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"True. But you need this to work Rias, the time is almost up." Akeno insists but Rias waves it off.
"I still have enough time, everything is going great; I managed to find a rare magician with good ideas, the deals are coming along nicely, this year a lot of new people entered in the school and there is a high chance they will have good abilities." All this excited the King but not the Queen.
'She is taking too much for granted.' Trying to bring her friend back to Earth, she says. "There is also the chance we don't find anyone special in the most recent batch."
"I have a good feeling about this one Akeno." There was absolutely no reason for such a good feeling other than her gut but Rias was positive that good things would happen.
'It's either her good mood or her head finally got too big.' Akeno sighs again, there is no talking with Rias when she is like this. The redhead was riding on a high having managed to secure the full cooperation of her contracted magician for a goal she needed him to work towards… but she is not telling HIM that and it was frustrating to the raven haired woman.
Akeno spent quite a bit of time talking with Irisviel, Iri for friends and family, about her children and the older woman loved to talk about her family.
If she was asked about it, Akeno wouldn't hesitate to tell her friend what she needs to know, at least in her opinion. But she wouldn't ask, not because Rias didn't care about her opinion but because the King was too focused on the superficial things.
In her conversations with Iri, either by phone or the computer once the woman left the country, the white haired woman described her son as single minded and focused when it comes to doing a task doing everything on his power to see it through properly.
If Rias tells Shirou her problem he won't see weakness or a chance to get something out of it, the boy raised by a person like Irisviel wasn't like that. But Rias didn't know that or wasn't worried about it, happy to let Shirou do his own thing, confident that she had time.
As her Queen, Akeno had the duty to support her King, that was a fact but all that Iri told her, the teasing and the concerns, were told in confidence, a deal made between friends of different ages and species. Just telling anyone about their conversations was intrusive and unprofessional.
Iri wouldn't care if she had a good reason, Akeno knows that but there was another little tidbit that stopped her from just telling Rias' stuff. The pureblood devil is prideful, most of them were in their own ways and Rias proved the rule. It could be different if Shirou was a member of the peerage but he wasn't and while the pact ment a long lasting relationship it could still be broken.
But that's besides the point and a very bad reason to the girl that just refused to ask for help. More than once Akeno wanted to hit her head into a wall from the fact that Rias could just ask her brother for advice or other things. Now she has a chance but instead of focusing on it or at least telling her 'partner' of the situation she is counting that Shirou will be able to deliver with no reason to rush.
'To be fair, her luck hasn't failed yet.' Maybe she was overthinking this, maybe she should just relax and trust her friend knew what she was doing. 'Rias has the Luck of the Devil after all.'
What both forgot is that luck is about opportunities and others can get around it with effort.
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It was now the first official day of classes and Shirou was excited for a change. He and the others members of the Occult Research Club were going to work on setting his forge/workshop and it can be done in a week, it would be less if they used a official construction crew but Shirou believed in doing it himself so it was going to take some time for him to set a room for himself, outfit it enough to be safe and then ask Rias for the boundary field.
Since he had a building with quite a number of rooms it was just a matter of position and a few changes but the materials were to start to arrive tomorrow and he can't deny that he is excited to get started.
Shirou was by no means a traditional magus but the idea of doing something new or finishing a job was enough to get his blood pumping, the only person happier than him was Liz who was proud of having a job as a gym teacher. The smile she wore the night before at the dinner was full of joy and she insisted on being called 'sensei', he would do it for her because he found her disposition cute.
After a call to his mother he found her working in a Parisian hotel. For a second he thought about asking why getting Liz the job but the maid was so happy he instead just talked with her. Shirou couldn't call his sister, electronics were banned in the Clocktower to avoid an accident and the only contact he could have with her was by letters. She explained on the last one that it was a recent change and also wrote the address he should direct his letters to so they reached her faster.
'First I need to complete the spark sword, then I still need to make sure the needle is safe to use, after that I will focus on EM production completely. The problem is still some healing spell to be placed on it but if I can use the original to-'
"Shirou-san." The redhead sees Setsuna approach him, now carrying a small bag in her hand. "Good morning."
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