- a few minutes later -

I mentally smirked while I have a blank expression on my face as I looked at the shell shocked expression that Raynare currently has in her face, I actually find it a funny and cute sight to be honest.

After finding out that Raynare intended to steal Asia's [Twilight Healing], that will also cause her death, Hyōdō nearly went ballistic and tried to attack the bounded Fallen Angel. I stopped her and told her that 'Don't get angry on something that didn't happen'. That seemed to calm her down a bit, but I can tell that she's still pissed off.

I then told her the same thing that said to Mittelt before, about her actions could have caused another Great War. She tried to justify her actions but I just told her to shut up like a boss and let me finish, I don't know why but I felt my intuition telling that someone is turned on.

"Now, what do you intend to do now?" I asked, gaining everyone's attention "You and your companions have disobeyed your original orders, I believe that counts as treason and some punishment is need."

"Uh..." Was all Raynare could stutter out. Kinda reminds me of Mittelt when I interrogated her the first time.

"If you and the other 2 Fallen Angels want to live, than you have to listen to my plan." I said, gaining the attention everyone in the room "By going to the Grigori and giving the report to your boss, you can ask if there was a change of plan from observing Ichigo Hyōdō to eliminating her. If your boss' answer is no, than explained that Kokabiel told you about the change of plans."

"I get it! " Mittelt said while hitting a fist in her palm, realising my plan "The blame will go to Kokabiel rather then us, since he's a high ranking Fallen Angel and a lot of us will believe his words! There's also the fact that he's a battle maniacal, there are even rumours that he wants to recreate the Great War."

"That's right." I nodded before turning back to Raynare and saw her staring at me with wide eyes "So, what's your choice?"

I brought my face closer to Raynare's, looking straight at her violet eyes "Do... Or die?"

Raynare looked down, I saw a pink shade cover her cheeks, and seemed to be thinking things through, looking back at me again before giving her response "Fine... I'll go with your plan."

I nodded back in response "Alright but I'm not foolish enough to send you, so I believe that Mittelt will be the better choice to report back."

"But I'm..." Raynare started but I just gave the look that I used on Asia and Hyōdō, silencing her without saying a word "...Fine."

I turned back towards Mittelt "You know what to do."

"Hai!"  Mittelt said before getting out of the room.

"Can you really trust her, Kōjiro?" Hyōdō asked from my left, bringing my attention towards her and I saw that she's frowning "She's a Fallen Angel, she might just go back to the other Fallen Angels at the church rather going with your plan."

"My intuition tells me that I can place my trust on her, and there's the fact I've been living with her for an entire week." I explained while sitting down on 1 of my couches "If she really wanted to kill me in my sleep, she would have done it back then and we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."

Not that she can kill me, as my [Vongola Hyper Intuition] will warn me if any danger will be coming or not. Even in my sleep, the skill is still active. The [Vongola Hyper Intuition] may have been tricked a few times, e.g. Torikabuto's powerful Illusions using his [Carnage Box], but it will always remain as 1 of my most trusted skills.

- a few minutes later -

I stood up from my sit when I felt 4 auras approaching my house, and 1 of them is definitely powrful. But... I don't feel any killing intent from any of them at all.

"I'm back!" Mittelt's rang from the front door "And I brought some guests!"

I turned towards the entrance of the living room to see Mittelt with 2 other older women and a man.

1 of the women is a tall and buxom woman with long, navy blue hair that obscured her right eye and brown eyes. Her attire consisted of a violet, trenchcoat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trenchcoat top was open at her chest, giving view to her breasts and cleavage. She also wore a gold necklace around her neck.

The other woman is a tall, beautiful young woman. She has long yellow hair, big blue eyes, and fair skin. Her attire consisted of a black, sleeveless, tight fit top that stopped before her stomach, looking to enhance her breasts size. With it, she wore a double slitted black skirt, that showed off her long, slender legs and thick thighs, with black high heel boots that reached up to her mid thighs.

The only male is a middle-aged-looking man with short black hair and dark blue eyes. His attire consisted of a pale violet trenchcoat over a white dress shirt with a matching ascot, black pants and shoes, and a black fedora.

[Observe]

Character Name: Kalawarner

Alignment: Fallen Angel, The Grigori, and Raynare's group

LvL: 21

Profession: Fallen Angel

Title: None

Fame: None

HP: 200/200 Regen: 1 per hour

MP: 160/160 Regen: 0.5 per minute

Character Name: Dohnaseek

Alignment: Fallen Angel, The Grigori, and Raynare's group

LvL: 20

Profession: Fallen Angel

Title: None

Fame: None

HP: 210/210 Regen: 1 per hour

MP: 200/200 Regen: 0.5 per minute

Character Name: Penemue

Alignment: Fallen Angel, Azazel and The Grigori

LvL: ?

Profession: Fallen Angel, Chief Secretary and Cadre

Title: The Strongest and Most Beautiful Woman in Grigori

Fame: The Strongest and Most Beautiful Woman in Grigori

HP: ?/? Regen: ?

MP: ?/? Regen: ?

My eyes widen when I saw the stats of Penemue-san or more of, the lack of it. What the hell!? Why did my [Observe] only show everything else but her [LvL], [HP], [MP] and her [Regens]!? Is... Is is because my [Observe] is still in a lower [LvL], making it impossible for me to see the full power of beings that are stronger than me? I better work on it when I have the time.

"Who are they, Mittelt?" I asked while schooling my expression. I can't show weakness in front of the Fallen Angels before me, as they might take advantage of it... I have no problem beating Kalawarner-san and Dohnaseek, but I have no chance again Penemue-san, since I have no idea about her full power.

"The blue hair amazon is Kalawarner, the old man is Dohnaseek and the beautiful blondie is Penemue-sama."

"Please to meet you, Raiga Kōjiro-kun." Penemue greeted me with a small bow, something which I returned.

"Hello to you as well, Penemue-san." My greeting seemed to piss off Dohnaseek.

"Show Penemue-sama some proper respect, you-!" Dohnaseek started, but the middle-age-man stopped when Penemue-san stared at him. Even without my [Vongola Hyper Intuition], I can tell that he's scared right now just by the gaze of his superior.

"Quite. I will not allow any disrespect right towards Kōjiro-kun, especially since he gave you all the chance of staying alive." I blinked when I heard her said the last line, making me turn towards Mittelt to see her looking anywhere but my direction.

"...You told them that I made the plan?" I asked the little Fallen Angel, feeling a bit betrayed for an obvious reason. She kinda ratted me out when she made her report, and I don't like that at all.

"Don't be harsh on her, Kōjiro-kun." Penemue-san said, gaining my attention "She held you in high regards, since she said that you took her in rather than killing her... Despite the fact that you threaten her."

I looked away in embarrassment, having no words to counter them. Justifying my threat will only make me looks stupid and nothing more than a sore loser. Penemue-san and I sat in my couches while facing each other with Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, Mittelt and a now free Raynare standing behind her while Asia and Hyōdō sat on my sides.

"Now, back to business." Penemue-san in serious tone, and I can't help but be impressed by her sudden shift in demeanour. Looks like the [Cadre] is in business mode right now "For revealing the hidden intentions of Kokabiel and sparing a few of our kind, on behalf of the Grigori, we thank you, Raiga Kōjiro."

With that, Penemue-san bowed once more, something that the other Fallen Angels did as well. I can tell that Dohnaseek are reluctant to do it, probably because he's bowing before a low-class Devil, while Kalawarner-san and Mittelt did it without any complaint at all.

"Please Penemue-san, there's no need to bow before a plain man like me." I said professional. I didn't want all of the attention, since I'm didn't like to being in the centre of attention "I simple did a move that's completely rational, because it wouldn't benefit any of us by simply killing each other."

"Very true." Penemue-san said with a smile on her face "And for that, Azazel-sama has decided to reward you for it."

"There-" I started but beautiful Fallen raised a hand, silencing me.

"Please, let me finish. It was actually Mittelt that suggested it." I grew curious when Penemue-san said that the idea of the reward actually came from my 'prisoner' "Kalawarner, Mittelt and Raynare, they will be your maids until you or any of them die."

I blinked, clearly surprised that punishment that not only applies to Mittelt and Raynare but to Kalawarner as well. I can understand the first 2 girls, since Mittelt tried to kill me and Raynare tried to steal Asia's [Twilight Healing], but how did Kalawarner got into this?

[EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!]

The reactions are as expected: Hyōdō and Raynare screaming together at the same time. I looked at their expressions and saw absolute disbelief in them... Is that jealousy I see within Hyōdō's eyes?

"So what will happens to him?" I asked, referring to the only male Fallen Angel in the room right now.

Penemue-san would have given an answer, if it wasn't for the magic circle near by that gained our attention. Once the the light magic circle vanished, I saw Gremory, Himejima-san, Kiba and Tōjō appear.

"Kōjiro-kun! Hyōdō-san! We're here to rescue you!" Kiba declared as she and Tōjō went into fighting stances. I didn't saw Gremory or Himejima-san move into a stance, but I can tell that they're ready for a fight.

"We're not exactly fighting here or anything close to it." I said with a frown on my face, getting confused looks from the senior Devils "We're simply negotiating about the punishment of the Fallen Angels that were stationed here for disobeying their original orders."

"If you wanted to negotiate with someone, it should be with Sona and I." Gremory stated while walking closer towards Penemue-san, I guess she hasn't even realised that she's talking with someone that can kill her without much of a problem "We're the governors of Kuoh town after all, as it is a shared territory of the houses of Gremory and Sitri."

"That maybe true, but Kōjiro-kun here dealt with the Fallen Angels that were stationed in Kuoh in a professional manner, not you." Penemue-san countered in a cool manner. I felt the curious looks from my senior Devils towards me "Mittelt here tried to kill him 1 time-"

"What!?" Gremory shouted as I saw her glare at the little Fallen Angel, who looked away in embarrassment. I felt the hostility from the senior Devils towards Mittelt right now, especially from Gremory and Himejima-san, who let out a great amount of malice not only towards Mittelt but to every Fallen Angel in the room.

I have to take a rain check on that problem later.

"-only that Kōjiro-kun subdued her and spared her life instead of killing her." Penemue-san continued professional, like she wasn't interrupted at all. I have to respect her on that aspect, since I get annoyed when someone interrupts me on something that I'm doing... That's a reason why I didn't bonded well with my mother "He made a plan that involves revealing the true reason why Ichigo Hyōdō was killed."

"And that would be?" Gremory asked, I can tell she and the other Devils are curious about it.

"If you listen to what I've already told you, then you would have understood it by now." I stated while crossing my arms, gaining their attention "They've disobeyed their original orders to observe Hyōdō, not eliminating her for the [Sacred Gear] that she possessed."

"Hai, Kokabiel told them about it." Penemue-san stated, getting wide eyes from the other Devils, minus Hyōdō as she already heard it "Usually, we imprison anyone who disobeyed Azazel-sama's orders. But Mittelt here suggests that Raynare and herself will be maids for Kōjiro-kun."

"Wait, than how did Kalawarner-san got into the whole 'being my maid' deal?" I asked in confusion, getting an amused smiled from Penemue-san.

"She volunteered herself into the deal." I raised an eyebrow when I heard that, so I faced the tallest woman on the room right now.

"Why?"

"Well..." She started while clutching her right arm with her left hand and had an embarrassed look on her face, as if she's going to reveal a very embarrassing secret "I wanted to know how Mittelt became stronger... She was the weakest of us, so it's only natural for anyone become curious at her sudden growth in strength."

Then her embarrassed expression vanished as she leered at me "There's also the fact that you're good looking as well~" She said with a sultry smile.

I saw that Gremory glaring at Kalawarner with... A possessive glint in her eyes? What the hell? Is she seeing me like an object that she owns? Well, I'll have none of that "Thank you for the compliment, but can I have an answer for my question earlier?"

"Ah, yes." Penemue-san nodded as I looked at Dohnaseek, who seemed to be very nervous right now "Dohnaseek will be Azazel-sama's lab partner."

I understood the hidden meaning of the last 2 words "In other words, he's going to be a lab rat." I smirked when I saw 'my' killer's face become pale as paper, like his worse fears has come to life.

"*giggle* You can say that."

I clapped my hands together, gathering everyone's attention towards me "Well, I guess we're finished with the negotiation now."

"Indeed." Penemue-san said with a small smile before giving a short bow, something that I returned as well "It's been nice talking with you, Kōjiro-kun. I hope we can talk some more."

"Well, you can call me through a leaflet." I said in a joking manner, not expecting anyone to take it seriously. But I was proven wrong when Penemue-san seemed to be thinking through my offer, before a small smile formed on her face.

"I'll keep that in mind. Dohnaseek!" She said before calling out to the middle-aged-man as she walked out of the room. Dohnaseek quickly followed after her, no doubt not wanting to have his punishment become even more severe.

*ding*

You have gained +? relationship with the Grigori

I closed the pop-up window and waited for Dohnaseek and Penemue-san's auras to disappear. After I felt their auras vanish, I turned towards Gremory and the others with a frown on my face "Gremory, can you and the other leave my house?" I saw the confused expressions on their faces, which irritated me. Don't they have any sense of privacy?

"You lot suddenly barged in my house, without my permission or invitation." I stated as I stood up and faced them "I see that as trespassing on my privacy and property. I don't like it at all, so leave my home at once."

"But-"

"Thinking that I'm endanger maybe a good excuse, but there wasn't any fight so it's pointless." I cut off Gremory while letting out some killer intent, showing that how serious I am "Now leave."

But it seemed that Gremory didn't like my rebellious attitude, as she let out her own demonic aura, which is crimson with black outlines, while glaring at me "I am your [King]-"

"It doesn't matter if your my [King] or not!" I cut her off once again, releasing my own demonic aura (which are colourful flames surrounding me) as well while I glared back at her "You're in MY house, which means you have to follow MY rules within this place!"

We held our grounds while continuing to glare at each other. I can tell that Gremory is just letting out her demonic aura and not controlling it at all. I guess that she didn't have any proper training when it comes to energy manipulation, and that will cost her to waste her mana reserves at a fast rate... *sigh* What a troublesome [King] that I have to deal with, until I obtain my freedom.

Soon, Gremory's aura vanished as she turned her back at me and walked away. Himemija-san, Kiba and Tōjō gave me a last glance before they left too. They weren't hostile, but curious and confusion. I guess that Gremory must be someone persistent and doesn't give up that easily, so it must have a surprise them that Gremory was the person who backed out from the glaring contest.

When I felt their move auras away from my house, I turned towards the other people in the room and saw them looking at me with wide eyes... Why do I feel some lust from Raynare and Kalawarner-san right now? Well, I'll just ignore it for now... I guess I should set the sleeping arrangements for the new girls.