As they arrived both Yuril and Rias took notice of the creepy feeling they had which increased as they went closer. Arriving at the door Sirzechs knocked twice before they heard a click as Sirzechs held the door open, letting Yuril and Rias enter first before following behind them. Sirzechs stopped in the middle of the hallway before he suddenly spoke. "Ajuka, Yuril and Rias are here to collect their Evil Pieces." Sirzechs spoke to seemingly no-one.
Before either Yuril or Rias could question him the door to the elevator opened up prompting them to enter.
As they entered they saw Ajuka looking at them standing next to one of the many machines in the room. Ajuka is a handsome man with green slicked back hair who had an aura around him that Yuril couldn't really determine what sort it was.
"So," Ajuka spoke. "It's time for Yuril and Rias to receive their Evil Piece Set you say, huh?" The last was said gazing towards the two kids who nodded their heads and had smiles on their faces.
"Very well, who's first?" Ajuka asked.
Yuril and Rias looked at each other before nodding as Rias stepped forward indicating she went first.
"Rias will go first I see." Ajuka said as he led her toward the machine. As they arrived Ajuka brought her to the machine before typing in certain commands
A few seconds later the machine began to work as a chess set came out of it. Grabbing the set Ajuka walked towards a table with Rias following him before putting the set down.
"Now, Rias, I want you to drop a bit of blood onto the pieces to link each and everyone of them to you." Ajuka said.
Rias did what she was told as she made a shallow cut of her fingers, letting a few drops of blood hit the chess pieces. Once she was done a red glow covered them, causing her to shield her eyes before it disappeared showing that each of her pieces gained a crimson color, the same as her hair.
Inspecting them with childlike wonder Rias saw that one of her pieces, a Bishop, looked strange. "Uhm, what is with this piece? It looks strange." Rias asked, causing everyone to look at it to see it indeed had a strange appearance, making Ajuka rub his chin.
"Hm, it seems one of them changed into a Mutated Piece. Mutated Pieces are rare occurrences that can happen during the transformation process and are more powerful than their regular counterpart so congratulations on that." Ajuka explained, making her smile.
"Now Rias, please come here and synchronise with your set to ensure there will be connection with the Pieces in the future." Ajuka told her. Rias did as she was told and followed Ajuka towards a Machine where the process began. Seeing everything was done Rias thanked him before walking towards Sirzechs who smiled at her before inspecting the Pieces.
"Now it's your turn, Yuril." Ajuka said, getting him to nod and walk forward. Replaying the actions Ajuka put his set on the table before giving him space. Yuril looked at them before grabbing the knife and cutting it across his hand without batting an eye, making Rias flinch at seeing him doing it so casually.
Letting the blood freely fall on his pieces they, like with Rias, gained a glow themselves though it was a darker shade of red. Once it disappeared they all looked and saw them being a mix between black and red. Like Rias, Yuril too had a strange looking Piece which he grabbed to inspect.
"Amazing it seems that like Rias you too got a Mutated Piece, Yuril. Though yours is a Queen instead of Bishop." Ajuka informed him, making him nod in understanding. After that Yuril grabbed his Evil Piece Set before he repeated what Rias did as the Piece entered him. For a second his body was surrounded by a crimson glow which was caught by only Sirzechs and Ajuka but kept silent about it.
Clenching his fist at the feeling of its power Yuril turned to Ajuka before bowing slightly and thanked him as he made his way back towards Sirzechs.
"Well it seems we're done here Ajuka, thank you for your time and I will speak to you later." Sirzechs spoke towards him who gave a subtle nod in return as he watched Sirzechs walk off with his two siblings.
Two years had passed since both Rias and Yuril received their Evil Piece Set.
Yuril had grown to 5 ft 4 making him quite tall for his age, his hair grew out as well and ended just above his shoulder which fit him better. Constant training improved his body and already large magic pool making him an eye catch for girls around his age much to his annoyance and his family's enjoyment watching him struggle.
Rias on the other hand only grew a little making her pout whenever Yuril would tease her for her height. She had let her hair grow out which now just passed her back. Unlike Yuril who spent most of his time training she wasted it on Manga and Anime.
There were some less than happy events that had occurred that surrounded Rias, one of those were about a Marriage between heir of the Phoenix family and her, the heiress of the Gremory.
He remembered the glare she sent her parents and brother, making them all flinch in sadness at seeing her like thought they were doing her a favor but Rias was vehemently against it, claiming that she wanted to choose her own future, something he agreed with if his brief spike of power was any indication. Afterwards Rias ran off to hide in her room, letting no one except him inside who tried to calm her the best he could. It was ultimately solved after both he and Rias watched a marathon of Anime with him holding her. The day afterwards life went back to how it used to much to his parents' relief.
Yuril on the other hand also had numerous offers for marriage all which he declined telling his parents that he wasn't the Heir and would choose whoever he would fall in love with which they accepted much to his relief.
One of the many requests for a marriage was the Sitri family, known for their Water-Based Magic, between their Heiress Sona and himself. Sona, who was a young girl with short bob-cut dark hair and violet eyes combined with glasses. Sona was a girl who enjoyed strategy based games evident by the amount of chess she played.
While Sona and Rias got along great, the same couldn't be said for Yuril. One of the reasons was because Sona had more or less a crush on him which was one of the reasons her family had offered a marriage contract. So when he denied it she took it quite personal gaining Yuril the wrath of her elder sister, Serafall Leviathan, a beautiful woman with black hair like Sona except longer and done in twintails and violet eyes like her sister, who one midday walked up to him during training, grabbed him and demanded why he denied "her Sona-tan's hand in marriage" while shaking him and aiming quite a large amount of KI at him.
Luckily this was stopped due to Sirzechs interference, which calmed her down much to his relief. Afterwards Yuril had a meeting with both Serafall, Sona and the rest of her family where he explained that he was too young to be bound to something such as a marriage contract and told them that if he would fall for her normally he wouldn't mind but disliked the idea of being stuck to a contract for either of them and that if he were to fall in love with someone else he would have wasted both their time with the false hope of marriage.
Hearing his answer they all smiled at him, even Serafall and commented on how much older he sounded with the reasons he gave and agreed that they could not do that to either of them.
After that Yuril was slightly cautious about what he said to Sona, not willing to relive what happened with her elder sister again, while Sona still had the occasional blush around him.
Other than that the only noteworthy thing that happened was that his sister gained her first Peerage member, Akeno Himejima, Rias' Queen.
Akeno Himejima was a dark haired girl the same age as Rias, Sona and himself. She too had violet eyes though not to be confused by those of the Sitri Clan.
Akeno Himejima, who Rias, together with her father's Bishop had saved from death after she was kicked out and chased by Himejima Clan members due to her Fallen blood. When asked about her parents Akeno replied that her mother was Shuri Himejima, a miko priestess while her father, she spat out the word father like venom, was none other than Cadre level Fallen Angel Baraqiel. Hearing she had no place to call home Rias had quickly offered her a place in her Peerage, promising her a home and that her family would take care of her. Seeing no deceit Akeno accepted her offer, eventually becoming her Queen and best friend along with Sona.
Her and Yuril got along quite well much to Rias' joy as she couldn't bear having her Queen and brother disliking the other.
Yuril on the other hand hadn't used a single Piece of his set. When asked he would simply reply he hadn't found someone special enough before dropping the subject completely.
Currently Yuril was in his room thinking over a decision that would be utmost important. He wanted to explore and see more of the world, not the Underworld but Earth, where regular humans live ignorant of the existence of Devils, Fallen or Angels. Deciding he needed advice Yuril went looking for his elder brother who should be somewhere in the mansion.
After walking around and searching for him Yuril finally found Sirzechs sitting in his office behind his desk. Knocking twice before entering, Sirzechs looked up to him as he walked in before he took a seat in front of him and stared.
Seeing Yuril staring at him, Sirzechs returned it before eventually breaking the contest and began to ask what he was here for.
Still staring at him Yuril took a deep breath before opening his mouth and said. "I want to leave."
Sirzechs was shocked, leave? What did he mean by that?
"Umm Yuril-kun, what do you mean you want to leave?" Sirzechs asked him hoping he wouldn't say what he thought he would.
Yuril sighed before he ran his hand through his hair and spoke up. "I want to explore the world, not the Underworld but the world itself. I want to talk with regular humans, to see what they're like. I want to travel to different countries to see what it's like, to understand how the world works and gain experience. I want to look for members for my Peerage that I can't find here." Yuril said as he licked his lips before continuing. "But most importantly I want to be free, free from my current lifestyle, free from my concerns I have here and just live how I want to." Yuril finished while looking his brother in the eye.
Sirzechs, while shocked, showed nothing as he looked back into his eyes, inwardly he was proud of him after hearing the boy's speech. The boy wanted to gain something he couldn't get here though he did wonder about something.
"Yuril, why are you telling me this and not Mother or Father?" Sirzechs asked Yuril.
"Well, there's no way they would ever let me out myself, I mean I'm their youngest child they would worry over me like any parent would. Now, you on the other hand are a bit more neutral, you know? Yes, you care about me and Rias' well-being more than a normal person would but you know I can take care of myself and while Father and Mother do as well they won't admit it and say I'm too young."
"Alright." Spoke Sirzechs.
"Eh!" Yuril exclaimed out of shock. "You're serious?" Yuril asked.
"Alright." Sirzechs repeated. "I agree that exploring the world is good for you and would gain you more experience than you could get while staying in the underworld… However, you WILL contact me immediately should there be anything that you're unable to handle, non negotiable." Said Sirzechs as he handed him a paper that would summon him should the need arise.
Yuril stood up in happiness as he hugged Sirzechs with all his might who hugged him in return. "I'll inform our parents and Rias. You do know Rias will be devastated right?" Sirzechs asked Yuril who sadly nodded his head.
"I know it's just… tell her that I apologize for not telling this herself but that I need this in order to grow. Also tell her that I will be there should it happen, she knows what I mean." Yuril said.
"Very well, goodbye.. little brother." Sirzechs spoke with sadness
"Goodbye as well, big brother, and once again I'm sorry for Rias' reaction." Yuril said before he hugged him one more time and left.
Neither knew that they wouldn't see the other for little more than half a decade.