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Still you're making a lot of assumptions Rias, we don't know for sure if the Celts are responsible for this," reminded the Sitri heiress.
Rias was about to reply when she was interrupted by the sound of Tsubaki calling them over, "Kaichou, I think I've found something"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and approached the Sitri Queen as she pointed down to a symbol carved into the wooden floor of the sparring area. Everyone except Sona stared at the symbol in confusion while the Sitri heiress' eyes just narrowed as she crouched down to examine it before giving a tired sigh.
"Well Rias, looks like you were right after all," she announced with a shake of her head.
"What do you mean Sona? You recognize that symbol?" asked Rias, receiving a nod in return.
"I've seen it from some of my sister's journals, you are aware that my sister is in charge of Foreign Affairs correct? She was sent various books on the different factions around the world to help with her job, not that she ever pays attention to them," explained Sona as everyone focused on her.
"What we are looking at is Rune Magic, Rias. It is a form of magic originally developed by the Norse…and perfected by the Celts," she finished with a frown before standing back up.
"We need to find Issei, maybe he'll be able explain to us what's going on. I'll send Kiba to go collect him from class," replied Rias as Kiba nodded and headed for the door.
"He won't be there," informed Sona with an almost embarrassed look replacing her usual stoic expression.
"What do you mean by that Sona?" questioned the Gremory as she frowned at her friend's repeatedly strange behavior.
"Kaichou sent Hyoudou-san to give the new transfer students a tour around the school, they could be anywhere on campus," explained Tsubaki after it became clear that Sona wouldn't respond.
"What? Why did you do that?" asked Rias curiously.
"T-That's not important, what matters is finding him and that's what we should focus on," stuttered Sona as she walked out of the room with her peerage running after her.
Rias and her peerage looked at each other with shocked expressions, did they just hear Sona Sitri stutter? Something that previously only her sister could cause? 'This day has just been one big bag of surprises,' thought Rias with amusement.
Issei groaned as he opened his eyes and looked around, only to find himself alone in the school infirmary. 'How did I end up here?' he thought, groggily as he got up from the bed and noticed a necklace with a note lying on the bed stand next to him.
[Nice to see you up partner. You had us worried there for a while.]
'Ddraig? What happened? How did we get here?' he asked, trying to ignore the massive headache he had.
[Those two took you here after you collapsed during the fight, healed you, and then left that note and necklace on the table before leaving.]
'I see,' blinked Issei as he picked up the necklace and examined it. It seemed like it an ordinary rock marble rock attached to a string, nothing odd about it until he flipped it over and saw the large number of black Runes that had been carved into the stone.
Placing the necklace back on the desk, Issei picked up the note before sighing as he opened it up and frowned as he read it.
Hello Issei,
Unfortunately, we weren't able to be here when you woke up, I might have scared the Devils slightly with our spar. I'm sure you're wondering why we approached you but sadly we don't have time to explain, so we'll have to talk about it later. However, near this note you will see a necklace with Runes carved along one side, this is to remain on your person at all times. You are not to take it off under ANY circumstances and before you ask, it's for your sake more than ours. Don't worry you'll be seeing us again real soon, I don't want to miss any time with my new sparring partner.
Your new best friend, Scáthach.
P.S. You tell the Devils about us and I'll kill you, okay? Good, glad you understand.
Issei just shook his head as he pondered what he'd done in a previous life to deserve this kind of treatment, 'first a trolling magician, now an immortal witch and Goddess of Death. What's next? My childhood friend turns out to be an overenthusiastic exorcist? Nah that'll never happen.'
Elsewhere a certain Irina Shidou sneezed.
Issei shoved the note in his pocket and just put the necklace around his neck with a shrug as he tucked the stone behind his shirt. "Man sensei is going to be mad at me for missing so much class, still at least it can't get any worse," he muttered, depressed.
Issei should have remembered what happened last time he tempted fate.
"Issei-kun! I found you, come quick we don't have a lot of time," cried a familiar voice as the teen felt someone grab his hand before dragging him down the corridors.
"Soooo…what's the occasion?" asked Issei as the two groups of Devils just stared at him in disbelief.
"Issei where were you for the past 20 minutes? We've been searching for you," replied Rias, with a frown.
"Unconscious in the infirmary probably, why?" answered Issei truthfully.
Everyone shared a look at his response, "Issei why were you in the infirmary?" asked the Gremory heiress.
He was about to respond when the teen spotted something outside the clubroom window, a large black crow watching him with a familiar glare. 'Umm…Ddraig is that who I think it is?' asked Issei, remembering what the note had said.
[Possibly, she is a God after all. Better safe than sorry in this case partner, at least we know how they found out about the cards now.]
Agreeing with the dragon wholeheartedly, Issei sighed and plastered a fake embarrassed expression on his face, "I kind of fell down the stairs while giving those two transfer students a tour. I woke up in the infirmary about two minutes before Kiba found me."
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