calmly and clearly with a tone of reassurance.
Taking a second to contemplate Rias made her request, " Can you get me a meeting with my family please? Father, mother and Sirzechs, I'll be bringing my peerage as well. It's about how I was able to beat Riser so handily."
For a short while the other side was silent causing Rias to feel a slightly worry but as the feeling start to set in the voice of Grayfia was heard once more, "Once we have everything settled I'll prepare the meeting, why don't you rest for now, you've had a long day." With those words Rias released a breath she didn't realize she was holding, her worries gone.
And with a small, "okay" the communication was cut.
And with a quick teleportation spell the red head went home and straight to bed and in seconds she was out cold. It truly had been a stressful day.
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The next day had arrived and Rias was already in a rush due to waking up to a message from Grayfia that the meeting was prepared. Doing all her hygiene essentials she went on her way to collect her peerage members who were now mostly recovered from their injuries.
First she went to collect Akeno who was thankfully already awake, fours hands were better than two. But with no time for pleasantries "Go get Kiba and Koneko please, I'll get Issei and Asia, we'll meet at the clubhouse I'll explain the rest then."
Though Rias's rush did confuse Akeno for a short moment realizing that though she was rushed it wasn't in panic the raven haired girl didn't worry and went on to get Koneko and Kiba. A truly diligent Queen.
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"Now that everyone is here I'll briefly explain why I've gathered everyone so early. Today we'll be heading to the Gremory estate in the underworld to have a meeting with my family, the meeting being about the rating game we had with Riser yesterday and certain things that that happened in it, I'll go into specifics at the meeting." Hearing this the once sleepy Issei instantly perked up.
With an awkward raise of his hand he asked, "We aren't in trouble right?" Hearing this Kiba also piped up aswell.
"I wish to know as well Rias-senpai, did something happen." His voice calm but curious.
Seeing their concerned and curious faces Rias sighed and answered, "don't worry we aren't really in trouble, but this meeting and what I am going to explain in it will affect you all as much as it is affecting me already, just wait for a bit, you'll get all the answers at the meeting, I just don't want to have to explain the same thing multiple times." While speaking she finished setting up the teleportation circle and stepped onto it, "now come everyone it's ready"
Hearing her answer they temporarily put their worries to rest and join her standing on the circle, and once they all stood side by side with a red flash of light they appeared in front of the Gremory mansion.
It being Issei's first time in the underworld he looked around to only notice that the environment looks basically the same, "President are you sure we left Earth? Everything looks the same" his question caused a small laughs between everyone else.
With a giggle Akeno explained, "It looks the same because we are in Gremory territory, they adjusted the sky to match closely to the human world to help with the adjustment of reincarnated devils. Originally the entire sky of the underworld was purple both day and night you wouldn't really be able to tell the time if you did it based on how the sky looks. The current Satans realizing this adjusted the sky of the entire underworld and matched it with the human world so now there is both a day and night time in the underworld. The Gremory family specifically took it a step further by changing the day time sky to match more closely with the blue sky of the human world."
While Akeno was explaining the specifics of the underworld to Issei the door to the estate was opened and Grayfia could be seen alongside some other household servants. "Welcome, I'll take you to the meeting room right away." She didn't question how they got there so quickly as she knows she'll get her answers in the meeting.
Turning on her heels Grayfia started guiding them to the meeting area. As they followed behind her they saw art pieces of Gremory family members and the largest one at the end of the hall is the art of a girl who looked like she couldn't be out of her teens with long crimson hair and bright violet eyes. Issei being the most curious of the bunch ask
"Who is that and why is her art piece the biggest one?"
Looking at what Issei was looking at Grayfia answered, "That is Runeas Gremory the Gremory clan Ancestor, as the first and founder of the Family she has the largest art piece."
Arriving at their designated location, they saw a double door leading to what is seemingly an office. Grayfia at the head of the group reaches for the handles and with a small *Click* she opened the doors for everyone to enter.
As they entered the room they saw a large oval table fit to hold 20 people and at the head of the table sat Zoeticus, Venelana, and Sirzechs who were having a casual conversation though it stopped as they walked in. As they hear the door close behind them they hear the voice of Grayfia say "You may sit at any of the empty seats." And with that they took their seats.
Rias taking the seat next to her brother, Akeno choosing to sit to the left of Rias, Koneko choosing to sit next to Venelana which was directly opposite of Rias, Kiba who chose to sit next to Koneko and then Issei sat next to Akeno and Asia the last to sit down sat next to issei.
Now with everyone seated Rias spoke "Well thanks for making time for this meeting, I know that the situation with the Phenex was probably quite a lot. But this does correlate and may be able to get a compromise with them." Confusion spread among the faces of the adults at the table, they didn't really understand how her increase in control and power could help in such a political situation.
With a sigh she paused a second then continued "I can see your confusion so I'll explain, that's why I'm here after all, So, first of all the power I gained isn't some secret thing I was hiding, I only said all that so the others watching the rating game wouldn't be figure out what was going on, what I showed wasn't even all I gained." With those last words Rias released her hold on her power, her aura released outwards in a wave. Her once High class demonic power now ultimately class.
From the head of the table Zoeticus, the current Gremory head, his face full of surprise his eyes wide says, "That's impossible, you were only High class just a few days ago, and as you walked in I could feel no fluctuations in your energy at all, how is this possibly?" His confusion was palpable, he's never seen someone jump in power to this extent over the course of time allocated, and the ability to control power of that level with no fluctuation is unheard of except for the types like Ajuka Beelzebub.
Rias having never seen her father react in such a way paused for a second and a small smile spread across her face, and after pulling her aura in she began once more "Well I'll continue to explain, during the fight right after Issei had used his body to block the attack of Riser's queen Yubelluna from hitting Asia, for me the world had gone monochrome similarly to how the world is perceived in stopped time."
Pausing to see the the reactions of those at the table Rias could see that she had everyone attention wrapped, and with another breath she continued "In this monochrome world I met an entity that called herself Ashtart assuming that she was the one who caused the world to be the way it was I asked her what she did, who she was and why she was here. What she explained to me was that she had stopped actualization of the concept cause on this universe and that she was here to answer my wish, and though she told me her name she didn't tell me who or what she was alongside her also saying the name she gave was simply the one of the form she was in at the time."
Releasing a breath Rias looked around the table once more an she saw nothing but shocked faces whether it be her brother the current Lucifer, her father the Gremory head, her mother a Bael family member or even her own peerage hearing her story they were all shocked. But the first to speak up was Sirzechs.
"An entity powerful enough to stop an entire concept of the universe…I didn't even feel a single thing when it happened either, but my question is why would such a being decide to answer your wish..?"
And with a nod she answered his question "I asked essentially the same thing and the answer I got was basically that they wanted entertainment and the only reason I was chosen was because she allegedly saw potential in me." And with a deep breath Rias dropped one of the true bombs of this story
"The goal she left me with before disappearing was for me to become the strongest in this universe…"
The room was silent no one really knew what to say, being the strongest wasn't as simple as training and getting stronger, especially with someone like Great Red roaming around. But before someone could speak up once more Rias continued "But it's not like she left me with nothing firstly you all already know about my increased demonic power, but she also gave me an extremely high control over my power" after this statement Rias began to demonstrate, from swords to spears, to drills to even entire mechanical constructs, Rias created it all with her power of destruction.
"But that also wasn't all I was given. She made me spin a wheel with many sorts of abilities and items on it, all of them being extremely powerful and or useful. What I got is called Vision bestowal, it's a lot different than it sounds. It would be a bit easier to show you than to explain it. Does anyone want to volunteer?"
Instantly hearing her request Sirzechs raised his hand. Being the siscon he is, he wanted to be the first to be bestowed with whatever his sister had.
Letting out an exasperated sigh as this is exactly what she expected to happen Rias began to focus on the power she had been given. As she began to focus on a gold and purple thorn crown formed atop her head, and with just the thought of granting her brother a vision one appeared in front of him. It was a red marble like jewel surrounded with golden plating encasing the sides in the shape of a six-pointed star and inside the marble the shape of a fire could be seen. Similarly in Rias's left eye her pupil had changed into that of a gleaming crimson Six-pointed star.
"That there is a pyro vision, it allows the user to manipulate and generate fire with no need for anything like a magic circle all it requires is an energy source. Originally visions only had seven elements that they could be, Pyro, hydro, anemo, electro, dendro, Geo, and cryo, however the ability I was given makes it so that the visions I give out may become any type of element if the person doesn't fit with the original elements, though that would be rare." While Rias explained Sirzechs was analyzing his vision with his magic.
'…Is that… divinity?' Reaching out and touching the vision he could instantly feel it, the surge of energy and the potential the vision held. As he held the vision it began to change, from its original orange-red color scheme it changed to a deep blood red, the flame symbol morphed to that of a blazing inferno. During this transformation the others could see his skin slowly begin to peel away to reveal his true form, but sensing it he immediately suppressed it before it could go any further.
His face with of surprise he voiced his wonder "This has fully untapped divinity…" And once more shock spread among faces, but only to those who understood what that truly meant.
"Visions function on the idea of ambition, in the world they come from they are only given to those with significant ambitions recognized by the gods of that world and when those ambitions are fulfilled the vision holders also called allogenes are given the opportunity to become gods, meaning visions are a catalyst for Godhood. And I can grant them to anyone I please. So brother, what's your ambition?" Rias explained with a small smile and upon hearing her question Sirzechs contemplated for a second before saying.
"I want to bring peace to the underworld and the three factions" with that statement his Vision lit up once more and behind him an illusionary constellation with three stars shining brightly. With the acknowledgment of his ambition and the fact he had already started upon this goal his vision grew once more. He could feel the divinity in it grow exponentially where before it felt like a flickering ember it was now a a raging blaze. And with this his Vision also became even closer to him, and so did the divinity within it. As the divinity seeped into him he could see his possibilities.
His potential "Godly" titles could be seen in his mind. The Demon God of Destruction, The Devil God of the Raging Fire, God of the Black Flame, Demon God of Blazing Destruction and many more. He could already feel his True form changing.
And while all that was happening Rias could already feel her own power increasing, from her Middle level Ultimate class power it increased to the peak of ultimate class Rias now was confident she could take on those of the likes of Grayfia. That's simply how power Sirzechs Lucifer was, an entity on the list of the top 10 strongest in the entire world, for him to become stronger in any capacity means immense gains for her.
But as she was no longer hiding her power level the increased was noticed by the others in the room. And the first to ask was actually her mother, Venelana "Rias dear did you just get stronger from that?" Her voice calm yet also surprised, Rias just kept dropping bombshell after bombshell and she felt like another one was going to be dropped.
Rias with a nod of her head and a wave of her hand Visions appeared in front of everyone in the room, excluding Sirzechs.
Zoeticus got a Geo Vision.
Venelana got a hydro Vision.
koneko got a cryo Vision.
Kiba got a anemo Vision.
Akeno got a electro Vision.
Issei got a pyro Vision.
Asia got a dendro Vision.
Among the oohs and aahs Rias began to speak once more.
"You all may have noticed that I don't seem to have given myself one. It's simply because I can't. I can only give Visions to others, however that doesn't mean I gain nothing from it, alongside being able to bestow visions I am able to take them back at anytime, alongside any power that was gained by the person after gaining it, I also passively gain power as the people that have the visions grow stronger. So as all of you gain power, so will I." Her smile never wavered as she watched them process this new piece of information.
"We'll do our best to support you president!" From his seat issei enthusiastically shouted.
"Mnm.." Konekos soft voice sounded out in agreement.
"Though I'm not much of a fighter anymore I can start getting back into shape even if it's to just help you out a little." Venelana spoke with a resolute tone.
"Hmm~ with this I'll be able to get strong enough to win against even those cheating with instant healing items while supporting you at the same time" Akeno's sultry tone was filled with indignation.
"I will continue to polish my skills and get a handle on this new power to continue to be your blade Rias-Senpai." Kiba's eternal knight like tone flares out.
" I - I'll try my best to help as much as I can" Asia said awkwardly while fiddling with her Vision.
While the others were in their own world the changes to Grayfia's Vision goes mostly unnoticed, from its base light blue color it gained a deeper blue with what seems to be shining diamonds within it."I will continue to be of service, as I always have."
"And I'll start getting a handle on this new power and introduce it to the other Satans." Sirzechs said.
"Like my wife I'm not much of a fighter anymore but it would do me some good to get back into shape. But a question has been on my mind how does this help with the Phenex situation? Currently they are getting ready to stop all selling of Phoenix tears in the Gremory territory and some of our closest allies like the Sitri as well." Zoeticus's voice was the last to arrive, his voice as steady as a rock.
"Before I continue with that let me say one more thing, I was told by her that I may only tell people close to me about her, I must come up with another explanation if I were to want to explain how I got stronger in the first place, that goes the same for you all, do not disclose what I've told you about her, I don't know what she'll do otherwise." With her voice of complete seriousness Rias explained the circumstances.
As she looked around the room she see's the nods of everyone before continuing "So here's my idea".
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{A/N} look at that cliff, it sure is hanging. Writing this chapter had me realize how hard it really is to write genuine conversations and discussions with more than one or two people in the room having the talk also I just need to get better at writing genuine conversations in general, to me right now it feels so emotionless in certain parts. Anyway this is the last chapter of this week. I'm graduating today hooray.
Anyways everything's the same you may suggest worlds, things for Rias to do, and powers to add to the wheel. And point out mistakes and stuff like that please I know I make a few especially because I wrote this one on phone. Oh and for anyone who cares I made a few changes in the first chapter when Azathoth explains visions so if you want to reread it you can. {A/N}