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Sons hated herself now. She had once said that the only person she would ever marry would be whomever could beat her in a game of chess. Now… now she lost to a regular human with slightly higher levels of magic. A guy who managed to outsmart and play with her the entire game while never treating her poorly or as someone to use for their own merits.
'Damn it Rias… why do you bring the infuriating ones…' Sona slammed her head down once more as tears very animatedly streamed down her cheek.
"Well that was a thing…" Ritsuka sighed. He hated that he had to lie and cheat in that game in particular… but she was kind of intimidating.
It was also because he could see how ambitious Sona was. Rias was kind of an innocent person who didn't know how to use people to get ahead. He could see that whenever she interacted with her Peerage. Sona still treated her Peerage well but it was clear that she was in control there as an actual authorian instead of a den mother.
It was clear that she would be far more ruthless in her information digging. Ritsuka didn't want to take that chance at all. Though it answered something important for him. Something like Chaldea didn't exist in the moonlit world at all or at least wasn't a topic. It was easy to say that different worlds make different things happen but if anyone could have known about the hidden side then it would have been devils.
With those snippets Ritsuka could piece together that the devils were able to circumvent a lot of the red tape that affected politicians and the like. That… was kind of unsettling for its own reasons but this was only one facet of the world and not systematic of the entirety of it. There were still the other factions that he could only surmise were also out there hiding in wait. Any single one of them could have the Holy Grail fragment.
Ritsuka walked off towards the old school building covered in ivy since it felt just like the others. Koneko was actually outside waiting for him.
"Sorry for taking so long." Ritsuka groaned as he stepped in front of her.
"Okay?" Koneko tilted her head but made no other attempts at conversation.
"Yeah. I'm just realizing how massive an undertaking it's going to be to find what I'm looking for. Doesn't help that Sona challenged me at chess and I just finished beating her." Ritsuka rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't need to give more details than that. Koneko's eyes seemed to bug out at that.
"You beat her?" Koneko held a hand against her mouth.
"Yup. She owes me a favor later. I'm not sure what to ask for just yet but eventually I'll figure something out." Ritsuka waved off the concern not taking this more seriously.
"It's bad you beat her…" Koneko pointed out. "She's never lost."
"Uh… first time for everyone. Better you lose at something unimportant rather than at something that matters. You learn more from failures than you do from successes. That's how I got better at fighting and magic even if it's nothing to write home about." Ritsuka chuckled though Koneko didn't really react.
"It's fine. Come Rias and Akeno are ready to go over some more in depth things." Koneko opened the door and rushed in.
Ritsuka followed closing the door behind him as the two traveled down a darkened hallways towards what looked to be the main door. Inside was a comfortable looking lounge area where Kiba was sitting on one of the couches reading a small book. Akeno seemed to be setting up tea and Koneko had rushed to her seat and began snacking on cakes. Ritsuka took a seat near Koneko leaning back into the couch letting himself actually relax.
Akeno didn't sit in his lap like he worried she would, taking a seat across from him. She did make a show of fixing how she placed her legs. They were black and lacy… something he cursed himself for noticing so easily. Something she took perverse pleasure in doing to him. Koneko sighed and just ignored everything while Kiba remained engrossed in his book.
"Good of you to join us Ritsuka. How did your meeting with Sona go?" Rias stepped out into the hall wearing nothing but a towel. She seemed to have just taken a shower. Ritsuka gazed a bit shocked at this but put it in the back of his mind.
"Fine I think. I beat her at chess so that might have either saved me or caused more problems later on." Ritsuka explained only to cause Rias, Akeno and Kiba to look shocked at him.
"Y-you… you beat her?" Akeno found her voice first.
"Y-yes… is that bad?" Ritsuka felt worried at this point. He didn't know if he did anything bad.
"Sona has never been defeated at chess. When she was betrothed to someone she made them decide her life over a game of chess. She won and became independent even stating that unless someone could ever beat her in a game of chess she wouldn't marry them." Rias explained with a stern look on her face. It was slightly ruined by the fact that she was still only in a towel.
"Uh… woops…" Ritsuka facepalmed. This was the last thing he needed to happen especially since he was still going to have to deal with Akeno… and probably Rias if he didn't know any better.
"Well what's done is done. For now we should probably move on." Kiba quietly switched gears moving to what the meeting was actually about. "Now Ritsuka I feel we should explain more in depth about who we are, what we are, and many other facets of our society at this point."
"Y-yes… we'll come back to Sona much… much later." Rias coughed as she brought his attention over to a small chart… still in her towel.
"Rias, get dressed first. Fufufu... " Akeno giggled as Rias went a little red… especially when her eyes met his.
It took a few moments as she stepped behind a folding screen to get dressed back into her uniform. Ritsuka idly sat around pulling out different Azoth Blades and looking over them to everyone else's surprise.
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