[3rd POV]
Walking through the Kuoh Academy grounds, Morgan was making her way towards the Occult building in which the meeting would be taking place. A meeting that she really didn't want to take part in, but knew that it was best to be there, mostly for Rias's sake, and she wanted to properly meet Riser Phenex and his peerage.
As she was walking, she had thoughts on her mind.
'With Riser finally making his appearance, things will soon begin to ramp up, with the appearance of Kokabiel happening within the next month, the Church, Azazel, and all the others. Kokabile and Azazel are easy enough to beat, but the Khaos Brigade is a completely different thing. Especially if Ophis herself gets involved' Morgan thought, knowing that she had absolutely no chance in hell of defeating Ophis, not even remotely.
The best chance she had of doing anything against her was through Poison. She had been focusing heavily on growing her poisons in hopes that it would be able to damage her, or at least weaken her. The one poison she wanted more than any of the others was Samael's poison, one that even Ophis would get affected by.
'I'll have to find a way of gathering some of it myself in the future, or pray for a sacred gear that will give me it as an ability. My current poisons are far from enough to be able to do jack shit against that thing' Morgan thought, remembering how strong Ophis was.
Ophis was the second/third strongest being in the entire universe, capable of fighting all the factions...at the same time. And with very little difficulty at that. Only Great Red and Trihexa themselves could contend against her, and perhaps God when he was around, but that was unlikely.
From what Morgan understood, Ophis was capable of obliterating planets with a single blast. How that didn't happen in the anime or manga she didn't know, but she suspected it was on purpose, or perhaps due to some sort of laws of reality in this universe.
Morgan wasn't on such a level, not even close. At her peak she could probably destroy a continent or two, but a world? Yeah no. She'd need to be a Super Class devil to have a chance of having that level of destructive power, but even then it would be extremely draining and difficult.
'I hope I can pull one of those bullshit fanfic situations where I can bribe the dragon god with cookies and a room made to be completely silent' Morgan thought, remembering all the fanfics that managed that, she hoped it would be the same here thanks to her charm that was seemingly capable of affecting more than people, but even things like causality.
'At the very least I need to kill Rizevim before the fool summons the ExE Gods. Those things are a hell of a lot more dangerous than even the Dragon Gods, even if they're stupid as hell and make no sense' Morgan thought, remembering that a single one had killed Great Red with ease in the novels, which was...dumb as hell.
Deciding that was enough for now, Morgan sighed and began to enter the club, making her ways to the room in which Rias and her peerage were waiting, alongside Grayfia.
As she entered, Rias's eyes lit up upon noticing her teacher "Sensei! Thank you for coming, I-It means a lot" Rias said, happy that her sensei would be here for this...less than enjoyable experience.
"Not a problem Rias. I've been meaning to get a look at the little bastard in person" Morgan replied with a smile, as she sat down on the sofa, before stopping as she felt demonic energy flare in the room, a demonic circle swirling behind the sofa in front of her, as a man appeared out of it.
"Ah~ Riser Phenex has arrived in the human realm!" Riser spoke, an arrogant smirk on his face as he looked around the room, before noticing Rias as his smirk widened even more.
"Ah my beloved Rias, have you finally decided to stop your foolish attempts at stopping this marriage?" Riser asked, looking over Rias with a lick of his lips, causing Morgan to cringe in disgust at the man.
'Yeah I'm killing this man if Rias doesn't. What a gross little devil' Morgan thought with a scowl forming on her face, not caring if the man saw. His family was richer than hers, sure, but she wasn't even remotely afraid of them, not anymore.
"I already told you Riser, I am not marrying you! And stop looking at me like that, unless you want a blast of power of destruction to your skull!" Rias said with a snarl, hating this entire situation. The only form of comfort she had at the moment was the fact that Morgan and Grayfia were there, making sure the man didn't try anything against her, which she was sure he would if they weren't.
"Truly? You still fight this? It's for the betterment of the Devil society as a whole! Imagine how powerful the children we'd have would be!" Riser replied with a scowl forming on his face.
"I don't care Riser! I will not marry a piece of trash like you! I'd rather die than become your wife, no, your plaything!" Rias yelled, her eyes glowing a deep crimson color as the room began to quiver underneath her power, Riser's eyes widening as he noticed her strength.
'Wha-she's stronger than before!' Riser thought, noticing the sheer difference in power. The last time they had met up, Rias was around the same level as him, if not weaker. But now? Now she was far stronger than him, to the point that he had to fight off the shudder of fear that was threatening to coat him.
Rias however, had noticed the reaction as she couldn't help but smirk slightly "What, you scared Riser?" Rias asked, looking at the man with a glow in her eyes. She wanted to tease him more, but one look from Grayfia caused her to go silent, deciding that was enough teasing for now.
"Enough. My master had expected something like this to happen. So, he had proposed an idea" Grayfia said, as Riser raised an eyebrow.
"In the event that Lady Rias does not wish to marry Lord Riser even now, a rating game is to occur between the two and their peerages. Whichever one wins, shall be able to decide the course of this engagement, whether or not it continues will be entirely up to the winner of the battle" Grayfia said, as Rias fought back a smirk at this piece of information, confident that she can win the battle.
At the same time, Morgan glanced over Riser, assessing him.
'Hmm, about mid high class or so. Not all that strong really, should be easy for Rias to crush by herself. Her peerage working with her in tandem will make quick work of them thanks to the teamwork training I put them through. As long as the bastard doesn't cheat at least' Morgan thought, knowing that the Phenex family might cheat in order to win, as they weren't exactly known for being the most honorable family in the world.
After all, they made their money off of those near death and in need of their tears.
Hearing the idea, Riser smirked himself "A rating game, truly? Seems quite unfair for my fiance, after all, Riser has fought and won plenty of Rating Games. While Lady Rias can't even compete yet" Riser said with an arrogant grin, before looking over the girls peerage, his eyes strayed to Morgan as a smirk formed.
"Oh? And this is your peerage? This is it? Well, I suppose you have a good one there. She'll be fun to play with once I win our battle" Riser said, looking over Morgan lecherously, who upon hearing this, looked at the man with a raised eyebrow.
"I suggest you stop, Lord Riser. Lord Morgan is not a member of Rias's peerage, but is her tutor. She is the Lord of the Zagan family, and will be treated with the respect owed to a Lord" Grayfia said with a warning in her eyes, not liking the look the man was giving Morgan, ignoring the small burst of anger forming her heart upon noticing the look.
She hadn't ever felt that way before. But Morgan had been drawing out a lot of feelings she had never felt before, feelings that she couldn't say she minded very much. As some of them were...nice, very nice.
Hearing the response, Riser flinched back "Ah, I see. I apologize Lord Zagan, I did not mean any offense" Riser said, inwardly scowling as he stared at Morgan. He remembered the stories his father told them about the Zagan family, and the past the two families held.
"Sure, whatever you say. But I'd suggest against looking at women in such a way. All it takes is to look at the wrong one, and you might find yourself without a skull attached to your body" Morgan replied, a small fake smile on her face as her killing intent swirled around, only Grayfia and Riser noticing it.
Grayfia fought back the twitch of her lips as she gave Morgan a warning look, causing Morgan to give her a wink and turned back to Riser who fought back a growl, understanding that the woman was messing with him. But he also understood that she was stronger than him, likely an Ultimate Class being like his older brother Ruvel.
"Well either way, your peerage is far from Risers!" Riser said as a demonic circle formed behind where he was sitting, women appearing from it. Each and every one of them were admittedly attractive, but not at all strong.
The strongest of them was High Middle Class at most and that was all. Well, besides his sister, Ravel Phenex, who wasn't really a true member of the peerage, and was instead using it for experience and all that. She herself was at High Class in power, only Low High Class, but High Class either way.
"Impressive, are they not?" Riser said with a smirk, reaching his hand over and fondling the breast of his Queen, Yubelluna, aka the "Bomb Queen" who was quite proficient in explosions, even by Morgan's standards.
She had a lot of potential for the future, too bad she was with Riser Phenex of all people.
"Not really" Morgan said bluntly as she looked them over. Yubelluna and Ravel were the only two of note amongst them. The rest of them were weak, and were mostly chosen for their appearances. Which was a little weird considering some of them looked...very very young, hell, she was pretty sure some of them were young.
'Gross' Morgan thought, cringing at the man. Sure, she liked Koneko well enough, but she was an adult, some of the members of Riser's peerage was definitely not adults. Meaning she had one more reason to gut the pig if Rias didn't.
'Although that's not surprising with how the underworld works' Morgan thought with a sigh, before focusing back on the conversation at hand, ignoring the fondling of large breasts that Riser was doing to Yubelluna who was "Enjoying it" but was in fact, immensely uncomfortable at the moment. Not surprising in the least, really.
"When shall this farce rating game take place? Riser wishes to know when to prepare to wed his bride" Riser asked, an arrogant grin still on his face as he played with his Queen in front of them all, ignoring the glare he was receiving from most of Rias's peerage. That or he was simply too stupid to even notice them.
"10 days, it shall take place in 10 days" Rias said after a few moments of thought. She was already well prepared for the rating game, but she wanted to make sure she was through the help of Morgan, who gave her a small nod of acceptance, not minding the extra training she'd need to give the girl in those days.
Smirking at the amount of time, Riser got to his feet and began to walk over to the rest of his peerage, the demonic circle forming under his feat as he looked back to Rias.
"You have ten days, my bride. And when that time comes, well...we'll have a very enjoyable night after our marriage. See you then, my bride" Riser said with a grin, as Ravel rolled her eyes at his side, the demonic circle teleporting them off, leaving behind a scowling Rias, and Morgan who had only one thought on her mind in that moment, a thought that was in pretty much everyone's minds in the room, and that thought was...
'...Satan I can't wait to kill that man'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Basically just the meeting with Riser and that's about it. Next chapter will be the 10 days of training and growing closer to Rias and Grayfia. With her likely getting her next harem member in that time before then.
Riser is being focused on for good reason, and is not the main antagonist of this arc, you'll see what I mean quite soon!
The next few chapters will have a lot happening, with canon being well and truly fucked soon~
Anyways, have a good day!