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I spent most of the day preparing for the evening occasion, coming out a few times to lay out the items and greet the guests. The first guest to arrive was the silver-haired woman dressed in a maid clothing, and I was almost struck with the type of feeling that could only be invoked when meeting supernatural women with seemingly ungodly beauty.
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She had long silver hair that reached past her back and braided with small bows at the end, and had matching silver eyes that spoke of her years beyond the ages. She had a very attractive figure which her clothes hugged very tightly and her manners were almost typical of a true to the Root maid, if not for her serious demeanor and the amount of Prana that was flowing out like a torrent.
I had met many supernatural beauties before, and certainly Rias, Akeno, Sona and that Raynare girl had something going for themselves, but this woman seemed to take it to a level that kind of reminded me of Caster. Maybe it was that feeling of 'matured beauty' one would associate older women with.
Rias was feeling really, really pissed at the moment.
She really hated the fact that Raiser was coming over to the human world, to her school, just to persuade her to marry him way before the appointed time she was allowed to choose. She also hated the fact that her parents were pushing her into doing this despite their promises. Sure, she understood about the fears that the Pure-Bloods were few and dying out, but she still wanted to live her life freely and to love someone of her own choosing.
Rias also felt conflicted at having Shirou help out for this occasion. For one thing, she knew that Shirou still had some trust issues with the Devils considering that time she saved Ise by converting him into a Devil.
Despite their attempts to show that they were the good ones, Sona had remarked that Shirou was still a little distant from them, choosing to interact mostly with Reya, Meguri, Asia and occasionally Ise. Sona had also shared her fears of Shirou meeting Raiser which could further diminished any hopes of him becoming an ally with his current view of Devils as it was.
There was also a small part of her that demanded she did not want Raiser and his Peerage to sample Shirou's – dare she say 'heavenly' – food as she felt it was too good for them, a sentiment shared deeply with Akeno and Sona.
It was some relief to her that Grayfia arrived first to greet them, thus allowing Shirou to meet her for the first time and provide a good impression. It seemed he was able to get along with Grayfia, and with a notable interest to Rias, seemingly struck by the sheer beauty of Grayfia. She always did have that effect on men.
Her mood ended when the magical circle belonging to the Phenex Clan showed on the floor and the person she dreaded to meet appeared with that ever irritating smirk of his. And he immediately sat next to her and wrap his arms around her, making her feel sick at the breathing that issued from his mouth each time he got close. She was sorely tempted to blast his hands off if not for the fact that Grayfia was around to supervise the meeting.
Evidently, Shirou seemed to have put aside his dislike for her and set about 'correcting' Raiser's behavior, if the strong drinks that he served were an indication and that she could have sworn she saw a smirk on Shirou's face when Raiser started coughing from the heavy flavor, perhaps augmented by whatever he added from the small bottle of liquid he placed into his cup.
Whoa, Shirou could hold quite a nasty streak in his own way.
Her amusement ended in an abrupt manner when Raser pushed his behaviour too far and Ise got riled up enough to hit him on the spot. Raiser's order for one of his girls to attack him were ignored as they were too interested in tasting Shirou's food, so he had to stop Ise himself and caused him to topple on to the small cart of food as he fell.
Raiser's Peerage took offence at the loss of good food and tried to direct all their rage at him only to be stopped by holy swords appearing around them. Everyone looked around confusedly until Koneko pointed out the blades that were impaled into the ground with their shadows pinned to it. It took a moment for Rias to remember that they belonged to Shirou since he used it against the Fallen Angel from before.
Honestly, where did Shirou learned this magic to create these blades?
"Now, now everyone." Rias turned to find Shirou with a smile that sent shivers down her spine and his eyes half closed. "Let's not get too rowdy, okay?"
Then before her eyes, a spear appeared hovering in the air parallel to his body. The spear was blood red with a narrow head and there were some unusual carvings adorned on its entire body. But rather than the design that spoke of its purpose to kill, she was more terrified by the general feeling that was exuding from it. It was for whatever reason, seemingly dripping blood-lust from it, like it wanted to kill every single living creature in the room and it would not stop to do so.
She had encountered a few demonic weapons in her past and met a couple of gods who were physical deities of war and savagery, but all paled in the face of this weapon, making them feel impotent. That feeling was making her stuck to the ground in terror, unable to move an inch even if those black rapiers were not holding her.
"Now Rias, I am sure you know this, but you are the hostess for this meeting, so even if your guest is the type who is extremely egotistical and bad-mannered, you should still uphold a certain level of maturity in dealing with such individuals." Shirou said while maintaining that very scary smile of his and seemingly calm detachment from the situation.
Turning to Raiser, he started to address him "And for you, Raiser Phenex was it? Now you are her guest from the Devils side, so I can't interfere with that, but you are at the same time an outsider of the school, and that I can do something. So I would like you to at least restrain your peerage and your temper, and not create a ruckus. Consider yourself fortunate that I was willing to subdue them lightly."
"You did this?! You dare think that a mere human who incapacitated my peerage in such a manner can talk down to me?!" Raiser growled as he conjured up a ball of golden flames in his left hand.
"Oh, I don't think, I let my actions do the talking for this case." Shirou answered back coolly. "You see, I hate people who think they are so high and mighty, they would try to throw their weight around without considering the ramifications of their actions. Also, you may be her fiancé, but there are certain things you have to do and limits to how you treat a woman in public. And lastly." He motioned to Ise on the floor.
"Both of you are at fault for what has happened to the lad here, so I do have some right to butt in on this matter. And on that note, both sides are to back off and restrain each other. Do. I. Make. Myself. Clear?"
In that moment, Rias thought she saw a male standing next to Shirou with his arms crossed together. He was dressed in a type of blue leotard that had unusual threads around the arms and legs. He had long blue hair tied in a ponytail and a rather rough appearance to his possible Irish look.
But the thing that nearly made her gasp in fear was the somewhat savage grin that accompanied the somewhat bestial red eyes that was alternating between her and Raizer. It was as though the figure wanted them to challenge Shirou's words, he wanted them to try and fight Shirou so that he could kill them.
"F~ Fine." She could barely hear Raiser's restrained voice and she found herself nodding almost frantically to answer him.
"Good." Shirou nodded his head once at their approval. "In a way you are lucky, because I think Grayfia-san has a different approach to stopping your arguments, and I would believe it would be less lenient than mine."
"Indeed, though I thank you for intervening in this manner." Grayfia replied back without any signs of being under the same influence of fear as the rest. Surprisingly, she was actually moving around to face her and Raiser. "As the representative for Lord Lucifer, I will not tolerate this type of argument to go on in such a manner. So restrain yourselves."
It seemed that her added presence was the final nail for Raiser, as he dropped his arm and took a reluctant stance. "Even I would be foolish to go against the strongest Queen. Lord Sirzech's Peerage are full of monsters after all. Very well, but I demand that the human release my Peerage this instant."
Grayfia turned around to face Shirou and lightly bowed to him. "Emiya Shirou, can I ask that you release them from your control?"
Shirou opened his eyes wide open, and for a moment, Rias though that his eyes turned black like steel. "That is fine, however I am not sure if they have all calmed down."
"You need not worry, I intend to make sure they do listen to my orders if they continue their hostilities." Grayfia calmly said it with the underlying tone that she was contemplating going the extra mile to make them listen to her. Shirou lightly nodded and made the spear disappear in a cloud of gold dust.
It was only seeing the last speck of dust disappearing that Rias realized she had been holding her breath for the entire duration. She took a deep breath to steady her heart, noting that some of the others were also gasping for air, and she was at least satisfied at seeing Raiser looking like he had seen a ghost and ready to crap his pants.
Still, what was that spear and hallucination about?
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