"Koneko told me that Issei Hyoudou smells strongly of dragons." Road Gremory, the heiress of House Gremory, said with a smile, moving her piece on the board as she glanced out of the window of the building she was on to look at one of the perverted trio that helped her adorable little took.

A groan escaped the lips of her opponent, causing both her and her queen, Akeno Himejima, to look at the young woman in front of them.

Sona Sitri groaned in annoyance as she moved her piece on the board, taking Rias' took.

"That... Man again?" The heiress of house Sitri looked towards the young pervert accompanying a young woman—the new transferee.

"You know him?" The crimson princess of ruin asked her friend.

"Sadly, yes... I originally wanted to scout him for my peerage, "

"That's a surprise," Rias looked at Akeno and Sona, before turning to Tsubaki.

"But sadly, that won't be the case,"

"Will you let me take him?"

"If you want him, ask my sister, she's fond of him."

The piece of information froze the crimson princess of ruin and the priestess of lightning.

"Lady Leviathan?" A nod from her friend made the young woman look at the pervert.

"He impressed her enough with her dress and her attitude towards him,"

"He did make a good dress," Tsubaki added, causing an annoyed nod from Sona.

"You mean the dress that Lady Serafall wore on that gala? Hyoudou made that?!" Rias couldn't believe it. She saw that dress and it fitted the ruler of hell perfectly and it seemed to glow and match her mood and Issei Hyoudou made that?!

"Yes, it costs a lot but it can also serve as armor," Sona revealed, looking at Tsubaki.

"We and the others tried to damage it using weapons and magic but it was quite durable..."

"H-how much did it cost? " Rias asked, looking at her childhood friend, maybe she can order some from Hyoudou for her and her servants.

"The dress he made for my sister was discounted and he only asked her to spread the word around her trusted friends... Lord Sirzechs and Lady Grayfia were considering having clothes made by him." That stunned the crimson princess of Ruin. She wanted Hyoudou to join her team but with powerful people eyeing him...

"President," Accepting the call from her rook, Rias knew this was important. Koneko would never interrupt a meeting unless necessary.

"Yes, Koneko?"

"The girl with pervert-senpai," 'Does my little Koneko have a crush on Hyoudou? Is she jealous?' She has a similar but stronger smell than him... She also noticed me... Please help!" Silence. The call was cut.

Worry echoed in the entire room as the devils turned to where the pervert and transfer student should have been but they were nowhere to be found. Casting a spell to search for their missing peerage member, Akeno's eyes widened as she found nothing

"They're gone!" Akeno whispered in panic as she tried the spell again only to find no trace of Koneko.

"President, we have a mage in school!" Tomoe Meguri, Sona's knight, barged in with a panicked look in her eyes. "She used a barrier of light to hide from us! He has the perverted Weaver and Koneko with her!

" Lead us there!" Sona ordered, having already prepared a plan. She knew Issei was a magician of some sort but the transfer student... She used light magic, a magic very difficult to grasp for regular humans and deadly to devils... If they were too late then.

Rias Gremory, followed without missing a beat, teleporting to the location where some of Sona's peerage were located.

The woods around the academy... It was already dusk and they could freely use magic with most people already having left to go home with only members of the moonlit world having stayed behind.

"Saji!" Momo shouted, looking at the blonde pawn who looked in a trance.

"I'm fine... I just feel... Calm around here..."

"That's natural," The voice of Issei Hyoudou echoed from the woods. "This is a spell that temporarily turns an area into a sanctuary for all, especially for dragons,"

Said pervert, smiled as he appeared from the woods. Dressed in his school uniform with a hand on a cup of tea.

"Would you like some tea? Elysia just brewed a batch,"

"Where's Koneko?" Rias shouted, worry painting her voice.

"Oh, she's fine but Elysia got her... She always loved cute things." Nonchalantly, the young pervert grabbed the air and gently pulled it as if he were pulling a curtain, revealing the form of Elysia, rubbing the head of a content Koneko on her lap.

"She's fine, Elysia caught her and..." True to her words, the enigmatic transferee managed to wrestle and completely subjugate the adorable first year. "Would you like to join us?" 

In several minutes, the members of Sona and Rias' peerage sat in front of the impromptu table created by magic as countless food filled the table. 

"This is quite the lovely brew, Lady Himejima," 

"Why, thank you, miss Shariac," Akeno said with a smile. 

"Huh, She's pretty cheerful," Saji noted as he looked at Issei while Kiba gave them an awkward smile. 

"It's her talent, she can easily interact with others," Issei replied to the Blonde. 

"Oh, thank you for the new set of clothes, Hyoudo, they're a lot more comfortable and I don't need to replace them,"

"No problem, Do take care in washing them, or at least use a cleaning spell every once in a while," Issei replied, gracefully lowering his cup. "Besides, it's one of my duties," 

"You're rebuilding the order here?" Elysia asked, looking at the Dragonlord. 

"Why not? Sera told me dragons exist and I want to spread what our mentor told us," 

"Putting a new faction in our territory?" Sona looked at the pervert. "How bold, you're settling in OUR territory, you have to pay us rent," 

"Sona, I know your sizes, I have Sera's contact information," The pervert cooly replied, matching the Sitri Heiress' glare with a teasing smile. 

"I hate you..." 

The interaction between the two caused the crimson princess of Ruin to let out a quiet laugh. The sight of her friend acting like a petulant teen was enough for her to fill the pages of her mental notes with things to tease her with. 

"So, Hyoudo, what is this faction?"

"The faction of Dragonlords," Issei confidently replied, "I already secured some funds to start us off thanks to Serafall and some of the people she introduced to me as clients. We have Tanin's support as well since we will be working closely with him," 

Silence, all Devils looked at Issei in awe, none more than the people who knew about Tanin, an ultimate-class devil and to think he would willingly work with a human like Issei. 

"Why not Dracomancers? Like the original order?" 

"I'm not a mage and... I like the name...." The pervert whispered, blushing. "Well, I was about to contact some magicians, but with Elysia here," 

"I accept," 

"I didn't even tell you anything!" 

"Issei, we trained under the same mentor. A Dragonlord must always have the assistance of a priestess," Elysia said with a smile. "We also both know you're hopeless with the more complicated aspects of magic,"

Strangely, this interaction between the two reminded Rias of both her older brother and his wife, only less comical and playful. She saw the trust between the two. How Hyoudo relaxed and how Shariac had her guard lowered around them. She desired something like that.

"Uhm, miss Shariac,"  Tsubasa Yura politely called out. "How did you and Hyoudou meet?" 

"That's irrelevant to this-," 

"Go play with your toys, Issei," Elysia said with a smile, cutting the pervert off as she prepared herself to tell the story of how they met. Pouting slightly, Issei slumped back in his seat. 

In a beautiful grove where the sun shone brightly, 

A beautiful young woman covered in form-fitting yet conservative hooded white robes sang a song as she groomed a dragon. 

"Thank you for helping me, Elysia," 

"It's fine, Laphicet," The priestess said with a beautiful smile. "It was my pleasure to do so," 

"I was just finished with my chore for the day," Elysia started, remembering that day fondly. "I heard from my mentor that someone will be arriving in the grove we live in and it was a new Dragonlord who bonded with a newly hatched dragon," 

Elysia sighed, she loved humans. She was only a half-human but she loved humankind nonetheless. But meeting a stranger and a Dragonlord? Her parents were dragonlords and she knew her way around dragons, even having befriended the half-dragon apprentice of the blue mage.

Arriving at an empty glade in the beautiful grove protected by barriers and powerful spells, she took a deep breath. Humming a song she loved since her childhood, she guided her body, moving to the invisible flow of the music of nature. 

She felt free like nothing could weigh her own. She was alive! 

Dancing across the green grass,

Beautiful flowers stood tall and flair as she basked in the gentle rays of the morning sun with each movement, 

"Draco! Wait!" 

In that instant, in the middle of a trance, she spun and saw him, a young man around her age with brown hair, covered in scratches as an adorable baby dragon laid on his arms. Before she could stop herself, she moved and offered her hand. 

She saw his hand reach for her own and she pulled him in, leading and guiding him in a dance of a music only heard by those highly attuned to the melody of music. 

As time passed by, each second felt like an eternity. She felt him synchronize with her moves, the sight of the baby Dragon now draped over his shoulders... the slight blush on his face as he smiled while following her dance. 

"Welcome to the Sunbreeze Grove, I apologize for pulling you into a dance," Remembering her lessons in etiquette, the young woman did a curtsy and gave him a loving mile. "It is a pleasure to meet you... I'm sorry, I did not get to hear your name." 

"Issei, I'm Issei Hyoudou."

"That's how we met," Elysia finished with a smile on her face.  

"How romantic!"

"Oh, if only my lord wasn't so perverted..." Elysia mischievously said with a smile. "He changed the sign on the bath to fool me," 

"That was an accident! Draco was perched on it and he needed a bath!" 

"Corrupting a priestess... how disgusting, pervert-Senpai,"

"Shame on you, Hyoudo," Sona said with a smile. 

"And here I taught you were cool," 

Droning out the teasing done to her lord, the dragon priestess smiled as she remembered the day they truly became friends. 

The memory of that day when she found him looking at a ruined leather wallet and a pair of pictures showing his parents. She understood that loneliness all too well. 

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Word about her close relationship with one of the perverted trio quickly spread around the campus and she possessed fondness for all that interacted with her, but the moment you said anything bad about Hyoudou or her friends, her personality became colder. 

Walking on their way from school, Issei looked at the smiling dragon priestess. His reunion with one of his closest friends removed a weight around his shoulders. Elysia was someone he could fully call a friend. Serenity was like his older sister, Ash was his apprentice and his little brother while Aria, Grams, and Yulgar took him in.

"You're staying with me... I have to meet the person who took you in, though." 

"I know, Ise, you'll love them." Elysia replied with a smile. "You know you can't perv on me while I sleep," 

"Shit..." 

Soft peals of laughter echoed in the road as the Dragonlord and priestess walked side-by-side. 

"Ise... Why are we 17 again?" Elysia asked. "We were around 21 in Lore." She whispered with a pout.

"I have no idea... It might be because of our situation..." Issei replied before sticking close to the priestess.

Arriving in his house, the young pervert opened the door.

"I'm home," Issei called out. "Take your shoes off and put them here." He said with a smile as heshowed her where to put her shoes.

"Oh, Issei, you got a letter from your job and... " Miki Hyoudou, his mother, paused from her sentence as she saw her only son and...

"Miki? Are you alright? " Gorou Hyoudou, her husband and Issei's father, looked at his wife and saw his son and his guest.

"Uhm, hello! You must be Miki and Gorou, nice to meet you!" Elysia said with a cheerful smile and a bow. "Issei told me a lot about you two and it's an honor to meet you now!" She had always wanted to meet the parents of her lord.

"Mom, Dad. This is Elysia, she's my best friend," Seeing their son, who became more mature, introduce his friend with barely contained happiness stunned them even more so.

"Honey! Issei brought a girl home!" Miki cried tears of joy. Finally, her son won't be alone.

"We can finally have grandkids!"

"Hey! Stop that!" Issei roared with a red face while Elysia giggled. "She will be staying with us." Issei replied as he looked at them.

"Issei brought home a girlfriend!"

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"What are you doing?" Issei Hyoudou, dressed in casual clothes asked, looking at a man in front of him dressed in a full-white ninja suit

"Oh, so you noticed me- De gozaru... It is I, ninja student Metatron!"

The pervert blinked as he looked at the... Ninja in front of him doing a pose and hand signs. He was on a patrol after his parents fell asleep. Elysia was already occupying his bed and he did not expect to meet.

"Okay, you do know, ninjas only wear that on missions and wearing that outside one makes you more noticeable," Issei said. "Your Kumain holder is a bit too high, and your Shuriken pouch on the back of your waist is a bit too far."

"Really, De Gozaru?!" Testing out his advice, the ninja adjusted his gear and to his surprise, the felt more natural.

"Ah, a fellow Shinobi,"

"Sensei!" Metatron looked at the newcomer, a man dressed in casual clothes.

"And to be this close to the level of a shadow (Kage) at a young age," The ninja master said with a smile. "It fills my heart with joy."