“……I sure can’t come to like the Vampires like always……”
She endured it well, Xenovia that is. She was clearly giving out hostility towards them besides me. Sister Griselda drinks from the cup, and then says it. “If it was you in the past, you would have gone cutting at them with Durandal. You endured it well. You sure have grown.”
Having the Sister praise her, Xenovia puts on a complicated expression. But what Xenovia said is appropriate. Vampires, I can’t come to like them! What, is that! I can’t think of them as the same beings as Gasper! This guy is a lively guy who spends his time with a box brightly, but they……are just an embodiment of weird pride and sarcasm! Sona-kaichou who was the only one capable of remaining calm asks Buchou. “What will you do? You probably won’t be able to ignore their cooperation. If that happens, you will end up having to send Gasper-kun off. If that happens……at the worst case, you might lose him.”
Gasper puts on a complicated expression towards Sona-kaichou’s clear answer. Of course. He probably didn’t think that he will be used for a diplomatic reason. But it’s a situation where it is hard to decline. I don’t want to say it but since we are spreading word about making peace, we can’t possibly decline the offer of the Vampires that are willing to take part in it. Even from the world’s perspective, being able to have a truce with half of the Vampires by having Gasper alone as the requirement for it, it must be a bargain which is cheap and yet still gives a substantial benefit……
I’m feeling mortified, and if possible I want to decline this. But this happens to be the worst situation for the Gremory since there isn’t a reason to decline this. Gasper takes a big breath, and spits it out with trembling voice. “I-I’m going.”
——! For this guy to say that he’s going by himself…… But his eyes are filled with determination. Gasper continues. “……I’m not planning to return to the world of Vampires once again, because to me this is my home. B-But I want to save Valerie! She……I am indebted to her. Thanks to her, I was able to escape from the castle and was able to reach this place. ……I have died once, but even so I have a kind master, a senpai I can rely on, and friends whom will play with me…… I was able to become this happy, but thinking that she is the only one continuing to receive a painful experience is…… I am sure she is receiving unreasonable treatment!”
Gasper puts on a manly face, and then tells Rias. “I want to save Valerie! And I will not die! I will save Valerie, and come back here!”
……Good reply. He has a manly look in his eyes and face, this Danball Vampire that is. He knows how to finish it in a good way now. I pat Gasper’s head without saying anything. My junior. Like I thought, you are a guy from the Gremory. Hearing Gya-suke’s determination, Rias stands up. “—I will be going there. This time I will be planning to sit down and talk with those from the House of Vladi. First I will go personally and see the situation over there with my own eyes. I think it won’t be late if the dispatch of Gasper comes after that.”
There are flames inside Rias’ iris. So our master will be visiting them personally huh. Gasper’s words must have lit a flame inside her. Yeah, a fire lit inside me as well! To save a girl who took care of him in the past! For a guy, there isn’t a more serious situation than this! “Then we will also—”
I try to make a suggestion, but Rias shakes her head. “No, I want Ise and everyone to stay on standby. There might be a case if something happens.”
“……And what do you mean by that?”
Rias puts two fingers up to my question. “For the precondition, it’s appropriate for me who is Gasper’s master to visit them personally, and it won’t be rude towards the other party. And there will be two main reasons why I’m having all of you stay on standby here. First reason is having all of you being able to take action without me if an incident were to occur. There might be those who would attack this place so members who can handle them should stay here. For the second reason……”
Rias looks at all of her servants. “If something were to happen to me over there, I will need reinforcements.”
Kiba asks. “So Buchou, you are predicting that something might occur or that you might get dragged into something over there, correct?”
“That’s right, Yuuto. It will be the best if nothing happens, but judging from the past events, there is a chance that we will get dragged into it judging from the problems the Vampires are having. So it won’t be weird to take actions while anticipating it.”
“Then isn’t it better for all of us to go with you from the start……?”
I ask her once again, but like I thought, Rias didn’t shake her head vertically. “They will be on alert if we were to go there with all of us. Are they trying to solve it by using force? –They will think like that and it will be harder to negotiate with them, so it will be appropriate for me to go there first. ……It was them who didn’t even try to listen to our words, so it is a must for me to go there. ……Am I being naïve?”
She tries to get confirmation from Azazel. “No, it’s not a bad way of thinking for a [King] from the brute-power group. Except, I feel uneasy if you are going there alone. For this incident, it seems like the secrets of both the Tepes and Carmilla’s side will be connected. And the discussion we had before had many unexplained parts.”
“Of course, I will keep as minimal a force for my guards as I can. I’m planning to take only my [Knight]. Okay, Yuuto?”
“Yes, please leave it to me.”
So Kiba will be escorting her. Yeah, then it won’t be a problem. “I can feel relieved if Kiba is going.”
That’s my answer. I know this guy’s strength more than anyone. I have exchanged fists with Kiba many times, you know? He is Rias’s genuine knight. Sensei says it while making a sound with his neck. “—I will also go then. I will meet Carmilla first. I will at least make sure that we can dispatch several members of the Gremory group for the dispute of the Vampires. I’m planning to take several souvenirs. Instead Rias should head to the House of Vladi directly. If Rias shows up in the Carmilla’s side, they will be on more alert.”
He’s trying to grant their requirement by taking a souvenir with him. To be expected from Sensei. He won’t fall without doing anything! If several of us are able to take action, then this will become a different story. We can reduce the danger that will fall on Gasper, and we might be able to save that Vampire woman who has the Holy Grail. “But won’t they become more cautious if Sensei were to meet them personally? You are an important person from the Fallen Angel’s side.”
Shouldn’t you bring someone with you? –That’s what I thought. “It will be much better than to have the Heaven and the Church—the Angels, who are still fighting against them go.