266. Ravel Situation and Invitation to Phenex Household.
After the cooperation between the Kaito group and the Himejima Clan concluded, they naturally returned to Tokyo to start the preparation. Since it was surprisingly smooth and the Himejima Clan was willing to accommodate, they just needed to wait for the Himejima Clan to come to Tokyo to work for them. Kaito is looking forward to it, especially when he learned it was Himejima Suzaku herself who will lead the cooperation between them. Knowing her status as somewhat of a 'protagonist' in a slash/dog story, Kaito thinks that their business definitely has a bright future, and they may meet more prominent characters like Lavinia and Tobio later on.
Though the rest of his girls didn't buy it and thought Kaito was excited for something else.
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"So, you must be happy to have Suzaku-chan have an interest in you, Kaito?" Aika complained while sharpening her eyes, "After all, she got that great body."
"Indeed." (Miya)
"Her body shape isn't inferior to mine." (Lala)
"What a womanizer, master." (Sakuya)
"Maybe we should just rush into his bed so we can tame his lust." (Manaka)
Hearing everyone keep pushing the topic, Kaito rolled his eyes and explained, "I told you guys it was just a misunderstanding, I don't have interest in her in that way!"
Although Himejima Suzaku has a great body, Kaito would never flirt with the girl he barely knows. In fact, Kaito didn't plan to get close to any woman in this world, although that would change later in the near future.
"Really? Then prove it. Take everyone to your bed tonight." Manaka taunted, followed by the nods from everyone, "Only in that way that we feel assured."
"Indeed." (Miya)
"I would take up the challenge to satisfy my master." (Sakuya)
"Me too." (Akitsu)
"Doing it with everyone sounds fun!" (Lala)
"I wouldn't mind if everyone joined. I couldn't satisfy him alone either way." (Aika)
Instead of being tempted, Kaito rolled his eyes, staring at Manaka and the others with deadpan eyes, "Your joke is getting too far, Manaka. Do you guys really want to make Ravel angry for doing it?"
""Uh...""
Hearing what Kaito said, everyone couldn't help but become ashamed. They remember the reason they could follow along to come to this world, mainly due to Ravel's kindness, and yet they almost betrayed her trust. Kaito is also disappointed in the girls, especially Manaka, who dared to suggest such a thing. Although Kaito treats his woman equally, Ravel, in fact, always holds a special position, simply because she saved his life... which neither Aika nor Manaka could replace.
After that, the girls forget their daring idea and become curious about what Ravel has been doing. It's unusual for Ravel to be radio silent for a few days, even though she told them that she was returning to her family.
"Speaking of that, Ravel-chan has been very quiet." Aika changed the topic casually, "Does she have any problem with her family?"
Kaito nods in agreement, expressing his doubt, "I mean, you guys wanted to be engaged together with Ravel... 6 people together."
"You don't like it?"
"It's not about whether you like it or not." Kaito shook his head, explained, "It's about whether the Ravel family is willing to cooperate and let his daughter be engaged to another woman."
Everyone nods together; they were also concerned with this matter, especially when Ravel wasn't exactly good at explaining. In the end, everyone decided to contact Ravel together via chat group, the fastest way to find out whether she's okay or not.
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[Owner]: "Are you okay, @Owner Favorite Girl?"
[Mage of Exodus]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[Scarlet Devil Headmaid]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[Sekirei Number 7]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[Queen of Sekirei]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[Root Princess]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[Alien Princess]: "@Owner Favorite Girl."
[God Tongue]: "What happened? Has something happened to Ravel-san?"
[Railgun Girl]: "Indeed. What happened to Ravel? We are ready to help!"
[Caped Baldy]: "I am ready."
[Necromancer]: "Count me in."
[Uchiha Prodigy]: "Me too. We can't let anything happen to Owner Favorite Girl."
[Musician of Red Hair Pirates]: "I can bring Night Raid and Esdeath-san together!"
[Owner]: "Calm down, you guys. We just want to ask Ravel about her situation. She's returning to her family and hasn't contacted us for a while."
Seeing everyone concerned with Ravel, Kaito felt happy about their reaction since it's clear that, despite being a member he personally invited, everyone has accepted her as part of the chat group members.
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[Owner Favorite Girls]: "Ah! I am so sorry that I haven't had time to inform the situation! I was too busy to convince my parents to agree with our deal."
[Mage of Exodus]: "It's okay. We were just concerned since you haven't informed us of anything despite has gone for a day. So how is it going?"
[Owner Favorite Girls]: "It's going pretty well. I confess to them about the base world and your identity as a lord from another world. But I haven't said anything about the chat group."
Ravel wasn't that stupid to reveal chat group existence since it's their deepest secret among everyone... even from her own family. Even most people whos living in the base world didn't know about it.
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[Owner]: "Well, it's not like it's something we can hide for long anyway, especially when you have a plan to bring your family to the base world."
[Mage of Exodus]: "Indeed. If not because of the fate of my ex-boyfriend and old brother, I would have already brought them to the base world."
[Baroque World Leader]: "That's basically everyone's goal. After all, the base world is definitely the safest place to live in compared to the chaotic high school DxD world."
[Railgun Girl]: "That's right! That's the literal reason why I would rather bring all my sisters here, even if it would anger Aleister."
[Slime King]: "Also, the reason why I want to establish my own nation in the base world. Nothing safer than the world managed directly by us."
[Owner]: "So, you don't need to be afraid, Ravel-san. In fact, not long after this, I would also have wanted to reveal this information to Satan. They are definitely interested in it."
[Root Princess]: "Oh... knowing their situation, they definitely will take interest. Do you plan to reveal the existence of the base world to Devil and let me move in? It's not a bad idea."
[Musician of Red Hair Pirates]: "I mean, Kaito himself is a devil race... and most of us too."
[Owner]: "That's right. But I am not gonna let everyone get in. After all, there's a bad devil like old faction, no way I would invite them to our world."
As a devil himself, Kaito naturally wanted to bring more of the Devil race due to his own racial status and also Ravel's whole family. Kaito also wanted to recruit Four Satan to work together to develop the base world, as their strength (Sirzech) and intelligence (Ajuka) would tremendously help the base world that currently in a growing development phase.
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[Witch of the Void]: "Hearing your idea to bring the whole race to the base world made me envious... I wonder if I should bring the entire Itogami Island to the base world..."
[Mage of Exodus]: "I doubt those upper echelons of Itogami Island would like the idea, but you can try bringing fellow witches to the base world. I think they would like to live in a peaceful world where racism basically does not exist."
[Owner]: "Good suggestion. More manpower to manage the base world. Please do your best to recruit your fellow witches."
[Witch of the Void]: "Kaito, I don't want to bring them to the base world only for you to overwork them!"
[Owner]: "My bad. But you can't deny they would be great help to you, don't you?"
[Root Princess]: "If the witches were holding an important role in the base world, there's naturally no other race/clan that would dare to underestimate them."
[Witch of the Void]: "...Make sense. But still, my position as chat group member and headmaster of Aincrad Academy was enough for that."
[Owner]: "That's kind of true. But you know well the witch group should stand on its own."
Either way, Kaito and others wouldn't mind if the witches came to the base world, as long as Natsuki-chan could guarantee they wouldn't be a bad thing for the world itself.
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[Mage of Exodus]: "Anyway, we got sidetracked on the topic again. @Owner Favorite Girl, we actually have something we want to talk to you about, but it could only be done when your business is done. So, is there anything we really can help with?"
[Owner Favorite Girl]: "Actually, there's one thing that would help me convince my whole family."
[Owner]: "Just bring your whole family to the base world, they would believe you. After all, that's how I convinced you back then, Ravel."
[Baroque Works Leader]: "That's true. All of their doubt would disappear the moment people visited the base world."
[God Tongue]: "That's also how I convince my grandfather about the existence of another world, too!"
[Owner Favorite Girl]: "Umm! I planned to do that, but no... It's not about that!"
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Everyone got confused seeing Ravel's reaction since none of them thinks that the matter of convincing her family is difficult at all. However, they all got the wrong thing, because the thing that makes her feel difficult isn't about the base world, it's about their engagement party!
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[Mage of Exodus]: "What do you mean, Ravel-chan?"
[Owner Favorite Girl]: "It's about an engagement party with everyone! Everyone, umm, can you visit the underworld together with everyone? My parents want to meet you all! They want to see you guys!"
[Alien Princess]: "Ohh! Meeting Ravel-chan's parents! Isn't that great? Doesn't it mean we need to visit the underworld?"
[Owner Favorite Girl]: "Naturally, I-I also already informed them about my idea to have an engagement party with everyone... so right now, my parent wanted to invite Kaito and everyone."
[Mage of Exodus]: "I have no issue with it. Ravel's parents are going to be our sponsors for the engagement party, so it's natural that we need to meet them.
[Root Princess]: "Well said. Anyway, we just need to come along and introduce ourselves. The one with the most difficulty would be Kaito... he's gonna need to convince Ravel's parents whether he's worthy of her daughter."
[Owner]: "Uh oh."
[Witch of the Void]: "Sounds like it will definitely be a good show. Please broadcast it."
[Necromancer]: "+1"
[Railgun Girl]: "+1"
[Uchiha Prodigy]: "+1"
[Elementary Grade Magical Girl]: "I don't understand, but also +1."
[Gender Equality Hero]: "Damn, I am so envious!"
[Slime King]: "I told you, Kazuma, if you're envious of Kaito, just go back to your own world to gather your harem."
[Gender Equality Hero]: "No freaking way!"
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In the end, being a responsible man, Kaito agreed to meet Ravel's parents and explain the situation. Anyway, Kaito is confident that there would be no issue. From the original plot, all Phenex family members were pretty chill.
Well, except for Riser, but even he's changed for the better after being beaten by Issei later on
