Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Priorities
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The moment she woke up, she had to make certain that it was actually his barrier and not a worried filled dream that fooled her. Slinking towards his room she lightly pried open the door. He was awake and sitting on the floor looking over a small book. The field was still up but she could tell he was relaxed at the very least. A small dimensional rip tore open and he placed the book back inside. Rias was surprised how easy he made that look though with the field in the way she couldn't tell how much magic he had used.
Then he took off his shirt and her priorities began shifting. It was no secret that Rias was proud of her body. She didn't care to show it off to humans since their opinions didn't really matter. Her Peerage as well since they were family. She actually was pure when it came to respecting the privacy of others unless it affected her or her Peerage personally.
As the future of the Gremory family she had to make certain that Ritsuka wasn't a threat. At least, that was how she justified it.
Then he took off his shirt and professionalism was thrown out the window. He was very well toned which clashed with her preconceptions of mages. She had seen most of them turn into slobs because they pursued a more sedentary lifestyle. The ideals of the grimoires they wrote being more important than their own bodies. This wasn't the case though.
Ritsuka was very well toned indeed. He wasn't a muscle bound freak nor had a waif like form. It was much more in tune with a well rounded athletes body like someone had made him become well rounded rather than perfect in one area all together. The inklings of a six pack were beginning to form and the stretches he did showed how big his muscles could become. A veritable treat for the eyes which Rias vehemently denied internally. This was research on an unknown and not a peeping session.
He got in position for push ups and began doing so on his fingertips. He steadily did so making sure to keep form over speed which from her position made it clear that he was a marathon type athlete. The reason she immediately labeled this as research was due to the secondary reason her eyes were glued on him.
There were scars over his entire body aside from his back. Small cuts and thin lines covered his arms and shoulders. When he got up to switch to sit ups there was a large scar across his stomach and a smaller wound that looked like something had punctured his shoulder. She also saw a thin cut across his neck, shallow in depth but clearly signifying that he almost had his head cut off.
Getting enough information she slowly closed the door and decided maybe she could get one of her Peerage to look over him for now.
Ritsuka stretched out a bit more. His body ached from the mini training session he put himself through. At the moment he was just going through the motions. Shishou and Leonidas made sure to give him a training regiment he was made to follow since he first started the Grand Order. Then Chiron also started helping as well to make certain the regiment was streamlined.
It had been very truncated since he was involved in a far different world than he was used to. It was modern… there weren't wandering phantasmal beasts or random warrior cultures around. He wasn't being hunted down either by the embodiments of the Evils of Humanity or the Alien Deities as far as he knew. It was… relaxing. Well, as far as living around devils as could be relaxing.
Placing back on his undershirt, Ritsuka walked out towards the shower. Knocking before entering he was satisfied that no one was last thing he needed was to be reminded of his predilection towards walking in on women showering. It wasn't even that it was on purpose. He was certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that they had planned it out and dragged him into said situations.
A shower helped him calm down a bit more before he placed on his first mystic code of the white shirt and black pants combo. It still stood out but the time frame of the era he was in was already something suspect. He wasn't going to ask anyone what the date was. That would just be stupid.
When he returned to the room he was met with Rias.
"Morning. Is something going on today?" Ritsuka politely asked. She was looking at his clothes now… examining him.
"I was hoping that since we were getting you into Kuoh Academy you would spend time with my Peerage you haven't met. You would also spend time with Akeno and myself eventually as well." Rias explained clearly planning for the future.
"Sure. It's a good idea since I need to do my usual jog. I was worried that I was going to get lost." Ritsuka mentioned offhandedly. Rias seemed to smirk as she stepped aside revealing her next companion.
She was a short girl. White hair and an almost blank stare. She seemed to be wearing a school gym uniform, white shirt and bloomers. It was kind of weird though Ritsuka brushed it off. He knew he was most likely being watched. Better to appear harmless than constantly be thought of as a threat. He noted that her eyes immediately locked on his seemingly appraising his stare.
"Hello." She simply stated giving a small nod of her head.
"This is Koneko Toujou. She jogs around the neighborhood sometimes. Guess you lucked out today." Rias smiled even though Ritsuka could tell this was planned out. Even Koneko gave a small slump of her shoulders since Rias was not a good liar.
"Pleasure to meet you. I'll follow your lead then." Ritsuka bent down to lock his gaze with hers pushing his hand out which she carefully took. She had a much stronger grip which forced Ritsuka to use his reinforcement Magecraft to return her squeeze back. Rias seemed a bit uneasy about that. Koneko merely seemed satisfied I went along with her little test.
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