He'd explained more since Rias had looked a little pale when he mentioned Ddraig having a body once more. He didn't want her to think he was trying to restore the Red Dragon Emperor to life. He was also glad for the distraction. While he didn't mind telling her a bit about the things he'd made, he didn't want her asking about the small charm bracelet that had been sitting on the table with the other items he planned to give himself once he was fully transformed.
Explaining that he had Avalon would probably cause the poor girl to faint.
So instead, he continued to infuse magic into the piece of the automaton that would become Ddraig's new body while he explained, "I stole Ddraig from his original wielder. Naturally, the prideful dragon wouldn't like something like that. Despite being locked inside of a Sacred Gear, he's still an independent being. If I want him to truly help me out and work with me as a partner, I need to make sure he's as happy with the arrangement as I am."
"Ohhhhh, I get it now. You're bribing him!"
Junichiro nodded emphatically, "Damn right I am! The difference in power between Ddraig helping and hindering is too much for me to ignore. It's entirely possible that I would never be able to use the Scale Mail balance breaker without Ddraig's acceptance. I, obviously, don't know that for certain, but it's not worth risking. So, an excellent bribe to smooth things over and make sure he likes me."
Rias smiled brightly, "Sounds like you might have a natural aptitude for politics."
Gagging was the first reply Rias got from Junichiro. He shook his head violently, "Hell no. I'd just murder people that disagreed with me until all that was left was people that agreed. Politicians are the vilest most evil beings in existence!"
Rias giggled at his statement and slapped his shoulder playfully, "Fine, I guess I wont be asking you to deal with the politics for me when I take over the Gremory house."
"Damn right!"
The pair laughed lightly. Once their laughter died down, silence took its place. It was a comfortable silence while Rias watched Junichiro work on his creation. She was surprised at how much she enjoyed watching him. She couldn't tell exactly what he was doing, but she could feel his magical power overlaying and sinking into the items he picked up and enchanted. Occasionally she would see near microscopic arrays of runes lighting up in glowing lines. She didn't know exactly what the glowing lines were, seeing them got her curious so she asked, "Can you tell me about the glowing lines I see sometimes?"
Junichiro nodded and happily explained how he used a modern day CO2 Laser as a tool to carve rune arrays into things. How it let him carve an obscene amount of runes into items that he would never be capable of doing by hand. He even explained how lasers similar to the one he had were capable of etching microscopic serial numbers on the smallest facet of a diamond. Needless to say, she was impressed. He even went so far as to explain what kinds of enchantments he was placing on the pieces of the body for Ddraig.
The pair of them enjoyed the back and forth conversation as Junichiro worked. It was something he would happily repeat in the future, provided he wasn't working on something private.
Rias had a distinct bounce to her step as she teleported into the Occult Research Club's main room and made her way to her large desk. Seeing her happiness caused Akeno to smile as she stated, "I take it everything went well."
Rias looked at Akeno and nodded, "We'll be having a small party this weekend to welcome Junichiro as my newest Pawn." She sighed and shook her head, "I'm glad I asked nii-san for that Mutation piece. I'm not certain I could have turned him without it. He's so strong Akeno."
Akeno frowned a little, "I can admit he's clever and uses his strengths to the best advantage, but he's not as strong as you or myself. Why do you think he is so strong? I just can't see it."
Rias sighed and leaned back in her chair, her arms crossing under her bust as she looked at her Queen, "I can't tell you, I've signed a contract with Junichiro that promises I will not reveal any information about him without his permission. You, and everyone else, will have to sign similar contracts before any information can be given out to you. I'm sorry, but it has to be this way to protect Junichiro."
Akeno frowned at that, but nodded in understanding. It was very rare for Rias to issue such orders, "I understand."
It didn't take long to have Akeno sign one of the contracts that Junichiro had prepared for the rest of the peerage. The contracts would expire when the information they were meant to protect became public knowledge. With it signed, Rias smirked and looked straight at Akeno, she didn't want to miss a moment of her reaction. Once she was completely certain she had all of Akeno's attention, she spoke, "Arai Junichiro, my first Pawn, is not only a wielder of Sword Birth but is the next Red Dragon Emperor..."
Akeno's eyes widened in shock, and not a little bit of fear as she remembered trying to taunt Junichiro in their lesson together. Rias's knowing smirk became almost malicious as she finished, "He is also the one and only Artificer."
Rias was not disappointed by the look of absolutely horrified shock on Akeno's face.
The following day, Junichiro was officially a reincarnated devil. He'd monitored his changes, taking readings every hour or so to track the changes that came about. It had been fascinating to him to watch the process. The Evil Piece, once fused with his soul, changed his soul in a few minor, but significant, ways. This change, as far as he could currently determine, made his soul into a Devils soul. Consequently, his soul turned his body into a devil body.