"Shirou Emiya, a third-rate magus and occasionally free-lancer." I paused before adding one more thing. "And currently a student of Kuoh Academy who is trying to get rid of some devils and demons while simultaneously dealing with the rent and my hospital bills."
"..."
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Grayfia continued looking at me with a very strict expression, and I could feel the sweat gathering on my forehead and threatening to flow down. After a while I could feel her Prana levels dropping slowly to somewhat safer levels and her posture seemed less prone to trying to cut off my head.
"It seems you are telling the truth for now." Grayfia closed her eyes momentarily to let out a light breath before directing them at me again. "Though your attitude could use an adjustment."
"Well, it's not every day you would meet someone who would actually stop short of attacking you. Most of the people I met tend to go for the head shot." I kept my hands steady and avoid showing any expression that showed my relief of her standing down.
"I guess that would be true." Grayfia raised an eyebrow at me while maintaining that poker face. "But as I say, you need an attitude adjustment."
"I have gotten that a lot. Believe me when I say, this is considered an improvement." I allowed myself to roll my eyes at the memory of Rin constantly running her mouth off about me. Boy was she real vocal about it.
"I would appreciate if you do not tell Rias-sama about our little talk. This is a private matter for me." Grayfia bowed as she made her request.
"Snort~ I doubt she would believe me for that matter." I replied back as I lowered my arms slowly, still keeping a tight hold on my mental trigger in case she tried to attack me with my guard down. "But fine, I will not tell her or Sitri-san."
"I thank you for your discretion." Grayfia paused as she lightly turned her head to one side. "It seems I may have overstayed my welcome. Ojou-sama and Sitri-sama are on their way with their Peerages."
"Oh great, just what I needed." I let out a frustrated sigh as I looked at the damage around me. Well, I guess I won't be able to use this place as a secondary workshop anymore, I would have to look elsewhere.
More importantly, I hope they don't charge me for the damage; that would take me a few more months of hard work to pay it off.
"Well then, until the next time we meet, Shirou Emiya." The silver haired maid bowed once more as a magic circle appeared at her feet, bathing her in crimson light, then with a bright flash, disappeared without a trace.
And not a moment too soon, as I could hear hurried footsteps in the distance. A moment of silence, then...
"BBBOOOOOMMM!"
"SHIROU! We have come to help you!"
One of the larger doors blew off its hinges, and I was greeted with the sight of the devils rushing through with their weapons deployed and their eyes scanning the entire area for an enemy. They stopped almost comically and nearly crashed into each other when they saw the destruction around them and the mangled corpse of the devil.
"Whoa..." Ise blinked at the body before turning to me. "Shirou, did you do that?"
"... Yes and no." I replied after getting my thoughts back together. "I managed to take the devil down, but he had some sort of fail-safe in the event he was taken out. Quite honestly, I was not sure if I would survive that blast when he blew up."
Whatever Ise wanted to say got interrupted when a blur of red hair flew past and slammed into me, causing me to gasp loudly and hit the ground hard.
"Emiya-kun, are you okay?! That Regeis Devil did not hurt you badly did he?!" Meguri started spouting a lot of questions as she hurriedly look at my body for injuries, before hugging very tightly to the point of suffocation.
"ARGH! Lady, can't breathe! My ribs, my ribs!" I choked out the complaint as I struggled to breathe under her grip. Damn, this girl could rival Luvia when she was hugging me out of concern, I was in serious danger in passing out right now!
"Meguri-chan, give him some room to breathe!" My savior came in the form of a flustered Reya who came over and tried to persuade her to release me. But it seemed fate was taking lessons from Zelretch as Meguri shifted her body to avoid getting separated from me, but was not prepared for my large frame and thus making her stumble and tripping Reya, and before I could react, ended up on the ground again with me being in a very perilous position, with Meguri hugging my midsection and her head a little too low, my hand accidentally touching her bottom, and Reya being on top of me and smothering me with her chest.
Damn it, this was not what I had in mind of dying on the battlefield!
"Whoa, I thought that only happened in cartoons." Tsubaki remarked in a incredulous tone.
"Hohoho~ this is good material." I could hear the click of a camera over the evil musings of Momo.
"Damn that lucky bastard!" Ise cursed rather loudly with a big tone of jealousy.
"... Very lucky man." Unless I was mistaken, I could hear a hint of amusement in Koneko's flat voice.
"HYAAA!" Reya shrieked and got off of me, allowing to get a breath of fresh air. At the corner of my eye, I could see a blushing Reya kneeling a little further from me. Meguri soon followed, with her face being as red as her hair and her body a little fidgety.
"Need a hand?" Kiba came forward and offered his hand. I merely grunted as I took it and he pulled me back up. He smiled before looking at the spear. He then gave a thoughtful frown as he turned to look at the sword in his hand. My guess was the sword was telling him something.
"Emiya-kun, would you be so kind as to relay what has happened during the time we lost contact with you?" I turned to face Sona, and I was not ashamed to say that I flinched slightly at the smoldering gaze she had on me. Clearly she was angry that I did not report in after fighting, and I was hoping that my story would placate her.
But thankfully an interruption came in the form of Ise.
"Wait, what did you say Draig?" Ise frowned as he looked at his red gauntlet. I imagined he got his answer as his eyes went wider. He turned his head slowly and laid his eyes on the spear that was still in my hand all the time. "Shirou, by chance that spear is..."
"A Sacred Gear." Kiba finished his answer as he looked up from his sword and focused on it as well. "That is what Sword Birth is saying. You apparently obtained a Sacred Gear from this fight."
"What?!" Everyone stopped inspecting the area and turned to face me with flabbergasted expressions. My only response was to shrug and let out a tired sigh.
"That's going to be a long story."
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"Damn it! That guy had to go and get himself killed by a mere human!" A figure cursed in the darkness as he slammed his fist against something hard.
"It is unfortunate, but look on the bright side, at least his death cannot be linked to us." Another answered back in an attempt to calm him down. "And the fact that guy is removed helps us, since we do not have to worry of having his spear in our backs."
"Yes, and on another note, it seemed the rumors were true, that a human wizard was behind the victory of the Gremory Peerage. Him taking on Regeis is proof of his strength." A third figure raised his arms in slight despair.
"That may be the case, but Regeis was supposed to assassinate those wretched siblings of the Maous! It was the best chance we got!"
"There is no use crying over spilled milk, just be grateful that no one knows his real purpose for being there. They would think that he was just there to find the Red Dragon Emperor and the odd human." The second figure assured the first speaker while shrugging.
"Fine." The first figure folded his arms while grumbling. "But what was with that weird reaction with his Sacred Gear? The gear just burst out of the corpse and headed straight for the human."
"This is a first. I suppose we need to look into this more closely." The third person replied back. "Perhaps we may have stumbled onto something rather interesting. We could hold him hostage and force those girls to our will. While we are at it, we can find out why the gear reacted in that manner."
"You won't need to."
"SHRING!"
Before anyone could react, a brief flash appeared and their heads dropped to the ground softly, followed shortly after by the bodies. The person in question calmly removed the blood from the blade he used with a cloth, before he took out three crystals and threw them towards the bodies. As they made contact, the crystals started to glow, then small glowing ball of light came out of the bodies and move into the crystals, making them shine with a red shimmer.
"Well, I got that guy's material, but seriously why doesn't he get some live ones? First the feathers and blood of that fallen angel, now some random devils. It would be easier to have some live specimens to compare with." The person grumbled as he went to pick up the crystals before snapping his fingers to set the bodies ablaze.
"Whatever, he got what he needed, and I get to rid myself of some inquisitive trash. All I have to do now is send the information anonymously and those devils should be able to do the rest of the cleanup for me without anyone being the wiser." The figure paused as he watched the flames continuing to burn the bodies.
"So, that is the reaction of a Sacred Gear huh? Interesting, but then again, Shirou Emiya always did bring something new to the party. For now, I think I will keep this little tidbit of information to myself. After all, this might be useful and fun for me in the long run." With that, the person vanished into the darkness, the only proof of his presence being the flames that eventually burned out.
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