DXD: LORD NETORI

(A/N: for the list of Harem MCs in the DxD world, I will make a list later, when the story of DxD Canon DxD S1 - Ep1, Anime Version starts.)

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After Ken finished his business with Akeno, Ken then went to see Rias.

Since Akeno and Rias' rooms were not far apart, it didn't take long for Ken to arrive at Rias' door.

*Ketuk-

When Ken had just knocked, Rias suddenly opened the door and invited him in without saying anything.

Ken just laughed at her funny behavior.

"So, what does this little 'princess' need from me to make me promise?" Ken asked and sat on the edge of the bed, right next to Rias.

"Mou~ I told you to stop teasing me like that!" Rias said with feigned anger and turned her face to the side while puffing up her cheeks.

"Pfft- hahaha... sorry, sorry, you look really cute with that face." Ken couldn't hold back his laughter anymore and said lightly.

"Humph!" Rias just snorted.

"Alright, sorry, sorry. we can get serious now, what do you need?" Ken asked seriously.

"I've already gotten permission from my mom." Rias said just as seriously as Ken.

"Yes?" Ken became confused.

"I asked my mom to take you as my husband, then she said that I was too young..."

"So, my mom suggested that we get engaged first and my mom agreed too."

"But..." Rias paused her words.

"But what?" Ken, who had been silent due to being surprised by the cunning girl in front of him, finally spoke.

"Although it's just an engagement, but you have to remember, you'll marry me in the future." Rias said proudly while puffing out her chest.

Hearing such words coming out of a little girl's mouth, the corners of Ken's mouth twitched wildly.

"You naughty girl! Does your father know this? If you don't ask your father's permission first, he'll be angry when he finds out you're doing whatever you want like this." Ken said and pinched both cheeks.

"Ouch!" Rias winced and felt a bit of pain.

"Little girl, do you know? Whenever you misbehave, your father will always go looking for me and pour his heart out by telling me stories until my ears ring as I listen to his ramblings."

"Furthermore, I'm bored to death of hearing him complain about his head getting dizzy every time you cause trouble."

"At this point, do you understand my suffering, princess-little-Gremory-sama?"

Ken finished speaking and became breathless.

"U-Un..." Rias just nodded her head with teary eyes.

Looking at Rias who nodded her head, Ken sighed and removed his pinch on Rias' cheek.

"Haahh... besides, you're still a kid Rias, where did you get an idea like this and immediately asked your mom to approve it?" Ken asked and sat back down beside her.

"Eh? when I visited Sona." Rias answered.

"When?" Ken asked.

"When you were going out with Grayfia onee-sama." Rias answered.

"What did Sona say?" Ken asked again.

"Eh? hmm... Sona said that if you like someone, you should marry them before it's too late, because if you don't, someone else will steal them from you and it will be too late." Rias replied with her head tilted to the side and an index finger on her cheek.

'Even at such a young age, Sona is already showing her brain talent.' Ken thought.

'No wonder that in the original story, Sona was touted as the genius of her generation.'

In the end, Ken could only sigh and stroke Rias' head.

"It won't be too late, if when you grow up you haven't changed your mind, I'll accept it." Ken said.

"Eeehh?! but Mom already agreed!" Rias said.

"First of all, what you have to do is you have to grow up to be a strong woman." Ken said seriously and looked directly into her eyes.

"Secondly, you have to mature first." Ken continued and raised a second finger.

"And lastly..." Ken raised a third finger and became confused as to what to say.

"The third one?" Rias asked seriously.

'Damn it! I already know what he's going to be like in the future, that's why I'm giving him encouragement like the first one so that he has the desire to be strong and get stronger.' Ken said inwardly.

'As for the latter, maybe he won't take it seriously because he just needs to bide his time.'

'However, it's the latter that gives me a headache. Damn!'

"Hmm... the last thing you should do is...." Ken said and a bead of sweat appeared on his forehead.

'Think, think, think.' Ken went back into his thoughts.

'Hmm... let's see, "Rias, you should be a beautiful woman-" no, I already know in the future she will be a beautiful woman!'

'Hmm... "Rias, I don't like women with small breasts-" not really, then what about the future version of Koneko-chan?!'

'Damn! Ah- hehe... I know.'

'If I want to trample Zeoticus ruthlessly, why would I only use his wife? why not his daughter?'

'Furthermore, Sirzechs is also very fond of his family, especially his younger sister...'

'Hehehe~ if so, isn't this what is called killing two birds with one stone?'

After knowing this, Ken came out of his thoughts and cleared his throat.

"Ahem! The last thing is, I only marry someone who will always be on my side no matter what the problems and situations are. even if that woman has to leave their own family members." Ken said seriously and looked at Rias.

As Rias listened to this, her body jerked slightly and she imagined her adult self leaving her mother and father.

"Umm... Ken, that last one seemed too-"

Rias didn't have time to finish her sentence when Ken gave her a peck on the forehead.

"I know you can do it and won't fail, Rias." Ken said and gave her a charming smile.

Getting such treatment from Ken for the first time, Rias' face suddenly became as red as a tomato.

Her head bowed down with both index fingers playing with the hem of her shirt.

"No need to overthink it, just think of it as encouragement for you." Ken said and rubbed Rias' head gently.

Ken was telling the truth, in that kiss on the forehead, Ken didn't have any purpose at all.

What he did was purely just an affectionate kiss like a brother trying to encourage his younger brother.

On the other hand, Rias could only remain silent and nod her head weakly.

Her red face couldn't be hidden from Ken.

Rias could only lower her head and fiddle with the hem of her shirt with a smile like a fool but a happy look on her face.

'Hehe~ Ken kissed me!~ Kyaaaa!~ Ken kissed me!~' Rias shouted happily and jumped up and down inside herself.

Looking at Rias who was just speechless with her face red with embarrassment, Ken could only sigh in his heart.

'Haahh... Judging from Rias's reaction like this, everything will no longer feel challenging.' Ken said in his heart and sighed helplessly for the second time.

"Haahh... if a process for a performance is too easy, it will make the performance look mediocre." Ken said quietly and there was a hint of disappointment in his tone.

'Well~ whatever, an entertainment is still an entertainment.' Ken thought.

Restoring his mood back to normal, the charming smile on his face also reappeared on his face.

Shaking his head, Ken glanced at the door and chuckled slightly.

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While Ken was talking to Rias, a head was seen peeping into Rias' room.

The person eavesdropping is none other than Koneko.

When she wanted to ask something to her master (Rias), Koneko accidentally heard Ken's voice talking with Rias inside.

Therefore, perhaps due to her natural instincts as a Nekomata of the Nekoshu race, Koneko decided to peek and eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.

What Koneko heard was a seemingly normal and unremarkable conversation.

Koneko eventually became bored and decided to ask about it later and return to her room.

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Meanwhile, on the other hand, Ken smiled as he watched Koneko leave.

Ken, of course, had known Koneko's existence outside for a long time.

Therefore, Ken made an illusion and showed it to Koneko of himself just having a normal conversation with Rias.

That way, the three conditions that Ken mentioned to Rias earlier and Ken kissing her forehead were not known by Koneko.

Although Ken felt nothing strange about the ordinary kiss, the third condition would sound too unreasonable to Koneko.

Because as it was already known, Koneko still couldn't accept the reason about her brother killing their master at that time.

So, even though Kuroka is currently not being hunted down in the underworld and labeled as an "SS" class criminal as it happened in the original story, Koneko still finds it a little difficult to accept the reason for her brother killing their own master.

Therefore, with Ken giving Rias the condition that he would only marry a woman who was willing to leave her family, Ken was sure that it would be a heavy blow to Koneko's heart.

Because no matter how she looked at it, her older sister, Kuroka, still hadn't come to see her and solve their problem directly to Koneko.

Ken of course had already spoken to Kuroka to at least go meet or greet Koneko.

But Kuroka would always answer him with; "If Shirone still doesn't believe and thinks like that, let it be like that. at least this time she has a reason to be strong and catch me, right?"

And continued by saying; "I can't keep protecting her and staying by her side all the time, at least she should have the strength to protect herself."

Hearing her answer, Ken just raised his eyebrows and decided to stop meddling in their affairs.

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Coming out of his thoughts, Ken then left Rias' room after saying goodbye to her.

Of course, Ken also reminded Rias to invite Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko to train together.

Only by practicing hard, Rias, Akeno, Koneko and Kiba will be different, unlike themselves as known by Ken in the original 'DxD' plot.

Furthermore, Ken himself was the one who trained them once in a while.

So, by the time the DxD plot started, Ken was sure that the four of them would be much stronger than they were.

When his business was done, Ken checked Zeoticus' whereabouts with his senses.

When he found that Zeoticus was busy in his study with a mountain-like pile of papers, Ken smiled and went to see Venelana and Grayfia.

Ken closed his eyes and reopened them before looking up at the sky outside.

His eyes had changed, if before they were beautiful cloud blue eyes, Ken's eyes were currently full of color.

It looked just like the Galaxy in space that was full of mystery.

But right now the Galaxy itself was unfolding in his eyes with stars or celestial bodies occasionally shooting out like shooting stars.

So beautiful... And very deep....

If someone saw this, that person would think that the current Ken didn't look like the same person at all.

Ken blinked his eyes, before focusing his vision only on Gremory's territory.

(A/N: use your imagination, what's in those eyes is a Galaxy with a constantly visible shooting star phenomenon and mysterious flashes in it.)

Ken sighed as he realized that whether it was morning, noon, evening, or night, the sky in the underworld made no difference.

The sky would always be purple, whether it was morning or night.

Blinking his eyes once more, Ken's eyes returned to their original color and resumed his footsteps to meet Venelana and Grayfia.

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