A Nexus Devil-Chapter 85:Jake questioned again in shock!)

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Before Jake made it back to his wing of the mansion, one of the many maids intercepted him and told him that the mistress of the manor wished to speak with him.

He nodded and followed behind her. He tried to ask her some questions about Venelana, but the maid didn't respond...

A few minutes later, after walking in awkward silence, she eventually led him to a new door and told him, "The mistress is waiting inside, and it is fine for you to enter."

He opened the door and across the room, he saw Venelana Gremory sipping tea on a nice sofa. "Hello, Jake. Come and sit with me." She turned to the maid. "You may leave us.

Thank you." The maid bowed and left as he made his way over to her. He had to admit that he was still slightly nervous around her. His existence did apparently cause her husband to be kicked out after all.

She gave him a warm smile. "You don't have to be nervous around me, Jake." She could tell from his expression, he figured. "To be honest, I'm quite thankful to you, in all honesty."

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He was surprised at that. She was thankful to him? For what? "Why?" He asked.

She set her teacup down after another elegant sip. "I have been married to my husband for over 700 years, you know..." she said, and he almost did a spit take at that number. She laughed at his shock.

"Your brother is over 600 years old, you know. The same as Serafall, actually. Did you never take the time to think about how old his parents were?"

"I... I guess I never did," he stuttered out, still in shock.

"That's fine," she said. "We can get to that later. The reason I'm thankful to you is that it's because of you my marriage was actually dissolved by your ancestor, Runeas.

It had been quite a few years since your father and I were truly happy together, and in these last hundred years, I might have seen him a few hours a month at most.

He truly spent most of his time gallivanting around with his ever-changing harem." She said a touch bitterly. Jake knew it was apparently okay for devils to have harems, but he correctly figured they weren't supposed to indulge so completely as to ignore their spouses.

"I'm sorry to hear that," he said sincerely. The guy was apparently a womanizing dick. He wouldn't turn out the same, he vowed to himself.

He couldn't imagine himself ever throwing away Serafall or possibly anyone else like that in the future. Venelana smiled at him before continuing.

"Your ancestor, Runeas, had one rule for her entire clan before she went to sleep for a thousand years..." She trailed off.

"A thousand years!?" Jake questioned again in shock! Venelana glared at him for interrupting her. Jake apologized and told her to continue.

"As I was saying," she said, "Runeas's one rule was family before everything.

It's why the Gremorys are known as the most benevolent devil clan and the clan that treats their servants as family members," she explained as he nodded along. Rias did call Luna big sister, after all.

"I myself am not completely sure of the exact reason as to why your father hid your existence from everyone, but in doing so, he sealed his fate and was stripped of his position by her as clan head and banished from these grounds.

Furthermore, when I asked her to dissolve our marriage contract, she did so." Venelana seemed happy about that part the most.

Jake figured that in the end, he would have to confront his father about that true reason after all.

"That being said," Venelana added on, "I do know that when Zeoticus was pleading his case to Runeas, he kept trying to warn her that a terrifying powerful enemy would come after our clan because of your existence.

This enemy had apparently tracked down your birth mother and killed her along with the rest of your human family..."

Jake felt his wrath popping up a bit at that! He was always under the impression that his birth mom had died because she was sick or something. Did someone truly hunt her down like an animal and kill her!?

If that turned out to be the case, then he vowed that he would find them and get revenge!

Venelana sighed at his expression of rage. "I can see that you wish to walk the path of vengeance," she said. "Make no mistake, I won't ever dissuade you or tell you to turn the other cheek." She laughed at the irony.

"Just know that Zeoticus had the most powerful son in the entire underworld, one of the world's top ten beings, your brother backing him, and yet he was still so afraid of these supposed enemies that he chose to abandon you.

If these enemies are truly real, then they are going to be extremely dangerous!" She warned him with a very serious tone. He gulped and nodded to her.

He had made a sound speech about it to Serafall earlier, but it was looking like he would truly have to train to get stronger. And he would, of that he had no doubt.

Serafall sat down next to Sirzechs in the VIP viewers box. "So, the fated duel between the two tragic rivals is finally upon us," she said to him solemnly.

"Only one of them can emerge as the victor, however, and prove to the world he has what it takes to be a champion!" She added passionately.

Sirzechs, meanwhile, was incredibly confused as to what she was saying before he turned to see her grinning face.

She was just messing with him... "Can a day go by where you don't quote from some magical girl anime I've never heard before?" He sighed.

Serafall mock gasped. "Of course not! That's my whole identity, after all." She smiled proudly.

"Will Jake Gremory and Riser Phenix please leave their waiting rooms and proceed to the center of the arena to commence their duel," Grayfia's voice washed over the entire arena as spectating devils started to cheer at seeing the underworld's hottest maid in the flesh.

The stadium wasn't that large, considering this was just a one-on-one duel between two high-class devils. Even still, it was packed full to the brim with probably a few thousand spectators.

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