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"What can I help you with my dear lovely sister?" Ruval swallowed his annoyance… it was incredibly bitter and it felt like it was going to get worse.
"I want one of her members to be mine to start my own Peerage." Ravel didn't waste anytime dancing around the issue. She already knew what she wanted.
"The swordsman? Just wait until your brother wins and you can ask him yourself." Ruval rubbed his face as he wanted this conversation to end.
"No not him! She has a new member that's a mage. He stared down brother without flinching and it was actually really cool.
I want you to help negotiate things so he'll end up in my Peerage." Ravel clarified clearly not even thinking about Rias' Knight.
"A mage? Did this mage have black hair and blue eyed?" Ruval questioned clearly more interested now than he was when the conversation started.
"Well… yeah. Why is that important?" Ravel tilted her head slightly confused by the question.
"I'll go talk with Sirzechs later about this. Have Riser know that he will be coming with me for this." Ruval stated though his business like tone made Ravel nervous.
"Brother?" Ravel looked around the paperwork noticing that Ruval had his negotiations face on.
Ruval has heard rumors of said mage beating two Fallen Angels quite easily. It had been a rumor circulating for almost a week now.
Said mage was also rumored to have negotiated with Azazel as well if his spies had anything to go by.
Sirzechs had even stopped his subtle threats lately since that large magical pulse that was felt on the surface world.
Now a mage has been given to Rias without much fanfare as well. Too many coincidences lined up far too well for it to be one.
If said mage was powerful enough to create such a pulse and hide away just as well, then it was worth the chance to pull him onto their team.
Though, if he was being honest, any deal they made now would be costly… or downright destructive to them as well.
Ravel looked at him with concern since he had gone quiet. There wasn't a chance that Riser would lose… but that wasn't exactly a guarantee.
A chance was all that he had and it seemed clear that this human mage was confident enough to stand up to a high class devil without an ounce of self preservation.
He idly wondered if this was what those gods meant about the perseverance and tenacity of the human spirit.
It was one of those things that he never put much stock into if only because he was born a devil. With the newer generations being hybrids though… he needed to figure out what the future held.
"Ravel… go get Riser then. I'll discuss this with him but you will come with us when we make the final decision." Ruval ordered as he got together as many papers as he could. He needed to prepare for what he was going to say for this deal.
As far as things had gone, the meeting went well. Everyone returned to the manor after checking on Ritsuka for any injuries. Aside from his elevated body temperature he was fine.
He trudged up the stairs to take a shower while everyone else discussed what they needed to do to prepare.
Ritsuka stepped out of the shower wiping the fogged up mirror to really look at himself. He had been frightened the moment those flames had touched him. The potion was something he had made at a moment's notice.
He didn't exactly have all the materials in the world in grand supply. His eyes seemed… distant as he looked at his reflection. The tired resignation he had while in Chaldea was now replaced with worried anxiety.
It had been fifteen days since the Rayshift incident. Fifteen days without anyone from Chaldea knowing where he was.
Whenever he used a class card it felt like he was telling his servants that he was fine. Those moments eased his own mind even if using them did mess with his head slightly.
There were no subliminals within them nor were there mental commands attached. They were just heavily steeped in the emotions of their original being.
Ritsuka changed to his Arctic Chaldea Mystic code replacing the New Years one since he needed the mobility for what was to happen next. Rias wanted everyone to train.
She paused when she looked at him but seemed to push whatever thoughts had come up for later.
'Kiba can be faster, Akeno can have more control, Koneko can be stronger, Rias I'm unsure of and Asia needs everything.' Ritsuka mentally summarized.
He had an idea for at least Kiba and Koneko. Rias and Akeno were a bit more difficult because he needed to choose the right magic users that would compliment them. Asia, well, he had plans for Asia's training.
Ritsuka stepped out of the bathroom and returned downstairs. He needed to see what Rias had decided on.
"As far as I can tell you need a lot of conditioning, Asia." Rias patted the young girl on the head who mumbled apologies for factors she couldn't control.
"That's fine. For now her abilities make her a healer. As she grows she'll be more." Ritsuka called out as he looked over his options.
"So we should figure out how to do this. I was expecting that we would have more days but this Saturday wasn't in my calculations." Rias muttered under her dejection. She wasn't as confident as she could be now.
"Don't worry. We'll win." Ritsuka cut off her pity before it could get any further. "I have an idea of how much stronger I can make you all with training even if we only have four days."
"Enlighten me." Rias smirked through her exasperation. She needed to see something tangible at this point since everything was being pushed too fast forward.
"Well, let's start with Kiba against me. I'll do combat sparring with him and Koneko first. Asia can do conditioning with you and Akeno.
It would split the responsibility easily enough for us to get results." Ritsuka suggested as he turned to Kiba and Koneko who both seemed eager to start.
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