It's night----
When Yukino Yukinoshita and others finished a day of special training, exhausted and entered the hot spring tent and began to soak in the hot spring, Leo stayed in his tent, sat on the bed, and was looking through the list of dependent candidates.
"Those big shots are really willing to give up——
After flipping through the pages, Leo started to be speechless.
There are more than twenty people who appear on the list, not counting those foreigners such as disciples and students, but only the children from the major Devil families.
Vassago, Gamigin, Beleth, Saleos, Purson, Bael, Fulful, Forcas, Balam, Andrealphus-----everyone named 72 Pillars, Devil family members appeared on the list one after another, and even some members of the Extra Devil family appeared on the list.
There are also Astaroth and Glasya-Labolas. The two current Demon King's family members actually appear on the list, but the people who appear on the list are not the clan, but people from the branch family. But even so, it is enough to prove that they attach great importance to Leo.
"Unfortunately, there really are no Sitri Clan and Gremory Clan."
Leo thought so with regret.
Compared to other families, Leo is naturally more willing to believe in the Sitri Clan and Gremory Clan. If there are people from these two families, he will definitely be more inclined to choose people from these two families.
Unfortunately, neither Sitri Clan nor Gremory Clan is a prosperous family. Although they were in a prosperous state because someone in the family became the devil king, the two families have been faintly in decline. Naturally, they can no longer send people to serve as spring servants for others.
"These two families are also real people. They simply gave up when there was no one in the family. Unlike other families, they still want to send a disciple or a student over."
Leo took a look at the information of those disciples and students and found that they were not without their merits.
Those who can be sent out by the Pure-blood Devil family cannot be mediocre, and Sirzechs will not allow others to push out people who are just fake to Leo. This will only waste the family quota in Leo's hands, and will not only be useless for his growth, but will also hinder his growth.
Although these people have different origins, some are geniuses selected from the common people, and some are descendants of Pure-blood Devil who have impure blood and were treated unfairly, but without exception they all have great potential.
Naturally, there is no high-level potential that can match the Longinus holder. Even if there is someone, it is impossible to send him as a dependent servant. It is also impossible to use people with low-level potential to make up for it. They are all talents with medium-level potential, but some are low in the medium-level potential, and some are high in the medium-level potential.
However, even those with medium to high potential, Leo still looks down upon them.
"Although it has a medium potential, it is still far behind Asuna and Utaha."
Although Asuna Yuuki and Utaha Kasumigaoka also have medium potentials, they are undoubtedly the best among the medium potentials, and they are not much different from those with high potentials.
On the other hand, even if these people can become the best among the medium potential, they are still far behind the high potential, and they are completely inferior to Asuna Yuuki and Utaha Kasumigaoka.
Not only those students and disciples, but also those Pure-blood Devil from all major Devil families.
This is just a comparison of potential. If other things were included, there would be no need to compare.
After all, Yukino Yukinoshita and others are the heroines in their respective stories. This status makes them very special, which cannot be explained by their potential.
No matter how low their potential is, Leo believes that if such people are given a chance, they will immediately soar into the sky, transform themselves, surpass countless geniuses who are better than them, and reach a height that is difficult for others to reach.
This particularity is undoubtedly more important than pure potential, at least here at Leo.
Therefore, even if someone with the same potential as Yukino Yukinoshita and others appears, Leo must carefully consider whether it is worth accepting him.
If there is a person with low potential, but a heroine-like existence, and a person with high potential, but unknown in the original work, appear in front of Leo at the same time, as long as the former is not too inconsistent with Leo's wishes, he will be more inclined to choose the former.
Most of the candidates in the family candidate list provided by Sirzechs are people Leo has never heard of. They don't even have a role in the original work. How can this be used to impress him?
It's fine if the other party's potential is really high. It doesn't mean that it has the same high potential as Yukino Yukinoshita and Mahiru Shiina. As long as it's not too different from Asuna Yuuki and Utaha Kasumigaoka, Leo will give it serious consideration.
But it was so different that he really lost interest.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Leo, who was flipping through the famous list carelessly, stopped.
His eyes stopped on one of the people on the list, and he let out a light sigh, and then his expression turned strange.
If you look carefully, you will see that there is a photo of a beautiful girl posted in the upper right corner of the page Leo is looking at.
It was a beautiful girl wearing an aristocratic attire like a Western European princess's dress. She looked as delicate and cute as a doll, with golden curly hair tied into twin tails like diamonds, and a little confidence and arrogance in her eyebrows.
Her name is -
"Ravel Phenex·Phenex----"
Yes.
This is Phenex Clan, the person from the Holy Beast family who produced Tears of the Phoenix.
Ravel Phenex·Phenex, the eldest daughter of the Phenex Clan, and the fourth child of the Phenex Clan Head. She also has three brothers in the family. She is a descendant of Phoenix with extremely pure blood, and is a real daughter-in-law.
Although Rias Gremory and Sona Shitori were chosen as the next Clan Head in terms of status, Ravel Phenex·Phenex is not either Anyone from a separate family, in terms of status, is definitely not much different from Rias Gremory and Sona Shitori. She is at the top of this list of dependent candidates, and few can compare with her.
His status is so special, but in terms of strength and potential, this person is not bad either.
If nothing else, just say that she is an orthodox descendant of the Phenex Clan and has pure Phoenix bloodline, which is enough to make her surpass almost everyone on the candidate list.
An immortal body and a production ability of Tears of the Phoenix. Even these two characteristics are enough to put her above countless people on the list. Even if there are people whose strength and potential exceed her, considering these two characteristics, I believe that most people will only be attracted by her.
Of course, the reason why Leo's expression is so weird is not because of his heartbeat, but because of the person himself.
"Just now I thought that the famous list would be full of unknown people who never appeared in the original work, but now it's better, a big one suddenly appears."
Ravel Phenex·Phenex is not an unknown person. She plays a lot of roles in the original work and can even be counted as one of the heroines.
Because she was already the other party's agent before the original protagonist was upgraded to High-Class Devil, responsible for helping him handle chores. After the original protagonist was upgraded to High-Class Devil, she became the other party's dependent, helping the protagonist to lead the entire dependent team as a core strategist, showing excellent strategies and strategic talents, and she is a talent with outstanding brains and abilities.
Leo never expected that this person's name would appear on this list of dependent candidates.
"It seems that Phenex Clan also wants to invest in me."
Leo was amazed.
In the original work, Phenex Clan was attracted by the potential shown by the original protagonist Red Dragon Emperor and was very optimistic about his future, so he allowed the eldest daughter in the family to become his dependent.
Now, he was born, with both a special Mutation Trait and "Zenith Tempest", the second strongest Longinus in the world. Moxia's dependents also have two Longinus, the two powerful Sacred Gear and Phenex Clan, who are second only to Longinus, were obviously moved, so they did something similar to the original work.
"Phoenix----"
Leo looked at the other party's information and was really moved this time.
In terms of ability potential, even if the other party is not as good as Asuna Yuuki and Utaha Kasumigaoka, it is Pure-blood Devil who is extremely pure. Coupled with the uniqueness of being a member of the Phoenix family and that rare strategic mind, he is already qualified to make Leo move.
In terms of her status in the original work, this one can barely be considered one of the heroines, at least much better than those characters who are not even considered supporting characters.
Moreover, Leo, who is familiar with the original work, also knows the Devil family Phenex Clan with a high appearance rate. Even if he is not as trustworthy as Sitri Clan and Gremory Clan, he can still feel reassured about this family because of his foresight.
These things, one after another, were superimposed on each other, and Leo already had the idea of accepting the other party as his family.
Just----
"Is this considered a cut-off?"
Leo scratched his head.
If this blond girl is taken in as his family member, the protagonist of the original novel will probably lose an extremely important military advisor and core family member in the future, right?
But----
"This was all brought to me proactively. If I'm not moved, forget it. If I push it away if I'm moved, wouldn't that be even more stupid?"
Let's not talk about the value of Ravel Phenex·Phenex, but let's talk about the Phenex Clan behind her. If we can make good friends with each other, as Sirzechs said, it will be considered beneficial without any disadvantage.
Thinking of this, Leo browsed the information of Ravel Phenex·Phenex more seriously.
After browsing, Leo suddenly discovered that now Ravel Phenex·Phenex is actually free and not someone's dependent.
In the original work, before appearing on the stage, Ravel Phenex·Phenex joined his dependent team at the request of his brother and became his "bishop". He had the privilege of participating in games with the team and being protected without taking action. He only had to watch from the sidelines and participate in the planning of combat plans.
According to the plot of the original work, the other party should have become a dependent of his useless brother by this time, but according to the records in this document, Ravel Phenex·Phenex is still free and has not joined his brother's dependent team at all.
"This is good, it solves my last concern."
If Ravel Phenex·Phenex is already a "bishop", then Leo really can't accept her.
In the rules of Rating Game, Devil, as the "King", can exchange chess pieces with each other, that is, exchange dependents, but the same type of chess pieces must be used to trade.
In this case, if Ravel Phenex·Phenex has accepted the "Bishop" chess piece, then Leo has no choice but to give up on her, because both of his "Bishop" chess pieces have been used up.
Yukino Yukinoshita and Mahiru Shiina, the two hosts of Longinus are his "bishops", and it is impossible for him to trade them out.
But since Ravel Phenex·Phenex has not yet accepted the "bishop" chess pieces and become the dependent Devil, then Leo can use his remaining chess pieces to reincarnate him.
"I guess the "castle" chess piece would suit her very well, right?"
Leo thinks so.
As Pure-blood Devil, the most suitable chess piece for Ravel Phenex·Phenex is naturally the "bishop" chess piece that can strengthen Demonic Power, but the castle chess piece is also very suitable for Phoenix.
Phoenix is the being in charge of fire, wind and life. Its flames can even burn the dragon's scales, and it can be resurrected immediately even if it is wiped out. In other words, its offensive and defensive capabilities are extremely powerful. After being strengthened by the "castle", its flames and immortality will surely become more difficult to deal with.
"And Tears of the Phoenix, if the other party can even make that, it will really solve my urgent need.
Leo has thought about ways to get some Tears of the Phoenix before. If he accepts Ravel Phenex·Phenex, he will directly recruit the manufacturer under his command. Why worry about not having Tears of the Phoenix to use?
"It's her."
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Leo's mind, and he finally made up his mind.
So, Leo unfolded the magic square for communication on the palm of his hand, and sent a call request to Sirzechs----
Devil capital, Lilith.
In a luxurious room, Sirzechs put away the Rubik's Cube in his hand and smiled.
"Did you really choose Phenex Clan?"
This result was not beyond Sirzechs's expectations.
Because, in his opinion, the person most likely to be selected by Leo on the family candidate list is Phenex Clan's daughter.
As long as the other party is not a blind person, it is impossible not to be attracted when seeing the surname "Phenex". After all, the people in this family are so unique.
Of course, this is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that since Phenex Clan's daughter has been selected by Leo, the negotiation between himself and Phenex Clan's current Clan Head can be officially put on the table.
"Assisting Phenex Clan to be selected by Leo·Eligos - I have fulfilled the promise I made with Phenex Clan Head. Next, the other party must listen to my request carefully, right?"
Sirzechs looked at the night sky outside and whispered to himself quietly.
"I can only help you this far, the rest is up to you, Rias Gremory----"