A Familiar...

'Uhhhh...' Upon sensing the presence gradually closing on them, it suddenly disappeared.

'Oh. False alarm?' I looked at Rias' peerages who was breathing heavily.

Just I was about to approach them. A strong grip landed on my neck.

A beautiful with long pale blue hair, with a pink star-like shape for pupils, and is wearing a small blouse with two long sleeves.

"You..." She inspects me.

*Sniff* *Sniff* she started to smell at me.

'Please, don't be the one who I think it is.' I prayed. Sweat was rolling from my head.

"Ti-Tiamat-sama." Zatouji immediately bowed in her presence.

"You're back Jogoat." She spoke while still gripping my neck.

'Oh no, she still remembers that funny name.' I thought as I tried to break free from her grip.

"Let. I breathe." I asked asked her.

She then loosened her grip but was gripping my hand instead.

"Who are you?" I played dumb.

"Hmm?" She looks at me again.

"Your name is Jogoat... Aren't you? Your smell and your appearance aligned with the one who once challenged me."

"But I'm Vile..." I couldn't bullshit my name because Rias and her peerage are present.

"Is what he said true?" Tiamat looked at the Gremory princess.

"Yes Ma'am!" Rias immediately answered.

"Hmmm.. Then that must be your real name." Tiamat concluded.

"What do you mean?" My sweat was becoming apparent.

"Don't play dumb boy." She threatened me.

"*sigh* alright hi?" I eventually gave up as I couldn't bullshit my way out since she is clearly stronger than me.

"So what do you want?" I asked her.

"???, Aren't you back here to challenge me again?" She looked confused.

Hearing that, made the onlookers confused, as they thought that this was Vile's first time in the underworld.

"Huh? N-No! Of course not!" I rebutted immediately.

'If I had known that this place was the one where I had been when I first came to this world, I wouldn't even step back in here in the first place... At least not yet.' I thought to myself.

"Then why are you here, then?" Tiamat asked curiously.

"Uhh, to look for a familiar?? " I took my chances.

"Hmmm.." Tiamat who was thinking had a mischievous idea and smiled evilly, seeing that Vile didn't want to see her.

"Then be my contractor." She stated.

Stating that made Zatouji and Rias look perplexed, as the Chaos Karma Dragon was very well known, as she was a secret judge for the rating games.

"Why though?" I asked her as she loosened her grip.

"Why? Because I can smell some treasures from you." She looked at me as if I was some sort of a trove.

'Is it because of the Protection Charm that I once used when we first met? Or did she manage to sniff out Yamato?' I thought.

"What treasure?" I asked.

"You seem to have a lot of treasure for a human, and a strong one at that. Like the barrier that you once used." She stated.

"Oh, that..." Good thing I got one from the gifts.

"Teach me, the barrier that you used!" Her eyes sparkled, as she thought that if she were to know that barrier she could stop worrying about her hoarded treasures.

"Well.." I wanted to bullshit so bad..

"Well?" Tiamat waited.

"It's just that, it was a one-time use and I used it on our fight.." I answered.

"Then do you have more?" She asked curiously.

"Yes." I took out the protection charm that looked like a button and presented it to her.

"This...." She inspected it.

"You're kidding? Right?" She asked as she couldn't find any magic circles in it.

"No, I'm not," I answered her.

"How did this thing manage to protect you, I can't even sense an ounce of magic in it." She looked at me with questioning eyes.

"Then how did you make it?"

"Uhh, I don't know?" I answered her honestly.

"Then where did you get it?" She came closer to me to see I was lying.

"I don't know either." I 'honestly' answered.

"I see..." She made up her mind and ask Ajuka to recreate it later.

"Then can I leave?" I asked, seeing that she eased up.

"Wait a moment, let's make a contract." She stopped me asking me to make a contract with her.

'She was serious?' I looked at her.

"You were serious?" I asked.

"I am and I'm not letting you go until I make a contract with you," Tiamat stated as she didn't want to take no for an answer.

"Fine.." I try to look sad on the outside.

'Hahaahahha, A new ally!' I thought as I could use her help in dealing with the reincarnator.

With that Vile and Tiamat, made a contract.

.....

'Hmmm? Strange, his physique feels weird, what even is he?' After doing the contract she started to think that Vile isn't one of the races in this world. He felt like an ancient treasure that she hadn't seen before, had been discovered by her.

'It looks like he doesn't even know it himself... Fufufu interesting.' Tiamat thought as she watched the group leave the forest back to the human world.

"Ummm Tiamat-sama, can ask something?" Zatouji while bowing.

"Speak."

"Why did you make a contract with that human?" Zatouji didn't understand that part.

"Let's just say that I'm planning to milk him out of his treasures. Does that answer your question? " As what she said was partly true, she also wanted to see what treasures he possessed, as a fellow treasure hoarder such as herself.

"Ah yes Tiamat-sama." Zatouji spoke.

....

Back in the human world.

"So... What was that about?" Issei felt fear of Tiamat for some reason.

Unknown to him Ddraig, Issei's sacred gear was sweating as Tiamat suddenly appeared he immediately suppressed his presence, as his host was too pitifully weak.

"I don't know?" Vile answered him with a confused face.

"Well... At least you got a familiar?" Rias was also confused as she witnessed The Chaos Karma Dragon make a contract with a human.

"Well, Asia also got a dragon familiar too you know," Vile said as he saw the Spite Dragon, which Asia named Raiju, circling around her.

"Yes, that's right." Akeno agreed as Dragon familiars are quite rare.

....

A few days later.

"Shop." I opened it as it recently reset.

[System Points: 333,700

Status Points Add (System) - 15,000

Assassin Mastery (System) - 40,000

Sword Mastery (System) - 45,000

Nine Serenities Secret Scriptures (Magic Emperor) - 300,000

Agares Bloodline (Highschool DxD) - 500,000]

'Hmmm?' I was carefully looking at the system.

I saw a familiar title in the shop Magic Emperor.

"Which one will I pick? Short term or long term?" I looked at Sakuya and asked her opinion.

"I think long master. Since it will have more room for it to grow." She answered.

"Hmm. Makes sense." Well, it's bound to be good since it comes from a cultivation world.

[SP: 337,400 > 37,400]

[Added Nine Serenities Secret Scriptures to items]

After obtaining the scriptures I started to wonder if Sakuya could make a time barrier since cultivation takes a lot of time.

"By the way Sakuya, can you make a barrier that flows faster inside than the outside world, so I can train?" He asked her.

"I can master." She immediately answered as her master hadn't asked her anything other than maid things.

Hearing that, a smile crept out from my face, as I was planning my short training arc.

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-Chapter End-