Chapter 26 : Slowly gaining

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I had to think properly how to deal with this newfound issue created by the fact the Gremory's heiress wanted something from me. And I was unsure of what it truly was.

The idea of her wanting to 'recruit' me was already off the table, knowing that Sona wouldn't want the redhead to have a hand in her group of all places. Even through I wasn't in her peerage, the short-haired girl was quite protective about everyone in the Student Council, especially those that respected loyally and faithfully her orders and capacity of decision-making.

I sighed tiredly as I signed another piece of paper off to the side-stack, while Tsubaki, sitting right beside me, silently continued doing the part of work she requested to help with.

Having been absent for two days now from dealing with Council's duty, there was quite the stack of paperwork to go through and the Vice-President had decided to offer her help in dealing with all of it.

The bespectacled girl took this time to explain what had transpired in the last two council sessions which I had been unable to attend, while also asking how I spent the time at home while resting away at home.

I had to present a modified story of the 'grocery encounter', glittering around with some little lies to not make anything too absurd or worth of suspicions, but the girl seemed to accept the story I had given her, quite surprised to learn that I had met the newest addition of the school in such a casual way.

Half an hour of dutifully braving through the large workload of three days later, I found myself smiling at the undeniably impressive result managed today.

I gave a quick but meaningful 'thank you' to Tsubaki, the second-in-command nodding at the praise and giving a small smile as she eased up a little in her chair.

Just as I hoped for this being what I was going to be how I had to spend the last hour here at school today, an unexpected knocking by the single door interrupted the activities within the room.

There was a brief pause as we all exchanged some glances about what to do.

Currently in the classroom were Reya, Ruruko, Tsubaki and me.

The first two were formally my assistants, but generally helped around every major member of the council. Slowly gaining some experience, both girls were still unable to fit a proper position with the limited Council's roster.

They were currently trying to put some cardboard boxes inside one of the lockers within the small storage area connected to the classroom, stopping as they heard this sudden muffled noise and almost tripping on each other as they were carrying one of the larger boxes.

Sona was currently busy with some meeting with the administrators of the school, thus leaving only us in the Council's room.

I blinked and decided to take some action by speaking up. "You may enter."

With the permission granted, the door slowly opened and Rias Gremory led the trio made by her, Kiba and Akeno inside the room, her eyes directly fixed on me as she started to made her way by where I was sitting.

"Sakakibara-san," The redhead greeted with a quick nod, the others deciding to let their leader speak this time around. Which conveniently helped me a lot since I had to deal only with a single individual instead of three.

"Gremory-san." I returned the greeting politely, waiting for the young woman to speak… and so she did with a certain degree of confidence in tone.

"I wish to talk with you about Asia-san."

There was that smile, the smile that felt like the world here in Kuoh had to bend to her way. I don't hate nor dislike Rias, it's all about her over-confident behavior she got before the Raiser's Saga that left me quite wary and annoyed of the fact I was forced to talk to her.

Thus my frown deepened and I let out another curt nod. "Sure, what do you need to know about her?"

And while I looked the perfect example of calm to those looking my face, inside my mind a storm was slowly brewing. A maelstrom of thoughts and theories about the ongoing discussion seeming to be far from positive or good for my side.

But still, I decided to see where this was going and let her speak freely, restraining myself from rebuffing any effort from her part.

"I was thinking of having Asia-san enlisted to the Occult Research Club. I did ask her about the possibility but she seemed adamant to not join it and..." Her eyes narrowed softly. "You were the last one to speak to her and-"

"Are you seriously saying that I would, for some reason, order her to not join a specific club, Gremory-san?" I stopped her with a stern voice, my eyes narrowing at her. "Are you possibly trying to accuse me of something of that sort?"

My tone was glacial and the hesitation from Rias at the strong front I was putting against that indirect attack seemed to show that the redhead wasn't as prepared as she looked to be in confrontations of this kind.

"I-I was referring to the fact you might have said something that could have been badly-interpreted."

My boiling fury kept bubbling as I continued to maintain a stern expression about this ridiculous situation. Emotions would turn problematic at any chance of dealing with this kind of people, and I couldn't just afford that in my current predisposition.

"Asia-san asked if it was truly necessary to join up a club so early on in her presence here at Kuoh Academy, stressing out that she would have liked to have to get hold of her classes and see how to deal with them without having any other situations weighing over her head," I continued calmly but strongly. "I reminded her that as per school rules, 'students at Kuoh Academy have a maximum of 2 months to decide to join or not a club'."

Her eyes widened at my explanation, and she looked unsure about how to continue the discussion without showing herself in the wrong.

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