*Knock*
*Knock*
*Knock*
"Yes?" Sona spoke as she heard the knock on the door.
"I brought Otto," Momo informed from the other side of the door.
"You can enter."
Opening the door, both Momo and Otto entered the room.
"Hey, Sona," Otto greeted with a hand wave and a smile.
Despite his casual greeting, Sona didn't mind it as she felt that it would help with the recruitment process. "It's nice to see you as well, Otto-"
"Hey! Talk to the president with respect!" Yelled Saji, who was working on some paper on the side of the room.
Despite being in Sona's peerage, Sanji hasn't even had the chance to call Sona by her name in a school setting, much less have it been welcomed by her.
There's also the fact that Sanji has a crush on Sona, so the fact that the pretty blonde boy was being friendly with her didn't help.
"Saji, be quiet!" Sona reprimanded him.
Sanji stiffened the moment Sona yelled at him. Saji looked at her like a kicked puppy that had been wronged, but she didn't care as she stared him down until he shrank down on his desk, not talking anymore in fear of Sona being more mad at him.
'Damned Blondy!' thought Saji as he looked at Otto with eyes full of anger.
"Sorry about that, Otto."
"It's fine, Sona, just make sure your friend stays in line next time," nodded Otto, accepting her apology.
"Anyways, why did you call me here? I'm sure it is something important?" Asked Otto.
"Yes, it is. Would you like to play a game of chess while we talk?" Asked Sona as she walked over to the small table, a chess table already set up.
'So she's going there, huh?' thought Otto with amusement.
One of the reasons Sona has been able to get herself out of an engagement, unlike Rias, for so long is because of a condition she's set for the man she marries.
The man has to beat her in a game of chess; of course, she isn't aiming to have Otto as her fiancé, but to gauge him.
Otto, being aware of this, chuckled inwardly. "Alright, let's play a game," nodded Otto as he sat on the chair opposite of Sona.
"White or black?" Asked Sona
"Ladies first," Otto said as Sona nodded and chose the black pieces, leaving behind the white ones for Otto.
As the game began, Sona spoke without leaving her eyes off the board, "Let me ask you something, Otto...do you believe in the supernatural?"
"The supernatural? I do," Casually answered Otto as he moved his next piece on the board.
"Then what would you do if I told you that I was a devil?"
Otto raised an eyebrow. He thought that Sona would at least be a little subtle about it, but it seemed like he was wrong. She was bolder than he initially thought.
"Couldn't care less, to be honest," Otto shrugged his shoulders as he really couldn't give a shit. Even two of his subordinates are devils.
"Is that so?" A dark shadow was cast over Otto, who was looking down at the board. Looking up, he saw Sona unfolding her wings right in front of him.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sona Sitri, future heir of the Sitri house. Now, Otto Apocalypse, I would like to give you an offer," Sona said in a dramatic tone. She looked at Otto with intense eyes as she waited for his reaction.
"Cool wings"
"...Really?" Sona was more than baffled by his uncaring response. Most would freak out, run, or pass out, but Otto just casually complimented her devil wings.
"Is something wrong? It's just some bat wings."
"Their Devil Wings," corrected Sona
"Potato Potahto, now tell me what you wanted to tell me. I have a very busy schedule, you see," Otto wanted to leave as soon as possible since he needed to check on some projects back at HQ, and he also needed to train the flame chasers.
"*Sigh* You really are something," sighed Sona
"As I was saying, I would like for you to join my Peerage. You may not contain Mana or a sacred gear, but I believe that your knowledge and intelligence alone are good enough to make up for it." Rias had already informed about Otto's advanced technology; despite only knowing about the high-quality screens so far, Sona is sure that he can make even better stuff. He's just hiding it. And who knows, maybe he could be a genius rivaling Ajuka
"Money, women, A longer lifespan, whatever it may be, I can offer it to you-"
"Sorry, Sona, but I'm going to stop you there. I don't mean to be rude, but I'll have to decline. I have no intention of joining you or your group of slaves," cut in Otto before she could finish her pitch.
"Are you sure you've thought about it, Otto? There are many benefits to being a Devil. Even if he refused the first time, she was sure that he would accept the moment he thought about the benefits a little bit more.
Otto gave a light laugh as he shook his head. "Sorry, Sona, but my answer is still no, though I do appreciate the offer." As he said his last words, his body began to slowly turn into red feathers and disappeared.
"An illusion?!" Sona exclaimed in surprise. If Otto could do such a thing, then he must have already been aware of the supernatural, and if he knew about the supernatural, then he must have already known about her and Rias being devils.
Sona sighed tiredly as she had just gotten some info that she would have to discuss with Rias later.
It seems like their genius isn't only a genius after all.
"Hm?" Sona frowned as she looked at the chessboard. Their talk might not have been long, but...Otto would have won. He was close, but he didn't finish the game when they were about to.
"Did he also know about that?" Wondered Sona, looking at the chessboard with a thoughtful expression.
-Otto POV-
Well, that was something. The moment she began yapping about money, power, yada yada, I left. I was honestly getting bored, so I made an illusion of myself and dipped. I'm sure that by now my illusion will have dispersed right in front of her, giving her the knowledge of me being aware of the supernatural already.
Well, it doesn't really matter to me if she did or not.
Currently, I was walking back home after my final class of the day, which was after lunch had ended.
Even the others had gone back home ahead of me.
Looking up into the sky, I could already see the sky getting orange.
*Bump!*
Someone suddenly crashed into me as I was looking up at the sky. The person seemed to be really weak, as they didn't even budge me a bit.
"Hey, are you... okay?" I asked the blonde-haired girl who had just crashed with me.
"Y-yes, I'm fine," she said with a slight stutter
"Here, let me help ya." I held out my hand. She looked at it for a second before grabbing it, helping her get back up on her feet.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention." I apologized to her.
"It's fine," she accepted my apology quickly with a gentle smile.
"Oh, my name is Otto Apocalypse, by the way," I introduced myself
"Ah! My name is Asia Argento. It's nice to meet you." The cute nun then gave me a small bow as she introduced herself.
"By the way, you seem to be new around here. Did you perhaps get lost?" Of course, I knew that she was heading to the fallen angels' base. She was tricked into coming here by the old man's rogue fallen Angels so that they could steal her [Twilight Healing].
"Well, I did kind of get lost..." she said with a wry but sweet smile.
"Would you like some help? I'm free right now," I offered. It's better if I get rid of those fallen angels once and for all.
"Truly? god bless you!" She said as she accepted my offer.
Kekekeke! Those fallen angels won't know what hit them!