"So this is my niece, Ravel?" After being resurrected into a new body, Ryla inspected her new, younger body which belonged to her niece Ravel. "She volunteered to be tribute just as you did years ago. Your brother wasn't thrilled like last time. Sorry I couldn't get you an older body." Ryla smiled in her new body when she explained, "Oh I can fix that." She snapped her fingers, soon engulfed with a pillar of fire. Her youthful body shifted to that of a young woman in her late teens, long, curly blonde hair, an increase in breast size, her clothes were replaced by jeans, a red tank top and sneakers with fiery wings behind her. Ryla told Perseus, "I can't wait to see the world, now that I'm back." Perseus told Ryla, "Before that, you must know, the Gremory family has challenged me. A Rating Game will be upon us."

Ryla sighed, saying, "Just when I got back, I have to fight. So, what will you do to the Gremory who challenged you?" Perseus explained, looking out a window to behold the Black Palace, "Rias Gremory has a rather interesting peerage. First, I'll have Rias learn her place, her devils will do the same. I don't care much for the male members, I'll exchange them with Erinys for her tribute, save whatever souls I can from her grasp. We, the four Divine Devils, have an image to uphold and thus, must win, by any means. Ryla, you and Serafall Sitri have joined my peerage as pawns, but you know of the promotion spell, right?"

Ryla nodded, explaining, "Of course, you managed to place a seal-lock on any pawn piece, so they can be upgraded to a knight, rook, bishop or queen with your order. I think you should make me a queen, me and Annabeth are great friends after all." Perseus chuckled before kissing Ryla's lips, telling her, "In time. For now, you must be make your grand reappearance among the girls, and meet another new member. In her old life," he led the way out to the party, revealing a cute girl in her teens, long black hair, purple eyes in a black bikini, "she was known as Raynare, but now she's Yuuma Amano, my newest pawn."

"You want me to become a devil?!" Irina asked, shocked by such a request from Azazel. The fallen angel explained, "Not entirely. See, I can make you a fallen angel, allowing you to have similar angelic abilities like using light based weapons like you do. But once you're a fallen angel, you'll also be reincarnated with the pawn piece, making you a hybrid like Akeno, giving Rias and her team an extra edge. Not to mention with Excalibur Mimic, you Xenovia and Kiba will be unstoppable in the sword department. Now I know this is against what you believe in, and giving up your spot as Michael's Ace is basically unthinkable, but if you don't do this, your friends will be practically enslaved if they lose. And should you win, no doubt Michael will return your position to you and even give you something special for such a saintly act."

Irina looked to Xenovia and Issei, those two have been her closet friends; Issei was her childhood friend and Xenovia was like a sister to her. She thought for a bit, asking, "But...what if we lose?" Everyone seemed worried, on that possibility or that Irina had no faith in them. Azazel looked at bit nervous saying, "Then it's out of me and Michael's hands, even to the Four Satans. The Divine Devils are their own independent group, bowing to Hell itself, not the devils. The challenge involves all members of Rias's peerage and if you join, you're legally part of the losing tribute. It's your call." Irina looked to both her friends and prayed for a moment, in her head, "Oh, God, Michael, hear my prayer and forgive me for what I'll do. See my action as just, not sin." She took a deep breath to answer, "Alright. So what do we do now?"

Azazel explained, "Well, we first need to remove one of the eight pawn pieces from Issei, but while that goes on, I'll talk to Michael, explaining everything so he can redeem you later if you win." Rias stood from the desk, telling her friend, "And I received word, Perseus is giving us a week to prepare. So, you'll have time to learn, Irina."

After the meeting, Rias Gremory decided she needed some alone time to think things through. Challenging one of the Divine Devils would be no easy task, all she wanted was the safety and freedom of her friends and herself. Needing to relax, she ventured to the showers to relax. Stripping off her school uniform, the young devil stood alone in the nude, but wasn't going to be private for long. Rias heard a familiar voice, "After all that, I don't blame you for needing to relax."

Rias knew it was the voice of Perseus, but when she looked around, the Divine Devil had his back turned on her. "Fear not, I'm not going to look. Still, we need to talk, Gremory." Rias sighed in annoyance, covering her body with a towel and asked, "What have you come here for? To persuade me to forfeit?" Perseus took a deep breath to explain, "You know as well as I, that you're way over your head. Your love for your peerage members is admirable, not many high-devils like you appreciate their followers as more than tools. However, if you fail, my father will be...merciless in deciding your punishment. By challenging me, you oppose Tartarus himself. Rias, back away now, and I can assure your peerage will be spared and you protection. There are things more frightening than death, and my father will show it."

Rias was silent, she told Perseus, "I challenged you because I was afraid. Afraid of being torn away from my friends and what you'd do to anyone who volunteers or who I choose. I had no right to sign away their rights, just as you can't take them." The Divine Devil kept his back turned, he spoke, "I am not a cruel master, Rias. Like you, I try keeping my peerage happy, give them freedom. Serafall and Ravel are enjoying their time now as we speak, nothing hellish. What's better, Rias, knowing that your friends will be free from harm and you will be compensated for your lost, or a future of them being subjugated to punishment, to become examples to those who defy my father, Hell itself? I can only save three at the most if you lose, Rias, can't guarantee to the others, or yourself. I leave you with this, Gremory. Make a choice: volunteer yourself, ask one of your peerage and either of you will be spared, or reject my off and know you've doomed yourself. I'll be back later in two days." In a flash, Perseus was gone, leaving Rias with a heavier burden than before.

Rias thought to herself, stripping off the towel now that she was alone. She thought to herself, "Maybe...I should just give in. I just don't know how I'm going to say this to the others. I hope they know what I'm about to do."

Back at the Black Palace, Perseus returned to the room that belongs to Ryla Phenex. The female devil sat on the bed, asking, "Did she reconsider? Surely she can't be that stubborn." Perseus sat next to her as he explained, "I gave her time to think, I'll return in two days for the answer. Hopefully she'll give the right answer." Ryla leaned forward to tell her king, "She's just afraid, like I was when I volunteered. I never thought I'd live like a queen for my deed, or you'd be kind to us all." She then kissed the devil's lips, causing him to smile. He told Ryla, "I really have missed you." He stroked her blonde hair, stared directly at her blue eyes, to then whisper, "How about we continue where we left off?"