(Your POV)
The deep blue waves crashed against the rocky cliff.

I dove off the cliff wearing my usual wetsuit and carrying a black plastic bag. My entry into the water caused a splash. I opened my eyes and looked around the ocean, noticing how there was more trash. I have delayed my duties too long, so now is the time to pick up trash in the ocean. it's been too long since I've swam in the deep blue ocean, a month has passed since the trip to Kyoto. Everyone went back to their home countries, was in charge of their respective regions, and a couple more people were added into my Peerage. Quetzalcoatl, Paul, Coyote, and Nootaikok handled North America. Souri, Pinocchio, Lorelei, Cernunnos, Galahad, and William handled Europe. Yozakura, Sarah, and Nahele (Nahele wanted to go to Australia for some reason) took Australia for the time being. Hua, Jiang, Sangkuriang and Hanuman took care of Asia (the continent). However the most understaffed regions are Africa, Australia(with no official members), and South America. Anubis and Mwindo are taking care of Africa on their own, while Nemo has to protect South America. I should probably recruit others from those places to give them a hand. Onihime, Ayako, Unohanna, and Kankuro also joined my peerage, but they stayed in Japan to finish their education. Tojuro joined too, but he went to China to meet Lu Bu. Snapping myself out of this recollection, I rose my head through the water and the first thing I noticed was that I was face to face with a boat. On the boat was a pair of Hawaiian fishermen. I looked around me and noticed how I couldn't see Japan at all, but in the distance I saw some islands.

"Hello, could you take this trash bag?" I held up the trash bag in question out of the water, confusing the fishermen.

"Um...sure?" Thankfully, one of the fishermen was capable of speaking Japanese. "Also, how are you all the way out here?"

"I swam." I answered as one of the captains took my black plastic bag. "I was lost in thought while I was picking up trash in the ocean."

"Where are you from?" The Hawaiian fisherman opened the trash bag to examine it's contents, only noticing it was plastic, tires, and other garbage.

"Kuoh." I answered, and I noticed the man started thinking.

"Weird, I don't think that's an island..." The man thought that Kuoh was in Hawaii. Maybe I should say 'hi' to Pele while I'm here.

"It isn't, Kuoh is a town in Japan." I corrected, and the man looked mildly terrified of me.

"So you mean to tell me that you swam all the way from Japan, to Hawaii?" The man was in disbelief.

"Yes." I then looked at my waterproof watch. "I must go, I have friends waiting for me back home, so long."

"Wait, are you the reincarnation of Maui?"

"No, I am (Y/N)."

I dove back into the water, and something tells me those guys think I'm the reincarnation of Maui. I think he was reincarnated, assuming he died from vagina teeth, which is another topic itself. I sometimes forget I am stronger now than I was before becoming a devil, and in those times, I end up swimming somewhere far away, in fact, I went to Russia a little while back. I swam back to my home in Kuoh, where everyone was waiting for me. Another thing that's worth mentioning is that I was put in charge of Issei's peerage, meaning I was able to recruit people. Xenovia and Rossweisse both joined Issei's peerage as a knight and rook respectively. I reached the dock underneath the cliff, noticing how there were wooden steps leading into the waters, allowing me to walk up the wooden steps and out of the ocean. I brushed my fingers through my wet hair to get it out of my face, noticing how it now reached down to my shoulders now. Back when I first became a devil, it was possibly shorter than Issei's. I didn't have any towels, so I used my elemental magic to shoot steam out of all the pores of my body. The warm vapor dried me off, but now my hair was poofy. Once I was dry, I decided to go up the stone steps to my mansion, which were installed by me using magic to alter the stones of the mountain. After five minutes of climbing, I reached the backyard, which was connected to not only the stone steps I made to traverse the cliff, but also the smooth, slope path that goes down to the beach. I noticed that seagulls were perched on the rooftop, and as I took a moment to look at the seagulls, a familiar white haired woman walked towards me carrying a yellow folder. "(Y/N), the reports came in from everyone's conditions." Rossweisse pretty much became my right hand woman since Yozakura left, which means she helps me with communications and paperwork. "I didn't open it, since it may be classified."

"Thank you Rossweisse." I grabbed the envelope and opened it to begin reading everyone's reports.

Major Arcana-
#1, The Magician: Quetzalcoatl
#4, The Empress: Rossweisse
#5, The Emperor: Mwindo
#6, The Lovers: Galahad
#7, The Chariot: Coyote
#8, The Strength: Hanuman
#12, The Hanged Man: Sangkuriang
#15, The Devil: Cernunnos
#16, The Tower: Paul Bunyan
#18, The Moon: Nootaikok
#19, The Sun: Pele
#20, Judgement: Anubis

Suit of Swords-
King of Swords: Hua Wuque
Knight of Swords: Ayako
10 of Swords: Tojuro
8 of Swords: William Wallace
3 of Swords: Nahele

Suit of Wands-
Ace of Wands: Souri
King of Wands: Nemo
10 of Wands: Lorelei
9 of Wands: Kankuro
5 of Wands: Connla
3 of Wands: Sarah

Suit of Coins-
King of Coins: Jiang Xiaoyu
Queen of Coins: Yozakura

Suit of Cups-
King of Cups: Black Beard
Knight of Cups: Unohanna
2 of Cups: Pinocchio

(A/N: I made Rossweisse the Empress because 'Motha Fucken Queen' wasn't an legit Tarot Cars)

This was more of a list than an actual report, but these kinds of lists allowed me to stay on top of the amount of pieces I have. Word of advice, when running anything: keep a detailed list of all resources, including people and why they're kept around. Though the only pieces that are here are Connla and Rossweisse, the ultimate students have hopes and dreams they want to work for, so the supernatural stuff is on the side. Speaking of Connla, he has been adapting well, and gets along with everyone. Unfortunately, no news of Nico, and Kiba has been depressed lately.

"Hey (Y/N), where were you?" Rossweisse questioned. "I checked your room and the garage, yet I couldn't find you."

"Oh, I accidentally swam to the Hawaii coast to pick up trash in the ocean, I also forgot to say 'Hi' to Pele." I answered, and Rossweisse looked surprised for a moment before sighing.

"Please stay in Kuoh's general area, don't forget we have to fight in the rating game against Sairaorg." Rossweisse reminded me, and I kind of forgot about him. Due to my Peerage being mostly away or busy, Rossweisse and Connla will be the only members of my Peerage who join me in the fight. "By the way, how's that secret magic coming along?"

"Which one?" I questioned. "The one where I'm capable of using sacred gears so long as I can grab them or the other one."

"Well both!" Rossweisse was frantically looking around, like we were talking about something super secret. "Something like that other one could make you a large target, and I know you're strong, but I still worry..."

"I am grateful you worry for me, so I will do my best to lessen your burden." I didn't want Rossweisse to worry, since she also has her duties as a teacher to worry about. "Thank you for your assistance."

"O-Oh, no problem." Rossweisse brushed a piece of her hair behind her head, and she was about to say something before the door to the house opened.

"Hey, (Y/N), just a reminder, you have a school festival coming up." Connla was officially a member of the (L/N), and nowadays he wore a more casual attire. Consisting of a black turtleneck, brown pants, black shoes, and sunglasses. "Also, Ravel is coming to Kuoh for whatever reason. Lord Phenex is requesting that she live here because your house is pretty huge."

"Sounds okay with me." I walked to the entrance to the house. "I'll get her room ready, see you two later?"

"Sounds good."

With that said, I entered the house to make my way to one of the available guest rooms. Why do I have so many? Ask the people who remodeled my house, I wanna know just as much as you do. As I was walking through the hallway, I was suddenly pulled into someone's room, and given the sudden smell of lavender. I was then pushed onto someone's bed, and before I could get up, someone pinned me down with their arms and looked over me. A familiar raven colored ponytail on my right side. "Hey (Y/N)~" Akeno greeted as her face hovered over my own. "Even though you were here, you always kept your distance from me, and it only made me want you more~"

"I apologize for that, things have been busy..." I did feel bad, but my priority was protecting everyone, so that can make me give off the impression that I'm cold hearted. "By the way, nice room."

"Thanks, and I was hoping to do some activities in here to make up for all the time you used for work that you should have been using for me~" Akeno leaned her head down so our faces would be close enough, she was so close, our noses almost touched. "I've been so lonely without your touch~"

"I apologize, please stop guilt tripping me." I requested while a bead of sweat dropped down my forehead, deep down, I knew I wasn't getting out of this situation. "Is there any way I can make it up to you?"

"Actually, there is a certain activity I'd like to do with you~" Akron whispered seductively into my ear before biting it. "With your size, you'll have to be very gentle and good with your hands, which fits your description perfectly~."

"Um...what kind of activity do you have in mind?" I began getting nervous about what possible activity Akeno had in mind.

"As a punishment for leaving me all alone for so long, I won't tell you~." Akeno winked as she began stroking her fingers through my hair. "So why don't we get started already~?"

"Okay."

(Timeskip, brought to you by a seal popping out of the water, playing a saxophone, while Natalia and Asger, who were watching from the beach in confusion)

"And that's how you write your name in complete kanji."

Akeno and I were sitting in the living room in our casual clothes, with Akeno sitting close to me as I held a paintbrush with blue paint. On the coffee table in front of us was a traditional scroll, and in blue paint was my own name written in kanji. This should be as a surprise to no one, but due to me missing out on most of my schooling until I went to Kuoh, I was only able to read hiragana, and I was only able to read katakana recently. For the longest time, I was completely hopeless in kanji. Akeno must have known this, because we were currently practicing our calligraphy. Both of us had our scrolls in front of us, with me writing with blue ink and Akeno using raven black ink. Akeno's calligraphy was beautiful and elegant, her strokes were graceful and precise, and her focus was sharp yet soft. As for me, well let's just say that calligraphy isn't my thing. In front of me was my name written in sloppy, yet barely readable kanji.

"I did it." I looked at Akeno's scroll, and saw some of the most beautiful writing I have ever seen, so I compared the two, instantly recognizing that Akeno's was superior. "You did it better."

"Thank you (Y/N), and I like yours too." Akeno must have been just saying that, my name was barely readable. "You know, a lot of people use black, but I like how you used blue instead."

"I just like the color blue, since the ocean is blue, and the ocean is nice." I explained, and Akeno giggled while staring at my writing. "Though the ocean can't teach kanji..."

"Hey, don't beat yourself up, this is your first time." Akeno wrapped her arm around me to pull me closer to her. "I know you're the King of Hope, but behind that, you're still you, and you make mistakes. Rias makes mistakes, I make mistakes, even gods make mistakes. Especially when we first learn something, so just give it some time, and you'll get good at it."

"Thank you Akeno." I thanked the dark haired girl as I looked at the scrolls one more time. "Yours is still better than mine."

"And yours is more creative." Akeno shot back as the front door opened to reveal Rias wearing casual clothes. "Welcome back Rias, would you like me to make some tea."

"Hey guys, instead of tea, I was hoping you guys could help me with something." Rias held up the folder. "There's a lot of stuff going on, so let's tackle them one at a time. The school festival is coming up, and I need ideas as to what we're gonna do to represent the Occult Research Club."

"I would suggest we do traditional Japanese arts, but that wouldn't fit with our club, so we should go for something that suits our club." Akeno suggested, and I agreed with that. "Why not make a supernatural mansion?"

"A supernatural mansion..." Rias thought to herself. "Oh, you mean where each room of the old school building is something different? Like one is a tarot reading room and another is a haunted house."

"If it would help, I can use my magic to alter the school building's structure." I offered, but Rias shook her head, rejecting my offer in the process.

"I'm not saying your magic would be useless, but I want to make everything with no magic, since this is a student experience, not a devil one." Rias sounded determined to do this, so I complied. "Say, (Y/N), how good are your construction skills?"

"What needs to be built?" I asked with a determined sparkle while a variety of construction tools filled my hands using the power of magic.

"I'll take that as 'very confident'." Rias guessed my answer, and she was spot on. Considering I have rebuilt the lighthouse from scratch on multiple occasions, my building abilities are good. "So the next issue; Ravel coming to Kuoh."

"I'll prepare her room soon." I recalled that I did not manage to prepare Ravel's room because Akeno pulled me into her own room. "Is there anything else that needs discussing?"

"Yeah...(Y/N), how are you holding up with your new "power"?" Rias asked, and in response to this, I focused some of my power into my left hand, causing a bright flash to appear before it died down to reveal a crimson gauntlet on my arm. "So it's official, you're the new red dragon emperor?"

"I hope not, I'm just using the booster gear to make sure Ddraig doesn't get rusty from doing nothing in Issei's body, and also because Ddraig wouldn't stop begging me to use him." I sweatdropped, Ddraig was originally only able to contact me through my magic link I placed on Issei when I gave him his dream of a universe where I never existed. "It feels...weird."

"Weird? I would have guessed it would feel great to be in possession of one of the Longinus." Akeno guessed, and while the boost in power was great, there was something off.

"I know, but whenever I use any of the Longinus it feels...too natural and familiar, especially for a weapon I've only used once." I examined the gauntlet. "Whenever I use them, it feels like I'm using an override switch. Say, who made these weapons?"

"According to our sources, we think it was the God of the Bible." Rias answered, but that was too weird. "You look confused about something."

"I am." I answered bluntly. "The True Longinus was a spear designed to kill the God of the Bible, so it would have been like devils making holy swords, it shouldn't be possible. I also noticed how all the thirteen Longinus I've encountered so far possess this quality, not only that, their craftsmanship is similar to Genbu, so how could that god have made these?"

"If you're implying that the God of the Bible didn't make them, then you wouldn't be alone." Rias stated. "Some believe that all 13 Longinus were made by someone, most likely a human given the craftsmanship, but no one is really certain. All everyone knows is that the God of the Bible is associated with them and that they exist."

"So who killed the God of the Bible?" I was now curious as to who actually created these weapons, could they perhaps be connected to God's death?

"All we know is that he was killed in the Great War, his killer was never found." Rias sighed. "So do you plan on using the boosted gear during the rating game?"

"Nah, to be honest, Ddraig right now is kind of like a dog who needs to be walked, and I'm the only person who can walk that dog for now." I continued examining the gauntlet. "While I won't hesitate to use it in a real fight, well, assuming that Issei is still unconscious, but against Sairaorg, I probably won't use it because I like Junkyard Dog better, and it will cause some confusion about Issei and I."

"I understand, speaking of Junkyard Dog, how is it coming along?" Rias questioned. "Did you use that suggestion I gave you?"

"To give my shield different forms like that one anime character?" I recalled Rias showing me an anime, one called the Rising of the Shield Hero, and Rias suggested I make Junkyard Dog able to transform into different shields. "I increased the usage of steel and other metals to make them neutral, but now by activating the magic DNA I got from the gods I've met so far, it can shape itself into different shields."

"See, I told you anime could be useful." Rias had a smug and prideful smile, while Akeno rolled her eyes.

"Speaking of which, I need to test the shields of Tezcatlipoca, Anubis, and Dagda." I got the DNA of each of those gods, so I was able to use shields that represent those gods. "I'll see you two later."

"Alright, see you later (Y/N)."

(A/N: Okay, before I forget, there is a discord link at the bottom of this author's note. So check it out for announcements from me and other authors, but only check it out if you're okay with your IQ dropping into the negatives. Also, I know I said there would be more OC's, but I got the feeling that you guys were starting to get overwhelmed, so I decided to only do the ones that would be important to the plot/you guys might enjoy/already introduced and replace everyone else with characters that are gonna be introduced anyways. Anyhow, how many fanfic authors actually made it this far? 5? 10? Out of the hundreds of DxD fanfics? I feel like most of the people who made it to this point became residents of Horni Jail with lemons, which isn't gonna happen with this book...or at least not until the end of the book. You guys deserve a reward for making it that far anyways. Might as well make a lemon to reward you guys, especially given how this fanfic isn't even halfway done. You read that right, we're not even halfway done with this bitch! We doing the light novels too, motha fuckaz! I may even need to start making the chapters longer as well!
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