Devils were immortal. Well, almost immortal, considering that even low class devils could live for about 10,000 years, as for pure blooded devils, there was no definitive answer, as there has never been any recorded death of a high class devil due to old age.
Now, immortality is a great thing, I mean if I was a human, one of the first thing I would try to do would be to make myself immortal somehow, I was a firm believer of outliving others to win.
And, my untimely death in my last live sure did give a boost into my determination of living forever.
Though, there was one thing which could be considered a problem, immortality skewered the sense of time of us devils, making us far too complacent and lazy.
And why am I saying all this? Because I think I have been cursed by that devil laziness. I mean, I know I should have trained and learned stuff like magic, science and all…
But all I have done is procrastination…
And the sad part is, even after knowing all this, I can't bring myself to do hard work.
Oh, and devils were somewhat attached to the seven deadly sins too, and from what I think of myself, I have got three of them,
Sloth, Lust and Pride.
Sloth, well, I explained it to you.
Lust, my future harem plans sell me out.
Pride, well, I am pretty proud of all I have achieved. Which, sadly, is just being born as a super devil in a superrich house. It may feel like I have done nothing, but I have 99.9999% of the world population beat just by being born.
And, I am pretty proud of that.
Don't understand? That's the problem, even I don't, that's why pride is considered a sin.
Though, I would have preferred Greed as a sin, since that sin can really help in boosting one's strength, cause, I would always want more strength.
But I am actually pretty content with my Phoenix force, and genuinely think that I need nothing more.
I mean, you may argue that there are stronger beings out there, and I am just a frog in the bottom of the bell, yada yada
But I am a happy frog in the bottom of a well.
And, I have absolute freedom inside the well.
I never wanted to become the strongest, I just wanted to be strong.
It's always been like this, I was a multi-millionaire, and very content with it, never even tried to become a billionaire.
So, what I have wanting to tell you by spouting all this is…
Somewhere down the line, I kind of gave up on training, or improving myself, since the phoenix force automatically made me stronger continuously…
Now, I have delved completely into my old passion of binge-watching Anime, Web series, movies, novels, manga and about every other good stuff you can think of.
I mean, unlike before, no one can even tell me that I am wasting my life now, can they?
So, time passed, and I turned 12.
A very very important age for devils, since from this age, you can become a certified slave owner, I mean lead your own peerage.
And a peerage is basically a group of close servants, which every high class devil has, based on the chess pieces, so 16 in total.
Which means, in essence, a devil can have upto 15 members in his peerage.
Now, this number may vary because many supernatural beings with high talent may require more than one evil pieces.
This, however, is dependent both on the person being reincarnated, and the one reincarnating them, a strong king not only can reincarnate stronger beings, but also need lesser evil pieces for the same strength level beings.
And, for a super devil like me, well, it's basically confirmed that I would be getting 15 servants.
Of course, peerage also isn't all that important to me, since they are mostly used for rating games, and with me, a literal super devil participating, a single attack is enough to ensure that no one else from my side needs to even lift a finger.
Today, I would be getting my evil pieces, and then, I can start looking for members.
And to get the evil pieces, you need to go to the city of Agares, and register there at the giant monolith.
Now, since I am a super devil, me getting my evil pieces was quite the big deal, enough to warrant the attendance of all the satans, and many other important figures.
So, I had to spend nearly an hour greeting them all, before I could finally get the evil pieces from Ajuka Beelzebub.
"So, are you ready, Riser-kun? You just need to put your hand here and release your demonic energy, and your evil pieces would appear, of course, how many of them are mutated remains to be seen, but knowing your potential, I am prepared for surprises." Ajuka said with a gentle tone
"Thank you, Lord Ajuka." I replied and nodded at him, placing my palm at the monolith, releasing my energy, the demonic energy, nurtured by the Phoenix force.
There was a bright light, and a chess set appeared in front of me.
"Huhh… Eight mutated pieces! Marvellous, this has to be the highest recorded one, even Sirzechs only got 5.
Four Pawns, Queen, Both bishops and a rook.
Quite the luxurious set, especially the mutated Queen, you can raise a very powerful partner with that." Ajuka said visibly excited for the first time.
And, after that, what followed was an even more boring session of everyone congratulating me, some offering their daughters and clan members as servants (peerage members) to me.
I respectfully declined most of them, though one name did intrigue me, and I would contact them later.
Kuisha Abaddon.
A total baddie, one of the best girls in DxD, and the queen of Sairaorg Bael in the original work.
She would make a perfect pawn or bishop.
Hmm, pure blooded devils can also be turned into peerage members, I had forgotten about that…
Finally, after about 2 hours, we were finally free and returned to the Phenex estate.
Arriving home, I put on a serious expression, and turned towards my father beside me,
"Father, contact that Volus Abaddon, I am rather interested about the girl he offered me, Kuisha Abaddon.
I wish to meet her, invite them here, and prepare for a meeting." I said with a serious face.
I know, kind of disrespectful, but when your father is someone who just jumps using your name, you lose respect for him.
And, he did kinda fear me too, so when I asked him to do something, it slowly turned into how I would order a subordinate…
Sad, but it is what it is.
Well, at least I have great relation with my mother.
"Y…yes, I will prepare for everything right away." He replied, slightly nervous, and walked off fast.
'Kuisha Abaddon…' Well, I feel a bit bad stealing her from Sairaorg, but my lust removed whatever thoughts my mind had.
It was time to officially begin my peerage.