"Well Rias, you sure found something unique this-"
"Akeno already said that," Rias cut in before her friend should finish criticising her "And it still doesn't apply since I wasn't the one who found him."
"Oh…" Sona looked just a bit disappointed, but she perked back up as she looked over the documents that her friend had given her.
Sona Sitri, or Souna Shitori as she would be known in school, was the Student Council president of Kuoh Academy and was co-governor of the city alongside Rias. She was black haired girl that wore glasses and had purple eyes.
The two of them, as well as a few other students, were in the Student Council office as they discussed about Rias' new club member.
"So you said Koneko found him?" Sona asked Rias.
"Yup," Rias nodded her head "She hasn't really explained everything, but according to her she found Asterios in a basement after one of her clients tried to kidnap her." She furrowed her eyebrows "Speaking of which-"
"I've already sent some of my peerage to investigate and clear the area," Sona looked at Rias "Maybe we'll find something there, and when we do we'll inform you about it."
"Thank you Sona."
She smiled "No problem." Soon she looked down at the paper in her hands "Now about your new club member." The image stuck to it was of a rather intimidating looking young man, with his red eyes and the massive mane of white hair "What do you know about him so far?"
"Not alot," Rias shrugged "He doesn't really talk much, only really responding to questions, he doesn't really know how to read or write." She paused "He seems to be very touchy about being a Minotaur however."
"Was he human before?" Sona asked.
Rias shook her head "As far as I'm aware, he didn't say anything about not being a Minotaur before."
"Hmm…" Sona looked back at the papers. There was still some information missing, most important being his residence. She raised an eyebrow "Where has he been staying?"
Rias sighed "He wanted to stay at the old building. Koneko tried to get him stay with her, but her current residence doesn't really have the room to house Asterios without people everywhere finding out."
Looking at the personal information she saw that his height was listed at 7 feet. It was taller than every other student at school, but it wasn't insane "I'm guessing you're planning on using a spell to hide his features then?"
"Yup!" Rias smiled and tapped at the photo "Pretty good if I have to admit. Couldn't really do much about his hair, but I removed his horns and managed to at least reduce his size to a more normal level."
"Normal?" Sona raised an eyebrow "How tall was he before this?"
"He was about ten feet tall."
Sona's eyes widened "Yikes, he sounds like a real monster."
Rias held out her hands "You should see how big he really is, I'm pretty sure his hand is bigger than my whole face."
Sona chuckled "I'd like to meet him if he has the time, he seems interesting." Looking back at the papers, she scanned what other information she could gleam "So the story now is that he's a transfer student from Greece, he's starting as a first-year, and he's part of your club right now. Is that correct?"
"Personally, I wanted to just have him as like the club's gardener or groundskeeper or something. But Koneko really wanted him to join her in class," Rias let out a sigh "And I couldn't really disappoint my cute little junior, now can I?"
"You spoil them too much Rias," Sona stated, earning a pout from the red head. "Well until you find, or at least make up a residence for him to stay at, I don't think the school is going to accept the application." Her mouth pulled into a line "And since he almost illiterate, I can't even guarantee that he would be able to stay in Kuoh for long."
"Oh that's no problem," Rias waved away her concern "Koneko is handling it, she even got Gasper to help!"
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"HIEEEEEE!"
Gasper couldn't help but shriek as he stared up at the huge massive figure that entered his room. The red eyes, the huge horns, the scars and massive figure that-
"Gaspy, are you going to do this every time Asterios comes in?"
Koneko's voice cut through his panic, and Gasper found himself staring at the stoic face of Asterios as he stood at the door. Standing infront of him was an unamused looking Koneko with her arms crossed over her chest.
"S-Sorry," he let out a weak chuckle "I'm still not used to having people inside my room." He stared up, and up, at the large man with a sheepish look on his face "Sorry Asterios."
"it's fine."
Stepping away from the door Gasper was quick to grab some books, prompting Asterios and Koneko to take a seat in the middle of the room.
Asterios eyed the coffin that lied in the middle of the room, as he usually did, but ignore it when Koneko took her usual seat on one of his thighs. Gasper came back with a couple of books dropping them in front of the two.
Koneko looked up at huge Minotaur she was sitting on "Okay Asterios, time for another lesson."
He merely nodded as both she and Gasper helped him.
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"Wow," Sona couldn't help but sound impress "Gasper is helping him out?"
"Apparently he feels a kinship with Asterios for whatever reason." Rias looked just a bit confused "They just kinda looked at each other and seemed at ease."
"Interesting, well that's one thing being handled at least." Sona returned the documents back to Rias "At this point, really only his residence and contact information is required for the paperwork to be finished. I can prepare so that it's processed as fast as it can, but until then-"
"I know Sona," Rias accepted the documents "I'll rely on you to make it easier."
She received a nod from her friend.
As Rias was about to leave, she remembered something. "Oh that's right," She turned around facing Sona "I wanted to ask if you knew anything about Asterios."
Sona raised an eyebrow "I know as much as you do."
The red head shook her head "No, I mean if his name, origin, and species rings any bells for you."
Sona placed a hand under her chin as she thought about it.
"The first thing about his name that comes to mind is stars and sky, the next is… a king of Crete." She looked at Rias "Did he look like a Prince or had any royal bearings?"
Rias thoughts immediately went to the fact that Asterios hadn't wore anything past the metal corset, red sash around his waist, and the manacles around his arms and legs. "No," she responded.
"Hmmm," Sona hummed "Well if not that, the next best thing I can think of is a connection to the Minotaur of the Labyrinth, considering Crete was where it was born." She paused "If I recall… it was also called Asterios, or Asterion depending on who you asked."
"The Minotaur had a name?" Rias asked in surprise "I thought it was just called the Minotaur."
"It did have a name," Sona made a face "Not sure why Minos would name it after his father, but that was its name." Her eyes flicked towards the photo "But it was killed long ago by Theseus, so the chances of your Asterios being it is very low, and I'm not even sure if it had any descendants."
"So it's just a Minotaur that decided to name itself after its progenitor then" Rias concluded.
"As far as we know at least," Sona shrugged "Until he opens up to you, I wager he's just another Minotaur." She paused and looked at the photo again "A very human-ish Minotaur, but a Minotaur nonetheless."
"Well thanks anyway Sona, see you next time." Rias turned away and left.
Sona waved "Take care Rias."