Chapter 11: Unfair World
As I was waiting I decided to use observe on Kiba and Koneko.
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[Isaiah / Yuuto Kiba Lv. 78]
Title: Ace of Rias Gremory
Race: Reincarnated Devil (Human) / Knight Piece
Vit: 144
End: 101
Str: 182
Agi: 444
Int: 187
Wis: 211
Charm: 321
Luc: 7
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'!?'
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[ Shirone / Koneko Toujou Lv. 58 ]
Title: The White Cat
Race: Reincarnated Devil (Nekoshou) / Rook
Vit: 211
End: 319
Str: 352
Agi: 121
Int: 82
Wis: 78
Cha: 521
Luc: 5
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'!!!!?????'
These people can kill me with a fucking love tap. I am so outclassed it is honestly impressive. And that put me on an edge like no other. I was in enemy territory as I am outclassed. But that wasn't the largest source of my agitation.
Unfair.
It is so fucking unfair. They have these disgustingly bloated stats. Other than Kiba they barely train yet their stat totals are so... disgusting. The gap between us was so vast that it made me sick to my very core. As I was deep in contemplation Rias stepped out of the shower wrapped in only a towel that barely restrained her assets, even with the slightest of movements her breasts threatened to pop out.
I got a better look at her and immediately realized why she is so idolized. Mesmerizing crimson hair with gem-like teal eyes and an hourglass figure and boobs the size of my head that nearly made me pop a big one as I watched the droplets of water race down her generous figure.
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[Rias Gremory - Lv. 48]
Title: Princess of Destruction
Race: Pureblood Devil
Vit: 69
End: 42
Str: 39
Agi: 45
Int: 463 (Intelligence stat does not correlate to actual processing power with the exception of the player)
Wis: 187 (Wisdom does not correlate to actual wisdom)
Cha: 250
Luc: 500
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What.
The.
Fuck?
My eyes snapped over to Akeno who came out of the door to side and entered in with a tray of biscuits and fragrant tea. She had very long midnight black hair tied in a ponytail with reddish pink eyes and boobs somehow even bigger than Rias' that somehow jiggled with every step she took.
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[Akeno Himejima - Lv. 69]
Title: Priestess of Thunder
Race: Reincarnated Devil (Demi Fallen Angel/ Human) / Queen
Vit: 162
End: 144
Str: 88
Agi: 124
Int: 482
Wis: 392
Cha: 275
Luc: 8
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I give up trying to reason this. I leaned back on my sight and enjoyed the sight in front of me as Rias sat on top of the desk and crossed her legs with her chin resting on top of the back of her hand.
"Good afternoon Gojo-kun. I am Rias Gremory it is a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is all mine Ms. Gremory." I replied with a dull tone of voice my eyes were too busy wandering over her figure.
"Please, you may call me Rias if you like. And she is my queen, Akeno."
"Ara~ ara~ how handsome, it seems the girls weren't lying about a new prince in school. You may just call me Akeno." The moment I heard the cursed phrase leave her mouth I felt a shiver go down my spine but I stomped it down and calmly picked up my tea while ignoring Akeno's teasing which just seemed to make her more eager.
[+3 Affection with Akeno]
"Thank you for the compliment Akeno. You may also refer to me as Akira then. Though I am assuming you haven't called me here simply to greet me have you, Rias?"
"I'll be frank, Akira-kun, as you know we are Devils. And this Occult Research club is just a facade, nothing more than a hobby. I use this club as the base of operation for my Peerage, do you know what a peerage is?"
I do, but I shouldn't, I only learned of the supernatural "recently" after all.
"I am... aware of their existence but my knowledge of them is rather spotty and I wouldn't mind a refreshment." At my words, Rias' smile got even wider. And I wasnt lying, the anime could be wrong for all I knew.
"Simply, Peerages are a privilege granted to High-class Devil's such as myself via Evil pieces that allow us to reincarnate members of other races as devils to make them a part of our peerages and bind them to ourselves as their King in exchange for their servitude." Hearing her explanation I nodded, my knowledge was spot on.
Magical slavery collars. By becoming a member of a peerage you basically surrender all of your rights to your king, they can do anything to you and you can't do anything about it. And if you somehow manage to leave you are branded as a stray and are kill on sight.
Very, very rarely you may have the opportunity to promote to high-class devil. Which the chance of as a reincarnated devil is close to nill mind you. And even then your master can just order you not to and you can only cry about it.
Truly devilish.
"And?"
"As you may have guessed, the entire club consists of my Peerage members. Koneko, my rook, Kiba, my knight, and Akeno, my queen. And Akira-kun, I want to extend this invitation to you. Do you want to join my peerage?" For a second I just stared at her in silence. I could feel her masked nervousness.
"Why should I?" And that one question I asked seemed to have completely thrown her off her rhythm, seemingly not expecting such a blunt answer.
"Huh?"
"I asked why I should join your peerage. From what I know and what you have told me, why should I give up my humanity and autonomy to join your peerage? I see no benefit to this at all."
"I treat all of my peerage members like family so you don't have to worry about that. Besides if you perform well enough, you may even be promoted to a high-class devil yourself someday. Enjoying the noble life of a devil and building yourself a harem of beautiful girls for your peerage. And as a devil, you would become much stronger, be able to fly, speak all languages and even use demonic power."
That does sound like a pretty good offer for someone that doesn't know any better. Unfortunately for her, I do know better.
"Unfortunately, I will have to refuse. Just because you treat your servants nicely doesn't change the fact they are servants. At the moment I have no thoughts of trading my life and freedom away to become a devil." I spoke firmly as I saw Rias' face fall before recovering her smile.
"Even so, I won't give up you know? I think am fairly convincing. " She said, leaning over and giving me a good view of her cleavage with the slightest bit of areola peeking out.
"Good luck then, I don't think I am that easy to convince but I guess we shall see. Now excuse me, I have places to be. It was nice meeting you Rias." I said as I got up and extended my hand and she shook it with her soft and tender hand.
"It was also nice meeting you Akira-kun."
With that, I left the club building before finding a secluded spot before pulling out one of the items I rolled from the gatcha which wasn't a fucking knife or a cosmetic item.
[Magic Mirror]
Cost: 250CE
Gaze into the mirror to return home.
Can only be used every 10 minutes and can't be used in combat. Cannot be used in separate dimensions. Teleports you to your home after 5 seconds.
Gazing into the crystal blue large hand mirror I vanished into notes of blue lights before appearing in my bedroom. Less convenient than devil teleportation but I could make do with it.
---[Rias PoV]---
Rias was not having a good time.
Her father had been trying to push the wedding closer and closer while ignoring her protests. And just when she thought she had found a sacred gear user in town they suddenly disappeared. Her future was looking more and more bleak by the day.
Her choices were drying up day by day. If not for her brother she would've become Riser's toy already. Her father like the model parent he was was trying to corner her by bringing the marriage closer so she doesn't wriggle out of it.
They even put a chastity spell on her for Satan's sake!
And then she saw him.
...Flashback...
"Has everyone met the new student in school yet? What do you think of him." Rias asked her peerage members that had now gathered after school in the clubhouse as they usually did.
The new student had caught her attention. She couldn't exactly pinpoint why but something about him was different. He didn't seem like he had a sacred gear but his magical power felt too controlled, in fact he was barely leaking any magical power.
Unless he had a spectacularly low amount of magic power of course.
"President, are you talking about that boy from 2-B? I haven't met him personally but I have heard of him. Has he caught your attention?" Akeno chimed in.
"I have, I sit behind him in class after all. The thing that stood out to me is his magical power. It is even less than a normal person yet it is very controlled so he may be suppressing it. He may be an unknown or new magician in town." Kiba had been watching him intently during class to decipher his weird magical power and had concluded that he must be a magician of some kind.
"Hmm, what about you Koneko? You haven't spoken since you came in here?"
"...He smells dangerous." Koneko replied curtly after a bit of contemplation. She didn't know what to think of him.
On one hand, he smelled like a corrupted evil youkai. The stench of evil and malice lingered around him. Yet he did not seem to be aware of it.
In fact, he didn't FEEL dangerous. He just smelled dangerous to her nose. It may be the effect of a sacred gear that was evil in origin like Gasper's.
She did not know what to make of him but she would withhold judgment for now.
"I see, is that going to be a problem then Koneko?" Rias asked with a hint of worry to her voice. She trusted Koneko's instincts but at the same time it would really be bad to lose yet another promising potential peerage member.
Especially with her arranged marriage with Riser hanging over her head.
To Rias' relief, however, Koneko shook her head.
"Alright then, everyone, I want you to keep an eye on our new friend. I want you to report anything you find about him."
She would have to discuss this with Sona.
...
After talking it over with Sona she was informed that he was a magician(Maybe he even had a sacred gear!) and her friend/rival begrudgingly took pity on her and let her have dibs on recruiting him.
But then that's where it all started to spiral downward.
Rias had zero experience in recruiting people. All of her peerage members she had either stumbled upon when they were on the verge of death or were given to her by her Brother. Unlike Sona, she didn't know how to pull someone to her peerage.
But if there was something she had confidence in, it was her body. After all honey traps were commonly used by Female Kings to lure people into their peerages. So she put her plan into place by sending Kiba to retrieve him while she took a shower.
What she didn't expect was him to get frustrated. She realized she actually did not know anything about this new transfer student other than seeing the back of his head once or twice. She had made a miscalculation in thinking he would be like Issei but that was fine. She still had confidence.
But after hurrying and entering the room she found a critical flaw.
'Why is he wearing sunglasses!?'
She didn't even know if her and Akeno's tactics worked. but when she saw him fully for the first time she knew she had to have him. From Koneko's observations, he likely had a sacred gear. AND he was also a magician at that. He also had that unique aura about him.
He was way more valuable than Issei. Her instincts told her that.
And her instincts were almost always right.
She needed him.
She already lost her chance to recruit Issei.
Her peerage had a bishop slot open. And having a magician as a bishop is an incredibly rare opportunity that very few devils got. Sadly she wasn't able to convince him this time and now Sona now joined in trying to pull him to her peerage.
But she wouldn't give up!
---[Akira PoV]---
As I appeared back at my house I dropped everything and went into the bathroom. Putting one hand on either side of the sink I peered into the mirror.
What was reflected in the mirror was a worthless weakling.
My grasp on the sides of the sink tightened to the point where my knuckles whitened. I tried to calmly remove the sunglasses from my eyes but my grip shattered the glass. Gripping the shards of the sunglasses I punched the mirror with all my might.
*Shatter!*
The glass shattered as the small shards of the mirror dug into my fist causing it to bleed, uncaring I punched where the mirror used to be once again.
And again.
And again.
I punched it until my knuckles were stripped of skin and bled with shards of glass embedded in them. At least that disgusting reflection of weakness was gone.
'ID Create: Crypt.'
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