Well, Naruto had his work cut out for him if he wanted to change devil culture.
"...I also met the leader of the Old Maou Faction. He was young by devil standards, still a brat really. But he was well trained, no doubt about it, by who would be an interesting question however." the Great Hero muttered, scratching his chin.
The blond scowled, so this guy was tough then, huh? "What's his name?"
Jin took out the cigarette out of his mouth, puffing some smoke smoothly, looking at the young man in front of him seriously.
"His name was Leohart, second son of the Original Lucifer."
Sirzechs Lucifer was staring up at the ceiling, slowly twirling the wine glass in his hand, not paying any attention to the wine inside the drinking glass.
He was sitting in his throne room, contemplating his current situation in the luxury of his room.
"What are you thinking about, Sirzechs-sama?" Grayfia asked lowly, standing by his side, as always.
The red-headed Maou sighed, placing the wine glass down onto the small table next to his throne. "To be perfectly honest; many things. The recent string of incidents that have taken place are...troubling, to say the least. Add on to the fact that Naruto-kun made that little speech before he left and...well, the repercussions of that may very well be far-reaching."
The maid nodded. "What should be done about it?"
Sirzechs shrugged. "What can be done? It's happened, the damage has been done; for better or for worse. All we can do is react accordingly to the consequences."
The queen of the Maou Lucifer nodded slowly, word will slowly spread through word-of-mouth about what has happened today, it won't take long for the media to get a hold of it either.
From there, the information could easily be accessed not only by other devils, but by other biblical factions as well; especially the fallen angels.
Grayfia's eyes narrowed. What would Azazel do about this when he hears of what happened today...?
Hard to tell, that man was slippery.
Before she could continue her musings, a large magic circle appeared in front of them, much to their interest.
Especially for Sirzechs, considering the crest it displayed.
Phenex.
Out from the magic circle, came two individuals; a man and a woman with blond hair and dark blue eyes.
The man looked like an older version of Riser, having similar blond hair which was spiky at the back and the same dark blue eyes.
While the woman looked like an older version of Ravel, also having blond hair and dark blue eyes, except with her hair raised high with ornate hair decorations.
"...Lord and Lady Phenex; to what do I owe the pleasure?" Sirzechs inquired genially.
Lord Phenex bowed to the Maou, indicating his respect. "Greetings Maou-sama, we have come in the hopes of catching the young man that has apparently fought and defeated my son today, is he present?"
The red-headed Maou slowly shook his head. "He left already, I apologize."
Lady Phenex placed her hand on her cheek, frowning. "Oh my, it seems we were too late. A shame."
The clan leader of the Phenex clan sighed, they were hoping to get here in time, Riser only recently woke up and told them the story of what had happened.
Sirzechs leaned away from his seat, eyeing them warily. " Lord and Lady Phenex...why do you seek to speak with Naruto-kun, if I may be so bold in asking?"
He honestly wasn't sure if he should allow them to get close to Naruto, if they wanted to pay him back for defeating their son, then he would have to do his best to lead them away from the human powerhouse.
It would all very simply blow up in their faces, Naruto-kun didn't seem to take the concept of authority too well...
Lord Phenex faced the Maou Lucifer, a no-nonsense look in his eye.
"I wish to thank him."
Sirzechs nodded. "Alright then, that makes sen-"
Then he paused.
Wait...thank him?
Lord Phenex must have noticed the growing incredulity in the Maou's expression, because he immediately attempted to explain himself.
"We haven't really talked about it, but my son-"
Lady Phenex pinched his sides, causing him to wince and quickly rectify his mistake.
"-Our son; Riser, has obtained something of an arrogant streak, something that he has obtained due to his overconfident belief in our regeneration abilities. So imagine our surprise when we found Riser to be...different after he awoke from his unconscious state." Lord Phenex mentioned, thinking back to how different their son acted when compared to the last time they saw him.
Lady Phenex nodded. "I thought he would have been traumatized from such a defeat, but instead he seems to be rather contrite. Honestly; how Uzumaki Naruto managed to help my son learn a valuable lesson about the limits of our abilities without scarring him is something I'd like to know. Checking the pride of a high-class devil like Riser isn't easy after all."
Her husband raised an eyebrow in her direction, didn't she just pinch him over calling him 'my' son...?
Meanwhile, Sirzechs was shaking his head. Naruto-kun was really too much by this point.
He also couldn't help but wonder if they knew about his declaration yet...?
"Very well, I suppose that you'd like to thank him personally then? Perhaps you would like to accompany me when I next visit the human world?"
Lord Phenex perked up at that. "We would like that very much, Maou-sama. Thank you for being so understanding. His actions truly mean a lot to us."
Before the Maou could respond, something else interrupted him.
A green magic circle appeared on the opposite side of the throne room, illuminating the entire room with green luminescent light.
Everyone watched as a young-looking man with green slicked back hair emerged from the transportation device. A bored look on his face as the magic circle finished it's work.
He momentarily looked around, turned to face Sirzechs Lucifer in the face as his equal.
Practically because for the most part, he was his equal.
"Well...many things seems to have happened while I was away, but better late than never, right?" the young-looking man intoned.
Sirzechs merely grinned, as if gazing upon an old friend.
"Yeah, I suppose that's true...Ajuka."
Naruto was seeing the leader of the Hero Tribe off, shaking his hand as a farewell outside of the house.
"Really, thank you for telling me what you've learned." the shinobi said. "But why would you go through such lengths to tell me all of this?"
Jin's eyes panned from him to the blue-haired hero that was waiting for them to finish their goodbyes, staying silent, before moving back to the blond.
The older man then simply gave him an enigmatic smile. "Who knows? Perhaps on a whim? Or maybe I'm just beginning to like you?"
He shrugged. "We may never know, brat."
Naruto snorted, a strange bastard as always.
Jin's expression went serious for a moment, leaning closer to him.
"But maybe...I'm just hoping that you will protect your friends with everything you have, no matter what comes your way...all of them." the hero whispered conspiratorially.
The shinobi grinned. "Do you even need to ask? If there's anything that I'll do, it's protect those I consider precious."
Though after that statement, the blond shrugged, a self-depreciating smile on his face. "Although, considering the shit I've done today, maybe I might make everyone's lives a bit more...exciting than I'd like."
The Great Hero raised an eyebrow, he did something stupid recently, didn't he?
He had a feeling that he didn't want to know.
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