Chapter 41 : "I hope you enjoy Kuoh."
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Sighing as I leaned forward to lean on my knees and rub my forehead – dealing with Serafall's brand of whiplash was exhausting – I said, "Get ready to leave.
We'll be fighting Fallen Angels so prepare accordingly. We'll teleport to Kuoh town in fifteen minutes."
Yubelluna and Clarissa both stood and went about their preparations.
This was certainly going to be interesting.
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Standing across from a black-haried girl seated behind a desk, I was beginning to understand why Serafall wanted me to back Sona up.
Her peerage was about as dysfunctional as it could possibly be.
"We don't need this asshole, prez!" a blonde boy said as he glared daggers at me. "This bastard stabbed Kiba. I'd rather fight the Fallen alone than fight with him."
"Yeah!" a bubbly brunette said, also shooting me a stinging look. "He hurt Akeno and ruined Rias's reputation!"
Not bothering to hold back my sigh of exhaustion, I ignored the peanut gallery and focused on Sona.
"Look, heiress Sitri, I understand you're probably unhappy with this situation. I'm not exactly fond of it either, but we have credible intelligence that the Fallen are up to something more sinister than merely encroaching on your territory.
That's the only reason I'm here. To investigate that information and act upon it if it's proven accurate."
"Fuck that! Prez, let's just–"
Sona raised a hand, cutting off the boy's protests. "Will you follow my orders?"
I nodded. "I'm not here to usurp your authority. My job is to back you up.
I'm going with you to the church no matter what you say, but outside of that, and so long as your orders don't endanger my peerage or conflict with my purpose here, it's your show."
Sona held my gaze then nodded. "Good. Please leave us. There is a craft store half a kilometer down the road from the church. We will meet you there once I have organized my peerage."
I gave her a respectful nod, then left the classroom, Yubelluna and Clarissa following behind me.
"My king, I must protest your decision to follow Sona Sitri's orders." Yubelluna said as we left the grounds of Kuod Academy.
"It is clear she is inexperienced and not in control of her peerage. In addition, her peerage appears reckless and will likely be killed if they are not reigned in."
"I agree with you." I said as we made our way to the craft shop Sona mentioned. "They all seem very gung ho about the whole fighting thing, but they likely haven't ever been in an actual fight.
We'll give Sona a chance because this is her territory and it's her responsibility, but if things start going poorly we'll take over."
"That is acceptable, my king." Yubelluna said.
We arrived at the craft shop and sat down on a bench outside to wait for Sona's peerage. Seeing as there was nothing else to do with the time, I decided to make sure we were organized.
"Clarissa, I want you to focus mainly on finding what the Fallen are using to extract Sacred Gears."
"Did your visions show you its shape, my king?"
I shrugged, saying, "Sometimes it's a chain, others it's a cross. It could be a rock for all I know.
That's why I want you to find it. Of the three of us, you're the most equipped to figure out what it is.
Once you get it, retreat. That takes priority over fighting the devils. Yubelluna and I will cover you while you search and flee."
"I am not useless in a fight, my king." Clarissa said, sounding a little exasperated.
"I know you aren't, Clarissa, but the Devils need to figure out how the Fallen are able to remove Sacred Gears.
Figuring that out trumps just about everything else we're doing here."
"I understand, my king. I will find the device and retreat with it."
"Thank you."
"My king, we should go inside the store." Yubelluna said quickly, a trace of anger leaking through to her voice.
Looking over at her, I saw her looking down the road. Following her gaze, I saw a red-haired devil and her posse strolling down the center of the street.
"That's probably a good idea, Yube." I said as I stood and led my peerage into the craft store.
It wasn't that I was afraid of Rias, the way we'd handled her in the Rating Game showed I didn't need to, I just wanted to never have to talk to her again.
As we entered the store, we all spread out to look at various shelves. I was surprised to find a young woman with golden hair looking through a box of carved, wooden crosses.
She looked up at me with green eyes and gasped. "I'm sorry! I didn't realize I was blocking your way."
I waved off her concern and said, "You're not. I haven't seen you around town before. Are you new here?" I recognized the girl, but I wanted to be sure this was really her.
She smiled innocently and nodded. "I am! I arrived yesterday. My name is Asia." She offered me her hand.
I shook it and said, "My name is Riser. What brings you to Kuoh?"
"The church sent me." she said, a bright smile on her face. "I…I need to make up for a mistake I made recently."
As I studied the girl, I began to evaluate my position.
The young woman in front of me possessed Twilight Healing, a Sacred Gear that would be a boon to any peerage, but I didn't know if I wanted the girl that came with the Sacred Gear.
Looking at her now…she wouldn't hurt a fly. That wasn't exactly a bad thing, but if she was going to be in my peerage, I would need her to fight.
I would need her to be willing to kill if necessary, and I just couldn't picture this young woman killing anything.
I needed a second opinion.
Smiling at her, I said, "I hope you enjoy Kuoh."
"I will. Have a good day!"
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