"Those painful memories are what help us make it to tomorrow and bee stronger."— Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail

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  [High School DxD World, Roy's Castle]

  Rias, fresh from her bath, arrived at Roy's room.

  She froze as she opehe door.

  Several unfamiliar girls were inside.

  Rias puffed out her cheeks, a bit annoyed.

  "Roy, what's going on?" she demanded, pointing at the girls.

  "Uh..." Roy hadn't expected her to e in so soon after he returned.

  "Your Majesty, who is she?" Mine asked suspiciously, eyeing Rias.

  "Ahem... she's my Queen sort" Roy replied.

  "Eh? No wonder Your Majesty hasn't chosen an Queen sort yet. You already have one!" Leone excimed, though she didn't sider herself a didate for the position.

  Among them, the only one who could truly be Roy's Queen sort was Esdeath, the stro.

  "Queen sort? Your Majesty? What are you talking about?" Rias was fused.

  "Don't worry, we'll expihing outside..."

  Roy led the girls to the living room and called for Saya, Kanae, and the others.

  Saya and the others were used to seeing new faces among them.

  Only Rias, Akeno, and Koneko were fused.

  Roy introduced everyone.

  The Night Raid girls didn't mind that Roy had so many "sorts." After all, he had been an Emperor.

  It was normal for an Emperor to have a Harem.

  Roy then expined everything to Rias, Akeno, and Koneko.

  Upon learning that Roy had been to another world and recruited more servants, Rias set.

  Of course, she wasn't upset that he had more servants.

  As a Devil Noble, having multiple partners was normal.

  What truly bothered her was that he hadn't taken her with him.

  Ever siheir trip to the Pokémon world, Rias had suspected that Roy's servants might be from other worlds.

  She only had Akeno, Koneko, and Kiyome Abe as her servants.

  And this time, he hadn't even taken her along. Weren't her servants his as well?

  Looking at Esdeath, Akame, Kurome, and the others, she realized she couldn't seheir strength.

  This made her even more envious.

  Rias pinched Roy's side, her arms crossed, and turned her head away, feigning anger.

  "Rias, don't be mad," Roy pleaded, ing an arm around her.

  "I'll take you with me ime, okay?"

  "Really?" Rias turo him with a hopeful expression.

  "Of course. And I've already found two excellent didates for your peerage," Roy assured her.

  "Really? Where are they?" Rias's eyes lit up with excitement.

  "Those two idiots who left earlier."

  "Huh?"

  "You mean Xenovia and Irina Shidou?" Rias asked in fusion.

  "Yes."

  "But they're from the Church. How could they bee Devils?"

  "I have a pn. Don't worry," Roy said with a mysterious smile.

  "Hmm... alright," Rias relutly agreed.

  Roy was relieved that she wasn't angry anymore.

  He then turo the Night Raid girls. "Let me show you to your rooms."

  "Oh, and you don't have to call me 'Your Majesty' here. Just Roy is fine."

  The girls nodded.

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  The day, Roy had Chelsea follow Xenovia and Irina.

  He khose two would enter Kokabiel soon.

  Chelsea, with her ability to ge her appearance, was the perfect didate for the task.

  Roy stayed at the castle, teag the Night Raid girls about modern life and Breathing Styles.

  They would be fag Kokabiel soon, so he had asked Sona to excuse them from school.

  He also had to distribute the Teigu he had brought back.

  After his modifications, the Teigu no longer had any usage restris, so he brought out all of them except for the Supreme Teigu.

  In the living room, Rias stared at the colle of Teigu in awe.

  "Are these all Sacred Gears?" she asked, sensing their immense power.

  "Haha, these are called Teigu. They're spoils of war from my trip. They're just as powerful as Sacred Gears," Roy expined with a grin.

  He had brought back eight Teigu.

  Spectator, Belvaac, Scream, Bck Marlionkheires, Perfector, Shambha, and Adramelech.

  They had all been collected from defeated enemies and were currently unused.

  Roy expihe abilities of eabsp;Teigu.

  The girls looked at the Teigu oable, but none of them made a move to take one.

  "Um... no one wants one?" Roy asked, fused.

  Shizuka was the first to step forward and pick up Perfector.

  "I burned myself while making soup today. I'll take these gloves," she said, putting on the gloves and heading towards the kit, seemingly eager to test them out.

  Roy's lips twitched.

  Yuriko then took the Bck Marlin Teigu.

  This ring could manipute any liquid it touched, which would be useful in jun with her water magic.

  Alice chose Hekatonkheires, the humanoid Teigu.

  But no one wahe remaining Teigu.

  "No one wants these?" Roy asked, puzzled.

  "They're ugly!" Saya blurted out the reason.

  Adramelech air of bulky gaus, and Spectator would look strange on a girl's forehead.

  And Scream's trump card transformed the user into a muscur, monstrous form.

  If a girl used it...

  The image was too horrifying to imagine.

  The other Teigu were simply unsuitable for them.

  Kanae and the others were swordswomen and didn't hese Teigu.

  Roy shrugged. He hadn't sidered that.

  Just then, Chelsea tacted him through their unication devices.

  "Roy, those two girls are begging oreets. It seems they have no money for food. What should we do?"

  Roy sighed. Those two were truly clueless.

  In the inal story, they had spent all their money on a painting of a saint and ended up begging for food.

  He hadn't expected them to repeat the same mistake.

  "Give them some money," Roy instructed.

  "Yes!" Chelsea replied and carried out his orders.

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  That night, Chelsea tacted him again.

  "Roy, they're heading towards an abandoned factory. It gives me a bad feeling," she reported, her voice filled with apprehension.

  "Oh? It seems they've found a lead," Roy mused.

  If he wasn't mistaken, the three stolen Excalibur swords were there.

  That must be why Chelsea felt uneasy.

  He wasn't sure if Kokabiel would be there as well.

  But Roy wasn't oo assively. He preferred to take the initiative.

  "Chelsea, stop them. Those two are no match for the Excalibur swords."

  "Yes."

  Roy then tacted Sona and expihe situation.

  They all headed towards the abandoned factory.

  "Get out of our way!" Irina shouted angrily at the girl blog their path.

  "I told you, it's too dangerous for you to go in there. I won't let you pass," Chelsea insisted, her arms crossed.

  "If it weren't for the fact that you gave us money, I would have..." Xenovia threatened.

  "Would have what?" a voiterrupted them, causing both girls to freeze.

  They slowly turned around and saw Roy and his ente. Their faces fell.

  "So you Devils are going to interfere in Church matters?" Xenovia asked, g her fists.

  "Church matters?"

  "Idiots, this isn't just a Church matter," Roy retorted, leading the girls towards the factory.

  "Hey, what do you mean by that?" Irina demanded.

  "You'll see." Roy waved them along.

  Xenovia and Irina exged ghen followed.

  "Oh my! Devils have e to this pce," a voieered.

  Just as they were about to ehe factory, three figures jumped down from the walls, nding before them.

  They were Fallen Priests, each with an aura parable to a High-bsp;Devil.

  And they were wielding the three stolen Excalibur swords.

  "Roy, who are they?" Rias asked, her expression grim.

  Even she wasn't fident iing all three Fallen Priests.

  Three High-bsp;Devil level priests wielding the Excalibur swords were indeed formidable oppos.

  "Just some small fry. The mai hasn't even started yet," Roy scoffed.

  "Taste the power of the Excalibur!" one of the Fallen Priests roared, charging towards them.

  "Saeko!"

  "Yes!" Saeko responded, intercepting the Fallen Priest.

  g! g! g!

  The two swordswomen cshed.

  After the battles in the world of 'Akame ga Kill!', especially the interaining i month, Saeko had finally reached High-bsp;Devil level.

  Although the Excalibur was incredibly effective against Devils, Saeko's speed prevented her from being easily hit.

  Just then, a fat man in a b coat emerged from the factory.

  It was Valper Galilei, the mastermind behind the stolen Excalibur swords.

  "Your task was to elimihe Devils and the Churtruders, but it seems that's no longer possible. tact Sir Kokabiel," he instructed the remaining two Fallen Priests.

  The Fallen Priests nodded and tacted Kokabiel.

  Roy smirked.

  This was exactly what he wanted.

  It was better for Kokabiel to e here than to have him attack Kuoh Academy.

  "Roy, aren't we going to intervene?" Sona asked, puzzled.

  "Don't worry. The mai is about to begin. We'll act then," Roy replied with a smile.

  Seeing that Roy's group wasn't making a move, the two Fallen Priests also held back, the duel between Saeko and their rade.

  The Fallen Priest owerful. With the Excalibur, his strength was parable to a peak High-bsp;Devil.

  Saeko, having just reached High-bsp;Devil level, was on the defensive.

  "Thunder Breathing: Thunder Cutter!" she shouted, unleashiroeique.

  Her body crackled with lightning, and she transformed into a golden blur, sshing towards the Fallen Priest.

  g!

  A deafening csh echoed as the Fallen Priest blocked her attack with the Excalibur.

  Saeko backflipped, creating distance.

  "Hahahaha, it's useless! No matter how strong you are, you 't defeat the Excalibur!" the Fallen Priest taunted, ughing maniacally.

  Saeko, however, wasn't disced. She smiled.

  She hadn't entered such a strong oppo in a long time.

  "Demon Syer Mark" she whispered.

  Her aura surged, being even more powerful.

  A golden lightning bolt mark appeared on her colrbone.

  The Demon Syer Mark was tagious. One person activated it, those around them would gradually awaken it as well, as long as they possessed the strength of a Hashira.

  After Mitsuri had awakened her Mark, Saeko had also mao awaken hers under her influence.

  The Demon Syer Mark signifitly enhanced physical abilities.

  The girls were surprised to see Saeko activate her Mark.

  "Saeko-nee-san awakened her Mark! Amazing!" Alice excimed with admiration.

  "Damn it! It's all Roy's fault for always taking Saeko to other worlds!" Saya grumbled jealously.

  It was true. Every time Roy had traveled to another world, he had only taken Saeko.

  This had allowed Saeko's strength to grow signifitly.

  Of course, Roy had his reasons.

  The world of Akame ga Kill! was too dark and brutal. He didn't want to expose the irls to it.

  "Saeko-nee-san is s," Koneko murmured, a hint of mencholy in her eyes.

  She watched as everyone around her grew stronger, while she remaiagnant.

  Koneko was eager to bee stronger.

  "Ara ara, even I might not be a match for Saeko now," Akeno ented with a sigh.

  She had easily defeated Saeko not long ago, but now, Saeko had surpassed her.

  Saeko, with her Demon Syer Mark activated, unleashed her attack.

  "Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderd Fsh - Eightfold!"

  She transformed into a blur of lightning, charging towards the Fallen Priest.

  g! g! g!

  A series of cshes echoed through the air as the Fallen Priest struggled to keep up with Saeko's speed.

  After a few moments, he couldn't rea time.

  Thwack!

  A deep gash appeared on his chest.

  "Aah!" The Fallen Priest cried out in pain areated.

  Just as Saeko was about to finish him off, a massive spear of light shot towards her from the distance.

  Roy reacted instantly, juring a massive ice wall that blocked the attack.

  Boom!

  The spear of light exploded, but the ice wall held firm.

  Saeko retreated.

  "Who's there?" Rias demanded, her eyes narrowed.

  Roy also gred in that dire. He knew who it was.

  As expected, a shadowy figure appeared in the sky. It was Kokabiel - the Fallen Angel Cadre, with his Ten Bck Wings.

  His powerful aura pressed down on them, causing the girls to tense up.

  "It's a Fallen Angel!"

  "He has Ten Wings! He must be a cadre!"

  "He's s..."

  "Is this the powerful enemy Roy was talking about?"

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