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"Sorry. Was checking my equipment. It's a habit." Ritsuka scratched his cheek with a finger before putting his blades away.
"Ritsuka-senpai… tell us about an adventure you've had." Koneko spoke first looking intently at him.
"Uh… sure. We're friends so I should mention something interesting. How about the time I went hunting for treasure only to run into a dragon which we had to kill." Ritsuka smiled as Akeno and Kiba spit out their tea.
"What!?" They both asked as Rias looked around her screen showing the strap of a purple bra.
"Yeah. It was kind of a bonding experience with my most stand-off-ish ally. He won't call anyone else a friend but we both agreed that treasure hunting was really fun. We landed on an island hidden off a certain coast. I can't really say where but that doesn't really matter." Ritsuka chuckled as he waved off that omission. "Anyways we found an unnatural cave system where a dark magus had begun spending copious amounts of money to build up a nation for himself. Unfortunately, he had also gone full depth into transformation magic and gave up his very being to become a phantasmal beast. In this case a dragon. Of course when we met with him we immediately demanded his treasure… but he had spent everything already. Of course my ally called the mongrel the biggest fool he had ever met. I had to agree because the stupidity hurt my head as well."
"You called a dragon stupid…" Akeno numbly stated.
"To its face." Kiba finished that thought.
"Pretty much. Unfortunately he took offense to that. Who knew, am I right?" Ritsuka patted Koneko on the head which she instinctively shook to.
"R-right senpai." Koneko stuttered feeling a deep fear from how casual Ritsuka had mentioned facing a dragon.
"So we had to take him out. I was far too mediocre of a mage at the time though. It was barely my first year and I didn't have all the training I had at the time. Best I could do was buff my allies keeping them from falling. If I remember right, I was almost burned to a crisp three or four times in a row. So I used one of my spells as it opened its mouth paralyzing the entire beast. Then my ally unleashed his most powerful move down the throat. It was kind of messy though. We didn't take the meat. My ally said he didn't want to catch the stupid it held. Unrelated, dragon meat is very tasty. If we ever fight one I could try cooking it right. It's mostly tail meat since the rest is gangly." Ritsuka idly thought as he placed a hand under his chin.
"M-m-maybe later Ritsuka." Rias came out fixing the rest of her buttons… messing up a few times.
"Akeno, I think Rias is missing her buttons." Ritsuka spoke up as Akeno made a little yipe as she stood up and helped Rias with her buttons.
"Senpai… your story is scary." Koneko bluntly mentioned.
"Really? I mean I know dragons can be intimidating but they are delicious." Ritsuka tilted his head in confusion not really getting what was wrong with everyone.
"Let's continue then… I'll mention about devils and such now…" Rias bowed her head uncertain now just what she got herself into.
"Devils are one of the three factions that exist in this world alongside humans. The others are Angels who serve in heaven the one true being and the Fallen Angels which are those who turned against him to enjoy their vices. There are smaller factions out there like the Yokai faction in Kyoto and the different pantheons of gods." Rias quietly explained while Ritsuka eagerly gave her his attention. Everyone else was still a little intimidated from hearing how nonchalant Ritsuka was about dragons... and eating them.
"Anyways I'll go over the Devil Peerage system. Over time, the families of hell decided to invest in a system of building up our families once more… though not everyone agreed with such ideals. We needed to adapt after a horrible event nearly left our entire race dead so we created a new system based on the game of chess. If you couldn't tell that would make me the King of this particular Peerage."
"Got it. Protect you always if I'm guessing right." Ritsuka answered immediately with a small snap of his fingers.
"Y-yeah…" Rias answered with a blush at how easily that came from his mouth. "To my left we'll start with Kiba. He is my Knight and one of the fastest pieces on the board to use the expression."
"Makes sense. He was really fast when we fought. I thought I was going to die." Ritsuka answered with a laugh.
"Sorry about that Ritsuka but you know how it goes." Kiba sighed with a slight chuckle.
"I know. When a swordsman meets another they have to fight. There is nothing else but that small window of opportunity to fight. The world means nothing until their blades have crossed because it is just how it is done." Ritsuka summarized his thoughts as Kiba looked surprised how agreeable he was about all this.
"Then we have Akeno, who is my Queen, and my second in command." Rias waved her hand down as Akeno smiled mischievously.
"She does have that take charge attitude." Ritsuka pointed out.
"I'm glad you noticed Ritsuka… I'll show you how take charge I can be." Akeno giggled in elation which made Ritsuka half smile… he was worried about his chances of surviving once again.
"Ahem… and to your right Ritsuka is my Rook, Akeno. She's our powerhouse." Rias waved to her as Ritsuka trailed his eyes to her. Koneko actually did a small fist pump with a deadpan expression.
"I'm pumped." Koneko answered as if it was nothing.
"I remember. I felt it when she tapped my arm yesterday. I can tell." Ritsuka chuckled as he rubbed his arm in remembrance.
"There are also Bishops as well. They are magical experts." Rias nodded in satisfaction to herself.
"And I'm guessing pawns are the foot soldier type of pieces." Ritsuka wondered out loud.
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