"The fuck is she doing here?" Azuma asked bluntly, looking over at Aphrodite as Nami was doing snow-angels, or couch-angels in this case, as she lay on the luxurious couch in the dungeon's main room. Sufficient to say, the woman was very happy about being free from the grimy and slimy dragon dungeon.
She's also even better lookin' in person.
The orange-haired woman wasn't from the DxD Realm, but she could still compete with the women from that realm in the looks department. She had a thin and gorgeous face, shoulder-length silky orange hair, and an hourglass figure. Her breasts were large, and her waist was almost alien-like in how thin it managed to be in comparison to her thick hips and thighs. Her legs were also long, and her skin was pale-white.
"Well, you conquered the dungeon, so she became your unit," Aphrodite answered easily, looking at him confusedly. "You even brought her back here! And you say I'm stupid…"
"Because you are stupid," Azuma groaned, shaking his head at her, "I don't mean 'what is she doing here at my dungeon,' because I just brought her back here! Of course I know why she's here!"
"Then why'd you ask?" Aphrodite asked blankly, and Azuma pushed away a headache.
"I mean, why is she here, like, why does she exist?" Azuma sighed, "She's not from the DxD realm."
"I explained this all to you at the start," Aphrodite frowned, "The Dungeon Realm is like a land between worlds, so Dungeon Masters can summon attendants from the nearest world to their dungeon. For the dragon, it was whatever world this girl is from."
"You definitely didn't-" Azuma paused, blinking as he thought about it, "...wait, I remember now. You did explain that…"
"Yup!" Aphrodite said, grinning smugly, "Whos the stupid one now?"
"Still you, but… I was as dumb as Aph for a moment…" Azuma's eyes went wide, his world shattering around him, "I'm… as dumb… as Aph?"
"Stop acting like it's the end of the world! I'm not that stupid!" Aphrodite puffed out her cheeks, but Azuma just shook his head solemnly.
"There's only one thing I can do now," Azuma said, his eyes hard, "I'm going to kill my-"
"Don't even joke about that, Master," Ravel clamped her hand over his mouth with a bland look, as the Phenex had been standing next to Azuma and watching the exchange.
"Yeah, yeah," Azuma shrugged, getting over his depression as he stepped up to the couch, "Yo, Nami. You set up all the traps for the dragon, right?"
"Yup!" Nami nodded, sitting up on the couch, "Man, where'd you get something like this? Even before I got dragged here, I hadn't seen anything this comfy!"
Well, your previous world was pretty primitive.
The woman was likely used to living in a coastal village with no air conditioning or sleeping on stiff wooden boats. By comparison, the luxurious couch was a huge step up.
"How'd you get brought here anyway?" Azuma asked with a raised eyebrow. The only other attendants he'd seen summoned were from the DxD Realm, and they'd essentially been yoinked right out of their daily life and teleported to the dungeon.
"I don't know," Nami shrugged, "I was in the middle of robbing these- um, I mean, I was just walking one moment and I was in a dungeon the next. Then, that big dragon guy came over and killed the Rock Dungeon Master the next day."
Azuma had quickly found out that Nami wasn't the Dragon Dungeon Master's first attendant, as 'King Dragconix' had actually been around for more than a decade accumulating points. That became evident from the pretty big stash he had saved up, which Azuma had gotten upon breaking the core. He had also gotten some pretty decent skills from breaking the core as well.
[F-Rank Dungeon Core Destroyed!]
[Dungeon Master: Azuma Kaito has destroyed a Dungeon Core!]
[Absorbing…]
[+1 Dungeon Unit - [Nami]
[+1 Dungeon Unit - [Simi]
[+529 [Dragonling] Dungeon Units!]
[+95,987 Points!]
[+100 Dungeon XP!]
[Dungeon Units: Dragon Variation unlocked]
[Dungeon Territory gained!]
[Your dungeon has expanded!]
[Abilities gained: [Scale Armor], [Fire Breath], [Golem Creation], [Tremor]
The dungeon's original attendant was, somehow, a slime-girl - who was being shown the ropes by one of the other Dungeon Attendents Azuma had claimed at the moment. That didn't fit the 'dragon' theme, but when Azuma had asked Aphrodite, she had given him the wise response of Simi being a 'draconic slime!' - whatever the fuck that meant.
Along with that, Azuma had gotten four decent skills, as King Dragconix had conquered another dungeon and taken that Dungeon Master's skills. [Scale Armor] was just small scales that Azuma could summon on his body to protect him, [Fire Breath] was self-explanatory, and [Tremor] allowed Azuma to shake the ground lightly. They were all not bad, especially compared to some of the other skills he had gotten from other dungeons, but the final one was the one that was really interesting.
[Golem Creation]. The skill was essentially a way to mass-produce units without having to spend points, as Azuma just needed the material to make the golems. Considering he had infinite money in the DxD Realm, that meant he could easily buy supplies, have units create the bodies of the golems from the materials, and then he could just use his skill to bring the golems to life.
Turning away from that and back to the woman in front of Azuma-
Considering she was robbing pirates, that means this is pre-series Nami.
That was pretty apparent by the woman's appearance, as her hair was only shoulder-length.
Though… is she sexier than I remember?
While the woman's hair was shoulder-length, her body looked more like post-timeskip Nami with its almost alien proportions.
But I'm not complaining.
She was certainly easy on the eyes.
"Alright, well you did a good job setting up that dragon's traps, so… set up mine," Azuma ordered bluntly, as he had unlocked traps during his dungeon conquest spree.
Now that the Lancer fucker is after my head, it'd be good to have some defenses.
Azuma's defenses so far had largely relied on no one approaching his dungeon, as he was using a more offensive approach. If there were no opposing dungeons on the tenth floor because he conquered them all, then there were no enemies to attack his dungeon.
Pretty genius if you ask me.
"I can do that," Nami nodded at Azuma's words. Then, she blinked rapidly as Azuma turned around, walking away without another word, "W-Wait! That's it?!"
"Huh? Yeah, I just wanted you to set up the traps," Azuma said simply.
"B-But you're not going to tell me where to put them? Or tell me the layout of the dungeon?" Nami pried, looking at him incredulously, "What about a tour? Or rules? What I should use points on? Anything else?"
Azuma just stared at her blankly, "...uh, if Aph asks you to upgrade her, don't. Besides that, I don't care what you do."
"What do you mean don't?! If we have enough points, upgrading me should be the top priority!" Aphrodite huffed, puffing out her cheeks at Azuma.
"If she keeps bugging you about it, send her to Mittelt. She's really good at pretending to listen," Azuma nodded sagely.
"P-Pretending to listen? Mittelt just actually pays attention to me, unlike you," Aphrodite huffed indignantly.
"Yeah, right, sure she does," Azuma said sarcastically, subtly shaking his head at Nami and then turning around again.
"W-Wait, that's actually it? You're just leaving me to figure it out?" Nami asked again incredulously, "You know I have access to all your points, right? What if I mess something up, or if I just wasted them on something?"
Damn, was that dragon actually strict about spending points? I guess he was a huge hoarder.
"Yeah, that would suck," Azuma nodded.
Nami stared blankly at him. Azuma stared blankly back.
"Alright, see ya," Azuma promptly spun around again, walking toward the main tunnel of the dungeon.
"That's it?!"
"Don't worry, new girl, the great Aphrodite will show you the ropes!"
"Don't do anything she says," Azuma called over his shoulder again, not waiting for Aphrodite's indignant response as he headed into the tunnel.
I have some Fallen I need to deal with.
Azuma had left Raynare and Kalawarna to Mittelt - well, mostly just Raynare, as Kalawarna had submitted to being a member of the dungeon pretty quickly. When Azuma left to start his string of conquests, Raynare had still been in the 'rant about how the Grigori is going to come save her' stage of grief.
Hopefully Mittelt convinced her to behave.
"Mittelt, how are the-" Azuma pushed open the door to the training grounds, pausing as Mittelt's voice rang out.
"Ha! How does it feel now, Ray?" Mittelt mocked Raynare, towering smugly over the kneeling woman, "Remember all those times you ordered me around?! All those times you made fun of me for being flat?!"
"S-Sorry, Miss Mittelt!"
"What the fuck?" Azuma asked blankly, staring at the sight in front of him.
Mittelt was standing in the middle of the training grounds, wearing her usual gothic maid outfit. What was unusual was the leash in her hand - a leash which was connected to a collar, which was clamped around Raynare's neck as she kneeling on the rocky floor in front of her. The collar also had a small dog tag on it, which read 'Ray.' The woman was still wearing her dominatrix-esque outfit, which didn't fit her role at the moment.
"Oh, welcome back, Master!" Mittelt greeted him, raising her hand to wave. As she did, she unintentionally, or maybe intentionally, yanked Raynare's head up.
"Thanks," Azuma said dryly, looking at the state Raynare was in, "I know I told you to convince her to behave, but I didn't mean like this."
"Well, you said I could do whatever I wanted to her, so…" Mittelt simply giggled as Raynare kept her gaze on the floor submissively.
She's kind of scary.
"I didn't think she'd end up like this," Azuma sighed, "I wanted her to be a willing member of the dungeon."
"Oh, she is willing!" Mittelt clarified quickly, "She begged me to do this to her!"
Azuma stared at her blankly.
"She… begged you to put her on a leash like a dog?" Azuma asked incredulously, shaking his head, "I know I come up with some insane lies and my LUK bails me out, but you don't have the same OP-ass stat."
"It's not a lie!" Mittelt huffed indignantly, "Tell him, Ray!"
"S-She's telling the truth," Raynare finally spoke, her face flushed, "The other option was… much worse."
"Other option?" Azuma blinked, looking curiously at Mittelt.
"Well, she wasn't very eager to talk to me after I 'abandoned' them on a mission a while back," Mittelt explained, "Which was when I got summoned by that annoying orc. So, I gave her to Gobby to handle."
Gobby? What could he have possibly done to make Raynare beg Mittelt for help?
"D-Don't mention his name! I don't want to ever think about that disgusting creature again!" Raynare shouted quickly, her eyes wide with panic, "S-So many shoes… so much jewelry… so little style…"
"What the fuck is she talking about?" Azuma deadpanned.
"Gobby didn't know what to do with her either, so he made her carry his bags when he went shopping," Mittlet shrugged, "Turns out, he goes shopping a lot. Like, multiple times a day, and always buys a shit ton of clothes and shoes."
"And he looks terrible in all of them!" Raynare wailed, a near-traumatized look in her eyes, "How can one goblin try on so many clothes, and look so ugly in all of them?! So much Gucci! So many Jordans! Not to mention, I had to use magic to convince the store employees to even let us shop! How the hell was that goblin buying anything before me?!"
I've never been so proud. Good work, Young Gobby.
"So… she begged you to walk her around like a dog to get out of shopping?" Azuma raised an eyebrow again, still not connecting the dots.
"Well, her exact words were 'Please help me! Get me away from that goblin! I'll do anything!'" Mittelt did her best Raynare impression, opening and closing her hand as if it were a mouth, "And this was the 'anything' I wanted!"
Azuma looked at her blankly for a moment, then shrugged, "Fuck it. What you do on your own time doesn't matter to me."
He promptly turned around, walking towards the door back to the hallway, but Mittelt called out behind him.
"O-Oh, wait, I should warn you that Kala is-"
Before she finished her sentence, the door to the training room swung open, "You really think he'll like this, Mi-"
Kalawarna stopped, freezing in her tracks as she entered the room and came face-to-face with Azuma.
What the fuck is up with these fallen?
Instead of her usual tight and skimpy red dress, Kalawarna was nearly butt-naked as she just had on a size too small red bra and equally as small red underwear. Her breasts were barely covered at all, with just her nipples being hidden, and her thick thighs were eating the small piece of fabric on her crotch. However, the most out-of-the-ordinary part of her outfit was the collar and leash hanging around her neck, which matched with Raynare's, aside from the word 'Kala' being on the tag.
"W-Welcome back, Master. In case you were planning on it after seeing my irresistible charm," Kalawarna spoke up, gesturing down at her sexy, near-nude body, "I won't fight back against any 'training' you need to do to ensure I'm loyal to the dun-"
"Yeah, I don't have the brain power for this shit," Azuma said bluntly, walking past the woman and causing her facefault, "Talk to Ravel. She's my harem manager now."
I know it's the world of DxD, but these girls are ridiculously freaky.
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"I don't care what you have to say, I won't allow for the date to be pushed up again!" Rias huffed as she stomped out of the magic circle, her face set in stone, "You agreed to wait until I finished my schooling in the human world, and yet you keep insisting on moving it forward!"
"Women, am I right? Always shout first, ask later!" Azuma gave a strained smile as he told the terrible joke.
"HOHOHOHOHO! Right you are, son!" Luckily, the humor was right up Lord Phenex's alley.
"HOHOHOHOHO! Even if that joke is a bit sexist, it's still funny because it's true!" Lady Phenex agreed.
No matter how many times I hear it, I can't get over that laugh.
Even after hearing Lord and Lady Phenex's quadrillion-dollar laughs hundreds of times at this point, Azuma still felt like a homeless man hanging out with Jeff Bezos.
"I must admit, he's not wrong," Another female voice giggled much more normally, belonging to the second, older, Gremory woman in the room, "She takes after me!"
The group of Lord Phenex, Lady Phenex, Lord Gremory, and Lady Gremory were all seated in the Gremory Estate, which was where Rias had been recalled by her father. She had been told it was to discuss her marriage contract, which usually meant her father had given in to Lord Phenex's pressure to accelerate the marriage date, so her initial anger was understandable.
On one couch sat the trio of Azuma, Lord Phenex, also known as Renegal, and Lady Phenex, also known as Layla. There was a small table in the middle, and then on the couch opposite from them sat Lord Gremory and Lady Gremory.
Lord Gremory, also known as Zeoticus Gremory, looked rather similar to his son, Sirzechs, though his hair was a fair bit shorter. He had a handsome early-30s-looking face, with a patch of facial hair, blood-red hair that went down to his shoulders, and a usually friendly expression. He was decently tall, standing at roughly six-foot, and had a thin yet muscular physique.
Next to him sat Lady Gremory, also known as Venelana Gremory. The mother of Rias made it clear where Rias got her looks from, as she had a soft, beautiful face, long brown hair, and large, very large, breasts. The woman's body was nearly a replica of Rias's, as she had a thin waist, wide hips, thick thighs, and large hanging breasts that were nearly completely shown through her thin and low-cut red dress.
"A-Azuma?" Rias blinked in surprise, stuttering out his name as she didn't expect him to be at a meeting about her marriage contract.
"Yo," Was Azuma's eloquent response, not explaining at all.
"Why are you here?" She asked bluntly, glancing nervously from him to her parents, obviously worried about something unexpected happening.
"I said I'd handle it, so I did," Azuma grinned, speaking vaguely as Rias looked curiously at him.
"Take a seat, Rias, dear," Venelana called out to Rias, scooting her large ass over and patting the spot on the couch next to her, "We have very exciting news to discuss!"
Rias slowly walked over to the couch, still looking uncertain, as she sat down next to her mother.
"Lord Phenex, Lady Phenex, Father, Mother," Rias said professionally, her back stiffening, "I apologize for my outburst. It's lovely to see you all again."
"Think nothing of it," Renegal waved his hand at her dismissively.
"It's been a while since we've last seen you, Rias," Zeoticus said, smiling kindly at Rias, "You should come visit more often."
"I was here a month ago for a meeting just like this," Rias responded stiffly, a dry tone in her voice.
"How's the human world, dear?" Venelana asked, ignoring Rias' tone and smiling friendly at her daughter.
"Oh, yes! My Ravel's been in Kuoh visiting Azuma lately, and she says it's so beautiful!" Layla added on, looking eagerly at Rias.
"It's… nice?" Rias said uncertainly, looking back at Azuma with a confused look. He just grinned back at her.
"And how is your peerage doing?" Venelana asked friendly, "It's been a while since I've seen Akeno! Oh, and little Koneko too!"
"They're both fine," Rias said shortly, glancing back at her father with a hard stare, "I usually wouldn't mind talking about Kuoh, but I'd prefer if you got straight to the point, father."
"Relax, I think it's news you'll enjoy," Zeocitus grinned at her, "Lord Phenex and I have come to an agreement."
"About what?" Rias didn't get her hopes up, narrowing her eyes at her father.
"You've been very public about your opposition to your marriage contract with Riser, Heiress Gremory," Renegal took over, "Lord Gremory and I have decided to take your feelings into a larger consideration. As of today, your marriage contract to my son, Riser Phenex, has been voided."
Rias blinked, staring forward at Lord Phenex with wide eyes, "W-What? It's… voided?"
"Yes, Rias," Zeocitus nodded at her words, "The contract is gone. You're no longer engaged to Riser Phenex."
Rias slowly glanced over at Lord Phenex, then back to Zeocitus, "This… this isn't a joke, right?"
"No, dear," Venelana giggled at her disbelief, "This is what you wanted, right?"
"Y-Yes, of course it is!" Rias nodded rapidly at her mother's words, a bright smile forming on her face, "I'm just, um, surprised at how this happened!"
She glanced over at Azuma with a curious look again, but Azuma just grinned cheekily at her.
"Of course, it's not as simple as that, Rias," Lord Gremory started, causing Rias's smile to falter slightly, "While the marriage contract was voided, there was a condition Lord Phenex set."
"A condition?" Rias's eyes narrowed, her smile dropping completely, "What condition?"
"You've been included in a new marriage contract, Heiress Gremory," Lord Phenex said bluntly, "To put it simply, your fiance was changed from Riser to someone else in the Phenex Family."
"Are you serious?!" Rias practically growled, a flare of red aura appearing around her as she glared at her father, "I'm my own person, father! You can't just keep controlling my life! How dare you break off my marriage with Riser just to thrust me into a different one with one of his brothers! I can't believe-"
"It's me," Azuma interrupted bluntly, causing Rias to pause and blink in surprise, "You're marrying me. What, you thought I was just here because the couch is comfortable?"
To be fair, this is a comfortable ass couch.
And not a regular ass either, but a Rias-tier ass.
"B-But, you said it was someone else in the Phenex Family," Rias stuttered, her mouth opening and closing like a goldfish.
"Indeed," Lord Phenex nodded firmly, "The wedding date will be even further than your one with Riser was, Heiress Gremory. The condition set in the contract is that the marriage will happen after Azuma officially marries Ravel, thus becoming a member of the Phenex Family."
"Yup! It's a win-win!" Venelana cheered, smiling brightly at Rias, "Our families will grow closer through a marriage, and you don't have to marry Riser!"
"W-Wow…" Rias muttered, her eyes wide as she stared at Azuma blankly.
"Of course, if you're unhappy with this arrangement, the original contract is still on the table," Lord Gremory said, and Rias quickly shook her head.
"N-No! This is much better!" Rias nodded her head quickly, grinning at her father, "A-Ah, no offense to your youngest son, of course, Lord Phenex."
"You don't have to lie to me," Renegal merely chuckled, "I know how much you hate Riser, and I'm ashamed to say I can't blame you."
"Yes, hopefully having his marriage contract stripped away will help him become a better man," Layla nodded at Renegal's words, "Lately, his behavior has been unacceptable."
Reputation Update!
Your Affection with [Rias Gremory] has advanced two stages!
[Strongly Attracted] -> [Slightly Loved] -> [Loved]
"How did you-" Rias started to say to Azuma in her excitement, but cut herself off as she realized that was a conversation not to have in front of both her parents and Lord and Lady Phenex, "T-Thank you, Father, Lord Phenex. This is great news to hear."
"Oh! We should celebrate this, dear," Venelana said as she picked up on Rias's look at Azuma, standing up off the couch and gesturing for Lord Gremory to do the same, "Let's go get the drinks!"
"Drinking already? It's noon," Zeoticus looked at her curiously, but Venelana just grabbed his arm and pulled him up from the couch.
"We're devils, dear, we can drink whenever we want," Venelana explained with a giggle, leading Zeoticus away as she signaled for Layla to do the same.
"Why are you winking at me?" Unfortunately for her, Layla was an airhead, so she didn't pick up on the signal and just stared at Venelana blankly.
"We're leaving them to talk so he can get laid," Luckily, Renegal was quicker on the uptake, "Come on, let's go day drinking for a bit."
"Oooh! I do love drinking before 2 pm!" Layla cheered, shooting up from the couch and walking to the kitchen with Lord Phenex, Lady Gremory, and Lord Gremory.
As the four older devils were gone for the moment, Rias leaned forward, locking eyes with Azuma, "You did this?"
"I told you I'd handle it," Azuma just repeated, grinning smugly at Rias.
"How?" She asked bluntly.
"I told you before, Ravel's parents love me," Azuma shrugged humbly, "Riser's been acting like a dick lately, so I just convinced them he needed some punishment. That punishment just so happened to be me taking you. "
Azuma left out the whole 'gaslighting Lord Phenex into thinking Riser was insane' and 'actually turning Riser insane' part, but he wasn't lying. All he did was convince Lord Phenex, even if that convincing was subconscious and built on a foundation of manipulation.
"Taking me?" Rias raised an eyebrow at his words, her tone a bit teasing, "You make it sound so sinister. Should I be worried?"
"I'm an honest guy," Azuma said bluntly, "I think I've made it pretty clear that I didn't do this because I'm some generous person, or a knight in shining armor. You're hot, you're sexy, I like you, and I wanna sink my hands into those tits. That's why I did it."
Aphrodite's giga-tits could hold him over for the moment, but Rias' massive, gravity-defying breasts were still an irresistible prize.
"You'll get to soon, I'm sure. I need to reward you for helping me, don't I?" Rias giggled, her tone teasing again, "Though, you're quite forward, aren't you?"
"Get used to it," Azuma shrugged, "You've got a lifetime of me staring at your tits ahead of you."
And so, though a bit of manipulation, a bit of LUK, and a lot of suffering for Riser Phenex, Azuma found himself with a fiancee.
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