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The man dressed as a janitor nodded and called for some documents with a magic circle. "His name really is Emiya Shirou, estimated age of 16, survivor of a fire that took his memories and supposedly killed his family. Was adopted by the Emiya family right after the event by his mother Emiya Irisviel and his father Emiya Mamoru, also has a sister called sister Emiya Illyasviel. Studied at Homurahara until the school's closure." Brosh closed the file. "He never had any troubles with authoritative figures, nothing suspicious and is considered in general a 'upstanding young man', the only thing that standed out about him was the incident almost a decade old and nothing else from what I could investigate."
"His father's name… is really this one?" Rutal found it suspicious.
"Certainly it is similar to the name of the Magus Killer but master… There is no proof he is the son of said man, I managed to procure a picture of his father and he looks… similar in hair color but the build was totally different." He produced the picture and Rutal took a look.
The Magus Killer can be described as a gruff man, with unkempt appearance, dead eyes, a good build and tall. That was not what he saw in the picture. This person is short, Rutal was sure he was taller even, had a sharp feminine face and a happy smile. "And where is he?"
"Works in the exterior, pops in the country only two or three times a year since he is the CEO and owner of a security company called Blacksheath Guard." Rutal never heard about them but thought they must not be that important.
'Nothing unusual'... "What did you find about the kid's bloodline?"
"I… found nothing." What?
"What do you mean 'I found nothing'?" Rutal stares at his subordinate dead in the eyes, the temperature rising on the rooftop. "Explain!"
"There is no record of who he was before that fire, all we have is the after." Brosh closed his eyes and waited for punishment but just before that the Queen stepped forward.
"Master, his past is irrelevant, we needed to look at his present. Thanks to Brosh's investigation we now know he was there in the Homurahara's Incident." Rutal turned to look at her while she fixed her long hair. "It is possible that Rias-sama had seen him fight the stray or he showed up to help. We won't know until we have the full story."
"Yes, you are right." He turns to look at the direction of the ORC. "But that doesn't help figure out what he did." Rutal started to have fire leave his hands. 'What makes him special?'
"Master if I may offer a suggestion." His Queen spoke again.
"Say your piece Tali." He was losing his patience.
"If we look more cautiously we can find a magician who won't be afraid to… challenge the Gremory Heir threat, if we can have a family not associated with ours offer something..." Yes, if the Phenex Family doesn't have anything to do with the ascension of one of Rias' rejects then there would be no reprisal.
The problem was that he is not important enough to promise something like that and everyone knew it. He could go for threats himself, more direct physical ones, but that could backfire and put the Phenex/Gremory contract at risk.
His uncle, the actual head of Phenex, would skin him alive for risking such prospects. Deals of marriage were common in the underworld but they had to fight to secure Rias' because of her potential, not only as an heir but in powers. If he did anything that compromised that death would be a kindness.
'On the other hand I don't need to do anything as of now do I?' He looked to Brosh. "I want you to investigate all the magicians Rias met the day of selection. And Tali," he turns to his Queen, "by the results I want you to pick a couple of magicians with something to lose."
"To lose sir?" The woman voiced her confusion, her companion also didn't understand the request.
"Yes, something that we can help indirectly, not as a Phenex but as a powerful entity. Whatever Emiya Shirou brings to the table is something Rias is willing to kill just by having it mentioned and I can't go around that. But once she is married to Riser and the contract is sealed we may be able to compensate the magician." 'Or not, if nothing is really worth it we can just forget since it was the promise of a deal, not a deal.' Rutal felt amused by the prospect.
"Master, forgive the question but… why are you so obsessed with this boy?" Tali asked.
"We have monitored Rias for a year now, that was the first time she did something so random and I refuse to let anything to chance." Chance meant possibilities, it meant luck, it meant a battlefield that he can't win against a Gremory and he refused to fail. 'If there is nothing then I can apologize later. Why would I care for a human anyway? But if there is something…'
The problem is that Rias doesn't want the marriage and she may have 'jumped the gun' in getting a pact with someone that can give her an out, he didn't know what that 'out' was but if it existed then he needs to figure it out and fast.
'Worst comes to the worst the rest of the Phenex can deny the knowledge of my actions, I have no means to contact the lord of the Clan anyway.' It was a risk, it may lead to nothing but if there was something he had to figure it out and fast. "Get me someone who will talk, the price doesn't matter since we may not even pay." He didn't bother to whisper the last part.
"Master- that-" Tali was disturbed by her King's decision to actively break the law. He interrupted his Queen.
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