Chapter 68 – Talking with Sirzechs

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"Here, please accept it." Sirzechs gave the box to me and I took it with my right hand.

I looked at the content of the box before closing it and handed it to Kuroka. I turned to look at Sirzechs and smiled.

"Thank you. I knew that you were not here just to give me that Phoenix Tears, shall we sit down and talk? Talking while standing is not comfortable at all."

Sirzechs give me a sincere smile this time and gestured with his hand, "Let's sit then."

We sat on the couch across from each other and Rias sat silently beside Sirzechs. It was really strange, she was looking down all this time and didn't utter a single word. Also, the reason why she attacked me, did she attack me because she didn't trust Sona's words?

"To tell you the truth, I wanted to ask for your permission to hold the Rating Game between Rias and Riser in Kuoh Town. The reason for that was, we had a hard time setting the Rating Game in the underworld as Rias was still a young devil, you can call her an underage one."

So it was his true reason for visiting me. That was reasonable, no, it was exaggerated. He could ask Grayfia to tell me about it as she held a position to represent Sirzechs because of her position as his wife and Queen.

I need to decide this carefully, Kokabiel's attack was near, I said near because I didn't really know the exact date of his attack. I touched my chin with my right hand and thought about Sirzechs's proposal.

"Of course, I will owe you one if you allowed me to set the Rating Game in this town."

My eyes widened as I looked at Sirzechs. That only lasted a second before I grinned, "Sure, but there is a condition."

Sirzechs leaned his head closer and asked, "What it is?"

"Send someone to keep Riser in the bay. If he attacked me for some reason, which happened when we first met, I can't guarantee his safety."

Sirzechs pulled his face away and leaned against the couch's backrest and nodded his head.

"Of course. I was thinking of assigning Grayfia in case something happened." He looked at Grayfia and she nodded her head in answer.

"That's good then. Is there something else?" I asked as I relaxed my arms and put them on top of my lap.

Kuroka was still standing behind me while holding the box in her hands. But, I could feel her gaze from behind and I glanced over her.

She looked at me and glanced at Rias repeatedly. Oh, right. I had yet to hear her reason for attacking me so suddenly. I wanted to hear her reason directly, why did she attack me while yelling 'How dare you kill Koneko!'.

At first, I thought that Sona had told her. But, after thinking about it calmly, Rias was not that dumb.

"There is something more." Said Sirzechs.

I snapped off from my thought and looked at him, "Please do tell me."

"The incident a week ago, where my sister attacked you. I think I need to apologize directly for that. But, I am apologizing as an older brother." Sirzechs bowed his head a little and said, "I'm sorry for my sister."

When Sirzechs said that, almost everyone in the room was surprised. Only me and Grayfia weren't surprised by his apology. Mainly because I received his letter, but this was still surprising. A Satan bowed his head at me, even though he said that he was apologizing as an older brother, this would become huge news if someone knew.

Rias was also surprised. She raised her head and looked at Sirzechs and shouted. "Onii-sama! You don't need to apologize! I was the one in the wrong."

Sirzechs raised his head and looked at Rias seriously, "As an older brother, I need to at least do at least this much."

"But!" Rias looked like she was about to crumble as she shouted.

Sirzehcs looked at her with calm eyes and a little smile on his face, "Rias, stop okay? This much is fine."

"Onii-sama…" Muttered Rias.

Umm, the situation had become awkward now. I glanced at Sona who stood beside Sirzechs and saw her averting her eyes away. That girl…

I turned back to Sirzechs and said, "Sorry for breaking your moment, but I forgave her since you sent the letter, no, since the day she attacked me. I am not the type to hold a grudge over something like that. But I was still curious so I wanted to ask something to Rias."

Sirzechs and Rias looked at me and nodded their heads.

Getting their confirmation, I asked, "Why did you think Shirone was dead? I believe that Sona had told you about me getting rid of the Evil Piece safely right? I even told you that I had my way to remove the Evil Piece."

When I said that, Rias's eyes widened and I could see Sona's body flinched on the edge of my sight. I glared at Sona and said.

"You told her, right?"

Instantly, the attention of everyone in the room was focused on Sona.

"I- I had no time to tell her when she was training in the underworld…" Answered Sona.

"That meant…" I said and paused for a while before continuing, "You just told her about me removing Shirone's Evil Piece and didn't tell her about Shirone's condition?"

Sona looked at me while biting her lips, "I planned to tell her when I asked you to stay longer. But you walked away without waiting for me to tell Rias!"

I sighed and looked at Sirzechs, "That meant the incident was caused by a misunderstanding from Rias and the carelessness of Sona. You don't need to apologize for that. But! I will need an apology from Rias to my friend, she attacked us without even hearing me after all."

Rias looked at her best friend with a surprised face. Sona averted her gaze from her in embarrassment. Surprisingly though, Rias didn't get angry immediately. I guessed that getting trashed by Hagoromo Gitsune made her thought carefully before deciding something, huh?

"I see, I appreciated it." Said Sirzechs.

Rias turned to look at me with a serious face and bowed her head, "I'm sorry. I was wrong for not listening to your story and suddenly attacked you."

Somehow it turned into a safe discussion. Truthfully, I was a little bit afraid that Rias's attack will escalate into something big, a war for example. But, I got compensation and favor from Sirzechs. Not only that, Rias had matured a little? Well, the last part doesn't matter though, as she will go back to the Underworld again.

I nodded my head at her apology, "Don't worry about it. But, tell that to my friend too."

Rias raised her head and nodded, "I will."