"...I figured that it would work a lot like a contract if people saw it. I actually saw a lot of that happen back at my home, where people would hand shake with one another to form a binding agreement. I thought that if I could trick Riser into doing a hand shake after we've made an agreement...then it could count as one. Especially when Grayfia was sitting right there." Naruto explained while scratching the back of his head.
Everyone was silent as they stared at the blond.
"But...I wasn't aware that the hand shake was about the agreement!" Riser pointed out, you needed both individuals to be aware of the agreement before a hand shake could be considered binding!
Then his eyes widened when he realized what he just said.
"That's right. You were aware about the agreement. We shaked after you gave us the conditions of what happens when who wins. Like someone who signed a contract without reading the fine print...it doesn't matter about how butt hurt you are after the fact." Naruto retorted stubbornly.
Riser grit his teeth, desperately thinking about a way out of this situation.
Then it clicked.
"Even if I've accidentally signed a contract...it wasn't one that was done with Rias and myself! A contract can't overwrite another unless the conditions of the first one was met in some way! Which means that unless Rias and I agreed to this new contract...that engagement can't be canceled!" Riser explained with a smug smirk.
"I thought of that too." Naruto pointed out quickly, before turning to Rias. "You should know too."
Rias blinked, she should?
She thought back, what did Naruto do that could be interpreted as her speaking...?
Then her eyes widened...that's why he...!
'You are leaving this to me right!?'
'O-Of course!'
"When you asked me to leave it to you...that could be taken as you representing me...!" the red-headed devil realized in slight awe.
"Yep!" Naruto chirped, happy that his brilliant plan worked.
Grayifa nodded, it was a simple and yet brilliant legal move. Surprising that this boy could think of something so elaborate...
He essentially created a situation where Riser and himself could clash with one another in a battle. Then he made sure that he got permission to speak for Rias-sama by asking her to 'leave it to him' publicly. From there, he set up the conditions for the match, creating a condition that they both agreed upon...and as Rias' representative, they essentially passed the conditions left to the engagement contract to set up a binding contract over it. Giving the second legal precedence.
The final nail in the coffin was when the human boy made the pretext that they were hand shaking for a good match, but he never mentioned what it was about. So Riser agreed to the new contract.
Simple, yet extremely effective.
Riser fell on to his knees, shell-shocked at what has just occurred.
Naruto gave the similarly shocked Rias a thumbs up.
"Am I a badass or what!?"
She said nothing.
Then...
"NARUTO!" Rias cried out, tears pooling from her eyes as she hugged the life out of the whiskered teen.
The shinobi gave her a soft smile. He began to rub the crown of her head in comfort.
Her ordeal was over.
Riser Phenex left the Gremory summer home the second he could think properly.
He didn't want to stay there for a single second longer than he had to.
...This was a bad dream. This had to be a bad dream!
He couldn't have lost to a human...
He couldn't have been tricked by a human...
He couldn't have canceled his engagement with the heiress of the Gremory family...
He would wake up any second now...
...
"THAT SON OF A BITCH!" Riser shouted out, not caring how childish he was sounding.
He lost his prestige, self-respect, and engagement! All in a single day!
Because of him!
"I see you're having a bad day, Riser Phenex."
The high-class devil widened his eyes as he heard a foreign voice in his own home.
Where...? Where did it come from!?
"Looking for me?"
Riser snapped his head towards the ceiling, watching a young man dangle from the chandeliers of his mansion.
He looked familiar...
Then it clicked.
"...Diodora Astaroth?" Riser asked in slight confusion.
What was he doing here? More than that, how did he get in here?
"...I see you're confused, Riser. But instead of focusing on me...how about we focus on something else...?" Diodora replied, before spreading his wings and settling down to the floor.
It was only once he reached the floor, that Riser noticed why he had such trouble recognizing him.
He had an opera mask that completely covered the left side of his face.
It was half of a happy white mask.
He was about to question it, when Diodora asked something that made his question die in his throat.
"I suppose Uzumaki Naruto has gotten you as well...yes?"
That was the human's name...Naruto.
Diodora's grin was large and twisted, but Riser didn't care.
"What's it matter to you?" the blond devil asked harshly, he turned away from him glared at the floor.
"...I suppose it's because we have a common enemy. Uzumaki Naruto...is a threat to not just you or me...but to all devils. He's touched and hurt you, a high-class devil, has he not? He's raised his hand against his superior. What would happen if those who were meant to stay low on the food chain took his example? Low-class devils rebelling against their high-class masters...it would be chaos...and you could stop it." Diodora whispered, treacherous and dark ideas were being weaved over Riser Phenex.
Riser was staring, eyes unseeing as he contemplated what the heir of the Astaroth clan was saying.
...Yes. He could see it...a chain reaction. High-class devils needed to retain their prestige, otherwise the 'lower' classes wouldn't look up to them anymore, as they should.
Yes...he was a threat. Not just to him, but to all devilhood.
Diodora grinned his sick and twisted smile.
It was easy...so easy. Riser was a proud man...one that hated the thought of losing...especially to those he saw as inferior.
He wanted to believe that Uzumaki Naruto was a threat. He wanted to believe that he could receive nothing but accolades from his thoroughly selfish actions.
The perfect little puppet.
"What do I have to do?" Riser asked quietly.
"...I have someone who can help, a friend that will give you power. Use that power and show Uzumaki Naruto who is superior."
As is just.
As is right.
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