Player of Fate

Riser Phenex

- the next day -

"Gremory came here last night?" I asked in fake curiosity but genuine surprise as the Nun Duo while we're eating a traditional Japanese Breakfast. I'm honestly surprised that Gremory would appear after everything, with her intentions clear as days...

"Yeah." Argento said with a nod while Hyōdō continued to eat silently, but I noticed the few glances she throw at me "It was honestly shocking that she suddenly appeared out of your room when I was on my way downstairs for some water. She even asked me where you were, and I told her that I had no idea where you were. Then another person dressed in a maid outfit soon came out and took Gremory-san away."

"Which begs the question..." Hyōdō suddenly spoke up, putting down her chopsticks and bowl to face me with a neutral expression on her face "Why did the redhead come here last night looking for you?"

"I might have an idea why she came here, but not completely sure since we're not exactly friends in the first place." I replied before taking a slip of my miso soup and then continued on "As for where I was last night, I have a tendency to walk around town late at night to think about something..."

"...Which is?" Hyōdō raised an eyebrow at how I trailed off, crossing her arms while Argento just looked at us with a worried expression on her face.

"About Himejima-san's request for help." I said, getting curious looks from the duo "Remember that she wanted to talk to me privately yesterday? Well, she wanted my help in case the redhead does something crazy... Which I was kinda failed to do, considering that she appeared here without my notice."

"But that doesn't explain why Gremory-san appeared last night." Argento retorted with her slightly tilted to the side, which Hyōdō nodded in agreement.

"She wanted to use me to escape her arranged marriage." I said, getting shocked looks from the Nuns and I took that as a sign to continue on "I'll try and simplify the reason: Rias Gremory was put into an arranged marriage by her parents with another High-Class Devil from another Pillar House in order to preserve the line of Pure-Blood Devils." I started off the explanation, which they nodded in understanding as causalities in the Great War is pretty common knowledge "Since she doesn't like her future fiancé at all, she asked her parents to let her be free from the deal until she finishes her studies in the human world... But yesterday, she received a letter from her father saying that the marriage date will be moved to a few days." "And before any of you ask why I know this, Himejima-san was the one that told me Rias Gremory's story."

"So that's why she was here last night..." Hyōdō muttered in realisation before looking at me with curiously "So, what do you plan to do?"

"About Himejima-san's request? I'm honestly leaning to say no." I replied honestly without any hesitation, not wanting to meet an playboy wannabe asshole like Riser Phenex because I might feel the urge to experiment to see if Hamon would negate the regenerate of a Devil from the House of Phenex "I'm not her or the redhead's friend, and I don't exactly like the latter due to personal reasons. Plus, I'm not really a fan of getting involved with their kind's business like arraigned marriages between the heirs of two Houses-"

Ayayayaya~

I blinked when I heard my phone ring for calls, not expecting a so early in the morning. Taking out my phone from my right pocket, I saw that the caller is unknown... Well, with the exception of Hyōdō and Argento, I don't have other numbers in my phone. And I don't have a reason to add other numbers since I'm not exactly someone that socialise with mob characters.

And despite an unknown message was the reason why I'm here, I'm going to answer this call. It's not like the same thing is going to happen, because that would be ridiculous and stupid. Getting off my chair, I moved to answer the call somewhere else without saying a word to the Nun Duo so they can continue to eat and keep the illusion of a good but stoic host by answering the call in the table.