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"The fuck's a Sacred Gear?"
She stared at me for a bit, then just let out yet another tired sigh.
"I guess I won't ever not be concerned about you with such little knowledge about the supernatural, but I guess it's better if I just fill you in on what I can."
And fill me in she did. Long story short, Sacred Gears were simply powers that only humans could be born with.
I pointed at myself.
"Do I have one?"
"Nope. I can sense when a potential human has a Sacred Gear within them, and you have nothing."
I tastefully didn't mention that some of my [Skills] could've easily passed as Sacred Gears and asked the only other question that was pressing over me. Easily the most important one of them all.
It was so vital that even though I was always aware of what was happening within E.E's radius, I still gave another three or four checks around the perimeter, to make sure there wasn't some camouflaged asshole listening in or something.
Once the security was assured, I leaned forward and gave Rias a serious look.
She also got the vibe that the next question would be important, so she also leaned in just a little bit, interested in what my query would be.
I swallowed, then asked.
"What… What is 'Highschool DxD'?"
She paused, as if processing my question, then just raised an eyebrow.
"I have no idea."
…
"Well, that fucking sucks then."
This entire conversation had been useless. I just got trauma dumped and learned nothing of usefulness. What a fucking waste of an afternoon.
Promptly, I stood up from the couch, grabbed my trusty backpack off the ground and put it over one shoulder, then just said to both Rias and Akeno (which probably was the secretary's name):
"Well, bye-bye, I guess. Take care."
Which sure, some people might have considered a bit cold-hearted.
After all, it seemed that Rias hadn't told a lot of people that she was in a serious situation, serious enough that she considered lending out her ass to me for entering her peerage.
But alas, I had been blessed with sacred knowledge that would (morally) make it so I didn't give any further shits.
Rich people were rich. Therefore, their problems didn't matter.
Weren't YOU planning to be rich, Daniel?
Yup.
Wasn't that a bit… hypocritical, maybe?
That's the thing, dear Conscience, by the time I'd become rich, those would be my problems.
Then I'd care. Now I was a homeless bum so I got to shit on them guilt-free.
That sounds like you're just an uncaring asshole.
WELL THEN, WASN'T THAT A NICE FUCKING VIEW YOU GOT FROM ATOP OF YOUR IVORY FUCKING TOWER, YOU JUDGEMENTAL PIECE OF SHIT. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Internal discussion now done, I simply turned my back and walked out. I could see with E.E that Rias opened her mouth as if to say anything, then just simply didn't.
There were no more words to exchange between us, it seemed.
Exiting the lounge, I found Koneko waiting for me. She didn't bother saying anything to me, just leading me out of the building, right back to the gates.
What a shitshow.
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As soon as he left the room, Rias Gremory let out a weary sigh, rubbing her eyes tiredly.
Her Queen took one look at her and gave her a sad smile.
"So… we return to the original plan, yes?"
Rias appreciated her Queen's attempts to keep her thinking and tactfully avoiding any reminders that she almost proposed herself to a stranger.
There was a reason she was her oldest friend… aside from the fact she found her by pure chance.
The fact she failed her first actual recruitment would be tormenting her for days to come, it seemed.
Still, she didn't want to do any more of a mopey show, so she just did her best attempt at a straight face and just nodded.
"Clearly. Hyodou Issei will have to do, and it's not like he can't be a good piece since he has that mystery Sacred Gear, so it's not the end of the world."
The fact he'd be a ridiculously easy recruitment into her peerage judging by his proclivities went unmentioned.
Akeno nodded and stood up from her seat.
"I'm going to make some tea, would you like some?"
It roughly translated to 'I'm going to force-feed you something so you stop thinking about this' but Rias didn't have it in her to begin arguing with her friend.
"Thanks, Akeno…"
Akeno's lips thinned as she saw her.
"You're concerned about him."
"How can I not be? In two days he stumbled upon a stray and an excommunicated exorcist, and considering how gung-ho he is with that gun he loves pointing around, I fear that he'll attract the wrong sort of attention."
"I noticed that you didn't mention to him the severed arm we found on the crime-scene."
Rias sighed yet again. That entire conversation had worn her out completely and it was still afternoon.
"I really didn't want him any more on edge than before. Asking him questions about why there was an inexplicable arm dropped nearby the killer would have done the opposite of that."
"An inexplicable arm that had a jacket sleeve over it covered in trash juices and other foul liquids."
Rias frowned.
"I didn't think that associating that arm to him based on the fact it reeked would've helped, Akeno."
"Or that it disintegrated into ash."
"Or that it disintegrated into ash, yes. Besides, I don't know if you noticed, but he had two arms when he was here."
Akeno raised an eyebrow.
"And I know you noticed, but dear Daniel here didn't feel like much of a human anymore."
And notice she did. Rias hadn't expected such a sudden change from yesterday's meeting, but although she couldn't pinpoint what exactly happened, she could easily tell that something within him had irreversibly changed.
"He didn't feel… entirely human. He didn't get reincarnated by some other devil, that'd be easy to tell, but whatever happened yesterday with the exorcist had some heavy consequences."
Akeno hummed, analyzing her take on the situation.
"Would he even be able to be reincarnated into a devil at this point?"
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