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Was watching Masterchef US recently.
I don't consider myself that fancy of a cook, but when it comes to being a home chef, I'm fine.
So seeing these guys pull out these crazy recipes like Sukuna pulls techniques from his ass is crazy!
I gotta admit, I definitely would be one of those contestants who get eliminated in the first episode before they got the top 15-20.
Anyways...
Thanks for reading!
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Names usually have power, y'know.
Titles, too.
Some don't care about them, sure. But for me, a good title is as good as anything good for my upcoming business would be.
Honestly, by being both the Devil heiresses' contracted magician, I had already secured a near-endless source of funds, connections, and land to play with... everything that your average magician would envy.
Though I feel that maybe later(the next volume), I'll be interacting more with Ms. Souna Shitori and her peerage(and her siscon-sister)
That being said, today, I believe that I might pick up another title.
Something more... cool, than 'Delinquent Prince', preferably.
-voooooosshh!!!-
The wind blew dust and embers through the air as I took a step forward, brushing off a speck of dirt from my jacket.
Across from me, the young lady of the Phenex family herself, Ravel Phenex stood frozen in disbelief.
Ravel was every inch the noble devil girl that she was, even down to the golden curls framing her face into the signature 'drill shape' hair that most villainess girls wore.
And as I looked into her calculating blue eyes, I smiled, seeing her expression switch between disbelief, shock, and total outrage.
"Who... Who even are you?!" Ravel demanded to know, her voice trembling with indignation. "You're not even a part of Rias Gremory's peerage! You're just a contracted mage! How!?"
"The name's Daichi. Michinaga Daichi." I gave her my best smile, one that promised many things... good things, of course, and slowly spoke. "While I am many things, I can assure you that right now, I'm only two things."
"One, a contracted mage. And two, one of the reasons your big bro is gonna taste defeat today."
Her jaw dropped a little as I continued to speak. "Oh, and by the way. I'd like to thank the Devil Council for allowing me to participate."
"Those guys might be sick sons of devil bitches, but this is one of the best decisions they've made in a while."
"…You're thanking the Council?" Ravel blinked incredulously.
I shrugged. "Of course. Without it, I wouldn't get to stretch my legs in this beautiful sandbox."
Her eyes flicked toward the smoldering battlefield where the rest of Riser's peerage had been. "You call this beautiful!?"
"Hey, are you doing that anime thing where you just repeat the last part of each sentence I say? If so, then please stop." I rubbed the back of my neck, feigning modesty. "But to answer your question..."
"Ah, yeah… about that. Sorry for offscreening the rest of your brother's peerage like that. If it's any consolation, I didn't know it would be that easy, okay?"
It was a lie, but who would call it out?
So I raised a hand in mock apology.
"You---Hmph!" Her hands balled into fists, but she quickly drew herself up again, chin lifted in defiance. "Even so, it won't matter. My brother's Queen, Yubelluna is still in play. The 'Bomb Queen' will crush your team, and Rias Gremory's ambitions with her overwhelming power!"
"Oh?" I glanced toward the distant flash of violet lightning. "Then let's see what your Bomb Queen can do."
-booom!-
Two Queens of enemy peerages were battling it out currently; The Priestess of Thunder, and The Bomb Queen.
They hovered mid-air above the battlefield, with their magic flaring and crashing into each other like colliding storms.
Yubelluna, Riser's Queen, had long violet hair that flowed freely from behind her, as she was draped in a revealing blue dress lined with black lace, and this overcoat with shoulder pads that brought me back to classic anime outfits circa the 90's
Across from her, Akeno smiled, serene and deadly as she was clad in her priestess outfit. "Fufufu~ How unlucky of you... To think I'd have to take care of another Queen this soon~"
Yubelluna's eyes narrowed. "Such arrogance. If you think you'll win because you've been lucky so far, then I'm sure you'll find that you are sorely mistaken!"
Akeno's expression didn't change, but her smile gained an edge. "Ara~ara~? Is that so? Well then, let's see how you plan on doing that---!"
-swish!-
It was like an Ak*ra Kurosawa film at the end.
After sizing each other up for an extended period of time midair, they moved almost simultaneously, as Yubelluna waved her staff, unleashing a barrage of explosive spheres that arced across the air like falling stars.
Not losing out one bit, Akeno responded with elegant precision, dodging each detonation by a hair's breadth as she returned fire, or rather, magical lightning.
-boom!, boom!, boom!-
The air crackled and boomed around them with waves of magical heat and electricity clashing in chaotic harmony.
"Magnique~," I muttered beside Ravel. "If this were a different timeline, I'd say there 'was' a chance that Akeno might lose."
Ravel smirked proudly. "Yubelluna's got this. If you actually care for that Queen of Gremory's, you should tell her to resign."
"Nuh~uh! Yubelluna's decent for a Queen... bu~ut, she's no Akeno." I wagged my finger at Ravel. "See? Look."
"It's over for you now!" Yubelluna gathered energy for a final strike, her magic forming a colossal, pulsating sphere as she pointed her staff at Akeno. "This ends now!"
"Oh, I agree. Lets~" Akeno simply raised one hand with a smile on her face as lightning crackled from her fingertips.
-crackle, crackle, pop!-
The sky darkened for a bit as Akeno's lightning storm exploded towards Yubelluna, completely engulfing her and her attack.
-baaam!-
"Kyaaaaa---!!!!" Yubelluna, the Bomb Queen screamed as the current coursed through her, the smell of ozone and burnt magic thick in the air as she crashed into the ground, leaving a giant crater.
And when the light faded, she lay sprawled on the ground, twitching.
"Fufufu~ It hurts, doesn't it?" Akeno descended gracefully, tilting her head as she looked down. "It's a little technique I made after watching Daichi-kun's magic in action."
She crouched beside Yubelluna, her voice dripping with playful malice. "Too bad, though~ It's not over yet~"
-zzzzwwwwttt!-
"Aaaahhhhhhh---!!!!"
Yubelluna tried to lift her hand, and another jolt struck, striking her body with magical volts.
"See?" Akeno smiled sweetly. "It hurts, doesn't it? I sure hope it does."
[Riser's [Queen], retires!]
"It can't be...!" Ravel gasped, eyes wide. "I-Impossible…"
I glanced her way. "Guess it's just you and your brother now, little lady."
She took a step back, face flushing with anger. "D-Don't think I'm afraid of you! I'm not some damsel to be mocked by a… a crass, human magician!"
"Oh, come on! How am I crass? And why did you say human like that? You do know that a good ninety plus of your brother's peerage is made up of former humans, right?"
Her face turned redder. "S-Shut up! What I meant was that you won't win, regardless of what you do!"
"You're setting yourself up for embarrassment, y'know..." I stepped forward, cracking my knuckles as I advised her. "Last warning... You know what happens to rich girls when they come across crass human magicians...?"
"---I don't go easy on ojou-samas. No matter how perfectly coifed their drill hair is. After all, something about them just makes me want to deliver a few disciplinary spanks."
"You won't die, no... But you will have some choice words when you wake up afterward..."
"Take this!" Ravel's entire body tensed, and she immediately made her move.
Before I even said anything else, she raised her hand and brought forth some golden flames, Phenex fire, or Hell Fire, if you will, from her palms
-vooooooshhh!!!!-
Fierce flames that made the air beside us crackle, making me smile as Ravel Phenex's golden Hell Fire slammed into my face.
It was some good flames, I'll tell you that.
Later on, Ravel would be at the level where her flames could melt Issei's Scale Mail, but that was for some other time.
As for now, it burnt.
It was that kind of flame that ate away at my skin slowly, though if I willed my body to, I could easily regenerate everything in no time.
But I didn't.
"Hah! How's that!" Ravel smugly cheered. "The Phenex flames of Hell, burning everything in its path!"
"Even if you are some half-human relative of the Gremory's, this should be enough to take you down?"
Wait.
Is that how they saw me?
They do know that I'm fully human, right?
Besides, I haven't even used [Power of Destruction] yet?
Ah, man... whatever... let's deal with that later...
"Heh." I replied like a power-obsessed man with endless motivation. "The Phenex flames of Hell.... Couldn't even melt a marshmallow."
Then I took a step forward.
"Y-You!!??"
And then another.
And then another.
Her sapphire eyes widened with every step, disbelief dawning into panic as she hurled flame and flame at me.
Each attack fizzled out against my skin, the embers dying before they even left a mark.
When I finally reached her, she craned her neck up to meet my gaze, her lithe frame trembling ever so slightly as the shadow of my figure fell over her.
I think I've made my decision.
I already have one of my own, but I'll be sampling some of your DNA as well.
Let me get a taste of that Phenex flames and regeneration.
"You're pretty darn cute up close, you know that, princess? Makes me wanna bully you even more." I said after giving her a once-over.
Let's see, Ravel's three sizes should be... B85cm/ W59cm/ H84cm...
And her height should be 153cm, around five feet flat, and her body weight is 47 kg, which is 103lbs...
Ah, anime measurements, who understands them?
Her cheeks flushed a brilliant pink, with her lips tightening as she hissed, "M-My brother won't let this slide. You'll regret it! So d—"
I raised an eyebrow and leaned in slightly. "Your next words are going to be, 'Don't you mock me, fool! The Phenex family isn't some existence that you can easily make a clown out of!'"
Her jaw dropped, and just as predicted, she stammered, "---D-Don't you mock me, fool! The Phenex family isn't some existence that you can---mffgffh!"
I cut her off by stealing a kiss.
-chu~!-
Her eyes widened, her body went rigid in shock, and her fire sputtered out like a candle in the wind. Though it was seconds, to Ravel, I bet this must've felt like an eternity.
Don't get it wrong, though; it was merely a chaste kiss.
"haaa...haaa..." She panted rather oddly for such a simple kiss, and I haven't even used [Sensitivity Manipulation] yet!
"---make a clown out of." I grinned as I finished her sentence, before I slipped an arm around her waist.
"W-Wha---!?"
And promptly suplexed her straight into the ground.
-boom!-
The earth shook, a crater forming where the heiress landed, hair drills bouncing comically as the dust rose.
[Riser Phenex' [Bishop], retires!]
I exhaled, brushing my hands together. "And that's game, little ojou-sama."
Then something flickered in my mind, inside my inner subconscious like a blaring alarm(even though there wasn't)
[Phenex Trait Obtained]
"…Huh," I muttered, "Nice."
I was thinking about whether or not to use it when I eventually fight Riser when Shirone's voice snapped me out of it.
"Senpai."
I turned, seeing her standing a few feet away with her arms crossed, frowning. "You're a pervert."
"He who fights monsters, my dear kouhai." I smiled, tilting my head. "You remember our promise, right?"
Her eyes widened, a faint blush painting her cheeks as her tail twitched. "D-Don't remind me…"
I chuckled. "Just saying. A promise is a promise."
I decided to get a move on as I made my way towards the area where Rias and Gaspar would currently be locked in a fierce duel with Riser Phenex himself.
Tomato-chan, Vampi-kun! I'm coming! I'm coming to save you!
And when it comes to little ol' Riser-chan? Would I really lose to a tutorial boss like him?
Nah. I'd win.
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Next Chapter: 041: Ecchi Young Man: "Hati!!! Skoll!!! Save Me!!!" Ecchi Young Man And Rias Show Riser The Power Of Love! Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken!
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Trivia Time! (Againx40!)
Did you know(ofc)
Seiyuu Time!!!!
Mimosa Vermillion (Black Clover) Give it up, shawty. Shy girls rarely win the shonen waifu gambit.
Eri Nakamura (Arifureta) Scbeming, conniving, manipulating meganekko-chan
Sonoka Kikuchi (Food Wars) Tiddymonster
Anya Fromel (Danmachi) Catgirl.
Calico Cat (Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?) Best character tbh, do you remember?
And next wee got Ravel's (ENG) VA, Brittney Karbowski, who voices;
Black Star (Soul Eater) In this generation, this would be an 'oldie but goldie' anime
Wendy Marvel (Fairy Tail) I won't lie, I shed a tear after her first arc in the anime.
Ikaros (Heaven's Lost Property) I'm not old, but this made me nostalgic for the times when I had less responsibilities in life. Also, Icarus is qt3.141592653589793238462643
Cecilia Alcott (Infinite Stratos) Here, have a sandwich...
Misaka Mikoto (Toaru) Arguably one of Toaru's best girls
Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box) Absolutely broken character. The Mary Stu on purpose gone wild.
Rimuru Tempest (Tensura) Um, guys? I think that this one might not be a bad slime.
(Yes, she voices a character in Freezing!) (insertoldschoolragefacecomics)
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