DxD: Reincarnated Trickster in Ecchi World

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"Go ahead then," I calmly commented. "Tomorrow we will probably be forced to wake up early nonetheless."

"And I don't want to be touched in any way-"

"Go sleep already," Vali pressed with some insistence, drawing a snort from the girl as she got her warm sheet over her body as she curled like a small ball while enjoying the softness of the couch.

…

The snoring started shortly after, with my posture easing at the sign that the young woman was indeed asleep and no longer capable of harassing us any longer with her teasing.

I changed the channel, setting it to a peaceful nature-focused one and… tried to get sleepy by enjoying the quiet site offered by the screen.

"Azazel will push us to do more of this," Vali commented calmly. "This entire thing… it has the potential of drawing way too many annoying situations for us to handle."

"Yes. I'm well aware of that," I dryly remarked.

"And… you're not planning to do anything about it?"

"What could be done that wouldn't piss off Azazel?"

He seemed to consider it for a while. Pausing as he couldn't find anything that legitimately could've worked to dissuade the Governor-General to milk that juicy opportunity to tie us up like that.

It wasn't even something that could be legitimately argued about, especially with how 'simply natural' it was for teams to go through this kind of bonding.

It didn't mean we were all happy that we were forced into this, but we weren't even that much pissed at the thought of outright sabotaging this effort altogether. It was a bizarre limbo that left us to contemplate and genuinely spend some time together.

Looking at Raynare as she quietly slept in that peaceful manner, I couldn't help but remember that this very being was one of the first main antagonists of the whole series.

Now she was a gray figure that was to be trusted just because Azazel vouched for her loyalty… and because she didn't seem to have any correlation with Kokabiel beyond being pushed in this situation.

Vali wasn't exactly a saint, but at least his career as a villain lasted shorter than his heroic ones if I was to take under consideration his legitimately good approach to things during his time together with the original Slash Dog team.

While he did lose some of the innocence he had as a child, the unpleasantness of his abusive family back when he was much younger had ultimately molded him into an individual that could be trusted, but also not.

He was on Grigori's side now, but at the closest chance to gain power that wasn't tied to his Grandfather, he would consider bailing to achieve new heights.

You three reminds me of how my family once worked like.

Are you telling me it was highly-dysfunctional, hopeless at times, and sometimes unhinged?

...Lilith used to cook, so that you might have 'inherited' from her.

Fuck off.

No you, brat.

Recoiling at the swift defeat against the former overlord of Hell, I decided to return to reality.

And while Vali looked ready to completely invest himself on the nature program, unwilling to continue any other interactions, there was something I couldn't help but ask now that it was just the two of us in that situation.

"Did you ever consider the chances of approaching the rest of your family?" I asked quietly, still staring at the TV.

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"What?" He asked back, drawing a quick glance from me.

"You know. The chances of this guy, Wilbert, and his sister, Sapphire, thinking of taking you in if they knew you existed?"

His eyes slowly returned to the screen, his mood simmering a little bit at that unpleasant topic.

"I wouldn't accept them now," He admitted calmly. "Not when… there are a couple of things I just can't forgive to my family as a whole."

…

"But what about those that actually couldn't know about you? What about your… aunts?"

"Aunts?"

"Wilbert's daughters."

He sighed. "Sakakibara, I'm not interested in… talking about this. I'm still debating if I should even consider your opinion worthwhile."

"You already made that decision when you met me as Hekishoku," I firmly remarked. "But I guess we can talk about something else."

"Albion said that you have the scent of his rival on yourself. The User of Ddraig, does he live here in Kuoh?"

Very interesting, so the scent of those that are tied to a Sacred Gear like the Dragons or other animals could be perceived like that…

"He can't give you a challenge," I answered, frowning at that subject. "You kill him now, and the chances of you ever finding someone to train with that can grow as fast as you will be wasted."

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"Do you care for him?"

"Like a little brother," I admitted without hesitation. "And I will kill anyone trying to hurt him."

"Even if it was me?"

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"If you harm him for no reason. Yes," I replied with a sigh. "I know you're not someone that likes to jump the gun."

"But I'm someone that will not accept weaklings."

I turned to stare at him again. "Does that mean I'm not a weakling in your eyes, Vali?"

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"Yes. But that doesn't mean I consider you worthy of my full attention. Only two people in Grigori deserve that privilege."

...Was he referring to Lavinia? It was the only character that, beyond Azazel, managed to get a good spot in Vali's heart as a trustworthy and kind individual.

"Sounds fair," I said before shrugging at that decision. "You pick your own interests out of this sea of strange things."

His frown displayed a degree of confusion, but he still didn't regard me with a quick comeback and I took it as a sign to finally prepare to sleep. Just as I felt my eyelids closing at my tiredness, the young man decided to speak up again.

"What about you?"

I blinked, keeping awake just enough to understand what he was referring to and what kind of answer I had to deliver on that occasion.

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