29 Supernatural Machinations - 3

"You're staring at him again."

Rias jumped lightly at the teasing whisper that tickled her her and whirled around, her Queen and best friend hopping back from her with an amused giggle.

"How many times have I told you not to do that." Rias huffed, rolling her eyes.

Akeno just shrugged impishly, "You're tea is ready Rias." she merely replied with and gestured to the middle of the room where the rest of her peerage sat on a set of luxurious green couches around a mahogany sitting table.

Well, all but one of them at least.

Two…actually.

"Buchou, you're staring at another guy!?" Issei panicked at the mere mention of another man having her attention.

"Issei-san!?" Asia yelped at his panic and looked at him worriedly.

It was kind of cute.

Koneko outright rolled her eyes as Rias made her way over to sit down in the middle of one couch beside her, directly across from her pawn, "Something like that Issei," she smiled at him, "Though, it's more of him being a possible recruit for my peerage alongside you."

Though, she was leaning a lot more towards the definitely lately. Over the past two weeks, since Asia had joined her peerage, Kaito Evander's magic power had grown rather substantially.

He was well on the level of a low-class devil when it came to magic power alone.

"Someone a lot less annoying than a stupid perv like you thankfully." Koneko snorted.

"Urk!" Issei grasped his chest as if she physically struck him.

"By the way Koneko-chan," Akeno tapped her chin as she made her own wave over, "Aren't you supposed to be keeping an eye on him right about now."

Koneko merely shrugged, "Yuuto-senpai is taking over for me right now, I'll go back later," the white haired girl replied, "The smell of dragon around here is way too strong now, it's making my nose all clogged up."

"Ah…my bad?" Issei laughed lightly, "Sorry about t-

"Not you perv," Koneko rolled his eyes, "I'm talking about the guy I'm keeping an eye on. The scent of dragon coming off of him is totally overpowering now, if I get too close to him I can't smell shit besides him."

"It's that strong now, huh?" Rias mused with interest. She could feel his magic power, but Koneko was the only one that could detect his scent thanks to her….heritage.

She would have to make a move soon. Sona had approached her last night for a discussion regarding the boy. His power was growing at such a steady and impressive rate now, that she wanted to approach him herself.

…But Rias wondered, was Sona even capable of making him a part of her peerage now? She had a lot less pieces than Rias herself did after all currently, at least when it came to recruiting stronger people.

"Do you think our initial thoughts were wrong and it's not a Twice Critical he has?" Akeno posed the question to Rias, "The scent of dragon is usually a good indicator of the type of dragon Sacred Gear a human has, but his scent is now stronger than Issei-kun who has the Boosted Gear."

Koneko nodded as she took a bite of a biscuit, "…The only dragon scents I've smelled stronger than from this guy, is from actual dragons and not even by much." she added.

Completely oblivious and with the conversation going entirely above his head after he recovered from Koneko slamming his pride, Issei slurped loudly on his tea.

Her attention drawn to him, something else occurred to Rias, "…Koneko, didn't you say he dislikes Issei?" Rias asked.

"…Huh?" Issei stopped and gave her a confused look, "Who doesn't like me?"

"That's putting it mildly," Koneko snorted, "The only reason he's not beat the shit out of the perv multiples times is cuz of the annoying glasses getting in his way."

At Koneko's words, Issei froze, "….EVANDER?!" he practically shrieked, "That damn muscle gaijin pretty boy?! That's who you want to recruit? Please tell me it's not so buchou!" Issei sputtered in a panic, giving her a pleading gaze.

"Someone wants to hurt Issei-san?" Asia bit her lip and gave the boy a worried glance, "Is he a bad guy?"

"Yes, is there a reason he seems to have a grudge against Issei?" Rias asked.

A dragon scent stronger than Issei who was this generations Red Dragon Emperor. Stronger magic power than him that was constantly growing. And an apparent grudge against her lovably goof ball of a pawn?

….Could Kaito be….the Vanishing Dragon? The White Dragon Emperor of this generation? The one born to oppose the Red Dragon Emperor and fight them to the death in every generation they met?

The greatest rivals in all of history.

"It's cuz the perv perved on a bunch of girls in his club and got them to quit," Koneko revealed bluntly, "Then tried to perv on his pal, that Uzaki chick with the huge rack a bunch of times."

…Ah…perhaps not?

It was still a possibility of course. Though, it was definitely not a reason to dislike someone over. It was hardly a big deal to see someone naked. She never really understood why humans got so bent out of shape over something like that.

"Hey, I couldn't help myself okay!" Issei sputtered, "Her oppai are massive! As big as buchou's and cuz she's as short as you they look even bigger on her! I'm only a man!" he defended himself passionately.

"Eat shit and die loser." Koneko scoffed, turning her nose up at him and looking away.

Issei practically curled up in despair over her words, "…Why you always gotta be so mean Koneko-chan?" he sniffled.

Well, she had a reason for Kaito not liking Issei, but she couldn't truly rule out that he wasn't the White Dragon Emperor.

If he was, she definitely wanted to recruit him. If she had both of the Heavenly Dragons' in her peerage, no doubt in the future she'd definitely have a shot at standing at the top of the Rating Games.

…She'd need to be careful though, she couldn't have him joining if he was just going to end up trying to kill Issei or vice versa.

'Sona's already known to him, so I suppose I should introduce myself.' Rias mused. It wouldn't do for her to let a repeat of what happened with Issei occur.