"Sigh, I really hope your youngster didn't cause any trouble, Ajuka-chan. Otherwise, we won't have peace for quite a long time."
Serafall waved her magic wand back and forth in her hand. Although she said this aloud, based on the information she had just received—that Diodora liked to toy with nuns—even if he had not provoked any supreme powerhouses in the human world, once he was discovered by certain angels of the Church, Diodora would definitely pay the price.
She had already prepared herself mentally to face the consequences of the trouble Diodora would cause. After all, he was already dead. What more could they do?
No matter how annoying it was, they would still have to grit their teeth and clean up the mess left behind by that detestable Diodora.
Hmph. Unlike that, her own adorable little sister Sona had no such vile hobbies. Although Sona did not like being close to her older sister, she was far from being comparable to trash like Diodora.
Buzz!
Suddenly, a magic circle bearing the crest of the Sitri family unfolded beside Serafall. The magical-girl Satan immediately cast a surprised glance toward it.
This was a teleportation magic circle that only her trusted aides possessed. Knowing that she was in a meeting and still teleporting in meant there must be something extremely important to report.
As the light of the magic circle flashed and faded, a female devil with a fiery figure but an icy expression stepped out. Upon seeing several Satans present, she immediately knelt on one knee and lowered her head.
"I sincerely apologize for interrupting your affairs, my lords."
She expressed her apology right from the start. The Satans did not mind much. For Serafall's confidant to break into the council chamber to report something, the matter was likely very important. For now, it was better to hear what had happened.
"Lina, is there something urgent?"
Serafall also understood that the matter might be serious and directly asked her confidant.
"Lady Serafall, something very important has happened on your sister's side. Lady Sona suddenly left Kuoh Town's territory and, together with her peerage, went to Chiba…"
Crack!
Serafall's expression froze instantly. The magic wand in her hand was crushed in a single grip.
This news also caused the expressions of the other two Satans who were listening to darken. What was going on? Even Serafall's sister was acting up now?
Serafall's sister was not someone unreasonable. How could she do something like this at such a critical moment?
"She—why did she suddenly leave Kuoh Town and go there?!"
Serafall immediately stood up, her expression icy as she looked at the female devil delivering the report. She had already snapped back to her senses and now wanted nothing more than to rush to the human world and grab that disobedient sister back to spank her.
Just moments ago, Diodora had died beyond all doubt, and right after that, her adorable little sister had gone there too. This—this—was she trying to anger her to death?
"Lady Sona did so because—"
The messenger devil was about to continue when, at that moment, the doors of the council chamber suddenly opened. A cold, indifferent voice continued what she was about to say.
"Because Rias wants to escape her engagement with Phenex Clan, she took her peerage and ran there. She likely has some plan in mind. Sona followed because she was worried that Rias might run into trouble."
Looking over, they saw a mature beauty with long silver-gray hair walk in. She wore a dignified maid outfit that was particularly eye-catching. Despite wearing a maid's uniform, she exuded an unmistakable air of composure and nobility.
Everyone present recognized this silver-haired maid. She was none other than Sirzechs' wife, Grayfia.
Grayfia looked at Sirzechs with an icy expression. After hearing this news, the devils present turned completely grim.
Serafall finally understood the situation. It was not that her sister was rebellious and disobedient, but that she had acted because of Sirzechs' sister.
"Sirzechs, if anything happens to my sister, I won't remain a Satan!"
Serafall looked at Sirzechs, whose expression was equally grim, and spoke these very blunt words.
Everyone present understood the meaning behind them. If anything truly happened to her sister, she would give up the title of Satan and fight to the bitter end.
She would not implicate the devils of the Underworld, but no one should expect to stop what this obsessive sister would do.
"…Everyone, let's put this meeting on hold for now. There are more important matters that must take priority."
Sirzechs calmed his turbulent emotions, looked at Grayfia, and stood up. It was clear that he intended to deal with his troublesome sister first.
Serafall was worried about her sister. How could he not worry about his own? He never imagined that Rias would go this far just to avoid marrying someone from the Phenex Clan.
"…I'll go to the Pandevilium Hall as well. With the Feathered Serpent God suddenly arriving here, I doubt that lord will simply ignore it."
Ajuka sighed, stood up with a headache, and spoke softly to Sirzechs.
"Thank you, Ajuka."
Sirzechs looked at Ajuka with apology and gratitude on his face. The lord of the Pandevilium Hall had never liked interacting with the devils on their side, yet Ajuka would still go there even when there was nothing urgent.
The devils here disliked the residents of the special devil region, and those devils equally despised these restless troublemakers.
Ajuka had often been met with hostile, cold stares from powerhouses there who were no weaker than him.
Now, because of the trouble caused by his sister, this friend was still willing to go there for his sake.
After all, even Sirzechs, a being who had surpassed limits, did not have absolute confidence that he could come and go freely in the human world.
Thus, the meeting of the Satans was temporarily adjourned as they went off to handle more pressing matters.
---
The special devil region of the Underworld mentioned earlier was a place inhabited by devils who genuinely despised slaughter and war, completely separate from the territories governed by the Four Great Satans.
Compared to the devils here, those devils were gentler and kinder, rarely committing evil deeds. Actions like Diodora's were outright criminal there and would be severely punished if discovered.
To the devils on this side, such an existence was both incomprehensible and repulsive. They believed those devils were unworthy of being called devils. Meanwhile, the devils on the other side, having little desire for conflict, also disliked these devils, and the two sides had long since cut off relations, mutually detesting one another.
That said, anyone who thought they could take advantage of those devils' kindness would be no different from seeking death. Many ancient devils who had survived resided in that region and stayed removed from worldly affairs.
These long-lived powerhouses also no longer liked fighting. There were quite a few beings comparable to the level to Sirzechs and Ajuka among them.
That devil region was governed by the lord of the Pandevilium Hall, the original Beelzebub, the undisputed strongest existence among the devil race today.
Among the old Four Great Satans who had perished alongside the gods, Beelzebub had actually been the second generation.
The true original Beelzebub had long since split from the primordial Lucifer due to irreconcilable differences, carving out his own domain and ruling autonomously. This had even led to internal conflict and a battle. In the end, neither the original Lucifer nor Beelzebub could do anything to the other. Combined with the tense state of affairs at the time, the matter was eventually dropped.
Nowadays, the devils of that special region maintained relatively friendly relations with the angels of the Heavens. Many young generation devils from there even had good relationships with angels, unlike Sirzechs' side, where minor frictions still occurred constantly.
That lord of the Pandevilium Hall, having survived from ancient times to the present, had only grown more terrifying in strength. If not for the fact that they no longer liked conflict, the new generation of Four Great Satans would truly have to step aside.
Devils worship strength above all else. Some devils dared to resent those in the special devil region, but none dared show disrespect toward that lord.
Do not think that they had survived to the present merely by virtue of status.