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And we fell into silence. It felt a bit awkward, but it was probably intentional, since the only thing that could be heard was the shower and how the water fell from her body.
Still, in a mighty show of willpower, I did NOT pop any sort of boner or any other bodily reaction.
Mostly because after three days of having E.E, the X-Ray vision that let me look at literally anything I wanted, the naked body of a woman (or a man) didn't elicit any response in me.
At least, not in the context of unwilling ogling. If I used my own two eyes for it, that would've probably been another thing.
Eventually, Rias stepped out of her lounge-shower dressed in the school uniform, which still had a way too short skirt.
She gazed in my direction (my own gaze was stuck in my cup, unwilling to focus anywhere else) and smiled gently.
"Daniel, it's a pleasure to see you. I'm sorry about the shower, but I just didn't expect you to arrive so soon."
I looked back at her and frowned.
"Sure," I said, putting all of the sarcasm I had into the word.
As Rias got a view of my face, she looked surprised.
"My, you look a lot better today, Daniel… but also a bit pale. Are you okay?"
Must've noticed my post-zombie paleness. I simply shrugged my shoulders.
"Rough night, is all. Can we please just talk already?"
She nodded and made her way to the desk, sitting behind it and crossing her hands.
"So, have you given thought to my offer?"
I couldn't help but look at her a bit miffed.
"Yeah, and I could've told you over the phone that it just wasn't happening."
She sighed at my response. "But I can't help but wonder if you've truly given thought to it. Yesterday it seemed like you were quite into the idea, and now you're just firmly stuck in rejecting it."
"Yeah, I was acting. So I could stop the conversation."
Actually, I was acting so I could potentially kill myself and become a stray devil, but that was out of the question now.
"You don't need to act with me, you know?"
"Apparently I do, since you just can't take a fucking no for an answer."
We were both staring at each other now, me glaring at her while she simply kept a neutral look, as if considering her next move. As we were engaged in the stare-down, ponytail girl chuckled.
"My, look at the sparks fly."
We both turned our stares to the ponytail girl.
"In what fucking loopy land does rejecting a slavery offer constitute as sparks."
"Not now, Akeno."
Instead of looking chastised, she just seemed even more pleased by our responses, as if vindicated.
Rias sighed, deciding to ignore her slave's interjection.
"Look, Daniel, do you even understand the lengths you could reach simply by becoming a devil? You're such an impressive human out of sheer natural skills, without a Sacred Gear whatsoever. If you became a devil, I would ensure—guarantee, even—that you'd become a powerhouse with the proper training you deserve."
Before I could again interject, she continued.
"And I know your stance on slavery. I'd be more than willing to sign a contract—a binding contract—that states that you shall not ever be treated as a slave. You'd be a slave in name only, but you would have all the benefits of becoming a devil plus the benefits of being part of the Gremory family. My family."
"Of course you'd still have to participate in Rating Games and things like contract-work, but those will be properly compensated by me.Personally. I will make sure that you get paid out of my own pocket."
She gave me a determined, set look.
"You wouldn't be a slave. I would never make you one."
I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Perhaps this was the Impostor Syndrome I read about long ago, when I dreamt of entering medical school?
This girl was willing to practically beg for my allegiance, but it was under the basis that I was naturally this gifted gunman when in reality I just got given this power… but the feeling didn't last long.
After all, I spent an entire life of misery before getting here, I was NOT about to waste the chance to become a powerful motherfucker by feeling guilty about shit.
That said, I looked at Rias and answered her own determined gaze with my own.
"Rias, I understand that you treat your… family properly. But that isn't the issue, I just don't want to bind myself to anyone. Anyone. I'm sorry, but no amount of clauses or concessions will make me agree."
She didn't relent.
"And what about your potential? You could become so much stronger if you just accepted entering my peerage."
"I will become stronger, but I will do so in another way. Without becoming a devil. Sure, it'll probably slower, but I can fucking assure you that I won't be lesser than you devils."
She didn't seem convinced by my argument.
"You… really don't understand how unfathomably powerful devils can be, Daniel."
"I don't care, I will shoot all of em' dead. I got my methods."
"Daniel, I know you've been able to manage through for now, but unfortunately not everyone— in fact, most competent supernatural beings won't be affected by a simple bullet."
"I. Don't. Care." I insisted, leaning forward and fixing Rias with a glare. "I will teach them to eat shit and lead all the same."
Even though I kept insisting, Rias still looked unconvinced of my certainty. I could probably tell why, in her eyes I was some homeless asshole who, despite having unnaturally good skills, just now stumbled upon this supernatural shit. In her eyes, my only method of self-defense was my gun.
She thought that I was ignorant and unwilling, she didn't know that I was an immortal zombie that got power-ups whenever I killed enough things.
That I had a coin that could infinitely multiply the damage of a single bullet as long as I had enough cash to do so.
That I was an 'Incursor', an existence so reviled in Heaven and by YHWH Himself that they treated me with open hostility because Incursors famously were power-abusing assholes who could get away with whatever they wanted since they were so fucking powerful.
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