"...I never expected that you would get a cute nun as your first peerage member."
"Don't phrase it that way, okay? It sounded like I did something bad to get her."
Well, Masa did, but how could he admit it?
"You are not?"
"I am not!" Masa looked at Sona helplessly and said, "Still, even if I do so, I don't regret it."
"...well, that's true."
Considering Asia's ability, Sona had to admit that Masa had made the right choice.
Masa didn't hide Asia's ability since he knew that sooner or later, this ability would be known, and frankly, it didn't matter even if it was known since she only had a normal Sacred Gear instead of the most special one.
Twilight Healing.
The sacred gear allowed Asia to heal anyone, and there was no doubt that it was a great ability, as healing was a rare ability.
Some races might be able to heal others, but it was by using life force, and close contact was necessary.
Meanwhile, Asia only needed to release a gentle green light, which could heal anyone instantly.
Or rather, when Sona saw Masa make his hand bleed to show Asia's ability, she knew how powerful the potential Asia was, but then again, she had to say Masa was such a ruthless guy, and somehow she understood why he could be so strong as he could even hurt himself to show Asia's ability.
Yet, even so, Sona knew that Masa was gentle, especially when they had spent time together, and how much Asia loved him.
Love.
Sona felt conflicted as she glanced at his side profile. Masa had won against her in chess, yet he didn't ask her to marry him, which made her wonder whether this guy really didn't know her requirement for a husband-to-be was to win her in chess.
Masa had cleared that requirement, and if he asked, Sona would marry him right away since this was what something had decided, but as he didn't say anything, it was hard for her to bring it up.
As for Asia?
Well, for a strong man like Masa, it was normal for him to be liked by many, and Sona could tell that Asia didn't want to fight her. As long as Asia could be by Masa's side, Asia was happy, and Sona wasn't someone who was so stingy since she knew that it was a normal thing for a man to have several mistresses, especially within the supernatural world.
Even Zeus, the King of the Gods of the Greek Myth, had mated with many women, even if he had married such a beautiful wife known as Hera.
Fortunately, Masa wasn't like Poseidon, who would do it with any living beings as long as they were beautiful.
Nevertheless, it was good to know that Masa's visit to the human world ended up being a good experience, especially when he got good peerage.
"By the way, Sona-nee, have you seen a lot of humans with a Sacred Gear?" Masa asked.
"No, it's rare." Sona shook her head and said, "In my peerage, there are only Tsubaki and Saji, who have the Sacred Gears, and in Rias' peerage, there are also two of them, but one of them happens to be Longinus."
"Longinus? Is that Longinus?"
Even though Masa knew the truth, he still needed to appear surprised; after all, there were only 12 Longinus in this world, so to have someone by their side to have one was amazing, okay?
"Yes." Yet, Sona was as calm as ever. "Unfortunately, the user is like that."
Yes, a Longinus was amazing, but if the user was trash, then everything was meaningless.
Sona's opinion might sound cruel, but Issei Hyoudou hadn't shown his ability, and his reputation in the school wasn't particularly positive, especially because of what he did daily. More importantly, it was hard to see Issei becoming strong, considering his everyday conduct.
"What kind?"
"If I am not wrong, a Boosted Gear? The one that can double the ability of its user."
However, if the strength of the user was zero, no matter how many times one doubled its ability, it was still zero.
'It's similar to my ability somehow.'
Masa thought, but unlike Boosted Gear doubled, which would lead to a geometric progression, his progression was an arithmetic progression, but unlike Issei, whose improvement was momentary, Masa's was permanent and more important; Masa wasn't alone.
In the world of One Piece, there was a Devil Fruit that had an ability similar to Boosted Gear, and if possible, it would be great to be able to get this ability as it was one of the rare abilities that affected the concept.
Nevertheless, as Masa asked about the Sacred Gear, Sona didn't hide anything and told all the Sacred Gears that her peerage and Rias' peerage owned.
Aside from the Boosted Gear, Rias also had a Sword Birth, which gave her another peerage member the ability to create a Demon Sword.
'Hmm... a sword that can be created out of thin air, huh?'
Considering the owner of this Sacred Gear, Masa felt like if it wasn't owned by a blacksmith and those who had a good head, it would be meaningless since no matter how much one created a sword, if the quality of the sword was just like that and destroyed at every time as it clashed, it was meaningless, right?
So, Masa had never thought of Kiba Yuuto as an opponent, especially when Kiba's specialty was speed, which made him shake his head inwardly.
So what about Sona?
Out of all of her peerage members, only Saji and Tsubaki had the Sacred Gears.
Saji with Absorption Line and Tsubaki with Mirror Alice.
Those two were pretty good quality Sacred Gears, as one was created from the legendary evil dragon, and the other was a counter-based Sacred Gear, which had the shape of a mirror, which Masa felt could work well with Tsubaki, he thought.
Unfortunately, Tsubaki had already become Sona's peerage member, which made him sigh inwardly.
As for Saji, as Masa had said before, at best, this guy was mid-level, so he didn't bother much since, just like how there was a limit to how much Issei could double with his Boosted Gear, there was also a limit to how much Saji could absorb with his Absorption Line.
"So, will you try to search for another member?" Sona asked, wondering whether Masa would use this chance to fill his peerage member.
"No, I might not be that lucky after this, so I think I should focus on making money now."
"...you are really amazing."
Compared to her, who just focused on the school and her duty as the governor, or Rias, who just enjoyed her time in Japan with anime and its culture, Masa focused on developing the power of his family in this country by making money.
"I am not." Masa shook his head and said, "I think that we can't ignore the human world anymore, especially when the number of humans keeps increasing, and with the existence of the Evil Pieces, it is necessary to make a connection with this world as not everyone will be comfortable to live in the Underworld, right?" He had a hidden purpose, but it was better not to mention it.
"You are right."
Sona thought that Masa was really gentle, which made her heart ache even more, and she had made the right decision not to let Rias meet him, she thought.
"So, what will you do? While I know that it might be strange, Rias' family has a hotel and travel business in the human world."
"How about your house?"
"Me? We have some media, hospitals, education, and some properties within this city and outside."
Unlike Rias' family, Sona was calm-headed, and she was better at business, considering how stoic and clear-headed she was.
Masa also nodded, thinking that Sona's family's business choices were good since those businesses would hardly fail and be needed by anyone.
On the other hand, Masa thought that Rias' family's business was good, but it lacked an impact and wouldn't give Rias and her family much influence.
On the other hand, whether it was education, media, or medicine, it could give Sona's family a certain influence within this country that made them able to do many things.
"Have you thought about what to do? Is it food or media? Your family is good at that, right?"
"We do, but this time, I might focus on the venture."
"Venture investment?"
"Yup, let's just take it easy by investing in some good companies, and I might also open a fintech."
Considering it was 2012, Masa knew there were many things he could do, but no matter what, the core of everything had to be money, so he wanted to start with the fintech to lend his money to the poor souls who needed money.
Well, those poor souls still needed to pay him, though.
"Fintech?"
"Financial technology. Money is the core, right?"
"....."
This guy... when her family and Rias' family just chose business based on their specialty, Masa directly checkmated everyone and wished to get the core of everything directly, controlling everything under his hand.
"Do you want to join me, Sona-nee?"
Watching his gentle smile, Sona also smiled. "Why not? It sounds fun."
The two then laughed, but the others thought that they were practically suited to each other.
However, if they knew that Masa and Sona planned to become the usury king and queen, they might look at them as frightening, thinking that the two of them were really a devil!
Nevertheless, the weekend was about to start, and as she had promised, Sona would bring him to the theme park that he wanted to visit, but before that, let's visit the bitch fallen angel trios, Masa thought.