Hell, weren't they standing next to one of them right now in the form of a blond human?
Also, it wasn't like she would betray the deal or anything. To put it bluntly...he did have her mother captured after all.
Besides that, the cost of her willingness to become his test subject was...what? To lessen Vretiel's punishment?
Yeah. He can lessen her punishment for this.
"...Very well. I accept your terms Raynare. Although I have to ask...your mother was prepared to throw everything away just for her own selfish ambitions...yet here you are throwing away your future as something worthwhile in order to make her sentence less severe...why?" Azazel asked with genuine curiosity. He didn't really understand the younger woman's line of thinking, since he was actually a very selfish individual. He did things because they were good for him or his people as a whole, outside of his responsibilities...he didn't do things for other people willingly.
He abandoned Heaven for the pleasures of the flesh.
He abandoned women who loved him because they grew wrinkly and old.
He wanted peace for the sake of his curiosity in interesting things.
So he couldn't understand why this young woman would do what she was doing.
Raynare just smiled a sad smile.
"Because I love her." she said simply.
The Governor General just scratched his head in confusion and shrugged. "That's fine...but love won't help her 'affliction' that's for sure."
Raynare frowned at that. The way he said 'affliction' was...weird.
"...Azazel-sama. I apologize for asking but...do you know something about my mother?" the younger fallen asked hesitantly.
This also drew the stares of everyone else towards the fallen leader. Everyone was very much focused on the drama occurring in front of them.
Azazel just slapped his face with his hand in annoyance. He spoke too much it seemed.
"Look...I 'may' know something about what is wrong with your mother. But unfortunately...that is very much classified information." Azazel stated seriously while crossing his arms on his chest.
The female fallen bit her lips in order to stop herself from prying further. She couldn't risk it, she couldn't risk angering Azazel-sama when her own deal could be the price of his annoyance.
"Ok. I think I've had enough of being on the side lines in all of this."
Raynare flicked her eyes to regard the blond human who boldly walked up to them to enter the conversation.
Azazel just looked at him blankly for a moment.
"...You're still here?" the fallen leader asked dubiously.
Naruto ignored his question in order to face Raynare with intense blue eyes.
"You...you want to help her right? You want to help your mother right?" Naruto asked with blue eyes staring her down, much to the fallen's discomfort.
"What does it matter to you? Why the hell do you care human?" Raynare retorted with a glare, this was the human that got them in this situation to begin with after all.
Naruto just continued to stare at her, prying her for answers to his question. She held firm for a moment before acquiescing.
"...Yeah...I do want to save her. Despite everything that happened...she is still my precious mother. I can't just leave her as she is." Raynare mumbled quietly, refusing to face the human's stare.
"Alright then. All I wanted to know." Naruto said easily before turning to Azazel. "Hey Azazel-san?"
The fallen leader regarded the blond with curiosity. "What do you want Naruto?"
Naruto just grinned.
"I want to cash in my favor." he said with a shit-eating grin.
Azazel stared at the blond with wide eyes in shock.
He wasn't the only one, as fallen angel and human alike were staring at Naruto as if he just asked for something absolutely incredible.
The eldest fallen angel recovered first.
"...Wow. I was legitimately speechless there for a second kid. I'm honestly surprised that you would use up your favor for some random fallen angel. You...just what are you exactly? Azazel asked in slight amazement at the human boy.
Naruto smirked at the fallen leader with amusement, he's been getting that question a lot lately.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto said with a cheesy grin plastered across his face.
Yuki shook her head at that, but couldn't stop the small smile on her face. She supposed that Naruto would always be like this, it wouldn't be Naruto if he wasn't.
Issei just flat-out gaped at the blond, but couldn't help but admire the sheer guts he had for demanding something that was clearly stated to be 'classified' information from someone so powerful. Seriously, who couldn't help but admire that?
But the one who was most surprised was Raynare herself, she was staring at the back of Naruto's head as if trying to burn her way inside it to answer the questions swirling around her head.
"...Why? Why would you waste your favor like that? Are you an idiot? We were just enemies! You don't do that for someone you just met! That's just...completely illogical!" the fallen woman shouted at the whiskered man.
He just glanced at her with the side of his eyes with a wry smile. "Now now...when someone lends you a hand without any ulterior motives...you should probably just take the damn hand." Naruto drawled.
Raynare just continued to stare at him, completely unsatisfied with that. Naruto just rolled his eyes at her and decided to explain himself.
"Look...I'll be blunt. I thought that you were a spoiled brat that used your mother's achievements and your own talent to cruise through life. I also thought that you had a massive pole stuck up your ass." Naruto stated bluntly and without remorse.
Issei guffawed at the statement and Raynare was clearly insulted by the words but didn't say anything.
"But...it seems that you have your own problems to deal with. Problems with acknowledgement. That's...something that I can sympathize with. More so in the fact that you did what you could to prove that you were worthy of that respect that you sought. Even more so when you gave that up in order to help your mother. So what I'm trying to say is..." Naruto said while giving her a light smile.
"How can I not help ya?"
Raynare just threw her hands up in the air.
She gave up! Trying to understand the guy in front of her was impossible! He just did things whenever he felt like and did whatever he felt like doing! Consequences be damned!
She sighed and rubbed her forehead with her palm and looked at grinning teenager in front of her.
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