He wasn't even sure if he had the stomach to do so… at least consciously. Subconsciously, he knew if someone he cared for was in trouble he would do whatever it took to save them.
He was glad when Rias and Kiba landed in the same alley looking for him as well since it meant that the fight didn't need to escalate further than it went.
Asia stepped close to Ritsuka as Rias and Kiba actually inspected the alley noting the holes in the ground.
She was a bit scared to see Devils up close but the look on Ritsuka's face being one of happiness and acceptance set her heart at ease. She recognized Kiba after her initial shock from watching Ritsuka fight faded slightly.
That unfortunately caused her to lose herself to her thoughts. She looked up at Ritsuka once more wondering just who exactly was the real him. It didn't diminish her view of him but she did want to know more about him more than ever.
"Ritsuka, what happened here!?" Rias nearly freaked out since she could see several dozens of holes in the ground. It didn't help that she could feel the remnants of holy power radiating around the alley.
"Rias, please calm down. He's safe and luckily not full of holes either." Kiba tried to calm her down but even he felt that something was wrong here.
"Well… before I explain that I'd like to introduce a new friend." Ritsuka waved off the worry as best he could but he knew it would only be temporary. "Hey, come out then. Hiding behind me won't make this meeting wait any longer."
Asia shyly stepped forward as Ritsuka did his best to assure her with his smile that things were fine. Rias forgot her worry as she looked at the short girl that had been behind him and instantly went in for a hug.
"You adorable little girl, you. Are you okay as well?" Rias hugged Asia giving her plenty of affection unconditionally it would seem.
Ritsuka wasn't worried if Rias asked Asia to join her Peerage so long as it was done honestly.
He wasn't dogmatic in the pursuit of humans being the masters of their own world. Ritsuka believed that, like him, all humans should have their free will be respected and their choices listened to.
He wasn't sure what she would choose but that didn't matter to him. Asia was Asia regardless of what changed on the outside.
"Rias, she needs to breath." Ritsuka pointed out since Asia was struggling within her cleavage. Embarrassed, she released Asia who merely smiled at the affection she was given.
"Um… thank you. I'm Asia Argento and I shall be in yours and Ritsuka's care from now on." Asia stated with a small bow trying to remain humble as possible.
"Oh please, don't do that. Since you'll be here you'll be like family." Road answered quite honestly as she looked at her newest housemate. "It's like I have a little sister now."
Rias preened over Asia. It occurred to Ritsuka that maybe there was something to how Rias operated.
She called herself a devil princess and that seemed to come with stringent rules that included an arranged marriage she wanted out of.
His own experiences with the royalty of Chaldea had told him that those same royalties were lonely people. Until he had summoned Enkidu, Gilgamesh was standoffish and unwilling to help out much.
When Enkidu did answer the call though, Gilgamesh immediately became far more approachable even to the point of joining in events as well.
For someone like Rias, who seemed to have loneliness dancing in her eyes, this was most likely liberating.
"Come! Let's get you settled in. I do apologize for asking but we are devils, are you okay with such living arrangements?" Rias questioned at first.
While she seemed open to the idea, she was still a King. She needed to know where Asia stood.
"Yes. Regardless of what you are, if Ritsuka can look at you and smile I shall trust that entirely." Asia answered almost too Honestly which made Rias blush at the though. Kiba patted him on the back with a small chuckle escaping his lips.
Ritsuka shielded his eyes from the pointed stares but the smile he sometimes wore still shone through. Hiding their wings, the four returned to the manor.
Kiba immediately took Asia to her room. That left Rias and Ritsuka alone.
"Ritsuka… what happened?" Rias started. It felt like this was going to be a habit at this point. She would need to ask her contracted mage what he did.
She would then either be impressed or terrified of the results. It didn't really matter though which one occurred though since it always led to Rias thinking a bit more and more about him.
"Well… we were attacked by an exorcist. At this point I'm thinking that he would be one of those rogue ones we got the Grigori to get rid of. I don't blame them though, this one was barely better than a mad dog.
At best I can tell he was working alone and that he really enjoys killing whatever he considers evil." Ritsuka summarized to the best of his ability. It was difficult to make certain assertions though that was mostly due to Ritsuka's standards.
He had forgotten to get a name out of the guy. That annoyed him to no end since he was usually much better at being on top of getting to know new people, regardless of moral alignment.
"Tch… So not even they can keep their pawns in line." Rias let out an annoyed growl as she bit her thumb nail. "I take it that you didn't get his name?"
"Sorry. I was focused on defending us at the moment. I wanted him to leave before anything could happen since if we went all out we probably would have been caught and that would be difficult to explain."
Ritsuka scratched at his cheek as he looked away. It wasn't that they would have been caught that worried him, it was more so the fact that if he was serious he might have killed the exorcist.
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