Akeno looked slightly uncomfortable at that and it reminded Junichiro that she was always the one making tea for everyone. Maybe she had a thing about making the tea herself? Oh well, not his problem. Akeno slowly sat back down, "Tea for me then, please."
Rias nodded in agreement, "Me too, please."
Junichiro nodded negligently while yawning and walking away. He was exhausted but he would never let himself be accused of being a bad host. Aside from that, he cheated when making hot drinks. In so far as using items he'd personally made and enchanted counted as cheating.
After he left, Akeno looked at Rias with a brittle smile, "Well, that was embarrassing."
Rias gave a little nervous giggle and nodded, "My first contact with someone supernatural in my new territory and I get caught talking about him behind his back."
She let out a soft sigh and looked down as her hands clenched together in her lap, "Maybe I really should have let Sona be the one to meet him like she wanted."
Akeno shrugged her shoulders, "You flipped a coin for it and won. Just be sure to learn from your mistakes here."
Rias nodded as she grew more determined. She and Sona were both new at managing their own territory and were sharing Kuoh between them. Both of them wanted to gain experience for different reasons along with growing their respective peerages. Both of them had noticed Junichiro almost immediately and, after observing him, had to flip a coin to decide who would approach him first.
Neither was looking to recruit him to their peerages, yet, but they both wanted to gain as much experience as possible and talking to their first human mage would be a unique experience. She firmed her resolve further and became determined to put the faux pas behind herself and move on.
Her determination almost instant crumbled as a male voice once more called out from the doorway, "Don't worry about it."
Rias couldn't take it anymore and actually began to blush almost the exact same shade as her hair. Akeno held a hand over her mouth as she 'ufufu'd' while Junichiro just ignored it. He stepped into the room and set down the tray he was holding on the coffee table in front of the couch. On the tray were two cups of tea and a cup of pitch black espresso. Along with the drinks were small finger sandwiches and some cookies, or biscuits as the British might say.
Still ignoring the girls, Junichiro picked up the large cup of pure espresso and gave it a gentle sip. The strongly flavored highly caffeinated beverage helped wake him up a little more, though he still had dark bags under his eyes to indicate just how little sleep he'd gotten recently.
Rias and Akeno quietly retrieved their cups of tea and took tentative sips. It wasn't that they expected the tea to be spiked, but with how quickly it was made they didn't expect it to taste very good. Both of their eyes widened as they got their first taste of the tea. Akeno exclaimed, "It's good!"
Rias nodded her head in agreement and took another sip. The tea tasted perfect, almost as good as Akeno's. That was saying something since Rias felt Akeno's tea was perfection.
Junichiro, meanwhile, just smiled to himself. He'd long ago made a simple object that would brew the perfect cup of tea regardless of what kind of tea leaf he used. It would examine the leaves then automatically adjust the brewing time and temperature to match the leaves perfectly. It did so for each individual batch so even when brewing the same kinds of tea leaves, it adjusted according to their quality. The leaves the girls were drinking were just cheap ones from the supermarket yet they tasted like something high quality.
His espresso was made in a very similar manner, just with changes appropriate for coffee.
After the trio sipped their drinks for a bit, Rias realized something and blushed again, "I completely forgot introductions!" She quickly set down her drink and hopped to her feet, Akeno seconds behind her, "I'm Rias Gremory and this is my Queen, Himejima Akeno."
The pair gave him small bows after Rias introduced them. He found it odd that Rias introduced herself like a westerner but introduced Akeno like an easterner. Maybe devils considered themselves westerners? Regardless, Junichiro sighed and set his cup of coffee down to climb to his feet and give a polite bow in return, "Arai Junichiro. Just call me Junichiro."
After everyone straightened from their bows and sat back down, Rias tried to get down to business, "As heir to the Gremory family of the seventy-two pillars of the Underworld, I've recently come into possession of Kuoh as my territory alongside Sona Sitri, heir to the Sitri family of the seventy-two pillars. While surveying our territory we noticed the wards around your home and decided one of us needed to meet you to determine your intentions."
Junichiro took another sip of his espresso while arching an eyebrow and looking at Rias with incredulity, "My intentions?" He snorted, "I've lived here for years. It's not me who should be explaining their intentions, but you. You're the new arrival here. Or do you plan to go from door to door to everyone living in Kuoh and ask them their intentions?"
Rias flushed a little but pressed on, "Not everyone in the city is a decently powerful mage."
Junichiro snorted again, "Discrimination then?"
He realized he was giving her a hard time but he was tired and cranky. She just came at the wrong time and it was annoying the hell out of him. He honestly just wanted to throw the pair out and try again another day after he'd gotten plenty of sleep.
Rias flushed a little more but pressed on, "It's not discrimination. You're just the only person in two who could pose a threat to our peerage members. It's not unusual for humans to be racist against devils and attack them. It's even the primary reason the Church exorcists exist."
Junichiro sighed and dug in his pocket to pull out his cigarette case. He was far too tired to try and talk sense or argue with Rias. Not that he thought she was wrong about the Church. He despised those 'holier than thou' asshats. He only ever worked for someone from the Church one time. It was one time too many. They were complete assholes and insisted he didn't do the work properly and that he should come to Rome to apologize in person for failing them.
Needless to say, he had Azazel blacklist them from his services. They couldn't even buy his mass produced potions from the Grigori anymore and had to pay over market value to get them third hand.