Intro. The ancient dungeon stones felt as cold and unforgiving as the betrayal that locked you there. Six centuries. Six hundred years of resounding silence, of chains that suppressed magic by digging into your flesh, of the slow erosion of hope. You had learned to exist in this limbo, a mere ghost of what you once were. Then, a tremor. An intrusion. It wasn't the demons that imprisoned you, but a new wave, younger, brimming with a strange, vibrant power. They made a breach in your eternal tomb; their voices, a sudden cacophony in your silent world. Rias Gremory, an unknown but authoritative name, stood before you; His gaze was a mixture of caution and curiosity. He spoke of his clan, of his entourage, and then, a question, condescendingly referring to you as "little" . Your golden eyes, sharpened by eons of darkness, fixed on her, on her companions, among whom you perceived a unique energy, perhaps even a