Shield 1.3
"Eh?"
It was all Ragna could say.
He wasn't the only 'stray transient' staying at the chapel. The place actually helped transients find a place in the closed off tokyo. It had several connections with the local government to help out with new residents with integration. The missionaries weren't the only group to do this. Apparently it was one of the nicer ones around.
Helping the homeless transients to find work, soup kitchens, recommending the lost ones to the appropriate offices, and making sure the younger ones found proper schooling. It didn't prevent some from falling through the cracks, but it helped keep order. An older transient who helped out around the chapel told him.
So for a guy like him, who was completely new, having somehow been a transfer student to one of the most prestigious schools around was odd.
'More like something is up and this goat knows something.' Ragna thought as he stared at the brightly smiling goat therian.
It was after sleeping on that comfortable cot then spending half the day talking with people that the goat decided to inform him he was a student. Ragna thought it was a joke at first, but after looking through the papers he realised somehow he was enrolled. A second year, but Ragna felt like he never had to go to school before.
So how was he a second year, he was also pretty sure he might have been older than that.
"It was a surprise when your name pinged at the registration office as a transfer student who had yet to arrive," the goat told him.
The smile put Ragna on edge in a familiar way. There was something very off about the goat.
"Even so. normally such things would take days to weeks to even notice, my how lucky we are to have resolved this so soon thank the Lord for this mercy," the priestly blonde goatman cheered.
Ragna still felt like something was off and this goat knew what it was.
"I guess," Ragna grunted, his eyes narrowed," but did you even have to tell me yourself?"
The goat smiled knowingly, Ragna felt like he was being duped.
"I suppose not, but I do have many of the flock heading to the same school, and I would like you to join us when you get the chance," the priest said.
Ragna wondered why he pulled on tha chain near his neck like that.
"So where is this Daikanyama Academy anyway?" Ragna asked.
"I called a friend to come by and pick you up, he works as a teacher for the school, and he'll get you situated," the goat explained," he'll be here any minute now."
"... Azazel, do you know who I am?"
"Hm, this you I don't," Azazel answered," I do hope to get to know this you very well."
Ragna got a shiver down his spine at the husky way he said that. It was a very unpriestley tone.
"What's that's supposed to be-?"
The office door slammed open making Ragna jump.
In the doorway stood a large muscular lion therian with only a green cape, leather armband on his arms with, a green cuff was around his right wrist, and tight dark bluish green pant with brown cuff at his ankles and waistband. A salt and pepper mane framed his stern face.
Ragna matched this therian's stern gaze with his own unwavering leer.
From his seat Ragna watched as the lion man stalked towards him. His stature towered and shadowed over the wolf therian.
The lion opened his maw to speak, " are you Ragna K. G. Ayatsuki?"
Ragna nodded, " yeah, that's me."
It was at that moment the stern expression softened with loud booming laughter.
"A pleasure to meet you young cub!" The lion therian greeted brightly. Ragna blinked at the sudden shift of big cats' demeanor.
"Uh, kay," was all Ragna could say from the atmospheric whiplash.
"Arsalan, I'll entrust this young man to you," Azazel said with a benign smille.
"Of course!" Arsalan exclaimed as he picked Ragna like a sack of potatoes over his shoulders.
Azazel tugged on the chains connecting his collar as he waved at the protesting strange anomaly on Arsalan's shoulder.
The bible on his desk glowed as he watched on.
Goatman is watching, honestly Azazel seems to really capture the creepy priest vibe when he gets excited pretty well.