(6 hours ago..)
"Some men, just want to watch the world burn."
"And, he is one of them. Believe me, you don't know a thing about him."
Papa Kasumigaoka shook his head again and again when he heard this.
"Behind his eyes hides endless darkness that is enough to swallow the whole world."
Instead he gazed at two people sitting opposite him and said firmly.
Shea Miyamura and Remia Miyamura.
He wasn't lying though.
One of the reasons why even upper echelons feared Izumi was because of this.
Remia didn't deny this since this was the case.
However.
"Don't mistake his kindness as his weakness."
"I can tell you still think he's a child going on the wrong path. Good people don't live long, you should know it, right? Just imagine if Izumi hadn't become a criminal, he'd be already dead in this decayed world."
"Remind you. His parents were good people."
"Also, you're sitting here and talking to us, the credit goes to my husband. How many you've offended before retirement, you should know it yourself."
Shea, who was not so talkative, stated the facts with frank expression.
Before coming here, she knew this uncle was someone whom Izumi respected and protected from dark.
However, this man was unexpectedly different from what she envisioned.
From his words and expression, she immediately concluded that this uncle had been misunderstanding her Izumi.
Though she never showed it, her love for Izumi goes without question.
She scoffed inwardly.
This annoying uncle kept lecturing what or what not from the moment they arrived without even understanding the half-truth.
Her character was completely different from Izumi's other wives.
Even Shalter ranked above her in terms of thinking.
As a typical airhead, who likes to hit first then think later.
This was the reason why Izumi let her do whatever she wanted and never gave her any workload.
She doesn't have the patience to listen.
She even wanted to say that if Izumi wanted to, this world would have been burned to ashes.
(A/N: After all, the punishment function has been erased long ago.)
"You..."
Papa Kasumigaoka couldn't find a reason to refute this.
Yes, during his career he indeed angered many people with big background by exposing their shady deeds.
He was what you would call an upright and honest journalist.
Nicknamed "Mr. Upright".
From this you can imagine how many troublesome guys suffered under his pens.
He may not be so popular amongst rich people, but he was very representative in the hearts of the public.
The public loves the truth and he gave them that.
The convincing degree of the same article written by him was completely different from that written by others.
"Shea-chan, calm down. Don't forget what we came here for."
"But..."
Shea was unwilling to back down, her eyes flickered and obediently closed her mouth seeing Remia's smile.
That smile.
She knew this Black-bellied woman would definitely pit her when they return.
Remia nodded approvingly.
Turning towards Papa Kasumigaoka who fell into deep self blame.
"Uncle, why don't you try to see things from different perspective? I'm sure my husband has done a lot of things worth remembering. If you want I can give you examples."
Remia had a gentle smile on her face which made Papa Kasumigaoka feel ashamed of his previous thinking.
Before this he felt the women around Izumi were the main reason why he had become like this.
On top of that, in this monogamy world, anyone would feel instinctive disgust towards a person involved in polygamy.
Now, looking at two of them, he thought they should be the reason Izumi was able to pull out from his parents death.
"I...I.. I'm sorry. I misunderstood you."
He stood up and quickly bowed his head, fully demonstrating characteristics of Mr. Upright.
Both Shea and Remia were a little taken aback by his sudden action.
They could feel his feeling was genuine.
"Uncle, please sit. Izumi never blamed you neither did we. Actually, he wanted to come, but you see.. Recently, he's very busy so, we both volunteered."
Hearing this, Shea rolled her eyes at Remia.
If it weren't for her 'threat', why would she agree to follow her?
She wanted to be lazy.
Watching anime, reading porn doujinshi, eating, sex and repeat.
Above were her daily routine.
A Hikikomori.
Originally, Misaki Ayuzawa was Remia's first choice.
Izumi's wives were aware of her existence and her feeling from the very beginning they met her.
Well, as experienced women they could read her as an open book.
They had already established a sisterly bond with her, even teasing her with naughty jokes.
Such a lovely Tsundere girl would be anyone's favourite.
But Tio and Grayfia refused saying they don't want Misaki to be involved in this and let her enjoy her youth and her training, lest her from exposure to the complicated matters concerning the world, although she'd eventually learn about such things sooner or later.
Let's talk when that time comes.
After all, all his women had become immortal, even his subordinates stopped aging due to Izumi using restoration magic on them.
Of course, they can be killed.
Except that everything is perfect.
No diseases, no body problems.
So, in the end, only leisurely Shea was left.
Under Remia's coercion, she followed unwillingly.
After a brief conversation, both of them left leaving an invitation card.
Of course, it was Remia who reminded Papa Kasumigaoka of his daughter's state.
This was what Grayfia told her before.
(For those you forget. Grayfia went along with Izumi when he bought a new house.)
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"Dad..Dad!"
"Uh?"
Utaha's shout made Papa Kasumigaoka return to the present.
"Ahem. Yes, what were you saying?"
"Humph"
Utaha puffed her cheeks and left with an annoyed expression.
He didn't care about her daughter's attitude at all.
By tomorrow morning, she'd return to normal anyway.
His mind wasn't here right now.
"Don't judge a book by its cover, huh.."
This sentence hit him very deeply.
Since all this time, he had been focusing on what's in front of him, ignoring that a coin has two sides.
After they left, he went and checked all things related to Izumi and what he had done these past two years.
"Izumi Miyamura donated over $1 Billion to the Miyamura Foundation. Many poor families parents could be seen shedding tears of happiness. Finally, their children can study and play sports like others. It even has a medical treatment system for poor people. They said they're very grateful to Izumi Miyamura for this."
"The list of Izumi Miyamura donations is endless."
"Miracle Foundation is proudly in partnership with Miyamura's Enterprises, working with over 400 orphanages and helping over 30,000 children worldwide."
This list goes on...
"This kid..." Papa Kasumigaoka had a relieved smile on his face.
Indeed, in terms of age, Izumi's age was the same as his daughter.
But, he no longer thinks of him as a kid like he used to.
For no reason.
He had been watching him since he was a child and when he found out that The infamous DEVIL was no other Izumi Miyamura.
His heart was unable to calm down.
Always thought that the child had been led astray.
Now, it seemed I was thinking too much.
It turned out everything was my misjudgement.
Even though he had drowned in darkness, the light inside his heart hadn't extinguished.
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Under the moonlight, on the big spacious garden, there was a man lying on his back with his eyes closed.
Enjoying the cold wind with three dark green coloured dogs...no, wolves to be exact, sleeping cutely around him.
Fenris, Ulf and Adalulf.
The three little cute malnourished wolves back then, have now grown up since animals mature faster than human, under his and everyone's guidance, they learnt to control the dormant power inside them.
Unless necessary, they won't be using it since their sizes would be very troublesome.
They were very tired after playing against him.
They played a game of cat and mouse.
Just catch him and three of them would be rewarded with a delicious meal cooked by Izumi.
This was enough to make them desperate.
Food made by Izumi wasn't something they could eat everyday.
With his excellent cooking mastery, Izumi even cured Mana Nakiri's food obsession and she acknowledged that there's no one who could give him a competition.
However, did they succeeded?
No.
They even went as far as to used their power to catch up his pure raw speed which went on for 2 hours and their legs went numb.
If it weren't for Izumi's deliberate action, they wouldn't be able to find his shadow.
In the end, they were resorted to the legendary skill "puppy eyes" to make Izumi K.O ed instantly.
Boiled Chicken Rice!
It gave different feeling when made by Izumi.
After eating a mouthful of it, three of them fell asleep.
Now return to the present.
"Is it done, Antiope?"
As soon the words fell, a yellow light appeared behind him, revealing a figure with one knee on the ground.
"Yes, Master. It's nearly done. Except for some inconvenience, all clear."
It was Antiope, who returned from her mission.
All of a sudden, Six pairs of eyes were locked on her for a moment before closing it.
Her eyes were fixed at the sleeping figure with a revered expression, though much to her irritation, those beasts around him were too dangerous.
Don't look at their harmless appearance, it's only infront of their family.
To others, they were cruel wolves.
A natural born predator.
Although Antiope, to some certain extent could be called a family, but who made them playful by nature.
They liked to play pranks on everyone even Izumi wasn't spared.
"I see. it's better to remove all obstacle. Go rest for today, Antiope." Izumi said unswervingly with his eyes closed.
"Also, how many times I've told you to call me by my name?"
Upon hearing this, she lowered her head and whispered shyly, her face was almost steaming.
"I..I see, I-Izumi-sama."
With some stutter, she hurried away in panic.
Her serious demeanor was broken.
Like a little girl next door, she fled in embarassment.
She had no problem in calling him master, but when it's comes calling his name infront of him, for some reason she freaked out, her kokoro started doki doki erratically.
You could say that both Grayfia and Antiope were same types of person.
They take their job too seriously.
Izumi chucked lightly as he opened his eyes.
Those deep blue pupils were glowing.
"Now, Africa is in the pocket. Fools! Saudi Arabia is just a smoke bomb."
"Hehehe! Too late."
"Only India remains. Especially that gold mine. Then the whole Asia will be under me."
With a slight murmur, he closed his eyes again.
!!!
Just one of these information was enough to scared living daylight out of anyone.
What did they just heard?
Asia?
The largest continent in the world has been almost conquered by Izumi Miyamura?
That too without anyone's notice.
If this goes out, the whole world would in turmoil.
It might evolve into something which involves the whole earth.
A world war.
From this, one could tell that the strength shown by Izumi Miyamura aka Devil was just a tip of iceberg.
And, without being aware of anything, a mentally handicapped guy was daydreaming of becoming A Hero, achieving Nobel peace prize.
Hahahaha!
And we all know what happened to the last one.
"Papa! Come on! It's dinner time!"
A childish voice came from the balcony.
It had gradually become her habit.
Izumi stretched his arms and got up then left for family dinner.
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As for how he did it?
It's actually nothing.
He just tinkered their thinking a little.
They'd behave like usual and only when it comes to Izumi, they'd become his most obedient dogs.
On the bright side, they're the leaders of the country, whilst on the secret, they worked for Izumi.
Politicans run the country!
Owning them is tantamount to have a country under bag.
It's doesn't matter which party wins, in the end, he's ultimate the winner.
Let him be a ruler behind the scenes.
After all, the mission only stated that to rule the earth, not how to rule.
Well, except Japan, since it's his home country, he wanted to do without using his supernatural power.
And, don't forget, he also control the underworld and who knows how far he had streched his evil clutches?
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