30 Chapter 30 What do you want?

Now, everyone involved with Rias or Sona was avoiding him, even Rias and Sona themselves. It was obvious what was happening, someone had told someone else about Shin's previous life. The word was spread to a higher-up, eventually reaching Sirzechs or Serafall's ears.

No doubt, Ajuka heard about it eventually and wanted him right away. He would want to dissect the person capable of such a thing, to figure out what made them so special. Sure, reincarnation had been spoken of in some ways, such as being reborn as a baby, or a sacred gear being transferred to a new host once the previous one died.

But this was an entirely different level. If such a thing was possible, and they could figure out what allowed Shin to retain his memories, then it would be possible to achieve true immortality. Such a thing was worth too much to pass up on, no matter how valuable the person is. Shin, knew, this was the end. There wasn't any way to get out of this. Of course, assuming that it's all true.

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"You are awfully calm for someone who is about to die," Sirzechs said, analyzing Shin's reactions.

"Is that so?" Shin asked, not worried in the slightest, and that little bit is what made Sirzechs falter. Seeing Shin smirk, he knew something was wrong, something wasn't right. Somehow, someway, he had to have planned this. It was only at this moment, that Sirzechs realized what was going on.

"It's not true. Is it?" Sirzechs asked, causing Shin to chuckle, before laughing, then curling over and holding his stomach as he laughed very hard.

"Of course, it's not!" Shin said. "Come on, retaining information from a previous life? Please, if I had done so, I wouldn't have been stupid enough to reveal it so easily." Sirzechs was shocked, to say the least.

"I mean, come on, really? The tragic backstory was so cliché that you could open any manga and find one ten times better." Shin said, causing Sirzechs to chuckle a little.

"So then, if this was all a ploy, what was the point in it. What's the endgame here?" Sirzechs asked, a bit doubtful. After all, if this was true, then Shin must be a very smart person to have planned this far ahead.

"The end game was you," Shin said plainly, causing Sirzechs to tense. "I wanted to talk to you. But obviously, as a devil king, you can't just come to see someone simply because they want to talk to you. Even if I'm a part of your little sisters' peerage." Shin explained his resolve, leaving Sirzechs utterly shocked.

Sirzechs smirked. "I will hand it to you, your smart. But tell me, what role did the fallen angels play?" Sirzechs asked, testing Shin.

"They were a pawn, something to use to sell my story," Shin explained.

"And the backstory?" Sirzechs asked.

"A ploy to make you think I was dangerous. As it was, you would have likely sent someone else in your place if you didn't think I was a danger to Rias. However, if I was an emotionally unstable teenager, you would want to come to make sure Rias wasn't in any danger." Shin explained.

"The reincarnation part of the story?" Sirzechs asked, sitting down on the side of Shin's bed.

"It was the eye-catcher. If I had just gone on about an edgy backstory, why would Rias tell you? What reason would she have to tell you her newest peerage member has an edgy backstory? A peerage member that has retained memory from a past life however, now that would give her incentive to inform you about me." Shin explained.

This caused Sirzechs to release a chuckle, marveling at Shin's well thought out plan. "So then, the morning you pinned Rias to the wall is when it all started?" Sirzechs asked.

"No. It started way before that." Shin said, causing Sirzechs face to darken.

"So, you mean to tell me you already knew of the supernatural world?" Sirzechs asked.

"Yes, I thought you would have known that. I figured Sona would have told as such. I found out about the supernatural world when reading the books in the student council room. After finding out about the supernatural, I hinted it to them in ways that were discreet, just toying with them for my amusement." Shin said, not bothered by the killing intent focused on him in the slightest.

"Then when exactly did this plan start?" Sirzechs asked.

"It started when that fallen asked me on a date. By then, I had already awoken my sacred gear and could sense the difference between her and a human." Shin said, saying the first lie since Sirzechs entered the room. He couldn't sense anything different about Raynare when he met her, but he still knew she was a fallen.

"Alright, then how about this. Summarize your plan and tell me it." Sirzechs said, tired of getting bits and pieces of this plan of Shins.

"Alright. My plan started with the fallen angel Raynare. She asked me on a date. I had been planning to get into Rias' peerage already, I just didn't know-how. However, I knew they were watching me, I went along with the fallen, let her kill me, and then Rias revived me… The next morning, I pinned Rias to a wall, making her think I had a short fuse… From there the next step was killing Dohnaseek. I wanted to give Rias the impression that I didn't have a problem with killing… Next was the three fallen, where I made Rias think not only did I not have a problem with killing, but I enjoyed it. Next came the backstory to catch your attention. Obviously, the plan has worked up till now." Shin explained, making a simplified version of his plan.

"Ok, so then your plan worked. You have gotten my attention. What do you want?" Sirzechs asked, a bit annoyed.

"Well, it's simple really. I want to make a deal with you." Shin said, standing up and turning around, looking straight at Sirzechs. "I know of Rias' situation with Riser… I'll end it." Shin said, Sirzechs eyebrows narrowing.

"And what do you get in exchange?" Sirzechs asked dangerously, not liking one bit how Shin was using Rias as a pawn.

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