Strongest in DxD - Chapter 12

Sirzechs looked at her for a while, although Grayfia had her stoic mask on anyone who knew her well would see the fury as great as Sirzechs's in her eyes.

Sirzechs turned his gaze to his sister and his gaze softened.

"Very well, I leave it to you," Sirzechs said receiving a nod from Grayfia.

Walking towards his sister the Crimson Satan reached out and created a magic circle below Rias and his Nobility and they were immediately teleported.

Grayfia sighed before turning his gaze to Sona and bowing slightly as she created a magic circle below her and then disappeared to go after the human.

Sona can only sigh as she watches all of this and asks for everything to go well.

But something in her mind told her this was just the beginning.

Ren's house.

In Ren's house it was possible to see the reincarnated human and current Sekiryuutei lying on her bed while he had his right arm around Venelana who was sleeping soundly.

Ren sighed a little at that and looked a little at Venelana's face.

Ren had spies in several factions, both to obtain information and also to make his plan always concrete and certain.

Obviously they were all being manipulated by his [Kotoamatsukami] and so were totally loyal to him.

Ren had met Venelana while traveling the world, one of the things he always did, mainly to clear his mind.

In one of these moments he met Venelana who was in a bar, totally drunk and being harassed by some of the people there.

Ren had then helped Venelana, although he saw that she was already preparing her [Power of Destruction] to vaporize them.

After that Ren helped her get to a quiet place to rest, at that time Ren considered killing her to hurt Sirzechs and the Devils, but his curiosity to know why she was acting like that won out and they started talking.

Venelana told Ren everything, obviously he realized that he knew about the supernatural world and that's why he opened his heart.

Apparently Venelana didn't like that her daughter Rias was in an arranged marriage because of her husband and so she had tried everything to make him give up on that idea but it was in vain.

In the most recent fight, Venelana's husband, Zeoticus, had hit her and that's why she was there.

She also said that in the beginning, when they first met, Zeoticus was a kind and calm person but over time he changed.

He didn't even spend time with her anymore and when he wanted to satisfy himself he went to one of her harem members, which as a demon he had, and paid no attention to her.

After the conversation Ren put in Venelana a desire to always come back to see him with [Kotoamatsukami] so Venelana always came to meet her.

For a long time Ren used her [Kotoamatsukami] to manipulate her mind and memory, slowly she lost her love for her family and was also totally fine with what Ren did with her family and the demons without caring.

The fact is that [Kotoamatsukami] couldn't manipulate feelings, all he could do was manipulate memories and manipulating memories over time he could put and take feelings in the hearts of others.

But as Ren didn't have all the time for it now he bought a skill for it.

[Name: Manipulation of Feelings.

-Rarity: Mega Rare.

-Cost of Mp: Varies.

-Level: Max.

-Type: Active.

-Description: The user can feel and manipulate emotions, including feelings, moods and their effects, whether on themselves, on other people, animals and other creatures, being able to increase, decrease, deploy or channel emotions, in addition to manifesting the emotional energy in the physical universe.

Great manipulators are able to control not only someone's emotions but also their minds, as they are so connected, thus making their victims want to obey them and/or possess hate and attack whom those manipulators want their victims to attack.

Emotions have been described as discrete and consistent responses to internal or external events that have a particular meaning for the individual. They can be brief in duration and consist of a coordinated set of responses, which can include verbal, physiological, behavioral, and neural mechanisms.

Emotion manipulators can cause emotional abnormalities, where they can confuse the mind and heart, where reason can be changed and what is considered wrong is right and vice versa, so doing good things is horrible and bad things are wonderful.

Furthermore, there are relationships between emotions, such as having positive or negative influences, with direct opposites existing. The contrast and categorization of emotions describe how they are thought to relate to one another.

With this magic Ren could manipulate feelings freely, so with [Kotoamatsukami] he creates feelings and with this magic he empowers them.

Ren had already used it on Venelana to increase her love and loyalty for him and also increase her hatred for the devils especially for her son.

Ren didn't care what others thought of him mainly because he was manipulating several people, after all if the Three Factions took everything from him it would be right for him to take everything from them.

Although Ren admitted that over time he became attached to Venelana and the other people he manipulated.

Ren's eyes widened as he felt a huge surge of power coming from the Academy Kuoh.

Venelana's eyes opened as she felt the enormous power.

"That's the power of Sirzechs," said Venelana as she rose a little and gave Ren a kiss.

"Yes," Ren said calmly.

Ren rose a little and sat on the bed while he had a serious look on his face.

Just after that a magic circle appeared on the floor in front of Ren and a light shone in the room.

When the light went out it was revealed Grayfia Lucifuge with her eyes closed in front of Ren.

After the light went out Grayfia opened his eyes and looked directly at Ren, and from the position he was in it was impossible to see Venelana behind him.

"What a surprise, the [Strongest Queen] here in my house," Ren said in an amused tone causing Grayfia to narrow her eyes.

"Are you Ren Katsuo?" Grayfia asked seriously as her power began to circle her body.

She knew that the being in front of her could not be taken lightly, she felt his power and was certainly of the Satan Class and it surprised her that a human could reach that level of power.

Ren simply nodded his head playfully.

"I want you to come with me," Grayfia said seriously as her power increased.

Ren almost laughed, "What if I refuse?" asked Ren amused.

Then suddenly Grayfia's power began to increase causing a silver aura to appear around her body and ice began to form on the walls of Ren's room.

"You don't have that option," Grayfia said as he released her power and shot Ren a silver ray of his demonic power.

The aura shot at Ren at immense speed, however just as it was about to hit Ren a wave of red power appeared behind Ren and nullified Grayfia's power.

A red aura Grayfia recognized well.

The [Power of Destruction] of the Bael clan.

"Th-that is," Grayfia said in bewilderment.

Suddenly two female arms emerged from Ren's back and wrapped themselves around Ren's neck and from behind him emerged a brown-haired woman Grayfia recognized well.