"Why did you call me again?"
The Goddess was in the same apartment Azazel was staying.
" Heh. I told you I'll hit you up for another conversation." replied the man as he poured another drink. The Goddess just stared at him blankly, sitting on the couch opposite the man.
" I heard about your fight with Kokabiel. Quite impressive, if you ask me."
" Who told you? That white armored dragon? I remember him saying that he was given orders by you."
"Yes. Vali did. He's ecstatic fighting you, if given the chance. That boy is a battle freak."
" I never imagined the White Dragon emperor to be working under you." Erin said as she narrowed her eyes.
" Yeah. Mysterious, isn't it? I even wondered why he followed my orders so easily."
Azazel grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the fridge. He poured it on another glass and offered the drink to the Goddess.
"I already told you that I don't drink. Why are you trying to get me drunk?" Erin spoke in irritation. Azazel laughed at this and patted her shoulders.
" You look tense. I just thought you need a little stress reliever or something."
"I am indeed tense especially when I don't even know why I'm here. Besides, if I ever want to relieve my stress, I don't resort to drinking."
" Ah. This feels nice. This actually looks like we are having a casual conversation like good ol' friends." Azazel commented in a carefree manner.
"You know, if you just wanted someone to talk to, I'm probably not the best candidate. Go find someone else and stop calling our peerage again." glared Erin.
"That hurts Erin-chi. And I was actually planning a list of topics we can discuss about. Starting with women, booze, Sacred Gears, etc."
" Stop calling me that." Erin sighed in exasperation. Azazel just laughed and proceeded to tell the history on why there are Fallen Angels and how they have fallen to lust. Erin had a 'WTF, What does it have to do with me?' look.
" I'll give you a clue. If ever you want to discuss about those things, you should talk to the Red Dragon Emperor and not me."
" Oho. Then what does the Blue Dragon Empress prefer anyway? That's too bad. I can see that a lot of girls are falling for you. It'll be a waste if you choose to entertain men instead."
" This conversation is not making any sense." Erin stood up, irritation obvious in her face. " I'm leaving."
Azazel just smiled in amusement
" Well, we'll be seeing each other in a few days anyway."
" What do you mean?"
" The Leader of each Faction decided to conduct a summit. Kokabiel's attack probably had something to do with it. The venue will likely be held in your academy."
" Thanks for the info but please stop calling me again." Erin said in annoyance.
She teleported back to Kuoh and she instantly resigned to the couch.
"Master, what's wrong?"
" Yes, Lady Erin. You seem upset."
" Nothing. Just the client being annoying."
" Who was your client, Erin?" Rias curiously asked. " He sent multiple requests explicitly demanding that you are the devil to attend him."
" It was Azazel. The Fallen Angel Governor."
All eyes looked at Erin in surprise and Rias abruptly stood up.
" What?! And what did he want?"
"Aside from trying to get me drunk, he would just talk to me about nonsense things." Erin sighed.
*(Slam)*
" That fool." Rias spoke with gritted teeth. " How dare he do such things? And to think that he is trying to lure my servant right behind my back."
" Just forget about it, Rias. I don't think he would do anything harmful at the moment." The Goddess assured.
The red head sighed but agreed.
" Anyways, I called all of you here to announce that we are assigned to clean the pool. It should have been the Student Council's duty but as a thanks for setting up the barrier during our fight with Kokabiel, I volunteered that we do the task instead."
Erissei was the one to instantly protest.
" What? Are you joking, Rias? That pool would require a whole day to fully clean the area! You should have accepted the task of sweeping the school grounds or something!"
"And the pool is so large, Buchou! We'll die from cleaning all that space!"
Akeno chuckled at their remarks and Rias shook her head, thinking how foolish they are.
" Erin, Issei.. you seem to forget the fact that we are devils who have devil powers to do the task easily." stressed Rias.
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Reaching the pool, Erin was already in low spirits seeing the amount of stains they have to remove.
" On a second thought, I'll just sweep some leaves on the school ground-"
" No. We will be cleaning the pool and that's final." declared Rias as she stopped the Goddess from leaving. Erin whined and was comforted by the twins.
" Okay, everyone. Let's show them our extreme cleaning skills and have this pool looking brand new afterwards!"
" Hai!"
" Why is everyone so hyped about cleaning a pool? Don't they see how serious those stains look? Erin was dumbfounded. This comment was agreed by Issei.
" Ara, part of the benefits we get from cleaning the pool is we can use it whenever we want. I'm sure that's one of the reasons why Rias agreed to do this task."
Issei imagined sexy scenarios after hearing this. He concluded that if they can use the pool anytime, then it would mean more Sexy Pool Paradise and Girls in Swim suits.
" All right! Those stains would mean nothing to me! I'll destroy you, sticky stains." Issei rushed to retrieve a nearby hose.
"Fufu, What about you, Erin-chan? Do you really hate cleaning the pool so much? You can see more of us in a swimsuit if ever we have pool parties." winked the raven head.
" I'm not Issei, senpai." The Goddess replied. She suddenly felt a tingling sensation, forcing her to grasp her neck.
" What's wrong?" Akeno asked in worry after noticing her discomfort.
" It seems like my gear is acting up again. The excess energy needs to be removed."
"Urk. This is stronger than the last one. It feels like I'm being strangled."
" I have to remove the energy then. Let's not waste time." Akeno grabbed her hand as they approached an empty storage.
Rias saw them leaving and squinted her eyes at the two.
"I'm suddenly feeling upset. Why do I have a bad feeling about those two?"
Inside the room, Akeno let the Goddess settle on the ground as she positioned herself on the girl's lap.
"Do you always have to remove the energy this way?" Erin had her eyes closed as she tried to maintain her breathing.
"It's more effective this way."
*(Suck)*
" Nghh." Erin averted her gaze as Akeno went on with the task.
" Are you feeling any better?" asked Akeno in between.
" Y-Yes. Though I can still feel some energy left."
" I'll have to put more pressure."
The Goddess took a hold of Akeno's shoulders as the girl gave more force.
" Just don't leave any m-marks. It'll be d-d-dfficult to cover it up this time and I don't want R-Rias to come up with strange ideas." panted Erin.
Akeno temporarily halted from her task as she leaned closer to Erin's face.
"What are you doing?"
" Tell me, Erin-chan. Are you and Rias already dating?"
Erin's eyes widened as she tried to maintain a distance between Akeno and her.
" N-No. We aren't."
" Then it's okay that we do things that are beyond normal friends, right?" Akeno's voice went low as she took a hold of the Goddess' chin.
" Don't try anything, Senpai. Unless you want Rias to kill us both!" Erin whisper-yelled due to their close proximity.
" I know that Rias already set her eyes on you. But after my feelings deepened from the past events, I can't just give you up to her. I'll do my best to steal you from Rias."
" What nonsense are you saying? You two aren't going to steal me because I won't allow it." Erin was in a flustered state and avoided looking at Akeno
The raven head trailed a finger from her neck down to her abs.
"Oh Erin-chan. You think that I will suddenly lose interest just because you don't like Rias or me? That's where you are wrong." Akeno chuckled sensually. " Because I will do my best to make you want me.. to the point that you are begging for me."
Erin was speechless.
" T-This girl is insane! Why do my crushes turned ex-crushes always go overboard at some point?"
Akeno had a blush on her cheeks as she directed Erin's gaze back at her. She was about to kiss the Goddess until the door went open.
Rias had a menacing aura surrounding her as she glared at them.
" Which one of you would like to explain first?"
Akeno chuckled as she got up from Erin's lap.
" Fufu. I was just helping Erin-chan with her Gear, Buchou."
Rias scoffed at this and turned away.
" Do what you want. It's not like I can stop you if you badly wanted to kiss each other's faces off."
*(Door Slams)*
"Oops. It looks like we made Rias jealous. You have to calm her down, Erin-chan~ "
Erin gaped at the absurdity of the situation and sighed in irritation afterwards.
" I can't believe you, Akeno-senpai."
Akeno only chuckled and placed a kiss on the Goddess' cheek.
- End of Chapter -