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Now there was a part of Rias that wanted to refuse the woman or at the very least demand compensation since Shirou was her magician, fortunately that part was buried under the bliss of good food and that same bliss didn't allow her to refuse more people on the table. "Sure, I can't wait to introduce Koneko to the two of you."
"Koneko?" Shirou asked while Setsuna twitched a bit.
"She is in middle school right now." Kiba explains. "They have no club day like us and their timetables are different."
"How did you get so good at cooking Shirou-kun?" Rias couldn't hide her curiosity.
"Sella helped me learn." Shirou smiled at the memories. "She could be strict in the kitchen and a bit demanding but it was just because she knew I could do better." At the mention of the maid who left he remembered the one who stayed. "Did you guys give Liz a job? As a teacher?"
"Yes we did." Both King and Queen were smiling at the question and he knew why, they were waiting for him to keep asking questions, questions that he was sure he knew the answers to.
"Who is Liz? The new teacher, Leysritt?" Setsuna had seen her at the opening ceremony.
"Yes. That is the one." Akeno chuckles, still waiting for him to ask the question.
"An acquaintance of yours Shirou?" His raven haired colleague asked.
"She is the maid of my house…" Shirou takes a deep breath and decides to get it over with. "Why?"
He didn't need to elaborate more while the smile on Akeno's face grew, Rias had one as well but hers was calm and serene while the Queen's is the one of someone pulling a prank. ""Your mother!"" They say in unison and he just lets out a sigh.
The lunch proceeds peacefully with minor conversations and some discussion of the details on where Shirou was going to work and the idea of having a forge there so the devils could transport the materials in an easy manner, the Emiya house had too much protection for it to be convenient while the club had a magic circle that allowed for supply transportation between the dimensions.
He is going to make another boundary field made around the forge and Rias offers to help which Shirou appreciates, he can do the field by himself but not one overly complex. When asked if the new field was going to perturb the one around the school Kiba explained. "We can make specific barriers, don't worry about it. They are just limited and hard. Better to make for something permanent like this."
What followed was Rias complaining about the paperwork that it would bring. The fact she was complaining was enough for Shirou to realise that making a boundary field in Kuoh was a hassle if anything else.
Once the sun got ready to set it was time for the non devils to go home, they would have normal classes the next day and Rias said that in Kuoh things would be a bit different than other schools, especially for people like them while pointing at her own pin.
Rias watches as Shirou and Setsuna leave, the young woman is welcomed into the club until she finds one of her own but once she sees if she is capable Rias may just invite her to the peerage. "I am happy that everything ended well."
Akeno's voice snapped Rias out of her thoughts. "Kiba, could you please follow them discreetly? I don't want anything to happen."
"Yes, Buchou." Kiba leaves with his typical smile that practically lives plastered on his face. The blonde had no problem keeping an eye on Shirou for the rest of the day just in case a hothead magician tried anything.
The two women wait for Kiba's departure and only once the Knight is gone Akeno goes and gets more tea while Rias sits on her arm chair. "You got lucky." The Queen says easily prompting Rias to give her a small smile.
"That is me, lucky." There was no sarcasm, they both knew that Rias had astronomical luck when it counted.
"You really didn't realize how close you were to him refusing, do you?" Akeno sighs and Rias pouts.
"He didn't refuse." The Queen shook her head.
"But he was close, his mother told me how he always is more considerate for others than himself and he was this close," Akeno holds her fingers just about to touch each other, "to saying no to the offer to join the club and focus on the EM."
"But the EM would help other people."
"They would but the fact is that he doesn't know how to start." Akeno sits on the couch and drinks her own tea before continuing. "From what I heard about this will be his first foray on actively researching by himself and that is a daunting task."
"He is not alone. We will help him." Rias was determined to make Shirou's project work. She needs it to work. Once again Akeno just shook her head.
"He will still go at his own pace, he will try other things and work on other stuff. You have no way of knowing if he will make progress in time." The fact is that Rias is not trusting Shirou with all the facts.
The red haired devil just waved it off. "It will be fine. I only will have troubles once highschool ends and until then I have other options."
"Options that don't give anyone any guarantees and even them can fail." Akeno was insistent, she wasn't staring or anything at Rias but the other girl knew what her Queen was implying.
"Shirou is competent enough, he will succeed." After a short sip of her tea Rias then says. "Even if he doesn't I will have something else prepared."
"Planning to recruit?" The who was implied.
"Setsuna-san is not human and from the story of their fight I can tell that she was the more experienced of the two." Rias smiles. "If she is interested in becoming a devil we can cultivate her potential too."
Akeno lets out a sigh. 'She is trusting her luck too much. Again!' Instead she says. "You are still risking too much. Talk to Shirou."
"I barely know him."
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