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"With our experience in several official Ratings Games Rias it would be best if you just agree to the marriage that our families have agreed on."
Riser finished his long boast which almost no one on Rias side actually listened to.
"And I'll say that I shall fight you in the Games." Rias shot back with a glare.
"So the agreement is set then. A Ratings Game shall be in effect. When shall it occur then?" Grayfia ordered both sides.
"This weekend. I'm tired of waiting. We've been through a lot already and giving you more time than that would be a waste.
So this Saturday we shall have it." Riser announced. Rias squirmed slightly. It was too soon. She hadn't even gotten Asia ready yet to handle such an event.
And Ritsuka… didn't seem to care since he was seemingly lost in thought.
"So this Saturday then." Grayfia mentioned as Rias reluctantly nodded.
"A question though… what's a human doing here?" Riser finally turned to the elephant in the room… who still wasn't really paying attention.
"He is my mage. What of it?" Rias growled as Riser took a few steps towards him.
"This pathetic excuse of a mage is contracted to you? Seriously, I feel nothing from him and he's been ignoring everything that's been going on since this meeting started.
I mean look at him lost in his own mind. Must be scared of me." Riser laughed though his Peerage didn't immediately answer him.
Their laughs were stilted though they couldn't answer why. "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Riser turned back to his group, noticing that they were only making a token effort. He didn't notice that Ritsuka was paying attention once more.
'Hm? Oh shit, attention is back on me. What do I do?' Ritsuka pondered as he looked towards his friends. None of them looked happy. Rias especially looked concerned with how close this guy was in front of him.
Ritsuka still had the fire potion active. He drank it and wanted it to actually come in use. From the details he got when Jason used it, it would protect him from burning and heat.
That included his hair and clothes as well. He did want to test that but he didn't really know if he wanted to antagonize someone right now.
Then Riser turned back around and was nearly face to face with him. Riser stood a bit taller but their eyes locked. Riser was a man who had been through many mock battles but had never actually been in a life and death situation.
The moment their eyes met Riser's wings immediately blazed up and his fight or flight response kicked in. Ritsuka could feel the heat radiating off of him… it wasn't that bad though.
It felt like a warm blanket instead of the blazing inferno that was probably what the action was trying to emulate.
"Ritsuka!" Rias called out as Riser accidentally released too much power setting Ritsuka up in flames.
"Oh shit!" Riser called out as he took a step back.
"Riser! What the hell did you do!?" Rias shouted as everyone started panicking… before stopping.
The flames remained in human shape and didn't seem to be screaming… or even showing signs of discomfort from the flames.
Grayfia watched as the person within the flames calmly and easily put the fires out with several pats to his body.
He was completely unharmed with the only damage being a thin layer of soot that covered him. He let out a small cough which released a small cloud of smoke. Ritsuka looked amused.
'Oh good… it works. Thanks be to Medea. Now let's equip Moriarty and start stage two of my plan.' Ritsuka quietly installed Moriarty's card since he needed to be slightly antagonistic.
"Huh. Tiny, pathetic and doesn't last very long. Can't say that was what I was expecting but it was just as big a disappointment as I thought it would be."
Ritsuka stated… though to his friends they noted how strange his tone was. It was forced and clearly uninterested as if he was doing something.
"What the hell did you say!?" Riser stepped forward clearly incensed at the bait being dragged across his face.
"Since you're yelling I doubt I need to repeat myself. Besides if you're just going to do another demonstration then don't.
I will take a limb from you as payment for the hit." Ritsuka answered back. It still wasn't a threat though… it felt more like a promise of what would come.
While he could feel Moriarty's influence, Ritsuka focused it on making himself the target of Riser's ire. He needed him to be angry enough to focus his forces on him.
If he did that then he could enact a more one sided plan in his favor. The web was being weaved at this moment and both sides were watching the spectacle before them.
"Why you- !" Riser was clearly ready to throw down only to be stopped by Grayfia.
"Are you not a high class devil? You're letting a regular human get to you." Grayfia stated in no uncertain terms that she would intervene.
"Don't forget about being a failure of a mage as well. He's worse than that." Ritsuka chuckled which made several of Riser's Peerage stare in shock at the statement.
Most of them thought a mage would boast about their status. Though when they looked at Riser he was absolutely livid.
They realized how he said it had implied that Riser was even worse than a failure. He clearly was trying to antagonize Riser.
The Queen wanted to warn him about it but she noticed the look on his face. Riser was beyond questioning and anger stemmed from his very presence.
"You will die. No questions." Riser pointed at Ritsuka who didn't seem even the slightest bit worried.
"Pretty sure a Ratings Game won't let you but you do seem confident about that. Though with how pitiful those flames were I'm sure I'll be fine."
Ritsuka waved it off with a happy nod which was still shocking since he was going this far.
Kiba was the first who seemed to get what was going on. While everyone was busy being shocked by the lone human, he decided to explain to Rias.
"I think he's making himself a target for us." Kiba whispered to Rias and Akeno, who overheard.
"Part of his planning?" Akeno answered back clearly unhappy with this.
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