65 Friendship?

With some hesitation, Satooji raised his hand and dropped a big pile of gold "All sold with an estimated total of 112 million dollars in total for the 100 skins. I converted all the money into gold and it resulted in around 1800 kilos of gold... although I must tell you that this had certain problems and if we are talking about money, that 112 million dollars should be around 2000 kilos of gold, but since it was difficult for me to get so much, I had to make a rebate... if necessary you can take my share."

"..." Looking at the big pile of gold, Saya was silent for a few seconds, then looked up at Satooji and smiled showing her shining teeth "How could I do that? I understand your problem so don't worry, we won't give you another request as troublesome as this one either."

"Now..." Calculating quickly, Saya continued "You can take 15% of this... if we count it as 1800 kilos, you should take 270 kilos, but because of the trouble you went through, let's pretend this is all 2000 kilos and let you take 300 kilos."

"*Gulp* D-really?" swallowing spittle, Satooji looked at the pile of gold and stammered.

"Go ahead."

Breathing heavily as his face flushed, Satooji looked at the gold for a few seconds, then adjusted his breathing and forced himself to calm down "First I'd like to finish my work with Miss Sona, is that all right?"

"We're not going anywhere."

"Thank you!" Bowing deeply, Satooji turned and looked at Sona with a big smile "We're leaving Miss?"

"Yes..." With an expressionless face, Sona nodded, then followed along with her nobility the straight back of the man who looked like he would fly away at any moment from happiness.

"President..." Looking at Sona lost in her own thoughts as they exit the cave, a young woman of about 18 with long dark hair and glasses asked "Are you really sure we shouldn't report this anomaly?"

Blinking for a few seconds, Sona turned to the woman and smiled slightly "Tsubaki.... I would certainly like to report this, but I think it would come out hurting us."

[A/N: I don't know if you noticed, but I'm hardly giving details of the appearances of the characters that now appear. I decided to just skip those lines since they are original characters from the High School DxD story, but if you are interested in having me add them to the writing, let me know, although I will certainly add the images].

[A/N: Sona Sitri]

[A/N: Tsubaki Shinra]

"why would we be affected?" frowning slightly while looking sideways, Tsubaki asked.

"For starters, we would lose the scoop" Following the silent Satooji, Sona continued "The fact that we were one of the first to be able to form contacts with a group that is powerful enough to settle in this forest, automatically makes us privileged in any future situation, whether it be inside trades or when it comes to mutual treaties."

"But it could also hurt us... what if they harm the demons and go to war? You know that the demons depend a lot on the familiars, and certainly in the future they will be affected if these people try to limit them... they could take us as traitors for not having informed in advance"

"For that they would have to know that we were with them, no?" With a calculating look on her stoic face, Sona continued "The ones who know about this are us, Rias and Satooji, and we are certainly all in the same boat."

"..."

"Besides..." Turning her gaze towards the cave in the distance, Sona continued "This group is very strange... it has beings I've never seen before and I even managed to see an angel, something that only happened once like 10 years ago and it is openly known that the angels secluded themselves in heaven... it makes me uneasy just thinking about reporting this"

"..."

"Not to mention that we promised Rias that we won't tell anyone, not even my sister" Shaking her head, Sona sighed "It would also serve us quite well to have a good relationship with them, in the future we will need more relatives and having their help, the danger is almost nil... besides they have those mana stones... it would be nice to be able to receive a few, a very good thing..."

"..." Raising her eyebrows, Tsubaki watched Sona for a few seconds and thought 'She's lost in thought... the president is not someone who is lost in greed, and she certainly wouldn't hide something like this from her older sister... what makes her so indecisive?'

While Sona's group was in a rather tense state, Rias was lying comfortably on the soft fur of the giant rabbit that was killed a few months ago, while Akeno sat beside her.

"And the blonde girl?" looking at Rias curiously, Yuriko asked.

"Asia? She's running some errands."

"A pity, I like that girl."

"Wow..." Sitting down next to the pile of gold, Kiriko formed a small tower with them and touched them gently, while her eyes gained a strange glow.

Raising her eyebrows, Saya watched Kiriko for a few seconds and giggled, then turned to the tired Rias and asked "Everything okay? You look terrible."

Smiling, Akeno replied "Yesterday she went to see her fiancé."

"Fiancé?" raising her eyebrows, Saya continued "What's wrong with that?"

Smiling with amusement at Rias' frown, Akeno replied "Political marriage to a playboy."

Raising her eyebrows, Yuriko looked at Rias with pity and interrupted gently "How bad is it?"

"The first thing he did when he saw me today, was touch me lewdly and as if that wasn't enough, he kissed one of his maids in front of me" Feeling lighter being surrounded by girls and feeling a strange peace hearing Yuriko's voice, Rias muttered in disgust.

"He's an idiot, just hit him" Lying lazily, Rika commented nonchalantly "A punch in his crotch with enough force works magic, trust me, he won't even want to see you afterwards even if you offer"

"You seem to have a lot of experience" Smiling as she curls up next to the gold, Kiriko commented.

"You don't know how many times I used that tactic, even more in the army" Chuckling, Rika replied.

"It's not that easy, this is something my family decided and not to mention that he's strong."

"How strong?" looking at Rias with interest, Saya asked.

"Well... it's not that he's strong per se, it's just that his genes are problematic" Thinking for a few seconds, Rias continued "He's from the Phoenix family, the only demons that inherited the healing of the extinct Phoenix"

Opening her eyes a little wider, Saya looked at her pack and they saw the interest and at the same time, the concern in each other's eyes.

"Extinct? What happened to them?" Being the more experienced on the subject, Yuriko asked softly.

"Well... you don't really know, they just disappeared."

"Yeah? And how does that family have the regeneration of the Phoenix?"

"It's said that their ancestor had children with someone of that species" Shrugging, Rias sighed "The important thing here is that Raiser is more or less immortal, no matter when you damage him, he will always regenerate."

'Immortal? That's impossible, neither the true fenix are immortal, much less a mix of races should be...' Frowning slightly, Yuriko thought, but seeing the thoughtful look on her daughter's face, Yuriko continued 'Although well... certainly anything is possible in life, even we experience the impossible.'

"And what do you plan to do?" after a few seconds of silence, Saya suddenly asked.

"I challenged him to a duel" With a bitter smile on her face, Rias continued "Everyone is working hard in order to win it... but I know... it's impossible for us to actually beat Raiser."

"You challenged him to a duel? Fight?"

Nodding, Rias continued "It's called Rating Game, it has a lot of importance among high class demons and it's not uncommon to decide something important based on a duel."

"And if you lose you'll have to marry him?"

"I have no other choice..."

Slightly opening one of his eyes, Fenrir stared at his pack talking to Rias, then closed his eye and snorted.

Raising her eyebrows, Yuuki looked up at Fenrir and smiled "Jealous?"

"I fail to understand what it is to be jealous yet..."

"Then why that snort?"

"I can't understand something" Opening his eyes, Fenrir continued "Why does Saya speak in such a... friendly way?"

"That's friendly to you?" Easily noticing the forced atmosphere in the conversation, Yuuki chuckled and shook her head "Even though they're casually chatting, it doesn't mean they're friendly. Saya seems to have hidden intentions in every question and Rias seems to have something to ask, you're literally watching a war where both of them are measuring each other based on words."

"War of words?" Cocking his head slightly, Fenrir muttered "Isn't it better to just eat her?"

"It's not all about eating your enemies" Shaking her head, Yuuki stroked Fenrir's paw and continued "Sometimes just talking can bring you a lot of benefits and save you a lot of trouble... but why does it seem weird for you to talk? Isn't it something you do every day?"

"I talk to you because you are my pack... why would I talk to others? At some point our paths will cross and I'll have to eat them anyway..."

Looking at Fenrir for a few seconds, Yuuki thought 'It's amazing how his mind can so easily divide people... only two types exist for him, his pack and food... if you're not from his pack, in his mind it doesn't even make sense to talk to you...'

'But well... who talks to their food?' Smiling slightly finding her way of thinking strangely sexy, Yuuki purred sensuously and hugged Fenrir's paw while replying with a playful smile "It certainly is weird to talk to food."

Emerging from Fenrir's fur, Shizuka tapped Yuuki's head with her paw and spoke "Don't teach Fenrir bad things."

Turning to the big wolf, Shizuka wagged her tails happily and rubbed her head with Fenrir's leg, then stared at him and commented softly "Fenrir, we told you about friends, didn't we?"

"Yes... Someone outside of your pack that you hang out with."

"So you haven't thought that maybe she could be Saya's friend?"

"Her friend..." Looking up at Rias, Fenrir muttered "But why have a friend? She already has her pack..."

"Because it's not the same" Knowing that Fenrir's head must be full of confusion, Shizuka continued "I would really like to explain to you the differences between friendship and family, but everyone has their own different perception and I wouldn't like to force mine on you... so I would like to ask you a favor... may I?"

"Mn"

"When you see another being and they don't seem to be aggressive towards you... why don't you try making them your friend?"

"My friend?"

"Yes, just try talking to that person and if you feel comfortable, you might consider making them your friend."

"My friend..." Looking at Shizuka hesitantly for a few seconds, Fenrir finally nodded and muttered "I'll try."

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