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"I have already informed Sirzechs-sama of the situation." Akeno assured Sona, her expression calm even in the face of Rias' look of betrayal "Rias, I know you wish to avoid troubling your older brother so soon after the incident with Riser." A look of distaste flashed across the redhead's face at the name "But our opponent is one of the Leaders of the Grigori, I think you can agree there's no shame in asking for the aid of a Satan against an opponent so far out of our league."

"Wait, did you say Satan?" Shirou repeated, looking between the assembled Devils with understandable concern "I was wondering what Kokabiel was talking about earlier...You don't mean THE Satan? The King of Hell itself?"

Even someone like Shirou had heard the name of Satan. You couldn't live in a modern town like Fuyuki without some mention of the 'Lord of Demons' popping up in literature, though admittedly the depictions of him varied from intimidating to outright laughable.

"Ah, I keep forgetting you're an atheist, Emiya-kun." Akeno noted, visibly amused by his trepidation even as several members of the Student Council scoffed at the premise, understandable given the company he was keeping "While you're not wrong in that Satan is the title given to the Ruling class of Devils, it's more a position than anything else, like a 'King' or 'President'."

"Though in the old days there probably was such a thing as a 'One True Satan'." Sona supplied dutifully from her position maintaining the barrier "In more recent times, the title refers to the Four Devils who led our Race during the Great War: Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Leviathan and Lucifer."

"I remember Kokabiel mentioning the last two." Shirou muttered, glancing between Sona and Rias, his confusion evident "He said you were their 'younger siblings', but I thought your Family names were Gremory and Sitri?"

"They are," Rias confirmed with a proud smile "and originally, my elder brother Sirzechs and Sona's elder sister Serafall were the respective heirs. However, the death of all Four Great Satans during the War left a power vacuum that could've reignited the war if their supporters had their way."

"Fortunately, Sirzechs-sama and Serafall-sama possessed power equal to that of the old Satans." Tsubaki supplied to the dumbstruck Shirou "and so together with Ajuka of Clan Astaroth and Fallbium of Glasya-Labolas, they took up the mantles of the Four Satans and prevented the Old Satan's followers from reigniting the war, ushering in the new age of Devil Kind."

"It was Ajuka who invented the Evil Piece system that allows us to reincarnate other species into Devils." Rias added dutifully "It was originally meant to facilitate the low birth-rate of new Devils, but thanks to our siblings' efforts even Devils like Issei and Asia can become High Class Devils."

"I see…" Shirou muttered, honestly shaken by the revelation that freaking SATAN was dead, and that there was more than one of them out there. Hell, if it weren't for the fact he was a Magus, and thus persona-no-grata with the Holy Church to begin with, the fact that Devils could give birth to beings on par with Satan naturally would probably have shaken his faith "So the reason Rias and Sona aren't calling their siblings to help…?"

"Is because neither wants to look like they can't do anything without their elder sibling holding their hands." Akeno chirped cheerfully, earning an irate squawk from Rias and a scowl from Sona, both heiresses flushing scarlet as Rias' hair at the insinuation "Be that as it may, I took the liberty at contacting Sirzechs-sama at my own discretion, and he assures me that reinforcements will be here within an hour."

"That's certainly a relief." Sona sighed, the Council members looking revitalized by the fact one of their Leaders had their back "Very well, in that case, on my honour as a Sitri, I and my peerage vow to hold the barriers until then, no matter the cost."

"Honestly Akeno…" Rias sighed, pouting at her Queen in exasperation before running a hand through her scarlet hair with a confident smile "In that case, we of House Gremory will go on the offensive." She turned to regard her peerage sternly "I want you all to understand that unlike the Rating Game against Riser's Peerage, Kokabiel and his forces will be fighting to kill." she waved her hand to the side "Even so, I will not forgive any of you if you die!"

"The same goes for you, Emiya-kun." Sona pointed out, surprising the Faker by her inclusion of him "I may not be your King, but as Student Council President, I expect to see you in Class tomorrow."

"I forbid you to die, Archer!" Rin's voice echoed in the Faker's mind, an image of him, no, the Red Knight, facing down Berserker in the hallway of Ilya's Castle, flashing across his vision "Kill that thing and come back to me!"

'Good grief, what is it with me and pushy Tsunderes?' he mused, shaking his head at the sheer irony of it all before waving a hand "As you say, Kaichou, I still need to fix the heater for Saji-san anyway."

"Ara? I thought Saji-kun said he'd take care of it personally?" Ruruko wondered, causing Saji to chuckle nervously as both Sona and Tsubaki turned their ire on him, Shirou wisely deciding to enter the barrier along with the Gremory Peerage before things got more volatile.

'Is it wrong that I don't envy him right now?' Shirou wondered, offering a silent prayer for the Pawn's safety as the barrier closed behind them, only to blink as, rather than the moonlit fields outside, he found himself standing under the evening sky "Time suspension?"

"Tsubaki and the others managed to get the barrier around the school just as the pillar of light was formed." Akeno supplied, her expression serene despite the tense atmosphere as they approached the school building "It should keep things from getting too far out of hand, but at their current level it won't do much to reduce the damage to the grounds given our opponent."

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