Sakura blinked when she finally noticed where they were. Before she could react, she was held from behind around her waist by Haruto with one hand; who then proceeded to lightly nibble the exposed part of her neck. She was able to stop from moaning, but it took great effort to do so. She tried to wiggle out of his grasp, "Master, you have a meeting in a few minutes and I …"
She was stopped from speaking further as Haruto sealed her lips; his tongue invading her mouth and wrestling her into submission. His other hand was furiously typing on his mobile. After he had his initial tasting, he broke free and huskily answered, "I am gonna meet them after lunch and I messaged Haku to have his meeting moved to the evening." He then looked at the clock which showed that it was twelve, "That gives me around an hour and you more than three."
"But …" Her protests were stopped again by his passionate kiss as he picked her up bridal style.
Sakura had no problem making love to Haruto, rather she enjoyed it immensely. But she knew Haruto more than he would admit. And the way he is acting right now, she was sure of one thing.
He definitely wouldn't be done in an hour.
Haruto looked around once again. But the combined angry and annoyed stares from Rias, Sona, and their peerage members didn't diminish. But he had no regrets. He made love to Sakura for straight two hours, and then cuddled with her for another half an hour. Finally, he gave into Sakura's pleading and took a quick shower; and then he was here.
"You are …"
"Yes Rias, I know I am late. All of you told me that quite a few times already. But like I said," Haruto smiled, his lips reached from ear to ear, "I was lost on the road of life."
The intensity of the stares increased. But, Haruto shrugged them off. Ravish his beloved when she looked dashingly beautiful or to have this pointless debate regarding the Church members who already screwed up twice; the choice couldn't be any more obvious. And just thinking about Sakura reminded him how erotic she looked when he tied her up using her own kimono. He really had to give it to his grandfather, his books were like a sacred treasure hold. The techniques, the pointers, the utilities written there were never have been so useful. He really couldn't help but chuckle at his past self's naivety when he decided that these books had no worth. And then there …
"Haruto!"
Haruto blinked. He slowly looked at Rias, frowning. Her outburst surprised everyone else as well.
Rias blinked and then looked around. She was standing, her breathing was irregular and her power was pouring out from her body. She immediately suppressed her power and sat down. She couldn't look up because she could feel the intense gaze from Haruto. With a small gulp, she mumbled, "I am sorry."
"It's alright. But there is no need to get so worked up about this matter." Haruto relaxed in his chair again. With both Haruto and Rias relaxing, everyone did the same too.
Sona quickly followed up, "Haruto-san. I have to disagree on this matter. The church has sent one of their strongest exorcists along with few who could actually wield Excalibur shards. And let's not forget about the reason they are here."
"Look, you girls are way too uptight," Haruto waved his hand around dismissively, "You have to understand this, if one thing that the church is good at, it is to screw things up big time."
Blank stares all around, but Haruto just laughed. He got up from the chair and started walking toward the window while explaining further, "I am talking about the church, not the angels." When he reached the window he turned toward others, "Is it that hard to believe? I mean the so-called professional team that came here to handle the situation already screwed up two times before the mission even began. First, they didn't contact the higher-ups of the devil faction, which they should have done at the very beginning. I mean you can't just waltz into the territory where two VIPs of the devil faction reside." Haruto pointed at Rias and Sona with his eyes, and continued, "Then, after giving such a long speech regarding control and discipline, one of their members raised her weapon against an innocent devil, with full intention to cut her down."
Haruto had to take deep breaths to calm down when he was at the end. He really didn't want to remember that particular event, but he had to give it to him. If it was just one year ago, he would have killed all those exorcists. He was sure of that. But still, it didn't mean he was becoming lenient. He had already asked Alucard to come back. He started to rub his temple, "Now that I think about it like this, yeah. This does raise a lot of concern."
"You are worried how big their screwup will be?" It was Akeno who caught it first.
Haruto snickered, "Yup, pretty much." He started to stretch and when he was done, he created a teleportation circle, which alerted everyone.
"You are leaving so soon?" Rias asked.
"I have already assigned one of peerage member to monitor them. And I would suggest you do the same. Also, I am sure when we will meet with them tomorrow, they are gonna whine or plead to start their mission already. I already decided that one of my peerage members will join them. I do not know about you girls, but if you decide that some of your peerage members should or need," Haruto discreetly looked at Kiba when he spoke the last word, "to join, it will be to our advantage."
"How will that be to our advantage? They carry holy swords and their target also carries them. It will be very risky for our peerage members." Sona expressed her dissatisfaction.
"The reason is simple, to have eyewitness when they fuck up. Otherwise, they may just pack up and leave when they make a bigger mess or will drop the guilty cards on us. Also, I never said that they need to fight, just to openly monitor them. If shit hits the fan, we will butt in; it's as simple as that." Haruto answered properly, making sure he covered every ground. He didn't want to stay here anymore than it was necessary.
With that, he waved his arms and teleported away.
The first place Haruto dropped by was his house.
He first checked on Asia, since it was a holiday she didn't go anywhere. Seeing Asia playing with Raikou, Raito and Flora cemented Haruto's thoughts on the church. If they could banish someone like her, then there was no future for them. Raito was her familiar, which was a baby sprite dragon and Flora was a gift to her, from all of his peerage members, which was a baby fairy. He had no idea how they got hold of one of the rarest familiar but it didn't matter, as long as Asia was happy.
Then he checked on Sakura but she had already left. He was hoping she would be here so he could have attacked her. It seemed he had to wait for the night. It wasn't that he was a sex-maniac but recently he just couldn't get enough of his lover. And it didn't help the fact that she would either entice him or would go with the flow if he initiated. But there was one thing he was sure of, no matter how great his grandfather's books were, he needed information from other sources regarding women.
Lastly, he went to the basement. To be honest, he would have taken Kalawarner as his last pawn piece but she lacked desire. She was somewhat content with her life. But Raynare, she was full of ambition. She wanted power, she wanted to evolve. And for a somewhat good reason … maybe? So it was either take someone who would be easy to command but was content or someone who would be a pain in the butt to have but was very ambitious. He was very close to deciding that through a flick of a coin. At the end, he just asked their master directly.
Let's just say, he should have thought things thoroughly.
"You know if you are hungry or tired, just go upstairs." Haruto looked around with a wry smile. His basement was actually a magically enhanced space. It was around seventy yards long and was five stories high. This room wasn't meant to do heavy training but the basic ones. And now it was in tatters, "You know, I didn't keep you here like a prisoner. If you need a break just take one."
Raynare was sitting in a corner, her clothes … if what she wore could be called that … was in tatters. Her chest was fully exposed but at least her bottom part was covered … barely. Haruto groaned and shook his head. He went toward Raynare and draped her with his jacket. He picked up but when he turned toward the exit, she showed discomfort. Haruto stopped and looked at her, "Why don't you want to go …"
And then it hit him. Asia was upstairs.
As Asia was, she had no hard feelings left toward Raynare, even though she was the reason Asia died. When they first met, as Haruto's peerage, Asia was surprised but was able to put her past behind. Unfortunately, she couldn't fool anyone. It was the first time Haruto saw a forced smile on her face, something that dampened the mood of the whole place. It seemed that Asia subconsciously was wary of Raynare. When the fallen angel understood that, she didn't mind it; rather she would use different excuses to stay away from Asia.
Now it was clear to Haruto. In some way, Raynare was feeling guilty for what she did. Maybe not outright remorseful but at least Raynare knew that what she did was wrong.
Haruto shook his head and let go of Raynare, who wobbled at first but quickly steadied herself. He went to the exit alone but turned around just as he opened the large door, "Get properly dressed, we are going out."
With that, he went out of the room and took the magical elevator to teleport to the living room. He then took out his phone and proceeded to tell all of his peerage members the layout of his plan for that night. He could clearly see that his newest members needed some bonding time. He knew that it might be a bit risky considering the current situation but as always, his peerage members came first.
"I mean what could happen in one night?"