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He decided to put on the professional look Irisviel made him work on, the one that embarrassed Kirtsugu for some reason. Though he didn't have his candy cigarettes with him so the look would have to suffice.
"Yes daddy, this is my mage Ritsuka Fujimaru." Rias presented him to the man. Ritsuka nodded politely and began scanning the room entirely.
"Oh ho! You found a professional bodyguard type haven't you?" The man appraised Ritsuka before approaching him. "Hello young man, I am Zeoticus Gremory."
Zeoticus Gremory, one of the presiding dukes of hell, archmage second only to Azi Dahaka was at war with his senses. The human, he didn't know if they were, before him screamed dangerous the moment their eyes met. He didn't even know why either. It was almost as if he was watching his demonic ancestors falling in battle over and over again before his eyes… and it unnerved him to such a degree that his brain immediately shut down that section of his brain before it could get any worse.
"Nice to meet you. It's been nice working on low stakes things recently." Ritsuka answered offering a hand which Zeoticus shook instinctively.
"I get that feeling all too well." Zeoticus answered though his tone was strained but his smile remained.
"Please come with me. The meeting will take place in about fifteen minutes. We've just been waiting on the Phenex representatives to show up." Zeoticus led the pair to a lounge area with a large table used for negotiations. "If you please wait here, my wife would like a word with her daughter."
"Mom would? Okay… give me a moment then Ritsuka." Rias ordered which Ritsuka nodded at and quietly began looking around the room.
The father and daughter walked out to the daughter's confusion. Her father seemed a bit… worried. It was almost the same reaction that Sirzechs had when Ritsuka had stared him down as well. That made her wonder just what everyone else saw that she didn't. His gaze had been intimidating but overtime she actually enjoyed him looking at her.
"Daddy… is everything alright?" Rias called out getting her father's attention. He took a deep breath before turning around.
"Yes sweetie?" Zeoticus turned around keeping the fake smile as best as he could.
"This is about him and not meeting mother is it?" Rias deadpanned clearly not wanting this much stress on her when something big was supposed to happen.
"Uh… yeah. Yeah it is. Look the moment I looked into his eyes I instantly saw the death of all demons." Zeoticus admitted reluctantly. He couldn't think up a good lie.
"That… that seems like a grand claim." Rias gulped slightly. It fit too well when her father said it. "Besides… we're devils and not demons."
"Rias, that's not the point. His soul is broken in some capacity and I'm more than certain a demon was the cause for it. Who's to say that he isn't biding his time until he can take care of whomever did it. I'm certain it was most likely Rizevim. He's the only one who would take such sick pleasure in something like that." Zeoticus hissed our clearly agitated by what he was feeling and his own instincts howling.
"I don't even think that Ritsuka knows Rizevim in any capacity. I know he knows about the Ars Goetia if what Kiba noticed was anything to go by but I doubt he knows any of the pillars personally." Rias argued back. She didn't like the implications being thrown around without any evidence to back it up.
"Sweetie… what even puts him on your side? Does he have any good reason to be on our side at all?" Zeoticus brought up clearly trying to at least glean some insight on his daughter's reasons for keeping such a dangerous man around.
"He said he trusts me. I have a good feeling that he wouldn't turn on me and those I care for." Rias answered completely tossing her father off his game.
"Mh… I still don't like it. Also you seem a bit more… okay with this mage then I find acceptable. Should I be worried…?" Zeoticus eyed his daughter who squirmed under his gaze.
"What if I said I prefer him to Riser? What would you say?" Rias growled which made Zeoticus stop. He already felt guilty enough for agreeing with this idea with Lord Phenex. Unfortunately, Zeoticus was stuck by politics and as much as he wanted to break this agreement… he couldn't.
"We'll discuss it after the Ratings Game you agreed to. Whatever I say won't matter until after that moment. Come… I've felt the magical pulse of the Phenex representatives appearing.." Zeoticus answering the question Rias had in mind.
Rias wanted so badly to argue… but she knew even her father was trapped by the politics governing Hell. No matter what every single one of them followed the rules set in place by the Four Great Satans. Even her brother was forced to follow the rules as well. No one could get out of them. She didn't dislike what her father did because it was a logical move for the slow decline of devil bloodlines. She disliked it because her feelings weren't taken into account and that was the thing that annoyed her most.
When they returned to the room… three people were waiting for them. Two familiar faces of Riser Phenex and his sister Ravel Phenex. Behind them was their acting head of the family, Ruval Phenex. Each shared the same blonde hair though their eye color was all different with the males sharing their father's red gaze and Ravel have pure blue. The silence between the three was palpable.
"Welcome to my humble abode! I trust everything went well on your long trip here." Zeoticus started clearly going through the motions. Riser merely nodded and Ravel curtsied. Ruval was the one who handled all the talking.
"You know how deadly those hellish windstorms can be. We might be a bit early but we wanted to beat any possible storms that would come." Ruval answered with a devil may care smile.
Rias didn't speak. She had no desire to do so even as Riser attempted to flirt with her using his gaze. Ravel stopped that kicking him in the shin to stop his childish acts. This was a serious matter.
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