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Rias Gremory POV:

The familiar master had been guiding me and my peerage throughout the forest however my mind had been elsewhere this voice I had been hearing and beginning to expect my queen Akeno and possibly my rook koneko had been hearing also had been distracting me quite a lot

At first, I thought I was just going a bit crazy from the stress of this engagement between, Me and Riser Phenex and just needed to take a break to blow off some steam so I began to ignore it and focus on my peerage just vaguely keeping track of what the voice was saying just in case it was real

That was when I started to notice the oddity in Akeno's behavior first she would giggle or chuckle at strange moments even when nothing was happening or being said she was also delayed in responding to being addressed like she was caught up with something else 

And koneko was far less attentive than usual as though she was also distracted by something else

Kiba seemed perfectly fine as he chatted with the familiar master inquiring about the various familiars that reside here and other such things

But the strangest thing happened we heard an unnerving amount of explosions similar to when Akeno goes all out against a stray it was the sound of lightning impacting against things

That’s when a strange thought plagued my mind

‘Could that voice possibly be real and they’re nearby?’ I couldn’t help but think as curiosity took hold of my mind I couldn’t help but ask the familiar master to guide us towards the sounds completely indifferent to his warnings of possible dangers

As we came upon a clearing stood near the middle but more towards the edge was a boy around my age facing a sprite dragon from what the familiar master whispered 

He asked if we should intervene but I suggested just watching until he needed help I and the others were already confused by the appearance of a pure-blooded human in the underworld 

We all stand and watch the boy with his arms spread wide as though he wants to hug the dragon though his face tells a different story his mouth hung in a manic smile filled with rage

His pale pink eyes narrowed filled with malicious intent his hair was muddy but that couldn’t hide his black hair that ends with tips of flame orange

His whole body was practically bared for the world to see huge patches of cloth eaten away by that slime he talked about earlier rips I could only assume were from branches tearing into his clothes slight trails of blood leaking from small cuts and scrapes throughout his body 

‘He looks roughed up but he’d survive’ I thought interested in what the “Reward” I had vaguely taken note of hearing just before arriving here would be

He stood there for a moment as the sprite dragon stared him down suddenly two flames flickered into existence in the center of his palms I watched captivated by the smooth motions of his hands as the fire danced beautifully within his grasp 

Within seconds he had a majestic arrow of flames illuminating everything around him he looked more demonic than any of us devils at that moment as he stared into the eyes of the sprite dragon 

The arrow launched from his grasp like that of a barreling train it tore through the air I watched as the sprite dragon wing was eviscerated from the flame arrow part of its wing simply disappearing with the flame arrow off into the distance and exploding 

The sprite dragon fell from the sky no longer able to fly without its second wing though it tried to flap the uninjured wing it was futile as it chaotically spun toward the ground

When it finally landed the boy who had kept his eyes on it the entire way down smiled in satisfaction the look mirroring that of akenos when she goes overboard on a stray devil in my eyes 

The boy takes a limp step towards the dragon however he stumbles to his knees seemingly out of a mix of mana and perhaps physical exhaustion through the injury on his foot couldn’t be helping 

He takes huge mouthfuls of air seemingly muttering something my ears cannot catch from this distance

“Should we help him president” Kiba murmurs towards me the others looking toward me

“No, if he is in danger then we shall step in” I state curiosity taking me over what could or rather this strange boy do

I faintly acknowledge the nods of understanding the others give In response to my statement my attention focused on the dragon and boy

The dragon is seemingly grieving over the loss of its wing finally balefully returning its gaze to the boy and begins to stand up snarling at him

The boy seeing this gaze grits his teeth and rises to his feet walking towards the dragon with a limp as they meet in the middle they exchange blows 

The boy kicks the sprite dragon's head into the ground in return the sprite dragon's yellow claws dig into the boy's foot causing him to drop his knee onto the dragon’s neck

What happens after that can only be described as brutality born out of pure spite there was no thought but killing put behind the blows of the boy he hammered his fist into the dragon 

Not caring for its cries of pain no matter how loud it yelped or if it grazed him with its limbs he just kept hammering his fist into its body

Then once he got into a better position he began to claw and scratch the back of it making little to no progress and breaking his nails as he dug jagged pieces of flesh out  

When he had no more nails he began to bite into the creature's wings ripping chunks of the wing off its body he licked the side of his mouth causing the blood there to smear 

Bathed in the light of the red full moon he sat there light pink eyes gleaming as he tore the sprite dragon apart piece by piece 

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Gloomy: I know this seems like lazy writing cause it’s pretty much just a recap of the last chapter but I didn’t want it to seem like Rias and others just popped up lol but the next chapter will have Akeno's POV 

Also, can you guess what his appearance Is based on?