Riser Phenex isn't a villain

Chapter 274: Benevolent

On their next trip, along with Magari, they went to the north of Japan and booked a hotel near Lake Akimoto in the Fukushima Prefecture.

Unlike the southern and central areas of Japan, the northern areawas quite undeveloped, without particularly eye-catching industries or even famous landmarks.

Yet, it wasn't something so surprising as the north had always been quite harsh compared to the south, but at the same time, due to this harsh environment and lack of development, nature was breathtaking. Moreover, it was summer and near fall, so the temperature was cool and comfortable.

Even though the place Riser had chosen for a holiday wasn't particularly famous, it made all of them happy, especially Rossweisse, who had been living in the North. This place somehow reminded her of her home, and it also made her sigh.

"What's wrong, Rossweisse?"

"Riser-sama..." Rossweisse showed a forced smile.

"If you have something that you are worried about, then please tell me."

Rossweisse wished to talk, but she hesitated.

"Just talk." Magari stared at Rossweisse. "If you don't talk, you might affect everyone's mood during the holiday."

"I-I will talk!" Rossweisse didn't want to affect everyone's mood on this holiday, and she also knew that her worry was quite meaningless, especially when her family reassured her that nothing would go wrong.

Her story started when she told her family that she was hired as Riser Lucifer's bodyguard after being left behind by Odin.

Hearing those words, her family cursed Odin with all of the vocabularies on their minds while also feeling happy by her new job. Nevertheless, as they didn't expect her to work under Lucifer, they were curious, especially when Riser was particularly loud with his actions.

Unlike Sirzech, who maintained a gentle and kind image that was loved by everyone, Riser maintained a tough leader who wouldn't compromise with anyone. It might not be wrong that he would be pictured as a dictator, but this was normal since the interaction between myths wasn't that particularly good, and all the Christian myths weren't seen in a good light by other myths since their myth had taken the believers of the others who originally believed in the other myths.

As the beings that were born from the pagan religion, it would be a miracle if Rossweisse's family had a good image of Riser Lucifer.

Naturally, Rossweisse refuted all of those rumors without hesitation that she was almost desperate. She made sure her family believed that Riser was gentle and wonderful.

Only—

"Do you like him?"

"Grandma!"

Rossweisse lost her calm and pretended to be angry. Within her family, her relationship with her grandmother was the closest as she had always been taken care of by her grandmother, considering how busy her parents were. Being teased like this by her grandmother, she couldn't help but show her temper. "Do-Don't tease me, Grandma! Moreover, he... he is a married man..."

"Then, are you going to become his second wife?"

"Se-Second wife?!"

Nevertheless, it was impossible for their family to be relieved since they didn't know much about Riser and they were afraid of Rossweisse being played by such a mighty being, but Rossweisse was angry by their misunderstanding, and she told them what was happening during her stay in the Underworld, especially when she was almost dying, and the Norse Myth was almost going on a war with the devil, fallen angel, and angel due of Riser's toughness.

Still, as the mythology that was born during the Viking era, being manly and courageous was the number one trait that was sought by many who were born from the Norse Myth. Even more, Riser was standing at the top of everyone.

When they thought about this, the probability of Riser showing an interest in a country girl like Rossweisse didn't seem that high, right?

While those words made Rossweisse depressed, she also felt quickly cheered up since she knew he was married, so she shouldn't have an expectation of him, and she changed the topic to what was happening in her country.

"Loki-sama is a bit noisy."

"Loki-sama? Is it okay?"

Even though they might say it lightly, Rossweisse knew that this matter wasn't small, especially when she knew Odin planned to become the ally of the devil, fallen angel, and angel.

The power of the alliance of devils, fallen angels, and angels also started to grow, especially when they gained the alliance of the East Youkai Faction and Japan Pantheons.

Due to Nurarihyon's effort and smooth relationship with everyone, along with knowing the horror of Riser, he made the Japan Pantheons become the ally of the devils.

Nurarihyon also loved this job since he knew as long as Riser could control every supernatural being in the land of the Rising Sun, he would be the one who was entrusted by Riser to lead this country.

Following Riser definitely wasn't a shame. Instead, it was something that Nurarihyon could be proud of.

At the moment, the only factions that hadn't followed Riser were the West Youkai Faction and the Five Principle Clans.

The West Youkai Faction aside, as the leader of this Youkai faction started to communicate with Serafall to talk about the alliance, the opinion of the Five Principal Clans were diverse as some of the families of the Five Principal Clans didn't have a good impression of the current Lucifer.

Yet, this reaction was normal since those families had a relationship with Vali and his group three years ago.

Riser, who was the source of Vali's nightmare and also destroyed many things that they loved, definitely wasn't something that they wanted to befriend.

However, those who got a good impression of Vali and his group were only the young generation.

The old generation leaned toward the alliance of the devil, the fallen angel, and the angel as the threat of the Khaos Brigade started to spread in their direction.

Riser didn't care about that human since sooner or later they would die. He, as the devil, would outlive them, so their opinions didn't matter.

Nevertheless, with the Japanese pantheons and the Norse pantheons, the power of the alliance grew stronger.

Yet, similar to the Five Principal Clans, within the Norse pantheons, there were also those who hated this alliance and wished to break it. However, Odin, who wished for the future of the Norse Myth, wished for the alliance, and his movement was supported by the majority, which caused those who were dissatisfied could only bear their rejection.

Naturally, it didn't mean that they gave up, as they seemed to plan to kill Odin so this alliance would stop.

"Who is the leader who rejects Odin's wish for peace?" Riser asked.

"It should be Loki-sama."

"Loki? That trickster god?" Ravel was surprised, but Riser raised his eyebrow. "You mean that bestial lover?"

"...." Everyone.

Rossweisse opened her lips, then closed them again. She knew that Riser had disrespected Loki, but she couldn't argue since it was a fact. Yet, for Loki, who could shapeshift into many shapes, the moral value that was held by others didn't matter to him.

"Why? Why didn't he want peace?" Magari asked since she wasn't familiar with the other myths.

"Because if this alliance succeeds, then Ragnarok won't happen."

"Ragnarok..."

Naturally, Riser was familiar with this term as it was the Judgement Day of the Norse Myth. He showed a light smile, then comforted Rossweisse softly. "Everything is going to be okay. Your family told you that everything is alright, right? Then, believe in them. Moreover, even if Odin might seem unreliable, he is still the King of the Gods of your myth. Lastly, he isn't alone. Many also support him, like your family, so if they tell you that it will be alright, then believe them."

Hearing those words, Rossweisse also started to believe in her family. "Yes!"

"Then, let's have a drink! For the alliance!"

"For the alliance!" 3x

"Wait, are you going to drink too, Ravel?"

"Ah, can I, Onii-sama?"

"...."

Anyway, Riser thought that he was going to leave tonight.