High School DxD: Rise off The Solar God

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"Infinity? What do you mean?"

"I have, no age."

"What?"

Issei was so confused right now.

"Do you have anyone you live with? Any family?"

"I, have no one."

The young man widened his eyes a little at Ophis's answer. The girl had no relatives? No one to take care of her?

"Why don't you have any family?"

The girl was strange, sure, but no one was that cruel to abandon someone like her.

"I, have always been in silence. The Nothingness of Infinity, is my progenitor."

Issei rose an eyebrow again in response.

'She's got a good vocabulary.'

"So you don't have anyone?"

"I, have you."

The young man widened his eyes again at Ophis's possessive tone.

"W-what?"

Ophis's eyes seemed to darken, and she lifted her finger, putting it on top of Issei's forehead.

"Do you remember? 11 years ago. My snake, bit into your flesh."

The young man rubbed his neck in remembrance, and his eyes softened.

"Yeah, I do."

"When my snake bit you, that signified, that you, were MINE."

"What?!"

What the hell did Ophis mean? Did she...

"W-wait! Are you saying what I think you're saying?!"

Ophis tilted her head as she removed her finger from Issei's forehead.

"I, marked you. As mine."

The young man widened his eyes in realization, and he resisted the urge to face-palm himself.

Shocked beyond belief, Issei lifted Ophis off of him and placed her on the floor. Blinking repeatedly at the look on Ophis's face, Issei shook his head.

"How old are you again?"

"I, am Infinity."

"That doesn't really answer my question. Or soothe my worry at all. Oh by the way, my name is Iss-"

KNOCK KNOCK

Issei and Ophis looked up at the sound of someone knocking on the door from outside. Looking down at Ophis, Issei just sighed and shook his head. He walked over to the door, and opened it, his look of tiredness immediately rising to surprise, then slow but rising anger.

In front of him, was none other than the young Chinese woman who had brought him to the Underworld to begin his fight with Riser.

Issei narrowed his eyes at Xuelan, his attention on Ophis momentarily forgotten. Xuelan gulped as she tried to endure Issei's icy stare. She felt her face heat up from his glare, and she shuffled her feet in nervousness.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Xuelan shuffled her feet again as she tried to avoid Issei's cold glare. She knew she had taken a huge risk in coming to his house.

Just to see him.

There were two reasons why she had come to his house. One was because she was ordered by Lord Phenex to tell Issei about the arrangement which involved giving Riser's possessions to him. The second reason was because out of all the members in Riser's peerage, she wasn't too frightened to volunteer.

That isn't to say Xuelan was exactly brave. When Yubelluna had informed her that Riser had perished at the hands of Issei, Xuelan was absolutely devastated. From how Yubelluna had described Issei, it confused Xuelan greatly. The way she described him...it was far different than the boy she had taken to the Underworld, under Riser's orders.

As she gulped down a nervous lump in her throat, Xuelan looked into Issei's different colored eyes and gulped again.

"A-are you alone right now?"

"Does it look like I am?" The young man answered coldly.

Looking past Issei, Xuelan concluded that Issei was indeed alone.

"Y-Yes."

Issei widened his eyes and turned around, only to see that Ophis had disappeared once again. The young man blinked several times in shock.

'What the hell?! I wasn't imagining the whole conversation with her, was I?!'

Sighing inwardly, Issei turned to look at Xuelan and narrowed his eyes.

"What do you want?"

Xuelan opened her mouth, and then she paused. How exactly was she going to word her response? She knew she didn't want to piss him off. Trying to calm herself, Xuelan gulped down another lump in her throat.

"L-Lord Phenex-sama ordered me to come find you. To inform you about something important."

"..."

Noticing his intended lack of response, Xuelan lowered her head.

"Both he and Sirzechs-sama would like to talk to you about the matter regarding Riser-sama's possessions."

Issei narrowed his eyes at the mention of Riser's name.

"I already told them I didn't want anything to do with Riser's belongings. I thought I made that clear. Now if you would-"

"B-but you won it fair and square." Xuelan interrupted, "You defeated Riser-sama yourself."

"I don't care about what I won. Tell Sirzechs and Riser's father that I don't want any of Riser's possessions."

Xuelan widened her eyes, and she stepped forward.

"Both Sirzechs-sama and Lord Phenex-sama insist that you have earned the right to Riser-sama's belongings. It would be honorable of you if you were to come to the Phenex mansion and accept what you have earned."

Issei maintained his cold stare as he glared at Xuelan.

"Honorable? Yeah right."

Xuelan widened her eyes again.

"W-what?"

Ignoring her, Issei opened his house door, and placed his hand on Xuelan's arm, before moving her out of his house. Glaring at the surprised look on Xuelan's face, Issei placed her in front of the door, and shut the door in her face.

Xuelan stood shell-shocked for a moment, and then she huffed.

How dare that boy do that do her?! How could he?!

Narrowing her blue-green eyes, Xuelan got into a battle position, as her hands started to glow with fire. Scoffing, she reared her fist back. As soon as she was about to punch and kick the door, Issei immediately opened the door and glared at her, prompting Xuelan to stop in her attempted attack.

"If you even try to kick or break my house door, I guarantee you'll wish you didn't. I...will...end you."

And with that, he slammed the door in her face again. Xuelan stood still with a frightened expression on her face, and she resisted the urge to faint right then and there. Sighing, she placed her hand on the ground, causing a magic circle to emit. The aura from it surrounded Xuelan, and she disappeared.

Issei sighed as he rubbed his head. Scowling, he shook his head and sighed again.

"Honorable. I-I can't believe-" He said as he shut his eyes in irritation.

Opening his eyes, Issei looked over to see Ophis sitting on his couch.

"O-Ophis, you came back. Where did you go?"

Ophis tilted her head as she stared at Issei.

"I, went nowhere."

Raising an eyebrow at her response, Issei sighed and shrugged.

"Ah, well..."

Looking over at Ophis again, Issei walked over to the couch, and sat next to the Ouroboros Dragon.

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