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<POV RYO>

Still waiting for Sona's response on my terms and while sighing she spoke "Haah...alright, but I need confirmation".

I raised one eyebrow "Certainty?" With a confused tone said.

"Yeah, I need you to promise me that if you lose, you have to sign the contract I'm offering you, how about that?" Sona spoke with hope in her eyes.

Hope is right, if I accept this very detrimental offer it will greatly benefit her because she thinks she can beat me in a match against she and her Peerage alone, but of course I will not lose against some of the supporting actors in the story whose strength I have confirmed.

At the beginning of the story, Sona's Peerage was not strong and was still average because there was no incentive for them to become strong, and Sona recruited her peerage to prioritize being able to help She in taking care of administration, not those who were as capable as Rias.

Except for Genshirou Saji. Sona recruited him on the basis of his abilities because he was a holder of a part of the Vritra.

I thought for a moment before deciding and confirmed something beforehand "Even if I said yes...how did you turn me into a Devil?"

Sona looked suspiciously at me "Didn't I tell you yesterday that-" Sona realized something because of that she stopped her sentence for a moment "Kenzaki-san, don't you know what a Sacred Gear is yet?"

I feigned ignorance which tripped Sona "So what did Rias do!" she then cursed Rias.

"Excuse me?"I was confused why she cursed makeup all of a sudden.

"It's alright Kenzaki-san, I was just talking to myself" Sona then recovered and continued speaking "Kenzaki-san, a Sacred Gear is an Artifact given by God Bible to mankind as a means to defend against supernatural threats therefore Sacred Gears can only exist in humans and you're possessing one of them and not only that is yours it's special" Sona explained.

"Special?" I asked feigning confusion.

"Yes...yours probably resides in a Dragon inside I have already confirmed what Dragon resides in your Sacred Gear, do you know Koneko?" I nodded when Sona asked if I knew a Kohai Koneko "Koneko can identify smells because she has a keen sense of smell because of her race factor, that's why I can identify my Sacred Gear thanks to her smell" Sona continued.

'Turns out Koneko's sense of smell was made like a sensor by them' I thought.

"And I can be sure that mine is a Sacred Gear of the Longinus class which is the highest level and special of the various Sacred Gears, the number of Longinus alone is 13 and two of them are residing in Dragon spirits, the first holds the title White Dragon Emperor and the second Red Dragon Emperor" When hearing Albion being put forward by Sona displeased Ddraig.

[Hey lady, I was created before Albion!] Ddraig roared. I ignored Ddraig's complaints and listened carefully to Sona's story.

"Because the smell that you have is Dragon we can identify that you are a carrier of one of those Dragon Emperors and several years ago I heard that White Dragon Emperor has appeared then what you have is probably Red Dragon Emperor" Sona's index finger pointed at me.

"I understand why Rias was so aggressive this morning" I said which made her eyes widen.

"As usual, Rias took action right away," muttered Sona, while turning her face away from me for a moment.

I pretended to think for a moment then "Okay, I promise I will sign the Contract but if you lose give me 10 million yen!" Bluntly I said.

"With that kind of money, I no longer need to work part-time anymore to pay my motorbike installments!"

"Is that all?" Sona looked at me with an expression of disbelief that was clearly plastered on her face.

"Yes! is it wrong?" I replied.

Sona thought for a moment before starting to speak again and I could hear voices ridiculing me from the other student council members especially Saji who was glaring at me like he wanted to swallow me alive.

"Then... come to the gym one hour after school is over because we have to really make sure that all the students go home" Sona agreed to my terms which means I will get the money!

[Looks like you're struggling financially Yes Partner] Ddraig spoke telepathically and was a bit disappointed.

'Yeah...I'm really struggling financially in this life' I said which made Ddraig understand that human life is complicated.

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<NORMAL POV>

After the negotiations were over Ryo said goodbye to return to class first and because class had started back and he missed lunch.

Seeing Ryo who had left, Sona sighed tiredly.

"Haah...he really is unpredictable"Sona complained about how she judged Ryo by his reactions and responses during the negotiations earlier.

"Want me to make some tea?" Tsubaki offered tea to her.

Sona nods and replies "Yes, and please add a little more sugar".

Tsubaki nodded and started making tea while the tea was being made the other student council members approached and one of them asked.

"Kaichou...I don't think it's a good idea to recruit him" Hankai Momo said.

"Yeah...I agree with Momo, he's a delinquent who indirectly doesn't get along with us!" Add Tomoe Meguri.

Then all members join in and agree against Ryo which is part of them and Saji joins in badmouthing Ryo openly there "Kaichou think about it carefully! We haven't really confirmed whether he really has a Longinus or not! Also, he's very arrogant for the sake of it." an ordinary human just for defeating 50 people is only at the level of a human!"

Sona was silent while Tsubaki put the prepared tea on her table, Sona then took the tea and sipped it calmly.

Tsubaki was happy to see Sona calming down with her brewed tea and returned to her current self as vice president she had to answer the members' concerns.

"Chief is quite tired of the negotiations just now...and are you doubting our leader like this?" Tsubaki said coldly to the other members which made them immediately silent.

"Let them Tsubaki" Sona put down her cup and answered the rest of the members.

"This is complicated because it concerns our military strength, if I succeed in recruiting se I will indirectly increase our military strength. You must have heard that our relationship with other Pantheons is bad? And we just need additional strength and I'm not doing this for the sake of race but for the sake of my own goals, with him beside me, he might be able to help me make it happen" Sona said honestly about what was in her mind.

Until she insisted not to lose to Rias because she didn't want to fall asleep again with Rias' sweet promises because Sona had always given in.

'Sorry Rias but this time I won't let Ryo-kun off easily' If it was Ryo, sona wouldn't let him go to Rias.

{AN : There is a little story about Ryo and Sona's relationship, but that's another time.}