After lecturing Rias about all of her problems and that she should actively train instead of complaining. I told her that Aina, Kuroka, and I were moving out soon. I got a message about a place of lodging being secured and would be ready tomorrow. So we would also not be attending the school tomorrow.
Not that we would've gone to class anyway. I left the room shortly after and Aina followed. We just passed the time in my assigned room plotting some things.
The reasons we plan to go to Kyoto soon are 3 fold. The first is to confirm if this so called "hero faction" are the terrorist involved. The second kill them if so. Racist scum are worthless beings no matter how strong they are. 3 loots their sacred gears. The true Longinus is out of the question I'll just have Sirzechs contact Micheal to grab the damn thing. They want to have peace meeting after all. That would be a good way to grease the cogs. But annihlation maker I plan to give that to my sister. She's loves making golems and mechanical constructs but complains about their lack of durability or versatility. The other gears they have are interesting too, but I'll have to find followers to give them to. I wonder what would happen if some one had both Blade Blacksmith and Sword Birth. Having two sacred Gears isn't impossible. That Sajiro fellow with Vritra's gear had multiple. Not to mention the apparent artificial gears Azazel would eventually develop.
Time passed Kuroka came back and was now hanging out with us. It was almost time to go hunt the pathetic strays. I had some idle thoughts though
Hmm Sword Birth and Blade Blacksmith aren't unique. Only the Vritra gears, 13 the Longinus, 4 New Longinus, and who knows how many Extra Longinus are unique. Sword Birth and Blade Blacksmith are rare but not unique. Well I could use a knight.
So I did what I'm honestly suprised neither Rias nor Sona ever did.
Flauros heir looking for sacred gear user for knight Canidate. Strength doesn't matter. Only requirement is the sacred gear Sword Birth. The person who presents the user of this gear will be payed handsomely. If you yourself are said user of this gear I will treat you well and grant you even greater power.
I then clicked the post button. Comments came almost immediately mostly ridicule about no one would give away a sacred gear user with a rare sacred gear. I ignored them. Until someone with the user name "CuteWolfSwordswoman" sent me a private message.
'Is what your saying true?'
I typed back in response.
'I try not to lie and be as painfully honest as possible. The truth often hurts more anyway."
'I possess the sword birth sacred gear. However, I won't join your peerage unless you tell me what you intend to do to make me more powerful.'
'That's fair. I intend to give the user a second sacred gear. Blade Blacksmith specifically. I've noticed some gears interact with each other, like vritras gears for example.'
'But vritra one entity separated across multiple gears. Blade blacksmith and Sword Birth have no connection besides generating swords.'
'Correct it's an experiment I fully admit that, but it's also true I need a knight. If the experiment does nothing I'll give you a different one.'
'… Okay I believe you. I'll send you my location.'
I received a message of her location. An abandoned and unknown bastard half-devil daughter of the Brother of the Marchosias family head, huh. The Flauros family ability is great for background checks.
The Marchosias family is interesting. Unlike most of the pillars they are highly matriarchal. Men are barred from leading the family if no female is born from the current head. The ancestor, Lady Lira Marchosias, takes control until the one is born.
That's another difference a more of the old ancestors are around. Although only Zekram wants to play king of devils. The rest are content to do whatever. Most people know not fuck with them. Besides Zekram they're a bunch of atleast ultimate class devils who don't want to work and enjoy their hobbies.
Lady Lira Marchosias for example usually spends her time wandering the world and fighting anyone who catches her interest.
The Marchosias have one major taboo though. Like their family symbol, the wolf, they have one extremely major taboo. You are a family and you do not abandon any members.
Her father is so incredibly screwed if this info gets out. Taboo breakers suffer several of possible punishments. The primary one is imprisonment and constant torture until you kill yourself. But if the abandoned one still lives they have the right to choose the method of punishment.
The fact that his bastard daughter has a rare sacred gear is probably, also going to be a kick in the balls.
'I will meet you tomorrow.'
I sent back in response she was located one town over oddly enough.
"Well that's taken care of."
"What is, Nya?"
"I sent out a recruitment notice for my peerage. Someone meeting my specifications responded. We will meet them tomorrow. But that not important is a combat test. So go stray devil hunting."
[Finally I was getting bored]
"Yes, Yes remember this is a test. I don't intend to use you for every fight if I don't have to. Otherwise I'd become too reliant on you."
[hrmph]
"Anyway, Kuroka do you detect any strays?"
"Yes, Nya. I'll lead the way, Nya."
We left the old school building once night fell. Kuroka led us right to the stray.
"So this is it?"
"Yep."
"Huh, never encountered a stray besides Kuroka. I heard the majority were weak. But this thing is super weak."
"Oi- pay"
We continued to ignore the uppity low class stray.
"Ah well sorry Ddraig I'll at least use you to see how badly his corpse ends up from a casual attack."
[*sigh* better than nothing.]
"BOOST"
That's kind of annoying not going to lie. Also it telegraphs which is dumb. Hm I wonder if sacred gears can be stolen due to being tangentially technology. I wonder if I can just mute the boosted gear. I'll run the idea by Ddraig later.
After my idle musings threw a casual punch at the low class predictably he exploded into blood mist.
*sigh*
"About what I expected. Me using the boosted gear against a low class devil is like 2 nukes vs a coughing baby's opposed to the regular one nuke."
[Yeah I agree that was completely overkill. Although it is a novelty to not be the main method of attack. Actually what do you do normally for attack?]
I shrugged and used a spell to teleport my one of my usual weapons to me.
[Wha… the fuck..?]
It was a cannon. A 4 and half foot long magic energy cannon.
"I usually use this normally. It's a convergent demonic energy cannon Kalana got really drunk watching a sci fi movie. And then dragged my ass into her workshop to make it. We have a monopoly on these weapons. They have a failsafe if someone tries to use one against us.
[Is there any story about your ancestor that doesn't start with she was drunk.]
"…"
[There isn't is there.]
"No. She has three interests in life. Drinking, Tinkering, and being a pervert. The other two usually alongside the first one."
[How did she survive the Great War and the devil civil war!?]
"The first one she was so drunk they thought she dropped dead on the battlefield and no one bothered to check. Along with being lucky to not be hit by any large area attacks. The other she was getting drunk with the Norse. She left before the civil war and didn't even come back until a full decade after the war ended. She was suprised that Rizevim was not in charge anymore for about 2 seconds before deciding she didn't care."
[The fuck is wrong with your ancestors, and I say ancestors because I've met Runeas before.]
"Fuck if I know, anyway we should go Kuroka's confused and Aina's being polite by not cutting in."
[Fine.]
I put up my magic Railgun. And as we were heading back I addressed Ddraig.
"But just imagine the damage it could do with a power transfer."
[… That does sound cool.]