Player of Fate

Strays (Part I)

"What took you so long?" Rias Gremory, the little sister of the current Lucifer, asked upon my arrived near the location where the Stray Devil is hiding right now. The others (with the exception of Raynare) looked at me with curious expression compared to the red head's frown.

"I'm sorry, I should have used my none existing wings to get here faster next time." I said sarcastically towards the red head with a bored expression on my face. I honestly didn't care if she's pissed or annoyed at me when I took my little detour "Please forgive this innocent man for the sins that he never committed."

"He's not innocent!" Raynare shouted, suddenly attentive to her surroundings now.

"I was being sarcastic, you idiot." I replied to the Fallen Angel with deadpanned eyes, before turning towards Gremory with a raised eyebrow "So, shouldn't we be heading inside to get the Stray?"

"It's easier said then done." The red head replied with a shake of her head.

"The Stray has the ability to control monstrous bees, similar to how the original Beelzebub was know for controlling nearly any insect." Himejima added in, which made me raise an eyebrow at why the red head isn't the person that's going to finish the explanation... I know that she's kinda lazy, but this is just stupid "He became arrogant because of it and started to call himself the second coming of Lord Beelzebub, even giving himself the name Beelze."

"He-"

"Okay, so the guy can control bigger and uglier bees." I said uncaringly, bored out of my mind at the useless chit-chat that I decided to just cut right into the case. I can guess why they're not leading the way towards their prey, the place probably infested with the bees "I honestly don't care about his backstory or why he choose to make himself a Stray. So what if the guy has spies all over the greenhouse? We can just find a way to get rid of them before they can do anything to us."

"It's rude to cutoff someone when they're talking, Kōjiro-kun." Gremory said in a scolding manner, like how a parent would scold their kid... I wouldn't mind a very beautiful woman like her to be my mom, but that's beside the point "Also, it's not as simple as you think. The bees he control are called Vespoids, and they carry a deadly poison that can paralyse a full grown Devil to they point that they looked like they've died. You're human, so you're more likely to died from never the smallest dosage."

"It's not like I'm going to let myself be sting by some ugly bug, so no need to worry Mom." I said the last word sarcastically, enjoying the annoyed expression from her face "So, are we going in there or not? Because it would be a waste if time if we're just going to stand here."

I became cautious when the frown on Gremory's face suddenly turned into a devious smirk... I don't like the look on her face right now, not one bit. It spells trouble for me, and no one else right now "Since you're so eager to get some action, why don't you go inside first?" Gremory suggested, with a tone that says 'I dare you to do x, or else you're a chicken'.

... And here I thought for a second that she's going to use me as bait for the bees, asking me to make as much noise as possible to attract the bugs to where I'm supposed to be located. Her suggestion is perfect for me since I can test out the [Ryūsui Gansai-Ken], plus I want see how I would fair against something that's actually alive and not dead "Sure, I got no problem with that." I said with a shrug before I started jogging towards the greenhouse's entrance.

"E-Eh?" Gremory cried out when she registered what I said to her "W-Wait a second! I was just joking! A joke! Come back here!" The red head shouted at me, but I didn't listen and quickly got inside the small building afterward er strengthening my legs with [Reinforcement].