Highschool DxD: Dragon's Ascent

Chapter 39: Path Of Domination

~ Third Person - Sirzechs' Office ~

Sirzechs frowned, sitting on his desk with his chin resting on his hand, his fingers tapping away at his desk in frustration.

His meeting with the Juvenile Red Dragon Emperor could have gone... better.

It went downhill from the beginning, him and Grayfia were used to coming and going without notice due to the fact that they were powerful enough that objections were hard to raise against them, it was a move to establish who was in charge of the negotiations.

That move, however, only worked if the target actually respected your power. And he had forgotten to consider that the Juvenile Dragon Emperor was not one of subjects, he held no power over him and he did not seem to fear him using brute force.

Which made the move just seem rude and annoying rather than imposing and domineering.

Perhaps he had relied on Rias' thoughts on the boy too much when imagining him instead of what he was. He had treated the boy like a diamond in the rough who refused to join Rias out of pride not knowing how wide the world was.

His original plan was simple, and he had done it before too. Teleport into their hose to establish his position, and show them the danger, that strong people could appear before him at any time before making the offer to join the devil race to receive both protection and status.

But the boy hadn't budged, he was hostile from the beginning, refusing to comply one bit. Seeing through their plays and calling them out on it. Those weren't the eyes of an ignorant diamond in the rough but someone who knew what his value was and what people could do.

So he let Grayfia act hostile, albeit too much, it allowed him to show him the disparity between them without making himself look like the bad guy so they could still negotiate after they showed him where he stood, albeit at the cost of making Grayfia out to be a villain.

Although he did not like using direct fear like that, sometimes it had to be done.

He, however, hadn't expected the sheer hostility of Grayfia, she pushed him too far.

Perhaps even further than he would expect from something like that. Grayfia really seemed to touch a sore spot, to the extent that if she had gone any further he feared he might have gone full Juggernaut Drive.

There was a reason why Azazel went ahead and took care of problematic high-tier sacred gear users if they were unstable individuals. Because the ones that go off the deep end with a longinus are threats to the entire world.

Anyway, that's when it all went from downhill to abyss.

Sirzechs hadn't done his homework and now he was dealing with a very very angsty Red Dragon Emperor Alchemist. He only had the choice of recruiting him now, he entertained the idea of eliminating him and picking someone else untraceable to join Rias' team but the boy had read through that too.