Kapitel 74: That One Training Arc - 8

Kaito's attention was brought instantly to Ravel Phenex, well, her and the two cat girls.

But he didn't get the chance to scrutinize them for more than maybe three seconds before-

Hyoudou sniffled loudly, drawing all attention to him. And Kaito couldn't help but sigh and resist the urge to palm his forehead when he saw the boy literally crying tears of literal admiration.

"Oi…oi Rias," Riser drew back, a disgusted look on his face, "Why is this servant-kun looking at me and crying? It's grossing me out here."

'Welcome to my world Riser Phenex-kun.' Kaito snorted.

Rias sighed, and unlike Kaito could not resist the urge to palm her forehead, "That boy, Issei-kun's dream is to have a harem of his own one day, I think he's deeply touched by seeing your own." she reluctantly admitted.

"Ew, disgusting." one of the green haired, chainsaw wielding loli's face drew up in disgust.

Her twin sister nodded in agreement, "Riser-sama, this cockroach is making me feel like vomiting up my lunch."

Riser in return laughed loudly, "Now now girls, it's not his fault. It's just natural for the low caste to look upon those above enviously."

"Lowly?!" Issei sputtered, his tears of admiration coming to a sputtering stop as he was insulted.

"Here, let's show him what he can never have." Riser added, making his way over to cup one of his green haired loli's cheeks and sweep her up into a full on tongue wrestling kiss, while he reached out with his other hand to grope the svelte chest of the other, drawing moans from both young girls.

…Honestly how old were they? They looked like fourteen at most. And that was being generous.

"Oh…so erotic!" Issei cheered, completely losing his sudden anger at being insulted as he stared at Riser making out with his overly young woman.

Rias outright facepalmed while Asia squeaked and covered her face in embarrassment.

Riser pulled back, a string of saliva still connecting his lips with his loli's and grinned devilishly at Issei, "Jealous Low-Class-kun? he teased, "Like I said, you won't ever be able to do this."

Well, he wasn't really wrong. Even when offered anything in the other timeline, the guy pussied out.

But was making out with a few admittedly cute girls really that big an achievement? It wasn't like any of these girls could compare at all to Yanagi or Irina, except maybe Ravel.

"Damnit, don't bring that up when I'm already thinking it bastard!" Issei roared angrily, brandishing his fist, the Boosted Gear flashing into existence atop it, "I've decided, I can't let this marriage go through, a womanizer like you is ill-matched for buchou!" he declared.

"Hmm?" Riser eyed the gauntlet on his hand, before snorting, "But weren't you just admiring this womanizer?"

This…was absolutely moronic.

"S-shut up, even if you're cool like that, it doesn't change the fact that even if you married buchou you'd still go around kissing other girls!" Issei accused.

Only for Riser to ignore him and start making out with one of his peerage members dressed as a maid.

'I'm going to rampage.' Kaito felt his eyebrow twitch, his magic power rising up and simmering under his skin. He'd show them what true domination was and it wasn't something so paltry as making out with a few random girls to show off!

He noticed Grayfia's eyes snap to him and narrow lightly at him. He raised his eyebrows at her challengingly.

"Oh you're so cool Low-Class Hero-kun," Riser pulled back from kissing the maid girl, one hand casually groping her ass and grinned at Issei, "The girls will love you for sure…oh wait, I don't see any around you."

"Ah!?" Issei growled, "You sure talk big! Phenex clan? Legendary fire bird? More like yakitori, should I stick you on a skewer bwuk bwuk?!"

"Y-yakitori!?" Riser sputtered, and it was telling that he knew what it was. All that talk about not liking the human world was total bullshit, "Damn Low-class deviil! Rias, what the hell, why don't you teach your subordinates some respect!"

"Hmph." Rias snorted and turned her nose up at him.

Issei grinned at her actions, looking emboldened, "You roasted chicken punk! I'll crush the likes of you with my boosted gear right now!" he shouted, bringing his fist to bare, the green gem on the gauntlet flashing brightly.

[Boost!]

"So it was the Boosted Gear after all!" Riser's eyes widened ever so minutely. He looked over his shoulder, "Mira, test him out." he said, directing his words to the smallest girl of his peerage, a young blue haired girl carrying a wooden staff.

"I'm not one to hit little girls, so I'll just get rid of that staff and-" Issei declared as he rushed towards Riser, the girl shooting past the blonde haired man she called king a split moment later.

Before Issei could react, the end of her staff was jabbed into his stomach, thrusting the air out of his lungs and bodily lifting him up and sending him flying through the air.

He would have soared over and slammed into the wall, if not for Kaito standing up with a sigh and catching him around the collar.

Issei dangled the air, held up only by Kaito's hand, eyes wide, choking spluttering escaping from his mouth as he tried to regain the air knocked from his lungs.

"…Can you be anymore pathetic?" Kaito sighed in annoyance. He wasn't even angry at this point. Or even disgusted him with like before. He was just plain disappointed.

She wasn't even moving that fast.

He could have dealt with that before he even got his memories from his other life and his second sacred gear.

"…I am in agreement, that was truly pathetic," Riser scrutinized Issei with eyes like that of a man looking down upon a disgusting bug, "This girl is Mira. She is one of my pawns, my newest and out of all my pieces, she is the weakest by far.

Boosted Gear? The legendary longinus of the Red Dragon Emperor, said to be capable of defeating even the Great Satans and slaying gods. But that is wrong, the true power of that longinus, only shows itself in the hands of someone of note. In your hands, it is nothing more than a useless trinket."

"Y…you b-bastard." Issei struggled to grit out as Asia rushed over to him in concern, a pair of bright silver rings appearing on her fingers.

Kaito dropped Issei onto the couch and let Asia deal with him.

"I do like your spirit though and it could be more fun if you were a bit stronger," Riser stroked his chin and mused aloud, not caring at all that Issei was winded and hardly listening, "And honestly, the rating game will of course be televised. It would look rather pathetic of me to bully my future wife and a Red Dragon Emperor so pathetically weak. Perhaps some time to train for you all wouldn't be remiss? Ten days or so should be enough I suppose."

"Are you saying you'll give me a handicap?" Rias frowned at him.

"I'll win either way, at least this way I give you some face, no?" Riser shrugged, "A rating game isn't as simple as believing in your peerage and giving emotional speeches and no amount of strategy will let you overcome a gulf in power this big. No matter how much talent one has, it means nothing if they can't bring it out. I've seen many talented people never bounce back from losing and lose all their fire, I don't want that for you. Besides, a kings disposition can only be shown truly when they draw out the potential of their servants, I wonder how yours measures up to mine?"

He'd had enough. This, was pissing him off. He didn't need to wait for any of this to play out. He didn't need to wait another ten days.

He could be done with it today and return to his own life.

"Enough of this crap," Kaito snapped and marched over to Riser, "This nonsense doesn't mean squat with me here."

"Watch it!" the girl, Mira standing beside Riser snapped, lashing out at him even quicker than she had Issei.

The back of his hand met her cheek and she was sent flying through the air like Issei before her, smashing into the wall on the opposite side of the room, "Outta my way weakling." Kaito bit out, his instincts risen full up to the surface and he felt no need to draw them back.

"Mira!" Riser's eyes widened in outrage and he growled at Kaito, "You've got guts human-kun, raising your hand to my peerage like tha-

"Oh shut the fuck up you clown," Kaito got in his face and stared down into his eyes, showing the height difference between them, and sheer gulf in how broad they were. Riser was slim, lean and fit. Kaito was built like a juggernaut, "I've listened to you prattle on enough and I'm tired of it. Honestly, how cringe can you get? Did you seriously have your peerage waiting to teleport on a signal from you? To what, show them off? Not impressed mate."

"Ah…eh?" Riser was totally taken aback by his words.

"And seriously, your whole tripe about hating the human world when you've got a walking talking trope of girls from human anime, mate get a life, stop trying to hide the fact you apparently watch anime and shit, it doesn't make you cooler, just more pathetic," Kaito ranted and it felt good, "We don't need ten days, we can settle this right here and now. I'll crush you and your entire peerage with one hand tied behind my back."

"You're sure big for your britches reincarnated human boy, let me guess you have a strong sacred gear as well that lets you talk a big game just like low-class-kun over there?" Riser found his voice and shot back, "Fine if you want to fight now, I'll show you the difference between one born in the high class like myself, and a rubbish human like you."

"I don't need my sacred gear to take you on," Kaito bared his teeth, pressing his forehead into Riser's and pushing him down with it, and feeling a savage glee within his breast as Riser tried to push back and was completely unsuccessful, "And you're one to talk big, your whole shtick of acting big is showing off a few useless girls? The only interesting ones in your entire peerage worth taking note of is your literal sister you incest loving freak and the neko girls, but even they're a disappointment. What's with their cat ears? They don't even match their hair. If you're gonna show off neko girls, it's gotta be a white haired one with yellow eyes and white cat ears, don't talk to me unless you can bring that to the table you disappointment."

He heard a choking splutter behind him, but ignored it as he mean mugged Riser and began calling on his energy. Dragon Aura and Touki both, he was going to pulp his head between his palms and show him the difference in strength between them.

"Not only did you insult me, but you insult my girls now!?" Riser's eyes widened in outrage and the flaming wings once more erupted from his back, "Fine then, if that's the way you want it, I'm going to put you in your place a-"

"Enough." A single word cleaved through them and Kaito found himself pulled back from Riser, or rather, thrust apart as cold air detonated between himself and the high class devil, the sheer sub zero temperature of it freezing over Riser's flaming wings and forcing them to promptly shatter.

Grayfia's made herself known, alongside her magic power. It thundered through the air powerfully and was so dense Kaito felt like a massive icy cold pressure was pressing down on his shoulders.

'Hmph.' he snorted mentally, even if his legs buckled slightly. The cold temperature at least, doused his temperature.

"Ten days, you have already given your word Riser-sama," Grayfia said, voice clipped and glared daggers at him, "And you, keep in mind who you represent."

Tch.

Kaito gave a single terse nod and looked away.

"Ah…I apologise," Riser coughed, straightening out his suit, "My temper got the better of me I'm afraid. Yes, I understand."

Riser unlike himself shuddered lightly, a cold sweat trailing down the side of his face at the feel of Grayfia's power.

The blonde looked to Kaito with a frown, "Well settle this at the rating game ten days from now human-kun," he huffed, and then looked to Rias, "If it's you, you should be able to bring something out of these nitwits in ten days."

He swiped his hand through the air, summoning a now very familiar blazing orange magic crest, "Let's go girls," he said, directing them into the magic circle and having them teleport away one by one, the girl dressed like a punk carrying the girl Kaito had backhanded and apparently knocked out. They began to disappear one by one through it until only Riser and his sister was left. Riser paused only to look back at Issei, "Watch yourself low-class. You being so weak, is a stain to Rias' good name. Go make something of yourself why don't you."

And then he left through the teleportation circle with a single wave goodbye. Ravel stared straight at Kaito with a frown, before following him through it a second later.

And that was that.