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"I'd have to tell you about the circumstances of my world… can you handle it?" Ritsuka peered down and Rias nodded… reluctantly at that. "Okay… when I took my job in Chaldea… it was of course under suspicious circumstances. The reason for that is that in my world… before the year 2019… the world would come completely to an end. Chaldea only survived thanks to the magic that radiated from its location and the other machinery that ran the observatory. Humanity was left to only thirty people left alive on the entire planet."
Rias stared up at Ritsuka… he wasn't smiling or even joking about such a thing… it was unbelievable. The problem was that Ritsuka didn't lie. He could bluff and stretch the truth… but he never told any lies if he could help it. She had known when Sona mentioned Chaldea. Ritsuka had told her the truth but because of how she phrased her question… she got no answers.
"But…" Rias looked closer at him.
"Thanks to… a lot of work and some sacrifice along the way, humanity was saved. I had to fight the final beast with my bare hands and a shield. I didn't have the magic I have now at my disposal but with my actions… humanity was brought back from the brink and everything returned to some semblance of normal. For a time unfortunately…" Ritsuka trailed off.
"How… you…?" Rias tried to get the words out but they didn't really register with that sort of information suddenly coming up.
"Am I alive? Sane? I'm pretty sure the alive is because of those who've helped me along the way. As for sane… I'm afraid that sanity is overrated. I'm pretty sure I've been told that my mind is broken, to my face in fact. I'd like to think I'm still a little capable of keeping a strong facade at the very least." Ritsuka chuckled… mirthlessly, hollowly even. That same tiredness that sometimes entered his voice came out in full force.
"I think you're fine…" Rias muttered as Ritsuka pulled her in for a hug.
"Thanks. I do what I can for those I care about after all." Ritsuka exhaled, relief seemed to radiate off of him.
"Even me?" Rias timidly asked.
"Why wouldn't I?" Ritsuka asked genuinely curious now. Rias didn't answer merely shaking her head. She was smiling again… which was a positive thing at least. "When we win then I'll agree to what you want, Okay?"
"Yes…" Rias blushed and curled in closer to Ritsuka happy to have that comfort so close.
Ritsuka didn't say anything afterwards merely sleeping. His mind wandered back to Chaldea but he was doing what everyone else there did. He was being a hero in some way. Though his heroism was aimed at the smaller moments, getting someone to smile even for a moment was heroic enough for him.
The field was completed an hour before the match. Ajuka Beelzebub had done it with a certain flair since both sides had met in secret. Only the Satans knew about the deal going down, but only those within that room had known the contents of said deal.
Sirzechs and Grayfia has made certain to get the best room since apparently even his father and mother were going to attend. They were very worried about Rias, probably more than they were. The problem was that somehow… the day of the match had been spread around by someone making it a spectacle for every single devil family interested in the Gremory power to show up.
Sona Sitri, her Peerage, and Serafall had made it a point to show up offering support for her rival. That hadn't bothered him in the slightest since it was natural for those two to hide their friendship through rivalry. The problem came with the other members of the peanut gallery.
Diodora Astaroth had deigned to make an appearance which pissed Sirzechs off. The smug prick was at the top of his shit list with all the instigating he did against churches. None of his Peerage was with him… although he might have killed them… again. Why he was even in watching the match was beyond him, but whatever the reason was wasn't good.
Sairaorg Bael has shown up. While they were related through his mother, Sirzechs didn't know why he had shown up. Even his Peerage seemed confused since they were watching someone who wasn't ready to join the higher ranks, but had promise of a champion.
Seekvaira Agares has also shown up. The cold blonde woman merely sat nearby to watch the upcoming match. It was rare for her to actually show up in any capacity. She had also been in the running for champion hood.
The rest of the Phenex family showed up as well. Lord Phenex looked tired with all the political bullshit that was going on. From a mere glance, he probably knew what was at stake… unlike him. Sirzechs really wanted to know, but father had shut that down just as quickly.
They had all gathered just to watch one instance of the Ratings Game. Something was completely wrong. Sirzechs looked around at his… guests. The only one who made any motion of noticing his glance was Diodora. He smiled that fake smile and waved slightly.
Sirzechs was pissed off.
Azazel was glad to get a private room to watch the upcoming match. His curiosity was running wild as he kept Issei and three of his idiots with him to watch the upcoming match. They needed to know what they dodged. Dohnaseek had mysteriously gone missing which was a bit troublesome but nothing had turned up on him even with his intelligence network working throughout the clock.
He was glad that the deal made with Serafall went so well. She had wanted to know a bit about the mage who beat her adorable Sona-tan and he offered some dubious information to get her to agree to watch the match.
"Now kiddos, we're gonna see what that mage has been hiding. I'm sure you're chomping at the bit to see, right?" Azazel nudged Issei who was still sulking over his loss of the chance of a harem. The two bombshell Fallen hadn't even tried to give him the time of day.
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