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Chapter 30 - Chapter 30: Asia's circumstances

After leading everyone to the occult clubs room the discussion began

"Good day to you all, may I ask what buisness you have in my territory?" asked Rias

"We have been sent by the church to recover the pieces of Excalibur that was stolen by the fallen angels that have fled to this area of the world" explained Xenovia, getting straight to buisness "and we have come to you to ask you to stay out of our way"

"Xenovia-san weren't we asked to ask for help from the devils if they were to accept our proposal?" chimed in Asia

"I know that you are kind hearted and are willing to give everyone a chance Asia but I do not beleive that we need there help, between the three of us I beleive that we can deal with anything that comes our way" Xenovia replied to Asia

"That's right, with the lord on our side and the three of us working together we will succeed, our devotion and friendship makes us powerful" Irina commented happily

"I am more concerned that they will join the fallen angels and will go against us, that is the only reason I even accepted this meeting in the first place, otherwise I would have preferred just dealing with these devils here and now" scowled Xenovia

"I promise you as the heir to the Gremory household I will not join the fallen angels, if they wish to cause trouble in my territory I will let them know the consequences of their actions" Rias informed them

"So long as you don't get in our way I don't care what you do, but if you do don't blame me for cutting you down along with the angels" Xenovia said with an intense glare

Unable to hold back anymore due to her interest in Asia's situation Blaze asked "You're Asia Argent aren't you? didn't you get excomunicated for healing a devil?"

"Indeed, I did hear something like that" Rias muttered "it caused quite the stir in the underworld as it was found out that it was caused by Diodora Astaroth, tensions where quite high after it was discovered all of the things that he had done to different holy maidens over the years"

"Indeed, that was me" answered Asia with a wry smile "thankfully I was saved before anything happened"

"It was close though, I fear what could have happened to Asia if sister Griselda and father Strada had not intervined" Irina said, hugging Asia as if she was afriad of what could have happened to her

"Yeah, if they were any later that scum would have taken off with her and defiled her" growled Xenovia in anger, her fists clenching

"So what happened?" asked Blaze, curious about the story

"Before the bastard could lay his claws into her father Strada took him out in a single punch, the only reason he didn't kill Diodora there and then was due to his relation to one of the current Maou and he didn't want to restart the war and drag innocent young lives into the fight that he had hoped had finished in his time" Xenovia answered, reverence shining in her eyes

"After the truth was revealed Asia was reinstated as a holy maiden but some of the members of the church were unsure of whether reinstating her was a good idea and looked at her with scorn" commented Irina with an annoyed expression

"It was then that Michael-sama came forth with a proposal, Asia would be one of the first to undergo the angel re-incarnation process that has been in the works for a while, if she was successful it would show her purity, if she failed she would die as the other people had before them" Xenovia continued "the reasin being that the only catalyst that the church currently has is the blood of the virgin Mary, and if a person isn't completely pure of mind, body and soul they will be rejected and the holy power contained within the blood would destroy them from the inside"

"Being given such an oppurtunity by Michael-sama and the chance to show my faith I gratefully accepted and as such" Asia said before revealing 4 pure white wings from her back "I was able to become an angel and help further the research to help more people in the future" she said adopting a praying stance

"After succeeding Asia was put in the same team as me and Xenovia to balance us out and give us a way to heal" Irina informed everyone "something Xenovia desperately needed, she has been mistaken as a mummy more than once at the church headquarters"

"I get the job done, so what if I get a little injured in the process" Xenovia shrugged

"I just wish that you wouldn't get injured so often Xenovia-san" said Asia with a wry smile

"If we have a healer that's perfect then" chimed in Kiba with a serious expression "that means we don't have to worry about each other if we have a spar"

"You won't take no as an answer" Xenovia replied, standing up and sizing him up

"No, I want to know how I stand up against a fragment of Excalibur" Kiba spat out, his eyes looked on Xenovia's weapon "if I can destroy yours I can destroy the rest of them"

"A devil who wants to destroy Excalibur isn't exactly rare but I can tell there is more to it than just wanting to get rid of a potential weapon that can be used against you" she questioned

"It's because I want revenge" Kiba said with an intense voice "now follow me outside, I need to know how far I am from my goal" he said waking out

"Kiba stop, there is no reasonto fight them" Rias ordered

"It's probably best if you let him do this" Blaze said placing her hand on Rias's shoulder "he looks like he needs this, if he doesn't do this now he will try again later, at least now we can watch over him and classify this as a spar rather than a fight"

"You're right" sighed Rias, understanding the validity of Blaze's words before she turned to Asia "win or lose neither side will hold the other acountable, agreed?"

"Yes, I do not wish for anyone to be hurt but I can tell that your knight is already hurt in a way that I cannot heal, this may help him heal in his own way" Asia replied, her own kind hearted nature able to tell that something inside of Kiba was broken long ago and that even though this wouldn't heal it, this fight would help with the process as the 2 groups made there way out to the field.

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