The girls, tentatively at first, stepped into the house and looked around a bit. They didn't know what to expect but were somehow... disappointed to see that everything looked normal. Considering the wards around the house and their strength, they were expecting a mage or something similar. With that expectation came the expectation of the house being filled with arcane objects, spell circles, and the like.
Seeing a normal living room with a couch, TV, and gaming system was something of a let down to the pair. They weren't rude enough to explore his entire home and stuck to what would be the 'public' area, namely the living and dining rooms.
After checking out the DVD and game collections out of curiosity, Rias was rather happy. While nowhere near as impressive as her own collection, Junichiro's collection of anime series made her feel like he was a bit of a kindred spirit. She wondered if he had shelves of manga somewhere else.
Akeno, on the other hand, was disappointed to not find any teasing material among the collections. Well, she'd just have to do some snooping while Rias distracted him so she could find where he hid his porn. Teasing the boys was just so much more fun when you knew just what to tease them with. Sadly, he hadn't really given her any clues when he opened the door. While he had given them a look over, his eyes hadn't really lingered anywhere in particular.
As they sat, Rias addressed Akeno, "What do you think?"
Akeno looked around the living room once more as she answered, "If I didn't know any better, I would swear he was a regular boy. Nothing we've seen so far even hints at a connection to the supernatural, aside from the things we know so far."
Rias nodded in agreement. Even when they opened the door he hadn't shown any particular reaction to them. She wasn't an expert on wards, by any means, but she knew enough to tell when one scanned her for information. She didn't doubt that the boy was aware of the nature as Devils. Yet he still looked unconcerned and invited them into his home without question.
She didn't want to say it out loud, but that made her rather nervous. They knew from their limited spying on him that while he had magical power it wasn't enough to compare to either of them alone, let alone together. So, as far as power went, they won. Even if he had a Sacred Gear, which was a distinct possibility, as long as it wasn't an extremely powerful one, or one of the select few holy ones, then it shouldn't make too much of a difference with both of them there.
Yet, seeing him completely unconcerned with their race and the power difference between them, set her a bit on edge. She focused on Akeno, "Keep your guard up, just in case."
Akeno nodding in understanding. They'd done their due diligence before they visited but hadn't been able to gather too much information. Though they did discuss the possibility of Junichiro being unaware of his homes protections and his abilities. While they hadn't interacted with him and had only seem him in public, some details stood out.
For instance, his complete lack of suppressing his magical power. Any beginner mage learned techniques to keep their power from leaking out in public. While it wasn't necessarily dangerous to the public or a bad thing, it did give out information to those who knew how to look. For instance, both Rias and Akeno could tell that he only had enough magical power to compare to a Mid-Class Devil. Sure, he was at the high end of that scale perilously close to a High-Class Devil, but he hadn't made it over that threshold quite yet. Since the pair of them were firmly in the High-Class Category, that meant they had a significant advantage right from the start knowing he was magically weaker. Not exactly a surprise for a human though. It was rare for a pure human to get to High-Class strength without something special helping.
Then there was his complete lack of being on guard around them, which seemed contradictory. He wasn't strong, relatively speaking, yet he showed no fear of two strange devils showing up on his doorstep, even going so far as to let them into his home unsupervised. So, their conclusion? He had no idea they were devils. Even people familiar with devils maintained at least something of a guard around them. Especially human mages.
Rias spoke her thoughts aloud, "If he didn't recognize us as devils from those wards... perhaps he's not the one who made them? Do you think it's possible his parents set up the wards and he's just living here without knowing about his magical power and the wards around the property?"
Akeno tilted her head a bit as she thought, "If that was the case, then his parents might have been pretty powerful. Otherwise his own personal magical power wouldn't be as good as it is without working at it."
Rias nodded in agreement before a male voice called out from nearby, "Nah. That's all wrong."
Both girls jumped and turned to see Junichiro standing at the doorway to the living room. Both were happy, and slightly disappointed, to see him wearing clothing. He'd just tossed on a simple black t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Both girls blushed at being caught talking about him behind his back but he ignored that to continue, "No idea who my pops was, but my mother was a regular mundane human and a prostitute. After she died, I ran from the foster care system and lived on the streets for a while."
He yawned and stopped his backstory there, "Either of you want some tea or coffee?"
Akeno stood and held her hands in front of herself, "I'd be more than happy to make some tea for everyone."
Junichiro shook his head in response, "My home, my job."
