Austin went back to his house and spent the day as usual with his family. Nezha had already got used to the place but she always loved to stay beside Austin or even sleep with him at night which made Amanda—who wanted his affection—grumpy and quite annoyed by that, but still, she didn't hate the little girl at all and cherished her as her own daughter.
Anyway, the matter regarding the meeting with Sirzechs wasn't that important to him at all as Austin didn't like babysitting a spoiled princess like Rias, though she had a very powerful magic she didn't try to utilize it in more ways than just throwing it in orbs at enemies.
Akeno, the queen of her peerage was already stronger than Rias which should be shameful to the crimson princess, because as a king, she must be the one to set an example of hard work and discipline so others could follow and get motivated to get stronger, but her being this lazy and dependant on her brother most of the time if not always made her peerage weak despite having such talented individuals.
This was what made Austin refuse Sirzechs's request for training her, besides, this request had more implications than just training his sister because if he accepted, that would mean that he was supporting the devils and considered a very strong ally to them.
With this, Sirzechs would have hit two birds with one stone, training his spoiled sister and make her stronger, and getting a strong and powerful ally for the devils.
But Austin didn't like being used, he didn't like the whole situation at all, because honestly, he was arrogant and wanted to do whatever he wanted, not the other way around.
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Austin spent the next few days in calmness. Teaching biology, testing students, then going back home to enjoy some quality time with his daughter, mother and sister who became more proactive recently.
"Brother, tomorrow is the weekend, can we go out together? I want to explore this town with you." Anabelle said with an infectious smile as her eyes looked with anticipation at her dear brother.
And Austin could only smile at her eagerness as he knew what she wanted and what she hinted at.
A date, just the two of them.
Thinking this, he could only smile in amusement but was filled with warmness.
"Sure why not. Do you have a place in mind?" He said casually as he caressed Nezha's creamy silver hair making her purr like a kitten.
"Papa's hands feel good~" she said in a cute tone.
'Of course they are, I have first hand experience after all.' Amanda thought when she heard this making her thighs shiver slightly at the thought of his hands running along her legs and thighs before going straight for her sacred gates.
"That's good, you promised, so don't forget or I will cut you down into four pieces!" Anabelle said with enthusiasm as she felt so happy that he accepted.
"I want to go out with Papa too~" Nezha said while looking at Austin with those moist eyes of hers making his heart flutter and nearly lean against his decision.
"No! It's my day not yours, little girl. Humph!" Anabelle said with such fierceness in her tone and eyes.
"Papa, aunt Anabelle is so meanie!" Nezha complained.
"Wha— who are you calling aunt you little shit!" Anabelle looked offended and snapped.
"You are my Papa's sister, so you are an aunt.....loser." Nezha said with a smug smile on her face as she looked at Anabelle who looked quite stunned and gritted her teeth in annoyance in the next moment.
"You!—you shitty little devil, I'm not that old!" Anabelle looked pissed.
"Yeah, you are still a baby, understandable. And don't compare me with those pesky things, they are just maggots, and I'm a proud dragon, Papa's daughter!" Nezha said with while puffing her chest with pride at the end.
Anabelle couldn't fight anymore, she couldn't find any words to fight back, so she resigned and ran up to her room with a stomp.
In this match, Anabelle had lost.
During all of that, Austin was looking so amused and enjoyed how his daughter and sister fought each other with such fierceness, but what surprised him was how his daughter talked, like she looked to be 5 or 6 years old, how did she talk like that? And who taught her these words?
Austin could only think of one person for that.
On the other hand, Amanda was trying to suppress her laughter as she saw her daughter's face, it was hilarious.
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Next day, Austin kept his promise and waited for Anabelle in his car.
His daughter, of course, wanted to come too but Austin promised her to take her out for as long as she wanted and at any day she chose which made her accept, reluctantly.
Few minutes later, the car door opened and Anabelle got inside wearing some stylish and casual wear making her look both beautiful and energetic, suiting her personality.
"You look beautiful and amazing, sister." Austin said as he looked at her with appreciative gaze.
This only made her happy and blush a little.
"Thanks, and for the day, call me Anabelle or Anna for short."
"Got it, my lady." Austin mimicked a disciplined butler.
"Good, lead the way then, my handsome escort." And she kept up with him.
On the road.
"Do you have a place in mind, Anna?" Austin asked.
"Well....no, I don't know anything about this place so I just wanted to explore it, if it was Tokyo, I would prepare a whole plan for our outing already." She said.
"Well then, let the wind lead us." He said before he drove away.
In the meantime, Rias and her peerage were getting ready for the coming battle against Sairaorg Bael, someone who was hailed as the strongest of this generation.
Having a very powerful body and physical strength beside his Sacred Gear, Lion King, Regulus Nemea.
The group were training with the intent to win in his game.
Grayfia was leading Rias and Akeno in their training while Xenovia and Kiba were being trained by Oukita Souji, Sirzechs's knight.
The whole peerage were being trained by those who had proficiency in the areas similar to each one in the group or could do so.
Venelana watched all of that with some satisfaction but when her gaze fell on her daughter, she felt complicated. It was like emotional conflict as sadness and dissatisfaction conflicted with each other.
'Just when did it all begin.' she thought.
Her daughter, the only heir go the Gremory didn't live up to that title at all unlike Sona who carried the Stiri's name with pride.
You could say that Sona was stronger and more fit than Rias to be a leader despite the crimson haired girl having a very powerful and devastating magic and ability she inherited from her mother.
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A/N: Sorry for being late for the release but it wasn't my intention at all, I was just pressured in my work for the whole week.
I write another chapter today beside this one as an apology.