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Sona sighed as Shirou shut the door behind him. In all honesty, a part of her was oddly relieved that the kind, helpful teen wasn't an enemy in disguise. There were far too few honest-to-goodness gentlen at Kuoh and Kiba didn't count due to the simple fact he'd been a Devil for so ti before Rias enrolled here.
That being said, while she'd certainly learnt enough to erase him from the list of potential enemies, it wasn't enough to list him as a potential ally either. For one thing, while he'd given reasons as to why his branch of Magic, 'Magecraft' she ntally corrected, was deed useless by many, he still didn't explain why he'd chosen to continue with it. He also hadn't elaborated as to just what schools his ntors had adhered to, or indeed, which group of Magic Users they were aligned with.
He had introduced himself as having 'No Clan to Speak of', but did that an he was never affiliated with one? Or that he was exiled for so reason? Either way would explain for his supposed lack of skill in more 'Traditional' Magecraft seen thus far. However, neither could explain just how he'd not only managed to stand up to a prodigal Exorcist of the church, even if said prodigy was mad as a hatter, let alone destroy one of the Seven Holy Excaliburs said organization deed the strongest of Holy Swords.
Still, she'd learned enough for today that she was willing to give the redhead so breathing space. At the very least, she'd confird he was in possession of the Excalibur shards and had convinced him to hand them over to avoid any unnecessary unpleasantness with the Church. Speaking of which...
"Rias..." she called out, the Gremory heiress pausing in the midst of reaching for the tray of Daifuku to look at her "Back when we inford Emiya-kun of what we were, did you sense anything off about him."
"You an his left arm?" Rias pondered, her troubled expression confirming Sona's line of inquiry "I must admit, for a mont I thought he was about to pull out a Sacred Gear...but in all honesty it felt more akin to the wards Xenovia used to seal away her Excalibur."
"Except whatever he was sealing wasn't a Holy Sword." Sona confird, her expression unreadable behind her glasses "And whatever it was, it clearly has an adverse effect on Emiya-kun's body if his brief reaction was any indication."
"He did seem to blank out for a mont there." Tsubaki noted, her tone tinged with a hint of concern for the Kuoh Brownie "Perhaps his arm is afflicted with a curse of so kind?"
"If it were a curse, we would have sensed the malignant energies even through the bindings." Sona dismissed, her expression thoughtful "No, while whatever it is clearly causes him discomfort, I get the feeling it's not actively malignant."
"Which ans it can be put aside for another day, Sona." Rias opined, reaching forward and helping herself to a Daifuku, plopping one of the ground Mochi balls in her rival's lap in passing "For now, let's enjoy these before we have to get back to class."
"Honestly..." Sona sighed, shaking her head in exasperation as she accepted the tea Tsubaki held out to her, the rest of their group digging into the sweets with reckless abandon, so of them already turned to limbless puddles of ecstasy, with the notable exception of Koneko, who was shovelling them in as fast as she could swallow.
So caught up in their confectionary heaven were they, that none of the group seemingly noticed Issei approaching Saji, the Gremory Pawn apparently arranging to et up with his Sitri counterpart after school.
After school...
'Well that went well...' Shirou sighed, waving absentmindedly towards the track-and-field team as he made his way out of the gates, intent on heading for his part-ti job 'At the very least I won't have to spend my days waiting for Gremory-sempai to pop up around corners anymore.'
It wasn't that her aura was any less intimidating than before. Hell, if anything the fact he'd managed to sit in front of her for so long had been a testant to his resolve and faith in their good will. It was simply that now that he knew just what he was dealing with, he could plan accordingly for anything that may arise in the future. For example, Rias had already attempted to recruit him for her 'Peerage', sothing Shirou would never consider even if he'd never t Archer, living testant to the fact that 'Contracting with a Higher Being in Exchange for Power' typically ca back to bite you in the ass.
Still, for the mont, he had one less problem to deal with, and the sole remaining problem could probably be dealt with simply by handing over the shards of Rapidly to Sona, who would no doubt use them to place the church in her debt, a concept that troubled him less than it should, considering what little exposure he had of the Vatican had co through Kirei and Azazel's comnts on the Holy Sword Plan.
Which brought him to his current, most imdiate concern, naly the two Exorcists from the Church that were currently in town and, if Sona's information was accurate, packing two of the remaining Excalibur Swords. While he personally didn't have any beef with the Church, from what little he knew and what Azazel had described, these Exorcists were likely to be no better than the Executors back ho, Zealots dedicated to 'Purging the Earth of all Blasphemy', regardless of what got caught in their path.
The only saving grace he could think of was that the Vatican's influence on Japan was relatively minor compared to the likes of Europe, aning the Exorcists wouldn't be able to do as they pleased for fear of drawing attention to themselves. As such, so long as he kept his head down until tomorrow, he'd most likely never have to worry about running into them.
It was therefore par for the course that he should just so happen to run right into a pair of suspicious looking figures in clergy robes standing outside his workplace. Fucking E-Rank Luck.
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