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Are you sure this is the address?" a middle-aged salaryman asked his wife as the pair stood in front of an intricately forged steel gate that seemed almost as if it had been bent from a single piece of metal, lacking any craftsman's marks or welding lines.


"This is the one written in the note Issei left." The woman answered, holding onto a note torn from a notebook with a desperate grip. "Something's happened to him! He's acting really oddly and there was a group of some really shady women with him! I think he's been kidnapped by mafia or yakuza or something and they brainwashed him, or something like that!"


"Issei, just what have you gotten yourself into this time... Did you peek under the skirt of a yakuza boss's daughter or something? I can't bail you out of something like that..." The office-worker sighed in resignation to mask his rising fear as he rang the doorbell beside the gate.


Gorou Hyoudou, and his wife, Miki Hyoudou were definitely feeling out out of their element as they searched for their wayward son, Issei, who had apparently moved into a huge mansion at the edge of Kuoh, in the fabled 'noble' district that sported quite impressive estates belonging to some well-off families that sent their previously only daughters and now also sons to Kuoh's high-class academy for gifted people.


Gorou had stated that the whole establishment reeked of nepotism and frivolous spending of taxpayer money, but had come to concede his point as Issei had, against all odds, managed to get into the academy and proved that money wasn't the sole reason the well-off families got their sons and daughters in.


Nevertheless, it was hard to shake off the feeling of wandering to a place far too expensive for them as they waited in front of the 'Phenix' estate's gates for someone to either drive them off the gate or let them in so they could inquire about Issei's whereabouts.


"Momon, huh?" Gorou adjusted his glasses. "So, they forced Issei to change his first name as well? And are you certain he's married now?"


"According to his note, and according to the city's registry... I hadn't even thought to check it, but it seems that the name change is legal. Or would be, if whoever had decided to adopt our son and have him marry some woman had bothered to ask his real parents about it!" Miki's tone was calm, but Gorou knew that he woman was enraged inside but hid her anger well.


A huge door opened in the distance and a maid stepped out of the mansion, and walked to the gate with brisk, mechanically perfect steps.


The gate opened before the two worried parents before the maid could even stop, almost as if there was an automated opening mechanism in it, but Gorou couldn't spot one.


"Good morning, and welcome to Phenix estate. Master is currently unavailable, so may we offer some refreshments while we contact our Lord and inquire whether he's capable of coming to meet you in such short order or if an appointment is necessary?" The maid asked while curtsying in front of the two parents, causing Gorou to freeze completely still while Miki was equally stunned.


'The... the fabled kuudere french maid! Complete with porcelain-perfect face, slim figure and frilly dress! A bit tall to fit the stereotype, but that just makes it more exotic- No! My mind is slipping, I cannot afford such distractions!' Gorou's mind had entered a state of lockdown, but 'dad mode' activated and caused him to shake off the stupor. "I'm Gorou Hyoudou, and this is Miki Hyoudou, and we are looking for our son, Issei Hyoudou who I am told has changed his name to Momon Phenix. Ah, and if you're offering, we'd like some tea while we get our bearings straight. May I trouble you to inform our son, who I believe is now calling this lovely estate his home, of our presence here?"

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