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Kiba regained his focus. The word Sealing Designation almost sounded like liquidation, euthanasia, or extermination. He couldn't understand why his brain went in that direction.
"Anyways I was whisked away the very next day to a secret base far away in a secret location and run through intensive testing. But… because I was such a novice the testing made me very sleepy. I have trouble with that some times where I can fall asleep even through the worst of situations.
Regardless, that made the director at the time despise me for not taking her opening lecture seriously which kicked me off the mission alongside insulting me for being what basically amounted as a civilian in Magus territory."
Ritsuka wistfully remembered the very beginning of his mission. The eyes of his fellow masters were all so smugly looking at him as a failure.
Kiba noticed the faltered gaze but didn't say anything. It felt similar to his own tale of being purposed into something he didn't want to be… at the sacrifice of others around him.
"I met someone who gave me a bit of a pep talk but near the end of our conversation, disaster struck. Someone had planted bombs in the command room. A form of sabotage which killed more than eighty percent of the command staff and crippled every other mage candidate.I ran with my new friend towards the incident looking for anyone I could help. I didn't know it at the time but the bulkheads would seal soon and everything within the room would be shut down if I remember right."
Ritsuka continued, his gaze seemed to smolder slightly as he stared at the ground.
"What did you find…?" Kiba couldn't stop the words he was asking. For some reason he felt compelled to ask. Ritsuka was obviously in front of him, alive and capable, but that didn't answer what happened.
"An inferno." Ritsuka muttered before covering his mouth lost in thought. "Everyone was caught in a state between life and death. And the person I mention as being my significant other, who agreed to this whole sharing me business, was trapped beneath a slab of rock on death's door since her lower half had been crushed by the weight. She survived… but the price was greater than she would have imagined."
Kiba didn't state anything for the moment. He didn't actually know what he could say. Even during his own turmoil, he had never found a decent way to cope with it.
He knew he didn't since he wanted to destroy every single holy weapon for what they did to him.
"Things happened from there but I feel like this might be too much information for now." Ritsuka chuckled… though with how despondent his eyes looked from remembering his past Kiba didn't push for more details.
"I… I was once a project for a secret church initiative. They wanted to make someone capable of carrying a holy weapon. They failed and tried to get rid of us. All because they those damn holy weapons!" Kiba growled as he curled his fist slamming it against the floor.
"That seems really bad… who started this project?" Ritsuka asked keeping his words to the bare minimum.
"What does it matter?" Kiba snarled though he flinched after saying it. He knew he was just lashing out.
"Because he should be the one to pay for his crimes. A holy weapon is just a weapon. It can't think or move without someone to hold it." Ritsuka answered. "If you need someone to watch your back at that time, I'll help you out."
Kiba clenched his jaw. It had been a long time since he had thought about his past. He knew logically that the holy weapon did nothing to him. It just existed but… at the moment he needed to think more about it. Still, it was good that he wouldn't be alone.
"I'll think about it Ritsuka. I need to go now… sorry." Kiba stood up and exited the room.
Ritsuka was left to his thoughts. He didn't know whether this would work out good but he didn't like seeing a new friend of his fake his entire life.
He needed some kind of closure… something that Ritsuka didn't think he would get until he reached Chaldea once more.
"Um… Rias-san." Asia called out. The two were walking side by side while Akeno and Koneko chatted about things in front of them. Their arms full of bags of new clothes. The cash that had been given to them was mostly gone but a few bills remained at the very least.
"Yes Asia?" Rias waited for her to speak. In truth, she wasn't sure that Asia would become a devil. It wasn't that she was too naive to contemplate it, but more that she was afraid to change herself so much.
"I've been thinking about what we spoke about yesterday… but I've also been wondering why Ritsuka isn't a devil either." Asia started pressing her fingertips together as she gingerly danced around the topic.
"He is a mage so he signed a magician's contract with me. It's not very extensive though since I would honestly rather him be a devil as well."
Rias responded sighing wistfully. "Unfortunately, his magic is only possible so long as he remains human."
"I see… is that all that's holding him back?" Asia couldn't stop her question from exiting her mouth.
"Did he tell you about himself?" Rias shot back wanting to know if she knew that Ritsuka was a time traveling dimension hopper.
"Not a lot… he mentioned that he was branded a heretic as well but I think it was in Magus terms." Asia whispered slightly.
Rias pondered the situation carefully. She needed to consider all possibilities before she spoke about what would happen since her own desires wanted to speak up as well.
"When we get back I want you to ask Ritsuka about himself before you make any big decisions if that's what you are basing them on. It's important that you do so in case the decision you make won't be regretted."
Rias answered finally taking a more serious tone as she brushed her long flowing crimson hair away from her cheeks.
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