In Kuoh town, to be more exact at the old building at the Kuoh Academy, Rias and Sona were both considerably nervous. They had just received a warning that someone was going to be coming to Kuoh from the Church and that they are to, under no circumstance, antagonize him. Conflict was even more so out of the question and to be avoided at all costs.

"So, did your sister tell you who it is that will be coming exactly?" Rias asked her friend who shook her head.

"No, she only said that I am not to antagonize this person and that she is wary of him." Sona said, making Rias gulp.

"She thinks this person dangerous even for herself? Should we try and ask for someone of my brother's peerage to come?" Rias asked, not wanting to risk the safety and wellbeing of herself or any of her cute peerage members.

"... She said this person almost made her think he is cuter than me." Sona said and, displaying her full force of will, managed to not even twitch when she said those words.

Rias looked at Sona as if she was crazy but then thought about it for a moment and had to agree. Talking like this is something Serafall would likely do, much to Sona's immense chagrin.

"So, we can only wait for the meeting now." Rias said and Sona nodded.

They then started talking of unimportant matters with Sona asking what Rias intends to do now that she is free from her engagement with Riser.

"I am not sure, but whatever I decide to do will be my own decision and no one else's." Rias said with a slight smile, thinking that she really got lucky that her Queen had her sacred gear and had the powers of the Leviathan house trait.

That helped her a lot for sure.

Her Queen pretty much drowned Riser at the later stage of her Rating Game, making sure he could not breathe at all and his regeneration not helping him deal with it until he passed out cold.

Rias then sent a mischievous smile at Sona and asked.

"And what about you? Will you ask Tobio out or not?" Rias asked, knowing of the rumors circulating between Sona dn Tobio, Sona's Queen.

"... No." Sona said with a bit of annoyance. "I was thinking on it but Tsubaki moved first and they are going out now."

Tsubaki Shinra is Sona's Rook and closest friend, Sona admitting that if not for Tobio she would have picked Tsubaki as her Queen. The two were extremely similar in many things and, apparently, also in taste in men. In truth Sona was willing to share Tobio with Tsubaki but Tobio refused to even think of it, not wanting to even think of dating more than two girls at once and with how close he is with Sae, one of Sona's Knight, then Sona could not really do anything anymore.

Rias winced, knowing that Sona must not be happy about this development in the slightest.

She was about to say more when she felt it, a wave of powerful and almost suffocating light washing over her. It was pure to the point where Rias thought that this might as well be an Archangel coming while dressed in one of their most powerful armors, terrifying without a doubt.

She then turned to Sona who also got ashen faced upon feeling this and the cup of tea she was drinking from was clearly trembling a bit. The two thinking that this time they truly had to be careful, and they also cursed inside that neither of their siblings sent any of their peerage members to protect them.

However, just as suddenly as the wave of pure light expanded it preceded, making both Sona and Rias worry even more. Someone with so much light energy and able to hide it this easily was certainly not someone they wanted to have any troubles with.

Sona and Rias quickly called their entire Peerage to them, not wanting them wandering about at a time like this and to make sure they had at least a chance to fight if anything happens. Thankfully neither had that big of a peerage so the place was not really that full.

When everyone was gathered in one place the first one to speak was actually Koneko.

"Buchou, what is going on? The energy of the world is acting weird." Koneko said, making Rias frown.

"Different how, Koneko?" Rias asked in worry.

"The flow of Life Energy is more exuberant, almost like the world itself is glad and happy. It is weird." Koneko said and Rias and Sona shared a look.

"That would be me, sorry for that I was a bit excited and it turned out this way." Someone spoke on the other side of the door that was currently closed. The door opened as if natural by an unseen wind and from the other side a few people entered the place.

On the front of this group was a male whose looks made others gape in awe, his every aspect was simply perfect and beyond reproach and every single girl amongst the devils developed a blush at seeing him. Issei instantly wanted to hate the man, but his hate quickly subsided as he looked at him more, the natural aura of the man making him simply too easy to like and hard to hate.

Beside him were several other people, but none was quite as eye-catching as the one in the front.

When Rias finally managed to concentrate herself back into what was going on she felt the power this person emanated, and when she realized who she was dealing with and what she was feeling she felt scared beyond anything she did until now.

After all, in front of her was none other than Fabio Strada, the first True Saint in hundreds of years, the first being to ever carry not one but THREE Longinus, being regarded as an heir to Solomon himself, someone who many think may already be equal to the archangels in combat. A master of magic, physical body that could match even Sairaorg, natural Holy Sword and Demon Sword user, one of the strongest if not the strongest of the young generation amongst all pantheons.

And she did not feel any energy from him. Not a single thing, and that scared her more than she would like to admit since even as she stared at the Longinus on his shoulder, she could not sense anything from him. He was like a completely normal person, if you ignore his looks of course.

A body raised under the influence of the Sephiroth Graal and in constant search for the absolute perfection of the body really helped him a lot, he was likely someone who, despite being human, could better be called as the ultimate living being by now.

However, the one most affected by this whole situation was not Rias or Sona, instead it was Koneko who was looking at her sister there. The black nekoshou was in it's cat form in one of Fabio's shoulders and looking at Koneko with clear care in her eyes but Koneko glared in return.

"Nee-san." Koneko said as if instinct, she did not know how to properly react to her sister. One must understand that Koneko felt a deep sense of abandonment from when her sister left her, hating her for it. However, it later became clear what had happened to Kuroka and that she only killed their master to protect her, so Koneko did not know how she should reach to Kuroka.

"Shirone, glad to see you well." Kuroka said and she then rubbed her head against Fabio's face and said. "So? Have you found a mate for yourself yet? If you didn't I just might share mine with you, for a bit at least."

As Kuroka said that Valerie turned to her with a glare and spoke.

"Don't go acting like Fabio is someone you can 'share' as if he belongs to you, you perverted cat." Valerie said irritated at Kuroka who only smirked in response.

On the side one could see Leonardo taking out his phone to play some games, not carrying about this whole situation overly much, for him this mission was not difficult after all, he could likely deal with it himself and, if not him, Fabio certainly could.

As for Lint, she was currently on the side drinking some tea that she brought with her, this was not because she looked down on the tea the devils had to offer but more because the tea she was drinking was special. It has long become clear that Lint was a bit overly energetic and could not help herself regarding that, this would normally not be much of a problem as it helped her during combat when she had to 'burst some knees', however, when on a more formal setting this was a problem.

To deal with this Fabio and the others created a special tea bland that had traces of tranqualizers that, for a normal person, could make them enter a coma or have their hearts just stop in seconds, but on Lint it was only barely enough for her to not move about too much.

"First, let me say that I have no intention of harming any of you, so please do not be so fearful. I don't bite." Fabio said with a chuckle and the others calmed down a bit hearing this, until Kuroka spoke up.

"... You do remember when you ate that Dragon while he was still alive, correct?"

One must remember that Kuroka was, in her core, a troublemaker who enjoyed causing mayhem every once in a while just for the heck of it.

Fabio winced a bit at that when he noticed that the devils that were not on a chair moved a bit further back. Turning to Kuroka he spoke.

"That was because I was hungry after battling it for five days straight and I needed some of the genetic information of it. I could swear it was already dead anyway, if I knew it was alive I wouldn't have tried to eat him then." Fabio said with a slight pout remembering that time.

Rias and Sona looked at one another and, despite fearing the answer, asked him about it.

"And who was the dragon, if I might ask?" Rias asked hoping beyond hope it was not something too absurd.

This time Fabio looked downright sheepish as he spoke.

"Hehe, that one was a mistake on my side. During a experiment using myself, Leonardo, and some other things I ended up recreating part of Yamata no Orochi. Thankfully it was only a third as strong as it could have been but it still was a pain to defeat." Fabio said, remembering one of the craziest ideas Ino talked him into over the years.

If Kuroka was a troublemaker then Ino was ten times worse, she talked him into so many things that it was not even remotely funny anymore. While most of it always ended up as having a good result in the end, helping in the development of Fabio's Balance Breaker in the end.

Not that Fabio would use THAT any time soon, he would rather not use it at all if possible. However, seeing how everyone was now tense Fabio had to wonder what he could do to calm then down, make them not see him as a possible enemy. Then it struck him as he looked around for a way for them to get more relaxed.

"Hey, would any of you care for a match?" Fabio asked as he pointed at the chess board near the side of the room.

Fabio's P.O.V.

Well, this is not going as bad as it could have been, but it is not the best either.

This is the only conclusion I could get after thinking on what has happened.

First, upon getting on Kuoh, I ended up a bit over excited when I got a call from Akeno saying she would try and come over to meet me in person. It seems like even the Fallen want to deal with this situation and are sending Akeno and Vali to bring back Kokabiel, which means no help as I get Vali would likely either watch from the side until the end or just enter to fight me. The man cannot take a loss, or twenty last I checked.

But hey, Akeno is coming and I am extremely glad for it, that made me lose the control I have under my powers and let it flow out freely. I quickly remedied that when I realized it, but it still must have made the devils nervous.

Then it came the next problem, my reputation. I know how others see me, how many from the other Pantheons fear me, but I still think it a bit exaggerated. I never enjoyed making others uncomfortable, much less having them fear me by any stretch, but that is the result I got anyway after being sent around in so many missions.

In all honesty, this mission now doesn't even count as hard for me, I heard of Kokabiel before from father and he agreed that the fallen angel was not that strong. More bark than bite, as father would say.

About the whole situation regarding me eating the dragon, it was part of the process for my Balance Breaker that made me need to do such a thing, even though I do admit that it tasted good. Who would guess that dragon meet is actually this savory?

... I blame Ino for making me a foodie, if not for her I would likely not have had to search and taste so many different beings. I at least never killed any being that wasn't vicious, I only killed those who were killers or caused great harm to those around, if it was a good being I would not touch it.

"It is your turn now." Sona spoke and I snapped back to reality, quickly taking a glance on the board and making my following move. I then started speaking.

"Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes. Recently the Holy-swords Excaliburs that were kept by the Catholic Church Headquarter Vatican, Protestant Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church were stolen. The investigation made us confident the thief is Kokabiel and that he came to this town." I said easily enough, not wanting to make this any more complicated than it had to.

"Kokabiel… One of the leaders of the fallen-angels that survived the previous wars since ancient times… I never expected to hear the name of the one that appears in the Bible." Rias said in a bit of a shock before her face turned serious. "Does this mean the Grigory is behind this?"

She probably is worried regarding the chance of a war starting in this place between the three factions. Not that she needs to worry about this now.

"I was sent here with my peerage to retrieve the Excalibur fragments that were stolen and, if shown necessary, kill Kokabiel. As the Cadre was officially declared a stray Fallen by the Girgory the execution of him won't have any great repercussion and I expect to finish this in a swift fashion." I said as Sona made her move, I quickly followed through in less than two seconds, her face becoming even more focused now.

I waited for a while as Rias looked to want to ask Sona for her opinion but her entire concentration seemed to be aimed at the game the two of us were playing. Perhaps I should go easy on her, I heard she was a genius at it so I went at it with intent to win, maybe it was too much.

Having a stronger soul means a lot of things, and that includes quick thinking. For me to win these sort of games is just too easy.

Rias then coughed in her hands before she spoke up.

"I see, however as the governors of this town we are not exactly comfortable with you moving about endangering the citizens under our protection."

"I understand, but we must retrieve those swords and bring them back to the Vatican as soon as possible. We are close to completing a certain experiment and need it to properly finish it." I explained easily enough.

With the information I obtained after studying for a good while with Paracelsus and the new developments in technique on the church and Heaven are close to allowing the perfect fusion between several holy swords to create an ideal holy sword as well as the ideal demonic sword. For that we had to call many favors and the only thing we need right now is exactly the Excalibur fragments and one other thing that I will have to get later on.

"Do you think you can come here and make all those demands so easily?" A male of about 16 with blond hair and a face very much similar to the one of someone I know said.

It was only now that I noticed him, but when I did I realized it. Yumi's brother is not dead as we believed but instead became a devil, that cannot end well.

Yumi was extremely sad after all her friends died, to deal with this sadness and emotions she threw herself at work with renewed fervor and after becoming an exorcist and killing many stray devils she developed something of a hatred for all of them. I don't agree with her sentiment, knowing that not all devils are bad or anything, but she doesn't like them in principle.

If she knew that her brother is one, she would either not believe it or may even want to 'deal' with him herself. I don't want to see that, family should love each other unconditionally.

"You are Isaia, right?" I asked to make sure but it seems like it was the wrong call as he instantly created a sword and attacked me with it. I didn't even move, his sword clearly not sharp enough to damage me in any meaningful manner but it was not me that stoped his blade but instead it was Lint who held it with her hands, not a scratch on her.

Looking at her I can see that she was starting to get a bit too active, her eyes shining a bit much. Looking at the table I realized it, there was a cup of half drank coffee there.

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... Fuck.