Issei offers to share the benefits! And Azazel has a few ideas of his own!

"Well, maybe I could make a few wishes that could benefit both Angels and Fallen as well as Devils?" Issei suggested after a moment of consideration. "If it's about maintaining the balance to avoid another war, I'm not against ensuring things stay at least close to even."

Azazel chuckled. "Well, I'm certainly glad you made that offer," he remarked. "I was going to suggest something similar myself, but I didn't want it coming across as a demand. At any rate, Raynare, you're still going to stick with the Peerage."

"Why!?" Raynare whined. "They keep using me as a gopher! Didn't I find the information you sent me to find in the first place?"

"Again, that was only ever part of the reason I sent you there. You're still being punished with a bit of humiliation for the actions you took behind my back. Also, now I need some eyes on Issei more than ever. Not to mention, I believe it would be good for maintaining cordial relationships between us."

"...what do you mean by that last part?" Issei asked Azazel curiously.

"Well, don't think I'm blind to the obvious, kiddos!" Azazel laughed, and Raynare spluttered.

"Kiddos!? I'm centuries old, Azazel-sama!" Raynare huffed. Issei turned a bewildered look to her.

"And I'm 18... But seriously, centuries? Wow, looking good," he joked.

"It's a Fallen Angel, Devil and Angel thing," Azazel chuckled. "But I'm a few thousand years old myself, so I get to call you both kiddos," he added. "Regardless, I don't discourage relationships between factions. If anything, I'm pleased. I want peace to be maintained, after all. You shouldn't deny that you are starting to like Issei, Raynare."

Raynare spluttered and tried to deny it. "L-like hell!" she flushed, and Azazel laughed.

"Please, it's clear as day. You're basically a whore for validation, and Issei is clearly the type who gushes over those close to him. He was practically made to cater to that particular need of yours. Besides, you're obviously already benefiting from associating with him. That little training trip of yours? Experiencing a power boost from a Pawn Piece that promoted to Queen, however briefly, causing your body to adapt somewhat? You're on the cusp of getting yourself another pair of wings."

Raynare paused at that, as did Issei. "Another set of wings?" he asked.

"You did notice I had six pairs when we met, didn't you?" Azazel remarked cheerfully. "Yeah, it's a symbol of our power, and as we get stronger, we gain more pairs of wings naturally."

"Huh. I honestly thought you were just born that way," Issei admitted.

"Nope!" Azazel remarked. "Had to work for my power like everyone else!" The door opened, and Rias stepped in.

"Issei, I'm ba-" she started, before pausing. "...what are you doing here this morning, Raynare?" she questioned.

"She found out about you being a Genie, and Azazel is currently on speaker, so we can't do much about it," Issei admitted, and Rias sighed.

"...well, we knew that was going to happen eventually, I just hoped to delay that a little longer," she confessed, taking a seat. "What's happened so far?" Issei took a few minutes to sum everything up, including the clues Raynare had pieced everything together with, and what Azazel had decided to do so far.

"Well, I'm going to go ahead and let you all get back to your business, and we'll talk a bit more about it later," Azazel remarked. "See you around, Issei! You continue to grow more and more interesting!" The phone clicked.

"...so...?" Issei asked slowly, looking up at Raynare, who was still preening a bit at Azazel telling her she was close to getting another pair of wings.