Chapter 23: The Birth of the New...
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Rei and Elias were already walking through the courtyards of the school, ignoring the admiring looks from the girls and the hateful ones from the guys. They could have changed their mask at any time and smiled openly at all passersby, but they didn't. Still, spies should always be hidden from the crowd....
But this couple is doing a particularly bad job of that....
- Well, good for you, Ray, you're the perfect provocateur. If I have to start a war, I'll call you right away,' Elias said, pulling out a popsicle stick from his mouth.
- Don't exaggerate, my friend,' Rey grinned, putting his hands in his pockets, 'The fact that we're supposedly from the Coalition, we should take advantage of that. We, my friend, are very lucky to be in the right place at the right time....
- Yeah, yeah, you'll never admit that this is exactly what you planned,' Elias said, picking at his teeth with his wand.
- Partly,' Rei admitted, "It was just a small chain of actions where Sona and Rias" moves were too predictable.
- Now we're going to be followed. Not only that,' Elias snorted, looking up at the cloudless evening sky.
- If they're going to try to kill us, they're going to do it with someone else's hands. Who do you think Rias will turn us against?
Elias thought for a moment, staring up at the sky. They were no longer speaking mentally, since all the actors in the city already knew who they were.....
- On the Fallen,' Elias answered, but immediately turned to his friend in shock, 'Is that how you planned to meet them? So that no one would have any doubts about us? - Elias answered, losing his composure for the first time that day.
Rei hummed contentedly.
- Damn, it's a good thing you're my friend and not my enemy,' Elias continued to look at the sky, pulling on his bored boy mask.
- So you shouldn't betray me, or I'll find you and eat you,' Rei said jokingly.
- Mm-hmm,' Elias mumbled, still amazed at his friend's genius, 'Well, as they say, a teacher is a student....
- But,' Rei began seriously, drawing his friend's attention back to himself, 'We've already found what we were looking for...
- The Vritra Shard is already in Sitri's possession. Well, Rei, even he's wrong and can't predict everything,' Elias tossed his wand into the bushes as they entered the park.
- It was expected,' Rei dismissed it, 'It's been hidden from everyone for so long that I feel bad for Sona. So ridiculous to highlight one of her trump cards.
- Did your glasses see anything? - Elias looked at Rei seriously.
Hayato was silent for a moment.
- 'No,' Rei replied glumly, 'Nothing. No mental or spiritual influence through the Figure I saw. He's serving of his own free will.
- Too bad,' Elias voiced his opinion for both of them, 'Then our operation will not be carried out...
- Yes,' Rei replied, serious and dry, 'They can't be used to kill him, or it would be too suspicious that they are used so often.
- Apostates?
- Not an option,' Rei dismissed him, 'Saji isn't weak enough to be killed by a renegade.
- You should think about it,' Elias concluded, 'It's a job for your brains, and I can kill him if I have to.
- Yes,' Ray nodded, taking Elias's answer for granted.
They walked through the park until they came to a straight path to their two-storey house in Shinjuku. Nothing out of the ordinary would have been seen from the outside, but someone familiar with the magical world would have felt the house was furnished with numerous barriers.
- What about the koshe...
- We won't tell Kuroka,' Rei said, not taking his mind off his thoughts, 'Otherwise there will be a genocide of the entire House of Gremory today. And we don't want that. Not yet.
- I guess,' Elias didn't bother his friend. When Rei is brooding, it's better not to touch him, or something irreparable might happen....
Like wiping out half of this wonderful town...
That's how they came to the large fence of their home...
Rei, maintaining his pensive look, paid no attention to the guest who greeted them. But Elias decided to greet her, otherwise she would take offence, and then she would whine to her brother, and after that....
I wish her brother hadn't come here. Her older brother loves her sister so much. Not even Rei can save them.
- Hello, Tekera,' Elias waved his hand, noticing that she had already changed out of her house clothes into leather armour reinforced with dragon thin plates.
Her bright yellow eyes scrutinised everyone. She was dressed in black trousers with dragon plates underneath, brown leather armour in the form of a breastplate and shoulder pads reinforced with the same plates. Her long black hair was gathered into a thick bundle, and her face was crossed by the collar of a jumper pulled up to her nose.
- 'Hi, hi, hi,' Tekera said quickly in a childish voice, 'Wow, Rei's got that much on her mind? - Tekera's yellow eyes peered out.
She too was aware of some of Rei's quirks, especially when he was brooding. And even though she was stronger than him in magical and physical Force, she didn't really want to alarm him, since she knew Rei's full potential....
- Not really,' Elias scratched his head, ceasing his act of universal boredom, 'It's just that we've learnt something that makes our overall situation a little more difficult.
- And what is that? - Takerah inquired.
- The bearer of the fourth Vritra Shard,' Elias began glumly, 'So our original plan to get him on our side isn't going to work.
- Why not?' Takerah asked impatiently, interrupting Elias, who was about to say....
- He serves at his own will to Sitri.
Silence descended on the courtyard street. The evening breeze lightly fluttered the boy and girl's clothes, creating a sort of idyll. Tekera stood too, looking only at Elias, clearly thinking about something. Monoke waited to see how their companion, who was also a spy for the small company that had gathered in Kuo, would react....
- That is indeed a problem,' Tekera said coldly, dropping her childish tone, not noticing that Rei had long since entered the house, 'Then we should use more forces than we had planned.
- Yes,' Elias nodded, agreeing with the girl's conclusion, 'Are you going to go to them now?
- Yes, I was just on my way to Reynal to inform her that it's time to take the pervert by the balls,' Takerah snorted under her mask, 'Now I'm going to tell them about the new circumstances.
Elias nodded.
- All right, I'm off. See you later,' she raised her right hand in farewell, and vanished into thin air, leaving no trace around her.
- I'll have all evening, a silent boy-genius, thinking up a plan for a few dozen moves,' Elias sighed, hoping to play a game with his friend tonight to get his mind off it.
He'd have to play alone...
***
Same time. Student council room.
- We're just gonna let them get away with this? - Once again, Rias exploded.
Stone-faced Sona continued to explain to Rias.
- They're from the Coalition, Rias,' Sona wiped her eyes, taking off her glasses for a moment, 'I wouldn't say they're behaving like those who want to make peace.
- So wha...
- You see what these people are capable of?' Sona cut her off, shouting. That Rei alone is more powerful than my entire retinue. That kind of telepathic control is more than even a Demon could develop in decades. It's a demonstration, mate.
- What demonstration? - Rias sat down again, frowning her eyebrows.
- Sister told me that the Coalition had never been in direct conflict,' Sona began to tell her, "She thought they were afraid to confront the Lord of Hell, but...today's events have shown otherwise..." she said.
Rias' face began to clear.
- A demonstration of the Coalition's true strength,' Sona said slowly, 'This...insolent slap at us showed that they too have something to stand up to the demons. And their this criminal...
- One of the test subjects? - Rias finished by asking her friend a question.
- Sure,' Sona nodded, 'I think Rei is one of them. There's no way a normal person can develop telepathic control like that, and that means that there's human experimentation involved...
- And if we catch this criminal first.
- we'll turn him over to the Overlords and have him analysed. Maybe then we can figure out how humans were able to modify humans so much. And if that happens, then maybe there will be a war,' Sona finished thoughtfully.
There was silence in the room for a while. But it was cut short by Rias's question:
- What if they're not human?
- Impossible,' Sona shook her head, 'I've examined each of them five times and I've seen nothing but the usual spiritual channels that every human mage has.
Rias sighed. Sona's glasses can't lie. This too is one of the works of Hell's genius scientist, Ajuki Beelzebub. Customised, of course, but for her sister's sake, Serafall has riddled herself with a lot of money....
Goggles that can see the energy of all the creatures of this world and therefore determine what race they are.
- Then I will go my own way,' Rias stood up resolutely, 'I will not let some people defame the name of my Clan!
- Go ahead,' Sona waved her hand, 'Just know that these aren't ordinary people without magic who can't fight back. Your simple tricks, like you usually do, won't work.
Rias said nothing, only snorted. With a wave of her long hair, she was about to leave the room.
- Rias,' Gremory turned around, 'No way. Did you hear me? Not. For. What. Don't go to their house. It's not just them, it's that girl.
- What? Kill me? - Rias arched an eyebrow mockingly, 'Don't be ridiculous, caco....
- Human can overpower you? - Sona finished dismissively, 'Open your eyes, Rias, and take off your rose-coloured glasses. We're still alive because we're related to the Lords of Hell,' Sona told her friend once again, 'And that girl in Rey and Elias's house? Rey's sister, according to the paperwork. Do you know who I sent to their house? It was Graun...
Rias had her eyes blown out at Sona.
- One of Hell's strongest mercenaries?
- Yes, he's in his sixth decade of service to the House of Sitri. He had a contract with us for a hundred years. And now he's dead at the hands of, as you so casually put it, some human....
Rias frowned, but said nothing. Gremory, though not stupid, did not want to admit she was wrong. With a snort, she left the room, slamming the door loudly.
- The spoilt, stubborn, arrogant heiress of the great House of Gremory,' Sona sighed, 'And this is my friend....
***
Tekera soon found herself near one of the abandoned buildings that were located in another part of the city. Shabby and nearly destroyed buildings were at every turn.
According to the information he had gathered for Rey's team, these places were perfect for renegade demon hideouts. So they'd been left for the High Ones' children to amuse themselves here.
Though Thackeray is much older than Rey and doesn't really want to obey him, but she couldn't help but notice his high level of intelligence, which is almost on par with him. Practically. She would willingly obey only him....
Tekera opened the creaky door of one of the warehouses of this abandoned place. The nose was immediately hit with a supply of something vile, nasty and...dead....
- Ohhhh, couldn't you have killed anyone here? - Thackeray exclaimed, wrinkling her nose squeamishly.
Somewhere on the upper floors there was a rustle. Then lurching, flapping wings, and the sound of landing.
- So, I've been dragging myself to you for who knows how long, and you won't even bother to say the code word I've been learning all day!!!! - screamed a girl with long and straight black hair.
- Oh, right, hehe,' Taekera grinned, then said, 'Tamineh harusi (from ancient Aadic - hello, bird). Now I'm waiting for an answer!
- Ta... Te... Tamihe... Tamido... Ugh you and your fucking word! You threw my concentration off when you called me. I was preparing! - the girl shouted again, stepping slowly out of the shadows of the room.
- I'm sorry,' Thackeray made a sad face and clasped her fists to her chest, 'I promise I won't do it again.
- Ohhhh,' there was a loud sigh from the girl and then she stepped into the light.
Behind her back was a single pair of black wings - a fallen one. She was dressed in a revealing outfit, covering only the most basic and erotic parts of her body, leaving the rest to the sick fantasy of men. Her perfect waist, like an hourglass, would be the envy of many photo models, and other women of the magical world.
Her black robes, more like black ribbons, tightly encased the most erotic parts of her gorgeous body. Her enormous breasts were covered only around her nipples, leaving such a voluminous wonder for all to see.
At every step, the hemispheres of her gorgeous ass swung to one side or the other. Her beautiful face was frowning and irritation was splashing in her violet eyes. Though they are allies, but each other might not be to each other's liking....
- It's been a while, Reynal-chan,' Tekera said cheerfully, ignoring her ally's irritation.
- Yeah, about a year, I guess,' Reynal mumbled, crossing her arms over her huge chest, making it look even more imposing.
Tekera only glanced down at the cans and glanced at her own....
So far she had a solid two....
- Tell me about it, I've spent a lot of my time trying to get away from the chase. You know how tight our control is right now,' Reynal said, changing to a more friendly tone.
- Of course I do. Azazel wants to find important information leaked as soon as possible. You don't want the truth to come out,' Thackeray thought to herself, but she asked aloud:
- Has she figured out what Azazel is trying so hard to hide yet? - She turned seriously to Reynal, who noticed the tone, so she answered immediately.
- The governor doesn't even tell her close associates about her experiments or her brilliant designs,' Reynal said sarcastically, 'So even she doesn't know what Azazel is hiding.
- I see,' Takeru thought for a moment, 'Also, you can tell her that the Shard carrier operation is cancelled.
- Why? - Reynal was genuinely surprised, -Does this man willingly serve....
- He must have fallen in love,' Takerah said, 'Even a callous like me can understand that....
- Yeah, callous, of course,' Reynal muttered to herself.
- М?
- Nothing,' Reynal said.
- Well, if it's nothing, then listen. It's time for Operation Pervert Seduction. We're already behind schedule. We should have started three days ago, so that we can complete the main task on the day of the start of the school year....
Reynal clenched her fists in anger. She understood the importance of this operation, but she was disgusted at the mere thought of shouting in front of an ape-man.....
- I understand,' Reynal said dryly, 'But why not you or Klava, but me?
- Because you're the best actress of all of us, - she clearly enjoyed the answer to Thacker's question, - I'm afraid, if one of us went, we killed him immediately ...
- Yeah,' Reynal hummed in an incomprehensible way.
- And also,' Tekera continued, making Reynal wince, 'Those are the orders. You don't want to disappoint him, do you? - Takeru arched an eyebrow, using a secret technique.
- No! Of course not! - Reynal almost shouted at the whole complex, -I'll live up to expectations and I won't let him down! - Reynal said firmly.
- Good for you,' continued Takeru in a cheerful tone, "I've told you everything and I have to go," she was about to turn around when she was stopped.
- Wait, I should warn you. Are you going to bring this news to Ray? - Reynal asked seriously that even Tekera was slightly surprised by her tone.
- What's wrong? - Tekera asked in the same tone.
- 'Azazel heard about the incident at the Academy,' Reynal started from afar, 'And also heard about the guy who only a year ago destroyed one of Grigori's largest research institutes...'
Takeru's eyes rounded, now she realised Reynal's seriousness...
- Does that mean...
- Yes,' Reynal cut her off, 'Azazel has announced a hunt for Rei Hayato among the fallen....
***
Some time before the main events. Every creature in the world has a purpose. Animals have food and shelter for the near future. For humans, it's to move through life with the crowd or to make a grand march to the top.
When someone sets a goal for himself, he has only two fundamental factors. What are they? Money? Intelligence? Personal Power? Power? Of course not. Some of these choices are sub-points of two important factors of a person when setting a goal.
So, the two important factors are will and determination.
They are on the same weight class, and if either of those get lighter, your whole internal balance will fall. Of course, you can fix it, but it will take time. Even sometimes it can be a lot of time.....
And for people who have grandiose goals, the sheer weighting alone is a major blow to them.
If some part of the scales falls, the other part, though 'heavier', will have no effect. Since such scales will collapse.....
And if the goal you have set for yourself will affect the whole world, the rest of your life, and then the lives of your descendants, then a simple reweighing can have a very bad effect on a person....
Of course, others may have a different opinion, and to judge someone else's opinion is cynical, hypocritical and pointless. And if someone has that opinion 'too different', then they shouldn't clog up the comments of the author of the piece with their smarmy rants.
And for a year now, one Demon has no way to balance his scales.....
For a while he is able to restore the inner balance, but it is enough only for a couple of months...
Lelouch Lamperouge - Super Demon, Bloody Prince of Destruction, Lord of the Other, Shadow of Hell, was in his doubts....
They were devouring him. Every hour, every minute, and even every second, he couldn't let go of his thoughts about the wrongness of his path.
Lelouch discarded all his connections, memories and doubts from his past world. He had already forgotten them, reasoning that he was now in a different place. Where there are very different orders, very different weight classes of opposing creatures...
But in this world.
He has a new purpose.
A goal that will be the stuff of legends. A goal that mothers will tell their children about at bedtime. A goal that will affect the whole world. A new order, a new law, a Revolution whose name is Lelouch Lamperouge....
The superdemon was now in his office, which was located on one of the artificial islands he had created near the Kuril Islands, a territory of the Russian Empire.
He was dressed in a simple black shirt with an unbuttoned button, baggy trousers and worn shoes. He can change his appearance with magic, so he took on a more matured version from his old world.
The study was not packed with riches or other jewellery. It was spacious - ten by ten square metres. Bookshelves were along the left wall from the door, and to the right were various paintings of Lelouch and his Servants. Lelouch was currently sitting behind a huge chair spinning on wheels. He was positioned with his back to the table and was only looking out the wide window where the night sky was lit up by a bright moon.
Lelouch didn't even notice the new guest in the office, he was so absorbed in his own thoughts. Fortunately, only a few of his trusted subordinates could get in here, so he wouldn't be killed.
Gentle and warm arms encircled Lelouch's back, lightly touching his chest.
- Lelouch,' the guest in Lelouch's room said quietly, 'Venelana Lamperouge, the first and chief wife of the head of House Lamperouge.
- Venelana,' Lelouch answered quietly, taking his wife's palms in his right hand, 'Tell me, who am I?
Venelana froze for a moment, Lelouch could not see her distressed and upset face. This was the second time she had seen Lelouch in such a state, and the second time she had cheered him up. And each time, Lelouch thanked her, saying that her encouragement really helped him.
It had been a long time since she had seen the Lelouch who was ready to declare war on the Dragon Gods. The Lelouch who gave his all for the idea and his ideals. It had been a long time since she had seen him take any interest in the outside world. Greyfia, on behalf of Venelanu, personally reports everything to Lelouch, who reluctantly listens to his next 'sins'. Such 'attacks' occurred to him more and more often....
- You are Lelouch Lamperouge, head of the House of Lamperouge. And also... my husband, the Dark Knight, the Ray of Light....
- Venelana,' Lelouch interrupted her, 'I'm not ready...I'm not ready to continue...
Venelana rounded her eyes. How did Lelouch get to this state?
- When I told you about the new world, I imagined things differently. I thought it wasn't in my nature to indulge in sin and spit on all the rules. But...' Lelouch was silent for a moment, 'It is not...
Venelana only continued to listen intently. He needed to talk.
- My hands, no, I'm already covered in a sea of blood,' Lelouch sighed, "Every time I've committed a sin, I've suppressed it, but now... look at me," Lelouch pointed at his body languidly.
- Lately, I've been...
- Want to die...
Slap!
The force of the slap on his cheek was so strong that Lelouch fell off his chair. And even though physically, thanks to the combined energy of Lelouch and the Black General, Lamperouge is many times physically superior to almost any creature, he still fell down....
Totally deflated...
Lamperouge perplexedly looked up at his wife.
Not officially yet, but still...
She was dressed as elegantly as ever. An elegant white floor-length dress that covered her firm hips and perfect legs. The dress had, as she liked, thin strings, barely holding her voluminous breasts in place. Her hair was loose, and not a single glint of make-up on her face....
Lelouch was genuinely surprised. Venelana was literally searing her husband with her violet eyes that were about to tear. Her lips were tight and her palms were clenched into a fist.
- Don't you dare,' Venelana wheezed, "Don't you dare say that to me so calmly, you fool!" tears slowly but surely began to pour from her eyes.
Understanding flashed in Lelouch's eyes, after which he grimaced.
- It's up to you whether to keep fighting or not. I only want to be with you! Where you go, I go. I will always support you, and you know it! I will follow you to Taruna to save you! - Venelana cried harder, 'I fell in love with a Demon who would do anything for his family and his purpose. I fell in love with my big brother, who would go ahead no matter what the limitations! But not... - Venalana hesitated, - in this! - Venalana threw out the phrase, waving her hand in Lelouch's direction and immediately left the room.
Lelouch barely got up from the floor, sat down in his chair and put his hand to his forehead. After so little movement, he was already tired.....
- I'm pathetic,' Lelouch muttered, 'How pathetic I am....
Lelouch thought deeply. Why had he started all this? Why had he started fighting again? Why had he started fighting again in another world?
All he wanted was to find a new family and live a happy life with them. But then Lelouch realised.
If you belong to the magical world, then peace of mind is out of the question. Someone will come to you one day and probably destroy everything you hold dear.
That's why Lelouch began to fight. For the sake of his loved ones. It was only for their sake that he once again went against the whole world.....
And then he saw the true state of affairs in the entire magical world. The system of subjugation of the weak, multiple genocides in all corners of the world, killing his own family and friends for the sake of more power.
In the centuries he had lived in this world, Lelouch had seen many things. Ripper maniacs who kill people for pleasure. He has seen patriotic men who, for the sake of their country, concentrate the hatred of the people only on themselves....
He saw heads of state experimenting with revolutions in other countries to see where excessive freedom would lead. He saw the birth of new ideologies, the destruction of entire countries in the name of 'justice' and the 'rightness' of true freedom. And not just for the sake of freedom.
Lelouch saw the extermination of whole nations because of their 'dirty blood', he saw world wars of people destroying each other for the sake of the 'correctness' of their ideas. He has seen entire nations and clans destroyed, magical beings exterminated, and much more.
Gods exist in this world, but humans are unaware of their existence. But do the Gods interfere in people's lives, bestowing their blessings on them? Of course not!
They compete with each other for more power. They also use a variety of methods to achieve their goal. They don't care about people, about humanity, about other races. Only Power can interest them in any way....
Absolutely all creatures of the magical world are no different from each other. Everyone strives in this world for Power and Authority. If Power is achieved by one's own labour, then Power achieved by greedy desires of a creature is a vice.
And vice is the essence of every demon. So what is the difference between a demon and the most common man. What is the difference between a God and a man with a Sacred Mechanism?
The difference is minimal...
Some have the Power and Authority to command others, and the others strive for it, thinking that this way they will become....
What?
What will they become?
Lelouch remembered what he had gone against the world for once again....
Not just for the sake of his loved ones...
To build a new world...
A true utopia.
A different and just order, where only one Demon God is the Law...
Where only the worthy will be privileged...
Where no danger would threaten his family...
I was called the Devil, and the current inhabitants will remember me as the most ruthless tyrant and conqueror. I will be remembered as the toughest and most bloodthirsty creature-God in all of history. I was afraid of that. I remember being afraid of it back in my world. But hundreds, thousands of years from now, I will be called a saviour... Now.....
I'm sure I'm doing the right thing.
I'm going to the top - to absolute power.
I'm going to the top - to absolute Power.
I'm going to the top - to the long-awaited peace.
I'm going to the top - to become God...
Even if they call me the Devil, they'll be absolutely right!
Even if they call me the Beast, they will be right again!
Even when they call me God, they will be right again!
I will pursue my goal regardless of the consequences. Even if those pathetic Gods or Hell Lords put up legions against me, I will simply destroy them!
If you want peace, you must prepare for war. I don't remember who said those words to me...
I will continue to kill thousands, tens of thousands, no...
I will continue to kill millions for the sake of the future trillions who will live in the new age. An era that I will build with my own hands. A world where only I will be the strongest, where we can live a happy and peaceful life. Together with everyone else.
A world where only I have absolute power.
A world where no one repeats the mistakes made in my past world.
I will create a world where there will be no wars...
A world where all inhabitants are united.
Create a world that takes a different path...
I will create a world where everything will be under the Law...
Yes, now I know what I have to do.
It's time to dive headfirst into the ocean of blood...
Lelouch began to slowly rise from his chair...
The relationship between the fallen and the demons heats up every day, not only in Hell. The wizarding orders are fragmented and they are more and more in conflict every day. There can be no interference in the lands of men. Not the Lords, not Mephisto, not the Gods - no one must increase their influence. My Inquisition and the Shadows will have to do a lot of work....
Lelouch placed his left hand on the arm of his chair....
The carriers of the White and Red Dragon Emperor are, as always, ambiguous. I knew that manipulating them would be an extremely bad idea, but even so, I achieved my goal. I was able to sneak into the Ddraig Mechanism...''
Lelouch placed his other hand on the chair's handle....
The Chaos Brigade is holding on to Rizevim alone, as the Office has long since been sealed in a separate dimension created by me. The remnants of her Force are still in the hands of her former minions, as she dictates. They may be a big problem for the other Factions, but not for me...''
Lelouch leaned both hands on the chair....
The increase in influence in the human world will signal for Mephisto to start another war. Fighting him will have dire consequences not only for me, but also for central Europe. Besides, he's become very close friends with Sazex. So, we'll have to act from the shadows....
Lelouch sighed.
The entire Underworld is economically dependent on my goods. They probably don't even realise that they buy all their resources through my vassals or partners. Though no, I don't have any partners, only subordinates...''
Lelouch tensed up...
Well, that's about to change. I have risen again!
Lelouch stood up from his chair at full height....
The night sky seemed to shine even brighter at the mere sight of Lelouch.
His shoulders wide and straight, his head held high, and his confident gaze with a hint of arrogance. Lelouch's lilac eyes were coloured red with the pattern of a proud bird with wings spread....
Lelouch took a deep breath. Yes, here it is, that familiar feeling...
- Well,' Lelouch grinned, 'I have now renounced the past for the future. Now I can begin the first phase of my Ascension.....
Lelouch grinned madly at the moon, which, as if the mere sight of his predatory eyes made it even smaller....
- From now on, I am the God-Emperor.....