Chapter 12 : "It's a least healing potion."
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"About two hours."
"How did you get here?"
"I've always been here."
Sona frowned at that, suspiciously asking, "How old are you?"
"About two hours."
That brought her up short. The woman had been here her whole life, a total of about two hours. A pocket dimension with a building inside and a woman that seemed to have been created with it. That tugged at something in her memory. It took some time of silent thinking for it to come to her. She whispered in a bit of awe, "Innovate Clear."
Seeing the look of curiosity she got from Tsubaki, she explained, "Innovate Clear, a Longinus class Sacred Gear that lets one impersonate God." She winced at the pain she inflicted on herself and Tsubaki that mentioning him caused but it was important for this, "It's known to have the power to create whole worlds in other dimensions, including near-perfect imitations of living things. If someone just awoke it, then this might be the first thing they've made. It would explain why it's so small."
Sona focused back on the woman, "Do you have a master?"
"Yes."
"What is their name?"
"Master."
She grumbled at that, so much for an easy way to find out who they were looking for. However, she did have a suspicion already. After all, a Gremory lookalike with a decent magical power enrolled into their school just recently with a scholarship given to him by the underworld's more overprotective brother. None of them had sensed a Sacred Gear in him during their interactions, but it could have just been dormant and buried under his normal magical power. They would have to take a closer look at him now. If Okane Ryuji had awoken Innovate Clear, they would know first thing tomorrow!
She looked back to the barmaid and pondered what else she should ask. She continued her interrogation with, "What were your intentions with the boy that came before us?"
"I was made to get him to kill the rats in the cellar. Once he did I was to reward him by flashing him my breasts."
That dumbfounded Sona for a moment. She shook her head to clear it and asked, "Anything else?"
"No."
"What about us?"
"I was made to give anyone else that might defeat the rats a Least Healing Potion."
"A healing potion?"
"No. A Least Healing Potion"
Right, more eloquent questions. If she was a little less intelligent she might have asked what a least healing potion was or did, but she expected it was self-evident. Instead, she asked, "Will you give me the least healing potion?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"You didn't defeat the rats."
"So I have to be the one to defeat the rats to get this least healing potion from you?"
"Yes. Or be in the same party as whoever defeats the rats."
More RPG terms. Whoever had Innovate Clear very obviously was into the same kinds of games that Rias was. Another point in the Okane Ryuji column. Rias brother was known to spoil her, it would be just like him to find someone with a Longinus and a love of RPGs, get him transferred to Kuoh, and let him dangle in front of the desperate girl so she'd snap him up. It was a sneaky way to get around the restrictions he was under when it came to helping his sister.
"How strong is this least healing potion of yours?"
"I don't know."
"Do you know anything about it?"
"It's a least healing potion."
Alright, that line of questioning was going nowhere. She paused to think of more questions but was joined by Rias and Akeno once more before she could. The barmaid broke out of the hypnosis and smiled brightly, "Thank you so much for getting rid of those pests for me! As thanks, take this."
As she finished talking, the barmaid reached deep into her prodigious cleavage and pulled out a small glass vial containing a blood red liquid and the words 'Least Healing Potion' engraved into the glass. She set it on the counter and clapped her hands together in joy.
Sona, seeing the serious look on Rias's face asked, "What is it?"
"It's bad."
Rias bounced down the stairs into the well-lit basement bubbling with excitement. Yes, she was slightly worried for whatever boy had found his way into the pocket dimension and was likely hurt, but it was so exciting! So many RPG games began with the classic 'rats in the basement' scenario that she'd have to be a complete noob not to recognize it!
Whoever set this up was her kind of people!
Her excitement faded a fair bit as she arrived at the bottom of the stairs and got her first look at the barrel-filled basement (classic!). Laying on the ground, no more than ten feet from the stairs, was a badly disfigured body of a male around her age. He was wearing the Kuoh Academy uniform, minus the ribbon, and with sneakers instead of the proper shoes, but it was easy enough to recognize.
As she got closer, she grimaced in distaste. The rats, clearly fairly dangerous since they killed a teenager with a sword, had gone after his soft tissues first. His face was an unrecognizable mess of blood and showed his exposed skull. It wasn't the most gruesome thing she'd ever seen, plenty of Stray Devils had much messier methods of murdering and eating their victims, but that didn't make it a pleasant experience.
She couldn't recognize the boy at a glance so she did what she had to do, rolled him for his wallet. A quick check caused her to sigh deeply and prompt Akeno to ask, "Who is it."
Rias turned the wallet so she could see the student ID while she answered, "Hyoudou Issei, one of the perverted trio. Well, it explains why he was so gung ho to come down here for a 'reward' from that woman."
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